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While chatting with Megan Washington (p24) about what she learned from making the Adelaide film The Boy Castaways, she noted how the cast and crew were able to pack so much into such a short amount of time to get it done. This is something she aspires to replicate when going into her London studio this week to record her follow up to I Believe You Liar, to write and record in six months rather than 18, by simply removing yourself from distraction. Distraction wasn’t so much of an issue for Empire Of The Sun frontman Luke Steele (p14), as a seven year gap between Walking On A Dream and Ice On The Dune may be insignificant compared to The Sleepy Jackson’s third album and his muchanticipated collaborative work with Daniel Johns, which he estimates will be released within the next 20 years. Sadly, such a luxury isn’t afforded to journalist’s deadlines, so from now on we’ll be taking greater heed of Washington’s advice and putting our phones away, logging out of Facebook and getting shit done... Dare to dream.
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Speeding along this week... Little Italy Hotel Wright St will burst with Italian flavours on Sun Jul 21 with live Italian music, Italian-inspired food as well as all the Peronis, Negronis and Bellinis you can handle. Alex Williamson The YouTube superstar and funnyman will perform over two nights at The Arkaba on Fri Jul 19 and Sat Jul 20.
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Chaos And Order Perth metallers Karnivool have returned in 2013 and they’ve kicked off the year in epic style. Having already played UK’s mega festival Download – as well as several dates around Europe, including jumping on board a Stone Sour tour – guitarist and coproducer Andrew ‘Drew’ Goddard claims even bigger things are on the horizon as far as the next six months are concerned.
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It’s been more than eventful so far!” Goddard laughs. “The main part feels like it’s over though, the record was knocked off by about February. We went to Europe after the final bits and pieces and mixing were done, and we’ve only just now come back from those shows. Download in the UK was amazing, it’s a really big one there, then we headed to France as well as Switzerland and Germany. We got invited to play a few shows with Stone Sour as well, those guys got us to Prague and Bologna as well as Germany again – that was just absolutely incredible. As far as overseas goes, we need to be discerning and more careful about the places we choose to concentrate on and spend our time. We’re lucky to be able to get over there at all, really, but there are places where we do better in than others. For example, an extensive US tour would not be high priority for us at the moment, though it’s good to get over there and do a few shows.” But back here at home is where it’s mainly at for Karnvool, according to Goddard. And although the guitarist confirms the upcoming national run will be the first and last for the entire year, he reveals the band will return to do it all over
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again as soon as early next year. No dates locked in yet, however... “Australia is still our number one priority, even though overseas is important. We’ve got this capital city run coming up, which is so exciting, and then early next year we have another big extensive run with even more dates, hopefully. Oz is still definitely what we are about.”
“Australia is still our number one priority, even though overseas is important. We’ve got this capital city run coming up, which is so exciting, and then early next year we have another big extensive run with even more dates, hopefully. And while some things remain the same for Karnivool, others have definitely changed. For the first time ever, their new album Asymmetry has seen the band very much step out of their comfort zone,
giving long-time collaborator Forrester Savelle a miss this time and employing the production talents of Nick DiDia (Rage Against The Machine, Pearl Jam, Mastadon). Sure it took some adjusting at first, according to Goddard, but the band’s third full-length effort is all the better for it and the proof is in the pudding. “It’s pretty interesting when you add someone from the outside into the group mix just to see how other people view what you’re doing. He did give us some direction and he said to me that it was a big learning experience for him too. For us, it was the first time that we worked with anyone other than Forrester, so the level of comfort was about zero at first! I’ve been pretty much involved in the last couple of records [Themata, 2005, Sound Awake, 2009] except this time it was written on the liner notes, which is nice! It was an interesting dynamic between me and Nick because it took us both a while to figure out how to work together, but he’s a great dude and as soon as it was just the two of us, it became a lot easier. I think he was a bit freaked out at first about how crazy and all over the place our way of working is, but I was like, ‘Trust me, there is a method to the madness!’” And it’s evident on the aptly-titled new record, Asymmetry. Describing both the concept as well as the sound behind the album as “light versus dark, analogue versus digital, chaos versus order”, Goddard says it’s been one of the hardest projects the band has worked on, but also the most cohesive, interestingly enough. “Oh, the title is incredibly fitting,” Goddard agrees. “It felt like we were pushing in two different directions and yet it ended up sounding better than we thought. We kept trying to meet up at the
A Balancing Act According to Goddard, the new album’s real power lies in flawed symmetry and the unique majesty of imperfection. “As a theme or title, it’s very much a broad brushstroke,” Goddard says of the title Asymmetry. “It’s one that we feel encompasses where we are at in a musical sense at this point in time. We are very much into big ideas that are open to interpretation, ideas that can mean different things to different members of the band as well as the listener.”
same point, just trying to find that balance between atmospheric and heavy, the lighter and darker sides, working with analogue as well as digital, and generally trying to make something that was complex and yet simple. We never really truly stuck up the perfect symmetry on this album, but that’s part and parcel of what we do, so what we ended up with was quite asymmetric instead. And I love how it sounds, but I do want to pick a more straight-forward direction and go in one way next time. Maybe just hard throughout, or just more atmospheric – trying to mash together so many different elements was a big challenge for me. We’re always striving to make a different sounding record each time anyway.”
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enjamin Franklin once stated that, “A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges”. Speaking over the phone, the decorations, glitter and embellishments that have adorned all hype surrounding Empire Of The Sun – a duo comprising of Steele and Nick Littlemore – cannot be seen, relying solely on his conversation skills. Just like taking a big bite of a beautiful
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cake that perhaps wasn’t the flavour you’d expect, Steele does not represent this image of luxury and fantasy that we have come to expect. He pauses before and during almost every sentence, like he is unsure how he should word his answers. It’s hard to imagine the same regal figure on stage with his metallic headdress sprouting from his forehead like a palm frond and outfits that would make ‘70s David Bowie nod approvingly, yearning for a home-cooked meal from his wife to curb an addiction to club sandwiches. This, however, is the Steele that presents himself: reserved, casual and nonchalant about the appeal and fame that he has fostered, teetering on the cusp between genuineness and arrogance. “The shows are really good. I’m having my usual exhaustion breakdown but I’m having a couple of weeks off,” Steele begins. Considering that Empire Of The Sun toured their 2008 debut Walking On A Dream for the best part of three years, can Steele see himself keeping up the same momentum? “Hopefully not. It gets to be a bit of a blur.” Considering the gap between their debut and follow-up, Steele is relieved to finally have the new material released.
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“It’s such an intense process building a record. It’s like when you watch Grand Designs and they’re building this house and then they run out of money halfway through. You have to give birth to the record and there are so many points where it might not happen, but when it [finally] does it’s good.” Upon Ice On The Dune’s release, it was touted as ‘Act 2’ of the Empire Of The Sun continuing biopic, with Walking On A Dream being Act 1 and all the songs acting as ‘Scenes’. Building Empire Of The Sun as a linear saga was something that came about organically. “It’s just a continuation. For the demographic of fans that fell in love with the first record – from two-year-old kids to grandpas – the story needs to continue. It was just a basic evolution.” He explains that this album was about “shining up the wheels and giving them a bit more polish” of the Empire Of The Sun experience. Given the grandiose production behind Empire Of The Sun, with an ingrained sense of theatre layered on everything from their live shows to public persona (introducing themselves as ‘Emperor Steele’ and ‘Lord Littlemore’ on BBC Radio in 2009), will it ever be likely that they will be able to shake the element of fantasy and one day rely solely on the music? “I don’t know, only the future knows,”
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“We should do a special Empire monument in Rundle Mall or something or have an Empire parade down Hindley St” Steele ponders. “But it’s been built like that; the characters have been born in this world.” Some characters that have been introduced into this world are Adelaide talent – from musicians to back up dancers – who have been selected to tour the world with the Empire. Steele definitely has a soft spot for Adelaide, mentioning he wants to take Empire on a regional tour of Australia, stopping off at Victor Harbor. “We love Adelaide. We did some recording in the hills. My wife’s from Adelaide... We should do a special Empire monument in Rundle Mall or something or have an Empire parade down Hindley St...”
WHO: Empire Of The Sun WHAT: Ice On The Dune (Universal) WHERE: Stereosonic WHEN: Fri Dec 6 – Sat Dec 7
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Wake Bake Skate Contemporary punk music nowadays is a changing beast. It’s been a number of years since the genre hung up its studs, boots and anarchist motivations, lately covering subjects a little more topical... namely weed, chicks and surfing. One part of the world spearheading this more than anyone is America’s west coast, with LA four-piece FIDLAR at the forefront of the movement.
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et to arrive in Australia for the first time to play at Spin Off on Fri Aug 2, tracks off FIDLAR’s acclaimed self-titled debut include Max Can’t Surf, Wake Bake Skate and Whore. You get the gist. “That one was about Max’s ex-girlfriend. He still hasn’t been in contact with her,” offers vocalist Elvis Kuehn on the latter. Such song titles prompt the question as to whether any enraged phone calls from ex-girlfriends have been received since the album’s release in January this year. “There hasn’t been too much animosity. I mean a few people have said that [the songs] are misogynistic, but it’s really just that kind of reaction you get if you have a girl, or anyone, that’s fucking around on you. That’s how you kind of feel when it happens.” Kuehn and his brother and bandmate Max have an interesting backstory, with them being the sons of a Greg Kuehn, the guitarist for legendary ‘80s punk outfit T.S.O.L. With their dad’s punk background, the
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“The thing that happened, okay, is that all of us were really drunk at this festival...” Kuehn begins. “The guitar dude from Vampire Weekend was like asking Max if he knew where his camera was, and they were just kind of giving us these looks as if they thought that we had stolen it or something? “So directly they weren’t total dicks towards us, but it was more a feeling we were getting from their dirty looks. People think there’s beef between us, but there’s not.” So, on the record – you guys didn’t steal the camera? “No,” he laughs.
WHO: FIDLAR, Of Monsters And Men, Passion Pit, Snakadaktal and more WHAT: Spin Off Festival WHERE: Thebarton Theatre WHEN: Fri Aug 2
“The three of us had this thing that was like joke hip hop and we’d only play house parties.” brothers grew up saturated in grimy musical influence, inevitably inspiring them to start their own punk band. “The first time we saw T.S.O.L. and really got into that whole world is when [our dad] took us to see them at House Of Blues, and it was actually pretty crazy because at that show a guy got shot backstage. It was one of our first punk shows, and that was our introduction to it.” While their parents being punks made going to gigs a bit of a “weird family event”, it certainly had benefits, including being able to open for legendary musical acts like The Weirdos. “When we were in our old band The Diffs we got to open up for all of those bands. I remember one of the first shows we played was with The Weirdos, and then we’d also play with The Adolescents and T.S.O.L. and Circle Jerks... just a lot of the old guys. It was definitely a big part of growing up.” As all kids do, however, the Kuehn brothers did experience a momentary rebellion. Such as the time they detoured into a hip hop side project called Headhunters. “It was in high school and it was me and my brother our friend Djvan (who nowadays goes by D33j, is signed to Anticon and does electronic music), and the three of us had this thing that was like joke hip hop and we’d only play house parties.” Speaking of jokes, in a recent interview FIDLAR members Max and Zac had a go at Vampire Weekend, saying they “were total dicks”. Here’s why. C
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Deepchild Originally from Sydney and now based in Berlin, there’s no doubt that Deepchild is one of Australia’s most successful DJs, producers and overall live performers which means his upcoming show at TechPhonics at Cuckoo Bar on Fri Aug 2 is set to be a special one. Touring on the back of his Neukölln Burning album which came out last year to an overwhelmingly positive response, Deepchild has claimed that the record was written during a dark and difficult time in his life, especially reflected on tracks like Riyadh and Perimeter Of Release. Make sure you catch him live for what is sure to be an unforgettable set.
