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Since launching into the music stratosphere back in 2008, Melbourne MC Illy, real name Al Murray, has been a central figure in the dissolution of the barrier between the commercial realm and hip hop music. On the eve of his fifth studio album, Cinematic, he’s as enthusiastic as ever, divulging to Rip It Up about how the new record, which features a host of musical heavyweights from the Hilltop Hoods to The Amity Affliction, is primed to be his best work yet. Read that over on (p10). Also filling the pages of this week’s mag is Bodyjar, the definitive Australian punk rock battlers. After breaking up nearly eight years ago following lukewarm reception to their seventh album, the band has reunited and leapt back into the fore with a promising new record – the aptly titled Role Model (p11). Similarly rising from the ashes, former 1200 Techniques frontman N’fa Jones chatted to us ahead of his Rocket Bar show on Sat Nov 9 about his burgeoning solo career – notably his latest solo album, Black + White Noise. Flip through the rest of this week’s mag and you’ll find interviews with Melbourne indie pop outfit The Ocean Party (p12), The Church’s Steve Kilbey (p14) and the writer/ star of the original Saw, Leigh Whannell, who divulged to us his evolution from writing about coathanger-induced deaths to the creation of latest blockbuster, Insidious: Chapter 2. Miranda Freeman
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Neil Diamond – Cherry Cherry Harry Nilsson – Coconut Franz Ferdinand – Fresh Strawberries Prince – Raspberry Beret Rick Ross – Diced Pineapples Little Richard – Tutti Frutti Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine Animal Collective – Applesauce Led Zeppelin – Tangerine The Stranglers – Peaches Havana Brown – Big Banana
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“During the writing of Saw III I was sitting with a notepad and wrote, ‘Interesting Ways To Kill People’. I started sketching different ideas down and one of them involved a coathanger. I stopped and thought that it is probably time to stop writing these movies.”
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Big School Deputy head of science, Mr Church (David Walliams) has been teaching at Greybridge School for 15 years. As his dramatic science demonstrations are continually met with apathy by the students, Mr Church becomes disillusioned with teaching and intends to resign. That is until he meets the hot new French teacher, Miss Postern (Catherine Tate), who is a pioneer of new teaching methods. However, Mr Church has some competition from PE teacher and would-be lothario Mr Gunn (Philip Glenister) who is determined to ‘plough’ Miss Postern. We’ve got five copies of Big School up for grabs, so log onto ripitup. com.au and enter your details for your chance to win. Competition closes at midday on Thu Nov 14.
A European Love Affair Making his way around Europe, Woody Allen presents a trio of refreshingly funny, intelligent and unequivocally entertaining films. In these odes to Barcelona (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Paris (Midnight In Paris) and Rome (To Rome With Love), the actor/writer/director has succeeded in capturing the history, romance and magic of these celebrated cities. Log on to ripitup.com. au for your chance to win one of five copies of this classic Woody Allen box-set. Competition closes at midday on Thu Nov 14.
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Jeremy Neale Currently all over triple j like a rash, the kooky Jeremy Neale will arrive at Rocket Bar this Fri Nov 8 to perform a doubleheader show with Sydney's Fishing.
The Kite String Tangle The electronic virtuoso will lay siege to Rhino Room this Sat Nov 9 to show off his latest single, Given The Chance. He'll be joined by Flamingo and Brokers.
Your fast guide to this week’s best entertainment
N'Fa Jones The former 1200 Techniques frontman will headline Rocket Bar this Sat Nov 9 to deliver tracks from his latest solo LP, Black + White Noise.
Speeding along this week... SOME FOLK IN SPRING Kaurna Cronin, Banjo Jackson, Halfway To Forth and Sasha And The Dawnhorse will assemble at the Grace Emily this Sun Nov 10 for a delicious evening of gentle folk music. Doors at 5pm. LITTLE BOXES A show by Alec de Wilt, Little Boxes will explore materiality through works produced from bronze, timber and repurposed mediums. The exhibition will open at The Mill on Fri Nov 8 at 6pm.
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Fresh from recording in New York, local troupe The Aves will unveil their new EP at Hotel Metro this Sat Nov 9 with Horror My Friend, Kitten Kong and Put Downs.
The post-hardcore titans will perform at Uni Bar this Sat Nov 9 with their highly anticipated sophomore record in tow, Loveless.
Having previously supported Paul Kelly and You Am I on their nationwide tours, beardly American blues muso Charlie Parr will headline his own show this Thu Nov 7 at the Gov.
POST WAR VS DOGS ARE BETTER THAN CATS CBD gallery Salad Days Inc will play host to a clash of “titans” doing what they do to get by this Sat Nov 9. Expect guitar solos, harmonies and heaps more. BELINDA CARLISLE The Grammy Award-nominated US singer, famous for her involvement in The Go-Go's, will touch down at the Gov on Wed Nov 13.
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Third Time Lucky It’s a vintage rock hat-trick, and it’s coming your way: Tumbleweed, KADAVAR (Germany) and Blues Pills (Sweden) are undertaking a national tour, due to hit Adelaide UniBar on Sat Nov 23. The groups’ global spread mirrors the stretch of their psychedelic, stoner-rock sound. Kadavar, recently signed with heavy metal label Nuclear Blast, have just released their second record, Abra Kadavar, so expect some tunes from this slightly bolder album. The huge line-up is made even bigger with local acts Before The Aftermath and Hydromeda. Tickets are available through Moshtix.
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NOV 8 Two ‘flesh’-name bands for the price of one? Yes please. Italy’s FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE and Greece’s Septicflesh are on their way to Australia next year. Fleshgod Apocalypse are celebrating their new release Labyrinth, while Septicflesh are working on new music following the 2011 release of The Great Mass. Neither band has toured Australia yet, so the twofer tour will be extra special for both. Diehard fans who have been following the bands since their beginnings (2007 and 1990 respectively) will be excited to hear that meet-and-greet VIP packages are available to purchase. Catch the European flesh couple at Fowler’s Live on Thu May 15, 2014. All tickets are available through metropolistouring.com.au
BELLUSIRA, DIRT PLAYGROUND, IMOGEN BRAVE, THESE WILD ANIMALS, BURN COLLECT (BAR 2) THE SCHOENBERG AUTOMATON, A MILLION DEAD BIRDS LAUGHING, SEMINAL EMBALMENT, CLOSED CASKET (BAR 3) (CAM & GRANT FROM BODYJAR DJ SET DOWNSTAIRS) (FREE ENTRY)
NOV 9 RAZORWYRE (NZ) MATRONARCH, THE LOVING TONGUE, MASON, UNKNOWN REMORSE (BAR 2) “KLUB PLASTIK” (BAR 3)
NOV 14 DANCE GAVIN DANCE (USA) BUILT ON SECRETS, BELLE HAVEN, A GHOST ORCHESTRA, RICO GARILLI
NOV 15 DEAD JOE, MAYWEATHER, EMECIA, MONTE, FIRE FOR A DRY MOUTH, RAMONA COME CLOSER (BAR 2) “STRIKE METAL CLUB” SE BON KI RA, SCAR THE SURFACE, FROM BIRTH TO BURIAL, DAY OF WRATH (BAR 3)
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He’s toured with The Preatures, Gung-Ho, Ball Park Music and Feelings—now indiepop Brisbanite JEREMY NEALE has an EP of his own, and a headline national tour to boot. Neale will play Adelaide this Fri Nov 8 at Rocket Bar, with tickets available through Moshtix. Major Leagues are joining Neale as guests on the tour. The EP, In Stranger Times, is out now through Create/Control Records.
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DAYLIGHT (USA) ENDLESS HEIGHTS, PAPER ARMS, WEIGHTLESS, CRASH
NOV 22 OBSIDIAN ASPECT (CD LAUNCH) CIRCLES
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NOV 28 LIKE THIEVES
NOV 29 TRUTH CORRODED & HYPNOSE (FRANCE)
NOV 30 THE SWEET APES are five Sydney teenagers who are tackling the heavy music scene with youthful enthusiasm. Oh, to be young! They’ve just joined The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus on their ‘choose your own adventure’-style tour and now they have some time to themselves to get writing and touring as headliners. Recently signed to Kingdom Sounds, the group have just released a new track called Flight. See the band in action at Adelaide Uni Bar on Sat Nov 16. Tickets are available through dashtickets.com.auix.
DAN SULTAN is heading out on a solo tour—and this time he’s bringing much more than the music we know and love. Sultan is playing a part in the Rock For Recognition movement: musicians and their fans campaigning for the constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians as the country’s First Peoples. “This isn’t just an Aboriginal issue or a Torres Strait Islander Issue, it’s not just a left wing or a right wing issue or a black or white issue, it’s a people issue, it’s a human issue and it’s an Australian issue,” Dan says. Tickets for his Fri Nov 15 show at the Governor Hindmarsh are available through Moshtix and Venuetix.
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Thirty years in the music industry brings many interesting stories: winning two ARIAs, recording with David Bowie, collaborating with Jimmy Little, publishing a book and writing songs for Seachange top the list for Australian icon BRENDAN GALLAGHER. In between writing with and for others, Gallagher has also had time to record double-album Wine Island. The bluesy-rock record gives Gallagher a chance to tour on his own terms again, so the singer-songwriter will be performing live at two South Australian shows. Fri Nov 15, he will play at the Church of the Trinity on Goodwood Rd as part of the Trinity Sessions. Sat Nov 16, Gallagher will be at The Singing Gallery in McLaren Vale. Both shows will be accompanied by Adelaide favourites The Yearlings. Tickets to the Trinity show can be purchased at dramatix. com.au; The Singing Gallery tickets are available through the venue.
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Illy an da Freem by Miran
Screen Dreams Since buying his first 2Pac album back in 1997 and having his love of rap music ignited, Al Murray, nowadays known as Melbourne MC Illy, has grown up to become a tour de force for contemporary Australian hip hop.
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ith ARIA nominations under his belt for 2010’s Bring It Back and 2012’s The Chase, Murray is now preparing to unleash his fifth studio album, Cinematic. On the eve of its release, Murray, whilst pulling an Asahi out of his fridge, chats to Rip It Up about how Cinematic stands to be his “strongest album yet”. “I just think that everything’s really stepped up. [Cinematic] has been executive produced by M-Phazes, and he’s pretty much my brother. Every album he’s been heavily involved in, and [Cinematic] we’ve been looking forward to for the past three years. He’s stepped up massively since then, I’ve stepped up massively both, I think, as an MC and a songwriter, and we’ve really been able to go to town on making a proper album — an album beyond a hip hop album. “I went into this with really high expectations and a really high standard of what I wanted to do,” he continues. “I think I’m a more developed artist than my past two albums, so I think it’s come together. I think it’s the strongest album that I’ve made.” The title of the album, Cinematic, stems from its linear nature, in that it runs “like a movie”. “It’s the feel of it, like there’s sort of a beginning and end and peaks throughout the
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middle. The title came from one of the tracks, but it really does sum up the feeling of it being this grand, full body of work. It sounds so wanky when I describe it like that, but I think when you listen to it, it’s so up it’s own arse…” he laughs. “Actually don’t say that, but it just makes sense.” While something of a polarising figure in the Aussie hip hop scene due to his commerciality (got to love this country and its tall poppy syndrome), you can’t deny the man’s thirst for the music industry. This has often seen him stray from his hip hop roots to embrace adventurous genres, and Cinematic is no exception. Featuring collaborations with everyone from the Hilltop Hoods to crooner Daniel Merriweather, one of the most interesting guest slots on the album is Youngbloods featuring The Amity Affliction singer Ahren Stringer. “I don’t really listen to it, but I know of it and can dig it,” Murray confesses of hardcore musc. “But I’m pretty open minded with music, and I think every genre has great musicians in it. The hook for Youngbloods is a great hook, no matter where you’re coming from, I think, and Ahren is a great dude. He was totally down for it from day one. So it worked.” While hesitant at first, Cinematic also sees Murray braving a different kind of mic work — singing.
