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Editor’s Note// A few years back I rang Parkway Drive’s overseas mobile number for a prearranged interview while they were in the US with the Warped festival juggernaut. Guitarist Luke Kilpatrick answered the phone and politely suggested he wasn’t really in a position to chat – he sheepishly admitted he was lying in a Pennsylvanian paddock with a new buddy. “Hello? It’s Luke here. It’s midnight and I’m in a field with a lady friend.” Who would begrudge him some post-gig downtime admiring Burgettstown, PA’s fine harvest? Byron Bay’s beach boys are a genial bunch who’ve kept their feet on the ground while rewriting the rulebook for hardcore music in this country. Not only did 2010’s Deep Blue hit number two in the ARIA chart, it also racked up gold sales and won an ARIA Award. As well as knowing how to craft hard-hitting tunes that punch you in the sternum and send you spinning, part of their charm lies in the fact Parkway Drive look like your mates, your brothers or the boys at the pub. When exhausted frontman Winston McCall made a shoutout at this year’s Big Day Out during their sweltering afternoon slot on the main stage - “I’m fucked! Anyone sporting a beard on a day like today, well fucking done!” – he instantly put himself at one with the punters rather than faking rock star invincibility. As their new album’s title Atlas insinuates, they’ve now got the whole world within reach.
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Heading over from WA to headline Montacute’s Common Roots Festival on Sat Nov 3 alongside Melbourne’s The Twoks and lots of Adelaide acts including The Timbers and Loren Kate.
Experience the raw and explosive blues rock duo at Jive on Fri Nov 2 when they hit town armed with their debut album, Cock Rockin’.
The multi-award winning musical jukebox tale of Newark’s Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons is currently running at Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre.
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Catch the legendary American blues artist when he plays the Governor Hindmarsh on Tue Nov 6 with The Dirty Roots Band.
See the Melbourne rock trio with Bad Blood & Broken Bones and Stomp Orange at Crown & Anchor on Fri Nov 2 and Glenelg’s Jetty Bar on Sat Nov 3.
Experience Sydney keyboard whiz Lachlan Doley (pictured) at the Governor Hindmarsh on Fri Nov 2 along with The Baker’s Digest and award winning singer Zkye.
Speeding along this week... ADELAIDE TRANSITIONS FILM FESTIVAL – a visionary forum and film festival taking place at Higher Ground and Mercury Cinemas from Thu Nov 1 until Sun Nov 4.
OUR MOB – an exhibition of South Australian indigenous art that’s currently on display from noon until 4pm daily at Artspace Gallery, Adelaide Festival Centre, until Sun Dec 2.
MARK SEYMOUR – coming to town with songs from the past and the present and playing Norwood Live at Norwood Hotel on Thu Nov 1.
PRELOVED FOLK – see The Timbers, AP D’Antonio, The Yearlings and so many more when they launch their Preloved Folk CD at Thebarton’s Wheatsheaf Hotel on Fri Nov 2 and also Sun Nov 4 from 3pm.
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set with songs from their three ARIA-winning albums as well as a couple of surprises on Fri Nov 30. Check the Elder Unplugged Facebook page for details, support acts and more Unplugged action coming soon.
Two-and-a-half hours of Bryan Adams with no breaks, no skimping and a return to his rock‘n’roll roots? Can’t stop this thing he’s started. No way. The Canadian is coming your way to do everything for you like it’s the summer of ’69. Cheesy heaven at Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Wed Apr 24. Tickets: ticketek. com.au.
Starr Power There is a jukebox worth of hits coming your way in February thanks to The Beatles’ drummer Ringo Starr. He’s bringing his All Starr band to Adelaide, featuring members of Toto, Mr Mister, Santana and Journey to play hits from It Don’t Come Easy to Photograph, With A Little Help From My Friends, Yellow Submarine, Wings, Rosanna, Hello It’s Me and Black Magic Woman. It’ll be a Starry night at Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Tue Feb 19. Tickets: ticketmaster.com.au.
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CUB SCOUTS. Total dibber dobbers. The Brisbane band have a new EP called Told You So and a sound that reflects almost a year on the road supporting Loon Lake, Ball Park Music and Pluto Jonze. Tell them you love their jumpers when they play Cats at Rocket on Fri Dec 14 with Phebe Starr. Tickets: moshtix.com.au.
Lucky 7 Indeed Golden Plains Lucky 7 is being spruiked like a carnie’s delight: quality, quality, quality, fun, fun, fun, legendary legends, iconic kingpins, giants, dream weavers, party starters and pirates are being promised.
And delivered. Cat Power and George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic will be joined by Dinosaur Jr, Tallest Man On Earth, Purity Ring, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Moodymann, Toro Y Moi, The Mark Of Cain and Flume from Sat Mar 9 to Mon Mar 11 at Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre. Do the ballot: goldenplains. com.au.
MxPx MMXIII Twenty years ago three guys from Bremerton, Washington, wrote some pop punk songs – and to their own surprise, after releasing albums including Pokinatcha, Teenage Politics, Life In General, The Everpassing Moment, Secret Weapon and even a Christmas record, MxPx are still at it. “Success for us was a by-product of our hard work,” frontman Mike Herrera says. “I’ve always just been writing songs, promoting and getting the word out, and I think that’s why we didn’t quit, because MxPx wasn’t doing this for money, we weren’t doing it for success. We started when we had nothing, and I’m doing this now still, 20 years later with these guys, and we have something. We have a lot actually.”
Who: Joey Cape / Where: Black Market When: Fri Nov 23 / Tickets: $20 at the door
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More. Wo More. Like a friend who just can’t keep a secret, WOMADelaide has let slip another list of artists who will join the festival from Fri Mar 8 – Mon Mar 11. Did you hear electroswing trailblazers The Correspondents; South African favourites The Soweto
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Gospel Choir; Norwegian “joik” singer Mari Boine; Afrobeat band Antibalas; one woman orchestra, cello player and live loop artist Zoe Keating; Arctic Circle vocal trio Ayarkhaan; Franco-American country blues artist Moriarty and more will join previously announced acts Jimmy Cliff, Hugh Masekela, The Cat Empire and The Herd? Full program released on Thu Nov 22. Details: womadelaide.com.au.
Long-time singer songwriter Joey Cape has done it all – punk rock with Lagwagon, indie rock with Bad Astronaut, all-star party and covers with Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, power pop combo The Playing Favourites and production for bands such as The Ataris and Nerf Herder. His solo stuff draws inspiration from Kill Rock Stars-era Elliott Smith and an upbringing steeped in acoustic acts such as Simon & Garfunkel and Cat Stevens. “Both (punk and acoustic music) share certain intensity and integrity,” Cape says. “Dynamically, they are very different… but they are similar in that they are both very honest approaches. You definitely get a different insight into the songwriter on an acoustic recording. I think most people who enjoy what I have done appreciate them.”
Fuckyou spacebar Iateawholeblockofchocolateonce and then ineededaliedown. Adventure strikes us all in different ways. Iwrestledabearonce are more about mixing metal, grindcore, jazz, electronica and show tunes into a violent assault. The five-piece from Los Angeles give the finger to rules and the space bar when they play Australia for the first time with In Hearts Wake and Storm The Sky. See them on Sat Dec 1 at Fowler’s Live. Tickets: moshtix.com.au and oztix.com.au.
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McCall Of Duty On sheer number of people buying tickets to shows, Parkway Drive are one of Australia’s most popular bands. Not only do they regularly fill arenas here, they’ve also become an international fixture of some of the biggest rock festivals on planet. While bands such as Silverchair, Empire Of The Sun and Gotye see their international success plastered across Australia’s media, Parkway Drive are hardly household names. I think it’s funny more than anything,” Parkway’s affable frontman Winston McCall says of his band’s lack of mainstream media attention. “It wouldn’t surprise me if somewhere down the track we reach a stage where either the band disappears or the band becomes big enough that we can’t be ignored anymore and the media’s like, ‘Our boys in Parkway’. You know how the media does that thing where they’re ‘ours’, it doesn’t matter whether you’re from New Zealand or from Australia. “It’s more humorous to see the comparison between what people perceive as big and the response that this band gets and I think it’s fantastic that the two don’t align. Mainstream media doesn’t create something successful. People actually supporting something from the ground up creates something successful. It gives me hope for music.” With the release of Atlas last week, Parkway Drive marked 10 years of playing blistering metalcore and growing from a gang of teens practising in a basement in Byron Bay to one of this country’s biggest musical exports. Overseas they play headline shows to crowds of a thousand or more and festival sets to tens of thousands. Internationally Atlas has been released on Epitaph, one of the
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largest and most respected of all the punk and metal labels. Though humble about his band’s success, McCall admits, when pressed, that local fans probably don’t realise just how successful his band has become overseas. “I think it’s hard to perceive if you don’t see it yourself. Australia is still where we play to the biggest crowds but, that being said, the festivals we play overseas are the biggest shows we play. We played a show in Sao Paulo that was like, 1500 people and they were like, ‘We’re really sorry that it’s such a small show’ and we were like, ‘Are you kidding? This is out of control’. “It’s pretty weird to consider this as a normal life. It obviously isn’t normal but I know no different now. It’s not that I take it for granted but this is what I do. What we all do. It’s very bizarre. And to then see my friends who are saving up for a one-week holiday to Bali once a year. And I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’ve been to 57 countries so far’. It’s weird. Travel is our job and our vehicle is the band.”
“Mainstream media doesn’t create something successful. People actually supporting something from the ground up creates something successful. It gives me hope for music.” To celebrate the release of Atlas the band is touring around the country with old friends and the band that kickstarted Australia’s love of metalcore - I Killed The Prom Queen. “It’s crazy. Ten years on and it comes back around,” McCall says.
“I’m stoked for the fact we get to do an all-Australian tour. Prom Queen helped us out. Northlane are on the tour, we toured with them a few months ago and the drummer was like, ‘Your band was the first heavy band I ever got into’, so there’s that level and then Survival are our friends and the newest band.” While it must be a thrill to play on a bill with a band that confesses to being fans of yours, McCall says he’s just as happy to own up to being a Prom Queen fan back in the day. In fact McCall even remembers his very first Prom Queen live show. “It was Hardcore Festival 2002. I think I was about 19. It was in Sydney. We travelled down. A couple of the other guys had seen them before and were like, ‘You have to see this band. They’ve got two singers and they don’t have wires plugged into their guitars and they’re running all over the place’. I’d never seen anything like it at the time. “We’re very good friends with those guys and the history between our two bands goes very deeply. They’re very aware that we were there a long time ago. When we used to travel down to festivals in Sydney that bunch of kids from Byron used to stick out like a fucking sore thumb. We were 19. Everyone else was 30 looking at these surfer kids going, ‘What the fuck are you doing here?’.” Once McCall starts reminiscing, talking about sneaking into pubs to see hardcore shows in Sydney because of a lack of underage gigs, almost the complete opposite of the scene now, it’s easy to imagine a motley bunch of Byron Bay kids inspired enough to turn the scene on its head. “I definitely think this band has spread this kind of music a fair bit but at the same time I think we grew up as a band at the same time the internet grew as a music force. We made it connect in a live sense. But the access to a different kind of music came from the internet.” Even with the internet though it takes more than luck and a growing interest in metalcore to become one of the country’s biggest bands, especially doing it away from the spotlight. For the rest McCall credits his
Uncharted Waters A month ago, fellow heavy-core rockers The Amity Affliction released their album Chasing Ghosts. The album debuted at number one on the ARIA chart. Parkway Drive singer Winston McCall laughs off any suggestion that Amity’s chart-topping status has put pressure on his own band to equal the feat, especially considering the last Parkway album Deep Blue just missed out on the top spot. “It’s so much luck. Numbers don’t mean anything. It’s pretty crazy we, or any band that makes this music, chart. I’ve got a feeling we won’t get number one simply because we’ve got a curse going in this band for that. The last couple of records we had Eminem releasing his record and blitzing everything for six months and the record before that we had Michael Jackson dying the week it got released. “It would be interesting to say we had a number one record but I’d rather be able to say we played a good show than, ‘Yes, my album was number one’.”
bandmates. “We work really well as a band unit. Everyone has their jobs outside of the making music part and we all get those parts done. My job is literally talking to people, doing interviews and I guess being the voice of the band. And I really like doing that but if it wasn’t for the other guys handling business and writing riffs and editing movies and stuff we’d still just be hunting for gigs.” WHO: Parkway Drive WHAT: Atlas (Resist) WHERE: Thebarton Theatre (with I Killed The Prom Queen, Northlane and Survival) WHEN: Thu Dec 20
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Interviews// Red Dirt Girl American country singer Emmylou Harris, who holds a dozen Grammys and is a member of the Country Music Hall Of Fame, is touring Australia next month following the release last year of Hard Bargain, her 25th studio album. ast in the country for the Sydney Festival in 2011, Harris began her career as a coee house folk singer in the ’60s before linking up with musician Gram Parsons in the early ’70s. When he passed away just a few short years later, she went on to record many successful solo albums as well as working with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt. Harris went out on an artistic limb in the late ’90s when she recorded the atmospheric album Wrecking
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Ball with Canadian producer Daniel Lanois. Since then she has often penned her own material for albums such as Red Dirt Girl, Stumble Into Grace, All I Intended To Be and her latest, Hard Bargain, although that album’s title song is a Ron Sexsmith tune. Harris, the subject of the song Emmylou by Swedish act First Aid Kit, who played WOMADelaide earlier this year, recently performed at Nashville’s Americana Awards where she was joined on stage by Australians Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson. “It was so good to see Kasey again,â€? Harris says over the telephone from her home in Nashville. “I ďŹ rst met Kasey many years ago when I toured Australia with Spyboy and she was opening for me. So it was good to catch up again.â€? Another Australian connection is that Harris features on several songs on Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ soundtrack to the latest John Hillcoat ďŹ lm Lawless.
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Animal Rescue Emmylou Harris has found another passion besides making music. “I run an animal rescue service here in Nashville and we are working on making that much more pervasive within the community,� she says. “So that’s a big part of my life right now. It’s also something that’s another passion for me besides music. It’s important to have passion in your life and it’s nice for me to have something that’s completely different to making music although they fuel each other.�
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“That was funny because someone called me and said, ‘I’ve just heard you in this new movie called Lawless’. And I didn’t know what she was talking about because when I was asked to do the soundtrack, the movie was going to be called The Wettest County In The World [the title of Matt Bondurant’s novel on which Lawless, a ďŹ lm about Prohibition, is based]. “But I got involved when I got a call from Nick Cave – I knew who he was but didn’t really exactly know him – and because the recording was going to be in Nashville, it was easy for me. I just had to drive a few blocks and there I was. But, to be honest, I’d forgotten about it until my friend called to say she’d just seen the ďŹ lm. “So I haven’t yet seen the movie nor have I heard the ďŹ nished soundtrack,â€? Harris adds with a laugh. The singer has enjoyed a long career, but she’s often taken risks. “You really need to stay fresh as an artist but it’s almost like you can’t seek it out because it has to come to you,â€? she suggests. “You just have to trust that the next idea you get excited about will come along. Right now, I have no idea what I’m going to do next. “But I do know that [the Dan Lanois-produced] Wrecking Ball is going to be re-released next year with some extra tracks and there is some thought of putting that band [Spyboy] back together and doing something. I don’t know for sure though.â€? The singer groans when told her recent set-lists are readily available on line. “I try to take in my whole career for the audience as much as myself,â€? she then laughs. “And some of the songs we’ve only recently started doing again. For example, we’ve been doing Luxury Liner and Hello Stranger again. I’d toured for a long time without an electric guitar player but when we toured Hard Bargain, we needed to bring one in. “Because of that, we found we could do songs such as Luxury Liner again. And while you have to keep doing songs from the latest record, you have to do some of the old songs as well. “When I go to see someone I’ve been a fan of since 1975, I wanna hear some of their new stu but I really want to hear their old stu,â€? Harris concludes.
