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By now you may have noticed some familiar local faces gracing the cover of Rip It Up this week. The annual Hot Six issue is where the Rip It Up team makes their lists, checks them twice, and then argues their case for most promising local acts until their voice is hoarse. The six artists that you see on the cover are the ones that have impressed us the most with their local gigs, SoundCloud streams and radio presence and we predict will go far in 2014. However, like any good democracy, we can make mistakes. The Hot Six exists to help celebrate local artists doing great things, and as our readers and fans of the Adelaide music scene, your opinion is important to us. If you think we’ve sorely overlooked your favourite emerging local act, or alternatively think we’ve nailed it this time round, hit us up on Facebook and let us know. Elsewhere in the mag this week, we caught up with Phoenix metalcore outfit Blessthefall (p20) before their appearance at the Boys Of Summer tour this weekend, French producer Gesaffelstein (p18), the Yeezus collaborator who’s heading to Adelaide for Future Music Festival in March and found out about the trilogy of coming-of-age plays Windmill Theatre are presenting for the Adelaide Festival (p26). And yes, we are very impressed we managed to time our Hot Six issue to run the same week as the year’s first heatwave. Adelaide music sure is heating up for 2014...
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Fleet Foxes – Sun It Rises Cults – Go Outside SBTRKT – Heatwave Banarama – Cruel Summer Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun The Jezabels – Endless Summer YACHT – Dystopia (The World Is On Fire) The Bamboos – Helpless Blues Röyksopp – Running To The Sea Vancouver Sleep Clinic – Collapse
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John Grant The Czars frontman-cum-solo artist will bring his Iceland-recorded sophomore Pale Green Ghosts to the Adelaide Festival Centre on Fri Jan 17 as part of the Sessions line-up.
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Blessthefall, Like Moths To Flames and The Color Morale will headline a night of metalcore and hardcore at Fowler's Live on Fri Jan 17.
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The soft-voiced songstress will open the 2014 Heavenly Sounds calendar at the Flinders St Baptist Church on Fri Jan 24, performing tracks off her recent ARIA-nominated album, I Awake.
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The group that the BBC labelled ‘the greatest hip hop act of all time’, PUBLIC ENEMY, is on its way to Adelaide this March. Chuck D and Flavor Flav have been in the business for over 40 years, and continue to stage impressive live shows. With the Melbourne show just selling out, and the Newcastle gig cancelled to make room for a second Victorian date, Adelaide punters are encouraged to snap up passes before the east coast swallows up the southern state’s only chance to catch these legends live. Tickets to Public Enemy at HQ on Sun Mar 2 are available through hqcomplex.com.au and metropolistouring.com.
One of Adelaide’s leading ladies, SARAH MCLEOD (The Superjesus), is returning to her hometown as part of a national tour. For the Man The Life Boats tour, McLeod will be joined by Canadian rocker Jeff Martin (The Tea Party). Since their meeting in 2012, the pair has worked on acoustic music and the rumour mill is whispering of an album collaboration to come. “There’s an exciting air of magic and healthy competition when we work together, trying to out do each other drives us to bizarre new heights. Only the devil knows where this will lead,” McLeod says. The Grace Emily show on Sat Feb 1 has already sold out. A second show (Sun Feb 2, Grace Emily Hotel) has been announced and will also feature separate sets from each of the artists, as well as performances together. Tickets are on sale now through Moshtix for $40+bf or will be available at the door for $45.
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Like Be n Ke nobi re-emerging from the s and hills, a ne w y e ar brings new hope. Th e Hot Six iss ue of R ip It Up, which ha s run every January s ince 2008 , fe atures Rip It Up’s pick s for the year in local mu sic. T he six acts th at we’ve selected w e r e w hit tled down from a not-so-s hort lis t follow ing a few friendly bouts of debate amongst the Rip It Up team. The ones you s ee he r e r e pr e sent just some of th e acts that we see going far in 2014. While history would s how t hat not every band in Th e Hot Six ends thei r y e ar a s successful a s we predicted – or even a s a band – th ey have sh own thems elves to have pr omise, determination and talent to s ucceed. Aft e r mu ch deliberation and a few lungfuls of he liu m, here are our tips for 201 4: Babicka, Bad/ /Dreems, Flamingo, Jesse Davids on, Timberwolf and Tk ay Maidza.
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album. Personally I’ve never been in a band that has put out an album. The next thing we’re going to do is release a two-sided vinyl or some sort of release. There may be two singles that will herald the following release towards the end of the year, which will hopefully be an album, if not, an EP.” Since joining forces from a myriad of other projects in While not wanting to make any firm promises as “these 2011, it has become apparent that the dark, jangly surf things can take some time”, Wilson offers that the next rock vibes of Bad//Dreems is a winning combination. release, following 2013’s well received Badlands EP, will While 2013 saw the four-piece being followed by VICE Magazine’s music channel Noisey, touring Australia and hopefully coincide with a trip to the US. curating a showcase of SA bands in Sydney, drummer “CMJ Music Marathon in October is the aim. We’re trying Miles Wilson divulges to Rip It Up what 2014 has in store. to establish some building blocks so we’re going over there to have a worthwhile trip and not just to burn heaps of money for the sake of it. We may as well do it properly.” The first thing on the agenda for 2014 is to play St Their US popularity is due to Badlands gaining traction on Jerome’s Laneway Festival, winning the triple j Unearthed US college radio, a lucrative demographic for breaking into slot. “We’re a bit chuffed about that!” Wilson enthuses. “We’re the fickle American market, claiming the 19th most added in really good company. I’m [really] into Parquet Courts, release to the US College Radio Chart. Dick Diver and Earl Sweatshirt. I’m pretty excited. It’s “That came about from a few LA-based blogs that found been a while since we played on a big festival stage – it was us via the internet. We thought that maybe they’d like our sort probably Spin Off – so I’m really excited.” of music, so we just thought we’d get someone to service the Apart from festivals, Bad//Dreems have scored music over there, knowing full well that college radio was the themselves some impressive support slots of late, opening way to go. It went really well!” for the likes of Cut Off Your Hands, King Gizzard & The While 2014 looks to be onwards and upwards for Bad// Lizard Wizard, Wavves and Regurgitator. Wilson recalls a few fond memories. Dreems, this comes off a lot of hard work, investment, trial“I really enjoyed the last couple of gigs of the Children and-error and “[learning] the hard way”. Collide tour. For the last night in Geelong they invited us “We worked really hard at establishing a name for ourselves up on stage, being bros and crowd surfing. That was pretty outside of Adelaide because that’s the fastest [path to] awesome. The Rubens tour also had a really good crowd too. exponential growth. We’ve been busting our arse trying to play I had to get up on stage and play tambourine and while I’m in Melbourne and Sydney and make a name for ourselves over probably not into their music as much, it was pretty cool.” With the band joining Harbour Agency’s booking roster, there whilst forging really good relationships with amazing with a dual representation through Jordan Campbell and bands from there.” Daniel Sant, you can be sure to expect more touring from With that blueprint in place, watch Bad//Dreems continue Bad//Dreems for 2014. Between Campbell and Sant, they their climb in 2014. cover more bespoke rock bands – such as Bloods – and higher-end bookings such as Lorde and Deep Sea Arcade. “Between the two of them this year is looking pretty good. They’re calculated and only book shows that they know will be financially viable and will promote us or give us exposure. They’re so into the music, which is the best part. They genuinely want to be a part of it.” While this is great news for live music fans, a heavy touring schedule could perhaps impede the much-awaited Bad//Dreems debut album. “I guess it is delaying the inevitable,” Wilson ponders. “Ultimately, it’s a fair milestone to be in a band with an
