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A comical deadpan performance of hard-hitting electronica dance metal rock, reflecting on compelling stories of archives, collections, pets, childhood imaginings and human frailty. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry... you’ll ROCK!
A heady drunken punch of mariachi rock n roll soul music They’ll spit on the floor, steal cigarettes from you, pass you their bottle of beer to share, throw you a maraca to shake, and probably wink at your girlfriend, and you’ll love every moment.
Mistress of Ceremonies for current New York hotspot The Darby, Lady Rizo combines vintage arrangements and theatrical explorations of pop and original songs.
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TV’s favourite funny man is joined on stage by his four piece band and a string quartet performing a new collection of songs, punctuated by Paul’s grotesque and wildly funny stories of life in The Dark Garden.
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This Edition// So, Triple J’s Hottest 100 of the last 20 years happened, for better or worse. While it was a great chance to relive some of the much-loved and near forgotten classics over the last two decades, it also seems to have created a hurricane of dialogue surrounding the final list, with what was omitted rather than admitted creating the biggest buzz. As a self-professed enthusiast of the female-fronted trio, it was an outrage to see Yeah Yeah Yeahs entire works snubbed from the list, let alone the soundtrack to Year 12, Gossip’s Standing In The Way Of Control. While this all comes down to personal taste, it’s still valid to note the sheer lack of female voices on the countdown and consider reasons why we would rather vote for the guys than girls. A lot of people have also been complaining about the lack of diversity in the genres being represented, with metal fans appearing to voice their opinions the loudest. Every song on the list was voted in for a reason, so it may just be a case that most people who enjoy metal songs also enjoy other songs more. It would be interesting to see what Dallas Green, who we spoke to this week about his musical diversity, upon the release of new album The Hurry And The Harm, would have to say on the list. Considering his musical chameleon ways have lead to overwhelming success in both posthardcore Alexisonfire and folk-rock City & Colour. Like all music fans, Green has his personal favourites and some guilty pleasures (P!nk perhaps?), yet seems to have broken the mould be excelling in two different specialties. Maybe don’t tell him that his bands – or even P!nk – didn’t make the cut, though.
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Ball Park Music Brisbane outfit Ball Park Music have re-released their highly acclaimed sophomore album, Museum, with a live bonus disc. The re-release features eight live tracks recorded in the intimate surrounds of Sydney’s Manning Bar in Feb this year. With over 30 minutes of music and material from both albums it’s the perfect taste of the bands energetic live performance and the ideal warm up to their Thank Ewes Tour which will land at HQ on Thu Jul 11. We’ve got five copies of the Museum re-release up for grabs, so log onto ripitup. com.au and enter your details for your chance to win. Competition closes at midday on Thu Jun 20.
If you’ve been keeping up with online this week amidst social media furor over the results of the Triple J's Hottest 100 Of The Past 20 Years, you’ll see that this week we’ve slowly been leaking the line-up for Pilot Records’ first birthday. The record label is turning one this Sat Jun 22, celebrating the milestone with bands like Question Question, Menagerie and Urtekk. Stay tuned for more announcements over the next few days. In other news, earlier this week we unearthed an exciting new seating area situated in the middle of the Adelaide Central Market. It’s called the ‘Market Retreat’, fitted out with mossy stools and planting boxes full of pickable herbs. Head to our website and click the ‘Lifestyle’ tab to find out more.
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Your fast guide to this week’s best entertainment
Kate Miller-Heidke
Made In Chelsea
David Bridie & The Pills
Come see just how blasphemous Kate Miller-Heidke can be when she plays the Flinders St Baptist Church on Fri Jun 14 as a part of Heavenly Sounds.
Made In Chelsea tragics (guilty) can bask in the lurid excellence that is Proudlock, Jamie and – just announced – Spencer. They’ll be ready to “pardy” at Zhivago on Fri Jun 14. Form a line, ladies.
To celebrate the release of Wake, David Bridie & The Pills will perform at the Gov on Fri Jun 14 and then David will perform at the Barossa Regional Art Gallery on Sat Jun 15.
Abbe May
Chris Tucker
Bring all of your sass to the Governor Hindmarsh when Perth firecracker Abbe May takes the stage on Sat Jun 15 showcasing her new album Kiss My Apocalypse.
That guy from the Rush Hour series does stand up comedy too! Who knew? You can catch Chris Tucker perform at the Thebarton Theatre on Sat Jun 15.
Disney On Ice: Princesses And Heroes Take your own kids, borrows someone else’s or hell, just go stag to see all those lovable Disney characters skate into the Adelaide Entertainment Centre from Fri Jun 14 – Sun Jun 16.
Speeding along this week... THY ART IS MURDER - The Campbelltown deathcore act are bringing their new album Hate to Fowler’s Live Sat Jun 15 along with Cattle Decapitation, King Parrot and Aversions Crown.
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ADELAIDE BURLESQUE FESTIVAL – The Adelaide leg of the Australian Burlesque Festival is set to add a bit of sauce to your evening on Thu Jun 13 at Nexus Cabaret.
BREAKING ORBIT - Sydney’s progressive hard rockers are headed to Enigma Bar on Sat Jun 15 as a part of their Silence Seekers tour.
THE PREATURES - Check out these guys that are making Triple J their own personal jukebox, along with Adelaide’s Bad//Dreems on Fri Jun 14 at Rocket Bar.
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Blasko Goes Bush Cities don’t have the appealing gleam they used to, so Sarah Blasko is heading to the backwaters for an enormous tour of regional Australia. Canberra is the only capital city announced on the tour so far, which says a lot about our nation’s capital. South Australians are lucky enough to have Blasko
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for four nights across the state: Sun Aug 4 at Northern Festival Centre, Port Pirie, Mon Aug 5 at Middleback Theatre, Whyalla, Tue Aug 6 at Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre, Mt Gambier and Wed Aug 7 at Chaffey Theatre, Renmark. Tickets and info for each venue can be found at countryarts.org.au.
Baby Horse Uprising Those teenage equine folk are at it again! Foals are champing at the bit for more tour time and, by golly, they’ll get it. Although the miniature ponies have added extra dates interstate (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane) Adelaideans are free from the burden of choice with a one night only performance at HQ on Tue Sep 24. Tickets are available through oztix.com.au
Last Laugh Adam Hills has announced a second night in Adelaide on his Last Leg tour. The show on Sun Jun 30 will be Adelaide’s last chance to see the comedian before he hoofs it back to London. Tickets for Sat Jun 29 and Sun Jun 30 shows at Thebarton Theatre are available to purchase through VenueTix.
Planet Of The Apes Guitar God Cometh Incredible guitarist Steve Vai will be playing live at Her Majesty’s Theatre on Fri Jul 12. He started in the ‘80s playing for Whitesnake and Frank Zappa, has won three Grammys and sold over 15 million albums.
Last year, he toured as part of the G3 concert with Steve Lukather and Joe Satriani. This tour, Vai will return accompanied by a full band. Tickets are available through livenation.com.au.
Noisy garage punk with a primate twist? Sounds alright to us. Celebrating the release of their debut EP, Melbourne group APES have a tour set out that concludes in Adelaide. Rough and ready rock'n'roll is on the cards for the Ed Castle when The Helluva Tour arrives on Sat Aug 3.
Man, I Feel Like A Woman A Celtic Woman, to be precise. Four of them. The current Celtic Woman line-up of Máiréad Nesbitt (violinist), Chloë Agnew, Lisa Lambe and Susan McFadden (vocalists) have trekked all the way from Ireland to serenade the masses. Hear their traditionalmeets-pop take on Irish folk music at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Tue Sep 17. Tickets can be purchased through ticketek.com.au
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Triple Parked When is one Adelaide show ever enough? Parkway Drive have something to
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prove and plan to prove it over three nights at the Governor Hindmarsh. Tue Sep 17 and Thu Sep 19 are 18+, however the gig on Wed Sep 18 is all ages. Tickets for the shows are available through Moshtix and OzTix.
Paul Kelly, Australian icon, ballad writer, all-round good guy and everyone’s uncle figure. Urthboy, Australian hip hop artist, We Get Around composer, alright bloke. Through collaborations in the past, the pair forged a relationship. Now, with their powers combined, they’re coming on tour. Adelaide can expect the odd couple at the Adelaide Town Hall on Tue Aug 20. Tickets can be purchased through livenation.com.au.
What do Australia, New Zealand and South Africa have in common? Not just colonial roots and violent sports, but also CLUBFEET. The multinational group are celebrating their latest single Cape Town with an Australian tour, hitting Adelaide’s Rhino Room on Fri Jul 2. Tickets are $10+bf through Moshtix.
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Greener Grass In the early days of his musical career, Canadian songwriter Dallas Green’s lyricism was defined by deeply emotional influences and experiences, becoming the soundtrack for teenage angst in many cases. This is what makes hearing Green’s new album The Hurry And The Harm, his fourth solo LP, so rewarding. peaking to Rip It Up on a touring break in his home city of Toronto, Green states the coalescence of musical and living experiences has not changed but simply evolved since his early songwriting forays. “If you write songs the way that I do, which is usually from a personal experience, your topics are obviously gonna change, because you’re singing about things that are happening in your life. As long as your life is evolving and things aren’t staying exactly the same, then you’re gonna have a lot of different things to write about. I would say from the first record to now, a lot of things in my life have changed, so the songwriting’s changed and evolved thematically in a different way.” This change is certainly clear if you are an avid fan of Green’s music. He is the kind of artist that has gained devotional fans throughout, including his time spent with hard-rockers Alexisonfire. But on The Hurry And The Harm, the Canadian says he’s never been happier or prouder about something he’s done. “Well I just feel good about it and I think
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that, hopefully, the goal as a musician and as a writer is that you’re constantly getting better and hopefully evolving and doing your best work as you move on. That’s just how I feel, I feel like this is the best thing that I’ve ever made. When I say that, it’s not an insult to the back-catalogue of music I’ve released.” Perhaps this has something to do with the way in which City & Colour went about producing this album. Recorded in Nashville’s Blackbird Studios during the northern winter, Green admits his anxiety at playing with new musicians, based on the recommendations of producer Alex Newport who also worked on last album Little Hell. “Well it was a wonderful experience, I’d never made a record that way before with people that I’d never met and part of me was a little worried because, you know, sometimes you need a good relationship with somebody to make good music. But I trusted that Alex would find the right group of people, like-minded individuals and he did. Not only did Jack [Lawrence] play amazingly on the record, but now I can call him a friend and he’s now playing bass in the live band as well. So I think that sort of speaks to the type of people that played on the record and the relationships that were built. Jack was there for four or five days but the other guys were only there for one or two days, so there wasn’t as much time to get to know them. But they’re professionals and great humans as well, so there didn’t need to be that grace period of getting to know one another. We sort of just hit it off right away and, musically, I think they took my ideas to the next level.” Although the music may have evolved over the years, Green says his musical reference
points have not altered since he began recording as City & Colour back in 2005. “I don’t know if they’ve changed dramatically, I’ve always listened to different styles of music. Even back when I was younger I wasn’t just set on punk rock or grunge, I always listened to different things and I think I still continue to do so. Whether that influenced my songwriting or not, I’m not too sure. I would assume that it does. But I rarely listen to a song and then think, ‘I need to write a song like this song’. I just listen to lots of different music and I think it just subconsciously seeps in and then I just play guitar and hope that they come out.” These songs have spoken to a number of differing music fans around the globe and have so far allowed Green to support anyone from P!nk to Biffy Clyro, something he feels quite content with.
“A lot of people have baulked at the idea of me opening for P!nk… Those are the close-minded people who really just need to just cool it.” “I like that. Not only does that open me up to many different opportunities, but it also opens up the opportunity to play in front of many different fans of music. I think that’s a great position to be in. A lot of people have baulked at the idea of me opening for P!nk or something like that. But those are the closeminded people who really just need to cool it and stop worrying about what’s happening on the internet and go and listen to records and just pay attention to what they’re feeling. I don’t approach playing live any differently, whether I’m playing in front of 100 people or
Time Out Dallas Green’s touring schedule is so extensive now that he claims being at home in Toronto is as good as a holiday. So what takes up most of this patriotic Canadian’s off-time? “I watch sports. That’s pretty much what I do. I try to take in as many baseball games as I can during baseball season and then during basketball season I do the same thing. Ice hockey is probably my third favourite sport. I’ll probably watch the Stanley Cup finals but I’m more interested in what’s going on in the NBA.”