WHO: Emmylou Harris & Her Red Dirt Boys WHAT: Hard Bargain (Nonesuch/Warner) WHERE: Thebarton Theatre WHEN: Thu Nov 8
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Come Together
Prinnie & Mahalia
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In one of the most nail-biting duels in Australia’s debut season of The Voice, divas Mahalia Barnes and Prinnie Stevens were pitted against each other for a single spot on Joel Madden’s team. Following the show’s completion, the two very different but equally dynamic vocalists were approached by Universal Music’s Managing Director George Ash with the enticing suggestion to record an album together; an offer they joyfully accepted.
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The Voice is where we’ve come from and the reason for this collaboration,â€? Barnes happily says of the talent show, “so we’ve got them to thank for it. Much to our dismay, they put us together – and we were not happy about it – but we went through that journey together, both doing the best performances we could to make it really hard for them to choose.â€? Did you want to ask Joel not to put you up against each other? “Yes!â€? Barnes chuckles. “I even joked about letting both of us through. In the behind-the-scenes interviews they asked who we would most not want to go up against and I said Prinnie.â€? “I’d love to say they did it on purpose but they didn’t,â€? Stevens adds. “They knew we knew each other but they really had no idea how close we were. I think we underestimated how close we were too. It wasn’t until we started talking about it that we realised ourselves.â€? Having listened to Come Together, I was surprised by a familar extra vocal suddenly appearing near the end of River Deep, Mountain High. “It’s funny how that happened,â€? Barnes laughs of the surprise addition of her father, Jimmy. “Dad was away when we recorded the album so it never occurred to us to get him on it. Just as we were ďŹ nishing the mixes, he came back home so we thought we’d just sneak him in on the end there. We didn’t tell anybody we did it – not even the record label – so we love the surprise people get from it. “I remember Mahalia saying that she loved how gritty she was sounding on the recording‌ until her dad got on it,â€? Stevens jests. “He’s so amazing. It was a brand new little room and his voice is so powerful and inspiring.â€? Did you pick a song for each other? “I deďŹ nitely pushed for Mahalia to sing The Best Of My Love,â€? Stevens enthuses. “She questioned it but I told her that there are not many people who can hit those notes in the way she does.â€? “I urged Prinnie to do PP Arnold’s The First Cut Is The Deepest,â€? Barnes adds. “She was a bit unsure at ďŹ rst but it’s now one of her favourite songs to sing.â€? Prinnie and Mahalia are being accompanied on tour by The Soul Mates: bassist Ben Rodgers, Rob Woolf on keys, guitarist Franco Raggatt and Dave Hibbard on drums. “We both have a lot of friends and family in the music industry,â€? Barnes explains. “My family are probably more well-known than most, so we were very excited to welcome them onto the album. [Barnes’ uncle] Diesel’s music has deďŹ nitely inspired me over the years; I love what he does and I think he’s one of the most soulful Australian artists that we have. Prinnie is also a fan, so it was a real honour to have him play and sing on the album.â€? “We’ve augmented the touring band with three horn players and two amazing male backing vocalists/ dancers,â€? Stevens elaborates. “It’s a vibrant, energetic show with a lot of heart and passion. Our shows are all ages, which is really important to us as mums of young children. We really want to make our shows accessible for young kids and families as well.â€? “We’ll deďŹ nitely come out and meet people after the show. We really love the whole personal connection with people that you can’t get from a TV show,â€? Barnes enthuses. “I love the Gov; it’s such a great venue. I’ve played there with Dad; the place is a musical institution with all the bands that have played there so I’m really honoured to be playing there. It has the best energy!â€? WHO: Prinnie & Mahalia WHAT: Come Together (UMA) WHERE: The Governor Hindmarsh WHEN: Sat Nov 24 from 7.30pm
Soul Deep Prinnie Stevens and Mahalia Barnes have a friendship that has spanned more than 12 years. But with musical friends in common, it was bound to happen. Stevens, previously an Australian Idol Season 2 semi-finalist, has shared the stage with Barnes (ex-Tin Lids) on jam nights, performed backing vocals together with a plethora of Australian artists (including Guy Sebastian in New York) and they’ve even shared band members for their individual live shows. Stevens and Barnes each have daughters who, just like their mums, have bonded - a young but solid friendship with each other.
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Interviews// A Different Kind Of Blue Celebrating the release of sophomore album The Late Blue with upcoming performances at both HQ and Future Music Festival, Rip it Up chats with Gypsy & The Cat’s Xavier Bacash about the journey the band has taken between albums. peaking with Bacash on the morning of the release of their dreamy ‘80s-infused The Late Blue, it seems only polite to open by offering congratulations. “Thanks, man!” he answers. “You’re actually the first person to say that! It’s a big relief to have it released. Now it’s out there we can start getting reactions to it and I’m starting to feel better about it. It’s a big thing releasing a record independently so it’s definitely hitting me today.” When comparing the songs from The Late Blue to their highly successful first album, 2010’s Gilgamesh, Bacash notes, “The Late Blue’s a bit more of a journey in the sense that the songs flow a bit better into each other and there’s a bit more depth. Gilgamesh was quite loopy but with these songs there’s different compartments within each of the songs.” The journey of The Late Blue also reflects the expedition Bacash and band member Lionel Towers have been on since forming Gypsy & The Cat. Of particular interest is the decision to move on from their Sony deal and take the independent route. “We had a bit of a wretched time on our label and went independent to have the ability to pull the trigger on things like going into the studio to mix a record, do photos and make a film clip straight away. When you’re on a major label it takes months to
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get approval for things like that and we just didn’t want to dick around – we wanted to have a red hot crack at it.“ However, relocating to London and signing to a major international label in the first place was a clever strategy for the duo to better their chances of global success. “It’s really difficult to become a global band out of Australia. Gotye is really the only person to have proven that it’s possible – and by possible I mean, like, a one percent chance. It’s just a thing where if you get traction in the UK then that moves across to America and the rest of the world sort of takes shape.” However, not everything worked out as they had hoped in England, which made the decision to go independent easier. “All these great things were happening and then our record label sort of disbanded - the guy who signed us up who was the boss got fired - and then it all sort of went pear-shaped and nothing could be done, like getting money to tour or make a film clip. Gilgamesh even came out eight months after it was supposed to.” Like some sort of tacky riches-to-rags comedy, taking the independent route saw Gypsy & The Cat go from recording in London to recording on a farm, but according to Bacash it was just “doing the best with what we had”. “We came off touring Gilgamesh and were daunted with the fact we had to start writing a new record and didn’t have a studio anymore. My dad had a farm in the country where no one lives, so I got the key and moved all our gear in there and wrote a lot of songs in different styles and genres before we got to the 10 songs. It was sort of a natural gestation, I guess.” This journey is reflected in the lyrics of the song The Late Blue, with Bacash noting the
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line ‘It feels like everything’s going my way’ is about being at ease. “It’s related to coming home and the realisation of being comfortable and secure. Now we’re in control of releasing our own music and giving it a big shot everywhere in the world, I feel pretty relaxed about things.” WHO: Gypsy & The Cat THAT: The Late Blue (Alsatian) WHERE & WHEN: HQ on Thu Nov 1 and Future Music Festival on Mon Mar 11
They Should Be So Lucky Last year, Gypsy & The Cat supported Kylie Minogue on her Aphrodite tour, since Minogue was a fan of Time To Wander. Xavier Bacash reveals what she is really like. “I thought she would have been a bit of a bitch – like a prima donna in the sense that she would be really fussy and we wouldn’t get sound checks because she would go overtime - but she was incredible. She would come and watch our soundchecks every day and come up to us afterwards and tell us we’re the best. Our sound engineer overheard her tell her security guard we were the best band she’d had support her. She was a fan, so that’s how she treated us. Maybe she is a nasty person, but I don’t know about that!”
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INCOMING WHO: THEO PARRISH WHERE: ROCKET ROOFTOP WHEN: MON DEC 31
WHO: GENE FARRIS + MORE WHAT: BEATDOWN WAREHOUSE EDITION WHERE: QUEEN’S THEATRE WHEN: SAT NOV 10
NICK CURLY TICKET GIVEAWAY Nick Curly has set off on his rescheduled tour this month after having to postpone it earlier this year due to illness. TechPhonics will bring ‘the man of the moment’ to Mr Kim’s for a show that will mark Curly’s first ever Adelaide appearance on Fri Nov 2. Hailing from Mannheim, Germany, Curly is responsible for spawning a distinct house sound of the same name that proliferated around
the world. Having launched his new artist album, Between The Lines, this year Curly has also had an incredibly successful Ibiza season with his Kekahuma brand pairing up with Richie Hawtin’s Enter concept which was a highlight of the island’s festivities. For a chance to win one of the two double passes up for grabs, head to onion.com.au and enter your details in the comp.
MNDR ALBUM GIVEAWAY An ode to heartbreak and decadence (with nods to her pop sensibilities), MNDR’s debut album Feed Me Diamonds is for lovers of early house, minimal techno and IDM. MNDR cements her status with the new album as one of 2012’s most exciting and innovative new artists, her rise from the underground being an impressive journey so far – just three months after her 2010 EP, EPE, MNDR was already appearing alongside Q-Tip on Mark Ronson’s global smash, Bang Bang Bang, selling over 3.5 million copies. In this issue Onion speaks to MNDR about Feed Me Diamonds and has five copies of the album up for grabs – just head to onion.com.au and enter your details in the comp.
CALENDAR 2/11: Nick Curly (Mr Kim’s) 4/11: Lenzman (HQ) 4/11: Delano Smith (Sugar) 9/11: Nina Las Vegas (Rocket Bar) 10/11: Gene Farris (Queen’s Theatre) 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)
REVIEWS VAGABUNDOS 2012 MIXED BY LUCIANO
FABRIC 66
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WHO: LENZMAN WHERE: HQ WHEN: SUN NOV 4 Real name Teije van Vliet, Lenzman’s style and sound has coalesced from his early involvement with a hip hop collective as well as an ongoing love affair with soul music. In 2010 Lenzman released Open Page with Riya on Goldie’s seminal label Metalheadz, the track being a vocal collaboration that would continue to be a trademark of Lenzman’s liquid soul sound. Earning respect from some of the greatest names in D&B, including Marcus Intalex and DJ Friction, 2012 promises to be even bigger as he gears up to unveil his debut full-length release Looking At The Stars, all the while working alongside DRS, one of UK’s finest MCs. Don’t miss Lenzman’s first trip to Adelaide for what will be one massive show also featuring DJs Patch, Weez, Klu, Fiction, Troub9l, Asylum, Novy, Mikey, Antonio Delorian, DJ Snair Vs Benny Beaton and Double Agent. Doors open at 4pm and presale tickets are $20 + BF, available from Venuetix and Inbound.
A musical prodigy since a young age, Mathew Jonson has gone on to record on internationally renowned labels like Sub Static, Minus, Perlon, Kompakt, Itiswhatitis, Arbutus and his own imprint Wagon Repair. Responsible for some of the most influential tracks to come out in recent years – including Decompression, Alpine Rocket (with Luciano), Marionette, Folding Space, Typerope and Return Of The Zombie Bikers, Jonson’s recordings have earned themselves a place on the top 10 lists of the likes of Gilles Peterson, Richie Hawtin, Tiga, Sven Vath and Laurent Garnier. Jonson was also proclaimed Best Producer Of 2004 by Groove magazine, not surprising considering he’s become notorious for his live shows which focus on analogue equipment and real-time play as opposed to mere playback. Forging influences from techno, jazz, house and D&B, Jonson is also known for his involvement with groups like the Modern Deep Left Quartet and Cobblestone Jazz, as well as his collaborations with artists like Luciano, Hrdvsion and the Mole. Don’t miss him in this rare, intimate setting at Cuckoo Bar this New Year’s Eve.
FRIENDLY FIRES
BEN KLOCK
LATE NIGHT TALES
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(FABRIC/BALANCE) Since my introduction to Ibiza was in the mid-‘90s, the place has always been indelibly tainted by images of orange northerners with their tits out and white, fluffy nostrils, and pilled-up Oi!-boys: gurning on dancefloors to the sounds of Brandon Block and Alex P’s hand-bag stomp. Thank baby Jeebers that times have changed. People are better dressed, the drugs are not quite as awesome and a better class of venue has re-emerged pushing a more discerning sound for the educated patron. Luciano’s Vagabundos 2012 mix is a keynote in this era which sees the welcome return of a Balearic beat aesthetic-meets-fluid and evolving musicality. Luciano is quite the virtuoso when it comes to mixing on a molecular level, foregoing vinyl and CDs, to a completely digitised format where he strips tracks into parts and re-composes virtually new joints altogether. The end result of this approach is a true journey of epic and wildly unrestrained proportions, nearing perfection through its passionate brushstrokes and track selection.
Beatdown Music and Fundamental Co are bringing back the warehouse vibe next month at one of Adelaide’s most renowned venues, Queen’s Theatre. Featuring Gene Farris (Chicago), Sonny Fodera, James Shoji, Rubberteeth and support from Juddo, Ezee G and Goran in the Beatdown Music Room, the event will also feature the Exam Records Room with Jorge Watts, Juliet Fox and support from Matt Abstrax, Trav Bell, Tom & Tys, Nik C and Kurt Wohle. While it’s bound to be an overall massive night, one of the highlights will no doubt be a set from dance music legend Gene Farris who has captivated crowds all around the world for the better half of two decades. With more than a hundred productions and six albums on labels including Defected, CR2, Soma, Cajual and his own Farriswheel Recordings, Farris has DJed in over 30 countries and played in all the hottest clubs all over the world including Ibiza’s Space, Cielo New York and Chicago’s Boom Boom Room. Expect sexy, sultry, melodic blends with hot party beats on Sat Nov 10. Pre-sold tickets are $20 and available here, or $30 on the door.
