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Editor’s Note// If Bertie Blackman’s 2009 album Secrets And Lies was Lewis Carroll collaborating with Guillermo Del Toro on a sequel to Labyrinth, this month’s Pope Innocent X must be Siouxsie Sioux helping Tim Burton on an adaptation of sinister Grimm fairytales. Like her idol Siouxsie, Bertie Blackman is a majestic meld of disturbing Gothic chills and beguilingly twisted creativity. After jumping through musical styles on her first albums Headway and Black, Pope Innocent X suggests Blackman’s artistic confidence is at its peak – she’s refined the dark ambience of Secrets And Lies rather than burning it down in a frenzy of self-doubt. The spooky music box horrors of Tremors, the lupine skulduggery of Growl Howl and Bat For Lashes-meetsFleetwood Mac feel of Stella are just some of Pope Innocent X’s twilight treats. It’s obvious from this week’s Rip It Up interview that Blackman’s overcome some incredible obstacles and scarring circumstances to make it this far, but her work with Francois Tetaz (Gotye, Kimbra, Architecture In Helsinki) just keeps getting better. “I’ve always been a big Siouxsie Sioux,” Blackman told Rip It Up ahead of Pope Innocent X’s release. “The way she sings, the way she performs… I really feel a connection there. She’s feminine but also punk rock.” Blackman latest musical kaleidoscope showcases a similarly powerful talent – make sure you check her out on tour with Gotye in December. Scott McLennan Rip It Up Publishing Editor
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Bear witness to the Melbourne-based indie folk quintet when they launch their Young North EP at Fowler’s Live on Thu Oct 18 with Art Of Sleeping and Battleships.
Experience the Brisbane country soul duo when they launch Sad Summer Hits at the Grace Emily on Sun Oct 21 with special guest Carla Lippis.
Catch the zany Brisbane ensemble at Currie St’s Ed Castle on Sat Oct 20 when they launch a special edition vinyl and digital release of their The World Warriors mini album.
Taking place at Fowler’s Live on Sat Oct 20 with Melbourne’s Fuck…I’m Dead, Queensland’s Aversions Crown (pictured) and Disentomb along with local act A Murder Of Crows.
Heading down from Brisbane town to launch The May King And His Paper Crown album at Rundle St’s Exeter Hotel on Sat Oct 20.
See California’s Piper and Skylar Kaplan, formerly of Pearl Harbor, when they play some ethereal pop as Puro Instinct at Grote St’s Hotel Metro on Thu Oct 18.
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Bay act at Fowler’s Live on Fri Oct 19 with Sydney bands Sienna Skies and Shinto Katana along with Melbourne’s Hallower.
LAVAZZA ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2012 – happening at Palace East End Cinemas until Sun Oct 28.
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Who: Mama Kin with Vorn Doolette / Where: Jive / When: Thu Oct 25
Experience The Future The Future Music Festival website died when the 2013 line-up was announced – fingers crossed it’s back up now so you can find out all about acts including The Prodigy, The Stone Roses, Gangnam Style’s Psy, Dizzee Rascal, Bloc Party, Azealia Banks, Rita Ora
(pictured), Boys Noize (in their live debut), Hardwell, The Temper Trap, Madeon, Rudimental, Ellie Goulding, Alesso, Gypsy & The Cat, A-Trak and many others playing Bonython Pk on Adelaide Cup Day, Mon Mar 11. Details: futureentertainment.com.au.
Mama’s Magic
Fremantle singer songwriter Mama Kin has long written songs that confront the veil between darkness and light. Her new album The Magician’s Daughter pushes that focus even further, challenging her trademark sound on songs such as Was It Worth It with vocals that hover between vulnerability and power. “I got used to the idea that I have to be out of my comfort zone to make the kind of art I want to make, I have to feel pushed,” Mama Kin says. “I have to be on the edge to be able to jump in and get as deep as I want and need. Magic for me is when there is a transformation inspired by subtle forces, and this is what we aim to bring to our audiences.”
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Who: Charlie Musselwhite / Where: The Governor Hindmarsh / When: Tue Nov 6
Ben Harper Talks Working With Charlie Musselwhite “For me, blues is home. Blues is command central as far as my musical instinct. It felt like a huge achievement to arrive at a place where I was worthy of Charlie’s company. I don’t mean that in any false modesty way, it’s just a fact, Charlie has played with everyone from Little Walter to Muddy Waters. He played
with them all, he has been there, he’s one of the original cats. For him to take me under his wing is a real big deal. Working with Taj Mahal and working with John Lee Hooker and Solomon Burke - I had to earn my way to Charlie Musselwhite to do the Get Up! album.”
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Yo Ho Gay Pirates Black = Back It has been an up and down year for Peter ‘Blackie’ Black of seminal Sydney punk band the Hard-Ons. After being named one of the 50 best Australian guitarists of all time by
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Australian Guitar Magazine earlier this year, he was assaulted while driving his taxi and ended up with serious head injuries. Time to take things back up with a Hard-Ons tour – hear stuff from the reissues Smell My Finger and Dickcheese amid a night of rampaging punk, metal and bubble-gum pop at Enigma on Sat Dec 15. Tickets: $15 on the door.
Cosmo Jarvis isn’t afraid of a little spandex, or even pirate shirts. Just check his much-talked-about devil suit in the fun clip for Love This and his puffy shirt in Gay Pirates. Now up to his third album Think Bigger, Jarvis is known not only for his music but for his observational comedy skits about small town life. See it all on YouTube and don’t miss Jarvis when he plays the Crown & Anchor on Fri Jan 4. Details: lovepolice.com.au.
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Tame Impala Off The Leash If you thought Tame Impala were layabout stoners, think again. Not only are they playing Victorian festivals Meredith in December and Pyramid Rock over the New Year, they’re also doing Homebake alongside the latest lot of bands to be announced - Last Dinosaurs, Parachute Youth, Hermitude, Seth Sentry, Hey
Geronimo, Sticky Fingers, Underlights, The Griswolds and Lime Cordiale at the Domain in Sydney on Sat Dec 8. And just in case that’s not enough psychedelic haze for you, they’re also bringing their acclaimed second album Lonerism to your ear and eyeholes on Tue Dec 11 at HQ. Tickets: venuetix.com.au and moshtix.com.au.
The Harder They Come Jamaican reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, South African jazz superstar Hugh Masekela and Aussies The Cat Empire and The Herd are the first artists to be announced for the 2013 WOMADelaide line-up. You might know Cliff from a couple of little songs such
as Many Rivers To Cross, The Harder They Come, Sitting In Limbo and You Can Get It If You Really Want – see him from Fri Mar 8 to Mon Mar 11 at Botanic Pk and keep an eye out for more WOMADelaide line-up announcements in October and November.
One day before summer, on Thu Nov 29, DARYL BRAITHWAITE plays One Summer, Summer Love and As The Days Go By at Norwood Live. Howzat.
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Aussie-Swedish duo NICK & LIESL play stripped-back and intimate folk, happy-go-lucky pop, blues and soul with natural harmony. This year they’ve toured their debut album Feather through Australia and Europe and played the Woodford Folk Festival – see them at the Wheatsheaf on Sun Oct 21. Tickets: $10 + BF at oztix.com.au or $15 on the door.
Mutiny have been playing folk punk for punk folk for 21 years. That’s a lot of time spent in Melbourne, sometimes squatting, sometimes piecing together recordings, sometimes staying in shitty hotels, sometimes touring Europe and the US, sometimes taking a little hiatus and always enjoying rowdy shows. Catch them on Fri Oct 19 at the Crown & Anchor, Sat Oct 20 at the Squatters Arms and Sun Oct 21 for a late afternoon show at the Black Cockatoo Arthouse in McLaren Vale.
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Bluesfest Even Bigger Just when you thought you were busy enough planning which New Year’s Eve festival to attend, Bluesfest throws Easter in the mix. The five-day festival has announced a string of new artists who will be heading to Byron, including Jimmy Cliff, Joan Armatrading, Rodriguez (pictured), Robert Cray, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Mavis Staples, Allen Toussaint, Wanda Jackson, Fred Wesley & The New JB’s, Michael Kiwanuka, Bettye LaVette, Luka Bloom, Ruthie Foster, Tony Joe White, Sweet Honey In The Rock, The Duke Robillard Band, Shawn Colvin and Seth Lakeman. They’ll join Ben Harper, Santana, Iggy & The Stooges, Steve Miller Band, Chris Isaak, Wilco, Bonnie Raitt, Dropkick Murphys, Glen Hansard with The Frames and more from Thu Mar 28 to Mon Apr 1. Tickets: bluesfest.com.au.
Who: Nigel Wearne supported by The Hushes / Where: The Wheatsheaf / When: Sun Nov 25
Sweetest Delusion
With tales of mischievous bank robbers, wandering poets and a love of eggs and music that varies from rollicking to brooding, Nigel Wearne is a country and folk singer songwriter who is all about diversity. Equipped with personally handcrafted guitars, his music melds finger-style guitar, country twang, honky tonk and honest storytelling. With a hint of Hank Williams and influences including Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, Bob Dylan and the spirit of Woody Guthrie, Nigel Wearne and his band The Cast Iron Promises aim to rattle your emotions.
YesYou “Dream pop at its synth-soaked best” and “dancing a fine line between the shimmer and shake of Foster The People and the iridescent ooh-oohs of Yeasayer” say the blogs on Brisbanebased duo YesYou. Since releasing their single Half Of It last year, YesYou have been taking the slow and steady approach, collaborating with members of Jinja Safari, DZ Deathrays and Cub Scouts and performing live as a four-piece supporting Oscar & Martin, Neon Indian, Ball Park Music and Electric Guest. Could this be the soundtrack to your summer? Find out at the Ed Castle when YesYou play their debut self-titled EP on Sat Dec 8. Tickets: $15 on the door or $12 + BF at moshtix.com.au.
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The Age Of Innocence Like a Gothic book of nursery rhymes for dead children, Bertie Blackman’s new album Pope Innocent X blends the haunting with the childlike. With previously albums skittering through genres like she was fending off musical atrophy, the Melbourne musician has at last found contentment as a purveyor of dark and layered fables.
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ope Innocent X finds Blackman honing the lush dreamscapes of her 2009 album Secrets And Lies, an indication the songwriter now has a better grasp of her artistic strengths. “It definitely feels like that,” Blackman agrees. “Creatively I got close on Secrets And Lies to finding where I fit musically, but Pope Innocent X isn’t self-conscious at all – I didn’t think about the instrumentation and comparing it to other things, I just built it around the stories. The sonic worlds are an accompaniment to those stories, so it has its own sound and flavour. I don’t know where it all came from, but I’m personally really happy that I didn’t turn to the influence of any other musical style and just wanted to create something different.” Strong critical reaction to Secrets And Lies both here and overseas culminated in Blackman’s third album taking home an ARIA Award. The songwriter describes the win as “a great feeling”, but not everyone in her apartment treats the Best Independent Release trophy with respect. “It’s on my desk and I’m looking at it at the moment, but you’ll laugh because my cat is obsessed with scratching his face on the side of it because it’s sharp. He’s knocked it over and now it’s bent at the top.” Despite Pope Innocent X being released via Mercury Records, a label whose diverse roster
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has included Bon Jovi, Jamiroquai and Lionel Richie, Blackman retains her offbeat style and outsider streak. Tracks unfurl like Tori Amos, Siouxsie Sioux and Bat For Lashes at their spooky best, with songs filled with eerie production flourishes. The tracks came together as Blackman travelled the globe in the wake of Secrets And Lies’ success. “I spent a bunch of time in Chicago, a bit of time in LA and a bit of time in London. I love to travel and I would be happy to get a caravan and be a Gypsy my whole life. In Australia I have more ties to my family than I do the place itself. I have nostalgic connections to where I grew up, but I’m not really a very attached person, either to things or places. Maybe I haven’t really found my home yet – the place that suits me best to live? I’m not dissing Melbourne as I love it here, but I’m still hunting for the place that is my home. Perhaps that’s an inner struggle.” Moving to Melbourne from Sydney around four years ago, Blackman’s transience ensures she also finds herself drifting through friendship groups. “Yeah, that does happen actually. I’ve noticed recently that there’s a pattern of that. I try not to socialise too deeply in music cliques when I’m not working, otherwise it’s musicians all day long. It’s good to have a break from thinking about that stuff, although your close friends sometimes don’t understand what you go through as a musician or solo artist. I move around then travel solidly for a year, so it’s hard to hold on to friendships, but I have some deep and long friendships that I’ll always have. You can count them on one hand but they’re really important. You can pick up the phone or see them somewhere and they’ll always be exactly the same… unless I fuck it up…” Considering her unconventional upbringing, it’s nothing short of a miracle Blackman has kept it together in adulthood. As the daughter of acclaimed artist Charles
Blackman and his younger muse Genevieve De Couvreur, the tumult of her childhood household led the youngster into therapy. Her 84-year-old father’s years of hard-drinking has been blamed for the onset of the degenerative memory disorder Korsakoff ’s Syndrome in his later years, but Bertie has also suffered episodes of amnesia. Perhaps in an effort to shield herself from early traumas, whole years of childhood memories have been erased. “I have had a lot of therapy and I’m pretty sure I know what happened, but if I can’t remember then I don’t want to know. I think it was a belated response. It’s amazing what the human psyche can do to protect itself and I think that sometimes if you don’t remember something it might be for a good reason. I feel bad because I don’t want Mum to read this and think I had an awful childhood, but it’s not like that at all. Things happen that have nothing to do with your parents.”
“It’s hard to hold on to friendships, but I have some deep and long friendships that I’ll always have… unless I fuck it up…” Blackman admits that her father’s problems with alcohol have ensured she’s been somewhat reticent to indulge in booze. “Yeah, I’m very conscious of it, although during my rock record [2006’s Black] I probably drank too much whiskey all the time. When it’s in your blood it’s very easy to fall into that world. I have it on both sides of my family so I have to be careful, but I also realised I can’t work at all creatively when I’ve had any substance. It’s not part of my routine.” Late last year Blackman took time out from creating Pope Innocent X to pay her
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Bertie Blackman says Pope Innocent X’s intricate sleeve artwork draws on Communist artists’ dark take on Hollywood classics. “I didn’t design the cover as I’m not very good on fonts, but the illustrations I’ve done for the booklet are inspired by 1960s Czechoslovakian film posters. There’s a bit of a collagey Eastern European thing going on, since I just love the interpretations of pop culture American films in a world so deeply different. The film posters are so great – they’re dark, collaged and playfully violent.”
respects to one of her favourite Australian songwriters. Joining artists such as Lisa Mitchell, Dan Sultan and Kram on Triple J’s Nick Cave tribute Straight To You, the experience offered a refreshing break from her own daunting creative schedule. “Nick’s a brilliant storyteller and I really admire his storytelling deeply, so the tour came up at the perfect time. I don’t usually do tribute tours as I think the artist themselves does the music better, but I also have really big troubles remembering other people’s words. I’ve never been a campfire singer with other people’s songs – I forget the lyrics and chords and I’m just hopeless.” Blackman laughs when reminded she missed The Mercy Seat’s pivotal ‘That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resist’ line on the official CD recording of the performance. “I was just riffing in the moment!” she admits. “I was annoyed I missed that lyric, since ‘that filthy five…’ is such a great lyrical moment. I got lost in the moment! I did sing it at the other gigs, but it’s not on that fucking recording.” WHO: Bertie Blackman WHAT: Pope Innocent X (UMA/Mercury) WHERE: Entertainment Centre (with Gotye) WHEN: Thu Dec 6
Interviews// Hello Gorgeous Famously sung by Vera Lynn, Ross Parker’s We’ll Meet Again remains the most celebrated English tune of World War II. Despite the acclaim, it’s taken another 60 years for the Manchester musician’s follow-up Monday Tuesday Wednesday (I Love You) to become a familiar tune to Australian households.
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he 1949 track had been consigned to dusty nostalgia compilations until Woolworths resurrected it for a sprightly advertising campaign in June. Melbourne musician Gossling (AKA Helen Croome) was specifically commissioned by Woolworths to update the tune, with the resulting advertisement proving highly successful. So successful, in fact, that it’s now hard to enter Woolies
without hearing Croome’s sweet lilt skipping through the speakers. “I purposely go into Woolworths to hear myself and it never comes on!” Croome laughs. “I’ve heard the instrumental version but never my voice, but my mum hears it a lot. It’s a pretty catchy tune – better than Coles’ ‘Down down, prices are down’. I’m not a big fan of that ad, but if it works for them then it must be doing the job. It’s probably bad of me to admit, but I don’t really know much about Status Quo beyond that ad.” The British rock stalwarts behind Coles’ insidious Down Down campaign will tour Australia next year with Coles as their presenting partner - would Croome be interested in a Woolworths Presents Gossling tour? “I don’t know – I’d have to think about it. With the Woolworths thing I’ve kind of been careful not to be a brand ambassador - I think of it as a gig that I got as a singer rather than placing Gossling with Woolworths. An ad
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Before she retreats to finalise the writing of her debut album, Gossling returns to South Australia for McLaren Vale’s Gorgeous Festival.