Dialectrix Regarded as one of the most prolific MCs and hip hop performers in the country, Sydney’s Dialectrix has just dropped his third album and is embarking on a national tour across Australia to launch the critically-acclaimed The Cold Light Of Day. Vocal guests include the legendary Def Wish Cast, P-Smurf, Chip Fu, Momo from Diafrix and a verse from the dexterous 2Buck. Dialectrix’s live show at Rocket Bar on Sat Aug 17 will see him backed by DJ 2Buck on the turntables and will feature special guests at each show. The Cold Light Of Day is out now through Obese Records.
Q+A With Nick Thayer Last year Melbourne DJ/producer Nick Thayer unleashed his Like Boom EP via Skrillex's OWSLA. Now comes the follow-up, Worlds Collide, with input from... Mötley Crüe drummer-cum-DJ, Tommy Lee.
South Australia DMC Finals After nearly a decade of absence, world-renowned DJ competition World DMC Championships will return to Adelaide’s Rocket Bar on Sat Aug 3. From there, Adelaide’s finest DJs will battle it out for the chance to win a post at the national final in Melbourne on Sat Aug 31. Previous World DMC champs include A-Trak, DJ Craze and the late Roc Raida, while Australia’s own DJ Dexter (formerly of The Avalanches) also secured second place to Craze in 2000. SA’s own DJ Snair (of Social Change) was runner-up last year, while Adelaide’s Staen-1 has won three Australian titles in a row, finishing fifth in the world championships back in 2005.
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You used to be associated with nu-skool breaks – where is your head at now? One thing that I always try to keep in mind is a phrase somebody once told me: Be malleable but not mutable – let yourself be influenced by, but not swayed by, current trends. There's no need to suddenly [be like], 'Oh, everybody's doing trap – I'd better go and make some trap music'. But there's no reason why you shouldn't go, 'Oh, trap music's really cool – how can I incorporate that idea of space and bounce and groove into what I'm doing?'
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Stephen ‘Thundercat’ Bruner’s version of funk is Bootsy Collins and Stevie Wonder jamming in the Enterprise at Warp Drive. His space age funk is more nuanced on his second album, Apocalypse, which sees him evolve as a songwriter with gorgeous tracks such as Heartbreaks & Setbacks and Without You. The former Suicidal Tendencies bass player and son of jazz drummer Ronald Bruner still brings the Dilla-esque jazz fusion funk jams but they are balanced with more traditional energetic funk tracks such as the pumping Oh Sheit It’s X and the intergalactic psychedelic workout that is Lotus And The Jondy. Produced by Brainfeeder’s main man Flying Lotus – just like Thundercat’s 2011 debut, The Golden Age Of The Apocalypse – the two collaborate to create a record that is not only the funk of our times but our future. David Knight
Pet Shop Boys have returned with another cyber exploding album called Electric. In typical Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe fashion, the album is fast paced and sounds like a mid-‘80s throwback when their songs dominated the dance scene. This album is pure dancefloor and the stand out tracks to listen to are Vocal, Fluorescent, Thursday and Bolshy. The record was produced by Stuart Price (Lady GaGa, New Order, Madonna) and features heavy synths and vocoders throughout; and while there is no denying a disco underlay, each track feels fresh and contemporary. The duo is also not afraid of an unlikely cover, and Bruce Springsteen's 2007 track Last To Die gets a Pets makeover. After an oddly structured effort on their 2012 record Elysium – the Pet Shop Boys have definitely got their groove back. Jess Bayly
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AAA At the tail end of last decade, two labels were briefly the coolest imprints on the planet: Pedro Winter’s heavy disco of Ed Banger, with Justice as it shining disco ball, and fellow Parisian label Kitsune, run by Gildas Kitsune, who like Winter once worked with Daft Punk. Ed Banger quickly fell out of favour with redundant rock star antics and pretentious releases, but Kitsune always kept it interesting even though it isn’t the label it once was. One of this mix’s highlight tracks is by former Modular, and now Kitsune, act The Swiss. The Adelaide duo’s latest Elouisa, remixed by Villa, is an upbeat disco pop number matched by Two Door Cinema Club’s remix of Is Tropical’s Dancing Anymore and Todd Terje’s rub of Hot Chip’s How Do You Do. Not all of the electro pop matches the aforementioned cuts but there is enough to keep it interesting. David Knight
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How did you connect with Skrillex? I just got an email one day – probably about a couple of years ago now – and it was from Sonny [Moore, AKA Skrillex] saying that he'd heard this thing that I'd done with DJ Yoda called Toot It Up, and he really liked it. He was playing it in all of his sets. I thought, 'That's pretty cool', so I sent him some more stuff that I'd done. Then a little bit after that he was in Melbourne and we caught up. He said, "You should do an EP for my label", I said, "I didn't know you had a label". He said, "Yeah, we haven't actually started yet..." [But] I jumped at that opportunity!
The Worlds Collide EP is out through OWSLA.
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Sun Jul 20 Citizen Kay (Rocket Bar) Thu Jul 25 Rick Wilhite (Sugar) Fri Jul 26 Funk Volume Tour Feat Dizzy Wright & Jarren Benton (Fowler’s Live) Sat Jul 27 Kerser & Rates (Fowler’s Live) Fri Aug 9 Masif Hard Dance Icons 2013 (HQ) Sat Aug 31 Alliance Tour (Rocket Bar) Sat Aug 31 Alison Wonderland (Electric Circus) Sat Sep 7 The Roll Call Tour (The Gov) Thu Sep 19 Rudimental (HQ) Fri Sep 27 Illy (The Gov)
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The Comfort title is ironic since Coles – who composes, produces, engineers and mixes her own music (and occasionally sings on it) – isn't inclined to settle in any conventional comfort zone. "The act of making music itself puts me in my ultimate comfort zone," she says. The empress of the UK's deep (tech) house overground intended for Comfort to be an 'artist', not club, album. "I hope that it's shown people that I'm not just 'the club producer' or 'the DJ' – and that, as a producer, I am musically interested [in] and influenced by more than just deep house or some of the other misconceptions I feel were floating about my music." The album's first single, Easier To Hide, materialised on Coles' fledgling label, I/AM/ ME, late last year. She's now promoting Everything, featuring Swedish electro-pop diva Karin Park (who recently co-penned a song for Norway's Eurovision contender!). "I consider myself a producer first and foremost, rather than wanting to be a vocalist or pop star," Coles notes of her decision to recruit Park. Still, she herself does sing on the album, together with French electro DJ Miss Kittin. Bristol trip hop pioneer Tricky raps on Wait For You, Coles' collab arranged over the internet. "I've always respected Tricky musically, so I reached out to him to see if he wanted to vocal a track of mine," Coles says.
But, first, the Brit, conducting nocturnal phone interviews in his South London home, must deal with an intruder. "Oh god!" Blake shudders down the line. "I've just had a huge spider walk past me in the house... Sorry. It's fucking massive! Oh my god." Blake, a reluctant hipster sex symbol who towers at 6' 5" (195.58 cms), isn't the kind to freak out. He's typically reserved with the media. Conceivably, some of it is the shyness of an only child. But Blake shields his music as well as his privacy. Yet Blake has a dry English sense of humour. If Blake is quietly – and willfully – perverse, he has to be. He really is a musical retrograde. The North Londoner has music in his genes. Blake's guitarist dad James Litherland co-founded the prog-rock outfit Colosseum (Blake is Jr's middle name). Blake enrolled in the Popular Music course at Goldsmiths College, but was more into the dubstep he discovered at the FWD>> nightclub. He'd join Mount Kimbie's live band. Meanwhile, the bedroom producer – and occasional DJ – premiered with 2009's Air & Lack Thereof on Jack 'Untold' Dunning's Hemlock Recordings. Blake, still secretly a singer/songwriter, soon transcended the bass underworld with his viral 'blubstep' cover of Feist's Limit To Your Love, foreshadowing his first album with its spare avant soul paradigm. Between LPs, the loner fell in love – with Warpaint guitarist Theresa Wayman. The
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These days many electronic producers privilege singles (or EPs) over albums. Yet Coles is a big defender of the LP format, deeming it to represent "more of an 'event'" – and to be more enduring. (She currently rates Stubborn Heart's 2012 self-titled debut.) Coles, who has a Japanese and English background, was raised in a family of music lovers, her father a graphic artist with record sleeves to his name. "My Dad has designed for artists such as Killing Joke and The Orb. I've met the legends, such as Alex Paterson and Youth, as they are old family friends. My parents have always had a lot of musician friends, so I'm lucky to have grown up in a household which really understands the music industry." Coles plays keys, guitar, bass, drums, cello and sax. The aspiring songwriter began producing at 15, moving through hip hop into bass music and finally house. In 2008 Coles
premiered with Sick Panda on Dogmatik Records, but it was What They Say on Franck Roger's Real Tone that announced her arrival two years on. Along the way she developed the live outfit in She Is Danger with vocalist Lena Cullen as well as a dubstep studio project, Nocturnal Sunshine, but both are on hold. There was speculation that Coles, who this year remixed The xx's Fiction, would sign to a major, but instead she's issued Comfort via I/AM/ME. "At first I was interested to see what the majors had to say but, for me at least, the downsides were bigger than the upside. So I decided to set up my own label and guarantee that I had total control over my own career." However, though Coles has cred across the dance scene, she is no rebel, betraying a rising pop star's self-consciousness. Coles insists on e-mail interviews, her answers concisely
scripted. While a Grimes fan, she declines to comment on the Canadian's infamous blog about sexism in the music industry. And Coles could become a multi-faceted, countercultural pop star by default. Like everyone from Justin Timberlake to Rihanna to Grimes, she's keen to venture into fashion. "Fashion is very important to me and goes hand-in-hand with music. I have a few ideas [for that] – and it's just one of many things I'd like to explore in the future. But, for now, my head is firmly focussed on making music."
proclaiming her "an oracle". "She is an incredible woman," he says simply. "She's just an amazing character." Overgrown's biggest revelation, however, is Blake's track with the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA Take A Fall For Me, orchestrated over the internet. They've since met, performing together at Coachella. "He's a really good energy, RZA." In the album liner notes Blake has sole writing credit for Take..., suggesting that he, not RZA, penned the rap – an omission that embarrasses him. So Blake didn't write that cute line about "fish and chips with vinegar"? "No! Although I can completely recite it – and when we did [the Coachella] rehearsals before he was there, I was doing the rap," he cracks up. Blake was reported to be contributing to West's Yeezus (coincidentally, both were billed at Splendour In The Grass 2011). Today Blake maintains that a collaboration was never a possibility.
"I was on tour the whole time." But would he work with Yeezy if schedules allowed it? "I don't know," Blake pauses. "If the right track comes along... I just don't know." Even Tinie Tempah wants a 'collab' with him. Is it hard to resist these overtures? "No," Blake laughs. "I mean, I do music for musical reasons. I've got a way of working." Nevertheless, the self-contained muso did value teaming with ambient pioneer Brian Eno for Overgrown's spookstep Digital Lion. "I think that is why it worked, because he already has some sort of eccentric or, maybe, no, not eccentric, [but] just leftfield ways of working – interesting ways of working."
WHO: Maya Jane Coles WHAT: Comfort (Kobalt Label Services)
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The post-dubstep auteur James Blake has delivered one of 2013's best albums so far in Overgrown, surpassing even his soulfully discordant and cerebral eponymous debut, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Now he's headlining Splendour In The Grass.
