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Editor’s Note// Dear God, Laneway Festival – what the hell happened? One minute you’re the boutique festival that exudes innercity vibes, the next you’re a Hillsborough tragedy in waiting. Laneway veterans are used to a touch of congestion dramas at the beloved festival, but this year by 7pm there was a malignant charge in the air that suggested things could turn seriously dangerous. When the large steel gates clanged shut to prevent additional patrons entering the Fowler’s Courtyard area, the mood turned even darker. The equivalent of an indie music Berlin Wall, the have-nots locked out of enjoying headliners such as Alt-J and Of Monsters & Men besieged security marshals, bum rushed the gates and surged through in a scene of utter carnage. It’s not hyperbole to suggest this horrifying turn of events could easily have ended in fatalities. Rumours of the police deployment of OC spray spread like wildfire on the night, but surely this can now be written off as a bad case of Chinese whispers? While a lot of police on site were experienced senior constables rather than green recruits fresh out of college, there were moments when officers looked daunted by the unfolding scene. The very least crowds should expect when attending festivals in Adelaide is to be able to watch their favourite bands without their health and safety being put at risk. Given this wasn’t the case on Friday night, there’s an awful lot of explaining to be done before a 2014 event becomes feasible. Scott McLennan Rip It Up Publishing Editor
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Beautiful Creatures High school student Ethan Wate meets and becomes bewitched by Lena Duchannes, a 16-year-old whose family has moved to the small South Carolina town where he lives. The two must confront a curse that has haunted her family for generations as she comes to grips with her powers. Based on the successful book series, Beautiful Creatures hits cinemas next week. We’ve got 10 Beautiful Creatures prize packs up for grabs, so log onto ripitup. com.au and enter your details for your chance to win. Competition closes at midday on Thu Feb 21.
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Neon Bogart
Joanne Shaw Taylor
The Demon Parade
Vocalist Jennifer Kingwell (from previous Adelaide Fringe award winners The Jane Austen Argument) and pianist Adam Rudegeair are performing as Neon Bogart at Higher Ground East Art Base (188 Grenfell St) from Fri Feb 15 until Sun Feb 17.
See the award winning British blues performer when she sings and plays guitar at the Governor Hindmarsh on Mon Feb 19 at which she will have local duo Nikko & Snooks as her special guests.
Experience the psychedelic rock explosion from Melbourne at Rocket Bar on Fri Feb 15 and at the Grace Emily on Sat Dec 16 and hear tunes from their critically acclaimed Chameleon EP.
Nick Charles
Panama
Feelings
Coming to town from over the border to play some finger pickin’ blues guitar at Gilbert Hotel on Thu Feb 14, Old Clarendon Inn on Fri Feb 15 and Semaphore Workers Club from 4pm on Sun Feb 17.
Catch the Sydney-based electronic dance pop outfit as part of their first national tour at Rocket Bar on Fri Feb 15 at which you can expect to hear Triple J favourites such as Magic.
Witness Simon Berkfinger from Philadelphia Grand Jury when the singer comes to Currie St’s Ed Castle as Feelings to showcase some songs, including second single Intercourse, from a forthcoming debut album, with The Viennas as special guests.
Speeding along this week... THE GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS –
open to the public in Rundle Pk from 9pm on Thu Feb 14 and featuring a plethora of performance venues and heaps and heaps of artists until Sun Mar 17.
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ADELAIDE FRINGE – kicking off on Fri Feb 15 with a street parade before continuing until Sun Mar 17 with an absolute smorgasbord of performances from which to choose from across the city and suburbs.
CAROLE KING – catch the legendary American songstress when she plays Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, on Wed Feb 19 with Shane Howard as special guest.
SUN RISING – an Adelaide Fringe event taking place on Tue Feb 18 and Wed Feb 19 at Thebarton’s Wheatsheaf Hotel featuring a bunch of talented Melbourne musicians paying tribute to the rock’n’roll songs that made Memphis.
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Who: La Bastard / Where & When: The Squatter’s Arms on Fri Feb 22, the Crown & Anchor on Sat Feb 23 and the Glenelg Surf Club on Sun Feb 24
Who: Last Dinosaurs / Where: Adelaide Uni Bar / When: Wed Mar 6 / Tickets: Students: $18.40+bf; general admission: $28.60+bf
Back To School For Dinos Lizard rock is a completely underappreciated genre. Luckily, Last Dinosaurs are stomping their way around the universities of Australia, schooling punks on the proper way to Monster Mash. Last Dinosaurs were chosen as the feature artist
on this First Degree Tour, organised by the Australian Association of Campus Activities, Lipton Ice Tea and FasterLouder. The campus romp will also welcome a performance by Adelaide’s own Messrs. For further info, check aaca.net.au/first-degree-tour.
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AT FATES MERCY, MAKE BELIEVE ME, LIFE PILOT, WE ATE THE SEARCH PARTY (BAR 2) “STRIKE METAL CLUB” QUAERO VERUM, 4 DEAD IN 5 SECONDS, ASYLUM BUTCHERY, STRENGTH OF A BEAR (BAR 3)
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A DEAD SILENCE, THE BROADSIDE, SECONDS BEFORE SUNRISE, IN ELEGANCE, AMARANTHINE (BAR 2) “TRASH DOLLS PARTY” GUEST DJS (BAR 3)
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It’s often rare for bands to play Adelaide, let alone stay for three days and drift outside the CBD, so hats off to La Bastard. The Melbourne surf/rockabilly group have just completed their second album, Tales From The Beyond, and are panting to share it with you. Shine your shoes and shellac your hair – it’s going to be a sweet and swinging weekend.
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THE SMITH STREET BAND, HIGH TIME, THE BENNIES, THE HARD ACHES (BAR 2) GOREBOTTLE, UNCREATION, OBSIDIAN ASPECT, ACID MOUNTAIN (BAR 3) Who: Super Magic Hats / Where: Ed Castle / When: Sat Mar 2
Hold On To Your Hats
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“SOUNDWAVE AFTER CONCERT PARTY”
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“KISS & MOTLEY CRUE AFTER CONCERT PARTY”
MAR 8
Who: Tool / Where: Entertainment Centre / When: Tue Apr 30 / Tickets: ticketek.com.au (all-ages)
Sharpest Tool In The Shed In case you haven’t heard yet, Tool are touring. The 20-year-old mega-band, credited with taking a ‘multi-sensory’ approach to music, will be bringing their blindingly good live show to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena on the last day of April. It’s a Tuesday, so start making mid-week sickie plans. Usually accompanied by impressive
light, video and laser displays, Tool prides themselves on bringing art to music and vice versa. The last time they performed in Adelaide was for Big Day Out in 2011. Currently working on their fifth studio album, the record will hopefully be released in 2014. And, you never know… perhaps their live set will bring a sneaky peek at the upcoming album.
With a name like Super Magic Hats, there’s a crowd guaranteed at any show, just for the novelty value. The Melbourne electronic/ beats act has just produced his debut self-titled EP and it’s due out in time for his Australian tour. Wind, a single off the EP, is “built around tropical samples and a glitched-up vocal snippet(s)”. Full of confidence in the success of the EP, SMH has already roped in people for a compilation: Wind Remix. Featured artists include Friendships, Flash Forest and Japanese Wallpaper. Sure, JW is 15, but don’t feel weird about that. Wind Remix will launch on Fri Feb 15.
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KING PARROT (BAR 2)
MAR 10
REDBACK FEVER (THE ANGELS TRIBUTE)
MAR 15
TITLE FIGHT (USA) LUCA BRASI
MAR 16
ELECTRIC HORSE, THESE FOUR WALLS (NZ)
MAR 24
WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE (USA)
MAR 30
THE RESIGNATORS (CD LAUNCH)
APR 5
STORM THE SKY (CD LAUNCH)
APR 6
THE DEEP END
APR 10
Who: Mutemath (with Big Scary) / Where: Fowler’s Live / When: Thu Mar 21 / Tickets: moshtix.com.au
Silence Of The Sums
BLACK BREATH (USA) I EXIST
APR 12
“CLARITY RECORDS BIRTHDAY PARTY”
APR 13
SLEEP PARADE (CD LAUNCH)
APR 26
SECONDS BEFORE SUNRISE (CD LAUNCH) Who: Jordie Lane / Where & When: Popeye, River Torrens, on Sat Apr 20 and the Wheatsheaf on Sun Apr 21
Jordie Sure Jordie Lane announced recently that he would be coming to the Governor Hindmarsh to support Ruthie Foster on Wed Mar 13, but further exciting news has just been released. Lane will be setting sail as part of the new project from Alice Fraser
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of The Jam Room. As part of the A Band On Boat sessions, Lane will perform his folk magic aboard Popeye on the River Torrens. If the thought makes you seasick, then Lane will also be stopping by for a Sunday sesh at the Wheaty on Sun Apr 21.
Are you ready to be a guinea pig, for the love of music? Mutemath want to test their new songs on you! To sweeten the deal, Melbourne two-piece Big Scary have been announced as support. The multi-instrumentalists are regulars on the Australian circuit, and also performed at SXSW 2012. They recently announced that their second album, Not Art, is due out this year. Mutemath are working hard on their follow-up album to 2011’s Odd Soul, which was their first record without guitarist Greg Hill.
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Escape From LA “Punching out 12 tracks in just under 40 minutes, The Bronx’s new album IV has picked up where III left off,� crows their label’s official press release. Calling from his Californian home, singer Matt Caughthran disagrees. Honestly, it wasn’t even like picking up where we left off; it was like starting over again,� he says. “That’s what it felt like, the start of a new band. Having four or five years between a record really let it happen naturally, to become inspired and to become excited to make this record and jump back in to the world of The Bronx. Now it feels like a first record all over again.� Between releases from the Los Angeles punks came a sojourn into world music, with the Mexican-inspired side-project Mariachi El Bronx. Heralding two successful records and opening the band up to new audiences,
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Caughthran admits it made the band better musicians. “I came from a punk band and became a singer because I couldn’t play an instrument. It’s not like I was a singer or knew how to sing, it just happened because I was the guy in the garage who didn’t have an instrument. You go from that to actually being in a band that puts out a record and then being in a band that gets to tour all over the world and it’s amazing. But when you are actually able to expand outside of that into a world that you really have no business of being in‌ you learn so much about yourself and so much about music. That has a profound effect on your confidence and what you think you’re capable of doing. I’m definitely a better musician, a better singer, artist, better everything since doing El Bronx.â€? Five years between releases may be a death sentence for many bands, but Caughthran says, if anything, their fruitful side-project, which inadvertently halted The Bronx, was the muchneeded inspiration they needed to get their
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Get Born Early reviews for the album, while positive, have been varied, with MTV making comparisons to Foo Fighters and The Black Keys and one blogger even referencing Australia’s own Jet. “Jet?� Caughthran questions in hysterics. “I don’t really see The Black Keys. There’s a lot of rock‘n’roll on this record, I’ll happily admit that, but I’m the wrong guy to come to for comparisons - to me it just sounds like The Bronx.�
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punk re-energised. “When El Bronx started doing really well, it was like, ‘We can make a Bronx record right now but it doesn’t feel right. Our heads are still in mariachi land. We’ve got at least six songs already written, we’re all inspired to write more, everyone’s feeling good and people are digging the band. Let’s not make the same mistake twice and take another three years to do another El Bronx record, let’s just crank one out now, while we’re all feeling it.’ So that’s what we did and I’m stoked we did because I love that record and also it gave The Bronx the time it needed.� Caughthran, who says the new record represents the highest evolution of the band, hasn’t let past mistakes qualify his enthusiasm. “This is us, after three Bronx records and two Mariachi El Bronx records, in a spot where we’re really stoked to be alive and making music still. I think that represents a high point for us as individuals and a group. We never thought we’d get this far and accomplish the things we’ve accomplished. It’s that sort of thing when you reach the goals that you’ve set, no matter how big it is in the world’s eyes, it means a lot to you and that is very revitalising and very refreshing, and that gives the energy for the next 10 years.� Along with being the first Bronx record in five years, IV also marks the 10th anniversary of the band. “We have a huge box set that is being developed at the moment,� Caughthran says of their celebratory plans. “We’re re-releasing all the records on vinyl, so you’ve got I, II, III and IV coming out on vinyl plus an extra record of all B-sides, along with a book and that sort of stuff. It’s in the works right now and will be a cool retrospective of the band and where we’ve been and where we’ve come from.� Together with the box set, celebrations will also include an Australian tour. “I’m very honoured that we’ve got our own little world going in Australia. We love going there every year and we’d go there twice, three times a year if we could. I’m really looking forward to getting over and playing new shows. We’ll have a lot of special stuff lined up for then.� WHO: The Bronx WHAT: IV (Shock) WHERE: Fowler’s Live (with DZ Deathrays and Hightime) WHEN: Thu May 2
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Interviews// Past Masters Ringo Starr & The All Starr Band are heading to Australia with the same star-studded line-up that has just completed a successful tour of North America. t’s a brand new incarnation of the former Beatles drummer’s road band and features Starr alongside Richard Page (of Mr Mister fame), Todd Rundgren, sax player Mark Rivera, Gregg Rolie (of Santana and Journey) and session drummer Gregg Bissonette as well as Toto’s Steve Lukather. It’s the latter musician Rip It Up speaks to about the tour and the American guitarist begins by saying that the improbable set-list, which includes
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several songs by The Beatles that Ringo sang on along with the drummer’s solo material and classics from Toto, Mr Mister and Santana, works really well. “It may look a bit weird on paper but when you hear it and feel how it flows, you can see how it works,” Lukather says. “It’s such a blast and because audiences know every song, the whole concert goes by in a flash. It’s big fun and you guys are gonna love it. “And it’s a great band with a great bunch of guys,” he continues. “It’s a blast and the best summer vacation I’ve ever had in my life.” Starr, who puts together a different All Starr Band every couple of years, invited Lukather to play guitar in the current line-up. “Yeah, he called me and because I’d been a fan of The Beatles all my life – they were the reason I started playing guitar – I just couldn’t say no. And Ringo is the coolest guy I have ever met in my life. So it’s like I’ve come full circle from being a seven-year-old kid watching The
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Beatles on television to playing guitar in Ringo’s band. What a blast! And it’s so wonderfully surreal because I’m playing away and then look around and Ringo is there playing drums. It’s like a bizarre dream and I feel like a little kid again. “And I’m getting to come back to Australia again – I was there last March with [guitarists] Joe Satriani and Steve Vai in G3 – but it’s great that this time I get to do something completely different,” Lukather adds. When The Beatles toured Australia in 1964, they received a great reception in Adelaide with thousands lining the streets to greet them. Ironically, Starr didn’t make that trip as he was ill but Jimmie Nicol took his place for the young British pop group’s two concerts at Wayville’s recently demolished Centennial Hall. “And I heard today, when doing another interview, that Ringo hasn’t ever been back to Australia since 1964,” Lukather reveals. “So it might be a really big deal when he gets to Adelaide seeing as he’s never been there before. “And whatever happened to Jimmie Nicol?” Lukather asks. “He’s got such a great story. ‘Hey, I was in The Beatles for a week’. You could make a great movie out of it.” Lukather, who released a new solo album, Transition, last month and is the winner of five Grammys, has had an amazing career as he has worked with virtually every big name artist – several hundreds of them – over the last 40 years. “I’ve had an extraordinary life but hadn’t really thought about it too much until recently,” he says. “But I’m now starting to write a book and I’m thinking back about all the recordings I’ve played on. So as a 55-year-old guy I’m reflecting on all that but also thinking that it went by really fast. The good thing is that I’m now really clear-headed, healthy and focused and can look back objectively at all that stuff. “And since 1977 I’ve kept a book of all my studio dates and where I was and who I was recording with,” Lukather reveals. “And there’s around 2000 of those. And I’ve got some great photos and picked up some pretty interesting stories over the years. Like working with Miles Davis. “And the first time I met Paul McCartney was when we were working on Michael Jackson’s Thriller!”
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Fresh Cypress B-Real reveals that Cypress Hill are “just starting” work on their new album, and with no further record label obligations are very much considering releasing completely independently.
Since 1988, California’s Cypress Hill have been a dominating and highly influential force in the world of hip hop. Never shying about speaking his mind, vocalist B-Real chats about his website, marijuana legislation in the USA and the group’s next album.
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I’ve been keeping busy,” 42-year-old B-Real says of his 2013 so far. “I like to not relax too much. I’m down here at our new studios that we’re building. We do our live stream broadcasts from here but we’re also building a recording studio so we can sort of do both on our social networks, and also record our records, obviously. I’ve been keeping busy trying to get all that together.” Credited as the first-ever hugely successful Latino rapper, B-Real is not content with leaving behind a legacy that includes eight studio albums, countless collaborations, numerous mixtapes, six years of production work and film and TV appearances. B-Real (born Louis Freese) has recently been putting his efforts into his innovative and interactive website: breal.tv. “It’s a live stream site and also a blog site and what-not. We’ve just been filling it with content – I do a show there on Mondays to Fridays when I’m not on tour, and even when I am on tour the show runs with the DJs that DJ the show. We’re running it like a radio station, but obviously it’s a little bit more interactive. It’s internet based and we’ve been doing pretty well with it. We want to expand it and grow it – just another tool for us to market all of our Cypress Hill music and videos and whatever else we have going on.” It’s no secret that Cypress Hill love weed – Hits From The Bong is one of the most wellknown tracks from their 1992 breakout album Black Sunday, as well as the name of their greatest hits record. Last year two US states, Washington and Colorado, decriminalised marijuana. Living in the state of California, which historically has led the way for the cause (having reduced the penalty for possession to a petty offence that carried a $100 fine in 1975, and become the unofficial capital of medicinal marijuana use), he describes the situation as something that elated Cypress Hill but also carried a certain disappointment. “California should have been the first state to do what Washington and Colorado have recently done,” he says. “I imagine that in the next voting cycle California will probably be the next state to do the same thing. It would be ridiculous for us not to. Given that the whole industry with dispensaries, and even the people that have to grow it... It takes staff to run these things, and it creates a lot of revenue for each city and state that allows it.” In case you were wondering, B-Real’s favourite strain of weed “since 1995” has been OG Kush. Sour Diesel and The Headband are cited as other favourites. For such a well-known act to be so open about beliefs that contradict the law, one wonders if Cypress Hill have ever faced any serious trouble with the police? “We’ve had a few scrapes, but we know what’s within our rights. We try not to antagonise them, but at the same time speak our minds and speak the truth. I think that as long as you’re not speaking against them, the law enforcement is just doing what the federal government tells them to.” And just how much impact does B-Real think his words have had on the matter? “I think our contribution was big. How big? That can’t really be measured. I know that we did create a lot of awareness, and got a lot of people to think a lot more open-minded as opposed to how they were thinking before our records came out. I think we inspired a lot of other artists to come out and talk about it and represent it.”
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“We’re going to start the early stages of production – picking out music, going through concepts and chopping it up with Muggs, and see what we go with first. I don’t anticipate this taking that long, because we’re all very excited to do this and Muggs has got a different type of sound in mind, and when that happens it’s going to be incredible. I don’t have the timeframes but I don’t anticipate it taking that long to make. We want to get it done, we want to get it knocked out and give people a genuine, vibey-as Cypress Hill album. Something different.”