10,000 people. I want to go out and sing well and play well and I want the band to be good. As long as you look at it that way and you have a single-minded vision when it comes to performing, then it doesn’t matter where you’re playing.” As has recently been reported, Green was originally heading to Australia next year as part of the Big Day Out tour, only to be told the band was no longer wanted on the line-up. He claims it could be a blessing in disguise. “I couldn't care less. As long as I get to come and play, that’s all that matters. In this business, if you put all your cards on one table then you’re bound to be disappointed, especially by the people that are in this business. We’re gonna have to sort out our own tour which I’m totally fine with because, to be honest, I would rather come and do my own headlining tour. Hopefully that will be by the end of the year and if not, it’ll be early next year.” WHO: City & Colour WHAT: The Hurry And The Harm (Dine Alone)
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Parasite Frenzy Having survived brain surgery (and having come out of it with a particularly unique tale to tell), Jay Whalley of Frenzal Rhomb is glad to be back. “What a nightmare,” he says. But, hey, it turned out alright in the end. I woke up in hospital with this thing on my brain and they didn’t know what it was,” Whalley’s story begins. “They assumed it was cancer of some sort, but they wouldn’t know until they took it out. They took it out three weeks later – three weeks where I found out I was quite good at being very negative, took a lot of Valium and watched a lot of TV shows.” After removing ‘the thing’, Whalley explains his doctors still didn’t know what it was, though they confirmed it wasn’t a tumour. Five days later, the results were in. “It was a fucking egg from a fucking pig tapeworm that I’d picked up in Central America four or five years ago. It had been living there,
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quite happily, until it died and all the swelling caused me to freak out and end up in hospital.” Although he discovered a fairly dark and negative part of himself, lying in his hospital bed up to his eyeballs in opiates and daytime television, Whalley appreciated the slightly twisted humour of those around him. “Having a black sense of humour is very helpful,” he says. “My wife is a nurse. Nurses, man, they have the blackest sense of humour. They’re talking to people who are dying really soon and cracking jokes about it with those people. It helps so much; it’s part of the human condition.” Those worrying about how the event has impacted the band’s sound can rest easy, Whalley assures. “We played in Western Australia a couple of weeks ago and it was pretty good, to tell you the truth. I realised that my colleagues are actually worse than I was, except for Tom [Crease, bass], he’s good. The other guys? Not so good. And it made me feel better; it was encouraging.” As a test to see how much damage has really been done, Rip It Up gives Whalley a quick quiz
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Frenzal Wrong Whalley reveals that one of the members of his neurosurgical team was a Frenzal fan, but says the band has had some adverse effects on others. “There was a window-washer guy – the ones who stand there looking very down on their luck a lot of the time. I pulled up to this intersection and he started washing the windows and I was like, ‘Aw, nah man,’ and he was like, ‘I’m doing it anyway.’ “So, I pulled out two bucks from the change drawer. He was looking in pretty bad shape from drugs – he had a lot of sores on his face – and I went to give him the change and he was like, ‘Nah, man, this one’s on the house – your band changed my life.’ “I was like, ‘Dude. Was he on his way up before this?’ We had a really big negative impact on his life.”
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on some of the songs from the band’s last album. After a precautious “Tom actually knows the music and lyrics much better than I do and I’m always looking at him out of the corner of my eye to find out what’s coming up on certain songs” – he jumps right into it. Cockroach Lightswitch: “No subtext, which is weird for Frenzal Rhomb; it doesn’t have 15 layers of irony. But you’ve got muscle memory. When you move into a rented house you turn the tap on but you turn the wrong tap on; you’re constantly hitting the wrong parts of light switches and that sort of thing. We’d been in this place for quite a while and the muscle memory was impeccable. So, one day, banged the lightswitch and cockroach. It was a rude awakening, let me tell ya. When we were recording it, Bill Stevenson [The Descendents] was like ‘Ohh, it’s about relationships.’ And, uh, yes. Yes, it is.” Edward Sausagefangs: “I’ve always been a fan of gothic people in situations where they really can’t maintain their gothic façade: with a Fanta in their hands but with full death makeup. It’s about a guy who works at Dominos but he’s also the Angel Of Darkness.” Metrognome: “Everyone else in the band reckoned it was great and I didn’t want it on the record, but they convinced me to do it under duress. But it’s fine; it’s about Gordy [Forman, drums]. I don’t know. He’s short and he keeps time in the group.” For the rest, you’ll just have to see them live. Experienced travellers like Frenzal Rhomb often come armed to the teeth with weird airport stories, but Whalley takes the opportunity to have a laugh at Lindsay [McDougall, lead guitar]. “There was one time I had to give a Valium to Lindsay because he was freaking out that there was no soy milk at the Qantas bar. I love telling that story because, you know, it’s a struggle for Lindsay sometimes.” WHO: Frenzal Rhomb WHERE: Adelaide Unibar WHEN: Fri Jun 21
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Martha t h Wainwrig
Martha Wainwright heads to the Cab Fest with a new album, Come Home to Mama, in tow and a set that will cover her four-album career as well as honouring her mother, the late Kate McGarrigle.
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ome Home To Mama includes the heartbreaking account of Wainwright’s loss, All Your Clothes. She thinks writing about her mother’s death (McGarrigle died from cancer in 2010) prolongs the grieving process as well as helping her work through it. “It’s nice to keep people close to you, even though it’s sad,” Wainwright explains. “I don’t want to forget my mother and the circumstances in which she died were quite traumatising because she was young and she was a big part of my life. Certainly when I wrote a lot of these songs there was a lot of sadness and I wrote them through tears, but when I was finished I was relieved that I had done something. It was a way to help with some of the grief, a way to turn something that seems dismal into something that seems creative and artistic. It certainly does prolong it as you say, particularly singing it over and over, but this record is very representational of what I was going through at a certain time and that hasn’t changed. I also want to continue to honour the songs and sing them for many years to come. I don’t think you ever really get over losing a parent – it will always be a defining moment in my life.” Coming from a musical family (dad Loudon, brother Rufus, auntie Anna and, as mentioned, mother Kate) Martha’s first Australian tour was a family affair with her mother, brother and auntie. “It was amazing and I think in many ways it was probably the beginning of my willingness to accept the beauty and benefits of working together. When I was starting off, I was Rufus’ backing singer for a couple of years and I always felt slightly frustrated being in the background or shadow of my family, which I think is normal when you’re in your early 20s, but that tour with my mother and aunt were very democratic. I would do five songs, Rufus would do five songs, they would do five songs and then we’d do five songs together. It was sort of like the beginning of a vision that my mother in particular always had.” Come Home To Mama was recorded in Sean Lennon’s home studio but she doesn’t think their fathers crossed paths in the ‘70s. “I don’t know, but I don’t think so. I think we would know that because Loudon would have written a song about it! They might have met, but I’m not sure. What Loudon did do was write a stunning song called Not John when John was shot. I played it for Sean and I think it really moved him very powerfully.” Given that her father’s song referenced Sean, is it strange to now be friends with him? “Well a lot of the kids of [famed musicians] through the record business and being the same age and going through the same stuff, a lot of us have converged. Obviously we’ve had different experiences – my parents aren’t as famous as Sean’s and I lived and grew up with them, which was amazing, but I think Rufus and I have gravitated towards a lot of relationships with the kids of folk and rock musicians as you find yourself in a community of young people struggling to make music in the shadow of their parents, which isn’t easy to do. I think the fact that Rufus and I had parents that weren’t as wonderfully successful as Sean’s probably made it a lot easier for us.” Having collaborated with artists including Snow Patrol and Hole, as well as performing with Patti Smith, one artist Wainwright would love to tick off her bucket wish list is Bob Dylan. “Even if he wasn’t in the room it would be a blast to have my voice recorded and attached to his. I’ve met him and even introduced my mother to him about five or six years ago at a show in New York and he proceeded to talk to her for about 45 minutes, quoting her songs and he knew all about her music. I think it absolutely changed her perception of her own career and she was completely jazzed by it. She was practically moved to tears and it was a huge moment in her life. He is still an illusive character and those kinds of opportunities would have to come from the gods, I think.”
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Indian Summer To coincide with the hotly-anticipated release of their latest EP Foreign Formula, electronic twosome Indian Summer are hitting the road for their debut national headline tour this July. The tour will be the first opportunity for fans to see the Melbourne lads live since the release of their debut single No Use. The track has not only received praise from some of the most influential blogs in the country, but has also enjoyed repeated airplay on national radio stations like FBi and Triple J. Indian Summer’s eclectic ghetto-meets-funk sound has also earned the band standout support from some of the finest DJs around, including Pete Tong, Sinden, Nina Las Vegas and Ta-Ku. Indian Summer play at Cats @ Rocket Bar on Fri Jul 5.
Yuksek
Q+A With Alison Moyet
In celebration of his newly-formed record label Partyfine, French electronic artist Yuksek is embarking on a series of sets this July. Created on the premise of independence, Partyfine’s mission is to gather a family of talented, likeminded musicians who can collaborate around a defined concept while using their individual backgrounds, experiences and desires. The debut release on Partyfine will feature two brand new songs from Yuksek himself – Last Of Our Kinds, featuring vocals from Danish indie musician Oh Land, and Truth, featuring French electro-pop band Juveniles.
Alison Moyet is beloved by electronic music fans as the young singer of ‘80s new wave combo Yazoo (with exDepeche Mode member Vince Clarke). But she’s forged an impressive solo career. The Brit’s latest album is The Minutes, a collaboration with producer Guy Sigsworth (Björk, Madonna and, most relevantly, Mandalay).
Yuksek plays at Rocket Bar on Thu Jul 11.
Midnight Juggernauts Melbourne-hailing electronic trio Midnight Juggernauts are heading out on a national tour this August to launch their newest album, Uncanny Valley, due out on Fri Jun 14. The band recently released the video clip for the album’s lead single, Memorium, directed by the band’s own vocalist Vincenzi Vandella, which explores the evolution of CGI including a sequence shot with a hacked Xbobx Kinect. Uncanny Valley is Midnight Juggernauts’ third studio record, serving as the long-awaited follow-up to Dystopia and The Crystal Axis. Uncanny Valley. Midnight Juggernauts play at the Uni Bar on Fri Sep 13.
You’re not an artist with any kind of ‘heritage’ mindset. What did you want to achieve with The Minutes? I wanted to make something in electronica, but I wanted to maintain a fidelity to the song and to melody... One of the things that disappointed me in the ‘90s was how it became so much about the beat that the voices were kinda getting crushed in nonchalantly to the point where you’d rather there wasn’t a voice in there. In the early ‘80s electronica, the songs were still prominent as well as the soundscapes. So I wanted to make an album that was interesting and intelligent and beautiful and filmic.
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You and Clarke split up Yazoo suddenly. How come? When we worked together, we were just the wrong characters for one another entirely. We were in very different places. He was very sore coming out of the Depeche [Mode] break-up and didn’t really want to be dependent on anybody else. I’d gone from being this kind of like strange, dark creature from Basildon [Essex] that everyone avoided like the plague, ‘cause they thought I was a bit dodgy, to suddenly becoming very, very famous – and that’s quite a tricky transition to make, to go from being a black sheep to pop star in a matter of weeks. I felt upset that I had no support network within him. There was no empathy... Our personalities didn’t really click. Yet you reunited in 2008 for dates in Europe and the US. How was that? It was a complete joy. I had become more chill – I’m much more easy to be around, I’m not so defensive – and he is just much more open. I discovered that, actually, he’s a very funny person – which was a lovely thing to know... I’ve got a great affection and much gratitude for him.
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On paper, Balance 023 looks like it could be the compilation of the year with a club mix on Disc One (White Skies) and an experimental mix on the flip (Maestros & Memories) but bizarrely, Radio Slave (AKA Matt Edwards) doesn’t deliver many knock-out punches with his double-disc mix. The Rekid head honcho keeps it smooth and funky for his tech house excursion on the club mix with highlights including Brotherhood’s Memorial Smith and Prins Thomas’ Discomiks mix of Radio Slave’s own Tantakatan. But it’s all a bit pedestrian. The experimental mix is the more interesting of the two with its Dilla inspired electronic field trip. The ambient beginning is flattened by the instrumental version of Slum Village’s One – a beast of a track, while other highs come in the form of Linda Law’s All The Night and Quiet Village’s Can’t Be Beat. We’ve heard more interesting and pleasing double disc mixes of the same ilk from the Balance brand before. Jeff Spicoli
Allday returns with his EP Loners Are Cool, which is a polished, easy-going melodic look at contemporary Australian hip hop. Allday’s collaboration with Brady James on Girl In The Sun is most reminiscent of So Good and takes things in a slightly more electronic direction teaming up with Momo for Single Mother Song. Fly features some bitey lyrics about the disposable nature of Australia’s party scene, which makes it reminiscent to Kendrick Lamar’s Swimming Pools (Drink) in more ways than one. In fact, Allday is being likened to Australia's answer to some of the new wave of US rappers who meld their topical lyrics with melodic beats, Frank Ocean and Drake included. While obviously a massive compliment, Allday doesn’t seem quite there yet, perhaps needed to re-tweak his style before a comparison can be made. In the meantime he can be known as a more accomplished and listenable Seth Sentry. Lachlan Aird
You wouldn’t believe it at first listen – nor second, nor third – but the production duo behind much-hyped dance newcomers Disclosure are brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence, aged just 19 and 22. Equally as unbelievable is that their full-length album Settle is the pair’s debut. In Australia they’re clearly doing amazing things too, currently sitting at number five on the ARIA charts. This really is chilled, lush and often beautiful stuff that touches on a number of genres including R&B, late ‘90s 2-step and UK garage, best executed on tracks like Latch and White Noise (the latter reaching the number two spot on the UK charts). Also featuring guest vocals from Jamie Woon on January, Friendly Fires’ Ed Macfarlane on Defeated No More, as well as Disclosure’s very own Howard Lawrence on F For You, the pair also lift sounds from Slum Village, Kelis and, oddly enough (though it works), hip hop ‘preacher’ and motivational speaker Eric Thomas on the intro and second track When A Fire Starts To Burn. Simone Keenan
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Calendar/ Fri Jun 21 P-Smurf (Rhino Room) Sat Jun 22 Mobin Master & Tate Strauss (HQ) Sat Jun 22 Obie Trice (The Gov) Thu Jun 27 Lancelot (Rocket Bar) Fri Jun 28 Tokimonsta (Rocket Bar) Sat Jun 29 Ty (Rocket Bar) Fri Jul 12 Clubfeet (Rhino Room) Sat Jul 13 Juan Atkins (Sugar) Sat Jul 13 Bliss N Eso (Entertainment Centre) Sun Jul 14 Funk D’Void (Sugar)
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“I definitely think it’s my best record, my aim ever since I started making music has always been to make a classic record,” the MC – real name Xannon Shirley – claims. “However, that’s always really decided by the people, isn’t it? The good news is that the response I’ve heard so far has been good and strong, so I definitely feel in the ballpark at the moment, even though time will really tell. I know that when Suffa said he’d feature on this album I kind of realised that I may be onto a good thing after all, people may actually wanna hear this! Suffa was always a huge hero of mine and a big inspiration when I first started getting into hip hop. For me it was like, ‘Well, if this guy can do it, maybe I can do it too’, so having him on this album was a special moment. It was very ‘full circle’. Plus, he doesn’t get on tracks with just anyone, he’s picky, so it’s a huge compliment.” Working with one of the top
producers in Oz hip hop, Cam Bluff, was another special moment for Shirley and resulted in a ‘first’ for the MC – rather than employing production talents from several people on one record, Surrender To Victory sees Cam Bluff across the entire release. It took just two beats to convince Shirley he found the right man for the whole job. “Basically, if I don’t have a producer, I can’t write a song, which is why throughout my whole career I’ve had different producers,” Shirley explains. “On top of that, I just haven’t been able to find that one person who I felt had enough skill or had a diverse enough approach to music that it wouldn’t get boring after a while. Cam is the most exciting hip hop producer in Australia. I knew that because, after the first two beats, it was like, ‘This is the guy! This is the person I’m looking for!’ It was one of those amazing moment where you know you’ve found the right person at the right time, with the right attitude. Cam didn’t wanna talk. He didn’t wanna plan stuff. He just said, ‘Let’s start making songs’. The cool thing is, it was a bit of a ‘first’ for both of us – he’d never done a full-length release for someone either, so it was exciting.” That wasn’t the only ‘first’ for Shirley in recent times – last year the MC made history as the first ever hip hop act to perform in Cambodia at the Tiger Translate Festival. Not only that, but he enjoyed a superstar moment after being joined on stage by Cambodian celebrity Preap Sovath.