“I’m very excited about it. I saw Missy Higgins play at Splendour and I really enjoyed her live set, so I am definitely looking forward to seeing her again. Her voice live is incredible. It’s fun to be involved in the Gorgeous line-up and I’ve been looking at their website at the food and wine they’ll have available. I’m a big wine fan and whenever I have to choose a good wine I’ll often end up choosing a McLaren Vale shiraz – I love a good shiraz.”
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agency had heard of me and they had this song they wanted to put a modern twist on, so they flew me up to Sydney and I recorded it with a big band.” Arriving in the wake of two well-received EPs and a high-profile appearance with 360 on his ARIA Award-nominated, triple-platinum hit Boys Like You, the Woolworths opportunity allowed Croome to quit working as a physiotherapy receptionist and concentrate on writing her debut album. While Croome’s musical confidence has grown markedly in the past 12 months, the songwriter suggests there’ll be no new material before 2013. “I’m still writing at the moment. I had a bit of a writing trip in Tasmania to try to write but unfortunately I didn’t come up with anything. Our family have a house on the east coast and I purposely went there to get lonely and depressed and be on my own. I got lonely and depressed, but not productive. It was cold as well, but I’m a big fan of the cold and had an open fire roaring the whole time. I just got lonely and ended up watching Big Brother, pretending they were all my friends and that we were hanging out… [nervously laughs] It was a mistake, but now I know I’m not good at being on my own for two weeks at a time. I’ve got my real friends back now so I haven’t watched Big Brother since Tasmania, but they were there for me when I needed them.” Having already notched up appearances at Southbound and Falls Festival as well as guest slots on 360’s impressive schedule this year, recently Croome returned to Wodonga for her debut hometown performance. “It was strange I hadn’t played a gig there before, so my first homecoming gig was at a new venue. It was an awesome experience and I was able to go back to my old high school and talk to the music students there. I’m one to be quite honest about the music industry and choosing music as your career, so I don’t want to sound negative to the kids but I also don’t want them to think they’ll be a massive rock star. I like letting them know it’s a great skill to write music, to engineer, to teach and to be able to do as many things in the industry as you can. The kids were songwriting already and forming little bands, so it was impressive.” WHO: Gossling WHERE: Gorgeous Festival, McLaren Vale WHEN: Sat Nov 24
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Supanova Richard Kiel is part of the upcoming Supanova Pop Culture Expo due to his legendary association with the James Bond films. As the famed villain Jaws, Kiel still travels the globe endorsing the record-breaking series. “I just returned from London to my home in California yesterday,” he begins. “They had me over there to promote the new, 22-movie Bond Blu-ray set… It was great meeting the fans.”
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here’s no doubt that Kiel’s connection to the Bond franchise is a special one. His character Jaws, who appears in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), is the only baddie in the series to turn up in more than one movie other than Blofeld (of course) - and be played by the same actor. “Jaws was recently voted the best villain of them all, and in a recent HMV poll in England he was voted the favourite character in the series other than 007 himself… And it is true that Jaws was only going to be in The Spy… and that he was so popular that he was written into Moonraker. I was supposed to die in the first film after being eaten by a shark, but [stuntman, actor and Bond faithful] Bob Simmons put it to [producer, Albert] ‘Cubby’ Broccoli that Jaws should come back… And Cubby said, ‘But he’s eaten by the shark! How do you suggest he survives?’ And Bob said, ‘He kills the shark!’ So Bob suggested that they shoot two different endings, and I had to do the other one right at the very end and wait and see if I survived. I was then invited to a ‘bluecollar’ screening for people who worked on the films and they wanted me to see the film with a regular audience - and see if I lived or died. And at the end Jaws pops out of the ocean and the audience cheered and applauded! They cheered and they were so happy, and I couldn’t believe it!” There’s no doubt that one of the chief reasons why Jaws is such a memorable villain is that Kiel is, well, very tall! “I’m seven feet two and about 320 pounds. My hands are the biggest thing about me, and we put those to good use by having them grab Roger Moore and drag him across walls and throw him around. It was very dramatic and Roger always made it fun, as he always played to Jaws and let Jaws steal scenes, and let him be so entertaining.” Did it help that Roger is, ahem, kind of short? “No, he’s about six feet tall, but Jaws made him look puny and vulnerable. And that was the key, I think: you thought that maybe, this time, this was the guy who was going to get Bond!” Kiel has appeared in many other films for over 50 years, but he’s quick to point out that he wasn’t always baddies and heavies. “In Pale Rider I’m a tough guy but not bad… And I stop the villains shooting Clint Eastwood in the back. And in Cannonball Run II I drove one of the cars with Jackie Chan!... But yes, in Force 10 From Navarone I was really, really bad [laughs]. I played all sorts of roles. There’s The Humanoid too, where I play a good guy and a bad guy, and that was a great experience, as we shot in Rome and Israel.” Kiel fondly remembers recently supplying a voice to Disney’s 50th animated movie, Tangled. “I loved doing that one and will probably come back for the sequel!” Looking forward to visiting Adelaide (he’s heard that the beaches are beautiful, so don’t be surprised if you see Jaws taking a dip at Glenelg), Kiel at first thought that attending conventions was a little “gauche”, but he has to admit that meeting the fans is something he likes very much. “I try and give them something extra of myself, which I think is very important… Something personal, you know, as it’s the fans who made Jaws famous!”
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The 1962 drive-in feature Eegah is one of Richard Kiel’s earliest credits. He laughs when it’s brought up and roars “Eegah!” before happily recounting the production of probably the dumbest movie he ever starred in (as a goofy lovelorn caveman who’s somehow - don’t ask survived until the present day, or at least 1962), infamously listed as one of the original 50 Worst Movies Of All Time in that trendsetting 1978 book. But cult fans love it anyway, and 50 years later it’s still remembered, referenced and adored, and also easy to see now that it’s in the ‘public domain’. So do check it out and, if you see Kiel at Supanova, make sure you get a few ‘Eegah!’s in!
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Interviews// Backwater Blues
Backwater Blues & Roots Festival kicks off from Fri Oct 19 and continues until Sun Oct 28. During that 10-day period, over 30 national and local acts will be performing at Queens Theatre (known as Juke Joint for the event) as well as other local venues and regional townships such as Willunga and Whyalla.
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The Bakers Digest, Dr Piffle & The Burlap Band, Chris Finnen, AP D’Antonio, Brenton Manser and Cal Williams. The event will also host some workshops, while Sun Oct 21 will give way to the presentation of the 2012 Adelaide Blues Awards at a gala Juke Joint evening at Queens Theatre. Also taking part in the festival will be Australian guitarist, singer and ARIA award winner Mia Dyson, who has spent much of the last few years in the US. “I based myself over there in 2009,” Dyson says, “and while it’s been a roller coaster, it’s also been an amazing experience. And I really love living in the US and touring over there, so the dream hasn’t died yet. Making music is a life-long journey for me. “But I’m now looking forward to touring Australia with my new album because it’s been so long.” Dyson has just released her latest album, The Moment, which marks her first for a number of years. “I did one of those pledge drives to raise the money to make it,” she reveals, “and was overwhelmed by the response. It was a
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While in the US, Mia Dyson recorded the song You And Me with David E Stewart of Eurythmics fame for an EP that only saw an American release.
“And that connection was how I got to open for Stevie Nicks,” Dyson says of the Fleetwood Mac singer whose latest album, In Your Dreams, was mostly written and produced by Stewart. “And it was interesting working with Dave because he’s quite an eccentric character,” she continues. “Ultimately, we didn’t have the same vision and it wasn’t quite the right fit but it was certainly an experience having Dave take me under his wing for a time.”
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strong indicator that even though I’d been away for almost four years, people hadn’t forgotten about me. If anything, it seems like the connection is now stronger. “Don’t ask me how that works,” Dyson laughs, “but it’s like, ‘Wow! People are still listening’. And I really appreciate that.” The guitarist (who will play Juke Joint at Queens Theatre on Fri Oct 26 with Genevieve Chadick and Tara Carragher) has had many adventures in the US. “Yeah, I’ve toured with Little Feat, Eric Clapton and Chris Isaak and got to open for Stevie Nicks a couple of times,” she reveals. “So that’s been pretty cool. That’s the good highlight stuff but moving over to the US has been like starting again for me. There are the good times, but there’s been many times when I’ve been totally broke and all that kind of thing.” Dyson’s The Moment was recorded and produced in California by Erin (Syd) Sidney with help from Patrick Cupples. “I’d been looking around for a producer and met with a few people but nothing felt quite right,” she says. “But a friend up in Boston knew I was looking for someone and also knew that I was living in Los Angeles and that Syd had just moved to Ventura. So I met up with Syd and we just really hit it off. I then started playing bass in his band and his band would play with me, so we really connected. “So it was quite an organic process that he came to produce me because we’d both thought, ‘Hey, maybe, just maybe, we could work together’. And what was really great was Syd’s critical feedback about my songs. That was so useful because in the past I’d never let anyone do that. So there’s not a song on the new record that I don’t believe should be there. It’s my first really complete record in that way.” The musician’s touring band for Australian purposes is drummer Danny McKenna, Tim Keegan on bass and Simon Bourke on keyboards. “They all sing as well so it’s really powerful,” Dyson enthuses. “So we’ll be playing a bunch of the new stuff along with a bunch of old stuff. And I’ll be doing a really long set. “And I’ve heard great things about Queens Theatre,” she concludes. “I’ve never played there before because I’ve usually just done the Governor Hindmarsh.” WHAT: Backwater Blues & Roots Festival WHERE: Queens Theatre as well as various other venue WHEN: Fri Oct 19 until Sun Oct 28
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It’s Me, Cathy
Kaya Scodelario, star of English TV’s Skins, talks about her role as Cathy in co-script-adaptor/director Andrea Arnold’s new, revisionist take on Wuthering Heights, and just how different the experience was from seven seasons’ worth of comparative smallscreen comfort. And, yes, it was intimidating!
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Definitely!” Scodelario begins. “It’s a very special and personal story for a lot of people, so it’s rather a scary thing to be attached to, as I’ve never been involved with any sort of remake like this before. I was very nervous, but Andrea explained to me that we were never going to please everyone, and that it would be her way and very different and upset a lot of people… I’d never seen the other adaptations or read the book, and so I asked Andrea if she wanted me to watch any of the other films or look at other performances as Cathy, and she said no, and that she wanted it all left very open and very fresh.” Arnold’s involvement was what convinced Scodelario to try out for the role of Cathy in the first place. “I’d heard a lot about it being made, as the script had been going around for a good couple of years. There were lots of different actresses attached to it at different times, including Gemma Arterton and Natalie Portman, and then I heard that it was finally happening, and that Andrea was attached to do it, and it was then I thought that this was something that could be very interesting… I met with Andrea and her ideas were just so fresh, and crazy. “I loved her emotional reading of the film, about how it’s a story about all-consuming love and not knowing what to do about it, and how it’s almost killing you, and she could have done it the way that everyone expected, with all the characters moving slowly and speaking perfect old English, and with brilliant sunshine and beautiful clothes, but she wanted to take it in a whole different direction, and I wanted to be a part of that… Even day to day on the set with Andrea was different from what we were expecting. We got there and she would say, ‘Stand where you want to stand’, and let us go with the script if we wanted to… Nothing was perfectly planned. And it was the same approach to nature: there were no rain machines, so if it was raining on the day then it was raining in the scene.” And was it freezing? “It was! It was definitely the toughest conditions I’ve ever worked in, but we had it good compared to the crew, who were working 12 hours a day on the locations. They were there in wet clothes and getting up every morning at 6am, so we couldn’t complain… It was a shock for me, as I’m from London, and so just being in a field was strange.” What about working with James Howson, who plays Heathcliff and had never acted previously? “He hadn’t acted before, but I felt like I was in the same boat. It was the same with Skins: none of us were trained, none of us went to drama school… That made it special... It was nice with James, as every day he’d come onto the set and just fall in love with acting and the whole filmmaking process a little bit more.” And, of course, there’s the whole thing with Howson playing the first black Heathcliff, and how that alters the story. “It never felt like a big deal to me,” Scodelario suggests, “possibly as I’d never seen another version or read the book, and it wasn’t until it was released, and people started seeing it and writing about it, that it really occurred to me. And anyway, Heathcliff was a Gypsy boy in the original story and therefore would have been darker-skinned, so I think that it works perfectly.” Scodelario confirms that at least one new episode of Skins is on the cards? “Yes, at the moment we’re looking at doing a new, final episode of Skins, a sort of ‘Where Are They Now?’ thing, which is really going to be great.” WHAT: Wuthering Heights WHERE: Palace Nova Eastend WHEN: Now showing
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Wuthering Heights is not just a famous book and whole shebang of movies, TV epics and so forth, but it’s also a notoriously creepy and screechy hit song from 1978 by the eccentric Kate Bush. Did actress Kaya Scodelario listen to it to help get into character? “Not really, but I did hear it a lot on the set as there was someone always singing it - always! At the wrap party Andrea got a lookalike to come to the set in full Kate Bush costume too, and she did the song and it was really fun. And I never want to hear it again!”
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Interviews// Into The Distance
We’re going the distance! We’re going for speed! Yep, start your engines: US alternative stalwarts Cake are returning to Australia as part of the Harvest Festival. It’s not all good news though, with frontman John McCrea telling Rip It Up the band are contemplating calling it quits.
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Australia, particularly Adelaide? “Yeah, I think it was like 1998. It’s mostly about air travel as to why we haven’t come back sooner - my handlers have urged us to visit more but I hate that flight. It isn’t all my fault, because maybe it didn’t make sense to visit Australia because no one offered us any shows for a few years. I am a huge fan of Australia and once I get over my jet-lag I’m always glad to be there. I distinctly remember Adelaide and our show there and there was a big mirrored ball there, yeah? Heaven? Holy cow!” What is the latest for Cake and is there a new album in the works? “We’ve been touring Showroom Of Compassion all over the world, except Australia, since it came out in 2011. Basically this is it, I have a couple of weeks off right now and seeing whether I feel like writing more songs for another album.” Are you talking ‘this is it’ in terms of the band winding up? “It’s possible. As the value of recorded music descends into the garbage I’m faced
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Cake frontman John McCrea suggests Cake could split after this tour. After 20 years as a musician, what’s the alternative for him? Being an accountant?
“I’m into farming, I have a lot of fruit trees and chickens. Maybe I could step that up a little bit and grow some sort of cash crop. I quite enjoy that and I’ll see how that goes. California is drying up and blowing away, so we’ll see how it goes with climate change.”
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with the fact that touring is endless and touring now is how musicians eat and I’m not optimistic about my ability to maintain that endless unhealthy lifestyle. Who knows? I don’t know, we’ll see what happens.” It’s a sad proposition that the guts has been ripped out of the industry, affecting the livelihoods of working musicians, isn’t it? “There are a lot of great things that have happened in the last decade in terms of bands having more autonomy and all the suffering of major labels has made me very happy, but truly there is no real sustainable business model that has emerged where bands can support themselves without endlessly circling the world in a petro-chemical haze. As the value of recorded music descends, bands are scrambling and scrambling and travel further and further in order to make ends meet. There are plenty of huge bands that are doing just fine, but I’m talking about the middle class of the music world where the people are really suffering. I have a lot of friends who I think are important musicians that have had to quit because no one can keep on touring like that. It’s not possible for a human being to do it - or anyone that’s not on heroin.” Is it that bad? “Here in the United States the Department Of Labor statistics shows that between 1999 and 2011 we’ve lost 41 percent of our working musicians. So this means 41 percent of working musicians are no longer able to eat food from their music.” Are there any easy answers, like hunting down the illegal downloaders? “I think most musicians would agree with me that it would be fine with music being free if no one was getting paid. Unfortunately, when Google guides you to a free album, there’s advertising there and they take advertising from Pirate Bay and actually increase the price of that advertising if that album is successful. They’re able to gauge how many people are downloading an album, film or book and able to charge more or less on the way to that free thing. I’m sure they’ve never thought of sharing that money with the independent filmmakers, musicians and whoever else that drives that traffic. Google are right across the bay from me and they asked us to play a show there and I’ve never felt so much I was in ancient Rome in the height of their power and prosperity, it was absolutely lavish. It’s the new type of exploitation, it’s not about the listeners but huge corporations exploiting artists.” WHO: Cake WHERE: HQ WHEN: Tue Nov 13
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Judgement Day Aussie comedian, author, actor, mother, television presenter and producer Julia Morris has had an amazing year by anyone’s standards. From taking on LA to being Australia’s first Celebrity Apprentice to landing a role opposite Gary Sweet on Channel Nine’s drama, House Husbands, it’s no wonder she’s smiling.
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orris acquired the title ‘Lady of the Manor Of Gosforth’ after her comedian husband Dan Thomas bought it for her online as a gift. Although it holds no legal standing, she has embraced her purchased status, exploiting it to no end in her new stand-up show Lady Julia Morris in No Judgement. “We live in big white Range Rover territory – where it’s almost illegal not to have one,” Morris says of her recent need to purchase a new car. “A friend suggested to Dan to buy the smallest car his ego would afford… he came home with a Nissan Micra! How the hell we get two baby seats and two adults into that thing is beyond me. It’s not ideal; my legs haven’t been up around my ears like that since the ‘70s, but that’s a whole other story! “Yet, I think having such a small car has made me a bit of a bully because I’m almost daring people to hit me. I hear myself mentally yelling at them ‘Come on, how much do you reckon it’ll cost me? The car was a dollar’,” she chuckles. “It’s a whole new brand of confidence for me.” Sounds like chihuahua confidence. “That’s so true!” Morris exclaims with a laugh. “But, who will be my Paris Hilton and carry me and my car around in their handbag? That’s what I want to know.”