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Londoner Maya Jane Coles, oft namechecked by other DJ/producers, has finally delivered her debut album, after 2012's acclaimed DJ-Kicks. Comfort will impress devotees with its deep and dubby soundscapes – not to mention Tricky cameo.
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American, eight years older and with a son from a previous relationship, "got" him. Overgrown has received universally rapturous reviews. The lead single, Retrograde, championed by Triple J, quickly attained cult status. Overgrown has clubbier moments, but overall is more intimate, the lyrics obviously informed by his passion for Wayman. "I'm really proud of it," Blake says. "I really like it. I think, when I came out of the studio, and had been out of the studio for a while, listening to it at home after a couple of months of not listening to it, I got a real sense of how minimal and intricate it actually feels in a way that could have only been made if I really spent a long time on my own making this music." The title-track, a meta-commentary on artistry, was prompted by Blake's encountering Joni Mitchell, whose folk ballad A Case Of You he's cited as his favourite song and often covers live. The pair talked about longevity, Blake
WHO: James Blake WHAT: Overgrown (Universal)
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Tour Guide/ FRI JUL 19
MASKETTA FALL @ Higher Ground SWEET JEAN @ Singing Gallery GOLDFIELDS @ Jive RAVEN BLACK NIGHT @ Governor Hindmarsh HAS BEEN @ Rhino Room
SAT JUL 20
WAVVES @ Ed Castle SLEEPMAKESWAVES @ Crown & Anchor SWEET JEAN @ Barossa Regional Gallery CITIZEN KAY @ Rocket Bar BEN SALTER @ Metropolitan Hotel THE DISAPPOINTED @ Jetty Bar, Glenelg THE EVENING CAST & THE AVES @ Grace Emily Hotel
SUN JUL 21
SPEELMAKESWAVES @ Crown & Anchor SWEET JEAN @ Wheatsheaf Hotel BEN SALTER @ Metropolitan Hotel THE DISAPPOINTED @ Hotel Metropolitan
WED JUL 24
ATLAS GENIUS @ Rocket Bar
THU JUL 25
THELMA PLUM @ Grace Emily LAURA MARLING @ Flinders Street Baptist Church AKOUO @ Rocket Bar
FRI JUL 26
KATIE NOONAN & KARIN SCHAUPP @ Dunstan Playhouse SIMON MELI @ Jive JAGWAR MA @ Rocket Bar
FRI AUG 16
JOSH PYKE @ Governor Hindmarsh OBEY THE BRAVE @ Black Market BRITISH INDIA @ Uni Bar PLUTO JONZE @ Rocket Bar MDC @ Fowler’s Live DIALECTRIX @ Rocket Bar COSMIC PSYCHOS @ Fowler’s Live
MON AUG 19
DON McLEAN @ Thebarton Theatre
TUE AUG 20
PAUL KELLY & URTHBOY @ Adelaide Town Hall
TUE AUG 27
JAPANDROIDS @ Ed Castle
THU AUG 29
THE GO SET & THE REAL McKENZIES @ Grace Emily
FRI AUG 30
THE BELLIGERENTS @ Rocket Bar BULLUSIRA & DIVA DEMOLITION @ Enigma Bar
SAT AUG 31
HIGH VOLTAGE @ Governor Hindmarsh
TUE SEP 3
ALL TIME LOW @ HQ
WED SEP 4
CYNDI LAUPER @ Festival Theatre
THU SEP 5
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS @ Uni Bar
FRI SEP 6
THE CAT EMPIRE & HIATUS KAIYOTE @ BJÖRN AGAIN @ Thebarton Theatre Festival Theatre VOLUMES @ KATIE NOONAN & KARIN Fowler’s Live SCHAUPP @ Dunstan Playhouse SUN SEP 8 WORLD’S END PRESS @ CASTLECOMER @ Ed Castle Grace Emily PSUEDO ECHO @ Governor Hindmarsh TU SEP 10 BABYSHAMBLES @ HQ
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KARNIVOOL @ Thebarton Theatre
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
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APES @ Ed Castle
TUE AUG 6
JOAN BAEZ @ Festival Theatre
THU AUG 8
GLASS TOWERS @ Grace Emily Hotel
FRI AUG 9
CLARE BOWDITCH @ Governor Hindmarsh
WED AUG 14
MDC @ Fowler’s Live VANCE JOY @ Jive
THU AUG 15
BERNARD FANNING & VANCE JOY @ Thebarton Theatre
It’s early on a Monday morning and Thelma Plum is returning home for the week after kicking off her national tour. Plum is in transit at Sydney Airport, and with the distant echo of boarding calls in the background, we chat about her debut EP Rosie and her first headline national tour.
Before moving to Brisbane for school, Plum grew up in the country. Her grandparents own a farm in Delungra in rural New South Wales and as a kid Plum spent much of her time there. Since asking her grandpa to show her the D-chord on her very first guitar, she has never looked back. “I never had a point where I was like, ‘I love music and this is it,’” Plum explains. “It has always been a part of my life. Growing up in the country you can get bored pretty easily but I found some welcome distractions. I still remember the first song I wrote. I think I was in grade four and I totally ripped off Shania
Twain. I only changed a few of the words to one of her songs, which now I understand is totally illegal but hey, I was only eight.” At 17, Plum recorded a homemade demo of her song Father Said and uploaded it to Triple J Unearthed so her friends and family could finally hear one of her songs. What followed has been an unprecedented rise. “I think the turning point was when I won the Triple J Unearthed Award to play at the NIMA Awards,” Plum reveals. “Up until then not many people had heard my music and I had literally just uploaded the track before the competition closed. I totally thought that no one would like it. I then went on to showcase at Bigsound in Brisbane where I met a bunch of industry [people] and after this was when I first thought, ‘Shit, I think this is what I’m going to be doing full time.'” For her debut EP, Plum recorded at the prestigious Studio 301 in Sydney with producer Tony Buchen. “I’d had the songs for a little while and when I wrote them, I had a certain memory
of them,” Plum confides. “Once I took them to the studio, recorded them and heard them being played back to me with the band, the songs suddenly felt like they belonged to me rather than belonging to the time when I wrote them. I really loved this feeling.” With singles Around Here, Father Said and Dollar being embraced whole heartedly by Triple J, Plum is back in the grind of writing new material. She speaks highly of Adelaide and this time round she’ll be bringing good friend, Andrew Lowden. “I’m trying to keep it as long as I can with just me and Andy. For me personally I’m so new at all of this and I still want to discover what I want to get out of it.”
of multi-faceted side of songwriting than you are on the shorter verse-chorus-verse side of things. Truth be told, [post-rock] has become a marketing term, a convenient buzz word in the musical press in order to describe certain kinds of sounds.” While Sleepmakeswaves may not identify with the “post-rock” genre, they don't abhor it completely, instead they opt to take the whole thing in stride. “We crack jokes about how to be the most 'post-rock' band, like covering your album with pictures of sunsets and flocks of sad birds. The term that we like is `crescendocore', which is a tongue-in-cheek way of describing what we do. I mean, you can't be a legitimate genre of music unless you have `core' in it, right? So we had to get around that somehow. Now we're epic, sad, beautiful and brutal as well, which is exactly what we want.” In a musical climate that tends to favour songs where catchy choruses are repeated on a loop for three minutes at a time, we had to know what made the boys of Sleepmakeswaves decide on a purely
instrumental approach. “We made the decision pretty quickly that we'd go instrumental, and that was sort of partly because when we started out were just hugely into stuff like Explosions In The Sky and Sigur Ros, bands that were predominantly instrumental, if not entirely. We just wanted to try the sound out and explore what we could do as musicians. When we try and write lyrics and vocal melodies they are clumsier and less articulate than what we can convey on our instruments. We're the kind of people who have learned to express our feelings and emotions in that pure musical way, without the aid of any words, so that's what comes naturally. We're trying to be the best of who we are rather than trying to fit some other kind of preconception.”
WHO: Thelma Plum and Dan Parsons WHAT: Rosie (Independent) WHERE: Grace Emily Hotel WHEN: Thu Jul 25
ANBERLIN & THE MAINE @ Governor Hindmarsh
THU SEP 12
JIMMY BARNES @ Gawler Princes Park
FRI SEP 13
SNAKADAKTAL @ Governor Hindmarsh
SAT SEP 14
JIMMY BARNES @ Port Elliot Showground BIG SCARY @ Uni Bar
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CELTIC WOMAN @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre PARKWAY DRIVE (all ages) @ Governor Hindmarsh
Since forming in 2006, Sydney's Sleepmakeswaves have been staying true to their namesake by making big waves in the music industry.