“I took up the reins [vocally] which I was bit unsure about at first. I’m not a great singer,” he laments. “Even if I had all the singing lessons in the world I’m still not a great singer. But I am going to get some lessons and improve that just so I can do some demos for people, and I’m hoping I’ll be able to start writing for other people and for genres other than hip hop. Maybe some jazz, or country western shit, or happy house or whatever the fuck! Let’s see what happens.” Despite being represented by Obese Records over his past three albums, Cinematic, released Fri Nov 8, will officially fly the flag for Murray’s own label, OneTwo. Murray is, understandably, nervous. “Of course. I’m nervous about this album, because I’ve put everything into it. I’ve really put blood, sweat, tears and time, money and effort into Cinematic. There’s always a bit of fear and doubt and anxiety, but that’s what being a musician is. You put yourself out there for people to judge and pick apart, and sometimes they love it and sometimes they don’t. It’s always a pretty emotional sort of thing. But I’m confident in it, and I hope that I’m right. And if I’m not, I’m not going to get knocked too far back. But I am a bit nervous,” he admits with a laugh. “The label stuff I’m really excited about more than nervous. Because I’m in charge of myself, I’m my own boss now.” Mr Illy, then? “That’s sir to you,” he jokes. Although based in Melbourne, Murray is well acquainted with Adelaide’s hip hop scene. He guested on Purpose’s 2012 single Comin Home - “I love Purpose. The man with the voice of 10 men,” - and recently signed Adelaide expat Allday to the OneTwo family. “He makes great music, firstly, but he makes a lot of it,” Murray gleams.
Hilltop Dreams Since putting forth his first mixtape in 2008, Murray has since gone on to work with some of the greatest names in the business. Putting together Cinematic saw one of his longest dreams realised — writing a song with the Hilltop Hoods through Coming Down. “Artists that I’d love to write a song with? Well, I wanted to do a track with the Hilltop Hoods,” he muses. “And I’ve done that now, so I need to get a new list.”
“He’s made a lot of it independently off his own determination. And also the fact, to me, he’s the first Aussie hip hop artist who’s really been discovered and claimed by the younger generation. And that’s exciting, because it means there’s going to be more of these artists coming up in the years. Allday will be the first. It was kind of a no-brainer really, a bit of a coup. I’m stoked to be working with him, because I want to help him build up his music. I see a lot of myself a few years back in him.” Dexterous rap skills aside, Illy’s Facebook page also reveals another talent - his ability to recruit a rather enthusiastic female fan base. Don’t fear ladies, his baby smooth face isn’t going to be replaced by a Rick Rubin beard anytime soon. “Shit, I would love to grow one, but I would be Rick Rubin’s age by the time I had a beard that long.” WHO: Illy WHAT: Cinematic (Warner) WHEN: Out Fri Nov 8
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New Model Army Following the release of Bodyjar’s last album — 2005’s ill-fated Bodyjar – the band thought their time was up. By their own admission, the album was sub-par, the band was feeling jaded and the motivation was gone. So Bodyjar did what countless bands in the same position had done before them: they broke up.
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‘Let’s give this a go and see how it sounds.’ And that turned out to be the first song on the album, Petty Problems. We kind of wanted to do something different. We’ve always done slow songs on our albums and we thought, ‘Let’s do some fast songs and no slow songs at all.’ We just wanted to write good, simple pop-punk songs and I think we done it.” And allaying fears that Bodyjar’s second incarnation will be short-lived, Relf reveals that the band already have “shitload of songs ready” for their next album. “We just want to keep going, doing it more. Now that this album’s done, I just want to keep writing, keep doing it, do some touring, get away from work for a bit – yeah, that’d be nice.”
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WHO: Bodyjar WHAT: Role Model (UNFD) WHERE: Adelaide UniBar WHEN: Fri Nov 8
It just wasn’t really working,” recalls bassist Grant Relf down the line from Melbourne. “The album we put out… it’s alright. I reckon it’s really an EP, not an album; there’s a lot of songs on it that are just songs for songs’ sake and not exciting or anything. We didn’t really have fights or anything, we just sort of got sick of each other. We just didn’t have any drive back then to do another album after the self-titled.” Back then Relf and his band mates had no idea that several years later they would re-form, sell out a national tour and release their seventh studio album Role Model. As far as they were concerned, Bodyjar was over. And like a veteran returning from the tumult of war, the transition away from all the debauchery, excess and mayhem of life on the road was not a smooth one for Relf. “I just went straight back to work and had a couple of kids, we just did the family life for a while. Towards the end of when we broke up and we were touring a lot, I kind of wanted to just get a normal job and have weekends – you know, the grass is always greener on the other side. But then when you get to do that you go, ‘This really isn’t much fun, is it?’ It’s good fun with the kids but it’s also good to relive your youth a bit by writing some songs and going out and playing them. “I’m always gonna write music anyway, and we all kind of do. We had other bands going when we broke up – Cam [Baines, guitarist/ vocalist] had Cola Wars and me and Tom [Read, guitarist] had Burn The City – and we were still writing songs then.” It was while Relf was working with Burn The City that the idea of Bodyjar re-forming began to take shape in his head: “I’d be writing songs for Burn The City and some of them sounded like Bodyjar, so I put them aside. One of the songs on [Role Model] I tried out with Burn The City and the other guys were going, ‘It’s alright.’ Alright? It was fucking awesome! I had to keep it for someone who really likes it.” The four members of Bodyjar — Relf, Baines, Read and drummer Shane Wakker — eventually did reunite for a sold out national tour following the vinyl re-release of landmark album No Touch Red in early 2012. Spurred on by this “very big boost to confidence and egos” and with a number of songs already in the bag, Bodyjar began work on Role Model earlier this year. Working in the confines of Shihad drummer Tom Larkin’s studio in Melbourne, the project was amazingly kept secret until details of it were released in September. “I’m actually very surprised we kept it under wraps for so long,” Relf laughs. “We told a few friends and they’re obviously very nice and honest and didn’t tell anyone else. “We just wanted to keep the energy up. We were jamming heaps and everything was coming together very well, and we sort of went, RIPITUPMAGAZINE//RIPITUP.COM.AU
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Splitting The Ocean Jangle junkies, The Ocean Party, continue to mine the rich seams of life in all its sublime yet mundane glory. Rip It Up spoke to the band about the ties that bind.
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ou can always tell when a band is made up of a group of close-knit friends, where the music has become a natural progression from these familial bonds. This holds true for The Ocean Party, and the warm timbre and innocent camaraderie that echoes through their music is a direct result of this. The band – Lachlan Denton, Curtis Wakeling, Liam Halliwell, Jordan Thompson and Zac Denton – are prepping their third album Split, an incongruous title seeing how strong the bonds are here. There was little breathing
time between their first two albums, yet things slowed down after Wakeling travelled to New York. Their refusal to play shows or record until he was back in the fold speaks volumes for how The Ocean Party works. “When Curtis went to New York we started writing a lot of stuff, it gave us time to focus a little,” Thompson attests. “And Curtis was writing stuff too from over there. There was a lot of sharing around of the process.” “On the last album I sung all bar three songs, and on Split I only sing three,” Denton continues. “Curtis sings three, Jordan sings two and my brother Zac [the band’s new drummer] sings the title track. The thing with The Ocean Party is that everyone has their own projects, their own musical avenues and outlets, so that The Ocean Party becomes a collective of friends who are songwriters. We are comfortable
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in letting that just happen now, we’ve gotten rid of the ego and focus on just writing the best songs that we can without formulating a plan on what a band should be.” The lyrical content has shifted somewhat on Split as the band members have personal experiences that have affected them, yet this communal process is the sonic glue that bonds the material into a cohesive whole. “It’s all pretty different because everyone writes their own lyrics, but we do have similar themes running through it all,” Denton admits. “Social Clubs still focused on displacement because I was writing about coming to the city from Wagga Wagga, so Split focuses more on everyone’s experiences of the city and living day to day more. Curtis’ songs focus on his time in New York, and one of mine focuses on missing Curtis… We all live together so are drawing from the same pool, just from our different points of view.” That said, with so many other projects
“We instinctively know when something will suit us, but we are pretty open to trying whatever also, so when it came time for the album we had 20 songs to work through.” in the wind (such as Velcro, Pencil, Stolen Violins and Beef Jerk), Wakeling maintains that there is an aesthetic when recognising when one of them has written an Ocean Party song. “We instinctively know when something will suit us, but we are pretty open to trying whatever also, so when it came time for the album we had 20 songs to work through.” “We all put in our own parts from song to song, so whilst they start off as Curtis’ song or Jordan’s song, they immediately start to take on other people’s playing styles,” Denton states. “Even if someone has written the chords or words, we end up injecting something else in there. So the songs start off fairly barren.” “The songs start fairly skeletal, and we start to put the meat on the bones,” Wakeling agrees. “It starts with a chord progression or a line and it’s built from the ground up in rehearsals. It’s a full band deal.”
WHO: The Ocean Party WHAT: Split (Spunk) WHERE: Hotel Metropolitan (with Swimming and Wild Oats) WHEN: Fri Nov 8
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One of Australia's most charismatic MCs, N'fa Jones will unveil a long-awaited comeback album, Black + White Noise, in early 2014. Meanwhile, he's on the road promoting the single Life's A Game.
Jones' new material draws on his many life experiences since 2006's Cause An Effect — he's fallen in love, become a father, nursed ailing parents, and mourned the passing of a childhood friend. Jones was born in London to an Australian mother and Sierra Leonean political refugee father. Growing up biracial in Perth with Mum, he felt estranged. Jones began writing. "I wrote to get emotions off my chest that I wouldn't really verbalise," he recalls. Initially athletics, not music, was Jones' preoccupation — until he injured his ankle playing basketball. And Jones did make friends — one the now late, great Heath Ledger at school. He himself acted in a Tim Tam ad. Jones relocated permanently to Melbourne, connecting with DJ Peril — and fronted the rock-hop band 1200 Techniques. They'd release two crossover albums through Sony. 1200 cut the R&B number Fork In The Road with Rashad Haughton, the brother of Aaliyah — Jones had met the soulstress as an extra in 2002's vampire flick Queen Of The Damned, shot locally. "Basically, there was word getting around, 'Oh, there's a film and they need black people'," he laughs. Jones premiered as a solo act with the introspective Cause An Effect, dealing with notions of identity. Remarkably, Ledger directed videos for it. Jones then headed back to the UK — only to spend time in France and Switzerland.
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"My partner's French," he explains. In Europe Jones enjoyed simply "living" — and "being a pedestrian". Yet, approaching fatherhood, and with his mother unwell, he eventually returned home, "to set up camp here for a bit." Jones hasn't been idle. He issued the EP Babylondon last year, Wayooy featuring Roots Manuva and helmed by M-Phazes. Jones cameoed on Drapht's The Life Of Riley and 360's Falling And Flying and collaborated with old mate (and Skrillex 'discovery') Nick Thayer. Today he's aligned with Drapht's niche label The Ayems — though it's not 'a deal', per se. "I'm scared of all that side of things!," Jones quips. Jones considers Life's A Game "an introduction" to Black + White Noise. "Most of the songs are quite personal — that's the way I write. Sometimes they're my stories or stories that maybe a friend's lived through that affected me [and] that I've conveyed. But the album is full of sort of theories and ideas
or concepts. It's a pretty interesting record. It definitely sways in its sound and its vibe. It's quite melodic, actually. I do a fair bit of singing as well as rapping on it — not singing like R&B or anything, [but] more rootsy, like I generally do." Jones' music is increasingly exploratory. The MC, who uses voice box live, maintains that he's "always" experimented — even with 1200 Techniques, who "copped flak" for it. Parenthood has afforded Jones a fresh outlook. "It definitely brought me into the present. I was very much about thinking in the past and thinking too much about the future for years — a really bad headspace to be in. Having a kid made me 'present' and made me let go of a lot of thoughts or regrets or whatever it is that we let torment ourselves." Ironically, Jones is occasionally tormented by music. "I would love to stop making music — it's just I can't, I can't stop, I can't help it (laughs). If I don't
make music, I get physically unwell." Really? "Yeah! I so wish I was just into really normal stuff - just sit and have a job. I wish my brain worked that way. I think about it like, man, that would be great. I fantasise about normality!" Music is a "hard slog". Regardless, Jones has modified his expectations about success. "I don't think of music as a means to create product." Though Jones performs solo material, and his collabs, there "might" be an old 1200 Techniques tune at Rocket Bar. The MC is open to a reunion — yesterday he caught up with Peril. "It was great," Jones teases, "hanging out and talking nonsense." WHO: N'fa Jones WHAT: Black + White Noise (The Ayems) WHERE: Rocket Bar WHEN: Sat Nov 9
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CD Reviews
DjRum
Special Request
Various Artists
Soul Music
Y-3 10th Anniversary Compilation
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Techno and house veteran Paul Woolford dramatically switches styles for new pseudonym Special Request, as the frenetic breakbeat energy of old school jungle gels with hi-tek soul for an absorbing double disc journey. This isn’t a mere jungle throwback album. Woolford hasn’t repackaged the '90s rave sound for the kids unaware that UK club existed before dubstep. Instead he’s fused the energy of jungle and the pirate radio of his youth with modern cut up soul – think Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek remixing Bad Company. The resulting album is a mind-bending mechanical break down of jungle and UK club. Soul Music is a fascinating switch-up for the man also known as Bobby Peru. This is the greatest and most enthralling club reinvention of recent memory. David Knight
Y-3 celebrates the decade-long partnership between Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto and Adidas with a beautifully packaged three-disc compilation, which features some of the underground’s most celebrated artists. While the compilation appears a little too cool for school, the lowslung house and disco is appealing across the two unmixed discs and the mix (by Alex From Tokyo) with names such as Maurice Fulton, Larry Heard, Daniel Wang and Ame’s Frank Weidemann appearing. Highlights include Rub-N-Tug’s mutant disco juggernaut JUG and Fulton’s delightful Asteroids Playing Ping Pong but the compilation doesn’t reach the heights the design and the names promise. It’s cool as fuck but lacks the curatorial guidance needed to make it an essential compilation, as the individual tracks do not feel part of the whole. Jeff Spicoli
DjRum’s 2013 debut album Seven Lives proved the house and garage futurist is one of the UK’s most exciting producers. The 2nd Drop signed postdubstep DJ and producer will be supported by Skippy and Zej Burton at Sugar on Fri Nov 22.