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NOTE FROM THE ED It’s a pretty clear testament to the massive success – and growing popularity – of the Adelaide Fringe that its season has been extended by an entire week in 2013. Officially kicking off this Fri Feb 15 and wrapping up on Sun Mar 17, this year’s Fringe is set to run for a full four weeks – bringing back everything we’ve come to love about the now-world-renowned event: the cabaret shows, circus and physical theatre, and, of course, loads of comedy. Only it’s bigger and brighter than ever in 2013. Neither is it an exaggeration to say that when the Fringe comes to town there’s literally no better place to be in Australia
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WHERE: 108 Waymouth St WHAT: A cool new venue offering a new slant on wining, dining and having a good time with the motto ‘Celebrate Life: Great Neighbourhood Food And Wine’. WHEN: Until Sun Mar 17
WHERE: Adelaide Convention Centre, North Tce WHAT: Adelaide’s most exclusive and chic Fringe precinct returns in 2013, incorporating venues of varying contrasts, ranging from cabaret, comedy, live music venues, public art spaces and much more. WHEN: Until Sun Mar 17
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WHERE: Cnr Grote and Franklin St WHAT: A brand new space situated on the site of the old bus depot on Grote and Franklin St, The Depot will host a Fringe closing night concert featuring Pete Murray, The Whitlams and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, as well as a series of workshops and family events. WHEN: Fri Feb 15 until Sun Mar 17
WHERE: 188 Grenfell St WHAT: A multi-purpose Fringe hub transformed from a courtyard into a brand new Mexican taqueria and outdoor bar, providing live theatre and entertainment, wine tastings, buzzing outdoor atmosphere and authentic Mexican street food. WHEN: Until late Feb
WHERE: 13 Frome St WHAT: Experience the eighth year of the Famous Rhino Room Late Show where today’s and tomorrow’s comedy stars come out and play together, making for a brilliant way to finish off any night. WHEN: Until Sun Mar 17
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WHERE: 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh WHAT: Established as Adelaide’s best entertainment venue, The Gov offers live music for most of the week, as well as plenty of laughs during the Fringe season, all the while boasting a menu of delicious food and quality wine. WHEN: Thu Feb 14 until Sun Mar 17
WHERE: Dunstone Grove-Linde Reserve, Stepney WHAT: A pop-up ethereal night garden with bohemian vibe and folk, blues and Gypsy music on stage, Howl The Moon will feature performances from local acts alongside food, wine and vintage DJs. WHEN: Until Sun Mar 17
WHERE: 317 Morphett St WHAT: Adelaide’s well-known music venue, The Whitmore, attracts great local interest in its eclectic styles. Established in 1839, the building is the oldest hotel in Adelaide and boasts a great old pub feel while being a strong supporter of the arts scene. WHEN: Until Sun Mar 17
WHERE: Rundle Pk (East Tce) WHAT: The Garden hosts many venues in its Rundle Pk locale, including Spiegeltent and Vagabond, as well as many bars, sideshow attractions and areas to chill and mingle. WHEN: Thu Feb 14 until Sun Mar 17
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The Garden Of Unearthly Delights’ 2013 season opens on Valentine’s Day, kicking off its most spectacular season yet of internationally-acclaimed performances and carnival fun. Arguably Adelaide’s favourite arts hub and the biggest independentlyproduced arts festival in the country, The Garden attracts more than 800,000 visitors per year and some of the hottest-selling shows from around the world.
Hot Dub Time Machine is back for another year. Last year’s five-star, sold-out, latenight Super Party is landing in the Garden once again for another festival of crazy good times. Join DJ Tom Loud and dance your way through pop music history – this year is going to be the: Best. Party. Ever.
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Destined to be the highlight of the 2013 Garden program and from the awardwinning company behind international success stories Cantina and Tom Tom Crew, don’t miss Limbo’s world premiere before it transfers to London for a five-month season. Join the strange, transcendent and hypnotic for a celebration of otherworldly proportions.
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The best of the Colombian National Circus School, Circolombia takes you through the poetry and violence of street life with a pounding reggaeton soundtrack and volcanic force. A tale of confrontation and redemption, of gangs and individual freedom of poetics and cruelty, this is a high-octane performance infused with wild, perfectly mastered acrobatics.
Stephen K Amos is The Spokesman, returning to Adelaide for a strictly limited season after his sell-out world-wide tours. This new show is a refreshingly honest tale of comedy and life that’s seen Amos described as a “Blisteringly funny Brit at the top of his game” by the Herald Sun.
TUE 19. PONYDANCE GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS (ROMANTIEK) Everybody loves ‘the Ponies’ and who knew dance could be so funny? A discoinfused timewarp where incredible moves, slick routines and laugh-out-loud comedy collide, their dance moves are sharp but their comedic timing is even sharper. Ponydance was also the winner of the 2012 BankSA Best Dance Award.
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From the producers who brought us Il Dago and Comicus Erectus comes The Good The Bad and The Ethnic – a show which is made up of stand-up comedy, sketches, film and song, starring Joe Avati, Tahir, Basile and Rob Shehadie.
Steve Hughes is back for four shows only in 2013. He tells it like it is – confronting, alarming and always hilarious. According to Rolling Stone, “Hughes makes Armageddon seem like a proper laugh riot”, while The Metro has dubbed his show “Outstanding, Hughes is gold”.
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PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON JOHN VAN DER PUT IS A MAGICIAN AND COMEDIAN FROM THE UK. PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON IS A DEADPANYET-HUMOROUS SELF-DEPRECATING CREATURE WITH A LONG-SUFFERING SIDEKICK CALLED MR PIFFLES; THE WORLD’S FIRST MAGIC PERFORMING CHIHUAHUA. Following successful 2012 seasons in the UK and Edinburgh, over five million YouTube hits and a performance with The Muppets at Radio City Music Hall, New York, Piff is happy to be making his Adelaide Fringe debut.
“Back in 2011, I visited Adelaide for a week and did a couple of spots,” van der Put explains via phone from London, “but this is my first time for doing a proper show there. I came to see what it was like and I loved it. I played at the Sydney Opera House in September last year, which was great. I got to meet the Australian Mr Piffles. Quarantine wouldn’t allow English Mr Piffles to come into the country, but Australian Mr Piffles will be flying over from Sydney and I’m very lucky to have him; he’s been learning some great new tricks.” What’s his real name? “Candy. But, secretly between you and me, Candy isn’t actually a boy,” he chuckles, “although she’ll always be Australian Mr Piffles to me!”
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After moving away from corporate shows, how did the dragon suit come about? “One night I went to a fancy dress party dressed as a dragon, but nobody else wore a costume!” van der Put laments. “I was very grumpy about it too! A friend who knew my occupation said I should wear the costume as part of my act. I eventually tried it and became Piff The Magic Dragon – younger brother of Puff [laughs]! “It was around the same time that I was getting very bored with doing all that soul-destroying corporate stuff; I kept getting fired for being too grumpy. The dragon suit was the perfect combination that allowed me to be as grumpy as I liked and still get paid! “Can I tell you something really weird about magicians? We need to pretend to have these super powers that we use to find something like the four of diamonds, but if you actually had magic powers you wouldn’t be doing card tricks!” John suggests. “Piff may be a dragon who can do magic – which is the easy bit – but he also spends his life chatting up princesses, being completely misunderstood and getting laughed at for looking ridiculous. Yet he encapsulates the stupidness of being a magician quite well.” As a member of The Magic Circle, you sold a trick to fellow magician David Blaine. How does that work? “I create many new tricks and routines, but if you’re not careful, other people see them and copy them. The way to get around that is to write a HowTo book that people can buy; you either have to release it or have people copy it and pretend it’s their own idea. Since I started doing Piff, I don’t have that problem anymore because no one else has a chihuahua in a dragon suit that they shoot out of a cannon in their act. “I started making my act very difficult to copy. Mind you,” van der Put interjects, “last year a Russian magician copied my show but used a guinea pig instead of a chihuahua; it was crazy! If you Google ‘Andrey Piff The Magic Dragon’, you will find a video of how he copies my show verbatim.” That’s very plagiaristic! “And very illegal,” he agrees. “But it’s TV so no one really cares. We were going to sue him but at the end of the day it’s just throwing good money after bad. So we made a video showing the two acts and the publicity from that spread around the world. I met David Copperfield last year and even he knew about the YouTube clip!” What does Mr Piffles do in Jurassic Bark? “He escapes from a straitjacket, we laminate him, he does a card trick, we fire him out of a cannon and he comes back from the dead! He’s a pretty clever dog! Together, we are looking for a princess, so I’ll be out in Adelaide everyday trying to find the girl of my dreams,” he laughs. How much can go wrong working with a dog? “Oh my goodness, you don’t want to go there! Things don’t really go wrong; they just get a bit messy. “There will be lots of our favourite bit in this show that we couldn’t do in Sydney,” van der Put explains, “and Australian Mr Piffle is more trained now… and we’ve insured him for a million dollars. My favourite trick is the Chihuahua Cannon Of Certain Death. Hopefully nothing will go wrong, but if it does… free holiday!” WHAT: Piff The Magic Dragon In… Jurassic Bark WHERE: The Garden Of Unearthly Delights (Umbrella Revolution) WHEN: Tue Feb 19 until Sat Mar 16
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INTERVIEWS KITTY FLANAGAN HELLO KITTY WHAT’S LIFE’S MOST PERPLEXING QUESTION? FOR KITTY FLANAGAN THE TOUGHEST ONE OF ALL IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE HELL BABIES ARE SO DAMN ANGRY... THAT’S IT, REALLY, THOUGH IN HER BRAND NEW SHOW HELLO KITTY SHE TACKLES THIS ONE AND MORE. JUST DON’T PUT YOUR HAND UP, THIS ISN’T A Q+A. OR DO. DEPENDS ON HOW BRAVE YOU ARE. “Well you can, I guess, if you really want to, but the show’s not designed to be that,” she explains. “That’s the thing, though, I’m not one of those comedians who watches the audience and tries to single someone out. I don’t like picking on people, people just want to pay to come in and watch the show, not to have to do anything. I completely understand because I’m exactly the same when I go to a show – any kind of show. I understand why people avoid the front row, you’re just so in someone’s face when you’re sitting right there. There’s not much space between you and the other person. For example, I went to see Missy Higgins and I insisted on not sitting up the front, not because Missy Higgins was going to pick on me, but because I get really paranoid that I’m going to make her feel uncomfortable if I’m in the front row and I accidentally happen to glance at my watch. She might think I’m bored and she might assume she’s boring the whole audience to death. That just ruins the show.” On the other hand, Flanagan’s own show has been receiving rave reviews. Having road-tested Hello Kitty with partner-in-crime and her own sibling, Sister Penny Flanagan, since last year, Flanagan is confident that people will at least find her new material amusing if not laugh-out-loud funny. After all, she’s only saying what
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you’re really thinking... “It tries to be educational, I’ve thought about these questions a lot in my spare time and I have a feeling that other people have asked themselves the same thing. Seriously, look at babies. What the hell is their problem? I mean, you’re a baby – you get fed, you get wiped, you get everything done for you. This will never ever again happen to you in your lifetime once you grow past the stage of being a baby. You grow up and you have to take care of yourself. Why can’t babies just seize the moment, the moment when everything is done for them? Tell you what...” Flanagan’s own favourite part of the show is when Sister Penny Flanagan joins her in song as the musical component of Hello Kitty, the performance also comprising of physical comedy among other elements. “Well, she just makes me sound good,” Flanagan jokes. “She’s actually a great singer, she’s a serious
musician and she’s been in bands before, but the best thing about having her sing on stage is that when we’re singing together – and because we have such similar voices because we’re actually sisters – she actually makes me look and sound like I can sing as well. It’s a clever trick, yes. Other than that, it’s just nice to have her on the road with me all the time because it’s like having your bestie next to you all the time and the extra bonus is that she is also family, so that bond is even stronger.” On the topic of ‘bonds’, Flanagan is more than happy to recall her days with Australia’s iconic comedy sketch show Full Frontal – a television program that served as a launching pad for the likes of Shaun Micallef, Julia Morris and Hollywood star Eric Bana. Anyone remember ‘Poida’?... “Sorry, who? Eric... Bana? Not sure, he’s probably the only one out of us who never ‘made it’... No,
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CELIA PACQUOLA DELAYED MULTI-AWARD WINNING COMEDIAN AND SELF-CONFESSED KLUTZ, CELIA PACQUOLA, IS PERFORMING HER 2012 SOLD-OUT MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL STAND-UP SHOW FOR HER ADELAIDE FRINGE DEBUT SOLO APPEARANCE – AND THE 29-YEAR-OLD COMIC WRITER/PERFORMER IS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT AS WELL. A 2008 appearance on Rove Live saw a thenfledgling comedian Pacquola slap herself in the face with much gusto. “It was actually on purpose, it just had a bit too much sauce on it, which did make it that little more impressive to watch!” she laughs.
“I’m generally quite clumsy; I often do that thing where I try to scoot around a corner or through a doorway but I misjudge it and slam my shoulder into the door. I trip on slightly raised pavers, miss steps… I get about 15 small injuries a day. I’ve never broken a major bone but I am covered in bruises.” Originally from Melbourne, Pacquola moved over to the UK. However, she returned to Australia, claiming the reasons will all be revealed at the Adelaide Fringe... “Most of the reasons will be covered in my show, but mainly to see what would happen if I did comedy over there. I wanted to do that thing where people go away to grow and change,” Pacquola suggests. “My intention was to go for a month or two, but it turned into two years. “I also had a boyfriend at the time, so the
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show also talks about how that long-distance relationship played out. Ultimately, I came back because I missed so many things back here and brought with me all the jokes I wrote while I was there.” Pacquola explains why she called her show Delayed... “It was partly about taking time out of my life. I wanted to suggest a feeling of travel while stepping out of my timeline here in Melbourne to go to the UK to have a detour and an adventure. I was delaying what my normal life would have been had I stayed here. “Also, I’m really not good at doing titles; it’s one of my most hated parts about writing a show. I’ve got at least two notebooks filled with the worse show titles ever!” she laughs. Celia also momentarily stepped away from stand-up, performing a bit part in The Librarians before doing two seasons of the ABC1 mini-series Laid, where she was nominated for the 2011 AACTA Awards’ Best Comedy Performance for her role as EJ. “That was so much fun and just a little nervewracking,” Pacquola declares. “I did a bit of acting at uni and decided it wasn’t going to work out for me, so it was really cool that it happened organically through stand-up. “The show’s writers, Marieke Hardy and Kirsty Fisher, saw my show and asked me to try out. It was really fun going into an audition as a comedian because the pressure was off; if it didn’t work out, it didn’t matter. It was weird getting used to there not being an audience because on the set, no one is allowed to laugh. When you play to silence, the comedy brain tells you that you are dying out there!” “The other thing I had to learn was to bring everything down. On stage, 80 percent of my act is my eyebrows, hands and face; big and expressive! The director kept pulling me aside and telling me to do less and talk softer. It was really good fun and I’d like to do more in the future.” Pacquola tells us that one eyebrow is far more expressive than the other and so she wears her hair on the side to cover up the ‘bad’ one. “I got this weird email once that began with [the writer] telling me to not pluck my eyebrows too much or I’ll lose expressiveness and ended with ‘Anyway, I hope to marry you one day! Goodbye.’ But he had a point and I’ve toned down the plucking!” she chuckles. With nine shows over three weeks, Pacquola is happy that she is performing at the Rhino Room. “It was always the place I was going to go and I want to be able to keep coming back each year and hopefully build a great relationship with Adelaide. This could be the last time I perform this show so I hope people come hang out and share an hour of high-energy, straightforward jokes and stand-up gags with me. “This is my third solo show and the most straight stand-up one I’ve done. I wanted to bring a bunch of gags that would be a fun, easy to get on board with kind of evening. It’s just a lot of jokes really.” WHAT: Celia Pacquola Delayed WHERE: Rhino Room (upstairs) WHEN: Thu Feb 14 until Sat Mar 2
INTERVIEWS ONE FOR THE UGLY GIRLS ONE FOR THE UGLY GIRLS IS A THEATRICAL COMEDY, PENNED BY SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PLAYWRIGHT TAHLI CORIN AND DIRECTED BY ADRIANA BONACCURSO, ABOUT A PAINTER WHO HAS LOST HIS MUSE. IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO PAINT ONCE AGAIN, HE ORDERS A LIFE-MODEL ONLINE BUT WHAT HE GETS IS FAR MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR. Not only can OFTUG boast being workshopped with legendary playwright Edward Albee (Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?) but, quite rightly, stakes the claim of the only Fringe show with two redhead Adelaide Fringe Award winners; comedian Lori Bell (Best Emerging Comic 2010 for Granny Flaps – Opens Up) and thespian Hannah Norris (My Name Is Rachel Corrie, Best Theatre Performance 2009 for After The End). Norris is at The Tuxedo Cat as we speak. “In art, I was always surprised at how often nude models were redheads,” she begins. “I find there’s something alluring, dangerous and enigmatic about a body with red hair. But this show is not particularly about redheads, it’s more about the beauty myth and the way we perceive ourselves. “People who are beautiful on the exterior often have different qualities on the inside and vice versa,” Norris suggests. “Someone less attractive on the outside can often be a beautiful person. It’s also about art and the subjects that people choose to paint and whether this artist will do one for the ugly girl. “Artist Alistair is played by Syd Brisbane, who graduated from Flinders Uni back in the 1980s. He used to do a lot of State Theatre shows, performed in Silent Partner and won the Adelaide Critics Circle award for Excellence in the Arts as an Individual in 2000. “He’s really hard to Google,” she adds with a laugh, “because all that comes up is flights and bus travel.” The three of them met when Norris came to the Fringe last year and spent some time at Tuxedo Cat, she reveals. “I came over from Melbourne for the Fringe and spent a fair bit of time here at The Tuxedo Cat and loved it! I called Tahli Corin and said I wanted to bring a show back in 2013 and asked what she had to offer; she sent this play. “2006 was the last time Syd and I worked together and this looked like the perfect project for us both. Lori Bell is a comedian but initially trained as an actor. When we approached her, she was happy to get back into acting – and fell straight into the very challenging role of Claire, the life model. “Our set and lighting designers, Amanda Webber and Sam Hopkins, have spent the last week creating the most beautiful performance area for us on the top floor of The Tuxedo Cat. They’ve completely encapsulated the feel of the artist’s studio; that warm, rich, rustic environment. It’s quite magical.” Norris mentions that earlier today she and Bell were half naked and practicing their wrestling scenes. “We do get into a bit of a scuffle,” she explains. “I can’t say anything about the context because it will give too much away, but we do have a couple of scrag fights and we are in our underwear [chuckles]! There’s some hair-pulling as well; the whole thing is vicious yet funny. “I’ve always known that I have this certain face that comes on when things are about to get real,” Norris jests. “I can feel it in my eyes, and Lori can see it too. That look is real enough for her to worry that she’s going to get beaten up… and I get to do the beating up which, in fight choreography, means Lori has to do most of the work; the victim has to make it look real. It’s good fun really.” According to Norris, OFTUG is tailor-made for your general theatre-goers, with no specific target audience in mind... “It’s the South Australian premiere of this theatrical work so it’s definitely for general theatre-goers,” Hannah replies, “but it’s also quite strongly a piece that speaks to women. With the team that we’ve got, having a female playwright and director, this modern Australian women’s story uses a language that anyone can enjoy and be entertained by. “It’s a really exciting piece and very contemporary in its presentation,” she enthusiastically adds.” It feels like there is a real creative energy in Australia right now for fresh bodies of work, a welcoming platform for our own stories to be told on stage by really dynamic voices that can attract new audiences. “For those people who think they might not enjoy a night out at the theatre, this show is not boring at all,” Norris assures us. “There’s plenty of nudity, a few laughs, a fair bit of coarse language… and redheads!”