WED SEP 18
PARKWAY DRIVE @ Governor Hindmarsh
THU SEP 19
PARKWAY DRIVE @ Governor Hindmarsh
FRI SEP 20
THE PAPER KITES @ Jive
SUN SEP 22
AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA @ Thebarton Theatre
MON SEP 23
ONE DIRECTION & 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
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Most recently, Sleepmakeswaves have announced a lengthy Australian tour to premiere new material for an upcoming release that will see them stop at Adelaide's own Crown & Anchor on Sat Jul 20 and Sun Jul 21. Rip It Up had a chat with Sleepmakeswaves and discovered that while the instrumental band does employ the tried and true `quietloud' approach championed by many post-rock outfits; they don't take kindly to the label. “The phrase post-rock doesn't really mean much to us at all, and we are just the band we are and we get along with our business. When you really think about it, post-rock doesn't really explain much of anything. It doesn't describe much beyond the idea that you're kind of ambient, you probably don't use vocals and maybe you're on the longer, sort
WHO: Sleepmakeswaves WHERE: Crown & Anchor WHEN: Sat Jul 20, Sun Jul 21
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ARKABA HOTEL – Lounge Bar: Bill Parton Trio (8.30pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) BOTANIC BAR – Big Bubba & Betty BRECKNOCK HOTEL – Breakaway Sing-A-Long Session (8.30pm) CAMEO BAR – Cameoke with Andy CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Devils Crossroad, Like Kites & Jungle City. 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) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Shaolin Afronauts Spectacular GILBERT STREET HOTEL – Sweet Baby James & Rob Eyers (7pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Gumbo Room Blues Jam hosted by Billy Bob & The T-Bones GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Little Miss & Craig Atkins GRAND BAR – OMG HIGHWAY – DJ Alli (8pm) HOTEL METRO – Per Purpose, Big Richard Insect, Bruff Superior & Psalm Trio (9pm) HQ – Riot Society hosted by Uberjak’d JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: Jayarassic (8.30pm) LIGHT HOTEL – SCALA Live (8pm) MARION HOTEL – Cue N Brew: 888 Poker (6.30pm) PJ O’BRIENS – DJ G-rillz (9pm) PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Thirsty Thursday with DJ Tango PROSPECT TOWN HALL – Club5082: Cruise, The Scarabs, The Arms Race & Our Devices (7pm) ROCKET BAR – Wild Things: NoSweet and Ash& Li (9pm) SUGAR – Jazz Pancake with locals and guests THE LION HOTEL – Clearway (9pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Chrysler Bar: Acoustic 4-Play (8.30pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Rainbow Jam Sessions (7.30pm)
ALMA TAVERN – Fresh Fridays with DJs ARCHER HOTEL – Upstairs: DJ Jaki J (9.30pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Lounge Bar: Josh Rudduck Acoustic (8pm) Top Of The Ark: Alex Williamson (7.30pm) AUSTRAL – The Austral House Band (7pm) BARTLEY TAVERN – The Crew (8pm) BLACKSMITHS INN – Lily And The Drum (8pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Troy J Been, Prince Aaronak and Suckerpunch BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Full Bore (8pm) BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CAMEO BAR – DJs Lars, Lenny & Guests CLOVERCREST HOTEL – High Voltage With Rock The Boss (9pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Max Goes To Hollywood, The Hard Aches, The Flying So High O’s, Des’s Mini Band & Ride Into The Sun DJs. Front Bar: Carla Lippis (5pm) DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING – Downtown with DJs DUBLIN HOTEL – Russell Stuart (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 ENFIELD HOTEL – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (6pm) ENIGMA – Strikefest 2013: Alkira, Mason, Encycle, Blood Covered Shovel, Headbore, Strength Of A Bear & The F..K Machine ESPLANADE HOTEL – Redline (8pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Weekend People, Tea House Fire & Heymus FINDON HOTEL – karaoke (8.30pm) GLYNDE HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Band Room: Raven Black Night (7.30pm) Front Bar: Old Time Fiddle Sessions GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Four Kings Loud & Tabula Rasa GRAND JUNCTION TAVERN– Big Cheese HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Chaps and DJ Lumeire HOTEL METRO – Hawking, Thomas Redwood, Brenton Manser & Sasha Louise & DJ Mega Nutz (9pm) HOTEL TIVOLI – Honey with DJs IRISH CLUB – Shamrocks ‘n’ Shenanigans Live Acoustic
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Sessions (7pm) JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: Ciaram Granger (9pm) JIVE – Goldfields, Phebe Starr & Willow Beats (8pm) 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) OFFICE ON PIRIE – DJ Jess (4.30pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Chunky Custard (8pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Acoustik (7.30pm) PLAYFORD TAVERN – Slyde (8pm) PORT NOARLUNGA RSL – Linda McCarthy (8pm) PRODUCERS HOTEL – After Four Fridays Garden Grooves with DJs Justice and DrDamage plus special guests (4pm) RACQUETS SA – 60/40 with DJ Lee (8pm)
Flamenco (7.30pm) TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – DJ Wolfman (9pm) THE ELEPHANT – DJ Jak Morris (9pm) The Buzz (9.30pm) THE GOODY – Ch@t Room THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment TONSLEY HOTEL – Chrysler Bar: Tempus Vex (9.30pm) Tavern Bar: John McKay (4.45pm) One Planet (9pm) VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – DJs WHEATSHEAF HOTEL –Lazy Eye & Sweet Baby James & Rob Eyers (9pm)
WHITMORE HOTEL – GAIL PAGE BAND ZHIVAGO – Geek Chic Weekend: Skot, Terrence & Ryley
RAMSGATE HOTEL – DJ SNAKE & DJ RUPHEO (9PM)
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RED SQUARE – DJs REX HOTEL – karaoke (8pm) RHINO ROOM – Has Been: Willow Beats (9pm) ROB ROY HOTEL – DJ Smiley (8pm) ROCKET BAR – Cats at Rocket: DCup, Gold Fields (DJ Set), Sun City (DJ Set) & Cats Resident DJs (9pm) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE –Dino Jag (7.30pm) SAILMASTER TAVERN – 2Up Duo (8pm0 SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – DJ (8pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – The Torinos (8pm) SETTLERS TAVERN – Matterhorn (8pm) 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
ARAB STEED HOTEL – Georgy K (8pm) ARCHER HOTEL – Downstairs: Jaki J plus Bongo Madness with Alex. Upstairs: DJ Ed Law (9.30pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Lounge Bar: Blue Lagoon (9pm) Sportys Bar: The Hi-Topps (10pm) Top Of The Ark: Alex Williamson (7.30pm) BOTANIC BAR – Sanji, Brad Shawyer and Tom Wilson BRIDGEPORT HOTEL – karaoke with Gemma (9pm) BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests CAVERN CLUB – Iris (9pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Sleepmakeswaves, Sincereley Grizzly, Canidae & DJ Azz CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – karaoke with Nicole (8pm) DRAGONFLY – rotating DJs playing techno, house, disco and everything in between
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The Guide// DUBLIN HOTEL – Theo (3pm) DUKE OF YORK – Front Room: DJ Mitchy B. Beer Garden: DJ Parry. Upstairs: DJ Skinny B, MC Scotty and guest DJs ED CASTLE – Plus One Saturdays: Waaves, Bad// Dreems & West Thebarton Brothel Party and party DJs (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Arcade Disco with resident DJs Junior, Dancespace and friends ENCORE NIGHTCLUB – Resident DJs & guests (9pm) ENIGMA – Bar 2: New Paradigm, Se Bon Kira, Dyssidia & Voros Bar 3: Warbrain, Civil War, Search & Destory, Frozen Over & Cruel Intentions. Downstairs Bar: Timmy-Truce (11pm) EXETER HOTEL –Jonny Star Family Entertainment (7pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – The Dunes & Swimsuit GARAGE BAR – DJs (10pm) GILBERT STREET HOTEL – DJ Marky Polo (8pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Band Room: La Bomba presents Cubamania Latino Fiesta GRACE EMILY HOTEL – The Evening Cast, The Aves & The Wild Things (9pm) GRAND BAR – Destination Saturdays with DJs and MCs
HIGHLANDER HOTEL – New Romantics (9pm) HIGHWAY – DJ Griff (9pm) HOPE INN – karaoke (7pm) HOTEL METRO – Ben Salter, Lachlan James Wilson & Walter (9pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ Sly HOTEL TIVOLI – Exotica with DJs Sleepy Hips and guests (8pm) JACK RUBY – Soul Social – live band and vinyl DJs (8pm) JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: E’Nuf Said (3pm) DJ Stu (9pm) Front Bar: The Disappointed & iHeart (9pm) JIVE – The Sweet Decline, Sister Rose & The Byzantines (8pm) GOSH! with DJ Craig (11pm) KINGSFORD HOTEL: GAWLER – Saloon Bar: karaoke (9.30pm) Crazy Knites (10pm) LAKES RESORT HOTEL – Remedy (9pm) LAND OF PROMISE HOTEL – Squatters Arms Benefit Show (2pm) 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) Dave Freeman & The Reason (8.30pm)
WILLOW BEATS (MELB)
Don’t miss these glitchy electronic rockers from Melbourne at Rhino Room for HAS BEEN. If you’ve heard their Triple J “Catch of the Day” single From Under The Ground and their debut self- titled EP, you know they’ve got the goods. For everyone else, you’d be wise to catch up this Friday. Fringe Benefits members get discounted entry at the door.
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MARS BAR –VJ Beejay and guest (9pm) drag show (2am) OLD SPOT HOTEL – Broken Theory (9.30pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Chunky Custard (8pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Fever: Christmas In July (8pm) PJ O’BRIENS – Streaker (10.30pm)
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: Citizen Kay, Lauren Rose, Griff, Big Bubba & Faint One (9pm) SANDBAR – requests with DJs SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic sessions SEAFORD HOTEL – Frenzy (9pm) SEBEL PLAYFORD – Misjif (8pm0 SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – Transit (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 BARKER HOTEL – Jason Temple (8.30pm) THE ELEPHANT – DJ Grillz (9pm) Alien 8 (9.30pm) THE HAUS: HAHNDORF – Nikko & Snooks (7.30pm) THE LION HOTEL – Absolut Saturdays: Wasabi (9pm) TONSLEY HOTEL –Tavern Bar: Sonic Divas (8.30pm) VALLEY INN – karaoke VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – Rumours WALKERS ARMS HOTEL – DJ Sessions (9pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL –Guitar Workshop with Cal Williams (12pm) & The Beggars (9pm)
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WINDSOR HOTEL – Blue Comets (8.45pm) WILLUNGA HOTEL – Three Star General (8.30pm) WOODCROFT TAVERN – karaoke (8pm) ZHIVAGO – Geek Chic Weekend: Chaps, Hemilove, Bottle Rocket & Ryley
SUNDAY 21ST ALMA TAVERN – Sunday School ARKABA HOTEL – Top Of The Ark: Adelaide Comedy Schnitz & Giggles with Jack Druce (4.30pm) 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 – Grind House (4pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – All Ages Show DOCKSIDE TAVERN – Hart Burn (12pm) DOG & DUCK – Sneaky Sundays with Jak Morris ED CASTLE – Beer Garden: Acoustic Sundays (2pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – Theo (4pm) EUREKA TAVERN – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (12pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Matt Barlow & Naomi Keyte GILBERT STREET HOTEL – Craig Atkins Solo (2pm) GLENELG PIER ONE BAR – Dino Jag Acoustic (2pm) GLENELG SURF CLUB – La Mar Sundays: Local Revolution & Friends (3pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Band Room: Club Cool Disability Family Friendly Day GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Paulie Mac GRAND BAR – bands, DJs and MCs HIGHWAY – Tom Williams Duo HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – The Front: 888 Poker (6.30pm) JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: Jaya (3pm) DJ Dizzy (8pm) LIGHT HOTEL – Vonni’s Big Arvo LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – The Healers (2pm) MARINA SUNSET BAR –Sunset Sessions featuring live acoustic music MARS BAR – VJK classic video hits MILDURA BREWERY – Lily & The Drum (3pm) PLAYFORD TAVERN – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (5pm)
RAMSGATE HOTEL – ACOUSTIC SESSION (4PM) TOM KURZEL & ED TRAINOR FORTNIGHTLY ROTATION (7.30PM) SAILMASTER TAVERN – Troy Harrison (2pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic soloists
The Guide // SEMAPHORE PALAIS – The Incredibles (4pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – Hoy-Hoy (4pm) SUGAR – Mods, Driller and Nu Jeans TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – Acoustic Sessions THE LION HOTEL – Andrew Hayes (2.30pm) Quinny, Parko & Friends (6pm) 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 – Sweet Jean & Marlon Williams
WHITMORE HOTEL – LIAM OG’S TRADITIONAL IRISH SESSION ZHIVAGO – Geek Chic Weekend: Zoome, Skot & Gumshoe
MONDAY 22ND CROWN & ANCHOR – Matt P Ward & Friends EXETER ON RUNDLE – Interzone Express, Thom Bordism Group & Weird Weekend GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Balcony Bar: Lord Stompy’s Tin Sandwich Beginners Night GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Bar 180: Ultimate Quiz with Graham Lawrence (7pm) MARION HOTEL – Bart’s Bar: Scrabble 101 (6.30pm) 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 (8pm)
TUESDAY 23RD ADELAIDE TOWN HALL – Australian Chamber Orchestra: Barefoot Fiddler (8pm)
AUSSIE INN HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Ash Wilson CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: DJs Stevie & Duncan DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Irish Sessions (8pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Bitches Of Zeus 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 Ukelele Appreciation Society GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Pub Cinema HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – KG’s Complete Trivia (7pm) HOTEL METRO – Acoustic Club Tuesday MARION HOTEL – Cue N Brew: 888 Poker (6.30pm) PJ O’BRIENS – Davy T’s Music Trivia (7.30pm) SUGAR – CU Next Tuesday with Sonny Side-Up and Driller THE LION HOTEL – Zkye and Damo (7.30pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – TA Tuesdays: DJ Ryley & Guests (8pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Acoustic Raw Jam WINDSOR HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm)
WEDNESDAY 24TH ARKABA HOTEL – Salsa Classes (6pm) Salsa After Party (9pm) BOTANIC BAR – Gemma CENTRAL DISTRICTS FOOTBALL CLUB – Quiz Wizz Trivia (7.45pm) 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 – Muso’s Jam hosted by Streaker FIRST COMMERICAL HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm)
GLENELG FOOTBALL CLUB – KG’s Complete Trivia (7.30pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Open Mic Night GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Teenage Athletic Joggers, Otters Of Ottawa & Trip Jester HIGHWAY – The Combi Room: Craig Atkins HOTEL METRO – Matt Hayward & Josh Callegaros (9pm) HQ –NeverLand JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: Curly Temple DJs (8.30pm) KENSINGTON HOTEL – Uke N Play at The Kensi (7pm) LIGHT HOTEL – Open Mic Night (8pm) MARION HOTEL – Cue N Brew: Adelaide Comedy with Justin Hamilton (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 (7.30pm) SUGAR – Mixed Tape with Lauren Rose and Mr Whiskas THE LION HOTEL – Proton Pill (9pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Tonsley Trivia (7pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – TA Bar: Trivia Wednesday (7pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Feral Meet The Brewer & Tastings with Brendan Varis (6pm)
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Cast Off Rip It Up speaks to Adelaide Film Festival ambassador Megan Washington who will be making her silver screen debut in the Festival-funded musical-thiller, The Boy Castaways.