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Do you enjoy speaking about the way people judge people? “It is a lot of fun and such a broad subject that I can cover everything from parenting, crazy cars, Twitter, internet trolls, gayness and even smoking. But I’ve also had to come to the realisation, now that I’m 44 and can think about these things, that not everyone has the same opinion as me. It’s taken a lot of growing up on my behalf to not only accept that but also to still like them if they don’t feel the same way I do. “I think it was through working with Pauline Hanson on The Apprentice that I’ve learned that you can really like someone who has incredibly different views to you,” she ponders. “No one is more shocked than me that she is an incredibly likable woman – just as long as we stay away from subjects such a politics, gay marriage and the immigration policy.” Morris loves her role playing Gemma in House Husbands: mother of Matilda, nurse at the local hospital and wife to successful builder turned stay-at-home dad, Lewis. “You have no idea how good it’s been,” she enthuses. “I had no idea what Gary [Sweet, onscreen hubby] was going to be like, if he was going to be a ladies’ man or whatever, but he’s been awesome. I’ve heard for years that there’s always a couple of tricky people on the drama sets because actors are mental – and because I love a sweeping statement – but we’ve had the time of our lives… but maybe that’s because the boys are all such jokers. I love them. We’re all definitely mental but in a really good way! “Each day I turn up and just be me, because that’s the best that I can do,” Morris then says. “The thing that I adore about Gary, besides being the most experienced actor of the entire cast, is that never for one single second has he made me feel like it was my first drama. He’s
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been so helpful and supportive.” But is Gary Sweet a good kisser? “Oh my God, he’s a great kisser,” she happily declares. “When I get home at night – ready and raring to go – Dan keeps reminding me to please thank Gary for sending me home in such a ‘happy’ state [big laughs]. Dan and I have come to the realisation that Gary Sweet is my marital fluffer and Dan couldn’t be happier!” WHAT: Lady Julia Morris in No Judgement WHERE: Her Majesty’s Theatre WHEN: Sat Oct 27 from 8pm
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Julia Morris talks about the online troll phenomenon. “When I began putting the wheels on this show about 12 months ago I never considered that people would now be faceto-face with this enormous hate problem from online trolls. Personally I’d rather keep my judgements to myself for my own amusement; it’s much easier for me to be awesome when I can sit and think about an email or Tweet with words that make me sound clever and well-rounded, but face-toface I’m all blurts and blurbs.”
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He’s Making A List… Logie and ARIA award-nominated Heath Franklin is a comedian of many guises. Franklin first made a name for himself in 2005 on Network Ten’s The Ronnie Johns Half Hour and earlier this year he introduced his two latest character parodies, food critic Matt Preston and British adventurer Bear Grylls. Still, it’s his foul-mouthed impersonation of Chopper Read for which Franklin is best known.
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lthough Chopper is an internet sensation with millions of YouTube hits, right now he’s more concerned about creating Chopper’s (S)hitlist and avenging every annoying person who caused him to add something more to it. Rip It Up speaks with Franklin and asks how he forged the idea of Chopper creating such a list. “Basically there’s a whole pile of stupid lists out there – bucket lists, to-do lists, wish lists – and it kind of got me thinking about exactly what a ‘useful’ list should be; beyond the shopping lists and other stupid things like that. “Just think of all the times that you’ve suffered some horrible outrage that left you seething and planning revenge inside your head, which is usually accompanied by a mental picture of the place or person being fire-bombed in an ‘accidental’ explosion or something like that. After the seething passes and you forget all about it, you tend to find yourself back in the same situation two weeks later; like returning to a restaurant even though the last time you ate there the food was absolute garbage! “So, the show is about Chopper getting organised and making sure that no revenge goes un-revenged!” Social media, like Facebook, is classic for firing people up with comments made by trolls that deliberately aim to offend. “Yeah,” Franklin agrees. “The internet was supposed to give the world some amazing things but all it really seems to do is just open you up to more idiots. Now you no longer have to leave home to experience the inconvenience of dealing with weirdos like the ones you see on public transport and in supermarkets [laughs]. “I’ve known for a long time that it’s the idiots that always win arguments because they have no real investment in them; the winner of an argument is always the guy laughing when the other guy has blood vessels popping
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A few years back Heath Franklin’s Chopper met the real underground criminal-turned-author Mark Brandon ‘Chopper’ Read, which would be enough to make anyone a little nervous. “That was about five or six year ago for a magazine promo shoot,” Franklin recalls. “It wasn’t scary but it was really, really awkward. I never thought the guy was going to kill me or anything, but there were a few moments that I felt were just a little too uncomfortable for my liking; a bit like doing an impersonation of the headmaster in school, only to turn around and find him standing there right behind you!”
out of his head with rage. People shouldn’t let ‘trolling’ stress them out; it’s a lot easier to ignore than they think.” Will Chopper create a different (s)hitlist based on the reactions and comments of different audiences? “Chopper will have his own extensive (s)hitlist at the ready, but he’s definitely happy to take contributions from people. Everyone has their own pet hate. It’s funny: one person may say they get really pissed off at the smug way someone cuts you off in traffic and the next person may tell you they’re really offended by Third World poverty; that one’s always good for a bit of context and a reality check!” What are your personal pet hates? “The list is almost endless. I’ve been accused of being an incredibly negative person recently so pick a topic!” he chortles. “The whole palaver in the news at the moment about Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard both trying to be ‘holier than thou’ on the sexist debate is pretty boring. While you guys are arguing about issues that are decades old, the rest of us are waiting for someone to lead the country, so whenever you both feel like doing any of that… don’t stress out or anything… but whenever you’re ready…” Do you ever get people in the street asking you to impersonate one of your many characters? “Thankfully not too much, but when I’m not living in hotel rooms I tend to keep to myself when I’m at home. I think for the most part people don’t recognise me when I’m not all Choppered up.” Anything else to add? “I guess…” Franklin pauses, “that if people are under the impression that it’s going to be a mind-blowing night of finely-crafted theatre then they could be sorely mistaken [chuckles]. Just come along and have fun!” WHO: Heath Franklin as Chopper WHAT: Chopper’s (S)hitlist WHERE: Royalty Theatre WHEN: Thu Oct 25 from 7.30pm
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InCOMING WHO: SNAP! WHAT: GREATEST HITS TOUR WHERE: HQ WHEN: FRI OCT 26
TALIB KWELI ACCUSES PETER ANDRE OF STEALING Chances are you were as surprised as we were last week at the news that Talib Kweli collaborated with Peter Andre on an upcoming album – and it turns out Kweli himself was just as surprised as the rest of us. According to the rapper’s Twitter posts, Andre’s ninth album Angels And Demons does not feature a collaboration with Kweli on a track called Fly Away as previously claimed – instead, the rapper has accused the producer of the track of taking “my verse from another song w/out permission... How somebody tell you you on an album you never recorded on? Then when you hit they mgr he like ‘what, we gave u publishing!’” In his posts, Kweli also warns, “It’s abt to be a fun week”. According to the rapper, he had tried to contact Andre’s people via email first and that Twitter was his last resort.
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WHO: BROTHER ALI, SEAN PRICE WHERE: HQ WHEN: FRI NOV 23 Having released his fourth studio album, Mourning In America And Dreaming In Color, Brother Ali is returning to Australia for the first time since his 2008 Falls Festival appearance with Atmosphere. The new album – inspired by his eye-opening trip to Mecca, the 2011 uprisings in the Middle East and the worldwide Occupy Movements – features appearances from esteemed author and professor Dr Cornel West, hip hop icon Bun B and Def Poetry Jam poet Amir Sulaiman (as well as platinum-selling producer, Jake One). Joining him on the Australian tour is Brooklyn native Sean Price who will make his first ever trip to our shores (making him the first for any Duck Down label artist), and who will also showcase tracks from his forthcoming album Mic Tyson, set for release on Tue Oct 30, just in time for the Aussie tour dates.
Defected will release a two-disc compilation of previously unreleased cuts and edits from Chicago house legend Derrick Carter. Due out on Mon Nov 12, the next edition of House Masters includes material that is less focused on old classics and more on tracks that Carter feels best embody his trademark style. The first disc features 10 of Carter’s original productions, while the second disc contains Carter’s remixes of artists like Freaks, SoCalled and Truman industries. According to a press release, Carter says, “Choosing the material for this compilation was an experience for sure, sometimes taxing and frustrating but also fun and exciting.” Head to onion. com.au for a full tracklisting.
26/10: Snap! (HQ) 26/10: Spit Syndicate (Rhino Room) 2/11: Nick Curly (Mr Kim’s) 12/11: Santigold, Crazy P (HQ) 16/11: Boyz II Men (Thebarton Theatre) 17/11: Hiatus Kaiyote (Rocket Bar) 17/11: Chance Waters (Ed Castle) 23/11: Brother Ali, Sean Price (HQ) 27/11: Nicki Minaj (Entertainment Centre)
WHO: EVIL EDDIE WHERE: ED CASTLE WHEN: FRI DEC 7
WHO: TODD TERJE WHERE: SUGAR WHEN: THU NOV 29
CALENDAR 30/11: Todd Terje (Sugar) 1/12: Stereosonic (Bonython Pk) 7/12: Evil Eddie (Ed Castle) 9/12: JLO (Entertainment Centre) 31/12: Mathew Jonson (Cuckoo Bar) 31/12: Theo Parrish (Rocket Rooftop) 26/1/2013: Above & Beyond (Entertainment Centre) 11/3: Future Music Festival (Ellis Pk)
It’s time to wind back the clocks to the ‘90s when Snap! were the most iconic Eurodance acts thanks to the tremendous success of songs like The Power and Rhythm In A Dancer. The German group released their first album World Power which also featured more than one smash hit at the time including Ooops Up, Cult Of Snap and Mary Had A Little Boy (the latter becoming a huge club anthem, leading Snap! to continue in that direction). The biggest hit, however, came in the form of Rhythm Is A Dancer, the track going on to become one of the greatest dance hits of the 1990s, the group borrowing the melody of Auto Man by Newcleus (1984). In 1994 Snap! gave trance a go on Welcome To Tomorrow, featuring artists like Summer (Paula Brown) and Rukmani, which was also a successful release, despite the fact by 1996 the Eurodance genre began to collapse. Snap! will bring their Greatest Hits show to HQ.
Wanna know what you’re in for when Todd Terje plays at Sugar next month? Well, let Todd Terje tell you himself, “I both like playing big room/macho style but at the same time it’s the girls I play for really. So I guess it’s a mixture of high octane, leather homodisco done up with mambo, coconuts and lipstick.” Musically, Terje’s sets are a blend of house, funk, techno and disco with plenty of catchy rhythms, dubby sounds, dreamy synth layers and cinematic moods. Although still relatively new to the scene, Terje has already made his mark within dance music circuits thanks to tracks like Eurodans and the Latin disco-fuelled edit of Jacko’s Can’t Help It under his Tangoterje edit-moniker, not to mention playing on some of Prins Thomas’ tracks as well.
Best known as the former frontman for Butterfingers, rapper Evil Eddie is getting ready to drop his debut album and will be hitting the road for a monster 20-date national tour. Titled Welcome To Flavour Country, the album is trademark Evil Eddie, full of genre-mashing beats and party vibes. The live show is expected to be just as impressive, with the rapper bringing out a full live band on tour while planning to showcase his own homemade visual backdrops. The visuals will be synced to the songs as he plays them live, but as a treat for show-goers, Eddie will also be making videos for all non-single songs especially for these shows (all directed by him, too). Welcome To Flavour Country will be available for download on iTunes and on Evil Eddie’s website from Fri Oct 26, and will be available in stores on Fri Nov 2. Tickets for the tour will go on sale from Fri Oct 19 through Moshtix.
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Steven Ellison is bit of a compelling figure in the world of abstract beats. The essence of his work retains a broken beat soul, but is ostensibly impossible to pigeonhole. In the same way Miles Davis was a jazz musician to begin with, then morphed the sound into something of his own, Flylo has gotten progressively creative and left-ofcentre over the course of his career in production, taking it to a place far removed from the realm of the mainstream. It is surely this esoteric quality to his sound that makes it a compelling and confounding product to interact with and Until The Quiet Comes continues this tradition with a spectral flair and expected quirkiness, though it feels more like something for the fans than anything truly accessible to the non-fervent devotee. If I’m honest, I wanted to like this album much more than I actually do because I respect an artist who’ll go beyond the boundaries to realise their vision, but at the end of this record I just felt as though I’d been flailed with instrument wielding alien tentacles – in a non-sexual, less than satisfying way.
One thing’s for sure – by the time you get through this album you’re gonna need a nap or at least a good five-minute lay-down from the sheer swagger overload courtesy Kanye West and his peeps. Featuring the likes of Jay-Z, Raekwon, John Legend, Kid Cudi, Pusha T and R Kelly as just some of the names that make a contribution to Cruel Summer, it’s not surprising why the hip hop community worldwide has been anticipating this one for quite some time. On the up side, it definitely delivers (Clique, with Jay-Z and Big Sean, was a good choice in lead single, and Sin City is up there with some of the album’s highlights) but, lyrically, the self-indulgence and over-the-top boasting does get a little tiring towards the end of the whole ordeal... Interesting fact: Sin City seems to use the same yelling sample as Lana Del Rey’s Blue Jeans. Just an observation.
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Will this be the album that resurrects Xzibit’s career after the cringe-worthiness that was Pimp My Ride (not to mention other legal problems including tax evasion)? Only time will tell... But one thing is for certain: Napalm at least sounds pretty vintage ‘X’ in terms of its in-your-face aggressiveness and introspective style. But as rugged and tough as the album gets, it’s also just as powerful during its mellower moments, most notably with the hair-raising 1983 (a track that features the monologue of his mum while Xzibit unravels his true feelings on topics like Pimp My Ride and his family issues). And whaddya know, there’s even a ‘feel-good’ track on the album in the form of Enjoy The Night which features cameos from Wiz Khalifa, David Banner and Brevi – but mostly Napalm is pissed off and intimidating as fuck.
Words like ‘playful’, ‘fresh’ and ‘flirty’ come to mind when trying to describe the vibe Breakbot’s optimistic little ditty By Your Side exudes. Most are already no doubt familiar with Baby I’m Yours but unfortunately, after a while, you start to feel like the rest of the album is just versions of the lead single. And while on the down side, Breakbot’s debut sounds a bit repetitive and unadventurous (it’s tempting to say some of the tracks just end up sounding like Michael Jackson B-sides), fans of funk, disco and soul circa 1970-1980 are most likely not going to be fussed and will love this either way. Best known for remixing the likes of Justice and Royksopp, noticing the formulaic nature of By Your Side does make you wonder whether a Breakbot artist album of original tracks came a little too soon after all.
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Interviews DIAFRIX Melbourne’s Diafrix have quietly changed Australian urban music, universalising the old skip hop. Along the way, they’ve had a crossover hit in Simple Man with Daniel Merriweather, then the Aussie festival regulars performed at 2011’s Glastonbury. Now the duo are back with an aptly titled second album, Pocket Full Of Dreams and they can only get bigger. It’s been three years since Diafrix debuted with the intriguingly eclectic Concrete Jungle. Momo (AKA Mohamed Komba) and Azmarino (Khalid Abdulwahab) have matured – and progressed. “I think you can hear that in the new record itself,” the communal Komba reflects, hanging out in bayside St Kilda. “It’s just taken another step from Concrete Jungle sonically and even lyrically. It was good to write a new chapter.” Concrete Jungle saw Diafrix work closely with Blue Mountains beatmaker Ptero Stylus, a member of their band. This time their chief collaborator is Styalz Fuego, who masterminded much of 360’s Falling And Flying. Pocket... hatched its first hit last year in the engaging Simple Man, playlisted on commercial radio. “I definitely was surprised,” Komba says of the response. “I wasn’t expecting it to do as well as it did.” There are more surprise guests on Pocket... – 360, N’fa and Stan Walker. Detroit neo-soulster Dwele elevates the poignant Better With You. “We just linked up through the ‘www dot’,” Komba says. As it happens, Better..., and not any of the singles – Simple Man, Running It, Helicopter or the current, Easy Come, Easy Go – is his favourite song on Pocket... “It’s about me losing my cousin and just how tight we were – we were like brothers.” Both of the Diafrix MCs are refugees. Komba, from the Comoros Islands (formerly part of the French colony off the African coast), settled in Australia at three. Abdulwahab, fleeing war-torn Eritrea, lived in Jordan and continental Europe before arriving
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here. The two connected in the early 2000s at the Footscray Arts Centre during a hip hop workshop conducted by TZU’s Joelistics – their mentor. “He’s like a bigger brother to us,” Komba says warmly. From early on, Diafrix preferred live instrumentation in their hip hop. In 2006 Diafrix, having bulked up to a five-piece, released an EP, In Tha Place – a mix of hip hop, funk, soul, reggae and worldbeat compared to the Fugees. They were championed by Triple J. They later presented Concrete Jungle, with a sprinkling of electro. Initially, the Illusive signings were outsiders in the Australian hip hop landscape, their music about struggle – and diaspora. “In the beginning it was difficult feeling like the only ones of our kind trying to fit into this already established hip hop scene,” Komba explains. “People weren’t sure how to perceive it.” Yet Diafrix have had a huge impact, challenging the hegemony of what Komba once called “barbecue hip hop” – Anglo-Celtic suburban rap – with their conscious lyrics, expansive musicality and feel-good (humanistic) vibes. “It’s broadened a lot more now. We’ve got so many different artists, and diverse artists, who are breaking through culturally and sonically. They’re pushing the boundaries of hip hop, fusing different music into hip hop – which is a great thing, because it means that hip hop in Australia is just gonna travel further out there in the world. We’ll start to get more and more listeners as a whole.” Diafrix are recognised as role models to young Africans negotiating an Australian cultural identity – and other marginalised groups, such as indigenous Australians, have embraced them. Diafrix have themselves run workshops. In December they’ll symbolically play their inaugural Homebake. In the meantime, Diafrix have become the hot support for an array of international urban acts. Komba especially enjoyed opening for Lupe Fiasco, who watched their set together with his band. Diafrix were welcomed, too, by Bruno Mars. “Bruno Mars is actually a really, really down-toearth, cool dude. I didn’t expect it.” Diafrix hung out with the Just The Way You Are singer between gigs. They went clubbing. Mars, then, was no pop star? “No, he’s pretty... ghetto!” Komba laughs. “He’s cool – he’s just like another one of the boys kinda thing.”