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Heavyweight Club Adelaide has returned to its techno and house glory days thanks to handful of producers, DJs and clubs that have pushed and created underground club flavours with great success. Bradley Shawyer (AKA Babicka) and his Untzz crew are part of this rejuvenation with their label escaping Adelaide’s soundsytems to be spun by some of the most admired global selectors in the business. Shawyer is an experienced local club figure, despite being in his early 20s, as he’s featured in various clubland crews since he was 16. The story of Untzz begins a few years ago when Shawyer started the In The Deep End residency at Sugar nightclub, and connected with fellow DJ, Alex Fimeri. From this residency, the pair hatched the idea for a vinyl label, Untzz. But they needed funds. How do DJs raise funds? They throw a party. In this case two parties, called Steak Knight. “Alex and I DJing at Sugar together certainly planted the seed to release music and start making tracks together,” Shawyer explains about the beginnings of Untzz. “We met up with some like-minded cats through some force of nature. We threw a party, and it was thrown with the purpose to do such a thing [start a label]. After two Steak Knights we had enough money to master and press up 300 records at a nice quality, which was good. From there it kept rolling.” Untzz has made massive inroads in the global underground clubbing scene since launching last year with international names such as Jackmaster, Ben UFO and Bicep playing tracks from the loose collective of five Adelaide producers – Babicka (Shawyer), HVCK (Fimeri), Dass, Freddie Norwood and Mic Mills. Even though Shawyer began Untzz with Fimeri, he doesn’t see himself as the label’s head. “Initially it was mine and Alex’s idea. We put the work in to earn the money to do it. As far as the backend goes, and getting the records out, we do that. We’ve got a private group on Facebook and we always share our tracks with each other. Basically once everyone’s heard a track, we know whether it is
a winner or not. We all decide what goes out next.” With Untzz, the crew release raw, hard-edged techno and house that fuses Berlin and London with a splash of Detroit. Though it is less than a year old, Untzz already features a sublabel, Big Doint, which is the group’s disco-based house label. It’s first EP was headed by a track from Melbourne’s Francis Inferno Orchestra (Take No Time), which made its way onto Pitchfork while the EP’s disco infused summer anthem, Mic Mills’ Wonderland, was shared by Disclosure. “That was meant to be a joke but it’s become its own thing,” Shawyer explains about Big Doint. “It was meant to be fun DJ tools and stuff for when the sun comes out. We’ve got to consider where that’s going because it was supposed to be a one off thing but it’s going really well. The second one came out yesterday and it’s sold out already.” Away from Adelaide and Sugar, the collective have been DJing across the country and Shawyer hopes to launch an Untzz live show this year. “It will be the five of us – no laptops but not like a full club music live set. There are people who do that really well, such as The Carter Bros, but I think when there are five people and 10 hands you can do an awful lot. We’ll improvise while playing tracks that people know, because people do go to see that, but it will not be fully improvised or fully rehearsed.” Shawyer has only officially released one track under his Babicka pseudonym, the pounding acid of Zero (The One), and while he will continue to use this alias there is a bulk of music coming including a collaboration with Slamagotchi, an exciting untitled art and music project with Souda and a possible solo album. “I wouldn’t say it’s downtempo,” Shawyer explains about the art and music collaboration, “but it features a lot of acoustic instruments and work with vocals, more songwriting stuff. We’re doing a photography exhibition alongside it: 14 tracks and 14 photos. If you buy one of the pictures in the exhibition you get a free copy of the album.” The exhibition will run in April at Sugar. Shawyer says he has “heaps of music ready to go” but he’s “just figuring out what to do with it”. The upcoming solo material is influenced by eclectic electronic producers such as DJ Koze and Jon Hopkins, artists whose work is as loved at home as it is on the floor. “I’ve been so inspired by them. I don’t want to just make DJ tools.”
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Flawless While the term ‘wunderkind’ is thrown around all too often nowadays, it’s not without reason. A new musical generation is dawning, with children of the ‘90s at its forefront. Among the obvious examples of Lorde and Flume is one you might not yet know, but certainly will soon enough – Adelaide’s homegrown and prodigious 17-year-old singer-songwriter Jesse Davidson.
The Australian music scene first glimpsed Davidson in 2012 when he landed runner-up in triple j’s Unearthed High competition with his single, Flaws. He didn’t win, coming a close second to Tasmanian musician Asta, but the competition did put the St Ignatius highschooler into the crosshairs of Warner reps who quickly signed him up for a development deal. “They just like, found me or something. Now they’re paying for some recordings and stuff, which is pretty good,” Davidson tells Rip It Up. In person Davidson could be a regular high school alumnus on the verge of enrolling into a BA, but on a stage, he’s majestic. Already praised as a contemporary Jeff Buckley by music industry types, Davidson’s rasping vocals and sweeping pop-rock sensibilities indicate a highly sophisticated grasp of music far beyond his humble 17 years of age. It’s seemingly a natural gift, too, as he only “really started playing music” about a year ago, but as triple j mastermind Richard Kingsmill puts it on Davidson’s Unearthed page: ‘Flaws wasn’t a fluke.’ “I didn’t really start playing music until I was about 16, and that’s when I started recording,” Davidson says. “My first instrument that I picked up was drums, in about year four, then I picked up guitar when I was about 13.”
It’s interesting how the monikers of songs can be inspired by heartbreaks, new loves and life changes. Or by friends who can’t stop buying donuts from the school canteen. “I had a friend who kept buying food at lunch time, he was trying to lose weight but kept buying donuts, and we kept on saying, ‘Oh you know, big boys ‘gotta eat!’ I named my demo after that, and then I couldn’t think of a better name for it so I left it as Big Bois Gotta Eat.”
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Davidson’s starring feature is undoubtedly his voice – mature, deep baritones instilled into uncannily knowing lyrics – yet according to the songwriter, he “was pretty bad” to begin with. “I had to learn a little bit,” he admits. “You’re not always born a singer, you have to kind of practice it before you’re not shit.” Interestingly, Davidson’s foray into music has aroused unusual considerations, including how ‘Australian’ to sound whilst singing. “It’s kind of hard figuring out how you want your voice to sound, you need to actively think about it when you sing. You don’t want it to be too American or too Australian – it needs to be a good, neutral middle ground. It’s not really natural to sing ‘Ocka’ – you have to force yourself to sing that way, because you have to elongate the vowels and stuff and you can’t do that naturally.” Last year Davidson enlisted the skills of local sticksman Ben Zubreckyj and re-emerged as a touring two-piece. The element of drums has since allowed Davidson’s latest material to move into “being more of a rock kind of thing,” and also has helped quash pre-show nerves. “[Being a two-piece] makes it easier for me to play venues and not be really freaked out that I’m just playing by myself, which can be really scary sometimes,” he says. Last month the duo traversed down the eastern coast in support of Canadian underground hero, Mac DeMarco. It was a stepping stone for Davidson, who only experienced his first live crowd last year (“I was shitting myself,” he reveals of his first gig, with The Salvadors), but reviews came back beaming. That is, despite a slight hiccup along the way… “Yeah, we got kicked out of the Zoo [venue],” Davidson says wryly. “I think it’s because the door guy knew I was underage or something. But usually it’s alright” (he’s turning 18 soon, so fret not). As Australia continues to prick their ears at whispers of this Adelaide whiz kid, Davidson is already one step ahead, preparing to release his five-tracked debut EP in March. The EP will feature Flaws, Winter and his latest upbeat ditty Big Bois Gotta Eat, alongside two brand new tracks – one which is “electronicbased” and one that is “more folkish”. Half-recorded in Brisbane’s Alchemix studios and halfrecorded at home, Davidson suggests that bedroom production, and its accessibility, is partly reason for the shrinking age of successful musicians. “I think it’s because recording is easier, and it’s basically pretty much that,” he offers.“You can record really easily from young ages, so we get to that level of professionalism a bit earlier than everyone else. Ten years ago people would be fucking around with tape recorders at home, and now people have the technology to create a professional sound at home.”
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asked some of Adelaide’s music industry experts for their From Those In The Know We opinion on who they will be watching in 2014. Alice Fraser Headmistress at The Jam Room Presents The Hot Six in 2014 are certainly a force to be reckoned with. I’m also hanging out for new releases from Delia Obst, Banjo Jackson and Abbey Howlett because let’s be honest, everyone should be spinning a little dose of Adelaide’s finest. Always.
Koral Chandler Musician/Publicist Anything Carla Lippis does... ever: Basically, if Carla Lippis has a new project, just buy the CD and go to all of the shows! Last Days Of Kali: Post-rock trio of cool dudes. Music for the thinking melancholic. I like this. In the middle of last year, Brokers came out with a pleasingly lush EP. I am waiting for more as I have planned some more intimate dinner parties with verbose academics and need a soundtrack. Valkyries: Rachel Cearns is stunning, has an angelic voice, is coming along in leaps and bounds as a performer and has a great band. What else is there?