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he Boy Castaways is a film by first time writer and director Michael Kantor shot entirely in South Australia. The film follows the interactions between four men as they stage a twisted version of Peter Pan for a mysterious production company, with each man interacting closely with Washington’s character, Sarina. When quizzed about the project, Washington speaks with such a rapid intensity that the words pour out of her as quickly as she is thinking them. It’s clear that Washington believes holistically in Kantor’s vision, spinning her own thoughts on the film’s relevance to everyday Australians. “It’s a really beautiful film,” Washington begins. “And I use beautiful as a choice of word – it feels more like a documentary. The musical element feels very native within the film as the cast are all involved in music.” The cast includes You Am I frontman Tim Rogers, who Washington was rumoured to have been romantically involved with on-andoff over the last couple of years. However, this isn’t what inspired Washington’s interest. “I think it’s a really important film that should be made. It includes themes like the repression of the Australian male. Despite
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how liberated we are as a country, there is still taboo things that the typical Aussie male isn’t really allowed to think about or express like bisexuality and being a performer. It’s very easy for me when I was living in Surry Hills to think that everyone is an omission, but I’m sure there are hundreds of thousands of other hardworking men in other professions who would have loved to have explored that part of themselves, but just never committed to it socially. I also think it’s important as it deals with success and how as a culture we do have this binge mentality. It can be applied to other areas of life like sex and drugs or even just power and how anything, when given too much reign over your existence, can kill you.” Considering the film profiles such a small range of characters so intensely, Washington explains how it also deals with issues of identity and how it can tie into the idea of performance – that we are all just playing ourselves playing a role. In this way Washington implies that the structures of society that we live by day to day are actually far more complex than we first imagine, which is explored in the film by mixing the theatrical elements with the narrative. This may seem like an abstract
concept, but is one that Washington can relate to, as she considers each day of our lives to be an “identity crisis” from the moment we wake up to when we fall asleep again. Given the strong focus on identity, it’s surprising that Washington hadn’t registered that she represents the sole primary female character in the film, but she thinks this stems from usually being the only girl in the boys’ club as a musician.
“...The people who were there that day saw us beating up a priest with a cricket bat, Tim Rogers bothering Paul Caspis in a wedding dress and all this sordid fucked up shit.” “It didn’t feel particularly strange as the only female at all because I spend most of my life exclusively around men,” Washington laughs. “My band are dudes, my manager’s a dude and my housemates are dudes. It is a primarily a male sort of industry, so I didn’t find that remarkable. I find it funny that you do, because I didn’t even think about it, but yes, I guess upon reflection that is kind of interesting!” The aspect that gelled the most with Washington about Sarina was their shared work ethic. “The bass line of what she’s doing
throughout the film is her job, and her job comes before all else,” explains Washington. “She’s not allowed to make any choices for herself because her job comes first. I really resonated with that because I’ve lost relationships and even the promise of relationships because of my job. You can meet someone really fantastic wherever you are but then you have to leave. It’s really difficult to have a personal life doing what I do and it was the same for her. “One thing she never does is say ‘No’. She’s not allowed. That makes for a lot of tension between the characters,” Washington divulges. Working on such an intense project with heavy concepts did have one relief though, the fact she got to spend the entire shoot in Adelaide, including a day spent in Her Majesty’s Theatre with an audience full of people from the public as extras. “It’s a real blessing to work there. That day that we shot with all the extras was hilarious. We shoot out of sequence so the people who were there that day saw us beating up a priest with a cricket bat, Tim Rogers bothering Paul Caspis in a wedding dress and all this sordid fucked up shit. I did feel for them. They were very good sports.
WHO: Megan Washington WHAT: The Boy Castaways, Adelaide Film Festival WHEN: Thu Oct 10 – Sun Oct 20
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Film // Pacific Rim (M) AAA Some have bizarrely accused co-writer/director Guillermo del Toro’s mighty, city-stomping epic of being a rip-off of Godzilla and related Japanese monster movies (or ‘kaiju eiga’), but this is quite obviously intended as a homage/love letter to the beloved form, meaning that such ill-informed critics should be squashed immediately. An opening montage informs us that huge and ugly CG monsters (‘kaiju’) have been rising from the deep for ages, and that years of fighting with gigantic, robotic ‘jaegers’ (controlled physically and psychically by Charlie Hunnam’s Raleigh Becket and others) has resulted in an impending, all-out war with
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meaner, smarter and nastier creatures – and humanity’s guaranteed extermination. But wait: the grief-stricken (naturally) Raleigh’s tracked down by the Commander (Idris Elba) and compelled to operate ‘Gipsy Danger’ against ‘Category 5’ beasts off Hong Kong and beyond, and the stage is set for rather glorious FX destruction aplenty. With an unstarry cast (although del Toro’s muse Ron ‘Hellboy’ Perlman’s cool as shonky Hannibal Chau) upstaged completely by the ‘kaijus’ and the ‘jaegers’, who clash in lengthy and loud battle scenes that leave you fairly damn breathless. This does lack a little soul, but it hardly matters, as the full-throttle, über-monstrous fun more than makes up for it.
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Much Ado About Nothing (M)
This audience pleasing ‘road movie’ from Thom Fitzgerald has flaws and yet there’s much heart and humour here, and a core of real melancholy too. Stella (Olympia Dukakis) and Dot (Brenda Fricker) have lived together on the Maine coast for 31 years. They’re still much in love, even if Dot’s going blind and Stella can’t resist driving Dot, and anyone else nearby, crazy. When Dot’s hurt falling out of bed and her prim granddaughter (Kristin Booth) uses this as an excuse to trick her into moving (alone) to a retirement home, Stella freaks, breaks Dot out and the pair decide to get married in Canada, along the way picking up a hitchhiker named Prentice (Ryan Doucette), a sad lad with issues of his own who could do with a Mom proxy – or two. Some have taken issue with Dukakis’ broad performance and the ‘dykey’ character of Stella here, and at times the comedy falls a little flat (including that ‘surprise penis’ gag), but Fricker is lovely, Doucette touching and there’s not enough full-on samesex stuff to upset tediously straight punters – but maybe there should have been. In the end this is less a tale about a pair of old lesbians on the run than, basically, a love story. (At the Trak and Mercury Cinemas).
This follow-up to Bridesmaids by director/ executive producer Paul Feig offers one of the hoariest plot set-ups in cinematic history – the old mismatched professional-partners cliché – and then unwisely allows star Sandra Bullock to get ground into the dirt by Bridesmaid Melissa McCarthy, who’s as gruesomely unfunny as ever. Sandy’s Sarah Ashburn (another of her klutzy singletons) is an unpopular FBI agent hoping for promotion who’s sent to Boston to track down a mysterious drug lord. In her attempts to question possible criminal underling Rojas (amusing Spoken Reasons), runs afoul of potty-mouthed, PC-be-damned cop Shannon Mullins (McCarthy in leering, semi-improvised form). And if you’re already suspecting that the two will be forced to work together and, in the process, might learn to respect and (believe it or not) even like each other then, for s***-f***-c***-s***ing’s sake (as Melissa’s Shannon might say), you should be in Hollywood making dopey buddy-comedies, not just watching them (or even reading about them). Pretty violent and with that drearily giggly need that American movies currently have to continually use the word ‘vagina’ (nyuk nyuk nyuk), the most important thing to remember here is this: Sandra Bullock is funny, and Melissa McCarthy isn't. Ever!
It’s no secret that Joss Whedon had a busy 2012, as he helmed The Avengers, but he was even busier than he seemed, spending 12 days during filming secretly making an entirely different film. Enlisting friends and family as cast and crew, Whedon and wife Kai Cole celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary by filming William Shakespeare’s comedy of errors, where the impending nuptials of Don Pedro’s officer, Claudio, to Leonato’s (Clark Gregg) daughter, Hero, puts Don Pedro in a sporting mood, and the house conspire to bring together the free-thinking Beatrice (Amy Acker) and the willful Benedick (Alexis Denisof). Meanwhile, a sinister plot is afoot by Don John (Sean Maher) to separate Hero and Claudio. Interpreting the story in a way that should make Shakespeare weep with joy, there is little to nothing that Whedon can be faulted on in this passion project to end all passion projects, with a devoted cast (also including Fran Kranz, Nathan Fillion and Tom Lenk) who capture the rhythm of Shakespeare’s words as succinctly as the meaning behind them. Whedon’s own home provides a poetic and beautifully-lit setting to one of the most simply stunning films we can hope to see this year. All five acts will be hard to follow.
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A Gun In Each Hand (Una Pistola En Cada Mano) ***1/2 Epic **1/2 The Lone Ranger **1/2 Reality **1/2 Opening But Unrated Before Midnight (M), co-writer/coproducer/director Richard Linklater’s tough follow-up to Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, of course stars co-writers Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy Director James (Insidious) Wan’s horror outing The Conjuring (MA) features Insidious’ Patrick Wilson alongside Vera Farmiga, Lili Taylor and Ron Livingston The Armageddon-esque comedy This Is The End (MA), based on the short Jay And Seth Vs The Apocalypse and co-written, coproduced and co-directed by Seth Rogen and his longtime collaborator Evan Goldberg, offers an army of players as ‘themselves’: Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Michael Cera, Christopher MintzPlasse, Emma Watson and more The dark drama Mud (MA), from Take Shelter writer/director Jeff Nichols, showcases Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, unknown young ‘uns Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland and, of course, Take Shelter’s Michael Shannon And the next trick from Danish writer/ director Nicolas Winding Refn (of Drive) is Only God Forgives (MA), a violently existential, Thailand-filmed drama with Ryan Gosling (of course) and Kristin Scott Thomas
Seniors On Screen Mercury Cinema Director Mike Wallis’ Good For Nothing (TBC), a New Zealand western (?), screens on Fri July 12 at 11am. Details: mercurycinema.org.au
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with Miranda Freeman
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Delectaballs If Adelaide didn’t have balls before, it certainly does now with the addition of the lean, mean and easily transportable Delectaballs (apologies in advance for all the impending puns). Delectaballs is Adelaide’s very own mobile meatball eatery, housed in a big white truck affectionately called Mr. Darcy. Delectaballs first began one Sunday afternoon with owner David Porcaro sitting around the table at his Nonna’s house, patiently awaiting to be served a dish of her infamous meatballs. Porcaro was so deeply touched by those balls that he decided he had to share them with the world, and from there the seed for Delectaballs was planted. Over the next six months Porcaro and his partner Christina trialed an infinite number of balls to create the perfect menu, sampling everything from traditional beef balls to tapioca cheese balls. At last they found the perfect specimens, of which they’ll be serving out of their truck from time to time in paninis and burger buns with various condiments. Alongside meatballs, there will be other foods and home-blended ice teas on board. Click onto delectaballs.com.au to find out when you can put these balls in your face.
