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Good things are coming in twos this week. Not only are our cover stars, Boy & Bear, celebrating the release of their second album, Harlequin Dream, but so are two of our other interviewees, Dead Letter Circus (p14) and Cloud Control (p18). It’s encouraging to know that these bands are not only working hard at bringing new music, touring that music to their fans, but are also all Australian. Hopefully next time we chat to them, it’s about album number three. Longstanding success needs to start somewhere, right? This week we also went back to where it all began for legendary Irish rockers Ash, who are heading back to Adelaide to play their much loved debut record, 1977, in its entirety. Rick McMurray from the band told us about what you can expect from the special show, along with some fuzzy memories of what it was like making the album and its lasting impact on those who grew up in the ‘90s (p15). Other first-timers this issue include our run-in with new punk trio Bloods (p18) and a chat with first-time film director Kim Mordaunt. Whether you’re looking for fresh new music or some nostalgia on simpler times when secret tracks meant vomiting into the microphone, you’ll find it within the pages of this issue of Rip It Up.

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With his debut EP Slingshot Diaries in shops (and online), Melbourne’s M. Antonia heads to the Grace Emily on Thu Aug 22 to deliver a set of great songs and dirty guitars.

There will be blood at Rocket Bar on Fri Aug 23 when Sydney’s garage punkers Bloods team up with Oscar Key Sung for a night to remember.

Irish indie pop trio will perform their acclaimed debut album 1977 in full at the Governor Hindmarsh on Wed Aug 28, a gig which will include '90s indie standards such as Goldf inger, Oh Yeah, Girl From Mars and Kung Fu.

Speeding along this week... HOME FOR THE DEF Local cult lo-ﬁ favourite Home For The Def (AKA Nigel Koop) performs at the Hotel Metro on Sat Aug 24. SALA The largest visual arts festival in the world continues in venues across the city and the state this month with exhibitions in bars, clubs, cafes and basically any place where you can stick some art on the walls.

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With a colossal 17-track album out, it’s no wonder Paramore are constantly on tour. Getting the most out of the self-titled record, the pop-punk group will be hitting the Adelaide Entertainment Centre again on Tue Jan 14 next year. You Me At Six and Twenty One Pilots are billed as national supports. Tickets are available through Ticketek.

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Southern Sons Indie folk is so 2012 – in 2013 it’s all about the soft, luscious, warm textures of cruise-y 1960s and 1970s LA rock. Think Fleetwood Mac with a pinch of Joni Mitchell and a dash of The Eagles and you’ve got the sound that defines ‘right now’.

nd even though they may be Australia’s pride and joy, multiARIA-Award-winning Sydney five-piece Boy & Bear are all over it with their second album, Harlequin Dream, a record put together in their home country but channelling one of the most significant eras in music history. Drummer Tim Hart calls it “a new angle” on the same band we fell for upon the release of debut album Moonf ire back in 2011. “And then there’s the whole thing with cowboys versus dinosaurs,” he adds flatly before bursting into a giggle. “It’s weird, I know. It’s just a bit of fantasy injected in there, it’s something a bit different for us. Looking at the cover art you wouldn’t exactly expect the kind of sound we’ve got on this album – the image is based on the film Valley Of The Gwangi. The whole concept took a bit of getting used to but once the album was done, it all kind of fell into place. It really reflects this childlike side to us as well, the whole sense of playing cowboys and imagining dinosaurs, the fantasies that you have as a little kid. It’s a playful concept and it really made way for all this creativity to come flooding through – crazy ideas, things we wouldn’t have tried previously, maybe things that we just wouldn’t have had the confidence to

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try until now.” That confidence is well earned, too. With the surprise success of their first full-length some two years ago, Boy & Bear came to be proud owners of multiple ARIAs, cleaning up on Australia music industry’s night of nights by taking out five of the six categories the band was nominated for. And while many previous winners have experienced ‘the curse of the ARIAs’, never to be heard from again, you can be sure this is in no way about to happen to Hart, brother Jon (banjo), Dave

“The whole concept took a bit of getting used to but once the album was done, it all kind of fell into place.” Hosking (vocals/guitar), Killian Gavin (guitar) and new bassist Dave Symes. “It was a lot different working on this album,” Hart claims. “When I look back on the way we worked on Moonf ire, it was actually quite a gutsy move in some ways for us to pack up and head over to Nashville and let this guy we’d never met have input in our tracks. We were happy

with the outcome obviously, but it was a risky move in retrospect. It was a bit safer this time around because we stayed in Sydney, we worked with Wayne [Connolly] and we had access to our friends and families. It also meant that we could take our time a bit more – we weren’t under that pump where you’re literally aware of every hour and minute you’re using up in the studio. I think it allowed for a more creative process that way, it felt more natural, we could express ourselves more. The last thing you want is to release a rushed product, disappoint yourself, disappoint the fans and just end up feeling like shit about the whole thing.” In 2013, it’s exciting times for Boy & Bear. Not only has the band just released the highly anticipated Harlequin Dream – first single Southern Sun is already doing the major rounds on Australian radio – they’ve also said farewell to an old mate while welcoming a new member into the fold. “Jake [Tarasenko] was a bit unhappy towards the end of it all,” Hart says of Boy & Bear’s former bassist. “If he’d stayed it wouldn’t have been good for anybody, really. It’s just a fact that the whole band, recording, touring thing is not for everyone and not everybody can handle the lifestyle that comes with it and the amount of time it takes out of your life. It sounds like fun, and most of the time it is fun, but it takes its toll if you’re not looking after yourself properly. It’s not even the partying, it’s the work that goes into it. People tend to forget that it’s still a job at the end of the day, it’s what pays your bills. Jake was a bit over it, what can you do? We now have a new

Success In Numbers When frontman Dave Hosking first conjured up the name Boy & Bear in 2009, he actually had a solo project in mind – a one-man show consisting of drivey indiefolk and choral harmonies. But fate had something else (and better) in mind. Soon the talents of Jon and Tim Hart, Killian Gavin and Jake Tarasenko proved to be too good to bypass, Hosking realising that the addition of extra members made his project a stronger one. He was right: in 2010 the band signed to Universal, releasing debut EP With Emperor Antarctica, and followed it up with first album Moonfire, collecting ARIAS for Group Of The Year, Breakthrough Artist (Single), Breakthrough Artist (Album), Best Adult Alternative Album and Album Of The Year... You can breathe now.

bass player, his name is Dave [Symes] and he’s been in the music industry for a while, which has been an amazing addition to the band. We’re just at a stage now that we are also accepting things as they go with the flow. Everything feels right at the moment, in terms of our line-up, the new album, and the frame of mind we are in. We’re ready to do it all over again.” WHO: Boy And Bear WHAT: Harlequin Dream (Universal) WHERE: HQ WHEN: Thu Nov 21

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In the wake of their second studio album The Catalyst Fire and an Australian tour just around the corner, Rip It Up spoke with frontman Kim Benzie of Brisbane alternative rock band Dead Letter Circus.

t’s a gloomy day in Brisbane, but the weather won’t kill Benzie’s high as he gears up for the upcoming tour and proudly talks of the newly released sophomore record. “We have spent so much time nerding out being perfectionists on this album,” Benzie explains. “We are definitely a lot better with all of our instruments; our vision is a lot clearer since the last album. We have done a lot of experimentation during the gap. We had a very clear vision of how we wanted things to sound and have really stepped it up a bit in the last two, three years with attention to detail. We are very proud of the album and all the songs are great.” The new album is available both digitally and physically. Benzie shared his views on digital commerce and how it impacts the music industry. “In this new world of digital availability, the only industry that is really, really suffering is the music industry — directly the artists. Look at Game Of Thrones, six million dollars to make [per episode] and it’s the most downloaded show ever — it doesn’t affect people on that layout.” In this instance, Benzie is leading by example. “I buy iTunes downloads, it’s a nice way to say thank you to the people who have spent two or three years crafting something. It costs a lot of money making a record. People certainly aren’t charging us less to make the album. I think

we are in this weird transitional phase where if we fast forward ten years and we’ll see bands saying, ‘Look we actually can’t afford to do this anymore; we can’t support our families’. It might take something like that to make people think, ‘Hey, shit, I should really buy that CD’. Gone are the days of the super rich rock stars rolling around. “I can completely understand the spoilt for choice scenario though,” Benzie continues. “Some kids growing up today have never bought a CD before. We aren’t angry because people come to our shows and we love that, but I do think a purchase of a CD or iTunes download is a great way to say thank you to the artists.” Since the departure of guitarist Rob Maric last year, there were some concerns of the band not being able to produce the same quality of music that they had on their debut album, 2010’s This Is The Warning. Benzie puts those concerns to rest. “We did write one song on this album, I had an idea that became Lodestar, the lead single. The reason we put that one out first because we had a lineup change and we wanted to let everyone know we are more Dead Letter than ever. In case anyone had any concerns, maybe people thought the band was going to change. We sat back after the song was finished and said, ‘Yep, that’s the most Dead Letter song ever’.”

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Coming off extensive touring around the globe, including major festivals, Benzie talks of what fans can expect at their upcoming much preferred club venue gigs. “We’re going to somehow work from the feedback from the fans about what songs resonate with the people. And then we’ll probably select our set from what the people say. We like all the songs; everyone in the band has a personal favourite. I personally enjoy club venues more than festivals because it’s more intimate and the crowd is right there in front you, it’s a great feeling.” What’s next for this Brisbane band who have shared the stage with artists such as Karnivool, Judas Priest, Helmet and The Butterfly Effect? “I’m super pumped for the European tour

where we will be playing with The Monuments. I am super excited for that. We have already started writing the next album, because we don’t want to make the same mistake of having such a long gap. We toured for two years and didn’t do any writing. At the moment our minds are tuned and we want to just keep going. “We might do an acoustic album next. If we do an acoustic album though, it won’t be new songs; it will be a back catalogue. I think I’d like to do that...” WHO: Dead Letter Circus WHAT: The Catalyst Fire (UNFD) WHERE: HQ WHEN: Thu Aug 29

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Oh Yeah Almost two decades on from making their debut record 1977, Irish trio Ash are headed to Australia to play the album frontto-back in all its boozy, girl-crazy glory. Drummer Rick McMurray takes Rip It Up on a trip down memory lane to 1996.

s the pop-punk soundtrack to many a break-up, make-up, teenage fantasy and adventure – primarily their own – Ash’s debut record 1977 holds a dear place in the hearts of many who grew up in the ‘90s. McMurray thinks back to the creation of an album that spawned five Top 20 hits – Kung Fu, Girl From Mars, Angel Interceptor, Goldfinger and Oh Yeah – and describes the sensory overload that came with revisiting 1977 as Ash prepare to visit Australia. “As you play it, it’s just like an absolute flood of memories coming back for the brain to process,” he reflects. “I guess we were just sort of getting used to being a band, and [working in a] professional studio recording properly – it was a steep learning curve. I think there was a lot of madness goin’ on as well – I think half the record was written in the studio. We’d never do that now; in a thousand pound studio a day and we’re sitting around tryin’ to write songs! It was pretty crazy but we were workin’ with Owen Morris and it’s been well documented how crazy a producer he is. He taught us a lot about songwriting, production and recording, but he also taught us a lot about partying as well.”