Loxy D&B soldier Loxy will be partying with the Inbound Records crew when he arrives at Blueprint (Ambar Lounge) on Fri Nov 8. The Exit Records and Samurai Records artist’s Adelaide appearance will be his first here in more than a decade. Supports: Fiction, Kiddo, Mikey, Pab and Peakey.
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Tour Guide/ THU NOV 7
JESSICA MAUBOY @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre ALEX GIBSON @ Grace Emily Hotel THE MORNING NIGHT @ Jive Bar CHARLIE PARR @ Governor Hindmarsh
BUSBY MAROU @ Fowler’s Live THE SCREAMING JETS & THE SNOWDROPPERS @ Governor Hindmarsh ALLDAY @ Rocket Bar
SAT NOV 30
NECK DEEP @ Fowler’s Live COSENTINO @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre FRI NOV 8 DEEP SOUTH SA EVAN & THE BRAVE @ BLUES, ROOTS & FOLK Ed Castle FESTIVAL @ Governor THE OCEAN PARTY, SWIMMING & WILD OATS Hindmarsh THE SPASMS @ @ Hotel Metropolitan Worldsend Hotel JEREMY NEALE @ Rocket Bar
SAT NOV 9
DREAM ON, DREAMER @ UniBar N’FA JONES @ Rocket Bar THE KITE STRING TANGLE, FLAMINGO & BROKERS @ Rhino Room
SUN NOV 10
CALL THE SHOTS @ BlueBee Room BLOOD BROTHERS @ Crown & Anchor SOME FOLK IN SPRING: KAURNA CRONIN, BANJO JACKSON, HALFWAY TO FORTH & SASHA AND THE DAWNHORSE @ Grace Emily Hotel
WED NOV 13
BELINDA CARLISLE @ Governor Hindmarsh
FRI NOV 15 – SUN NOV 17
SUPANOVA @ Adelaide Showground
FRI NOV 15
DAN SULTAN @ Governor Hindmarsh APES & HEY GERONIMO @ Rocket Bar THE LITTLE STEVIES @ Wheatsheaf Hotel
SAT NOV 16
JON ENGLISH & THE FOSTER BROTHERS @ Governor Hindmarsh THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS @ UniBar THE SWEET APES @ UniBar
SUN DEC 1
PASSENGER @ Thebarton Theatre
WED DEC 4
MUSE & BIRDS OF TOKYO @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre ROCKWIZ @ Thebarton Theatre INSANE CLOWN POSSE @ Governor Hindmarsh JUSTIN BIEBER @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
FRI DEC 6
TODD TERRY @ Garage Bar THE BAMBOOS @ Governor Hindmarsh ENGINE @ Enigma Bar
SAT DEC 7
WORLD’S END PRESS @ Rhino Room JONESEZ @ Ed Castle Hotel GUITAR WOLF @ Enigma Bar
SUN DEC 8
VANS WARPED TOUR: THE OFFSPRING, PARKWAY DRIVE, THE USED, SIMPLE PLAN, NEW FOUND GLORY & MORE @ TBC
MON DEC 9
ALICIA KEYS & JOHN LEGEND @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
TUE DEC 10
SUN NOV 17
MICHAEL MCINTYRE @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
WED NOV 20
WED DEC 11
THU NOV 21
BOY AND BEAR @ HQ BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME @ Uni Bar MOON SORROW @ Governor Hindmarsh CLOSURE IN MOSCOW @ Jive Bar
FRI NOV 22 – SAT NOV 23
GORGEOUS FESTIVAL: ESKIMO JOE, JOHN BUTLER TRIO, LANIE LANE, BLUE KING BROWN, THELMA PLUM, THE AUDREYS & MORE @ Serafino Winery, McLaren Vale
FRI NOV 22
THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS @ Jive Bar ELIZABETH ROSE @ Rocket Bar I KNOW LEOPARD @ Ed Castle DJ SPEN @ Mr Kim’s
SAT NOV 23
HITS & PITS FESTIVAL 2.0: BLACK FLAG, BOYSETFIRE, NO FUN AT ALL, JUGHEAD’S REVENGE & OFF WITH THEIR HEADS @ Governor Hindmarsh MOONSORROW @ Governor Hindmarsh TUMBLEWEED @ UniBar
TUE NOV 26
KINKY FRIEDMAN @ Governor Hindmarsh
FRI NOV 29
SMOKIE @ Her Majesty’s Theatre
Don’t be fooled into thinking of palm trees and balmy air, as the moniker for Evan & The Brave’s latest EP, Island, is actually inspired by something more malicious – specifically, drunk Facebooking.
“One of the tracks on the EP is called Island, so the name comes from that, and that song is about people digging themselves a hole on the internet by saying stupid stuff to the point where they end up alone, kind of like living on an island,” explains Dan Mifsud, the guitarist and singer for the Sydney quartet. “Facebook when you’re drunk. It’s like the virtual world kebab,” he jokes. That aside, Mifsud is keen to chat about the band’s new release. The EP comes off the back of their new single Stay This Way, which was
produced by Tony Buchen (Washington, John Butler Trio). “Yeah, that was awesome working with him,” Mifsud says. “I’ve actually done some sessions with him as a singer, and after we finished the sessions I asked him about our demo. And he really liked it. And that was really cool, we worked really well.” Calling to mind Sufjan Stevens with its sanguine brand of indie rock – complete with horn sections and appropriate hand claps – it’s interesting to know then, after listening to Island, the diversity of musical genres Mifsud experienced while growing up. “My dad was a singer, but he sung in a cappella groups. He was also a really good guitarist, so I was listening to a lot of The Eagles and stuff like that. My mum was a huge influence on me; she had this incredible record collection, with bands like America. Her and I would just sit down and listen
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to her records, and that just seeped its way through.” On the other side of the spectrum, one genre Misfud would love to tackle is American hip hop. “I was saying to a mate the other day that I’d really love to cover a lot of those Drake and new Kanye West songs, but because they say the n-word so much you just can’t. One day I’ll find one of their tunes that we can cover.” In the interim, punters at their Ed Castle show on Fri Nov 8 can expect a hearty rendition of a Vivian Girls song. “You know that Brooklyn band? They are babes. They are literally all babes,” he sighs. WHO: Evan & The Brave WHAT: Island (Independent) WHERE: Ed Castle WHEN: Fri Nov 8
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THU DEC 12
CLAIRY BROWNE & THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES @ Governor Hindmarsh
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SUN DEC 17
LOOPTROOP ROCKERS & SAGE FRANCIS @ Governor Hindmarsh
THU DEC 19
HUMAN NATURE @ Festival Theatre
WED JAN 8
BONOBO @ Governor Hindmarsh
TUE JAN 14
PARAMORE @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
FRI JAN 17
THE BOYS OF SUMMER TOUR: BLESS THEFALL, LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES & THE COLOR MORALE @ Fowler’s Live
Steve Kilbey of The Church is embarking on a solo tour at which he’ll be performing songs from his considerable catalogue with help from Shaun Hoffman and Adrian Hoffman (as The Hoffmen) and string players Anna Sarcich and Rachael Aquilina.
THU JAN 23
WE ARE SCIENTISTS @ Governor Hindmarsh
THU FEB 6
THE NATIONAL @ Thebarton Theatre
FRI FEB 7
ED KOWALCZYK @ Her Majesty’s Theatre
SAT FEB 8
THE LOCUST @ Enigma Bar
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CITY AND COLOUR @ Thebarton Theatre STEEL PANTHER & BUCKCHERRY @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
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“It was all Adrian’s idea,” Kilbey says of the unique concept. “He’s a young and very motivated man who told me he knew two incredible string players who learnt songs very quickly and that we should put something together. So Adrian chose the songs – there’ll be lots of Church songs so people don’t have to worry about not hearing any hits and some of my solo stuff as well as songs from the album I did with Martin Kennedy – and we’ve already done three gigs. We did Fremantle and Darwin before sweeping through Broome.