Spoz Spoz’s Rant The Hot Six in 2014 I thoroughly recommend as the freshest up and coming bands to watch, from afar, with a telescopic lens aimed, whilst giggling hysterically in the bushes (or better yet at a live venue; no seriously what is wrong with you people): Charlie Monsoon, Cosmo Thundercat, Glass Skies, Kitchen Witch, The Rocketeers and Valkyries. Watch those bands! Bring your friends, your mum, your pets, that resident wino who rifles through your trash cans at 3am. Take mad selfies flipping gangers up front, and then throw your phones away; you won’t be needing them.
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I’d have to say Tkay Maidza. The national industry is really buzzing about her. Eighteen-years-old and already has a pretty serious host of heavyweight people waving the Tkay banner. Definitely keep an eye out for Bad//Dreems and Oisima to continue their rise and new comers Jesse Davidson and Glass Skies to kick goals.
After many years playing the Adelaide rock scene with Day On Fire, Luke Carlinio has taken a new route with his new solo acoustic/ loop project. With quiet harmonies and tactful looping techniques, I’m really enjoying the vibe, pace and creativity Luke is creating with his new direction. I think he is one artist to keep a very close eye on in 2014 and beyond, as he grows and matures as a solo and loop artist.
T-Kay Rex They say there’s no such thing as overnight success and Tkay Maidza is living proof. Roughly a year ago, after her track Handle My Ego was given a surprise airing on triple j, Tkay was inundated with offers from labels, booking agents and publicists. That’s not overnight success. That’s same day success. A year on and Tkay, who turned 18 last month, remains one of the most sought after unsigned artists in the country. She’s played her cards exceptionally well: the success of Handle My Ego and current single Brontosaurus (both co-written with local producer Bad Cop), as well as her much-hyped appearance at BIGSOUND last year, has only fuelled the excitement surrounding the Zimbabwean-born rapper. The gravity of the situation is not lost on her, but Tkay won’t be rushed into anything. “We’ve had a couple of offers from different labels, so we’re in that position where we can pick whichever one we want to go with,” she says almost embarrassedly. “I’m looking for a label that understands that I want to make something that no one’s heard of and isn’t following a trend. There are labels that will be like, ‘We want you to sound like this’ and then there’s others that are like, ‘We like what you’re doing.’ I like the ones that will let me do what I do and still have a say in what I do, but understand that I’m the one doing it.” Before she commits to anything, Tkay has her debut EP to worry about, which she plans to release independently. As well as local beat makers Bad Cop and Luke McKay, Tkay has teamed up with Paces from Brisbane collective Surecut Kids and Sydney-based American producer Rob Conley in the making of her eclectic, as yet untitled release. It’s clear that Tkay is aiming to show off her versatility on the EP. “You know how MIA has her thing and people are like, ‘That’s MIA, she’s just doing what she’s doing’? I want to have
Stan Mahoney Format Old Mate: Swagger rock straight outta Keswick. Pat Telfer (Bitch Prefect, Dud Pills, Weevils et. al.) gathers a slacker punk supergroup of working class Bad Seeds, complete with blistering saxophone and a raucous live show not to be missed.
Adam Cope Event Booker/Promoter/Manager/DJ Flamingo are going to kill it this year. Three switched on producers with awesome work ethics and tastes in music — they can’t fail. After supporting internationals like Classixx, Bonobo and Giraffage they’ve already outgrown the ‘local support band’ status off releasing just four songs. Triple j frothed over Heart, My and will no doubt champion their upcoming EP. I’m expecting a national tour and festival appearances by the end of the year! Honourable mention to Oisima, his debut album is gonna be huge!
Luke Penman play/pause/play Lady Strangelove were pretty much my favourite band in the world and the news of their split broke my heart. However, Azz and Josh’s new project might just make up for it. The tunes so-far released by Glass Skies focus more on a pop structure than Strangelove did, but still serve as a platform for Josh’s insane guitar skills and host plenty of brain-freakout moments. They’ve already had plenty of solid support slots and with more recordings and touring on the horizon, 2014 should be a breakthrough year for them.
that kind of thing – not have a particular sound, but just let my vocals bring everything together. “[On] all the tracks we’ve made for the EP, the beats are so different. We have like UK garage tracks, some older-sounding disco tracks, and then there’s some stuff that sounds more like Brontosaurus. It’s exciting, but also nerve-wracking, because people are finally going to hear what I sound like, rather than just going by Brontosaurus and Handle My Ego.” Tkay feels particularly anxious to deliver something with a bit more weight to it following the somewhat jokey appeal of Brontosaurus: “It’s not that I feel like I have something to prove, but some people feel that [Brontosaurus] is a talent-less song, so I do want to put more words and rap elements in my songs from now on.”
“You know how MIA has her thing and people are like, ‘That’s MIA, she’s just doing what she’s doing’? I want to have that kind of thing – not have a particular sound, but just let my vocals bring everything together.”
A novelty song it may be, but Brontosaurus looms as a dark horse for the upcoming triple j Hottest 100. It was no accident that the youth broadcaster roped in Tkay for their cringeworthy promotional video last month, and the timely release of the song could see it sneak into the 100. Tkay herself is less optimistic. “It’ll be cool if it does but I don’t think it will get in. I’ll cry if it does.” By the time Brontosaurus’ Hottest 100 fate is known, Tkay will have wrapped up the shoot for its forthcoming music video, which features cats, jellybeans and other “random bits”. “It’s gonna start off as a ‘70s talent show kind of thing,” she elaborates. “So we’re going to have some weirdos doing their talent stuff, which isn’t really talent, it’s just really weird. Then I come on and pretty much hypnotise everyone. It’s gonna be crazy.” You get the feeling craziness is going to be a common theme for Tkay Maidza in 2014.
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Get It While It’s Hot If you’re liking the sound of our Hot Six, but want to know what they actually sound like, check out these releases that have helped define their career so far.
BABICKA BDOH001 (Untzz Twelve Inch)
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BAD//DREEMS Badlands EP (Mirador) Benny Tamblyn
One-Legged Pink Birds From initial beginnings “playing in Rage Against The Machine cover bands at school assemblies” to a triple j-touted, fully-fledged beat machine, in just a short 12 months Adelaide three-piece Flamingo has become one of our most promising electronic acts ready to leave the nest. Boasting a polished EDM sound teamed with live vocals, amidst the current climate Flamingo could be one of those run-of-the-mill Flume prototypes, but they’re not. Without a single remix to their names, the talented trio – consisting of beatmakers Oli Kirk and Benny Tamblyn and singer Casey Heidt – put forward original, sweeping dance music that indicates a thought process a step ahead from simple ‘armraisers’. “I guess we’re a lot more structured than other EDM bands. We’re very chorus-versed, and maybe that’s what we were listening to before dance music,” member Oli Kirk muses. “So in that sense I’d probably describe us as being poppy, maybe pop electronic.” Hard to believe, but it was only in January last year that Flamingo actually came together. The three lads had known each other for years, but never really had the chance to “make a bunch of tracks together” until early 2013. When they did, however, they immediately resonated with each other’s tastes, producing (aptlytitled) tracks like Watch It Blow Up, which has since achieved thousands of online plays on Soundcloud. The breadwinner, however, has been single Heart, My – a swelling synth jam that received national airplay on triple j last year. “We wrote that song really quickly. We actually had another tune we thought was the bee’s knees, but when we ended up mixing them both and Heart, My stood out a lot more,” Kirk explains. “The song literally had a limited professional touch, but I think because it’s simple it works. There’s not a lot crowding the sound. “Trying to figure out what [the winning formula of EDM is] is really hard though,” he continues. “On every song you usually use completely different instruments – one of our songs features this weird Indonesian instrument called an Angklung, for example (laughs) – and one song could have 20,000 plays in a month and the other 200, and you have no idea why. It’s really hard to find out what people like.” Hilariously, and likely unbeknownst to presenters like Lewi McKirdy and Zan Rowe heralding the song as ‘beautiful’ and ‘wonderful’, there’s a sample on there featuring vocalist Casey Heidt… urinating. There’s that point of difference. “I actually recorded Casey going to the toilet, so in the back of the song there’s a watery sample,” Kirk laughs. “I was also pouring water out of a 2L
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What Adelaide bands do you have your eye on in 2014? “Slamagotchi has some really cool shit coming up. I think the guys from Osloh have some cool stuff, which I can’t wait to see transferred to recording, and I have a real soft spot for Sparkspitter. The guys from Untzz too are making really nice, pure music.”