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LE GATEAU CHOCOLAT INTOXICATING AND CHARMING, LE GATEAU CHOCOLAT IS THE LYCRA-WEARING NIGERIANBORN, OPERA-LOVING BARITONE LONDONER WHO HAS COME TO ADORE ADELAIDE WITH AS MUCH PASSION AS HE HAS FOR CHOCOLATE. IN A SPECIAL JUKEBOX CONCERT PREPARED ESPECIALLY FOR HIS FOUR-SHOW FRINGE SEASON, LE GATEAU CHOCOLAT [LGC] EXPLORES OUR LOVE-AFFAIR WITH CHOCOLATE THROUGH SONG AND MUSICAL THEATRE, ACCOMPANIED ON PIANO BY ADELAIDE’S OWN MATTHEW CAREY.
A ‘gateau’ is a rich and elaborate cake, which pretty much describes LGC himself... So, does eating chocolate cake seem a little cannibalistic? “No… Well, only sometimes!” he laughs loudly. “The thing about chocolate cake is that it’s a mark of many things; indulgence, comfort food, the things we should allow ourselves only every now and then. Life’s too short to not indulge yourself in chocolate cake – and by that I mean all things pleasurable in life. You can’t do it all the time but, for God’s sake, get involved!” That’s great advice for those of us who believe that chocolate is the sixth and most important food group and LGC
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LGC adds. “It’s always there, whether going to the cinema, doing something celebratory or just popping to the shop for a day of slothing at home with some wine and chocolate; you really don’t need a reason.” It’s like a sensual hug from the inside. “Absolutely,” he happily agrees. “Good chocolate does that. A hug, like chocolate, can be something that is jubilant or something as little as an achievement, seeing someone smile, falling in love, getting support from your parents or time with your children – things that are universal to us. You don’t have to be Nigerian, have a law degree or be gay to enjoy chocolate or any of these universal themes.” LGC explains that people don’t necessarily take to him at first glance... Perhaps it is a little like feeding children a new type of food – they may hate it at first until you convince them to at least try it... Then they love it. “Yes!” he enthuses. “That especially applies to my look. I’ve been trying to convince my producers and marketers to not put my show in the ‘gay’ and ‘drag’ box – even though I am both of those things – because the show transcends my sexuality and the fact that I am in drag. I suggested that we try things differently and market this to the old and young, the straight and the gay, theatre and opera-goers and people who just want a laugh; tell them about the ingredients of the show, about composers Jerome Kern, Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Puccini. “Like trying to convince a child that they will enjoy a particular food,” LGC says further, “the look may not be something these people would normally go for unless they try it and see what’s in it for them – and then everyone gets hooked. And if, after a while, you still don’t like the look, just close your eyes and be taken away with the music.” For those wondering why LGC’s catchcry ‘surprisingly passionate about assholism’ is all about, the explanation is an easy one. “It’s simply about embracing being an idiot or doing the things that social construct prescription would stop you from doing. If you are standing at the lights when your favourite song comes on your iPod and you just want to dance but don’t because you are worried that people will think you are crazy… that little dance – like a sugar bomb – would give you so much pleasure, so much joy. It’s about embracing that side of you that you would normally dumb-down because it would be considered ridiculous and you would be laughed at. “In 2008,” he recalls, “I said yes to the lady who asked me to be a part of her show, which then revealed me to the people from Strut & Fret who put me on the Fringe and festival circuit and my life has continued to change since then. That is what ‘assholism’ is all about! “I love all the art forms and genres of performance,” he concludes, “but I do them by choice. I love singing opera, but in my show I just happen to be wearing a sequined Lycra costume – not because of why, but why not!” WHAT: Le Gateau Chocolat – I Heart Chocolat WHERE: The Garden of Unearthly Delights (Paradiso Spiegeltent) WHEN: Fri Feb 15 until Sun Feb 17
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THE PENIS MIGHTIER Some of Canada’s premier improv funnymen take a page from The Full Monty and bare all in the name of comedy. Put it this way, I’m pretty sure we can assume it was these guys T-Pain had in mind when we penned his hit song, I’m In Love With A Stripper. Catch the Comic Strippers at Nexus Cabaret (Lion Arts Centre) from Fri Feb 15 until Sat Feb 23, but make sure you leave the kiddies home - this steamy hot pile of comedy gold is strictly 18+.
BUSY BODY It’s hard not to fly into a fit of envious rage when you first meet Danny McGinlay. McGinlay is like that annoying overachiever who insists on raising his hand for every question. The guy spent last year getting married, learning Ukrainian, jet-setting all over the world and working on numerous TV shows. He prides himself on cramming more in a single year than most do in 10. Learn how to be awesome at life without taking yourself too seriously at McGinlay’s Hypertonic at Gluttony’s Pigpen from Tue Feb 26 – Sun Mar 10 at 8.15pm (except for Mondays).
HELLO KITTY Kitty Flanagan has the answers to the questions we’re all asking. Why are babies so angry? What makes ham so delicious? What snacks should be avoided when dating? Is it okay to take hot beverages into the dunny can? Is ‘dunny can’ an acceptable term for toilet? If not, should it be? Explore all of life’s most pressing questions with Kitty at the Royalty Theatre from Thu Feb 28 until Sun Mar 10.
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living off the dole. Really quite alarming when you consider that it is your tax dollars that allow these boardshort bludgers to reap the benefits of being lazy. Performer Taylor Klas wants to help Centrelink’s fight against all of those who exploit the welfare organisation through songs aimed at getting folks out of the dole bludger queue and into some gainful employment. See Klas in Joanne’s Real World at La Boheme on Fri Feb 22 and Sat Feb 23 at 8pm and Tue Feb 26 and Wed Feb 27 at 6.30pm.
TUMBLING DICE Navigating everyday life can be incredibly stressful. It is even more stressful when you’re trying to juggle responsibilities while hanging upside down, suspended in the air. Or while flying through the air or contorting your body to perform aweinspiring acrobatic feats. But that’s exactly what Ken and Tina from Tumble Circus do. Join them as they explore how life can fall apart, and how we land on our feet at The Birdcage from Thu Feb 28 until Fri Mar 8 (except Mondays) at 8pm.
recreate some of the oddest (and most challenging) bets made throughout history, including pushing a wheelbarrow from Hertfordshire to Shoreditch in 11 hours in a bet with Top Gear’s Richard Hammond (which was first attempted by the brilliantly named Goliath Shadbolt in 1789). FitzHigham celebrates our innate desire to gamble in the Cupola from Fri Feb 15 until Sun Mar 17 at 8.15pm.
ARE CROCS THAT BAD? We’ve all made poor choices in our lives, some more serious than others. But one thing is certain, the human spirit always perseveres. Unless of course, you’re comedian Dave O’Neil. Dave seriously regrets a lot of things in his life, and now those feelings of sadness, shame, embarrassment and guilt have manifested themselves as 33 Things I Should Have Said No To. Illicit drugs, the countless extra value meals at McDonald’s and the fashion faux pas that are Crocs are only the tip of the iceberg. Accompany Dave down his walk of shame at the Rhino Room from Tue Feb 26 until Sat Mar 2 at 8.30pm.
KNOCK IT OFF A blonde, a brunette and a Japanese guy walk onto a stage and proceed to flip, dip, dive, tumble, twist, turn and contort themselves in blatant disregard for their own well-being. Backed by a soundtrack of classic pub rock anthems, Three High Acrobatics’ mischievous Aussie humour is on full display as the trio sacrifices life and limb to deliver an awe-inspiring modern circus performance. Catch these high flying blokes with a sense of humour at the Birdcage from Fri Feb 15 until Sun Feb 24 at 7.45pm.
BROING OUT As the world shifts from a patriarchal society to a more genderbalanced one, there is less pressure for men to take on traditional responsibilities. Guys aren’t marrying as young anymore. Many aren’t seeking full time work, opting to study or party longer. Comedian Simon Taylor addresses the phenomenon of the manchild and the perpetual bro out in 1 Man Debate at the Deluxe in the Garden Of Unearthly Delights from Fri Feb 15 – Sun Mar 17 at 7.30pm.
BORN A GAMBLING MAN Tim FitzHigham has never come across a bet he didn’t take. In fact, the more outrageous, the better. He has crossed the English Channel in a bathtub and has even rowed 257kms down the Thames in a paper boat. To satiate his hunger for gambling, FitzHigham has gone on to
LOVE IN THE KEY OF BRITPOP Aussie girl meets English boy in a sweaty nightclub oasis. Like common people, boy and girl hit it off while their suede shoes bound about the dancefloor. Girl and boy spend the night talking about their mutual love of gin and tonic and ‘90s Britpop. When the sun breaks through the early morning clouds, their hours together are but a blur. Will their passion for music be enough to sustain a long distance relationship? Love In The Key Of Britpop offers bittersweet poetry for anyone who wishes it was still 1995 at the Tuxedo Cat’s Red Room from Fri Feb 15 until Tue Feb 26 at 7.15pm.
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Alright Adelaide, The Fringe is here so get out your wallets or get the fuck out of the way. Like a hugely entertaining transient uncle that visits once a year and throws a massive party at your place, drinks a lot of beer, trashes it and then leaves you broke, hung over and with the strong smell of human faeces in your front yard, it’s here again and it smells mischief. I know what you’re thinking, that me and my filthy carney friends are back to offer you flyers you don’t want to shows you don’t want to see as we crowd your streets, bars and restaurants. Well don’t be such a fuck. The Fringe is awesome. If we’re giving you flyers it’s because our shows will blow your mind and it’s not that you don’t want to see our shows, it’s only that you don’t know about them yet. The festival is a truly international event. It’s not just smug fucks like me from Melbourne but people from all over the greater suburbs of Melbourne and even as far away as wider Victoria (now based in Melbourne). So get ready to get out there and get some culture in your face. Get a funnel and plunger and smash it in there. Back up a truck and tip it in. Wash it down with a beer from a festival bar that is sponsored by a beer you don’t usually drink at a price you wouldn’t usually pay. Eat something standing up whilst queuing. See something good. See something bad. See some weird shit. That’s right, take a fucking punt on some total unkown. They could be on the way up, on the way down, or huge where they are from. Or they could just plain old fashioned suck balls. Sit through it politely, clap politely then get up and leave. Then do what you like with the memory. Whether it’s a bunch of naked buto people in chalk screeching in unison, a naked midget with a huge wanga, some Dutch dudes hitting each other with timber or a Dutch guy breathing through his eyes, the Fringe has something for everyone, so long as you like nudity and/or the Dutch. So buckle up C-words because the Fringe is fucking awesome and it’s here. …Sorry, about half-way through this I realised it sounded a bit like the Trainspotting speech but by then it was too late.
Catch Heath Franklin’s Chopper In The (S)Hit List at The Garden Of Unearthly Delights (The Vagabond) from Tue Feb 19 until Sun Mar 3 (except Mon Feb 25).
FIX BITS WITH RYAN LYNCH kids who went there for dinner. Around 8pm the kids would all be gone and ‘Magic Mike’ would perform for all the drunks watching Sunday football. Now, it may have been the alcohol, but I was flabbergasted. Magicians are awesome. Adelaide Fringe Award winners from 2012 Mindblown are back with 3, a showcase of three unique forms of magic. Regardless of whether you’re blotto or stone-cold sober, I’ll bet that your mind will be blown. Check it out at Gluttony’s Pig Tales, Fri Feb 15 until Sat Feb 23 at 9.35pm.
WTF Androgynous Londoner Spanky is leaving his/her seven-year residency at London’s infamous Bistrotheque to return to Australia as his/her alter-ego, the immortal demi goddess Candice McQueen, a ‘Mr Sister’ who has partied around the world for thousands of years. When he/she falls for a fallen ‘90s screen idol, Candice embarks on a journey that weaves ‘90s pop culture and fashion in order to save both of their lives. Are you confused? Because I am. One thing is certain, Candice McQueen: Nasty! is going to be a wild fusion of comedy and cabaret. Check it out at the Holden Street Theatres from Fri Mar 1 until Mon Mar 4 and at the Spiegeltent on Wed Mar 6.
A REDHEAD MATCH Alistair is an artist who has been stuck in a rut. Feeling that his creativity has dried up, he turns to the internet to
reinvigorate his drive. He ends up ordering a life model, but when this model shows up in his studio, he gets more than he bargained for. One For The Ugly Girls is the South Australian premiere of Barossa-born Tahli Corin’s 70-minute play about grief, love and inspiration. You can see this left-of-centre comedy at Tuxedo Cat from Thu Feb 14 until Tue Feb 26 at various times. Warning: this show features harsh language, frequent nudity and redheads.
DON’T BE KUNTY YouTube superstars Kunt & The Gang’s very wrong comedy songs have made them overnight sensations in their native England. Coming to Australia for the first time ever, Kunt & The Gang bring their live show of controversial pop to the Fringe. With songs covering a myriad of modern topics from assisted suicide (Let’s Send Nan To Dignitas) to love and loss (Wanking Over A Pornographic Polaroid Of An Ex-Girlfriend Who Died), Kunt & The Gang is a obscenity-laden Casiotone adventure. Join Kunt and Little Kunt (the puppet effigy of Kunt’s former parasitic twin) in The Red Room at the Austral Hotel from Sun Mar 3 until Mon Mar 11 at 11pm.
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SAMMY J What have you only recently realised? I am immortal. Fictional character you relate to best? Jafar, but only during the giant snake phase, and a handful of moments in Return Of Jafar. Disappointment you’ve never recovered from? Return Of Jafar. What film demands a sequel? Not Aladdin, that’s for damn sure. Useless ephemera cluttering your abode? Everything in my abode has a purpose. Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? Alexander Pearce eating his fellow convicts as they fled across Tasmania’s west coast. What’s beside your bed? My six-month-old daughter. If your life flashed before your eyes, what would be your favourite moment? I had a lovely pie in Bordertown in 2009. Something you’ll be avoiding during festival season? Getting bashed by a Clipsal 500 attendee. Unlikely situation you’ve found yourself in? I got to hang out with [US Vice President] Joe Biden last year at a fundraiser in New Orleans. He took a copy of my CD and emailed me two weeks later to say he had enjoyed it. I am now one email and a heartbeat away from the Presidency. Pop culture star responsible for your sexual awakening? Baby Spice. In a Hunger Games comedy fight to the death, which hapless comic would you take on? Myself. It would be more of a psychological thriller, but worth a watch.
Your most dramatic fashion disaster? My life. Who: Sammy J - Potentially Where: Umbrella Revolution When: Fri Feb 15 – Fri Mar 1 at 9pm
DJ TOM LOUD HOT DUB TIME MACHINE What literar y work would you love to turn into a musical? On The Road by Jack Kerouac. Like many ageing hipsters, it’s my favourite book. Someone could make an amazing jazz-fuelled, abstract, beat generation stage show out of it....
Obscure claim to fame? I mixed the sound on 199 episodes of McLeod’s Daughters, narrowly missing the 200 when the show got cancelled. Favourite family heirloom? My mum has an old model ship in a massive glass box in her living room. I used to stare at it for hours. It’s ancient and quite mysterious... What’s the trick to a great live sound? Not hitting the reds. Not using MP3s. Having the foldback as loud as the PA, so you actually know what people are hearing..... What scares you? Angry drunk women with requests. Song that you’ve shed a tear to? Ben Harper - Walk Away. We need more: Parties that are about dancing and good music, not looking good or being cool. We need less: Pitbull and David Guetta. What are you looking forward to? Giving people sweaty hugs after the show. Best show as an audience member? Underworld and Kraftwerk at the 2003 Big Day Out Boiler Room. What would you give to write the perfect song? I reckon even if I wrote the perfect song, there would still be someone who hates it. WHAT: Hot Dub Time Machine WHERE: Paradiso Spiegeltent WHEN: Fri Feb 15 – Sat Mar 9 at 11.45pm
RANDY IS SOBER What have you only recently realised? That horses can canter backwards. Fictional character you relate to best? The orangutan in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Murders In The Rue Morgue (spoiler alert). Disappointment you’ve never recovered from? Prematurely learning the plot twist of The Murders In The Rue Morgue. What film demands a sequel? Requiem For A Dream. What tickles your fancy? The loris. What’s beside your bed? A small upturned pewter bucket with a copy of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere and an empty packet of Marlboro Reds from 1996 sitting on top of it. If your life flashed before your eyes, what would be your favourite moment? The time I went to the Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2013 and only did three shows.
Bad celebrity experience? I tripped over Jodie Foster once at the Hard Rock Cafe in Kuala Lumpur and split my head open on the Terminator 2 display. Clothing you can’t bear to throw away? My Fu Manchu The Action Is Go T-shirt. Pop culture star responsible for your sexual awakening? Simone Buchanan circa 1986. Your most dramatic fashion disaster? Happy pants and a silk vest. Current fad you’re loathing? Contraception. WHAT: Randy Is Sober WHERE: The Vagabond WHEN Fri Feb 15 – Sun Feb 17 at 9.45pm
MARIEKE HARDY – WOMEN OF LETTERS What keeps you up at night? My dog, Bob Ellis, kicking me delicately in my ladyparts.
Unlikely situation you’ve found yourself in? Kylie Minogue’s 21st birthday party. Travel tip? Always pack bath oil and herbal tea bags. What do you now realise was a bad idea? Mark Latham. We need more: Freeform dancing to Supertramp. Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech. Just to watch all the air escape out of Tony Abbott, leaving him looking like a sad deflated bouncing castle. What scares you? That I know more about the history of the Spice Girls than I do about Tolstoy. Worst performance injur y? I busted my ankle falling off a futon (no, really) then had to go and spend the next three hours marching around stage playing Eliza Doolittle in an amateur production of My Fair Lady. What does your handwriting say about you? That I should stick to typing. Favourite foreign word or phrase? All I remember from learning high school German is ‘du bist ein durchfallkopf’ which from memory means ‘you are a diarrhoea head’. Frau West would be proud of me. Clothing you can’t bear to throw away? A completely transparent dress I had no idea was see-through until I wore it out for a night at the theatre seeing Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll and inadvertently showed 400 people my bottom. Good times.
WHAT: Women Of Letters WHERE: Paradiso Speigeltent WHEN: Sun Feb 24 and Mon Feb 25 at 6.30pm
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Personal manifesto? Eat and go back to bed. What have you only recently realised? That I’m never going to meet Whitney Houston. Fictional character you relate to best? I’m a bit like Hermione Granger from Harry Potter. An OCD knowit-all who has great wand skills. What film demands a sequel? Britney Spears’ Crossroads. Bad celebrity experience? I once met Ben Lee and he was a total asshole. Don’t buy his music. I mean, why would you anyway?! What would you like to uninvent? Gangnam Style. Something you’ll be avoiding during festival season? Drunkenly approaching reviewers.
What have you only recently realised? That people liked Swedish House Mafia. They are just three DJs who play other people’s music – they don’t even sing or dance! Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? Captain Cook landing in Australia and the Aboriginals being there to tell them that they didn’t like boat people. What film demands a sequel? Rocky. Bad celebrity experience? When Russell Crowe threw a phone at me.