“Unlike most string players, they can also jam,” he says of Sarcich and Aquilina. “So you can give them a song and they just jump in and noodle around.” Kilbey first met Hoffman, who leads Perth band The Morning Night, some years ago when he was involved with a series of shows that travelled the world paying tribute to The Triffids. “Yeah, Adrian was involved in that Triffids show in Perth and I said at the time, ‘Y’know what kid? I’ve got my eye on you and one day I’m going to give you a big showbiz break and make you my musical director’. So it kind of sprung from that because we kept in touch. I know that Adrian still does stuff over in Perth with Alsy [MacDonald] and Jill [Birt] from The Triffids as well as playing with his band.” The Morning Night will be using Kilbey’s tour to launch their new album, amberola, which, like their Valentine debut, was produced
by Ricky Maymi of US band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. “Adrian will be quite busy and will be having a big night because he’ll be with his own band and then getting up with me,” Kilbey laughs. “I just hope he doesn’t use up all his charisma playing with his own band.” Kilbey, who recently played a concert with a full orchestra, was invited to mount a couple of exhibitions in California of his artwork only last month. “So I went over – you kind of have to – but I also ended up doing a couple of great little gigs with Greg Dulli from The Afghan Whigs,” he concludes. WHO: Steve Kilbey WHERE: Jive (with The Morning Night) WHEN: Thu Nov 7
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GRAND BAR – OMG HIGHWAY – DJ Alli (8pm) HOTEL METRO – Evil Elvis, Hellbound & Proud, The Loveless and Ivory Peacocks (9pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – All Vinyl DJ (6pm) HQ – Riot Society hosted by Uberjak’d JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: Verse Herd DJs (8.30pm) JIVE – Steve Kilbey and The Morning Night LIGHT HOTEL – SCALA Live (8pm) MARION HOTEL – Cue N Brew: 888 Poker (6.30pm) PJ O’BRIENS – DJ Grillz (9pm) PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Thirsty Thursday with DJ Tango ROCKET BAR – Wild Things (9pm) SUGAR – Jazz Pancake with locals and guests THE LION HOTEL – Clearway (9pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Rainbow Jam Sessions (7.30pm)
FRIDAY 8TH ADELAIDE CASINO – Chandelier Bar: Jacqui Lim (6pm) Sonic Divas (10pm)
ALMA TAVERN – Fresh Fridays with DJs ARCHER HOTEL – Upstairs: DJ Jaki J (9.30pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Lounge Bar: Dimitra (8pm) AUSTRAL – The Austral House Band (7pm) BAROSSA WEINTAL HOTEL – Craig James (7.30pm) BARTLEY TAVERN – Broken Theory (8pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Troy J Been, Prince Aaronak & Suckerpunch BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Rockweiler (8pm) BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CAMEO BAR – DJs Lars, Lenny and guests CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Ultimate Cold Chisel Tribute and Son Of Bon Tribute (9pm) DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING – Downtown with DJs DUBLIN HOTEL – 2 Up Duo (7pm) DUKE OF YORK – Tom & Rose (7pm) ED CASTLE – Full Tilt live bands and party DJs ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Trashbags with resident DJs Capt N Cook, Mangie and Terror Terror plus guests ELYSIUM LOUNGE – DJs EMU HOTEL – Lead Foot (8pm) ENFIELD HOTEL – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (6pm) ENIGMA – Bar 2: Bellusira, Dirt Playground, Imogen Brave, These Wild Animals and Burn Collect. Bar 3: The Schoenburg Automation, A Million Dead Birds Laughing, Seminal Embalment and Closed Casket. Downstairs: Cam & Grant from Bodyjar DJ set ESPLANADE HOTEL – The Hitmen (8pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – The Trails and Sean Kemp FERN FOREST NURSERY: WILLUNGA – The Rising Lotus and Murray Kyle (7pm) FINDON HOTEL – karaoke (8.30pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Band Room: Live & Local with Jungle City, The Loveless and Escapism. Front Bar: Appalachian String Fiddle Sessions and Irish Sessions GRACE EMILY HOTEL – The Byzantines and The Sweet Decline GRAND JUNCTION TAVERN– Blush (6pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Alien 8 (9.30pm) HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Chaps and DJ Lumeire HIVE YOUTH CENTRE: MODBURY – Schools Out (3pm) HOTEL METRO – Ocean Party, Swimming, Wild Oats and DJ Thunderbolt Melvin (9pm) HOTEL TIVOLI – Honey with DJs IRISH CLUB – Shamrocks ‘n’ Shenanigans Live Acoustic Sessions (7pm) JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: Live & Local Bands (9pm) JIVE – Sea Shepherd Relentless Tour with Captain Hammarstedt (6.30pm)
LADY DALY HOTEL – Brompton Blues Band (8pm) LIGHT HOTEL – Black Market (9pm) LIMBO – DJs LONDON TAVERN – Live Acoustic Weekly (5pm) Rewind Fridays with DJ Wolfman LORD MELBOURNE – karaoke with Laura Lee MARINA SUNSET BAR – live acoustic music MARION HOTEL – Bart’s Bar: Gary Isaacs (6.30pm) MARS BAR – guests DJs plus drag shows MICK O’SHEA’S – Acoustic Blonde (7pm) OFFICE ON PIRIE – DJ Jess (4.30pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Redline (7.30pm) PLAYFORD TAVERN – Two Hard Basket (8pm) PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Acoustic Session (6pm) DJ (9pm) PRODUCERS HOTEL – After Four Fridays Garden Grooves with DJs Justice and DrDamage plus special guests (4pm) RACQUETS SA – 60/40 with DJ Lee (8pm)
RAMSGATE HOTEL – DJ Snake & DJ Rupheo (9pm) RED SQUARE – DJs REX HOTEL – karaoke ROB ROY HOTEL – Tuned Up (6pm) DJ Smiley (8pm) ROCKET BAR – Cats at Rocket (9pm) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Acoustic Sessions (7.30pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – DJ (8pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – Blues Mountain (8pm) STAG – Upstairs: DJs play urban and dance. Downstairs: DJs play retro SUGAR – SHGZ: Fridays at Sugar SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Nothing But ‘90s with DJs TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing requests TAPAS ON HINDLEY – flamenco shows by Studio Flamenco (7.30pm) TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – Frenzy (9pm) THE BRITISH HOTEL: PORT ADELAIDE – Andy Upton & The Sound Express (5.30pm) THE ELEPHANT – DJ Grillz (9pm) Michael Venner Band (9.30pm) THE GOODY – Ch@t Room THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment THE SOUL BOX – The Overview Effect & Slick Arnold (9pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Troy Harrison (4.45pm) Flaming Sambucas (9pm) VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – DJs WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – The Lonely Cosmonauts (9pm)
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SATURDAY 9TH ARCHER HOTEL – Downstairs: Jaki J plus Bongo Madness with Alex. Upstairs: DJ Ed Law (9.30pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Sportys Bar: Mr Buzzy (10pm) Top Of The Ark: New Romantics (8.30pm) BOTANIC BAR – Sanji, Brad Sawyer and Tom Wilson BRIDGEWAY HOTEL – Super Heroes Of Rock (8pm) BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CAVAN HOTEL – Karnival with live bands (9pm) CAVERN CLUB – Death Metal Assault: Slaughter Thou, In The Burial, Blood Covered Shovel, Seminal Embalment, Bukkake (7pm) CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – karaoke with Nicole (8pm)
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DRAGONFLY – rotating DJs playing techno, house, disco and everything in between DUBLIN HOTEL – Bonz (3pm) DUKE OF YORK – Front Room: DJ Mitchy B. Beer Garden: DJ Parry. Upstairs: DJ Skinny B, MC Scotty & guest DJs ED CASTLE – Plus One Saturdays with live bands and party DJs (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Arcade Disco with resident DJs Junior, Dancespace and friends EMU HOTEL – Three Humped Camel (8.30pm) ENCORE NIGHTCLUB – resident DJs and guests (9pm) ENIGMA – Bar 2: Razorwyre, Matronarch, The Loving Tounge, Mason and Unknown Remorse. Bar 3: Klub Plastik EXETER HOTEL – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (7pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Jesse Davidson GARAGE BAR – DJs (10pm) GILBERT STREET HOTEL – DJ Marky Polo (8pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Band Room: Weekend Warriors Riverstock 2013 Prelude. Front Bar: Leon Hewer GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Vic Conrad & The First Third, The Molting Vultures and The Tonight Show GRAND BAR – Destination Saturdays with DJs and MCs HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Unknown To Man (9pm)
HIGHWAY – DJ Griff (9pm) HOPE INN – karaoke (7pm) HOTEL METRO – The Put Downs, Horror My Friend, The Aves and Kitten Kong (9pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ Sly HOTEL TIVOLI – Exotica with DJs Sleepy Hips & guests (8pm) JACK RUBY – Soul Social – live band and vinyl DJs (8pm) JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: Reuben (3pm) DJ Sam Phillips (9pm) Front Bar: Cyclone & Toddy (9pm) JIVE – Ash Gale, Heston Drop, Charles Starling and Sarah Lloyde KINGSFORD HOTEL: GAWLER – Harvest (10pm) LAKES RESORT HOTEL – 2 Up Duo (9pm) LONDON TAVERN – DJs Captiv8, Justice, Soundflex, AJ and MC Renard (10pm) MARINA SUNSET BAR – DJs playing the best in house and electro MARION HOTEL – Bart’s Bar: Franky F (5.30pm) One Planet (8.30pm) MARS BAR – guest DJs plus a drag show MICK O’SHEA’S – Midnight Specials (9pm) OLD SPOT HOTEL – The Incredibles (9.30pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Street Talk (8pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Dance On (8pm) PJ O’BRIENS – Frenzy (10.30pm)
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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 ROCKET BAR – Rocket Saturdays (9pm) SANDBAR – requests with DJs SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic sessions SEBEL PLAYFORD – Misjif (8pm) SEPPELTSFIELD: BAROSSA VALLEY – Lily & The Drum (3pm) SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – Ex Men (9pm) SUGAR – ITDE DJs and interstate & international guests SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Shuffle TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing retro and requests TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – Dino Jag (7.30pm) TEQUILA REA – Bongo Madness with guest DJs THE BARKER HOTEL – Angelo Pash (8.30pm) THE ELEPHANT – DJ Grillz (9pm) Triple X (9.30pm) THE LION HOTEL – Absolut Saturdays: Wasabi (9pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Firebird (8.30pm)
UNLEY UNITING CHURCH – Murray Kyle, The Rising Lotus and Shanti Sound Collective VALLEY INN – karaoke VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – Rumours WALKERS ARMS HOTEL – DJ Sessions (9pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Brenton Manser and Snooks La Vie (9pm) WHITEHORSE INN – Van Demon Band (8pm) WINDSOR HOTEL – The Road Runners (8.45pm) WOODCROFT TAVERN – karaoke (8pm) ZHIVAGO – High Heels DJs: Chaps, Hemilove and Ryley
SUNDAY 10TH ALMA TAVERN – Sunday School ARKABA HOTEL – Top Of The Ark: Schnitz & Giggles with Eddie Bannon (4.30pm) BENJAMIN ON FRANKLIN – Souled Out Sessions with DJs Dave Collins and Jason Lee BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt BOTANIC BAR – Eric The Falcon BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Flight69 (4pm) DOG & DUCK – Sneaky Sundays with Jak Morris DUCK INN: COROMANDEL VALLEY – Point 05 (3pm) ED CASTLE – Beer Garden: Acoustic Sundays (2pm) EMU HOTEL – Area 51 (2pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – Fractual (4pm) EUREKA TAVERN – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (11.30am) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Magnetic Garden GASLIGHT TAVERN – Chris Finnen Electric, The Lone Rangers, The Downer Sisters and Rob Scott (3pm) GILBERT STREET HOTEL – Sean Robertson & Friends (2pm) GLENELG PIER ONE – Dino Jag Acoustic (2pm) GLENELG SURF CLUB – La Mar Sundays: Causing Hammock (3pm) GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Some Folk In Spring Finale: Kaurna Cronin, Halfway To Forth, Banjo Jackson Band and Sasha & The Dawnhorse (5pm) GRAND BAR – bands, DJs and MCs HOTEL METRO – Martye Privates, Beige Abrasion, Mind Sluts and Boy Toy (9pm) HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – The Front: 888 Poker (6.30pm) JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: Adam Moffatt (3pm) DJ Dizzy (8pm)
The Guide // LIGHT HOTEL – Vonni’s Big Arvo LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – The Barstool Philosophers MARINA SUNSET BAR – Sunset Sessions featuring live acoustic music MARS BAR – VJK classic video hits MICK O’SHEA’S – E’nuf Said (2pm) OLD BUSH INN – The Mighty Night Owls (8.30pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Slyde (2.30pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – One Planet (4pm) PLAYFORD TAVERN – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (5pm)
RAMSGATE HOTEL – ACOUSTIC SESSION (4PM) TOM KURZEL & ED TRAINOR FORTNIGHTLY ROTATION (7.30PM) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Funk & Soul Sessions (7.30pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic soloists SEMAPHORE PALAIS – The Incredibles (4pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – Fiona Boyes & Friends (4pm) SUGAR – Mods, Driller and Nu Jeans TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – Acoustic Sessions THE LION HOTEL – Andrew Hayes (2.30pm) Quinny, Parko & Friends (6pm) WELLINGTON HOTEL: WELLINGTON – Sunday Sessions: live music on the banks of the Murray (3pm) WEST THEBBY HOTEL – karaoke with Margi & Shaggy (8.30pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – The Yearlings and Steve Pederson (4pm)
WHITMORE HOTEL – CRIPPLE CREEK ZHIVAGO – Black Cherry DJs: Zooma, Gumshoe and Ryley
MONDAY 11TH EXETER ON RUNDLE – Harry Freeman, Brazen Serpent and Hal Bird GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Rear Admiral Stand Up Comedy. Balcony Bar: Lord Stompy’s Tin Sandwich GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Bar 180: Ultimate Quiz with Graham Lawrence (7pm) JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: Industry Night with Pat Ramm (7pm)
PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Complete Trivia (7pm) RHINO ROOM – One Mic Stand open mic comedy SUGAR – Big Bubba and Eric The Falcon THE LION HOTEL – Brian Ruiz with Troy Loakes and Paul Vallen (8pm)
TUESDAY 12TH AUSSIE INN – Complete Trivia (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Ash Wilson CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: DJs Stevie & Duncan DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Irish Sessions (8pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Bitches of Zeus DJs GASLIGHT TAVERN – The Blues Lounge hosted by Ron Davidson & Trevor Graham (8pm) GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Uke Night: Adelaide Ukulele Appreciation Society GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Pub Cinema HILTON HOTEL – KG’s Complete Trivia (7pm) HOTEL METRO – Acoustic Club (8pm) MARION HOTEL – Cue N Brew: 888 Poker (6.30pm) PJ O’BRIENS – Davy T’s Music Trivia (7.30pm) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – cover band (8.30pm) SUGAR – CU Next Tuesday with Sonny Side-Up & Driller THE LION HOTEL – Zkye and Damo (7.30pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – TA Tuesdays: DJs Ryley & Apex (8pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Acoustic Raw Jam WINDSOR HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm)
WEDNESDAY 13TH ARKABA HOTEL – Latino Grooves Salsa Classes (6pm) BOTANIC BAR – Gemma CENTRAL DISTRCITS FOOTBALL CLUB – Quiz Wiz Trivia (7.45pm) CHALLA GARDENS HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm) CHRISTIES BEACH HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm) CLOVERCREST HOTEL – karaoke (7.30pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Geek with DJ Tr!p DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Dan’s Open Mic Night (7.30pm) EXCHANGE HOTEL: GAWLER – Live Music Exchange (7.30pm)
EXETER ON RUNDLE – Curtis FINDON HOTEL – Muso’s Jam hosted by Streaker FINSBURY HOTEL – karaoke (8pm) FIRST COMMERICAL HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Band Room: Belinda Carlisle. Front Bar: Open Mic Night GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Courtney Robb, Emily Davis & Adie Haines HIGHWAY – The Combi Room: Ryan Cornish Solo HOTEL METRO – Paige Renee Court and Abbie Vee (9pm) HQ –NeverLand JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: Curly Temple DJs (8.30pm) KENSINGTON HOTEL – Uke N Play (7pm) LIGHT HOTEL – Open Mic Night (8pm) MARION HOTEL – Cue N Brew: Adelaide Comedy with Kel Balnaves & Mike Klimczak (8pm) MICK O’SHEA’S – Celtic Connection (7.30pm) PORTLAND HOTEL – karaoke with Shaggy (9pm) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Jazz Sessions (7.30pm) SEAFORD HOTEL – karaoke with Suzanne (8.30pm)
SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – karaoke with Margi (7.30pm) SUGAR – Mixed Tape with Lauren Rose, Ferris Mular and Mr Whiskas THE LION HOTEL – Proton Pill (9pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Tonsley Trivia (7pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – TA Bar: Trivia Wednesday (7pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – The Baker Boys WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music
Rip It Up endeavours to provide an accurate guide, however, takes no responsibility for out-of-date listings. Gig Guide submissions and any changes can be sent to Kate Mickan <katemickan@ripitup. com.au>, faxed on 08 7129 1058 or care of the RIU address, Gig Guide deadline is Thursdays at 5pm. Please contact venues for any further information regarding the booked acts.