WHO: MATHEW JONSON WHERE: CUCKOO BAR WHEN: MON DEC 31
30/11: Todd Terje (Sugar) 1/12: Stereosonic (Bonython Pk) 7/12: Evil Eddie (Ed Castle) 9/12: JLO (Entertainment Centre) 21/12: Gtronic (Electric Circus) 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)
(LATE NIGHT TALES) The ability to get a highpowered rally car into a controlled drift through a tight space sideways is something that has always brought about a child-like glee in me. And seeing that Monster Energy, DC Shoessponsored bad-boy ripping the fuck out of San Francisco in the latest gymkhana is nothing short of mesmerising to watch. And talk about multi-talented; not only can the man represent on the wheels of rubber, Ken Block also happens to rip on the wheels of steel too. Hey – wait a sec! This is Ben Klock not Ken Block. How silly I have been. This crucial fact aside, Fabric 66 is a textbook slice of Berliner techno par excellence, with a healthy 24 tracks spanning its dark, nebulous interior. The tracks on here have a likeness to the pulsating signal of a deep space probe, floating, blinking in a sea of black backlit with stars and distant galaxies. This could almost be an alternate soundtrack to 2001: A Space Odyssey, but with more flashing lights than the interior of a vast monolith. And like handbrake turns in zero-gravity, this mix spins effortlessly.
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Rip It Up and Rocket Rooftop will present one of Adelaide’s biggest New Year’s Eve parties featuring Detroit house legend, Theo Parrish. Born in Washington, DC, Parrish grew up in Chicago listening to jazz musos like Miles Davis, Nina Simone and George Gershwin, also citing Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder and Bob Marley as his early influences. Meanwhile, Chicago’s radio influences and house artists such as Ron Hardy, Larry Heard, Lil Louis, Mike Dunn and Frankie Knuckles all helped spawn Parrish’s career early on. After graduating from the Chicago Academy Of The Arts, he went on to study at the Kansas City Art Institute where he concentrated on sound sculpture, creating sonic pieces by combining live instruments, human voices and looped recordings. Once he received his Bachelor Of Fine Arts degree in 1994, Parrish moved to Michigan to focus on musical projects and became heavily involved in Detroit’s underground music scene, producing music and delivering his unique and dynamic sets in venues throughout the Detroit and surrounding areas, as well as abroad.
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I wish Friendly Fires’ artist albums were as consistent as their DJ mixes. The UK foursome achieved their house head seal of approval with their awesome Bugged Out mix from two years ago, which followed their so-so 2008 album debut. Then in 2011 they released the single, Live Those Days Tonight – amazing! But the album it opened, Pala, fizzled. But with Late Night Tales, we know the band has great taste. For the latest edition in the chill series, Friendly Fires mix yacht rock (Joe Simon, Renee) with modern chill (Bibio, Junior Boys, SBTRKT) and even include a reading from Sherlock himself, Benedict Cumberbatch! This is just a great album of relaxed grooves highlighted by Dennis Parker’s eternal Fly Like An Eagle (famously sampled by Linkwood for the modern house classic Barely Eagle), Cocteau Twins’ junked out gorgeousness Cherry Coloured Funk and Bibio’s go-to warm weather soundtracker Don’t Summarise My Summer. This is a perfect collection for the summer months.
If you know anything about movements in cinema, you’d be familiar with the circa 1940s style of ‘film noir’, literally meaning black film. This darkness related to all aspects of the films which this genre spawned and the visual style was one of contrasts of light and dark; think external lights filtered through venetian blinds and dramatic swirls of cigarette smoke. The films were outside of the standard Hollywood narrative in that the protagonist was an anti-hero, there was always a femme fatale, and the film’s ending was never a happy closure. Steve Bug’s fifth studio album is an homage to this era and the shady types which inhabited its interior. Serve Your Mistress embodies the femme fatale nicely as it is a brooding, tempting journey of minimal tech. The slow, broken beats of Spiral Staircase, under deep keys and synths, are an enjoyably melting moment, contrasted starkly by the early Chicagoesque house of Moment Of Ease Feat Emilie Chick. And I have to give the nod to Those Grooves, with its mid-stream tempo drop-and-return keeping the faith. Despite the mood, this record balances the light and dark superbly.
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PORTER ROBINSON MICHAEL JACKSON, BRITNEY SPEARS AND LINDSAY LOHAN WERE ALL CHILD STARS. PORTER ROBINSON COULD BE THE DJ EQUIVALENT. INDEED, HE BEGAN CUTTING DANCE MUSIC AT 12. THE AMERICAN WAS ON THE VERGE OF BECOMING A GLOBAL STAR WHILE FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL, HIS DAD CHAPERONING HIM TO GIGS. IN 2011 HE SCRAPED INTO DJ MAG’S TOP 100 POLL. THIS YEAR HE’S NUMBER 40 – WITH A BULLET. Yet Robinson, who’s just turned 20, has no stage parents behind him – and, such is his determination, he’s unlikely to unravel. Nonetheless, the hyperarticulate electro-houser, bound for Stereosonic 2012 (his third Aussie trek!), would make even a seasoned superstar DJ feel insecure. The Atlanta-born Robinson grew up in the college town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he still lives with his parents – when not on the road. It isn’t exactly a dance music hub, as Robinson acknowledges with a laugh. “I almost never play here!” He was initially exposed to electronica via video games. Keen to recreate the sounds, Robinson used the internet to swot up on production techniques, circulating early rudimentary tracks online for feedback. Then 15, he officially issued Booming Track on Germany’s YAWA Recordings as Ekowraith. Robinson caused a bigger splash with 2010’s Say My Name. Remarkably, he was approached to remix Lady Gaga’s The Edge Of Glory. And Skrillex, digging another Robinson revamp, that of Avicii’s Seek Bromance, chose his Spitfire EP as the flagship release on OWSLA. Robinson has learnt much from touring with the dubstep don. “He’s probably the one who instilled in me this idea that artistic integrity is of the highest priority and just kinda taught me not to pander. He’s yet to do something in his career that he wasn’t fully behind. Despite being insanely popular, you could never call him a sell-out because he just does what he enjoys. That is integrity.” This year Robinson proffered his most mainstream record in the vocal Language, complete with music video, on Ministry Of Sound. It cracked the UK top
WHO: PORTER ROBINSON WHAT: STEREOSONIC WHERE: BONYTHON PARK WHEN: SAT DEC 1
10. He’s working towards an album, having resolved that his recent efforts are too “experimental” to be singles. Coincidentally, Robinson’s sound has evolved into something ever more amorphous – an electro, house, trance, dubstep and moombahton stew. He’s the guy who came up with the term ‘complextro’ – for complex electro heavy on textures. “It always sucks to self-describe – and I don’t want to give people some sort of false expectation,” Robinson says of his upcoming music. “But I can say that the stuff I am writing right now is a little bit more sentimental and melodic and experimental and focuses more on making you feel things, as opposed to being just purely high energy. I think my last song, Language, was a step in that direction – the focus on that song is emotion. Even though it’s a high energy song and it’s effective in the clubs and [at] festivals, that was a secondary goal.” There is no stopping Robinson, who’s scored residencies in Las Vegas, played Coachella, and headlined his own tours. But, GaGa remix aside, he isn’t clamouring to produce pop identities (Katy Perry was declined). “My time is so limited,” Robinson says. “It’s really hard for me to make music at all. I’m just gonna focus on what’s inspiring to me.” That said, he “wouldn’t rule it out ever”. For all his achievements, Robinson occasionally regrets turning down the chance to attend college – a rite of passage. “I have mixed feelings about it. I got into probably the best university in my state. I worked really, really, really hard in high school and I got great test scores. I spent four years working towards this goal of being admitted to this university and I succeeded and then, over the summer before I was gonna go to school, I saw some success with my music career and I decided to pursue that because it was more important to me. I see so many of my peers who have their degrees that they’ve always wanted and they’re working at fucking Walmart. It’s just a difficult climate out there. I saw an opportunity to realise my dream and so I sprung for it.”
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TWO YEARS AGO AMANDA WARNER WAS A HOT COMMODITY WITH HER TECHNO-POP VEHICLE MNDR. SHE CAMEOED ALONGSIDE Q-TIP ON MARK RONSON’S ELECTRO-SOUL BANG BANG BANG, CHARMINGLY SINGING SNATCHES OF ALOUETTE, AND JOINED HIS BAND (HITTING 2011’S FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL). NME HAILED THE NEW YORK RESIDENT – INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE IN HER OVERSIZED, WHITE-FRAMED SHADES – IN 2010’S COOL LIST.
VITAL STATISTICS. WHO: MNDR WHAT: FEED ME DIAMONDS IS OUT THROUGH INERTIA
Yet, after unleashing the clubby Caligula ahead of a much-touted “decay”-themed LP, MNDR all but vanished – until January, when Warner and her studio cohort Peter Wade aired #1 In Heaven, a neonpop “tribute” to heiress-cum-”urban guerilla” Patty Hearst. Now MNDR (strictly speaking Warner’s alter-ego) has finally resurfaced with Feed Me Diamonds, the album title inspired by the words of performance artist Marina Abramovic. “I actually had an album done at a proper time,” Warner says, happy to account for the wait. This is no tale of Ting Tings-ish perversity. Warner sought to set up things appropriately – with the right label. She had been buoyed by fans’ responses to MNDR’s 2010 debut EP, EPE. “I really believed in what I was doing.” Warner sensed, too, that, as a credible female writer/producer, she was filling “a void”. And so she was apprehensive about industry types dictating changes. “I went to our managers and I said ‘no’ to any label that wanted to A&R the record. I felt like I didn’t need to go through that process.” MNDR eventually found refuge at, unexpectedly, the US Ultra Records, otherwise associated with EDM superstars like Deadmau5. “It was a very hard road.”
Meanwhile, Warner continued to compose material – and evolve. “I’m glad we had more time, because I think we really got some songs that were album-defining.” Warner knows all about artistic struggle. She grew up in Fargo, North Dakota. Here, Warner learnt recording techniques from her dad, a blue-eyed soulster with a home studio. The young keyboardist, who majored in music at college in California, immersed herself in underground genres, playing everything from experimental to noise to indie. “I was like Miss DIY America,” she quips. The “gutter punk” established networks. “I lived in every major city west of Chicago – including Chicago.” Warner was especially captivated by (minimal) techno – in the past giving props to Drexciya – and this affinity with IDM, not EDM, is apparent on Feed... “That music blew my mind,” Warner raves. “I was drawn to sound, and sound inspires me to write melody – and, in that area, it’s limitless to me. So I fell in love when I was a teenager and never stopped.” Few realise that Warner has DJed “for years”. She throws parties in NY, pushing Detroit, Chicago and
Berlin sounds. In fact, NY’s Paper magazine has just named the midWesterner ‘Best DJ’ – to her delight. Warner moved to NY in 2008, intent on becoming a pop songwriter. Despite her love of the avant-garde, she was “always academically interested in modern dance-pop records” – and intrigued by the new monotone and minimalist productions invading the mainstream. “I was like, ‘oh my God, would I love to get involved with that and fuck that world up – holy shit’!” She could subvert elitism itself. The ‘gearhead’ linked up with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, configuring their synth rig. While “hustling”, she met Wade – today Will Gregory to her Alison Goldfrapp. “He was the first producer who I worked with who really respected my abilities and wasn’t so interested [in], ‘oh, you’re the girl and you just sing’ and this and that.” Warner rues the conservatism that lingers in music concerning gender roles. She subsequently befriended Ronson, an admirer of EPE and, fortunately, another progressive dude. She now considers him one of her closest friends, praising not only his talent, but also his kindness and generosity. “He really would do anything for his friends.” Warner has canvassed the postfeminist Feed... as both “political and personal”, being cut amid “upheaval” in her own life and globally. MNDR might be an edgier, deadlier Robyn. “I really tried to write with zero irony or zero double entendre – for this album, I wanted to write straight from the heart.”