Pop culture star responsible for your sexual awakening? Lady Gaga. I never knew I felt that way about crustaceans.
Unlikely situation you’ve found yourself in? Sitting next to Eric McCormack, who played Will from Will And Grace, on a flight from Toronto to LA and asking him what he did for a living.
In a Hunger Games comedy fight to the death, which hapless comic would you take on? Any other young gay comic. I’d happily kill any of them if it meant a gig. Sorry, Tom Ballard. Lana Del Rey says she tastes like Pepsi-Cola. What food or beverage do you taste like? A whisky sour. I’m alcoholic and bitter. Current fad you’re loathing? 2013. Useless factual tidbit? Anne Hathaway’s mum played the role of Fantine in the original American touring production of Les Miserables. Most people reading this won’t care but any gay reading this will lose his shit.
Pop culture star responsible for your sexual awakening? George Michael. When has technology let you down? When I am 30,000 feet in the air and I can’t send a text message. Lana Del Rey says she tastes like Pepsi-Cola. What food or beverage do you taste like? Wait a minute while I bite myself and find out… What do you now realise was a bad idea? Physically answering the previous question. Useless factual tidbit? That you can get AIDS from a mosquito. And the moral of the stor y is… Don’t sleep with a mosquito.
WHO: Joel Creasey – The Drama Captain WHERE: Rhino Room WHEN: Feb 14 – Sat Mar 2 at 10pm
WHAT: The Good, The Bad And The Ethnic WHERE: The Arkaba WHEN: Sun Feb 17 – Sun Mar 17 (at various times)
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BARNABAS SMITH – ETYPEJAZZ What literar y work would you love to turn into a musical? Pride And Prejudice And Zombies. Countr y or city you’d still like to perform in? Hong Kong. What’s the trick to a great live sound? Commitment to your craft and technique, an excellent sound technician and preferable venue acoustics. What scares you? Missing that one deadline which, if missed, mucks all the others up. Song that you’ve shed a tear to? O Mio Babbino Caro. We need more: Time, right? We need less: Costs incurred when shipping internetpurchased goods to Australia. Favourite holiday memor y? Collecting sea snails. If your show included a backmasked message, what would it be? ‘And the beat goes on…’ What are you looking forward to? Another year of creating and performing music – nothing like it. Best show as an audience member? Foo Fighters supported by Tenacious D. I only really went to see the D!
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KIM CHURCHILL What keeps you up at night? Nothing really. Sleep is a Godsend when it happens and I’m normally more than happy to oblige. Inappropriate or bad advice you’ve been given? Always eat your steak before your vegies. I think I just like saving it for last. Best show as an audience member? Roger Waters performing The Wall in Quebec City, closely followed by Jeff Lang in Brisbane a few years ago. Unlikely situation you’ve found yourself in? Gaffataping on the brake fluid container and continuing to the next gig… Van chugged on like this for another 6000kms. What do you now realise was a bad idea? Double tequila shots immediately after a 2hr set…
Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? Led Zeppelin’s first jam.
What would you give to write the perfect song? Whatever it takes. What gig would you love to play again? Opening for Sting at the Barossa Under The Stars festival. Perhaps not in 35º+ heat though! What’s the greatest myster y? The Bermuda Triangle. Best post-performance meal? The free kind.
What film demands a sequel? I think far too many brilliant films have been spoiled by their terrible sequels. I think I’d prefer to leave them alone. Worst performance injury? I have wandered off the stage with pretty mashed up feet a few times from all the different drum pedals I have. It can get a bit bloody. Favourite foreign word or phrase? ‘C’est du bon fromage’ – it’s crazy how often this comes in handy. Clothing you can’t bear to throw away? A pair of light blue jeans. I’ve had them mended seven times they’re not going anywhere. Something you’ll be avoiding during festival season? I spend my time concentrating on the things I want to do, there is never time to avoid anything I don’t. I’m no longer even sure what those things are….
WHO: Etypejazz WHERE: Paradiso Spiegeltent WHEN: Sun Feb 17 and Sun Feb 24 at 5pm
WHO: Kim Churchill WHERE: Paradiso Spiegeltent WHEN: Sat Feb 16 at 7pm
What’s leaving you baffled? These new bus lanes.
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GREGORY PAGE What literar y work would you love to turn into a musical? I’ve always wanted to see Winnie The Pooh set to a musical. Favourite family heirloom. My grandfather’s Irish pipes and his neck-tie that I wear on stage. Country or city you’d still like to perform in? Berlin. What’s the trick to a great live sound? Quiet monitors and a sober sound man. Song that you’ve shed a tear to? The Parting Glass. Favourite holiday memor y? When I was 14, I went to Gibraltar and slept with wild monkeys in my hotel room and learned to drink black coffee with the locals.
What are you looking forward to? I’m looking forward to writing a song that out-lives me. Best show as an audience member? I opened for Jeff Buckley. His pure heart performance changed everything inside me. What’s leaving you baffled? How we can send a man to the moon but can’t find a solution for homelessness. Last gadget purchased? A travelling gramophone. What would you give to write the perfect song? There is no such thing. What agitates you? The assumptions people make about others whom they do not know. Also reality TV shows and the music of Kenny G. What’s the last thing you think about at night? That’s an extremely personal question... private dark thoughts I must keep to myself.
WHO: Gregor y Page WHERE: Paradiso Spiegeltent WHEN: Sun Feb 17 at 7pm
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MARGIE FISCHER THE DEAD ONES
DORIAN MODE – BOGANVILLE
JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR
What keeps you up at night? Thoughts of how I will get audiences with so many shows on at the Fringe and Festival. Worst thing to see when arriving on stage? Vomit. Inappropriate or bad advice you’ve been given? You’re not the type of person who they want at NIDA (National Institute Of Dramatic Art). Unlikely situation you’ve found yourself in? Running weekly queer bingo sessions at the Colonel Light Hotel on Sunday nights. What do you now realise was a bad idea? Thinking I could avoid getting speeding fines and other traffic offences. Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? Being present when the the Gurindji’s land rights claim was successful and their traditional land was handed back in 1975. Favourite holiday memor y? Summer nights with family and friends at Brunswick Heads in Northern New South Wales. Worst performance injur y? Having bottles thrown at me by drunk uni students when I was doing stand-up comedy between rock bands at Flinders Uni. Favourite foreign word or phrase? Nebbich. It’s a Yiddish word that is hard to translate, however roughly it means a person who everyone is sorry for. It’s a funny word.
Obscure claim to fame? I was a winner at my local fishing club. Countr y or city you’d still like to perform in? I prefer performing in the city, generally. What scares you? An audience. Favourite holiday memory? My 1950s caravan with my kids and punishing them with charades and the lame card games I endured as a kid. Hey, why should they be spared? What are you looking forward to? A sigh and a beer after a successful show at Fringe. Best show as an audience member? Ross Noble/ Herbie Hancock in Blue Note, New York.
What literar y work would you love to turn into a musical? Wow! Good question, but the problem is I love books and hate musicals, so I say none! Sorry. Obscure claim to fame? Erm… When I was three I played an Oompa Loompa in Solihull Library Theatre’s performance of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. Favourite family heirloom? My father’s leather bound book collection, including a few first editions. Song that you’ve shed a tear to? The Kinks’ Waterloo Sunset. Favourite holiday memor y? I went on my first holiday last year in 10 years, so I guess being in the South of France last year and teaching my two-year-old niece how to load and shoot a water pistol at her dad. Best show as an audience member? John Fogerty, Byron Bay Blues Festival 2012. What’s leaving you baffled? I’m in Germany at the moment and I’m rather baffled how one nation can seem to work cheese and ham sandwiches into every and any mealtime. What would you give to write the perfect song? Swap you for a bad song?
What’s leaving you baffled? MasterChef – immediately followed by The Biggest Loser.
Clothing you can’t bear to throw away? A suede jacket with tassels which I think I look tough and interesting in.
What would you give to write the perfect song? My publisher’s children. What’s the greatest myster y? Shane Warne: bogan or metrosexual? Worst review? Critics are talentless, sniping philistines unless they write something good about you, whereby they are instantly transformed into people with taste and impeccable judgment. What agitates you? Southern Cross tattoos. Wanna be a patriot? Support your local business and don’t illegally download local bands. Best post-performance meal? I prefer eating before 5.30pm. I’m from the NSW Central Coast (AKA God’s Waiting Room) and these are the ways of my people…
WHAT: The Dead Ones WHERE: Migration Museum WHEN Wed Feb 20 – Sun Mar 3 (various times)
WHAT: Boganville WHERE: Paradiso Spiegeltent WHEN: Thu Feb 21 at 7pm
What’s the greatest mystery? Is there life after death? The Bermuda Triangle? How does Eric Johnson get that tone? Worst review? Recently a guy in Germany hated my hair so much he dedicated most of the article to that and hardly got around to the music… I always thought I had quite an inoffensive haircut myself. WHO: Joanne Shaw Taylor WHERE: The Governor Hindmarsh WHEN: Mon Feb 18 at 7.30pm
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Moodymann While he may be one of the more enigmatic personalities in house music, keeping shy from interviews, the press and even his fans (sometimes he performs behind a curtain of white sheets) it’s been announced that Moodymann will perform at Sugar on Thu Mar 7. Kenny Dixon Jr’s (AKA Moodymann) quirks don’t end there. He is an outspoken critic on the present dance music scene, shaming the notable lack of African American personalities, and is a strong advocate to keep vinyl relevant in house and electronic music. In the past he’s been known to hold up a record and inform the crowd that his women prefer 12”. His political agenda aside, Moodymann is also known for his infusion of bluesy and soulful sounds within his sets that has become his signature sound over his 20 year career. If you are lucky – and if you can see him – Moodymann also is known to stop records as they are playing to talk to the crowd. Adelaide may just get lucky. Moodymann plays at Sugar on Thu Mar 7.
Q+A With Super Magic Hats
Strange Talk Melbourne’s electro-pop charmers Strange Talk are hitting the road this March in celebration of their just-released studio album Cast Away which will include a special DJ set at Adelaide’s Electric Circus. Released last week through Fine Time/Sony Music, Cast Away was produced by the band in their Melbourne studio and mixed by LA’s Tony Hoffer (Beck, The Temper Trap). From rave drenched anthems to big dancefloor bangers, Cast Away offers 11 musical slices of forward-thinking electro-pop. Amidst crisscrossing the country with Unearthed up-and-comer Phebe Starr from Thu Mar 14 until Fri Apr 5, the quartet will stop in our neck of the woods on Thu April 4. You can grab your tickets from electriccircus.com.au.
With his first ever Adelaide show coming up and a highly-anticipated EP on the way, Melbourne’s Super Magic Hats is one beatmaker on the rise. Don’t write off a full-length album in the near future, either, he says.
Strange Talk play a DJ set at Electric Circus on Thu Apr 4.
Spit Syndicate One of Sydney’s most charming hip hop duos, Spit Syndicate (comprising Nick Lupi and Jimmy Nice) are making a return in 2013 with their third album, Sudnay Gentlemen. Hitting the shelves on Fri Feb 22 via Obese, the record is thoughtful, deeply personal and sometimes pretty confronting, with first single Beauty In The Bricks having been fast tracked to Channel [V], followed by second single Folly making it onto Triple J’s full rotation list just recently. Unquestionably a producer’s dream, Sunday Gentlemen boasts an imposing list of premium beat-makers including Adit (Horrorshow), Stylaz Fuego (360, Seth Sentry), M-Phazes (Illy, Kimbra), J-Skub (Owl Eyes, Jackson Jackson) and Raph Dixon (Jackie Onassis), as well as Drapht, Illy, Solo (Horrorshow) and Kai (Sydney duo Jackie Onassis) also putting their stamp on the album. Spit Syndicate play at Jive on Thu Apr 18.
Tell us about the Wind Remix Collection – what’s in the package? There are three remixes of Wind from some amazingly talented guys from Melbourne. Japanese Wallpaper has turned out a really nice chilled version, Friendships has come up with something that is deliciously dark and twisted and Flash Forest has pulled out the stops to give us something that seems to go through the gears beautifully. All three are really different and I am stoked with how they came out. Wind came out late last year – how was it received? It seemed to be received pretty well! I was stoked really, I heard it on Triple J when I was driving home from the Harvest Festival and it got such a nice wrap-up from Fenella on Sound Lab. After that point, it got a fair bit of radio play on Triple J and on local radio and hit the number one spot on the AMRAP Airit chart, which was a really nice surprise.
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It’s the first single off the upcoming EP – tell us about the rest of the EP... It’s going to be out in mid-March, there are six songs and it will be available on download and on CD. It’s going to simply be called Super Magic Hats and the cover art is a painting by my friend Dan, who is a really talented artist and designer. The EP will present some different sides of my music – there are a couple of tracks that are a bit more wistful than my earlier stuff but at the same time there’s a thread that runs through them all, in terms of the style. For those not yet familiar with you, tell us more about your sound... My sound is based in electronica, built around drum machines, loops, sampling and production, but also including my own playing, of bass, guitars and electronic gadgets. It takes its cues from a wide range of music including shoegaze, hip hop, electronica, chill wave, house, pop and more.
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The future of Australian electro-pop is in safe hands with Strange Talk. Since rising in popularity astronomically through Triple J Unearthed in 2010, they’ve finally delivered the goods of a highly polished, devastatingly infectious album. While the key tracks Cast Away and Falling In Love feature as track one and two, the rest of the album holds strong throughout. So So La La follows in the same vein as Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Cheated Hearts, making a song about deceit and heartbreak irresistible to groove along to. While there isn’t the same melancholic undertones as evident in Passion Pit, there is still enough heart for Strange Talk to transcend the barrier of mindless pop into something more meaningful. Wanted (Dead Or Alive) isn’t as strong as opening track Cast Away to close the album as strong as it started, but its synth and hooks are a definite nod to the ‘80s, which is very much appreciated. Lachlan Aird
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With Ben UFO’s fellow Hessle Audio co-owner Pearson Sound delivering one of the best Fabric mixes of the past few years (Fabriclive 56), the pressure was on the DJ of the clique to better the producer’s mix. With an old skool raw tek vibe (complemented by classic oldies and rarities from Mr Fingers, K-Hand and Herbert), Ben UFO magnificently mixes old with new, classic with rare and party tunes with experimental cuts. Like another pure UK DJ who stepped up to the Fabric plate a few years back, Jackmaster, UFO balances the aforementioned elements to perfection. Fabriclive 67 isn’t tacky nor is it pretentious, as the former dubstepper shows the UK troupe that went techno after dubstep are making some brilliant raw techno with a garage kick to it, a continuation of what happened a generation ago in the ‘90s. Exciting stuff. Jeff Spicoli
It is with great surprise that I would give this album from the duo responsible for the inanely infectious Thrift Shop any stars ever. But for its flaws, which ‘that song’ is most responsible for, it makes up for with some tight, wellexecuted themes. Macklemore has had a troubled life, but he coherently depicts the positives and negatives in a way that isn’t self-absorbed. Same Love is sure to become an anthem for same-sex marriage and rightly so, while Wing$ is a greater commentary on commercialism than the satirical Thrift Shop, where Macklemore passionately raps til his voice breaks on the vice-like grip of the culture around Nike Airs. If anything, the use of child choirs is too overdone, and without them the track stands up on its own. That means Ryan Lewis, and not particularly Macklemore, is the real Batman in this duo. Lachlan Aird
Super Magic Hats is out on Fri Mar 22 independently.
Calendar/ Fri Feb 15 Panama (Rocket Bar) Fri Feb 15 Fringe Opening St Party: Random Soul, HMC + more (Register St) Sat Feb 21 PilotFest 2013 (Arcade Lane) Fri Feb 28 Huxley (Sugar) Fri Mar 1 Hilltop Hoods, Drapht, Illy, Pez (Clipsal 500) Sat Mar 9 Dialectrix (Rocket Bar) Thu Mar 21 XXYYXX (Arcade Lane) Fri Mar 22 Netsky (HQ) Sat Mar 23 Daniel Bell (Sugar) Sun Mar 31 The Demigodz: Apathy & Celph Titled (HQ)
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Canadian dubsteppers Zeds Dead took their handle from a line Bruce Willis utters in Quentin Tarantino’s ‘90s cult film Pulp Fiction. By coincidence, Dylan ‘DC’ Mamid, half of the combo with Zack ‘Hooks’ Rapp-Rovan, has just caught the so-called ‘director DJ’s’ critically acclaimed (if controversial) western Django Unchained at the cinema. “I’m a huge Tarantino fan,” Mamid raves. “I loved it – it’s such a good movie.” Zeds Dead, who early in 2012 kicked off an 80-date North American tour subsuming Coachella, are taking off two months to buckle down in the studio. It has been, Mamid says, “nice” to be home in Toronto, “so we can do things like that – go see movies and whatnot.” Zeds Dead initially hit Australia last summer, playing smaller venues. This March they’ll join Future Music Festival 2013. Mamid hopes to bump into some heroes. “It’d be really cool to even just share the same stage as The Prodigy, because we’ve been big fans of theirs for a long time and just got a chance to do a remix [of the classic Breathe] for them. So it’d be cool maybe if we got a chance to meet them.” Mamid and Rapp-Rovan started out in the early 2000s cutting hip hop as Mass Productions (they occasionally rapped). They’d issue an album, Fresh Beetz, independently in 2007. Two years later, they reinvented themselves as an EDM outfit. Zeds Dead hosted a weekly event, Bassmentality, helping to popularise dubstep in Toronto. They also offered free downloads. The Brit Kissy Sell Out picked up the first official Zeds Dead single, Rude Boy, for his San City High in 2010 (a vocal version with MC Omar LinX followed). Next, Diplo embraced them, putting out Rumble In The Jungle on Mad Decent – it topped
d Zeds Dea by Cyclone Beatport’s Breakbeat Chart – while Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak released Ruckus The Jam. To date, Zeds Dead have, boots aside, privileged singles or EPs. In fact, they’re plugging a new EP, the instrumental Hot Sauce, on Mad Decent. “It’s like a whole bunch of different styles – I’d say it’s our most experimental EP we’ve done so far, it’s got a lot of different kind of tracks on there. I think people will be surprised by some of the stuff on there, but it should go over pretty well – at least I hope so!” Zeds Dead have been recording continuously, reaching out to potential collaborators. “We got a lotta music in the works.” The duo are open to crafting an album. “I think the album format definitely still
has relevance to us – and we’d definitely wanna do one. It’s just about timing, really, and making a big commitment.” Zeds Dead are identified with dubstep, but their music has splodges of hip hop, electro and rock. Mamid struggles to summarise ‘their’ genre in 2013. “It’s hard to say – because it’s changing so often. I mean, it’s kind of funny – like, we obviously got big off dubstep originally and that was what a lot of people pinned us as, but it was just one stop on the whole musical journey... I guess right now we’re not doing as much of the same dubstep sound. We still have done a bit. We just released a pretty dubsteppy tune – a remix that we did of Marina & The Diamonds [Lies]. But this [new] EP [Hot Sauce] is really, like I said,
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Chicago’s Flosstradamus – Josh ‘Y2K’ Young and Curt ‘Autobot’ Cameruci – have done much to recharge trap music for the EDM generation. In the process they’ve reignited their careers. Now, amazingly, the Underground Anthem DJs are returning to Australia for a club, not festival, tour. “It’s obviously a more intimate experience for the fans, but it’s also more fun for us,” Young says. “We like playing little rooms and turning these little clubs into basement house parties.” He envisages “really loud music and lots of strobes”.