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bottle into the sink and scrunching it, so there’s this crackling sound too.” ‘Golden Shower’ sampling aside, just this month Flamingo landed one of the most coveted support stints of the year to play alongside UK producer Bonobo at the Governor Hindmarsh. With that under their belts, the three-piece are now primed to unveil their next accomplishment: their debut EP. “We’ve got three new songs,” Kirk hints. “There’s steel drum samples in the new EP, and we use the tom drum a lot. [The EP] will be in the same vein as [our previous songs] in that it’s atmospheric, but the songs are pretty different. You’ll recognise similarities carried by the vocals, I think.” While EDM reigned like a synth-infected plague in 2013, 2014 is looking to take Australian listeners down some exciting new avenues. In Adelaide, Flamingo will be at the forefront of that movement. “Everyone seems to be getting into more emotive music,” Kirk offers. “I think what will happen with EDM and these beats-y kind of sounds is that they’ll have to turn into more structured sounds. A lot more vocals, a lot more frontman behaviour.”
JESSE DAVIDSON Big Bois Gotta Eat (Independent)
TIMBERWOLF Man & Moon EP (Independent)
TKAY MAIDZA Brontosaurus (feat. Bad Cop) (Create/Control)
Shiver Me Timbers Sitting in one of Argo’s multi-coloured metal armchairs, slung low and casual, Timberwolf (Chris Panousakis) makes the seat his little throne. He has an easy manner and a child-eyed excitement as we get chatting about the last 12 months—and the 12 to come. Before that, though, there’s a small matter of a photoshoot to come to terms with. “I don’t think I would fit that visual norm for a folky kind of act; I’ll rush out to an opshop and buy a tweed vest,” he says with a laugh. “Don’t get me wrong, if I could grow a beard, I would. I would tangle in, I would shave my head and grow a fat beard and just be a boss with a beard and get four more rings.” He taps the backs of his fingers: “FOLK LIFE,” he indicates. The last 12 months have proved too exciting for facial hair though – ain’t nobody got time for that. Since 2012, Panousakis has finished university, fashioned himself a wild stage name, recorded an EP and dashed up the east coast on a national tour. “We released the EP and then had our show at the Wheatsheaf, which was a really good one; we sold that one out a week in advance which was really nice. And then we popped over to Melbourne and that was interesting – Melbourne’s a tough nut to crack.” At this point, Panousakis’ cappuccino arrives with a zigzag slash of chocolate powder on top. “That’s pretty,” he says. “I feel like Flash Gordon.” He recounts the rest of the trip – all 12 shows – and relishes in the busking experience he and fellow muso Kaurna Cronin, who drums for Timberwolf, did in between shows. Panousakis had never busked before, but with street-savvy Cronin doling out advice, he had a wicked time. Overall, the tour was a super success, with the guys booking clever dates—shows that have their own following, like Adelaide’s Jam Room and Café Series. For a first tour, Panousakis can’t imagine it going any smoother. Unexpectedly, he returned from the tour with a lot more material – enough to form the basis of a new EP. “I didn’t think I was going to write as much as I did, but it’s such a stimulating environment, meeting new people, seeing new places for the first time,” he says. “We went skinnydipping on Bondi Beach at 4am. That was good for
lyrics. The sky and the ocean were all black, blended into one, and it was really nice.” Between writing and playing, Panousakis learned a lot about himself, and a lot about people. “A tour makes you take people on face value. That’s pretty inspiring. It’s all you have; you’ve got nothing else to judge ‘em by. Whereas, when you’re in a small town like Adelaide, often names fly around before you’ve met people and you can’t avoid it. As much as you try to avoid it, if you go on a computer or you talk to a friend, it’s done. It’s already done.” Moving forward into the next few months, Panousakis is going to be working overtime on some demos before heading up to Cairns to work with one of his greatest
A particular vision for his own music doesn’t mean other talent passes Panousakis’ notice. “Banjo [Jackson]—he’s coming out all guns blazing,” he says. “If you go watch Banj play live, it’s just something else. He speaks from the heart and you really feel it. When you watch Banj play, it’s like … oh God. He’s got Ivy in the crowd, his little girl, and it’s a really powerful experience. [And] Delia Obst. When Delia does record an EP—she’s got some recordings, but when they come together—that’ll be pretty special. So Delia and Banj are my two.”
inspirations: Mark Myers, of disbanded alternative-folk group The Middle East. Panousakis is stressing a little about the collaborative process. His first EP – entirely self-produced and homerecorded – was a labour of love from a perfectionist with extremely particular ideas. “I’m really obsessive-compulsive with my recordings,” he says with a little chuckle at himself. “So it’s a weird thing for me, co-producing with someone. I’m not used to signing over control. I’ve got a really specific vision for my songs at all times, so to have 50 percent of that relinquished is a big step.” He’s looking forward to hearing how Myers works with his music, however. “Having made an EP which is a really true representation of myself, the next one will be interesting because of that 50-50. Hopefully we meet somewhere in the middle with something that we both love – or both hate and never talk about again,” he says with a nervous laugh. “It’ll be fine,” he says. “It’ll be fine.”
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Beats// Lévy has always been secretive. He offers scant biographical guff online. Even in a new press shot the brooding DJ/producer, resembling a decadently dapper European count, is shrouded in mist. "I'm not looking for mystery," Lévy protests in lilting English. The Lyon native has had a rapid ascendance, premiering in 2008 with the characteristically forcible Vengeance Factory on OD Records before forging an alliance with The Hacker, the Zone label boss a key influence on his post-electro techno. But it wasn't until Lévy, currently Paris-based, aligned himself with Tiga's Turbo stable that his career 'exploded' — and he settled on a media strategy. "I decided to not do interviews and stuff and focussed on the music," Lévy explains. "If you look cool, if you look 'fashion', all that stuff, then people are gonna forget about the music. Also I don't like to talk!" Lévy's Gallic techno needs no elucidating — or mythologising. "There is nothing special behind that — it's not like Daft Punk-style or Underground Resistance-style. I have nothing to say, you know? It's really, really simple." The irony? Lévy, today hot property, is signed to a major through the Warner-owned Parlophone — and disseminating artily slick videos such as that for his latest single, Hate Or Glory.
Over time Lévy famously befriended Louis "Brodinski" Rogé, releasing music on his cult Bromance Records. He remixed Lana del Rey's Blue Jeans. Still, dance types were aghast when Lévy contributed to Yeezus — he's credited as producer on the single Black Skinhead and Send It Up, both alongside Daft Punk and Rogé. Send…, industrial ragga, is trademark Gesaffelstein (Aleph's grinding Hellifornia is its relative). West had dug Lévy's 2011 Viol. However, Lévy was unfamiliar with Yeezy's catalogue — and, he's claimed in interviews, was no hip hop head. "I discovered hip hop with Brodinski, like, four years ago," Lévy clarifies. "I'm a newcomer in this world. So it's not my favourite music. But there are a lot of interesting things in it." West wasn't seeking straight hip hop beats, anyway. "It was a good opportunity to add, I think, electronic music to hip hop. The way he asked us to produce music for him was just the best way — because we were like, What do you want to do? And he was like, Just do what you want! So for us it was just easy, in a way." He is proud of his involvement in Yeezus. Alas, Lévy hasn't read the late Lou Reed's blogged album review, in which he describes Send… as "beautiful". Oddly, Lévy appears more comfortable discussing Yeezus than he is Aleph — which, as with seminal Speedy J, vacillates between portentous, maleficent techno and urban ambience. French touch, it ain't. Lévy admits that it's rare a "techno" LP is "interesting". Dance DJ/producers either cut a set of club tracks ("really boring") or tackle divergent electronic genres like, say, trip hop. But there's nothing so contrived, or random, about Aleph. It's integrated. "I'm not doing just techno — I'm influenced by many styles of music, from
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French techno rebel Gesaffelstein (AKA Mike Lévy) has made music for Kanye West's electro-punk Yeezus. Now he's promoting his much-anticipated debut album, the techno noir Aleph, led by the searing Pursuit. So why is he reluctant to talk to the media?