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Tour Guide/ THU NOV 1 GYPSY & THE CAT (Vic) & NEW GODS (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh MARK SEYMOUR (Vic) @ Norwood Live
FRI NOV 2 ROOTS NIGHT FIVE: LACHEY DOLEY (Syd), ZKYE & THE BAKERS DIGEST @ Governor Hindmarsh JACKSON FIREBIRD (Vic) @ Jive RIVER OF SNAKES (Vic), BAD BLOOD & BROKEN BONES & STOMP ORANGE @ Crown & Anchor
SAT NOV 3 THE TREWS (Can) @ Jive COMMON ROOTS FESTIVAL: JUNIOR BOWLES (WA), THE TWOKS (Vic), THE TIMBERS, LOREN KATE and more @ Montacute RIVER OF SNAKES (Vic), BAD BLOOD & BROKEN BONES & STOMP ORANGE @ Glenelg Jetty Bar
REDCOATS (Vic) @ Jive
TUE NOV 20 NICKELBACK (Can) & JACKSON FIREBIRD (Vic) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre BALL PARK MUSIC (Bris) @ Governor Hindmarsh
THU NOV 22 DEEP SEA ARCADE & PREATURES @ Adelaide Uni Bar SCOTTIE MILLER (US) & THE STREAMLINERS @ Governor Hindmarsh MOJO JUJU (Syd) @ Grace Emily THE SIDETRACKED FIASCO (Syd) @ Forresters & Squatters Arms
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FRI NOV 23 JEFF MARTIN (Can/WA) @ Jive THE SIDETRACKED FIASCO (Syd) @ Worldsend OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ (US) @ Fowler’s Live JOEY CAPE (US) & WILL WAGNER (Vic) @ Black Market MARTIN ATKINS (UK) @ Enigma
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SUN NOV 4 CHERRY POPPIN’ DADDIES (US), LUCKY SEVEN & THE SATELLITES @ Governor Hindmarsh SHAUN KIRK (Vic) @ Glenelg Surf Club
TUE NOV 6 CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE BAND (US) & THE DIRTY ROOTS BAND @ Governor Hindmarsh
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SAT NOV 24 GORGEOUS FESTIVAL: MISSY HIGGINS (Vic), DAN SULTAN (Vic) and more @ McLaren Vale MAHALIA BARNES (Syd) & PRINNIE STEVENS (Syd) @ Governor Hindmarsh THE SIDETRACKED FIASCO (Syd) @ Glenelg Jetty Bar DREAM ON DREAMER (Vic), MAKE THEM SUFFER (WA), IN FEAR AND FAITH (US) & SAVIOUR @ Fowler’s Live
EMMYLOU HARRIS & HER RED DIRT BOYS (US) @ Thebarton Theatre MATCHBOX TWENTY (US), INXS (Syd) & EVERMORE (Vic) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre SHAUN KIRK (Vic) @ Wheatsheaf Hotel MELISSA MANCHESTER (US) & JOE LONGTHORNE (UK) @ Her Majesty’s Theatre
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WED NOV 28
JEN CLOHER (Vic) & COURTNEY BARNETT (Vic) @ Wheatsheaf
ANGUS STONE (Syd) @ Governor Hindmarsh KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON (NSW) & HARRY HOOKEY @ Her Majesty’s Theatre
SAT NOV 10 HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY (Bris) @ Jive SUZIE STAPLETON (Vic) & THE VILLENETTES @ Exeter ELI WOLFE (Syd) @ The Singing Gallery (McLaren Vale) BILL CHAMBERS (NSW) & RYAN CORNISH @ Wheatsheaf
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 JEFF LANG (Vic) & ELI WOLFE (Syd) @ Rockford Wines (Barossa Valley) GOAT (WA), SPACE BONG & POISONOUS VIPER GANG @ Hotel Metro
MON NOV 12 THE LIVING END (Vic), AREA 7 (Vic) & THE BEARDS DJS @ Governor Hindmarsh BEIRUT (US) & OTOUTO @ 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
WED NOV 14 THE LIVING END (Vic), CITY RIOTS & DANGEROUS! DJS @ Governor Hindmarsh USELESS EATERS (US), RULE OF THIRDS & BIG RICHARD INSECT @ Hotel Metro
THU NOV 15 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) & JACKSON MCLAREN (Vic) @ Trinity Sessions EAGLE & THE WORM (Vic) @ Ed Castle BLEEDING KNEES CLUB (UK) & STEP-PANTHER @ Fowler’s Live BOB EVANS (WA) @ Rhino Room THY ART IS MURDER (Syd/ Bris) & RESIST THE THOUGHT @ Enigma
SAT NOV 17 THE LIVING END (Vic), CITY RIOTS & DANGEROUS! DJS @ Governor Hindmarsh REFUSED (US) @ Thebarton Theatre SIREN TOWER @ Enigma
PAUL DIANNO (UK), BLAZE BAYLEY (UK), OCTANIC & MATTERHORN @ Fowler’s Live NIGEL WEARNE (Vic) & THE HUSHES @ Wheatsheaf Hotel
TUE NOV 27 BIG D & THE KIDS TABLE (US) & THE RESIGNATORS (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh
THU NOV 29 THE SELECTOR (UK) @ Governor Hindmarsh
FRI NOV 30 POUR HABIT (US), HIGHTIME & UNICORN @ Adelaide Uni Bar THE AUDREYS @ Elder Hall
COMING UP SAT DEC 1 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 SUN DEC 2 BENJALU (NSW) @ Glenelg Surf Lifesaving Club DEVO (US), SIMPLE MINDS (Scot) & THE CHURCH (Syd) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre TUE DEC 4 BLONDIE (US), THE STRANGLERS (UK) & THE SAINTS (Bris) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre REEL BIG FISH (US), GOLDFINGER (US) & ZEBRAHEAD (US) @ HQ REECE MASTIN, JUSTICE CREW & THE JANOSKIANS @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre THU DEC 6 SAN CISCO (Freo) @ Governor Hindmarsh APES (Vic) @ Exeter FRI DEC 7 LAGWAGON (US) & THE SMITH STREET BAND (Vic) @ Fowler’s Live HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS (US) @ Black Market SAT DEC 8 GOTYE (Vic) & BERTIE BLACKMAN (Vic) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre AFTER THE FALL (NSW) @ Adelaide Uni Bar YESYOU (Bris) @ Ed Castle KRISTA POLVERE (US/Syd) @ The Promethean SUN DEC 9 PRIMAL SCREAM (UK) @ HQ TUE DEC 11 TAME IMPALA (WA) @ HQ THU DEC 13 PIGEON (Bris) @ Rocket Bar THE PIGS (Vic) @ Wheatsheaf FRI DEC 14 CUB SCOUTS (Bris) @ Rocket Bar SAT DEC 15 HARD-ONS (Vic) @ Enigma SUN DEC 16 REGINA SPEKTOR (US) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre SUICIDAL TENDENCIES (US) & UNWRITTEN LAW (US) @ Fowler’s Live MON DEC 17 HUMAN NATURE (Syd) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
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American band Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, who enjoyed a huge mainstream hit in the ‘90s with Zoot Suit Riot, combine swing music with ska and rockabilly with a punk ethos and are currently on another Australian tour. The Oregon-based band will be highlighting songs from their new double album, White Teeth Black Thoughts, and are back following a successful tour last year. “We had a great time last time and I ended up wanting to move there,” singer Steve Perry laughs. “So we’re comin’ back because we have more new stuff to play.” It must be difficult touring such a large band in today’s economic climate. “It is, but touring is just something we do,” Perry suggests. “And the plan is for us to now come back to Australia every 16 months or so.”
White Teeth Black Heart, funded by a fandriven pledge drive, ended up being a double album. “It’s got 41 songs on it because I’d been toying around with a Zydeco song but we’d decided to ditch them,” Perry says. “But then, Buckwheat Zydeco, probably the most famous Zydeco player, said he’d play on it. And if you do something like that with Buckwheat, you gotta put it out. We also recorded a song with Zoot Horn Rollo of Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band. It’s a crazy, strange jazzy kinda rockabilly song.” How did that come about? “Oh, I was just passin’ by his house and saw him and said, ‘Hey, we got this song, do you wanna do it with us?’ And he said, ‘Sure’, so we went in and did it.” Cherry Poppin’ Daddies went on hiatus from 2001 until 2006 but Perry used that time to return to his studies and majored in molecular biology. “I just felt like college was unfinished
business for me,” he says. “I’d quit early to play music but then got burnt out from being on the road for years. So I thought it was my chance to go back and get my degree and as soon as I did that, I realised that music was my main passion. I jumped straight back into it.” The band will be sharing the Adelaide stage with local swing band Lucky Seven and rockabilly combo The Satellites. “Oh cool, because there’s a great percentage of good bands in Australia,” Perry concludes. “Here in the US we sometimes play with bands who just aren’t that good. But down there, it seems like there’s a high percentage of really great bands.”
Kirk then adds that he began his tour some weeks ago and that it’s been going very well. “Yeah, it’s been a lot of fun,” he says of his jaunt that includes some regional centres, festivals and all major capital cities. Kirk came to music after pursuing a promising sporting career. A badly broken ankle when he was 17, however, had him laid up in hospital for a few weeks. To keep himself amused, he picked up a guitar and music then became his priority. “So I don’t follow sport as much as I used to,” Kirk laughs. “But I have no regrets about leaving it behind to do music.” The 27-year-old will be joined at his gigs in SA by Adelaide-based duo Halfway To Forth who moved up from Tasmania a couple of years ago. “I’ve become good mates with them,” Kirk says of brothers Dan and Kyle, who deliver banjo-driven ballads and toe-tapping grooves
as Halfway To Forth. “And I’ve now made a few other friends in Adelaide so I’ll be hanging out with them in between my two gigs.” The musician, who says he always enjoys playing Thebarton’s Wheatsheaf Hotel whenever he’s in town and whose 2010 debut, Cruisin’, picked up a Victorian award in 2011 for Best Blues Album, says he’s treating audiences to some new songs intended for a third release. “So I’ll see how they go and then demo the good ones towards the end of the year and then put out a new album early next year.”
WHO: Cherry Poppin’ Daddies WHAT: White Teeth Black Heart (Independent) WHERE: Governor Hindmarsh (with Lucky Seven and The Satellites) WHEN: Sun Nov 4
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Award winning blues performer Shaun Kirk is currently on an extensive national tour to promote the release of his second album, Thank You For Giving Me The Blues. Rip It Up speaks to Kirk (who reasons that the popularity of blues music tends to go in circles as it waxes and wanes before capturing a new, often young, audience) about his upcoming Adelaide gigs with local band Halfway To Forth just prior to him playing Sydney Blues & Roots Festival. “I’m looking forward to that a lot,” he says of the festival that would have him playing alongside internationals such as Canada’s Jill Barber and The Trews and the USA’s Charlie Musselwhite as well as Lanie Lane and Mia Dyson.
WHO: Shaun Kirk WHAT: Thank You For Giving Me The Blues (Independent) WHERE: Glenelg Surf Club on Sun Nov 4 and Wheatsheaf Hotel on Thu Nov 8
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Thursday 1st ADELAIDE CASINO – Balcony Bar: Lucky Seven (8pm) ALMA TAVERN – Grind ARKABA HOTEL – Lounge Bar: Becky Blake (6pm) AUSTRAL – Bunka: DJs BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) BOTANIC BAR – Big Bubba & Betty CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Complete Trivia CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: House Of Karma, Teen Rebel Pirates and Thursday’s Friends. 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 EXETER ON RUNDLE – Mary Webb, Micaela Burger and The Hushes FOWLER’S LIVE – Fowler’s Live Music Awards 2012 GASLIGHT TAVERN – Groove Thursdays with Mick Barnes Shades Of Blue GILBERT STREET HOTEL – Johnny McIntyre Duo (7pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Gypsy & The Cat. Front Bar: Gumbo Blues Jam featuring Bluescasters GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Brenton Manser GRAND BAR – OMG HIGHWAY – Escapade Thursdays 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 Dylan 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 TONSLEY HOTEL – Jake Daulby (8.30pm) WEST ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB – KG’s Complete Trivia WHITMORE HOTEL – Rainbow Jam Sessions (7.30pm) WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music
Friday 2nd 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 – Lounge Bar: Franky F (6pm) Becky Blake (8pm) Sports Bar + Arena: Dimitra (6pm) Little Wing (10pm) AUSSIE INN HOTEL – karaoke (8pm) Area 51 AUSTRAL – The Austral House Band (7pm) BELAIR HOTEL – Lost & Found and The Peter Jenkins Duo 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 – Transit BRIDGEPORT HOTEL – Dance Club with DJ BROADWAY HOTEL – DJ Sneaky Beats BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CALLINGTON HOTEL – Mick Kidd CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests CAVERN CLUB – Band Room: 18+ show featuring Sunset Riot, Laced In Lust, Cherry Grind and Love Cream (8pm) CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Two Hard Basket CORIO HOTEL – Lily & The Drum (8pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: Carla Lippis (5pm) DJ Adam (1am) Band Room: Bad Blood & Broken Bones, River Of Snakes and Stomp The Orange DOCKSIDE TAVERN – Big Cheese 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 – Proton Pill (7pm) DUCK INN: COROMANDEL VALLEY – Cry Wolf ED CASTLE – Full Tilt live bands and party DJs ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Trashbags with resident DJs Capt N Cook, Mangie and Terror Terror plus guests ELYSIUM LOUNGE – DJs EMPIRE POOL LOUNGE – DJ (8pm) EMU HOTEL – Full Circle (8pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – E’nuf Said EXETER HOTEL – Troy Harrison EXETER ON RUNDLE – The Villenettes and Lipsmack FINDON HOTEL – karaoke
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – MOHAWK MUSTER 2 WITH ROWDY NEIGHBOURS AND GUESTS FOWLER’S LIVE – Cut Off Point End Of Year Party GARAGE BAR – Knock Offs (4pm) GLYNDE HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Roots Night 5 with Lachy Doley, Zkye and The Bakers Digest. Front Bar: Dr Piffle & The Burlap Band GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Hills & Trains GRAND BAR – Flashback Fridays GRAND JUNCTION TAVERN – Theodore HAMPSTEAD HOTEL – Rockin’ Karaoke with Acca Dacca Mick (8pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Hijinx with DJs K & Krispy
HIGHWAY – Kustom Kulture Countdown featuring Amber Foxx, Johnny Law & The Pistol Packing Daddies, Lucky Seven and Lolly Dolly Burlesque (8pm) d HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Chaps and DJ Lumeire HOPE INN – Paybacks HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Dimitra (7.30pm) HOTEL TIVOLI – Honey with DJs HQ – Newmarket: Es.Co (every second Friday) JIVE – Jackson Firebird LA BOHEME – Smooth Groove with DJ Curtis (9pm) LADY DALY HOTEL - SideFX 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 – Gary Isaacs (5.30pm) One Planet (8.30pm) MARS BAR – DJ VJBeeJay and guests (9pm) drag show (2am) MICK O’SHEA’S – Mojo Duo NEXUS CABARET – Tales From The Silk Road OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Harvest ORIENTAL – Shane Wolf (4.30pm) Slyde (8pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Gerry O PJ O’BRIENS – Unknown To Man
RAMSGATE HOTEL – DJ SNAKE & DJ RUPHEO (9PM) RED SQUARE – DJs Brendon, Gypkidd, Rubberteeth, Decker and Bollocks plus MC Dylan REX HOTEL – karaoke (8.30pm) Theo ROB ROY HOTEL – Point 05 (6pm) DJ Smiley (9pm) ROCKET BAR – Abracadabra featuring resident DJs The Shiny Brights DJs SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – DJ (8pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – The Detonators SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – DJ Clarke SOUTH ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB – Bonz STAG – Upstairs: DJs play urban and dance. Downstairs: DJs play retro SUGAR – TGI Funky with Ben Alibi and HMC 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 COVE TAVERN – U2000
THE CUMBERLAND – A Little Bit Different featuring local acoustics and late night DJ THE ELEPHANT – Crazy Knites and DJ G-Rillz THE GOODY – DJ Gex (9pm) THE HAUS: HAHNDORF – DJ Marcus THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment TONSLEY HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Shannon Lloyd (4.45pm) Boris Loves To Boogie (9pm) Chrysler Bar: The Incredibles (9.30pm) UNION HOTEL – DJ Pauly plays ‘80s and ‘90s VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – DJs Marek and Michael Constant plus MC Kris VILLAGE TAVERN – Alien 8 WAKEFIELD HOTEL – DJ Electric T and guests WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Preloved Folk album launch (8.30pm) WHITEHORSE INN – karaoke with Ally & Co WHITMORE HOTEL – Magazines WINDSOR HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) WOODCROFT TAVERN – Eleven WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – DJs Deceed, J Rudd, Koops & Armac and AJ (8pm) ZHIVAGO – Skream DJs: Terrence, Scott Holder and Gumshoe
Saturday 3rd ALMA TAVERN – MetroRetro ARCHER HOTEL – Downstairs: Jaki J. Upstairs: Bongo Madness with DJs Ed Law and Scotty (10pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Lounge Bar: Nam Tran (6pm) Heidy De Ruyter (8pm) Sportys Bar + Arena: Mark Usher (6pm) DJ Chris James (9.30pm) BOTANIC BAR – Sanji, Brad Sawyer and Tom Wilson BRIDGEPORT HOTEL – karaoke BRIGHTON METRO HOTEL – The Roy Orbison Show BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ Steve Reece CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests CAVERN CLUB – Band Room: Ice On Mercury, Almost Human, Pistenbroke and Crystal Math CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Molting Vultures, Slingshot Dragster and Them Plasms. Front Bar: DJ Azz (1am) CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – karaoke with Nicole (8pm) DRAGONFLY – rotating DJs playing techno, house, disco and everything in between
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The Guide // DUKE OF YORK – DJ Mitchy Burnz, DJ Parry, DJ Skinny B and MC Scotty ED CASTLE – Plus One Saturdays with live bands and party DJs (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Arcade Disco with resident DJs Junior, Dancespace and friends EMU HOTEL – Cold Chisel Tribute Show (8pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – Tom Williams EXETER ON RUNDLE – The Electric Sun Kings and William Street Strikers
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – RIOT RUNNERS, THALASSA, AUDIO REIGN AND PRIORITY ORANGE GARAGE BAR – DJs (10pm) GASLIGHT TAVERN – karaoke with Mel featuring The Singing Bar Bitch & Mr Average (8.30pm) GEPPS CROSS HOTEL – karaoke disco with Craig Anthony GILBERT STREET HOTEL – DJ Marky Polo (8pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Weekend Warriors Best Of Open Mic Night Comp. Front Bar: Crash Of The Title GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Hurricanes with Kaurna Cronin GRAND BAR – Grand Bar Saturdays with DJ DMH and DJ Rupheo HACKNEY HOTEL – DJ HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Live & Loud presents Triple X
HIGHWAY – DJ Griff (9pm) HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Soundflex HOPE INN – karaoke (7pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ Sly HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Bar 180: Matt & Dani (7.30pm) The Front: Sunset Riot (8.30pm) HOTEL TIVOLI – The Mash Up with DJ Paul Gurry (9pm) JIVE – The Trews KINGSFORD HOTEL: GAWLER – karaoke LA BOHEME – DJ Tr!p and DJ Anthony alternate (9pm) LAKES RESORT HOTEL – Remedy LAND OF PROMISE HOTEL – Tribute To Ren featuring Billion Dollars Bums, Leather Messiah, Fear & Loathing, Viva Vas Deferens (9pm) LIMBO – resident DJs Delux, The Swiss DJs and Paul Glen LINFIELD ROAD WINES – Bill Chambers 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) Dave Freeman & The Reason (8.30pm) MARS BAR – VJ Beejay and guest (9pm) drag show (2am) MASONIC HALL: SEMAPHORE – Rock For Refugees featuring Spirit Of Alondray, Minority Tradition, Sasamba and The Dudleys (6pm)
Get Front Row For Regina Spektor. New York songbird Regina Spektor is hopping in her rowboat and returning to Australian shores for her first headline shows since 2010. The What We Saw From the Cheap Seats tour promises heart-wrenching ballads, songs that make you smile and everything in between, and is sure to be another sell-out! Fringe Benefits members who purchase tickets before 30 November go into the exclusive draw to win upgraded premium front row seats & an official Australian tour poster! Head to fringebenefits.com.au for details.