Flosstradamus emerged from Chicago’s party scene in 2005. Young’s (older!) sister Melisa, better known as Kid Sister of Pro Nails fame, MCed (he coined her handle). Ironically, as post-mash-up DJs, Flosstradamus introduced Chicago’s juke to global audiences. Their first single, 2008’s Big Bills, featured Chairlift’s ethereal Caroline Polachek, of all people – and surfaced on Mountain Dew’s label. (Young’s dream collaborator? DJ King Louie.) They’d drop their debut EP, Jubilation, in 2011 on A-Trak’s Fool’s Gold. Flosstradamus are largely responsible for the reinvention of the Southern hip hop style trap, today rivalling dubstep for popularity in the US. They actually trapified Lana Del Rey’s Video Games with their Lana’s Theme bootleg. Flosstradamus have defended what some dismiss as “a fad”.
“We’ve worked with a lot of the [original] trap guys in Atlanta and so far everyone we’ve come in contact with has been really supportive and excited about what we’re doing. I’m not surprised at how big it’s gotten, but I am surprised at how fast it got there.” Rising US superstar DJ Porter Robinson has expressed frustration that DJ/producers are jumping on the bandwagon. Young isn’t fussin’. “We don’t care. The internet puts everything everywhere and anyone can, and will, attempt whatever sound is hot. This has been going on for decades, probably centuries, dating back to classical musicians. But the fact remains: good music will prevail.” Flosstradamus are remixing hot names. They amped up Usher’s Climax with Diplo, Usher one of urban’s biggest EDM converts. “We haven’t met him, but Dip said he was
kinda all over the place. A lot of the stuff I don’t even know how I would classify it.” Zeds Dead will be “rocking it” at FMF with their live/DJ composite show. Zeds Dead are competitive. If Mamid hears an epic track by someone else, he’s bursting to enter the studio. Zeds Dead aim to up the ante as DJs, too. “I feel [that industry competition] sometimes, but it’s a good type of competition, it’s a healthy type – and it’s only with a few people, to be honest,” Mamid laughs. “It always inspires me to be better.” WHO: Zeds Dead WHAT: Future Music Festival WHERE: Bonython Pk WHEN: Mon Mar 11
feeling the remix.” Flosstradamus recently co-produced Flexin And Finessin (featuring Three 6 Mafia’s Juicy J) on the TrapGold mixtape from expat Aussie rapstress Iggy Azalea, who’s signed to TI’s Grand Hustle (the G himself has long been a trap soulja, airing 2003’s Trap Muzik). Flosstradamus have themselves had a succession of EPs on Fool’s Gold, Mad Decent and the Web, but no album has ever materialised. Young considers one unlikely for this year. “We probably won’t release an album, but we have a bunch of new tracks and collaboration EPs in the works for 2013.” Last year a free Flosstradamus EP brought down Twitter. They copped “a couple of angry emails, but nothing too serious,” Young maintains. “We were just stoked at the response and honestly couldn’t believe how fast it got shut down. At the peak it was getting over 100 downloads a second.” Flosstradamus have been active for eight years and, Young admits, the balance between them has changed. “As far as production is concerned, we’ve definitely switched roles since the beginning. Curt did most of the originals and remixes from 2006 ‘til 2010, and I’ve done most of everything from 2011 ‘til now. But our working dynamic is the same – yin and yang. If I’m making the tracks, he’s mixing them down and making artwork. I wanted to control our own light show from on stage – he figured out how to do it using the mixer.” As for dance music in 2013? “Ha, I only know what we’re going to do – and that’s keep making newer, weirder songs, and keep trying to push the boundaries of this shit.”
WHO: Flosstradamus WHAT: The Proj3cts WHERE: Electric Circus WHEN: Thu Feb 21
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Tour Guide // THU FEB 14
SUN FEB 24
MON MAR 25
TUE APR 9
NICK CHARLES (Vic) @ Gilbert Hotel
LA BASTARD (Vic) @ Glenelg Surf Club
PENYWISE (US), FACE TO FACE & THE MENZINGERS @ HQ
FRI FEB 15
MON FEB 25
IGGY & THE STOOGES (US) & THE BEASTS OF BOURBON @ Thebarton Theatre TAJ MAHAL TRIO (US) @ Governor Hindmarsh
THE DEMON PARADE (Vic) @ Rocket Bar NEON BOGART (Vic) @ Higher Ground East Art Base (188 Grenfell St) PANAMA (Syd) @ Rocket Bar NICK CHARLES (Vic) @ Old Clarendon Inn
CAT POWER (US) @ Her Majesty’s Theatre
TUE MAR 26
TUE FEB 26
BONNIE RAITT (US) & MAVIS STAPLES (US) @ Thebarton Theatre ROBERT PLANT & THE SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS (UK) & PLAYING FOR CHANGE @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre KITTY, DAISY & LEWIS (UK) @ Governor Hindmarsh
ED SHEERAN (UK) & PASSENGER (UK) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre GLENN FREY (US) & ADELAIDE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA @ Festival Theatre
SAT FEB 16 THE DEMON PARADE (Vic) @ Grace Emily NEON BOGART (Vic) @ Higher Ground East Art Base (188 Grenfell St) FEELINGS (Syd) & THE VIENNAS @ Ed Castle
WED FEB 27 VIN GARBUT (UK) @ Governor Hindmarsh
FRI MAR 1
SUN FEB 17
CLIPSAL 500: HILLTOP HOODS, DRAPHT, ILLY, PEZ, VENTS & PURPOSE @ Victoria Pk THE SMITH STREET BAND (Vic), BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY (US) & THE BENNIES (Vic) @ Enigma ENGLISH DOGS (UK), BASTARD SQUAD (Vic), PERDITION & THE MEATBEATERS @ Forresters & Squatters Arms
HEATHER PEACE (UK) @ Cavern Club NEON BOGART (Vic) @ Higher Ground East Art Base (188 Grenfell St) NICK CHARLES (Vic) @ Semaphore Workers Club
MON FEB 18 JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR (UK) & NIKKO & SNOOKS @ Governor Hindmarsh
SAT MAR 2
TUE FEB 19
SOUNDWAVE: METALLICA (US), LINKIN PARK (US), PARAMORE (UK) and so many, many more @ Bonython Pk CLIPSAL 500: THE ANGELS, IAN MOSS, MOVE TO STRIKE & HESTON DROP @ Victoria Pk SUPER MAGIC HATS (Vic) @ Ed Castle
RINGO STARR & THE ALL STARR BAND (UK) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
WED FEB 20 CAROLE KING (US) & SHANE HOWARD (Vic) @ Festival Theatre
SUN MAR 10
EXTREME (US) & RICHIE KOTZEN (US) @ Thebarton Theatre JORDIE LANE (Vic) @ Band On A Boat (Elder Pk) NANTES (Syd) @ Ed Castle
THU MAR 28
SUN APR 21 JORDIE LANE (Vic) @ Wheatsheaf
DEEP PURPLE (UK) & JOURNEY (US) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
TITLE FIGHT (US) & LUCA BRASI (Tas) @ Enigma
TUE MAR 19 TUE MAR 5
SAT MAR 30
WANDA JACKSON (US) @ Governor Hindmarsh
THE RESIGNATORS (Vic) @ Enigma
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE (US) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
THU MAR 21
SUN MAR 31
MUTEMATH (US) & BIG SCARY @ Fowler’s Live GRINSPOON (Syd) @ Governor Hindmarsh DEBORAH CONWAY (Vic) @ Wheatsheaf PAUL BRADY (Ire) @ Guthries (Prospect)
DEMON HUNTER (US) & I THE BREATHER (US) @ Fowler’s Live
WED MAR 6 LUKA BLOOM (Ire) @ Governor Hindmarsh LOST DINOSAURS (Bris) & MESSRS @ Adelaide Uni Bar
FRI MAR 8 – MON MAR 11 WOMADELAIDE: JIMMY CLIFF (Jam), HUGH MASEKELA (South Africa), THE CAT EMPIRE and so many, many more @ Botanic Pk
A DAY ON THE GREEN: DIESEL (Syd), MARK SEYMOUR (Vic), DARYL BRAITHWAITE (Vic), THE BLACK SORROWS (Vic), PSEUDO ECHO (Syd) & 1927 (Syd) @ Annie’s Lane (Clare Valley) LA BASTARD (Vic) & SYSTEMADDICTS @ Crown & Anchor
PAUL SIMON (US) & RUFUS WAINWRIGHT (Can) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
FRI MAR 15
FRI FEB 22
SAT FEB 23
SAT APR 20 WED MAR 27
MON MAR 4
MAT MCHUGH & THE SEPERATISTA SOUNDSYSTEM (Syd) @ Jive BEACHFEST: JIMMY BARNES, JON STEVENS, ROSS WILSON, THE BLACK SORROWS & SWANEE @ South Adelaide Football Club (Noarlunga Downs)
WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE (US) @ Enigma RODRIGUEZ (US) & THE BREAK (Syd/Tas) @ Governor Hindmarsh THIS WILL DESTROY YOU (US) @ Crown & Anchor JORDAN MILLAR (Syd) & JACK CARTY (Syd) @ Grace Emily
MXPX (US) @ Fowler’s Live THE MARK OF CAIN (SA/US) @ HQ
STATUS QUO (UK) @ Thebarton Theatre THE DARKNESS (UK), JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS (US) & JACKSON FIREBIRD (Vic) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
BRYAN ADAMS (Can) & AMY MACDONALD (UK) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
FRI APR 26 GUY SEBASTIAN (Syd) @ Thebarton Theatre MIDGE URE (UK) @ Governor Hindmarsh DIG IT UP!: HOODOO GURUS (Syd), THE FLAMIN’ GROOVIES (US) & PETER CASE (US) @ HQ
SUN APR 28 ADRIAN EDMONDSON & THE BAD SHEPHERDS (UK) @ Governor Hindmarsh
DROPKICK MURPHYS (US), FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS (UK) & SWINGIN’ UTTERS (US) @ Thebarton Theatre
THU APR 4 FINBAR FUREY (Ire) @ Governor Hindmarsh
FRI APR 5
SUN MAR 24
FRI MAR 8
TUE APR 2
WED APR 24
WED APR 3
SAT MAR 23 GUNG HO (Bris) @ Rocket NORAH JONES (US) @ Festival Theatre SANTANA (US) & STEVE MILLER BAND (US) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre SLEEPY SUN (US) & RIDE INTO THE SUN @ Fowler’s Live LA BASTARD (Vic), DIESEL WITCH & THEM PLASMS @ Forresters & Squatters Arms
ZUCCHERO (Italy) @ Thebarton Theatre MICK TAYLOR (UK) @ Governor Hindmarsh JOSH GROBAN (US) @ Festival Theatre
TONY JOE WHITE (US) @ Governor Hindmarsh MAD CADDIES (US), GOOD RIDDANCE (US), A WILHELM SCREAM, VOODOO GLOW SKULLS (US), THE FLATLINERS, DIESEL BOY, ONE DOLLAR SHORT, JAMIE HAY, JEN BUXTON, TOTALLY UNICORN & PAPER ARMS @ HQ
JOHN MCCUTCHEON (US) @ Guthries (Prospect) MAT MCHUGH & THE SEPERATISTA SOUNDSYSTEM (Syd) @ Jive
THE ROSHAMBOS (Bris) @ Cavern Club
THU APR 18
WED MAR 13
FRI MAR 22
SAT APR 13
SILVERSTEIN (Can) & ISSUES (US) @ Fowler’s Live (licensed all-ages)
BOB MOULD (US) @ Fowler’s Live ARLO GUTHRIE (US) & SARAH LEE GUTHRIE AND JOHNNY IRION (US) @ Trinity Sessions OPETH (Swe) @ HQ
THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION (US) @ Fowler’s Live PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US) @ HQ
HOW TO DRESS WELL (US) @ Rocket Bar SIR CLIFF RICHARD (UK) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre JULIA STONE (Syd) @ Flinders St Baptist Church CIVIL CIVIC (UK/Aus) @ Crown & Anchor
THE ROSHAMBOS (Bris) @ Cavern Club
TUE APR 16
CLIPSAL 500: KISS (US) & MÖTLEY CRÜE (US), THE BEARDS, BEFORE THE AFTERMATH & THE RULES @ Victoria Pk
THU FEB 21
FRI APR 12
JON ANDERSON (UK) @ Governor Hindmarsh RORY ELLIS (Vic) @ Church Of The Trinity
TUE MAR 12
THU MAR 14 SUN MAR 3
BIRDY (UK) @ Thebarton Theatre BLACK BREATH (US) & I EXIST @ Enigma Bar
SUN APR 14
DINOSAUR JR (US) & RIDE INTO THE SUN @ Governor Hindmarsh RONAN KEATING (Ire) & BRIAN MCFADDEN (Ire) @ The Depot
RUTHIE FOSTER (US) & JORDIE LANE (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh ALASDAIR FRASER (Scot) @ Guthries (Prospect) CHRIS SMITHER (US) @ Church Of The Trinity
WED APR 10
ROGER HODGSON BAND (UK) @ Thebarton Theatre THE ROSHAMBOS (Bris) @ Rhino Room
SAT APR 6 JAKE SHIMABUKURO (Hawaii) @ Governor Hindmarsh COUNTING CROWS (US) @ Her Majesty’s Theatre THE ROSHAMBOS (Bris) @ Governor Hindmarsh (front bar)
TUE APR 30 TOOL (US) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
THU MAY 2 THE BRONX (US) @ Fowler’s Live
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WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – First – An Exhibition By Alphamanta (6pm)
ARKABA HOTEL – Lounge Bar: Becky Blake’s Valentine’s Love Song Dedications (6pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) BOTANIC BAR – Big Bubba & Betty CALEDONIAN HOTEL – One Planet CAVERN CLUB – band night CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Complete Trivia CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Zabba, Avenue and The Timbers (9pm) Front Bar: DJ Paul Gurry DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Trivia Night (7.30pm) DUBLIN HOTEL – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) DUKE OF YORK – Beer Garden: DJ Mitchy Burnz. Front Room: Speakerboxx and DJ Skinny B ED CASTLE – Band Room: live bands (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – The Proj3cts (9pm) EMU HOTEL – karaoke night (9pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Sean Desmond and The Readymades
WHITMORE HOTEL – RAINBOW JAM SESSIONS (7.30PM)
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – FELL TO EARTH AND GUESTS GILBERT STREET HOTEL – NICK CHARLES (7PM) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Stephen K Amos Is The Spokesman (preview) Front Bar: Gumbo Room Blues Jam and special guests GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Home For the Def and Belinda Valentine with Matthew Hayward GRAND BAR – OMG HOTEL METRO – The Bristol Scale with The Toss and The Profiteers (9pm) MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker (6.30pm) NORWOOD HOTEL – Open Mic Night PJ O’BRIENS – DJ G-Rillz PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Thirsty Thursday with DJ Tango PROSPECT TOWN HALL – Club 5082 featuring Billy Burns, Brat 86, Serious Game, Our Devices and Stock Exchange (7pm) ROCKET BAR – 8 Bit Kidz featuring resident DJs Stubanger, Hank & Osk and the Powderoom Posse SUGAR – ITDE Deejays and interstate/international guests SUZIE WONG’S ROOM – Fred Fudara (7pm) THE LION HOTEL – Clearway TONSLEY HOTEL – Brad Iversen (8.30pm)
Friday 15th ADELAIDE CASINO – Chandelier Bar: Jacqui Lim (6pm) Sonic Divas (10pm) ALMA TAVERN – Fresh Fridays with DJs ARCHER HOTEL – Upstairs: Jaki J (10pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Lounge Bar: Franky F (6pm) Johnny G (8pm) Sportys Bar + Arena: Jake Daulby (5pm) Top Room: Janis Joplin Tribute Show (8pm) AUSSIE INN HOTEL – karaoke (8pm) AUSTRAL – The Austral House Band (7pm) BANROCK STATION – Lily & The Drum (6.30pm) BELAIR HOTEL – Michael Venner BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Troy J Been, Prince Aaronak and Suckerpunch BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Wildcard (8pm) BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Bistro: Trick (8.30pm) Bar: Clearway (10pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: Carla Lippis (5pm) Ride Into The Sun DJs (1am) Band Room: The Villenettes album launch with Satan’s Cheerleaders DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING – Downtown with DJs Derek Lang, Eric Falcon and Lukky K ED CASTLE – Full Tilt live bands and party DJs 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 – Drive (8pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – The Hitmen EXETER HOTEL – Redline EXETER ON RUNDLE – Quaint Attraction, Stock Exchange and The St Morris Sinners FINDON HOTEL – karaoke
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – BLACK CHROME, GRONG GRONG, SPATCHCOCKS, KINDY CULT AND ACID MOUNTAIN GLYNDE HOTEL – karaoke (9pm)
GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Stephen K Amos Is The Spokesman (8pm – sold out), Best Of The Fest Late Show (10.30pm) Front Bar: Oneword GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Slingshot Dragster with Wild Rocket GRAND BAR – Flashback Fridays GRAND JUNCTION TAVERN – Area 51 (6pm) HAMPSTEAD HOTEL – Dale Roberts (7pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Dino Jag (5pm) Frenzy (9.30pm) HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Chaps and DJ Lumeire HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Dimitra (7.30pm) HOTEL TIVOLI – Honey with DJs IRISH CLUB – Shamrocks ‘n’ Shenanigans Live Acoustic Sessions (7pm) LONDON TAVERN – Live Acoustic Weekly (5pm) Rewind Fridays with DJ Wolfman LORD MELBOURNE – karaoke with Laura Lee MARBLE BAR – Uni Night with DJs MARINA SUNSET BAR – live acoustic music MARION HOTEL – Graham Lawrence (6.30pm) MARS BAR – DJ VJBeeJay and guests (9pm) drag show (2am) MICK O’SHEA’S – Underground Orchid OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Ex Men ORIENTAL – Shane Wolf (4.30pm) Happy Leonards (8pm) PJ O’BRIENS – Alien 8 PORT NOARLUNGA RSL- Linda McCarthy (8pm) RAMSGATE HOTEL – DJ Snake & DJ Rupheo (9pm) RED SQUARE – DJs REX HOTEL – Front Bar: karaoke. Bistro: Trick ROB ROY HOTEL – Bogan Bingo (Fringe show) ROCKET BAR – Abracadabra featuring resident DJs The Shiny Brights DJs
SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – DJ (8PM) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – The Dirty Roots Band (8pm) SETTLERS TAVERN – Girl Band (8pm) SOUTH ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB – Heath Solo 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 (8pm) SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Nothing But ‘90s with DJs
TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing requests TAPAS ON HINDLEY – flamenco shows by Studio Flamenco (7.30pm) TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – DJ Wolfman (9pm) THE ELEPHANT – The Buzz and DJ G-Rillz THE GOODY – Ch@t Room THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment TONSLEY HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Mitch (4.45pm) Two Hard Basket (9pm) Chrysler Bar: The Incredibles (9.30pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Acoustic Reign (7.30pm) VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – DJs WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Thom Lion (9pm) WINDSOR HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) WOODCROFT TAVERN – Van Demons Band (8.30pm) WORLDSEND HOTEL – The Baron presents Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus featuring The Baron, Aphelion, Emergency Rule, Filthy Lucre, Seb Carboncini and Rohan Harry (9pm) ZHIVAGO – Skream DJs
Saturday 16th ALMA TAVERN – MetroRetro ARCHER HOTEL – Downstairs: Jaki J. Upstairs: Bongo Madness with DJs Ed Law and Scotty (10pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Lounge Bar: Becky Blake (6pm) Heidy De Ruyter (8pm) Top Room: Janis Joplin Tribute Show (8pm) Sportys Bar + Arena: Triplescore (9pm) BOTANIC BAR – Sanji, Brad Sawyer and Tom Wilson BRIDGEPORT HOTEL – karaoke with Gemma BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests CROWN & ANCHOR – The Irresponsibles and Surviving Sharks (10.30pm) DJ Azz (1am) CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – karaoke with Nicole (8pm) DRAGONFLY – rotating DJs playing techno, house, disco and everything in between
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The Guide // DUKE OF YORK – DJ Mitchy Burnz, DJ Parry, DJ Skinny B and MC Scotty ED CASTLE – Plus One Saturdays featuring Feelings with special guests The Viennas ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Arcade Disco with resident DJs Junior, Dancespace and friends EMU HOTEL – One By One (8pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – Craig James EXETER ON RUNDLE – Iheart with guests FINDON HOTEL – Clearway
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – FABLE, VENUS SLY TRAP AND NOSTIC FOWLER’S LIVE – Back To The Eighties GARAGE BAR – DJs (10pm)
GILBERT STREET HOTEL – DJ MARKY POLO (8PM) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Stephen K Amos Is The Spokesman (8pm), Best Of The Fest Late Show (preview – 10.30pm) Front Bar: Pub Scrabble and The Clause