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WHO: MARKUS SCHULZ WHAT: STEREOSONIC WHERE: BONYTHON PARK WHEN: SAT DEC 1
MARKUS SCHULZ The progressive trance Markus Schulz may have been named America’s Best DJ 2012 by DJ Times, but he was born in distant Eschwege, Germany. Chance brought Schulz, then 13, to Florida when his mother remarried. These days the DJ/producer/phenom divides his time between Miami and Berlin. “I’m very smart,” the affable Schulz chuckles from the US. “I stay in Miami during the winter and in Berlin in the summer, so I don’t have to deal with the harsh Berlin winters.” Aside from family, he misses German food, which doesn’t exactly have a fine gastronomic reputation. “It reminds me of growing up,” Schulz explains. “[But] it’s kind of difficult to find authentic German food in Berlin. It’s not impossible, but it’s not as prevalent as you think, just because I guess most people who grow up in Germany, when they get old enough and they’re out on their own, the last thing that they want is to eat the same food that they’ve been eating since they were kids. They’re looking for more exotic stuff. But I’m the opposite. I was plucked away from Germany at age 13, so I’m looking for some of the food that I used to eat when I was young. I love German food!” Schulz was active in dance music in the ‘90s. He first remixed Sagat’s Why Is It? (Fuk Dat) for FFRR. The DJ’s breakthrough original was 1998’s You Won’t See Me Cry on his now defunct Plastik Records. Schulz yielded his debut artist album, Without You Near, in 2005 – the same year he launched his present label, Coldharbour Recordings, with the backing of Armin van Buuren’s Armada Music. He’d also develop a deeper side-project, Dakota. Schulz had early dalliances with the “mainstream”. He remixed Backstreet Boys, Madonna and Jewel. “Those days when I was remixing the pop artists, that was when I was working in a studio and I was
JFK MSTRKRFT In 2011 Canada’s Jesse F Keeler, AKA JFK, hit Parklife with both MSTRKRFT and the re-formed rock outfit Death From Above 1979 (DFA1979). Now he is back to DJ solo at Stereosonic 2012 – and bringing fresh dance tunes. Intrigued?
VITAL STATISTICS. WHO: JFK MSTRKRFT WHAT: STEREOSONIC WHERE: BONYTHON PARK WHEN: SAT DEC 1
As it happens, the dance punk has been working on his own project for the past three years. The news will surprise those who anticipated a third MSTRKRFT album, Keeler and cohort Al-P (Alex Puodziukas) freely offering the singles Beards Again and Back In The USSA last year. “Well, I guess in about the end of 2009, early 2010, I had a whole mess of ideas of things that I wanted to try to do that didn’t really fit with MSTRKRFT and I needed to see them through,” Keeler explains. Indeed, he’d dabbled in his home studio. The sometime stockbroker first met with international kudos as the bassist in Toronto’s thrash disco combo DFA1979 alongside vocalist/drummer Sebastien Grainger. In 2004 they dropped a cult
debut, You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine, only to announce their apparently sudden split after a remix set. In the interim, Keeler, a Chicago house head, conceived MSTRKRFT with Puodziukas, DFA1979’s producer. Their 2006 album, The Looks, taking in Easy Love, was widely compared to Daft Punk. More ambitious was MSTRKRFT’s follow-up, Fist Of God, with big-name urban guests like Kanye West’s soul protégé John Legend on the popular Heartbreaker. Keeler did briefly pursue pop production. (MSTRKRFT remixed Katy Perry’s California Gurls.) “In 2010, for almost a year, I’d moved to Los Angeles and I was doing that. I worked with a lotta different people on a lotta different records. It was a real challenge for me ‘cause I’d never really done that before. In the end, after a long time of doing it, I kinda felt like it wasn’t for me. I really like remixing because it’s still for me. I can be sort of selfish for the benefit of everyone musically. But, in terms of just being a producer in the back, that’s still an elusive thing for me – ‘cause I’d like to do it, but I don’t know if I can detach myself enough to really do it. That said, I have a tonne of unreleased stuff... Actually, it was really funny – there’s one track that I produced for that rapper Eve [that] got leaked on YouTube and
in the major label loop, but, at the same time, I got burnt out,” the DJ says candidly. “I was literally ready to quit the music industry. So I moved to London and kinda explored who I was as an artist – and that’s when my whole career really took off and everything changed for the better. I think that’s what you have to do – explore who you are as an artist and then follow that path.” Mind, a Madonna mention looks good in his bio. “Oh, for sure,” Schulz responds readily. “My PR agency are like, ‘Oh, we have to put this stuff in!’ I’m like, ‘Do we really have to?’.” Schulz has experienced another exceptional year. It began with the mix-comp Los Angeles ‘12. He’s just released his fourth album, Scream, a cross-section of “mainstream”, “arena-themed” and “darker” tracks, with the current single Love Rain Down, featuring New York singer Seri. (There’s even a Ferry Corsten collab, Loops And Tings.) Schulz continues to host a weekly radio show, Global DJ Broadcast, and, by his own estimation, plays 160 gigs a year. The veteran ranked number nine in 2011’s international DJ Mag poll and, given that America’s Best DJ victory, he should do well in 2012’s edition – announced this week. Next, Schulz will return to Australia, joining Stereosonic 2012 together with Tiësto, the King Of Trouse and Dash Berlin. While the US is enamoured of EDM in all forms, Germany, long dominated by purist techno, has rediscovered trance. And, discerns Schulz, German techno types like Paul Kalkbrenner are picking up on trancey melodies. “When I played at Nature One in Germany this year, the trance DJs who came in had the biggest draws – they had the biggest crowds and the biggest reactions. Maybe what’s happening is people might be rebelling a little bit against the techno and starting to get into the trance stuff because – and I notice this in a lot of different countries – you’re starting to see a youth movement in the EDM scene. A lot of new kids are coming up and they’re kinda bringing their own sound – what it is that they’re gonna be known for.”
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it was labelled ‘produced by David Guetta’. That was like, ‘Ah, fuck!’ I was so frustrated.” Keeler isn’t abandoning MSTRKRFT – or, for that matter, DFA1979. There could yet be another album for the indie legends, despite their historic creative conflicts. Laughs Keeler, “I don’t wanna start talking about it, but I was at band practice today – I’ll let you know that. So that’s as ‘on the record’ as I can get about that.” Keeler’s ventures opened the way for a new wave of buzzworthy Canadian acts, from Crystal Castles (who’ve sampled DFA1979) to the illwave Drake and The Weeknd to Montreal’s Grimes. Yet the DJ/ producer doesn’t identify himself as belonging to any ‘scene’. “I am completely the wrong person to ask about it because at home I’ve always been on the outside. I live in the city of Toronto, but I live in, like, the Queens of Toronto, the East Side of Toronto, in a really old neighbourhood that’s never been gentrified. I just keep to myself. I have a family and I just like to make music and I stay in my neighbourhood... I never feel like I’m a part of anything here. I’ve spent time in all types of different places. I would prefer to just be like, I don’t wanna say ‘lone wolf’ ‘cause it’s so horrible (laughs), but I just try to exist on my own... If my girlfriend and kids would be okay with me living in the woods, I totally would.”
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Tour Guide // 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) and more @ Queen’s Theatre and various other venues
SUN OCT 28
LISA MITCHELL (Syd), ALPINE (Syd) & DANCO @ Governor Hindmarsh LIONHEIR (NSW) @ Glenelg Surf Club JAMES HENRY (Syd) & THE YEARLINGS @ Wheatsheaf KEITH HALL & PAT DOW (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh
MON OCT 29
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
FRI NOV 9
JEN CLOHER (Vic) @ Wheatsheaf
SAT NOV 10
HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY (Bris) @ Jive
SUN NOV 11
THE LIVING END (Vic), AREA 7 (Vic) & THE BEARDS DJS @ Governor Hindmarsh CHELSEA WOLFE (US) & HEIRS (Vic) @ Fowler’s Live CLAUDE HAY (NSW) @ Glenelg Surf Club
MON NOV 12
THE LIVING END (Vic), AREA 7 (Vic) & THE BEARDS DJS @ Governor Hindmarsh BEIRUT (US) @ Her Majesty’s Theatre SANTIGOLD (US) & CRAZY P (UK) @ HQ
TUE NOV 13
THE LIVING END (Vic), AREA 7 (Vic) & THE BEARDS DJS @ Governor Hindmarsh CAKE (US) @ HQ
FRI OCT 19
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 KARISE EDEN (Syd) @ Flinders St Baptist Church MUTINY (Vic) @ Crown & Anchor
SAT OCT 20
BASTARDFEST 2012: FUCK…I’M DEAD (Vic), AVERSIONS CROWN (Qld), DISENTOMB (Qld) & A MURDER OF CROWS @ Fowler’s Live VELOCIRAPTOR (Bris) @ Ed Castle CARMEN SMITH & DIANA ROUVAS @ Goolwa Aquatic Club MUTINY (Vic) @ Forresters & Squatters Arms ADAM PAGE (NZ/Aus) @ Steam Exchange (Goolwa) DRAWN FROM BEES (Bris) @ Exeter Hotel
SUN OCT 21
TEXAS TEA (Bris) & CARLA LIPPIS @ Grace Emily NICK & LIESL (Swe/Aus) & COURTNEY ROBB @ Wheatsheaf
THU NOV 1
MARK SEYMOUR (Vic) @ Norwood Live GYPSY & THE CAT (Vic) & NEW GODS @ HQ)
FRI NOV 2
ROOTS NIGHT FIVE: LACHEY DOLEY (Syd), ZKYE & THE BAKERS DIGEST @ Governor Hindmarsh JACKSON FIREBIRD (Vic) @ Jive
SAT NOV 3
THE TREWS (Can) @ Jive
SUN NOV 4
CHERRY POPPIN’ DADDIES (US), LUCKY SEVEN & THE SATELLITES @ Governor Hindmarsh
TUE NOV 6
CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE (US) @ Governor Hindmarsh
THU OCT 25
MAMA KIN (Vic) @ VORN DOOLETTE @ Jive
SOMETHING FOR KATE (Vic) & BEN SALTER (Qld) @ Governor Hindmarsh
SAT OCT 27
LAST DINOSAURS (Bris) @ Governor Hindmarsh SHELLAC (US) & PIKELET @ Fowler’s Live LIONHEIR (NSW) @ Wheatsheaf
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EMMYLOU HARRIS & HER RED DIRT BOYS (US) @ Thebarton Theatre MATCHBOX TWENTY (US) & INXS (Syd) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
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
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
TUE DEC 4
BLONDIE (US), THE STRANGLERS (UK) & THE SAINTS (Bris) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre
FRI DEC 7
LAGWAGON (US) & THE SMITH STREET BAND (Vic) @ Fowler’s Live HAWTHORNE HEIGHT (US) @ Black Market
THU NOV 15
SAT DEC 8
GOTYE (Vic) & BERTIE BLACKMAN (Vic) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
SIGUR RÓS (Ice) @ Thebarton Theatre THE LIVING END (Vic), CITY RIOTS & DANGEROUS! DJS @ Governor Hindmarsh SILVERSUN PICKUPS (US) & THE DANDY WARHOLS (US) @ HQ GAY PARIS (Vic), SILENT DUCK & KEMPSEY @ Jive
FRI NOV 16
TINPAN ORANGE (Vic) @ Jive THE LIVING END (Vic), CITY RIOTS & DANGEROUS! DJS @ 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 BLEEDING KNEES CLUB (UK) & STEP-PANTHER @ Fowler’s Live
SAT NOV 17
THE LIVING END (Vic), CITY RIOTS & DANGEROUS! DJS @ Governor Hindmarsh REFUSED (US) @ Thebarton Theatre SIREN TOWER @ Enigma
THU NOV 22
FRI OCT 26
SAT NOV 24
THE LIVING END (Vic), CITY RIOTS & DANGEROUS! DJS @ Governor Hindmarsh
NICKELBACK (Can) & JACKSON FIREBIRD (Vic) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre BALL PARK MUSIC (Bris) @ Governor Hindmarsh
FLEURIEU FOLK FESTIVAL: THE GO SET (Vic), SENOR CABRALES (Syd), THE STETSON FAMILY (Vic) and many more @ Willunga
JEFF MARTIN (Can/WA) @ Jive THE SIDETRACKED FIASCO (Syd) @ Worldsend OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ (US) @ Fowler’s Live
WED NOV 14
TUE NOV 20
FRI OCT 26 – SUN OCT 28
FRI NOV 23
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
SUN DEC 9
PRIMAL SCREAM (UK) @ HQ
SAT DEC 15 WED NOV 28
HARD-ONS (Vic) @ Enigma
ANGUS STONE (Syd) @ Governor Hindmarsh KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON (NSW) & HARRY HOOKEY @ Her Majesty’s Theatre
SUN DEC 16
THU NOV 29
MON DEC 17
THE SELECTOR (UK) @ Governor Hindmarsh
FRI NOV 30
POUR HABIT (US), HIGHTIME & UNICORN @ Adelaide Uni Bar THE AUDREYS @ Elder Hall
SAT DEC 1
REGINA SPEKTOR (US) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre
HUMAN NATURE (Syd) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
THU DEC 20
PARKWAY DRIVE (Byron), I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN, NORTHLANE & SURVIVAL @ Thebarton Theatre LOST ANGELS (US) @ Governor Hindmarsh
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE (US), IN HEARTS WAKE & STORM THE SKY @ Fowler’s Live BENJALU (NSW) @ Grace Emily A DAY ON THE GREEN: HOODOO GURUS (Syd), BABY ANIMALS (Syd), THE ANGELS, JAMES REYNE (Vic) & BOOM CRASH OPERA (Vic) @ Peter Lehmann Wines DEEP SOUTH: FIONA BOYES (Syd), THE YEARLINGS, HUCKLEBERRY SWEDES, THE TIMBERS, LAURA HILL & THE TUESDAY BANDITS and so many more @ Governor Hindmarsh THE TIGER & ME (Vic) @ Jive
FRI JAN 4
SUN DEC 2
ALESTORM (US) @ Fowler’s Live
BENJALU (NSW) @ Glenelg Surf Lifesaving Club DEVO (US), SIMPLE MINDS (Scot) & THE CHURCH (Syd) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
COSMO JARVIS (UK) @ Crown & Anchor
THU JAN 10
PETER MURPHY (UK) @ Governor Hindmarsh
FRI JAN 18
NIGHTWISH (Finland), EYEFEAR & BLACK MAJESTY @ HQ
WED JAN 23 THU JAN 24
WOODS (US) @ Format BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB (UK) @ Thebarton Theatre
The Guide // Thursday 18th ADELAIDE CASINO – Balcony Bar: Lucky Seven (8pm)
ADELAIDE UNI BAR – The Babes with Devils Crossroad and The Clause (6pm) ALMA TAVERN – Grind ARKABA HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Becky Blake (6pm) AUSTRAL – Bunka: DJs BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) BOTANIC BAR – Big Bubba & Betty CAVERN CLUB – band night CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Complete Trivia CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: The Greedy Frogs, XY Clinic Boy/Toy and Emu. Front Bar: DJ Paul Gurry DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Trivia Night (7.30pm) DUBLIN HOTEL – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) DUKE OF YORK – Beer Garden: DJ Mitchy Burnz. Front Room: Speakerboxx and DJ Skinny B ED CASTLE – Band Room: live bands (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – The Proj3cts (9pm) EMU HOTEL – Karaoke Party (9pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – The Aves
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS
HOTEL – Express Thyself Acoustic Chill: Craig Atkins, Pepper, Piers Diprose, Pete De Stud, Ben David, Johnny Adams and Zanna FOWLER’S LIVE – The Paper Kites GASLIGHT TAVERN – Groove Thursdays with Rob Ernsts All-Star Band GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: A Tribute To Cream GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Ghyti with Luke Eygenraam HIGHWAY – Escapades 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) NORWOOD HOTEL – Open Mic Night OFFICE ON PIRIE – Lily & The Drum (5.30pm) PARADISE HOTEL – Complete Trivia PJ O’BRIENS – DJ Jak Morris PORTLAND HOTEL – DJs Cold One and Rabbit (9.30pm) PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Thirsty Thursday with DJ Tango ROCKET BAR – 8 Bit Kidz featuring resident DJs Stubanger, Hank & Osk and the Powderoom Posse SUGAR – ITDE Deejays and interstate/international guests THE ELEPHANT – Complete Trivia THE LION HOTEL – Clearway (9pm)
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TONSLEY HOTEL – Double Jeopardy (8.30pm) WEST ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB – KG’s Complete Trivia WHITMORE HOTEL – Rainbow Jam Sessions (7.30pm) WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music