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Insidious: Chapter 2 Before he changed the nature of Hollywood horror films by writing and starring in the original Saw, Leigh Whannell was the ‘film guy’ on Saturday morning music and youth ABC program Recovery. As he tells Rip It Up, it was after seeing a screening of Two Hands for Recovery in 1999 that he acquired an “instantly debilitating crush” on Rose Byrne, never expecting that in 10 years time he would cast her in his own movie, Insidious, and its follow-up Insidious: Chapter 2.
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or those who saw 2011’s Insidious would guess that Chapter 2 takes off minutes following the events of its predecessor’s climax. With all original players returning – including Americans Patrick Wilson and Barbara Hershey alongside Aussies Byrne, Whannell and Angus Sampson — the cast spend the film trying to decipher the mystery of why the Lambert family are still being haunted. While the film follows a near flawless continuity, stitching the first and second installments into practically one film, this was never destined to be the case. “We did a lot of work on Insidious 2 to try and make it a true extension of the first film, rather than a retread of the first film,” Whannell explains. “I was really happy with the way that the second film visited the first film literally and figuratively and they became entwined.” This was a personal triumph for Whannell, who wrote both films, as Insidious never intended to have a sequel. Unsurprisingly, it was an all-too familiar Hollywood cliché that was the catalyst for Chapter 2. “The thing is, sequels are always about business. The only reason a sequel ever exists is because the first film makes money and the producers say, ‘Well, we’re going to make another one with or without you, do you want to get on board?’ and you have to try and make it
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creatively work for you.” While Whannell admits that sequels are “kind of unnecessary”, his analogy for the Hollywood sequel mill – something that he has experienced all too well through the Saw, and now Insidious, franchises is particularly insightful.
“The thing is, sequels are always about business. The only reason a sequel ever exists is because the first film makes money and the producers say, ‘Well, we’re going to make another one with or without you, do you want to get on board?’ and you have to try and make it creatively work for you.”
“It’s like you tell the joke, ‘A horse walks into a bar and the bartender says, “Why the long face?”’ And then I say to you, ‘And then what happens?’ and you think, ‘Well nothing, that was the end of the joke’. And then I present you with a cheque and say, ‘Well I’ll give you this money if you go back and think of something
that happens’, so you’re forced to go off and think about something and come back and say, ‘Err, the horse has the drink and then leaves the bar – and then comes back – but this time the bartender says, “Why the long legs?”’. You really are struggling to come up with more stories to tack onto the end of your original story.” The fact that Insidious, which was made on a microscopic budget of $1.5million, became the most profitable film of 2011 surprised no one more than Whannell and director, co-creator and “parter-in-crime”, James Wan. “I can tell you right now at the time when we made Insidious we were not very confident with ourselves... not that we are the type of people who are usually full of confidence. We had come out with Saw and had this success, but our next couple of films stumbled a little bit and we were shaken, humbled and bruised. We thought, ‘Wow, we really need to step back here and focus to get back in the ring’. We didn’t think that our career was over but we felt that it was a ‘one more strike and you’re out’ situation. So not only were we not thinking of a sequel, we were wondering if this film would suffer the same fate as our last couple of films. When it did come out and had a strong reaction and people liked it, it was more a surprise than a celebration.” So how did they do it? “We threw everything we had at it. We were such students of horror that when we went into Insidious we thought to put in every scary story we’ve heard of and every scary scene we’ve discussed over the years. I’m so glad it worked out the way it did as if it didn’t I’m not sure what James and I would have done. Would we have gone back and made another horror film and tried it again?” Considering that their first movie – Saw – was intended to be a “good looking demo reel” to try and entice producers to invest in them to make a proper film – and ended up being released – their expectations were never high, let alone
Welcome To The Family Leigh Whannell admits that while he and James Wan “relished that sense of outsider status” amongst the rest of the LA crowd, a certain Insidious cast member did open some doors to a “club” of elite Australian exports. “It’s kind of creative fuel for us to think that everyone else was in this ‘club’, and we’re not in the club. We didn’t know any of them. The Edgingtons and Rose Byrne would like, sleep over at Heath Ledger’s house – but we weren’t a part of that crew at all. When we worked with Rose it was interesting to feel accepted – through her – to this Aussie mafia that runs around LA.”
spawning six sequels. It was during writing Saw III that Whannell knew he should back out as screenwriter for the franchise. “During the writing of Saw III I was sitting with a notepad and wrote, ‘Interesting Ways To Kill People’. I started sketching different ideas down and one of them involved a coathanger. I stopped and thought that it is probably time to stop writing these movies. I remember thinking that three movies is clean number to get out on. I like the idea that I wrote a trilogy of Saw films and am writing a trilogy of Insidious films.” Insidious trilogy, then? “It will be great to look back in years from now – if everything goes well and I’m making films in all genres – and can say that these are two horror trilogies I wrote when I was young and just starting out. It makes me excited to write Insidious 3.” WHAT: Insidious: Chapter 2 (Sony Pictures) WHEN: Now
Film // The Butler (M) AAAA Forest Whitaker leads an unyielding parade of impressive actors ( John Cusack, Lenny Kravitz, Vanessa Redgrave and Alan Rickman to name but a few) in Lee Daniels’ (Precious) latest tale of triumph over suffering, this time through the eyes of Cecil Gaines (Whitaker), a humble butler who served in the White House through eight presidential administrations, from Truman to Reagan, and during his tenure witnessed history unfold as the American Civil Rights Movement picked up speed and war broke in Vietnam. Although inspired by a real White House butler, the finer details of Danny Strong’s heartfelt script are heavily dramatised,
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creating a Forrest Gump-style personalisation of historical events, which makes Cecil’s experiences widely accessible but without sugarcoating the harder moments. There are some who may try to take exception with the film’s excessive stunt casting and sentimentality, but at the end of the day what is so terribly wrong with iconic actors portraying iconic characters when they have the talent to back it up? And why should the story of a man recounting his life’s achievements be anything but sentimental? Although uneven at times, Daniels’ direction is always purposeful, and here he delivers a well-acted, intriguing and worthwhile look at a big piece of America’s social history. That’ll be all.
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Ridley Scott’s follow-up to the disastrous Prometheus is a glossy, big-star epic drawn from the first feature screenplay by Cormac McCarthy – and a thoroughly nasty one it is too. A guy known only as ‘Counselor’ (‘next big thing’ Michael Fassbender from Prometheus) is living the high life in El Paso and loves Laura (Penélope Cruz), with whom he shares an explicit(ish) sex scene at the start before everything turns to crap (so don’t be late!). When he, of course, spends too much on an engagement ring, he decides that all will be well (poor fool) if he sets up a drug deal with one of his shonky clients, the preposterously-attired Reiner ( Javier Bardem having a fine time), a guy with a predatory mistress named Malkina (Cameron Diaz), a pair of pet cheetahs and a nose that almost pokes off the screen. If you can predict that this will set into play a downward spiral of grimly fatalistic and graphic violence then you’re one step ahead of the characters here (and McCarthy too), and while the cast is quite good (with Brad Pitt very appealing as cowboy-hatted money-man Westray) they’re all playing such damn scumbags that it’s hard to care who gets decapitated. And yet there is a startling scene where Diaz humps a car, which is worth the price of admission alone.
Chris Hemsworth’s third go at playing god/ superhero/whatever Thor is still fun enough as he certainly looks and sounds the part, and new director Alan Taylor knows that there has to be gags sprinkled liberally throughout, or all that pompous Asgardian stuff will get awfully dull. After the usual explanatory flashback kick-off, we cut to Asgard, where Thor (CH) and Odin (Anthony Hopkins) mull over imprisoning Loki (Tom Hiddleston) for eternity, and then to England, where Dr Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) pines for her blond boy-toy, Darcy (Kat Dennings) cracks wise and loopy Dr Erik Selvig (Stellan Skarsgård hamming nicely) is convinced that universes are colliding (which gets him institutionalised so that Stan Lee can have a cameo). When Jane unwittingly touches ‘The Ether’, a sort of super-magical raspberry cordial, this brings about an elaborate plot that involves the return of the malevolent Malekith (Christopher Eccleston replacing Mads Mikkelsen), attacks on London and Asgard, endless Thor hammering and the approach of something called ‘The Convergence’, which will destroy absolutely everything (including Malekith himself, surely, but why would he worry about a little thing like that?). Suitably spectacular if cluttered and chaotic, this latest Marvel epic’s exactly what the doctor ordered for drooling fan(boy)s but, ultimately, gets a bit ho-hum. And, of course, a sequel is promised in an in-the-middle-of-the-end-credits scene – so let’s get hammered.
Another randomly retitled French comedy, this one offers irksome work from stars Diane Kruger and Dany Boon as another movie couple who would never get together in real life. Related as a dinner party anecdote, we watch as Isabelle (Kruger) struggles with the fear of her family’s ‘curse’ – first marriages never work – and how this relates to her 10-year relationship with the would-be perfect guy (a dentist?) when she wants a child, decides that she must therefore get married (um…okay…) and knows that it will all end badly (got that?). Continuing with nutty logic, Isabelle then decides to marry any guy, divorce him quickly and get hitched to ‘Mr Right’, and her choice is the goofy Jean-Yves (Dany Boon), with whom she ridiculously hares off to Kenya for hijinx with CG lions and the like, and then Moscow for even sillier reasons (and this is, of course, where she actually starts liking him – oops – just in case you couldn’t see that coming, spoilers!). Kruger (a long way from Inglourious Basterds) and Boon (not such a long way from his other annoying roles) obviously think they’re very amusing here in scenes of embarrassing slapstick, but director Pascal (Heartbreaker) Chaumeil is just as much to blame, with a comic touch that’s as light as a français sledgehammer.