GRACE EMILY HOTEL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Demon Parade with The Dunes GRAND BAR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Destination Saturdays with DJs and MCs GRENFELL 110 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Triumvirate Ents presents: Weekly Summer Sessions featuring DJs Ragz, Jesse Proverbs and John Spencer and Daly (10pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Buzz HIGHWAY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Griff (9pm) HOPE INN â&#x20AC;&#x201C; karaoke (7pm) HOTEL RICHMOND â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJ Sly HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lucas Day (7.30pm) HOTEL TIVOLI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Exotica with DJs Sleepy Hips, Tinker and Bangwel (8pm) HQ â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bombs Away KINGSFORD HOTEL: GAWLER â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Saloon: karaoke. Bar: Drive LAKES RESORT HOTEL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mojo Duo LONDON TAVERN â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJs Captiv8, Justice, Soundflex, AJ and MC Renard (10pm) MARBLE BAR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I <3 MB with DJs and MCs plus national and international guests MARINA SUNSET BAR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJs playing the best in house and electro
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Monday 18th ARKABA HOTEL – Top Room: Adelaide Comedy’s 360 Gala (7.30pm) BULL & BEAR – Muso’s Jam (8pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Mary Webb Acoustic EXETER ON RUNDLE – Truce Acoustic GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Joanne Shaw Taylor and Nikko & Snooks. Balcony Bar: Lord Stompy’s Tin Sandwich Beginner Class GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Ultimate Quiz with Graham Lawrence (7pm) 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 WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Coma Fringe: Jazz Flip Chris Martin/Mark Ferguson (8pm)
Tuesday 19th AUSSIE INN HOTEL – Complete Trivia BOTANIC BAR – Ash Wilson CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Cranker Comedy. Front Bar: DJs Stevie & Duncan DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Irish Sessions (8pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Thunderclaw DJs GASLIGHT TAVERN – The Blues Lounge hosted by Ron Davidson & Trevor Graham (8pm)
GILBERT STREET HOTEL – THE AIRBENDERS PRESENT TUESDAY ORGAN SESSIONS GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Bulmers Best Of The Edinburgh Fest (preview) Front Bar: Ukulele Appreciation Society GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Pub Survivor HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – Complete Trivia MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker (6.30pm) PJ O’BRIENS – Davy T’s Music Trivia (7.30pm) PORT NOARLUNGA CHRISTIES BEACH RSL – Acoustic Rendezvous Open Mic Night (7.30pm) SUGAR – CU Next Tuesday with Sonny Side-Up and Driller THE GOODY – Complete Trivia THE LION HOTEL – Acoustic Sessions TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – DJs Ryley and Dylan Sanders (8pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Sun Rising: The Songs That Made Memphis (8.30pm)
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Wednesday 20th ARKABA HOTEL – Joe Avati: The Good, The Bad & The Ethnic (8pm) Sportys Bar + Arena: Salsa After Party (9pm) BOTANIC BAR – Gemma CENTRAL DISTRICTS FOOTBALL CLUB – Complete Trivia CHALLA GARDENS HOTEL – Complete Trivia CHRISTIES BEACH HOTEL – Complete Trivia CROWN & ANCHOR – Geek with DJ Tr!p DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Dan’s Open Mic Night (7.30pm) DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING – Bento (What’s in Yo’ Box?!) EXCHANGE HOTEL: GAWLER – Live Music Exchange (7.30pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Curtis FIRST COMMERCIAL HOTEL – Complete Trivia
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The Sweeney Ray Winstone is “bloody tired” as he’s “been travelling all over the place”, and therefore getting up this morning was “not easy”, he says on the line from Essex, but he’s nevertheless ready to talk. “Hit me!” he says. And so I do. f we’re going to talk about co-writer/ director Nick Love’s The Sweeney, an updating of the old TV cop drama (1975 - 1978), we need to mention that Winstone appeared as a youth in one of the original episodes. “Yep, it was my first job [or was it?]. I turned up as an extra and I had to sit at a table and sit with this kid who was the protagonist, I think, and I wasn’t supposed to say anything but I kept on talking anyway, and I realised, years later, that they didn’t want me to say anything as they would have had to give me another 30 quid! So yeah, doing this film brings me full circle… I remember seeing John Thaw and Dennis Waterman at the bar, two of the real icons of the time, and then to be playing one of their characters, you know, it was a bit scary at first, as they were so good. You sort of think to yourself, ‘What makes you think that you can do better?’. So I just tried to bring some of myself to it.”
have jokes made about his age and his gut. “Why not? There’re enough goodlooking kids out there, and I can’t compete with them… And I’m just a normal guy in the street, the bloke next door, and I like having a beer and having a chat and maybe having a fight. These old guys on the original series, they were all big lumps… That’s what my Jack is: he’s a man from the past, like a Tyrannosaurus Rex. He’s really hands-on, and he’ll smash the door down, beat you up and then tell you that you’ve been arrested. He’s old-school - like me.” While it should really have been spoilerworthy, everyone seems to be talking about The Sweeney’s elaborate chase scene in and around Trafalgar Square. “There are only two names that could have had permission to do that: The Sweeney and James Bond. It shows you how big the show was… It was amazing in this age of terrorism to be running around Trafalgar Square on a Sunday morning, and up around where the Queen lives, and firing off a machine gun!” Winstone began this interview mentioning that he’d been travelling for work, so what are these movies that he’s been in of late? “I did Noah’s Ark [or just plain Noah] for [director] Darren Aronofsky with Russell Crowe in New York, and that was blinding, you know, a wonderful experience. Now I’m at home, with the family, and we’re, you know, just chewing the fat.”
Ray Of Bleedin’ Sunshine Other key Winstone roles include the barrel-chested stalwart as a hooligan in Scum (1977), a made-for-TV prison drama then deemed too shocking for the small-screen; Quadrophenia (1979), where he’s young, skinny and naked; terrifying as a wife-basher in Gary Oldman’s Nil By Mouth (1997); excellent in the Aussie The Proposition (2005); fine alongside Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon in Martin Scorsese’s The Departed (2006); scary as a ‘queer’ gangster in London Boulevard (2010); funny as the voice of ‘Bad Bill’ in Rango (2011); another villain, Uncle Claude, in Scorsese’s Hugo (2011); and one of the ‘dwarves’ in last year’s Snow White And The Huntsman.
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Was the part of Jack Regan specifically written for him, or did he have to submit to an audition? “I guess it was written for me, in a way. When it was written they thought to themselves about who could play this part, and my name, I think, just came out of the hat. We didn’t really do the audition thing but we did have a chat, and whether they saw anyone else I don’t know.” This modern Sweeney is many things - a police procedural-type drama, an action movie, a thriller with comedic elements but, perhaps surprisingly, it’s also something of a romance, as his Regan conducts a secret affair with the significantly younger Nancy (Hayley Atwell). Romance is something that we don’t usually see Winstone engaging in onscreen. “It was all right, you know? I mean, let’s put it this way: I’d rather kiss Hayley than kiss you! The key was finding the vulnerability of the character because, you know, it could have been hard to find vulnerability in a guy who kicks down doors for a living. And I do like that side: I like having a cuddle, you know what I mean? It was like when I played Henry VIII [on TV]: I was only supposed to kiss two of the queens, but I ended up kissing all of them, as I just thought, well, there’s no point in being the fucking King Of England if you can’t kiss the bloody queens!” It also must be said: Ray Winstone is a man without vanity, and he’s unafraid to
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Anna Karenina (M) Director Joe Wright (of Hanna and The Soloist, as well as costumers including Atonement and the newer Pride And Prejudice) here takes on Leo Tolstoy’s much-praised 1870s novel, and while there are suitably glorious elements and strong playing by an impassioned star cast, there’s also a frankly bizarre and much-debated aspect added by playwright Tom Stoppard (who adapted the epic book for the screen), so that the whole thing is full of ‘Brechtian Alienation Devices’ (sorry about that!) and narrativesplintering tricks that are at first intriguing and daring but, later, feel distractingly absurd. In the Imperialist Russia of 1874, aristocratic socialite Anna Karenina (Keira Knightley in her third film for Wright) isn’t too happily married to stuffy government official Karenin ( Jude Law), so it’s no surprise that she chases after the cheesily cute Count Vronsky (Aaron
Taylor-Johnson) shortly after meeting him and they quickly begin a swoony affair. Soon, however, she’s found out, and while the emotionally constipated Karenin encourages her to leave him in between much agonising, she nevertheless can’t bring herself to do so, not just because Vronsky’s a bit of a dickhead, but due to the fact that the whole of snobby downtown Moscow seems to be sneering at her. The it’s-only-a-movie/ the-world’s-a-stage elements here (Anna and Karenin argue in a bedroom that’s in a theatre, a crowd becomes a still-life in which Anna is spotlit, characters open doors to impossible geographical locations) are sure to perplex fans of lumbering period-drama classics, and yet, it must be said, Keira is very fine here, even if Anna K is one of literature’s greatest drama queens. Mad Dog Bradley
Brazil Film Festival Mercury Cinema
The fourth annual Brazil Film Festival happens at the Mercury Cinema from Thu Feb 21 until Sun Feb 24. Details: mercurycinema.org.au.
Jacob’s Creek Outdoor Cinema Jacob’s Creek Visitor Centre, Barossa Valley Way, Rowland Flat, South Australia
The movie under the stars and vines for this week (the second to last of this season, by the way) is the George Clooney/Ryan Gosling political drama The Ides Of March (M) on Fri Feb 15. Check out jacobscreek.com or their Facebook page for details.
Opel Moonlight Cinema Botanic Park
The Sweeney (MA) Co-writer/director Nick Love’s police actioner can’t quite work out if it’s a straight reworking of UK TV’s The Sweeney (1975 - 1978), a parody of that hoary old show, something brand new or even a bit of all three, but there’s still fun to be had here, especially when star Ray Winstone starts busting heads. His Jack Regan is an un-PC old cop with the police’s ‘Flying Squad’ who gets the job done with help from young protégé George Carter (Ben ‘Plan B’ Drew) and boss Frank Haskins (Damian Lewis caught in between seasons of Homeland), much to the displeasure of Internal Affairs sort Ivan Lewis (Steven Mackintosh), who’s the only one here who doesn’t seem to realise that Jack is having an affair with his wife Nancy (Hayley Atwell, undaunted by the sight of Ray in his Y-fronts). Jack also knows that there’s something about the opening bank robbery that no one’s properly spotted, and we proceed to the unmasking of Eastern European villains straight out of a London casting agency, some fairly over-the-top gunplay and (spoilers? Nah, no one else has bothered, guv!) an elaborate chase in and around Trafalgar Square that demonstrates that this does want to be a Hollywood movie an awful lot. Certainly one you might hate yourself in the morning for sneakily enjoying, this is mostly a guilty pleasure due to the presence of Winstone, who’s pretty farking good whether he’s breaking through walls, shooting up the baddies or rolling all over Atwell like a sack of potatoes. Mad Dog Bradley
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Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters (MA) Norway-born (and apparently Australiatrained) writer/director Tommy Wirkola’s first blockbuster-type effort (after the wellreceived Nazi-zombie-horror Dead Snow) is an anachronism-crammed reworking of the Grimm fairytale that has amusing moments, but ultimately proves all a bit bloody silly. After the expected business where they’re abandoned in the woods as kids and enter a candy house to confront a witch (you can tell it’s a witch as the thing looks like a hissing refugee from The Hobbit or even Labyrinth), we cut to siblings Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) as famed adult witch hunters complete with machine guns (?!?), other modern-ish technology and intense looks, and watch as they’re called upon to rid a village of a witchy plague (much to the fury of Sheriff Berringer, as played by a typically hammy Peter Stormare). Working out that the key to all of this nonsense is troublemaking alpha witch Muriel (Famke Janssen, who recently confessed that she took on the role to pay off her mortgage) and that something nasty’s going to happen as the ‘Blood Moon’ approaches, H&G then get in plenty of messy shootings and broomstick-pursuings as gore set-pieces fill the screen, including a memorable body-explodes-in-maggots-and-goo showstopper. Overextended even at under 80 minutes, and with dullish work from Renner and the bored-looking Arterton (even if they’re hardly called upon to, you know, act), this has its minor pleasures but will nevertheless make true fans of real horror long for this just-starting-out director to get eaten by undead SS stormtroopers. Mad Dog Bradley
Movie 43 (MA)
The final week of this beloved annual festival features titles including: Breakfast At Tiffany’s on Thu Feb 14 (AKA Valentine’s Day); Pitch Perfect on Fri Feb 15; Gangster Squad on Sat Feb 16; and the terrific doco Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir on Sat Feb 17. All details, one last time, are at moonlight.com.au.
NO STARS
Short Cuts meets Scary Movie in this collection of lowbrow shorts masquerading as a feature film, with a myriad of directors who have no idea what’s funny and a parade of A-list actors who hopefully (for their sake) had no idea what they were in for until it was too late. From an awkward blind date between Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman, to Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts fronting the world’s most dysfunctional family, a very public break-up between Emma Stone and Kieran Culkin and a volatile game of Truth Or Dare between Halle Berry and Stephen Merchant, these increasingly inappropriate and unfunny shorts are strung chaotically together by the flimsy premise of a studio pitching session, an idea that has nowhere to go after the first sketch and falls dead long before the credits mercifully roll. How the heck did so many big-name actors agree to demean themselves with this trash? Thank heavens they took out Anton Yelchin’s necrophilia sketch. Yep, that’s where they decided to draw the line. Depraved, forced and uninspired, Movie 43 is racist, sexist, classist and, in every other conceivable way, offensively infantile beyond any sense of reason, humour, entertainment or social acceptability and it should not be viewed by anyone. The boundaries aren’t pushed, they’re defiled, and there is no point in sticking it out to the end; it doesn’t get any better. The one good thing? This may well be the film to kill the gross-out comedy. Kat McCarthy
Opening But Unrated Safe Haven (M) is a North Carolina-set romantic drama that, like all films drawn from turgid novels by Nicholas Sparks (like Scott Hicks’ The Lucky One from last year), flirts with a few dark themes and stars Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough under the direction of Mr ABBA himself, Lasse Hallström. And the latest Hong Kong Cinema offering Together (TBC) is a fancifulsounding romantic/comedic drama featuring Donnie Yen and Michelle Chen.
Summer Scoops Mercury Cinema
This year’s 17-strong festival of flavourfilled films concludes at the Merc on Sun Feb 17, but there’s still time to catch some intriguing titles. Details: mercurycinema.org.au.
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‘Home made’ is often a sales pitch bandied about to invoke nostalgia as you delve into a dish that was probably just roughed up a little as it left the kitchen. True culinary nostalgia should excite the senses. The smell from a kitchen that reminds you of your school canteen, the sound of an old mixer that brings back memories of your great aunt’s baking or a flavour that reminds you of your first (almost) successful attempt at cooking a meal – which may have looked a little wonky, but tasted just right. There’s a newish little cafe in the west that has captured nostalgia perfectly, and not just because of the funky retro settings. The sisters in the kitchen of the Rockefeller Café clearly have some delicious memories from their epicurean past and are up to their elbows in homemade beef and bacon pies, custard tarts and lime-flavoured milkshakes to bring these memories back to life. The breakfast and lunch menus merge into one, and there was little guilt as we started out with a childhood favourite of eggs and chips at one in the afternoon. The most delicious homemade pasty followed covered in a chunky tomato sauce that would have given the ladies at the next CWA sauce challenge something to worry about. The enticing, well-priced menu didn’t stop there, and despite the dishes being more than filling I just had to keep going. I consider myself a bit of a lime milkshake connoisseur, as this was a rare childhood treat with great memories attached to it and I practically wanted to give whoever made this one a hug. Luckily for the ladies, they were still busy in the kitchen making our next course – a breakfast pizza loaded with all the good stuff. Barely able to move but still tempted by all of the amazing looking treats in the cake cabinet, I parted Rockefeller with a takeaway vanilla slice. I lasted all of around 10 minutes as the smell of the freshly baked flaky pastry and vanilla custard just got too much. It was exactly like my Gran used to make (you know, the good one - who could bake!).
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Rockefeller
Food Review d by Paul Woo
WHAT: Rockefeller Café & Kitchen WHERE: Shop 5, 245 Fletcher Rd, Largs Bay WHEN: Wed – Fri from 7.30am – 4pm and Sat – Sun 8.30am – 4pm INFO: 8449 1070
La Bonne Table Valentine’s Day Degustation This Valentine’s Day, new restaurant La Bonne Table is embracing the one and only thing that turbulent couples can always agree upon – eating. The Wakefield St restaurant and café will be dishing up an eight-course degustation menu this Thu Feb 14 for $160 per couple. Over the night you will go sharesies with entrees like confit duck terrine and steak tartar, piquello pepper and creamed cod and oysters, mains like sous vide chicken with chimichurri,
250g porterhouse steaks and fig salads and a choice of two desserts. If buying the puppy didn’t work, eat your way to spousal self-enlightenment instead. Book now on 8223 2387. WHAT: La Bonne Table WHERE: 128 Wakefield St, Adelaide WHEN: Mon – Wed from 10am – 3pm, Thu – Sat from 10am – 3pm and 5.30pm – 11pm BOOK: 8223 2387
Local Libations By Shane A Ettridge. Proudly available at The Kings.