Friday 19th 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 – Tavern Bar: Franky F (6pm) Johnny G (8pm) Sportys Bar + Arena: Sonic Tide (6pm) Acoustic Reign (10pm) AUSSIE INN HOTEL – Nick Longford AUSTRAL – The Austral House Band (7pm) BANROCK STATION – Lily & The Drum (6.30pm) BELAIR HOTEL – Three Star General 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 – UK Blitz BRIDGEPORT HOTEL – Dance Club with DJ BROADWAY HOTEL – DJ Sneaky Beats BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Slyde CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: Carla Lippis (5pm) DJ Adam (1am) Upstairs: Juicy. Band Room: Mutiny, Anthony D’Antonio and The Labrats DOCKSIDE TAVERN – Colin Heinjus 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) ED CASTLE – Full Tilt live bands and party DJs ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Trashbags with resident DJs Capt N Cook, Mangie and Terror Terror plus guests ELYSIUM LOUNGE – DJs EMPIRE POOL LOUNGE – DJ (8pm) EMU HOTEL – Bon ‘n’ All (8pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – Acoustik EXETER HOTEL – The Hitmen EXETER ON RUNDLE – Zoe Behan & Band FINDON HOTEL – karaoke FLINDERS STREET BAPTIST CHURCH – Heavenly Sounds 2012 featuring Karise Eden
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – Agonhymn, Spacebong, Hydromedusa, Poisonous Viper Gang and Funeral Moon FOWLER’S LIVE – In Hearts Wake with Sienna Skies, Shinto Katana and Hallower GARAGE BAR – Knock Offs (4pm) GASLIGHT TAVERN – Laura & Ross, Hardcopy and open mic GLYNDE HOTEL – karaoke (9pm)
GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: The Zep Boys. Front Bar: Avenue GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Ride Into The Sun GRAND BAR – Flashback Fridays GRAND JUNCTION TAVERN – Acoustic Blonde HAMPSTEAD HOTEL – Rockin’ Karaoke with Acca Dacca Mick (8pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Hijinx with DJs K & Krispy HIGHWAY – Friday arvo knock-offs HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Chaps and DJ Lumeire HOPE INN – Peter Jenkins Duo HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Dimitra (7.30pm) HOTEL TIVOLI – Honey with DJs HQ – Newmarket: Es.Co (every second Friday) 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 MARINA SUNSET BAR – live acoustic music MARION HOTEL – Kelly Breuer (6.30pm) MARS BAR – DJ VJBeeJay and guests (9pm) drag show (2am) MICK O’SHEA’S – Acoustically Raw NEXUS CABARET – Le Vent Du Nord OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Light It Up ORIENTAL – Shane Wolf and Tom Williams PJ O’BRIENS – Triplescore PORT DOCK BREWERY – karaoke (7pm)
RAMSGATE HOTEL – DJ Snake & DJ Rupheo (9pm) RED SQUARE – DJs Brendon, Gypkidd, Rubberteeth, Decker and Bollocks plus MC Dylan REX HOTEL – Craig James and karaoke ROB ROY HOTEL – Smooth Talk (6pm) DJ Smiley (9pm) ROCKET BAR – Abracadabra featuring resident DJs The Shiny Brights DJs ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Dino Jag Solo SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – DJ (8pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – The Flyers SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – DJ Clarke SOUTH ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB – Paul Stubbings STAG – Upstairs: DJs play urban and dance. Downstairs: DJs play retro SUGAR – TGI Funky with Ben Alibi and HMC
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The Guide // 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) TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – DJ Wolfman (9pm) TEQUILA REA – Rude Not To! playing funky beats THE CUMBERLAND – A Little Bit Different featuring local acoustics and late night DJ THE ELEPHANT – Unknown To Man and DJ G-Rillz THE GOODY – DJ Gex (9pm) THE HAUS: HAHNDORF – DJ Marcus THE LION HOTEL – The Attack (8pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Troy Harrison (4.45pm) Two Hard Basked (9pm) Chrysler Bar: Clearway (9.30pm) UNION HOTEL – DJ Pauly plays ‘80s and ‘90s VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – DJs Marek and Michael Constant plus MC Kris WAKEFIELD HOTEL – DJ Electric T and guests WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Hawking, Spiney Norman Blues Revue and Harvey Swagger WHITEHORSE INN – karaoke with Ally & Co WINDSOR HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) WOODCROFT TAVERN – Care Factor WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – DJs Deceed, J Rudd, Koops & Armac and AJ (8pm) ZHIVAGO – Skream DJs: Ryley, Track Team and Scott Holder
Saturday 20th ALMA TAVERN – MetroRetro ARCHER HOTEL – Downstairs: Jaki J. Upstairs: Bongo Madness with DJs Ed Law and Scotty (10pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Marianna Grynchuk (6pm) Heidy De Ruyter (8pm) Sportys Bar + Arena: Lochy Neale (6pm) DJ Andy M (9.30pm) Top Room: New Romantics (8.30pm) BOTANIC BAR – Sanji, Brad Sawyer and Tom Wilson BRIDGEPORT HOTEL – karaoke BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ Steve Reece CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Weightless, Ali E and Goldbloom then DJ Azz CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – karaoke with Nicole (8pm) DRAGONFLY – rotating DJs playing techno, house, disco and everything in between DUKE OF YORK – DJ Mitchy Burnz, DJ Parry, DJ Skinny B and MC Scotty ED CASTLE – Plus One Saturdays with Velociraptor and party DJs (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Arcade Disco with resident DJs Junior, Dancespace and friends EMU HOTEL – Three Star General EXETER ON RUNDLE – Drawn From Bees
Backwater Blues & Roots Festival
Escape to the Queen’s Theatre for some whiskey and rye in a pop-up Juke Joint straight from 1930’s Mississippi. The Backwater Blues & Roots Festival invites you to leave behind the hustle and bustle of everyday life, as you enjoy some of the finest blues and roots musicians around. Fringe Benefits members can get an exclusive discount to see ARIA Award-winner Jeff Lang play alongside The Backsliders and Collard Greens and Gravy on Sat 27 Oct. Check fringebenefits.com.au for details.
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Fri Oct 19
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – Mutiny, Whoregasm, Patriarchal Death Machine and Pigsteerer
The Rob Roy
FOWLER’S LIVE – Bastardfest 2012 GARAGE BAR – DJs (10pm)
GASLIGHT TAVERN – Kustom Culture Production, Ska Vendors (Melb), Saucermen and The All Girl Villinettes (8pm) GEPPS CROSS HOTEL – karaoke disco with Craig Anthony GILBERT STREET HOTEL – DJ Marky Polo (8pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: The Zep Boys. Front Bar: Muddy Road GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Tiger Town GRAND BAR – Grand Bar Saturdays with DJ DMH and DJ Rupheo HACKNEY HOTEL – DJ HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Live & Loud presents HIGHWAY – DJ Griff (9pm) HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Soundflex HOPE INN – karaoke (7pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ Sly HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Brad Iverson (7.30pm) HOTEL TIVOLI – The Mash Up with DJ Paul Gurry (9pm) JIVE – The Archers EP launch, Wild Oats and Miss Fellows KINGSFORD HOTEL: GAWLER – karaoke LA BOHEME – DJ Tr!p and DJ Anthony alternate (9pm) LAKES RESORT HOTEL – Dino Jag Acoustic LIMBO – resident DJs Delux, The Swiss DJs and Paul Glen LONDON TAVERN – DJs Captiv8, Justice, Soundflex, AJ and MC Renard (10pm) MARBLE BAR – I <3 MB with DJs and MCs plus national and international guests MARINA SUNSET BAR – DJs playing the best in house and electro MARION HOTEL – Franky F (5.30pm) One Planet (8.30pm) MARS BAR – VJ Beejay and guest (9pm) drag show (2am) MICK O’SHEA’S – Mike Reskie Trio ORIENTAL – 2 Up Duo PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – DJ: Billy Thorpe Australian Rock Tribute PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Souled Out PJ O’BRIENS – Triple X
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 ROSEWORTHY HOTEL – Hoy-Hoy! SANDBAR – requests with DJs SANTIAGO – Hussyboy (8.30pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic sessions SEBEL PLAYFORD – Black Magic SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – Light It Up STAG – Upstairs: DJs Huddy and Jase with urban and dance. Downstairs: DJ Kieran and David James
FRI 19
Smooth Talk (6pm) SUGAR – Prince Aaronak, Driller, Derek Lang plus a host of international guests SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Shuffle TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing retro and requests TEQUILA REA – Bongo Madness with guest DJs THE CUMBERLAND – Launch Pad featuring local DJs THE ELEPHANT – Crazy Knites and DJ G-Rillz THE GOODY – DJ Dante and interactive games night (9pm) THE HAUS: HAHNDORF – Nikko & Snooks (7.30pm) THE GRIFFINS – DJ playing house tunes THE LION HOTEL – Escapades (9pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Zkye & Damo (8.30pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Acoustic Reign (8.30pm) TOWER HOTEL – Russell Stuart UNION HOTEL – DJ Cloak & Dagga VALLEY INN – karaoke WALKERS ARMS HOTEL – DJ Sessions (9pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – The Jay Hoad Band WHITEHORSE INN – The Pigeons WINDSOR HOTEL – Twenty Flight Rock WOODCROFT TAVERN – karaoke (8pm) WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – DJs Kontrol, C4, Deceed, J Rudd, Lush and Koops (8pm) ZHIVAGO – High Heels DJs: Dusk, Hemilove, Osyris and Gumshoe
Sunday 21st ALMA TAVERN – Sunday School ARKABA HOTEL – Sportys Bar + Arena: DJ Glen Aikman (12pm) BACCHUS BAR – The Harmonics (5pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt BOTANIC BAR – Eric The Falcon BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – U2000 CROWN & ANCHOR – Coops & The Bird DOCKSIDE TAVERN – Blues Katz DOG & DUCK – Sneaky Sundays with Jak Morris DUBLIN HOTEL – No Use For A DJ Name (9pm) ED CASTLE – Beer Garden: Acoustic Sundays (2pm) EMU HOTEL – Still William (5pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – Undercover Duo EXETER ON RUNDLE – Matt & Naomi GASLIGHT TAVERN – Sebastian Scott & Friends, Eric Stevenson and Rob Ernst (2pm) GENERAL HAVELOCK – Eddie (Wasabi) (4pm) GLENELG SURF CLUB – La Mar Sundays GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Club Cool GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Texas Tea with Hills & Trains and Carla Lippis HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Sunday Sessions plus Poker 888 double header free register (2.30pm) $10 buy in (6.30pm)
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The Guide // HIGHWAY – The Happy Leonards HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – Tim Bos DJ and Sax HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – NPL Poker (6.30pm) JAM THE BISTRO – DJ Tango LAKES RESORT HOTEL – I Mike & The Pods LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – The Rejuvenators MARINA SUNSET BAR – Sunset Sessions featuring live acoustic music MARION HOTEL – Acoustic Reign (3pm) MARS BAR – VJK classic video hits MICK O’SHEA’S – E’nuf Said MIDDLEBROOK ESTATE – Bill Parton Trio (12.30pm) OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Unknown To Man Duo ORIENTAL – Slyde PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Graham Breeding Jazz Trio PORT DOCK BREWERY – Skarvenders QUEEN’S THEATRE – Snooks La Vie & Dave Blight (12pm)
GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Lord Stompy’s Harmoniclub 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 WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Coma Spring Sessions with Adam Page & The Raucoustra (8pm)
RAMSGATE HOTEL – acoustic session (4pm) Tom Kurzel & Ed Trainor fortnightly rotation (7.30pm)
ARKABA HOTEL – Top Room: Adelaide Comedy featuring Damian Callinan (8pm) AUSSIE INN – Complete Trivia BOTANIC BAR – Ash Wilson CAVAN HOTEL – Complete Trivia CROWN & ANCHOR – Industry Night with DJs Stevie & Duncan DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Irish Sessions (8pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Like Leaves DJs GASLIGHT TAVERN – The Blues Lounge hosted by Ron Davidson & Trevor Graham (8pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Uke Night GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Improv Cabaret MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker (6.30pm) 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 – Zkye & Damo (7.30pm) THE PORT CLUB – Complete Trivia TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Trivia Tuesday (7pm) VINE INN: NURIOOTPA – Complete Trivia WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Music SA presents Platform: Harmless Hunters, Stock Exchange and All Year Round WHITMORE HOTEL – Acoustic Raw Jam WINDSOR HOTEL – Complete Trivia WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music
SAILMASTER TAVERN – Paul Stubbings SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic soloists SEMAPHORE PALAIS – Chesterfield Brass SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – Pugsley Buzzard 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) WELLINGTON HOTEL: WELLINGTON – Sunday Sessions: live music on the banks of the Murray (3pm) WEST THEBBY HOTEL – karaoke with Margi & Shaggy (8.30pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Nick & Liesl plus Courtney Robb (4pm) ZHIVAGO – Black Cherry DJs: Anthony, Gumshoe and Capital D ZOOTZ – Salsa night (every second week)
Monday 22nd 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) CROWN & ANCHOR – Zoe Behan with Neohip EMBASSY HOTEL – karaoke EXETER ON RUNDLE – The Dunes
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – Scott Kennedy Open Mic Night
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Wednesday 24th ADELAIDE UNI – The Timbers BOTANIC BAR – Gemma CENTRAL DISTRICTS FOOTBALL CLUB – Complete Trivia
CHALLA GARDENS HOTEL – Complete Trivia CHRISTIES BEACH HOTEL – Complete Trivia COLONNADES TAVERN – Memory Lane Trivia (12.30pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Ben David & The Banned plus guests then Geek with DJ Tr!p DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Dan’s Open Mic Night (7.30pm) DOM POLSKI CENTRE – salsa lessons (6.30pm) DUKE OF YORK HOTEL – Dino Jag Solo (8pm) 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 FIRST COMMERCIAL HOTEL – Complete Trivia
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – Sunnyboy Al’s Krazy Karaoke GLENELG FOOTBALL CLUB – KG’s Complete Trivia GLYNDE HOTEL – NPL Poker (6.30pm and 10.30pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Weekend Warriors Open mic Night GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Michaela Burger HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Sports Bar: 888 Poker (7.30pm) Dining: Complete Trivia (7.30pm) HIGHWAY – The Combi Room with Jordan Ruru 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 Damian Callinan (8pm) MARS BAR – VJK Experience (9pm) MICK O’SHEA’S – Celtic Connection PORTLAND HOTEL – karaoke with Shaggy (9pm) SEAFORD HOTEL – karaoke with Suzanne (8.30pm) SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – karaoke with Margi (7.30pm) SUGAR – Mixed Tape with Lauren Rose, Ferris Mular and Mr Whiskas THE GOODY – Kickstart DJs THE KINGS BAR – DJ Yusef Wilson THE LION HOTEL – Proton Pill THE REGAL THEATRE – CJ Dennis – The Bloke 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 WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – Creating Styles Karaoke (9pm) WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music
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Savages Benicio Del Toro agrees that Savages helmer Oliver Stone is one of the few ‘name’ directors working today, and he begins the following interview by praising him: “I’ve always been a fan of his films, and his body of work, and the way that he’s done it makes other filmmakers, even me, feel brave, and like they can do daring things with their own projects.”