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Various Locations Discover Feast 2013’s filmic events, including screenings of James Franco's Interior. Leather Bar., Matthew Mishory's Joshua Tree, 1951, Mark Cunningham's Valentine Road and Rashaad Ernesto's Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominated Gun Hill Road. Full program details are at feast.org.au. Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2013 Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas At the PN until Mon Nov 11. Details: italianfilmfestival.com.au and palacenova.com. Transitions Film Festival Mercury Cinema At the Merc until Sun Nov 10. Details: mercurycinema.org.au.
Opening But Unrated Fruitvale Station (MA): Writer/ director Ryan Coogler’s tough true story. Stars Michael B Jordan, Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer. Insidious: Chapter 2 (MA): From those sequel-friendly Saw guys, James Wan (director/co-writer) and Leigh Whannell (co-writer/co-star). Reuniting Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, Angus Sampson and lots of spooks. Mr Pip (M): Writer/director/producer Andrew Adamson’s dramatic filming of Lloyd Jones’ novel. With Hugh Laurie and unknown Xzannjah.
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Base Bar Lo and behold, another industrial small bar toting tapas to appear out of the woodwork (but this time a bit more easterly) – Base Bar. Situated in Norwood, this new venue joins the steady revival of The Parade alongside new, hip eateries like Argo and Nordburger, to help the suburb capitalise a bit more on its food-savvy locals. The menu at Base Bar mostly consists of tapas and wood fired pizzas, but there are also sliders and sweet desserts to mix it up. If in a hungry group, you’d be best steered in the direction of the pizzas, with options varying from the Barossa meats pizza, topped with Barossa chorizo, shoulder ham, bacon and calabrese salami ($20) to the simple pizza
bianca with mozzarella, rosemary and garlic. If you’re more interested in snacking, pick a few tapas like the handmade gnocchi in pumpkin puree ($14), Spanish paella ($15) or South Australian prawn cutlets with chilli salsa ($16). There are also cheese and meat plates. The cocktail menu gets a little more adventurous, blending together classic recipes with modern twists. Alongside old-school tipples like mint julep and old fashioned, there’s the more daring kiwi caprioska – try it if you’re game. WHAT: Base Bar WHERE: 234 The Parade, Norwood WHEN: Wed 5pm – 12pm, Thu 5pm – 2am, Fri – Sun 12pm – 3am INFO: 8431 3213
James Squire Releases Copper Ale A new brew has been added to the James Squire range – The Constable Copper Ale. A deep, golden English-style ale, craft beer devotees will be able to guzzle these down this spring at The Curious Squire on O’Connell St, North Adelaide. “The Constable Copper Ale is brewed in the style of an English Ordinary Bitter. This is a classic British ale style that we’re very excited to share with Australian drinkers as they continue to explore the range of craft beers out there,” said Malt Shovel Head Brewer, Jeff Potter. With a deep golden colour and a rich creamy head, The Constable has a balanced nose of floral, citrus and earthy notes and a moderate hop-bitterness that lingers after the firm malt backbone. “We have used a unique combination of malts and hops to brew The Constable Copper Ale. Pale, Munich and Crystal malts join Super Alpha, Topaz, UK Fuggles and Galaxy hops in a flavoursome, refreshing ale that we think beer drinkers will love,” said Potter.
Willunga Young Farmers Scholarship Willunga Farmers Market has announced the launch of their Young Farmers Scholarship, awarding $10,000 to an applicant between the ages of 18 to 35 to kick-start a career farming primary produce on SA’s Fleurieu Peninsula. The scholarship will be split into two components, with the $7,000 cash component to go towards start-up items such as tools and seed, and the remaining $3,000 to go towards farming and small business management training. To apply, head to willungafarmersmarket.com.au. The Willunga Farmers Market is open every Saturday from 8am – 12.30pm. RipITUPMAGAZINE//ripitup.com.au
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Stars// Aries 21.03/20.04
The moon is low. This is always a time for turning in, for retiring to one’s cave for a little R&R. With Mars in Virgo, you are moving more carefully than usual. This prevents you from getting tangled in your own feet. The fact that it’s Scorpio time makes you a little circumspect.
Taurus 21.04/20.05
The moon is low and heading into Scorpio. This new moon could have lasting impressions. It’s the beginning of a new cycle of transformation – which doesn’t bode well for dreams of endless comfort and cosiness. It could however trigger an unknown adventurous streak into action.
Gemini 21.05/21.06
You are being served by what could be called a time of creative friction. Things are by no means travelling as if lubricated by the new generation of engine oils, but they are also not so bumpy as to leave you rattled. You are being shaken in such a way that new plans can surface.
Cancer 22.06/22.07
The new moon in watery Scorpio suits you well. There’s more of a boudoir ambience than lounge-room vibe in the air. This adds intrigue. It certainly doesn’t throw you. Things emerge from under the carpet, but even that is ok in the grand scheme of things. Curious times.
Leo 23.07/22.08
You are a lion – and life is presently in the sector of the scorpion. Lions and scorpions don’t mix all that easily. One is a creature of the sunlight. And one is a creature of the night. Hence, you might be feeling at odds with the flow of events presently. Keep your mind open.
Virgo 23.08/22.09
Mars has well and truly set up shop in Virgo. There is a wild man in the forest. What you do with this, or what this does with you, is anybody’s guess. The new moon suggests that something fresh and new is on the horizon. Mars will give you a lot of drive. Harness it if you can.
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Libra 23.09/23.10
The moon starts its week in Libra. You are given time to reflect on what’s just past, before a whole new era sets in. The new moon is arising in Scorpio later in the week. There is promise here that old patterns that have kept you stuck, will be brought to the light and transformed.
Scorpio 24.10/21.11
The new moon is in Scorpio later in the week. The new moon is preceded by the no-moon. This is a death and a birth – metaphorically speaking. There’s a little gap in the traffic, where you can revision your journey. Be sure to take full advantage of it and set yourself on a good path.
Happy Days Happy Days at Urban Cow Gallery presents a body of work by Adelaide illustrator Phillipa Kruger (AKA PipDesign). Inspired by seemingly insignificant moments of beauty, Kruger’s work playfully celebrates the personal touch, appreciating imperfections and wobbly, hand-drawn lines. Experimenting between analogue design practice and digital collage, her collection of works spans from limited edition prints to bespoke to wooden cat brooches to Christmas cards. UniSA Illustration Design course coordinator David Blaiklock will open the exhibition. WHAT: Phillipa Kruger: Happy Days WHERE: Urban Cow Studio, 11 Frome St WHEN: Until Sat Nov 30
Sagittarius 22.11/21.12
Ustopia
Venus is coming to the end of her ride on your horse. Have you squeezed all the delight that was offered to you – or is there more to go? The new moon in Scorpio mid-week, heralds the end of one adventure and the beginning of a new one. Joy is your greatest resource. Crank it up.
Emerging artists and curators Kate Power and Olivia Kathigitis have come together to present Ustopia. Ustopia is the imagined perfect state, and both artists propose to deliver an alternate experience for the viewer through their artworks. Power and Kathigitis state that: “Within our lives we often fail to absorb things that are strange and unfamiliar, sticking to our learned understanding of what exists and belongs.” Through tactile, visceral sculptural artworks, these artists offer their perceptions of an ‘in between’ state, questioning the limits of our experiences. Both Kathigitis and Power are completing Honours degrees in Sculpture at UniSA.
Capricorn 22.12/19.01
Just when you thought digging for gold was a thankless task, life provides you with a set of promising conditions. Be pragmatic as well as imaginative. When these two get together there’s a great chance of an interesting outcome. Life is on your side. It is taking you through a gate.
Aquarius 20.01/18.02
All the action is in Scorpio. This is at odds with you. Your terrain is the sky – and Scorpio is the universe of subterranean watercourses. There’s no flying high without having one’s roots firmly planted and nourished in mother earth. Life is calling you back to basics. Accept the call.
Pisces 19.02/20.03
Of all the star signs, you are the happiest with what’s going on this week. What’s esoteric to everyone else, is normality to you. The new moon in Scorpio promises a flood of imagination, a feast of longing and a huge hungry appetite for all the good things that make you prosper.
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WHAT: Kate Power and Olivia Kathigitis: Ustopia WHERE: FELTspace, 12 Compton St, Adelaide WHEN: Until Sat Nov 23
JamFactory Opening Seppeltsfield Studio JamFactory’s new studios, gallery and shop at Seppeltsfield Winery in the Barossa was officially opened by Premier Jay Weatherill on Sat Nov 2. The 1,000m facility, situated in the historic stables at Seppeltsfield, will provide studio space for up to 12 practicing artists while the retail shop will sell hand-made products. A separated walkway through the space will enable visitors to see skilled makers at work, learn about the materials and processes behind the products and discover the heritage of the building, which dates back to 1850. WHAT: JamFactory Seppeltsfield studios WHERE: Seppeltsfield Winery, Seppeltsfield Rd, Barossa Valley WHEN: Daily 11am – 5pm
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Jesinta Campbell Named New Ambassador for Boutique@hs Kyly Clarke has passed on the tiara as the face of Boutique@hs to fellow WAG (if you believe the Buddy Franklin rumours), Jesinta Campbell. Clarke had an action-packed year launching the brand, which is the premium collection for Harris Scarfe, and we can expect Campbell, with her Miss Universe Australia title, sure to hold her in good stead.
Tiffany & Co. Coming To Adelaide While rumours have been rife for years that the New York multinational jewellery powerhouse will set up shop in Adelaide, it’s finally been confirmed that this will happen. The store is set to open during the second half of 2014, taking up residency in the Adelaide Central Plaza, the same complex that houses David Jones in Rundle Mall. This will be Australia’s eighth Tiffany & Co. store, joining its worldwide fleet of over 250 stores. If you weren’t a breakfast person before, you best be by the time the store opens in order to live out your Holly Golightly daydreams.
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PIKE Launch Nicholas Pike has rebranded his acclaimed jewellery label, PIKE, and celebrated with a launch at his Burnside Village store. Six new ranges were introduced – Nicholas Pike (highend luxury and custom-made designs), Propose (engagement/wedding rings), Lustre (pearls), Louise (coloured gems), 925 (sterling silver) and Mr (men’s) to celebrate the continuing strength and family tradition inherent to the PIKE brand. nicholaspike.com
No surprises that getting a tan from a bottle can be a double-edged sword. While it’s better for your skin than baking in the sun, build-up, cracks, streaks and an unnatural fluorescence can give you away at any time. TanGO have developed products to help you bat away these unwanted fake tan side efects– with their signature go-to product being the tanGO Exfoliating Mitt. Using only water on the glove before and after you apply fake tan, the exfoliating mitt will remove sunless tan easily. And since it’s only made of 100 percent natural fibres it will also keep your skin healthy in the process. Other products in the tanGO range include a Tan Removal Cloth and Glove – and for when you put the tan back on – a Tan Applicator Mitt (suitably titled tanON). No need to burn from the sun or the shame of a bad fake tan. It’s going to be a good summer. tangocloth.com
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Culture
DVD Reviews
In The Flesh: Season 1
Last Passenger
The Look Of Love
Touchy Feely
Umbrella Entertainment / M / 96 mins
Madman / MA / 101 mins
Madman / M / 90 mins
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Although influenced by The Walking Dead, this BBC miniseries is more uncomfortable psychological drama than action-packed horror. The zombies (although that word’s hardly mentioned) are used in the same metaphorical manner as the far more glamorous vampires in True Blood. Four years after ‘The Rising’, those suffering from PDS (Partially Deceased Syndrome) are being reintroduced into a population trying hard to rebuild, and our undead protagonist Kieren Walker (Luke Newberry) is sent home to his family in Roarton, Lancashire, a rural town that was hit badly by the ‘rotters’. Kieren’s sister Jem (Harriet Cains) is a longtime member of the HVF (Human Volunteer Force), a local military movement, and her struggle to accept her brother (who must take medication, apply make-up and wear contacts) again after killing so many zoms herself is just one of the themes explored here, especially as the merciless HVF’s forces continue unabated in the community and secrets come staggering into the light. Surprisingly moving, this is grounded by Newberry’s melancholy performance as a zombie who’s a little like ‘R’ in Warm Bodies but even more human.