Ash oughlan by Tyler McL this’. We listened back to it the next day and then somehow it ended up on the record. We were doing this concept piece called The Scream, which is just ten minutes of us going from this quiet hum and then into this hellish screaming which is something we used to do in the band a lot – it seemed

to help with the hangovers… That was just gonna be another layer to it that was going to be overdubbed on it but we ended up just not mixing the screams in.” With a bond strong enough to see three Northern Irish school lads endure 21 years in the music industry together after such

whirlwind beginnings, Ash are stronger than ever. McMurray is clearly enjoying the nostalgia trip, never cringing for a moment, even when it’s suggested that Sick Party must feature in the live show if 1977 is to be played properly in its entirety during Ash’s Australian visit. “I think when we first started doing these 1977 shows Mark had sort of threatened to throw up on stage but I think his wife’s also threatened divorcin’ him if he did it. I think he decided against it but I dunno if she’s gonna be in Australia so you never know. Hang around the venue for like twenty minutes afterwards,” McMurray laughs.

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“For some reason everyone sort of got into crossdressing” Fresh out of school, the trio had recorded a couple of 1977’s key singles before embarking on their debut world tour and returning to the studio. They were fast learners when it came to creating rock‘n’roll memories. “For some reason everyone sort of got into cross-dressing,” McMurray recalls. “We’d go down to like a charity shop and buy awful women’s clothing and we’d just get dressed and record wearing that – there were so many weird things happening. A lot of them I can’t remember, but pretty much every day we’d get up in the morning and go straight down to the pub – that’s where work would start; we’d have a couple of drinks and then sort of go back to the studio, do a little bit of work then we’d keep drinking,” he chuckles. “I’m sure we gave the record company quite a few headaches… A maniac producer plus three teenage boys let loose in the studio with loads of alcohol and drugs and it was like, ‘Okay, are you going to go and make a record now guys?’” In a time when secret album tracks were a common though thrilling discovery, 1977 offered Sick Party, a non-musical track featuring a whole lot of vomiting and giggling. “I think all of us are kind of on there in some shape or form. I think most of the actual being sick is Mark [Hamilton] our bass player,” says McMurray, drawing out his words carefully as though deciding whether to admit the next insight into the making of 1977. “We were on acid; half of us were on acid and Mark was just drunk and feeling a bit weird and he was like, ‘Right let’s record

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Underground Brit DJ/producer Owen Howells may call Deptford, London home, but he has strong ties to Adelaide. He grew up here. And, at the end of this month, he'll return for a set at Sugar.

In fact, the master of sub-bassy house and techno could stay in Oz a little longer – but more on that later. Howells, born in the Midlands, migrated to Adelaide via Perth with his family as a kid. "I think the folks moved out because of the sun," Howells says. "England was a pretty miserable place at the time. I asked them [why they left] and they said, 'To escape the Tories, because we liked multiculturalism, and to embrace the bush, the sea and the sun!'" Howells would head back to England to attend college as, he jokes, "a mature age student". "Studying was a pretty new thing to me. I left school at a quite young age and did my own thing at first." Happily, Howells got into the swing of it, studying "a mixture of music production, technology and culture" for a science degree. A raver, he'd also launch a career as a DJ/producer. Today Howells belongs to the label collective Shades, previously known as Shades Of Grey, which evolved out of parties in Brixton. And, yes, the stable abridged its name partly because of EL James' erotic romance. "I think the book was definitely the icing on the cake. There's another label called Shades Of Gray and, yeah, that damn book. People just kept mentioning it on radio and it got well annoying." Howells feels that one of Shades' strengths is "its eclectic-ness". His role in day-to-day operations? "I'm the sort of promo/press pest."

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Brilliantly, Howells has been described as "genre agnostic". "I'd say I play predominantly house and techno – perhaps focussing on the slightly darker, weirder edges." He rates as producers everyone from the seasoned Brian Eno to contemporary players Matthew Herbert, Peace Division and Italy's Voices From The Lake, but also big ups Shades' signing Stanky. Howells is an ardent music collector. (He can still remember buying his first vinyl, the hip hop Oh No, featuring Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch and Nate Dogg, in Brighton.) He'll drop jazz, soul and funk in sets, while using ambient pieces as openers. Howells himself has records out, this year issuing The Sky Is Not Blue on Chicago's Autem Audio, and the Common People EP through Birmingham's Celestial Recordings. However, he wants to do more.

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II, Apparat and Modeselektor’s second full-length outing under the Moderat moniker, might have an equally-as-thrilling title as their self-titled debut and artist name (which is just Apparat and Modeselektor combined) but the Berlin underground ‘supergroup’ prefers to let the music do the talking. With the single Bad Kingdom kicking the album into gear, the catchy, vocal-heavy forward-thinking mixture of pop and postdubstep is arguably clubland’s single of the year. The genius of that track doesn’t follow immediately, however, but things improve with the 10-minute centre-piece Milk, which is a Todd Terje Balearic anthem getting rolled in a Berlin dark alley while Therapy and Gita are spacey experimental electronic cuts underpinned by exciting vocal stabs and basslines. Moderat’s genius is their ability to mix everything from Balearic house to dubstep to IDM to pop and roll it into a smooth listen. And this is super smooth. David Knight

Former trance and progressive wunderkind James Holden has trekked the path less travelled since exploding with his debut EP Horizons/Pacific in 2000. He set up the experimental club imprint Border Community in 2003 to challenge himself. Holden then issued his patchy debut LP The Idiots Are Winning in 2006, a largely forgotten album. Holden could have returned to delivering club singles but he’s remained largely anonymous on the production front, until now. The Inheritors, his first album in seven years, is a remarkable statement from one of electronic music’s most sporadic artists. This eclectic and eccentric collection of experimental music explores the ambient, Warp, jazz and broken beat soundscape galaxies with confidence. Though it crosses many genre paths, it never strays from Holden’s complete album vision. With The Inheritors, Holden has not only stepped up above his competition, he’s pole vaulted over them. David Knight

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Hybrid’s Chris Healings will appear at Mr Kim’s for a special Hybrid Soundsystem set for TechPhonics on Fri Aug 23. Hybrid sparked the progressive breaks world alight with their cinematic albums Morning Sc-Fi and I Choose Noise with their work appearing in many films and video games due to their enthralling soundscapes. Known for their live shows, Healings will be in Adelaide for a set beyond the turntables where he will showcase the club side of Hybrid with re-edits and remixes of Hybrid productions and more. Supports: Jorge Watts, Heath Robertson, Matt Abstrax, Groov Mekanik and Nik-C.

creative agency, Carousel, handling promo and press as well as bookings. "Eventually, I'd like Carousel to also embody a small boutique record store in Sydney – but one step at a time!" Howells hopes to see friends old and new at Sugar. "It's a nice, long set so, crowd forgiving, I'd like to play all sorts and just have a really good time. Sugar has a great sound system, so hopefully it's one of those nights when all the elements line up just right. Look forward to unpretentious, forward-thinking house and techno and a beer with me!"

WHO: Owen Howells WHERE: Sugar WHEN: Fri Aug 30

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"I actually don't think I am challenging myself enough. I hope spending some time out here in Australia will inspire me to bury myself in the studio and push myself further in terms of being creative and challenging myself." Increasingly, Howells is an international name. Lately he toured North America. "It was the first time I've been off on a proper tour on my own, so it was actually a bit weird but really fun." He'll fly over again in January, excited to experience Detroit. Yet for now Howells will base himself in Sydney. "I've been in London a long time now - more or less my whole adult life. But, having grown up in Australia, I have an Australian passport and a real love for the quality of life here. I appreciate it a lot. My partner and I have decided to come back and give Sydney a try, even just a trial for a few months to make sure it's all good." The DIY Howells will work on his new

Jus-Ed Underground Quality’s head honcho Jus-Ed is one of deep house’s most respected figures with the American producer and DJ pushing artists such as Levon Vincent, Fred P, Nina Kraviz and himself on the label where the name says it all. The Panorama Bar resident will play a special intimate set for Cuckoo’s Fry-Day crew on Fri Aug 30 with Untzz’ HVCK, Lenin & Dylan and Tom Martin on support duties.