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ut yes, even for Benicio Del Toro, Olivier Stone was “intimidating”. “He’s very serious and involved,” Del Toro suggests. “He used to be a writer before he was a director and so he’s very experienced, and you do have to be on your toes. You really have to do the work, know the story, and not just your own character’s, but what I also found was that he would listen listen and collaborate and communicate. You might have thought that he was, you might say, a ‘one-way-street director’, but he was actually a ‘two-way-street director’… Once I got to know him, and I got to know his tics,
I really enjoyed working with him, and I also felt like he was pushing himself as much as he was pushing you, and that, therefore, you were together on this thing.” And, even though Del Toro has worked with directors as acclaimed as Bryan Singer, Terry Gilliam, Steven Soderbergh, Guy Ritchie and Robert Rodriguez, he was flattered when Stone sought him out for the Savages role of the villainous Lado. “He came to me with the proposition of me playing that character, and I jumped at the chance… Although I did have to play hardto-get a little, a trick I learned after so many years of rejection - but I absolutely knew that I wanted to do it.” Lado is another baddie for Del Toro, and yet he had no concerns. “I might have been worried if it had been another director, but with Oliver I knew that I was always in good hands. The movie is like a film noir. There are aspects to the story, too, that are political or controversial and all about serious subjects, but with Oliver Stone you’re dealing with a master of that sort of thing. And it was also great fun with the rest of the cast: Blake [Lively] and Aaron [ Johnson] were the youngest, and there was Taylor [Kitsch] and Salma [Hayek] and John [Travolta] too, but there was no difference in working with any of them. Like with the scenes I did with Blake: she’s meant to be
really frightened of me, but we had a good laugh between takes, and we were both sensitive to each other’s needs and we made sure that we looked after each other. And I loved [using] the whip, although I had to learn how to use it so that I didn’t wind up hurting anyone - including myself!” But here we are talking about baddies when Del Toro won an Oscar in 2000 playing dangerously compromised good cop Javier Rodriguez in Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic. “It was great working with Steven and the producers and the rest of the cast. And I didn’t have any expectations - and then what happened afterwards, you know, it was, like, mind-blowing… Retrospectively it was just an amazing time.” Finally, Rip It Up asks Del Toro whether it’s strange to have played Mexicans, Spaniards, Samoans and so forth when he’s actually Puerto Rican. And has it been any sort of barrier in intolerant old Hollywood? “I don’t know if they picked me for any films because of that. There is a fact, a clear fact, that I’m Latino, and I was born close to the Equator. That’s my DNA, and thank God for the variety we have on this planet, otherwise things would be pretty boring… I’ve played Latino in some movies and I’ve played ‘ethnic’ in some movies, although I don’t really know what ‘ethnic’ means, really… And I’ve played Latinos and whoever as hard and as strong as
Benicio The Benevolent
This article suggests that Benicio Del Toro’s roles in Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic and Che were his only real turns as (basically) goodies, but that’s not true at all. What about his hunky Vincent in the forgotten romantic comedy Excess Baggage? His sad bit as Toby Jay Wadenah in Sean Penn’s The Pledge? His fine turn in Susanne Bier’s powerfully emotional Things We Lost In The Fire? Or even, perhaps, his Lawrence Talbot in that failed remake of The Wolfman? That guy would rip your guts out if you caught him at the wrong moment - but he’d feel really bad about it afterwards…
the story requires it. Like when I played Che Guevara [in Soderbergh’s enormous, two-part biopic epic]: I played it with as much power and as much dignity as I could. That’s what I do and I’m going to keep on doing it.” WHAT: Savages WHERE: Cinemas everywhere WHEN: Now screening
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Killing Them Softly (MA) Only New Zealand/Australian writer/director Andrew Dominik’s third film (after Chopper and the ridiculously-titled The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford), this is drawn from a novel by George V Higgins but updated and infused with sledgehammer-like political commentary. In a virtually male-only world of criminals, two thugs named Frankie (Scoot McNairy from Monsters) and Russell (a very funny Ben Mendelsohn) are recruited by Johnny Amato (Vincent Curatola) to rob a mob poker game, as the bragging Markie Trattman (Ray Liotta) will, Johnny reasons, take the rap. However, different Mob bosses, with help from ‘Driver’ (Richard Jenkins), are angered enough to send in Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt) to knock off Markie and anyone else deemed responsible, and while Jackie, due to a personal conflict, initially calls in
the feared Mickey (a repulsive James Gandolfini) to make the hits, he’s eventually driven to carry them out on his own, when Mickey’s revealed as a hopelessly boozy scumbag (and it becomes clear that Gandolfini’s performance is really only an extended ugly cameo). With a bitingly blackly comedic edge and a feel of alienated ‘70s jaundice left over from Higgins’ book, this fabulously-cast and at times ultra-violent effort is compromised a little by Dominik’s decision to set it in 2008 as the US Presidential Election draws near and George Dubya Bush, and later Obama, are continually seen on TV screens, and we’re jadedly asked to make the connection between their talk of the economy and people who make their living by murder (or that the American economy is criminal, or that Bush is a killer - or something). Mad Dog Bradley
Adelaide Cinémathèque 2012 Mercury Cinema
The irritatingly-titled but certainly juicy retrospective Fifty Shades Of Sex (In The ‘90s) offers Basic Instinct (R) on Thu Oct 18 at 7.30pm, Bound (R) on Mon Oct 22 at 7.30pm, Preaching To The Perverted (R) on Thu Oct 25 at 7.30pm and, of course, Eyes Wide Shut (R) on Mon Oct 29 at the earlier time of 7pm. Details: mercurycinema.org.au.
The Doors Live At The Hollywood Bowl ‘68 Event Cinemas Marion
The best filmic record of this legendary band onstage, Event Cinemas Marion will screen The Doors Live At The Hollywood Bowl ‘68, in all its remastered glory, for one night only on Wed Oct 24 at 7pm. Details: eventcinemas.com.au.
Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2012 Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas
At the Palace Nova until Sun Oct 28. Details: palacecinemas.com.au.
The Words (M)
Shadow Dancer (M)
Lawless (MA)
Co-writers/co-directors/bit-players Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal’s first shot at a feature is a low-budget but lovely-looking and surprisingly star-studded literary drama that focuses upon the art of storytelling, the sometimes elusive nature of creativity and the unfashionable notion of, you know, books. Struggling New York writer Rory Jansen (Bradley Cooper, the filmmakers’ old pal and nicely understated) longs to write the great American novel and eventually does just that, although it’s, of course, not his own (the mysterious manuscript is found in an old satchel and copied verbatim), and after much acclaim Rory is approached by an unnamed elderly gentleman ( Jeremy Irons), who states that he’s the actual author of the piece and that it’s, in fact, the story of his own life as a soldier in post WWII Paris (where he’s played as an unnamed young man by Ben Barnes). However, these two smoothly interlinked plots are bookended by another, where famed but evidently unhappy writer Clay Hammond (Dennis Quaid) is relating the saga of Rory and ‘The Old Man’ to Damiella (Olivia Wilde), an admiring student, who might just be the one here to make the final connections here between fact and fiction. Despite the fine cast (that includes Zoë Saldana as Rory’s wife, JK Simmons in a bit as his dad, and others), this is a measured, restrained and modest film that subtly leaves thorny questions unanswered, and might even compel you to pick up, you know, an actual book when you get home and, like, read the damn thing. Mad Dog Bradley
Director James Marsh, best-known for his documentaries Man On Wire and Project Nim, tries his hand again at a narrative film (check out his The King) and, given the chilly setting and nasty political background of the source material, virtually gets lost in the grimness of it all. After the expected opening-scene traumatic flashback, Collette McVeigh (the very fine Andrea Riseborough) is now a young mother somewhere in the early ‘90s living in Belfast (actually Dublin) with her mum and still-vengeful IRA brothers, and her familial loyalty naturally leads to a bungled London terrorist plot and an audience with MI5 officer Mac (dour Clive Owen in familiar form), who near-blackmails her into becoming a spy and informant. However, other forces are secretly conspiring against Collette and her family, and soon everyone’s in serious danger, even if Marsh’s sometimes flawed handling of the story (drawn from Tom Bradby’s vaguely factual novel and screenplay) means that, at times, it’s rather difficult to tell who’s doing what scarily underhanded and murderously subversive thing to whom. While hard-to-follow, a little mealymouthed, peppered with bits of silly symbolism and capped-off by a somewhat unsatisfactory climax, this is nevertheless worth seeing not for Owen’s performance (or his supposedly smouldering sexiness) but for Riseborough’s quietly committed characterisation. Although she’s only really known, thus far, for the awkward Brighton Rock remake and Madonna’s unpopular WE, there’s no doubt that the career of this talented English player is going to go off like a bomb. Mad Dog Bradley
Australian director John Hillcoat is doing his part for foreign relations between Australia and the US, directing a script set in Virginia, written by an Australian (Nick Cave) and casting Australian actors (Guy Pierce, Jason Clarke) alongside Americans (Shia LaBeouf, Jessica Chastain), with Brit Tom Hardy along for the ride, to keep the two countries honest. Shia LaBeouf narrates as Jack Bondurant, the youngest of three brothers selling moonshine across the Virginia mountains during the prohibition. Local officials are happy to look away when the Bondurants conduct business, but when a special deputy (Guy Pearce) arrives from Chicago demanding a cut of the profits, older brother Forrest (Hardy) refuses to comply, earning him, and his brothers, some dangerous enemies. Sometime-musician, sometime-actor, sometime-writer Nick Cave’s screenplay is based on the novel The Wettest County In The World by Matt Bondurant, grandson of the real life Jack, and takes a personal, though potentially grandiose, look at prohibition era crime at a grass-roots level. The cast is stellar, with Hardy brilliant as usual, but standout performances are delivered by Pearce and Chronicle’s Dane DeHaan, each representing opposing sides of a battle that is just as much about honour as it is corruption, and which is just as disturbing as it is intriguing. A hard watch, but a good one, you may learn a thing or two about bootlegging, but don’t be surprised if some of the grittier scenes leave you needing something much stronger than apple brandy. Kat McCarthy
Opening But Unrated Paranormal Activity 4 (MA), directed by PA3 vets Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, somehow stars Katie Featherston. Safety Not Guaranteed (M), a character piece from director Colin Trevorrow, offers Aubrey Plaza, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni and Mark Duplass. Co-writer/director Oliver Stone’s Savages (MA) has Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson, Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek and John Travolta. Writer/director Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love (M) features him, Judy Davis, Jesse Eisenberg, Ellen Page, Alec Baldwin, Greta Gerwig, Alison Pill and Roberto Benigni. And the Aussie The Wedding Party (MA), from director/producer Amanda Jane, showcases Josh Lawson, Isabel Lucas, Steve Bisley, Adam Zwar, Nadine Garner, Essie Davis, Kestie Morassi and the since-late Bill Hunter (exclusive to the Trak Cinemas).
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When the Manse in North Adelaide closed its doors a few months ago I considered crying almost as much as when I got the bill after my first dining experience there. At the time $200 a head was a fair stack of cash. This week, I took a group of friends back to the former Manse address – which is now reopened under the name Ruby Red Flamingo, a ‘pop-up’ rustic Italian restaurant – and covered the entire dinner bill for less. Drinks included. While we didn’t eat a huge feast, we did manage to sample most of the menu which is simple, authentic and delicious. With a no-booking policy unless you have a huge crowd, we arrived kind of early and were shown to the recently-opened upstairs bar. Way to make use of the former boudoir of this elegant mansion. A tiki style bar surrounded with vintage ornaments and prints which are sure to strike a chord if you had grandparents who had a love of gaudy abstract art in the ‘70s, it could seem tacky if it wasn’t so spoton-retro. The only thing missing was the smell of incense, but in its place was the delightful smell of Italy, floating out of the kitchen and up the stairs and tempting us while we sipped on cocktails and a carafe of flamingo spritz. Back downstairs and seated at our table, Ruby Red still has the air of the opulence you used to feel when dining at the Manse and the staff, while perhaps a little more casual and relaxed, are absolutely brilliant. For a restaurant only opened a few weeks prior this no fuss and no attitude venue is already a well-oiled machine, and they have the food to back it up. I was dining with an Italian. A pure-bred, food-loving, no-holds- barred Italian. I actually heard the words, “Just like my nonna used to make”, which is a seal of approval if I ever heard one. We let our waiter choose the dishes for us which was no trouble at all and the food started landing less than 15 minutes later. The standout
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dishes for me were the pollo alla griglia – free range chicken with roast vegetables ($13.50 entree), and also the ragu, which is a very basic traditional meat and pasta dish ($19.50 main), but the table was divided because all of the dishes were fantastic. Paillard is a chargilled veal dish served with roast potatoes and spinach which was tender and succulent ($12.50 entree), and the eggplant pasta (recommended by my Italian guest) was also a surprisingly delicious dish ($21.50 main). I’d love to be able to complain about something, but I just can’t. Ruby Red Flamingo really is that good. Better, in fact.
WHAT: Ruby Red Flamingo WHERE: 142 Tynte St, North Adelaide WHEN: Wed – Fri 12pm – 2.30pm and 5.30pm – 10pm, Sat 5.30pm – 10pm CONTACT: 8267 5769
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D’Artagnan Turns Pink This October D’Artagnan will be turning pink for international Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Awarded ‘Best European Restaurant’ this year, the North Adelaide fine dining restaurant will be adding pink mocktails and desserts to its menu all this month with $5 from each purchase going towards breast cancer research. The pink menu will be followed by a pink dinner on
Wed Oct 31 and a silent auction. To make a reservation at the pink dinner email contact@ dartagnan.net.au. WHAT: D’Artagnan Restaurant & Lounge WHERE: 26 O’Connell St, North Adelaide WHEN: Mon – Sat from 5pm – 12am CONTACT: 8267 6688
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Stars // Aries 21.03/20.04
The pressure is off. Nobody is directly encountering you, or facing you down. Though your adrenal glands might take a few minutes, or hours, to calm down, there is no present danger. In fact you are being beautifully left alone to get on with your own pet interests.
Leo 23.07/22.08
The sun is shining a positive light on your big fluffy mane. It is filling you with a sense of possibility around friends, community and shared ideals. Use this period of relative peace to put the most precious of your ideas into place. Be expansive, playful and curious.
Virgo 23.08/22.09
Venus and the moon begin the week together in Virgo. Venus is the lover – and the moon is the mother. They are a formidable combination at the best of times. On a good day, both kinds of love merge and bring euphoria. On a bad day they engage in possessive squabbles.
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Scorpio 24.10/21.11
You are now host to three visitors. Saturn is crystallising all that is real in your life – and getting rid of all that’s not. Mercury is encouraging you to see the difference between insight and borrowed knowledge. The North Node of the moon is pulling you into new places.
Sagittarius 22.11/21.12
Mars is adding rocket-fuel to your normally high-octane pursuit of truth, fun and knowledge. It’s up to you to figure out which one comes first. Whichever one you choose, one thing you can know for sure is that you now have all the energy you need to actually get it.
Cancer 22.06/22.07
In taking a stand against all that is brewing in the basement of others, through its being unexpressed and unspoken, you will inevitably have to encounter the same patterns in yourself. Life is full of mirrors. Fortunately at the moment you have access to reflective skills.
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With Saturn gone and the sun in Libra, life is good. Add to that a generous connection to jovial Jupiter in Gemini and life is flighty, expansive and breezy. Though bordering on ecstatic, it is worth keeping at least one eye open to the need to keep your feet on the ground.
Gemini 21.05/21.06
As you go to embrace more colours into the rainbow of your being, so there is more room in your life for emotional depth, sensitivity and intensity. Your curiosity is leading you into being very interested in the emotional currents and patterns operating under the surface.
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Libra 23.09/23.10
Taurus 21.04/20.05
The theme of regeneration is right up front. The idea of revisiting all that you have done, collected and created up to now, and sorting out what should stay and what not, is likely to be a ruling idea for some time. This is a fantastic opportunity to sort out your priorities.
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Capricorn 22.12/19.01
The feeling that you have something important to communicate is hanging heavily on your heart. Shows of impatience rankle you – even when they are light-hearted. Be meticulous in your process. The heaviness will lift as soon you hone your particular expressive skill.
Twins Of Atreyu Local artistes Lisa King and Kyle Woodman will team up to present Beauty And The Beast, a selection of drawings, paintings and prints at The Academy. The exhibition will coincide with the unveiling and launch of Lisa King’s two-month-long wall mural project the Twins Of Atreyu, a 10-metre high contemporary portrait inspired by The NeverEnding Story. WHAT: Twins Of Atreyu WHERE: The Academy, 60 North Tce, Adelaide WHEN: Opening Thu Oct 18 from 6pm – 8pm until Thu Nov 15
Aquarius 20.01/18.02
The pressure is off. You aren’t so accountable to others that you can’t spend some time doing what you love and being who you are, for the sheer love of doing and being. To really be yourself requires the fiery motor of your heart to beat strongly at the centre of your ideals.
Pisces 19.02/20.03
As you investigate those things that are hidden in you and those things that seem to be blocking your way, so extra pressure is unhelpful. Take a stand if you feel pushed. You are doing the best you can do - and at the pace which is right for you. Communicate this and you’ll fly.
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You’ve probably seen some of Adelaide expat Sam Songailo’s work before. Perhaps in your friend’s house, perhaps in a gallery, perhaps splashed in pastel red and white all over the front of Bowden’s latest gallery space Fontanelle. Songailo’s signature paintings of threedimensional shapes and mind boggling patterns have since moved with him to his new home in Melbourne, but some of his works will be featured at Hugo Michell gallery until early November. Go have a look with your friends - the profile picture possibilities are endless.