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When Suffa from the Hilltop Hoods says ‘yes’ to guesting on your album, you know it might not be an embarrassing output after all. Also featuring fellow South Australian MC Jimblah, as well as Ellesquire, Illy, Sky’high, Thundamentals and more, The Tongue’s third album Surrender To Victory could just be a classic, as the Sydney rapper certainly hopes so.
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“It was totally bizarre!” Shirley laughs. “The people are so poor over there they can’t really afford to support the music industry, they don’t have $30 to buy a CD, so it’s hard for artists to exist over there. So when we got over there the organisers were like, ‘Look, they’ll love you but they’ll be a bit confused by you, they’ve never seen anyone rapping and they don’t understand where the music is coming from, everyone here speaks Cambodian!’ They decided to have an international culture mashup thing where they got us hooked up on a collab with this guy called Preap Sovath who is the only pop star and movie star in Cambodia. So when he came out on stage the locals went nuts – it’d be like having Russell Crowe come on stage with unknowns in Australia. I guess at that moment they were like, ‘Oh okay, these guys must be good then’...” WHO: The Tongue WHAT: Surrender To Victory (Elefant Traks) WHERE: Rocket Bar WHEN: Sat Jul 6
Hip hop may have hot MCs like Kendrick Lamar and A$AP Rocky, but only Jermaine (‘J’) Cole is Jay-Z’s protégé. The conscious MC/producer has never favoured OTT braggadocio and doesn’t attract hype, yet he is ambitious. Indeed, this month Cole is back with his sophomore, Born Sinner. One of 2013’s most anticipated hip hop albums, its release date will now coincide with that of Kanye West’s Yeezus. Word is Born Sinner is ‘dark’.
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Cole was meant to finally hit Australia in April with his band for Supafest, but the event was ‘postponed’. The upside is that he’s had more time to ready Born Sinner – which includes a cameo by the surviving members of TLC. “I’m actually sitting here right now as I’m talking to you listening to the album and figuring out things that I have to finish,” Cole reveals. Born Sinner shows his “growth” since 2011’s US number one debut Cole World: The Sideline Story. “It’s a new thing for me. It’s been a year-and-a-half since my last album – which, in today’s day and age, the way music moves so quickly, is a long time. I’ve been through so much growth as an artist – and the album
reflects that, production-wise as well as conceptually and [in terms of ] content and lyrics... A lotta people don’t realise that I produce for myself – all my mixtapes and my album. This one is no different. This album is entirely produced by me. So you’ll hear the growth as a producer.” While Kanye made his name as a beatmaker before premiering as a rapper, Cole broke out as an MC. However, his “dream” is to produce other acts – and not just songs but whole albums. Whether he has the time to do that is another issue. “As competitive as I am as a rapper and wanting to be at the top of the game, I don’t know if I’ll actually be able to give up the time that’s needed to be a competitive producer as well.” In 2009 Jay-Z signed Cole as the flagship artist to his Roc Nation label, also currently home to Rita Ora. Cole was born an army brat in Germany but raised by his white mother in North Carolina. She encouraged his musical hobby. Cole then headed to New York to study communication at college. In 2007 he circulated his first mixtape, The Come Up. Jay-Z dug his tune Lights Please, which appeared on The Warm Up. Cole MCed on Jay-Z’s A Star Is Born off The Blueprint 3. In turn, Hova graced Cole World – he raps on the post-dubstep non-single Mr Nice Watch. The album saw Cole receive a Grammy nomination for ‘Best New Artist’. The rookie admires Jay-Z’s “passion” for the music. His mentor closely studies others’ music careers – MCs and singers – learning
from their mistakes and successes. Cole is the same. Following the street cut Miss America, Cole recently aired Born Sinner’s lead single, Power Trip, featuring the avant-garde R&B hero Miguel (Cole guested on Miguel’s All I Want Is You). It’s accompanied by a Slim Shady-esque video about obsessive love – a theme Cole previously explored in the mixtape cut Dreams. Cole hasn’t abandoned a longtouted duo album with Kendrick Lamar (who, incidentally, pops up on the Born Sinner cut Forbidden Fruit). “It’s still in the pipeline – far down the pipeline,” he says. Instead of considering the feted Californian as a rival, Cole is a fan – and friend. “I’ve been singing his praises early – very early on. When I had a smaller following than I do now, I was letting my fans know about him.” The pair could start their project in a few months. “I’m hoping that sometime maybe towards the end of the year we can get in [the studio] and really do some incredible things. I think with the energy that we have, we’re not gonna need long. We just need to lock in [the studio] for a month or something and we can come out with something incredible.”
WHO: J Cole WHAT: Born Sinner (Sony)
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TUE JUL 9
OWEN CAMPBELL @ Norwood Live ADELAIDE BURLESQUE FESTIVAL @ Nexus Cabaret BRUCE MATHISKE @ Star Theatre
FEAR FACTORY @ HQ
WED JUL 10 LA DISPUTE & PIANOS BECOME TEETH @ Fowler’s Live YOUTH OF TODAY @ Enigma Bar
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FRI JUN 14 KATE MILLER-HEIDKE @ Flinders St Baptist Church DAVID BRIDIE & THE PILLS @ Governor Hindmarsh OWEN CAMPBELL @ Coopers Alehouse (Wallaroo) BAD//DREEMS & THE PREATURES @ Rocket Bar
SAT JUN 15 THY ART IS MURDER, CATTLE DECAPITATION, KING PARROT & AVERSIONS CROWN @ Fowler’s Live (licensed all-ages) DAVID BRIDIE @ Barossa Regional Art Gallery BREAKING ORBIT @ Enigma Bar CATTLE DECAPITATION @ Fowler’s Live ABBE MAY @ Governor Hindmarsh
THU JUN 20 ARTURO SANDOVAL @ Governor Hindmarsh EAST COAST RAMPAGE: I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN, HOUSE VS HURRICANE, BURIED IN VERONA & SAVIOUR @ Uni Bar MUNICIPAL WASTE @ Fowler’s Live
FRI JUN 21 RAY BEADLE @ Governor Hindmarsh IN HEARTS WAKE, COUNTERPARTS, THE STORM PICTURESQUE & STORIES @ Fowler’s Live FRENZAL RHOMB, CRISIS ALERT & HIGHTIME @ Uni Bar LAURA IMBRUGLIA @ Crown & Anchor P-SMURF, DIALECT & PRIME @ Rhino Room
SAT JUN 22 KINGSWOOD @ Jive Bar OBIE TRICE @ Governor Hindmarsh
BALL PARK MUSIC, EAGLE & THE WORM & JEREMY NEALE @ HQ
FRI JUL 12 YOU AM I @ Thebarton Theatre THE HOODIE WEATHER TOUR: THE NEVER EVER, NINE SONS OF DAN, A SLEEPLESS MELODY WAY WITH WORDS & WITH CONFIDENCE @ Fowler’s Live CLUBFEET @ Rhino Room THE ANGELS @ Governor Hinsmarsh STEVE VAI @ Her Majesty’s Theatre
SAT JUL 13 ENABLER & URNS @ Enigma Bar BLISS N ESO @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre THE ANGELS @ Governor Hindmarsh ESKIMO JOE @ Published Arthouse WHITLEY @ Jive
TUE JUL 16 A DAY TO REMEMBER @ Thebarton Theatre
WED JUL 17 TODD RUNDGREN & DAVEY LANE @ Governor Hindmarsh
FRI JUL 19 MASKETTA FALL @ Higher Ground SWEET JEAN @ Singing Gallery GOLDFIELDS @ Jive
WED JUL 24
THE SUPERJESUS & JACKSON FIREBIRD @ Governor Hindmarsh THE JANOSKIANS @ Thebarton Theatre TIGERTOWN @ Wheatsheaf Hotel
ATLAS GENIUS @ Rocket Bar
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FRI JUL 26
P!NK @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
TUE JUL 2 P!NK @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
THU JUL 4 P!NK @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
FRI JUL 5 P!NK @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre SOMETHING WITH NUMBERS @ UniBar KIRIN J CALLINAN @ Jive Bar CLAIREY BROWNE & THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES @ The Gov
Kingswood had rather humble beginnings. “Three of us went to school together. I played in a band with Alex [Laska, lead guitar] when we were 12 and then with Justin [Debrincat, drums] when we were 16. I met Mango AKA Jeremy [Hunter, bass] in a jazz band after school and got us all together. Mango is an astronomer and one night he found a comet near the constellation Roal. He phoned to name it, as he believed he was the first to see it, but it had already been spotted and named Kingswood. He told us this story and we named the band after it just to upset poor Mango.” While Linacre’s howl is reminiscent of Caleb Followill from Kings Of Leon and the band’s brand of hard rock may remind you of Queens Of The Stone Age, Kingswood have more than a few tricks up their sleeve. “[Kings Of Leon and Queens Of The Stone Age] are great bands who we love and have influenced us, among many others. What shapes our music is so unpredictable, it doesn’t even have to be music.” To promote their new single, Ohio, the
band put together a short film called Some Motherfucker’s Gotta Pay. The clip is a testosterone-fuelled spaghetti western full of big guns, muscle cars and attitude; showcasing Kingswood’s penchant for having a good time. Linacre confesses that the band’s playful nature sometimes lands them in sticky situations. “Alex, my cousin Jimi who’s our tech and I woke up this morning in the wrong hotel room. The poor Irish guy who was in there was very understanding.” Given their unpredictable tomfoolery, we had to know if the band were planning any crazy antics or bizarre rituals before hitting the stage at Jive. “I sleep, Alex meditates. Justin rolls sushi but doesn’t eat it. Mango performs a dance for us and the whole crew, always interpretive and always different.”
WHO: Laura Imbruglia WHAT: What A Treat (Ready Freddie Records/MGM) WHERE: Crown & Anchor (with Wiley Red Fox) WHEN: Fri Jun 21
THU JUL 25 THELMA PLUM @ Grace Emily LAURA MARLING @ Flinders Street Baptist Church
KATIE NOONAN & KARIN SCHAUPP @ Dunstan Playhouse SIMON MELI @ Jive
Kingsw ood by Ryan L ynch
SAT JUL 27 BJÖRN AGAIN @ Festival Theatre KATIE NOONAN & KARIN SCHAUPP @ Dunstan Playhouse WORLD’S END PRESS @ Ed Castle
THU AUG 1 COLD WAR KIDS @ Governor Hindmarsh
FRI AUG 2 THE BOOTLEG BEATLES @ Governor Hindmarsh SPIN OFF FESTIVAL: OF MONSTERS AND MEN, PASSION PIT, SNAKADAKTAL, CHET FAKER, FIDLAR, THE JUNGLE GIANTS & DUNE RATS @ Thebarton Theatre
SAT AUG 3 APES @ Ed Castle
SAT JUL 6
THE TONGUE @ Rocket Bar TUE AUG 6 JOAN BAEZ @ Festival RIDE INTO THE SUN Theatre @ Jive
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sounded like a swarm of bees. So, I decided I would try and list insects for the entire song.” After enlisting the power of the internet, fans came to the rescue with all manner of bugs, which Imbruglia then shuffled into a rhyming arrangement. While the web has been Imbruglia’s friend on the run up to this album, she hates one of the cornerstones of social media: the selfie. “I’m really anti-duckface selfies,” she says. “It can really turn me off. There have been people I’ve been interested in and I’ll go on their Facebook page and have a little bit of a Face-stalk and if there are tons of selfies, I go: 'No, that person is not for me'.”