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Tour Guide/ THU AUG 22

M. ANTONIO @ Grace Emily Hotel

FRI AUG 23

BLOODS & OSCAR KEY SUNG @ Rocket Bar

SAT AUG 24

OSLOH @ Ed Castle

SUN AUG 25

FOR OUR HERO @ The Promethean KNOTS: SEEKAE, KAYTRANANDA, OLIVER TANK, FISHING & MORE @ Freemasons Hall

TUE AUG 27

JAPANDROIDS @ Ed Castle

WED AUG 28

ASH @ Governor Hindmarsh

THU AUG 29

THE GO SET & THE REAL McKENZIES @ Grace Emily DEAD LETTER CIRCUS, CLOSURE IN MOSCOW & SLEEP PARADE @ HQ

FRI AUG 30

THE BELLIGERENTS @ Rocket Bar BULLUSIRA & DIVA DEMOLITION @ Enigma Bar KIERAN RYAN @ Ed Castle KING PARROT @ Light Hotel

SAT AUG 31

HIGH VOLTAGE @ Governor Hindmarsh ALISON WONDERLAND @ Electric Circus

TUE SEP 3

ALL TIME LOW & ALL YEAR ROUND @ HQ

WED SEP 4

CYNDI LAUPER @ Festival Theatre

THU SEP 5 – SUN SEP 15

SPIEGELWORLD PRESENTS EMPIRE @ Rymill Park

THU SEP 5

STONEFIELD @ Jive Bar

FRI SEP 6

THE CAT EMPIRE & HIATUS KAIYOTE @ Thebarton Theatre VOLUMES @ Fowler’s Live DIRT FARMER @ Rocket Bar CHICKS WHO LOVE GUNS @ Jive Bar THE MARK OF CAIN @ Governor Hindmarsh HOUSE PARTY: NINA LAS VEGAS, FLIGHT FACILITIES & CASSIAN @ HQ

SAT SEP 7

THE SNOWDROPPERS @ Jive Bar THE MARK OF CAIN @ Fowler’s Live

SUN SEP 8

CASTLECOMER @ Grace Emily Hotel

TUE SEP 10

ANBERLIN & THE MAINE @ Governor Hindmarsh

THU SEP 12

JIMMY BARNES @ Gawler Princes Park

FRI SEP 13

SNAKADAKTAL @ Governor Hindmarsh FOR THE FALLEN DREAMS @ Fowler’s Live MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS @ Uni Bar LANIE LANE @ The Promethean

SAT SEP 14

JIMMY BARNES @ Port Elliot Showground BIG SCARY @ Uni Bar JACK CARTY @ Jive Bar PIGEON @ Rhino Room

MON SEP 16

TONIGHT ALIVE & HANDS LIKE HOUSES @ Governor Hindmarsh

TUE SEP 17

PARKWAY DRIVE (all ages) @ Governor Hindmarsh

WED SEP 18

PARKWAY DRIVE @ Governor Hindmarsh

THU SEP 19

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FRI SEP 20

THE PAPER KITES @ Jive Bar THE DRONES @ Fowler’s Live

SAT SEP 21

OLAFUR ARNALDS @ The Promethean SURES @ Ed Castle

SUN SEP 22

AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA @ Thebarton Theatre

MON SEP 23

ONE DIRECTION & 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre

TUE SEP 24

FOALS & ALPINE @ HQ ONE DIRECTION & 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre LAMB OF GOD & MESHUGGAH @ Thebarton Theatre

WED SEP 25

ONE DIRECTION & 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre XAVIER RUDD, DONAVON FRANKENREITER, NAHKO & MEDICINE FOR PEOPLE @ Thebarton Theatre

THU SEP 26

RIHANNA @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre

FRI SEP 27

They say album number two can make or break you as an artist, but alt rockers Cloud Control hardly seem worried. Heidi Lenffer and Alister Wright tell Rip It Up they're just glad to be back home.

After the release of their critically acclaimed debut, Bliss Release, Cloud Control jumped ship from their hometown in the NSW Blue Mountains and did what most Aussie twentysomethings do — packed up and headed over to the UK. This was a little different to your usual ex-pat adventure, with the foursome committed to one mission: recording album number two. “I think we did ourselves a service on this one [album],” begins Lenffer. “This time around we tried to write more feel good songs, like party songs.” Wright agrees, adding: “Yeah, we tried to write songs that we could play at a festival or at a concert and they would all be enjoyable. There's some that only work in certain situations; they're not really good

for everything. But these, you could play anywhere.” “These songs” are the album's 11 tracks that take you on a hypnotic romp through an alt psychedelic rock universe, set somewhere between 1965 and '68. Despite the overarching Mamas & Papas and Beach Boys-esque sounds weaving their way through the album (specifically on the tambourine-happy Moonrabbit), Lenffer denies the band were reaching for any kind of hippy influences. “I know it sounds like it, but I wasn't really listening to that kind of stuff at the time.” “You said you were influenced by Meditation Song? (from their debut, Bliss Release),” Wright interjects. “Oh yeah,” Lenffer continues, “that's right. I was trying to write a song like one of our old songs. I was also into that Australian band, R.E.M.” “Wait,” adds Wright, “they're not Australian!” “Oh right,” apologises a sheepish Lenffer. “Sorry.” Instead, it appears old habits die hard, with the group relying on caves (which doubled as

both influence and recording studio for Bliss Release) to help craft their sound. “We didn't do the whole band set-up in the cave,” Wright corrects. “We just took in some mics and some stuff that we had already recorded and played them back in the cave for reverb.” Lenffer adds: “We actually recorded it in a place called Bear Cave, which is actually a quarry. When you listen to the album you can hear water dripping. That's all from the cavern.” The pair reveal that the foursome, which includes Lenffer's brother Ulrich on drums and Jeremy Kelshaw on bass, have a remarkably democratic attitude towards their music. “We bring different ideas to the table, don't we?” Wright asks Lenffer. “You're in the band,” she replies, “you tell me.” WHO: Cloud Control WHAT: Dream Cave (Ivy League Records) WHERE: Governor Hindmarsh WHEN: Fri Aug 30

ILLY @ Governor Hindmarsh HOTEL RACE FATALISTS @ Hotel Metropolitan UK SUBS @ Enigma Bar

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AIMEE FRANCIS @ Jetty Bar Glenelg

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AIMEE FRANCIS @ Grace Emily Hotel

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JASON BYRNE @ Her Majesty’s Theatre

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SWERVEDRIVER @ Governor Hindmarsh

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JINJA SAFARI @ Uni Bar DISCLOSURE @ HQ

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HERE AND NOW FESTIVAL: 50 LIONS, SEARCH AND DESTROY, CRISIS ALERT & LEVEL @ Enigma Bar LURCH AND CHIEF @ Rocket Bar DAVEY LANE @ Jive Bar

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SOILWORK @ Governor Hindmarsh TWELVE FOOT NINJA @ Fowler’s Live

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REGURGITATOR @ Governor Hindmarsh

You wouldn't think huddling around a Dictaphone bashing on pots and strumming unfamiliar instruments would make for anything musically sound, but this DIY punk method is exactly what worked for Sydney trio Bloods, who recently pricked the ears of the tastemakers at Australia's largest independent label Shock Records and got signed.

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RICKY MARTIN @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES @ Fowler’s Live BRING ME THE HORIZON, OF MICE & MEN & CROSS FAITH @ Thebarton Theatre

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“It's so mind blowing to us, and we're so grateful that they actually dig our music and want to help us out,” says the band's cheery guitarist/vocalist MC, with Bloods now label buddies with acts like Cat Power and many more. This month the band released their EP, Golden Fang, a record showcasing a rich musical mélange of `90s girl punk with sludgy alt-rock a la Youth and Dinosaur Jr. MC divulges to Rip It Up about how the

band honed their “garage punk/pop/girl group” through happy accidents - as in none of the band members had any idea how to play their shit at first. Quick backstory: MC used to play bass and now plays guitar, Dirk used to play rhythm guitar and now drums and Sweetie, who was a classically-trained violinist, now plays bass. “Before this we were all in another band together (an indie group called Lions At Your Door), but when that broke up we decided to just start a punk band. I had all these songs, Sweetie had a bass, I had a guitar, Dirk turned out to be this amazing, natural drummer - he's one of those people who can just pick up something and play it - so we all sat around a Dictaphone in my living room one day and it all just started from there,” she explains. “It really was [a difficult transition to pick up new instruments], but we did it really deliberately because we wanted to have fun.” Earlier this year the trio made a

pilgrimage to NSW's Hunter Valley to lay down some tracks, but sadly became too preoccupied with, well… “We pretty much spent the whole time eating and drinking and didn't end up getting anything done,” MC laughs. “But we did the rest in our friend's warehouse, and recorded four songs in a day. The final EP is six songs that we've been living with and playing for a while, and I think it kind of shows the different sides of our sound and different punk influences that we've had filter into our music.” Speaking of all this food, if Bloods were a particular dish, what would they be? “We'd be pizza,” MC says promptly. “It would be a mushroom, pepperoni and olive pizza.”

WHO: Bloods WHAT: Golden Fang (Shock Records) WHERE: Rocket Bar WHEN: Fri Aug 23

The Guide// THURSDAY 22ND 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: Rapid Transport, St Morris Sinners and Billy Ray Cyborg. 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 – Post War and No Action GILBERT STREET HOTEL – Tara Carragher and Richard Coates (7pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Gumbo Blues Room Jam with Nikko & Snooks and special guests GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Tristan Bird and M.Antonio GRAND BAR – OMG HIGHWAY – DJ Alli (8pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – All Vinyl DJ (6pm) HQ – Riot Society hosted by Uberjak’d LIGHT HOTEL – SCALA Live (8pm) MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker (6.30pm) OVERWAY HOTEL – Urban Cover (3pm) PJ O’BRIENS – DJ G-Rillz PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Thirsty Thursday with DJ Tango ROCKET BAR – Wild Things (9pm) SUGAR – Jazz Pancake with locals and guests THE LION HOTEL – Clearway (9pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Rainbow Jam Sessions (7.30pm)

FRIDAY 23RD ALMA HOTEL: WILLUNGA – Rob McDade (8.30pm) ALMA TAVERN – Fresh Fridays with DJs ARCHER HOTEL – Upstairs: DJ Jaki J (9.30pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Lounge Bar: Bonz (8pm) Top Of The Ark: Adelaide Salsa Festival (8.30pm) AUSTRAL – The Austral House Band (7pm)

BARTLEY TAVERN – The Incredibles (8pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Troy J Been, Prince Aaronak & Suckerpunch BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Broken Theory (8pm) BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CAMEO BAR – DJs Lars, Lenny and guests CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: Carla Lippis (5pm) DJ Adam. Band Room: Crank Yankers DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING – Downtown with DJs 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) ESPLANADE HOTEL – 2 Up Duo EXETER ON RUNDLE – Sincerely Grizzly and I Am Man FINDON HOTEL – karaoke GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: The Detonators, The Satellites and A Fistful Of Trojan. Front Bar: Old Time Fiddle Tunes GRACE EMILY HOTEL – The Timbers with Tara Carragher GRAND JUNCTION TAVERN – Girls Next Door (6pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Son Of Bon: AC/DC show and Devine Alls: Divinyls show HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Chaps and DJ Lumeire HOTEL RICHMOND – The Buzz HOTEL TIVOLI – Honey with DJs HOTEL VICTOR – Mick Kidd IRISH CLUB – Shamrocks ‘n’ Shenanigans Live Acoustic Sessions (7pm) JETTY BAR GLENELG – Ciaram Granger (9pm) LADY DALY HOTEL – Brompton Blues Band (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 MARINA SUNSET BAR – live acoustic music MARION HOTEL – Graham Lawrence (6.30pm) MARS BAR – DJ VJBeeJay & guests (9pm) drag show (2am) MICK O’SHEA’S – E’nuf Said (7pm) OFFICE ON PIRIE – DJ Jess (4.30pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Slyde PRODUCERS HOTEL – After Four Fridays Garden Grooves with DJs Justice & DrDamage plus special guests (4pm) RACQUETS SA – 60/40 with DJ Lee (8pm)

