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Martha’s first album of new originals in four years.

After a memorable performance at Parklife in 2011, Australian fans can once again worship at the altar of Tellier.

Debut album out October 5 Nominated for 2012 Mercury Prize – Album of the Year

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“Smart, elegant and affecting, this is surely her best yet.” MOJO

Boogie! Australian Blues, R&B and Heavy Rock from the ‘70S’ A two-disc celebration of blues-based Oz sounds of the ‘70s. 44 track - Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Chain, Carson, La De Das, Madder Lake, Daddy Cool, Rose Tattoo, Coloured Balls, Wendy Saddington, Spectrum, Stevie Wright, Buffalo, Blackfeather, MORE!

““Sebastien invites you to follow him, like a sexy David Koresh, and with tunes like ‘Sedulous’, ‘Pepito Bleu’ and ‘Cochon Ville’, the call might just prove irresistible” NME: 7/10

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Editor’s Note// Last week commemorated 25 years since The Smiths’ ultimate album Strangeways, Here We Come was released. Despite capturing a band at the height of their talents, internal disarray ensured Manchester’s most influential band were all but over by the time the album hit the shelves.

Strangeways marked the point where ingeniously creative guitarist Johnny Marr finally walked out after a number of stressful years juggling production, songwriting, managerial and Morrissey babysitting duties. Despite the pair’s marked incompatibility, it was a mismatch made in heaven. In less than five years they’d created a staggering canon of music that still seems almost unfathomable.

The modern era’s regressive, aggressive repackaging and reflection on pop history can be wearying; the Ouroboros cannibalism of the past appears to be an ugly side-effect of the anxiety over popular music’s future.

Strangeways track Paint A Vulgar Picture emphatically rallies against such retreats into the archives via frontman Morrissey’s quintessential mix of mock horror and deadly wit - ‘Best of! Most of! Satiate the need. Slip them into different sleeves! Buy both, and feel deceived…’ Not only does the acute observation offer a premonition of what would eventually occur with The Smiths’ own catalogue, it’s further lyrical proof that this whimsical outsider is as relevant today as in 1987.

Since their estrangement Morrissey and Marr have lightly sparred in the music media, but there’s one thing they agree on: Strangeways, Here We Come is The Smiths at their unsurpassed peak.

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Launching their fourth studio album, Millions Of Moments, with a huge hip hop party at the Grace Emily on Thu Oct 4 that will also feature special guests Sietta.

Currently taking place at Peel St’s Format with Sydney band Good Heavens (pictured) and Summer Flake, No Action and XiXi along with the return of local lad Matt Banham playing on Fri Oct 5 for Great.Band.Party.

Experience the Brisbane post-hardcore act at Thebarton Theatre on Sat Oct 6 with The Ghost Inside, Architects and Buried In Verona.

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Catch the rootsy, foot stompin’ Kiwis at Thebarton’s Wheatsheaf Hotel with popular local band The Timbers on Thu Oct 4 and hear songs from their latest release.

Striding along from 7pm on Sat Oct 6 with pre-walk entertainment from 5pm at Rymill Pk and also a free entry, all-ages after-party at Fowler’s Live.

Witness the zany Brisbane party starters at Jive on Fri Oct 5 with special guests The Griswolds when they play songs from their self-titled debut EP and more.

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CANNIBAL CORPSE – get set for some quite extreme metal when the US band hit Fowler’s Live on Thu Oct 4 with likeminded groups Disentomb and Entrails Eradicated.

THE GIANTS – see the Melbournebased blues rock outfit with Wilbur Wilde, Tattoorose, Dave Blight & The Flyers and a host of other acts at the Governor Hindmarsh from 2pm on Sun Oct 7.

PROGFEST – taking place at Enigma Bar on Sat Oct 6 with Melbourne’s Ne Obliviscaris, Brisbane’s Red Paintings, Quiet Child, This Is Your Captain Speaking and more.

PARKLIFE – taking place in Botanic Pk on Sun Oct 7 with The Presets, Nero Live, Passion Pit, Tame Impala, Plan B and so many, many more.

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OCT 4 D AT SEA, SUMMERSET AVENUE, ALL YEAR ROUND, CANIDAE (ALL AGES)

OCT 5 A DEAD SILENCE, THE BROADSIDE, CAULFIELD, SIERRA, SECONDS BEFORE SUNRISE, A GHOST ORCHESTRA, CAST TO STONE (ALL AGES BAR 2)

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Bed Hopping With Eagle & The Worm With eight people in their band, it’s little surprise that Melbourne’s Eagle & The Worm have to get a bit cosy sometimes. With Jarrad Brown at the helm they create songs in bedrooms, record in bedrooms and share bedrooms on tour.

“It’s weird, isn’t it?” Brown says. “It’s true that we do share beds on tour sometimes. We generally get one big room, sometimes there are seven beds instead of eight so one of us has to share a bed. That’s cool with me. I was

saying to Richard, who plays bass, we’re going to get freaked out when we get enough cash to have our own rooms.”

Since forming in 2009, that bedroom approach has taken Eagle & The Worm through southern rock through to spaced-out psych and beyond.

Brown and co are now spruiking their new EP Strangelove – see them at the Ed Castle on Fri Nov 16 and with Gomez at the Gov on Wed Oct 17. Tickets: oztix.com.au.

Hi-Cal Cal Wilson – the perfect example of the great Aussie tradition of claiming a talented New Zealander as our own. The comedian has appeared on Spicks ‘N’ Specks, Good News Week and Good News World, toured throughout Australia, New Zealand and the UK and has Adelaide in her sights.

The Emerald Hill Times (best testimonial publication ever) says she’s “frenetic, furious and crammed with laughs”. See her on Tue Oct 9 at the Arkaba, Wed Oct 10 at the Marion Hotel and Thu Oct 11 and Fri Oct 12 at Rhino Room.

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OCT 12 WARBRINGER (USA) TRUTH CORRODED, IMMINENT PSYCHOSIS, ALKIRA

OCT 13 BELLUSIRA, SQUEAKER, 4 KINGS LOUD, THE ANGELS OF GUNG HO (BAR 2) SLEEPTALKER, DAMNED MEN, HOODLUM SHOUTS, HORROR MY FRIEND (BAR 3)

OCT 19 MNEMIC (DENMARK) ISAW, INFILTRAITOR, ARCADIA Who: The Paper Kites / Where: Fowler’s Live / When: Thu Oct 18

Dance Like You’re On YouTube The guy in The Paper Kites video A Maker Of My Time sure knows how to dance like no one’s watching. The thing is, thousands and thousands of people have been watching as he strolls down a desert road and pulls some crazy moves. The Paper Kites are hoping to rival hits for their previous clips Bloom and Featherstone, which have almost three million combined views online, vocalist Sam Bentley says.

“I remember struggling to explain the concept I had for this video to anyone else in

the band without it sounding like the most boring thing ever. Everyone was worried about the potential for disaster, but they ended up trusting the idea, which I’m so thankful for. The end result wouldn’t have been the way it is if we had prepared storyboards and choreographed the moves. It was so loose and full of expression and character and you can’t script that stuff. We wanted people to watch it and get to the end and think, ‘What was that?’ and want to watch it again.”

Good Juju Jazz age, early blues and Latin American Pachuco culture of the 1930s and 1940s – plenty of elements brewing for a dark, dirty and seductive show for Mojo Juju. She’s performing songs from her debut self-titled album on Thu Nov 22 at the Grace Emily.

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Back In Black Jeff Martin loves leather.

Jeff Martin loves Australia.

Fingers crossed the late spring heat doesn’t give him a Ross Geller in the leather pants department when he plays Jive on Fri Nov 23.

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Barry On Eat Pray Laugh – whether or not you’re a fan of yoga, masturbation and Bali, Barry Humphries’ farewell tour might be the show to change your life. Plenty of people think so as it’s selling out across the country and new performances have been added to Her Majesty’s Theatre on Fri Jan 25, Sat Jan 26 and Sun Jan 27.

Who better to hang out with on Australia Day than the Honorable Sir Les Patterson? Tickets: ticketek.com.au.

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Sea Of Lights Gay Paris Gay Paris know how to raise some money. They obliterated their Pozible aim to raise $6000 to fund their second album The Last Good Party by oering fans all kinds of treasures. Like Rap Dudes Doin’ It To You, where Wailin’ H Monks raps about

anything the fans want over a beat produced by fellow band member Six Guns; or Be With WH Forever, where Wailin’ H gets a fan’s name or face tattooed on him. Ingenious or crazy? As the band’s music attests, it could be either. Get wild, get naked, get your taste of The Last Good Party on Sat Dec 15 at Jive with help from Silent Duck and Kempsey.

Suzannah Espie describes her latest album as “a collection of haunting melodic tales adorned with lush harmonies and exquisitely delicate arrangements�.

Sounds lovely – but the recording process was a little less lovely as she created Sea Of Lights in Je Lang’s shed over three 40 degree days last year. “I recorded this album over three days in the heat of the Melbourne summer when I was seven months pregnant with my second child who is now just one,â€?

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sat around a circle of microphones and played the songs live and the music was recorded onto a fourtrack tape machine.â€? “It was such an easy record to make,â€? Lang adds. “Everyone came in with their shit so together - their harmonies, all the dierent instruments they played going down at once into very few microphones. It’s not an easy way to record, there’s pressure because any mistakes can’t be ďŹ xed, everyone has to be on at once, yet every single take sounded virtually awless, and the songs just oored me.â€?

Doom-laden electric folk music? Los Angeles artist Chelsea Wolfe plays it and she has scary eyes so you’d better like it. She has toured Europe with a nomadic performance troupe playing music in cathedrals, basements, galleries and old nuclear plants, released The Grime And The Glow and Apokalypsis and is gearing up for her third studio album release in 2013. She’s playing Fowler’s Live on Sun Nov 11 with Melbourne post-punk and Goth ďŹ ve-piece Heirs.

Good heavens, it’s GOOD HEAVENS! The Sydney band featuring former members of Wolfmother and theredsunband are playing Format Festival with Matt Banham, Big Richard Insect, Summer Flake, No Action and Xixi on Fri Oct 5 at Format, Peel St.

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The Lonely Island Having ‘alone time’ is pretty important if you’re a member of Tame Impala, especially if it’s the breeding ground for your entire musical musical catalogue. hile their acclaimed debut album in 2010 sang “solitude is bliss”, the Perth psychrevivalists are now preaching an even deeper level of misanthropy on their sophomore Lonerism – a 12-track spread of some of the best songs they’ve ever written.

Speaking over the phone from his apartment in Paris, Tame Impala’s mastermind and frontman Kevin Parker agrees, explaining that Lonerism contains a “darker tint”.

“I think that Solitude Is Bliss was about just how great it was to be alone, the glory owed to solitude, whereas Lonerism is more about the persona of someone that realises they’re a loner and all of their trials and tribulations, ups and downs and their observations of the world,” he explains. “I guess Solitude Is Bliss is a happy song, whereas Lonerism is a bit more sinister. It’s definitely got a darker tint to it.

I guess the whole album is this idea of trying to escape to your subconscious to escape the outside world and reality, basically.”

Opening track Be Above It is demonstrative of the loner psyche Lonerism presents to its listeners, quite candidly finding Parker grappling with his own internal issues in repetitive lyrics: ‘I know that I can’t let the moment break me down, I gotta be above it now’.

“Yeah, [the song] is like a statement of trying to overcome something, trying desperately to overcome something,” he agrees. “It’s that kind of thing of someone sticking their fingers in their ears and yelling really loudly so no harmful thoughts can get to them, like blocking out a bad thought

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- you know what I mean? And I guess in a natural way musically Be Above It jumped out as the first song of the album. It had that sort of chugging-along feel to it and the lyrics seemed to fit.”

Whereas Innerspeaker’s recording process was very official and structured, Tame Impala’s second album saw something a bit more organic unfold. The songs were crafted during several recording sessions all over the world and across a longer period of time. Although Lonerism’s chronological history is fragmented across multiple continents and hard to pinpoint, there is one particular recording location that Parker remembers fondly.

“One location that springs to mind is for the last song on the album, Sun’s Coming Up (Lamingtons). It’s a combination of two recordings on my dictaphone. One is just of me playing around with my guitar in the studio - there was this really cool sound I didn’t want to lose it so I just pressed record. The next day I was down at the beach in Perth with the dictaphone in my hand, because I like to take it on walks with me to record random, ambient sounds, and I recorded myself walking from the car park at the beach to the water. I found it had this nice acid to it, the footsteps walking on gravel and then onto the sand and then there’s all this wind, then waves. I put the two sounds together and it had this real peaceful, beautiful thing to it. So [Sun’s Coming Up (Lamingtons)] is meant to be the sound of someone dropping off into nothingness, the final stage of someone just becoming a complete loner.”

Not all songs on the album are peaceful detours into ambience, however. Upon close listen you’ll hear a newfound venom on a few of the tracks, namely their gritty lead single Elephant. Hint: those lyrics aren’t about an elephant.

“It’s meant to be a portrayal of this guy, this sort of loud-mouthed, egocentric bastard, basically. It’s from the viewpoint of someone

Batman Of Pop just seething at him,” Parker offers.

Always a band to embrace elements of the ‘70s, Lonerism sees the band explore psychedelic music more than ever before.

A full listen is kind of like dunking your head under water into a pool of swirling, technicolour sonics, with hat tips to King Crimson and Pink Floyd along the way. In fact, you could say Pink Floyd is given quite a hefty tip in Elephant… Give it a listen and around the 1min20secs mark you’ll recognise a synth hook you might have heard before.

“I was like, ‘Aw, Jay, you motherfucker! I can’t believe I let you contribute one riff to the album and it’s a total knock-off of Pink Floyd!’”

“That’s good you’ve mentioned that.

Because that gives me the opportunity to point out Jay’s [Watson, keyboardist] influence on the album,” Parker laughs, with tongue firmly in cheek. “I allowed him to write some bits on the album and one of them was Elephant. He came up with this bridge segment, and then the song came out and someone said, ‘Hey, isn’t that riff from Pink Floyd’s Money?’ and then they played the bit from Money and I was like, ‘Aw, Jay, you motherfucker! I can’t believe I let you contribute one riff to the album and it’s a total knock-off of Pink Floyd!’

“Anyway, that was a bit of a laugh we all had. We thought it was hilarious, and to this day we don’t know if he consciously or subconsciously ripped off Pink Floyd.”

While some artists find their sophomore

In an interview with Pitchfork earlier in the year Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker revealed that he had written an entire album’s worth of cheesy pop songs. Can we expect it to surface anytime soon?

“Maybe, but it might not have my name on it,” he laughs. “I’m actually really excited by the idea of putting out a really cheesy pop album and no one knowing that it’s me. Like the Batman of pop music.”

So what would be his pop alias?

Something French, apparently.

“Uhhhh,” he pauses, scanning around for French words in his apartment. “What about… There’s some kind of green tea here… ‘Apres Repas’, which means ‘aftersleep tea’. Oh wait, repas, that’s meal, it’s ‘after meal!’.”

album the most difficult hill to climb, Parker is the opposite, suggesting Lonerism allowed him to “fall in love with the thrill of making music again”.

“I think this time around I was free of all the stuff that happened in the first album.

In Innerspeaker we rented a location and got an engineer, all the stuff to make it a ‘signed’ band recording,” he explains, referring to the band being signed by reputable Sydney label Modular People in 2008. “I was a bit more cautious because we were aware this record label was paying for us to make a record and make money, but this time around I just didn’t give a shit and fell in love with the thrill of making music for my own satisfaction again.

I felt free to do whatever I want and be a lot more expressive. Not to say Innerspeaker was difficult or unsatisfying, but with Lonerism I felt like I was making this album for myself.”

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credit card or my mum’s credit card. It all kind of balances out over time.”

Midway through recording The World Warriors, what was originally intended as an album became a mini-LP. In tough economic times, bank managers sometimes say ‘no’ to garage rock bands. But, as Neale explains, a last minute bit of luck put the band’s record back on the map.

“We’ve been fortunate this time to team up with Create/Control, who are helping us out for the release. It’s been amazing because I didn’t have any room left to put the vinyl down on my credit card. They‘ve been fantastic and a really, really positive experience of working with a label.”

Velociraptor’s 12-man (and woman) line-up often exceeds the stage they play upon, and is one of the more fascinating elements of the band’s recording process.

“It can be a drawn-out process at times,” Neale admits. “We chose to multi-track everything so either myself or James [Boyd, drummer] would lay down the drums and everyone would come in one at a time; do the bass, guitar, keys for it. By the time you’ve had

When you’re the leader of a band that can expand to as many as 12 members, it can be understandably difficult to find an appropriate place to field interviews.

“The quietest place I could find is the suit section of David Jones in the Queen Street Mall,” Velociraptor’s key singer/ songwriter Jeremy Neale says, “so there could be the sound of me trying a very fine tailored suit in the middle of the interview.” eale seems quietly triumphant, as he should be, because Velociraptor’s new record, The World Warriors, was very nearly stalled in production.