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For her new album, What A Treat, crowdfunding has been a fun way for the indie-rock singer songwriter to reach and reward her fans. Recently, she started selling love song dedications, where people could pick any song and have an Imbruglia serenade posted on YouTube. “They are people who want me to sing their own songs; there are people who want me to sing songs that I’ve never released,” Imbruglia explains. “There’s a guy who paid $100 for me to do a country version of this John Cage song, 4’33’’, which is silent. That’s been my favourite one so far: just staring at a computer for four minutes.” Songs on the album are as varied as her
fans’ requests. Intriguing titles like Harsh Dylan Songs, Incest, Awoooh! and Limerence dot the tracklist. “I was going through some heartbreak,” Imbruglia reveals about Limerence. She was constantly updating her friend Amelia on the situation and finally her friend intervened and told her to look up ‘limerence’. “So I looked it up and it was exactly what I was going through. It was different to love and different to infatuation and it relies on the perfect balance of hope and despair.” Incest, too, is rooted in frustration. “I had a small guitar idea and a melodic idea, but I just couldn’t come up with any lyrics. I took it to the band and we worked out an arrangement for it and we decided, cool, this’ll go on the album. It was bothering me because we were recording the guitar parts and I was still going in the back of my head, ‘What the fuck am I going to sing when it comes time for the vocals?’ Then, when I was listening back to the mixes, I decided that it
WAVVES @ Ed Castle SLEEPMAKESWAVES @ Crown & Anchor SWEET JEAN @ Barossa Regional Gallery
BILL ODDIE @ Adelaide Town Hall
THE SUPERJESUS & JACKSON FIREBIRD @ Governor Hindmarsh ADAM HILLS @ Thebarton Theatre LOVE JUNKIES @ Ed Castle
She’s just made an album with a puzzlebox cover, she has a discoinspired video where she turns into a werewolf and she hates selfies. Laura Imbruglia, our hearts are yours.
SAT JUL 20
SPEELMAKESWAVES @ Crown & Anchor SWEET JEAN @ Wheatsheaf Hotel BEN SALTER @ Metropolitan Hotel
WED JUN 26
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Melbourne’s Kingswood are quickly gaining a reputation as one of Australia’s hottest homegrown acts. Since their formation a few years ago, the indie-rock four-piece have toured with heavyweights like Aerosmith and Grinspoon in addition to numerous festival appearances like Splendour In The Grass and Pyramid Rock. Before travelling to the States to record their debut album, Kingswood are hitting the road this June with their high-octane tunes and rock'n'roll swagger. Rip It Up had a chat with lead vocalist Fergus Linacre to give fans an idea of what to expect when the band barrel headfirst into Jive this Sat Jun 22. “Oh, so much filthy goodness, sweat and love. [We’re] rambunctious.” Aside from a mutual love of five o’clock shadows and long, flowing locks, the boys of
WHO: Kingswood WHAT: Ohio (Capgun Kids) WHERE: Jive WHEN: Sat Jun 22
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ARKABA HOTEL – Bill Parton Trio (8.30pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) BOTANIC BAR – Big Bubba & Betty CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Sam Page & Band with Heymus. Front Bar: DJ Antface DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Trivia Night (7.30pm) DUBLIN HOTEL – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) DUKE OF YORK – Downstairs: DJ Jon E (9pm) DJ Skinny B (1am) Beer Garden: band of the week plus DJ Dave Parry (9pm) ED CASTLE – Band Room: live bands (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – The Proj3cts (9pm) EMU HOTEL – karaoke night (9pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Joesph Moore, Life In Letters & Steven Fotineas
ADELAIDE CASINO – Chandelier Bar: Jacqui Lim (6pm) & Sonic Divas (10pm) ALMA TAVERN – Fresh Fridays with DJs ARCHER HOTEL – Upstairs: DJ Jaki J (9.30pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Top Of The Ark: The Bald Eagles (8pm) AUSTRAL – The Austral House Band (7pm) BARTLEY TAVERN – Eleven (8pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Troy J Been, Prince Aaronak and Suckerpunch BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Iris (8pm) BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Machine Head & Whiskey Harbour (8pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Crank Yankers with Alphabette & Ride Into The Sun DJs. Front Bar: Carla Lippis (5pm) DOCKSIDE TAVERN – Fast Fuse (7.30pm) DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING – Downtown with DJs DUBLIN HOTEL – Troy Harrison (7pm) DUKE OF YORK – Tom & Rose (7pm) 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 EMU HOTEL – KISS Tribute Show (8pm) ENFIELD HOTEL – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (6pm) ENIGMA – Bar 2: Crash Plan, Alithia, Undermine, Encycle & Day After Sadness. Bar 3: Day of Wrath, Art In Exile, Imminent Psychosis & In The Burial ESPLANADE HOTEL – E’nuf Said (8pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Sasha and The Dawnhorse FINDON HOTEL – karaoke (8.30pm)
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – OPEN MIKE NITE GILBERT STREET HOTEL – Tara Carragher & Richard Coates (7pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Gumbo Room Blues Jam with Shades Of Blue GRACE EMILY HOTEL – A.P. D’Antonio GRAND BAR – OMG HIGHWAY – DJ Alli (8pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ Cloak & dagga HQ – Riot Society hosted by Uberjak’d LIGHT HOTEL – SCALA Live (8pm) MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker (6.30pm) O’BRIENS – DJ G-rillz (7.30pm) PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Thirsty Thursday with DJ Tango PROMETHEAN – Writer’s Night ROCKET BAR – Wild Things: No Sweat and Ash&Li (9pm) SMITHFIELD SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB – Jason Akermanis (8pm) SUGAR – Jazz Pancake with locals and guests THE ANNEX CAFÉ – The Café Series (6.30pm) THE LION HOTEL – Clearway (9pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Chrysler Bar: Lucas Day (8.30pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Rainbow Jam Sessions (7.30pm)
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – DRUNKEE BLUNDERS, GENERATION SWINE AND HOT SEX & DOPE GLENELG PIER: PIER ONE – Kopy Catz (9pm) GLYNDE HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Band Room: David Bridie And The Pills. Front Bar: Old Time Fiddle Tunes GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Satan’s Cheerleaders & The Trails
GRAND JUNCTION HOTEL – Steve Gower (6pm) HALWAY HOTEL – Dino Jag (8pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Tubesteaks (9.30pm) HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Chaps and DJ Lumeire HOTEL RICHMOND – Junk Radio HOTEL TIVOLI – Honey with DJs IRISH CLUB – Shamrocks ‘n’ Shenanigans Live Acoustic Sessionss (7pm) JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: James Abberley (9pm) JIVE – Stomp The Orange, Seventeen Fifty Seven & Filthy Lucre LIGHT HOTEL – Black Market (9pm) LIMBO – DJs LONDON TAVERN – Live Acoustic Weekly (5pm) Rewind Fridays with DJ Wolfman LORD MELBOURNE – karaoke with Laura Lee (9pm) MARINA SUNSET BAR – live acoustic music MARION HOTEL – Bart’s Bar: Graham Lawrence (6.30pm) MARS BAR – DJ VJBeeJay and guests (9pm) drag show (2am) MICK O’SHEA’S – Acoustically Raw OFFICE ON PIRIE – DJ Jess (4.30pm) PRODUCERS HOTEL – After Four Fridays Garden Grooves with DJs Justice and DrDamage plus special guests (4pm) PROMETHEAN – The Battery Kids, Horror My Friend & Electric Windows
RAMSGATE HOTEL – DJ SNAKE & DJ RUPHEO (9PM) RED SQUARE – DJs REX HOTEL – karaoke (8pm) ROB ROY HOTEL – Smooth Talk (6pm) & DJ Smiley (8pm) ROCKET BAR – Cats at Rocket: The Preatures, Bad Dreems, The Informers and Cats Resident DJs (9pm) SAILMASTER TAVERN – 2 Up Duo (8pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – DJ (8pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – The Torinos SOMERSET HOTEL – Eleven Days (8pm) SOUTH ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB – Gerry O (6.30pm) STAG – Upstairs: DJs play urban and dance. Downstairs: DJs play retro
SUGAR – SHGZ: Fridays at Sugar SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Nothing But ‘90s with DJs TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing requests TAPAS ON HINDLEY – flamenco shows by Studio Flamenco (7.30pm) TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – DJ Wolfman (9pm) THE ELEPHANT – DJ G-rillz (9pm) & The Buzz (9.30pm) THE GOODY – Ch@t Room THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment THE SOUL BOX – Helga Handfull (7pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Chrysler Bar: The Henchmen (9.30pm) Tavern Bar: Mitch (4.45pm) & Utopia (9pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – TA Bar: Dimitra (8.20pm) VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – DJs WARRADALE HOTEL – Ash Gale & Sarah Lloyde WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – James Kenyon, Luke Richardson, Nick O’Mara & Gareth Chin (9pm)
WHITMORE HOTEL – OLD DOGS CAN WOODCROFT TAVERN – Wildcard (8pm) ZHIVAGO – Skream DJs: Skot, Bottle Rocket & Ryley
Saturday 15th ARAB STEED HOTEL – Gerry O (8pm) ARCHER HOTEL – Downstairs: Jaki J plus Bongo Madness with Alex. Upstairs: DJ Ed Law (9.30pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Sportys Bar: Audio Zoo (10pm) Top Of The Ark: The Bald Eagles (8pm) BOTANIC BAR – Sanji, Brad Sawyer and Tom Wilson BRIDGEPORT HOTEL – karaoke with Gemma (9pm) BRIDGEWAY HOTEL – Broken Theory (8pm)
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FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – THE CLAUSE, RED LEATHER RIOT & PRIORITY ORANGE FOWLER’S LIVE – Thy Art Is Murder GARAGE BAR – DJs (10pm) GILBERT STREET HOTEL – DJ Marky Polo (8pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Abbe May, The Sweet Decline and Rachel Cearns & The Valkyries GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Will & The Indians, The Byzantines & Sister Rose GRAND BAR – Destination Saturdays with DJs and MCs HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Kopy Catz (10pm) HIGHWAY – DJ Griff (9pm) HOPE INN – karaoke (7pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ Sam HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Bar 180: Black Caviar Duo (7.30pm) The Front: Tempus Vex (8.30pm) HOTEL TIVOLI – Exotica with DJs Sleepy Hips and guests (8pm) JACK RUBY – Soul Social – live band and vinyl DJs (8pm)
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JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: Reuben & Nina (3pm) DJ Stu (9pm) Front Bar: Goldstein & The Readymades (9pm) JOINERS ARMS HOTEL – Rocking The Joiners Benefit Show: Paul Curtis & The Finger Lickin’ Bad Boys, The Ladykillers, Big 70 Bush & Kaleidoscope Eyes (6.30pm) KINGSFORD HOTEL: GAWLER – Saloon Bar: karaoke (9.30pm) & Streaker (10pm) LAKES RESORT HOTEL – Remedy (8pm) LONDON TAVERN – DJs Captiv8, Justice, Soundflex, AJ and MC Renard (10pm) MARINA SUNSET BAR – DJs playing the best in house and electro MARION HOTEL – Bart’s Bar: Franky F (5.30pm) & The Hi-Topps (8.30pm) MARS BAR – VJ Beejay and guest (9pm) drag show (2am) MICK O’SHEA’S – Masterpiece
OLD EXCHANGE - LATINO GROOVES: DJ HUGH SACEDO AND GUESTS (9PM) OLD SPOT HOTEL – Van Demons Band (9pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Street Talk (8pm ) PJ O’BRIENS – Triple X (8pm) PLAYFORD TAVERN – The Scribes (9pm)
RAMSGATE HOTEL – ADELAIDE’S BEST COVER BANDS RED SQUARE – DJs Marek, Law, Dub Drop DJs, Decker, Bollocks, Krispy, Shawty, Capital D, DV8 and Jazz plus MCs Skippy and Dylan ROCKET BAR – Rocket Saturdays: Jakubi and DJs Lauren Rose, Big Bubba and Faint One (9pm) SANDBAR – requests with DJs SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic sessions SEBEL PLAYFORD – Acoustically Raw (9pm) SUGAR – ITDE DJs and interstate & international guests SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Shuffle TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing retro and requests TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – Dino Jag (7.30pm) TEQUILA REA – Bongo Madness with guest DJs THE ELEPHANT – DJ G-rillz (9pm) & Amberlight (9.30pm) THE LION HOTEL – Absolut Saturdays: Wasabi TONSLEY HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Sonic Divas (8.30pm)
VALLEY INN – karaoke VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – Rumours WALKERS ARMS HOTEL – DJ Sessions (9pm) WARRADALE HOTEL – Dusty Lee Duo WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Roller Derby: Salty Dolls vs The Wild Hearses (6pm) WINDSOR HOTEL – Wild Ones (8.45pm) WOODCROFT TAVERN – karaoke (8pm) ZHIVAGO – High Heels DJs: Chaps, Osiris, Terrence & Gumshoe