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RAMSGATE HOTEL – DJ SNAKE & DJ RUPHEO (9PM) RED SQUARE – DJs REX HOTEL – karaoke ROB ROY HOTEL – Tuned Up (6pm) DJ Smiley (8pm) ROCKET BAR – Cats: Oscar Key Sung, Bloods, Swimming, Kindergarten Kings and Cats resident DJs (9pm) SAILMASTER TAVERN – Mitch (8pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – DJ (8pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – The Torinos (8pm) SOUTHWARK HOTEL – The Billy Bob & Jamie Jones Experience STAG – Upstairs: DJs play urban and dance. Downstairs: DJs play retro SUGAR – SHGZ: Fridays at Sugar SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Nothing But ‘90s with DJs TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing requests TAPAS ON HINDLEY – flamenco shows by Studio Flamenco (7.30pm) TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – Funky Monks (9pm) THE COVE TAVERN – DJ Anton The Party Guru THE ELEPHANT – Frenzy and DJ Jak THE GOODY – Ch@t Room THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – DJs WEST BAR – Battle Of The Bands heats WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Sun Rising: The Songs That Made Memphis (8.30pm)

WHITMORE HOTEL – SHADES OF BLUE WORLDSEND HOTEL – Ry Kemp, Coops & The Bird and Raging Monkeys (9pm) ZHIVAGO – Beetle Juice Weekend: Gumshoe, Bottle Rocket and Ryley

SATURDAY 24TH ADELAIDE UNI BAR – The Smith Street Band ARAB STEED HOTEL – Gerry O (8pm) ARCHER HOTEL – Downstairs: Jaki J plus Bongo Madness with Alex. Upstairs: DJ Ed Law (9.30pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Sportys Bar & Arena: Triplescore (10pm)

BLUE GUMS HOTEL – Corey Stewart (6pm) BOTANIC BAR – Sanji, Brad Sawyer and Tom Wilson BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Rock The Boss (8pm) BRIDGEPORT HOTEL – DJ Clarke (9pm) BRIDGEWAY HOTEL – Van Demons Band (8pm) BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CHRISTIES BEACH HOTEL – ABBA Gold (8pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Ghyti album launch with The Aves, Hi I’m Reclusive Author Thomas Pynchon and The Wild Things plus DJ Azz CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – karaoke with Nicole (8pm) DRAGONFLY – rotating DJs playing techno, house, disco and everything in between 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 with live bands and party DJs (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Arcade Disco with resident DJs Junior, Dancespace and friends ENCORE NIGHTCLUB – resident DJs and guests (9pm) EXETER HOTEL – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (7pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Alicia Adkins FINDON HOTEL – Clearway (9pm) FOWLER’S LIVE – Endworld GARAGE BAR – DJs (10pm) GILBERT STREET HOTEL – DJ Marky Polo (8pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Shake Your Booty: 70s Disco Explosion (7.30pm) Front Bar: Emerald GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Brillig with Kelshy GRAND BAR – Destination Saturdays with DJs and MCs HIGHLANDER HOTEL – The Buzz (9pm) HIGHWAY – DJ Griff (9pm) HOPE INN – karaoke (7pm)

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The Guide// 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: Ciaram Granger (3pm) DJ Dizzy (9pm) Front Bar: Cherry Grind and Audio Reign (9pm) KERSBROOK TAVERN – Thelma & Louise (8pm) KINGSFORD HOTEL: GAWLER – karaoke (9.30pm) LAKES RESORT HOTEL – Acoustica (9pm) LAND OF PROMISE – Billion Dollar Bums, Fluffy and Fear & Loathing (9pm) LONDON TAVERN – DJs Captiv8, Justice, Soundflex, AJ and MC Renard (10pm) MARINA SUNSET BAR – DJs playing the best in house and electro MARION HOTEL – Franky F (5.30pm) One Planet (8.30pm) MARS BAR – VJ Beejay and guest (9pm) drag show (2am) MICK O’SHEA’S – Harvest (9pm) OLD SPOT HOTEL – Super Heroes (9.30pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Harry & The Hit Men (8pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – The Road Runners (8pm) PJ O’BRIENS – Kinetik (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: Lauren Rose, Big Bubba, Griff and Faint One (9pm) SANDBAR – requests with DJs SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic sessions SEAFORD HOTEL – Kopy Catz (9pm) SEBEL PLAYFORD – Black Caviar (8pm) SOUTHWARK HOTEL – Bar Flys SUGAR – ITDE DJs and interstate and 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 – 2D (8.30pm)

THE ELEPHANT – Crazy Knites and DJ Jak THE LION HOTEL – Absolut Saturdays: Wasabi (9pm) VALLEY INN – karaoke VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – Rumours WALKERS ARMS HOTEL – DJ Sessions (9pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – The Hushes (9pm) WINDSOR HOTEL – Wild Ones WOODCROFT TAVERN – karaoke (8pm) WORLDSEND HOTEL – SALA Fluoro Party featuring Leith James, Max Madman & The Heck Yeahs, Pimpin’ Horus and Gemini Downs (6.30pm) ZHIVAGO – Beetle Juice Weekend: Skot, Osiris and Gumshoe

SUNDAY 25TH ALMA TAVERN – Sunday School ARKABA HOTEL – Top Of The Ark: Adelaide Salsa Festival (4pm) BENJAMIN ON FRANKLIN – Souled Out Sessions with DJs Dave Collins and Jason Lee BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt BOTANIC BAR – Eric The Falcon BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Super Heroes (4pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Sunday Rubdown DOCKSIDE TAVERN – Mick Kidd & Friends DOG & DUCK – Sneaky Sundays with Jak Morris DUCK INN: COROMANDEL VALLEY – Fig Jam (3pm) ED CASTLE – Beer Garden: Acoustic Sundays (2pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – Mitch (4pm) EUREKA TAVERN – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (12pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Lost City Presents GILBERT STREET HOTEL – Erik Parker and Simon Peter (2pm) GLENELG SURF CLUB – La Mar Sundays (3pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: The Leigh Cunningham Band: Celebrating 20 Years (1pm) GRACE EMILY HOTEL – The Brouhaha GRAND BAR – bands, DJs and MCs HIGHWAY – Wasabi JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: Jaya (3pm) DJ Dizzy (8pm) JOINERS ARMS HOTEL – Barry Ion’s Platinum Plus (3pm) LIGHT HOTEL – Vonni’s Big Arvo LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – Five Sided Circle

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Fri 23rd Shades of Blue

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MARINA SUNSET BAR – Sunset Sessions featuring live acoustic music MARS BAR – VJK classic video hits MICK O’SHEA’S – Utopia Duo (2pm) OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Unknown To Man Duo (2pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – One Planet (4pm) PLAYFORD TAVERN – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (5pm)

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 – Alicia Adkins and Pete Wilson (4pm)

RAMSGATE HOTEL – acoustic session (4pm) Tom Kurzel & Ed Trainor fortnightly rotation (7.30pm)

ZHIVAGO – Beetle Juice Weekend: Zooma, Skot and Ryley

SAILMASTER TAVERN – Photo Booth (2pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic soloists SEMAPHORE PALAIS – The Incredibles (4pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – Pugsley Buzzard & Band (4pm) SUGAR – Mods, Driller and Nu Jeans TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – Acoustic Sessions

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MONDAY 26TH CROWN & ANCHOR – The Dunes EXETER ON RUNDLE – Ben David Acoustic GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Rear Admiral: Stand Up Comedy. Balcony Bar: Lord Stompy’s Tin Sandwich Beginners Class

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The Guide // GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Complete Trivia (7pm) RHINO ROOM – One Mic Stand open mic comedy ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Jam Night (8pm) SUGAR – Big Bubba and Eric The Falcon THE LION HOTEL – Brian Ruiz with Troy Loakes and Paul Vallen (8pm)

TUESDAY 27TH AUSSIE INN HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Ash Wilson CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: DJs Stevie & Duncan DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Irish Sessions (8pm) ED CASTLE – Japandroids EXETER ON RUNDLE – Bitches Of Zeus DJs GASLIGHT TAVERN – The Blues Lounge hosted by Ron Davidson & Trevor Graham (8pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Uke Night – Adelaide Ukulele Appreciation Society GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Kino Adelaide HILTON HOTEL – KG’s Complete Trivia (7pm) MARION HOTEL – 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) THE SOUL BOX – Impro Box – Improvised Comedy Theatre (7.30pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – DJ Ryley and guests (8pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Raw Jam Session WINDSOR HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm)

WEDNESDAY 28TH ARKABA HOTEL – Latino Grooves Salsa Classes (6pm) 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) CLOVERCREST HOTEL – karaoke (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 FINSBURY HOTEL – karaoke (8pm) FIRST COMMERCIAL HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Ash, Surviving Sharks and The Santa Maria’s. Front Bar: Open Mic Night GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Dan White with Micaelah Field HIGHWAY – Winter Sessions with Simela HQ –NeverLand LIGHT HOTEL – Open Mic Night (8pm) MARION HOTEL – Adelaide Comedy with Randy (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, Ferris Mular and Mr Whiskas THE LION HOTEL – Proton Pill (9pm) THE SOUL BOX – Busker’s Box Open Mic (7.30pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Trivia Wednesdays (7pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – TOM LAWSON WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music

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The Rocket Kim Mordaunt, writer and director of his first narrative feature The Rocket, begins the following phone interview by explaining a little about his background. “I’m Australian. I have a Mauritius/Indian mother and an Anglo father, and I grew up in a little town on an avocado and banana plantation in north-eastern New South Wales, before I ended up in Sydney where I studied Film at the old UTS [University of Technology, Sydney] before diverting into acting for a while, and studying at LAMDA [London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art].”

nd then? “And then I got really broke! So I went to the Redfern job centre and got given a job by an Indigenous lady teaching in Redfern, which took up another seven or eight years of my life. It was during that time that I started making documentaries and getting out into the world.” Attracted to make The Rocket in Laos after working on the 2007 ABC doco Bomb Harvest there, Mordaunt says that he and producer Sylvia Wilczynski had been living in the region and working in Laos for about a year. “We were discovering everything about the country. We loved the people and loved the place, and it was very gentle and forgiving, but we were also finding out that it was the most bombed place on the planet, per capita. We couldn’t believe how inspiring these people are, and how forgiving, and out of that came Bomb Harvest and, by the end of that, we were really locked into the country. “There’s a sub-narrative in Bomb