Creperie Bruxelles While east end patrons wolf down French crepes at Le Carpe Diem, a café on the other side of town is also making a mark with eats inspired by France’s northern neighbor, Belgium. Creperie Bruxelles, Adelaide’s first Belgian creperie located in Mile End, opened just shy of a few weeks ago but is already creeping/crepe-ing up UrbanSpoon tally boards with its selection of Belgian sweets and crepes. Alongside their inhouse crepes and poffertjes, the kitchen at Bruxelles also has a rotating specials menu, which features anything from pear and vanilla tarte tatins to crepes with ginger-
spiced fig conserve and chai cream. At the moment the café only has a dessert menu, but they are hoping to introduce a dinner menu with Breton crepes in the near feature.
WHAT: Creperie Bruxelles WHERE: 70 Henley Beach Rd, Mile End WHEN: Wed - Fri 7pm - 11pm, Sat 12pm midnight & Sun 12pm - 5pm INFO: 8354 3617
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Stars//
Taurus 21.04/20.05
You are part of the crew that will now decide to pull the environment back into order. It has been going a little pearshaped. Grounding is what is required. You can see it and you will do it, with a lot of strength but not a lot of fuss. Ordinariness is what does the trick. Offer cups of tea.
Gemini 21.05/21.06
The world is pulling itself back into order. It may be you who has been helping to frazzle the edges. Not because that’s what you intended. It’s just that your enthusiasm sometimes takes you a little past the edges of decorum. If a desire for discipline arises within, then go with it.
Cancer 22.06/22.07
Strong hands are required to make you feel safe. Events and feelings have become a little formless, losing their creative edge. Life will respond by offering the form required, to make your emotional flow feel more meaningful. It’s a relief to experience healthy boundaries.
Leo 23.07/22.08
With the Sun in Cancer, there is an emotional whirlpool going on around you, that leaves you somewhat bewildered. One minute it looks like the universe is coming unravelled, next minute it feels like the world has just entered a fresh harmonious phase. Go with it, bemusedly.
Virgo 23.08/22.09
The Virgo moon gives you all the authority you need to state your case, make your move and have the desired effect. You aren’t out to impose an unnatural order. All you want is the natural order to come back again. If you cross the line, others will point it out. You won’t.
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Libra 23.09/23.10
There is a curious starlike formation forming between the planets in earth signs and those in water signs. It’s a dance of pure feeling, and then of pure earthy grounding. None of it is airy or idealistic. It’s all very real. Have a beginner’s mind. Be unknowing and open. Learn.
Sera Waters, Family Album #4 Burrowing Bunny, 2010
Life has been feeling like a freefall down a slippery slope. It suddenly straightens up and gets back on track. Free-flowing emotionality is good for a while but then at some point a little grounding is required. This week is for grounding. It’s for pulling the reins in gently.
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Scorpio 24.10/21.11
This is a moment of power. All your feelings are in harmony with all that is ordered, disciplined and wilful in you. This gives you the opportunity to have effect, as well as affect. Flashy egotists parading as paragons of sensitivity won’t fool you. Once grounded, your feelings flow.
Sagittarius 22.11/21.12
Be amazed. There’s a fireworks display going on around you. It doesn’t seem to involve you in any way. Enjoy the fact that different people, with completely different sensibilities, have their own unique ways of expressing and celebrating their existence. This is truly expansive.
Capricorn 22.12/19.01
Every now and again the planets align. This is one of those moments. The transformation you have been craving, is actually starting to show itself. There is a meeting between intense sensitive feeling, and earthy pragmatic sensuality. It’s real – and it’s not at all flashy or spectacular.
Aquarius 20.01/18.02
Your relationship is getting interesting. It’s not where you imagined it would be. It’s gone somewhere better. The beauty of life is that it always has the capacity to go way beyond our expectations. It’s earthy and sensual, not flighty and abstract. It’s full of flowing feelings and ingenuity.
Pisces 19.02/20.03
It is your lot in life at the moment, to be an emotional lynchpin for those around you. Somehow, with the fullness of your passion, you have inspired all sorts of souls to follow their passion. It has caused a little creative chaos and gotten a little out of hand. Life is now reining it in.
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The Next Chapter The Next Chapter is a fundraising exhibition and auction in support of the Adelaide Central School of Art’s capital works campaign for its new Glenside campus. The exhibition will feature a selection of works by over 50 leading South Australian and interstate artists who have an affiliation to the school, including Roy Ananda, Thom Buchanan, Nona Burden, Deirdre ButHusaim, Ruby Chew, Nicholas Folland, Helen Fuller, Ingrid Kellenbach, Chelsea Lehmann, Christopher Orchard, Arthur Phillips, Mary-Jean Richardson, Julia Robinson, Lyn Wood and Lisa Young. Don’t miss this opportunity to support local artists and take home something nice for your white walls at home. An auction for the showcased pieces will take place on Tue Jul 30 at 6.30pm.
Ruby Chew, Sophie (detail), 2012
Aries 21.03/20.04
with Sudhir
WHAT: The Next Chapter WHERE: ACSA, 7 Mulberry Rd, Glenside WHEN: Wed Jul 31 - Fri Aug 9 OPENING: Tue Jul 30 at 6.30pm
Symbiosis Espionage Gallery and Soundpound.net are teaming up to present a unique sound-and-visual-art live showcase titled Symbiosis. Symbiosis is a unique live art event in which two artists will create two collaborative works in front of a live audience. While Soundpond. net resident DJs Bizkut and Dubrat provide tunes on the decks, artists Alphamanta and Therlla will join forces to complete two works within a three hour period, both of which will be then be auctioned off live at 9pm. The exhibition will have a gold coin donation entry with proceeds going towards Soundpond.net.
WHAT: Symbiosis WHERE: Espionage Gallery, Suite 1, Level 2, 93 Rundle Mall, Adelaide WHEN: Thu Jul 18 at 6pm
Fashion//
with Lachlan Aird
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As the year chugs along, some exciting prospects in Australian fashion have been brought to our attention. As Australia continues to prove itself as a force in global fashion, more and more brands are seeking Australian markets. While many of these are from overseas, it’s great to see some grassroots labels coming through from local talent, placing Adelaide at the forefront of Australian fashion.
Ri Ri For River Island The British retailer River Island is heading over to Australia (finally) in the formation of an Australian online store. Along with its youthful take on streetwear are their capsule collections. There will also be exclusive designs just for Australia along with River Island’s seasonal collaborations, which includes Rihanna’s. While her last collection may have been panned by fashion critics on the runway, the most followed person on social media has
found commercial success with her sexy outfits that she wanted to be “gangsta”. Hopefully by the time Rihanna brings her Diamonds tour to Australia in September, we will also be able to deck ourselves head-to-toe in Rihanna approved outfits. River Island are also looking for a location for their flagship Australian store, but haven’t divulged if they’ve found a location. We would like to throw Rundle Mall into the mix, if we may.
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Jagger Local designer Kirsty Irwin (inset) has jumped on board as the designer for newest label in Adelaide’s own Australian Fashion Label family – Jagger. Jagger prides itself on detailed craftsmanship with an edgy aesthetic, incorporating leather, denim and exclusive prints into detailed basics and
OnePiece Where did the onesie come from? More importantly – who is responsible? Well, as legend has it, OnePiece was the original oneise brand, created by three Norweigans in their twenties six years ago who fantasised about finding the perfect chillout wear for a lazy day at home. Thus, the onesie was born. Since being embraced by
signature pieces. Their first collection, Space Odyssey, will hit stores soon, with its first drop being available exclusively from FSHN BNKR – thefashionbunker.com. Here’s a sneaky pic of Georgia from Australian Fashion Labels wearing the Atmosphere dress from Jagger’s first collection, Space Odyssey. Follow Jagger on Instagram for more insight on what to expect from the brand before it hits stores.
everyone, including Justin Bieber, Ke$ha, Peaches and One Direction, OnePiece has expanded to include a full range of not-sooneise wear, including hoodies, T-shirts, shorts and accessories.
To see the full range and warm up this winter head to onepiece.com/en-au/
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Side Effects
Silver Linings Playbook
Roadshow / MA / 106 mins
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Roadshow / M / 92 mins
Icon / MA / 86 mins
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Director David O Russell (who also adapted Matthew Quick’s novel) follows up The Fighter with this pretty overrated semi-comedic drama following the plights of a selection of ‘crazy’ characters, and while Jennifer Lawrence won the Oscar here for her performance as a sex addict (we never see any actual proof ) Tiffany, the best scenes depict the passive-aggressive relationship between Bradley Cooper’s OCD Pat and his dad Pat Sr, as played by Robert De Niro in his best and most daring role in years. When Cooper’s Pat returns home after a stint in an institution after his obsession with his ex-wife turned violent, he must reconcile, sort of, with his parents (RDN and Australia’s own Jacki Weaver, oddly enough), and attempt to become part of the community again. When Pat meets Tiffany, who immediately goes off about her addiction and insists that she and he get it on, Russell’s film starts going slightly off the rails, and we build to a rather conventional and uninspiring final third that involves both a bet about an Eagles-Cowboys game and a ballroom dancing competition. It wants to be ‘screwball’ in tone but, instead, just proves a bit screwy.
Evidently intended as a major hit, this dopey outing from director Simon West (he of thumping actioners like The Expendables 2) instead finds its way straight to DVD, as is so often the fate of pics toplining dreary old Nic Cage these days. A crim quartet steals 10 million bucks one night in New Orleans, but when leader Will Montgomery (Cage) argues with slightly freaky Vincent (Matt Lucas), Will is left to FBI agent Tim Harlend (Danny Huston) and serves eight years in jail. When he emerges to make peace with estranged daughter Alison (Sami Gayle) and catch up with former accomplices Riley (Malin Akerman) and Hoyt (MC Gainey), Will’s targeted by a rather nuttier Vincent, who wants the millions supposedly stashed after the robbery and thinks nothing of kidnapping Alison and improbably holding her hostage all over the city, as Tim once again closes in and Cage emotes away with a weirdly queeny vengeance. A real potboiler that doesn’t even manage a little local and lurid N’Orleans colour as it races from one silly situation to another, this further demonstrates just how badly Nic’s star has fallen – and how rubbery he’s getting as the years fly by.
This brass-tacks English thriller from directors James Nunn and Ronnie Thompson is easily one of the best straight-to-DVD titles of the year, with a stripped-back storyline (pared-down even further than the slightly similar Citadel), a convincingly frightened cast, shocking violence and a sense of urban anger that’s hard to shake. An opening attack on a stranger on the top floor of a condemned apartment block somewhere in London leads to a police enquiry and, three months later, the remaining tenants find themselves being picked off by an unknown party with a sniper rifle. After discovering that help is not on the way and their mobiles don’t work, they band together in an attempt to fight back. They’re quite a bunch: there’s our ‘promiscuous’ would-be heroine Becky (Sheridan Smith), the nasty but cowardly scumbag they’ve been paying for protection ( Jack O’Connell as Kurtis), an older couple (one of whom is Ralph Brown of Withnail & I’s ‘Camberwell Carrot’) and Paul, a shivering alcoholic about to fall off the wagon and played by Russell Tovey of UK TV’s Being Human. In a way that few films would dare, it refreshingly turns out that none of them are safe.
