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Editor’s Note// Genetically blessed to resemble Rihanna and Gwen Stefani’s little sister, 22-year-old Londoner Rita Ora’s model looks are merely a secondary reason as to why she’s currently hot property. Notching up three UK number ones in the space of a year, she’s already making a convincing argument as England’s answer to Beyonce. Songwriting partnerships with pop masterminds both cool (Major Lazer, Chase & Status) and calculated (Will.I.Am, Kanye West) have also ensured Ora’s cunningly cross-pollinating musical tribes on both sides of the Atlantic. Six months since her debut Ora hit the top spot in her home country, Jay-Z’s favourite West Londoner is one of the more enticing options on Future Music Festival’s 2013 bill. Given that rap brat Azealia Banks’ insubstantial Splendour In The Grass set underwhelmed, one-trick pony Psy is flogging a dead horse and The Prodigy have never matched the violent force of their Fat Of The Land shows, it’s breakout stars such as Ora that could prospectively convert the most fans at Bonython Pk. For those pop fans who have lost faith in Rihanna in the wake of her Chris Brown soap opera, Rita Ora might be just the antidote. The top 40 is generally a laughable vacuum of fresh sounds, but with Rita Ora we are at least in the company of a down-to-earth gal who gets the joke.
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Last week Adelaide truly glittered with the opening of Fringe venues all across the city. On Friday we fed coins to the pig machine at Gluttony, scoffed gozleme while watching acrobats at the Garden Of Unearthly Delights and threw fluoro paint at each other while in white suits at The Depot. Amidst enjoying these vibrant festival hubs we’ve been keeping close track of the festivities occuring after sundown on our new section on the website, The Fix. Click online for daily updates of Fringe reviews, festival Q&As and venues.
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Australian electro pop four-piece, Strange Talk, have just released their highly anticipated debut album Cast Away. Cast Away follows up on the international buzz brought on by the band’s 2011 self-titled EP. Cast Away is 11 tracks of indie-meets-electro pop packed full of shimmering synths and pop beats, and set to be a summer playlist favourite. The release of the album follows the success of new singles Cast Away and Falling In Love, both of which have thrust the band into the spotlight. Log onto ripitup.com.au and enter your details for your chance to win one of five copies of Strange Talk’s Cast Away. Competition closes at midday on Thu Feb 28.
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In the mountains of Franklin County, Virginia, the Bondurant brothers are the stuff of legend. Times are tough and jobs are scarce, but the Bondurants are entrepreneurs and have built a thriving local moonshine business. But Franklin County’s bootlegging days are about to end with the arrival of Special Deputy Charlie Rakes (Guy Pearce) from Chicago. The new “law” Rakes brings is lethal and corrupt and will challenge everything the brothers have built and represent. But while the rest of the county gives in to Rakes’ ruthless crackdown, the Bondurants will bow to no one. Log onto ripitup.com.au and enter your details for your chance to win one of five copies of Lawless on DVD. Competition closes at midday on Thu Feb 28.
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Catch American musician Tom Krell’s How To Dress Well on Thu Feb 21 at Rocket Bar to hear some R&B-infused electro from the highly eclectic three-piece.
Sleepy Sun
Get twice as sunny and witness the psychedelic rockers from San Francisco when they play Fowler’s Live on Fri Feb 22 with like-minded Adelaide outfit Ride Into The Sun.
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Bringin’ their hip shakin’, surf and rockabilly album, Tales From The Beyond, to Forresters & Squatters Arms on Fri Feb 22 and also Crown & Anchor on Sat Feb 23.
Performing at Flinders St Baptish Church on Thu Feb 21 under the Heavenly Sounds banner at which she will be highlighting songs from her new album, By The Horns, along with old favourites.
Experience the Brisbane-based surf rock two-piece when they launch their Anywhere Else EP at Rocket Bar on Fri Feb 22 with help from fellow Brisbane resident Jeremy Neal.
See Miami Horror frontman Josh Moriaty’s colourful new outfit when they launch their second single, Second To None, at Currie St’s Ed Castle on Sat Feb 23 with Bastian’s Happy Flight.
Speeding along this week... A DAY ON THE GREEN – get set for Diesel, Mark Seymour, Daryl Braithwaite, The Black Sorrows, Pseudo Echo and 1927 at Annie’s Lane in the Clare Valley on Sat Feb 23.
NORAH JONES – see the sultry singer at Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, on Fri Feb 22 at which she will be highlighting songs from her new album, Little Broken Hearts, and extensive back catalogue.
SANTANA – fly like an eagle with a black
magic woman and get set to rock when the legendary US outfit play Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Fri Feb 22 with Steve Miller Band as special guests.
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their short, catchy rock songs at Moseley St’s Glenelg Beach Hostel on Fri Feb 22 at which they will launching current single, Radio Control.
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Who: Pennywise / Where: HQ Complex / When: Tue Apr 9 / Tickets: oztix.com or venuetix.com
Pennywise Who: Funeral For A Friend / Where: Fowler’s Live / When: Thu May 16 / Tickets: moshtix.com.au or venuetix.com.au
Funeral Party
Welsh post-hardcore group Funeral For A Friend are coming to Adelaide in May. From humble beginnings playing to punk sheep in
misty fields (not really), the band have gone on to release seven studio albums and travel the world on the back of their emo/metal music. A decade on from their debut release, FFAF will be touring their latest record Conduit. Support acts are yet to be announced. The gig in Adelaide is licenced all-ages; tickets on sale now.
Celebrating their 25th birthday, thrifty punk kings Pennywise are heading to Adelaide in April. In August last year, they had to cancel their Australian tour, due to singer Zoli Teglas injuring his back. To fix the problem, they’ve dumped him and welcomed back their original vocalist, Jim Lindberg. Compassionate little punks. Joining Pennywise on their tour will be reformed Face To Face and The Menzingers.
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Who: Jordan Millar and Jack Carty / Where: The Grace Emily / When: Sun Mar 24 / Tickets: moshtix.com.au
Milling About
Are you looking for a pair of bluesy, rootsy, acoustic(y) boys to serenade you with “memories of places they’d often prefer to be”? Well, now’s your chance. Jordan Millar and Jack Carty, two gentle-hearted minstrels, will be playing an intimate gig at the charming Grace Emily in late March. Between the pair of them, they have toured with Joshua Radin, Xavier Rudd, Ingrid Michaelson and Brett Dennen. The tour will celebrate the release of Millar’s second album, Cold Lights On A Modern Life.
Who: The Spitfires w/ The Viennas, Saturday’s Army / Where: Glenelg Beach Hostel / When: Fri Feb 22 / Tickets: Free entry
The Spitfires Who: The Bronx (with DZ Deathrays and Hightime) / Where: Fowler’s Live / When: Thu May 2 / Tickets: moshtix.com.au or venuetix.com.au
One, Two, Three, IV
They’ve put their mariachi days behind them for the moment (sad face) and gone back to being totally hardcore. LA punk rockers The Bronx have just completed their latest self-titled album, The Bronx IV. With DZ Deathrays along for the ride, the tour will be a
hectic car crash of noise and terrible haircuts. If a single Fowler’s gig isn’t enough for you and you’re a super-massive Bronx fan, consider snagging a ticket to one of their intimate east coast gigs. These will be played in the smaller venues they graced during their early tours.
Taking on the Fringe, the Adelaide Festival and Clipsal, The Spitfires are dropping into Adelaide in the busiest week of the year. Lucky the gig’s free – we won’t have any cash to buy tickets. The band combines two Perth dudes with one Liverpudlian, resulting in a curious mix of surfer-Britpop-punk. Curious, but catchy. If you’ve exhausted your budget on Fringe tix, take a tram to the beach and party with The Spitfires.
Who: Josh Groban / Where: Festival Theatre / When: Thu Apr 18
Oh My Giddy Aunt!
Here’s something to make your nan swoon: Josh Winslow Groban, operatic cameoperformer, is touring Australia in April. One of the greatest baritone cover artists to come out of LA, Josh Groban can seduce middle-aged women with a single wink. His performance at the Festival Theatre on Thu Apr 18 will include songs from his new album, All That Echoes. Target better restock their industrial-strength granny panties.
Who: Mutemath (with Big Scary) / Where: Fowler’s Live / When: Thu Mar 21 / Tickets: moshtix.com.au
Silence Of The Sums Who: They Might Be Giants / Where: The Gov / When: Thu May 9 / Tickets: $59 + bf from metropolistouring.com
Giants Vs Nanobots
Breathy Brooklyn pop weirdos They Might Be Giants are coming back to Adelaide. Even though their career cracked the 30-year mark last year, founding members John Linnell (keyboard/accordion) and John Flansburgh (guitar) are apparently still besties. This tour
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will mark the release of their 16th studio album, Nanobots, due out on Tue Mar 5. Despite Grammys, platinum and gold-status records, they’ll always be “the band that did the theme-song to Malcolm In The Middle”.
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.
Who: Turin Brakes / Where: The Gov / When: Wed May 8 / Tickets: moshtix.com.au or venuetix.com.au
Tourin’ Brakes
Get your Hobbit suit out, lads—pop folk minstrels Turin Brakes are bringing their raucous live show to a shire near you. Acoustic rockers Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian will be joined by their touring bassist, Eddy Myer, and drummer, Rob Allum. Formed in the late ’90s, the Mercury-nominated band have had a long career featuring independent releases and a UK top five hit. The group will help you crest the mid-week hump when they hit the Governor Hindmarsh on Wed May 8.
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Roc The Life In the space of three years, 22-yearold Londoner Rita Ora has signed with Jay-Z, toured with Coldplay and recorded with Snoop Lion, but there’s one big question Rip It Up wants answered: which of the Future Music Festival superstar’s collaborators smells the best?
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I think I will have to say Drake,” Ora laughs. “Drake smells great - he smells like fresh trees. He smells really fresh, he’s got such a nice smell. I always ask him what he’s wearing because I want to wear it myself, but he never tells me!” Snoop Lion has the look of someone who smells like a stained old couch in a share house. “No! He smells great! He’s just so cool – you can’t say a bad word about him. We were introduced through Diplo and he’s the coolest man on the planet. We have a track together called Torn Apart on the new Snoop Lion album and I cannot wait for you guys to see the video we’ve just shot in Thailand. It’s such a cool track and it’s an awesome video.” As well as taking a guest spot on Snoop’s forthcoming Reincarnated album, the multitasking Ora will also be seen in Fast And Furious 6 when it hits cinemas in May. “Aha! Yes, we like a little bit of Fast And Furious. Vin [Diesel, co-star] asked me to be in it – I was really excited. It’s a long story, but we met through friends at a birthday dinner and we got chatting. The next day my management got a call saying ‘Vin would love Rita to be in the movie’. It’s very rare for it to happen like that – I couldn’t actually
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believe it. I’m playing one of the leader girls of the gang, but there were no stunts for me unfortunately. I get to run with a few crews though - it was shot in London and with me being British it made sense.” Ora is no stranger to impressive stunts and high-octane road races, with October’s Shine Ya Light video clip exposing her as something of a daredevil. Ora is filmed racing through the streets of Pristina in Kosovo on the back of a road bike with nought protection but thigh-high leather boots and a helmet resting precariously on her head. “I had no seatbelt, either! It was OK – my cousin was driving. It was all my cousins and friends that were on the motorbikes and we were riding slower than it looks. I love a bit of adrenalin.” Although her family’s emigration to England meant Ora avoided the first-hand distress of the Kosovo War, her return to her country of birth made for an emotional homecoming for the Radioactive singer. The singer said the immense public response to her visit made her feel “like Princess Diana”. “I moved to London when I was only a one-year-old, so I was fortunate enough to physically miss the war but obviously I have family members who passed away. My mum and dad luckily got out of there before it got crazy, but when I went back to shoot my video, that’s when I physically connected with what happened and what I can do to help, even though I’m just a singer. It’s a whole nation you’re trying to help, but I’m really proud of where I’m from.” Ora’s treated like royalty in the land of her forefathers, but back in the UK she’s a target for tabloids looking for nip-slips or fashion faux pas. It must be hard knowing if you
Southerner Ora scratch your bum it will be photographed and relayed around the world? “Yeah, but it’s about whether you take that seriously and make that the main priority of what you do or not,” Ora muses. “It’s about mental control, to tell you the truth. It only gets to you if you let it, and things like that don’t really bother me. I’m such an easy-going person that as long as my music is out and I can be in the studio, I don’t care what happens – I just try to itch my bum in a glamorous manner!” When it comes to learning grace, poise and eloquence, Ora has one of pop’s greatest as her governess. Beyonce has been a strong supporter since her husband Jay-Z signed the teenager in 2009. Although touring commitments prevented Ora from witnessing the Superbowl reunion of her heroes Destiny’s Child, she’s in awe of her US friend. “I watched the Superbowl and it was so nice seeing there is real talent out there that I got emotional. I am honoured to have Beyonce in my life and I was so happy for her – nobody deserves it more than her and she is the nicest person on the planet. It was beautiful to watch.” Beyonce once said she gets “tired of being sexy”. Is it a problem for you? “Once you’re sexy, you’re always sexy,” she chuckles. “I don’t feel sexy when I’m on a tour bus just waking up and I haven’t showered yet. When you’re on the road and unshowered, that’s definitely not a sexy time. It’s hard! You have to keep clean, but sharing a bus with 10 people can get messy despite the fun of it all.” With her 2012 debut album Ora’s collaborators including Will.I.Am, Kanye West and Chase & Status, Ora already has some of the world’s biggest music names in
Adelaide has a tenuous claim on Rita Ora’s latest chart success Radioactive, with the song penned by South Australia’s Sia Furler. It caps off a year in which she’s also notched up hits with Flo Rida’s Wild Ones, David Guetta’s She Wolf and Rihanna’s Diamonds.
“You’re in Adeloyyyyde?” Ora kids in a passable accent. “It was obviously very hard for me not to be reminded of Australia every time Sia spoke – her accent is awesome! She’s an amazing songwriter. Even before Diamonds came out, she’s such a great artist in her own right. She’s like me – she’s down to earth and she definitely speaks her mind! She’s so funny and she doesn’t take herself too seriously. I think that’s what makes her so great and her mind so creative.”
her corner. The blonde vocalist now has her sights on another dream collaboration. “Right now I’m obsessed with Mumford & Sons,” Ora admits. “I would love to work with them – I think Mumford & Sons are an incredible group of gentlemen that make an amazing sound with their voices. If I even had a minute I would love to experiment with them and see what we can come up with, since I love the fact they are British and do country music. It’s awesome.” WHO: Rita Ora WHAT: Ora (Sony) WHERE: Future Music Festival, Bonython Pk WHEN: Mon Mar 11
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Chan Marshall is a fascinating woman. She’s intense, brassy, a motor-mouth. She’s fiercely independent, kind and worldly. Yet her sentences are derailed often by new thoughts, apologies and half-hearted attempts at self-censorship, making her fragility painfully clear. So too is just how hard she is on Cat Power.
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ith a reputation of being consistently inconsistent – erratic stage performances, battles with creative demons, alcohol and mental health – Marshall’s tumultuous career path seemed to have settled with the September release of Sun. Following a successful tour of America, Marshall fell ill to the recurring condition angioedema, which causes rapid swelling of the skin and airways, and promptly postponed her European tour.
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Recuperating on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, Marshall conveys her disappointment. “It’s a long story and no one fuckin’ believes me and it’s very difficult, very painful to do interviews any more actually,” she admits. “But everybody knows really how well I’ve been trying to work; I worked so hard on everything for this record and then ended up with my oesophagus closing up because of an allergy that happens when you get stressed.” Marshall sighs, carefully considering what to say next. “I feel like I have to really protect myself with the press now… people like to think I was a drug addict or something. I’m doin’ my best to be calm and try to, you know, do my job and try to reach people and connect and be fuckin’ happy and healthy.” Sun is Marshall’s first release of original material since the southern soul ofThe Greatest placed her in the more accessible realms of singer songwriter territory in 2006. It’s an album largely based on new and selfproduced experimentations with electronic instrumentation. It’s also a shining testament to Marshall’s creative ability.
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“My record got to number 10 in the United States,” she says flatly. “I got no manager, I got no producer, got no fuckin’ band, and I got top 10. To me that’s it, that’s like I did a great accomplishment… I wanna be around to help make a change in this fucked up world if I can. I’ve got a lot of life to live…”
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“I’m very – what’s the word? – rebellious, because of the way I was raised. And I am so independent – that’s why I got sick. That’s also why I made the record sound the way it did because I got told – I can’t tell you how many emails – I needed a producer. And that’s such an insult, ‘cause nobody knew what I had in my mind, what I wanted to do with those original songs. “I am too old now to care about what the press are saying,” Marshall continues, mimicking current rumours. “‘Oh she cancelled a European tour because maybe she’s on drugs, or an alcoholic, or she looked like shit on tour’ [to] which I wanna wave a gigantic ‘fuck you’ flag, because nobody knows that I was in the emergency room, so fuck off ! “I wanna say fuck you to every journalist who judged me by the way that I looked. A journalist, my first show [of the Sun tour], he was even talking about my body language – like how it was wrong. I got his name; I could get his number. It’s just like, I’m gonna send him a giant bag of shit and just be like, ‘You’re terrible at your job, you’re not even a true witness, you know nothing about me and you’re just full of judgement’. He should have been fired… The last thing we need is somebody down my throat because I look like shit. What the fucker doesn’t know but I was, you know, tryin’ to survive…” Marshall’s healing process – a multipronged attack involving health specialists, natural therapies and abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, red meat and stress – has coincided with a shift in confidence in her own artistic ability. Given the vitality and widespread acclaim of Sun, the future has never looked brighter for Cat Power. “I’m proud of this record; I’ve never been really proud of anything that I’ve ever done…” Marshall surprisingly confesses. “I liked Jukebox but I wasn’t necessarily ever proud of it and I’m still not proud of anything I’ve done; [Sun is] the first time I’ve ever felt a sense of pride and accomplishment. Maybe I feel pride when I deliver a good concert maybe 10 times a year, and it all makes it worth it, that connection, with the universe at that time with everybody there like we’re all in the same house together, movin’ on the same plane. That’s what I do this for, live.” WHO: Cat Power WHAT: Sun (Matador/Remote Control) WHERE: Her Majesty’s Theatre WHEN: Mon Feb 25
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Were you at the spectacular launch of the Garden Of Unearthly Delights or the Adelaide Fringe parade last week? If you were, you would have been lucky enough to get a free preview of some of the best and most entertaining shows that the Garden and the Adelaide Fringe have to offer this year. If you weren’t, fear not. It’s far from too late to catch the world premiere season of Limbo (the award-winning collective that brought us Cantina and Tom Tom Crew last year), as well as another round of Hot Dub Time Machine which is back again in 2013 and this time promising to be the Best. Party. Ever. Judging from the sold-out tickets and the comments it already received last weekend, it’s worth
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getting your dancing shoes on more than once. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg for the world-class performances which have landed in Adelaide for the Fringe period and there are plenty more still on their way. Don’t forget to check out some of the older favourites and Fringe regulars, like comedians Arj Barker, Tom Gleeson, Jimeoin and Josh Thomas, as well as the huge selection of cabaret, music and theatre acts which are always equally as popular with the crowds. Don’t waste another minute: the weather is perfect and the festival season line-up isn’t half-bad either, so get out there. Nina Bertok
JOSH THOMAS Josh wants to be a better person. He also wants to tell jokes. So, he’s going to tell jokes about wanting to be a better person. You can judge him but you’ll have to buy a ticket first… or win one of the double passes we’ve got up for grabs. Log onto ripitup.com.au and enter your details for your chance to win one of the three double passes we’re giving away to Josh’s show Douchebag at the Arts Theatre on Tue Feb 26. Competition closes at midday on Mon Feb 25.