MICK O’SHEA’S – Pash NORWOOD HOTEL – Three Star General (9pm) ORIENTAL – Theo PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – The Road Runners PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Street Talk PJ O’BRIENS – Frenzy
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RED SQUARE – DJs Marek, Law, Dub Drop DJs, Decker, Bollocks, Krispy, Shawty, Capital D, DV8 and Jazz plus MCs Skippy and Dylan ROB ROY HOTEL – Stereo Saturdays with DJ Electric T (8pm) ROCKET BAR – Bananas: Track Team and Japeye SANDBAR – requests with DJs SANTIAGO – Hussyboy (8.30pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic sessions SEBEL PLAYFORD – Black Caviar SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – Amberlight SPRINGTON HOTEL – Mick Kidd STAG – Upstairs: DJs Huddy and Jase with urban and dance. Downstairs: DJ Kieran and David James SUGAR – Prince Aaronak, Driller, Derek Lang plus a host of international guests 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 – Kopy Catz and DJ G-Rillz THE GOODY – DJ Dante and interactive games night (9pm) THE HAUS: HAHNDORF – DJ Marcus and friends THE GRIFFINS – DJ playing house tunes THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment TONSLEY HOTEL – Smooth Talk Duo (8.30pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Acoustic Reign (8.30pm) TOWER HOTEL – Gerry O UNION HOTEL – DJ Cloak & Dagga VALLEY INN – karaoke WALKERS ARMS HOTEL – DJ Sessions (9pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – The Baker Suite (9pm) WHITEHORSE INN – High Voltage WHITELINE TRANSPORT – Dia De Los Muertos Festival featuring The Go Getters, The Detonators, Pat Capocci Combo, The Lincolns and The Hot Rollers Go-Go WHITMORE HOTEL – Rejuvenators WINDSOR HOTEL – Rave On WOODCROFT TAVERN – karaoke (8pm) WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – DJs Kontrol, C4, Deceed, J Rudd, Lush and Koops (8pm) ZHIVAGO – High Heels DJs: Bottle Rockets, Osyris, Ryley and Hemilove
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ALMA TAVERN – Sunday School ARKABA HOTEL – Sportys Bar + Arena: BBQ Beats with DJ Glen Aikman BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt
BOTANIC BAR – Eric The Falcon BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Flight 69 CROWN & ANCHOR – Amy Cook & Meg Bellews DOCKSIDE TAVERN – Kelly Breuer Duo DOG & DUCK – Sneaky Sundays with Jak Morris DUBLIN HOTEL – No Use For A DJ Name (9pm) DUCK INN: COROMANDEL VALLEY – Gian & Cloudy ED CASTLE – Beer Garden: Acoustic Sundays (2pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – Unknown To Man Duo EXETER ON RUNDLE – The Faction (5pm) GASLIGHT TAVERN – Big Easy Sunday featuring Adelaide’s best blues players GENERAL HAVELOCK – Eddie (Wasabi) (4pm) GILBERT STREET HOTEL – The Fiddle Chicks (2pm) GLENELG SURF CLUB – La Mar Sundays present: Shaun Kirk and Junior Bowles (3pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Peter Combe Family Event (day show) Cherry Poppin’ Daddies (evening show) GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Sleepless GREYHOUND RACING SA: GAWLER – Lily & The Drum (5pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Sunday Sessions plus Poker 888 double header free register (2.30pm) $10 buy in (6.30pm) HIGHWAY – Sunday Arvos with 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 LICKERISH – Nikko & Snooks (2pm) LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – Shades Of Blue MARINA SUNSET BAR – Sunset Sessions featuring live acoustic music MARION HOTEL – Robin George (3pm) MARION RSL – Rockabilly Jamboree featuring Saturday’s Army, The Satellites, Kieron McDonald, The Silverados and Scotty Baker MARS BAR – VJK classic video hits MICK O’SHEA’S – Acoustically Raw OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Tom Williams ORIENTAL – 2 Up Duo PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Two Hard Basket
RAMSGATE HOTEL – ACOUSTIC SESSION (4PM) TOM KURZEL & ED TRAINOR FORTNIGHTLY ROTATION (7.30PM) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – The Harmonics (7.30pm)
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The Guide // SAILMASTER TAVERN – Troy Harrison SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic soloists SEMAPHORE PALAIS – Mr Buzzy SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – Blue Mountain SHIVERS CAFÉ – Billy February (1pm) SOMERSET HOTEL – Acoustic Blonde 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) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – The Sunday Session (2pm) 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 – Preloved Folk album launch – part two WHITMORE HOTEL – Sympathy Orchestra ZHIVAGO – Black Cherry DJs: Anthony, Scott Holder and Gumshoe ZOOTZ – Salsa night (every second week)
Monday 5th 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 – Life In Letters EMBASSY HOTEL – karaoke EXETER ON RUNDLE – Zoe Behan & Band GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Balcony Bar: Stomp’s Harmoniclub Group Jamming Session. Front Bar: Doubles Table Tennis Comp 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 Benefit Gig featuring Tom Pulford Qtet, Eclectica Trio and Coma Ensemble
Tuesday 6th ARKABA HOTEL – Top Room: Adelaide Comedy featuring Justin Hamilton (8pm) Sportys Bar + Arena: Melbourne Cup Party with The Hi-Topps. Lounge Bar: Becky Blake AUSSIE INN HOTEL – Complete Trivia BOTANIC BAR – Ash Wilson CAVAN HOTEL – Complete Trivia CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: Industry Night with DJs Stevie & Duncan. Band Room: Cranker Comedy 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: Charlie Musselwhite with Dirty Roots Band (8pm) GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Pub Cinema HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – Wayne Flipper Phillips HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Melbourne Cup Party with Acoustic Reign KENSINGTON HOTEL – Melbourne Cup Party with Beej (4pm) MARION HOTEL – Melbourne Cup Party with Graham Lawrence (11am) ORIENTAL – Tom Williams PARADISE HOTEL – Memory Lane Trivia PJ O’BRIENS – Davy T’s Music Trivia (7.30pm) SOMERSET HOTEL – Daryl Lee SUGAR – CU Next Tuesday with Sonny Side-Up and Driller THE COVE TAVERN – Complete Trivia THE GOODY – Complete Trivia THE GRIFFINS – fresh, funky and progressive tunes THE KINGS BAR – Old Skool Funk with Nixon and Penfold. Back Bar: APL poker THE LION HOTEL – Acoustic Sessions THE PORT CLUB – Complete Trivia TONSLEY HOTEL – Melbourne Cup Party with Katrina Caton TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Trivia Tuesday (7pm) VINE INN: NURIOOTPA – Complete Trivia WHITMORE HOTEL – Acoustic Raw Jam WINDSOR HOTEL – MC Steve Murphy and Complete Trivia WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music
Wednesday 7th BOTANIC BAR – Gemma CHALLA GARDENS HOTEL – Complete Trivia CHRISTIES BEACH HOTEL – Complete Trivia COLONNADES TAVERN – Memory Lane Trivia (12.30pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Geek with DJ Tr!p
DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Dan’s Open Mic Night (7.30pm) DOM POLSKI CENTRE – salsa lessons (6.30pm) DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING – Bento (What’s in Yo’ Box?!) EXCHANGE HOTEL: GAWLER – Live Music Exchange (7.30pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Curtis FINDON HOTEL – Complete Trivia 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 – Front Bar: Open Mic Night GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Harmless Hunter with Ben David HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Sports Bar: 888 Poker (7.30pm) Dining: Complete Trivia (7.30pm) HIGHWAY – The Combi Room featuring Ciaram Granger HOLDFAST HOTEL – Nonstop Dance Party with DJs Mike Wills & VIP HQ – Flashdance JETTY BAR – karaoke KENSINGTON HOTEL – The Fiddle Chicks Open Mic Night (7.30pm) LA BOHEME – The New Cabal (9pm) LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – DJs (9pm) MANSIONS – live band karaoke MARION HOTEL – Adelaide Comedy featuring Justin Hamilton (8pm) MARS BAR – VJK Experience (9pm) MICK O’SHEA’S – Celtic Connection ORIENTAL – DJ PORTLAND HOTEL – karaoke with Shaggy (9pm) SEAFORD HOTEL – karaoke with Suzanne (8.30pm) SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – karaoke with Margi (7.30pm) SUGAR – Mixed Tape with Lauren Rose, Ferris Mular and Mr Whiskas THE GOODY – Kickstart DJs THE KINGS BAR – DJ Yusef Wilson THE LION HOTEL – Proton Pill TONSLEY HOTEL – Quiz Night (7pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Hump De Bump 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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Pete Travis by MDB
Dredd English director Pete Travis is on the line to discuss his filming of UK comic 2000 AD’s legendary ‘hero’ Dredd, but he doesn’t mind kicking this interview off by comparing and contrasting his take with the fairly disastrous 1995 film Judge Dredd. I don’t see that that one was a problem in getting this one going, no,” he suggests. “I’m not sure that the fans hate it that much… This was a totally different attempt at the material and the character, and I don’t think that we worried about that version - or at least I didn’t.” One of the many things that purists objected to in director Danny Cannon’s compromised take on the material was the fact that Dredd removes his Judge’s helmet and reveals his face quite early on in the film (and that that face is, of course, the infamously leering mug of Sylvester Stallone) - something that Dredd never does in the graphic novel. And yet a brave decision by the filmmakers to ensure that we never really
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see the man underneath the Judge get-up was surely an obstacle in casting an A-lister in the role? “Yes, that was a bit of a barrier, I think, as an actor needs every tool, and to take away one of the key things that they work with their face - would have been a real problem for many… And yet Karl Urban, I think, didn’t see that as a problem. He worked hard and had a real vision and lots of ideas, and he knew that the character’s face could never properly be seen.” Travis has further nice things to say about his star: “Karl would actually come to me and Alex Garland [the screenwriter, and also the guy behind pics like 28 Days Later] and say that he thought that Dredd would or wouldn’t say something like it was in the script, and we’d always agree. He just had such great ideas about the character, and it was a pleasure working with him.” Travis then talks about Lena Headey, star of TV’s Game Of Thrones, as Ma-Ma, the memorable baddie of the piece. “Lena was just fantastic. There’s something about the way that she plays it and about the way that Alex wrote the part of Ma-Ma that makes her such a great villain. I mean, when you create a villain like that you have to explain who they are and how they got that way, and I think that Ma-Ma has this tragic
backstory and so we don’t necessarily root for her - but we do understand her.” She’s a victim as well as a victimiser? “I think so. And Lena is fabulous, as she makes Ma-Ma a wonderful foe for Dredd, and audiences have really been responding to her.” Travis also states that he enjoyed working in South Africa, a decision partially dictated by a modest budget but “also because we knew that the crews in Cape Town are great”. “Alex and Andrew [as in producer Andrew Macdonald, a longtime collaborator with Garland and a partner in DNA Films] went on a recce to South Africa early on and they ended up meeting the people who worked on District 9, a great science fiction film, and it all went from there… I mean, Dredd isn’t a huge, multi-million dollar sort of production, you know: it was done on a more modest sort of budget… And I think that the decision to shoot in South Africa and the hard work of DNA meant that it worked out brilliantly, and that it wound up looking far more expensive than it actually was.” And while he also is developing several projects that he hopes to film in the next few years (including a “Hitchcockian action thriller” that sounds a bit like Roman Polanski’s Frantic), Travis would also jump at the chance of helming a Dredd sequel. “I think that Alex has plans for it to be a
Dredd Song How dreadful is 1995’s Judge Dredd? Yep, well, pretty dreadful. And yet, if you aren’t a diehard 2000 AD fan, and can see past Stallone’s overexposed mug, some ridiculous acting (and casting, including an embarrassed Max Von Sydow) and staggeringly cheap FX, there is one gag worth waiting for, as Rob Schneider, playing a totally needless ‘comic relief’ sidekick-type doofus, imitates Sly’s Dredd with a slurred cry of, “I yam duh law!”, and you just know that Rob (who’s starred in and spearheaded some seriously crap movies of his own) hated making this silly movie, and is demonstrating his sheer contempt for the whole troubled production.
trilogy of films… I don’t know if he has the scripts written or if they’re going to go ahead just yet - but I’d certainly do them in a shot!”
WHAT: Dredd WHEN: Now showing WHERE: Cinemas everywhere
Music from another dimension
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Gary Clark Jr Blak and Blu
Psychedelic Pill The first new album of original music in almost a decade. 2CD available now. Triple Vinyl and Blu-Ray (includes all of the videos) available late November.
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Boogie! Australian Blues, R&B and Heavy Rock from the ‘70S’ A two-disc celebration of blues-based Oz sounds of the ‘70s. 44 track - Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Chain, Carson, La De Das, Madder Lake, Daddy Cool, Rose Tattoo, Coloured Balls, Wendy Saddington, Spectrum, Stevie Wright, Buffalo, Blackfeather, MORE!