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electro to new wave and disco and hip hop," Lévy ponders. "So I'm not sure if it's a techno album." That from the guy who lately mixed a I Love Techno comp for the Belgian festival brand… Lévy is returning to Australia following 2012's inaugural outing with Stereosonic. This tour he'll stage his live show at Future Music Festival (Rogé, too, is billed). "I'm really excited," says the usually cool Frenchman. "It's really different than a DJ set because, when I play live, I play only my
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With his first two albums Marcberg and Reloaded, New York’s Roc Marciano proved he was one of the best rappers and producers in the game, immune to trends, instead focusing on classic sounding hip hop. Given the climate, does Marciano stand out because hip hop has been hijacked by shiny d-floor beats? His third album Marci Beaucoup proves he is the real deal. Unusually for a Marciano LP, his third album is filled with a gang of MC guests, with Marciano on the boards as well as the mic to produce the entire album. The production shines. With a blaxpolitation feel, the raw beats feel connected from beginning to end providing brilliant soundscapes for Marciano and guests including Action Bronson, AG and Guilty Simpson) to spit over. This is real hip hop from one of the best going around. Jeff Spicoli
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AAAa With only four exclusives, this free mixtape (check the internets to download it) from New York veterans Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip isn’t overloaded with new material, as it is instead an insight into the history of Busta and A Tribe Called Quest’s main man. The two very different MCs (the smooth Q-Tip and the raw as hell Busta Rhymes) still sound brilliant together (something we’ve always known since Busta guested on a gang of A Tribe Called Quest numbers back in the day) and the anticipated mixtape showcases their friendship and working relationship. Highlights include the exclusives Thank You and Butch & Sundance as well as the reworks of Q-Tip singles Vivrant Thing and Renaissance Rap. Though it is an entertaining history lesson, the question remains: Is this it? Jeff Spicoli
Adelaide-based boutique techno collective Nightime Drama will host a label night at Cuckoo on Australia Day featuring their Melbourne connects Christian Vance and Infinite Loops. Having previously hosted international names such as Steffi, Patrice Scott and XDB for their Adelaide stopovers, Nightime Drama branched out late last year, adding a label arm to Nightime with their debut release, Design Principles by Infinite Loops (AKA Tim Jackiw). Fellow Melburnian, HAUL Music’s Christian Vance, is responsible for the upcoming release, the Hunting EP. To celebrate, Vance will be performing live at Cuckoo and will be joined by Infinite Loops, while support comes from Nightime’s founders Trebek and Pete Finger. Tickets will be $10 at the door.
WHO: Gesaffelstein WHAT: Future Music Festival and Aleph (Warner). WHERE: Adelaide Showground WHEN: Mon Mar 10
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tracks — so I can change all the tracks from the album and then I can add many effects and a lot of things to it. When I play as a DJ, I just play the records from other DJs... Also I have more pleasure playing live."
Andrew Weatherall Legendary UK producer, DJ and style master Andrew Weatherall returns to Sugar playing the Rundle St club on Mon Jan 27. The 50-year-old has been a major player in the UK’s underground sound since the ‘80s as part of Boy’s Own, The Sabres Of Paradise, Two Lone Swordsman and Rotters Golf Club. Along the way he’s created classic remixes for My Bloody Valentine, New Order and Saint Etienne and produced the classic Primal Scream album Screamadelica. Supports: Joe Miller and friends.
25th Anniversary Tour
Adelaide’s Riverbank precinct is buzzing. We invite you to experience the Riverbank like never before with events for the whole family – an opportunity not to be missed. There will be a range of activities happening across the Riverbank locations. Sit on the banks and soak up the atmosphere with live music, food and free children’s entertainment all summer. Keep up to date with what’s happening at the Riverbank by visiting www.experienceriverbank.sa.gov.au Experience Riverbank will run until 31 March 2014.
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Experience the Riverbank this summer with events for the whole family.
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Tour Guide/ Sat Feb 22 A DAY ON THE GREEN: HUNTERS & COLLECTORS, YOU AM I, SOMETHING FOR KATE & BRITISH INDIA @ Leconfield Wines, McLaren Vale WIRE @ Jive Sun Feb 23 MARCEL DETTMANN @ Sat Jan 18 Sugar FLAMENCO ARETI @ Adeladie Festival Centre Tue Feb 25 YOUNG LIONS @ Blue DOLLY PARTON @ Bee Room Adelaide Entertainment Centre Thu Jan 23 VINCENT’S CHAIR @ Fri Feb 28 Adelaide Festival Centre BLISS N ESO & HORRORSHOW @ Clipsal Fri Jan 24 500 SARAH BLASKO @ URBAN DECAY @ Hotel Flinders St Baptist Church Metropolitan BOB MALONE @ Singing PIGEON @ Rocket Bar Gallery, McLaren Vale PILOTFEST: URTEKK, Sat Mar 1 QUESTION QUESTION, SOUNDWAVE: GREEN ODDESSA, BROKERS & DAY, AVENGED more @ Adelaide Festival SEVENFOLD, STONE Centre TEMPLE PILOTS, ALICE IN CHAINS, A DAY TO Sat Jan 25 REMEMBER & more @ BOB MALONE @ Banrock Bonython Park Station, Kingston EMPIRE OF THE SUN & KIMBRA @ Clipsal 500 Sun Jan 26 Sun Mar 2 HENRIK SCHWARZ @ Sugar BRUNO MARS @ Adelaide Entertainment PEAK TWINS @ Hotel Metropolitan Centre DANIEL O’DONNELL & BOB MALONE @ Semaphore Worker’s Club MARY DUFF @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre Fri Jan 31 KEITH URBAN, GUY BIG DAY OUT: PEARL SEBASTIAN & BOOM JAM, ARCADE FIRE, CRASH OPERA @ Clipsal SNOOP DOGG, MAJOR 500 LAZER & more @ PUBLIC ENEMY @ HQ Bonython Park THE BENNIES @ Enigma Bar Tue Mar 4 MANGO GROOVE @ Norwood Concert Hall Thu Feb 6 THE NATIONAL @ Thebarton Theatre Wed Mar 5 ROSIE O’DONNELL @ LIONEL RICHIE & JOHN Festival Theatre FARNHAM @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre DAN SULTAN @ Garden Fri Feb 7 Of Unearthly Delights ED KOWALCZYK @ Her Majesty’s Theatre LEMURIA @ Crown & Fri Mar 7 Anchor NEKO CASE @ LANEWAY FESTIVAL: Fowler’s Live LORDE, HAIM, JAGWAR MA, CHVCHES, Fri Mar 7 WARPAINT & more @ Mon Mar 10 Hart’s Mill, Port Adelaide WOMADELAIDE: ARRESTED Sat Feb 8 DEVELOPMENT, BILLY THE LOCUST @ Enigma BRAGG, NEKO CASE, Bar WASHINGTON, MIKHAEL DIANA KRALL @ Festival PASKALEV @ Botanic Theatre Park Sun Feb 9 Mon Mar 10 THE NECKS @ Governor FUTURE MUSIC Hindmarsh FESTIVAL: DEADMAU5, MACKLEMORE & RYAN Tue Feb 11 LEWIS, ERIC PRYDZ, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & PHOENIX & more @ THE E-STREET BAND Adelaide Showground @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre Thu Mar 13 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE & NINE INCH NAILS Wed Feb 12 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & @ Adelaide Entertainment THE E-STREET BAND Centre @ Adelaide Entertainment SUICIDE GIRLS @ HQ Centre Fri Mar 14 Wed Feb 12 KATE MILLER-HEIDKE MOTHER’S CAKE @ Garden Of Unearthly Enigma Bar Delights Fri Feb 14 Sat Mar 15 PETE MURRAY @ Bird In KATE MILLER-HEIDKE Hand Winery @ Garden Of Unearthly JEFF MARTIN & SARAH Delights MCLEOD @ Grace Emily NEIL FINN @ Thebarton Hotel Theatre Sat Feb 15 Sun Mar 16 PETE MURRAY BATHS @ Rocket Bar Bird In Hand Winery CASH SAVAGE & THE Tue Mar 18 LAST DRINKS @ Garden MICHAEL JACKSON Of Unearthly Delights HISTORY II SHOW @ Her Majesty’s Theatre Sun Feb 16 GURRUMUL @ Prince Wed Mar 19 Alfred College Oval ALAN DAVIES @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre Thu Feb 20 THE FUNKOARS @ Thu Mar 20 Governor Hindmarsh ILLY @ Governor Hindmarsh Fri Feb 21 THE ASTON SHUFFLE & Fri Mar 21 THIEF @ Royal Croquet THE ANGELS @ Jive Club Fri Jan 17
THE BOYS OF SUMMMER TOUR: BLESSTHEFALL, THE COLOR MORALE, PREPARED LIKE A BRIDE @ Fowler’s Live JOHN GRANT @ Adelaide Festival Centre HALF MOON RUN @ Governor Hindmarsh
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THE ANGELS @ Jive
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Blessthefall have busted their arses to make sure fans get the live experience they deserve. And as Eric Lambert tellsRip It Up, they’ve had a whole lot of fun in the process.