Visual art meets miniature toys in Espionage Gallery’s Unboxed, an exhibition featuring hand-crafted ‘Blank Munny’ vinyl toys from over 40 artists from Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Argentina. Much like the dumpster biennale, each of the artists have been given the same ‘medium’ to work with and have styled their toys in their own unique way. Featuring Gary Seaman, Melbourne’s Creature Create, Donovan Christie, Scatterbrain, Mustachio, Lucas Croall and many more. Opening: Thu Oct 18 from 6pm – 9pm
260 Portrush Rd, Beulah Pk Sam Songailo Until Sat Nov 10
Suite 1, Level 2, 93 Rundle Mall, Adelaide Unboxed Thu Oct 18 – Thu Oct 25
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Norwood Parad e Fashion Market &
This Sunday ta ke a stroll down the Parade to see one of the co rnerstone even ts for the Adela Fashion Festiva ide l. Living up to its name, the Parade will host free parades of the precinct’s be boutiques and re st tailers. Alongside the Parade(s) will be the Norw ood Fashion Ma rket, featuring up to 70 stalls offer ing a blend of ad ult and children’s designer clothing and pre-loved an d vintage fashion and accessories . The Designer Pressure Test Competition will also be displaye d, where 10 loc designers have al to create a garm ent in two hours from three metres of fa bric. The Norwood Pl ace Parades & Fashion Market takes pla ce at The Parade , Norwood on Sun Oct 21 from 10am to 4p m.
Designer Vox Pop
Andorwith
Daniel and Dominic Smith of Andorwith
In 2009, two Adelaide brothers, Daniel and Dominic Smith, started Andorwith as a street label that represents their love of fashion, design, architecture, surfing and music. Andorwith has since gone from strength to strength, being stocked in several boutiques Australia-wide and launching their new collection ‘Our Hope Vs Our Reality’ at the start of October exclusively online. The new collection caters for both men and women and features tees, muscle tees, tanks and shirts that feature clever designs and cheeky slogans that established streetwear labels, including Ksubi, would wish they had come up with. The online store also features a range of one-off shirts that will ensure you achieve the seemingly unreachable ‘effortlessly cool’ status at any of this summer’s festivals. To see the goods in action Andorwith will be a part of The Gentlemen’s Lounge Adelaide Fashion Festival Event at 7.30pm on Sat Oct 20 at Ivy League, Norwood. For more information and the online store visit andorwith.com. For tickets to The Gentlemen’s Lounge, visit adelaidefashionfestival.com.au.
When we’re not designing we’re: Working as an architect/graphic designer (Daniel) and studying Arts and Aboriginal Studies (Dominic). The best part about fashion design is: Seeing people you don’t know wearing your clothes. We owe our success to: We wouldn’t say we have succeeded yet. However if we owe anyone it would be our parents. Our greatest achievement to date: Launching our online store! If we could collaborate with anyone it would be: Steve and/or George Gorrow. The stuff those guys do is the epitome of cool. In the future you can expect us to be: Surfing and designing cool stuff. If you weren’t fashion designers we would be: A designer of some sort or chasing the summer surfing (Daniel) and teaching in a remote Aboriginal community and living off the land (Dominic).
Myer Centre’s 21st Birthday Every 21st birthday is an event worth celebrating… And for a shopping centre it should be no different. As a part of the Adelaide Fashion Festival, the Myer Centre Adelaide are hosting their 21st birthday party with a show that will take inspiration from The Box installation seen at this year’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Sydney. Relax In Vintage will also showcase a ‘step back in time’ aspect of the show to help showcase the 21 years of the Myer Centre’s impression on Adelaide style. There will also be parades of current Spring/Summer 2012/13 trends to show the Myer Centre’s continuing presence to Adelaide fashion. Hopefully Dazzleland (for those who remember it) will also be remembered/ commended/admired/resurrected. WHAT: Myer Centre 21 Years - Fashion Expose WHERE: Myer Centre Adelaide WHEN: Thu Oct 25, 7.30pm INFO: adelaidefashionfestival.com.au
Westfield Marion Fashion Festival Launch / Photos courtesy of Westfield Marion
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Roadshow / PG / 104 Mins
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Director Tarsem Singh hits the Brothers Grimm tale of Snow White with PG enthusiasm in this, one of two competing ‘re-readings’ of the story and the one without Kristen Stewart (hers is the drearier Snow White And The Huntsman). Supposedly told from the perspective of an evil Queen ( Julia Roberts) but kicked off by her mirror image, this is, in fact, about Snow White (Lily Collins), whose King dad vanishes in the opening sequence and who now lives in fear of the bitchy Queen (her stepmother, of course). When a goofy prince (Armie Hammer) turns up, a battle begins between Snow and Queenie for his affections, leading to Snow being banished and taking up with seven dwarves who, herein, are grungy thieves straight out of Time Bandits, who get about on pogo stilts, are played by nearly every ‘little person’ actor in Hollywood, and help the Snowster rebel. Oddly muddy-looking, Singh’s revision has some gags about the ugly underpinnings of the Grimm tale, and what it says about female sexuality, age, beauty and step-parents, but on the whole, it overstays its welcome and sticks in the throat like a poisoned apple. Special features on both the standard and Blu-ray releases include featurettes and storyboards. Mad Dog
JK Rowling / Little, Brown / 503pp / $39.99
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The Casual Vacancy
Rowling’s first ‘adult’ novel is a multi-character mosaic of a small town that aspires to be like Charles Dickens in tone but, in the end, feels more like a claustrophobically English variation upon Stephen King’s Under The Dome, without the fantasy - and some of the wit. Barry Fairbrother dies, a ‘casual vacancy’ is left in local council, and a small army of residents are at each other’s throats as they clash over this and other local issues, as their kids variously suffer: Andrew, son of violent Simon; his mate Stu/‘Fats’, who’ll do anything to unease his Deputy Headmaster dad Colin; Gaia, who’s relocated from London and hates her social worker mum Kay for it; Sukhvinder, a daughter of doctor parents who wishes she was dead; and melancholy tearaway Krystal Weedon (Rowling’s favourite). And, despite much compassion, it’s surprising what JK packs in: racism and severe snobbery, sordid affairs, rape and molestation, self-harm and worse. Harry Potter would freak. MDB
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Director Tim Burton’s recent offerings have included faithful readings or rethinkings of famous properties, and yet this latest is a revision of the Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, complete with original star Jonathan Frid in a walk-on (walk-past?). A prologue has Liverpudlian Barnabas Collins arrive in Maine in 1752 and, as a young man, spurn a servant who turns out to be a witch (Eva Green), who robs him of Josette (Bella Heathcote), turns him vampiric and assists in burying him for 200 years. Construction work frees Barnabas ( Johnny Depp by now) in 1972, where he finds his family alienated by the town of Collinsport, Rosette reincarnated as Victoria, Green now an upstanding member of the community, bizarre ‘70s fashions and a houseful of rellies, including: Elizabeth (Michelle Pfeiffer), mum to David (Gulliver McGrath) and Carolyn (Chloë Grace Moretz); spineless Roger ( Jonny Lee Miller); and Dr Julia Hoffman, played by Burton’s life-partner Helena Bonham Carter. While there are delights throughout, what truly distinguishes this entertaining outing is Depp’s gorgeously funny and melancholy turn as Barnabas - although he’s matched by Green, who cuts loose with a similarly skilled characterisation that’s also as hot as Hell. Standard, Blu-ray and ‘Double Play’ releases have featurettes and more. Mad Dog
Ghost-story-specialist Susan Hill’s creeper was first a novel, then a play, then a muchfeared TV movie in 1989, and then this, a reasonably handsome and atmospheric redo that’s never quite as uncanny as hoped. Daniel Radcliffe tries but is too young for the role of Arthur Kipps, a lawyer somewhere around the time of WWI, troubled by the death of his wife in childbirth (and extra protective of his son Joseph) and given the job of settling the estate of the late Mrs Drablow in the seaside town of Crythin Gifford. Befriended by a prosperous landowner (Ciarán Hinds), Arthur finds unanswered questions at Drablow’s improbably scary ‘Eel Marsh House’ and realises that the rhubarbing locals are right in their belief that a malevolent spirit haunts the area, and soon we’re drastically diverting from the book, play and original film into a somewhat effective final act that changes everything. Directed by James Watkins and bought to you by the revived Hammer Films, this alters the source notably (in the actual book Arthur has a spouse, young son and baby), and uses too many fancy FX, and yet it is a nice change - and a little weird watching Harry Potter get his arse kicked by the supernatural. Mad Dog
Lisa Mitchell
It has been three years since Lisa Mitchell released her debut album Wonder and we are excited to announce that Lisa’s new album Bless This Mess is finally out! To support this release, Lisa is kicking off her national Bless This Mess tour this week. Joining her will be friends Alpine and Danco. Log onto ripitup.com.au and enter your details for your chance to win one of two double passes to Lisa’s show at the Governor Hindmarsh on Sun Oct 28. Competition closes at midday on Thu Oct 25.
Savages
Three-time Oscar®-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone returns to the screen with the ferocious thriller Savages, featuring the allstar ensemble cast of Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Johnson, John Travolta, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Emile Hirsch and Demian Bichir. The film is based on Don Winslow’s best-selling crime novel that was named one of The New York Times’ Top 10 Books of 2010. Log onto ripitup.com.au and enter your details for your chance to win one of 10 double passes. Competition closes at midday on Thu Oct 25.
Pornography Stage
Hot on the heels of State Theatre’s production of Sarah Kane’s Blasted comes another piece of in-yer-face theatre from the company in the form of English playwright Simon Stephens’ Pornography. Pornography was penned by Stephens in 2007 in response to the London bombings of 2005, which brought the city to its knees following the excitement of Live 8 and the fact that it had been announced London would play host to the 2012 Olympic Games just a day earlier. State Theatre’s production, which will be the first performance of the play in this country, will be directed by Daniel Clarke and will feature actors Matthew Crook, Carmel Johnson, Ansuya Nathan and Nick Pelomis with a design by Wendy Todd and lighting from Mark Pennington. Matthew Crook (pictured) also suggests that Jason Sweeney’s soundscape adds much to the work. “In fact, we’re finding it hard at rehearsals if we don’t have Jason’s music playing as it will be on stage,” he says. “And we’ll also be miked up because we’ll be playing around with the sound a fair bit. “And at the beginning of Simon Stephens’ script, it says that Pornography can be played around with a bit and be performed in a variety of ways,” Crook adds. “So we are tweaking things as we go along and finding that there are moments in the script – which is, essentially, a series of monologues and duologues – that can allow for anything. We’ve been
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experimenting with the play to see if we should represent some scenes physically or not.” The four actors will also be playing a variety of roles. “So I’ll be playing a schoolboy,” Crook says, “and also some cross-gender stuff as well. So not only do I have to contend with doing a British accent, I also have to do a gender voice as well. So it’s been a very challenging process. But it’s also really exciting.” Stephens received some criticism that the play was not a direct attack on terrorists. “It’s basically the stories of the everyday London people who are all making their own transgressions, some more so than others,” Crook states. “They are all stepping over the yellow line, so to speak, and it’s a play about how everyone sometimes crosses that line whether it be in the workplace or in a
relationship. “The play is actually asking how responsible everybody is for those transgressions. And there’s a sense that everyone in London at the time was quite separate from each other – no one would acknowledge the bus driver and the bus driver wouldn’t acknowledge the passengers – and that there was no humanity. “And that’s where the play’s title comes from,” he says in conclusion. “It’s that our lives have somehow become pornographic. It’s about regular, everyday people and how far they will go to feel alive.” WHAT: Pornography WHERE: Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre WHEN: Thu Oct 18 until Sat Oct 27
Your guide to the student experience. Hey again, Fast Timers, hope the week so far has been rad. This week while writing about the athletic scholarships in the USA it yet again reminded me how I never did a student exchange while at uni. Taking a Gap Year was a good measure to try and quell the call of the foreign exchange programs, but I can’t help the pang of regret when I think about what may have been. For years I pretended that my study plan was too messy, my life too busy and the process too complicated to make it happen, but that’s not really an excuse. In the tertiary education bubble there are so many ways to work around obstacles such as cash and timing to make a foreign exchange work for you. In the real world, not so much. If you aren’t studying at uni, chances are there are opportunities for a stint learning overseas as well. I strongly suggest you take it. Not from experience, but (sadly) from lack of. And remember, if you have any student info, events or deals I should know about, email fastttimes@ripitup.com.au, Tweet @FastTimesRIU or Poke facebook.com/ fasttimesripitupmag and I’ll do the hard work for you. Peace, Lachie
Flinders’ Investigator Lecture – The Accelerating Universe Named after Matthew Flinders’ ship, the Investigator Lecture is the uni’s most public prolific lecture of the year. Focusing on the university’s ideals – innovation, forwardthinking and the important of providing an intellectual space (you should see its unofficial ones…) - the speaker is 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Dr Brian Schmidt from ANU’s High-z Supernova Search Team. In fact, his award-winning discovery – that the accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae (I’ll give an award to whoever can explain to me what that means) has uncovered many things about the universe previously unknown to science. Particularly the theory that the universe will end in ice is as cool as it is terrifying. This is a rare opportunity to hear from a world-renowned scientist, and if you study science, or realised that supernova wasn’t just the name of a pop culture convention coming to town with Spike from Buffy, is probably right up your alley. The Accelerating Universe by Dr Brian Schmidt is on from 6pm-9pm on Wed Oct 24 in Room 1.01, Health Sciences Lecture Theatre Complex, Flinders Uni. The lecture is free and open to the public with bookings essential. Register online at flinders.edu.au/events.
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Become A Jock In The USA Perhaps after Australia’s Olympic performance in London, jumping ship to the USA will be in the best interest for your sporting career. Well, there’s a way to commit this treason without the fear of any unwanted Kurt Tippett-esque hatred being slung your way. Student Placement Australia & New Zealand (SPANZ) run the Go Campus athletic and academic scholarships for our students to infiltrate American universities and steal all their secrets. Since 2010, SPANZ has placed 378 Aussie and Kiwi students in countries around the world on work, training and study programs, and are on the lookout for the next recruitment to send to universities in over 35 US states. At the moment, American unis are on the lookout for competitive basketball, golf, soccer, tennis and track and field athletes and want to offer our students scholarships that were previously only available to American residents in exchange for letting them nurture your athletic and academic talents. Go on, then. Indulge them. For more info head to gocampus.com.au.
Adelaide Uni Ecowatchers Recycling Campaign University Of Adelaide students have probably noticed the pretty pictures on the bins around the Learning Hub, but may not know the reasons behind them or the results they’ve achieved. Ecocreative were commissioned by the University Of Adelaide as a part of its sustainability behaviour to help change the recycling behaviour of its students. The idea behind using pretty pictures of an angel for recycling goods and demon for waste was a cross-cultural reference to what we already knew – recycling: good, landfill: bad. This didn’t
only alert a duty of care to students as to what bin to place their rubbish in, but also a heightened awareness when purchasing goods – as the crippling guilt of having to place something in the mouth of a bin monster can basically ruin your day. This didn’t only tackle the 30 percent contamination rate of recycling bins in the Learning Hub before the campaign, but, miraculously, recycling volumes were, for the first time ever, greater than landfill. Pats on backs, U of A! A Gruen Planet-worthy discussion topic if I ever did see one…
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Bikram Yoga Glenelg If you find lectures and studying painful and torturous, then it’s about time you get some perspective. Bikram Yoga has opened up at Glenelg and offer some serious discounts to concessions. For those not initiated, Bikram Yoga consists of 90-minute classes where you perform 26 postures that help improve your strength, flexibility and summer body…. in 40 degree heat. If you’re looking for something to take your mind off academic problems, this is definitely it. Not only will you be 100 percent distracted for a whole hourand-a-half as you try and contort yourself into a variety of
The student lifestyle is largely impoverished and opportunistic. Getting something for less than others is - in my view - a basic human right. As a key believer in defending human rights, I have found these student deals to help sustain life while also sustaining the bank balance. positions that previously only existed in nightmares, but you will also detoxify yourself of any abuse you may have recently put yourself through. Who knew you could achieve so much while sweating? Bikram Yoga Glenelg is at 74 Brighton Rd, Glenelg. For more info and timetable visit adelaideyoga.com.au. First time Bikramers receive a seven-day intro pass for $22. Concession casual visits $17 (regularly $22) with discounts also offered on unlimited passes and class packs.