Harvest”, he continues, “in which we study the children who collect the bomb fragments, and while we couldn’t film them doing it we did re-enact them doing it, and that was the beginning of me and Sylvia going, ‘We have really got to work with these kids again!’ It was life changing… we collaborated with the Laos community and worked with producer Pauline Phayvanh Phoumindr, and we said, ‘Let’s make another film, but this time from the Laos perspective’. While Laos doesn’t have an established film industry, we did it.” Noting that The Rocket is primarily an Australian film, despite the setting and the Lao language, Mordaunt then states, “We did have an executive producer from Thailand and we had to source a lot of crew from there, and we ended up with a crew that was Thai/Australian, with some Laos people that we took on as assistants. It was a wonderful collaboration but yes, in the end most of the funds came from Australia, mostly as those funds just don’t exist in Laos.” There’s no doubt that some of the filming

was carried out in tricky conditions. “We filmed this crazy ‘Rocket Festival’ in Laos, and a lot of the landscape scenes are in Laos, but some of the more politically sensitive scenes had to be filmed in Thailand, as Laos still has a communist government and we were working on a low budget and every day counted. We were out in the jungle, essentially.” Mordaunt also explains something of the casting of the film. “There was a mixture of experienced actors and some who had only done extra work. The fellow who plays Purple is actually quite a famous Thai actor named Thep Phongam… He has his own game show and is a stand-up comedian. He just had this amazing look, and he really lives through his body, and that’s really wonderful with cinema. And he was a great mentor for the kids… There was Alice Keohavong, who plays the mother. She’s Sydney-based and is the only Australian actor in the film.” How was ‘Ki’ [AKA Sitthiphon Disamoe], who plays the 10-year-old protagonist Ahlo, cast? “He was quite extraordinary. We’d looked everywhere. Sylvia and I had spent about a year trailing around villages, and we’d also been working with a Thai casting agent. Through her we heard about this kid who’d spent some years living on the street, and that was Ki. When we met him he just embodied all of the characteristics of Ahlo, and more, and so we got really excited. I started rewriting the script around him too… He was cheeky, resourceful and incredibly bright, and so it was then just about whether he would travel the journey with us and delve

Going Off Like, Well, A Rocket A key sequence in The Rocket cuts between Ki being chased and Purple watching TV and dancing to what looks like a clip of a seemingly-dubbed James Brown getting on up. “It’s Get On The Good Foot. A James Brown clip from Soul Train, a great show that played all his music. After Laos’ ‘secret war’ there was a lot of Western influence there, and so there are aspects of Laos culture that connect with America. Like what happened in Vietnam. Laos people love music! They might not have a lot in their homes, but they all have record players and Marshall stacks!”

into some quite intimate places. And he did.” How do you follow The Rocket? “Well, I’m writing away and working with Sylvia, and we’re developing a couple of features. I won’t say much about them, but I will say that the legacy of war is something that won’t be leaving us for a while. It just gets into your gut, and everything else feels trivial. I’m looking at other scripts that people are presenting to me too, so it’s a very busy time, but very exciting too!”

WHAT: The Rocket (Red Lamp Films) WHERE: Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas WHEN: Commences Thu Aug 29

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Film // Elysium (MA) AAAa This follow-up to District 9 by writer/director/producer Neill Blomkamp suffers from that film’s problems (including a chaotic finale), and yet this is a bigger, nastier, more ambitious and even more political epic. In 2154 the rich have escaped disease, overpopulation and strife to Elysium, a space station run by the steely Delacourt ( Jodie Foster) that’s a cross between Beverly Hills and an aquarium, while the poor remain exploited, sick and dying back on Earth. When ex-con Max (Matt Damon) is given five days to live after a workplace accident, he’s turned into a pseudo-cyborg and sets his sights on being cured in Elysium, a plan complicated

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by the return of childhood girlfriend Frey (Alice Braga) and her ill daughter and, of course, his pursuit by Kruger (Sharlto Copley of District 9), whose exaggerated South African accent seems intended to warn us that he’s a real monster (although director Blomkamp is South African himself ). Although many will enjoy the impressive FX, grisly violence and Damon’s understated performance, what’s most striking here is this one’s fearless satire, and how it unexpectedly mirrors the situation in this very country when it comes to ‘boat people’ – and how the rich (and the not so rich) would love to blow them out of the water.

Adelaide Cinémathèque 2013 Neil Jordan: Irish Storyteller commences at the Mercury Cinema on Mon Aug 26 at 7.30pm with his classic The Company Of Wolves (M), and continues with his most-discussed pic The Crying Game (M) on Thu Aug 29 at 7.30pm and, finally, The Butcher Boy (MA) on Mon Sept 2 at 7.30pm. Details: mercurycinema.org.au.

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Co-writer/producer/director Noah Baumbach introduced (sort of ) Greta Gerwig to the world in his Greenberg, where she upstaged Ben Stiller, and here she’s collaborated on the script with him and is allowed to portray a character so ‘quirky’ that, at first, you might want to strangle her. Her Frances is a 30-orso New Yorker with a bestie named Sophie (Mickey Sumner, Sting’s daughter) and a gig as a dance teacher who suddenly seems to be losing everything: Sophie gets a boyfriend, her workplace lets her go, she needs to find a new apartment and everyone around her is settling down and growing up. Frances finds this process hard, and the episodic story has her almost hooking up with a roomie, jetting off for a lonely Parisian holiday, catching up with her worried parents (played by Greta’s actual parents) and more, although it’s the incidental moments that are most effective here (as when Frances runs down a street to the tune of David Bowie’s Modern Love). Gerwig isn’t Baumbach’s gal-pal, as has been reported elsewhere, but she’s certainly his muse and he obviously adores her, and while it takes a while to get over Frances’ irritating aspects (and for her to get over them herself ), she does win you over by the final, moving-despite-itself act.

Another ‘bad taste’ American comedy, this time from director/bit-player Rawson Marshall Thurber (Dodgeball), this offers a few nasty laughs and vaguely amusing ‘outrageous’ moments before conspicuously running out of story and throwing in lots of time-wasting silliness. David Clark (Jason Sudeikis), a popular Denver drug dealer, is robbed and must make it up to his showboating superior (Ed Helms from those Hangovers) by transporting a ‘small’ shipment of marijuana across the border from Mexico, and decides that a ‘family’ and a cheesy, Ned Flanders-like manner will distract the authorities. And so, after assembling ‘wife’ (ie stripper) Rose ( Jennifer Aniston), ‘son’ (ie weirdo loser) Kenny (Will Poulter) and ‘daughter’ (ie runaway) Casey (Emma Roberts), they set off in a motorhome, discover that the ‘small’ shipment is gigantic, piss off bigtime baddies, get propositioned by a corrupt cop (Luis Guzmán hopefully offsetting the racist edge) and find themselves forced to endure a ridiculous, plot-padding sequence involving a CGI tarantula. As with most other wannabecrude US laffers, this has a script that initially manages a surprise or two and nearly makes you like the characters until the ideas (or the dope) run out, and everyone’s forced to ham it up, swear their heads off and drop their pants for serious scrotum jokes.

There isn’t a lot of Bordeaux consumed by the culture-deprived, allergy-stricken RIU Film Department, but we’re told it’s lovely, and a slew of clean-palated wine connoisseurs agree in David Roach and Warwick Ross’s directorial debut (they previously worked as writers and producers), which, through the narration of Russell Crowe, looks at the history of Bordeaux, and details the unprecedented back-to-back perfect vintages of 2009 and 2010 before shifting to the growing popularity of Bordeaux in China, where demand had raised prices to staggering new heights. And the lengths some will go to buy into the commodity is astounding. It’s curious to note that despite two Australian directors and a New Zealand/adopted Australian narrator there’s no mention here of the impact of Bordeaux on the Australian wine industry – an omission that could perhaps be easily understood by a better-informed wine buff, but this isn’t Wine For Dummies, and if you don’t know what Bordeaux is going in, you won’t know coming out. Certainly one for the wine-hounds (and we all know one), the obsession here is never explained, simply marvelled upon, but the film is well-shot, detailed, competently narrated and sure to be a frontrunner amongst its wine documentary peers. Salut.

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Opening But Unrated Kick-Ass 2 (MA), from co-writer/ director Jeff Wadlow, reunites Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse – and adds Jim Carrey The first in a based-on-a-novel fantasy series, director Harald Zwart’s The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones (M), stars Lena Headey and Lily Collins Writer/director/co-star/producer/editor/ et cetera Shane Carruth’s follow-up to 2004’s Primer is Upstream Color (MA) V/H/S/2 (R) is the multi-directed followup to last year’s nasty horror anthology And What Maisie Knew (MA), from codirectors Scott McGehee and David Siegel, is a dark divorce drama with Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård and Steve Coogan.

Seniors On Screen SOS continues at the Merc on Fri Aug 23 at 11.00am with a ‘Meet The Filmmaker’ screening of Julian Kemp’s My Last Five Girlfriends (M) along with Marion Pilowsky shorts. Details: mercurycinema.org.au.

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Cibo At A Night Of Fashion A Night Of Fashion will return to the Art Gallery Of South Australia this Sat Sep 7, with this year’s showcase featuring premium Australian designers including Collette Dinnigan, Akira, Suzy O’Rourke, Carla Zampatti, Willow, Scanlan and Theodore and Alice McCall. After viewing the latest

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collections from some of Australia’s leading contemporary labels paraded by lithe models, surely there’s nothing you’ll want to do more than stuff your face. Luckily, Cibo are getting on board for 2013 and will be setting up a special dessert bar in the atrium, styled by Harris Scarfe homewares. The dessert bar will feature a selection of their much-loved sweets and a couple of savouries, and will be available for ticketholders post-show. Tickets for A Night Of Fashion are on sale now, starting at $80+bf through Moshtix.

Let Them Eat Every year without fail, the longest line for a food tent at WOMADelaide has always been Let Them Eat – and for a good reason too, as those salad trios make for a mean source of mid-festival nourishment amidst your Botanic Park

Brewniversity At The Curious Squire Learn all about craft beer with Brewniversity at The Curious Squire. The O’Connell St venue will be running a series of ‘Brewniversity 201 – Beer Appreciation’ sessions throughout August and September, with the first one taking place on Tue Aug 20. The hour-long session will allow attendees to further their craft beer knowledge alongside beer tastings and

gallivanting. Thankfully, you won’t have to wait until Mad March to taste LTE’s delicious produce, with the vegetarian caterer bringing its rustic, handmade food straight to the Central Markets in the form of a brand new shopfront. You can find the new store at the southern end of the markets near the seafood vendors. Let Them Eat prides itself on using South Australian and Australian produce, crafting dishes that are free of preservatives and chemicals with vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free options available. I’m telling ye, one sweet potato tart in and you’ll never look back.