When we sit down to talk, things are going well for guitarist Lambert and Blessthefall. It’s almost six months since the release of the band’s fourth record, Hollow Bodies, and the metalcore community is still collectively losing its shit over the album. The tours for the band have gotten bigger and the line-up’s held stable for a couple of years. When asked about the American band’s recipe for success, Lambert thinks it’s a simple formula. Make a great record, have great things happen. Hardly rocket science. “It’s been a crazy record man. We’ve definitely seen a change in the fanbase since we’ve put it out. Even the music we’ve written for Hollow Bodies goes over way better than the older stuff when we play it live. It’s crazy because right now we’re playing five new songs. And that’s crazy; usually for a band that’s out of the question. You don’t play that much new stuff when you release an album, but we were just so excited to play it and the reactions to the new songs have been way better than the reactions to the old songs, so it’s been definitely a positive.” Lambert says that when fans started heaping praise on Hollow Bodies, Blessthefall knew they needed to make sure they put some thought into presenting the material live. Especially since much of the record’s charm lies in the glitchy
electronics and ambient passages that course through its interior. Presenting that live isn’t the easiest thing, but the guitarist explains it was something they felt needed to be done well. “It definitely wasn’t just a plug in and go kind of deal. We had to sit down and think about what we were going to do. We had to go and buy some new equipment to take out on tour with us, because we wanted the show to have the same impact that Hollow Bodies has when you put it on in your car, or you are playing it in your headphones. But that was all a lot of fun. It was fun buying some new toys and messing around to make it all come together. “We basically went to an electronics store and went to town and fucked around with a bunch of toys. It’s been a lot of fun because the new record definitely has a more electronic type of vibe to it and there’s a lot of ambient and emotional parts, so it’s kind of cool to portray that all live. “It sucks when you hear a band sound sonically amazing on the album and then you go and see them live and they suck. So we’re very proud of the fact that we can always pull it off live and that everything sounds really full. Because that’s something we work really hard making sure we’re not cheating the fans or anything like that.” Six months of touring Hollow Bodies have made Lambert confident about how the band is presenting the album’s material. Ahead of the band’s return to Australia to headline the annual Boys Of Summer tour, the guitarist has no doubt fans are in for a good show. “I think a lot of kids are going to walk away being stoked. Because we definitely
like to have fun at our shows – no parents, no rules. Anything could happen… Our frontman’s crazy. Totally out of his mind. He gets a different idea every night about how to get the crowd involved, and his goal is to make sure everyone’s having a fucking awesome time. “I think Hollow Bodies helped us find a niche and the direction that we need to go in when we write more music. And that’s a direction that I’ve been wanting to go now for quite a long time now. Into darker, more pissed off music. It’s just fun to play… And so we already have an idea of the direction we want to go on the next record because of all of that.” As for when new music might surface, Lambert is unsure. What he does know is that the band are going to push as hard as they can to capitalise on the success of Hollow Bodies. “We just started thinking about what’s going to come next. Because our singer’s going to have a kid so that means some time off, so we might as well get back to writing the new record. But we’re also thinking about all of the headlining shows we’re going to be playing this year, because we really want to be able to see where this album can help to take our career, so we’re going to try and headline as many shows as possible… I think 2014 is going to be one big stress test for the band. But bring it on, y’know.” WHO: Blessthefall WHAT: Boys Of Summer Tour (with The Color Morale, Prepared Like A Bride and Emecia) WHERE: Fowler’s Live WHEN: Fri Jan 17
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FRIDAY 17TH
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) BOTANIC BAR – Big Bubba & Betty BRECKNOCK HOTEL – Breakaway Sing-A-Long Session (8.30pm) CAMEO BAR – Cameoke with Andy CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Billy Liar, Heath Anthony, Bec Stevens and Tiger Can Smile. Front Bar: DJ Antface DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Trivia Night (7.30pm) DUBLIN HOTEL – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) DUKE OF YORK – Downstairs: DJ Jon E (9pm) DJ Skinny B (1am) Beer Garden: band of the week plus DJ Dave Parry (9pm) ED CASTLE – Band Room: live bands (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – The Proj3cts (9pm) EMU HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) ENIGMA – Daughters EXETER ON RUNDLE – Flash/Fire and guests GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Gumbo Blues Jam GRACE EMILY HOTEL – AP D’Antonio GRAND BAR – OMG HIGHWAY – DJ Alli (8pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – All Vinyl DJ (6pm) HQ – Riot Society hosted by Uberjak’d JETTY BAR GLENELG – Verse Herd DJs (8.30pm) LIGHT HOTEL – SCALA Live (8pm) MARION CULTURAL CENTRE – Open Mic (6.30pm) MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker (6.30pm) PJ O’BRIENS – DJ Jak (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)
ALMA TAVERN – Fresh Fridays with DJs ARCHER HOTEL – Upstairs: DJ Jaki J (9.30pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Dino Jag (7.30pm) AUSTRAL – The Austral House Band (7pm) BACCHUS BAR – KT Buzzz Duo BAROSSA WEINTAL HOTEL – Georgy K (7.30pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Troy J Been, Prince Aaronak and Suckerpunch BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CAMEO BAR – DJs Lars, Lenny and guests CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: Carla Lippis (5pm) Band Room: Dilettantes, St Judes and guests plus DJ Adam DUKE OF YORK – Tom & Rose (7pm) ED CASTLE – Full Tilt live bands and party DJs ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Trashbags with resident DJs Capt N Cook, Mangie and Terror Terror plus guests ELYSIUM LOUNGE – DJs ENFIELD HOTEL – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (6pm) ENIGMA – Wehrmact ESPLANADE HOTEL – Acoustik (8pm) EXETER HOTEL: SEMAPHORE – karaoke (9pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Weekday Wolves and guests FINDON HOTEL – karaoke (8.30pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Half Moon Run, Tigertown and Rin McArdle. Front Bar: Friday night Acoustic Sessions: String Band Appalachian Fiddle Sessions & Irish Sessions GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Ross De Chene HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Red Henry (9.30pm) HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Chaps and DJ Lumeire HOTEL TIVOLI – Honey with DJs IRISH CLUB – Shamrocks ‘n’ Shenanigans Live Acoustic Sessions (7pm) JETTY BAR GLENELG – Craig Atkins featuring Kicking Beyond Matter (9pm) JIVE – Dirtland, Nicko & Snooks and Simon Peter LIGHT HOTEL – Black Market (9pm) LIMBO – DJs LONDON TAVERN – Live Acoustic Weekly (5pm) Rewind Fridays with DJ Wolfman
LORD MELBOURNE – karaoke with Laura Lee (9pm) MARINA SUNSET BAR – live acoustic music MARS BAR – guests DJs plus drag shows MICK O’SHEA’S – Shannon Lloyd (7pm) OFFICE ON PIRIE – DJ Jess (4.30pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Time Machine and Andy Mac (7.30pm) PLAYFORD TAVERN – 2Up Duo (8pm) PORT NOARLUNGA CHRISTIES BEACH RSL – Sonic Bomb (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 RENMARK HOTEL – Clearway (9.30pm) REX HOTEL – karaoke (8pm) ROB ROY HOTEL – DJ Smiley (8pm) ROCKET BAR – Cats at Rocket featuring Sun City with Cabin Cults (9pm) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Acoustic Sessions (7.30pm) SAILMASTER TAVERN – Paul Stubbings (6pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – DJ (8pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – Zkye Band (8pm) STAG – Upstairs: DJs play urban and dance. Downstairs: DJs play retro STAMFORD PLAZA: CASCADES – Jacqui Lim (5.30pm) 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 ELEPHANT – DJ G-Rillz (8.30pm) Kopy Catz (9.30pm) THE GOODY – Ch@t Room THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment
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SATURDAY 18TH ARCHER HOTEL – Downstairs: Jaki J plus Bongo Madness with Alex. Upstairs: DJ Ed Law (9.30pm) BACCHUS BAR – Dino Jag Duo BOTANIC BAR – DJ’s Sanji, Brad Sawyer and Tom Wilson BRIDGEPORT HOTEL: MURRAY BRIDGE – karaoke (9pm) BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ
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CAVAN HOTEL – Karnival with live bands (9pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Only The Sky EP Launch with The Shaolin Afronauts and Immermann plus DJ Azz CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – karaoke with Nicole (8pm) DUKE OF YORK – Front Room: DJ Mitchy B. Beer Garden: DJ Parry. Upstairs: DJ Skinny B, MC Scotty and guest DJs ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Arcade Disco with resident DJs Junior, Dancespace and friends ENCORE NIGHTCLUB – resident DJs and guests (9pm) ENIGMA – Imogen Brave, Lipsmack, Verona Lights and Sirenes (8pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – The Rocketeers with Animal Shadows and Busy Kingdom EXETER HOTEL: SEMAPHORE – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (7pm) GARAGE BAR – DJs (10pm) GILBERT STREET HOTEL – DJ Marky Polo (8pm)
GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: La Bomba Presents Latino Summer Carnival. Front Bar: Thomas Redwood & Co, Vic Conrad and The First Third GRACE EMILY HOTEL – 4 Kings Loud with Momoko Sodo GRAND BAR – Destination Saturdays with DJs and MCs HIGHLANDER HOTEL – The Incredibles (9pm) HIGHWAY – DJ Griff (9pm) HOPE INN – karaoke (7pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ Sly HOTEL TIVOLI – Exotica with DJs Sleepy Hips and guests (8pm) JACK RUBY – Soul Social – live band and vinyl DJs (8pm) JADE MONKEY – Cat Dog Bird with Courtney Robb (9pm) JETTY BAR GLENELG – Lounge Bar: Enuf Said (9pm) Front Bar: These Blessed Bones with The Motive (9pm) KERSBROOK TAVERN – Urban Cover (8pm) KINGSFORD HOTEL: GAWLER – karaoke and Mojo (10pm) LAKES RESORT HOTEL – Remedy (9pm)
LAND OF PROMISE HOTEL – ROCK THE BOSS, DIRTY EYES AC/DC TRIBUTE (VIC) AND SNAP THE THREAD (8PM)
HALF MOON RUN
Canadian alt-rockers Half Moon Run are stars on the rise, having toured with Mumford & Sons, Of Monsters & Men and Metric, played the likes of Glastonbury and SxSW and been featured across BBC1, NME and Rolling Stone. The band has also earned a reputation for a stunning live show. Playing the Gov on Friday with Tigertown (SYD), Fringe Benefits members get cheap entry on the door!
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LONDON TAVERN – DJs Captiv8, Justice, Soundflex, AJ and MC Renard (10pm) LORD MELBOURNE – DJ Steve Murphy MACCLESFIELD HOTEL – Brompton Blues Band (8pm) MARINA SUNSET BAR – DJs playing the best in house and electro MARION HOTEL – Franky F (5.30pm) Two Hard Basket (8.30pm) MARS BAR – guest DJs plus a drag show MICK O’SHEA’S – Harvest (9pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Good Company (8.45pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Wild Ones (8pm) PJ O’BRIENS – Gate Crashers (10.30pm) PRETORIA HOTEL – Sounds Afterparty: The Buzz (10.30pm)
RAMSGATE HOTEL – ADELAIDE’S BEST COVER BANDS RED SQUARE – DJs Marek, Law, Dub Drop DJs, Decker, Bollocks, Krispy, Shawty, Capital D, DV8 and Jazz plus MCs Skippy and Dylan ROCKET BAR – Rocket Saturdays (9pm) SAILMASTER TAVERN – Angelo (6pm) SANDBAR – requests with DJs SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic sessions 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 – Paul Stubbings (7.30pm) TEQUILA REA – Bongo Madness with guest DJs THE ELEPHANT – DJ G-Rillz (9pm) Transit (9.30pm) THE LION HOTEL – Absolut Saturdays: Wasabi (9pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – One Planet (8.30pm) VALLEY INN – karaoke VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – Rumours VICTORIA SQUARE – The Potbelleez (6pm) WALKERS ARMS HOTEL – DJ Sessions (9pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Emily Davis & Friends (9pm) WINDSOR HOTEL – Jump n Jive (8.45pm) WOODCROFT TAVERN – karaoke (8pm) ZHIVAGO – High Heels DJs: Chaps, Hemilove, Ryley and Bottle Rockets
SUNDAY 19TH ALMA TAVERN – Sunday School BACCHUS BAR – Acoustica Duo BENJAMIN ON FRANKLIN – Souled Out Sessions with DJs Dave Collins and Jason Lee BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt BOTANIC BAR – Eric The Falcon CHRISTIES SAILING CLUB – Tongue & Groove (4pm) CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Justin Parker (2pm) DOG & DUCK – Sneaky Sundays with Jak Morris
The Guide // DUCK INN: COROMANDEL VALLEY – Acoustically Raw (3pm) ED CASTLE – Beer Garden: Acoustic Sundays (2pm) EMU HOTEL – acoustic set (2pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – Dino Jag Acoustic (4pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Dear Pilgrim FED ON SEMAPHORE – Acoustic Blonde (4pm) GLENELG SURF CLUB – La Mar Sundays (3pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: DSSA Afternoon Quiz Fundraiser GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Shit Disco GRAND BAR – bands, DJs and MCs HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – 888 Poker (6.30pm) JADE MONKEY – Sonny Keeler & Band with Eddie Peters (4pm) JETTY BAR GLENELG – The Weather Ladies (3pm) DJ Dizzy (8pm) LIGHT HOTEL – Vonni’s Big Arvo LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – The Cadilacs MARINA SUNSET BAR – Sunset Sessions featuring live acoustic music MARS BAR – VJK classic video hits MICK O’SHEA’S – Point 05 (2pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Redline (2.30pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Troy Harrison (4pm) PRETORIA HOTEL – Brad Iversen (2pm)
RAMSGATE HOTEL – ACOUSTIC SESSION (4PM) TOM KURZEL & ED TRAINOR FORTNIGHTLY ROTATION (7.30PM) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Funk & Soul Sessions featuring The Harmonics (7.30pm) SAILMASTER TAVERN – Angelo (2pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic soloists SEMAPHORE PALAIS – The Incredibles (4pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – Let It Roll (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) TONSLEY HOTEL – Andy Story (2pm)
WELLINGTON HOTEL: WELLINGTON – Sunday Sessions: live music on the banks of the Murray (3pm) WEST THEBBY HOTEL – karaoke with Margi & Shaggy (8.30pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Brenton Manser Album Launch (4pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Jake Nickolai ZHIVAGO – Black Cherry DJs: Anthony, Skot Holder and Gumshoe
MONDAY 20TH CROWN & ANCHOR – Luke Carlino EXETER ON RUNDLE – Carla Lippis & The Martial Hearts 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 – Ultimate Quiz with Graham Lawrence (7pm) JETTY BAR GLENELG – Ciaram Granger and Shannon Simpson (8pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS 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) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Coma Summer Sessions: Josh Baldwin Trio and Stop The Notes (8pm)
TUESDAY 21ST AUSSIE INN HOTEL – 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)
GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Adelaide Ukulele Appreciation Society Night GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Improv Cabaret: Micetro Format HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – KG’a Complete Trivia (7pm) MARION HOTEL – 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 and Driller THE GOODY – Complete Trivia (7.30pm) THE LION HOTEL – Zkye and Damo (7.30pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – DJs: Ryley and Apex (8pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Acoustic Raw Jam WINDSOR HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm)
WEDNESDAY 22ND ARKABA HOTEL – Latino Grooves Salsa Classes (6pm) BOTANIC BAR – Gemma CENTRAL DISTRICTS FOOTBALL CLUB – Quiz Wiz (7.45pm) CHALLA GARDENS HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm) CHRISTIES BEACH HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Geek! with DJ Trip DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Dan’s Open Mic Night (7.30pm) EMU HOTEL – DJ night (8pm) EXCHANGE HOTEL: GAWLER – Live Music Exchange (7.30pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – DJ Curtis FINSBURY HOTEL – karaoke (8pm) FINDON HOTEL – Muso’s Jam hosted by Streaker FIRST COMMERCIAL HOTEL – karaoke (7pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Open Mic Night GRACE EMILY HOTEL – A Couple Of Likely Lads HQ – NeverLand JETTY BAR GLENELG – Curly Temple DJs (8.30pm)
KENSINGTON HOTEL – Uke ‘n’ Play (7pm) LIGHT HOTEL – Open Mic Night (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 – Tonsley Trivia (7pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Trivia Wednesday (7pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Nicole Hamann WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music
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THURSdAy JANUARy 9 FRoNT BAR: GUmBo room BLUEs Jam
ROOTS NIGHT 6:
FRIdAy JANUARy 10
saturday jan 11
THE APE – TEX PERKINS friday jan 17
THE STREAMLINERS + STEVE BROWN BAND + PERSIA & BLUES ROYAL
THE APE: SATURdAy JANUARy 11
TEX PERKINS, GUS AGARS, PAT BOURKE & RAUL SANCHEz SUNdAy JANUARy 12
HALF MOON RUN DANCE! DANCE! DANCE!