Sunday 16th ALMA TAVERN – Sunday School BENJAMIN ON FRANKLIN – Souled Out Sessions with DJs Dave Collins and Jason Lee BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt BOTANIC BAR – Eric The Falcon BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Super Heroes (4pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Sunday Rubdown DOCKSIDE TAVERN – Fig Jam (1pm) DOG & DUCK – Sneaky Sundays with Jak Morris DUCK INN: COROMANDEL VALLEY – Harvest ED CASTLE – Beer Garden: Acoustic Sundays (2pm) EMU HOTEL – Solo Acoustic (2pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – Theo (4pm) EUREKA TAVERN – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (12pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Matt and Naomi
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – BLOOMSDAY POETRY GIG: IRISH STYLE. GENERAL HAVELOCK – Jackson Veitch (4pm) GILBERT STREET HOTEL – The Timbers Duo (2pm) GLENELG PIER: PIER ONE – Black Caviar (2pm) GLENELG SURF CLUB – La Mar Sundays with Banjo Jackson Trio and Nikai (3pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Salt and Pepper Swing GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Glenn Musto’s Scrapbook GRAND BAR – bands, DJs and MCs HIGHWAY – Wasabi (3pm) HOPE INN – Dale Roberts (2pm) HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – The Front: 888 Poker (6.30pm) JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: Matt O’Brien (3pm) & DJ Dizzy (8pm) KERSBROOK TAVERN – Blue Katz (2pm)
The Guide // LIGHT HOTEL – Vonni’s Big Arvo LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – Let It Roll MARINA SUNSET BAR – Sunset Sessions featuring live acoustic music MARS BAR – VJK classic video hits MICK O’SHEA’S – Point 05 MIDDLEBROOK ESTATE – Bill Parton Trio (12.30pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Two Hard Basket (4pm)
RAMSGATE HOTEL – ACOUSTIC SESSION (4PM) TOM KURZEL & ED TRAINOR FORTNIGHTLY ROTATION (7.30PM) SAILMASTER TAVERN – Bodybeat (2pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – Acoustic Soloists SEMAPHORE PALAIS – The Incredibles (4pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – The Steve Brown Band SUGAR – Mods, Driller and Nu Jeans TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – Acoustic Sessions THE LION HOTEL – Sunday Cider Session: Andrew Hayes (2.30pm) DJ Junior (5.45pm) Fast Love (7pm) WARRADALE HOTEL – Ryan Cornish WELLINGTON HOTEL: WELLINGTON – Sunday Sessions: live music on the banks of the Murray (3pm) WEST THEBBY HOTEL – karaoke with Margi & Shaggy (8.30pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – The Hushes & Cal Williams Jnr (4pm)
WHITMORE HOTEL – CRIPPLE CREEK AND LIAM OG’S TRADITIONAL IRISH SESSION ZHIVAGO – Black Cherry DJs: Zooma, Gumshoe & Ryley
Monday 17th CROWN & ANCHOR – Amy Briefs VS Meg Bells EXETER ON RUNDLE – Monkey Puzzle Tree GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Bar 180: Ultimate Quiz with Graham Lawrence (7pm) JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: Jay Hoad & Friends (7pm)
MARION HOTEL – Bart’s Bar: Scrabble 101 (6.30pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Complete Trivia (7pm) RHINO ROOM – One Mic Stand open mic comedy ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Jam Night (8pm) SUGAR – Big Bubba and Eric The Falcon THE LION HOTEL – Brian Ruiz with Troy Loakes and Paul Vallen (7pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Coma Autumn Sessions with Zephyr Quartet & War & Peace: Martin, Pascoe & Rowe (8pm)
Tuesday 18th ADELAIDE TOWN HALL – Tognetti presents ACO2 (8pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Lounge Bar: Party Club Band (7.30pm) Top Of The Ark: Adelaide Comedy with Glen Wool (8pm) AUSSIE INN HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Ash Wilson CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Cranker Comedy. Front Bar: DJs Stevie & Duncan DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Irish Sessions (8pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Thunderclaw DJs GASLIGHT TAVERN – The Blues Lounge hosted by Ron Davidson & Trevor Graham (8pm) GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Adelaide Ukulele Appreciation Society GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Pub Cinema HILTON HOTEL – KG’s Complete Trivia (7pm) MARION HOTEL – Cue N Brew: 888 Poker (6.30pm) PJ O’BRIENS – Davy T’s Music Trivia (7.30pm) PORT NOARLUNGA & CHRISTIES BEACH RSL – Acoustic Rendevous Open Mic (7.30pm) SUGAR – CU Next Tuesday with Sonny Side-Up and Driller THE LION HOTEL – Zkye and Damo (8.30pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – TA Tuesdays with DJ Ryley & Guests (8pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Acoustic Raw Jam WINDSOR HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm)
Wednesday 19th ARKABA HOTEL – Salsa Classes (6pm) & Salsa After Party (9pm) BOTANIC BAR – Gemma CENTRAL DISTRICTS FOOTBALL CLUB – Complete Trivia (7.30pm) CHALLA GARDENS HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm) CHRISTIES BEACH HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Geek with DJ Tr!p DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Dan’s Open Mic Night (7.30pm) EXCHANGE HOTEL: GAWLER – Live Music Exchange (7.30pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Curtis FINDON HOTEL – Musos Jam hosted by Streaker FIRST COMMERICIAL HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm)
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – WEDNESDAY NITE DYNAMITE WITH DJ DYNAMITE GLENELG FOOTBALL CLUB – KG’s Complete Trivia (7.30pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Open Mic Night GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Ghyti & Rosie Roberts HIGHWAY – The Combi Room with Trent Worley and Truce & The Colonel (7pm) HQ –NeverLand LIGHT HOTEL – Open Mic Night (8pm) MARION HOTEL – Cue N Brew: Adelaide Comedy with Glen Wool (8pm) MICK O’SHEA’S – Celtic Connection PORTLAND HOTEL – karaoke with Shaggy (9pm) SEAFORD HOTEL – karaoke with Suzanne (8.30pm) SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – karaoke with Margi (7pm) SUGAR – Mixed Tape with Lauren Rose, Ferris Mular and Mr Whiskas THE LION HOTEL – Proton Pill (8.30pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Quiz Night (7pm)
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Fast & Furious 6 Ludacris is in London on the publicity tour for Fast & Furious 6 when I speak to him, although at the time I haven’t actually been able to see a finished version of the film. But that’s okay, as, he laughs, “Unfortunately I haven’t seen the film either! But it’s all good and I’ve heard a lot of great things about it.” He’s also amused when asked if he wants to be called 'Chris' or 'Ludacris' in the article and responds, “Call me anything you want, man - except broke!” udacris’ character Tej appears in the second, fifth and sixth F&F, he says that he had no idea after completing F&F 2 that he’d be back for F&F 5. He certainly did know that he’d be back for the next installment after completing F&F 5. “Yeah, we all talked about doing a sixth film while we were doing the fifth one… And the fifth and the sixth films weren’t made consecutively, no, as there was a year between the productions. A whole year!” He’s also straightforward about acting in such enormous movies and never felt like he was being overwhelmed by it all. “Everyone has their specific role in the film,
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you know? They all add value… My character is more the brains of the operation and he’s behind the computers at the headquarters a lot of the time and not out there doing all the fighting and the action. That sets me apart from everyone else... I did also enjoy getting some of the comedy in there too, as it’s always good to have that balance. There was all of that action and all that serious stuff going on. I just loved being the one who got to do the comedy relief and say some of the things that the audience out there is thinking, you know? It was great.” Does that therefore mean that the production wasn’t quite as intense for you, sitting in a chair and making jokes, as it might have been for Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Dwayne Johnson and the others, all who were out there and running around? “Yeah, that’s true. That’s what sets me apart from them and gives me my individuality. It’s great being around those guys when we all get to see each other. They’re very laid-back and humble and I just learn so much from them all.” And what about working with director Justin Lin, who helmed F&F 5 as well as the rather odd one out of the group, F&F: Tokyo Drift? “He does bring a personal stamp to these films, yes. You know, we call him ‘The Ringmaster’, as he takes all of these great actors and all of these people and devotes all of this time and energy working on the script and
working with the actors to make sure that the characters are right — and yet he just makes it all look so easy. He also makes everyone work together really well and that helps make it a really great film at the end of the day.” Ludacris also has no problem with the fact that Tej is, well, a bit of a baddie: “Everyone can relate to these characters in these movies somehow in some way. It’s escapism with people living vicariously through us… People love danger but they don’t like going through it themselves! It is what it is, man.” And yes, there is a Ludacris song on the movie’s soundtrack. “Yeah, I do a song with Usher at the end of the film called Rest Of My Life.” Our subject is also, in between publicity for this film, working on his eighth studio album. “It’s called Ludoversal and it’s out in September or October. You know, I like doing my music in the summertime and acting in the winter… Ludoversal is going to be me getting really vulnerable and talking about my personal life. I don’t think that people have been able to work out from my previous albums who Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges is and that’s what this is all about. I could tell you more about it and who the guest artists are and the producers and everything, but it’s not finished yet and that’s all that I can tell you for now.” Finally, Ludacris can also confirm that a F&F 7 is on the way too. “Yeah man, the cat’s out of the bag about that one, so yes, there’s going to be another sequel. There’s a big surprise at the end of this movie, so the audience had better stay right until the end!”
The Best Of Ludacris Ludacris does actually have a cinematic life outside the F&F franchise, so check him out in the following selected titles… Crash: As a ‘gangbanger’ (sort of) in Paul Haggis’ Oscar winner. Hustle & Flow: As big-time DJ ‘Skinny Black’ in Craig Brewer’s Oscar winner. RocknRolla: As Mickey for the unreliable Guy Ritchie. Max Payne: Not bad alongside a weak Mark Wahlberg. He wisely stayed away from the sequels. Gamer: Recalling The Matrix as a gamehating freedom fighter in this silly sci-fi-er. No Strings Attached: Funny for director Ivan Reitman. New Year’s Eve: It’s hard for any of the oodles of players to shine in these all-star charmers — but Chris does.
And you’re going to be in it? “I sure as hell hope so!” But how much bigger can these movies get, Ludacris? “The sky’s the limit!” WHAT: Fast & Furious 6 WHERE: Cinemas everywhere
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Farewell, My Queen (M) Filmed in and around Versailles (which makes you wonder if they closed the place to tourists or just CGI-ed them out), co-writer/director Benoît Jacquot’s gorgeous-looking take on Chantal Thomas’ fictionalised novel doesn’t specifically follow the plight of Marie-Antoinette after the storming of the Bastille in July 1789 but has the Queen’s ‘reader’, Sidonie (Léa Seydoux), view the increasingly scary events from a privileged distance. Living and working with dozens of cooks, courtiers, footmen, cleaners and so forth, Sidonie is envied by many as she’s obviously favoured by Marie-Antoinette (the German Diane Kruger), but any suggestion that something sapphic is going on between them is squashed when, as the French Revolution picks up speed, it emerges that the Queen
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particularly adores married Duchess Gabrielle de Polignac (Virginie Ledoyen, very fine and awfully beautiful). And Sidonie then learns just how low her rank truly is, as the noblemen and their spoilt wives realise that they’re all in mortal danger and we build to a surprisingly suspenseful final act, whether you know your French history or not. Despite the speculative detail, this is far more authentic - and less irksomely ludicrous - than Sofia Coppola’s MarieAntoinette, even if it does wander a little at the midway point and has a few too many ominously meaningful glances. And Seydoux, Kruger and Ledoyen are all terrific and trés belle in their fancy gowns - even though they’re rather upstaged by Versailles itself. Mad Dog Bradley
Adelaide Cinémathèque 2013 Mercury Cinema
The retrospective The Look Of Charlotte Rampling kicks off at the Mercury Cinema on Mon Jun 17 at 7.30pm with director Giuseppe Patroni Griffi’s rarely-screened ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore (1971, R) and continues with director Liliana Cavani’s still-startling The Night Porter (1974, R) on Thu Jun 20 at 7.30pm and director François Ozon’s wonderful Swimming Pool (2003, MA) on Mon Jun 24 at 7.30pm. Cinémathèque memberships are still available, so check out all you need to know at mercurycinema.org.au.