“My credit card takes a bit of a beating from the band,” Neale says, laughing. “We’ve always been self-funded or funded from my

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Road Warriors Velociraptor’s Jeremy Neale is enthusiastic about being on the road again.

“It’s the best part. It kind of feels like you’re on the set of M*A*S*H sometimes. You come back to your backpacker hostel and there’s three guys crowded around a small fire smoking cigarettes and a couple are sleeping. Plus, with so many band members, you’ve got a portable party. It’s like you’re taking Brisbane with you wherever you go.”

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12 people through the studio you’ve eaten up a lot of tape just with your basic tracking.”

When listening to The World Warriors, there’s a strong sense that Neale was more than aware of the propensity for band to become a cacophony on record. The result is a surprisingly clean, compact record that doesn‘t sacrifice the advantages of a big band’s chaotic big-ness.

“We tried live recording before and that was a bit of a disaster. We play the songs well live but it’s always a chaotic affair. It’s nice to have everything tracked in a way that you can access the songs and Cameron [Smith, producer] was really good at giving the guitars space. But I think it was important that everybody could learn the songs on record and then enjoy them live.

“Some of those songs [on the album] are three years old and some of them are six months old.

We’ve been together a few years now. I suppose we should pretend we’re younger than that: the youngest band on the block, fresh out of high school. But we’re not. All those songs have been trialled live except Cynthia, which was recorded and then added to the live set.”

Oddly, Cynthia also proved to be the catchy ‘60s-influenced first single for the band.

“It’s a total summer feel-good song. We all love ‘60s garage, and a couple of us veer more toward the dirtier garage and some of us are inclined toward the extreme pop side. But no matter how clean we record, we can get absolutely dirty live.”

Perhaps Neale is referring to two members of the band, Shane Parsons and Simon Ridley, who also make up the dirty noise garage duo DZ Deathrays, who, when not touring with DZ, lend their noisy sensibilities to Velociraptor.

As the primary singer songwriter of a large band (Velociraptor’s Facebook nicknames him ‘The Coach’), Neale certainly isn’t precious about his songwriting, even contemplating a hand-over of his duties to the other 11 members.

“There are so many good songwriters in the band it’s a shame not to have them as actively involved in the songwriting as they could be. So I think [on the next record] there’ll be more of that, even if I take more of the production duties to make it streamlined between all those sounds. It’d be cool to make a garage super-group record.

“If we can make a record that moves from dirty ‘60s to Pet Sematary-era Ramones then I’ll be very happy.”

WHO: Velociraptor WHAT: The World Warriors (Create/Control) WHERE: The Ed Castle WHEN: Sat Oct 20

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Inspiring Something

Malt Teaser Chairlift’s Patrick Wemberly explains his recent Tweet, ‘I like it when things are just the way I like’.

“We were at the Melt Festival outside Berlin and it was an hour before our show and we had an intense week with flying and a lot of logistics that needed to be sorted out. All of a sudden we realised that everything had been settled and it was perfect and we still had an hour before our show and the sun was setting.

Someone got us a bottle of Bushmills it’s my favourite whiskey – and we got a bucket of ice to go with it. In Europe they often don’t give you ice because no one wants to put ice in their drinks like they do in America. So we had the whiskey and the ice and it was the first time I had a delicious cup of whiskey just the way I like it. Probably a shorter way of Tweeting that would have been ‘I have whiskey!’ but it’s not as profound.”

In the lead-up to Chairlift’s return to Australia for Parklife, Rip It Up catches up with one half of the New York synth pop duo, Patrick Wimberly, and discusses his connection with hip hop, how things changed for sophomore album, Something, and which half of the band works the hardest.

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hile it hasn’t been an achingly long time between drinks for Australian audiences and Chairlift, with the band here in February for the Laneway Festival, Wimberly says we can expect a different show from Chairlift this time around.

“We’re not quite sure yet what the live set will be like. We have a bunch of different ideas we’re working on for the live show. We want to make some changes. We’re just not sure what they will be yet.”

This change-up to their live set will be a breath of fresh air for Wimberly and band mate Caroline Polachek, who have been constantly on the move since the release of their second album, the indie pop from the future of Something.

“We’ve been around the world like, one-anda-half times, which is kind of exciting, yet also kind of tiring. We took a break in May and I got married, which is fun.”

With comments like this, Wimberly comes across more like a goofy teenager (think Travis from Clueless) than someone regarded as a highly accomplished multi-genre producer. It soon becomes apparent this flirtation with other genres is due to restlessness, not a ball-breaking business model.

“It’s always been hard for me to get too attached to one genre, as there’s not one type of music I listen to. I’m so inspired by so many different types of genres.”

One of those genres is hip hop, with Wimberly being acclaimed for his work as producer on Das Racist’s Relax. This holistic view to music has influenced the crafting of Something, an album with many notable differences to Chairlift’s 2008 debut Does You Inspire You?, which helped kick off both Wimberly’s and Polachek’s interest in producing and the recording process.

“The first record was written way different, where we had three members [third member Aaron Pfenning left Chairlift in 2009] practising and not knowing much about recording while writing the songs. We then went into the studio and we all started getting really into production.

The first track I ever produced was Bruises, which we did at the end of making the first record after spending months on a different version. Two days before it was due, Caroline and I decided we didn’t like the version and we did it ourselves that night in my basement studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn. We re-recorded the whole song in two days and put it on the record.”

Having Bruises chosen for the iPod Nano commercial in 2008 must have been a big hint that they were onto something. Now firmly established as a duo, it doesn’t seem appear either Wimberly or Polachek were coasting through Something while the other picked up the slack.

“Oh man, we both work so hard! We don’t have that nine-to-five, five-days-a-week mentality – we work when it’s working.

Whatever we’re working on if it’s being productive and getting things done then we don’t know when to stop, so it takes up a lot of time.”

Is there that kind of productivity happening with a third album?

“We’re already starting to think about the next record. We have some ideas, but we don’t like to get pen and paper involved too soon.”

Hmmm… Sounds like we’ll be hearing Something more from Chairlift soon enough.

WHO: Chairlift WHAT: Something (Sony) WHERE: Parklife’s Atoll Stage, Botanic Pk WHEN: Sun Oct 7 at 4.25pm

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Interviews// Crazy Town “I’m here on the Witness Protection area of the Gold Coast”, jokes Mental star Anthony LaPaglia at the beginning of the following phone interview. “You know, Darwin and the Gold Coast are like that: people come here to get lost… Haven’t you always thought that?” haven’t, but we’re here to talk about LaPaglia’s latest film, Mental. So how was he cast by the writer and director PJ Hogan?

“They sent me a script, and I read it, and then I put it down and I wasn’t sure what it was that I’d read,” LaPaglia says. “I mean, to be brutally honest, I thought to myself, ‘This will either be amazing or it’ll be like the Titanic going down!’. I met PJ and I listened to him talk about the film, and I realised

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that he had such a clear vision, and that it wasn’t as risky as I thought it would be…

He’s a fantastic director to work with, and his vision is so strong in a time when so many directors compromise. He always knew what he wanted.”

But your character of Barry Moochmore: you know, he is a… um…

“Oh yeah, he’s a dick! It’s always a challenge when you’re playing characters who are extremely unlikeable, and you have to find something within them, some redeeming quality. I think that’s also true of life: sometimes we meet people and they might not be particularly agreeable, but then you look a little closer and you find some redeeming qualities.

“I was keen to talk to PJ about the tone of the film, as there were many ways that it could have been played, and I think that he does a genre of film that is very hard to do. I mean, if you’re doing a drama then it’s straightforward and if you’re doing a comedy, you know, it’s difficult but it’s mostly straightforward, but then when you mix the two, and you introduce those dark elements, it’s much more tricky.”

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The Pre-Mental PJ Hogan Writer/director PJ Hogan’s Muriel’s Wedding was a cultural event in 1994 and here we are with his Mental, but what was in between again?

My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997): PJ’s biggest and best Hollywood effort, with a daring performance by Julia Roberts and inspired use of I Say A Little Prayer.

Unconditional Love (2002): His almost unknown follow-up stars Kathy Bates and Rupert Everett and is ripe for rediscovery.

Peter Pan (2003): Helming this weird rethink on JM Barrie’s tale was a bad idea. Ah well…

Confessions Of A Shopaholic (2009): Isla Fisher is surprisingly funny in this dramatic/comedic charmer that was more than some mere (deep breath) ‘chick flick’.

And while we could discuss Anthony’s scenes with Rebecca Gibney (as Barry’s wife Shirley) and Toni Collette (as Shaz), what he most wants to talk about are the sequences when flawed dad Barry must confront his five alienated daughters.

“I work mostly with the girls here, yes. And I don’t find it difficult to go to that angry place [laughs]…

The hard part of making a movie is, of course, that you do scenes like that and you have to go back and keep on doing it up to 15 or 20 times, and you have to learn the art of staying in the moment for an entire day… It’s not like hard work like laying bricks, sure, but mentally it’s very tough.”

Amusingly unsure of projects he’s been involved with since Mental wrapped (“What am I doing again? Um…”), LaPaglia eventually recounts how he “did a western for a friend of mine and it was an incredible amount of fun”, and then notes that he’s slowed down a bit since finishing work on the television series Without A Trace.

“The seven years I had on that show were pretty intense, and now I think that I really have to like something if I want to go and do it. I did a show on Broadway called Lend Me A Tenor which ran for about six months, and I also did the Julian Assange film [Underground: The Julian Assange Story] in Melbourne for [Balibo director] Robert Connolly.

In that one I played a sort of composite character…

The film follows Julian between the ages of about 13 and 18 when he hacked into the Galileo Space Program and delayed the launch, and then hacked into the American military’s computer system.

While using a Commodore 64!”

Before he goes, we ask LaPaglia what he makes of half of Adelaide suggesting they knew him back in the ‘80s when he was a soccer-playing teacher in our city. Surely they can’t all be telling the truth?

“I did go to teachers college and I did graduate,” LaPaglia laughs. “I even drove out to Whyalla and considered what it would be like teaching out there.

But I couldn’t do it, and that probably saved a lot of kids from a bad education!”

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Radio Friendly Unit Shifters Regurgitator are bringing the Retrotech tour to town, playing their two monster albums of the 1990s, Tu Plang and Unit, in their entirety. Bringing back many good memories for these Brisbane stalwarts, frontman Quan Yeomans talks more about this tour.

I think people seem to appreciate it and we did a couple of Unit shows last year for the Falls and Southbound festivals,” Yeomans says. “People seemed to like it, which was good and a lot of fun. We enjoy playing to people!”

Has this been a fan-driven thing or something the band wanted to do?

“It’s definitely a fan-driven thing, for sure.

It’s not just about the show but we are playing with some interesting bands from Asia which will be great for people to check out - a band from Beijing called Hedgehog and a duo from Indonesia, Senyawa. So if you’re not that interested in our old records, please come and check out these guys as they are really great.”

Did it bring back a lot of good memories rehearsing some of these songs you haven’t played in a while?

“Definitely. There have been songs we’ve played throughout the whole of our career and we still play really old ones like Track One and occasionally Blubber Boy. Some of the other ones do have some odd memories which we’ve forgotten about. Ben [Ely, bassist] and I stumbled across an old recording which I found in my mother’s basement on this mouldy old tape. I had no idea what was on it so I gave it to a friend who put it onto a Pro-

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Tools track for us to listen to, which turned out to be the original demo from 1994. There were so many weird memories alone just listening to that - really, really strange!”

Has there been the inclination to remaster or give a touch-up to Tu Plang and Unit?

“I heard the thing to do was re-record them like Def Leppard, to get them out of the hands of the record companies. We had contemplated doing that, but remastering is unnecessary.”

The set-list is obvious but will there be any surprises thrown in?

“If people aren’t too sick of it all by the end of it we’ll definitely play some new stuff and some weird covers from the ’80s. There’s nothing planned, but I think we want to be able to add and leave a bit of chaos in there rather than turning into a Vegas show, if you know what I mean.”

Do you have to do anything different to some songs to make them hang together well live?

“A couple of songs give me a bit of a cringe factor, like the way they are recorded or the loops that were used. I’ll probably do a little bit of remixing on the backing tracks. Most of the ones we play live will be very similar to the record.”

Have you noticed how much the Tu Plang and Unit vinyl records fetch on eBay? “I have a few copies squirreled away myself somewhere. I hear they are quite expensive!

That’s my retirement plan!”

Where do you see the next Regurgitator album going?

“I really want to do an extreme record next time and push things in every direction as much as we possibly can. We’re going to do full-on noise, pop, super-super pop and maybe really intense metal. It’s going to be the same

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ethic the band has always had, being all over the place and fairly unpredictable in terms of what will actually be on the record.

That’s my plan, but God knows what will actually happen as we usually plan for things which never turn out. You never know with this band…

“Even this late in our career we need to keep taking risks and do something to keep it interesting for ourselves.

Hopefully we re-spark something and give something back to the fans that they haven’t heard yet.”

WHO: Regurgitator WHERE: The Governor Hindmarsh (with Hedgehog and Senyawa) WHEN: Sat Oct 7

The Everyday Formula Almost 20 years since Quan Yeomans and Ben Ely formed Regurgitator in Brisbane with departed drummer Martin Lee, can Yeomans offer any secret to Regurgitator’s longevity?

“Just staying healthy,” the frontman says.

“Vanity has helped in a weird way; Ben and I are really competitive, so staying healthy has always been really important to us. We also get on really well, like a family more so than ever before, and as a live unit we’re better than we ever have been, playing as well as we did when we were 25 or 26. If you stop enjoying it then you should stop doing it, but we still love it so why the fuck would we stop?”

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INCOMING WHO: PURPLE SNEAKERS DJS WHAT: LAST ONE STANDING TOUR WHERE: CATS (ROCKET BAR) WHEN: FRI OCT 5

NEW DEAD PREZ ALBUM DROPS NEXT MONTH

SEBASTIEN TELLIER ALBUM GIVEAWAY As always, French eclectic Sebastien Tellier is back with a new album, a new image and a new message – My God Is Blue. Last in Australia for a memorable performance at Parklife in 2011, Tellier cites artist like Michael Jackson and George Michael as his main inspirations for the fourth album

which has as much pop pinch as it has dancefloor appeal. A record that harbours a prophetic philosophy as much as it makes you just wanna shake your booty, Onion has three copies of Tellier’s latest masterpiece My God Is Blue up for grabs. Just head to onion.com.au and enter your details in the comp.

Socially-conscious hip hop duo Dead Prez are making a comeback to the scene with the news that a new album titled Information Age is to come out in October.

Ever since they released Revolutionary But Gangsta the pair haven’t been all that active, only releasing two instalments of their Turn Off The Radio mixtape series, though recently it was revealed that Stic. man was one of the ghostwriters on Nas’ Untitled. Stic.man and M1 have also announced that the forthcoming album will be released on independent New York label, Krian Music, stating, “Dead Prez has always prided ourselves on our independence and integrity and we were able to form a partnership with Krian that can appreciate what Dead Prez’ significance to the culture is and has the capabilities to help us reach bigger goals with the Information Age album around the world. Team work makes the dream work!” Information Age will be released as a digital download on Tue Oct 16, with a physical version to follow. Head to onion.com.au to stream the lead track A New Beginning.

WHO: SPIT SYNDICATE WHAT: BEAUTY IN THE BRICKS TOUR WHERE: RHINO ROOM WHEN: FRI OCT 26

With the boys recently announcing the launch of their fabulous singles label, Purple Sneakers will kick things off by releasing the very first original track, Last One Standing, on their own imprint. Featuring the compelling vocals of Amy Pes from Sydney indie act Tokyo Denmark Sweden, the guys’ new original production will be released worldwide on Thu Oct 18 through New York specialist label Plant Music (Eli Escobar, Clubfeet, the Aston Shuffle) and locally through the newly-formed Purple Sneakers label. Ever since releasing the popular We Mix You Dance series of compilations as well as preparing re-rubs for acts as varied as French electro belle Yelle, Architecture In Helsinki, Oh Mercy and Jinja Safari, Purple Sneakers DJs are now focusing on original material.

Sydney hip hop duo Spit Syndicate have announced a national tour on the back of their new single Beauty In The Bricks. The new track is set to drop via Obese Records on Fri Oct 5 and is a bit of a taste of what’s to come on the upcoming third studio album, Sunday Gentlemen, which is due for release sometime in the first few months of 2013. Spit Syndicate have also hand-picked the venues they’ll be playing as part of this tour, each one set to provide quite a close and personal experience with the boys, so fans should note that these will be limited-capacity shows.

The Adelaide leg of the tour will see a support slot from Purpose. Tickets are on sale from Oztix now.