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Classic and primarily late ‘60s/early ‘70s sounds that inspired today’s blues-influenced rock groups.
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Argo (M) Producer/director/star Ben Affleck’s next offering after The Town is an extraordinary declassified-in-1997 true story that manages to work as a high-stakes drama, a Hollywoodmocking comedy, a gripping suspense saga, an intimately human tale and a politically-minded piece (although quite what its politics actually are prove intriguingly unclear). After the storming of the American Embassy in Iran on November 4, 1979 (for reasons explained in the graphic-novel-like opening), a group of Americans are famously held hostage but six others (including Tate Donovan and Scoot McNairy) wind up hiding for months with the Canadian Ambassador (Victor Garber), while the CIA and exfiltration expert Tony Mendez (Affleck) work desperately to get them out of this increasingly scary situation. And, after a glimpse of Battle For The Planet Of The Apes on TV, Mendez hits
on the “best bad idea”: pretend that he’s part of a Canadian film crew working on a fake sci-fi flick called Argo, enlist the help of Apes creator John Chambers ( John Goodman looking just like the real guy) and pro producer Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin), and jet into Iran with fake passports to dangerously smuggle the six out under the pretense that they’re part of the crew. With a subtle but effective evocation of a nicotine-hazed ‘70s, a small army of famous faces (Kyle Chandler, the uncredited Philip Baker Hall, the inexhaustible Bryan Cranston) in terrific form, a first-act sense of Tinseltown silliness (with Star Wars gags aplenty) that turns dead serious into the gripping final third, and Affleck directing himself with real aplomb, this is undoubtedly one of the great American movies of the year. Believe it or not. Mad Dog Bradley
19th Greek Film Festival 2012 Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas
At the PN until Sun Nov 4. Details: palacecinemas.com.au.
Adelaide Cinémathèque 2012 Mercury Cinema
Put ‘Em Up: Men In The Ring commences at the Merc on Mon Nov 5 at 7.30pm with Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull (MA), and continues on Thu Nov 8 at 7.30pm with Rocky (M) and Fight Club (R) on Mon Nov 12 at 7.30pm. Details: mercurycinema.org.au.
Adelaide Transitions Film Festival Higher Ground & Mercury Cinema
This film and forum program is at Higher Ground and the Merc until Sun Nov 4. Details: transitionsfilmfestival. com.
Frankenweenie (PG)
Dredd (MA)
The Intouchables (M)
Producer/director Tim Burton’s recent outings have been reimaginings of famous properties (Sweeney Todd, Alice In Wonderland, Dark Shadows), and yet here, in what must be the first B+W 3D movie in 50+ years, he rethinks his own 1984 short Frankenweenie (the one that got him fired from Disney!). In what might be the 1970s in a small American town, the suburban Frankensteins live happily with no one commenting upon their surname, and young Victor (voiced by Charlie Tahan) makes amateur movies, conducts science experiments and spends more time with his cute dog Sparky than the creepy local kids and the visiting Elsa Van Helsing (old Burton fave Winona Ryder sweetly supplies this voice, and even sings a Danny Elfman song). When Sparky is killed in an accident, Victor takes a cue from controversial teacher Mr Rzykruski (Martin Landau wonderfully voices this VincentPrice-lookalike) and brings the mutt back to life via lightning, and while he tries to keep the stitched-and-bolted pooch a secret, word of his achievement gets out and his jealous classmates (who cover a lot of rather un-PC ground) use his techniques to create their own beasts for the Science Fair, resulting in references to everything from the 1935 Bride Of Frankenstein to ‘Kaiju Eiga’ (look it up). Beautifully animated (mostly by models, but with help from CG) and with a reverent sense of Gothic horror, this also pleases with its biting satire of America’s hatred and ignorance of science, and yet it has it both ways too: mistrust of science leads to stupidity, but too much of the stuff and your community will be torn apart by mutant sea monkeys and Gamera clones. Mad Dog Bradley
An English-born future-shock (schlock?) ‘character’ who first appeared in 2000 AD back in 1977, Judge (Joseph?) Dredd is so popular that the production of this Pete Travis-directed, only-partAmerican-financed actioner was plagued by fans who still foam at the mouth at the memory of the Sly Stallone-starring Judge Dredd (1995), and yet they needn’t have feared, as this is just about the coolest pseudo-Apocalyptic epic of the year - and our ‘hero’ never takes his damn helmet off! In Mega-City One, a cramped, ugly metropolis in an irradiated future, Dredd (Karl Urban, a great sneerer) is a law-enforcing ‘Judge’ (as in that, jury and executioner) who’s assigned the task of breaking in a psychic recruit (Olivia Thirlby as Anderson, a character from the original source) and, after turning up at the 200-storey, criminalcrammed ‘Peach Tree’ block, is ordered dead by Ma-Ma (Lena Headey from Game Of Thrones), who locks the place down in unintentional shades of the Indonesian The Raid from earlier this year. Dredd and Anderson (who tries to humanise our boy a little, but never truly detracts from his sweet blankness) must then fight off every goon, psycho and scumbag in town, in sequences that prove hugely exciting in the hands of director Travis, and, when the oodles of victims are under the influence of Ma-Ma’s drug ‘Slo-Mo’, allow for balletic, comic-book-like, FX-tinged set-pieces of wildly gory grandeur. Wonderfully hard-edged fun with a winningly cynical atmosphere (28 Days Later scripter Alex Garland adapted the John Wagner/Carlos Ezquerra comics most respectfully), this grimly enjoyable spectacular is also notable for the best use of the word ‘Yeah’ in cinematic history. Mad Dog Bradley
Jean Dujardin and The Artist may have been the favourites at this year’s Oscars, but at the French equivalent, the Cesars, Dujardin lost the Best Actor gong to Omar Sy (Micmacs), star of France’s official Best Foreign Language Film entry in the 85th Academy Awards, and what is already the second highest-grossing French film of all time. When Sy’s Driss, a self-serving delinquent fresh from a stint in prison, storms the interview room of an affluent quadriplegic man needing a carer, the staff sees a thug, interested only in getting signed off for a welfare benefit. Wheelchair-bound Phillipe (Francois Cluzet, Little White Lies) however, sees a man completely incapable of pity, which is exactly what he wants. Driss warily comes into Phillipe’s home on a one-month trial, and the two very different men gradually develop a routine, come to an understanding and forge a lasting friendship. Although the events that take place during The Intouchables are predictable in a convenient ‘Hollywood cookie-cutter script’ sort of way, it is forgivable with the knowledge that Driss and Phillipe are based on real people. Omar Sy undoubtedly deserved his Best Actor Cesar as the stereotypical but sincerely-played roughneck with a heart of gold, but Francois Cluzet’s performance shouldn’t be underestimated, his portrayal of an alternately broken and persevering man being just as moving. We thought the interracial buddy comedy died with Eddie Murphy’s career, but this dramatic approach proves there may be life to it yet. Kat McCarthy
Hola Mexican Film Festival Mercury Cinema
The seventh Hola Mexican Film Festival is at the Merc from Fri Nov 9 until Sun Nov 18, and details about this popular annual event are at mercurycinema.org.au.
Opening But Unrated Bachelorette (MA), writer/director Leslye Headland’s hard-edged comedy, headlines Kirsten Dunst, Lizzie Caplan, Isla Fisher and Rebel Wilson. Writer/director/producer David Ayer’s cop drama End Of Watch (MA) stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña and Anna Kendrick. Housos Vs Authority (MA) is writer/ director/producer/star Paul(y) Fenech’s expansion of his TV series. Spanish director Icíar Bollaín’s Kathmandu Lullaby ((M) is a English/ Nepali drama exclusive to Trak Cinemas. Co-writer/director David Pulbrook’s Aussie drama Last Dance (M) offers Julia Blake and Firass Dirani. French writer/director/producer Gilles Legrand’s You Will Be My Son (M) is a familial drama toplining Niels Arestrup.
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Cooking With Dennis Leslie Executive Chef The Brasserie
Last week I showed you how to make chilli con carne, a simple but tasty recipe. This week we’ll pick up where we left off and use the chilli to make salsa and guacamole tortillas. Stay tuned for more ways to use up your leftovers, and don’t forget to read last week’s mag online with our Flipbook for previous recipes.
Chilli, Salsa and Guacamole Tortillas / Serves 8 For the salsa 4 large ripe tomatoes (diced into 1cm cubes) ½ a red onion (peeled and diced into cubes) 1 bunch of coriander (finely chopped) 2Tblsp extra virgin olive oil Sea salt to taste Ground white pepper to taste
with a fork) ½ a red onion (peeled and diced into cubes) 1 lemon (juiced) 1tsp Tabasco sauce Sea salt to taste Ground white pepper to taste
For the tortilla 16 tortilla wrappers 1 cup of grated cheddar ½ iceberg lettuce (finely sliced) For the guacamole 1 cup of sour cream 4 avocados (peeled, slightly mashed
Kingpin Bowling As a kid I remember the bowling alley for its stale hot dogs, Triple M playlists and tired interiors. The newly opened Kingpin Bowling in Norwood, however, has well and truly kicked all memories of yawning alleys to the kerb, delivering an exciting new face for bowling. Slick, neon-lit bowling lanes now line the refurbished venue on Osmond Tce alongside a video gaming corner, laser skirmish maze, fancy couches and DJ decks. What’s most exciting though is the newly acquired liquor licence; this is realised in a long, illuminated bar boasting an impressive array of spirits down the back. There are beers on tap if a pint is your caper including Kirin and Hahn Superdry, but if you want something a little more saccharine to go with your pizza there’s a cocktail list with drinks like Midori Splice, Apple Crumble or Mango Magic. Strike!
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WHAT: Kingpin Bowling Norwood WHERE: 11 Osmond Tce, Norwood WHEN: Mon – Thu 10am – 12am, Fri – Sat 10am – 2am, Sun 10am – 12am CONTACT: 13 26 95
For the salsa 1. Place tomatoes, red onions and coriander in a bowl and mix thoroughly. 2. Add extra virgin olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. For the guacamole 1. Place the avocados, lemon juice and red onion in a bowl and mix through. 2. Season to taste then add the Tabasco sauce.
Salsa’s Fresh Mex Grill Australia’s fastest growing Mexican food brand, Salsa’s Fresh Mex Grill, will officially open its second South Australian store on Sat Nov 3 at Salsa’s on Jetty Rd. Created by Boost Juice co-founder Janine Allis, Salsa’s will be offering its coastal customers classic Californian Tex Mex items including burritos, quesadillas and their infamous Mexicrinkles. There are
also lots of vegan and vegetarian options on the menu. Get your gringo self down for a taco. WHAT: Salsa’s Fresh Mex Grill WHERE: 16 Jetty Rd, Glenelg WHEN: Mon – Thu 10am – 9pm and Fri – Sun 10am – 11pm CONTACT: 8376 8524
Coopers Sweep The ALIAs Coopers Brewery has cleaned up at this year’s annual Australian Liquor Industry Awards, the family-owned brewer winning seven out of 11 nominated awards. The local brewery took home a number of gongs in a number of categories including Premium Domestic Beer for their Coopers Sparking Ale and Full-Strength Beer and Best Tap Beer for their Coopers Original Pale Ale. The winning streak marks the sixth year Coopers Pale Ale has won the ALIA’s best tap beer. Shows we certainly know our booze down south!
For the tortilla 1. Toast the tortilla on a dry pan. If you are doing large batches, toast then place it on a plate then cover it with a towel moistened with warm water. 2. Place con carne on the tortilla, cheese, salsa, lettuce and sour cream.
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Aries 21.03/20.04
It’s best to lay low. There is plenty of drama on centre stage. Fortunately you aren’t the starring actor. Retire to the wings. It’s contemplation time for Librans. Walk the tightrope of your own mind, to that still, centred state that you crave. Seek peace deep on the inside.
Taurus 21.04/20.05 With the sun and Saturn opposing you over in Scorpio, you are likely to feel like a bull on a hot tin roof. The sun is shining light in places it doesn’t usually go - and Saturn is slowing things down so that every nuance is felt. This is a ‘facing up to things’ transit for sure.
Scorpio 24.10/21.11 The sun is filling you with vitality, just as Saturn asks you to check your actions and make sure they are coming from the best place. Saturn gets rid of all that is non-essential - and reinforces all that is dear to your essence. If you are on track, you will become even more so.
Gemini 21.05/21.06 Jupiter is right in the middle of Gemini, encouraging grand, expansive vision and exuberant action. Mars is right in the middle of Sagittarius, pointing his arrow directly at you. Mount exuberant action – but do it honestly and openly. Subterfuge will come unstuck.
Mars is filling you with energy. Get your aspirations in synch with your instincts. If your horse is going one way and you are going another, there’s little chance of more than comedic success. Put the two together however and you are on the home straight, with nostrils flared.
Capricorn 22.12/19.01 The fandango that the sun and Saturn are dancing in Scorpio suits you to a tee. They are conspiring to bring truth to the surface. It might not be pretty but it will be effective – and effective is your mantra. There are deep currents flowing. Trust them implicitly.
Leo 23.07/22.08 Though you are rising to great heights, you can feel a certain fragility in your passage. The sun and Saturn are together in Scorpio. You will have to be wise with your people skills. Slow things down and be sure that feelings are out in the open, lest there be any surprises.
Aquarius 20.01/18.02 Luckily you are out of the fray. There’s a lot going on but most of it is passing you by. This is good, because now would be a very good time for you to be where life is quiet and cosy. Be still. Feel the little thrill in your chest that is your heart beating. To just be is a miracle.
Virgo 23.08/22.09 Venus softens all the intensity that comes your way. She takes the edge off any confronting scenarios that appear before you. This is a time for transformation. That means daring to name any elephants in the room. Trust that by doing so, trust and change will come.
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WHAT: Spitting Image by Ruby Chew WHERE: Hill Smith Gallery, 113 Pirie St, Adelaide WHEN: Thu Nov 8 – Sat Nov 24 OPENING: Thu Nov 8 – Sat Nov 24
Sagittarius 22.11/21.12
Cancer 22.06/22.07 The moon starts her week in Aries, which pushes a little too much adrenaline into the cosmic system for your liking. With masses of activity going on in Scorpio however, there is more feeling in the air than there is thinking, which makes you feel at home. Be brave.
Award-winning painter Ruby Chew will unveil her second solo series of portraiture works at Hill Smith Gallery this November in Spitting Image. Last year Chew established a signature method by combining intricate oil paintings of familiar faces with specific adornments, the artiste affixing certain expressions of friends and acquaintances with bold, bright objects such as make-up, tattoos, jewellery, circles, prisms and other body modifications. You can follow Chew’s progress leading up to the show via her blog at rubychewart.blogspot.com.au.
Black Opium by Fiona Foley
Intensity is the name of the game. Not only is there plenty of action over in Scorpio, but the moon starts her week in Aries. If there’s anything under the rug, it’s bound to come out. Even if you think there’s nothing under the rug, you will be asked to check. Be fearless.