WHAT: Let Them Eat WHERE: Central Markets, Adelaide WHEN: Tue – Thu 10am – 4pm, Fri – Sat 10am – 5pm, Sun 11am – 4pm INFO: 8340 8872

canapés, with tickets priced at $25. Lead by craft beer specialist Michael Jackson (not the posthumous one) and The Curious Squire’s very own ‘Beer Captain’ Josh Smith, the event will cover three key areas: brewing process, beer appreciation and blind tastings. The next Brewniversity event is scheduled for Tue Sep 17.

WHAT: Brewniversity Beer Appreciation Class WHERE: The Curious Squire, 10 O’Connell St, North Adelaide WHEN: Tue Aug 20 from 6.30pm COST: $25 INFO: 8267 6835

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Stars// Aries 21.03/20.04

Taurus 21.04/20.05

Venus has just entered Libra, adding a gentle sophistication to your normal state of harmony. More and more you are interested in truth, in why things are the way they are and if they should remain that way. Watch for any tendencies for rosecoloured glasses to distort the view.

Gemini 21.05/21.06

As you find yourself in a position of strength, so you become a magnet for other people’s reactions. If you are over-analytical, if power begins to rob you of feeling, then you will be called to task – in no uncertain terms. Keep your sensitivity and watch out for rationalisations.

Cancer 22.06/22.07

The sense that you are plugged in, tuned in, in the flow, is very strong. It is so strong that your intention will overrule any other prevailing circumstances. When you move, it is the ocean that moves within you, which is of course an unstoppable force. Keep your eyes wide open.

Leo 23.07/22.08

The sun and Mercury are in Leo. They are charging up your vitality and your perception/ communication axis. Truth and untruth are luminous – and your tendency to say so is uninhibited. This makes you more the revolutionary than usual. Steer past ruffled feathers.

Virgo 23.08/22.09

Venus has left, taking with her a little of her sheen, but leaving you less at prey of the whims of fancy. This is a moment for biding your time. The sun is on its way into your garden, but is not here yet. Get ready for your moment in the light. Light illumines what’s in the shadows.

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Libra 23.09/23.10

Venus has just moved into Libra. She is your planet. This gives you access to added charm, which as you well know can be both your strength and your undoing. Life is generally spinning along quite nicely. If you get lost in flirting and forget substance, it can come undone.

Scorpio 24.10/21.11

A grand trine is unfolding amongst all the water signs. It involves a collection of slow moving outer planets. This bodes the kind of traction one would get in a big tractor in low gear. Life is moving forward. Nothing much is going to stop it. Steer towards your deepest interests.

Sagittarius 22.11/21.12

The moon has been through, charging up the warmth and support garnered by whatever and wherever you call home. Life is going about the business of building up your confidence. Help it. Know who you are. Know what you feel. When it comes time to share it, express it clearly.

A Bicycle Built For Two

WHAT: Genevieve & Elle Dawson-Scott: A Bicycle Built For Two Where: Urban Cow Studio Wed Sep 4 - Sat Sep 28 OPENING: Wed Sep 4 from 6pm – 8pm

Capricorn 22.12/19.01

Knowing when to be vulnerable and when not, is a great art. To be either all the time, shows a lack of flexibility. Flexibility is your mantra. Rigidity is your downfall. The on-going existential spring-clean that you are in, continues to help you to completely regenerate yourself.

Elle Dawson-Scott, At The Dinner Table

Long Live The Maj Go behind the scenes for a unique perspective of Her Majesty’s Theatre with photographer Neville Cichon. The photographers were captured below, around and above the stage to reveal the work areas, tools and hidden mementos of the iconic, 100-year-old-theatre from an artistic viewpoint. The exhibition will be presented in the theatre bar and dining room of the Hotel Metropolitan – a stone’s thrown from Her Majesty’s – until Sat Sep 21. For more info head to longlivethemaj. com.

Aquarius 20.01/18.02

The Leo sun is challenging you to be selfish. Though your great love is freedom, it’s surprising how many times you lose yourself in the service of others. It’s great to give but not when it starts to whittle away your life force. Dare to remember yourself.

Pisces 19.02/20.03

There’s a powerful meeting between Neptune and Saturn. This adds discipline to all that you dream of. There’s also a powerful meeting happening between Neptune and Jupiter. This adds power to your dreams.

Elle Dawson-Scott, Button And Tuppence (detail)

Living in a house named ‘Rosemarie’, climbing almond trees and scraping knees were Eleanor and Genevieve Dawson-Scott. A Bicycle Built For Two is an exhibition of mixed media artwork by the two sisters, in which they have reflected upon a childhood’s worth of memories and the events, songs, places and people that shaped them to becoming adults. Through a series of watercolours, clay, sculpture, illustrations and photographs, the sisters explore the notion of memory and how two very similar people can recall things in very different ways.

Neville Cichon, Chandelier

Life is asking that you take a clear and intelligent position, around the matter of when it is appropriate to stand your independent ground, and when it is right to give a little ground and be open. To react impulsively in the moment is not the answer. This one is not going away.

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WHAT: Neville Cichon: Long Live The Maj WHERE: Hotel Metro, 46 Grote St, Adelaide WHEN: Until Sat Sep 21

DEPARTURE Journey from the Renaissance to right now at DEPARTURE: Old Meets New. Choose your own adventure in the Melrose Wing of European Art. Enjoy live entertainment, open bar and food. Discover the sweet spot where modern meets classical and cutting edge meets traditional.

Art Gallery of South Australia Friday 30 August, 6–10 pm $60 / $45 Members artgallery.sa.gov.au/departure

YOUR CULTURAL JOURNEY STARTS HERE Installation view: Melrose Wing of European Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2013, featuring Thomas Hirschhorn, Twin-subjecter. Photo: Sam Noonan

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Fashion// Honda Presents A Night Of Fashion: Designer Profiles A Night Of Fashion is only a few weeks away, being held on Sat Sep 7 at the Art Gallery Of South Australia. In the weeks leading up to the event we’ll give you a rundown of exactly who and what you can expect to see on the runway, which will once again be housed within the 113-year-old Elder Wing. Tickets to the parade, which include preand post-entertainment and beverages at the Art Gallery, are selling fast, so head to Moshtix to secure yours now.

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CARLA ZAMPATTI See why Carla Zampatti is a continuing stalwart in Australian women’s fashion, with more of her minimalist but crisp signature designs at A Night Of Fashion.

WHAT:Honda Presents A Night Of Fashion At The Art Gallery With Attitude Magazine WHERE: Art Gallery Of South Australia WHEN: Sat Sep 7, 8pm TICKETS: $95 Seated / $80 Standing via moshtix.com.au

SCANLAN & THEODORE Elegant lines, textured fabrics and construction have set Scanlan & Theodore apart for over 20 years. Their latest collection is no exception.

Akir a Isogawa Akira has been a force in Australia’s fashion industry for the last two decades. We asked him how it feels knowing that this year is the 20th anniversary of his first store opening in Sydney. “It doesn’t seem 20 years,” Isogawa ponders. “I’m really fortunate that even though the economy is not as kind to designers as we would like, since what we offer has such a strong signature style you can distinguish what is from a brand like Akira, it gives designer garments strength.” And what will he bring to A Night Of Fashion? “We’re coming into spring, so my Resort collection will hopefully make everyone feel like they are transported somewhere warm.” ALICE MCCALL See the latest graphics and structures that make up Alice McCall’s S/S ’13-14 season on the runway at A Night Of Fashion.

That Dapper Market

BIANCA SPENDER S/S ’13-14 will once again see bright colours and muted patterns being teamed together with masterful draping from Bianca Spender’s collection.

The next instalment of That Dapper Market, a growing Adelaide institution that brings together vintage, handmade and unique threads and wares vendors with live music and local food, is heading our way Sat Aug 31. This time, they’ll be setting up on Park Tce in Bowden and include much-loved and sought after vendors such as Red House Vintage, Fable Co., A Little Red, Clothes Line Saga, The Hairy Leg and Tasty Goodness. For something a little out

of the ordinary, there’s everything from homemade soy wax candles from Mabel Candles (Rainwater scent? Shit yes!), hand-painted potted plants from Birds Nests For Hair and accessories in the form of pocket foxes/knitted cats from Freedom Of Potato. As always, entry is free, with live music, good food and damn good atmosphere. Welcome in spring and another sunny season of more dapper markets to come. What: That Dapper Market WHERE: Tuxedo Cat, Plant One, Park Tce, Bowden WHEN: Sat Aug 31, 3.30-9.30pm.

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A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swann III Paramount Transmission / M / 82 mins

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The Company You Keep Madman / M / 122 mins

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Charlie Sheen was at the height of his ludicrous ‘troubles’ when he worked on this odd effort from writer/producer/director Roman Coppola (son of Francis, brother of Sofia, and so on), and portrayed a character at odds with his public persona – and weirdly dull and dreary. His Charles is a well-off, much-loved and yet emotionally constipated LA graphic designer whose girlfriend leaves him and sets out on a strange spiritual journey that involves D&Ms with accountant Saul (Bill Murray), sister Izzy (Patricia Arquette) and best mate Kirby Star ( Jason Schwartzman, looking like Richard Simmons for some reason). Coppola’s script has trouble finding something for him to do, or even a good joke, as we wander to and fro and Sheen under acts with a vengeance: Charles stalks his ex (with the best intentions); Charles defends wannabe-author Izzy; Charles, Saul and Kirby are pursued by the police in a fantasy sequence when they find out secret truths about women; there’s a puppet performance straight out of Being John Malkovich; and the finale rips off films like The Holy Mountain as it gets preposterously ‘meta’.