WHO: HIATUS KAIYOTE WHAT: TAWK TAKEOUT TOUR WHERE: ROCKET BAR WHEN: SAT NOV 17

WHO: CHANCE WATERS wHAT: YOUNG AND DUMB TOUR WHERE: ED CASTLE WHEN: SAT NOV 17 He’s ditched his ‘Phatchance’ moniker and is currently getting prepped to drop his long-awaited sophomore album Infinity on Fri Nov 2 – in the meantime you can catch Chance Waters when he kicks off his single tour next month. After his debut album Inkstains saw him crowned Triple J Unearthed Feature Artist, Waters became one of the most indemand Oz hip hop artists, getting to both headline his own shows, as well as land support slots for Bliss N Eso, Illy, Drapht and 360 and international heavyweights like Method Man & Redman, DJ Premier and the Beatnuts. The second single, Young And Dumb, features Aussie songstress Bertie Blackman, was produced by Adelaide’s very own One Above and has just been added to Triple J’s playlist.

They’re fast becoming the darlings of the beat and hip hop/neo soul scenes, and they’ve only been together since mid-2011... After releasing their debut, self-produced album Tawk Tomahawk, the Melbourne four-piece Hiatus Kaiyote have picked up a number of high-profile fans around the world, including the likes of Taylor McFerrin and Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson of The Roots. Musically, Hiatus Kaiyote are equal parts The Roots and Little Dragon, seamlessly blending their long list of influences while held together by the velvety vocals of singer Nai Palm. The guys will hit the road before going into hibernation over the summer (with the exception of some festival dates), so don’t miss them in November when they hit the Rocket Bar.

with Nina Bertok

INTERVIEWS TZU

MELBOURNE HIP HOPPERS TZU HAVE REGROUPED FOR THEIR FIRST ALBUM IN FOUR YEARS. AND MILLIONS OF MOMENTS, TAKING IN THE SINGLES BEGINNING OF THE END AND BEAUTIFUL, SOUNDS LIKE NOTHING THEY’VE DONE BEFORE – OR EVEN ‘RAP’. WHILE THE SIX-PIECE, FRONTED

BY JOELISTICS (AKA JOEL MA), REVEL IN THE FUTURISTIC WORLD OF POSTDUBSTEP, MILLIONS... IS A CONCEPT ALBUM CENTRED ON A FEMALE TIME TRAVELLER (PERSEPHONE) HURTLING THROUGH AUSTRALIA’S GOTHIC PAST. “Musically, it’s pretty out there,” Ma says. “We went somewhere else.”

After 2008’s Computer Love (and its repackage Coverup Motel), the Triple J favourites embarked on a hiatus. Ma travelled, living in China, then France.

He eventually returned to Australia, dropping 2011’s solo Voyager via Elefant Traks. Lately, home has been the very affordable Berlin.

“The other guys all have babies – they bred the shit out of the human race!” Ma quips. Well, yes, but, as Ma acknowledges, they, too, pursued music sideprojects. DJ Paso Bionic (Shehab Tariq) introduced the trip hop Audego. Count Bounce (Phillip “Pip” Norman) established himself as a go-to producer, his most avant-garde work Sietta’s The Seventh Passenger.

In fact, TZU weren’t entirely sure that they would come back.

“I think we didn’t know, to be honest,” Ma admits.

“We’d been on an eight-year journey of releasing, touring, releasing, touring and becoming a little bit disillusioned with the process of trying to put out music in Australia. We just needed a break.”

As it happens, that was “the best thing” since, when TZU did re-emerge, they didn’t feel pressured to record commercially viable music for radio. Over dinner Norman suggested to Joel that they simply cut new TZU material.

“It was just, ‘Let’s get in a room and tinker’.”

Ma attributes the electro influence on Millions... partly to his clubbing experiences in Berlin. He’s likewise fascinated by the US melting of EDM into hip hop.

“I love the fact that fucking American hip hop has started embracing dance music and is going down that path. A lot of people are bemoaning it as ‘the death of hip hop’, but I think it’s exciting. I like it when music has a really broad sonic palette. My favourite production is still Public Enemy, but they were electronic as fuck!

They were almost punk, in fact – noise artists.”

Yet EDM is a “collective” fixation for TZU. The group, from the outset combining live instrumentation with hip hop, have gathered the necessary synthesisers and drum machines to create electronica.

“You just gravitate towards a sound with those things,” Ma says. “Long gone are the days of taking a soul or a funk sample and putting a beat under it.

We became a lot more focussed on writing songs and chord progressions and colouring it with 1970s vintage synthesisers.”

Example no longer considers himself a hip hop artist – he makes music. TZU might say the same, especially with Ma singing.

“I don’t know what to describe us as anymore,” he laughs. “But, yeah, we stopped trying to fit into a genre a long time ago.” There are hip hop elements on Millions..., Ma stresses, “but I think when you take away rapping or scratching, a lot of people just scratch their head and go, I don’t know what it is.”

Ma is confident that fans will discern “the evolution” from TZU’s last three albums, including 2004’s proto electro-hop debut Position Correction.

“It’s quite natural.”

Lyrically, Millions..., which has inspired a comic book, is also eccentric, some of its narratives true (the colourful Criminals And Murderers is about a cannibal convict), others are “made-up”.

“We started out writing songs about convict Australia – and that was surprisingly natural for me and Pip.” Ma, who pens short stories, then came up with the album’s time travel theme to tie it together.

Previously, TZU’s “MO” has been to tackle sociopolitical topics – what of that?

“I feel that’s still there in the songs now, but it’s within a story,” Ma suggests, citing Nowhere Home.

“We don’t quite jump on the soap box and wave our fists around like we used to – it’s just a bit more subtle.”

CYCLONE

VITAL STATISTICS. WHO: TZU WHAT: MILLIONS OF MOMENTS IS OUT THROUGH LIBERATION

JUSTICE

VITAL STATISTICS.

BREAKBOT THE BEARDY FRENCH ELECTRO-FUNK PRODUCER BREAKBOT (AKA THIBAUT BERLAND) HAS FINALLY DELIVERED AN ALBUM, BY YOUR SIDE, THROUGH ED BANGER RECORDS. IT’S AUSPICIOUS, TOO, WITH HIM BRINGING HIS LIVE SHOW TO SUMMADAYZE.

In fact, Berland began recording By Your Side after 2010’s cult single Baby I’m Yours, which reappears here, along with the official lead single, One Out Of Two. Gallic dance acts have presented us with classic albums: Dimitri From Paris’ Sacrebleu, Daft Punk’s Homework, Air’s Moon Safari... Yet today many DJ/producers are abandoning the format for ephemeral tracks, singles or EPs. Not Berland.

“Well, yeah, I thought about just doing tracks and stuff, but at some point I felt like I maybe needed some challenge,” he says from his Paris base. “I felt like it was a good idea to make an album. It was quite hard, but in the end I’m pretty happy about it.”

He himself still appreciates LPs, rating his labelmates Justice’s Audio, Video, Disco and Kindness’ Cassiushelmed World, You Need A Change Of Mind.

On By Your Side Berland journeys back to the ‘70s – there are reverberations of disco-pop, Prince’s early funk and the blue-eyed soul of Michael McDonaldera Doobie Brothers and Hall & Oates. The producer recruited (male) vocalists – Irfane, Ruckazoid and Pacific!’s Björn Synneby. Berland isn’t alone in his nostalgia, with Yuksek mining similar influences on his exhilarating Living On The Edge Of Time. Still, being closer to Sam Sparro than Justice, By Your Side is an uncharacteristic album for Ed Banger – a label traditionally associated with bangin’ club music.

Indeed, Berland even offers ballads. Regardless, he’s grateful that Ed Banger’s Pedro Winter should be supportive.

Berland grew up on the music of the ‘70s and ‘80s, Michael Jackson’s Thriller a favourite (Los Angeles’ Ruckazoid spookily channels the late singer on Why). He studied at the computer graphics school Supinfocom, befriending Justice’s Xavier de Rosnay. Here, Berland

HERE’S A FUN FACT COURTESY OF JUSTICE’S GASPARD AUGE: THE TITLE OF THE FRENCH DUO’S ALBUM AUDIO, VIDEO, DISCO TRANSLATES TO ‘I HEAR, I SEE, I LEARN’ IN LATIN. IT’S CRYPTIC STUFF AND IT’S TYPICALLY JUSTICE, BUT IT’S ALSO THE LAST BATCH OF NEW MATERIAL WE’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE PAIR FOR A WHILE, WITH AUGE ANNOUNCING THAT 2012 HAS BEEN A YEAR OF THE LIVE PERFORMANCE. AND IT COULDN’T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH CONSIDERING IT’S BEEN LESS THAN 12 MONTHS SINCE WE SAW THEM IN AUSTRALIA LAST...

VITAL STATISTICS. WHO: JUSTICE WHAT: PARKLIFE WHERE: BOTANIC PARK WHEN: SUN OCT 7

“It’s been a really happy year for us,” Auge states. “We started touring in January – as you know, we were in Australia for a festival [Summadayze] – and the reactions that we’ve been getting from crowds all over the place

have been way better this year than before. We didn’t expect anything special this year but it’s been very encouraging. It makes us very happy because we know that our music is not exactly radio-friendly but we can still touch so many people who are so far away.”

And if you think you’ve seen Justice once you’ve seen it all – think again, Auge warns. As part of this year’s Parklife Festival, Auge and musical partner Xavier de Rosnay are bringing a different set – variety being a key word for the duo and spectacular, jaw-dropping live shows being of utmost importance.

“That’s why we’ve been working so hard to make the best live performance this year,” Auge explains. “We always try to make it different. We are coming back to Australia as just DJs with some records, we get a lot of good feedback for that. We hope that Australian crowds will be happy to see us again. I always have a lot of vivid memories when we play Australia, they can be a little bit blurry but mostly I remember it. ” As far as a follow-up to last year’s Audio Video Disco is concerned, fans shouldn’t hold their breath just yet. Not particularly skilled at multitasking, according to Auge, Justice’s motto seems to be ‘if you’re gonna do it, make sure you do it right’...

WHO: BREAKBOT WHAT: BY YOUR SIDE IS OUT THROUGH WARNER WHERE: SUMMADAYZE (RYMILL PARK) WHEN: MON DEC 31

co-directed the award-winning short animation film Overtime. However, he became increasingly absorbed in music. Berland first attracted attention with a remix of Justice’s Let There Be Light. Next, he released the Happy Rabbit EP on Moshi Moshi.

Pnau, whose Baby Berland tweaked, invited him to Australia to tour with them in 2008.

“It was probably one of the funnest experiences I’ve had in my life,” Berland enthuses.

Does he dig Pnau’s Elton John-commissioned Good Morning To The Night?

“I heard about it, but I didn’t hear it yet.” Berland has likewise recast Heaven Can Wait for Charlotte Gainsbourg, the daughter of Serge and Jane Birkin who not only sings but also acts (she’s a Lars von Trier muse). Alas, Heaven... was one remix Berland has done that was declined.

“I think it was Beck making the decision, if I recall right, because he was the producer of the album [IRM],” he says laconically. “I guess he didn’t like the remix because he refused to use it.”

Berland later put it online.

House DJ/producers are now producing pop acts, David Guetta the trendsetter. Berland wants in.

“It would probably never happen, but in the production world I would love to work with people like Beyoncé or Rihanna.”

(Oddly, he’s remixed a song Beyoncé’s sister Solange cut with Chromeo.) And Berland hasn’t abandoned film. He hopes to someday combine his passions, like Mr Oizo.

“One of my dreams is to make some kind of musical,” Berland reveals. “It’s an ultimate goal for me in my career – to make a film and the music. But it’s such a huge amount of work that I would have to find the time to do that. Right now it’s not possible, but maybe in a few years I will start working on this project.”

Before he does anything, Berland will travel to Australia for the fifth time, his show taking in around six songs from By Your Side, albeit ‘remixed’ for festival crowds.

“I really love touring there – it’s one of my favourite countries in the world,” he says. “I just have a very good time in Australia every time.”

CYCLONE

“We have nothing planned at the moment, we have our priorities. Right now, we have decided that we are going to be focusing on the live shows up until November or December, that means the DJ sets which we are doing right now. The reason is that we don’t write new music when we are out on tour. We work ‘one by one’. When it comes to another album, we are going to make sure we settle down, we have to make sure that the three months ahead will be very quiet with no distractions, and that’s when we start to plan and work in the studio.”

It’s a ritual at this point, and as Auge points out, if it ain’t broken there’s no need to fix it.

A decade since forming, the duo knows what works and what doesn’t, and they’ve got a Grammy to prove it...

“A Grammy is like the ‘Michael Jackson’ of all music awards,” Auge claims. “You never really plan an album to win something like that, so when it happened it was just such a total surprise. It was completely unexpected, especially because we are not at all mainstream.

Even now, we’re still like, ‘I don’t really get how we could have won that’, it’s such a huge prize.

But you know, every day is a surprise. Something huge happens every single day.”

NINA BERTOK

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Tour Guide/ THU OCT 4

SAT OCT 27

THE EASTERN (NZ) & THE TIMBERS @ Wheatsheaf CANNIBAL CORPSE (US), DISENTOMB & ENTRAILS ERADICATED @ Fowler’s Live ROSS WILSON (Vic) @ Norwood Live TZU (Vic) @ Grace Emily

LAST DINOSAURS (Bris) @ Governor Hindmarsh SHELLAC (US) & PIKELET @ Fowler’s Live

FRI OCT 5

MON OCT 29

HEY GERONIMO (Bris) @ Jive FORMAT FESTIVAL: GOOD HEAVENS (Syd), MATT BANHAM (Syd), SUMMER FLAKE, NO ACTION & XIXI @ Format

SAT OCT 6 REGURGITATOR (Bris) & SENYAWA (Indonesia) @ Governor Hindmarsh THE AMITY AFFLICTION (Qld), THE GHOST INSIDE, ARCHITECTS & BURIED IN VERONA @ Thebarton Theatre PROGFEST: NE OBLIVISCARIS (Vic), RED PAINTINGS (Bris), QUIET CHILD, THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING and many more @ Enigma

SUN OCT 7 PARKLIFE: THE PRESETS, NERO LIVE, PASSION PIT, PLAN B and so many more @ Botanic Pk THE GIANTS (Vic), WILBUR WILDE (Vic), TATTOOROSE (Vic), DAVE BLIGHT & THE FLYERS, PIGSY, LEADFOOT, BON ’N ALL and more @ Governor Hindmarsh (from 2pm)

TUE OCT 9 STEEL PANTHER (US) @ Thebarton Theatre JOE BONAMASSA (US) @ Her Majesty’s Theatre

THU OCT 11 OH MERCY (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh

FRI OCT 12 WARBRINGER (US) @ Enigma THE SWELLERS (US) & ENDLESS HEIGHTS (Syd) @ Fowler’s Live BRITISH INDIA (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD (Vic) @ Ed Castle COERCE (Vic) @ Crown & Anchor AINSLIE WILLIS (Vic) @ Hotel Metro

SAT OCT 13 SETH SENTRY (Vic) @ Fowler’s Live DAPPLED CITIES (Vic) & JAPE (Sweden) @ Adelaide Uni Bar BELLUSIRA (Vic), SQUEAKER, FOUR KINGS LOUD & THE ANGELS OF GUNG-HO @ Enigma HANSEL (Syd), GENERATION SWINE, LOVECREAM & LACED IN LUST @ Cavern Club

SUN OCT 14 HUSKY (Syd) @ Adelaide Uni Bar

MON OCT 15 MUMFORD & SONS (UK), EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS & WILLY MASON @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre

WED OCT 17 GOMEZ (UK) & EAGLE & THE WORM (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh

THU OCT 18 THE PAPER KITES (Vic), ART OF SLEEPING & BATTLESHIPS @ Fowler’s Live PURO INSTINCT (US) @ Hotel Metro

FRI OCT 19 – SUN OCT 28 BACKWATER BLUES & ROOTS FESTIVAL: JEFF LANG (Vic), MIA DYSON (Vic), DALLAS FRASCA (Vic) and more @ Queen’s Theatre

FRI OCT 19 MNEMIC (Denmark) @ Enigma Bar CARMEN SMITH & DIANA ROUVAS @ Norwood Live DAMN TERRAN (Vic) & BAD/ DREEMS @ Rocket Bar HORSELL COMMON (Vic) @ Black Market IN HEARTS AWAKE (Byron), SIENNA SKIES (Syd), SHINTO KATANA (Syd) & HALLOWER (Vic) @ Fowler’s Live

SAT OCT 20 BASTARDFEST 2012: FUCK… I’M DEAD (Vic), AVERSIONS CROWN (Qld), DISENTOMB (Qld) & A MURDER OF CROWS @ Fowler’s Live CARMEN SMITH & DIANA ROUVAS @ Goolwa Aquatic Club ADAM PAGE (NZ/Aus) @ Steam Exchange (Goolwa)

SUN OCT 21 TEXAS TEA (Bris) & CARLA LIPPIS @ Grace Emily

FRI OCT 26 – SUN OCT 28 FLEURIEU FOLK FESTIVAL: THE GO SET (Vic), SENOR CABRALES (Syd), THE STETSON FAMILY (Vic) and many more @ Willunga

FRI OCT 26 SOMETHING FOR KATE (Vic) & BEN SALTER (Qld) @ Governor Hindmarsh

SUN OCT 28 LISA MITCHELL (Syd), ALPINE (Syd) & DANCO @ HQ

THURSTON MOORE (NY) @ Governor Hindmarsh

TUE OCT 30 THE BLACK KEYS (US) & ROYAL HEADACHE @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre HOT CHELLE RAE (US) & CHER LLOYD @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre BILLY BRAGG (Barking) @ Adelaide Town Hall

MARK SEYMOUR (Vic) @ Norwood Live GYPSY & THE CAT (Vic) & NEW GODS @ HQ)

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SUN NOV 4 CHERRY POPPIN’ DADDIES (US), LUCKY SEVEN & THE SATELLITES @ Governor Hindmarsh

TUE NOV 6 CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE (US) @ Governor Hindmarsh

THU NOV 8 EMMYLOU HARRIS & HER RED DIRT BOYS (US) @ Thebarton Theatre MATCHBOX TWENTY (US) & INXS (Syd) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre

SAT NOV 10 HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY (Bris) @ Jive

SUN NOV 11 THE LIVING END (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh CHELSEA WOLFE (US) & HEIRS (Vic) @ Fowler’s Live CLAUDE HAY (NSW) @ Glenelg Surf Club

MON NOV 12 THE LIVING END (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh BEIRUT (US) @ Her Majesty’s Theatre

TUE NOV 13 THE LIVING END (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh CAKE (US) @ HQ

WED NOV 14 THE LIVING END (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh THU NOV 15 SIGUR RÓS (Ice) @ Thebarton Theatre THE LIVING END (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh SILVERSUN PICKUPS (US) & THE DANDY WARHOLS (US) @ HQ

To suggest that New York’s Joe Bonamassa might be a little hyperactive would be a particularly large understatement. He’s already something of a veteran at 23, opening for BB King when he was 12 and spending his teen years in a band called Bloodlines with the sons of Miles Davis, Robbie Krieger and the Allman Brothers’ Berry Oakley.