Libra 23.09/23.10
Jude by Ruby Chew, 2012
Ruby Chew
Pisces 19.02/20.03 Though there are strong currents and you are by nature a fish, you aren’t completely relaxed with the way things are flowing. In the mirror of the tides, inner contradictions are being revealed. There’s both a progressive and a conservative current in there. Accept and resolve.
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FELTspace
19 Morphett St, Adelaide Urban Art Projects Until Sat Dec 8
12 Compton St, Adelaide Good Mourning Thu Nov 8 – Sat Nov 24
JamFactory has teamed up with Brisbane’s Urban Arts Projects to present a survey show of its recent public art achievements. The exhibition will focus on UAP’s practice model when working with indigenous artists, showcasing a number of its successful projects that highlight this notion from locations like Shanghai, Saudi Arabia, Brisbane and more.
Nine local artists have explored death as a physical and metaphysical consideration in FELTspace’s most recent exhibition Good Mourning. Co-curated by Riley O’Keeffe and Ray Harris, the showcase will feature Elvis Richardson, Nana Ohnesorge, Sarah Contos, Ray Harris, Matt Huppatz, James L Marshall, Riley O’Keeffe, Matthew Bradley and Patrick Rees.
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Adelaide Fashion Festival Wrap-Up From its opening at Government House to the spectacular closing at the Adelaide Railway Station, the Adelaide Fashion Festival presented the community with a comprehensive program of fashion events to cater to every taste. The 16 events over nine days saw something for everyone and took in all parts of the city, with Norwood, Rundle Mall, King William Rd and Stirling hosting everything from lingerie and bridalwear through to menswear on their runways. In addition to parades, charity events, workshops, styling sessions and movie screenings helped tide over the crowds until their next fix on the catwalk. The festival thrived on the efforts of the designers of all calibres - from established to emerging to graduates who were able to present their hard work to their loved ones and the fashion community. What was most evident, particularly at the final events for the AFF, the TAFE SA Graduate Parade and Advantage SA Young Designers Showcase, was the phenomenal amount of local talent we have in Adelaide and the promise of a vibrant and robust fashion industry to continue in the future. Take a bow, Adelaide. You did good.
Myer Centre 21st Birthday Showcase at Myer Centre Adelaide / Photos by Sia Duff
Metropolis: TAFE SA Fashion Graduate Parade at Light Square UPark / Photos by Sia Duff
Advantage SA Young Designers Showcase at the Adelaide Railway Station / Photos by Sia Duff
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Prolific English director/producer Michael Winterbottom’s next trick after The Trip is a filming of the basic storyline from Thomas Hardy’s 1891 novel Tess Of The d’Urbervilles as updated and relocated to modern India, and featuring (who else?) luminous Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto. Her desperately poor, 19-year-old Trishna is the sole provider for her Rajasthan-based family since her ever-disapproving dad’s accident, and when she catches the eye of the rich Indian-English Jay (Riz Ahmed) and goes to work in his father’s hotel business, she looks upon it more as a financial arrangement than a romantic one. However, she and Jay do fall in love, but circumstance intrudes and she runs away before Jay seeks her out again, offers her a marriage-free life in Mumbai, and then (as is always the case in Hardy’s grim tales) everything goes bad, as he turns into a cruelly sexist bastard with whom she falls painfully out of love. While there are certainly problems here (Ahmed’s Jay turns into an arsehole rather too quickly), this is nevertheless worth seeing due to Pinto’s heartbreakingly sad performance - even if watching her get repeatedly abused is, after a while, a bit damn distasteful. Extras include deleted scenes and interviews. MDB
Co-writer/director/star Valérie Donzelli and co-writer/star Jérémie Elkaïm’s unflinchingly autobiographical drama is sometimes undisciplined and a little all over the place, and yet few films are this personal. Drawn from their own painful experience, with the basic facts only altered slightly, this has Elkaïm’s Roméo and Donzelli’s Juliette meeting at a party full of other struggling actors, falling for each other immediately, moving in together and making a baby, in sequences staged with so much joyful energy that you just know that something terrible is going to happen. And indeed it does: their little son Adam is eventually diagnosed with a rare type of brain tumour, and his mum and dad run the exhausting gamut of emotions - misery, guilt, rage - as their friends and family attempt to help and everyone worries about money (something that just wouldn’t happen in a glossily tacky American version of the same story). Perhaps vaguely over-thetop, here and there, and with one too many montages, weird use of Laurie Anderson’s O Superman and even a rather awkward musical number - but this is also about as confrontingly, and refreshingly, unsentimental as they come. Extras include some deleted scenes and the trailer. MDB
Co-writer/co-producer/star Mel Gibson pushed this dubious action drama into being, and while he’s recently been criticised for his hateful anti-Semitic views, it turns out that he’s also rabidly anti-Mexican. His crim (known as ‘Driver’) is a bank robber who messes up and, after crashing his getaway car across the Mexican border, finds himself sent to the based-on-fact ‘El Pueblito’ prison, while two oh-so-amusingly corrupt cops steal his loot. The lock-up is a strange place, a failed social experiment in which the prisoners live with their families, businesses trade in tacos and heroin, and clunky violence is rife, and it’s here that Driver meets the ‘Kid’ (Kevin Hernandez), whom he decides to help out of an improbable situation in order to get with the lad’s mum, ‘TKM’ (Dolores Heredia), and so that Gibson can hopefully demonstrate that this cheesily overheated pic isn’t racist. Directed and co-written by Gibson pal (and apologist) Adrian Grünberg, there’s much here to dislike, including a third act which is heavily influenced by the Mel-starring Payback and features him bumping off a bunch of white baddies in another feeble shot at offsetting the objectionable feel of the whole film. The standard and Blu-ray releases feature featurettes and more. MDB
Judith Lucy / Viking / 245pp / $29.99
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Drink, Smoke, Pass Out
After her previous autobiographical confessional The Lucy Family Alphabet and nicely tying into the series Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey, JL here again turns her caustic sense of humour to herself and her troubled life, beginning with a little about her schooling, a lot about her early shots at finding faith, her later attempts to compensate for its absence with booze, drugs and doomed relationships, and, finally, how she’s found some balance now that she’s into her 40s (as she keeps reminding us). Chapter titles including Comedy, Booze and Boys are selfexplanatory, but Death is a very touching chronicle of how she reacted to the passing of friends and family (usually by getting hammered), and her final description of the making of the TV six-parter caps things off with descriptions of her interest in aspects of the New Age - and how she knows that that makes her a bit of a hypocrite (and sucker). Judith Lucy will be signing copies of Drink, Smoke, Pass Out at Dillons Norwood on Thu Nov 8 at 6.30pm. MDB
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The Fellowship Of The Ring New York’s Erik Ochsner is coming to Adelaide to conduct Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Young Adelaide Voices performing Howard Shore’s score to the first part of Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, while the film is being shown in high definition on a 60-foot screen. It follows sold out concerts in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and Ochsner was involved in the Melbourne production. “That was only two weeks ago and the audience just loved it,” the conductor says over the telephone from New York. “And Perth has since signed up for it next July so I’m hoping to be involved in that one as well. “And I think this is going to be the way of the future,” he continues. “The Matrix is currently being done this way and Disney is set to do Fantasia and Pirates Of The Caribbean. So we’ll wait and see if they get into the John Williams scores for Star Wars, Raiders Of The Lost Ark and ET. “And I came to all this due to being the assistant conductor to Chinese composer Tan Dun for many years. His company was working on a project called Lord Of The Rings Symphony a few years ago that I was assistant conductor on. “So when I was then asked to conduct a live orchestra while the actual film was showing, I said, ‘Yeah, sure, bring it on’.” Ochsner says it’s quite a big task conducting an orchestra while a film is screening.
The Dandy Warhols & Silversun Pickups With nearly three decades of existence and a universe of sonic textures between them, Silversun Pickups and The Dandy Warhols will form one of the most personality-laden and emotively eclectic indie bills of 2012. We’re giving one lucky reader the chance to win a double pass to the Adelaide show at HQ on Thu Nov 15 as well as a meet and greet with The Dandy Warhols before the show. Log onto ripitup.com.au and enter your details for your chance to win. Competition closes at midday on Thu Nov 8.
Puberty Blues Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette’s Puberty Blues is an iconic novel, one that chronicles a special time in Australia’s history and a critical moment in our nation’s development. Bringing the Australian classic to life, this stunning eight-part series tells the story of two girls, Debbie and Sue – of innocence lost and experience gained – played out against the turbulent backdrop of Australia in the wild and uninhibited ‘70s. Log onto ripitup.com.au and enter your details for your chance to win one of five copies of Puberty Blues on DVD. Competition closes at midday on Thu Nov 8.
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“I think the longest break we have is six minutes and 12 seconds and apart from that we are pretty much playing the whole time,” he reveals. “So I am constantly looking at the musicians and the film while also looking carefully at a visual click track. So I say to people it’s a bit like multi-tasking because it’s like checking your emails and voice messages while watching the news on television and putting the kettle on for a coffee. “And some people ask if I get tired of the film but I don’t really even get to watch it,” he adds with a laugh. “I’m watching it, of course, but I’m so engrossed with synchronising the music to what’s on the screen I’m not really watching the film closely. Although Frodo always makes me laugh.”
The film will include sub-titles. “And that’s because there are some parts that are really loud,” Ochsner says. “[Composer] Howard Shore really encourages that but people must be able to also follow the film. And while a normal film might have the director bring the volume of the soundtrack down whenever there’s dialogue, we don’t. “But it works really well because the musical score is really the star of the whole production,” he concludes. WHAT: The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring WHERE: Adelaide Entertainment Centre WHEN: Sat Nov 3 at 7.30pm
Your guide to the student experience. Uh oh. It’s November. By this stage you’ll either be loving life for being on top of your work this semester like you promised yourself you would, or absolutely shitting yourself that you haven’t. In my experience, and by the amount of Facebook posts I’ve seen recently, most of you will be in the latter category. But fear not, the end is nigh. However, the sucky part is that it’s the end of November that rocks a lot more than the beginning. So there’s still a little way to go. But most of you will be finishing up your classes, some of you for the last time, so take each step as they come and get the fuck off Facebook. It will not help you. But Fast Times will. Take some time out from this week’s craziness to peruse some of the scholarships and opportunities that are on the horizon if you can hack another year of tertiary education. Whether it becomes the next step forward or an escape strategy, it’ll still be progress. And a scholarship means free money. That’s definitely progress. And remember, if you have any student info, upcoming events or deals I should know about, email fasttimes@ripitup.com.au, Poke facebook.com/fasttimesripitupmag or Tweet @FastTimesRIU and I’ll spread the word for you. Peace, Lachie
Scholarships To Travel For all those who have pleaded for a Bachelor Of Procrastination, this is about as close as I have found. The Trust Company are giving away $160,000 worth of Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships for Australian-born 21- to 35-year-olds who can’t perfect their area of expertise in their own backyard. Each winner will receive $20,000 to assist with study programs, professional training and mentor programs related to their discipline through travelling either abroad or interstate. You’ll never have to complain about the cost of overseas travel again, and get some of that much soughtafter and elusive ‘life experience’ while you’re at it. Just to show how far these scholarships can take you on your path to your dream career and/or life, past winners include artist Wendy Sharpe, opera singer Amelia Farrugia and the author of that-book-everyone-read-in-high-school-ever, Tim Winton. So go, see what Lonely Planet guide is on special to see where your $20,000 study expedition will start. Applications for the 2013 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships close on Mon Nov 26. More info can be found at martenbequest.com.au.
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International Screen Academy Sydney Yes, not just around the corner – but this is where you could end up if you’re dead-set on being on the film set. When the ISA opens in February it will become the place to learn all the techniques and mastery to take over the film industry wherever you decide. They will be offering a syllabus that covers both traditional acting methods for the screen, but also training in new technologies such as green screen, gaming, 3D, voice-over and animation. To give the course some industry credibility, it is built and run by industry professionals, including Adelaidean Nicholas Hope as Head Of Acting (the AFI Award winner from Bad Boy Bubby). Not just a fluff course (like Parker Posey’s Master Class in Emmy Award Acceptance Speeches… Google it. Now), the ISA will also teach the harsh commercial, legal and marketing realities of getting projects off the ground and being noticed in the industry. Just remember to thank me in your acceptance speech. You’re welcome. For full course and application details, visit isasydney.com.au. Course auditions will begin in November.
Norman Bushman Scholarships Leaving money to bequest to a certain cause isn’t really something I’ve considered. Mainly, this is because you need something to bequest. When Norman Bushman passed away, he left the Newcastle Conservatorium Of Music $2.8 million to ensure his love of the arts would live on through two music scholarships. If you are an aspiring musical juggernaut, applications for the Norman Bushman Scholarship For Undergraduate Studies Relating To Voice and the Joy Ingall Scholarship For Studies In Music are now open. Each scholarship is worth $15,000, which I guess is worth
moving to Newcastle for. If your current plan for a career in music was via reality TV, these programs probably have a little bit more weight behind them and you can feel super special for being regarded as the future of the arts in Australia. I think the most expensive thing I own is my collections of Buffy DVDs. Applications for that awesome bequest are totally open as well. Applications for the Norman Bushman and Joy Ignall scholarships close on Fri Nov 16. Further info can be found by emailing dfam@newcastle.edu.au.
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UniSA’s 15th Annual Hawke Lecture: Advancing Australia Where? Everyone seems to have an opinion on this topic, some being fierier than others. To hear one that may actually have some knowledge to legitimise it, head to the Hawke Lecture and hear Richard Woolcott AC, former diplomat and (not self-professed) expert on Australian-Asian relations, put in his two cents. Woolcott will address the issue of how Australia’s relationship with the East will develop with the unprecedented transfer of wealth from the West to the East and how our geography and history will influence our future political and economic policies. This is definitely one for anyone studying politics and
international relations, as you are guaranteed to have this as an essay topic at least once in your degree. If you want to get an expert insight, or figure out where you went wrong in your essay, register for the free lecture and be the guy who actually knows everything – and doesn’t just pretend to – next time you’re at the pub and the drunken conversation turns political. The Hawke Lecture will be held at 6pm on Mon Nov 5 at Adelaide Town Hall. Register online via unisa.edu.au/hawkecentre. Entry is free.
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Smoke & Jackal
Longtime Companion (Polyvinyl)
EP1 (Sony)
Hearing music untainted by pre-ordained opinions can be both humbling and enlightening. When Smoke & Jackal’s debut single No Tell filtered out a few months back, its fresh and enticing sounds suggested The Killers being covered by Dakota-era Stereophonics. It’s now common knowledge Smoke & Jackal is the collaborative vehicle of Mona’s Nick Brown and Kings Of Leon’s Jared Followill, but it’s refreshingly free of the booze/puke/pigeons baggage that surrounded KOL prior to their 2011 hiatus. The foggy crawl of Fall Around, the howl of You’re Lost and the raw holler of OK OK are duking it out with Jack White for finest Nashville rock sounds of 2012. If the quality of Smoke & Jackal doesn’t shock brother Caleb into sobriety, he must be off with the pigeons.