Lobethal Bierhaus India Pale Al My man crush on Alistair and what he achieves up the hill holds little bounds. While his lighter styles in the pilsner and hefeweizen don’t have me jumping up and down, his darker numbers are leaders in both the local and national stage. Lobethal Bierhaus India Pale Ale straight out of the bottle gives a deep golden colour with some floral notes on the nose. The palate is complex and balanced. Unlike a lot of its rivals, you don’t feel like you’ve been making out with a passionfruit nor have you been dragged through grass clippings. A hint of citrus derived from the first of two hopping stages is partnered with a slight nuttiness and some vanilla malt characters. The finish is long, dry and pairs perfectly with spicy lamb while tapping your canvas kicks to Mariachi el Bronx. Cheers.
Fork On The Road at The Depot on Fri Feb 8 / Photos by Jonathan VDK
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Stars // Aries 21.03/20.04
The Pisces Aries connection is getting tricky. It’s that time of your life where you discover whether rams can swim or not. Mars is ensconced in a watery ocean of mysterious feelings and he is taking you with him. Existential aches can lead to major breakthroughs.
Leo 23.07/22.08
The sun is in Aquarius. By having to look after people and things outside ourselves, our narcissism is slowly worn away. Life has 1001 ways of ensuring that our sense of separation is removed. Separation is a veil. Underneath it is connection and love.
Virgo 23.08/22.09
Mercury has moved into Pisces, which is enough to addle any logician’s mind. Pisces feels - and thinks later. Pisces longs from the very heart of spirit, before any plans can be put on the table. Pisces envisions before it conceives of sensible steps. Get with this shift.
Though the sun is putting up a show of intellectual distance in Aquarius, there are half a dozen significant heavenly bodies in emotional water signs. The chances of feelings being missed are minimal. Be strong and steady as you guide others to the necessity for passion.
Sagittarius 22.11/21.12
You are gifted a moment of light relief, as others are scattered by the winds of contrary astrological forces. Some say freedom involves escaping emotion. Others say freedom happens by facing one’s feelings. You are vast enough to bridge differences. Unite others.
Capricorn 22.12/19.01
Though there aren’t many friends around, the few that are are good ones. Depth is more important to you at the moment than quantity. Chew the fat with those that can really go where you need them to go. Deepen your connections with those who really count.
Aquarius 20.01/18.02
The sun and the moon are both in Aquarius at the beginning of the week. We are heading for the no moon and then the new moon. The sun is a radiant presence. The moon is a reflective presence. The message is clear – be both radiant and reflective. Be bright and deep.
There are now three planets and an asteroid in Pisces. It’s party time on the ocean. Being sensitive, once you realise you have everybody’s attention, you will either swim up to the light or swim down into the shy primal depths. Don’t be skittish. Face your feelings.
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Pirate Material Young artist Gabriel Cole will showcase a series of intricate painting at RHD this month in Pirate Material. Featuring vibrant, blocklike pastel brushwork onto skateboard decks and large A2 card, Cole’s style evokes that of the contemporary graphic design world and the youthful exuberance of street art. Teeing up with Right Hand Distribution on Fri Feb 22, Cole will celebrate the new works with free-flowing booze, live tunes from local producer and DJ Oisima and a sale of his own screen printed T-shirts.
WHAT: Gabriel Cole in Pirate Material WHERE: RHD, 22 Ebenezer Place, Adelaide WHEN: Fri Feb 22 from 7pm – 11pm
Pisces 19.02/20.03
Astrology for those who won’t admit they’re interested.
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Scorpio 24.10/21.11
Cancer 22.06/22.07
The moon is drifting down to the end of its cycle, gearing up for the new. The more relaxed we can be when we let go, then the more vitality there is in our in-breath. This isn’t just an exercise; it’s metaphorical. If life is asking you to let go, then let go. Don’t hang on.
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With Venus in Aquarius, there will be a collective tendency to look for the door out of situations rather than in. It will be up to you to be the wise one who points out that the exit isn’t really an exit, it’s avoidance and delay. Insist on a beautiful, deep and real freedom.
Gemini 21.05/21.06
Mercury has entered Pisces, meaning that perception is, for a month at least, not likely to be a straightforward logical thing. Perception and insight are likely to collectively arise from intuition, hunches and creative epiphanies. Curiosity will take you beyond the bounds of logic.
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Libra 23.09/23.10
Taurus 21.04/20.05
Venus is adding eccentric flair to your normal grounded style. Others are not going to be able to pin you down. It’s time to defy expectations and go against character. Liberation can be as simple as dancing in ways you haven’t done before – or adding a loopy skip to your step.
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Hotel Metro
JamFactory
46 Grote St, Adelaide Lucas Croall in Personae Sun Feb 17 - Sun Mar 17
19 Morphett St, Adelaide Wood: Art Design Architecture Fri Feb 15 – Sat Apr 6
For anyone who learnt to linocut in high school art class, you’ll know it’s a painstaking experience involving multiple Stanley knife injuries and inky fingers. Despite this, Adelaide artist and print-maker Lucas Croall has developed a knack for the art form, presenting his latest series of linocut portraiture inspired by Jungian ideas of persona in Personae, which will be opened at Hotel Metro this Sunday afternoon. The show will run until the end of the Adelaide Fringe period. Opening: Sun Feb 17 from 3pm
Wood: Art Design Architecture explores innovative uses of wood within contemporary Australian visual art. A collaborative effort between the JamFactory and the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Wood will feature a stunning collection of sculptural works from domains of interior design, furniture, architecture and craftsmanship including balsa wood hi-top sneaker kicks, human lungs constructed out of twigs and ornate outdoor chairs.
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with Lachlan Aird
Email lachlanaird@ripitup.com.au
Damn The Man Market At The Depot
Very Last Minute Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas
For one night only, a sprawling marketplace of some of Adelaide’s best local fashion and produce will be taking over the site that has taken over the site of the old Adelaide bus depot. Damn The Man Markets will rise from its previous nocturnal incarnation at the Queen’s Theatre to The Depot, the latest festival season playground located between Franklin and Grote streets next to the current bus station. DJ Junior will be providing beats all day, as well as well-deserved Sunday drinks and food by local vendors. Some of the talent displaying their wares include Gretel Girl Draws, Phoebe Lamps, Irving Baby, Tea For Who, E For Ethel, Minette Vs Corey, Not Lost Boutique, Pip Designs, Vintage Fox and a shipping containerfull more. Da-yam!
While you may have declared as a pair that Valentine’s Day is a farce that exposes capitalism at its most evil, if you have picked up on the vibes that perhaps you should have gotten your special someone something special, here’s a super last minute/belated giftgiving guide to save your unromantic arse.
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1 Tom Ford Men’s Eau De Toilette from David Jones, Adelaide Central Plaza 2 Calibre wallet from Calibre
3 Herschel Heritage Laptop Case from The Iconic
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The Apparition
Arbitrage
Looper
Warner / M / 79/82 Mins
Madman / M / 107 Mins
Roadshow / MA / 114/119 Mins
M rated horror movies are always a dubious prospect, and this certainly proves gutless in more ways than one. A simpering couple comprising vet Kelly (Twilight costar Ashley Greene) and computer tech Ben (Gossip Girl co-star Sebastian Stan) move into a house owned by Kelly’s mom and immediately overly-familiar spooky stuff starts a-happenin’: furniture mysteriously moves, doors fling open, screechy noises are heard and a mysterious FX-funguslike substance gunks up the walls. After a carefully-staged shower scene, events reach yawn-inducing crisis point when Kelly’s wardrobe is vandalised, and Ben must reveal that all this has something to do with the dopey opening credits sequence, which details a parapsychological experiment from when he was back in college with pal Patrick (longtime Harry Potter nemesis Tom Felton), and the students unwittingly called forth an evil entity that’s now stalking everyone. And if that sounds like a done-todeath Paranormal Activity rip-off then that’s because it is, although for such a damn short pic it’s surprising how many sources this one also cheekily steals from: Poltergeist, Evil Dead, ‘J-Horror’ classics, the original The Haunting and so on - and on, and on, and on. The standard DVD release has a featurette while the Blu-ray offers four. MDB
Writer/director Nicholas Jarecki’s illadvisedly-titled but oh-so-smooth drama is certainly talky, and yet the cast are strong and the subtexts thorny indeed. New York hedge-fund magnate Robert Miller (Richard Gere) is about to turn 60 and all seems well, but beneath his cool surface there are secrets he’s keeping from his wife Ellen (Susan Sarandon) and daughter and heir Brooke (Brit Marling): he’s maybe facing fraud charges over the sale of his empire, and also carrying on an affair with French art-dealer Julie Côte (Laetitia Casta). When he makes a dangerous mistake and thinks that he can cover everything up, the plot ties itself in knots as it throws up one moral dilemma after another, and some suspicious detectives lurk about (one of whom is Tim Roth in surly form), fighting against the notion that the billionaire Miller is untouchable. While Sarandon, Roth and a gaggle of mostly unfamiliar character players impress, this is Gere’s film, and it’s interesting, and daring, that his overly-familiar, smiley-sexy, ain’tI-a-stunner? mannerisms and pretty-boy tics have been tweaked by him and Jarecki to make damn sure that we understand that his Robert Miller’s a bit of a bastard. Special features include featurettes, interviews and the trailer. MDB
Writer/director Rian Johnson’s first feature, Brick, attempted to reinvent film noir, and this, his third, mind-foggingly tries the same thing with the sci-fi/timetravel genre. In 2044 Kansas a ‘Looper’ named Joe ( Joseph Gordon-Levitt) kills those who upset his crim superiors 30 years in the future when they’re sent back via outlawed technology. His voice-over covers how this process works (sort of ), and also mentions how he’s afraid of one day having to ‘close the loop’, which then, of course, happens when his older self (Bruce Willis) is sent to be eliminated and Joe can’t do it, leading to fury from his boss ( Jeff Daniels), his hiding-out with help from Sara (Emily Blunt) and her son Cid (Pierce Gagnon) and more chronological paradoxes than you can possibly ingest. While ambitious, strongly-played and featuring another ugly future, this is also unusually violent, with gunplay, bashings and hammerings feeling like a commercial compromise, and yet all is pretty much forgiven when those sweetly cerebral sci-fi quirks kick in, and we build to a whopper climax that should have half the audience in raptures and others scratching their heads until they bleed. The standard DVD offers featurettes and more, while the Blu-ray has all that and more on top. MDB
Safety Not Guaranteed Reel DVD / M / 82 Mins
Bookshelf
Madness: A Memoir Kate Richards / Viking / 266pp / $29.99
Melbourne-based doctor and medical researcher Richards here offers an unflinching, often gorgeously-written account of her experiences with psychosis and depression, and while it’s certainly an intense and sometimes confronting read (we open with her attempts to sever her right arm), this is also an invaluable study of how day-to-day life can be for the ‘mad’ (her frequent term), and how delusions don’t seem that way to the delusional. Plagued by raging voices in her head (two of which she names Rose and Henry), stricken by mania when convinced to change her medication and driven to more self-harm (especially when she needs to ‘atone for being alive’ after viewing the film 21 Grams), Richards eventually recounts her road to recovery when a therapist finally gets through, and we end with a series of phone numbers and websites for those suffering from mental illness, even if what they’re going through isn’t as terrifying as the author’s experiences. MDB
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Holden Street Theatres, located on Holden St in Hindmarsh, has once again assembled a fine program of 17 shows for Adelaide Fringe that encompasses theatre, dance, comedy and children’s shows. Glory Dazed, presented by Holden Street Theatres and UK company Second Shot Productions, has already won numerous awards and five-star reviews for its darkly comic and acerbic look at the impact of war on returning soldiers such as Ray, who has just come back from Afghanistan. “It’s a play that won our award at Edinburgh Fringe,” Holden Street Theatres’ Martha Lott says, “so we are now bringing it to Adelaide Fringe. And it has already done exceptionally well and originally comes from London’s Old Vic Theatre as part of their Old Vic New Voices program. And Second Shot Productions work with former servicemen who are now prisoners in Her Majesty’s Prison and are based there. “Second Shot are all about giving those people a second shot and I know that Glory Dazed is going to have a huge life because it’s been labelled as simply astonishing and very essential theatre.” Angry Young Man, a comedy production by Holden Street Theatres and UK company Mahwaff about immigration, is making its return to Holden Street Theatres where its previous Adelaide Fringe run in 2006 had the play receiving
Director Colin Trevorrow and screenwriter Derek Connolly’s drawnextremely-vaguely-from-fact low-budgeter has been unfairly criticised as it supposedly doesn’t quite know what exactly it wants to be, but that’s actually, in the end, part of its charm. Sarcastic, stand-offish Darius (Aubrey Plaza from TV’s Parks And Recreation) is an intern at a Seattle magazine and thinks that a good story could be written about the mysterious author of a classified ad asking for a companion with whom they’ll, it seems, travel back in time (safety not guaranteed, of course). Accompanied with loudmouth staff writer Jeff ( Jake M Johnson) and fellow novice Arnau (completely unknown Karan Soni, stealing it), the trio travels to a small coastal town and tracks down the seemingly weird and paranoid Kenneth (Mark Duplass on a bad hair day), but while Darius lies to him about her intentions and is drawn into his strange world, the other two similarly set out for their own personal reasons, and the overall result is a slightly cheap-looking but still sweetly satisfying effort that demonstrates conclusively that we can’t change the past (well…), and that Plaza certainly deserves to be 2013’s Nerd Poster Girl Of The Year. MDB
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glowing notices as well as collecting two prestigious awards at the festival. “Angry Young Man was a great experience for us seven years ago and was the play that started us thinking about Holden Street holding an award at Edinburgh Fringe,” Lott says. “So I contacted [writer and producer] Ben Woolf to ask if there was any chance of bringing it back. He confirmed immediately although this production will have brand new actors because the original cast are now all working professionally in theatres around the world. “But a new cast will bring something fresh to the play,” she then suggests. “And it’s such a well-written, very structured piece of theatre.” Lott is heavily involved in Shakespeare For Kids. “That’s my little baby and is something I’d wanted to do for years,” she enthuses. “As a child I read the books of brother and sister Charles and Mary Lamb who, back in 1807, wrote Tales From Shakespeare. They re-wrote all of Shakespeare’s plays as children’s stories
so I’ve now taken those and, with a group of like-minded actors as The Recycled Theatre Company, we have adapted them into plays for kids. “And everything we use is recycled with a coop attitude as a collaborative process. They are bringing old stuff from home and we are looking for old costumes and bits and pieces at the theatres. Hopefully the whole thing will fit into the boot of a car and we can take it touring. “The idea is to encourage kids to recycle old stuff while also introducing them to Shakespeare,” Lott concludes. “I’m very aware that a lot of the language of Shakespeare is now being lost [on young people] so this will re-introduce them to classic text without using words such as ‘thee’ and ‘thou’ and all that.” WHAT: Holden Street Theatres WHERE: 34 Holden St, Hindmarsh WHEN: Until Sun Mar 17
Your guide to the student experience. Consider this week the calm before the storm. Not only is the Fringe starting and hotspots such as The Garden Of Unearthly Delights and The Depot opening, but – more importantly – O’Week is on, signalling the start to a new academic year. Consider this a pre-warning for those embarking on tertiary education for the first time that the beginning steps are crucial. The official drop-out statistics for first years at Australian universities lie somewhere between one in five students that won’t make it through the full year, which may seem high, but in retrospect is probably very accurate. One theory is that maybe some of these people get drawn into the sensory overload that overtakes Adelaide around the start of the academic year, and by the time they emerge at the end of the festival season they are too dazed to recover from a month or so of frivolous fun. Another is that they simply didn’t realise what they had signed up for. No doubt your uni lecturers will emphasise that moderation in the key. I propose a stronger emphasis on multi-tasking, so that way you can do both – preferably at the same time. Take your homework to the Garden and get Josh Thomas to proofread your essay. Actually – wait. Don’t do that. You don’t want to fail. Peace, Lachie.
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EXCELerate At Flinders O’Live A national tour featuring local and national bands tailored specifically to students gearing up for another year of study? How did no one think of this sooner! The First Degree Tour (the play on words is appreciated) is set for The University Of Adelaide on Wed Mar 6 and will this year coincide with the annual O’Live event. Boogie-friendly Brisbane band Last Dinosaurs will be spearheading the festivities, bringing with them the summer jams from their 2012 debut In A Million Years. Also joining Last Dinosaurs onstage are local indie favourites Messrs, which will be sure to keep all the Big Brother tragics happy as well. Considering this tour is dedicated to you and all your studious peers, it seems only polite to make sure you take the night off from study and work to celebrate making it this far into the year. WHAT: O’Live WHO: Last Dinosaurs and Messrs WHERE: Adelaide Uni Bar WHEN: Wed Mar 6 TICKETS: Students - $20+BF / GA - $25+BF / AUU $15+BF via moshtix.com.au INFO: aaca.net.au/first-degree-tour
First year of uni? Prospective mature-age student? Want to leapfrog the kids who belong in Jersey Shore rather than a lecture room? If you answered yes to any of these questions then you should strongly consider the EXCELerate Academic Orientation Program before embarking on this year at Flinders. EXCELerate incorporates a series of 50-minute lectures and seminars on critical thinking, academic reading and writing and maths. The program is split into two strands with Strand A for the Faculties of Education, Humanities, Law and Social and Behavioural Sciences and Strand B for Faculties of Science, Engineering and Health Sciences and are run during Flinders O’Week from Mon Feb 25 to Thu Feb 28. Academic reading and writing is a whole new ball game to the usual stuff. Approach uninitiated with caution. To RSVP to secure your position and find out more info, contact Alison Levy at slc@ flinders.edu.au or 8201 2518.
O’Week’s A Circus At Adelaide If you saw Cirque Du Soleil’s latest show Ovo, you will appreciate the discipline – and abs – that goes along with being a circus performer. Hopefully, by The Adelaide University Union transforming the Barr Smith Lawns into a circus for O’Week, it will bring with it a new regime of stronger and more co-ordinated students who are less likely to run late for lectures and fall asleep in the Student Hub. Dare to dream. While the Barr Smith Lawns always seem to somewhat resemble a circus, from Mon Feb 25 to Fri Mar 1 it will be on purpose, with games, giveaways, food, drinks, live entertainment and raucous mischief and mirth aplenty. While at O’Week try to at least take a look at the programs happening
throughout the campus. It’s there to help newbies settle in and returning soldiers to maybe perform a little bit better this year, and not distract you from precious drinking and games time. Also, here’s a hot tip for new players: for those who don’t want to walk around campus looking lost like a sucker, immediately giving away your greenness to campus life, there’s a smartphone app available for free download to save you from sure embarrassment. O’Week runs from Mon Feb 25 to Fri Mar 1. For more info, including the full activity list and timetable visit adelaide. edu.au.