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Clare Bowditch
Listen Now:
The Winter I Chose Happiness
Adele
(EMI)
(Remote Control/XL)
After Modern Day Addiction’s whimsical curate’s egg, it’s refreshing to find Clare Bowditch’s fifth album The Winter I Chose Happiness taking a more organic and freewheeling approach. Filled with Bowditch’s profound prose and pure vocals, it’s her most abundantly gratifying collection since 2005’s What Was Left. Although her songs are unafraid to comfort, question or captivate, The Winter I Chose Happiness’ accessibility ensures Offspring fans new to Bowditch’s canon aren’t weighed down by issues-based paeans. Shifting through genres like flicking through a radio dial, its perky charms ensure it moves from introspective to extraverted in one brassy whirl. The Royal Jelly Dixieland Band create 1920s flapper fun on Let’s Be Happy Together and Cocky Lady, longtime Bowditch accomplice Tim Harvey collaborates on soulful duet The Big Happy and the beautiful Amazing Life captures a solo Bowditch at her most vocally and lyrically bare. While Bowditch often looks incredibly serene in promotional photographs, fans understand there are always plenty of ideas racing for attention behind the tranquil exterior. The Winter I Chose Happiness finds the Melbourne songwriter still asking big questions, but here the dilemmas never get in the way of enjoying the songs on a purely informal level. Final tracks You Make Me Happy and Are You Ready round out this gorgeous return with amazing grace. How sweet the sound. Scott McLennan
Skyfall
When it comes to 2012’s Bond girls, Queen Elizabeth II pairing up with 007 for the London Olympics might have been eyebrow-raising, but it’s Adele’s work with MI6’s favourite spy that’s truly jaw-dropping. As the 24-year-old’s first new track since second album 21 snared her Grammys, 24-million album sales, a fiancé and a bun in the oven, the stirring Skyfall shows no signs of the vocal issues that saw Miss Adkins go to ground in 2011. Faithful to the stirring Bond formula, Skyfall stands tall alongside the best Bond tunes such as Carly Simon’s Nobody Does It Better, Rita Coolidge’s All Time High and Garbage’s The World Is Not Enough. With more than 40 million views on YouTube in less than a fortnight, it’s even more of a head-spinning crush than GoldenEye’s Xenia Onatopp.
Listen Later:
How To Destroy Angels Keep It Together
Dinosaur Jr I Bet On Sky (Liberator)
(The Null Corporation)
Despite spending this year fixating on the lip-licking proposition of new Nine Inch Nails material, Trent Reznor has also composed How To Destroy Angels’ second EP An Omen with his missus Mariqueen Maandig and Oscarwinning bud Atticus Ross. While the brooding slither of Keep It Together avoids the brutality of Reznor’s infamous Broken EP, anyone who misses the sinister undertones isn’t listening hard enough. Reflecting the EP’s title, Keep It Together disturbingly hints at the evil of an unborn child: ‘A voice inside of me… he has a message waiting for me, but I don’t want to hear’. Combining Ripe (With Decay)’s intensifying ambience with tense and twitching drum samples like cicadas burrowing under the skin, a demon seed has been sown.
Bruno Mars Locked Out Of Heaven
Holy smoke! Dinosaur Jr have delivered another rockin’ album - their third since they re-formed. When 1990s alternative heavyweights J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph got back together to record Beyond in 2005, who would
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have believed they’d still be delivering cracking albums seven years later? I Bet On The Sky… Oh gawd! Where do I start? Don’t Pretend You Didn’t Know opens the album in a blaze of glory, surely a song that could be considered one of the Massachusetts group’s most powerful tracks ever. Played with much gusto, it’s like they’re 21 again. Mascis’ trademark guitar sound is there in all its splendour and packed full of fuzz. Almost Fare rocks like a bitch, with plenty of guitar layers that practically scream out “I am Dinosaur Jr through and through”. The pace backs off a bit on Can I Stick A Toe, exploring relationships. Lou Barlow takes lead vocals on Recognition - where Mascis watches Barlow’s back in between playing some mean guitar lines - and the slow rocker See It On Your Side brings things to a close. It is great that an iconic band that’s been around since the ‘80s didn’t feel the need to try anything outlandishly new on I Bet On The Sky. They don’t have to – they’ve already etched their name into rock‘n’roll history. Rob Lyon
Steel Panther & The Art Thebarton Theatre, Tue Oct 9 Review by Peter Lanyon Photos by Andreas Heuer
(Warner)
Bruno Mars was obviously given a copy of Regatta De Blanc for his birthday this year. In 2010 Mars was arrested in Las Vegas, had his blow confiscated, pleaded guilty to drug possession and bagged 200 hours of community service, but his latest run-in with The Police is (disappointingly) completely lawful: Locked Out Of Heaven is basically an over-produced version of Message In A Bottle. Even Tantric stalwart Sting would send an SOS at the thought of singing the grim lyric ‘ Your sex takes me to paradise’, though. Locked Out Of Heaven is more Bad Lieutenant than Dream Police.
Tegan & Sara Closer
(Warner)
Like O, like H. In a troublesome piece of professional suicide, Tegan & Sara arrive at Ladyhawke’s ‘80s electro party four years too late, with the mercilessly awful Closer bopping around the room like a sad loser who’s still wearing a ‘Can You Smell What The Rock Is Cooking?’ T-shirt. I went walking with a turd.
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It’s always a promising sign that you’re in for a treat when you get to a gig and the pre-show music sounds like a playlist of your favourite artists. Steel Panther’s show at the Thebbie more than fulfilled any expectations. Support band The Art had their work cut out for them from the start and you had to feel for them a little, as they really weren’t the right kind of band to warm a crowd up for an ‘80s-style metal parody act. They made the best of the situation though and gave their all. They even managed to win over a few punters towards the end of their set with a blistering drum solo and a track sung by their female bass player, sadly though the crowd seemed to cheer them at the end of their set more for the fact they were done than for their show, but never mind, that’s a support band’s lot in life. Onto the main act and Steel Panther opened their set in the same fashion they start their latest album, Balls Out, pumping out the album’s intro track Into the Future before hitting high gear early on with Supersonic Sex Machine. Fans who caught the Panther earlier this year at Soundwave knew what to expect and weren’t disappointed, with an
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Newton Faulkner
Muse
Lawrence Arabia
(Sony)
(Warner)
(Spunk)
Write It On Your Skin
The 2nd Law
The Sparrow
Diiv Oshin
(Spunk)
With little Eddie Sheeran on the scene, the question is raised: is there room for only one ginger English gentleman in folk pop? Newts is back with a bigger sound and a whole lot of dreadlocked hair all up in there, releasing his third studio album, Write It On Your Skin. One thing all of his tunes have in common with this release is his trademark sound; I shall call it Faulk Folk. When breaking down the record, they say songs are like children and you cannot pick your favourites, but I guess these tunes aren’t my offspring, so I am entitled to pick a favourite. Longshot is Write It On Your Skin’s strongest track. It strips back the pop-infused structures and homes in on a more honest arrangement, resulting in quite the likeable tune. In regards to the rest of Faulkner’s efforts, it feels as though his talent is being masked by pop embellishments. The 16-track marathon of a record makes for a rather radio-friendly selection, but gets particularly interesting in the second half when the live acoustic sessions begin. A cheeky inclusion of some of Faulkner’s golden oldies rounds out Write It On Your Skin, including squeezing in a live taste of Dream Catch Me, much to my mother’s enjoyment - she still enjoys a boogie to that one. Sharni Honor
extended version of that show and the band playing a more rounded set-list of their catalogue to date. Between songs, singer Michael Starr and guitarist Satchel worked the crowd with a great stage presence, lampooning themselves and other ‘80s metal bands, while bassist Lexxi Foxx preened himself in front of his mirror station and drummer Stix Zadinia (surely the greatest rock name of all time) held the beat. While there’s no doubting they don’t like to take themselves too seriously and are clearly playing it for laughs, underneath these guys are extremely skilled rockers, ripping through their tracks like seasoned professionals. All the album staples were part of the show: Asian Hooker, Tomorrow Night, Fat Girl (Thar She Blows) and Just Like Tiger Woods, but it was the betweensong banter and fan faves The Shocker, Community Property and Death To All But Metal that really had the crowd pumping. Some local girls provided the kind of additional entertainment that would have made Motley Crue’s Titty Cam proud (and maybe some might have made even Satchel blush), but it was local drummer Jack from The Rocketeers and his jam with Steel Panther on Van Halen’s Hot For Teacher that really stole the show. Another great night of sweaty, dirty rock‘n’roll, delivered at the awesome Thebbie Theatre. Feel the Steel!
“My main impression is the consistent anonymity of most of the songs — no one could mistake the band, but no gimmicks stand out with any special outrageousness.” No, these aren’t words written about Muse’s The 2nd Law, but in fact revered Rolling Stone writer Lester Bangs’ backhanded dismissal of 1970’s Led Zeppelin III. Often laughed off by critics for their camp histrionics, could Muse’s detractors be one day forced to concede that the Devon trio’s output has proven as influential as Led Zeppelin’s canon? The 2nd Law kicks off with the James Bond-esque Supremacy, a bombastic opener that couldn’t have been a better fit to soundtrack Ian Fleming’s renaissance man if it was playing on the stereo of an aquatic Lotus Esprit. First single Madness is a thrilling splicing of different musical threads, Panic Station’s bass thumps cast Muse as Spandex-donning Patrick Hernandez fans (Newborn To Be Alive, perhaps?) and Save Me (written and sung by recovering alcoholic bassist Chris Wolstenholme) adds a Doves sheen. For those after Matt Bellamy’s apocalyptic visions, skip straight to Big Freeze and The 2nd Law: Unsustainable, where Snog Marry Avoid’s POD gets felt up by Davros at a London Symphony recital. Will Muse’s legacy live on? I might not be as sweaty, drunk or dead as the corpulent Mr Bangs, but I’d be foolish to write them off just yet. Scott McLennan
I’ve been slacking lately on my album reviews. Because of my tendency to procrastinate, I’ve had a rather tall stack of CDs sitting on my desk and mocking me for the past few weeks. It’s not like the music is bad either. In fact, there are quite a few albums in that pile that I’d love to write about. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I guess I’m in a funk. In an attempt to motivate myself, I pulled the upper-most album from its compact disc throne and popped it in my stereo. At the time, I had no idea who it was. The CD was one of those advance copies that come in a paper sleeve with no artwork, and the disc itself was just a CD-R with some intern’s illegible scribblings on it. As the album played, I honestly thought it was a new Sean Lennon disc. Little glints of strings, delicate piano play and understated, matter-of-fact vocals combined in deliciously vintage harmonies. After listening and enjoying the album, I managed to decipher the horrendous penmanship as ‘Lawrence Arabia’. Thanks to my internet savvy, I found out that this Lawrence character is a Kiwi! They must’ve just gotten John Lennon’s solo stuff over there. Ryan Lynch
When I was younger I taught myself how to play the guitar. I could come up with cool little chord progressions, but I lacked the talent to turn my ideas into full-fledged songs. Much like my bedroom tinkerings, the majority of Oshin feels like the same four chords strummed over and over again. At its core, Oshin is a reverbheavy lo-fi record where songs bleed into one another and the vocals are so low in the mix that you can’t even use them as a point of reference. Despite being repetitive, this album shares more similarities with its namesake than phonetic spelling. It is an immense record that can be more rewarding than frustrating, provided the listener can dive a little deeper without suffering from the bends. Ryan Lynch
All The Young Welcome Home
(14th Floor/Warner)
The packaging and artwork for All The Young’s debut album Welcome Home is nothing short of amazing. It appears as some sort of limited edition blockbuster DVD, with threaded covering, metallic writing and an attached booklet containing song lyrics and crystal clear photographs of the band members. Unfortunately for the band, I’m here to talk about their music. And further to their woes, it’s no box office hit. The majority of Welcome Home is unoriginal, exceptionally boring and lacks charisma. For the style of guitar rock that All The Young pursue, the songs are simply too elongated to appreciate. Lead singer Ryan Dooley also can’t work out whether he’s fronting Kaiser Chiefs, Biffy Clyro or All The Young. Sorry guys, but the packaged facade isn’t foolin’ anyone. Sam Reynolds
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Bearded Clams On The Beach
Since making their long-awaited return in 2010, legendary Adelaide punks The Bearded Clams are back on the regular live show circuit and will be playing some of their newest material plus old favourites at the Pt Noarlunga Football Club on Fri Oct 26 and Sat Oct 27. They’ll be joined by support acts like Mancondo Blow Out, Burn Collect, Kamikaze and Trench Effort.Tickets are available from Venuetix or $15 at the door.
It’s been almost six months since Adelaide psychedelic and prog rock heavyweights Lady Strangelove made a noise in anger anywhere around the country, and over 12 months since they released their debut single Sweet Exchange. Initially the song was to be the precipice of an LP, with the tracks actually recorded back in 2010 with the assistance of acclaimed US producer Sylvia Massy, whose previous projects include Tool, Beastie Boys and Red Hot Chili Peppers. That LP worth of tracks has since been consolidated into an EP entitled Demon, which will finally see the light of day at the end of this month with its highly overdue launch at Jive. Lady Strangelove frontman Azz Shaw didn’t mince his words with Rip It Up when we spoke about the EP, stating forthrightly “these songs have just taken a while to come out because we’ve been trying to work out
Over the past few months Archers have made a tremendous leap to the forefront of the local music scene with their feather-touting, unique tribal breed of indie pop. After proving their stage skills across a smattering of live shows, the buoyant five-piece will now unveil their first physical release at Jive this weekend in the form of a co-produced EP entitled What Birds Think. We spoke to members Brian Bolado and Hugh Black ahead of the launch. How would you describe your sound? Brian Bolado: “Our music’s quite heavy on the floating jams, punchy rhythms and sky-high melodies, a bit like dark songs for a sunny day or bright songs for a rainy day.” Tell me a bit about your new EP What Birds Think. BB: “It’s a culmination of songs we’ve written over the past two years together, really documenting the progression and chemistry of the band and those spirits of escapism you hold at this age.” Do you have any good stories from your recent filming experience in Strathalbyn filming the music video for Seven Skies with Capital Waste? BB: “A majority of the film clip features our guitarist Simon and, naturally, a majority of filming was spent filming him too.
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what we, as a band, want to do.” “Josh [Van Looy, guitarist] and I have started a new band called Glass Skies, and we’re also currently writing songs for a band that we haven’t given a name to yet with Shane McIntyre from The Amcats. That’s something we’d been talking about doing for years and it happened that the last few months have given us the chance to get right into it,” he explains. “My brother Brendan has also started another band with a couple of the guys from Urtekk which they’ve called The Bearded Winter, and our drummer Fox (Faehrmann) has been doing DJ sets with live drums.” In explanation of their winter hiatus, Shaw was again up front. “Collectively, it’s just been so intense trying to write and trying to finish this EP, we all decided that we needed to do something else.” The break certainly hasn’t depleted the stocks of Lady Strangelove, with the band a recent nominee for ‘Best Rock Act’ in the Fowler’s Live Music Awards. “That was great,” says Shaw, “and personally I’m really glad someone’s out
there putting the focus back on the bands who are really doing something in this town. Ride Into The Sun, their new EP is coming out too and I see they’re nominated as well. I’m glad everyone is getting a bit of light, also with the new thinker in town.” Following a frenetic 2011/12 summer period, punctuated by a Clipsal 500 performance alongside Spiderbait and The Living End, will be difficult, but it seems that having the EP settled has at least provided a source of relief for the band. As for their long-term future, Shaw is not stewing over it. “It’s a bit up in the air at the moment, but we’ll probably play a few more shows over the summer and see how it feels. We just really want to be enjoying the moment.” WHO: Lady Strangelove, Glass Skies, Oisima, The Angels Of Gung-Ho & Fox Fäehrmann WHAT: Demon EP Launch WHERE: Jive WHEN: Sat Oct 27 from 8pm
The Sun & The Sky & Fourwords
It’s been a busy year for local quartet The Sun & The Sky, having released a four-tracked EP in January, a new single River in July and most recently a big budget music video. Their next milestone? Tackling the crowds and all the ‘dranks’ at the next Fourwords party at Rhino Room on Sat Oct 27 joined by local DJs spinning hip hop downstairs and indie upstairs. The doors will open at 9pm, head on down.
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Watching him get restless and bossed around was pretty entertaining for the rest of us…” There’s a scene at the end of you all dancing manically around a fire. Did you find yourself really getting into the… swing of things during that part? Hugh Black: “We’d been out filming all day doing a heap of tracking shots, which involved a lot of running for everybody. By the time we got to shooting [the scene] we were all so exhausted and cold that getting wild was the only way to stay awake. We were all pretty unhinged for an hour or two,
Louise Blackwell At Nexus
so just absorbed being really primitive.” What does the future hold for Archers? HB: “After the EP we’ve got a bit of time off, but we’ve already started writing some new songs that have a bit of a darker edge to them, so that’s exciting. We’re also hoping to get away and do some interstate shows early next year.” WHO: Archers, Miss Fellows & Wild Oats WHAT: What Birds Think EP Launch WHERE: Jive WHEN: Sat Oct 20 from 8pm
Adelaide’s own French jazz songstress Louise Blackwell will join Quebecoise folk outfit Le Vent du Nord as part of the next instalment of World Music Series at Nexus on Fri Oct 19. The event will take place from 8pm and tickets are available at the door. The World Music Series at Nexus will continue on until Fri Nov 30, so head to the Rip It Up website to view the full programme.
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Quirky Berserky Bellyflop in a Pizza Band The Gov 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh Thursday 25 October, 18+ show Doors 7.30pm
Bring along your toffee apples, newspaper hats and sing along with Mr Clicketty Cane, Newspaper Mama, Toffee Apple, Spaghetti Bolognaise, Juicy Juicy Green Grass, Chopsticks, Tadpole Blues, Jack & the Beanstalk, Baghdad, Saturday Night, Syntax Error and... Quirky Berserky, The Song about Captain Cook, Rock Scissors Paper The songs that a million Australian kids grew up on... and some new ones
Tickets: $23 (+bf) 8340 0744 or thegov.com.au