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Producer/director Cathy Henkel’s labour-oflove is a study of the adventures (as the subtitle states) of cinematographer Don McAlpine, 79 this year and going strong. Henkel and crew begin with Don on the set of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and joking with Hugh Jackman before our subject and Jeanette, his wife of almost 60 years, journey to his hometown of Quandialla and explain how they met while training as teachers and how he became a cameraman by striding into the ABC in the early ‘60s and pretending to be experienced. We’re then treated to glimpses of his first efforts (footage of The Beatles’ 1964 Sydney visit and PM Harold Holt spear-fishing at the same beach from which he would later disappear) before he commenced work on features. And his colleagues turn up to praise him: a gushing Gillian Armstrong of My Brilliant Career; Bruce Beresford, who’s worked with Don nine times; Baz Luhrmann on the set of Romeo + Juliet; and Paul Mazursky who gave Don his first gig outside Australia (on Down And Out In Beverly Hills) and whom Don visits for a matey catch-up. Low-fi and with plenty of hand-held interviews, this lacks a big finish and sometimes looks penny-pinching and yet McAlpine’s a lovely bloke and there’s no doubt he’s a master of the cinematographic art. As one colleague and fan notes, “They don’t call it ‘the pictures’ for nothing!” (Show Me The Magic screens as part of the Mercury Cinema’s Seniors On Screen program on Fri Jun 14 at 11am, accompanied by David Willing’s short The Day My Nan Died. Details: mercurycinema.org.au) Mad Dog Bradley
If you can see past the fact that this pic features the most extreme and shameless product placement in cinematic history, producer/director Shawn Levy’s endearingly silly character comedy should hit just the right buttons (get it?). A pair of ace but now 40-ish salesmen are fired by their boss ( John Goodman in a hammy cameo) due to the whole ‘Digital Age’ thing and Billy (Vince Vaughn, who also co-wrote and co-produced) and Nick (Owen Wilson, the other Wedding Crasher) must then desperately look for work which leads to, of course, their totally improbable acceptance into an internship at Google headquarters, California, despite their technological hopelessness and dinosaur aspect. Lumped together with an amiable team of other ‘outliers’, who at first think they’re deadweight, resulting in an elaborately lame X-Men gag and then find themselves won over/worn down by the old pals’ goober charms, we’re also treated to an equally unlikely wannabe romance between Nick and an overworked superior (Rose Byrne), a broad performance by Max Minghella as the group’s nemesis and jokes about everything from Alanis Morissette to lap dances. Despite the sometimes iffy view of Google itself, with its eccentric crew of nerds and weird power structure, this is pleasing enough (no, really) and features characterisations by Vaughn (the pushy, showboating one, naturally) and Wilson (the boyish, goofy one, naturally) that are just expert enough to excuse the feeling that Billy and Nick would be real wankers in real life. And would you like to Google that? Mad Dog Bradley
Having taken the money and run two years ago, Toretto, O’Conner and the gang have hung up their NOS tanks and started new, peaceful lives in non-extradition countries, but a brazen road heist has Agent Hobbs going straight to Toretto – to ask for his help. Knowing that the team responsible includes his not-so-dead girlfriend Letty, Toretto agrees to round up the old crew and fight fire with fire in exchange for full pardons all around. Director Justin Lin admirably continues to turn the series around from the chaos of earlier installments and takes every flimsy opportunity to account for past indiscretions. Sadly, while the films have always been visually impressive, Lin’s need to keep going bigger means the integrity of the stunts are starting to give way to blatant Hollywood showboating, passing over-the-top-butimpressive territory and heading straight to laugh-out-loud-unbelievable. It’s ridiculous but still fun to watch, as is the genuine camaraderie of the barely talented but still lovable cast. The air of nostalgia the last few films have brought with them have nothing to do with the series finishing any time soon — nor does the bittersweet finality of the closing scene here. Hang around for the closing credits and you will be rewarded with both a mad scramble to bring the story full-circle and official confirmation that Fast & Furious 7 (with potential for the deliciously ambiguous moniker of Fast & Furious: FFS) is on its way and headed somewhere very inevitable. And also somewhere pretty darn cool. Kat McCarthy
Opening But Unrated Co-writer/co-producer/director M Night Shyamalan (working from a story originally supplied by matey star Will Smith) handles After Earth (M), a 1000-years-from-now science fiction drama with lots of FX and featuring Will, his son Jaden, Sophie Okonedo, Lincoln Lewis and David Denman And You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet (Vous N’Avez Encore Rien Vu) (M), from slightly mysterious, arthouse-favouring French co-writer/director Alain Resnais (using Jean Anouilh’s plays Eurydice and Cher Antoine Ou L’Amour Raté as a leaping-off point), features all his old pals, including Mathieu Amalric, Hippolyte Girardot, Michel Piccoli, Denis Podalydès and Lambert Wilson.
Spanish Film Festival 2013 Palace Nova Eastend Cinema
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New life has been given to an old corner store in Prospect. With an original blue tiled façade filled with reclaimed furniture, retro light fittings and a big old deli serving counter, Minestra is a rustic little café serving traditional Italian dishes in a simple peasant style. No frills, no fuss, just generous servings of good food with fantastic flavour combinations. On arrival I was unprepared for the “cash only” sign on the countertop, but after a trip to a nearby ATM I was ready to order from the mouthwatering menu. I could only hold this minor inconvenience against them for a few minutes as hearty smells wafted from the kitchen. Whether it was their osso bucco, polpette (Italian rissoles) or minestrone soup bubbling away on the stove, something smelt inappropriately delicious. Being earlier in the day we decided to order from the breakfast menu, settling for the grilled polenta with sage mushrooms ($13.50) and the pancetta and poached eggs ($15). Both of these were served with toast and a side of perfect peperonata, a staple of the Italian peasant diet from days gone by consisting of roasted potatoes, tomato and capsicum in a simple tomato sauce. I also need to make special mention of the polenta, which is some of the best I’ve tried – firm, while still having a creamy texture and simple buttery flavor, matched well with the earthy and herbaceous taste of the sage mushrooms. The salad with pomegranate, potato, walnuts and Sicilian olives ($15) made the perfect accompaniment to these two dishes, dressed with simple balsamic to balance the sweetness of the pomegranate juice. I just wish that I’d added the optional trecce cheese and pancetta. Baked dessert options included lime and pistachio cake, salted caramel brownie or a maple pumpkin pie with pecan crumble topping (all $5). Fresh from the oven, I couldn’t go past the pumpkin pie that was easily the highlight of the meal for me. The dessert menu changes often, so you may need to ask nicely if you want to try this one. Let’s just hope that consumer demand drives mass production of this divine piece of pie.
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WHAT: Minestra WHERE: 123 Churchill Rd, Prospect WHEN: Wed – Fri 7.30am – 5pm, Sat – Sun 7.30am – 4pm INFO: facebook.com/minestra.food
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World Gin Day
Howling Owl, Botanic Bar, Est Pizzeria, Chianti, Udaberri (pictured), Clever Little Tailor, The Collins Bar, The Loft, Lotus Lounge, Rocket Rooftop and pop-up venues from Grace Establishment and Eden on Sat Jun 15 to get a dry gin martini in your gullet. WHAT: World Gin Day WHERE: Various venues WHEN: Sat Jun 15
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Stars // Aries 21.03/20.04 With Mars in Gemini one could look like two, or two could look like one. Either way you will have to be careful that you are seeing things correctly. Gemini is mischievous territory. Your mind could be playing tricks on you. Check your feelings before you go into action.
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With four planets in your opposite, Gemini, and most of the rest in dampening water signs, it would be best for you to lay low. Step back from the fray. Dedicate yourself to refining your skills, out of the public eye. To do so will free up available creativity, in a tight spot.
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Capricorn 22.12/19.01 Encountering life head-on and impulsively, will lead to nothing more than a headache. Attune yourself to the deeper more soulful flows that reinforce art, poetry and magic. Your heart will dance. Life is more than bricks and mortar. Acculturate yourself. Enrich your aesthetic.
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Sagittarius 22.11/21.12
For some reason, though there is plenty of wind around to fill your sails, you can’t quite line yourself up in such a way as to make an effortless fist of it. It will take a particularly adventurous manoeuvre to extricate yourself from a tricky position. This is all making you stronger.
Pisces 19.02/20.03 There are a lot of ideas being thrown around that though bright, don’t seem to yet have substance. Rather than endlessly trying to figure out the way to go, have a look around and check out which doors are already open. Move, rather than think about it. You will find a lot of support.
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Curvy is teaming up with Espionage Gallery this Thursday to present Athena Nochua, an exciting group exhibition celebrating the talents of 24 female artists from Australia and all around the globe. Athena Nochua will feature work from a range of handpicked international and local artists, including legendary French painter Fafi alongside Koralie (FR) Made By Perrin (US), Andrea McCready (NZ), Brett Manning (US), Kirbee Lawler, Eve Young, Alyson Pearson, Hayley O’Connnor, I & The Others, Rebecca Murphy, Genevieve Brandenburg, Jenny Allnutt and heaps more.
WHAT: Athena Nochua WHERE: Espionage Gallery, Suite 1, Level 2, 93 Rundle Mall, Adelaide WHEN: Thu Jun 13 – Sat Jul 6 OPENING: Thu Jun 13 from 6pm – late
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Virgo 23.08/22.09 Communication is what is required and yet with Mercury in Cancer, it could get complicated. Cancer tends to inspire us to retreat into our shells, just when the more appropriate thing would be to engage in a whirl of repartee. It could be that you are frightened. Be brave.
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Where there has been what has seemed like interminable stuckness, there is now a feeling of flow. The stuckness was mostly in the interpretation. Life has been teaching you the fine art of being with what is. The day gratitude comes, bliss follows. Doors are gently opening.
Leo 23.07/22.08 To put your foundations down requires plenty of thinking. Now is for planning. Now is for talking to all and sundry about your plans. Now is for getting a really good handle on just how much capital you have up your sleeve. Though you might flinch at devotion, don’t.
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Cancer 22.06/22.07 There is plenty of flow and plenty of support coming your way. Be emotionally engaged, dare to ask your soul what it wishes for and know in your bones that life is an on-going journey of transformation. To have all these things together, turn you into a force of nature.
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Though there are four planets in airy Gemini, engaging solely with words, rationality and a barrage of abstract ideas, is likely to bring the best intentions undone. Venus in Cancer means that there are feelings at work that are in hiding. Await their willingness to surface.
Gemini 21.05/21.06 Though there are now four planets in Gemini, which by all rights should be delivering you a series of energetic bonuses, there are a few sticks in your spokes. The moment your ideas get hyped to the point of frenzy, any feelings you have overrun will assert themselves.
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Taurus 21.04/20.05 If you are starting to get cabinfever around old friends, it’s time to ask yourself if your social circle needs rejuvenating. Perhaps it’s time to step out of your comfort zone and bring some new folks in. Or perhaps it’s time to stir up stagnant waters by saying what’s unsaid.
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Time & Place The eternal connection to country of three generations of Ngarrindjeri women, as seen through the eyes of Adelaide-based photographer Christopher Houghton, is the subject of the recent Time & Place exhibition – a showing of large format black and white photographers at Goolwa’s Signal Point Gallery. Drawing upon the rich symbology of Hindmarsh Island within Ngarrindjeri culture, Time & Place comprises three portraits and a series of evocative landscape photographs taken across the Fleurieu Peninsula. Several of the works reflect elements of the creation story, these works surrounding a four metre photograph that acts as the exhibition centerpiece. WHAT: Time & Place WHERE: Signal Point Gallery, The Wharf, Goolwa WHEN: Until Sun Jul 21
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Cool Average Cats also started to pay attention, with US rapper Dizzy Wright – who will appear at Fowler’s Live on Fri Jul 26 – choosing Average Cat clothing at appearances and in his music video for Hotel Stripper. To cap it all off, Average Cat have just launched their new collection for Autumn/ Winter 13 to their website, so jump online and dress like a rap star.