In the dozen years since he released his debut solo album, 2000’s A New Day Yesterday, he’s released another nine solo albums, a duo album with singer Beth Hart, four live albums and three concert DVDs. Throw in a guest appearances and a solid touring schedule (around 150-plus shows a year) and you have to wonder where he finds the time. Bonamassa is now heading back to Australia to showcase this year’s

album, Driving Towards The Daylight, which features a Robert Johnson cover, Stones In My Passway.

“I’d kind of shied away from it because, I mean, everybody does Robert Johnson songs, but Kevin [Shirley, producer] said, ‘Let’s do Stones In My Passway’. Now there’s a song that hasn’t been done to death, you know? So we did that and then we had little things that we put together, and the whole concept of the record was to do a blues album. And when I say do a blues album, my definition of the blues is a little more liberal than maybe some other people’s, especially in the purist crowd.

But that was the whole thing – we just kept the mindset of British blues.”

While Bonamassa’s reputation is very solidly built upon his incendiary guitar playing, as far as he’s concerned it’s still really all about the song.

“I’d rather have better songs than solos,” he admits. “I’d rather have shitty solos in a good song, as opposed to a great solo in a bad song. And a lot of it, again, wanders out of

the blues pretty readily, you know? But we end up having a good time with it, and we’ve gone from making records that we would call blues records, in the genre, to making records that we just call, well, it’s got two guys playin’ bouzoukis, one guy with a clarinet, they all speak Greek – none of them speak a word of English – we’ve got instruments we’ve never heard of, and a shuffle. I guess it’s a Joe record [2010’s Black Rock, recorded on the Greek island of Santorini]! But the whole thing seems to work, in a weird way.

“I can only cite my limitations as a singer and my limitations as a musician sometimes back you into an interesting corner where it actually is more interesting than if you just played the stuff with ease, you know?”

blow up, a point in his life that he puts into perspective like only he could.

“Download [Festival, England] was the show that for me put everything in perspective of how big this thing is getting.

It was like I was in a boat with a sea of people around me and it was just so overwhelming, it was like the first time I did cocaine, it really was. Complete euphoria – it was killer. I want to say ‘Nirvana’, but I get pissed off when I think of that band.”

With song titles such as Asian Hooker, Party All Day (Fuck All Night) and Just Like Tiger Woods, the quartet make their mission clear.

But to laugh or rock? That is the question...

“I want everyone to do both,” Starr tells.

“Because when I went and saw Van Halen, David Lee Roth, he’d be rocking and he’d make you laugh, and it was a great heavy metal experience and hopefully we can do 10 percent of what they did back in the day.

We might be having fun and writing about

experiences that are as funny as hell, but the bottom line is we fucking love heavy metal and you can tell that when we play.”

Before he hangs up, the vocalist offers some tips for any Australian ladies looking to Feel The Steel on their upcoming run of shows.

“The best way to get our attention is to be super outgoing and slutty,” he charms, “and if you want us to look at you while we are performing just show your boobs. When you’re on someone’s shoulders and showing your boobs, usually we’ll see you and we’ll send a scout out with passes to get you backstage. It works really good and then we all can have a great afterparty, and that’s what it’s all about: having a good time, partying and fucking chicks.”

WHO: Joe Bonamassa WHAT: Driving Towards The Daylight (Universal) WHERE: Her Majesty’s Theatre WHEN: Tue Oct 9

FRI NOV 16 THE LIVING END (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh BEN FOLDS FIVE (US) @ Thebarton Theatre SUZANNAH ESPIE (Vic), LIZ STRINGER (Vic) & CHRIS ALTMANN (Can/Aus) @ Wheatsheaf JORDIE LANE (Vic) @ Trinity Sessions EAGLE & THE WORM (Vic) @ Ed Castle

COMING UP SAT NOV 17 TINPAN ORANGE (Vic) @ Jive THE LIVING END (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh REFUSED (US) @ Thebarton Theatre TUE NOV 20 NICKELBACK (Can) & JACKSON FIREBIRD (Vic) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre BALL PARK MUSIC (Bris) @ Governor Hindmarsh THU NOV 22 DEEP SEA ARCADE & PREATURES @ Adelaide Uni Bar SCOTTIE MILLER (US) & THE STREAMLINERS @ Governor Hindmarsh MOJO JUJU (Syd) @ Grace Emily THE SIDETRACKED FIASCO (Syd) @ Forresters & Squatters Arms FRI NOV 23 JEFF MARTIN (Can/WA) @ Jive THE SIDETRACKED FIASCO (Syd) @ Worldsend SAT NOV 24 GORGEOUS FESTIVAL: MISSY HIGGINS (Vic), DAN SULTAN (Vic) and more @ McLaren Vale MAHALIA BARNES (Syd) & PRINNIE STEVENS (Syd) @ Governor Hindmarsh THE SIDETRACKED FIASCO (Syd) @ Glenelg Jetty Bar SUN NOV 25 JOHN WAITE (UK) @ Governor Hindmarsh PAUL DIANNO (UK), BLAZE BAYLEY (UK), OCTANIC & MATTERHORN @ Fowler’s Live TUE NOV 27 BIG D & THE KIDS TABLE (US) & THE RESIGNATORS (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh WED NOV 28 ANGUS STONE (Syd) @ Governor Hindmarsh KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON (NSW) & HARRY HOOKEY @ Her Majesty’s Theatre

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When it comes to rock’n’roll parodies, none come purer or stronger than Steel Panther. Stalwarts of the Sunset Strip circuit, they’re now a cock rock institution, touring the world playing sold-out headline shows and tackling the biggest festival stages.

“We stand for having a good time, everyone getting together and fucking,” frontman Michael Starr says. “I mean, the ‘80s was great fun – you could have sex without a condom and party, then the ‘90s came around and we got all depressed and worried about diseases.

The early 2000s were a struggle for us, but then suddenly it was 2009 and the party’s begun; everyone’s out enjoying themselves, marijuana is legal in California now – it’s great times.”

Starr recalls the moment earlier this year when he realised things were starting to

WHO: Steel Panther WHERE: Thebarton Theatre WHEN: Tue Oct 9

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ADELAIDE CASINO – Balcony Bar: Lucky Seven (8pm) ALMA TAVERN – Grind ARKABA HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Becky Blake (6pm) AUSTRAL – Bunka: F*** Me It’s Thursday with DJs BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) BOTANIC BAR – Big Bubba & Betty CAVAN HOTEL – karaoke with Shaggy & Margie (8.30pm) CAVERN CLUB – band night CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Complete Trivia CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Craig Atkins, Kicking Beyond Matter and Fallen Sunrise. Front Bar: DJ Paul Gurry CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – Steve Simon Potocnik DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Trivia Night (7.30pm) DUBLIN HOTEL – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) DUKE OF YORK – Beer Garden: DJ Mitchy Burnz.

Front Room: Speakerboxx and DJ Skinny B ED CASTLE – Band Room: live bands (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – The Proj3cts (9pm) ELYSIUM LOUNGE – DJ Gumshoe EMPIRE POOL LOUNGE – poker night (9.30pm) EMU HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) ENIGMA – D At Sea, Summerset Avenue, All Year Round and Canidae EXETER ON RUNDLE – Crystal Forehead and Brazen Serpent

ALMA TAVERN – Rock Out With Your C*ck Out AMBASSADORS HOTEL – Ambar Lounge: Souled Out Cocktail Sessions with DJ Jason Lee (5.30pm) ARCHER HOTEL – Upstairs: Jaki J (10pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Sportys Bar + Arena: Andrew Crowell (6pm) House Arrest (10pm) Tavern Bar: Franky F (6pm) Johnny G (8pm) Top Room: Viva Latino (8.30pm) AUSSIE INN HOTEL – Acoustic Blonde (5pm) AUSTRAL – The Austral House Band (7pm) BACCHUS BAR – Dino Jag Duo (8.30pm) BARKER HOTEL – DJ Trix (9pm) BAR ON GOUGER – solo artists (5.30pm) DJ (9pm) BELAIR HOTEL – The Heggarties BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ – DJ Trent Slater BEERGARDEN: BRICKWORKS – Musos Jam with the Good Ol’ Boys Band (8.30pm) BLUE GUMS HOTEL – Fusion – The Perfect Blend karaoke and DJ (8pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Troy J Been, Prince Aaronak and Suckerpunch BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Rock The Boss BRIDGEPORT HOTEL – Dance Club with DJ BRIDGEWAY HOTEL – Envy North BROADWAY HOTEL – DJ Sneaky Beats BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: Carla Lippis (5pm) Ride Into The Sun DJs (1am) Band Room: The Sweet Decline, Horror My Friend and Kids With Teeth DOG & DUCK – DTF with D Foe, Krunk, Dom P, Ryley, Kid P and MC Jon-E DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING – Downtown with DJs Derek Lang, Eric Falcon and Lukky K DUBLIN HOTEL – The Torinos (7.30pm) DUCK INN: COROMANDEL VALLEY – Cry Wolf 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 – DJ Denorthwood and Hemilove EMPIRE POOL LOUNGE – DJ (8pm) EMU HOTEL – Rocking Stones ENIGMA – A Dead Silence, The Broadside, Caulfield, Sierra, Seconds Before Sunrise, A Ghost Orchestra and Cast To Stone (Bar 2) Shinobi, Hawkai and Aphelion (Bar 3) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Fake Tan and guests FORMAT – Great Band Party featuring Good Heavens, Matt Banham, Big Richard Insect, Summer Flake, No Action and Xixi (7.30pm)

FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – WOLFGANG AND GUESTS FOWLER’S LIVE – Cannibal Corpse GASLIGHT TAVERN – Groove Thursdays with Mick Barnes Shades Of Blue GILBERT STREET HOTEL – Nikko & Snooks (7pm) GOLDEN GROVE TAVERN – Dino Jag Trio (8pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Oaktree Foundation Fundraiser: Jazz Night At The Gov GRACE EMILY HOTEL – TZU GRAND BAR – OMG JETTY BAR – No Use For A DJ Name (8pm) LA BOHEME – French Connection with DJ Zooma (9pm) MARBLE BAR – Ladies Night with Dylan Sanders, VIP, Rupheo, Mike Wills, Ben Earle and Acid Please!

MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker (6.30pm) MARS BAR – VJBeeJay and guests (9pm) NORTHERN SOUND SYSTEM – Mega Sonic underage dance party (7pm) NORWOOD HOTEL – Open Mic Night NORWOOD LIVE – Ross Wilson & The Peaceniks (6.30pm) ORIENTAL HOTEL – Blues & Roots Night PARADISE HOTEL – Complete Trivia PJ O’BRIENS – DJ Dylan PORTLAND HOTEL – DJs Cold One and Rabbit (9.30pm) PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Thirsty Thursday with DJ Tango

RAMSGATE HOTEL – KEITH JEFFEREYS ROCKET BAR – 8 Bit Kidz featuring resident DJs Stubanger, Hank & Osk and the Powderoom Posse ROSEWATER S/S CLUB – karaoke (7pm) SUGAR – ITDE Deejays and interstate/international guests SUPERMILD – Revenge THE CUMBERLAND – Look At You with local DJs THE ELEPHANT – Complete Trivia THE LION HOTEL – Clearway TONSLEY HOTEL – Jake Daulby (8.30pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Rainbow Jam Sessions (7.30pm) WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music

FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – BILLION DOLLAR BUMS, STARDROPPER AND GUESTS GARAGE BAR – Knock Offs (4pm) GASLIGHT TAVERN – Heavy Load open mic (9pm) GLYNDE HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Uke Concert – Gathering Of The Clans. Front Bar: The Royal Gala GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Ride Into The Sun GRAND BAR – Flashback Fridays GRAND JUNCTION TAVERN – Blush HAMPSTEAD HOTEL – Rockin’ Karaoke with Acca Dacca Mick (8pm) HEAVEN – Surreal Lounge: Funk’d Friday (10pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Hijinx with DJs Clarke & Krispy HIGHWAY – Friday arvo knock-offs HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Chaps and DJ Lumeire HOPE INN – Michael Venner HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ DB HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Dimitra (7.30pm) HOTEL TIVOLI – Honey with DJs Pony Boy, Bunyip and Hands Solo (8pm) HQ – Newmarket: Es.Co (every second Friday) INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL – Bill Parton Trio (9.30pm)

LA BOHEME – Smooth Groove with DJ Curtis (9pm) LAVISH – DJ Sok and DJ Spin Dokta LIGHTHOUSE HOTEL – Acoustic Jam with Jelly & Friends LIMBO – resident DJs Japeye, Alley Oop and She Said LONDON TAVERN – Live Acoustic Weekly (5pm) Rewind Fridays with DJ Wolfman LORD MELBOURNE – karaoke with Laura Lee MARBLE BAR – Uni Night with DJs Junior, Hank and Osk (9pm) MARINA SUNSET BAR – live acoustic music MARION HOTEL – Troy Harrison (6.30pm) MARS BAR – DJ VJBeeJay and guests (9pm) drag show (2am) MICK O’SHEA’S – Utopia Duo ORIENTAL – live music PORTLAND HOTEL – karaoke (10.30pm)

RAMSGATE HOTEL – DJ SNAKE & DJ RUPHEO (9PM) RED SQUARE – DJs Brendon, Gypkidd, Rubberteeth, Decker and Bollocks plus MC Dylan REX HOTEL – karaoke (8.30pm) ROB ROY HOTEL – Yass (6pm) DJ Smiley (9pm) ROCKET BAR – Abracadabra featuring resident DJs The Shiny Brights DJs SANDBAR – DJs Cold One, Rabbit, D’Amour and Skippy SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – DJ (8pm) SEATON HOTEL – Big Cheese SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – The Streamliners SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – DJ Clarke STAG – Upstairs: DJ Huddy and T-Bone with urban and dance. Downstairs: DJ Joey C with retro SUGAR – TGI Funky with Ben Alibi and HMC SUPERMILD – live funk and DJs SUZIE WONG’S ROOM – Pat Spins Out – A Vinyl Recollection (8pm) SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Nothing But ‘90s with DJ V and MC Timmy Pine TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing requests TAPAS ON HINDLEY – flamenco shows by Studio Flamenco (7.30pm) TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – DJ Kieran TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – DJ Wolfman (9pm) TEQUILA REA – Rude Not To! playing funky beats THE COVE TAVERN – Back To Back THE CUMBERLAND – A Little Bit Different featuring local acoustics and late night DJ THE DELI: THEBARTON – Pat The Rat (7pm) THE GOODY – DJ Gex (9pm) THE GRIFFINS – DJ Seamless (7.30pm) THE HAUS: HAHNDORF – DJ Marcus THE KINGS BAR – Friday On Your Mind with DJs plus Gentlemen’s Record Club first Friday of the month THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment TONSLEY HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Shannon Lloyd (4.45pm) Acoustica (9pm) Chrysler Bar: Sophie May Fly (9.30pm) UNION HOTEL – DJ Pauly ‘80s and ‘90s VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – DJs Marek and Michael Constant plus MC Kris WAKEFIELD HOTEL – DJ Electric T and guests WINDSOR HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) WOODCROFT TAVERN – Stiff William WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – DJs Deceed, J Rudd, Koops & Armac and AJ (8pm) ZHIVAGO – Skream DJs: Scott Holder, Gumshoe and Ryley ZOOTZ – DJs Kym and guests