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SKETCH THE RHYME: NO SLEEP ‘TIL ADELAIDE TOUR Art hip hop game show Sketch The Rhyme pits teams of artists and rappers against each other in a fast-paced, MC-driven battle of wits, played out with the accompaniment of a live band, and not-soserious nods to famed drawing duels: Pictionary and the legendary Mr Squiggle. We’ve got three double passes to give away to each of Sketch The Rhyme’s performances in The Pig Pen at Gluttony on Thu Mar 7, Fri Mar 8 and Sat Mar 9. All shows are at 11.50pm. Log onto ripitup.com. au and enter your details for your chance to win. Competition closes at midday on Wed Feb 28.
DANNY BHOY We might not be able to give you tickets to Danny Bhoy’s current Fringe show but we can give you the chance to win a copy of his DVD – Live At The Festival Theatre. This DVD features a special performance on his return to his home city of Edinburgh. Filmed at the prestigious Festival Theatre, it features material taken from his past two highly acclaimed shows By Royal Disappointment and Messenger (Please Do Not Shoot). Log onto ripitup.com.au and enter your details to go in the draw to win one of the five copies we have up for grabs. Competition closes at midday on Wed Feb 28.
DAAS KAPITAL: THE COMPLETE SERIES 1 & 2 With Paul McDermott in town there’s no better time to take a look back at his comedic roots. Featuring Paul McDermott, Richard Fidler and Tim Ferguson, DAAS Kapital was a sitcom that incorporated sketch show and variety show TV formats. Each episode’s plot usually consisted of a very simple idea, such as a bug infestation or a Cinderella-style story mixed with segments of actual TV shows, musical acts, stop motion animation and guest appearances, strung together with very quick jokes, narrative humour and stories told by the Allstars. Log onto ripitup.com.au and enter your details for your chance to win one of five copies. Competition closes at midday on Wed Feb 28.
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Described as a “pitch-perfect performance” by Time Out, Marcel Lucont is witty, acerbic, magniloquent and seeking a willing, intelligent audience for one-hour only. Includes fun, adventure... and maybe something more. Don’t miss this winner of the Amused Moose Award (Best Comedy Show) of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
According to The Age, Tom Gleeson is at the “top of his game”, revealing himself to be the thinking man’s stand-up comic. Last year’s seasons of Hello Bitches completely sold out so don’t miss out in 2013, bitches!
SAT 23. SAM SIMMONS: SHITTY TRIVIA GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS (ROMANTIEK) Come for the trivia, stay for the mysterious shoe. Described as “an hour of unadulterated and awesome absurdity” by The Daily Telegraph, when you leave the Simmons bubble the real world seems beige.
LEO GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS (VAGABOND) What would happen if the laws of gravity suddenly changed? LEO is a funny, surreal and touching work that leaves you wondering which way is up. The newest creation from the producers of Soap, LEO tests perceptions of reality and has dazzled audiences in Edinburgh, New York and now Adelaide.
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What are you afraid of? Falling? The dark? Men in Speedos? Freefall is a joyful, honest and beautifully crafted circus and physical theatre experience. Don’t miss this winner of the Adelaide Fringe Best Circus (2010), the Tour Ready Award (2011), Melbourne Fringe Best Circus and Best Emerging Circus/Physical Theatre Performer Award (2011).
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BORNE FROM THE DESIRE TO RETURN TO THE DARK WORLD OF OLD-TIME CIRCUS, THE CANDY BUTCHERS CREATED A HUMOROUS JOURNEY BACK INTO THE DARK WORLD OF THE NEO-VAUDEVILLIAN SIDESHOW CIRCUS ERA. IT WAS 2006 WHEN WE LAST SAW THE CANDY BUTCHERS IN THE GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS, BUT THOSE SAME FOUR AUSTRALIAN CIRCUS ARTISTS HAVE REUNITED, REGROUPED AND RETURNED TO OUR FINE CITY FOR THE ADELAIDE FRINGE 2013. We speak with the lovely Azaria Universe. “We’ve come armed with circus tricks, skills and stunts, all done in that old-style circus way,” she begins. “There are four very strong
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THE CANDY BUTCHERS characters in the show as well as all sorts of relationships and storylines going on. You do get that circus wow factor but it’s very dark with a lot more than your traditional three-ring circus.” According to Universe, the characters in The Candy Butchers are certainly weird and wonderful, but it’s a circus with a difference... “One of the characters played by Derek Ives (Circus Oz) does an amazing take on the ringmaster with coat tails and top hat, but in more of a buffon dark-clown way. He has a particular thread through the action that audiences really connect to. “Both Jess Love (La Soiree, La Clique) and DJ Garner (Cirque Du Soleil) graduated from NICA many years ago. Each has gone on to have amazingly successful circus careers. Jess does amazing work with skipping and hula-hoops and together we do a double-trapeze routine; she’s
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such an amazing character. “All of us have spent plenty of time in the Adelaide festival circuits,” she adds, “either with The Burlesque Hour, La Soiree, La Clique and we did our first major season together as The Candy Butchers at the Adelaide Fringe. We’re really excited to be returning to the Garden; it’s our home, our roots, our beginning. It’s going to be good!” Audiences are in for a show with a huge variety factor, Universe warns. “As well as the double trapeze with Jess, I do some hula-hoops, some acro-balance and a very special dance that involves many sticks of fairy floss – which is a personal highlight for me,” she laughs cheekily. “It is a bit of a saucy moment in the ilk of The Burlesque Hour-kind of thing. It’s probably not a classically beautiful piece but it is indulgent and comes to a very sticky end.” Following their last visit to Adelaide, each member went off on their own pursuits. Universe herself had twins, DJ worked with director Nigel Jamieson on Honour Bound – The David Hicks Story, Love has been storming Europe with her amazing skills and Ives spent his time creating more clowning shows. It would seem that the time was right to be The Candy Butchers once again. “Strut & Fret have been asking us to come back for ages,” she declares.” Adelaide seemed like the perfect place to open our new show. The audiences are so prolific. The Garden has been embraced so wholeheartedly by the community who turn up and fill every corner of the place at that time of year; it’s an exciting thing to be a part of the Fringe Festival with all the national and international visitors as well as the local performers. DJ is originally from Adelaide, so it’s always a lovely sort of a homecoming for him. “When we first performed this new show overseas,” Universe explains, “we realised that we were complete eye-openers for some circus goers and the physical theatre industry; it’s a real genre-changing take on circus skills and the way to present them. We use a theatrical narrative to present them as well as the physical skills and we have paid a lot of attention to the detail of the set pieces and every prop so it all seamlessly mixes in together; nothing stands out that screams 2013! For all intensive purposes, when you are sitting there watching this show, it could be the late 1800s! “We love this new show,” she enthuses. “Since re-forming, Australians have embraced it, including our sell-out season at the Sydney Opera House. People are gobsmacked! There’s a lot of fairy floss in the show and as the evening progresses, as well as many twists and changes that I don’t really want to give away. “We performed as part of the Commonwealth Games Cultural Festival in a massive 1000-seat tent. It was stunning and amazing. We’ve toured America and Korea, so the show translates in different cultures. Some of the more saucy scenes were a bit confronting for the Korean audiences,” she chuckles, “but they still loved it and jumped to their feet at the end – wanting more and more! We hope Adelaide will love it just as much!” WHAT: The Candy Butchers WHERE: The Garden Of Unearthly Delights (Paradiso Spiegeltent) WHEN: Until Sun Mar 17
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FRISKY AND MANNISH EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES “Matthew and I were young friends sharing a flat in London who wanted to be performers but were getting absolutely nowhere,” Corcoran begins. “One day a mutual friend asked us to do a short set at a charity fundraiser with me singing and Matthew on piano. While trying to figure out what songs to do, we picked up a book of pop songs and decided to disguise them a little to make the set more interesting. “We started with Papa Don’t Preach [Madonna] and turned it into an operatic aria, which we thought was brilliant and then we kept looking for more songs to reinvent. We performed at that fundraiser
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ACCORDING TO FRISKY AND MANNISH, LIFE IS NOT ABOUT WORKING OR STUDYING OR ANYTHING THAT REMOTELY BORES YOU TO TEARS, IT’S ABOUT JOY AND LAUGHTER AND – MOST IMPORTANTLY – POP MUSIC! CREATORS LAURA CORCORAN AND MATTHEW FLOYD JONES CHAT FREELY ABOUT HOW THESE TWO POP HERMENEUTICS BECAME FULL-BLOWN SUPERSTARS, MAKING THEIR WAY BACK TO AUSTRALIA FOR THEIR FIRST ADELAIDE FRINGE.
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“The characters are not static though,” he adds. “They change each night to suit the audience so it’s quite fluid and lots of fun for us” And there is a quirky story behind the characters’ names, too, says Corcoran. “They’re actually from one of our university books,” she recalls. “It was a collection of [Lord] Byron poetry which, at the time, neither of us had read. In it was Byron’s poem Don Juan which mentioned two characters: Lady Fitz-Frisky and Miss Maevia Mannish. We literally opened it up to that page, saw the line, thought it was completely stupid and became Frisky And Mannish.” “That was back in 2008,” Floyd Jones interjects. “We held down day jobs for a year until our bookings got to the point that we could make a living solely from performing. We were lucky because things really kicked up a level once we took our first show to the Edinburgh Fringe. Before we knew it we were getting great reviews and were soon travelling to Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Berlin and New York. “From what started as two hung-over people in a bedroom soon turned into something with managers and agents and tech crews! It was quite miraculous. We’re very aware of how lucky we have been which has made all of our hard work completely worth it!” “We actually didn’t set out to make a particular ‘thing’,” Corcoran then says. “We just found something that we both thought was funny and we enjoyed. It’s original without actually being original; lots of people do pop songs, lots of people are funny.” So, is it cabaret or comedy?... “We most often fall between the two. We’re funny but we’re not gag-smiths. Sometimes it’s more about our interpretation of a song, which really makes us more cabaret than anything else – just like the failed actors that perform on cruise ships,” Floyd Jones laughs. “To us, cabaret is a very open, welcoming word that describes anything you want to do on stage that doesn’t have many rules or regulations to it.” And what is edu-cabaret? “What Frisky And Mannish do on stage is actually an educational experience. People don’t really know what’s going on with pop music; you hear it, you enjoy it, you sing along to what you think are the words,” Corcoran jests. “Sometimes we have to point out certain elements of a song, like the fact that it’s kinda creepy when you tell the one that you love that you watch them when they’re sleeping!” Frisky And Mannish performed at the 2010 Adelaide Cabaret Festival. “We absolutely loved it,” Corcoran enthuses. “But everyone has been telling us that Adelaide Fringe is the place to be, so we are so excited to be a part of it this year.” “We’ve pooled together the best of our material that has worked to share with Adelaide,” Floyd Jones adds. “We’re thinking of moving on to some new ideas after this, so this is almost our big finale. So if you’re not there, then you’re not alive, I think.” WHAT: Frisky And Mannish: Extra Curricular Activities WHERE: The Garden Of Unearthly Delights (The Deluxe) WHEN: Until Sun Mar 17
INTERVIEWS FOUNDED IN 2006, UK BASED CIRCUS PRODUCTION COMPANY, CIRCOLOMBIA, CAME INTO EXISTENCE TO PLACE GRADUATES FROM THE CIRCO PARA TODOS (CIRCUS FOR ALL) ONTO THE PROFESSIONAL CIRCUS CIRCUIT. THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, CIRCO PARA TODOS IS A PROFESSIONAL CIRCUS COMPANY CREATED FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH FROM LATIN AMERICA. We speak with Artistic Director Felicity Simpson about Circolombia’s first time at the Adelaide Fringe. “The show is big and wild,” she begins. “It’s a circus concert, which is quite a new concept, where the acrobatic performers are also singing; telling their stories through Latin hip hop in a patchwork of their personal life stories. It’s a very male production about what it’s like being a boy growing up in Colombia and the pressures of being in a gang. “Their songs are in Spanish and the rest is physical theatre so you tend to just go with it,” Simpson adds. “The show transcends all language and cultural barriers; it’s poetic, it’s rough, it’s raw, it’s many things all in one 75-minute very energetic and extremely inspiring show.” Simpson tells us about the 13 men and two women in Circolombia who range in ages from 18 to 27... “This particular group has been together for two years and we are all continually – and pleasantly – surprised by how much this show has taken off,” she enthuses. “Each performer graduated from the same circus school so they’ve known each other for a very long time; each one was selected specifically for this show. We’ve been to New York, Broadway, Amsterdam, London, Denmark and Rio. We went to Paris for four weeks and stayed for three months. Now we’re so happy to be in Australia.” At its core, the story behind Circolombia is one of personal struggle and dreams of a better life, according to Simpson. “All of these boys grew up in the poverty and gang-life of Colombia, so each of them has their own story to tell,” Simpson explains. “There are stories of personal struggles to escape the violence that surrounds them, the desire to reach for the stars and a fantastic monologue about how money is not all it’s cracked up to be.” Besides moments of singing and hip hop dancing together, there are other circus acts the collective performs, too. “There’s the Sky Walk and The Pyramid – which is an aerial act between the two women of the troupe. I personally love the Circle Of Violence because of the beautiful yet sad scene where one man sings to his brother, urging him to escape the vicious circle before he burns and dies,” Simpson describes. “As part of that scene there is a wake where a few of the members bring out candles to represent the people they’ve lost through violence. It’s very beautiful and poignant. “On the other side of that, there are some pretty humorous gang moments where they egg each other on and try to outdo one another. It’s a lot of fun for them and the audience.” Simpson goes on to explain the two opposing gangs within the show: The Banquina (acrobatics) and the Báscula (teeterboard). “The Banquina boys do some amazing acrobatic feats as they spring from the arms and shoulders of one another. They use their wrists as a human springboard to throw people up to three-men-high or across the stage. “The Báscula believe they are the poets of the street,” she continues. “Two of them write with their feet and we also have an amazing double bouncing cord called the dynamic ropes that the guys are using as a springboard as they leap into somersaults and land back on the wire – which is such a rare act. It requires great precision because if you don’t land dead-centre, you will be projected off to the side.” How involved are the performers with the artistic direction? “We work very differently to most circuses,” Simpson suggests, “because all of the inspirations are drawn from them; what they have been through and the things they still experience. It means that the show is alive because it keeps evolving. They’re not playing acting roles; it’s all about them telling their stories about their lives in their own words and voices, so they are a fundamental part of the creation process. It’s something that really resonates with the public. It’s inspiringly intense!”
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HOW STELLA GOT HER PHUNG BACK
Sketch comedy troupe The Golden Phung have sold out. They’ve traded their artistic merit and professional integrity for a big, fat bill fold. They’ve sold their very souls to the capitalistic machine, the same one that chews up the masses and spits them back out with no mercy or remorse. All you loyal Phungateers have to band together to save The Golden Phung from their self-destruction. Help them get Phung’d at Harry’s Bar until Sat Mar 16 at various times.
IT’S PEOPLE! IT’S MADE OUT OF PEOPLE! Sydney comedians Jazz Twemlow and Seaton Kay-Smith ask themselves some pretty weighty questions. Where did we come from? Why are we here? How the hell did the fragile and feeble human race manage to prop itself up at the top of the food chain? You know, the sort of metaphysical junk that perpetual grad students like to occupy cafés with instead of occupying jobs. Ponder these questions and more at the RiAus Science Exchange from Fri Mar 1 until Sun Mar 3 at 2pm and 8pm.
IT’S AS DRY AS A DEAD DINGO’S DONGER Australians have a unique and celebrated culture, but one of the first things I noticed when I moved here from the US was how many words were shortened for no particular reason. Instead of breakfast, you have brekky. Afternoon is arvo, a service station is a servo. Are Australians that pressed for time that they can’t say the whole word? I may never understand, but you can revel in Australia’s quirks with Me N’ Me Mates – Three Blokes Go Into A Pub at the Whitmore Hotel, Sat Feb 23 at 6pm and 8pm and Sun Feb 24 at 3pm and 5pm.
DESPERATELY SEEKING THE EXIT American playwright Peter Michael Marino wrote a big budget musical based on the movie Desperately Seeking Susan featuring the songs of Blondie. It opened on London’s West End and closed a month later. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the inception of a musical disaster first-hand. Who could have ever imagined that a Debbie Harry/Madonna-inspired stage show would’ve been a complete debacle? Catch this comic autopsy at the Austral Hotel from Sun Mar 3 until Sun Mar 17 at 6pm.
IS IT RACIST? After the Sunday Mail’s Peter Goers called him an “unfunny, racist Fringe comedian” (and gave a generous minus four stars for a show he hadn’t seen), British mixed-race comedian Nik Coppin decided to return to Adelaide with a stand-up act revolving around racism. Coppin’s bizarre experiences with race-related issues and the legal repercussions thereafter have inspired his new show. Be warned, however, this show is for open-minded people only. See Nik Coppin Is Not Racist at The Austral on various dates until Thu Mar 14 at 9.45pm.
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IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN ANTARCTICA Hapless Trapper is trapped in a tiny hut over the course of the long Antarctic winter. With not a single soul in miles, Trapper slowly descends into madness. He drinks, writes, bottles his pee and makes friends with inanimate objects and penguins. He studies himself and the effects of the Antarctic, often with hilarious results as his mind crumbles around him. One day his sweetheart, who drowned a long time ago, appears at his front door. Catch the black comedy Of Dysentery And Madness at The Tuxedo Cat from Sat Mar 9 until Sun Mar 17 at 7.15pm.
THESE GO TO ELEVEN Join legends of ‘60s British rock Rocco Hercules Somershire and Jib Frombroffits as they delve into the sordid details of their meteoric rise to superstardom. Hear 10 original songs from the duo as acclaimed biographer and TV presenter Sir James Douglas gets unprecedented access to the duo’s rock‘n’roll adventures and their effect on not only pop culture but time and space as well. This hilarious mock-rockumentary lampoons and parodies everything we know and love about classic British rock at The Big Slapple’s Apollo Theatre, Adelaide Convention Centre, from Mon Mar 4 until Fri Mar 15 at 8pm.
CONFESSIONS OF A CABBIE In the States there is a show on late night TV called Taxicab Confessions. It’s a documentary where passengers would get into a cab and be recorded by several small cameras hidden in the taxi. The driver would then ask the passengers questions, which would prompt some of them to reflect on their lives with sometimes hilarious, sometimes shocking results. The show was often verbally and visually graphic, but it was always entertaining. Real life Adelaide cab driver Mark Martin recounts his share of disturbing, disgusting and provocative things that have happened in the back of his cab at the Maid Hotel from Wed Feb 27 until Sun Mar 3 at 9.30pm.
EBONY AND IVORY Adelaide’s Becky Blake is double-timing it at the Fringe this year with two shows featuring her ivorytickling wizardry. Becky implores you to have a drink - or six - as she weaves tales and tunes from some of the world’s premier talents on the piano. Piano Chicks focuses on the likes of Alicia Keys and Norah Jones and runs at the Promethean on Sat Mar 2 at 8pm, Sun Mar 10 at 5pm and Wed Mar 13 at 8pm. Becky’s second venture, Piano Boys, is similar, but features songs by Elton John, Billy Joel and other blokes, at the Highway on Fri Feb 22 at 8pm and at the Promethean Sat Mar 2 at 5pm, Sun Mar 10 at 8pm and Wed Mar 13 at 8pm.
CARD TRICK SAMURAI Tony Roberts doesn’t bury himself alive, stand on 30m pillars for 35 hours, electrocute himself, shackle himself to a rotating gyroscope or seal himself inside a Plexiglas case without food. He only does cards. And Mr Roberts will bet that what he does with those cards will blow your mind and put a smile on your face. This card-wielding shaman is performing at Gluttony - The Belly until Sun Mar 17 at various times.