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Roadshow / MA / 103 mins
Wildly workaholic director Steven Soderbergh’s latest is a tough one to talk about, with a genuinely surprising script by Scott Z Burns (who also penned Soderbergh’s Contagion and The Informant!) that shouldn’t be discussed in too much detail. Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara) is introduced visiting her husband Martin (Channing Tatum, Soderbergh’s current muse) in prison. When he’s released the plot seems to be heading towards a study of his return to ‘insider trading’ ways. However, we instead take a turn, as Emily is revealed as depressed and, after episodes of dangerous behaviour, referred to Dr Jonathan Banks ( Jude Law), who prescribes ‘Ablixa’ and makes contact with Emily’s previous doctor (Catherine ZetaJones), as Burns’ screenplay takes yet another dark alternate route and our heavily-medicated contemporary society is fearlessly placed under the microscope. While there’s plenty here that can’t be discussed, let’s concentrate upon the elements that actually can, including Law, who’s never been better (and always excels when he’s allowed a little humour and the chance to use his real accent), and the curiously feral Mara (AKA the American Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), whose strange, subdued performance is something to behold. MDB
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David Bowie Is Victoria Broackes And Geoffrey Marsh / V&A / $69.99
Compiled to coincide with London’s V&A Museum exhibition, this gorgeous volume begins by stating that Bowie is a key figure of the last 50 years in terms of music, performance, art, design, fashion, film and ‘identity politics’, and then produces all manner of startling proof. With biographical detail concerning his rise to superstardom (and beyond) and essays, fans can also marvel at: unseen snaps of our subject on stage and off, Bowie looking enigmatic on film sets; his extraordinary costumes (notably including Ziggy Stardust’s get-ups and Scary Monsters garb); his personal art (like storyboards for the unproduced film Hunger City); and several concerned voices as they ponder whether Bowie’s still ‘relevant’. As if there was any question, space cadets!
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Guy Pratt, an English musician (he plays bass with Pink Floyd) and author of the book My Bass And Other Animals as well as a comedian who has been to Adelaide several times to showcase his talents, is excited about heading here again to take part in Word Adelaide.
Word Adelaide is a new, compact, fourday festival which will offer events that include participants such as Little Britain’s Matt Lucas, Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, Leo Sayer, Joel Ozborn, The Project’s Kitty Flanagan and 891’s Roly Sussex. “Yeah, even if it means leaving the warm weather,” Pratt says from Ibiza. “But it’s not about the weather really because I’m excited about Word Adelaide. It’s all come together and I’m really happy about it.” Pratt will be taking part in In Their Own Words with Matt Lucas, Kitty Flanagan and Roly Sussex as well as being alongside Gary Kemp, Leo Sayer and Taasha Coates for Words Without Music. He says that heading a panel, as he will with In Their Own Words, is relatively new territory but he’s looking forward to the challenge. “It’s not the kind of thing I’ve often done before,” he admits, “but the thing I do like about Word Adelaide is the great subject matter. I like to sit and talk to people about those kind of things anyway and having
Guy Pratt tan by Robert Duns
such wonderful people sitting alongside me will be great. It’s such a brilliant idea. “I’ve known Matt Lucas for years and years,” Pratt adds. “And while I can’t say I know him that well, I worked with him when Matt and David Walliams were an up and coming little UK comedy duo back in the ’90s. So it’s been fantastic to watch Matt flower and I’m really looking forward to spending time in Adelaide with him.” Pratt will be working alongside panelists like Leo Sayer and Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp for the Words Without Music event, answering questions from the floor about the music industry and the art of songwriting. “Gary and I tend to be very candid when we are around each other so it will make for
a very good exchange,” Pratt reasons. “And Gary is also one of my best friends and we’ve written two musicals together, Bedbug and A Terrible Beauty.” He does slightly have a beef with Adelaide, however, after his 2011 Adelaide Fringe visit. "I was shocked to notice you’d got rid of the pie floater van,” Pratt concludes. “I don’t think you quite realise what a local landmark that was for overseas visitors.”
WHAT: Word Adelaide WHERE & WHen: Tue Aug 15 – Sun Aug 18 at various venues. INFO: wordadelaide.com.au
Fast Times// Wuddup Fast Timers? (Ahem, please bear with me). This week I’ll be giving all of y’all the 411 on Word Adelaide’s Freestyle MC Competition, so if you think you’ve got what it takes to be a top Aussie MC, this is the issue for you. On a less rap-related note, this week I’ll also be interviewing costume designer and wardrobe assistant El Webber to find out what it takes to be a costume designer, how to succeed in the world of wardrobe, and what you can get out of the six wardrobe classes she’s running as part of this year’s TAFE SA AC Arts winter short course program.
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Your guide to the student experience
Word Adelaide Freestyle MC Competition When I was about 11, I decided that I wanted to become a rapper. Even though I was incredibly scrawny, cried on a daily basis, had a lisp, and often fantasised about the Spice Girls being my best friends, I genuinely believed I could also have a rap career—I was certain that one day I would join the likes of 50 Cent and Ja Rule in my own personal gangster’s paradise. But unfortunately this never happened. My dream ended forever after I tried to ‘crank a few beats’ at a friend’s 12th birthday party and someone threw a pasty at my face. So for all of you out there who actually can rap, please do me a favour, I urge you to enter the Word Adelaide Freestyle MC Competition and live my childhood dream. The competition welcomes entrants from all
around Australia, and boasts over $12,000 worth of cash and prizes. The comp will include acapella, instrumental and beatbox rounds over three divisions: flyweight, middleweight and heavyweight. Heats for flyweight will be held in Adelaide’s northern, southern and central suburbs, with winners moving on to compete in the finals on Fri Aug 16 at the Thebarton Theatre. You can register for the flyweight division through the Word Adelaide website. Entry to middle and heavyweight divisions will be by invitation only, so if you think you’ve got what it takes, you’ll have to prove it. Tickets to the finals at Thebarton Theatre can be purchased through VenueTix.
To register for one of the three preliminary heats, and/or find out more about the comp, check out wordadelaide.com.au/ program-tickets. Entries are now open!
Vox Pop: El Webber, costume designer and wardrobe assistant
Winter Short Courses: Wardrobe Seeing someone who’s wearing the exact same thing as you is a sobering experience. One moment you’re gracing the world with your style, individuality and creative flair, and the next, you’re faced with the realisation that you’re pretty much a less good-looking, less popular version of the guy on the other side of the room with the cool haircut. To combat these truly awful situations, TAFE SA AC Arts are running a range of wardrobe short courses throughout August and September, guaranteed to make you stand out from the crowd. The courses run one night per week over two to six weeks, and cost around $150 to $300. Costume designer and wardrobe assistant El Webber will be leading five courses: Costume Dress-up For Fun, Make Your Own Skirt For Winter, Make A Tutu, Make A Cushion Cover, and Make A Tote Bag. Seana O’brien will be leading Amazing Wonderlex and Fosshape—a hands-on class, delving into the weird and wonderful world of heat activated fabric and composite materials. Classes are all beginner friendly, though a basic knowledge of sewing and pattern making would definitely be beneficial.
For more info, head to acarts.edu.au.
Urban-utan Short Film Competition Film makers, listen up. The Urban-utan Short Film Competition—part of the OzAsia Festival, and hosted by the Adelaide Festival Centre’s GreenRoom and the Media Resource Centre—is giving you the opportunity to put your filmmaking skills to the test. The competition closes on Fri Aug 2 but fear not; there’s still plenty time to get your ideas flowing and cameras rolling. The competition is open to film makers aged 16 – 30, there will be a generous range of prizes on offer, and up to 12 finalists will have their film screened as part of the GreenRoom Short Film Competition, shown at the Mercury Cinema on Tue Sep 17. And now, the entry requirements. Your film must incorporate the contrast between old
Malaysia, new Malaysia, and Australian culture. This means that you will have to specifically make reference to a Malaysian tradition, as well as a modern Malaysian street culture. Your film should be no longer than seven minutes, and must be submitted to the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust. In order to submit, you must be a GreenRoom member and have registered your details online. Submissions are to be delivered to the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust in both DVD 16:9 form as well as MPEG2 form in one of the following frame rates: 25p (BluRay), 30p, 50i, or 60i.
For more info, and to register, head to adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/greenroom.
What originally drew you to costume design and wardrobe and costume design? I was always interested in creativity, whether it be acting or dance, or anything behind the scenes. In the end I thought costume was right for me. I’ve always loved fashion, and how it’s everchanging. Do you have a favourite costume or piece of clothing that you’ve designed? Absolutely. When I was in TAFE we had to do period work. We had to choose a particular era, and I chose the 1880s. Our costume had to be inspired by art – so music, paintings, and literature. I ended up basing my work on photography. It was quite a big achievement for me. What skill levels are your courses aimed at? Are they all fairly beginner friendly? They’re quite beginner friendly, and I’m definitely happy to help people as much as they need. It’s obviously good if they’re coming in with some sewing skills, but I can definitely aid beginners. What do you hope people will get out of the costume design and wardrobe courses you’re leading? I just want people to have an appreciation for the art of sewing, and if they like it, it’d be great to see them go on to do other courses, and possibly even do a fashion course, or a costume course, and see where that takes them. It’s a really, really interesting career choice. Any advice for aspiring designers? I would say do as many courses as you possibly can, because it’s totally invaluable. Take every day as a learning experience because it always will be.
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CD Reviews
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Singles
Violent Soho
Baby Animals
In The Aisle
This Is Not The End
(Oh You)
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Alternative punk rockers Violent Soho bring it in their latest single In the Aisle. Like an angrier Kingswood or an unaplogetically less hip World’s End Press, Violent Soho will heal your broken heart or just get you through the week. The track emits a desperate intensity, dripping with sincerity and foot stomping. The Brisbaners are good, bringing the defiant grunge sound back to life. Their animated front man belts out buckets of complaint rock in an oh so satisfying way. The track will leave you hungry for more, but the EP will surely tide you over til the new album drops Sept 6. Win.
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Die Antwoord Cookie Thumper (Pias)
Cookie Thumper is exactly what you’d expect from Die Antwoord, with Yolandi Vi$$er proclaiming midway through, ‘Yes daddy, I’m a big girl now / Jas little devil make your dick go wow’. Yep. In this newie Die Antwoord continues to push the shock factor with underage sex innuendo (see: ‘That little girl’s ass was in big, big trouble’) while backed with a thumping zef beat, creating something that’s gloriously dirty and undeniably catchy. Listen if you’re into cookie references, songs that actually use a siren as an instrument and words like ‘kray-kray.’ Daai bra anies.