Saturday 6th ALMA TAVERN – MetroRetro ARCHER HOTEL – Downstairs: Jaki J. Upstairs: Bongo Madness with DJs Ed Law and Scotty (10pm)

ARKABA HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Nam Tran (6pm) Heidy De Ruyter (8pm) Sportys Bar + Arena: Corey Stewart (6pm) DJ Chris James (9.30pm) AUSTRAL – Funktasm with DJs Anzac, Osyris and Batch (8pm) BAR ON GOUGER – DJs Mark & Ozzie plus guests (9pm) BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ – DJ Carlos BENTLEY’S CLARE – DJ Rush BOTANIC BAR – Sanji, Brad Sawyer and Tom Wilson BRIDGEWAY HOTEL – Eleven BRIGHTON METRO HOTEL – ABBA Gold BROADWAY HOTEL – DJs Bocky and Jordz BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ Steve Reece CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests CAVAN HOTEL – Matterhorn (8pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: The Decline, Ben David & The Banned, Derryn Lynch Mob and She’s The Band then DJ Azz from Lady Strangelove CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – karaoke with Nicole (8pm) DOG & DUCK – The Dog with Brebsie, Robbie Spags, Harts, ONS, Lazy B, MC Jon-E and guests DRAGONFLY – rotating DJs playing techno, house, disco and everything in between DUKE OF YORK – DJ Mitchy Burnz, DJ Parry, DJ Skinny B and MC Scotty ED CASTLE – Plus One Saturdays with live bands and party DJs (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Arcade Disco with resident DJs Junior, Dancespace and friends ELYSIUM LOUNGE – DJs Seamless, Juddo and Asterix EMPIRE POOL LOUNGE – DJ Orbe EMU HOTEL – Redback Fever ENIGMA – Progfest EXETER ON RUNDLE – Olivers Army

FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – STARTAKIT ALBUM LAUNCH, PSYCHODELICACY AND STRANGE NEW FOLK GARAGE BAR – DJs Steve Daly, GTB, Bob Trott, J Tech, Jon E and Jason Lee (10pm)

GASLIGHT TAVERN – ROCKABILLY FEATURING SAUCERMEN, RICOCHET PETE AND VILLENETTES (8.30PM) GEPPS CROSS HOTEL – karaoke disco with Craig Anthony GILBERT STREET HOTEL – DJ Mark (8pm) GOLDEN GROVE TAVERN – Dino Jag Duo (8pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Regurgitator with Senyawa and Hedgehog (sold out) Front Bar: The Finnatics GRACE EMILY HOTEL – ColourVision with The Sweet Decline GRAND BAR – Grand Bar Saturdays with DJ DMH and DJ Rupheo HACKNEY HOTEL – DJ HEAVEN – Clubland: 4 rooms of dance, electro, house, funk, R&B and pop (9pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Live & Loud presents HIGHWAY – DJ Griff (9pm) HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Soundflex HOPE INN – karaoke (7pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ Sly

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The Guide // HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Bar 180: Cat Vas (7.30pm) The Front: Push (8.30pm) HOTEL TIVOLI – The Mash Up with DJ Paul Gurry (9pm) JIKARA DRIVE: GLEN OSMOND – Boogie Woogie Down Under House Party KINGSFORD HOTEL: GAWLER – karaoke LA BOHEME – DJ Tr!p and DJ Anthony alternate (9pm) LIMBO – resident DJs Delux, The Swiss DJs and Paul Glen LONDON TAVERN – DJs Captiv8, Justice, Soundflex, AJ and MC Renard (10pm) LOUISIANA TAVERN – Platinum DJs MARBLE BAR – I <3 MB: Rupheo, VIP, Kindred, Acid Please and Ben Earle plus national and international guests MARINA SUNSET BAR – DJs playing the best in house and electro MARION HOTEL – Frank F (5.30pm) The Hi-Topps (8.30pm) MARS BAR – VJ Beejay and guest (9pm) drag show (2am) MICK O’SHEA’S – Michael Venner Band

OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: DJ Justice, DJ Skot Holder and MC Mischief

RAMSGATE HOTEL – ADELAIDE’S BEST COVER BANDS RED SQUARE – DJs Marek, Law, Dub Drop DJs, Decker, Bollocks, Krispy, Shawty, Capital D, DV8 and Jazz plus MCs Skippy and Dylan ROB ROY HOTEL – Stereo Saturdays with DJ Electric T (8pm) ROCKET BAR – Bananas: Track Team and Japeye SANDBAR – requests with DJs SANTIAGO – Hussyboy (8.30pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic sessions SEAFORD HOTEL – Seaford Live SHOTZ BAR – DJ Chris Pike SKYBAR – DJ Spin Dokta and DJ Demize STAG – Upstairs: DJs Huddy and Jase with urban and dance. Downstairs: DJ Kieran and David James SUGAR – Prince Aaronak, Driller, Derek Lang plus a host of international guests SUPERMILD – Treasure Island DJs

SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Shuffle TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing retro and requests TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – DJ Kieran TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – Iris TEQUILA REA – Bongo Madness with guest DJs THE CUMBERLAND – Launch Pad featuring local DJs THE GOODY – DJ Dante and interactive games night (9pm) THE HAUS: HAHNDORF – DJ Marcus and friends THE GRIFFINS – DJ playing house tunes THE KINGS BAR – Clever Cuts with Andrew Barker, Alley Oop and Adriaan Van Der Ploeg (8pm) THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment TONSLEY HOTEL – Redline TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Ciaram Granger Duo (8.30pm) UNION HOTEL – DJ Cloak & Dagga VALLEY INN – karaoke (weekly prizes) WALKERS ARMS HOTEL – DJ Sessions (9pm) WILLUNGA HOTEL – Three Star General WOODCROFT TAVERN – karaoke (8pm) WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – DJs Kontrol, C4, Deceed, J Rudd, Lush and Koops (8pm) ZHIVAGO – High Heels DJs: Dusk, Osyris and Track Team ZOOTZ – DJs Kym and guests

Sunday 7th Pirates of Penzance.

Turning a classic musical about pirates, wenches and naval officers into an upbeat, modern, comedic hit is no mean feat. But two London artists have done exactly that in their new take on Pirates of Penzance featuring a bunch of handsome and hilarious blokes, skirts and timeless tunes.

The show is on October 20 at Her Majesty’s and Fringe Benefits members can save $30 on tix. See fringebenefits.com.au for details.

Not a Fringe Benefits member?

If you’re aged 18 – 30 visit fringebenefits.com.au to join. It’s free!

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ROSS WILSON

McALISTER KEMP

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CARMEN SMITH & DIANA ROUVAS

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MARK SEYMOUR

DARYL BRAITHWAITE

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ALMA TAVERN – Sunday School with The Idle Saints ARKABA HOTEL – Sporty Bar + Arena: Beat & 3 Veg with Glen Aikman (12pm) Top Room: Adelaide’s Next Superstar (7pm) AUSTRAL – Basically Maate! with DJ Staplehead (8pm) BACCHUS BAR – Lily & The Drum (4pm) BEERGARDEN: BRICKWORKS – Musos Jam with the Good Ol’ Boys Band (2pm) every first and third Sunday of the month BENJAMIN ON FRANKLIN – Courtyard: DJ Mule (4pm) BLUE GUMS HOTEL – Superheroes BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt BOTANIC BAR – Eric The Falcon BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Lunch Cutters CROWN & ANCHOR – Amy & Megs DOCKSIDE TAVERN – Acoustic Blonde DOG & DUCK – Sneaky Sundays with Jak Morris DUBLIN HOTEL – No Use For A DJ Name (9pm) DUCK INN: COROMANDEL VALLEY – Harvest ED CASTLE – Beer Garden: Acoustic Sundays (2pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – The Faction

Sat Oct 6 The Gov Regurgitator FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – THE DEFECTS, SKUNKS, WOLFPACK, THE SCABS AND DEATHMOB GASLIGHT TAVERN – Big Easy Sunday with Adelaide’s best blues players GENERAL HAVELOCK – Eddie (Wasabi) (4pm) GILBERT STREET HOTEL – The Timbers Duo (2pm) GLENELG SURF CLUB – La Mar Sundays GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Johnny’s Big Party with The Giants, Wilbur Wilde and David Blight GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Dave’s All Stars HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Sunday Sessions plus Poker 888 double header free register (2.30pm) $10 buy in (6.30pm) HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – Tim Bos DJ and Sax HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – NPL Poker (6.30pm) JAM THE BISTRO – DJ Tango LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – Five Sided Circle MARINA SUNSET BAR – Sunset Sessions featuring live acoustic music MARION HOTEL – Usual Suspects (3pm) MARS BAR – VJK classic video hits MICK O’SHEA’S – Killkenny MIDDLEBROOK ESTATE – Bill Parton Trio (12.30pm)

RAMSGATE HOTEL – ACOUSTIC SESSION (4PM) TOM KURZEL & ED TRAINOR FORTNIGHTLY ROTATION (7.30PM) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Dino Jag Trio (7.30pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic soloists SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – Lost Romaldo Groove SUGAR – Mods, Driller and Nu Jeans TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – Acoustic Sessions THE LION HOTEL – Andrew Hayes (2.30pm) DJ Junior (5.45pm) Fast Love (7pm) THE MAID – acoustic Sunday sessions (4pm)

The Guide // TRINITY SESSIONS – The Falls with Carla Lippis & The Martial Hearts WELLINGTON HOTEL: WELLINGTON – Sunday Sessions: live music on the banks of the Murray (3pm) WEST THEBBY HOTEL – karaoke with Margi & Shaggy (8.30pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Dave Black Quintet ZHIVAGO – Black Cherry DJs: Anthony, Gumshoe and Ryley ZOOTZ – Salsa night (every second week)

Monday 8th AUSSIE INN HOTEL – Complete Trivia AVOCA HOTEL – Schnitty & Trivia Night (7pm) BARTLEY TAVERN – Complete Trivia BOATHOUSE TAVERN: TAPEROO – Complete Trivia BRIDGEWAY HOTEL – Complete Trivia BULL & BEAR – Muso’s Jam (8pm) EMBASSY HOTEL – karaoke

FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – OPEN MIC NIGHT GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Ultimate Quiz with Graham Lawrence (7pm) OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Jake The Snake (8pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Complete Trivia RHINO ROOM – One Mic Stand open mic comedy ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Jam Night (8pm) S-BAR – karaoke SUGAR – Big Bubba and Eric The Falcon THE LION HOTEL – Brian Ruiz with Troy Loakes and Paul Vallen TOWER HOTEL – Complete Trivia

Tuesday 9th ARKABA HOTEL – Top Room: Adelaide Comedy featuring Lawrence Mooney (8pm) BOTANIC BAR – Ash Wilson CAVAN HOTEL – Complete Trivia CROWN & ANCHOR – Industry Night with DJs Stevie & Duncan

DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Irish Sessions (8pm) GASLIGHT TAVERN – The Blues Lounge hosted by Ron Davidson & Trevor Graham (8pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Music Works. Front Bar: Uke Night (beginners) GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Pub Art: 5 Dimensions MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker PARADISE HOTEL – Memory Lane Trivia PJ O’BRIENS – Davy T’s Music Trivia (7.30pm) SUGAR – CU Next Tuesday with Sonny Side-Up and Driller THE COVE TAVERN – Complete Trivia THE GOODY – Complete Trivia THE GRIFFINS – fresh, funky and progressive tunes THE KINGS BAR – Old Skool Funk with Nixon and Penfold. Back Bar: APL poker THE LION HOTEL – Acoustic Sessions THE PORT CLUB – Complete Trivia TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Trivia Tuesday (7pm) VINE INN: NURIOOTPA – Complete Trivia WHITMORE HOTEL – Acoustic Raw Jam WINDSOR HOTEL – Complete Trivia WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music

Wednesday 10th ARKABA HOTEL – Top Room: Adelaide’s Next Superstar (7pm) BAR ON GOUGER – Acoustic After Dark BOTANIC BAR – Gemma BROADWAY HOTEL – It’s Like A House Party with DJ Sneaky Beats CALEDONIAN HOTEL – Salsa Underground (8pm) CAMBRIDGE BALCONY BAR – Triplescore Lite CHALLA GARDENS HOTEL – Complete Trivia CHRISTIES BEACH HOTEL – Complete Trivia COLONNADES TAVERN – Memory Lane Trivia (12.30pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Geek with DJ Tr!p DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Dan’s Open Mic Night (7.30pm) DOM POLSKI CENTRE – salsa lessons (6.30pm) DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING – Bento (What’s in Yo’ Box?!)

EXCHANGE HOTEL: GAWLER – Live Music Exchange (7.30pm)

EXETER ON RUNDLE – Curtis FINDON HOTEL – Complete Trivia

FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – SUNNYBOY AL’S KRAZY KARAOKE GLYNDE HOTEL – NPL Poker (6.30pm and 10.30pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Open Mic Night GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Periscope HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Sports Bar: 888 Poker (7.30pm) Dining: Complete Trivia (7.30pm) HIGHWAY – The Combi Room HOLDFAST HOTEL – Nonstop Dance Party with DJs Mike Wills & VIP HQ – Flashdance JETTY BAR – karaoke LA BOHEME – The New Cabal (9pm) LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – DJs (9pm) MANSIONS – live band karaoke MARION HOTEL – Adelaide Comedy featuring Lawrence Mooney (8pm) MARS BAR – VJK Experience (9pm) MICK O’SHEA’S – Celtic Connection OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Open mic (7.30pm) ORIENTAL – DJ 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 SUPERMILD – It’s Wednesday Now! with local bands THE GOODY – Kickstart DJs THE KINGS BAR – DJ Yusef Wilson THE LION HOTEL – Proton Pill TONSLEY HOTEL – Quiz Night (7pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Hump De Bump retro requests with Jaki J (8pm) TOWER HOTEL – Uni Night with DJ Dom P TOWER TAVERN: RENMARK – Complete Trivia UNION HOTEL – Eddie Trainor WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – Creating Styles Karaoke (9pm) WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music

l r favourite loca A Q&A with ou bartenders.

Name: Annie Venue: The Metro, 46 Grote St. Come here if you like: Live music and cream of broccoli soup.

Your drink: Mojito.

Must try: Fish of the day.

Coming up: The Boom Gates on Fri Dec 14, get in quick because tickets will sell out.

Rip It Up endeavours to provide an accurate guide, however, takes no responsibility for out-of-date listings. Gig Guide submissions and any changes can be sent to Kate Mickan katemickan@ripitup.com.au, faxed on 08 7129 1058 or care of the RIU address, Gig Guide deadline is Thursdays at 5pm. Please contact venues for any further information regarding the booked acts.

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Films / Food / Fashion / Art / Reviews

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by MDB

On The Road Jack Kerouac’s greatest work, On The Road, was originally published in 1957 and then very nearly filmed several times, and director Walter Salles (speaking by phone from his Brazilian home) is eager, at first, to discuss some of these tantalisingly unfilmed versions over the years.

You know, the very first attempts to adapt the book for the screen were in the late ‘50s. It generated enormous interest when it was published, and there’s even a letter that survives that was sent

by Kerouac to Marlon Brando inviting him to play Dean Moriarty, and Kerouac explains in it how he’ll adapt the book himself and play Sal [as Sal is Kerouac’s alter ego that means that he’d be playing himself ]… And then Francis Coppola bought the rights in 1979, and he did an adaptation, and then American Zoetrope [Coppola’s production company] did other adaptations with some great writers, including Barry Gifford… So yes, there were many talented people attached, but the film never seemed to happen.”

Why does Salles love the book so much?

“I’ve been passionate about the book since I was 18, so I’ve been living with the book since 1973, and it really resonated for me then as,

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in Brazil, we were living through the dark years of the military regime. The way that the characters in the book seek to redefine the present and try to build different futures for themselves… The way they seek all forms of freedom and try to get beyond themselves, the way they tried to write about their immediate surroundings: it was all very impactful for me, as it was all things that I couldn’t do in Brazil at the time… It was passed on to me by friends at university, but I never thought of adapting it as it had such a transcendent, mythological quality. And then, in the 1990s, I read it again, and then again in 2003 before shooting The Motorcycle Diaries, as I wanted to be inspired by that narrative.”

But then it was in 2004 when Salles was asked if he’d like to direct what would become this film.