ONE OF OPRAH’S FAVOURITE THINGS Alex, Justine and Alice are three comedians who are dead set on helping you, regardless of whether or not you want them to. They’ll hold your hair back, even if you’re not vomiting. They’ll give you relationship advice even though their own love lives are disastrous. They’ll clue you in on all of the heaps important advice you didn’t even know you needed to hear at the Producers Hotel until Sat Feb 23 at 8.30pm.
I AM BECOME DEATH They say war is hell, but few of us really know what it is like. Glory Dazed is a dark comedy offering a glimpse into the life of a soldier trying to leave the war behind and return to his old world. The show focuses on Ray, who hasn’t been right since his tour in Afghanistan. As Ray sits in a pub, struggling to cope with civilian life, he decides that tonight is the night he is going to win his ex-wife back. Developed in conjunction with ex-servicemen prisoners, this is sure to be a powerful stage show and can be seen at The Studio, Holden Street Theatres from now until Sun Mar 17 at various times.
THE FEMENTALIST Have you ever seen the TV show called The Mentalist? What am I saying, of course you have! Channel Nine has been force-feeding you that police procedural for years now solely because it stars Australia’s own Simon Baker. National pride aside, you have to admit that it would be a slightly more interesting show if Baker could really move shit around with his mind. Like knives and other equally dangerous pointy objects. Catch Cath Jamison, Australia’s number one female mentalist, bend steel, swordfight and do other amazing stuff using only her mind at Gluttony – The Piglet until Fri March 1 at 9.15pm.
MAMMA MIA Bringing together some of Adelaide and Melbourne’s established cabaret drag artists certainly is no small feat. It may not be as hard as Hugo Weaving coaxing a temperamental Terrance Stamp and a cocksure Guy Pearce (AKA Felicia Jollygoodfellow) into a bus travelling from Sydney to Alice Springs, but it’s impressive nonetheless. These drag queens are notable celeb impersonators, paying tribute to sliver screen classic like Marilyn to Australian pop divas like Kylie. See I’m Every Woman (literally) at the Nexus Cabaret, Sat Feb 23 at 6.30pm, Fri Mar 1 at 6.30pm and Sat Mar 2 at 7pm.
F**KIN’ HELLO, KIDDIES! WITH HEATH FRANKLIN’S CHOPPER The Fringe is underway, like a giant arts buffet without a sneeze guard and all sorts of greasy bain-marie treats on offer for you to pick up and sniff and maybe put on your plate… ‘But Chopper, I’m so confused! What the hell are all these genres and categories in the program?’ …Well put down the toaster and get out of the bath because Chopper is here to explain it. Here is a guide to the Fringe for people who think that burlesque is just stripping for rich girls. First of all cabaret: If you are watching a show and there is a table in front of you it is probably cabaret. Is there a woman lying on a piano? Almost definitely cabaret. Cabaret was traditionally entertainment that accompanied a meal but lately a lot of performers have really stinged out on the food side. Bonus hint: if you want to impress your friends, don’t pronounce the ‘t’ in cabaret. A sub category of cabaret is burlesque, which as previously stated seems to many to be what girls do when they don’t hate their parents but still want strangers to see them naked. This is only partly true. Burlesque is more like stripping with all the depressing bits gone. Crappy music? Gone. Skanky neon mesh outfits? Gone. Caesarean scars? Gone. Forty-year-old chain smoker talking about football as she joylessly mashes her bits at a lonely middle management type? Gone. It’s the artiest way to get a boner this Fringe. Comedy: We all know what comedy is, it’s a conversation between a bunch of strangers but only one stranger gets to talk and gets angry if anyone else tries. Also only one person gets a microphone. Circus and physical theatre: bendy attractive people who are bland to talk to but usually amazing to look at. They have no fear of heights or wardrobe malfunctions at heights and can pick up items with their feet. A lot of them seem like they have sustained at least one serious head injury but aren’t too fussed about it. Dance: you should be familiar with this but if you aren’t it’s what dancers did before there were reality TV shows about dancing. The big difference between professional dancing and the recreational dancing that you might do in nightclubs is that professional dancers rarely vomit on the dancefloor or drunkenly dance around their friends’ handbags or passionately finger strangers. Dance is essentially a circus that is stuck on the ground. Music: it’s pretty much like a really long ringtone that isn’t made by a phone. Theatre: it’s like TV but the camera is your face. Actually it’s a lot like going to a live taping of a TV show but without the cameras. Interesting fact: Michael Bay tried staging Transformers: Dark Of The Moon as a theatre show unsuccessfully for years, which only shows how limiting it is as a format. There are some genre straddling acts but fuck those innovating indecisive cunts. Unicycle or ukulele, pick one you carney motherfucker.
Catch Heath Franklin’s Chopper In The (S)Hit List at The Garden Of Unearthly Delights (The Vagabond) until Sun Mar 3 (except Mon Feb 25).
MISSION TWINPOSSIBLE I once dated a girl who was an identical twin. My friends all thought it was cool - weird twin incest fantasies, I suppose - but I found it creepy. All the stuff they say about “twintuition” and weird made-up twin languages is totally true. That’s why I broke up with her. I don’t feel bad about it though. She wasn’t that hot, a six if I’m being generous. Awardwinning identical twin musical comedy duo The Stevenson Experience are bringing an hour of sibling rivalry, jaunty tunes and lots of bizarre twin shit to Gluttony – The Piglet from Sun Mar 10 until Sun Mar 17 at 8pm.
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GOSSLING What literar y work would you love to turn into a musical? Document Z by my brother, Andrew Croome. Countr y or city you’d still like to perform in? Dublin. What’s the trick to a great live sound? A great sound engineer. What scares you? Writer’s block. Song that you’ve shed a tear to? The Swell Season’s Back Broke. We need more: Taco trucks. We need less: 40 degree days. Favourite holiday memor y? Childhood holidays on the north east coast of Tasmania. What are you looking for ward to? Finally releasing a debut album! Best show as an audience member? Damien Rice at the Prince Of Wales, Melbourne. What’s leaving you baffled? The relationship between the couple in the ‘Budget Insurance’ adverts. The casting baffles me!
Last gadget purchased? The latest app I bought was the ABC iView app. Great for time-wasting on tour. What gig would you love to play again? Splendour In The Grass. Worst review? “She sounds like a chipmunk on helium” - now that’s high! Best post-performance meal? Lizottes in Newcastle put on an incredible spread for the bands.
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JENNY WYNTER’S WONDERLAND
CALIN AND ARWEN DIAMOND MAGIC
Fictional character you relate to best? Dobby from Harry Potter. He has the best of intentions but always ends up lying down on a beach. What film demands a sequel? There Will Be Blood. Just so they can call it There Will Be More Blood. What would you like to uninvent? War. Please love me now. Favourite foreign word or phrase? Spaghetti, spaghetti, ugenflugen ugenflugen! (I am paraphrasing.) Unlikely situation you’ve found yourself in? Doing a gig in which I had the same dressing room Prince had just used a few weeks prior. I spent an appropriate chunk of time writhing on the carpet attempting to pick up Prince germs.
What keeps you up at night? Mosquitoes constantly buzzing in our ear. Best show as an audience member? Lance Burton in Las Vegas and The Illusionists in Adelaide, because we got to be on stage with the performers.
Pop culture star responsible for your sexual awakening? Christian Slater in Heathers. In a Hunger Games comedy fight to the death, which hapless comic would you take on? Bill Bailey. I’d happily be bludgeoned with a keyboard just for the honour of it. Useless factual tidbit? I’m watching Morgan Freeman in an intense psychological thriller as I type these answers. And the moral of the stor y is… Morgan Freeman has an amazing voice and is a top actor but when you’re answering questions, it’s probably best just to leave him be and focus.
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We need less: War and negativity. Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? Harry Houdini, Robert-Houdin, Harry Blackstone Sr, Harry Kellar and Howard Thurston. Seeing these famous magicians of their time perform would be absolutely amazing. What scares you? Spiders – way too many legs to keep track of! Favorite holiday memor y? Going to Disneyland with our mom and meeting all the characters from all our favorite movies and stories. What film demands a sequel? Lord Of The Rings. You can never have enough of Middle Earth and elves. Worst performance injur y? Being stung several times by a hornet seconds before going on stage, in front of a huge audience. What does your handwriting say about you? That we won’t be doctors, but we will be able to cut someone in half and put them back together again... with a little magic... and a little pixie dust. Favorite foreign word or phrase? Encore. Clothing you can’t bear to throw away? Our baby clothes... they’re just too cute! Something you’ll be avoiding during festival season? Inebriated people.
DANDYMAN What keeps you up at night? Turtles. Worst thing to see when arriving on stage? Live electrical wire. Inappropriate or bad advice you’ve been given? Audiences love spew. Best show as an audience member? Leo Bassi with honey and feathers all over his body.
Unlikely situation you’ve found yourself in? Perched on top of a 50-metre crane. Travel tip? Always pretend you know where you are going. What do you now realise was a bad idea? Jumping overboard on a penguin-watching boat to pretend I was a penguin in St Kilda. Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? George Carl live. What scares you? Dark hallways. Favourite holiday memor y? Bushwalking at Mount Beckworth and sneaking up on a mob of kangaroos. We got too close and my dad nearly shit his pants when the massive male came bounding towards us. What film demands a sequel? Tomb Raider (not). Worst performance injur y? Being hit in my toucan. What does your handwriting say about you? Outstanding. Favourite foreign word or phrase? Naturalmente (of course, in Italian). Clothing you can’t bear to throw away? Sequin jacket. Something you’ll be avoiding during festival season? Alcohol, drugs and the white stuff (sugar).
WHO: Gossling WHERE: Paradiso Spiegeltent WHEN: Wed Feb 27 at 7pm
WHAT: Jenny Wynter’s Wonderland WHERE: Holden Street Theatres – The Arch WHEN: Until Sun Mar 3 (various times)
WHO: Diamond Magic WHERE: Campanile WHEN: Until Sun Mar 17 at 6.15pm
WHO: Dandyman WHERE: The Spare Room WHEN: Until Sun Mar 17 at 9.45pm
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LAURA HILL
IDRIS STANTON PANTS DOWN CIRCUS
MARCEL LUCONT
Personal manifesto? BB: Underwear is not a necessity. VV: Unless you get searched by the security personnel at the airport. Best show as an audience member? BB: The Naked Circus in Berlin. The movement of the men on the flying trapeze was mesmerising. Unlikely situation you’ve found yourself in? VV: We were booked to perform for a private event by an incredibly rich, incredibly orange man, and were subsequently flown to Bermuda. It turned out that he was the CEO of a company that insured space rockets, war ships and satellites! It was the most surreal evening - flamingoes everywhere. We need more: BB: Gin. Always more gin. We need less: VV: Hangovers. Although I’m not sure if more gin would ever equal less hangovers.
What keeps you up at night? My parrot, literally. He has a mini skateboard and throws it around the house. Best show as an audience member? Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals and getting backstage after the show. Travel tip? First aid kit, air freshener, don’t plan, go with the flow and put your keys on a lanyard. What do you now realise was a bad idea? Fourwheel-driving to a gig. Result: broken chassis, but an awesome sing-along in the car.
We need more: Laughter, public holidays, bass solos, bubbles, Maltesers, understanding and sunshine.
Lana Del Rey says she tastes like Pepsi-Cola. What food or beverage do you taste like? BB: Darling, if Lana Del Ray tastes like Pepsi-Cola, then I taste like a gin martini. With olives. Useless factual tidbit? VV: Most toilets flush in the key of E flat.
We need less: Complaining, war, ear wax, flies and sugar. What scares you? How quick time can go, sharks, spiders, ticks and nothing to look forward to. Your other creative outlets beyond the stage? Surfing, swimming, photography, cooking, writing kids’ songs and stories. What film demands a sequel? Titanic… just kidding. Worst performance injur y? Electric shock and a car boot knocking me unconscious. Favourite foreign word or phrase? ‘Poco loco’ – a little bit crazy! Clothing you can’t bear to throw away? Lately I have a thing for hats. Something you’ll be avoiding during festival season? Tupperware.
WHAT: Eastend Cabaret: Notoriously Kinky WHRE: Le Cascadeur WHEN: Until Sun Mar 17 at 10pm
WHO: Laura Hill WHERE: Paradiso Spiegeltent WHEN: Fri Mar 1 at 7pm
Pop culture star responsible for your sexual awakening? VV: Engelbert Humperdinck. He is a god amongst men.
What keeps you up at night? Usually performing, most gigs we do are at night, but this year we are on at 6.30pm so I will be able to go and find other things to keep me up. Worst thing to see when arriving on stage? The entire audience in their underwear, but not for the normal reason. I enter the stage in my underwear and it would totally spoil my entrance. Inappropriate or bad advice you’ve been given? “Get a real job!” Why would I? I love what I do. Best show as an audience member? Smoke And Mirrors, Edinburgh 2010. I saw it five times. What do you now realise was a bad idea? Learning to juggle fire atop a three-metre free-standing ladder... I’m afraid of heights and this is how I make my living. Probably a bad idea. We need more: Clowns in this world. Not the ones people think are scary, the ones that give people joy and encourage us all to be silly. What scares you? Heights! Your other creative outlets beyond the stage? None, really. I often wonder what I would do if I was not a circus performer. The answer is I don’t know, but I doubt I would be very good at it.
What does your handwriting say about you? That I should have gone to a real school where you had to wear shoes. WHAT: Pants Down Circus WHERE: The Big Top WHEN: Until Sun Mar 17 (various times)
What have you only recently realised? A teenage dream I once had involving two contortionists and some gym equipment. Useless ephemera cluttering your abode? Stockings, castanets and a mannequin’s arm. This last one is, and always has been, a mystery to me.
Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? The beheading of the Pope. What’s beside your bed? A burlesque dancer. It was a large troupe and there is only limited space. If your life flashed before your eyes, what would be your favourite moment? This has occurred on several occasions. My favourite moment is to retrieve my clothes, assess my location and return home to piece together the events that led to this, using tastes, smells, receipts and photographic evidence. Bad celebrity experience? Not too many, in fact. In general, I can handle the limelight. Something you’ll be avoiding during festival season? Any street performers I have angered during past visits. I am never sure whether leaving a tip in the morning as I leave is respectful or not. But I do know most have access to fire and knives. Pop culture star responsible for your sexual awakening? Charlotte Gainsbourg. It’s okay - I was 10, she was 15, so if anything she was more in the wrong. And if it was okay for her father...
WHAT: Cabaret Fantastique & Gallic Symbol WHERE & WHEN: Le Cascadeur until Sun Mar 17 at 11.30pm and The Tuxedo Cat’s Yellow Room until Sun Mar 17 at 9.45pm
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SIMON TAYLOR 1 MAN DEBATE Fictional character you relate to best? Masters Of The Universe’s Skeletor, because I too like wearing hoodies. Disappointment you’ve never recovered from? Let’s see how this Fringe season goes. Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? The immaculate conception… something went on there.
What film demands a sequel? Police Academy 7. What tickles your fancy? Are you flirting with me? Call me. What’s beside your bed? A pile of books on feminism. So when girls stay over they know I totally respect their mind. Call me. Bad celebrity experience? Sarah Silverman drove me home once but she didn’t make out with me. True story. Worst day ever. Pop culture star responsible for your sexual awakening? Russell Brand. Oh wait, is it meant to be a female? My answer is still Russell Brand. In a Hunger Games comedy fight to the death, which hapless comic would you take on? Rove. Simply because I’m sick of having to say hi to my mum for him. Lana Del Rey says she tastes like Pepsi-Cola. What food or beverage do you taste like? Ice cream. Definitely vanilla. Current fad you’re loathing? The overuse of the word genius. Best fancy dress outfit? A Spider-Man costume with a Superman cape, a Batman mask and a lightsaber. Nothing bad was going to happen at that party. WHAT: 1 Man Debate WHERE: Deluxe WHEN: Until Sun Mar 17 at 7.30pm
LUKE HOCKING A MODERN DECEPTION What keeps you up at night? That stupid mosquito that flies around the room in the dark, then comes in for a swoop every now and then and never seems to die, even though you are certain you got the little bugger. Best show as an audience member? Cirque du Soleil’s Mystere. Just simply a great show filled with lots of energy. The only bad thing about it is that I didn’t have enough money at the time to get better seats. Unlikely situation you’ve found yourself in? The back of my pants ripped just before I walked out to perform a family magic show. The audience saw that I was wearing red boxers that were way too small for me. Travel tip? Always remember kilometres are shorter than miles. Save petrol: take your next trip in kilometres and try to avoid miles. Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? The moon landing. I would have written a letter to NASA to tell them to provide more proof Neil Armstrong was actually on the moon, so the conspiracy theorists today can cut it out and get a job! What scares you? Anjelica Huston playing The Grand High Witch in The Witches.
Favourite holiday memory? Going to Paris with my girlfriend, buying a baguette and sitting under the Eiffel Tower like a real dick of a tourist. What film demands a sequel? Cruel Intentions 3. WHAT: A Modern Deception WHERE: Cupola WHEN: Until Sun Mar 3 at 7pm
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What keeps you up at night? Responding to emails that don’t don’t necessarily need responding to! Worst thing to see when arriving on stage? Either a) my band hasn’t turned up or b) I’m outside and performing, looking into the sun.
What keeps you up at night? My child, but not so often anymore, and planning for Fringe shows! Inappropriate or bad advice you’ve been given? This has come mainly from hairdressers, who leave you looking worse then when you walk in. Best show as an audience member? Cathedral Of Flesh, by Splinters Theatre at the 1992 Adelaide Fringe in the Old Adelaide Gaol. Unlikely situation you’ve found yourself in? Recently invited to brunch at Sir Ian McKellen’s… and put on bacon and sausage cooking duty.
Inappropriate or bad advice you’ve been given? I was told “Don’t give up your day job” (teaching) in 1982. Best show as an audience member? So many, but Peter Paul & Mary in 1970. Unlikely situation you’ve found yourself in? Being detained at Heathrow Airport for eight hours in 2010 on the way to what would be the most important concert of my life. What do you now realise was a bad idea? The first 25 songs I wrote. They were all bad. Luckily I knew they were bad at the time! Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? The beginning of the universe. What scares you? The thought of possible harm coming to the people I love. Favourite holiday memor y? Idyllic summers spent at Port Elliot as a child. Your other creative outlets beyond the stage? Composing and recording new albums and trying to cook the perfect Malaysian egg curry. What film demands a sequel? The Graduate. Clothing you can’t bear to throw away? My multicoloured performance shirts.
Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? Any Frank Zappa concert. What scares you? Deadlines. Favourite holiday memor y? Visiting family in the north of Spain; so much love, vino tinto and incredible food. Your other creative outlets beyond the stage? Painter, cook and toymaker. What film demands a sequel? The Sound Of Music. Worst performance injur y? Pulled muscle in my inner groin, from dancing during my 2006 Fringe show. What does your handwriting say about you? That I have let my skills slip from too much computer keyboard usage. Favourite foreign word or phrase? Que sera, sera. Clothing you can’t bear to throw away? Vintage favourite frocks that are too small since becoming a mum.
WHO: Peter Combe WHERE & WHEN: Quirky Berserky at the Vagabond (Sat Feb 23 to Sun Mar 17 on various dates) and The Newspaper Mama Band at the Vagabond (Fri Mar 8 at 11.15pm)
WHAT: Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall WHERE: Romantiek WHEN Until Sun Mar 17 at 11am (weekends and public holidays only)
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Favourite family heirloom? I had a beautiful old wooden rocking chair that belonged to my Nanna. The removalists lost it when I moved from Sydney to Melbourne - I was gutted. Countr y or city you’d still like to perform in? I’d love to play some festivals in Japan - I hear the Japanese love live music. I went to Fukushima in a choir as a kid, I’d love to go back there and play - I was billeted with a family there and I still don’t know if they survived the tsunami. What’s the trick to a great live sound? I like to think using great instruments and gear helps bring a record to the stage and bring it to life. I’m also lucky to have two extremely skilled and dedicated musicians who play with me - great musicianship is sometimes overlooked but to me it’s paramount. I’d never be able to pull a great live sound without my two wing men.