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Are Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt a commercially-digestable version of The Knife? The Summadayze duo’s fab Charli XCX collaboration I Love It has been kicking arse on the airwaves for a couple of months, now they’re back with a nifty six-tracker kitted out with some audacious rule-bending. Sun Goes Down adds a touch of Crystal Castles menace, Good For You sounds like Passion Pit playing a set on irrigation pipes and Ready For The Weekend suggests these gals might just be Sweden’s answer to The Neptunes. Like some weird gay cereal porn, this is Pop filled with both Snap and Crackle.
Tim Rogers, you’ve done it again! You Am I frontman Rogers is flying solo this time around, although he has a little help from some friends - including mysterious and reclusive songwriting partner Shel Rogerstein - to deliver another fine record. Fans are probably expecting
Sleigh Bells End Of The Line (Liberator)
For those who haven’t yet caught on, Alexis Krauss is a long way from Alison Krauss – the Sleigh Bells frontwoman is more likely to deliver a bloodbath than bluegrass. While not quite as heavy duty as Reign Of Terror’s other abrasive moments of guns and violence, End Of The Line still features unnerving lyrics about bleeding birds as well as treated chanting vocals imported from an angry poltergeist flick. It’s like the Twin Peaks soundtrack moved in next door to Ratatat. If you haven’t already, it’s time to get caught in the Krauss fire.
The Janoskians Set This World On Fire (Sony)
So this is what the music world has come to – turning obnoxious web pranksters into AutoTuned arsewipes singing One Direction rejects? Considering the resounding disinterest shown to this single by everyone but Karl Stefanovic, this poorly-charting shart of a song might end up being the best prank of all – with the cynical suckers at Sony taught a costly lesson about sculpting reckless roosters into musical turkeys. Knob gobblers.
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a rock‘n’roll affair, but Rogers Sings Rogerstein is another vehicle for Rogers to explore a whole host of creative urges. What shines yet again is the quality songwriting, with Rogers tackling the difficult topic of adult relationships and the complexities that they contain; he’s prepared to lay it all out on the table, warts and all. There is a majestic feel to opener All Or Nothing, which comes across as all dreamy, romantic and a tad gushy, before Rogers revs it up with Drivin’ At Night. There is definitely something in the music that resonates with the listener, taking on greater meaning on subsequent listens. Rogers Sings Rogerstein feels like an open diary for others to peruse and catch a glimpse of the world that is Tim Rogers; whether that’s a cry for help or the Melbourne musician just dealing with the insecurities of life is up to the listener to decide. There are some really choice cuts, with the likes of One O The Girls, Walkin’ Past The Bars and Let’s Be Dreadful impressing no end. There’s plenty to like on Rogers Sings Rogerstein. Rob Lyon
San Franciscan troubadour Sonny Smith has been lauded as a musical chameleon, a genre-shifting jack-of-all-trades who can successfully tip his hat in a myriad of directions, sometimes all at once. On Longtime Companion, the third from Sonny & The Sunsets, Smith and co set their sights on the sun-baked dusty trails of altcountry and folksy Americana. The songs that comprise Longtime Companion are tight and shimmer in such a way that if it were any other band, you’d accuse them of blatantly ripping off true country and western acts. The problem arises from the album’s subject matter. A clear ‘break-up’ record, Sonny tells the sad and sometimes pathetic tale of a man who has had his heart broken by an unfaithful lady friend. Our narrator then finds solace at the bottom of bottles, fast women and thinlyveiled euphemisms for his manhood. It’s a story that we’ve all heard before, and Sonny & The Sunsets play the part of a rambling cowpoke with a levity that makes the album fun to listen to but, ultimately, undermines any emotional impact. Ryan Lynch
Something For Kate & Ben Salter The Governor Hindmarsh, Fri Oct 26
Review by Rob Lyon Photos by Benon Koebsch
It’s hard to believe it has been four years since Something For Kate has played here in ‘The Kingdom’ and six years since their last studio release Desert Lights. In that time a lot has changed, with solo releases (Paul Dempsey’s 2009 album Everything Is True), a wedding (Dempsey’s marriage to bassist Stephanie Ashworth), a baby (18-month old Miller), new-found business pursuits (drummer Clint Hyndman’s various Melbourne pubs and eateries) and so much more. A packed house at the Gov were appreciative that the band is back playing our town again and were up for a celebration of new album Leave Your Soul To Science. The mood in the room was great - there’s no better way to bring in a Friday night than a gig at the Gov. Ben Salter had a great opportunity to wow the crowd with songs off his album The Cat but – and no disrespect to Ben the crowd weren’t really that interested in him. Something For Kate received a hero’s welcome opening with Eureka and This Economy from the new album,
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Quick Ones
INXS
Cold Specks
Edward Deer
Kick (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
About Monsters
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(EMI)
(Laughing Outlaw)
The Belligerents She Calls The Shots EP (Independent)
Like The Beatles, INXS spent years of sweating it out in dingy live dives before they made it big. There are many miles between Reeperbahn clubs and Kalgoorlie pubs, but the tightly honed finesse resulting from each band’s intense live slog is comparable. With close to 10 million sales, INXS’ Kick is their Rubber Soul; while later albums might have featured more creativity and external collaborations, the sixth album is packed with hits, orchestral flourishes and great melodies. There’s still a thrilling urgency to New Sensation, with frontman Michael Hutchence sounding like he’s in a panty-seizing race to the bedroom. The late singer’s lusty coax ensures Devil Inside is similarly carnal, while Need You Tonight’s bass throb leaks into the ambient rap of Mediate. If it initially seemed like an experiment taken too far, the fact U2 appeared to lift Mediate’s blueprint for Numb’s monotone, pseudo-existential flow six years later suggests it was actually ahead of the arc. Never Tear Us Apart remains the heartpulling highlight, but the catchy piano thump of Mystify, the re-recorded swagger of The Loved One and the surprising, slurred psychedelia of the bonus disc’s Jesus Was A Man prove the level of creativity at work before INXS became lost boys. Scott McLennan
before returning to familiar territory with Say Something. Paul Dempsey made the reference about spending Friday night in ‘The Kingdom’ - if you’ve been going to the Adelaide shows the gag has been running for quite some time and still isn’t tiresome. The name of the game was new gear with Survival Expert impressing, while Star Crossed Citizens and The Fireball At The End Of Everything both have the potential to be mainstays in the set. “This is good, I’m enjoying myself,” Dempsey exclaimed before Deja Vu, which seemed like the perfect moment for it. The big highlight of the set was Dempsey going it solo, playing Deep Sea Divers before pulling off the Sam Brown cover Stop. Holy fuck! Brilliant! At this point Dempsey promised it wouldn’t be another four years before a return visit (we’ll hold you to that!) and also said that Sam Brown was an artist he had admired since he was eight. The band returned with more newies The Kids Will Get The Money and Sooner Or Later You’re Gonna Have To Do Something About Me. It was great to hear Monsters and the set closer Pinstripe before the vocal cheering and adulation demanded an encore. Another cover - and one the band have had a crush on since they were 10 - was World Party’s Ship Of Fools. Wow, we were really spoilt tonight! Electricity was fab and closing the night on Begin wrapped up a great return for Something For Kate. There was so much to like about their set and hardly anything at all to fault, leaving the crowd with enough to tide them over until next time.
It’s always interesting to see how an artist (or their management) chooses to promote the band and their music. Twenty-four-year-old Canadian musician Al Spx has repeatedly referred to her weighty songs as ‘doom soul’, which is unfortunate since it conjures up mental images of a schlocky horror movie soundtrack. Preconceptions aside, I Predict A Graceful Expulsion is a haunting and compelling debut album. Instrumentation is sparse and lyrics are cryptic, but the impact is immediate. Sweeping strings linger on spine chilling notes and tender plinks from the piano make the music arresting and thought-provoking. The lyrics are sung with conviction, and the velvety voice of Al Spx is soothing amongst the heavy subject matter. Al Spx is an obvious pseudonym, one that was born out of a disapproving family. The bittersweet tone that echoes throughout the entire album seems to be a direct result of her personal distress. As heartbreaking as I Predict... can be, there is also a solidarity and strength present that makes the experience a decidedly uplifting one. Ryan Lynch
What do you call a deer with no eyes? No eyed-deer. Aha! Get it? I’ve been waiting my whole life to put that little joke in a review, so big cheers to Eddie Deer for making that one possible. Onto more serious topics: if I had a deer, I would name him Edward as a result of this very album. About Monsters is a glorious collection of clever acoustic folk dwellings as it peels back the closet of monsters from Eddie’s past. Each track introduces a new sound, a new shade of ability from this little deer. As About Monsters’ dynamic builds, there is a shift in the record shape that leads you to an intriguing and unexpected place. Between his eclectic tunes he pops in some creatively compelling covers, including versions of tracks originally recorded by Tom Waits and Miike Snow. Delicious. If you’re not really into music, hey it’s okay (not really), but just purchase this little disc solely for the cover art: what’s not to like about some joyous hot air balloons? Dear Edward has created sounds just perfect for a rainy day. So sit on your porch as the rain falls, digest his soft vocals and let them swirl around in that little potbelly of yours. Sharni Honor
I read a review of this instructing folks to “Get this in your ears”. I’m not sure what the reviewer was listening to, because She Calls The Shots is the worst kind of snoozer you can find: a snoozer you’ve heard before. To be fair, I’m totally over indie-dance-rock-pop or whatever the hell you want to call it. All of these bands that proclaim they are ‘indie rock’ with ‘dance’ sensibilities need to get stuffed. It was kind of fun seven or eight years ago when We Are Scientists and Maximo Park were singing goofy songs, but now it’s tired and stale. These guys desperately want to be known as party starters, but with an irritating nasally voice and uninspired arrangements, The Belligerents aren’t so much a Coopers as they are a Schlossgold. Ryan Lynch
Red Ink The Colour Age (Independent)
For their latest release, Red Ink decided moving away from their hometown of Melbourne would help them find new ideas and perspectives on their otherwise boring lives. Musically, new EP The Colour Age is a realisation of sorts, particularly lyrically. Songs like Empty Town and Melancholia clearly display elements of re-discovery, while the harmonies on Promise provide the most blissful sounds on the EP. However, there are moments that aim for far greater heights yet never actually reach them. Ironically, Euphoria is all but euphoric, with vocalist John Jakubenko singing bursts of back-and-forth lyricism that don’t quite connect. The new-wave style of rock that Red Ink possesses is nothing new, which doesn’t assist their identity pursuits. But music is all about personal gain, right? Sam Reynolds
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Fowler’s Live Music Awards Time to roll out our musical red carpet as this Thu Nov 1 Adelaide’s answer to the ARIAs, the Fowler’s Live Music Awards, will take place. The event will kick off from 5.30pm with free entry, featuring a host of great acts like Oisima, Messrs, Mammoth Logic, Ride Into The Sun and The Shaolin Afronauts all up for gongs. The big reveal of the winners will take place from 7pm. To see the full list of nominees for 2012 head to our website.
When they formed two decades ago they were known as The Wallflowers, later becoming Camera. Nowadays though they’re known as Sleepless, a group of Adelaide veteran musicians that have existed, and thrived, throughout the three different eras of tape, CD and MP3. Not many local bands can say they’ve done that. Years after their very first record, a four-track called Elephant released on tape, Sleepless have released their latest EP Long Service. Rip It Up talked to frontman Matthew Jolly about the release and how times have changed over Sleepless’ lengthy music career. “When we first started as a band we were really keen on releasing stuff and we spent a lot of time recording. I think we’ve got about 123 unreleased songs right now,” he counts. “It was about 10 years between albums though, as it wasn’t until recently when we’d learnt to record and produce ourselves that we got back into recording again.” With a new thirst for songwriting, the
band went on to release their 2009 janglypop album Semaphore, which was recorded in an old haunted convent. Utilising a portable recording studio constructed by brother and bassist Damian Jolly, the self-recording proved successful, the band repeating this modus operandi with Long Service in an empty Melrose Park factory. Despite the industrial surrounds, Long Service offers a softer, warmer palette than Semaphore, with the perks to be found in the subtleties. “Yes, we kind of talk about our music as being bittersweet, because our tastes in music are those kind of comfortable, warm songs,” Jolly agrees. “Not to say that those songs are easy to make, we put a lot of effort into the textures and sounds. But I guess the bitter part is that the lyrics are very melancholy.” This weekend the band will not only be launching the EP but also celebrate a particular milestone. It’s their 21st anniversary as a band, and they’ve seen and done a lot over their musical timeline. “When you’ve been playing for 21 years you ask yourself all the time, ‘Why am I doing this?’” he says. “You start out wanting to be successful, and when we started out
we were quite successful – we were signed to Shock Records, Triple J came down and recorded us, we had that interest … and then it sort of dropped off. Grunge came along and we didn’t really cut it as a grunge band. We weren’t very good at it, so we learnt to just stick with what we do.” As someone who’s ridden the highs and lows over the past two decades, Jolly also has an interesting perspective on the local music scene. He notes an article written by Sydney’s Time Out editor and former Adelaide musician Andrew P Street, which suggests that, “All local bands are crap except for the ones that are brilliant”. Jolly disagrees with the sentiment. “I think there’s room for adequate and then a bit better than adequate,” he offers. “Like us, I wouldn’t say we’d suffered from negative press, we’d have suffered from no press. All I want is for someone to read this and think, ‘Oh, I want to listen to what she’s talking about’. Even if they don’t like it, all I want is for them to listen to our music.”
Hoot! Jazz Fest Call Out Hoot! Adelaide Hills Jazz Festival in Mt Barker is calling for expressions of interest for musicians for its 2013 event. Following the success of last year, which featured USA’s Dr Lonnie Smith (pictured), the hunt is now on for big bands, soloists, eager amateurs and seasoned professionals to play all kinds of trad, modern, funk, soul, swing and blues jazz for next year. Applications close Fri Nov 30, head to hootjazzfestival.com.au.
WHO: Sleepless WHAT: Long Service EP launch WHERE: Grace Emily Hotel WHEN: Sun Nov 4
Alex Hosking Album Launch
Common Roots Festival
Talented young Adelaide singer Alex Hosking will launch her indie pop-influenced debut Wish at the Gov on Thu Nov 8. Having been an active songwriter since she was just 10-years-old, Hosking has since manifested her passions into a ninetracked album with the lead single Puppet demonstrating her vocal breadth and candid lyrical abilities. Check out this fresh new talent from 7.30pm.
The first ever not-for-profit Common Roots Festival will take place this Sat Nov 3 in the Adelaide Hills. Featuring acts like The Timbers, Loren Kate, Thom Lion, Swimming, Filthy Lucre and Voice Of Trees, all ticket sales will go towards the Montacute Progress Association for the protection of the beautiful festival site. Tickets are available now for $30. The festival will take place at Lot 100, Institute Rd, Montacute from 10am – 10.30pm.
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