Richard Nicoll, London’s answer to Marc Jacobs in terms of harnessing versatile classic looks with a modernist feel, has teamed up with Australian streetwear supremists, Ksubi for an exclusive range of eyewear. This is the second time that these two have joined forces and are releasing six limited edition unisex frames, although each style has either a man
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The Abcs Of Death Anna Karenina Monster Pictures / R / 129 Mins
Universal / M / 129 Mins
The horror version of Paris, Je T’Aime, this has 26 shorts (roughly three to six minutes) from an international army of genre specialists and proves a wonderfully diverse barf-bag indeed. Some are quick and nasty, like Nacho (Timecrimes) Vigalondo’s A Is For Apocalypse and Ti (The Innkeepers) West’s M Is For Miscarriage. Some inexplicable like Thomas (Norwegian Ninja) Malling’s H Is For Hydro-Electric Diffusion, Srdjan (A Serbian Film) Spasojevic’s R Is For Removed and Aussie Andrew (The Reef) Traucki’s G Is For Gravity. Some crudely comedic like Anders Morgenthaler’s animated K Is For Klutz and Lee Hardcastle’s claymation T Is For Toilet, or wryly funny, like Adam Wingard’s Q Is For Quack, in which the director muses over what the Hell he can do with Q in a horror context; and a handful are preposterously extreme, including Timo Tjahjanto’s outrageously graphic and wannabe-offensive L Is For Libido. And then there’s F Is For Fart from Noboru Iguchi (of The Machine Girl, Mutant Girls Squad, Dead Sushi and more), which is probably the only lesbian love story ever in which lovers gladly die of killer stomach gas. The two-disc set’s special features include commentary from all the directors, photos and more. MDB
Director Joe Wright (Hanna, The Soloist, Atonement, Pride & Prejudice) takes on Leo Tolstoy’s novel and while there are suitably glorious elements and strong playing by a star cast, there’s also a bizarre aspect added by script-adaptor Tom Stoppard, so that the thing’s full of ‘Brechtian Alienation Devices’ (sorry about that!) that are at first intriguing but later feel distractingly absurd. In the Imperialist Russia of 1874, aristocratic Anna Karenina (Keira Knightley in her third film for Wright) isn’t too happily married to government official Karenin ( Jude Law), so it’s no surprise that she chases after the cheesy Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and they quickly begin a swoony affair. Soon, however, she’s found out and while the emotionally constipated Karenin encourages her to leave him, she nevertheless can’t, not just because Vronsky’s a bit of a dickhead, but due to the fact that all of snobby downtown Moscow seems to be sneering at her. The it’s-only-a-movie/ the-world’s-a-stage elements here (Anna and Karenin argue in a bedroom that’s in a theatre, for example) are sure to perplex fans of period-drama classics and yet it must be said, Knightley is very fine here, even if Anna K is one of literature’s greatest drama queens. MDB
Bookshelf Text And Drugs And Rock ‘N’ Roll: The Beats And Rock Culture Simon Warner / Bloomsbury / 521pp / $39.99
Academic Warner is obviously a world expert when it comes to the ‘Beats’, especially the ‘triumvirate’ of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs and yet this huge volume suffers from his need to relate absolutely everything he knows in endless, humourless detail. Demonstrating that Bob Dylan and The Beatles learnt lots from the Beats and that they all, in turn, influenced flower power, Patti Smith, punk movements, David Bowie, grunge and more, Warner then offers a looong discussion of the ‘Beat Generation’ basics that anyone who reads this book will know already. And then there are ‘Interludes’, where he relates his brushes with key players and page upon page of Q+As with Pete Brown, Levi Asher, Ronald Nameth and other figures, until we get to last year’s filming of Kerouac’s On The Road. But, by then, you might feel beat. MDB
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Check It Out! With Dr Steve Brule: Seasons 1 & 2
Cockneys Vs Zombies Paramount Transmission / MA / 88 Mins
Madman / MA / 132 Mins
An offshoot of the so-called ‘Tim And Eric Universe’ (most recently captured in Tim And Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie) and created, written and directed by them (Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim) and chum and frequent collaborator John C Reilly, this has Reilly’s bizarre Dr Steve Brule as the host of a Public Access TV show supposedly screened at 4.30am (before Mass For ShutIns) in which he checks out major social issues and life themes to maximum wouldbe embarrassing effect. Each 10 minute episode has Reilly’s Brule looking at the wrong camera, appearing in between clips of other even weirder shows and being thrown out by security as he tackles Relationships (he reveals how lonely he is and continually mispronounces ‘penis’), Fear (he’s more afraid of puppets than tarantulas) and Friends (in which his disturbing quest to find pals keeps getting him exploited by leather queens and gay strippers). And, as they can’t bear not to be in the thing somewhere, Tim and Eric turn up as Jan and Wayne Skylar, the TV station’s married newsreaders, who also turn out to have gender issues, a creepy interest in swinging and some oh-sohilarious bowel problems. MDB
You, Me & The Bloody Sea
While it’s been compared to, of course, the similarly English-through-and-through Shaun Of The Dead, producer/director Matthias Hoene’s comedic horror pic is more like that one’s rougher, ruder bastard son from the East End. Brothers Andy (Harry Treadaway) and Terry (Rasmus Hardiker) set about robbing a bank to raise funds to save the retirement home in which their beloved Grandad (Alan Ford from Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock… and Snatch) lives at the same time that, across town, dumb construction workers dig up some ruins and are bitten by an undead guardian, meaning that, by the time that our heroes emerge from their bungled heist, the cops on the scene have been zombified and chaos has naturally been unleashed. And, as they’re good lads at heart, Terry and Andy don’t set about saving themselves but instead dash to rescue Grandad and his elderly friends, as amusingly played by onetime ‘Bond Girl’ Honor Blackman (who can more than handle a machine-gun despite being in her mid-80s these days) and the recently-late Richard Briers as amiable old dodderer Hamish, who provides some choice laughs as he gets about on his walking frame and barely stays one step ahead of the living dead. MDB
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Adelaide Cabaret Festival is now in full swing and will continue at the various Adelaide Festival Centre venues until Sat Jun 22. Still to come are performances from Paul Capsis, RRAMP, Baby Et Lulu, Meow Meow, Bernadette Robinson, Martha Wainwright and Puta Madre Brothers. Also taking part in Adelaide Cabaret Festival are You, Me & The Bloody Sea, a talented group made up of Adelaide musicians Harley Gray, Cameron Goodall, Quentin Grant, David Heinrich and Emma Luker. “It actually came about when Quincy [Quentin Grant] and I were touring with Slingsby,” Cameron Goodall (pictured centre) says of when award winning Adelaide-based theatre company toured Man Covets Bird to regional areas. Goodall, who played with ARIA award winning Adelaide band The Audreys before moving to Sydney to pursue his acting career, goes on to say that the pair were intrigued one night by the wind making some half empty beer bottles whistle. “Quincy and I were sitting on a porch down by the coast and were really fascinated by the sound they were making,” he says. “So he started picking up the beer bottles and began to blow over them to make some tunes. And they sounded like sea shanties. “So we got excited and thought we should make up a show that was a collection of sea shanties that were about the age of sail and scurvy and all that. But we didn’t want
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to do silly pirate stuff, so we took the idea of someone working on an oilrig in the ’70s and tell their story. And we felt that those oilrig workers were kind of like the sailors of the old days. “The original sea shanties were written about similar concerns – people going away for weeks at a time and being away from their families – and the effect it can have on people,” Goodall adds. “So we’ve now written about 25 songs that have been inspired by the old sea shanties but have a contemporary twist. It’s basically a song-cycle that tells one person’s story. “It’s about the kind of culture where someone goes away and makes heaps or money but takes into account the effect it has on them. Is it all really worth it if you are away from friends and family for so long?” “It is a lot of fun,” Goodall laughs. “So we’re
now hoping to tour and maybe record an album.” Goodall, who says the group approached Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s artistic director Kate Ceberano about staging the show, goes on to say that besides the songs there will also be some narrative. “And because it’s a cabaret-style show for the festival, we also have to pay homage to that,” he concludes. “So there will be a theatrical aspect. And it might be that I will wander into the audience handing out shots of whisky.” WHO: You, Me & The Bloody Sea WHERE: Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre WHEN: Thu Jun 13 until Sat Jun 15 at various times INFO: adelaidecabaretfestival.com.au
Fast Times//
Your guide to the student experience
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Lately, good old Adelaide has been a bit shady. I’d heard rumours that our city had been showing off its creative side again, but saw no signs. On the surface, it was a case of same-old, same-old. You’d be excused for thinking that not much was going on in our sleepy city, but when I dug deeper, I realised something. Adelaide was being coy. There was — and still is — a whole heap of stuff going on around the city this week, with exhibitions and events popping up everywhere. From university workshops, to plays, recitals and gigs—it’s all happening. So this week, for your artistic pleasure, I’m presenting you with a smorgasbord of delicious arts events to pick and choose from. Bon appetite.
The Ultimate Quiz Night
Reverb Live Music Movement If you’re musically minded, head to the University Of Adelaide on Fri Jun 14 to hear four influential figures in the Australian music industry (as well as SA Premier, Jay Weatherill MP) discuss and debate their views on the future of South Australian music. Is our music industry dead? Is it thriving? Does it have a future? The truth may surprise you. The speakers for the evening will be: Martin Elbourne - Adelaide’s thinker in residence for live music. Millie Millgate - Executive Producer of Sounds Australia. Dean Ormstom - Head of Corporate Services at APRA. Craig Lock: - Owner & Managing Director of 5/4 Entertainment.
The event is free (always a plus), will be held in the University of Adelaide’s Scott Theatre, just off Kintore Ave, and will begin at 5.30 pm on Fri Jun 14.
Ah, quiz nights. One of the few events that have the ability to bring out the best and worst in all of us. Friends and family transform into crazed, power-hungry quizzillas before your eyes, while that guy you’ve hated since high school becomes your best buddy due to your shared knowledge of cereal brands. If hilarity, mild psychological turmoil and answering questions about largely irrelevant topics is your thing, you’re in for a treat. Tickets have just been released for John Vincent’s Big Quiz Gig—Adelaide’s ultimate
quiz event, hosted by comedian Adam Hills. It’s a great opportunity to grab a group of friends, celebrate the fact that you’re on holidays, unleash (but restrain, slightly) your competitive side and have a fantastic afternoon out.
The quiz afternoon will be held on Sun Jun 30 at the Arkaba Hotel, from 2pm. Tickets are predicted to sell fast, so book them now from Venuetix for $30.
NEW GEAR: KIKKI-K Kikki-K kind of scares me. I just can’t deal with their stores’ perfectness. Their rows and rows of colour coordinated, impeccably designed and intimidatingly high-quality stationary products make me feel like a lesser being. Whenever I walk through their Rundle Mall shop, I gulp nervously as I think of my decaying 10 year-old Target pencil case and Reject Shop biros. By the time the shop assistant gets around to asking me if there’s
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anything she/he can do to help me, I’m about ready to have a nervous breakdown. If, unlike me, you think you can deal with the Scandanavian stationary store’s unparalleled level of perfection, check them out in person at Rundle Mall, Burnside, Glenelg, Westfield Marion, or King William Road. Alternatively have a browse online at kikki-k.com. I guarantee you, you’ll never think of stationary in the same way again.
Refugee Week Exhibitions As you may or may not know, Sun Jun 16 to Sat Jun 22 is Refugee Week: a time to consider the issues affecting refugees all around Australia and to celebrate the positive contributions made by refugees to Australian society. It also means a week packed full of activities. Over the week there will be a ridiculous amount of events to get involved in, including a volleyball tournament, numerous art exhibitions, talks, workshops and concerts. The backbone of the week is the Annual SA Refugee Week Poster Exhibition, held in the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery from 9-5pm on weekdays. All works are created by students, from primary to tertiary level. The exhibition highlights multiculturalism, anti-racism, human rights and cultural diversity and will be running till the end of Refugee Week, on Sat Jun 22. For a run-down of what’s on during Refugee Week, check out their official events calendar at refugeeweek.org.au.
Primal Urgency At Tooth And Nail For one night only Adelaide print workshop and studio gallery, Tooth And Nail, are transforming their gallery space into an interactive sanctuary for all things art. From 6pm on Fri Jun 14 print and mark-makers Debra Morley, Dom Sargent, Rohan Fraser and Simon de Boer will be unleashing their wild sides with live visual displays, while
Adelaide’s Roy Adana provides accompanying beats well into the night. Create, dance, drink and learn a thing or two from some of Adelaide’s creatives on Fri Jun 14 at the Tooth And Nail – 22-24 Corromandel Place, Adelaide. Check out Tooth And Nail at toothandnail.net.au. RIPITUPMAGAZINE//RIPITUP.COM.AU
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Stornoway
Cloud Control
Tales From Terra Firma
Dojo Rising
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(Ivy League)
A ‘dojo’ in Japanese means a formal training place for martial arts, but Cloud Control’s latest Dojo Rising rather opts for subtle spoken malice than karate chops. Plodding, drowsy guitars chart the course of this progressive new tune, mapping out something along the lines of Yo La Tengo and Beck’s Sea Change awash with lyrical hints from lead vocalist Alister Wright that hey, he wasn’t a nice chap to take home to meet your parents in the first place, your bad. Ex-girlfriend wrath rising.
The Rubens Never Be The Same (Ivy League)
This is the song you wish you had a girlfriend cradle in your arms and shuffle from foot to foot as she melts into yours, silently agreeing that life is perfect and your love is unshakable. In terms of corny rock love ballads, it’s about as good as they come. A crashing guitar and steady beat save this from becoming too sappy and awkward for bros to listen to and enjoy if it were to come on the radio, but if you were seeing The Rubens live, you can guarantee this is the song where you’d want to stab all those happy couples that your single self seems to magnetise. Just saying.
Waxahatchee
Cold War Kids Dear Miss Lonelyhearts (Downtown/Cooperative)
The art of melody in songwriting is one very hard to pin down, particularly within the mainstream. Some do it right, many get it wrong. But this element is something that’s made Californian rockers Cold War Kids so appealing
to many. On fourth album Dear Miss Lonelyhearts, the band finally sound like they’re at home with their music. The album is based around a book of the same name written by an advice columnist, who feels he’s failed his readers. Blues and old-soul influences help to tell some of these stories, although none are immediately apparent. Musically, the first hint of change comes with Loner Phase, set upon a driving beat with far more synthesised sounds than on previous releases. Melodically, older fans will find solace in tracks like Bottled Affection and Water & Power, with frontman Nathan Willett taking a comfortable lead throughout Dear Miss Lonelyhearts. Willett has always carried Cold War Kids’ sound, yet has never really become a recognisable frontman compared with other rock groups of a similar era. This will change with Dear Miss Lonelyhearts though, especially with the band’s upcoming Australian tour. Disregarding the themes, this is the band’s most appealing album yet, and one that showcases everything great about Cold War Kids. Sam Reynolds
The members of Stornoway, a band hailing from landlocked Oxford, have an obsession with the open ocean. This love of all things nautical is reflected in the band’s name, which is adopted from a quaint coastal town in Scotland. This resonates with me personally because I was raised on the coast of Connecticut in the United States. My hometown was flush with boats, jetties, docks, moorings and lighthouses. My high school had a sailing team. We were state champions three years in a row. I had friends who lived on islands. My friend James literally had to take a boat to the mainland in order to catch the school bus. So while I can relate to Stornoway’s love of the ocean, I don’t really understand it. Where I’m from the ocean smells, the water is brown, it makes it feel even colder than it already is and there are a tonne of jellyfish. Those of you spoiled by the endless beauty of Australia’s shores will not find Tales From Terra Firma to be a joyous proclamation of endless summer. Instead, it is a tumultuous ride of the red-sky-inthe-morning variety. Ryan Lynch
Coast To Coast (Wichita)
Thanks to the emergence of bands like Warpaint and Best Coast, I nowadays envision California as this magical land full of tattooed sirens with unkempt hairdos and artist boyfriends who frolick along the sands with Stratocasters crooning about surfing, partying and a love of the coast. Whatchama-call-it/Waxahatchee may also be filed into that category with their delightful lo-fi number Coast To Coast. Hopefully they never get too famous for risk of blowing up the Google search engine.