What keeps you up at night? Dreams are my reality... Worst thing to see when arriving on stage? Nobody there. Inappropriate or bad advice you’ve been given? You should go and see a doctor! Best show as an audience member? There are many I would love to mention here... but Political Mother, D’Avant and Peplum are definitely amongst them. Travel tip? Travel light! What do you now realise was a bad idea? To take that job in a call centre back in the days... Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? I guess the original world premiere of one of Shakespeare’s comedies would be worth a time trip. What scares you? Popular folk music. Your other creative outlets beyond the stage? Jazz, painting and cooking!
Song that you’ve shed a tear to? Johnny Cash - Hurt. Favourite holiday memory? My family used to take a holiday to New Zealand every few years to visit the bulk of our family who all live there. There was always a long five-hour drive north from Auckland in Dad’s old truck we called Hercules. Mum and Dad would sing stupid embarrassing songs and we would always stop at Orewa Beach for an ice cream and Mangonui for fish and chips. Worst review? I had a live gig review in the Sydney Morning Herald many, many years ago that absolutely tore me to shreds. It felt like a real personal attack but I guess it forced me to have a good look at my live show at the time. I find it easier not to read reviews these days! WHO: Dune WHERE: Paradiso Spiegeltent WHEN: Fri Mar 8 at 10.15pm
LADA REDSTAR COMIC STRIP What keeps you up at night? Dreaming of men! Worst thing to see when arriving on stage? Slippery and wet floor! Best show as an audience member? Briefs. Travel tip? Visit my hometown Sarajevo and all exYugoslavia: beautiful nature, interesting history and much fun! What do you now realise was a bad idea? I don’t regret a thing. Every idea, bad or good, has a reason. We need more: Beauty and aesthetic. We need less: Economy and bad politics. Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? Maybe an era more than an event itself: La Belle Epoque in Paris for the cabarets, the muses, the artists and the true decadence…
What scares you? Apathy and mediocrity. What film demands a sequel? Ziegfeld Follies. Worst performance injur y? Ha! I never had any bad ones. Favourite foreign word or phrase? Ti amo! Je t’aime! Ich liebe dich! Volim te! In all languages! What does your handwriting say about you? Ha! It’s messy! Very messy! Clothing you can’t bear to throw away? Feathers! Boas! Hats! Something you’ll be avoiding during festival season? Getting bored – but there’s no risk of that happening!
WHAT: Comic Strip WHERE: Romantiek WHEN: Until Sun Mar 17 at 11.30pm
SPANKY CANDICE MCQUEEN: NASTY! What literar y work would you love to turn into a musical? The Hours by Michael Cunningham. Favourite family heirloom? Diamond from my Nana’s engagement ring. Mum turned it into an ear stud. Tres bogan. Song that you’ve shed a tear to? Marz by John Grant. If your show included a backmasked message, what would it be? ‘Posh Spice smile. Posh Spice smile. Posh Spice smile’. Best show as an audience member? Kiki & Herb on The President, London 2005. It blew me away!
What’s leaving you baffled? Lance Armstrong. You big dope.
What does your handwriting say about you? That Virgo is my ascendent... Favourite foreign word or phrase? The Russian translation for “True mastership even vodka cannot wash away”. Clothing you can’t bear to throw away? I am a jacket freak... Something you’ll be avoiding during festival season? Trying to see all the other shows.
Last gadget purchased? A hat stand. Ye Olde Worldy apparatus for hanging head and coat stuff. What would you give to write the perfect song? Madonna’s dignity. Oh, too late. What gig would you love to play again? I sang once for Alexander McQueen. What’s the greatest myster y? If olive oil comes from olives and peanut butter from peanuts. Where does baby oil come from? Worst review? I was the lead in a play when I was really young. I didn’t get mentioned at all. What agitates you? Body odour on public transport. Best post-performance meal? Chicken Crimpy Shapes.
WHAT: Leo WHERE: The Vagabond WHEN: Until Sat Mar 16 (various times)
WHAT: Candice McQueen: Nasty! WHERE: Paradiso Spiegeltent WHEN: Fri Mar 1 until Wed Mar 6 (various times)
What film demands a sequel? Some Like It Hot.
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What keeps you up at night? My football team Sheffield Wednesday’s near brush with relegation. Worst thing to see when arriving on stage? Animals, children or my family with a banner. Inappropriate or bad advice you’ve been given? Try it, you might like it. Best show as an audience member? My best pal’s directorial debut in the West End, London for the Donmar.
Unlikely situation you’ve found yourself in? We got stopped at a road block in India once because two cities were having a dispute. We were there for hours with nowhere to go. My husband had an Aussie Rules football with him and he started up a game with some of the locals, the ball strayed and hit a policeman in the head... the game halted and everyone held their breath to see what would happen. He picked up the ball, kicked off his thongs and joined in while all the locals cheered! Favourite holiday memor y? Last year I was on a campervan trip in France and ended up in the village of Ay, famous for being the home of champagne. It just so happened that the one night that I was there was the night of their biennial champagne festival where the whole village don their party shoes and celebrate. It was such a privilege to be there!
Worst thing to see when arriving on stage? Mum, front row centre, with a note pad. Inappropriate or bad advice you’ve been given? Every horse my dad tells me to put a bet on. They usually die just before the race. Unlikely situation you’ve found yourself in? Having to console a crying man in his 50s mid-performance because he ran on stage to tell me I reminded him of his younger self.
What film demands a sequel? The Goonies. Worst performance injury? I burnt my fingers on some flaming coconuts while performing in a Polynesian dance troupe at a wedding. It started burning me right from the beginning of the number when the wick tipped over, spilling kero into the base of the coconut. Being a wedding I felt that the show must go on. Favourite foreign word or phrase? ‘De rekening’ pronounced in English as ‘the reckoning’. It’s Dutch for ‘the bill’. It sounds very dramatic in the Dutch accent and everytime we are at a restaurant and ask for ‘de rekening’ we have a little chuckle because we think it sounds like judgement day. WHAT: OzCabaret - Wine Cabaret/Champagne Cabaret WHERE: Universal Wine Bar WHEN: Until Thu Mar 14 (various times)
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What literar y work would you love to turn into a musical? Gone With The Wind… Scarlett would be the ultimate heroine and a swashbuckling Rhett in tights belting out a tune would satisfy my biggest fantasy. Obscure claim to fame? I performed a floorshow on stage for more than 800 people at the Clipsal 500, three days after giving birth to my first daughter. Song that you’ve shed a tear to? Sarah McLachlan’s Angel features in my Piano Chicks show as a song in which everyone thinks of someone when they hear it. I always have a lump in my throat when I sing it. We need more: Live music venues like the Promethean in Adelaide. We need less: Pokies. Favourite holiday memor y? Maybe attending (but not running in!) the running of the bulls in Spain or canoeing down the Zambezi in Africa.
Best show as an audience member? Bette Midler. When it comes to triple threats she is just the pinnacle. What gig would you love to play again? Tupperware took my other band, Chunky Custard, to Kuala Lumpur to perform for their gala dinner at the Convention Centre. We were treated to five-star luxury for three days in this amazing city and the gig was a lot of fun. What’s the greatest mystery? Where do odd socks go? WHAT: Piano Chicks and Piano Boys WHERE & WHEN: The Highway on Fri Feb 22, the Promethean on Fri Feb 22, Sun Mar 2, Sun Mar 10, Tue Mar 12 and Wed Mar 13 (various times).
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WHAT: Glory Dazed WHERE: Holden Street Theatres – The Studio WHEN: Until Mar 17 (various times)
What do you now realise was a bad idea? My long hair flanked by two massive sideburns when I was 17. Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? The Beatles’ rooftop concert. What scares you? Spiders. Favourite holiday memor y? The summer after GCSEs spent on a beach with friends listening to So Much For The City by The Thrills. Your other creative outlets beyond the stage? Composing and writing. What film demands a sequel? Up. Worst performance injur y? I got an unscripted punch in the face by a girl. What does your handwriting say about you? That I’m five years old and have the attention span of a… Favourite foreign word or phrase? “Wyt ti eisiau panad?” - Welsh for “Would you like a non-specified hot beverage?”.
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What do you now realise was a bad idea? Trying it and liking it. We need more: Beards. We need less: Goatee beards. Historical event you wished you’d witnessed? 1966 World Cup Final. What scares you? Crocs. The shoes and the things that live in swamps. Favourite holiday memor y? There’s been a few. Ibiza when I was young enough to hack it was pretty special. New York and North Yorkshire may be separated by an ocean but both gave me massive treasures. Your other creative outlets beyond the stage? I’m told I’m not bad in the kitchen. What film demands a sequel? The Usual Suspects. What does your handwriting say about you? I’ve got better with age. Clothing you can’t bear to throw away? Probably my ’91 Wednesday promotion and League Cup winner’s shirt. And it still fits.
Travel tip? Befriend an Irish or Australian person. They make excellent drinking partners.
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Nina Las Vegas Reigning party queen and the primary source of savage hangovers, Nina Las Vegas, will return to Adelaide this April for a set at Electric Circus. The date comes as part of the DJ, producer and JJJ host’s just-announced 20-date tour, which will kick off as early as Fri Feb 22 and wrap up in late April. The tour will include a wealth of supporting DJ stints for heavyweight acts like Azealia Banks and Ta-Ku. Nina Las Vegas will land in Adelaide on Fri Apr 5 for a set at Electric Circus at 17 Crippen Place, Adelaide. Tickets will be available at the door. Times and support DJs are TBA.
Nina Las Vegas plays at Electric Circus on Fri Apr 5.
Oddisee & Olivier Daysoul
Q+A With Miguel Migs
San Francisco’s Miguel ‘Migs’ Steward went from playing lead guitar in a dubreggae band to becoming a leading DJ/ producer in the late ‘90s. He popularised West Coast deep house. Steward was affiliated with Naked Music but also developed his own labels, currently Salted (once releasing music by Kaskade).
The son of Sudanese and American parents, Amir Mohamed, AKA Oddisee, grew up amidst the sounds of New York hip hop and took his first steps as an MC and producer is the analogue basement studio of his legendary neighbour Garry Shider (of Parliament Funkadelic). Years later, Oddisee has gone on to perform with The Roots, Jazzy Jeff, De La Soul and more, also forming his critically acclaimed group The Diamond District with NY musicians XO and yU. Oddisee’s latest album People Hear What They See, released in 2012, saw him collaborate with vocalist and guitarist Olivier Daysoul, who will join the rapper on-stage as part of a just-announced Australian tour that will see him performing seven dates. Stay tuned for ticketing details.
We are hearing so much about the EDM ‘boom’ in the US. Has this benefited you or even the underground in any way?
Oddisee & Olivier Daysoul play at Rocket Bar on Sat Mar 16.
Not really. The whole EDM thing is more about very commercial dance music, trance, pop, dubstep and electro-style stuff for the most part, not deep or soulful, dubby, funky, underground or disco stuff, which is what I have always focused on and enjoyed.
Agoria
You worked with the amazing Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King on Everybody for your 2011 album Outside The Skyline. What is she like?
Agoria plays at Mr Kim’s on Fri Mar 1.
The most recent is a compilation album on Defected Records that they released this past October called House Masters. It’s a series they do featuring an artist and a span of their work. Right now I’m working on a new full-length album as well as lots of new tracks – stuff for the dancefloor and to play out, since a lot of my album material is not focused on the dancefloor, but rather more listening-based material. I also wanted to focus on doing some new basic fun house ‘tracks’ again. I’m having a great time in the studio doing both. It’s gonna be a busy year.
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Since first releasing his first tracks in 1999, Sebastien Devaud, AKA Agoria, has continued to strive to create his own authentic mark on dance music via deep, stripped-back and melodic techno tracks. This signature sound can be experienced in an intimate club set at Mr Kim’s on Fri Mar 1. After Agoria’s 2002 debut album Blossoms brought the rural Frenchman to international attention, he has continued to impress through innovative methods of mixing and beat production. His contributions to 2007’s At The Control mix was even regarded as one of Resident Advisor’s best mix-CDs of the past decade and his latest album, 2011’s Impermanence considered a solid showcase of his talent and commitment to the techno genre. See below for a look at a key track from Impermanence featuring Carl Craig, Speechless.
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Lowrider’s fourth album, Black Stones, saw the band travel to Los Angeles to record and they’ve learnt a trick or two along the way. The album is polished and more diverse in sound than some of their previous efforts, but still retains Lowrider’s trademark soulful hip hop. As always, Joe Braithwaite’s vocals are potent, acting as the audible glue that connects the band to each other and the band to its audience in turn. Punchy opener Days Of Boredom ropes you in, broody What Happened To You snares you in the middle and closer Black Stones peters out to silence, signifying a final release of all the toe-tapping energy expended throughout the somewhat toolong 14 track album. Lachlan Aird
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You famously remixed Britney Spear’s Stronger – and that mix still sounds great. Is there any pop you secretly like today?
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She is a great person, so full of energy and very open-minded. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that she was a fan of my music before we even worked together. In the studio writing and recording Everybody, she was wide open to all my creative ideas, so it was a complete pleasure working with her. I will definitely do something else with her again in the near future.
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Basically birthed by Cocoon, 27-year old German Chris Tietjen has mixed compilations exclusively for Sven Vath’s label since 2006. With Sven Vath a father figure (Tietjen interned for Cocoon as a 16-year-old) Tietjen has been a Cocoon resident for seven years with his debut EP 341 (which included collaborations with Ricardo Villalobos and Markus Fix that are both included on Acht) seeing the light of day on, you guessed it, Cocoon, last year. Tietjen starts Acht with an atmospheric and muddling array of Ostgut Ton-light tracks. It’s an uninteresting beginning but relief comes in the form of track six, when the tek funk bass of Christian Burkhardt’s Waffles brings a change to the slightly pretentious and unsuccesful start. Acht is at its most effective when it cruises in the middle with some tech house bliss in the form of Sian’s East of Eden and Daniel Stefanik’s Rush while Mark Broom’s pounding SQ18 is also a highlight. While Acht contains some great tracks, it doesn’t reach the heights you’d expect from Cocoon’s wunderkind. Jeff Spicoli
Wow! I did that 13 years ago or something like that and that was just a good ‘work’ project. I tried to give it a little laidback dose of soul, even though it was a pop song, of course. I think I did that remix in just a few hours, actually. As far as right now, I don’t really connect with pop music today. I have always listened to all types of music my whole life, but mostly classic rock, and some new rock, a lot of reggae and soul, some ‘80s stuff, and some classic hip hop.
Collections
Miguel Migs plays at Mr Kim’s on Fri Feb 22.
Although it’s no Acolyte, despite what some critics may tell you, Delphic’s sophomore album Collections isn’t the dog-turd it’s being made out to be, either. Sure it’s taken three years to pump out and sure it’s not as vibrant and exciting as the band’s debut album, but it’s certainly not horrible and will most likely continue to appeal to established Delphic fans. Clearly tailormade for their live shows, Collections is stripped-back and sparse, giving off the impression that this is a rock band sorta dabbling in electronica. There’s no particularly ‘magical’ moments and a fair bit of the album is quite forgettable, but a handful of tracks do manage to shine somewhat, including the power ballad Atlas and the house-inspired Don’t Let The Dreamers Take You Away. Do give it a chance. Simone Keenan
Calendar/ Thu Feb 21 Flosstradamus (Electric Circus) Fri Feb 22 Nick Skitz (HQ) Fri Feb 28 Urthboy (Rocket Bar) Fri Mar 1 Agoria (Mr Kims) Fri Mar 1 Clubfeet (Ed Castle) Sat Mar 2 Super Magic Hats (Ed Castle) Sat Mar 2 Linkwood (Cuckoo Bar) Sat Mar 9 Eli Verveine (Cuckoo Bar) Sat Mar 9 Generik (Electric Circus) Sat Mar 9 Dialectrix (Rocket Bar)
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Adelaide Festival-goers are in for a special treat should they venture into Barrio next month – Jazzie B, Caron Wheeler and MC Chickaboo of Soul II Soul are staging a one-off Sound System performance of some of their biggest hits, taking us on a journey back in time, all the way to 1989. “That’s what we’re doing when we come to Australia,” Jazzie B says. “We are going to be playing and performing exactly how we were doing it in the ‘80s when Soul II Soul came out. That’s how you used to see acts perform then. We’re doing a sound system show so it’s going to be very intimate with the audience, smaller venues than usual. It’s more or less a trip in time. That’s how we used to do it in the warehouse parties, we’re bringing back that old part of the club scene and the culture that came with it.” It’s a “fucking blessing” that Soul II Soul still have an audience more than two decades since they first emerged from a “grimy, gloomy, depressing” UK scene, according to Jazzie B. What’s even more astounding is that that audience appears to be expanding as the years go by... “Last year the majority of our shows took place in the UK, which is understandable because we’re from there,” Jazzie B explains. “But it seems to still be growing for us. For example, I know that next year we’re moving further and wider afield to places that we’ve never been to before. The last time we came to Australia it was 2011 but we almost never get to come there, it’s basically once in a blue moon. We had such a great time and an amazing reception, so it’s going to be nice to be able to repeat that.” With a string of number one hits and multiple platinum albums over the last 20 years, Jazzie B claims the group never could have dreamed of the success they would stumble upon, considering their obscure
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underground beginnings. They never wanted to be a part of the mainstream music scene, but the mainstream was certainly very interested in them, the turntablist says. “We came into the scene completely doing our own thing that no one else had done before. Just picture London at the time – it’s the mid-‘80s, everything’s absolutely shot. They were dark and depressing days, the UK had just changed government and Thatcher came into power. The whole industry as we knew it was collapsing around us – but in the middle of all this darkness, technology was evolving and it got to the point where you couldn’t turn back. When we came out technology was already in its embryonic stages. It was the next best thing that people had to look forward to post-colour television.