Pluto Jonze Eject (Stop Start/Inertia)
AAAA Drugs and music. In many ways, they go hand in hand – for better or worse. Best case scenario, they help artists create something unique and inspiring to all who listen to it. While Lachlan Nicholson (AKA Pluto Jonze) has expressed how some of the key tracks on his debut album
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Eject did come from some fortunate (and unfortunate) experiences whilst altering his mind, let’s not stereotype him as a drug-munching muso. By applying a synth-pop undercurrent to all 12 tracks, he manages to make a coherent product, while allowing each song to have individual personalities as they flirt with several different styles. The experimentalism seems to work effortlessly for Nicholson, with Eject, a somewhat mash-up of Baz Luhrmann’s Sunscreen Song and The Beach Boys becoming a surprising radio favourite, most likely due to its bounce and novelty value. Erasure (Let Your Love Go) gives an insight into Nicholson’s rockier incarnations, yet still features enough lazer beams and warpy vocals to make it distinctly Pluto Jonze. Given the optimism peppered throughout the album and the warm feeling it gives, we’re left assured Pluto Jonze will definitely be back, with plenty of more ‘life experiences’ to comment on no doubt. Lachlan Aird
There is definitely a touch of irony in the album title for Oz rockers Baby Animals, notching up their first official studio albums in 20 years. To say it has been a long time between drinks for Baby Animals is a complete understatement begging the question of what could have been after the calibre of hits such as Rush You, Early Warning, Painless and One Word off their debut album. Do the Baby Animals still rock? Fuck yeah! Okay, they might be missing a couple original members but the heart and soul of the band Suze DeMarchi and Dave Leslie are still there rocking their hardest. The Baby Animals have done a reasonable job recreating the magic that was there all those years ago kicking it off with the barnstorming single Email. The real risk in making a comeback of sorts is sullying the reputation of this band and fortunately this album stands proudly in the back catalogue. Digging deeper there’s plenty to spark the interest of fans with the likes of mesmerising chorus of Bonfires and backing off the pace on Invisible Dreamer and Warm Bodies. Hot Air Balloon is another ripper tucked away at the back of the album. Great album, glad they haven’t forgotten Adelaide for their upcoming tour as well. Rob Lyon
Clubfeet & Es Ist Super Rhino Room, Fri Jul 12
Bluebell Fields is what you’d listen to in your angsty teen years, making out on a stained couch in your mum’s basement. The vocals have a low-key, indie vibe and overall it’s nice to listen to. It’s someone who will always call you the next day, bring you flowers and call you ‘babe.’ It’s okay, but sparks don’t fly, and ultimately you don’t want it in your life. Or on your playlist. Same difference.
Darwin Deez Alice (Pias)
The newest EP from Darwin Deez is not just a song. No, it is a grand romantic gesture. Alice is an Australian girl the frontman met and fell for whilst on tour. The song is redolent of Tokyo Police Club, but with the fuzzy-haired Deez being the US’s less-talented equivalent. Can’t wait for the post-break up hit, Darwin. Hint: Alice rhymes with ‘malice,’ ‘callous’ and ‘cold, hard bitch-alous.’
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AAAA On a pouring and wintery night, diehard synth pop enthusiasts gathered to see Melbourne/South African outfit Clubfeet take to the stage at Rhino Room. And to much reward, the five-piece band warming the cold evening with their flaming hot beats. Adelaide rockers Es Ist Super opened the stage with a tidal wave of melodic and energetic sound. The local wonders set a casual tone, with the band’s vocalist dancing barefoot and even venturing at times into the audience. Although Es Ist Super brought it, Clubfeet stole the night hitting the stage at midnight with their smooth and cloudy melodies. The crowd lapped it up, vibing Clubfeet’s everpresent synth breakdowns peppered with garage rock. The lyrics shied away from the road-most-travelled indie rocker clichés, instead taking the form of an unsullied dreamscape. The band hailing from Melbourne, Australia and Cape Town, South Africa used everything
Reviews // Quick Ones
Tribes
Mudhoney
Boards Of Canada
Wish To Scream
Vanishing Point
Tomorrow’s Harvest
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When I heard Tribes had recorded with producer Kevin Augunas, who worked with Cold War Kids’ Robbers & Cowards and Loyalty Loyalty, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the British four-piece rock band’s new album Wish To Scream. I’m not entirely disappointed with what I’m hearing, but perhaps the band could have taken a longer break from their 2012 album release of Baby before hitting the studio again so quickly. I found it difficult to know where one song ended and another began. The record sounds like one long raspy tune of peace, free love and healing. The stand out track was How The Other Half Live which woke me up from my Woodstock daydream. Much like listening to Primal Scream, it reminded me that these guys are able to pull off some dirty guitar riffs and produce a song with heavier rock roots. I’m not saying it’s a bad album, but it’s not as ballsy as their first. If you’re after some easy listening Sunday summer driving tunes, then Wish To Scream is your winner. Overall, I’m not sold on this record – but I don’t doubt that this guitar band will be one to watch in the future. Jess Bayly
Mudhoney have endured the test of time returning with a new album and beating their chest as if they still have plenty to say. After 25 years, nine studio albums, numerous singles and countless touring there is still plenty of fire in the belly. Commercial success has essentially eluded this iconic band despite influencing many grunge and alternative rock bands and appearing on many a T-shirt of some snotty nose teenager who in appearing cool thinks they know all about Mudhoney. Conversely, there will be some that will argue, really! Did you really need to do another album? From my perspective Mudhoney haven’t put a foot wrong with Vanishing Point. There are some absolute ball tearers on this album right from I Like It Small to the sure fire rock nuggets I Sing This Sound Of Joy and I Don’t Remember You. Marc Arm is in fine form, and if The Stooges were seeking a replacement for Iggy Pop this is the man. Tracks such as What To Do With The Neutral really does affirm for me the awesomeness of Mudhoney and serves as a reminder that they shouldn’t be banished to playing venues the size of Enigma Bar because they’re better than that. Rob Lyon
The first outing in eight years for the reclusive Scots arrived as a perfect surprise; the music itself, not so much. This is standard fare, with the caveat that Boards Of Canada have set the bar high enough over their past four albums that even their standard fare is quality material. There is little or no musical evolution from their previous outings; perhaps, having found a good thing with their trademark down tempo and leftfield blend of recorded documentary and synth melody, they’ve simply stuck to it. Single Reach For The Dead is one of the album highlights from the BOC top shelf, but punters may be disappointed the hiatus has not offered up more than standard variations on the tried and tested beats, misty bleeps, soundtrack samples, disembodied documentary voices and white noise snatches that make up the journey across an hour with Boards Of Canada. Earlier albums both broke new sonic ground and boasted more strongly articulated thematic spines to which their muscular yet dreamy beat-curios were attached; here there is a sense of random assortment, and of overall bleakness. For the converted. William Charles
at their disposal. No instrument was too unusual to be off limits: egg shakers, handled jingle bells and free reign of the drumsticks on anything and everything showcased the band’s talents. Mixing ‘80s dance vibes with a modern edge, the band indulged in over-embellished dance moves and porn star red lighting to get the crowd moving. And that they did. There was not a still body in the house, the crowd jiving, thrusting and smiling all night long. The intimate setting of the Rhino Room added to the ambience, with the small gig catering to the old school Clubfooted as well as those new to the party. Anyone can see that the band genuinely loves what they do with this emanating from their performance, lead Sebastian Cohen regularly grinning through his beard down upon the audience. Highlights of the set included the band’s original Cape Town and a stellar cover of Norwegian duo Röyksopp’s Remind Me. Clubfeet ended on an absolute high, performing their most recognisable song, Everything You Wanted. Frontman Cohen crooned the crowd, singing, ‘Come with me, I’ll show you everything you wanted’. Clubfeet’s crisp electric sound had truly given their audience everything they wanted that Friday evening.
Call The Shots When Everything Goes Wrong (Takedown Records/Shock)
AAAA For a band that have covered Simple Plan and use their bio to highlight their recent success in a Dolly Magazine reader’s poll, Call The Shots actually aren’t as lightweight as I was anticipating. I mean, their new seventrack EP When Everything Goes Wrong is poppy, sure, but I had my ears calibrated for some truly bubblegum punk, and this expectation was confounded by a unforeseen reliance on breakdowns and blast beats (such as on The Bro Song and 48-second opening track Breakups Are Fun). Is that what tween girls are into these days? That said, there is still an abundance of melody to be found here, and Josh Setterfield’s voice reflects the large influence of the likes of New Found Glory and All Time Low on the band’s songwriting. Owen Heitmann
You Am I Hourly Daily (Superunreal Edition) (Sony)
AAAAA Hourly Daily was the album that catapulted You Am I in to the limelight when it debuted on the ARIA Chart at number one. For the ultimate fan there is the mega discovery of hidden gem from Andy Kent’s attic Up Against It. Wow! I don’t know how they kept that beast tied up for so long. The album material is brilliant in particular Tuesday Morning featuring some different lyrics and B-sides off the various singles and EPs such as I’ll Make You Happy and (You Must Fight To Live) On The Planet Of The Apes are essential to complete any collection. The Beat Party live set is sensational with the obvious highlight being a cover of The Stooges Search And Destroy.Hourly Daily is sheer brilliance and the perfect compliant to Hi Fi Way and Sound As Ever. Long live You Am I. Rob Lyon RipITUPMAGAZINE//ripitup.com.au
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Six months ago, acoustic singer/songwriter James Abberley quit his job as a full-time paver to pursue his musical aspirations. This decision came several months after the 21-year-old decided to end a six month stint in Adelaide and return to his hometown of Owen in the Adelaide Plains, around two hours north of the city.
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his is the lifestyle that Abberley wouldn’t change for the world. Having been discovered at an open mic night at The Gov over two years ago, the venue has played a huge role in his development, providing him opportunities to support the likes of Xavier Rudd and Ash Grunwald as well regular front bar residency slots. They’re chances he has relished, drawing
close to 250 guests to his album launch in the main band room of The Gov back in 2011. Two years on and on the back of steady flow of trips between home and the city, Abberley is now preparing to return to the main room to release his first EP, a collection of tracks he’s recorded by himself at home after being mentored by Nesta Mitchell of Fish Shop Studio’s in Port Adelaide. Ever aware of overstaying his welcome, immediately following the EP launch Abberley will depart for a six month jaunt around Western Australia to continue to share his music, followed by his first European experience. “The biggest reason I decided to do an EP instead of an album was because I’ve had this six month trip to WA planned. I wasn’t going to have time to do a complete album but I wanted to leave people with some new music. I’ve spent the last two years working on the
EP and I never felt like I was going to have enough time to finish a full album. The EP was a compromise, but the trip away is mostly for my music.” And even if opportunities were to allow him to return to Adelaide after travelling, Abberley is not thinking about leaving Owen anytime soon. “I got too many speeding fines, parking fines and red light fines in Adelaide,” he laughs. “It’s too hectic for me.”
WHO: James Abberley, Ciaram Granger and Sea Shepherd WHAT: James Abberley EP launch WHERE: Governor Hindmarsh WHEN: Fri Jul 26
The Sweet Decline It’s been two years since The Sweet Decline released new material but fortunately the wait is over. Spending much of their down time perfecting their live set, the four-piece have performed supporting slots for The Vines, Abbe May, The Growl, Bleeding Knees Club and many more. With an album in the works, their sound will pay homage to the greats like Kings Of Leon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Hives and The Stones. The new single, Higher Load, is a two-and-a-half-minute raucous rock'n'roll number that will be unleashed on Sat Jul 20 at Jive alongside local rock’n’roll compatriots, Sister Rose and The Byzantines. Tickets available now through Moshtix.
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Unearthed High is back for its sixth year and amped to find Australia’s best high school music act. If you’re a songwriter, in a band, a producer or an MC, Triple J wants to unearth you. Along with a trip to Sydney and a professional recording, the winners will have San Cisco come and play at their high school. This year local indie outfit Courts & Kings have enjoyed their time as a feature artist. With just one winner announced by the station, let’s fly the local flag. Closing at midnight AEST on Mon Jul 22, get behind Courts & Kings' leading singles, High Hopes and Rocket Ships & Jet Packs and may they rule the Unearthed High throne.
Shaolin Afronauts Debut Residency Shows The Afrobeat sounds of Adelaide’s ARIA-nominated Shaolin Afronauts will be filling The Exeter every Thursday night this July. Heavily inspired by the sounds of ‘70s West Africa, Ethiopia and the pioneering avant-garde jazz artists of the same period, their sound draws on this highly innovative and sometimes volatile era in music, using it as inspiration to create music with the same fire and intensity. Playing a host of material from their acclaimed release Quest Under Capricorn, we suspect you will also be treated to a bunch of new material. The next show is on Thu Jul 18 from 9pm.
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