This first feature from writer/director Omid Nooshin has a ‘disaster movie’ premise offset by an intimate, urban aspect (necessitated by a small budget), and the results are surprisingly exciting, despite the presence of sour Dougray ‘I Was Almost Wolverine’ Scott. Dr Lewis Shaler (DS) and his son Max ( Joshua Kaynama) board a London train one evening and, as Lewis starts chatting with the attractive woman seated nearby (Kara Tointon as Sarah Barwell), we become aware that he’s a recent widower, and (unlike most ‘disaster movies’) we actually start liking these people. When Lewis and Max doze off and awaken some time later, they find the train is almost empty and travelling dangerously fast. The remainder of the passengers assemble to bond, argue, freak out and risk their lives, including a pinched lawyer (David Schofield), an ailing Grandma (Lindsay Duncan) and a slippery maintenance worker (Israeli-English actor Iddo Goldberg, stealing it). Too small a production to squeeze in at cinemas, this is one of the most entertaining straight-toDVD titles around at the moment — and well worth catching.
The latest from director Michael Winterbottom, in another collaboration with Steve Coogan, seems as if it might be a humorous effort like 24 Hour Party People, but this is a much different proposal: a straight narrative study of Paul Raymond, King Of Soho Sleaze, with few jokes and sincere smuttiness. The ‘90s Raymond (Coogan) looks back at videos of his daughter Debbie (Imogen Poots) and suddenly we’re back in 1958 watching Raymond’s first effort to shock the English establishment with ‘gentlemen’s clubs’ where topless models had to remain motionless. And then we’re skipping through the decades as the sexual revolution hits: there’s an effort at ‘legitimate’ theatre; there’s the launch of the softcore(ish) mags that made him even more notorious; and there are clichés in the form of drugs, bed-hopping, excess, illness, bitter regret - and that old chestnut about how money doesn’t buy you happiness. With an odd pro- and anti-pornography tone, this is worth it for the performances — and yet, ultimately, it never feels properly orgasmic.
Lynn Shelton’s follow-up to Your Sister’s Sister doesn’t have that film’s sweet simplicity, and while there’s certainly something funny about the final act here (and another semi-improvised script), there’s also a nice cast and a sense that this filmmaker loves them all. Abby (Rosemarie DeWitt from YSS) is a massage therapist who suddenly finds herself weirdly unable to touch anyone, and after discussing her mysterious situation with friend and mentor Bronwyn (Alison Janney), she decides that this is probably to do with her dissatisfaction with boyfriend Jesse (Scoot McNairy). Abby also has a slightly tricky relationship with her unhappy brother Paul ( Josh Pais, struggling a little with being so uptight), who’s a dentist (just in case we don’t realise that he’s uncool) and his daughter Jenny (Ellen Page) is pondering whether she actually wants to follow Dad into the family business or do something more fun. And if all that sounds a little awkward then that’s because it is. But there’s still fine work here from DeWitt, who proves very, um, touching.
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Bookshelf
Talk About A Dream: The Essential Interviews Of Bruce Springsteen Christopher Phillips, Louis P Masur (eds) / Bloomsbury
Springsteen loves to talk, we’re reliably informed early on in this epic collection of reprinted interviews conducted for a variety of publications from February 1973 until February 2013. And it’s also striking how, as The Boss’ fame grows, he remains winningly unaffected, from his slightly uneasy attempts to talk about himself as a 20-something lad, to the heady late ‘70s and early ‘80s, to the stratospheric success of Born In The USA and beyond, even as his interviewers grow more starry-eyed in his presence, and less and less able to think of anything to say. And yet, after 40 years and millions and millions of words, there probably isn’t much left unsaid (except, of course, scalpers suck!). MDB
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I Met Hindley Street
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I Met Hindley Street is the latest in the I Met series from The Australian Bureau Of Worthiness, a collective helmed by actor Emma Beech, director Tessa Leong and visual artist James Dodd.
They have previously staged I Met Goolwa, I Met Geelong, I Met Port Road, I Met Falls Festival and I Met Viborg (staged in Denmark) and are now focusing on Adelaide’s Hindley St with Beech, Leong and Dood spending the last three weeks camped at their performance space on the corner of Hindley and Bank St. “We’ve been there all day, every day and have also done a couple of all-nighters,” Dodd reveals. “The show itself is very much theatre-orientated – that’s the best way to describe it – with Emma as the performer and me providing some visuals and props that become part of the show. Tessa and I also contribute to the show with some small speaking parts. “It’s not filmic at all,” he says when asked if there will be a multi-media aspect. “We are very DIY and very analogue in what we do. Any visuals are from overhead projectors and the lighting is very minimal and the most basic. “The performance is also very raw because
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a natural, raw thing is what we like to do,” Dodd adds. The company chose Hindley St as their next subject due to its iconic nature as one of this city’s first streets and the home of Adelaide’s first newspaper and first stone church. “It’s a very distinct Adelaide street but is one that’s filled with myth,” Dodd says. “There’s a lot of mystery and preconception about it because it’s in and out of the news and seems to be always in and out of trouble. It’s like a naughty little brother in many ways. “It’s also going through a period of transition but maybe that’s just another myth,” he chuckles. “So all of those things, including what you might call the supposed gentrification of the street and what all that
means, are touched on in I Met Hindley Street. “But we are not ones for saying that Hindley St should be gentrified,” Dodd adds. “We are just curious, so we present various perspectives on all that as a way of getting to know the street a bit better. “It’s like any person,” he concludes. “They might seem a bit troubled until you get to know them better.” WHO: Australian Bureau Of Worthiness WHAT: I Met Hindley Street WHERE: Downstairs 27 Bank St (Cnr Hindley and Bank St) WHEN: Thu Nov 7 until Sun Nov 10 at various times
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Comic-Con, Australian Style
Your Guide I’m Claire Foord, an emerging artist and Visual Arts grad. I show and sell my artwork here in Adelaide and have travelled to Canada, USA and Germany exhibiting. Plus, I’m a student too. I’m studying, teaching, arting – and now – writing. If you’ve got any hot tips, deals, campus activities or info you want me to know about and share, hit me up on Instagram #clairefoord_artist or Facebook /clairefoord_artist.
Opinion
What do Game Of Thrones, The Full Monty, Lord Of The Rings, Dollhouse and The Hobbit have in common? Actors from these movies and shows are coming to this year’s Supanova Expo. George R.R. Martin, Mark Addy, Dominic Monaghan, Summer Glau, Dean O’Gorman and more are all part of the Supa-Star Guests list (full list at supanova.com.au/guests). They are visiting Adelaide for Supanova to meet fans, give behind-the-scenes talks, pose for portraits and sign autographs. Home-grown in Sydney in 2002, the Supanova Expo showcases sci-fi, fantasy, anime, comic books, manga, games and loads more. With over 120,000 fans attending last year, be ready for an amazing atmosphere tailor-made for expressing your inner geek. While there, you can check out movie previews and screenings, gaming demos, competitions and a bunch of other gear. If you really want to get amongst it Cosplay (costume role-play) is for you. Masses of people dress up as their favourite characters and those who are really into it can be part of the Madman Cosplay Competition. It’s Comic-Con, Australian style! Preview night is Fri Nov 15 at 6pm, where you can pre-purchase photo and signature tokens. Supanova runs over two days (Sat Nov 16 and Sun Nov 17) from 10am to 6pm. Grab tickets to through Moshtix or at the door at the Adelaide Event and Exhibition Centre, Adelaide Showgrounds.
By Josh Basford
Silence Reigns It is almost an absolute truth that actions mean more than words, and in a week where the Government has been resolutely silent, perhaps it is a good time to look at some actions and see what they have to say about the lucky country and its fair people. First, let’s look at the dreaded boats. It appears that the Government has managed to ‘win’ its self-prescribed ‘war’ against refugees fleeing persecution: boat arrivals are down 70 percent since the Government took office and no asylum seekers were intercepted in the past week. Of course we have been fighting a ‘real’ war this past decade, and now that we’re withdrawing our troops from a broken Afghanistan, our legacy appears to be that we will be withdrawing aid funding for the country as well as our protection for civilians. What makes this even more difficult to swallow is that simultaneously our defence budget will rise by more than two percent (10 times that of the aid cut) and Australians collectively now have the highest median wealth in the world. (Half of us are now worth more than $200,000 each in assets.) Speaking of money, money, money (I hope you read that in an ABBA sing-song voice) it is interesting to note that under the previous Government we were borrowing $83 million a day as a country. Now we are borrowing $265 million a day and I’m no budgeting expert (my Super Saver account has had .83 cents in it for roughly three years) but I’m reasonably certain that you don’t fix a ‘budget emergency’ by making it worse. As Mary Poppins once said, ‘A spoonful of sugar [words] helps the medicine [bad policy] go down’. And while it will take the mainstream media a little longer to make this kind of stuff front page news (it’ll be a cold day in hell before you see it in the Murdoch press), if the Government continues to starve the media by ignoring them then eventually looking at actions instead of words will be all they have left to do. Actually, perhaps silence is golden after all.
Dress-Up To Win Held over the Supanova weekend, the Madman Cosplay Competition is for individual and group Cosplayers to strut their stuff and show off their masterful costumes to win. More info at madman.com.au/cosplay
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Dancing A Rough Draft Australian Dance Theatre presents Rough Draft, a raw and uncensored stage for local Adelaide artists to showcase their works in a cabaret style stetting. By making a donation you can see new pieces including short dance and physical theatre, live work, films and talks. Bookings can be made online at trybooking.com/DSTI. So head along on Fri Nov 8 at 6.30pm to Australian Dance Theatre, 126 Belair Road, Hawthorn. Visit adt. org.au for more information.
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Band Of Skulls
Alter Bridge
Asleep At The Wheel
Fortress
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If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. This simple adage has served many bands well in the past, while veering away from it has undone countless more (I’m looking at you, MGMT!). Sticking to what works best for them, Southampton trio Band Of Skulls return with more long-haired, leatherclad, hard-hitting, cigarette-smoking, tar-soaked, rock’n’roll. The track pulsates with motorik rhythm before launching into a trademark big chorus and break-down. It’s like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Von Bondies met at the short-lived apexes of their mutual existences to germinate this rock colossus.
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The Salvadors Eyes Dart (Independent)
Back when they were known as Bakewell Street, these guys used to dish out unexpected time-shifts like a broken Pez dispenser. In their renewed guise as The Salvadors the Adelaide group have since stuck to a more formulaic indiepop paradigm, but Eyes Dart glances back to their first incarnation. The vocals are more menacing, the guitars more refined, but this is The Salvadors pushing boundaries and playing by their own adventurous rules again.
Warpaint Love Is To Die
Ross McHenry Oceans (First World)
AAAA There’s a reason why Ross McHenry called his band The Future Ensemble. He and his five hand-picked musicians from Los Angeles, New Zealand and Australia combine jazz with elements of hip hop and electronic music. McHenry brought the band together earlier this year to tour his
compositions live, and was able to record and release the results with the aid of crowd funding. One of the most unique elements of the album is Mark de Clive-Lowe’s live electronic manipulations, which are especially present on the psychedelic Griffiths Park. With several songs lasting over eight minutes there is a strong sense of improvisation on the album, with McHenry leaving room for all instruments to shine on their own. This can be seen on Still Life Moving Fast, which includes an impressive drum solo from Myele Manzanza. The album is often driven by Adam Page’s impeccable saxophone work, including his avantgarde solo in Stanley Park Dream. Just before the saxophone tips over into madness, it seamlessly flows back into the song’s melody. Despite the diverse range of influences, McHenry and the band are able to merge them flawlessly, resulting in a beautifully composed modern jazz album, displaying the talents of six world-class musicians. Andrew Handley
Alter Bridge’s fourth studio album to date, Fortress, is an exuberant blend of wailing guitars and heartfelt singing. Powerful, melodic, catchy stuff — just like the rest of their albums. In fact, perhaps a little too much like the rest of their albums… Coming back from an unofficial hiatus in 2012, Alter Bridge reunited earlier this year and soon recorded Fortress. The genre remains the same classic hard rock, driven by some very impressive guitar work and lead singer Myles Kennedy’s crooning vocals. This guy is one of the few people in the world who can effectively copy Axl Rose’s wail, and his voice here is no less impressive, packing emotion and power into every syllable. Good stuff, but the problem is – as with their last couple of albums (2007’s Blackbird and 2010’s AB III) – there really isn’t much variation in the mix. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that if you mixed songs from all three albums together, even diehard Alter Bridge fans would be hard-pressed to tell you which song is which. Still, there’s some good turn-on, tune-out music here with a strong opening section. Brett Neuling
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Three years on from the runaway success of their debut album (that totally had nothing to do with all four members of the band being massive babes…), Los Angeles four-piece Warpaint pick up more or less where they left off with new single Love Is To Die. The girls revisit their brooding and bass-heavy soundscape, building the intrigue nicely until the slightly off-key chorus, which annoyingly halts the momentum. Warpaint have always been wantonly elusive and it seems that trend is set to continue.