The evolution of technology played a huge part in the rise of Soul II Soul. We were coming out of desperate times and into times of great opportunity.” In 1989, Soul II Soul got their first taste of commercial success thanks to the hit singles Keep On Movin and Back To Life (However Do You Want Me). Of their popularity, Jazzie B says it all simply came down to timing. Like most things in life. “Life seems to work that way in general and it applies to music too. I think our success came down to the timing of those songs when they came out. They were a real reflection of that time. They were also unusual but timing is the name of this game, as well as plenty of luck. I would say we are definitely some of the luckiest people out there not just
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Pilot Records’ artist showcase PilotFest may be in its embryonic stages at the moment, but according to one of its acts, electronic threepiece Question Question, there’s nothing ‘mini’ about the event or the label itself. Taking place at Arcade Lane this weekend – and smack bang in the middle of Adelaide’s festival season – this is bound to be one show fans of minimal tech and experimental beats can’t afford to miss. “The idea behind PilotFest is basically love of music for people who are passionate about making good music,” one third of the trio, Joy
And Sparxxx says. “It’s been the next logical step for Ben [Smith] and Dave [Brewer] who set up the label, now that they’ve got a nice little stable of artists. We’re very excited to be a part of it all, it definitely has the potential to grow much bigger than this. We believe in those guys a hundred percent because they have the passion and smarts to make it work. I’m really excited about seeing Urtekk because it’s been about a year since I’ve seen them. They’ve got a new line-up and it’s going to be a completely new dynamic.” Also known for his project No Birds, Question Question bassist Justin McArthur says Pilot Records serves as the perfect reflection of the high calibre of talent that Adelaide has to offer right now. Having previously been involved in the Melbourne techno scene as part of Amoeba, McArthur says Adelaide may be small but its musical
output is all the better for it, in fact. “I’ve played in Melbourne and it’s a very microcosmic scene in terms of techno – it’s similar to here, actually,” he claims. “There wasn’t a huge audience for the style that we were pushing as Amoeba, so in that respect, it’s quite similar to Adelaide. Adelaide is small but there is a broader range of music in styles when you compare it to a larger place like Melbourne. We may be crammed together but within that you can find streams that connect everything into one. Pilot Records is a good example of this – the bands on the roster are so different but there are these microscopic streams that join them all together. Adelaide is small but it’s intense in terms of the music that comes from here.” While McArthur started off in punk bands and moved onto experimental noise collectives – eventually evolving into Amoeba
because we’re still able to do what we were doing as teenagers, but because it’s been an amazing journey and we’ve had the chance to collaborate with incredible people. I’ll never forget the time I spent with James Brown, as an example, just being on the road with him and that is still the closest thing to a dream coming true for me. I still play his music every week and I never tire of it. How many people in this world literally see their dreams come true? That kind of thing always keeps you humble.” WHO: Soul II Soul (Sound System) WHAT: Adelaide Festival WHERE: Barrio WHEN: Sat Mar 2
followed by Question Question and No Birds – keyboardist Michael Diakomichalis (also known as M-Thirteen) started out in shoegaze bands like Halcyon Days and Mos Eisley, going on to be a founding member of Supaphatass in 1997. Joy And Sparxxx meanwhile, while describing herself as a newcomer to the scene, has already collaborated with members of The Funkoars and Adelaide producer K21. It’s an eclectic mix, alright, as the trio agrees. “When you get us together, we collaborate so well,” Diakomichalis says. “There is so much musical freedom in this band. We never get into arguments, though there is debate as to why this or that noise sounds better that something else. We have interesting discussions about the music we make, but it’s never like, ‘Nah you’re a dickhead, you’re wrong!’ There is no ego here.” McArthur adds, “There is a lot of freedom to experiment because our separate sounds are so different from each other. We approach playing live in the same way. There is normally minimal structure, though with PilotFest we’ll try to put some structure into!” With an EP already under their belts – last year’s Black Rainbow – the trio reveal they are currently working on a follow-up five-track record. Not before they release another EP of Black Rainbow remixes later this year. “The remix album will be local and interstate producers who have remixed Black Rainbow,” Diakomichalis says. “We’ve received some of the remixes already and they’ve just absolutely blown us away. The five-track EP is still in the pipeline. This one will be a bit different from Black Rainbow which was more of a single with remixes – these are actual five distinct tracks that we’ve pulled out of live jams at Justin’s house. We’ve talked about doing an album at some point but we’ll give it a bit more time. For now we’re concentrating on this EP and PilotFest.” WHO: Question Question WHAT: PilotFest WHERE: Arcade Lane WHEN: Sat Feb 23
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HOW TO DRESS WELL (US) @ Rocket Bar SIR CLIFF RICHARD (UK) & JAY WESTON (WA) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre JULIA STONE (Syd) @ Flinders St Baptist Church CIVIL CIVIC (Aus/UK) @ Crown & Anchor
FRI FEB 22
GUNG HO (Bris) & JEREMY NEAL (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 THE SPITFIRES (Syd) @ Glenelg Beach Hostel
SAT FEB 23
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 ALL THE COLOURS (Vic) & BASTIAN’S HAPPY FLIGHT @ Ed Castle
SUN FEB 24
LA BASTARD (Vic) @ Glenelg Surf Club
MON FEB 25
CAT POWER (US) @ Her Majesty’s Theatre
TUE FEB 26
ED SHEERAN (UK) & PASSENGER (UK) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre GLENN FREY (US) & ADELAIDE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA @ Festival Theatre
WED FEB 27
VIN GARBUT (UK) @ Governor Hindmarsh
FRI MAR 1
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
SAT MAR 2
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
SUN MAR 3
CLIPSAL 500: KISS (US) & MÖTLEY CRÜE (US), THE BEARDS, BEFORE THE AFTERMATH & THE RULES @ Victoria Pk
MON MAR 4
DEEP PURPLE (UK) & JOURNEY (US) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
TUE MAR 5
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE (US) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
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 (Vic) and so many, many more @ Botanic Pk
FRI MAR 8
MXPX (US) @ Fowler’s Live THE MARK OF CAIN (SA/US) @ HQ
SAT MAR 9
KING PARROT (Vic), ALKIRA, EXERTHUR & GORLAPSE @ Enigma
SUN MAR 10
DINOSAUR JR (US) & RIDE INTO THE SUN @ Governor Hindmarsh
TUE MAR 12
BOB MOULD (US) @ Fowler’s Live ARLO GUTHRIE (US) & SARAH LEE GUTHRIE AND JOHNNY IRION (US) @ Trinity Sessions OPETH (Swe) @ HQ
WED MAR 13
RUTHIE FOSTER (US) & JORDIE LANE (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh ALASDAIR FRASER (Scot) @ Guthries (Prospect) CHRIS SMITHER (US) @ Church Of The Trinity
THU MAR 14
THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION (US) @ Fowler’s Live PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US) @ HQ
FRI MAR 15
TITLE FIGHT (US) & LUCA BRASI (Tas) @ Enigma JOE SATRIANI (US) @ Elder Hall
TUE MAR 19
WANDA JACKSON (US) @ Governor Hindmarsh
THU MAR 21
MUTEMATH (US) & BIG SCARY @ Fowler’s Live GRINSPOON (Syd) @ Governor Hindmarsh DEBORAH CONWAY (Vic) @ Wheatsheaf PAUL BRADY (Ire) @ Guthries (Prospect)
FRI MAR 22
JOHN MCCUTCHEON (US) @ Guthries (Prospect) MAT MCHUGH & THE SEPERATISTA SOUNDSYSTEM (Syd) @ Jive
SAT MAR 23
MAT MCHUGH & THE SEPERATISTA SOUNDSYSTEM (Syd) @ Jive BEACHFEST: JIMMY BARNES, JON STEVENS, ROSS WILSON, THE BLACK SORROWS & SWANEE @ South Adelaide Football Club (Noarlunga Downs)
SUN MAR 24
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
MON MAR 25
IGGY & THE STOOGES (US) & THE BEASTS OF BOURBON @ Thebarton Theatre TAJ MAHAL TRIO (US) @ Governor Hindmarsh
TUE MAR 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
WED MAR 27
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After a return to their spiritual label/ home Epitaph Records and a series of dates where they played their entire back catalogue, Minnesotan rockers Motion City Soundtrack released their fifth album, Go, last year. MCS will again return to antipodean shores for 2013’s edition of Soundwave, and lead guitarist/vocalist Joshua Cain says he’s looking forward to the quality that Australian punters bring to the shows. “We love coming down there. We’ve always had a really great time. We’ve been a bunch of times. We’ve played Soundwave twice and we’ve been there also another two or three times. Audiences at these things feel kind of like audiences on the Warped tour. Everyone’s there to have a great time. There’s probably
three or four other bands on the bill that you’re totally in love with. It’s fantastic to play to people who are so stoked to be there.” And will Cain and the rest of the band get to see any of the other shows while they’re at Soundwave? This year’s line-up is arguably the best ever. It seems there are a couple of ‘minor’ acts in particular Cain is keen on catching… “I’m definitely going to be seeing Metallica. You know, some cities you just fly in and fly out and you don’t get a chance to see anything. But as a guy who grew up in the ‘90s, seeing Metallica is something I have to do. I’ve never seen them before so it’s definitely on the agenda. We’re also stoked Blink [182] are going to be there. We hang out with Mark [Hoppus] a lot, so it’ll be great to see him. Yeah, and there’s just a whole bunch of other bands we’re looking forward to seeing as well.” Immediately after this interview was over, Cain and the rest of the band were due to
do an online chat from their hometown of Minneapolis on the Soundwave website. To say that he was feeling some trepidation is possibly an understatement, but his carefree attitude in the face of it reflects something of the appeal of his band’s music. “That’s happening at midnight our time so it’s going to be something, that’s for sure. We got all turned around yesterday because we thought our manager had organised the interviews for then, but it was actually today. But of course, it’s still yesterday here and it’s tomorrow where you are, or something like that. “Intercontinental, cross-timezone rock’n’roll! What could possibly go wrong?” WHO: Motion City Soundtrack WHERE: Soundwave, Bonython Pk WHEN: Sat Mar 2
PAUL SIMON (US) & RUFUS WAINWRIGHT (Can) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
THU MAR 28
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
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SAT MAR 30
THE RESIGNATORS (Vic) @ Enigma
COMING UP
SUN MAR 31 DEMON HUNTER (US) & I THE BREATHER (US) @ Fowler’s Live TUE APR 2 STATUS QUO (UK) @ Thebarton Theatre THE DARKNESS (UK), JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS (US) & JACKSON FIREBIRD (Vic) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre WED APR 3 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 ROGER HODGSON BAND (UK) @ Thebarton Theatre THE ROSHAMBOS (Bris) @ Rhino Room SAT APR 6 JAKE SHIMABUKURO (Hawaii) @ Governor Hindmarsh COUNTING CROWS (US) & JACKSON MCLAREN (Vic) @ Her Majesty’s Theatre THE ROSHAMBOS (Bris) @ Governor Hindmarsh (front bar) TUE APR 9 PENYWISE (US), FACE TO FACE & THE MENZINGERS @ HQ WED APR 10 BIRDY (UK) @ Thebarton Theatre BLACK BREATH (US) & I EXIST @ Enigma Bar FRI APR 12 THE ROSHAMBOS (Bris) @ Cavern Club DZ DEATHRAYS (Bris) @ Rocket
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Formed by two ex-pats after they moved to Europe, Civil Civic are returning home for the first time to launch their debut album. “Look… I don’t want to gush too much,” bassist Ben Green begins, “but it’s pretty fucking exciting, it really is.” “I left Australia eight years ago and I’ve only been back twice, so just going back to Australia for any reason for me is just super-exciting, but to go back there with Aaron [Cupples] and play some Civil Civic gigs? We’re both pretty amped about it, to be honest.” While they’ve often been described as electro rock, Civil Civic’s debut album, Rules, relies heavily on the more traditional rock instruments. Angular guitar lines dominate proceedings and there’s a surf rock aspect
(albeit distorted) to many of the tracks. “That sound is super-deliberate,” Green confirms. “It comes from a few different things that we really love in common, which I suppose are really ‘80s things. And it’s tough angular stuff like Gang Of Four and Midnight Oil, and also The B-52’s. So that tough, slightly under-produced ‘80s sound where the guitars are really dry and direct and the band was really tight, we love that stuff. I think we prefer to be identified with that than with being some sort of electronic cross-over act.” As a live act, Civil Civic remain a twopiece, but they’re joined onstage by a drum machine and lighting rig known as The Box. “I don’t know how much to reveal about The Box because it’s supposed to be kind of a secret, but there’s a footswitch involved that lets us decide when a section ends, when the next section starts. It’s not like having
a backing track, it’s interactive with us and we can make decisions onstage about what’s going to happen. It doesn’t have to be just like putting on a CD. So we can do very tight, arranged stuff and we can also just go off on huge noise-explosion forays into ridiculous land. Basically, our live shows sound pretty much like the record and we’re doing everything. We play guitar and bass. If there are any synth-lines, we have to stop playing guitar or bass and play them. And if there are effects going on, we have to make them happen with effects pedals, or with our Midi controllers. It has to be live. We have to be able to do it.” WHO: Civil Civic WHAT: Rules (Remote Control) WHERE: Crown & Anchor WHEN: Thu Feb 21
The Guide // Thursday 21st 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: Civil Civic with guests. 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) ENSALADA, RYMILL PK – Kellie Knight & Barry Ferrier Duo (8pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Mike Cooper (UK)
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – PETE JENKINS BAND AND LIPSMACK GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Bulmers Best Of The Edinburgh Fest (preview) GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Suicide Songs For The Ukulele GRAND BAR – OMG MARION CULTURAL CLUB – Open Mic Cabaret Café (6.30pm) NORWOOD HOTEL – Open Mic Night PJ O’BRIENS – DJ G-Rillz PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Thirsty Thursday with DJ Tango ROCKET BAR – 8 Bit Kidz featuring resident DJs Stubanger, Hank & Osk and the Powderoom Posse ROYAL FAMILY HOTEL: PORT ELLIOT – Lily & The Drum (8.30pm) SUGAR – ITDE Deejays and interstate/international guests THE LION HOTEL – Clearway THE RUNT: GLUTTONY – When We Were Idiots (5.30pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Zephyr Quartet: A Rain From The Shadows (8pm)
WHITMORE HOTEL – RAINBOW JAM SESSIONS (7.30PM) WORLDSEND HOTEL – Worldsend Music Fringe Program featuring Tim McMillan Band, Pink Noise Generator and Like Kites
Friday 22nd ALMA TAVERN – Fresh Fridays with DJs
ARCADE LANE – The Sun & The Sky single launch featuring Track Team, Heston Drop, Sister Rose and Dave McGuire (8pm) ARCHER HOTEL – Upstairs: Jaki J (10pm) AUSSIE INN HOTEL – karaoke (8pm) AUSTRAL – The Austral House Band (7pm) BARTLEY TAVERN – East BELAIR HOTEL – Three Star General (8.30pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Troy J Been, Prince Aaronak and Suckerpunch BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Cherry Grind BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Dino Jag Duo (8pm) CORIO HOTEL – Lily & The Drum (8pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: Carla Lippis and Ride Into The Sun DJs. Band Room: Little Two Eyes with Full Contact Safari DOCKSIDE TAVERN – Broken Theory 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) ESPLANADE HOTEL – Redline EXETER HOTEL – Black Caviar EXETER ON RUNDLE – Goldstein FINDON HOTEL – karaoke
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – DIESELWITCH, LA BASTARD AND THEM PLASMS GLENELG BEACH HOSTEL – The Spitfires, The Viennas and Saturday’s Army GLYNDE HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Bulmers Best Of The Edinburgh Fest (preview) Best Of The Fest – Late Show GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Slingshot Dragster with The Villenettes GRAND BAR – Flashback Fridays GRAND JUNCTION TAVERN – The Bluff HALFWAY HOTEL – Troy Harrison HAMPSTEAD HOTEL – Iris HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Heath Solo (5pm) New Romantics (9.30pm) HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Chaps and DJ Lumeire HOTEL TIVOLI – Honey with DJs HQ – Nick Skitz IRISH CLUB – Shamrocks ‘n’ Shenanigans Live Acoustic Sessions (7pm) LIMBO – DJs LONDON TAVERN – Live Acoustic Weekly (5pm) Rewind Fridays with DJ Wolfman
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LORD MELBOURNE – karaoke with Laura Lee MARBLE BAR – Uni Night with DJs MARINA SUNSET BAR – live acoustic music MARS BAR – DJ VJBeeJay and guests (9pm) drag show (2am) MICK O’SHEA’S – E’nuf Said OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Kinetik OFFICE ON PIRIE – DJ Jess (4.30pm) ORIENTAL – Shane Wolf (4.30pm) Tom J Williams (8pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Acoustik PJ O’BRIENS – Tubesteaks PORT NOARLUNGA FOOTBALL CLUB – SCR & AGS Music presents: Chronic Abuse, Thursdays Friend and Blackwater (8pm) RAMSGATE HOTEL – DJ Snake & DJ Rupheo (9pm) RED SQUARE – DJs REX HOTEL – karaoke and Remedy ROB ROY HOTEL – Bogan Bingo (8pm) ROCKET BAR – Abracadabra featuring resident DJs The Shiny Brights DJs
SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – DJ (8PM) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – The Flyers SETTLERS TAVERN – Van Demons Band SOMERSET HOTEL – Flight 69 SOUTH ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB – Georgy K STAG – Upstairs: DJs play urban and dance. Downstairs: DJs play retro STAMFORD PLAZA: CASCADES – Jacqui Lim (5pm) SUGAR – TGI Funky with Ben Alibi and HMC SUZIE WONG’S ROOM – Monsieur Swing (7.30pm) 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 GOLF CLUB – Linda McCarthy (7.30pm) TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – DJ Wolfman (9pm) THE ELEPHANT – Michael Venner Band and DJ G-Rillz THE GOODY – Ch@t Room THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment THE RUNT: GLUTTONY - When We Were Idiots (5.30pm) VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – DJs WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – The Hushes (9pm) WINDSOR HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) WOODCROFT TAVERN – UK Blitz WORLDSEND HOTEL – Worldsend Music Fringe Program featuring Go Funk Yourself Showcase with Pimpin Horus, Silent Duck, Seventeen Fifty Seven and Epic ZHIVAGO – Skream DJs
Saturday 23rd ALMA TAVERN – MetroRetro ARCHER HOTEL – Downstairs: Jaki J. Upstairs: Bongo Madness with DJs Ed Law and Scotty (10pm) AUCHENDARROCH HOUSE/WALLIS TAVERN – Troy Harrison BACCHUS BAR – Dino Jag Duo (8pm) BOTANIC BAR – Sanji, Brad Sawyer and Tom Wilson BRIDGEPORT HOTEL – karaoke with Gemma BRIDGEWAY HOTEL – Eleven Days BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests CHRISTIES BEACH HOTEL – Cherry Grind COWANDILLA SOCIAL CLUB – Plan A (8pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: La Bastard and The Systemaddicts plus DJ Azz CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – karaoke with Nicole (8pm) DRAGONFLY – rotating DJs playing techno, house, disco and everything in between DUKE OF YORK – DJ Mitchy Burnz, DJ Parry, DJ Skinny B and MC Scotty ED CASTLE – Plus One Saturdays with live bands and party DJs (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Arcade Disco with resident DJs Junior, Dancespace and friends ENSALADA, RYMILL PK – Kellie Knight & Barry Ferrier Duo (12am) ESPLANADE HOTEL – Tom J Williams EXETER ON RUNDLE – Lakes, Justin Fuller and Psalm Trio
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The Guide // GILBERT STREET HOTEL – DJ MARKY POLO (8PM) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Bulmers Best Of The Edinburgh Fest (7.45pm) Best Of The Fest – Late Show (10.30pm) GRACE EMILY HOTEL – The Mistress GRAND BAR – Destination Saturdays with DJs and MCs GRENFELL 110 – Triumvirate Ents presents: Weekly Summer Sessions featuring DJs Ragz, Jesse Proverbs and John Spencer and Daly (10pm) HACKNEY HOTEL – DJ HIGHLANDER HOTEL – INXSive HIGHWAY – DJ Griff (9pm) HOPE INN – karaoke (7pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ Sly HOTEL TIVOLI – Exotica with DJs Sleepy Hips, Tinker and Bangwel (8pm) HQ – Vandalism KINGSFORD HOTEL: GAWLER – karaoke LAKES RESORT HOTEL – Wire & Wood LONDON TAVERN – DJs Captiv8, Justice, Soundflex, AJ and MC Renard (10pm)
MARBLE BAR – I <3 MB with DJs and MCs plus national and international guests MARINA SUNSET BAR – DJs playing the best in house and electro MARS BAR – VJ Beejay and guest (9pm) drag show (2am) MICK O’SHEA’S – Masterpiece OLD SPOT HOTEL – Eleven ORIENTAL – Lochy Neal PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – The Road Runners PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Harry & The Hitmen PJ O’BRIENS – Kopy Catz RAMSGATE HOTEL – Adelaide’s best cover bands RED SQUARE – DJs Marek, Law, Dub Drop DJs, Decker, Bollocks, Krispy, Shawty, Capital D, DV8 and Jazz plus MCs Skippy and Dylan ROB ROY HOTEL – Bogan Bingo (8pm) ROCKET BAR – Bananas: Track Team and Japeye SANDBAR – requests with DJs