Co-producer/director/star Robert Redford’s latest is a political (surprise!) thriller (drawn from Neil Gordon’s novel) that might misstep a little, and yet, nevertheless, asks questions in a way few American films dare. When fugitive Sharon Solarz (Susan Sarandon), an activist from the Weather Underground who’s been hiding for 30-plus years, surrenders to the FBI, a journalist named Ben Shepard (Shia LaBeouf ) finds his way to Jim Grant (Redford), prominent lawyer, recent widower, dad to a pre-teen daughter – and another guilty member. When Jim’s identity is discovered, he goes on the run, as an elaborate plot ropes in incidental characters galore, and they’re mostly played by Redford’s mates, including Richard Jenkins and Nick Nolte as fellow Undergrounders and no less than Julie Christie in the crucial role of Jim/Nick’s one time love. Whether or not RR’s too old for the action elements here, there’s no doubt that he’s very fine, and that Lem Dobbs’ screenplay tackles issues in a compellingly ‘grey area’ fashion. What if you could change a troubled past? Are there journalistic ethics anymore? And whatever happened to the Revolution?

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First Position Hopscotch / G / 95 mins

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Love Is All You Need Madman / M / 111 mins

Bess Kargman’s doco’s out-of-date, and yet there’s still much that’s compelling here, whether you enjoy ballet – or loathe it. Dancers are studied as they prepare for the Youth America Grand Prix, the biggest contest of its type: there’s American Aran, 11-year-old son of a military family residing in Italy; Jules and Miko, whose parents are surely demons for discipline off-camera; Colombianborn Joan Sebastian, who lives in New York and hasn’t been home for over a year; Michaela, adopted from a Sierra Leone orphanage by a Jewish couple who adore her; and, finally, cheerleader Rebecca, the most ‘American’ subject here and perpetually talking about her life in such a way that we can’t help but hate her. Burning questions abound: How hard is it to pursue your artistic potential? How much do young ‘uns have to sacrifice to have any chance of being a serious dancer? How extreme is the need to be famous? And what happens if it’s all for nothing – which, for a huge proportion of the kids here, it will be? MDB

AAAa Danish director Susanne Bier tends towards tough-love dramas, and yet her latest has been put forward as a romantic comedy, which it is, to a point – albeit one that comes from a core of real pain. Hairdresser Ida (Trine Dyrholm) is a breast cancer survivor introduced talking to her doctor, arriving home and catching her hubby Leif having it off with his secretary. While this seems likely to spoil the impending Italian wedding of Ida and Leif ’s daughter, both attend anyway. Along the way, Ida literally runs into Philip (Pierce Brosnan encouraging comparisons to Mamma Mia), the father of the groom and a bad-tempered widower, and the stage is set for perhaps one of the most biting of all dramatic/comedic sub-genres: the familial one. There are too many characters here, and yet Bier’s bilingual film is nevertheless nicely moving, with probably the best straight work ever by Brosnan and a beautiful performance by Dyrholm, who never asks for easy sympathy for Ida, and like all the characters here – and indeed all the characters in your own life – is only human. MDB

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Gabriel Robert Rawantas, fondly known as Guba, is a Sabahan singer songwriter now based in Kuala Lumpur who will be making his Australian debut at this year’s 16-day OzAsia Festival.

Guba

The Bee Gees: The Biography David N Meyer / Ebury Australia

Meyer’s lengthy, sometimes amusingly detailed bio kicks off with an intro that dares to ask the burning question: how could a band as uncool as the Bee Gees be so damn cool? From their earliest beginnings, to late-‘60s success in Australia to hard-won early ‘70s international hits, to conquering the known universe with their legendary contributions to the disco-infected Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and beyond, this is notable for an extensive and bitingly funny description of the production of the often-conveniently-forgotten-by-history Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978), an ‘all-star’ über-travesty starring the Gibb brothers, Peter Frampton, Aerosmith, Steve Martin and others far too ghastly to list. MDB

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Guba boasts an acoustic indie pop sound and has enjoyed success with his first single, You And Me. He also recorded a duet, You’re So Fine, with fellow Asian star Yuna, who will also be making her way to OzAsia, with the song featuring in the acclaimed Malaysian film KIL. Guba is looking forward to performing at OzAsia, which this year has a focus on Malaysian artists. “I’m working on some new material for my next album,” he announces. “So Australian audiences will be the first to hear them. I actually just played one over the phone to my producer who liked it and said we should record it.” Guba made the move from the state of Sabah on the island of Borneo to Kuala Lumpur. “I went there because I got a job,” he says with a laugh, “but I continued to write songs – I already had about 50 or 60 by then – and then I jumped on Google to find a studio in Kuala Lumpur to record them. “I found Laguna Music,” he says of the studio that also has its own label and were more than happy to sign the young singer songwriter

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to its roster. “I wrote my first song when I was 14,” Guba recalls when asked about his beginnings. “I never actually finished it though. But it went back to it a few years later and finished it off although the song didn’t actually end up on my album. But I will keep it for another project.” Asked about his influences, Guba says he was exposed to lots of western music as a youngster. “My dad loved Frank Sinatra and Cliff Richard while my mum was listening to Ella Fitzgerald and jazz singers like that. I heard a lot of varied stuff but would say my influences came mostly from the music from the UK that I started listening to. That’s been what has influenced my songwriting.” As Guba has worked with Yuna, he says it’s likely he will join her on stage at OzAsia. “I would think so,” he laughs. “We’ve recorded

one song together that I wrote. My label knows her so they contacted her after hearing the song and we recorded You’re So Fine together.” Guba will be making his Australian debut at OzAsia although he has made his way to our country in the past. “I’ve been to Melbourne and Sydney,” he says. “I was just on a family holiday but I really connected with Melbourne. It just seemed like my kind of place. And I also have many Aussie friends.”

WHO: Guba WHAT: OzAsia Festival WHERE: Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre WHEN: Fri Sep 13 and Sat Sep 14 at 7pm

Fast Times// Open Day Last Sunday so many minds were put at ease when potential students of all walks of life attended the Open Days at the University Of Adelaide and UniSA. Staff and students were on hand to answer the burning questions of people who haven’t quite made up their mind of what to study or where to do it. Uni is hard enough to navigate at the best of times, let alone find someone to answer your questions. This is why

Open Days are the best source of information – not only can you speak to the people who will teach you, or who are doing the course you want to do, but you can also visit the places where you will be studying to see if it’s a right fit. Also, there’s always a buttload of freebies to take away from it, as well as all that important life-changing information. Rip It Up went along to snap all the action... and maybe also get in the student spirit and bag some freebies for ourselves.

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Singles

Chvrches

Megadeth

The Mother We Share

Super Collider

(Goodbye/Liberator)

(Universal)

Every year we seem to be blessed with a mega-hyped, female-fronted, electronic indie pop act. Last year it was Grimes and Purity Ring, the year before it was Austra. While most fall victim to the hype, some will live up to it. 2013 looks destined to belong to Glasgow trio Chvrches, and unlike many of their Canadian contemporaries, actually look set to put up a really solid debut album – with singles like Gun, Recover and now The Mother We Share things are looking very promising. The Mother We Share is yet another deft touch in the right direction, an angelic foray into synth heaven. It’s time to start believing the hype.

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Chet Faker Melt (feat. Kilo Kash) (Downtown Records)

Proving there’s more to him than a truly amazing beard, Chet Faker returns in strong form with new single, and the first to be released on US label Downtown, Melt. The track is a duet with smouldering New York singer Kilo Kash. As the pair trade feelings of dejection and heartache with their pure sex vocals, they magically create a softer-than-velvet groove that brilliantly offsets this jagged, electronic beat. Even at absolute zero this song would still melt you. Beard or no beard.

Kids With Teeth

The Cat Empire Steal The Light (Inertia)

AAAAa It will take you to the streets of Buenos Aires, drinking red wine, dancing on the streets until sunrise, with fire in your eyes and burning in your knee caps. The Cat Empire are back stealing the light and stealing it well. There is something about Fielix Riebl’s vocals that strike as the

signature Cat Empire sound. It’s an interesting thing to swap between vocalists, with Riebel and Harry James Angus sounding so different stylistically. But the upbeat, festive instrumentation remains incendiary: the signature sound of the cats. Although much has advanced with this record, there is a huge underlying circle going on, bringing it back to the very roots of what made this band so glorious upon their very first debut to the world. It’s amazing that just six people are responsible for creating this cavernous sound; it feels like the entire city of Rio De Janeiro during carnivale are behind each track, producing an electric and chaotic soundscape. That’s the true beauty of this music, it could be played anywhere in the world and people will connect on any cultural level. It’s the sound of the world, the album of the universe. Sharni Honor

Dave Mustaine has never shied away from unleashing music he’s passionate about, regardless of consequences. Super Collider sees him release arguably his most polarising work since Risk, with many fans more than a little frustrated at the direction of the new material. Kingmaker kicks things off in true Megadeth fashion, with an aggressive pace and sound. However, things take a left turn pretty quickly on the title track, a hard rock number aimed more towards the mainstream crowd than hardcore Megadeth fans. Super Collider never really gets itself back onto its thrash foundations, but there are still plenty of strong moments throughout. Built For War shows signs of the band’s aggressive roots, while the slightly progressive Dance In The Rain rewards the listener after repeated listens. The album’s highlight is a cover of Thin Lizzy’s Cold Sweat, which wears a real Motörhead influence on its sleeve and is unrelenting throughout. Super Collider may have faired better and received less criticism as a Mustaine solo album, with those expecting a return to Rust In Peace or Symphony Of Destruction certain to be disappointed. Taken on its own merits however, Super Collider is a pretty decent piece of heavy rock. Peter Lanyon

By Your Side (Independent)

It seems our Hot Six alumni of 2013 just keep on giving, which is rare, because by this point in the year they’ve usually all disbanded or moved interstate. This new Kids With Teeth cut has the local duo surfing the void in a fluorescent half pipe of static and fuzz. Still crammed with all the distortion and grit we so loved about this band at the start of this year, Kids With Teeth have found a way to smooth some of the corners of their sound without sacrificing any of its edge. They’re also starting to sound a little less like DZ Deathrays. A little less.

I Break Horses Denial (Mushroom)

There’s no denying it, those Swedes do something pretty amazing when it comes to pop. I Break Horses sit at the shoe-gazery end of the spectrum, but new single Denial sees the duo expanding their horizons into full-blown synth-pop territory. An infinitely calming track eerily reminiscent of the Twin Peaks theme song, Denial’s nostalgic synth melodies and the ever peaceful vocals of Maria Lindén could pacify the disquieted spirit of Laura Palmer herself.