“I was contacted by Bobby Rock from Zoetrope, who had seen The Motorcycle Diaries, and then we talked a few weeks later in Los Angeles… I thought then that I wasn’t ready to pursue the film, and this is why I instead started doing a documentary about Kerouac and On The Road, and we ended up with 100 hours of interviews with people including Jack Cassady [son of Neal Cassady, or ‘Dean Moriarty’]. It was this documentary that led to me making the film.”

What about the casting?

“I wanted to find actors who were passionate about the book… Kirsten Dunst [as Camille]

was the first actor that I invited to be in the film. And then Garrett [Hedlund as Dean] appeared in 2007 when we were doing the documentary, and I was very moved by his reading but also his writing, as he’d travelled for three days to get to the screen test and he’d written about the experience… The way that he’d written about the human geography seemed to be like Kerouac. And Sam Riley [as Sal Paradise AKA Kerouac] was someone who mesmerised me when he played [ Joy Division’s] Ian Curtis in Control, and I invited him to read with Garrett. He had this way of conveying intelligence that was like a writer… And Kristen Stewart [as Marylou] was introduced to me by my filmmaker friend Alejandro González Iñárritu [Babel], and he had seen Sean Penn’s Into The Wild and told me that she was unforgettable. And so I agreed to meet her and saw Into The Wild, and then she told me that On The Road was one of her favourite books, and that it had guided her in her youth. She really wanted to play Marylou, even though the character was so distant from who she actually is, and her knowledge of the character and the book was astonishing.”

And the scene-stealing Viggo Mortensen as, essentially, William Burroughs?

“He’s a ‘Renaissance Man’: a great actor, writer and photographer who understood poetry and knew Burroughs’ work inside-out.

He was so prepared that he knew which books Burroughs was actually reading in 1949 - and he’s very funny too.”

And, when asked about what he plans to tackle next, Salles unexpectedly mentions what it is that he doesn’t want to do.

“I made a promise to myself early on that

The Beats Go On On The Road is The Ultimate Jack Kerouac Movie, and ‘Beat’ newcomers may also care to investigate The Ultimate William Burroughs Movie, David Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch (1992), in which ‘Bill Lee’ is played by Peter Weller and typewriters become rubbery Mugwumps that speak in sarcastic rasps that sound awfully like Burroughs himself. And, while you’re at it, check out The Ultimate Allen Ginsberg Movie, Howl (2010), in which he’s played wonderfully by James Franco - and have another look at the legendary B+W 1965 film clip for Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues, in which an awfully shaggy Ginsberg can be seen chatting in the background.

I would always go back to my roots… My next film will definitely be in Brazil or the countries surrounding Brazil, and not in America... I’ve been working on two separate films for about three or four years each, which is how long I think that it takes scripts to be truly mature. And after I do one or both of those, and only then, will I maybe return to America and make a movie there.”

WHAT: On The Road WHERE: Showing at Palace Nova Eastend and Trak Cinemas now.

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On The Road (MA) Jack Kerouac’s novel, a ramblingly autobiographical ‘Beat’ classic, was always discussed as a potential movie project, but it took Brazilian filmmaker Walter (The Motorcycle Diaries) Salles and producer Francis Ford Coppola (who must have been weeping when he stood down as director) to finally bring it to the screen in all its drug-addled, deeply melancholic, wildly raunchy glory. After the death of his dad in 1947, restless wannabe-writer Sal Paradise (Sam Riley as Kerouac’s alter ego) meets a series of figures on his wandering travels, including Carlo Marx (Tom Sturridge as Allen Ginsberg’s proxy) and Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund as Neal Cassady’s stand-in), although it’s the larger-than-life Dean who makes the biggest impression, especially as he comes complete with an on-off girlfriend named Marylou (Kristen Stewart forced to smile at times).

And, as he matures as an

Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2012

artist, young Sal journeys with Dean across America, Canada and Mexico, helps make life difficult for Dean’s other squeeze Camille (Kirsten Dunst), stops off in Louisiana with Bill/Bull/ William Lee (AKA William Burroughs, wonderfully impersonated by Viggo Mortensen) and his spacy wife Jane (Amy Adams), engages in all manner of sexual permutations, and invents a revolutionary style of self-expression.

Set against a backdrop of suffocatingly conservative America, this will alienate many due to its episodic structure, and yet purists will be amazed at how closely Salles and screenwriter Jose Rivera have followed Kerouac’s book, and how, in spite of all the Benzedrine-dropping, bed-hopping and selfish or self-destructive behaviour, we wind up actually caring (!) about these brilliant, tragic, totally impossible young men.

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Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas

This year’s Lavazza Italian Film Festival happens at the Palace Nova from Thu Oct 11 until Sun Oct 28, and offers more than 30 films kicking off with the Opening Nighter Welcome To The North. For more details check out italianfilmfestival.com.au and palacecinemas.com.au.

National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas

See how exactly Mark Haddon’s much-loved novel The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time has been adapted for the National Theatre on Sat Oct 6 and Sun Oct 7 at the Palace Nova.

Details: palacecinemas.com.au and ntlive.info.

Arbitrage (MA)

Looper (MA)

Starry Starry Night (M)

Writer/director Nicholas Jarecki’s illadvisedly-titled but oh-so-smooth suspense/ issue drama is talky and maybe a little too restrained at times, and yet the cast are uniformly strong and the many subtexts thorny indeed. Big-time New York hedgefund magnate Robert Miller (Richard Gere) is just about to turn 60 and all seems well, but beneath his cool surface (hey, this is Richard Gere we’re talking about) there are secrets that he’s keeping from his loyal wife Ellen (Susan Sarandon) and daughter and wouldbe business-heir Brooke (Brit Marling): he’s very nearly facing fraud charges over the sale of his trading empire, while also carrying on a risky affair with French art-dealer Julie Côte (Laetitia Casta). When he makes a dangerous mistake and thinks that he can cover everything up and buy everyone off, the plot ties itself in knots as it throws up one moral dilemma after another, and some suspicious detectives lurk about (one of whom is Tim Roth in surly American form), bravely fighting against the notion that the billionaire Miller is untouchable.

While Sarandon, Roth and a gaggle of mostly unfamiliar character players impress, this is very much Gere’s film, and it’s interesting, and rather daring, that all his overly-familiar, smiley-sexy, ain’t-I-astunner? mannerisms and pretty-boy tics have been tweaked by him and Jarecki to make damn sure that we understand that his Robert Miller’s a bit of a bastard. Now if only that perplexing title was changed and they’d be raking in some real cash.

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Writer/director Rian Johnson’s first feature, Brick, attempted to reinvent the film noir, and this, his third, tries to do the same thing with the overcrowded sci-fi/time-travel genre, with mind-fogging results. In 2044 Kansas a ‘Looper’ named Joe ( Johnson’s favourite actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt made to look like a young Bruce Willis) regularly kills those who upset his criminal superiors 30 years in the future when they’re sent back via outlawed time-travelling technology. His film-noir-ish voice-over covers how this process works (sort of ), and also mentions how he’s afraid of one day having to ‘close the loop’, which then, of course, happens when his older self (Bruce Willis made to look like a senior Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is sent to be eliminated and Joe can’t do it, leading to fury from his boss ( Jeff Daniels), his hiding-out in an isolated farmhouse with help from Sara (Emily Blunt) and her little son Cid (Pierce Gagnon), and more chronological paradoxes (sorry, time travel tricks) than you can possibly ingest in one viewing.

While ambitious, strongly-played and featuring another ugly view of the future (telekinetic mutations, the rich shooting the poor on the streets, rampant corruption), this is also unusually violent, with assorted gunplay, bashings and hammerings occasionally feeling like a commercial compromise. And yet all is pretty much forgiven when those sweetly cerebral sci-fi quirks kick in, and we build to a whopper climax that should have half the audience in raptures and the others scratching their heads until they bleed.

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Based on the beloved book/art piece

by Jimmy Liao, Starry Starry Night is a fantastical approach to the everyday life of 13-year-old Mei, who escapes from the sadness of her crumbling home life into a fantasy world where the wooden creatures her grandfather carves come to life to keep her company, and melting snowflakes drip down her face instead of tears. Into Mei’s life comes Jie, a young boy who is equally troubled, but who understands Mei’s whimsical ideation, and together they take a journey to see the stars from Mei’s childhood.

Mei and Jie’s imaginary landscape is a blend of live action with a range of different styles of CG animation, while the recurrence of iconic paintings throughout adds to the artistry while grounding the fantasy into something palpable and relatable. Although appearing drawn out at times, the smaller moments prove vital to this account of innocence lost and friendship found, steeped in childhood fantasy, but with an impact that lasts into adulthood.

If this were a film centred around white children in a Western country, it would be generating its own publicity, not to mention awards buzz from every direction. As it stands, there could be little hope for Starry Starry Night, despite its unique innocence, beyond a possible submission for Best Foreign Language Film and the occasional chance encounter at some obscure film festival. Here is an opportunity to stick it to the moviemaking bureaucracy and give a sweet film the audience it deserves.

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Opening But Unrated Dangerous Liaisons (M) is a Chinese/ South Korean/Singaporean co-produced, Mandarin-language take on Choderlos de Laclos’ much-filmed French novel that stars Zhang Ziyi/Ziyi Zhang.

I Wish (Kiseki) (PG), writer/director Hirokazu Koreeda’s child’s-eye-view Japanese drama, stars young Koki Maeda.

Mental (MA), writer/director PJ Hogan’s biting Aussie comedic drama, toplines Toni Collette, Anthony LaPaglia, Liev Schreiber, Rebecca Gibney, Caroline Goodall, Kerry Fox and Deborah Mailman.

Searching For Sugar Man (M) is a doco from writer/producer/director/editor/ animator/whatever Malik Bendjelloul that follows a quest to find mysterious ‘70s rock fringer Rodriguez.

And Taken 2 (M) is a violently actioncrammed sequel from Olivier Megaton that reunites Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen, and adds allpurpose Eastern European villain Rade Sherbedgia/Serbedzija.

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with Miranda Freeman

Email miranda@ripitup.com.au

Cooking With Dennis Leslie Executive Chef The Brasserie

Braised Speck, Bratwurst, Boiled Potatoes, Baby Onions, Cos Lettuce & Cannelloni Beans / Serves 6 500g speck (sliced 1cm thick, long streaks) 2L of chicken stock 2 carrots (peeled and cut into 2cm cubes) 500g baby potatoes (peeled) 16 baby onions (peeled, left whole)

The Soup Shop

Photo by Jun Pang

While Ebenezer Place is a constantly revolving door of cafes, the quieter, eastern laneway adjacent to it, Vardon Ave, is also proving to be on the rise as a place to get cheap eats. The latest to join one of Adelaide’s prettiest side streets is the brand new The Soup Shop, a sister premises to the store that also exists in Fullarton. Owned by duo Gary and Kadey, The Soup Shop is committed to using local and seasonal produce with no preservatives in their range of soups and salads. That’s good news for customers.

Walking in you’ll see a table laden in Astroturf bearing a handful of kettle pots with hot soup – this is also accompanied by a self-service station that provides lots of herbs and condiments to give your lunch some punch. Some soups to choose from include Farmer Chicken Joe (chicken and corn), The Big Soup (minestrone) and Crazy Love (asparagus, capsicum and coconut cream) but we recommend you go in and taste the rest of the range for yourself.

WHAT: The Soup Shop WHERE: 12-18 Vardon Ave, Adelaide WHEN: Mon – Thu 11am – 8pm, Fri – Sat 11am – 11pm and Sun 11am – 3pm CONTACT: facebook.com/iluvsoups

Ruby Red Flamingo

Booze Clues with Louis Schofield Brooklyn Lager Cans

All beverages featured in Booze Clues are available from East End Cellars at 22-26 Vardon Ave, Adelaide.

Images by Tony Lewis

Region: Brooklyn, New York Price: $6.50 Alc: 12 fl Oz. Drink: While applying zinc to your nose and using an esky as a footrest.

We love cans. They say they’re better because they keep out light and air, keeping the beer fresher and tastier. I don’t know much about that but I know it makes drinking on more fun when you’re on a boat, bicycle, horse, at work, in bed or flying a plane. The guys down at Brooklyn Brewery make some delicious beers and put them in cans because they’re legends.

Studies have shown that when you neck beer out of a tinnie you’re cooler and live longer.

1 bay leaf 4 baby cos lettuce (washed, cut into quarters lengthways) 1 bunch of tarragon Cracked black pepper 1 large loaf of crusty bread

Remember The Manse? Well The Manse is no more, in its stead is the most recent talk of the town - a fresh and exciting Italian restaurant called Ruby Red Flamingo. With legendary local chefs, a slick, contemporary fit-out, a shady garden and upstairs bar, this new eatery is making waves and luring in hungry travellers from all kinds of generation brackets. With meals ranging from $12.50 - $25 (so cheap for what it is!) there’s a good range of entrees, mains and desserts to choose from, highlights including the maccheroni with eggplant, tomato, smoked scamorza and dried ricotta and the gnocchi. Wash it all down with a ‘digestivi’ over ice from the bar.

WHAT: Ruby Red Flamingo WHERE: 142 Tyne St, North Adelaide WHEN: Wed – Fri 12pm – 2.30pm and 5.30pm – 10pm, Sat 5.30pm – 10pm CONTACT: rubyredflamingo.com

Method 1. Place the speck, chicken stock, carrots, potatoes, onions and bay leaf in a large 8L stock pot.

2. Bring them to boil then simmer for 30 minutes.

3. Season with black pepper. Check the salt but it should be okay since the speck is already heavily salted.

4. Place the baby cos lettuce in the middle of the bowl plate.

5. Serve with a little of each ingredients evenly distributed amongst six serves in a bowl plate with plenty of juice all over the top of the cos lettuce to wilt it slightly.

6. Serve with crusty bread.

If you want Dennis to recreate your favourite dish, let him know by posting on our Facebook page facebook.com/ripitupmag

T2 Adelaide Breakfast Australia’s leading tea retailer T2 has released their latest brew in homage to their new Rundle St store – Adelaide Breakfast. Adelaide Breakfast is the latest addition to the brand’s popular breakfast tea range, which features teas inspired

by Australia’s capital cities. Adelaide Breakfast is comprised of black tea, cranberries, lemongrass, blackberry leaves and strawberries, the flavour with strong berry notes evocative

of Adelaide’s famous food and wine scene. We’ve had a cup in the office, and it be good.

WHAT: T2 WHERE: 276 – 278 Rundle St, Adelaide WHEN: Mon – Thu 10am – 6pm, Fri 10am – 9pm, Sat 10am – 6pm and Sun 10am – 5pm CONTACT: 8223 1207

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Stars // Aries 21.03/20.04

Taurus 21.04/20.05 As life asks you to start dropping some excess baggage, you are forced to contemplate what is excess baggage and what is not. What is weighing you down? And what feels light, promising and helpful, on your forward journey? Be honest but not ruthless as you cull.

Gemini 21.05/21.06 Mercury is in Libra, inviting you to contemplate a dream of harmoniousness and peace.

In opposition, life is making it very clear that there are changes to be made. It’s not going to be possible to maintain the status quo. The harmony you want must be rich and real.

Cancer 22.06/22.07 The moon is inspiring both curiosity and honesty. This is a good mix. There’s enough innocence involved to keep your sensitive heart from panic – and enough fire around to help you cut through the fog of sentimental attachments and come into your own. Be big.

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The sun arrives in Libra. His is a galvanising force. Order will come where there has been a vague sense of existential mayhem. Let a layer of fear go, as life again reminds you that there is harmony, even in the midst of apparent chaos. Don’t just imagine – do it!

Scorpio 24.10/21.11 Mars continues to pump you up with adrenaline, will and impatience. If you don’t give him work to do, he will drive you nuts. If you need to get your foundations down, now is the time to do it. Use the energy being made available, to set yourself up for destiny’s call.

Sagittarius 22.11/21.12 The rising moon lights you up with optimism and energy, at the beginning of the week.

Since your feelings are in the driving seat, let them drive.

Take the brakes off yourself.

There is no harm in your appetite for adventure. It always helps you grow and learn.

Capricorn 22.12/19.01 If you have any mistaken notions of what home is, they are likely to come to light. Though this might be disarming, it is to get you to discover where home really is.

Is it in your heart? Is it where you hang your hat? Don’t rely on others to take you there. Do it yourself.

Chesser Street Project Chesser St off Grenfell has long been one of Adelaide’s most beautiful laneways, but sadly, the only ocular attention it received in recent years were quick glimpses from suits powerwalking to get their coffee fix. That is until now, following an Adelaide City Council-funded art project featuring some of our state’s most skilled street artists like Joshua Searson, Ankles, Jake Holmes, Matt Stuckey and Tristan Kerr and Sydney fly-in Numskull. This month the team of creative types have transformed the side street into a runway of intricate street murals - painted roller doors, typography on walls, expansive painted patterns on the bitumen now adorn the laneway and there’s still more to come. Turn your heel at the T2 bus stop on Grenfell St and check it out.