Chvrches Gun (Liberator)
This is our next taste from the Scottish electropop giblets. While it was always going to be tricky to live up to Recover, this isn’t really on the same playing field, which is unfortunate. For a track with such a banging (get it?) title, the track is a little too happy, with tinny synth ramped up irritatingly in the background. The lead singer sounds like Alice Glass from Crystal Castles channelling her inner Strawberry Shortcake. The saccharine combination sounds almost like a ‘90s pop tune from a little manufactured poplet, which, depending on who’s reading this, may come across as a backhanded compliment. For my tastes it’s just too energetic and manufactured, with the ending ringing out like a M83 song sung by the Alvin And The Chipmunks.
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Jesus Christ Superstar Live Review
Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Tue Jun 4 Review by Lachlan Aird Photos by Kristy DeLaine
Whether you came for the musical or for the chance to see a Spice Girl in the flesh (guilty), Jesus Christ Superstar offered a truly religious experience for fans of rock operas and satire of Biblical proportions. With ticket sales across both Adelaide shows selling out rapidly, it was interesting to see that the 1971 controversial production is still viable and relevant to a modern market. For this production, which was revitalised by Andrew Lloyd Webber for reality show Superstar, a talent quest to decide who will play Jesus for the UK arena tour, the classic context has been rejigged. Robes and sandals are replaced with skinny jeans and combat boots, conflicting with the original Jerusalem setting, siding more with modern day London. A newsreel explaining the riotous behaviour in Jerusalem seamlessly sets up the narrative in a modern framework, which now relates more to the recent London riots than ye olde Biblical Jerusalem. At first it seemed disappointing that the original story was being tampered with, with the down-trodden characters looking like they’ve lost their way from Rent, thankfully very little swayed from the original material. Instead, there now seemed to be an uncanny parallel between the original story and our own reality, which adds a more powerful insight, humanity and – dare it be said – plausibility.
Reviews // Quick Ones
Melbourne Ska Orchestra Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Soja
Deerhunter
Strength To Survive
Monomania
(ATO Records/Inertia)
(4AD)
Woman
(Four Four/ABC Music)
Even if you weren’t lucky enough to witness the spectacular stage presence of Nicky Bomba and his Melbourne Ska Orchestra at WOMADelaide a couple of years back, chances are you still have heard this band before. With their tune The Best Things In Life Are Free (a cover of the DeSylva, Brown and Henderson tune from 1927) proudly featuring as part of the FreeView TV ads currently doing the rounds, it’s almost definite that you’ve been exposed, and therefore wowed, by this amazing band. Their debut self-titled album has just dropped, and it’s just as much fun as the band’s live show. Featuring a fantastic mix of original tunes and fun covers, they really explore the depth and breadth of ska music, and with a 25-piece orchestra, there’s a massive amount of music to behold here. Familiar covers like the theme from Get Smart and the aforementioned Best Things In Life… are great, and pumping originals like Lygon St Meltdown, and the band’s tribute to Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, He’s A Tripper, make for a very tidy album. There’s a great balance of vocal and instrumental tunes, and each listen reveals new and interesting aspects. This is an album you can listen to endlessly on repeat. Fantastic stuff ! Luke Balzan
Rhye (Polydor)
The first time I heard of Arlington, Virginia US band SOJA (Soldiers Of Jah Army) was on a recent trip to Brazil, where some guys took me to a pumping street party blasting all kinds of reggae tunes, including some SOJA material. The Brazilians were particularly surprised that a self-professed reggae fan such as myself hadn’t heard any of SOJA’s stuff before. I vowed to look them up when I got home, and when I finally did get back to Oz, I was chuffed to discover that SOJA’s fourth and latest album, Strength To Survive was marking the band’s debut foray into Australia with a local release. So what do they sound like? Pretty damn cool! My memories of Brazil are intact! The band has a fairly traditional roots reggae sound, with a vocal sound along the lines of Horace Andy. The music is very easy to enjoy, and you’ll find yourself sliding right into the groove within the first few bars. It has an air of familiarity about it that makes the whole listening experience top notch. As you may expect, there’s a healthy level of political awareness worked into the tunes, never fearing to stray into territories of political and environmental poignancy. This is pretty cool stuff, and I’m more than happy to call myself a fan. Now, to track down the rest of the band’s back catalogue… Luke Balzan
While creative licence is still very much at work here in a modern retelling of Jesus’ last week on earth, with a more sympathetic edge given to poor old Judas, the controversial topic is handled expertly and delicately enough to be neither offensive nor completely satirical. The cast are strong and cohesive, with Tim Minchin excellent as Judas, portraying him as a man experiencing his own moral dilemmas, inner turmoils and regret – rather than simply a vile, betraying snake. Judas’ Death is a particularly poignant scene, with the anguish and emotion Minchin poured into the character – visible by the bulging vein on his forehead – a true triumph. Sporty Spice (AKA Melanie C) is almost the perfect choice for Mary Magdelene, balancing the female lead with enough attitude and tenderness to seem neither too sincere nor pathetic. Rory Taylor stepping in for Ben Forster as Jesus, due to illness, hindered nothing to the production, and many wouldn’t have even noticed the line-up change. Secondary characters, particularly Andrew O’Keefe (yep, Deal Or No Deal guy) as King Herod is monumentally camp – spinning the King Of Judea title as more flamboyant talk-show host (ie. himself ). Jon Stevens, the former singer of Noiseworks, hammed it up for the brutish Pontious Pilate, yet did well to carry the inner struggle during the intense Trial By Pilate number. Those not in-tune with the story will perhaps by perplexed by the change-up in who resurrects (hint – not Jesus) and while the story doesn’t end on a particularly joyous note – let’s face it – the story isn’t particularly joyous. However, Jesus Christ Superstar is expertly handled and updated for a modern context. Hosanna indeed.
I think that the majority of us don’t realise how lucky we are. We live in an age of digital media, which is totally rad. We never have to leave the comfort of our homes to satiate our thirst for new music or movies or TV shows. Imagine having to go to a store and buy an album? Or having to sit your fat ass down at a particular day and time to watch your favourite show? What a bummer. What’s really great though is the ability to delete selected songs from your music library. Gone are the days of buying a physical copy of an album, and then having to push buttons to skip to a particular track. How archaic. Now, if I don’t want to listen to the shitty filler between the handful of decent songs, I can simply pretend as if those tracks never even existed. We live in a wonderful age. At one point in time, all of Deerhunter’s records have been in my digital music library. Over time, the number of songs dwindled to about 15 or so over five albums. After I finished listening to their newest offering, Monomania, I suspect it will have the same fate. I’ll hang on to three, maybe four tracks, you know, the ones with an actual melody. Ryan Lynch
Sex. One of the most influential things a lyricist can write about. Many however, dance around it somehow, be it metaphorically or indirectly. Not Rhye. Lead singer Mike Milosh recently stated in an interview that in his opinion, most pop these days is derogatory and exploits sex. Whereas on Woman, Rhye attempt to worship and admire sex instead. The band does this with incredible ease, rehashing the slinky funk, soul, and house sounds of legends like Earth, Wind & Fire, Lionel Richie, and yes, Sade. The comparison to the latter is inevitable given Milosh’s feminine vocal stylings. But ladies, when he tells you he’ll 'lace your thighs with beautiful lies' on Major Minor Love, you know it’s real. All power to the sex gods. Sam Reynolds
Rat & Co One (ኍ) Uno (ኒ) Ein (Independent)
If all you wanted to do this winter was curl up in bed away from the rain and chill, then at least give Rat & Co the pleasure of soundtracking your experience. It’s hard to define instrumental albums as anything other than providing a sense of escapism, but this four-piece are well-equipped to provide the music for your own dreamt-up visuals. The sound on One (ኍ) Uno ( ኒ) Ein remains largely at one level, besides the increased intensity of songs like Vision and Now You’re Dreaming, though never feels completely repetitive. More impressively, Rat & Co’s ability to remain at this level yet utilise aggressive guitar tones and electronic rhythms allows a wealth of moods to be experienced. This is an encapsulating debut, and one that will surely be difficult to follow. Sam Reynolds
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Kids With Teeth’s New Track The rascals from Kids With Teeth have released a new single, Don’t Look At Me. With a more ethereal and otherworldly beginning from what we’ve seen from them in the past, the track kicks in at the chorus with a surfy guitar, before laying on the synth and echoey chorus. Take a listen to Don’t Look At Me on their Soundcloud page now.
Stomp The Oran ge by Ryan Win ter It’s a lot of fun chatting to Curtis Brownjohn and Gerry Considine – they’re both similar personalities. Equally quick-witted and cheerful, their band Stomp The Orange is certainly a serious exercise, but one they approach without pretense. “We just have lower inhibitions than other people,” Brownjohn jokes, before Considine weighs in, “Sometimes I listen back to recordings of our live shows and at the time I’m concentrating on what I’m doing or tuning for the next song. Curtis will be saying something and when I hear it I’ll be in stiches.” There’s always banter flying back and forth on-stage and if the show ends with a bit of blood splattered on their instruments then the pair have played a good show. “Gerry’s a doctor so when I crack my knuckles on the drums he’s there to clean
the blood away,” Brownjohn explains, clearly pleased with standard of service his colleague brings to the band. “If there’s a gig that we don’t spill blood at, it’s probably a poor show.” “We had to stop a show at Semaphore last year halfway through because the finger which I hit the guitar strings with was bleeding quite a bit,” Considine explains. “I couldn’t stop it because we were midsong and my guitar was covered in blood. That’s pretty rock'n'roll, but I would have preferred to keep the blood inside of me.” The pair has remained together since meeting at Flinders University where they first performed in a covers band called Operation Rubber Ducky. This soon evolved into playing original material as Flat One, but while other members moved on and their professional lives developed, Brownjohn and Considine remained eager to keep writing music together. Recording and releasing their debut self-titled EP this month sees the finishing touches put on
several tracks written way back when the band first formed in 2011. For Brownjohn, the opportunity to play them in the hallowed room of Jive is particularly exciting. “Jive is one of those venues which since we started playing in Flat One we’ve always wanted to play. Things go in waves when you’re in a band – you’ll play a lot of gigs and start to get a buzz then you slow down and have to start again and without the same momentum as you had before. It’s been on and off like that for the last couple of years of Stomp The Orange, but for the EP launch we got the muster up to approach Tam at Jive and ask if she’d have us. The goal now is to make it through the launch unscathed.”
Steering By Stars
A Foundry and the raw, restrained cries from lead singer Lachlan Wilson on Oil And Blood set the scene. The band does this perfectly; as with Cables, there is continuity between all of the songs throughout The Cold Embrace. This suited the band’s sound on prior releases and adds a more authorial element here, given the increased clarity in Wilson’s vocal. The experimental rhythms of drummer Tom Smeets on tracks like Oceans help to carry these stories of lost love and sorrow perfectly, while bellowing piano and atmospheric xylophones provide a haunting feel on Ink and closer Maneuvers In The Dark. A most emotional and equally incredible follow-up from a band we should be very, very proud of. Sam Reynolds
WHO: Stomp The Orange, Seventeen Fifty Seven & Filthy Lucre WHAT: Stomp The Orange EP launch WHERE: Jive WHEN: Fri Jun 14
Shave For Africa Emma Dawes, a medical student who has made a name for herself around town for her signature dreadlocks will be parting with her Killing Heidi-esque hairdo after seven years in order to raise money for the Orphans And Vulnerable Children project in Mwandi village, Zambia. On Thu Jun 13 Emma’s locks get lopped and to celebrate a swag of local folks acts have jumped on board for a shindig. Sam Brittain, Thom Lion, Arky & The Sparrow, Abbey Howlett, Timberwolf and Banjo Jackson are on the line-up at The Wheaty, so head on down to rub Emma’s new bald head for luck, donate some cash and hear some great music. For anyone interested in donating to Emma’s cause, which has raised $8417 at the time this edition goes to print, visit shaveforafrica.tumblr.com for details.
CD Review
The Cold Embrace (Independent)
Three years on from one of the most amazing local debut records, Steering By Stars have returned with second album The Cold Embrace. This time has been a longawaited one for many here in Adelaide, following the success of Cables upon its release in 2010. It is clear from the outset and after viewing the band’s live show over the past 18 months that this album is most certainly a labour of love. Where the energy was far more subdued on Cables, it is now unleashed on The Cold Embrace. The opening thudded rhythms of
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Dr Piffle’s Album Launch One of this year’s Rip It Up Hot Six awardees, Dr Piffle & The Burlap Band are launching their album at the Queen’s Theatre. Given the popularity this swampish ensemble has garnered, even performing at this year’s Big Day Out, it’s no wonder that they’ll be able to fill out an impressive venue like the Queen’s Theatre. Joining the Piffles will be Quarry Mountain Dead Rats from Melbourne along with Irie Knights and The Baker’s Digest. Head along on Sat Jun 22 from 7pm, with tickets at $10.
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