Mogwai Remurdered (Spunk)
Remurdered will probably be read by many as a statement. Following their pop-inclined and much-maligned last album Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, the post-rock legends return to their ominous best on their new single. Only instead of rinsing out white noise with their guitars, Mogwai opt for synthesisers here, sounding like Fuck Buttons with the political agenda of a Soviet technocrat. With no words at all, Mogwai still manage to say so much.
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The Cribs Live Review
Adelaide UniBar, Mon Oct 28 (Photos by Andreas Heuer) (Review by Rob Lyon)
AAAA Heading out for a gig on a Monday night definitely makes it a hard slog for the rest of the week, but the fact that it was It was a pleasant surprise when Adelaide got the nod as an additional show on their original tour announcement considering our notorious reputation for not supporting international acts when they come to town. Celebrating their 10 year anniversary, which is no mean feat given the fickleness of the music industry, it was great to be able to finally see them play a set that spanned the complete back catalogue on their maiden Australian tour. First support, local band Young Offenders, were solid and seemed as if they had their own fan club in attendance. These lads definitely have stage presence and no doubt will be one to keep an eye out for in 2014. The Adelaide theme continued with Horror My Friend. They played a tight set but did sound a little samey by the end. The lead singer’s Sonic Youth t-shirt was a stand out. The Cribs! Thank God for The Cribs! Twins
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Seabellies
St. Lucia
Fever Belle
When The Night
The Things We Think Are Missing
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Seabellies have always been resistive to pop conventions, and in the past they made it work for them. Their 2010 debut album By Limbo Lake should have sat alongside Cloud Control’s Bliss Release and The Holidays’ Post Paradise as one of the best Australian pop albums of that year, but it just lacked a knock-out blow. The songs were hooky enough, but at times they sprawled where they should have shrunk. Brevity has always been pop’s best friend, and Seabellies wanted pop to meet new people. Three years later and it appears the Novocastrian outfit have not learned from the mistakes of their debut. Fever Belle is just as insistent on playing the long game as its predecessor, only this time Seabellies are lacking in those genuinely catchy moments they had in abundance on By Limbo Lake. The title track is a promising indicator, picking up where the band left off in 2010 with its lush electronics, autumnal guitars and captivating time changes. But the strength of the track is not replicated anywhere else on the album. Instead, Seabellies fall deeper and deeper into their own trap, unnecessarily dragging things out and losing focus along the way. It’s time to reacquaint themselves with what works. Jimmy Byzantine
Electro indie-pop can be so hit-andmiss – when tightly produced it comes across as bright and fun, but when taken too far it can be tacky and fluoro Aztec print-esque. St. Lucia have absolutely nailed When The Night. With deliciously ‘80s synths, rolling jungle beats, soaring vocals and just a hint of Passion Pit-style chaos, it upholds the perfect balance of sophistication and spontaneity. Immediately capturing the listeners’ attention with the infectious opening track The Night Comes Again, the album playfully bounces along with 11 tracks of pure dancefloor gold. Standouts include catchy single Elevate, September and Closer Than This. South African-born Brooklyn dweller Jean-Phillip Grobler, the man at the helm of St. Lucia, grew up travelling the world as a member of the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir. Grobler’s eccentric childhood has clearly made its way into his music, resulting in a worldly sound that distances St. Lucia from other bands in the electro-pop genre. Rich with tropical euphoria, When The Night epitomizes the sound of summer, representing a vital addition to everyone’s playlist for the coming months. St. Lucia’s debut album has been a long time coming, but its arrival feels just right. Bella Fowler
AAa I can never wrap my head around bands that choose to scream their lyrics with such veracity that all you can hear are the singer’s vocal chords being torn to shreds. There are plenty of popular, successful musicians who can’t sing for shit, so I doubt they’re trying to mask a weak voice. Maybe they’re just really, really intense, but therein lies the problem. Balance and Composure have FEELINGS and they want you to CARE about what they CARE about because we’re all CONNECTED. Or maybe not, maybe LIFE is just TOO MUCH and WHAT’S THE POINT and YADDA YADDA YADDA. Seriously, these guys need to calm down. We get it, you’re dissatisfied with the world because someone told you that you were special back when you were five and you’ve finally realised that you’re a dopey turd like everyone else. Stop screaming at me and go drown your sorrows with booze like a real man. Ryan Lynch
Gary and Ryan Jarman and younger brother Ross really did own it. Bursting out of the blocks with Chi-Town, it was 80 minutes of rock awesomeness. It didn’t take long for Gary to fire up saying, “Melbourne says Adelaide don’t rock, what are you going to do about?” The crowd responded by getting into I’m A Realist, We Share The Same Skies and Glitters Like Gold. Gary said it was great to be in Adelaide for the first time before tearing it apart with Come On, Be A No One. Funnily enough Ryan requested the lights to be turned down as this “wasn’t Beyoncé” and tried surfing the crowd before getting into Back To The Bolthole. With no fence down the front someone tried a brazen attempt to steal the microphone during Mirror Kissers, which met fierce resistance from the roadie side of stage. Ryan mused about the fact it has taken 10 years for the band to get here and that he got a haircut in town earlier in the day. Be Safe was awesome and the Lee Renaldo spoken word video running in the background added great affect. It was hard to believe the end was close with Hey Scenesters and Men’s Needs saved right until the very end. Winding up with City Of Bugs, it topped a mind blowing set. The band didn’t return for an encore because they were that great they didn’t need one. We can only hope that it isn’t another 10 years before a return. RipITUPMAGAZINE//ripitup.com.au
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Juno Single Launch At Feast Festival
Thom Lion Folk Divorce Single Launch
Launching their brand new single Balloon at Feast Festival, are Sydneysiders turned Adelaidians, Juno. Sonically this track has taken the fourpiece to a far more sophisticated and polished level, serving as a three-anda-half minute taster of what’s to come. Dusting off the cobwebs from a winter spent in the studio, you can catch them live throughout the Feast Festival kicking off on Sat Nov 9 at The Feast ANZ Cluster (Fowler’s Live Lion Arts Courtyard) for opening night festivities.
Triple j’s Tom Ballard has fabulous things to say of Thom Lion’s new single Folk Divorce, “Passionate and really great voice. Love the chorus of singers coming in at 1:27 and a cheery, simple solo. Keep it up!” It is possible to produce a ‘çheery’ divorce track? Only Thom Lion can. Drawing a quintessential balance of irony, storytelling and humour, Lion is launching the track and film clip on Fri Nov 8 at the Crown & Anchor with Spotless Sunshine and Traveller And Fortune. Doors open at 8pm.
Sea Shepherd Bring You The Relentless Tour
Blues In The Barossa
They’ve called it the biggest Sea Shepherd event of the year! Coming to Jive on Fri Nov 8 the rock gods and goddesses behind Twisted Echidna Booking Agency have bought together some of Adelaide’s foot-stompin’ finest, welcoming Captain Peter Hammarstedt to our shores in true style. Let’s be honest, this line-up is set to make you drool a mixture of sweat and dance moves. Featuring Willydidj Didgeridoo Hunter, The Raging Monkey’s, Filthy Lucre, The Timbers, Encarta, Dexter Jones, and Glass Skies DJ, doors open at 6.30pm.
Wine and blues circa 2013. That’s right, the twangin’, bangin’, dusty boots vibes are descending on Seppeltsfield winery this weekend kicking off Blues In The Barossa. Opening on Fri Nov 8 and winding up on Sun Nov 10, it’s a lesson in who’s who of Adelaide blues! Featuring Zkye Blue, The Silveradoes, The Blues Collective, James Meston and Rob Eyers, The Bluescasters, The Red Hot Blues Band and special performances from Jesse Valach and The Blues Mountain Trio, Fiona Boyes and The Fabulous Rumblestors featuring Snooks La Vie! Weekend away anyone?
Ash Gale Roll With The Gold Launch
Sound Summit SA Showcase
After working with the UK’s Adam Noble of U2, Placebo, Muse and Foo Fighters fame, Ash Gale will be launching his debut EP at Jive on Sat Nov 9 alongside special guests Heston Drop, Charles Starling, and Sarah Lloyde (The Voice). As the former front man of The Sundance Kids, Gale has spent the last 12 months writing and recording Roll With The Gold in the lush surroundings of Basket Range. With the support of Harbour Agency, this launch will be the perfect blend for lovers of melodic rock and acoustic soul, a recipe that has proven and golden successes of times gone by.
Founded in 2012, Sydney’s Sound Summit is a festival and conference of independent and innovative music. It’s not surprising that some of Adelaide’s finest will be on display. Aptly named “Family”, the showcase will feature performances from Summer Flake, Bad// Dreems, Old Mate, Bruff Superior, Fair Maiden and Wireheads at Soundworks Studios from 7pm on Sun Nov 10. Got friends in Sydney? You know what to do.
SPEAKERS INCLUDE: ARCHIE ROACH • PETER NOBLE (BLUESFEST) • CHRIS SAMPSON (BONNAROO FESTIVAL, USA) • MALCOLM HAYNES (GLASTONBURY, UK) IAN JAMES (MUSHROOM MUSIC PUBLISHING) • RHODA ROBERTS (BOOMERANG FESTIVAL / SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE) • VAL WOLFE (THE AGENCY GROUP, USA) KERRY CLARKE (CALGARY FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL, CANADA) • GRANT PALEY (AGENT, PAQUIN ENTERTAINMENT, CANADA) • SHIN FUKUZUMI (A&R - P-VINE, JAPAN) LU ZHIQIANG (YUGONG YISHAN CULTURAL PROMOTIONS, CHINA) • MARC-ANDRÉ SARAULT (MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, CANADA) LISA WHYTOCK (SHOWCASE SCOTLAND) • KATE LITTLE (SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS) • WARREN SMITH (THE SIERRA NEVADA WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL, USA) FRED LACHAIZE (REGGAE SUN SKA FESTIVAL, FRANCE) • DANNI COLGAN (SYDNEY FESTIVAL) • MILLIE MILLGATE (SOUNDS AUSTRALIA) • BASIL COOK (ABC MUSIC) DAVID BRIDIE (ARTIST/WANTOK MUSIK) • JAMIE MCKEW (PORT FAIRY FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL) • MARY MIHELAKOS (AUSSIE BBQ/THE AGE) CHRIS WADE (BEVERLEY FOLK FESTIVAL, UK) • MARTA DOBOSZ (WARSAW CROSS CULTURAL FESTIVAL, POLAND) • JANIS MONTURE (HARBOURFRONT CENTRE, CANADA) CLINTON WALKER (WRITER) • BUNNA LAWRIE (COLOURED STONE) • OL JOHAN GAUP (RIDDU RIDDU INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS FESTIVAL, NORWAY) JESSE LLOYD (SONGLINES ABORIGINAL MUSIC) • JEFF LANG (ARTIST) • SIME NUGENT (SWEET JEAN) • LOU BENNETT (ARTIST / BLACK ARM BAND) ROGER KNOX (ARTIST) • KIRSTY RIVERS (APRA|AMCOS) • LISA MAZA (ARTIST) • MICHAEL HUTCHINGS (APRA) • REGAN LETHBRIDGE (123 AGENCY) ELLA COCHRANE (MUSHROOM PROMOTIONS) • CHRYSS CARR (AUM PR) • CUSHLA ASTON (ARTISTS MANAGEMENT, NZ) • SARAH GUPPY (TONE DEAF) CHRISSIE VINCENT (CVP) • LORRAINE BARRY (ARTISTS MANAGEMENT, NZ) PLUS MANY MORE CONFERENCE PASSES AVAILABLE ONLINE
Our handpicked stallholders sell women’s preloved designer labels + vintage clothing, jewellery & accessories! Join us for the final event for 2013! Free 2for1 film passes for shoppers!
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MARKET STALLS
SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER German Club Hall 223 Flinders St Adelaide SA 5000
10am-3pm, entry: $2 Pick up a few unique Christmas gifts from our clever jewellery & accessory sellers!
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