Aquarius 20.01/18.02 The changes you want to make are real. That strength inside that holds to what’s true is real. Life is putting roses and chocolates under your nose.

It is trying to distract you; or maybe it is testing your resolve.

Every challenge coming your way is to help you clarify your path.

Virgo 23.08/22.09 The sun is leaving. It has been functioning as a large magnetic force on the inside, pulling everything into order.

When discipline arises from within, as opposed to being imposed from the outside, it feels good, puts us on track and has enough joy in it to make it stick.

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Libra 23.09/23.10

Leo 23.07/22.08 Venus continues her stay in your tent. She is filling you with ideas for increasing the level of delight in your life.

Temper her endless wish-list with awareness. Awareness and delight together leads to deeper delight. Delight without awareness, leads to seduction by dreams.

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The sun is shifting from earthy Virgo to airy Libra.

The ground has been set. Now comes room for a few flights of fancy. It’s an astrological gear change. The moon is in Sagittarius. The unspoken is spoken, ensuring there’s enough fiery passion to keep you happy.

with Sudhir

Pisces 19.02/20.03 There is strength behind you, supporting you. It’s there even if it’s silent, or you can’t see it.

Be solid in the decisions you make. Take a stand, even if it’s the wrong one. By doing so, the truth will be brought to light. Avoid avoidance. It’s not time to slip away. Be seen.

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FELTspace

Espionage Gallery

12 Compton St, Adelaide Sam Howie & Katie Barber Until Sat Oct 20

Suite 1, Level 2, 93 Rundle Mall, Adelaide Ball Of Light Thu Oct 4 – Sat Oct 13

Three-dimensional artists Sam Howie and Katie Barber are combining their skills at FELTspace this October for Perceivable Painted Objects and Apainting.

Blurring the line between painting and sculpture, Howie and Barber have crafted artistic hybrids thick with paint, rich, primary colours and a coarse yet deliberate smattering of brush strokes.

Ball Of Light is the cumulation of artist Denis Smith’s three-year photographic journey, a celebration of turning his life around and finding inner peace. Featuring his signature surrealist ‘ball of light’, the collection of photos come from locations all over the word including Cambodia, Europe and South Australia.

Opening: Thu Oct 4 from 6pm – 10pm

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with Lachie Aird

Adelaide Fashion Festival As you likely already know, the Adelaide Fashion Festival is fast approaching, and now in its fifth year, it is offering its largest program to date, with 16 events held over nine days.

Consider yourself booked from Wed Oct 17 to Sat Oct 27 with an assortment of fashion events to suit every taste on offer. From parades to styling sessions to movie nights to op-shop tours, as well as staple festival favourite the Advantage SA Young Designers Showcase, the Adelaide Fashion Festival is embarking on involving the

entire community in this year’s event. For the Advantage SA Young Designers Showcase on Sat Oct 27, the couture parade will consist of designers couture + love + madness, Malachi Empire, Jaimie Sortino and Paolo Sebastian, and the daywear parade with Ivana & Katerina, Yvonne Faye and Necia.

The Adelaide Fashion Festival runs from Wed Oct 17 to Sat Oct 27. For a full list of the Adelaide Fashion Festival events and for ticket sales visit adelaidfashionfestival.com.au.

TAFE SA Graduating Parade Kirsty Irwin Kirsty Irwin is another local label that’s launched hot off the blocks and charging for a strong finish this season. Describing its style as “refined grunge, yet kept the cool”, the pieces have as much personality as you do – but are still made with a focus on quality and expert detail. The Dakota Days Spring/ Summer 2012/2013 collection bring together colours like black, white and lime with sheer skirts, leather jackets and shorts and some cheeky cut-out tees. These looks will definitely help you make a statement this season, yet without it looking like you’re trying. Already with a strong online presence with a website, e-boutique interstate stockists and national press, Kirsty Irwin is a label to affiliate yourself with early on to ensure you snatch your favourite pieces, as size runs are limited to promise individuality.

For more information on Kirsty Irwin, visit kirstyirwin.com.

Kirsty Irwin Dakota Days Spring/Summer 2012/2013 Launch at Gang Hair / Photos by Jonathan VDK

A key event for the Adelaide Fashion Festival is the Attitude Magazine-sponsored TAFE SA Fashion Graduate Parade, which will showcase the final designs from TAFE SA’s Advanced Diploma Of Fashion Design & Technology students in the Metropolis show. This year the students will present their six-piece graduation collections in the raw, underground location of the car park underneath TAFE SA Adelaide City Campus. This is the crescendo of three years of hard work and technical learning by the 22 students, who have free rein over their choices for this collection, which will extend from eveningwear to menswear to contemporary daywear. This event will herald the arrival of Adelaide’s latest batch of emerging fashion designers, so if you want to scout out the next biggest name in the local fashion industry, this event is surely a priority.

Metropolis, the 2012 TAFE SA Fashion Graduate Parade, is being held on Fri Oct 26 at 8pm at the Light Square UPark, 120 Currie St (underneath TAFE SA Adelaide City Campus). Tickets are $30 from the Fashion Office on 8207 8480 or tcf@tafesa.edu.au.

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Culture

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Jeff, Who Lives At Home

King Of Devil’s Island

Paramount / MA / 80/83 Mins

Madman / M / 120 Mins

This under-the-radar effort from sibling co-writers/co-directors Jay and Mark Duplass (the latter of whom, by the way, also has a prominent role in the current Your Sister’s Sister) is a melancholy character piece that seems uncertain and really rather odd until it finally kicks in with a surprisingly touching final act. Jason Segel (better-known for hammy roles in big lame comedies like The Five-Year Engagement) is quietly sad as the hopelessly unemployed Jeff, who lives at the family home and believes so strongly in strange notions of cosmic coincidence that, when he answers the phone and the angry caller asks for ‘Kevin’, he’s launched upon a quest across the city to find anyone with that name and, along the way, joins forces with his obnoxious brother Pat (Ed Helms from the Hangover films), who’s also chasing some fate of his own. And, all the while, the boys’ mom Sharon (Susan Sarandon in a small and lovely role) tries hard to work while fielding overtures from a mysterious secret admirer and continually worrying about her seemingly damaged offspring, as the Duplasses’ plotline wanders all over the place trying to find some kind of proper narrative thrust - and then does, finally.

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Robin Baker / Pantera Press / 252pp / $24.99

Bookshelf

Chasing The Sun

Former teacher and funeral director Baker’s second novel is a supposedly Australia-set vampire tale where that word is never really used and the tone tries desperately to be sparse, alienated and Bret Easton-Ellis-like.

Honda, a Feng Shui expert who can only work at night, always wears sunglasses to hide his inhuman eyes and regularly cruises clubs to pick up women and messily drink their blood, is hired by a mysterious millionaire to offer advice during the construction of a hugely cool new nightspot. When he gets involved with fellow employee Rain and also becomes friends with her daughter ‘Dip’ (AKA Serendipity), the plot takes a turn and soon Honda and undead pals Johnnie, Lou and others are being targeted by some shadowy group or other - and we’re asked to sympathise with a bunch of posy monsters and mass murderers who adore chewing off strangers’ ears and even tearing out their genitals.

Hmm… MDB

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Director Marius Holst’s factually-based, freezing drama chronicles events from Norway’s hidden history equal to the national shame of our own ‘Stolen Generation’. Erling (Benjamin Helstead) arrives at Bastøy, a much-feared reform school for boys located on an island in Oslo’s main fjord, in 1915, and immediately stirs up trouble, much to the annoyance of governor Bestyreren (Swedish character actor and executive producer Stellan Skarsgård), who tries to break his spirit with demeaning labour, beatings, humiliation, bad food, endless cold and plenty of the worst kind of old-fashioned, shame-inducing religion. This only leads the lad to more and angrier rebellion and, later, attempts at escape, as he’s turned into a hero by the other boys, increasingly becomes a dangerous embarrassment, and spurs the plot onward to a striking final act we can surely see coming and, on top of that, a seriously haunting finale that truly lingers. Set to a beautifully subtle score by Sigur Rós, Holst’s film is unquestionably bleak, and yet there’s much here to enjoy, from Helstead and Skarsgård’s committed performances (and powerful psychological warfare) to the harshly snowy beauty of the Norwegian winter to a last quarter that’s as tense and exciting as any American movie you’d care to name.

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Safe Icon / MA / 94 Mins

Jason Statham does his well-worn but enjoyable enough whispering-tough-guy routine again in writer/director Boaz Yakin’s thumping action drama, and once more he’s actually the best thing, pretty much, in this overcomplicated, somewhat silly, would-be riskily un-PC stuff. His Luke Wright is an illegal boxer who pisses off the Russian mob and finds himself living on the street and unable to connect with anyone for fear that they’ll be killed by his shadowy watchers, but when he impulsively decides to help a fleeing Chinese girl, Mei (Catherine Chan), running from the Triads who have been using her genius mind to help hide their murderously money-making activities, the stage is set for lots of heavy-duty gunplay and car chases, as well as one of the dimmest views of the New York police force imaginable (did the real city’s powers-that-be actually read the script?). And although some will consider this one racist, Yakin and co seemingly think that it’s okay if they depict the nastiest possible Russkies and the meanest Chinese hoods as long as, at a crucial point in all the general stereotyping, Statham wades on in there and shoots the crap out of all and sundry.

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Dark Shadows An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp), is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.

Log onto ripitup.com.au and enter your details for your chance to win one of five copies of Dark Shadows on DVD. Competition closes at midday on Thu Oct 11.

The Words The Words is an intelligent, layered romantic drama/thriller that follows young writer Rory Jansen (Bradley Cooper), who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There’s only one catch - he didn’t write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man’s work, and for placing ambition and success above life’s most fundamental three words. We’ve got 10 double in-season passes up for grabs, so log onto ripitup.com.au and enter your details for your chance to win. Competition closes at midday on Thu Oct 11.

Blasted Stage

State Theatre Company recently announced its exciting season for 2013, but is about to present Blasted, a play from the pen of late British playwright Sarah Kane as part of its current season.

Blasted was seen as powerful, darkly comedic and hugely controversial when it premiered in London in 1995 as Kane’s debut work. The three-hander (featuring Patrick Graham, Anni Lindner and Mark Saturno) tells the tale of a racist, ginsoaked news journalist who takes in his young lover for the night. They are then joined by an armed soldier…

“It’s a very in-your-face piece of theatre,” director Netta Yashchin, founder of the Yashchin Ensemble, which has been a creative home to many of Adelaide’s most experimental performers, says.

“I’d read the play and loved the nonlinear approach,” she continues. “It is controversial, but I don’t feel it’s as controversial as some people might think.

And while people in Australia tend to be very politically correct, I don’t think theatre should be just handed to them as a nice, normal kind of thing. Nothing happens if you don’t try and make some drama.

“And what is conservative these days?”

Yashchin asks rhetorically. “And what is it conserving? Sexual urges? But I do give a lot of credit to Adelaide audiences because I think they are less conservative than most places. I find Adelaide people open-minded even though they are often labelled as conservative.

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“But I agree that Blasted is a very radical play and it’s not easily going to be digested by some. What’s going to be most confronting is the intimacy of some scenes.”

Yashchin, however, goes on to say that there’s little in Blasted that hasn’t been seen before.

“What happens in Blasted also happens in some of Shakespeare’s plays or a classical Greek tragedy,” she suggests. “It’s just like a modern Greek tragedy in many respects.

“And it’s a five-act play that myself and the cast are constantly discovering,” Yashchin continues. “It’s like some words from The Bible that you constantly re-read and think, ‘Oh, that’s interesting if you think of it like that’.

And there is some kind of plot that has some kind of logic that describes a relationship and the abuse between a man and a woman who

are not actually that close.

“So my job as director is to make the play accessible to the audience and warm it up a bit on stage. If you just read the script, it’s very austere and quite dark. So we are making the characters real even though they are quite primal and savage with the idea of survival being quite strong.

“You know, I think what Sarah Kane was really trying to say with Blasted is that the world is a very dangerous place but that people are the most dangerous thing about it,” the director muses in conclusion.

WHAT: Blasted WHERE: Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre WHEN: Fri Oct 5 until Sat Oct 13

Your guide to the student experience.

Semester 2 mid-term break is always a massive pain in the arse. It’s like because you aren’t in the classroom you have more assignments and work to do because hey, you surely couldn’t have anything better planned, right? And that catch up you hoped to accomplish these last two weeks – how’d that go? Just as I thought. And did you pick up extra shifts at your part-time job because it’s busier with school holidays and you thought you might actually have some time to earn some sweet cash because you weren’t at uni? Did that actually just run you into the ground by having double the workloads and you now feel less rested than you did while at uni? Look, I’m not (that) psychic, I’ve just been there. And it sucks. That’s why I’m having a moan. But on the bright side - congratulations! You’ve made it to the beginning of the end. Summer is near and all you have to do is survive these last few short weeks…. That are crammed with a retardedly massive workload. But hooray!

Real holidays!

And remember, if you have any student info, amazing deals or upcoming events I should know about, email fasttimes@ ripitup.com.au, Tweet @ FastTimesRIU or Poke facebook.com/ fasttimesripitupmag and I’ll do the rest.

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Jane Brummitt Talks Gumnut Babies If, like me, you had junior primary teachers who were obsessed with gumnut babies and all their incarnations, this event will give you major flashbacks. And perhaps, besides all the pretty pictures, you’ll learn something about May Gibbs, who penned the Gumnut Town post cards, stories and comic strips that have plagued so many of our early years. The illustrated (yessssss!) talk will be taken

by Jane Brummitt, whose research of Gibbs’ career has taken her across Australia, resulting in the book May Gibbs: More Than A Fairy Tale, An Artistic Life. Turns out Gibbs was an accomplished botanical artist, portrait painter, book illustrator and

cartoonist before Gumnut Town ever existed, so there’ll definitely be more in the talk than little flower people if you feel like you’re above them (snob). This one is for those interested in flowers, drawing, Australian history and remarkable women of early Australia. Also, if you are training to be a junior primary teacher, maybe this will help give you that extra edge over the rest.

May Gibbs: An Artistic Life will be held by Jane Brummitt in the Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library, University Of Adelaide on Thu Oct 11 at 6pm for a 6.30pm start. Bookings can be made via Robina Weir on 8313 4064. Gold coin admission.

sfer Flinders Trsasnio n Advice Se If you’re absolutely hoping after studying this year that 2012 really does end in an apocalypse to save you from another year of tertiary hell, then there may be a way out. It’s normal for students to change their mind after commencing a degree, and it’s easier than you think. If you’re at the point of throwing in the towel altogether maybe it’s best to have a chat to the transfer staff first who may be able to find a course more to your taste. At the Degree Transfer Advice drop-in sessions, you can find out what’s available, how to apply and speak to University staff about your choices. The sooner you get it sorted, the sooner you can get back on track to something you can actually see yourself doing for the rest of your life. See, it’s not the end of the world. I think…

Flinders Uni Transfer Advice Drop-In Sessions run from 11am-1pm on Thu Oct 4 at OneByte Café Area, Central Library. The sessions are drop-in appointments and free.

UniSA At The National Instruments Autonomous Robotics Competition So the competition host and reigning champions Swinburne University Of Technology may have won the day (whatever) but South Australia was well represented by the team at UniSA. The competition required an autonomous (ie not remote control, for those in Humanities) robot to navigate a course with obstacles placed at random and pick up two cubes and drop them at different locations. Like a search and rescue but with robots. While catching up with Daniel Griffiths from the team, who studies Mechanical & Electronic

Engineering at UniSA, he told me that even though UniSA’s robot encountered some pretty tragic localisation issues where the robot forgot where it was and ran into the wall, only five of the 18 finalists actually ended up completing the contest, but since it’s only UniSA’s first time entering, there’s plenty to work on for coming years.

If artificial intelligence is your thing, check out the NI ARC competition website at australia. ni.com/ni-arc for more info.

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Win Tickets To Austin City Limits With Big Day Out & General Pants Co If you get your Big Day Out Souvenir Ticket from General Pants Co Rundle Mall by the end of Thu Oct 4, you will be in the draw to win a double pass to the sold-out Austin City Limits festival in Texas. Yep. The Texas in America.

I know, right!? Not only will you get to see Big Day Out headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers before everyone else, you’ll also get to see the rest of the face-melting line-up including Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Black Keys, Jack White, Florence + The Machine and so many more I’ll run out of space typing them all. All I

ask is that if you so happen to win you choose your humble Fast Times writer as your plus one, as without me, where would you be? Yes I am over 18 and have a valid passport and am very free to fly out of Australia on Thu Oct 11 (I’ll check with my editor. Maybe). I hope you are too…

To enter the competition for tickets to Austin City Limits you must buy your Big Day Out Souvenir Ticket from General Pants Co Rundle Mall by Thu Oct 4.