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Bernard Fanning, Big Scary & Vance Joy Thebarton Theatre, Thu Aug 15 (Photos by Andreas Heuer) (Review by Rob Lyon)

AAAA It’s been a while since Bernard Fanning last graced Adelaide with his presence in a live capacity since Powderfinger called it a day. So, it was little surprise that at some stage he would return with another offering, Departures, to follow up the highly successful solo debut Tea & Symphony. Vance Joy, fresh off a sold out show the night before at Jive was first up and that single Riptide is an absolute ripper. Big Scary were solid playing a healthy sliver of their new album, Not Art. Bernard Fanning took to the stage to plenty of fanfare and cheers. Surprisingly there were plenty of bogans in the crowd yelling all sorts of crap (some getting thrown out) in anticipation that Bernard might play some Powderfinger hits, not so! It was a slow build up with Hope And Validation followed by Battleship before Bernard remarked, “Guess what? It’s my birthday!” The crowd tried a haphazard sing-a-long with Bernard suggesting to leave it for a bit later in proceedings. The set was a perfect blend of old and new with Inside Track and Limbo Stick serving as a

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The Summer Set

Crocodiles

Kate Nash

Legendary

Crimes Of Passion

Girl Talk

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(Permanent/Shock)

(Have 10P/Fontana)

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After you start winning awards, it’s only natural that imitators will be hot on your heels. It seems that`s the direction that Arizona’s The Summer Set have taken for the majority of Legendary, morphing their sound to become more in line with bands that have reached success before them. Opener Maybe Tonight is a spitting image of Grammy-winning Fun., complete with chorus lines, falsettos and foot-stomps. Steaming straight into Jukebox (Life Goes On) takes you into One Direction territory – which is dangerous territory indeed. If you were unsure what kind of ride you were in for, the lyric `I must confess I’m a little obsessed with Dawson’s Creek’ is about as insightful as it comes. Lightning In A Battle drops the F-bomb in the chorus in basically the male version of Katy Perry’s California Gurls, and the swears keep on coming for aptly titled Fuck U Over. They may have a lot of fucks to give, but we run out pretty quickly. There’s nothing really of substance here, which can be said for a lot of pop music, but the real problem is that there isn’t anything different. What they do well, is making every track feel sun-soaked like a perpetual summer, yet after a while it starts to burn. Lachlan Aird

When modern-day garage rock is characterised by druggy excess (Wavves, FIDLAR, Dune Rats) as much as mindless revivalism (Bleeding Knees Club), it’s easy to see how relative straightedges like Crocodiles can slip through the cracks. They’re inoffensive, and in this game that can be a dangerous thing. What sets the San Diego outfit apart on their fourth record Crimes Of Passion is not their good behaviour however, but rather their eclectic tastes (including, surprisingly, ‘90s indie pop), which penetrate the album from start to finish. Opener I Like It In The Dark chimes with a flourish of Madchester swagger, while there’s more than a hint of Britpop in lead single Cockroach and She Splits Me Up. As you might expect there are plenty of older touchstones here too, as on the T-Rexy Gimme Some Annihilation and the gloriously psychedelic Teardrop Guitar. There’s certainly no shortage of ideas here, but there does seem to be a shortfall of truly memorable moments. For the most part Crocodiles are attempting to cover up a lack of genuinely catchy hooks with fuzz tones and curious left-field influences, and that can be the most dangerous game of all. Jimmy Byzantine

Kate Nash’s 2007 debut Made Of Bricks came along at just the right time. Angsty British poplets were all the rage, thanks to Lily Allen’s Alright, Still, with Nash’s Foundations and Pumpkin Soup right on the money with how hormonal nerdy teens who get wasted and have unprotected sex were feeling. Six years on, and Nash has morphed into a gargantuan sonic manic pixie dream girl. Brushing aside her forgettable sophomore effort, 2010’s My Best Friend Is You, Nash has soldiered on into the murky territory of singing about feelings and feminism – often together. Girl Talk is MOB on steroids, too beefy at 15 tracks and too convoluted to be deemed as ‘quirky’. There are some good moments here where you can revisit those particularly hard coming-of-age moments in your life through Nash’s out-of-key vocals, fuzzy guitars and simple drums: Fri-end?, OMYGOD! and Sister are good in an out-of-key, squeaky, drink-a-cask-offruity-lexia-and-sing-along way. However, once Rap For Rejection (this is rap?) and Lullaby For An Insomniac (an awkwardly a cappella track even Alanis Morrisette would think excessive) come along, you realise that maybe boys and social ills aren’t really to blame for all that pain and suffering. Lachlan Aird

precursor to the proven classic Believe. Grow Around You and Thrill Has Gone were both great as was Songbird. Departures was dedicated to Bernard’s overseas friends in Madrid and, as always, in a quieter song there is some dick in the crowd that has to yell out some pointless bollocks. Fortunately Bernard put him back in his place suggesting this one works better if you’re quiet. After Which Way Home Bernard recounted a conversation on the plane to Adelaide speaking to a guy who was like “three times” his age at 89 who was also celebrating his birthday. It was with the set closer Here Comes The Sadist that Bernard encouraged all the punters to get out of their sets and get their arms up in the air and make it “my birthday song”. Returning solo for the first song of the encore, the crowd rallied to give Bernard a rousing Happy Birthday, prompting the response, “I’ve never played a gig on my birthday, I fucking love you Adelaide, this one’s just for you Adelaide!”. Watch Over Me was splendid in solo mode and Bernard playing on the keys. The band returned for Wish You Well, which brought the house down. It was a great surprise to hear a George Harrison cover What Is Life to wrap up a great night and Bernard summing up that we’re going to get smashed when he returns for A Day On The Green in Clare Valley later in the year.

Bad Dreems Badlands EP (Mirador Records)

AAAA In the space of six songs, Bad Dreems establish themselves as the best South Australian export since West End Eagle Blue. Their nostalgic take on Australiana pop and pub rock grimly shines through a haze of cigarette smoke and beery perspiration. The subversive optimism of Hoping For is belied by the ultimate hopelessness of Too Old. Caroline’s unbridled energy is paralleled in Home Life, although the latter takes a somewhat darker approach. Badlands speaks with as much of its own voice as those of its forebears. It’s a record of clever juxtaposition, balanced carefully between the painful present and a bittersweet past. Bad Dreems are your favourite worst nightmare. Jimmy Byzantine

Maids Maids EP (Independent)

AA Maids are trying to create something new by superimposing heavy guitar riffs and histrionic vocals over a fairly straightforward indie pop framework. Turns out lots of bands did the same thing about a decade ago. Think Goodshirt, Peabody and Gyroscope. Either way, the Newcastle band are at least trying. Dr Gecko has a nice guitar bend in the chorus, while I’m Afraid taints the grunge pool with an almost Karnivool-like turbidity. However, sitting halfway between the prog and indie worlds, Maids does little to satisfy either. Jimmy Byzantine

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Joe Carvosso And The Pleasures are gearing up for the launch of their debut album, A Little Bit Of Fun. Leading man, Joe Carvosso, is the owner of Island Studios, creator of Threebirds Records and a talented multi-instrumentalist. Creating a record that fuses old timey rhythms with reggae and folk influences, Rip It Up discovers there is nothing but happiness driving this band.

he recording process has been a 12-month journey, not without some initial hiccups. “My original bass player and drummer disappeared on me just before recording started,” Carvosso reveals. “This was because they moved to Germany and Western Australia, so I had to rely on session musicians for the recording. It was actually recorded last June, and mastered last July. So there’s been quite a gap between the recording and the launch, but finally, the time is almost here.”

With the dream to create a warm and analogue sounding record, it was hard to look past Mixmasters Studio. Nestled in the Adelaide foothills, this studio is where analogue dreams come true. “The worst thing would have been to produce an album of old sounding songs and have them sounding perfectly clean, digital and sterile at the end of it,” Carvosso admits. As a result the character of the album echoes influences from the '30s and '40s. “One of the main influences from yesteryear is definitely Billie Holiday,” Carvosso says. “I really love her music, her song writing, as well as her arrangements of other writers’ songs. Songs like Getting Some Fun Out of Life have been central to the music for this project. Inspired by the arrangement of the songs as well as the carefree and happy lyrics, it would be a dream of mine to one day record an EP of Billie Holiday covers. I’m not sure if it’ll be for my next recording or a bit down the track, but one day!” Aside from investing a sincere chunk of time and money into building up his studio, Carvosso reveals a cause very close to this heart and head.

“After five years of having dreadlocks, I’m shaving my head. For several years I’ve sponsored a child through Agape In Action, which is a fantastic organisation dedicated to helping children and communities living in extreme poverty. Currently they have several ongoing projects in Kenya that really need funding to ensure they can continue. As a result I’ve decided to shave my head in order to support this wonderful cause.” Trading the dreadlocks for a top hat, Carvosso reveals The Pleasures line-up will be extended to an eight-piece for the launch to include piano, trumpet, alto sax, baritone sax, trombone, clarinet and more. “I want the audience to walk out the door with huge smiles on their faces.” WHO: Joe Carvosso And The Pleasures WHAT: A Little Bit Of Fun (Threebirds Records) WHERE: The Promethean WHEN: Fri Aug 30

Osloh Debut Show The mystery is no more. Rip It Up asked new electronic and progressive outfit Osloh to finish the following sentences. Osloh was born out of...many months of studio experimentation and years of listening. Osloh means ...something unspecified, something malleable. Osloh consists of ... live film, four people and more than four instruments. Osloh’s sound is reminiscent of... soundtracks to non-existent films. The debut track August evolved when.... we were concluding work on our LP - a brief sample of what we’ll begin releasing and performing around the country later in 2013. Osloh’s debut show is going to be ... at the Ed Castle on Sat Aug 24.

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A lot can happen in four years and for much-hyped club night, Plus One at the Ed Castle, the time has come to begin a new chapter. Having hosted the likes of The Jezabels, Ball Park Music and Alpine, along with an endless array of local acts, Sat Aug 24 will mark the final show in the format we’ve grown to love over the past four years. Saying goodbye with a bang, the line-up features Osloh, It’s A Hoax, Dead End Friends and Tkay Maidza, with the re-launch of its fortnightly slot at new home Rhino Room flagged for Sat Sep 14.

Lõnah Debuts At Knots Lōnah is the result of a collaboration between Australian producers Oisima (Adelaide) and True North (Sydney). Their combined love of deep bass, two-step and R&B a capellas shaped a distinctive sound to fit late nights in the club as well as introspective rainy nights at home. In the fast-paced, ever-shifting world of bass music, Lōnah just wants to make you dance. In their first ever live show, Lōnah will debut to audiences at Knots this Sun Aug 25 at Freemasons Grand Lodge. Tickets through Eventbrite.