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SEBEL PLAYFORD – Black Caviar SEMAPHORE RSL – The Crew SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – Streaker SUGAR – Prince Aaronak, Driller, Derek Lang plus a host of international guests SUZIE WONG’S ROOM – Nikko & Snooks (7.30pm) SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Shuffle TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing retro and requests TEQUILA REA – Bongo Madness with guest DJs THE BRIGHTON BAR – The Brighton Bar Fringe Party featuring Kingston Downes (Vic), Slick Arnold, Hath Anthony, Geordie Little and Georgy Rochow (6pm) THE ELEPHANT – Crazy Knites and DJ G-Rillz THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment THE RUNT: GLUTTONY – When We Were Idiots (5.30pm) VALLEY INN – karaoke VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – Rumours VINE INN: NURIOOTPA – Animal House WALKERS ARMS HOTEL – DJ Sessions (9pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Blues Guitar Workshop with Cal Williams Jr (1pm) Zephyr Quartet: A Rain From The Shadows (8pm) WILLUNGA HOTEL – Three Star General (8.30pm) WINDSOR HOTEL – Rave On WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL: GOOLWA – Lily & The Drum WOODCROFT TAVERN – karaoke (8pm) WORLDSEND HOTEL – Worldsend Music Fringe Program featuring God God Dammit Dammit, Holographic Charizard and The Volume ZHIVAGO – High Heels DJs
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EXETER ON RUNDLE – Lost City Presents FIRST COMMERCIAL HOTEL – The Port Rocks Program featuring Prawnhead (11am) The Wild Ones (3pm)
GILBERT STREET HOTEL – SWEET BABY JAMES & ROB EYERS (2PM) GLENELG SURF CLUB – La Mar Sundays GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Isaac Lomman – Comedy Hypnosis! A World Of Enchantment GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Suicide Songs For The Ukulele GRAND BAR – bands, DJs and MCs HIGHBURY HOTEL – Redline LAKES RESORT HOTEL – Theo LIGHTHOUSE HOTEL – The Port Rocks Program featuring Party Cats (4pm) LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – Five Sided Circle MARINA SUNSET BAR – Sunset Sessions featuring live acoustic music MARS BAR – VJK classic video hits MICK O’SHEA’S – The Rustlers
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ALMA TAVERN – Sunday School AMBROSIA CAFÉ – Lily & The Drum (1pm) BLUE GUMS HOTEL – Van Demons Band BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt BOTANIC BAR – Eric The Falcon BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Voodoo Slang BRITISH HOTEL: PT ADELAIDE – The Port Rocks Program featuring Dick Dandy & The Wingmen (3pm) The Jamjets CD launch (4.30pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – all ages show DOCKSIDE TAVERN – The Port Rocks Program featuring Mick Kidd’s Open Mic (1pm) DOG & DUCK – Sneaky Sundays with Jak Morris DUCK INN: COROMANDEL VALLEY – E’nuf Said ED CASTLE – Beer Garden: Acoustic Sundays (2pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – Fractal
OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Acoustik ORIENTAL – Black Caviar PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Slyde PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Trick PORTDOCK BREWERY HOTEL – The Port Rocks Program featuring The Lincolns (1.30pm) The Satellites (4.30pm) RAMSGATE HOTEL – acoustic session (4pm) Tom Kurzel & Ed Trainor fortnightly rotation (7.30pm) ROB ROY HOTEL – Bogan Bingo (8pm) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – The Harmonics (7.30pm) SAILMASTER TAVERN – Mitch
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Wednesday 27th
SUZIE WONG’S ROOM – Sour Sob Bob (4.30pm)
AUSSIE INN HOTEL – Complete Trivia
BOTANIC BAR – Gemma
THE LION HOTEL – Andrew Hayes (2.30pm) DJ
CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: DJs Stevie &
Complete Trivia
THE RUNT: GLUTTONY – When We Were Idiots
DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Irish Sessions (8pm)
WELLINGTON HOTEL: WELLINGTON – Sunday
GASLIGHT TAVERN – The Blues Lounge hosted by
SEMAPHORE PALAIS – Mr Buzzy
SUGAR – Mods, Driller and Nu Jeans
TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – Acoustic Sessions
BOTANIC BAR – Ash Wilson
Junior (5.45pm) Fast Love (7pm)
Duncan. Band Room: Cranker Comedy
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EXETER ON RUNDLE – Bitches Of Zeus DJs
Sessions: live music on the banks of the Murray (3pm)
Ron Davidson & Trevor Graham (8pm)
Shaggy (8.30pm)
GILBERT STREET HOTEL – THE AIRBENDERS PRESENT: TUESDAY ORGAN SESSIONS
WEST THEBBY HOTEL – karaoke with Margi &
WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Blues Guitar Workshop with Cal Williams Jr (1pm) The Hushes (4.30pm) ZHIVAGO – Black Cherry DJs
GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Bulmers
CENTRAL DISTRICTS FOOTBALL CLUB – 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 EXETER ON RUNDLE – Curtis
FIRST COMMERCIAL HOTEL – Complete Trivia
Monday 25th BULL & BEAR – Muso’s Jam (8pm)
GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Kino Adelaide
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – SUNNYBOY AL’S KRAZY KARAOKE
EXETER ON RUNDLE – Truce Acoustic
PJ O’BRIENS – Davy T’s Music Trivia (7.30pm)
GLENELG FOOTBALL CLUB – KG’s Complete Trivia
Best Of The Edinburgh Fest – Tight Arse (7.45pm)
SUGAR – CU Next Tuesday with Sonny Side-Up and
GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Improv Cabaret
Enchantment (9.30pm)
THE GOODY – Complete Trivia
PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB –
THE RUNT: GLUTTONY – When We Were Idiots
RHINO ROOM – One Mic Stand open mic comedy
WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Under Milkwood (8pm)
ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Jam Night (8pm)
WHITMORE HOTEL – ACOUSTIC RAW JAM
THE LION HOTEL – Brian Ruiz with Troy Loakes and
WINDSOR HOTEL – Complete Trivia
Enchantment (9.30pm)
CROWN & ANCHOR – Mary Webb Acoustic
HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – Complete Trivia
GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Bulmers
ROB ROY HOTEL – Bogan Bingo (8pm)
Isaac Lomman – Comedy Hypnosis! A World Of
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GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam
THE LION HOTEL – Acoustic Sessions
Complete Trivia
(5.30pm)
ROB ROY HOTEL – Bogan Bingo (8pm)
SUGAR – Big Bubba and Eric The Falcon
GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Vin Garbutt HIGHWAY – The Combi Room
HQ – Flashdance: Breakdance & Scratch Session MICK O’SHEA’S – Celtic Connection
PORTLAND HOTEL – karaoke with Shaggy (9pm) ROB ROY HOTEL – Bogan Bingo (8pm)
SEAFORD HOTEL – karaoke with Suzanne (8.30pm) SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – karaoke with Margi (7.30pm)
SUGAR – Mixed Tape with Lauren Rose, Ferris Mular and Mr Whiskas
SUZIE WONG’S ROOM – Tara Carragher (6.30pm)
Paul Vallen
THE LION HOTEL – Proton Pill
Lyndon Gray Vs Ross McHenry (8pm)
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WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Coma Fringe Jazz Flip:
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Exchange (7.30pm)
Best Of The Edinburgh Fest – Tight Arse (7.45pm) Isaac Lomman – Comedy Hypnosis! A World Of
r favourite A Q&A with ou bartenders.
THE RUNT: GLUTTONY – When We Were Idiots WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Under Milkwood (8pm)
Name: Mandy Venue: Robin Hood Come here if you like: A huge range of beer on tap. My drink: Ron Zacapa old-fashioned. Coming up: Drink specials Saturday night with DJ Riley. Must try: Rowdy House Alcoholic Iced Tea.
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GiG GUidE
thursday February 21
BULMERS BEST OF prEViEW THE EDINBURGH FEST Front bar: GUmbo room
blUEs Jam + spEcial GUEsts
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EVERY NiGht EXc. sUn + WEd
BULMERS BEST OF THE ED FEST
BULMERS BEST OF prEViEW THE EDINBURGH FEST
bEst oF thE FEst – latE shoW
Front bar: JamEs abbErlEy saturday February 23
BULMERS BEST OF THE EDINBURGH FEST
bEst oF thE FEst – latE shoW
Front bar: GoldstEin sunday February 24
ISAAC LOMMAN
15 FEb 16 mar
BEST OF THE LATE SHOw
– comEdy hypnosis Front bar: VaUdEVillE VibEs at thE GoV: VaUdEVillE VariEty ‘GIRLS AHOY’
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BULMERS BEST OF THE EDINBURGH FEST – tiGht arsE ISAAC LOMMAN – comEdy hypnosis!
a World oF EnchantmEnt balcony bar: lord stompy’s tin sandWich adVancEd class
tuesday February 26
‘Girls ahoy’
sun Feb 24
BULMERS BEST OF THE EDINBURGH FEST – tiGht arsE ISAAC LOMMAN – comEdy
hypnosis! a World oF EnchantmEnt
wednesday February 27 VIN GARBUTT Front bar: opEn mic niGht
thurs February 28 bUlmErs bEst oF thE EdinbUrGh FEst isaac lomman –comEdy hypnosis! a World oF EnchantmEnt Fri march 1 bUlmErs bEst oF thE EdinbUrGh FEst bEst oF thE FEst – latE shoW sat march 2 pinG ponG madnEss bUlmErs bEst oF thE EdinbUrGh FEst bEst oF thE FEst – latE shoW Front bar: pUb scrabblE satUrday’s sun march 3 Jay hoad mon march 4 bUlmErs bEst oF thE EdinbUrGh FEst – tiGht arsE tues march 5 bUlmErs bEst oF thE EdinbUrGh FEst – tiGht arsE wed march 6 lUKa bloom thurs march 7 bUlmErs bEst oF thE EdinbUrGh FEst Fri march 8 bUlmErs bEst oF thE EdinbUrGh FEst bEst oF thE FEst – latE shoW sat march 9 pinG ponG madnEss bUlmErs bEst oF thE EdinbUrGh FEst bEst oF thE FEst – latE shoW sun march 10 dinosaUr Jr mon march 11 bUlmErs bEst oF thE EdinbUrGh FEst – tiGht arsE
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Tuba Skinny Young New Orleans-based ensemble Tuba Skinny take early jazz, Dixieland and string band tunes of the early part of last century and reinvent them. They have made two visits to Australia in the last 18 months but are now returning to perform at WOMADelaide as well as other music festivals.
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he seven-piece group, comprising of vocalist Erika Lewis, tuba player Todd Burdick, guitarist and vocalist Kiowa Wells, trombonist Barnabus Jones, banjo player Alynda Segarra, cornet player Shayne Cohn and washboard player Robin Rapuzzi, made their first visit to this city to take part in Adelaide Cabaret Festival and their late night performance in the Banquet Room was followed by a spontaneous jam session on Adelaide Festival Centre’s plaza area. “Oh, I remember that night,” washboard player Robin Rapuzzi fondly recalls. “That was so much fun.” Rapuzzi was calling from New Orleans in the midst of Mardi Gras celebrations but says the group were not officially scheduled to take part in the festival. “But some of the band took off to the
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country to celebrate Mardi Gras in the traditional Cajun way,” he reveals. “But New Orleans is just crazy at the moment. There are thousands of people on the streets.” None of the band are from New Orleans but had all gravitated there to check out the music scene. “I’m from the north – all of Tuba Skinny are – and we met busking on the streets,” Rapuzzi explains. “But some members had also played together in a group called The Loose Marbles, a traditional jazz band. I’m originally a drummer but when I moved to New Orleans, I shared a house with a jug band. On the weekend I moved in they had a rent party because rent was due and their washboard player was sick. So I stepped in to play drums but thought I’d give the washboard a shot. Since then I’ve kept playing it.” Are washboards hard to come by for musical purposes? “There’s just one company left in the world that makes them. That’s The Columbia Washboard Company in Ohio and they also hold a washboard festival. But you can get them on eBay although I pick mine up by hunting through antique stores around the country as well as the ones here in New Orleans. And there are so many types of washboards that I really like to experiment with different ones.” The group doesn’t pen much original
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material as there is still a wealth of old tunes waiting to be rediscovered, but Rapuzzi goes on to say that they are beginning to venture into writing originals. “We’ve all got a few ideas,” he says, “and we’ve always had one original on each album. So we just need to get together and sharpen our pencils and work on something.” I suggest YouTube must be great for sourcing old material. “It is, but we know a lot of people who collect old 78rpm records,” Rapuzzi says. “I have a friend on the east coast who has an amazing collection of hundreds of old 78s of jug bands and old hillbilly string bands. Lots of them are now quite rare and a real jambalaya of sounds was happening back then because they were experimenting with different rhythms and syncopation.” Tuba Skinny are also known for their op shop chic. “I guess we just like to dress in the tradition of the music we like to play and listen to,” Rapuzzi decides. “And the other thing is that buying clothes in charity shops and thrift stores is cheaper.” The band will be at WOMADelaide as roving artists which will suit their infectious, spontaneous style. Rapuzzi also says it would be good to be close to a Coopers Ale stall, so when I suggest that a session within the confines of Coopers Beer Garden at WOMADelaide
Apple Island
While in Australia, Tuba Skinny intend to record a new album on one of the 334 islands that surround Tasmania.
“We’ve been offered a lovely space by a friend of a friend on an island off the Tasmanian coast,” the band’s Robin Rapuzzi says. “So we’re going to try and cut a new record. And we’re going to be joined by a couple of special friends from Austin, Texas. “So we’ll also have tenor banjo player Westen Borghesi and Jon Doyle,” he says of the clarinet player and tenor saxophonist who featured on the Willie Nelson and Asleep At The Wheel album, Willie And The Wheel.
would be in order, he’s all for it. “Oh, that sounds great,” he says as we wrap up the conversation. “That would be amazing because we all love Coopers Ale.” WHO: Tuba Skinny WHAT: WOMADelaide WHEN: Sun Mar 10 and Mon Mar 11
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Quick Flicks
West Of Memphis (MA) Co-writer/co-producer/director Amy (Deliver Us From Evil) Berg’s production, shot over up to six years and reportedly financially bailed out at a key point by Peter Jackson (it’s now a ‘WingNut Film’), details the appalling miscarriage of justice perpetrated against three Arkansas teenagers and the extraordinary attempts by those in charge, and power, to keep the truth hidden. In footage culled from TV and police files, we begin with the facts surrounding the murder of three boys in West Memphis in 1993, a case that shocked this conservative community and led to the roundingup of teens Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley (one of whom was of ‘subnormal’ intelligence), the introduction of ludicrous ‘Satanic’ elements and their swift incarceration. However, Berg studies how unanswered questions, ‘contamination’ of the
facts, outright lies (including those surrounding an all-too-easily-located knife) and a failure to question an obvious culprit led to a long and tireless investigation by many parties, including Berg herself, Jackson (who says that the case is all about bullying, which he hates and is why he became involved), Eddie Vedder and Henry Rollins (who received hate mail), and, in benefit concert footage, Patti Smith and Johnny Depp, who manages to seems as cool as ever - and pretty damn outraged too. At 147 demanding minutes, Berg’s documentary, with its disquieting use of crime-scene photos and namings-andshamings, could be a challenge to sit through for some, and yet this is, nevertheless, one of the best films of the year thus far, and certainly the most enraging. Mad Dog Bradley
Amour (M) Writer/director Michael Haneke’s previous films have been some of the most confronting in recent cinema (think of The White Ribbon, Hidden, both versions of Funny Games and The Piano Teacher), and while this Palme d’Or-winning effort seems like a change of pace, there’s no doubt that he’s behind the camera, what with its long, uncomfortably intimate scenes and at times almost brutal emotion. Retired, longtime-married Parisian music teachers Georges and Anne ( JeanLouis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva, giants of classic French film now in their 80s, like their characters) are observed enjoying a piano recital one evening (a sequence which subtly recalls Haneke’s disturbing interest in notions of spectatorship), and that night and the morning after Anne’s strange behaviour leads to the discovery that she’s had a stroke. Undaunted, the next act has her learning to deal with her partial paralysis, but then another ‘attack’ leaves her almost completely incapacitated, and a final third or so details the painful, even gruelling attempts by Georges to care for her, as daughter Eva (Haneke regular Isabelle Huppert in a few scenes) falls apart and we build to a finale betrayed by the opening sequence. This auteur’s pics, until now, have explored the media, our complicity in their obsession with violence, self-harm, self-hatred and everything still to do with Nazism, but this beautifully-handled, deeply devastating work is all about the most human issue of all: we’re all headed for the scrap-heap. Mad Dog Bradley
Safe Haven (M) The imminent next instalment in the Nicholas Sparks-iverse introduces us to the jangled Katie ( Julieanne Hough), as she’s fleeing into the night with an angry detective in hot pursuit. Restarting her life in a quiet beach town, Katie attracts the attention of town favourite, Alex ( Josh Duhamel), the widowed general store manager, and the pair launch a fairytale romance, marred only by the increasingly unstable detective who is still after Katie, and who may have more information on her than Alex wants to hear. The story may seem sweet, romantic and suspenseful at face value, but broken down into pieces, from the harmlessly clichéd characters to the ‘surprise’ twists, there is no original idea to be found. Plot holes abound as well, particularly surrounding Cobie Smulders’ character, Jo, who initially comes off as a lesbian sociopath, but when it appears that there may be much more (or possibly less?) to her character, it becomes obvious how thin the set-up was, and those who didn’t work it out already should be embarrassed. Although Hough seems way too young to be in such deep trouble, she and Duhamel do have some striking chemistry and provide everything you would expect from a Nicholas Sparks story - and indeed it’s one of the better ones in some time - but the ‘remote town, budding romance, terrible tragedy’ formula is wearing mighty thin. Perhaps Sparks needs to collaborate with the other Hollywood heavyweight novelist, Stephen King. Now there would be some twists worth the price of admission! Kat McCarthy
Brazil Film Festival Mercury Cinema
The fourth annual Brazil Film Festival keeps on happening at the Mercury Cinema until Sun Feb 24. Details: mercurycinema.org.au.
DocWeek Various Locations
An offshoot of the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), DocWeek happens between Mon Feb 25 and Sun Feb 3 and celebrates documentaries on both film and TV, with a schedule that includes screenings, special events, master classes (part of the ‘DocWeek Summer School’ program, evenings with special guests (such as the legendary DA Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus, ‘YouTube Videographer’ Alex Ross and others), and plenty more. Check out program.docweek.org.au for further details - and get involved!
Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away 3D (G) Writer/director/co-producer Andrew Adamson (of two Shreks and two Narnias) and executive producer James Cameron’s filming of key moments culled from seven CdS shows is often impressive - and, at times, a bit twee. Mia (Erica Linz) is first seen visiting an old carnival and a shonky circus, but when she tries to save ‘The Aerialist’ (Igor Zaripov) as he falls into a sand vortex she’s, of course, transported into a netherworld of sequences cribbed from CdS shows happening in Las Vegas in 2011 (including O, Ka, Zumanity and The Beatles tie-in Love), and we’re treated to: elaborate stunts involving dangerouslooking wire-work; a vagrant in flames; cool underwater stuff you’d never have properly seen on the stage; striking images like a pair of empty gumboots riding a tricycle or marauding human-crabs; a showstopper (from Viva Elvis) where superhero-like leapers navigate a maze of trampolines; and the extended Fab Four highlights, with revamped takes on Blackbird, Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! and a different version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps played over slower, sadder Cirque theatrics, and proving, at times, deeply lovely. Not exactly brimming over with ‘story’, and oddly never disguising the artificiality of it all (as we continually see the ceiling scaffolds and lights), this is nevertheless enjoyable as both that rare movie that benefits from the 3D process (!) and a CdS primer that might encourage you to actually catch one of their onstage extravaganzas - provided you have a lazy 20 grand or so. Mad Dog Bradley
Jacob’s Creek Outdoor Cinema
Jacob’s Creek Visitor Centre, Barossa Valley Way, Rowland Flat, South Australia
The final movie under the stars and amongst the vines in this current season is Horrible Bosses (M) on Fri Feb 22. And, one last time, check out jacobscreek.com.au or their Facebook page for all relevant details.