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CD Reviews

CD Of The Week

Scottie’s Singles

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The Vaccines The Vaccines Come Of Age

Listen Now:

(Sony)

AC Newman I’m Not Talking (Remote Control/Matador)

Like gorging on dippy dogs and Coke slurpees before a ride on the Gravitron, the twirling euphoria of Canada’s The New Pornographers’ unabashed folk pop has the capacity to leave you in a queasy spin. Underpaid carnival stooges sick of mopping up violent expulsions of carrot and corn will rejoice in frontman AC Newman’s latest solo output, with I’m Not Talking’s blissful sheen instead recreating a ‘70s folk dream. Touched by a shimmering atmosphere worthy of a Brian Eno and Alan Moulder production collaboration, Newman sounds like he’s knocked up a delirious potion containing equal pinches of The Postal Service, Phil Spector and John Denver. What a beautiful noise.

Listen Later:

Efterklang Hollow Mountain

Oh Mercy

(Remote Control/4AD)

Deep Heat (Bad Cop Bad Cop)

Efterklang apparently means ‘reverberation’ in Danish. A nice bit of onomatopoeia there, although I’m privately disappointed it’s not a term for a farting robot. Featuring ghostly percussive minimalism and disembodied voices like icy tundra winds, Hollow Mountain is the cold and resonant sound of Shearwater and The Divine Comedy watching each other drown in the Arctic Circle.

Kid Cudi Fear King Chip

Somewhere between the middle of last year and the present day, Alexander Gow found a synthesiser. That synthesiser was to go on to bigger and brighter things. Heck, it even managed to find itself featuring on an Oh Mercy album.

A dubbed synthesiser on an Oh Mercy

record, I hear you ask? Yes. In a true ragsto-riches story, the synthesiser found its way throughout the aural expedition that was Deep Heat, propelling notes it seemingly hadn’t let out since the late ‘80s.

Okay, it’s not all about the little synthesiser that could, but a vast change in direction has once again breathed new life into Oh Mercy on this, their third album. Having had fans swooning over first LP Privileged Woes, and then finding a voice on Great Barrier Grief, Gow appears edgier than ever on Deep Heat. There’s a new swagger, along with a level of experimentation not seen before.

The album first comes of age on Rebel Beats, where Gow tackles new themes, supported by angular synth lines that follow throughout Deep Heat. Then My Man introduces a saxophone, which reappears on the eerie Europa and the swinging Fever.

Topped off by the perfect expression of negating sex appeal that is Drums, Oh Mercy naturally transition from great to greatness on Deep Heat. All royalties to the little synthesiser, of course.

Sam Reynolds

It appears cheeky West London rapscallions The Vaccines have treated their sophomore album as a homework assignment, trying to impress their tutor by shoehorning 50 Years Of British Rock into 40 minutes. No Hope opens …Come Of Age like a tribute to The Tornados’ Telstar, Teenage Icon sounds like Kaiser Chiefs covering Frankly, Mr Shankly and Ghost Town is Robert Smith adding a cover of Rock Lobster to The Head On The Door.

Weirdo, meanwhile, is an impressive Blur appropriation, showing deft mimicry of Damon Albarn’s morose worldview, Alex James’ unfussy basslines and Graham Coxon’s peripheral guitar effects.

They might have a strong bibliography, but …Come Of Age is scant when it comes to fresh revelations. Just as I Wish I Was A Girl’s lyrical skew (‘Life is easy when you’re easy on the eye’) begins taking the album in an interesting post-Norgaard direction, it’s all over.

While Justin Young grows over the course of the album into a frontman as rousing as Adolf Hitler at a Nazi rally, he ultimately seems as uncomfortable as a man wearing a suit made of pubic hair. At one stage The Vaccines were tagged as UK rock’s great saviours, but they’ve retreated to their bedroom and created a tribute to past rock saviours instead. What did you expect from The Vaccines?

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Just What I Am (UMA)

If American hip hop is an all-boys school, you’ll find a good portion of the classroom is made up of attention-seeking jokers, brutal misfits and vapid phonies basking in the faux camaraderie of their peers. Up the back of this melee sits Kid Cudi, the gifted outsider daydreamer sketching impressive technical designs of space stations and time machines. Having outplayed all other Hunger Games soundtrack contributors with the dystopic industrial lurk of The Ruler And The Killer, Cudi’s back with another hauntingly disenfranchised track. Just What I Am’s spaced-out production has the same magnetic pull as his work with psych duos MGMT and Ratatat, but Cudi’s psychotherapy confessions suggest all is not well in his world. Take care, Kid.

Atoms For Peace Default (Remote Control/XL)

Thom Yorke and Flea playing a Tron version of ping pong in the Hadron Collider? Until the advent of hoverboard ice hockey (or Radiohead get back to releasing songs that you can faithfully hum without a mechanical larynx device) it will have to do, I guess.

Serebro Mama Lover (UMA)

It seems certain Serebro are aiming for Mama Lover to be this summer’s Lola’s Theme, but the only thing that could top this in the brain-dead froth stakes is Kim Kardashian drowning in a bubble bath. Pull the plug.

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Frenzal Rhomb, Stolen Youth & Stuff Box Adelaide Uni Bar, Fri Sep 28 Review by Owen Heitmann Pics by Kristy DeLaine

Last time I reviewed a Frenzal Rhomb gig, someone wrote in to complain about me dropping the C-bomb. I hope that concerned reader wasn’t at Friday night’s show, because between the headliners and first local support act Stuff Box, the word in question was the most frequently heard utterance on stage.

Stuff Box sounded less like a Frenzal clone than last time I saw them, with guitarist Drew Craterface adding an almost metal influence to their punk. Frontman Mackay Whaleboy’s banter wasn’t as entertaining as normal, but that didn’t hamper their performance of songs like It’s Probably Not A Dinosaur.

Stolen Youth were excited to be finally playing with Frenzal after 12 years together, and their set was a typically solid collection of precision riffage hardcore. Hopefully they inspired more punters to seek out local shows (as Stuff Box encouraged) rather than wait for the touring acts.

Frenzal Rhomb’s set may have been tailormade for the wowser who objected to my last review, as the set-list included World’s Fuckedest Cunt, Johnny Ramone Was In A Fucken Good Band

Reviews // Quick Ones

Bloc Party

Future Of The Left

Hayden Calnin

Four

The Plot Against Common Sense

City

Daniel Pearson

(Frenchkiss/Co Op)

(Remote Control/Inertia)

(Remedy)

Satellites (Saint In The City)

It feels as though all 12 tracks on Bloc Party’s fourth album, aptly titled Four, are each mini statements to their detractors.

Fair enough, seeing as the media had literally broken up the band prior to them reuniting in the middle of last year. As lead singer Kele Okereke found success with a dance-oriented solo album though, it was hard to predict in what form the band would return - or if they would at all.

Thus, Four is the depiction of a band that, having aged musically, still has a lot of life left. The ageing comes in tracks like Real Talk’s folk undertones (who knew a banjo would ever enter Bloc Party’s repertoire?) and Coliseum’s movement between acoustic blues and hard rock. But as good as it is to experiment, these sounds are not suitable to Okereke’s vocal, which completely diminishes their effect.

The band reminds you how potent they are on songs like Day Four and Truth, when the melancholia that defined them returns, while the harder edge of Kettling demonstrates a band attacking their music with force. It marks Four as a welcome return, but places Bloc Party in the position of the influenced, when they were once the influence.

Sam Reynolds

But He Was A Cunt, and even Ben’s A Cunt (the rarely-played-live secret track from 1996’s Not So Tough Now, given an airing to celebrate that album finally going gold last month).

Although claiming not to have rehearsed since the Big Day Out, the Sydney punk veterans were far from the sloppiest that I’ve seen them, but despite a tight performance there was something lacking about the first half of the set. This may have been due to the unusual reliance on new material (with at least five tracks coming from last year’s Smoko At The Pet Food Factory), or perhaps it was a reflection of their opening reference to losing a number of friends and family in the preceding weeks. You couldn’t say the mood was sombre, though, with guitarist Lindsay McDougall sporting a onesie onstage, and I daresay most of the crowd were happy just to see Frenzal and have a beer or three. In any case, the momentum picked up in the second half of the hour-plus set as they trawled through their back catalogue, bringing out the likes of Chemotherapy, Punch In The Face, stellar Racist and the massive sing-along Never Had So Much Fun. The group celebrate their 20th anniversary this year, and lead singer Jay Whalley turned 40 last month, but age has not wearied them, and all signs on Friday night indicated that Adelaide audiences will be happy to help them continue to sell out venues like the Uni Bar and the Gov for as long as the band want to keep touring. Go Frenzal Go!

Now that Future Of The Left have reached album number three, is it still worth mentioning that the band rose from the ashes of the criminally underappreciated Mclusky? At what point did Foo Fighters reviews stop acknowledging that Dave Grohl used to be in Nirvana?

Of course, Mclusky alumni Andrew Falkous (guitar and vocals) and Jack Egglestone (drums) would hate the comparison to corporate rock whores like Foo Fighters. At least, that’s my assumption based on the massive swipe that lead track Sheena Is A T-Shirt Salesman takes at the Ramones merchandising machine.

At times it seems that this disgust with the industry has translated into selfsabotage, with the hooks of songs like the otherwise poppy I Am The Least Of Your Problems buried under near-painful levels of distortion.

But while this album is more abrasive than 2009’s Travels With Myself And Another, one element left intact is the sense of humour displayed in the kinetic Robocop 4 – Fuck Off Robocop and snide Sorry Dad, I Was Late For The Riots. This culminates in Notes On Achieving Orbit: ‘Girls Aloud were the new Nirvana, then any old shit was the new Nirvana’.

Thankfully, this isn’t any old shit. Or anything like Foo Fighters.

Owen Heitmann

Friggin epic. If I could leave the review at just that, I would. Whoever said that sex lies in the falsetto is absolutely correct.

Melbourne’s Hayden Calnin has a voice that can take your breath away; pipes that just make you stop, turn and want to start making out with your stereo.

With an extraordinary vocal range, Calnin is a rare and raw talent and he brings City to your ear holes, a self produced exploration of progressive folk. He discovers elements of layering and looping that combine to form pure bliss. City is a compilation of exquisitely composed tracks with gorgeous lyrical movement that carries you right inside his mindset. The standout track Summer is a gorgeous journey of loops and harmonies explored within his own voice. Clever kid.

Having supported Mat McHugh, Gossling and Mattimus Corby, Calnin’s music reflects these influences, with his sound evolving to an intoxicating concoction of Bon Iver and Corby. I know, I know, dangerous comparisons to be made, but once you’ve heard his intoxicating sound, you too will make outrageous claims like these.

Sharni Honor

There is just something special about an Englishman with an instrument. Danny Pearson explores a recipe of alternative rock, acoustic riffs and a progressive country twang that results in an exotic dish he likes to call Satellites.

Pearso hosts an immediate familiarly to his tunes, just like you’re meeting an old friend for lunch. I think I’ll have the salmon.

It appears as though Pearson has been a busy little beaver, recording this bad boy in just five days after starting his own record label and supporting a smorgasbord of talent, including Mumford & Sons and that new lad that everyone’s frothing over, Michael Kiwanuka. It’s a solid record, leaving your waxy ear holes with a little taste of what he is capable of. I really think you should get those cleaned. Seriously.

Sharni Honor

Sola Rosa Low And Behold, High And Beyond (Footstomp)

I imagine that the Sola Rosa story reads something like this: as a youngster, Andrew Spraggon downloaded a pirated copy of FruityLoops. After developing the ability to cut and paste samples into tracks that vaguely resembled songs, Spraggon’s ego grew. With an inflated sense of his own musical prowess, he went on to release six albums. On his newest LP, Spraggon enlists the velvety smooth vocals of a number of guest singers, making Low And Behold, High And Beyond sound like a rehash of that Gnarls Barkley album from seven years ago.

Ryan Lynch

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Crump Cake Orchestra 18-piece funk/hip hop big band Crump Cake Orchestra is hitting up ‘Beat Feast’ on Sat Oct 6 at Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre. CCO will present a tasty menu resplendent with beat-laden tunes and infectious grooves with the power of big band horns from 6pm, and it’s going to be loud.

, Sincereyly Grizzl Freeman

by Miranda

It helps when friends have your back, which is how it’s recently worked out for Adelaide three-piece Sincerely, Grizzly. A few months ago while working on their EP the band extended their feelers to their friends and family, hoping to raise $1000 in pre-orders to fund vinyl pressing. Amazingly, they made the money in a week, but the nature of internet fundraising also saw them signed up to some more squeamish obligations…

“There were a few silly pre-orders on there, one of them being from my little brother who bought the most expensive item on there – a letter written in my blood,” guitarist and vocalist Josh Calligeros jokes. “He thought it would be a funny idea to make me do that.

But we got the $1000 within the week, which was just insane. To get that kind of support straight off the bat was just amazing.”

Freshly back on home soil after nearly a month of touring in support of The Medics, Sincerely, Grizzly will wrap up their lengthy on-the-road stint with a homecoming show and EP launch at the Ed Castle this weekend in support of their latest fourtracked release Doom And Gloom.

“We recorded it just before we left and we hoped to have it out for the whole of the

tour but we just didn’t get it out on time,” Calligeros laments. “The songs are ones we’ve been playing for a while apart from one, and just within the past few months we had all these touring opportunities and we thought we should tidy up a product before we went away. I guess [the EP] goes with the title theme Doom And Gloom, it’s pretty bleak – but with a silver lining.”

Calligeros is at home eating dinner and veging out on the couch when Rip It Up calls – a well earned relaxation given the tour just gone was the first time they’d experienced sharing close quarters day-by-day in the band van.

“It’s been interesting. It’s the first tour we’ve ever been on and it was for over a month, so we were getting used to spending all our time with each other,” Calligeros comments. “But we enjoyed it and learnt a lot, so it was a good experience.”

Shortly after appearing at Brisbane’s Bigsound Festival in September the band made their way down to the Sunshine Coast, playing a town called Caloundra in one of the strangest gigs of the whole tour.

“The funniest gig we played was in a place called Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast.

It was a show that got booked through a friend of ours, and the venue was the kind of place where they had like a meat raffle and everyone was watching the rugby. It was a huge stage, and they never really put bands on there apart from big names – I think the last band there was British India or Eskimo Joe or something. So we played to a pretty

small audience who had been drinking all day on a huge PA, so that was pretty fun.”

Surprisingly, if your brand of music is as hard-hitting as Sincerely, Grizzly’s, it can be pretty intimidating trying to hype up a smaller audience. “It’s always a bit daunting playing heavier, darker and angrier songs to less people. They’d probably prefer to listen a singer songwriter sort of thing,” Calligeros laughs.

“On the Medics tour and at the Fringe show it was awesome because there were heaps of people there. But when you’re playing to a group of people sitting down it’s kind of uh, well, they’d probably prefer to listen to something less angry. But I think in those situations you always need to be yourselves and not worry about it, people will enjoy it more if you’re enjoying yourself.

It’s all that sort of symbiotic enjoyment.”

Anyway, back to the fundraisers. Have they considered doing any bikini car washes in the future to raise some clams?

“I just don’t think any of us have bodies for car washes, and I don’t think any girls would be willing to do that for us. We’re probably just not going to make any money there,” he laughs.

WHO: Sincerely, Grizzly, Popy Jane & Shivers WHAT: Doom And Gloom EP launch WHERE: Ed Castle WHEN: Fri Oct 5

Beats & Pieces This Thu Oct 4 Format will host ‘Beats and Pieces’ as part of the week-long Format Festival. Featuring Dan V, No Birds, Oisima, How Green, M-13 and Pilot Records DJs in between, prepare to have your head awash with electronic beats, ambient soundscapes and dub. The doors open at 5.30pm

Format Closing Night Though we’ll be sad to say goodbye already, Format Festival will close on Sat Oct 6 with a big live music party featuring “local faux surf pop team” Fake Tan and Melbourne’s No Zu. There will be DJs, VJs and bonus entertainment to be announced closer to the date, so keep your eyes on their Facebook page. Entry is just eight bucks, doors at 8pm.

Jupiter Creek EP Launch Adelaide neo-country band Jupiter Creek will release their new EP Pocket Knife full of songs about “gun-toting female outlaws and heartbroken truck drivers” this Sun Oct 7 at the Wheaty. Blending country rock instrumentation with everything from honky-tonk hoedowns to three-part harmonies, they’ll be joined on the night by crooning solo musician Anthony D’Antonio.

WHO: Jupiter Creek and Anthony D’Antonio WHAT: Pocket Knife EP launch WHERE: The Wheatsheaf Hotel WHEN: Sun Oct 7 from 4pm

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Ross McHenry Group The Promethean on Sun Oct 7 will host the Jazz SA-presented Ross McHenry Group featuring a program of new, original and improvised music and a few re-worked classics. Featuring drums, guitar, rhodes, trombones, flutes, clarinets, percussion and more, if you’re not getting off your head at Parklife come and soothe your brain on the other side of town from 8pm.

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