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Farewell The Holidays At Colourpalooza
Say goodbye to another summer of freedom and paint the town as a final hurrah. No, literally. Paint the town. Colourpalooza will mark the closing of your summer break with the opening of The Depot’s reign as the newest festival season destination/jungle gym. Following the Fringe Opening Parade, lead the way to The Depot where you will gain your Dulux protective onesie. Chaos – in paint form – will then ensue, to the beats of DJ Josh Moore (that guy from Messrs and Big Brother), Scrunchie (delicious ‘90s trash) and Rad Bad (mash-up magic). All profits go to the Royal Society For The Blind (hopefully not via paint-ineye mishaps) and can be found cheaper online via VenueTix for $15, with $20 at the door. Hint: if you
want to kickstart your night on the cheap, keep an eye out for the next issue of Rip It Up, which will feature a free drink token for Colourpalooza on the inside back cover. The paint is non-toxic and washable, so don’t stress too much about looking like a Ke$ha back-up dancer for your first day of uni. Even if you do, you’ll fit into uni life just fine. WHAT: Colourpalooza: The Depot Launch Party WHERE: The Depot, 111 Franklin St (enter off Grote St) WHEN: Fri Feb 15 from 9pm TICKETS: $15 + BF online or $20 at the door. INFO: the-depot.com.au
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Scottie’s Singles
Listen Now:
Jake Bugg
Young Man
Jake Bugg (Mercury/UMA)
In A Sense (Liberator)
(Verse) Young Man, there’s no need to feel down. I said Young Man, you know you’ve got a great sound. I said Young Man, Ed Droste allusions abound, but this tune avoids the sappy. Young Man, In A Sense is sublime. I said Young Man, a textured work out of time. It’s beguiling, a treasured fresh find From a fertile poet’s mind. (Chorus) It’s fun to stay at LES, NY. It’s fun to stay at LES, NY. You can record your new song, on a cold Brooklyn site. Win the critics overni-ight…
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Paramore Now (Warner)
Last year’s awkward reunion on the unloved Push And Shove suggested someone had stolen No Doubt’s trademark recipe of secret herbs and spices. Gwen Stefani might want to finger Paramore as the culprits: this finger-lickin’ good party-poppin’ return suggests the light-fingered Hayley Williams is as guilty as sin. Paramore, let the rhythm take you over. Paramore, te quiero amor mio.
How To Destroy Angels How Long (Sony)
Could this really be the work of the man who once made pseudo-snuff films as promotional videos, sang about fist-fucks and acted as ringmaster on Nine Inch Nails’ obscenely prophetic Self-Destruction Tour? Two decades since winning his first Grammy for the frantic death-wish of Wish, Trent Reznor is now a middle-aged, married father of two. Sadly his Svengali work on the new How To Destroy Angels album is shaping up to be similarly suburban – How Long sounds like Jessie J singing a Depeche Mode B-side. Help me, I am in Hell.
Depeche Mode Heaven (Sony)
Speaking of ye olde Mode, their escape from the crumbling EMI empire has yielded this stately slow-groove that sounds like Portishead’s Glory Box reconfigured for a grief-filled black and white Anton Corbijn film about Holocaust survivors. And who’s that hitting the high notes behind the hypnotic Dave Gahan? Surely the quiveringtoned Martin Gore hasn’t been taking lessons? Merciful heavens.
Deaf Havana Hunstanton Pier (Liberator)
Even weaker than their dubious name suggests, this UK act’s latest single sounds like an ‘80s kids TV show theme featuring anaemic stunts, crooks who keep their overt shadiness strictly G rated and the empowering message that double denim will always triumph over evil. Deaf Havana are suffering from a bad case of Castro.
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Gary Clark Jr Blak And Blu (Warner Bros)
After witnessing Gary Clark Jr at his recent Big Day Out performance, it’s obvious his album of late 2012 deserves more exposure than it initially received. In the lead-up to the release of his major label debut, Gary Clark Jr told his hometown rag, The Austin American-
Statesman, that he was “really inspired all at once to do all kinds of different things”. Of course, that intention could lead to absolutely anything, but on Blak And Blu, Clark Jr reins in his wide variety of influences with inconceivable ease. It feels at times as though the singer and virtuoso guitarist is arriving at just the right time, with no fear of reincarnating the music that influenced so many. Clark Jr shines on tracks like Please Come Home and When My Train Pulls In, when the free-forming song structures allow guitar licks to take hold, displaying a level of authenticity many only dream of. But for all these raucous moments throughout Blak And Blu, the soul and hip hop inflections on The Life and the most brilliant title track demonstrate the songwriter’s awareness of where his music has come from - and where it is ultimately heading. Comparisons to Jimi Hendrix are a little too obvious, as Clark Jr carves out a name of his own with this eclectic album. If you’d ever wondered about the history of modern music, allow Blak And Blu to introduce you, teach you and convert you at your will. Sam Reynolds
The self-titled debut from British songwriter Jake Bugg is less an ode to Bob Dylan than it is the birth of England’s newest musical superstar. Immediate comparisons to the former are destined to occur. But Bugg has previously stated that the legendary folk singer bears no influence on his music, preferring to look towards Don McLean - among others - for inspiration. This is clear on tracks like Country Song, which is reminiscent of McLean in nature and raw in its production value. At 18, it would be easy to think that Bugg is too young to tell the kinds of stories he does. Yet there are no signs of naivety at any stage. Built on a workingclass background in his hometown of Nottingham, the rebellious reflections on his city’s idiosyncrasies feel believable. No more is this notable than on lead single Two Fingers, where Bugg plays the escapist with exceptional conviction. Yet the record is also fluttered with fragility, as the singer refers to young love on Someone Told Me and Broken, songs that perfectly depict Bugg’s affliction toward the acoustic guitar. The folk-laden album does not push any musical boundaries, but that is possibly the most important element of this release. Bugg consistently remains in safe territory, which for him denotes an air of risk. Ladfolk, anyone? Sam Reynolds
Laneway Festival Live Review
Fowler’s Live Complex & UniSA City West Campus, Fri Feb 8 Review by Scott McLennan Pics by Andre Castellucci
The festival equivalent of the Cheers bar, Laneway Festival is the one where everybody knows your name. Sold-out in the days after Triple J listeners realised that at least four acts from the Hottest 100 top 10 were on the bill, this year’s Adelaide event appeared dangerously close to descending into an all-out riot. While previous successful Laneway dates have seen movement constipated, this year it was more a case of a severe, life-threatening bowel impaction. After Real Estate deliver their amicably faceless indie rock and Poliça dispatch a sound akin to Cocteau Twins covering 808s And Heartbreak, it’s time for Of Monsters & Men. Frontman Raggi Pórhallsson is packing more chunky beef than a Vili’s pie, while his co-vocalist Nanna Hilmarsdóttir brings the sauce. The cunning formula of repetitive sing-along hooks on favourites such as Little Talks ensures they’re filling a nice little market gap until Arcade Fire return, but is it really that good? Your mind is playing tricks on you, my dear. By the time Yeasayer are on-stage, it’s all going Hillsborough ’89. The courtyard gates have snapped shut, locking fans out from seeing the most popular bands. Chinese whispers are suggesting that police are deploying capsicum spray and paramedics have taken at least one person out on a stretcher. While Jessie Ware is enjoying herself at the Future
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AC Newman Shut Down The Streets (Remote Control)
Band Of Frequencies Rise Like The Sun
Beth Orton Sugaring Season (Anti-)
I’ve always been a fan of bands that like to vary the pace and keep you on your toes, weaving complicated patterns throughout albums. Queensland surfers Band Of Frequencies vary things with their roots sound producing a unique and instantly likeable sound that traverses blues, rock, reggae and progressive music. Rise Like The Sun is a pretty impressive long player, and while much has been made of the band’s love of surfing, I’m keen to go a bit outside the normal bandwidth and say that these guys are even more impressive than such a description implies. On my first listen I was constantly pleasantly surprised with each twist and turn, letting the tunes take me to wherever the band intended. There’s a chilled out rootsy vibe here (think Ash Grunwald), but the rock prowess of these guys steps in to give them a whole different dynamic than pure surf roots music would allow. There’s a raw edge to this material that reminds me of grunge, like early Pearl Jam or Soundgarden, with even a psychedelic flavour adding to the mix. Rise Like The Sun is an album that’s a whole lot of fun, and I found myself grooving along within no time. It’s been a while since a first listen of an album has had such an effect on me. Very cool stuff ! Luke Balzan
Classic stage enough to strip to her bra for her Marvin Gaye cover I Want You, it’s a total shitstorm back at the Courtyard Stage as Alt-J come on. While cops are busy hauling out offenders, a horrendous crush forces open the closed internal gates and authorities struggle to stop the desperate flow. Alt-J fans who don’t want to risk their lives in a suffocating eddy of bodies have to console themselves with a meek video feed of the stage broadcast up the back. Like a sick joke, Laneway app alerts are going off on phones around the site, but fans frustratingly can’t get anywhere near some of the stages. Inside Fowler’s Live, The Men play to five people. You poor bastards. When all seems lost, Japandroids take over the Register St Stage and run through a thrilling, adrenalin-fuelled set that captures the energy of Springsteen at Hammersmith in 1975. Vocalist and guitarist Brian King’s vigorous crowdinteraction and frenetic delivery makes for a brilliant performance, like The Hold Steady and Against Me! trying to outsweat each other with their small-town North American rock tales. The courtyard gates finally re-open before Bat For Lashes brings a British civility to the raucous, agitated crowd. The beauty of songs such as What’s A Girl To Do and All Your Gold should really be experienced while watching a maypole dance in 1517, but tonight they instead soundtrack stage-invaders and drunken revellers causing additional dramas. “You’ve been the weirdest and warmest audience,” Natasha Khan offers before leaving us with Daniel. That’s one word for it. We’re just glad we got out alive.
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My mother keeps asking me when I am going to lay some roots; you know, hunker down with the ol’ ball and chain and raise some snot-nosed kids (not her exact words, but you get the idea). The prospect of doing so both intrigues and terrifies me at the same time. Sex with only one person… until I die? Taking care of some gooey mass that can’t even support the weight of its own head? I’m a manchild for God’s sake; I can barely wipe my own arse much less someone else’s. This is why the newest effort from AC Newman piques my interest. With autobiographical songs running the gamut between first-time fatherhood and the death of a parent, Shut Down The Streets floats back and forth between excitement and utter terror. It’s some heavy shit, but Newman masterfully weaves an album that is both easy to listen to and reassuring at the same time. AC Newman’s penchant for ‘70s folk and pop music may be a bit sleepy for some, but those of you who enjoy spinning your AM Gold compilation albums every so often will find a lot to appreciate in Shut Down The Streets. Ryan Lynch
Kooii
Supposedly all of Beth Orton’s album releases are carbon neutral. According to Wikipedia, a tree is planted in a poor area of Mexico for every certain amount of units produced, to offset the emissions generated when pressing the CDs and other marketing paraphernalia. This hippie mentality makes sense when you listen to Orton’s newest record, Sugaring Season. Her first album in six years, Sugaring Season sees Orton get “back to nature”. No fancy studios or computer programs were utilised in the production of this album, no sir. Just good old fashioned fingerpicking and banging on improvised percussive instruments. The result is a woodsy, down-to-earth tone that lets Orton’s voice take centre-stage. While the record is certainly pretty, there are lulls that will have you seriously contemplating hitting the skip button. I suppose one can only plant so many trees before he/she says “fuck this” and trolls the interwebz. Sorry Beth, but you do get an ‘A’ for effort. Ryan Lynch
Brisbane band Kooii are a slick seven-piece unafraid to push boundaries. With two albums already under their belts, the band’s new EP Call Out continues to build their sound, allowing them to explore a variety of styles from reggae to funk to Afrobeat and beyond. The end result is something that grabs you instantly. The reggae edge obviously appeals greatly, but there’s heaps more on offer here. The only fault I have is that by the time you get to the fifth and closing track After Party, you’ll be ready and yearning for more! This is some fine music from some very talented artists… hopefully we can get them to play our fair city sometime soon. In the meantime, you’ll just have to Call Out! Luke Balzan
Various Artists Les Misérables: Highlights From The Motion Picture Soundtrack (Universal)
The selected soundtrack to this audience-dividing musical, as drawn from the enormously popular Broadway production, offers the best and, ahem, not quite so best numbers from the screen epic, complete with notes about why onetime-Adelaidean director Tom Hooper somewhat controversially chose to record the music live on the set. They’re all here: Hugh Jackman’s big showstoppers, Anne Hathaway’s almost embarrassingly moving I Dreamed A Dream, Sacha Baron Cohen’s (and Helena Bonham Carter’s) rowdily comic Master Of The House and Russell Crowe’s much-criticised ditties, such as The Confrontation (with our Hugh), Stars and track 18, which won’t be named here as it rather gives away the movie’s ending (just in case you somehow can’t guess it a mile off ). MDB
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Coming Up At The Depot Thanks to 5/4 Entertainment, there are stacks of local gigs happening at the new festival outdoor playground for keeping in the spirit of the festival season, The Depot. Sprawled between Grote St and Franklin St at the site of the old bus depot, The Depot will be providing a stage for local acts to perform within a maze of shipping containers and palettes for the complete garage rock experience.
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To kick off an impressive list of local line-up is local artist/producer/beat-maker Oisima, who’ll make sure his lush synth, vocals and melodies reverberate musically through the shipping container labyrinth. Joining Oisima is the sometimes improvisational, always impressive three-piece Terracotta Palace and fresh from their first national tour, the acclaimed Sincerely, Grizzly. Tickets are available through VenueTix with doors at 7.30pm.
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Trying to pinpoint a genre for sometimes-punk sometimesrock mostly-rockabilly trio, The Baskervilles, is no easy task. In the end Lachy Bruce decided on “rockabilly with curve balls”. Sounds good to us. We’ll run with that. The process behind getting their debut EP Tonightmare together has been tumultuous for the band, spanning nearly three years since the initial recording sessions. “We started out thinking we were going to release it in 2010, but the first session we had was a bit amateur. We rushed into it too much,” Bruce explains. “We tried again and it didn’t work to our benefit either. The formula we found that worked for us was taking it easy and doing it at home.” This foolproof formula proved the garage rock cliché true. “We recorded in our drummer [ Jarrad Taylor]’s garage, drank lots and
beer and nutted it out basically.” The band also chose to do most of the production and behind the scenes work themselves. Not only did this benefit through cost-cutting, but gave the band full creative responsibility. “It’s the way the industry is at the moment. No one’s really making money off music, but we did all the packaging, printing of the CDs and made some hand-drawn stickers all ourselves. It’s a very DIY release.” While there are five tracks that made it to Tonightmare, there were another 20 or so that didn’t make the cut. Bruce explains that these songs may not be discarded altogether. “A lot of the songs we left out were ones we have collected over the live shows from the last few years. We’re planning to hopefully release something else really soon, so they won’t be forgotten.” The resulting multi-genre sound comes from the diverse musical background within the band. “At the end of the day we’re just playing our version of rockabilly. We have pieces from the ‘50s, The Stooges and modern
influences like The White Stripes, but we like to think we’re doing our own thing with it and creating a new direction for rockabilly music.” Tonightmare will be released at the Worldsend Music Festival, a music event happening throughout the Fringe. Bruce has played a part in its organisation, although the fact it coincided with the EP launch was a “happy accident”. So what can you expect from an EP that’s been over three years in the making and a part of the Fringe? “Crazy projections, bubble guns, beach balls, loud music, hoe-downs, balloon popping and lolly bags... It’s going to be like a kid’s party but with more booze.” Yep. Sounds like the Fringe.
WHO: The Baskervilles, Diesel Witch & Beer Belly Buskers WHAT: Tonightmare EP launch WHERE: Worldsend TICKETS: $10 / $13 with Tonightmare EP from FringeTix
Rip It Up chats with veteran Fringe performer and contributor Emily Davis on the new pop-up Fringe entertainment venue based in Stepney, Howl The Moon, ahead of the opening night on Thu Feb 14 with a free concert by The Baker Suite at 6.30pm.
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A rag-tag mix of Adelaide bands will gather to counteract the noise of Clipsal with some home-grown noise of their own. Seems like something from a superhero movie plot. The stellar cast includes Squeaker, Est Is Super, Heston Drop, 50 In The City and All Year Round. It’s just a good old-fashioned showcase of what SA has to offer, along with an equally impressive line-up of local food and drink to round out the truly heaps good experience. Tickets from FringeTix and VenueTix with kick-off at 6.30pm.
Alphabette And Jesse Davidson Sun Mar 10
Alphabette have come a long way since forming in mid-2012 and have adopted the saccharine goodness of ‘60s pop that encapsulates “new age fun with a vintage feel” perfectly. Joining Alphabette for a sweet tea among the towering crates is 16-year-old Jesse Davidson, a commended finalist from Triple J’s Unearthed High. His single Flaws has already been played on UK and Swiss radio, giving the Adelaide teen favourable songwriting comparison to the likes of Jeff Buckley, Chet Faker and Grizzly Bear. Doors are at 7.30pm with tickets from VenueTix.
Howl The Moon
How did Howl The Moon come about? I’ve been performing in the Fringe for many years now and thought it would be a cool challenge to provide a new and very special performance space for local musicians. We spent some time overseas and realised that night gardens and moonlit piazzas were our favourite place to hang out. We were always looking for an opportunity to create our very own in Adelaide. We put the feelers out to the Fringe and voila! We had our space (I made it sound really easy didn’t I!?). What do you think Howl The Moon will offer punters that other Fringe venues haven’t? Everything you need is all in one place. There’s open air, the finest musicians in town, pretty lights, comfortable vintage seating and lounging areas. There’s the Moonshine Bar with delicious Deep South cocktails and boutique McLaren Vale ciders and food by two of Adelaide’s most exciting chefs, Duncan Welgemoed (Bistro Dom) and Quang Nguyen (Devour Dessert Bar).There
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are also affordable ticket prices, daily happy hour from 5pm-6pm and free entertainment on Sundays. The line-up features a specialty of Gypsy, folk, blues and alt-country genres – why these in particular? For purely selfish reasons. These are the genres we love the most and Adelaide has such a talented and happening scene where these styles are concerned. All you have to do is switch 3D Radio on to get a sense of how many local artists are writing and recording in these genres. They also appeal to such a wide variety of ages and tastes. I think most people (whether they’re publicly ashamed or not) like a bit of yokel-y blues and hanky-twirling Gypsy music, don’t they? How did you go about selecting the acts to perform?
Probably the best part of the process was having our dream artists get behind the venue. We chose acts that we’ve seen and heard before and absolutely loved. Because we’re a pop-up venue all we had were adjectives and an unlimited mobile talk time to sell the idea to them and they were all really enthused and excited about it. We feel like we’re all part of a giant team. The only complication was Cal Williams Jr though. I had to insist that if he didn’t play at my venue I would kidnap his dog. Luckily for us, he agreed. WHAT: Howl The Moon WHERE: Dunstone Grove Linde Reserve, Nelson St, Stepney INFO: howlthemoon.com
Previously supporting Jonathon Boulet, The Holidays, Worlds End Press and Darwin Deez, East End Villains will show The Depot exactly why they’re gaining so much traction so quickly. Playing alongside the tribal beats and stomping guitar riffs are Gemini Downs, which fit somewhere in between a fusion of Gypsy, pop and swing. Find out why Jangle topped Triple J’s Unearthed chart and whether or not they’ll incorporate some of The Depot’s architecture as musical aides. Tickets are through VenueTix with kick off at 8pm.
Archers, The Shiny Brights And Archie Fri Mar 15
Fresh from a hand-picked set at the Big Day Out and accolades as one of Rip It Up’s Hot Six are Archers. By the time they hit The Depot, they will have embarked on their debut EP What Birds Think tour and have their sophomore release on its way. Joining Archers are stalwarts of Adelaide’s local music scene, The Shiny Brights, who will showcase at The Depot their extensive past material, along with latest single Running With Scissors. Rounding out the final local line-up are Archie, who draw from everything from jazz to French electro pop to provide a unique musical experience. Tickets are available from VenueTix with doors at 7.30pm.
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