Opening But Unrated Beautiful Creatures (M), directed and adapted from Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl’s novel by Richard LaGravenese, is a darkish deep south drama starring Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis, Emmy Rossum, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Emma Thompson. The Last Stand (MA), the first American film from Korean director Jae-Woon Kim, is a big-time actioner starring Arnie Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Eduardo Noriega, Luis Guzmán and even Johnny Knoxville.
The Room: Back By Popular Demand For Fringe 2013! Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas
Auteur Tommy Wiseau’s “Citizen Kane of bad movies”, The Room, returns for late-night Palace Nova screenings at this year’s Fringe, so check out all you need to know at palacecinemas.com.au.
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Food, glorious food! Amid the secret bars and roaming performers, this year’s Garden Of Unearthly Delights isn’t just about being lured into a mysterious tent to see world class performers swallow swords. Instead of putting metal in your gullet, this year you can stuff yourself with burgers, pizzas, salads, omelette wraps and gozlemes from the Garden’s most expansive selection of food vendors yet. A mix of veterans and clean-cut newbies, here are some of the newer places you should try and some old faithfuls.
Voodoo Burger
There must be some witch doctoring at work here, as their pulled pork burgers are just excellent.
Ozzie Gozleme
Surely this place needs no introduction. Having set up shop in the very first year of the Adelaide Fringe, Ozzie Gozleme’s freshly rolled and baked Turkish breads reign supreme among the food tents with fillings like lamb, feta, zucchini and pumpkin.
The Veggie Galley
A caravan-turned-pirate ship, The Veggie Galley has lots of delicious salads and vegetarian meals that’ll keep your rum-addled tum at bay. Arrrr.
Bing Boy
Watching the girls at Bing Boy crack eggs and roll them on the round hot plate is probably the most mesmerising attraction at the Garden. The wraps also taste delicious and are one of the cheapest eats around.
Cuban
Get your taste of the Carribbean with Cuban’s traditional rice, beans and chimichurri dishes. The arroz con pollo (chicken and rice) is an especially good and hearty bite in between shows.
Greek Palace
Local Libations
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Brackenwood 2010 Adelaide Hills Riesling
Tasty yiros made from lamb and pork on the spit with traditional Greek methods of charcoal cooking. They also have charcoal quails, souvlaki, vegetarian yiros and meat plates... mmm.
The Collins Bar Just when you were finishing off that packet of Hydralyte, here’s another reason for you to get boozy – the opening of a new cocktail bar at Hilton Adelaide. The Collins Bar will specialise in a series of classic cocktail creations with a focus on paying homage to the golden bartending era of the 1920s complete with homemade chipped ice and ginger beers. Manned by one of Australia’s most esteemed mixologists Grant Collins, the new den will feature over 45 handpicked gins and 55 bourbons alongside an array of mind-blowingly fancy cocktails including a cut grass-infused sour, a smoking tiki punch and a smoked chocolate bourbon sazerac. The Collins Bar will be opening sometime this month. WHAT: The Collins Bar, Hilton Adelaide WHERE: 233 Victoria Square WHEN: Opening soon
For a few all too short weeks each year Adelaide is the thriving cultural apex of Australia. With this comes the responsibility for its inhabitants to stay out late every night, eat food out of trucks, laugh, watch theatre, buy tickets and of course sip on anything cold. With refreshing on my mind and riesling being the most refreshing refreshment in history, my pick to start or end your evening for this month is this little treat from Brackenwood. Beautifully structured and with great focus, the nose tempts you with some subtle straw and honeycomb aromas. A slight oiliness on the palate is backed by pronounced pink grapefruit, lime and stone fruit flavours. The acidity is lean and plays a great supporting role in a drop that could steal the show this festival season. Join friends around a big table listing off theatre inspired puns. Cheers.
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Stars // Aries 21.03/20.04
Sometimes life calls us to trust. We have done all that we can do, in a way that satisfies our heart, but still the next page of the book won’t turn. These moments are very special. One has to put frustration aside and stay open. Ponder these turning point moments.
Virgo 23.08/22.09
The focus at the moment is on work. It’s focussed in such a way that your work and your health are connected. What is the best approach to work that makes your whole system hum with radiant good health? Playfulness might be a clue. Going for quality might also be a clue.
Virgo 23.08/22.09
Mercury is in Pisces, absorbed by the beauty and silence of the deep ocean. He is your personal deity of insight and perception. It looks like he’s ruled out a preoccupation with details for now. There are places in the human heart that can only be reached through silence.
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Scorpio 24.10/21.11
With Saturn now nearly half way through Scorpio, his invitation to timeless patience has taken a turn. You are now invited to be soulful in your longing. Impatience is not what this is all about. There is a secret to be found in the great art of waiting. Ask your heart to find it.
Sagittarius 22.11/21.12
It’s an odd time for centaurs. It feels like you are prancing up and down ready to play but the rest of the world has gone down a rabbit hole. Unless you make a solid attempt to tune in, you’ll feel like the odd one out. With so much activity in Pisces, the emphasis is on feeling.
Cancer 22.06/22.07
The moon begins her week in Taurus, which suits you perfectly. While here she grounds you, she brings you to earth, she gives substance to your feelings. It is a sensual substance too. Be alert to all the beauty and presence your senses can offer. Get comfortable.
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You are being drawn more and more into a situation of letting go. Perhaps it’s letting go of a place or a time. Perhaps it is letting go of problems and misery. Either way you are being drawn through this phase by a desire to shake up your worldview. Go for originality.
Gemini 21.05/21.06
Mercury is SCUBA-diving in Pisces. Your intelligence is absorbed in the silence, the beauty, the whimsy and the primal power of the deep sea. This is a very different abode than your normal chatty journey through the mind. Access depth, in whatever way you can.
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Libra 23.09/23.10
Taurus 21.04/20.05
Though there are soulful emotional depths on offer, you are more than content to be intoxicated by the daisies. Bull-persons are prone to disappearing into delight, just when it was expected they would move forward. Venus is keeping your heart as light as a breeze.
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Capricorn 22.12/19.01
Creature Creature Based in Melbourne, Creature Creature is an artistic collaboration between expats Amborse Rehorek and Chanel Tang. This month the duo will present a series of works from murals, installations, vinyl toys and skateboard decks to prints in Red Leaves, an exhibition that will be held at Espionage Gallery. A red leaf pattern has been a common motif in Creature Creature’s work from the beginning, expressing their colour palette and interest in botanical illustration. Each of their new works are loosely based around this concept. WHAT: Espionage Gallery WHERE: Suite 1, Level 2, 93 Rundle Mall, Adelaide WHEN: Thu Feb 28 – Mon Mar 11 OPENING: Thu Feb 28 from 6pm – 10pm
Pluto is now travelling through the Taurean part of Capricorn. The transformational journey no longer feels like a hard slog up a high mountain. It’s more likely to feel like a journey through a lush field, full of significance – unless you are habituated to high mountains that is.
Aquarius 20.01/18.02
Venus is working her heart out to keep you tuned in to love and delight. She has her work cut out for her, so you had better give her a hand. Co-operate with the secret, silent, message of delight, even though it seems like the rest of the world would like to pull you elsewhere.
Pisces 19.02/20.03
It seems like the whole world is coming to Pisces. There are three planets and an asteroid in Pisces already. Soon there will be five. Perhaps it’s time for the great virtue of silence to return to the common eye. Seclusion, or retreat, is food for the soul. Seek it out actively.
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Captain Ahab’s Motorcycle Club
Collage artist Kat Viper, the artistic brains behind the cover artwork for Archers’ debut EP What Birds Think, will present her latest series of contemporary, and often sartorial, cut’n’paste works at Tooth & Nail gallery this Fri Feb 22 with A Medley Of Things (Most Beautiful). Also opening that night is Lauren Abineri’s Battlestar Erotica, a visual showcase exploring the untapped perversions of everday objects through collage, graphic text and images. Opening: Fri Feb 22 from 6pm – 9pm
Nine artists, illustrators and designers have come together and created club logos for the Adelaide leg of global collaboration ‘Captain Ahab’s Motorcycle Club’ with American musician and filmmaker Cory McAbee. The patches will be on display at Magazine Gallery on the corner of Clubhouse Lane and Hindley St during the Fringe period, and on Sat Mar 2, all the involved artists will hold an afterparty gig with McAbee at Tuxedo Cat. Featuring live music by Carla Lippis, God God Dammit Dammit and Steve Salvi, the event will start at 8pm and all funds earned from the project will contribute to the development of a feature film currently being produced by McAbee throughout the Sundance Film Festival Institute.
Tooth & Nail Gallery 22 – 28 Coromandel Place, Adelaide Fri Feb 22 – Fri Mar 8
Tuxedo Cat 199 North Tce, Adelaide Sat Mar 2 from 8pm
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Amber Sceats Sydney local Amber Sceats has utilised her interest in art, history and fashion from the past to create pieces for the future. Her designs officially take inspiration from the 16th century and the 1920s – yet chunky chains, oxidised metals and shiny stones provide a nod to vintage Karl Lagerfeld’s ‘80s aesthetic. Amber founded her jewellery line with her mother Jeanette Sceats, and comes from a family of jewellers and watchmakers, which basically guarantees a promise of quality. For jewellery that is a statement as much as it is timeless, take a look at the collection that borrows from nearly every era and makes it their own. Amber Sceats is coming soon to Dark Horse Jewellery online - darkhorse.com.au.
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Name: Ziva What music gets you going? Counting Crows. Favourite place to shop? Op shops. What do you never leave the house without? Lip balm. Favourite item of clothing in your wardrobe? My green dress, but I recently busted the zip.
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Killing Them Softly Sony / MA / 97 Mins
Paranormal Activity 4
The Possession
Real Humans
Danish director Ole Bornedal’s American horror thriller (drawn from an article by Leslie Gornstein that chronicled an ‘actual’ case) features moderate playing and some vaguely spooky atmosphere but is mostly undone by its sheer familiarity: indeed, the DVD cover, the generic title and many of the scares seem near-interchangeable with another fairly blah recent straight-to-disc effort, The Apparition, reviewed right here a few weeks back. Anyway, in this one we have Clyde ( Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a basketball coach separated from his wife (Kyra Sedgwick) and trying to help his daughters Hannah (Madison Davenport) and Em (Natasha Calis) through the transition, an operation hampered when Em buys a weird wooden box at a garage sale and is promptly possessed, as the title suggests, by an ancient evil spirit (an unusually specific entity of a type that can also be seen in the curious opening sequence of the Coen Brothers’ A Serious Man). And this causes her to scream, leap about, run down dark streets in her nightie, curse her dad and generally misbehave, all with a generous helping of tricks and tropes borrowed from that other movie where a teenage girl is possessed by a demon - now what was it called again? MDB
Creator Lars Lundström’s Swedish science fiction series takes some certainly well-worn ideas (many previously explored in Blade Runner, AI/Artificial Intelligence and other films, books, small-screeners and more) and runs with them in new, novel and sometimes disturbing directions. In a contemporarylooking yet alternate Sweden, the Hubot, an android which looks just about truly human (if not quite), is commonplace, and used for dangerous and dull jobs, as companions for the elderly, as maids for the well-off and as sex toys for many, and, in intersecting plot threads, we follow: getting-on widower Lennart (Sten Elfström), who longs for his outmoded, sadly malfunctioning friend Odi (Alexander Stocks in a sweet performance); a suburban family who take in a complimentary Hubot (Lisette Pagler in another engaging turn as a fake person) and become part of a complex and shadowy cover-up; an almost-divorced and violently angry factory worker (messy Leif Andrée), who’s rendered obsolete by Hubots and swears revenge; and an advanced, outlaw group of the automatons who roam the countryside and, of course, could be well on the way to developing actual sentience (as they always are in this sort of thing). MDB
Roadshow / MA / 90/92 Mins
Hopscotch / MA / 506 Mins
Paramount / M / 83/96 Mins
Only New Zealand/Australian writer/ director Andrew Dominik’s third film (after Chopper and The Assassination Of Jesse James Blah Blah Blah), this is drawn from a novel by George V Higgins but updated and infused with sledgehammer-like subtexts. In a virtually male-only world of criminals, two thugs, Frankie (Scoot McNairy) and Russell (Ben Mendelsohn), are recruited by Johnny Amato (Vincent Curatola) to rob a mob poker game, as the bragging Markie Trattman (Ray Liotta) will, Johnny reasons, take the rap. However, different Mob bosses, with help from ‘Driver’ (Richard Jenkins), are angered enough to send in Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt) to knock off Markie and anyone else deemed responsible, and while Jackie, due to a conflict, initially calls in the feared Mickey (repulsive James Gandolfini) to make the hits, he’s eventually driven to carry them out on his own, when Mickey’s revealed as a hopelessly boozy scumbag. With a blackly comedic mood, this at times ultra-violent effort is compromised a little by Dominik’s decision to set it in 2008 as the US Presidential Election draws near, and we’re asked to make the connection between political talk of the economy and those who make their living by murder (or that the American economy is criminal - or something). MDB
Bookshelf
Backfire
Catherine Coulter / Penguin / 403pp / $29.99
Coulter, author of apparently 65 books (!), 16 of which are ‘FBI thrillers’, here cheesily spins another San Franciscoset tale involving married agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich, and the result is a first-draft-sounding wannabepage-turner that suggests the exhausted creator might have cobbled it together in her sleep. LS and DS are called in when Judge Ramsey Hunt (AKA ‘Judge Dredd’, rather improbably) is shot during a ‘sensational’ murder case and a key prosecutor (named, for some reason, ‘Mickey O’Rourke’) goes missing, and everything seems to point to whoever wrote a threatening note delivered to the Hoover Building, as weird detail conspires to keep things incoherent and irksome (including some bizarrely irritating character names: where else could you meet a neighbour called ‘Decker Sproole’?). Lacey, Dillon and other shoehorned-in people keep asking, “What does it all mean?”, and that’s a damn good question! Backfire indeed. MDB
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Strictly speaking, Part 4 of any cinematic series should suck, and yet this nowannual offering is still enjoyably creepy. In November 2011 (this therefore comes after the first film, as PA2 was set before that and PA3 before that), a Nevada family take in a weird kid (Brady Allen) when his mom is hospitalised, and we watch as scared teen Alex (Kathryn Newton) chronicles what happens next with the help of would-be boyfriend (Matt Shively), endless cameras and what’s obviously Skype (referred to as ‘Video Chat’). And this one’s supernatural stunts feel like a ‘Greatest Hits’ package: mysterious shadows linger; sleepwalking characters wander; cutlery flies around; and, eventually, we descend into CG FX that clash with the in-camera tricks of the rest of the film (and series). Directed by PA3 (and Catfish) veterans Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, who know how to make silence and stillness unnerving, perhaps the biggest surprise here isn’t the final revelation but that, well after the credits, we’re offered about 30 seconds of something which might be a Mexican PA remake - or maybe not. The standard DVD offers The Recovered Files, while the Blu-ray has that and the 13 minutes of footage supposedly ‘too scary for cinemas’. MDB
Heart Of A Woman As part of Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne-based singers Ruth Rogers-Wright, Henry Manetta and Chelsea Wilson will be accompanied by pianist Adam Rudegeair when they interpret the songs of legendary soul singer Etta James in Heart Of A Woman – A Tribute To Etta James. The show has already enjoyed much success in Melbourne where it premiered with a sold-out show at The Butterfly Club last year. It came together when Manetta, formerly of Adelaide, approached Chelsea Wilson about doing something together. “Chelsea was doing shows around Melbourne called Women Of Soul and I asked if she couldn’t put something together called People Of Soul so that I could be involved because I hadn’t worn a frock since 1985,” Manetta explains with a laugh. “So we decided on doing something on Etta James because she’d gone to the ‘other room’ last January and no one had honoured her in any way.” Pianist Adam Rudegeair, who also performs with Melbourne’s Neon Bogart, will be the singers’ sole accompanist.
“We’d originally thought of using a full band but The Butterfly Club, being such an intimate venue, really only had room on stage for a piano,” Manetta says. “So that’s how the tribute show developed and that’s how we’ve kept it. And it’s an interesting way to do the songs of Etta James by using just piano and voice.” James certainly had an interesting life. She believed that BB King wrote the song Sweet Sixteen about her and collected four Grammys during her lengthy career but also suffered from substance abuse and spent much time in rehab. “Etta had a panoramic life and it’s such an incredible story,” Manetta states. “So I do a monologue about a certain period of her life and perform some of her more obscure material when she branched out in the ’70s. And Chelsea touches on some of Etta’s early story too.” Ruth Rogers-Wright, who is also presenting a tribute show to Nina Simone (The Bus Stop, Hindmarsh Square, on Sat Jan 23 and Sun Jan 24) as part of Adelaide Fringe as well as featuring in Heart Of A Woman, hails from the London suburb of Brixton. “Ruth moved to Australia about 12 years ago and has now been doing her Nina Simone show, which is just fabulous, for quite a few years,” Manetta explains. “And in England she was involved in Gilles Peterson’s new soul movement and had quite a successful band called Moontwist.” Manetta also fronts Melbourne jazz combo The Trip but says that
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venture is on hold at the moment. “The Trip is still sort of going but I’m just enjoying doing collaborations at the moment,” he says. “They are outside of a band zone and something I haven’t done before. And because I’m finding it really challenging, I’m really enjoying it. And the
whole trial and tribulation of getting a full band together in the same room isn’t there either.” WHAT: Heart Of A Woman WHERE: The Soul Box WHEN: Tue Feb 26 until Thu Feb 28 at various times
Your guide to the student experience. Depending what time of the week you pick this issue up, it will either be just before – or smack bang in the middle of – O’Week. The longer you remain at uni the more pointless O’Week seems to become. O’Week has increasingly become a time for new students to be welcomed to campus, while most of the existing students enjoy one last jaunt of freedom off campus. The exceptions to the rule are those who hang around for the activities and booze. These people I admire. While the rest stare at their phones pretending to text invisible friends, these people are right in the thick of the celebrations – and look like they’re having the super-funnest time ever. They’re the people who sign up for clubs, introduce themselves to strangers, take risks and just have a good time. When their time at uni comes to a close, they will be the ones who leave knowing they got the most out of the entire student experience. Jealous? You should be. And remember, if you have any student info, deals, events or submissions you want to see on Fast Times, email lachlanaird@ ripitup.com.au, Poke facebook.com/ fasttimesripitupmag or Tweet @ FastTimesRIU and I’ll spread the word. Peace, Lachie
Get Off The Couch One Last Time
If you’re a young emerging musician, band or event coordinator aged 18-26, be sure to sign up for Off The Couch. It will be your last chance. Seriously. This year marks the final Off The Couch, which has run annually for the last 17 years. Off The Couch has provided rare opportunities for unsigned and budding artists to network, develop and perform in professional environments. The team of volunteers that assist co-ordinating the events also benefit from the precious experience in clocking field time by working on a public event, which is invaluable for anyone wanting to pursue a career in event management or the arts. The home stretch for Off The Couch will result in a multi-arts and music event, which is sure to be given lots of attention due to it signalling the end of an era. There’s also the opportunity to participate in training programs and workshops, with industry figures such as Mat McHugh (The Beautiful Girls) and Sacha Sewell (Big Day Out, Soundwave) on board. Never fear, following Off The Couch Carclew will still work closely with emerging musicians through their scholarships and initiatives, including businessorientated Fifth Quarter. Applications closing dates for musicians and event coordinators close at 5pm on Mon Mar 4. For more info and application forms visit carclew.com.au.
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Got A Film Idea? Well, don’t be selfish and let the AC Arts Third Year Advanced Diploma Of Screen students take your idea and make it into a short film. This is an ideal opportunity for budding Tarantinos and Coppolas to test out an idea for free, as the students will adapt their script into a film that will be completed by late 2013. Films from previous years have been broadcast and nominated for multiple national and international film festival awards. Really, when you think about it, if it wasn’t for your idea the film wouldn’t exist – let alone succeed. Plus, the Oscar for Best Screenplay seems much easier to win than Best Film – just ask Quentin. Submissions must be concise, visual and engaging, with characters who articulate their goals and emotions through their actions as well as dialogue. There needs to be strong plots, clear set-up, escalations, turning point, climax and resolution… basically, everything a good film has. Film scripts between three and 30 minutes and short stories up to 3000 words may be submitted to the department for consideration. Submissions must be emailed in by Mon Feb 25 with successful applicants being notified by Fri Apr 12. For full criteria on the film script guidelines, visit bit.ly/RzCJ1G (yes, the link works).
Open Day For Future Stars Throughout my childhood I think I attempted to play and gave up about seven instruments on top of being booted out of the Year 2 choir for singing too loudly - an injustice I’m still not okay with. I could have been bigger than Rihanna, but instead follow her on Instagram. Enrolling in Adelaide’s largest singing and instrument tuition school Voice And Music Studio is a step in the right direction for world domination. The Voice And Music Studio are having an Open Day on Sat Feb 23 for prospective students to look around their extensive facilities, including their recording studio and stage. You’ll also be able to meet the teachers and discuss your dreams,
aspirations, goals and guestimate how many Grammy nominations you can expect by 2017. There’ll also be special deals and giveaways on the day to sweeten the deal. Then, once you have fine-tuned your musical skills it leaves you plenty more time to iron out the important things - your look, gimmick, celebrity boyfriend/girlfriend and first, second and third scandal. Voice And Music Studio is located at 285 South Rd, Mile End with Open Day from 10am-3pm on Sat Feb 23. Visit voiceandmusicstudio.com.au or call 8351 8924.
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ION T A N I AST PROCR TIP Procrastination is one skill at uni that will stay with you for life no matter what industry you pursue. Consider this a ‘Break In Case Of Emergency’ glass case if you ever find yourself lost without a cause for distraction.
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It’s basically genius. You procrastinate from uni while completing a commitment you made at uni with other people who want to avoid studying too. And since you get fit while doing it, it’s guilt-free. Some clubs you sign up to at O’Week will surely fade into obscurity and/or refuse to remove you from their mailing list, while others, such as sports, may potentially be a commitment you’re willing to stick with to try and ensure you maintain that precarious study/life balance. You won’t feel so bad substituting Doritos for salad come deadline day knowing you’ll thrash out your bad habits – and frustrations – on the field. And if you’ve never heard of Uni Games, think of a marriage between spring break and the Olympics. It’s worth going to training for. Sports O’Week operate in the Cloisters Car Park at Adelaide O’Week from Mon Feb 25 – Wed Feb 27 with sport demonstrations, challenges, giveaways and sign ups.
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Scottie’s Singles
Green Day
Listen Now:
¡Tre!
Big Scary
(Reprise/Warner)
Phil Collins (Pieater)
Can you can feel it coming in the air tonight? With its references to brimstone, forest ladies and thrones, Big Scary’s Phil Collins creates something akin to Middle Ages gospel. Tom Iansek’s tremolo guitar chords grandly resonate, bouncing around the spacious production as Jo Syme’s echoing percussion hangs in the air like jungle drums on Mogadon. Morphing further away from their early DIY clatter, Phil Collins’ restrained nuances heighten enthusiasm for its forthcoming parent album Not Art. Just why it’s named after the Sussudio singer is rather baffling, but it’s the genesis of something special.
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Hurts Miracle (Sony)
Having already squired multi-national glamourpusses (glamourpussies?) Marina Diamandis, Dita Von Teese and Alexa Chung, you have to wonder how many more miracles Theo Hutchcraft from Hurts could really need. Miracle sounds like Spandau Ballet crossed with Keane, with Hurts’ brand of crisp and clean ‘80s pop as lavish, detailed and elegantly crafted as a magnificent super yacht. In the hands of unskilled alchemists it could so easily go wrong, but this is gold.
Kaurna Cronin
Mama Kin
The Magician’s Daughter (MGM Distribution)
Big Mama is in the house - and not the kind of man-dressed-as-a-woman-ina-fat-suit that might initially spring to mind. This Mama is a sexy goddess of the earth, a sister of soul and a woman with a
profound sense of self-assurance. This is Mama Kin. Following the widely acclaimed Beat And Holler, Mama brings some magic with the fresh release of The Magician’s Daughter. Anyone who enjoys a good session at WOMAD will be foaming at the mouth with this release. It appears as though this sultry cat only gets better with age, with her sound still managing to grow and mature as she puts down deeper roots. This cracker of a record maintains a likeable balance between joy and sorrow; it’s up to you whether you swing your hips or simmer down, as Mama has got it all on offer. Daisies don’t just dance around this little muso on the cover art, they follow her around from time to time, soaking up all the sunshine she omits from her bare feet. Caressing your soul with each listen, this sexy release eases you into the twilight of balmy nights, drawing some definite inspiration from her marriage to a certain John Butler character; oh, what a combination! The things I would do to be part of that household. Sharni Honor
Completing the trilogy begun by ¡Uno! And ¡Dos!, Green Day’s ¡Tre! appropriately features drummer Tre Cool’s mug on the cover (it would have been a massively missed opportunity if it didn’t). The album begins with Brutal Love, which is unique in the band’s oeuvre. A down-tempo number with strings and horns, it draws heavily on ‘60s soul – in fact, the songwriting credit is shared with Sam Cooke due to the strong resemblance to his Bring It On Home To Me. The only downside is that it feels like a closing track rather than an opener. For the rest of the album, however, Green Day are in more typical territory – although, given their history, that encompasses everything from multi-part six-minute-plus punk epics (Dirty Rotten Bastards) to Beatles-esque pop (Drama Queen). Most tracks occupy the pop punk middle ground: Missing You, 99 Revolutions and Sex, Drugs And Violence could all fit on past albums such as Nimrod, without feeling as overly-familiar as much of ¡Uno! . The only real dropped ball is the weak piano-and-strings ballad The Forgotten, but it’s outweighed by the good stuff. My pick of the album is X-Kid, in which Armstrong confronts the ageing process but still sounds vital. Owen Heitmann
Run Boy
(Independent)
It’s high time Kaurna Cronin notched up as many column inches as Kate Upton’s curves. Like the Superbowl supermodel, local pup Cronin’s offering up fresh, natural and eye-popping delights on this taste of forthcoming EP Pistol Eyes. As the Robert Pattinson of the local folk scene (or is it Matt Corby stripped of Australian Idol baggage and chin-hindering beardiness?), he knows the secret to leaving pinafore-dressed gals swooning – and no doubt a few check-clad lads, too. Despite his busking roots, Run Boy’s adroit execution has him closer to Springsteen’s Nebraska than your average penny-hungry acoustic vagrant. I like the boy.
Running Gun Sound Best Of It All (Independent)
Just weeks since Running Gun Sound sent through their single Just You See, which had the glorious raw feel of Cloud Nothings getting high on pep pills and covering ‘80s songs from the Pixies and REM, the Brisbane blighters are back again with Best Of It All, a track that Robert Forster would crawl over Lee Remick’s decomposed corpse to get his hands on. Hoodoo Gurus should really include these chaps on their Dig It Up! tour, just so that they can cunningly summarise every other act on the bill in a single song. Nice shot.
The Darkness With A Woman (Liberator/Pias)
More glazed ham than a Christmas feast. What a turkey.
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The Big Top, The Garden Of Unearthly Delights Review by Scott McLennan Pics by Annemone Taake
Where Cirque Du Soleil performers exude a whiff of smug whimsy, the young troupe who make up Circolombia play it like this is their one chance to escape a desperate life. Conveying a hunger at odds with the expensive, expansive glitz of the French Canadian aesthetic, this is the South American sweatshop answer to circus; a realm where flipping and twisting your way out of dead end streets is the only way to survive. In the steamy Big Top late on Fringe opening night, there’s little need for the smoke machine filling the stage with a moody mist – the sticky humidity has already set the tone. The performers arrive with a mix of disciplines at their disposal: Capoeira, parkour and aerial silks are all given a gritty Colombian makeover during the 75-minute performance. Using equipment that looks like it’s been scavenged from a rusting industrial estate, the 15 performers put on a gripping show of strength, agility and ingenuity. With little beyond a 44-gallon drum, some ropes and a few welded frames to guide them, the show’s levels of danger are exacerbated by the errors during tonight’s performance. There are a few near misses as acrobats slip from the grip of their beefcake partners, but a single meditative moment later and they’re back risking spinal paralysis for the sake of audience applause. It seems unlikely OH&S plays a big part in
Reviews // Quick Ones
The Blackout
Archie Roach
Pete Murray
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(Liberation)
(Sony)
Start The Party
Into The Bloodstream
Blue Sky Blue – The Byron Sessions
Various Artists
This Is 40: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (UMA)
The Blackout are one of those bands that always seems to be on the verge of a breakout, but never quite make it. The Welshmen have all the tools to be a successful band and they write really fun songs, but they’ve never quite cracked it big. Unfortunately Start The Party will probably prove no different for their fortunes. Sometimes Start The Party’s lyrics are just too cheesy to be taken seriously, with the entirety of Radio a good example; writing a song about turning up the radio isn’t as good an idea as it may sound. The fun songs are chock-full of hooky choruses and gang vocals perfect for live performance. The guitar work this time around is lighter and uses less distortion, giving it a real pop punk feel. It feels like most of the songs are written for a crowd to sing back to them. It seems much of Start The Party has been done before and the group aren’t offering anything new on the subject. While the album is fun to listen to and will probably be great to see live at Soundwave at Bonython Pk on Sat Mar 2, it just isn’t very inspired and lacks imagination. Michael Wickham
Colombian life, and there’s a feeling of dread as these talents operate without nets, yet for performers escaping the dangerous Colombian suburb known as 13-13, a few sprains are a cheap alternative to watching throats cut and lives snuffed out. Although surtitles offer some details of these “poets from the street” escaping Colombia’s underbelly, a stronger factual narrative would have enhanced the show. As it stands the storyline instead plays out like a confusing music video collaboration between Michael Jackson, 50 Cent and Insane Clown Posse. The ‘duelling gangs’ tale feels a little too much like Jackson’s Beat It video with a lower latitude, but the acrobatics quell the moodkilling moments. Tightropes are used like trampolines, with death only a whisper away. Skipping ropes are used for elaborate group tussles, like Jump Rope For Heart reinvented for Rykers Island lifers. The two female performers of the troupe are winched above the audience in a grunge take on P!nk’s live performances. Brutal see-saws launch acrobats into the air like watching Olympic divers in rewind. It’s all heart-stopping stuff that will have your palms sweating no matter what the temperature. A live band would add some street credence to this show, but it’s already flippin’ extraordinary. Viva Colombia.
Archie Roach is an Australian singer songwriter who needs no introduction. Things have been tough for him in the past few years; his wife Ruby Hunter passed away a couple of years back and he’s also had some medical issues, including a stroke and lung cancer. Nonetheless, music has always been a mainstay of Archie’s life, and he’s returned to the fray with yet another excellent album, Into The Bloodstream. The album seems to be somewhat therapeutic for Archie, as he acknowledges all the trials he’s experienced of late, and the tunes have a definitively positive attitude, demonstrating that you can rise above. The music has a strong gospel edge, with Archie joined by a choir on a number of tunes, adding to the positivity. The bluesy edge on proceedings is very welcome, and the gospel rhythms are instantly likeable; you can’t help but sing along! The liner notes outline some of Archie’s struggles, including that he was concerned about his musical abilities without bouncing ideas off Ruby, but with Into The Bloodstream, Archie shows without a doubt that he’s still got what it takes. This is an album that makes me happy, not only because the music is great, but also because it shows that Archie is on the road back, and I hope he’s got many more years of music left. Luke Balzan
Nearly a whole decade has passed since this softly spoken Aussie bloke strummed his guitar on the beach to that brunette in the bikini in the So Beautiful video. Now the Pete Murray seal has been broken again with another breezy dose of chilled out tunes in Blue Sky Blue – The Byron Sessions. Recorded in Murray’s hometown of Byron Bay, this is a refresh of his 2011 album Blue Sky Blue, except this time the tracks are brought to life with the help of fellow Australian musos including Katie Noonan, Powderfinger’s Bernard Fanning, Ash Grunwald and The Living End’s Scott Owen. In true Pete Murray style, the album is elegant and relaxing. You’ll probably want to wear some sort of tie-dye and process your thoughts on a sand hill while listening to its soothing vocals, soft guitar chords and poetic lyrics. Murray’s songwriting, especially on HOLLAND (featuring Darren Middleton), is a breath of fresh air from many of the repetitive, rubbishy lyrics we are exposed to elsewhere. Overall, the vibes that Murray sends on Blue Sky Blue – The Byron Sessions are loose and earthy, catering for those who just want a little R&R time. It’s an effortless listen that is sure to lower your blood pressure. Melissa Keogh
Writer/director/co-producer Judd Apatow’s movies are always fairly self-consciously chock-a-block with diverse music selections, and this soundtrack to his latest features tracks from his favourite groups, a little of Jon Brion’s original score and a few surprises, not least of which is the infectiously cute opening song, a remastered Yes, I’m Your Angel, by an unashamed Yoko Ono. After that you can choose between: Graham Parker With Punch Brothers’ What Do You Like? and, later, Parker and original members of The Rumour with Watch The Moon Come Down (Parker amusingly plays himself in the film); some Lindsey Buckingham cuts (Sick Of You, She Acts Like You and Brother And Sister, with help from Norah Jones, who also contributes Always Judging herself ); and the unfortunately-titled Fiona Apple offering Dull Tool. MDB
Propagandhi Failed States (Epitaph)
To quote Mitch Clem, this album is “political speed metal from a band that used to sound like NOFX”. I couldn’t have put it better myself. Hard-as-fuck riffs, preachy-as-fuck lyrics. Songs like the title track are so technical and precise, it’s no wonder it usually takes Propagandhi four years to release a new album. This one only follows Supporting Caste by three-and-a-half years, though. Sorry this review comes so long after the release date – this record drove me to spend three months proselytising the benefits of veganism door-to-door, headbanging to Cognitive Suicide all the while. Owen Heitmann
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SLAM Day Events Apart from PilotFest, here’s a few of the registered SLAM Day events on Sat Feb 23. Support live music and local gigs by heading along.
Lowrider by Lachlan Aird Just a day before their fourth studio album Black Stones was due to drop, along with the album launch show at The Depot and an upcoming intimate set Sat Feb 23 to launch Nova’s Red Room, Lowrider vocalist Joe Braithwaite took the time out of his pre-launch preparations to chat with Rip It Up. What was the routine we interrupted? “Lemon squash, a couple of teas and just taking it easy really.” Rock’n’roll! While Lowrider have found national and international success since starting out nearly a decade ago, Adelaide is still very much home for the band, with many of their career highlights happening on their home turf. “The home crowd is always the best. We usually end the tour in Adelaide, which is great, but starting the tour in Adelaide this time is exciting too,” Braithwaite explains. “One of our favourite memories was playing the Adelaide Entertainment
Centre to support Alicia Keys. Her horn section came up onstage and jammed with us, which was incredible.” Black Stones saw the band recording in both Los Angeles and Chapel Lane Studios in Adelaide. This obviously made for two very different recording methods. “Whilst in LA we were in the studio for just over two weeks. Because we had a limited amount of time we needed to punch things out as quickly as we could, so it was pure focus on the album the whole time.” Meanwhile, back in Adelaide the approach is a little different. “When you record in your hometown you are going home to your family each night and have things happening on the weekend, so studio time is just a part of your usual life.” So which method did Braithwaite prefer? “They’re two different kettles of fish, and recording overseas was something we’ve never experienced before but I still don’t know which one I prefer. I’d get in trouble with my girlfriend if I pick the American version!” Heading overseas wasn’t the only change that Lowrider attempted with Black Stones
either. “For this album we set out to play more as a band and write as a band. All these songs were created by all of us sitting in a room and jamming them out. This was how we wrote our first album Lowrider, but the other albums were written and recorded separately. The goal was to hash the songs out and see what works, and we accomplished that so we’re happy.” Braithwaite assures that the result will work in both intimate and big stage shows. “Obviously the setting will be smaller for the Red Room set, so we’ll be right up in your face, but the album works both for intimate and big stages.” WHO: Lowrider WHAT: Black Stones (Illusive)
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The Gov (Front Bar)
Nothing like good ol’ Australian folk to burgeon the survival of Australian live music. Their songs range every from modern life in the suburbs to fishing, surfing, renting, backyard cricket and overseas package bus tours. True blue.
Soul Fellas The Promethean
Show your support for live hip hop, rap and breakdancing when Soul Fellas take to the Promethean after the recent release of their iTunes single Across The Room.
Zephyr Quartert The Wheatsheaf Hotel
Adelaide’s own bold and adventurous string quartet will be playing at the Wheaty. Experience for yourself just how engaging classical music is live as they explore a diverse range of composers and pieces.
Urtekk Aird by Lachlan In the lead-up to PilotFest on Sat Feb 23, which is Adelaide’s official SLAM Day event, Rip It Up chats with Dave Brewer from Urtekk, who is also a co-founder of Pilot Records, about what’s new for the band and what the future holds for Pilot Records and PilotFest alike. When Urtekk hit the stage at Arcade Lane for Pilot Fest on Saturday, they may sound a little different from their introductory single Messiah. “Urtekk’s actually changed a little since Messiah,” Brewer explains. “We don’t have a vocalist anymore, so we’re instrumental at the moment and have taken on a very live house/jam/electronic kind of vibe.” Picking up new all-rounder member Damon Satanek has helped the band to maintain their experimental feel. “We still experiment with a lot of synthesiser and the electronic sounds, but
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we also have the live drums and bass, so it’s like a hybrid of house and techno with older stuff inspired by Zeppelin, Hendrix and ‘70s prog.” Brewer then replaces his Urtekk Hat with his Pilot Records Hat to chat about PilotFest and the label that he co-created with fellow Urtekk band member Ben Smith and its involvement with SLAM. SLAM – or Save Live Australian Music – Day is an initiative to help support small gigs and live music of all genres and varieties across the country, and has high profile ambassadors on board including The Beards and The Audreys for South Australia. The most enticing aspect is how a festival in its first year can be billed as the official SLAM Day event for South Australia. “It was a bit of a coincidence,” Brewer admits. “We chose the date of Sat Feb 23 and then found out that SLAM Day was on the same day. After talking (with SLAM) we all realised we were working towards the same thing and since we were obviously going to push the event ourselves, it was great SLAM could help out and push the
event too. It was almost meant to be.” The inaugural PilotFest line-up includes Pilot Records members Question Question, Oisima, Ride Into The Sun, Urtekk and Rip It Up Hot Six pick No Birds, but Brewer is already looking for bigger and better things in the future. “We’d love to make it an annual event and this year will determine how that works out. We want to expand it and include extra bands that aren’t on the Pilot roster.” It appears that roster may also be expanding. “We’ve got two more acts confirmed that we’re going to release but I can’t tell you who they are right now and I’ve got my eye on a couple more as well. There will be a few more surprises in 2013.” WHO: Urtekk, Oisima, Question Question, Ride Into The Sun, No Birds and more WHAT: PilotFest WHERE: Arcade Lane WHEN: Sat Feb 23
God God Dammit Dammit Worldsend Hotel
As a part of the Worldsend Music Festival, the rock/funk 11-piece outfit will cram the stage to show their support for live Australian music.
Plus One The Ed Castle
The Ed Castle institution joins in the SLAM spirit by hosting a night of live music with yet to be named bands at the time of print. Keep an eye on their Facebook page for updated details on exactly who is playing.
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pete murray, the Whitlams & the aso With special guest James D smith Doors open at 5pm
tickets available through venuetix & Fringetix
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