W/ proton piLL + GaiL paGE + shadEs oF BLUE + UK BLitZ + rEd hot BLUEs Band MoNdAy JANUARy 13 FRoNT BAR:
saturday jan 18
LATINO SUMMER CARNIVAL
Lord stompY’s tin sandWiCh
TUESdAy JANUARy 14 FRoNT BAR:
UKE niGht – adELaidE UKULELE apprECiation soCiEtY
wEdNESdAy JANUARy 15 FRoNT BAR: opEn miC niGht
FRI JAN 17 haLF moon rUn (Can) + tiGErtoWn + rin mCardLE SAT JAN 18 Latino sUmmEr CarniVaL THURS JAN 23 WE arE sCiEntists (Us) SAT JAN 25 Bondi CiGars – 25th anniVErsarY shoW SUN JAN 26 EUroFEst FRI JAN 31 (morninG) thE GoV’s BiG BrEaKFast (EVEninG) ronniE tahEnY SAT FEB 1 rEd EmmEtt & thE KatZ SAT FEB 8 LUCKY 7s tEnth BirthdaY Bash SUN FEB 9 thE nECKs THURS FEB 13 dEVin thE dUdE (Us) THURS FEB 20 FUnKoars THURS MAR 20 iLLY SUN MAR 23 thE sUnnYBoYs + thE FroWninG CLoUds SAT ApR 5 Brad strUtt + LoCaL hip hop shoWCasE TUES ApR 8 KodaLinE (irE) SAT ApR 12 soLd miChaEL Franti oUt & spEarhEad (Us) wEd ApR 21 thE EnGLish BEat (UK) FRI MAy 23 ZEp BoYs SAT MAy 24 ZEp BoYs
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Windmill Theatre Trilogy At this year’s Adelaide Festival, Artistic Director David Sefton didn’t need to search far to find the perfect candidate to fulfil his mission of offering more events for children and teenagers. The Windmill Theatre is a local production company with big ambitions, none more so than performing their entire trilogy of coming-of-age plays at this year’s Festival.
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ew play Girl Asleep, Fugitive and 2012 Adelaide Festival favourite School Dance will make up the trilogy taking part in the 2014 Adelaide Festival. Windmill’s Artistic Director, Rosemary Myers says performing the trilogy for the Adelaide Festival is a “dream come true”. “It’s so great for us because the works are created out of the popular culture – they’re a recapitulation of the popular culture – and it’s so exciting to see works for this demographic included in this year’s Festival. It’s stuff that I think young people will really enjoy.” One of the common themes that link the trilogy is something that Myers thinks almost every adult would have been able to relate to at some point – being an outsider. She applauds playwright Matthew Whittet for telling the stories of the outsiders (“losers” and “painfully shy” characters are the protagonists in School Dance and Girl Asleep respectively) which helps unite audiences. “We do make work for a whole range of different audiences, but this [adolescence] is a really big audience for us. It’s an audience that people across the board think is quite a tough audience to actually get to the theatre. A lot of people don’t go near that audience. We
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think the issue is more that there isn’t a lot of theatre particularly made for that audience.” Myers believes that by making theatre relatable to youth audiences, using popular culture, music and technology to draw them in, it can engage with the target audience without alienating outsiders. School Dance is a
“It’s an audience that people across the board think is quite a tough audience to actually get to the theatre. A lot of people don’t go near that audience. We think the issue is more that there isn’t a lot of theatre particularly made for that audience.” textbook example of a play about adolescence gaining mainstream popularity. “School Dance has actually been a huge hit for a lot of different age groups. I think that’s the thing about it – in the end it’s just really good theatre. We had a month of School Dance at the Sydney Theatre Company as part of
the Sydney Festival in January this year and it was a total sell-out there. The shows really do appeal to older audiences well. Everyone’s been a teenager.” While the trilogy doesn’t need to be viewed in chronological order, as they are all completely separate productions, there are elements of Fugitive, School Dance and Girl Asleep that tie them together cohesively. “They all tell about these defining moments in young people’s lives. I also think the way they’re connected is by that idea and the form of the work. They’re very different stories; we play with the use of design and we play with the language of the screen. We use a lot of fast cuts and montage, and doing it live on stage makes a really good impact on the audience. It’s about being inventive and asking them to be inventive when they’re watching it.” Using the same lighting, music and production team for each play helps build a sense of familiarity between them, and each play has its own ‘how did they do that?’ moment – be it School Dance’s BMX chase, Girl Asleep’s transformation of paper cranes to pen friends to Fugitive’s Storm Troopers and magic backpacks with secret powers. Having all three plays of the trilogy performed in succession was not on the agenda for Windmill until they were approached by Sefton, who Myers says has been a huge supporter of the company since he moved to Adelaide, attending each of their shows and singing their praises. When being told that the third part of the trilogy (Girl Asleep) might be something worth looking at for the Festival, Sefton replied with, “No, come on, let’s do the whole trilogy”. “He’s really bold and I think his Festival program is brilliant,” gushes Myers. ” All the artists are so excited to be in that program with some of the international and local acts.
The Big Sleep Girl Asleep is set to be made into a film through the HIVE Fund once its Adelaide Festival run has concluded. “Our film of Girl Asleep will premiere [in 2015] at the Adelaide Film Festival. It’s the same story but it will be very different in the mode of telling. In the trilogy we have older actors playing teenagers, which is a lot of fun, but in the film it will be actual 14-year-olds playing the characters... The screen is such a reference point for us, film techniques have made people so fast at digesting information which has influenced our style of theatre so it’s interesting for us to then go, ‘How does our theatricality help us in making a film?’”
I think it’ll be a wild Festival, actually.” Windmill will take up residency in the Space Theatre during the Festival to house their three plays, and while they “might all fall over” come the end of March; the rest of 2014 is proving to be a busy and prosperous year for the company, who are pioneering Adelaide’s reputation as a basis for strong and clever theatre. “I remember seeing a Tweet when we were at the Sydney Festival earlier [in 2013] saying, ‘What’s in the water in Adelaide?’ There were three shows from Adelaide there... A lot of South Australian companies are kicking big goals out there.” WHO: Windmill Theatre WHAT & WHEN: Adelaide Festival 2014: Girl Asleep (Fri Feb 28 - Sat Mar 15), Fugitive (Sat Mar 1 - Sun Mar 9), School Dance (Wed Mar 12 - Sun Mar 16) WHERE: Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
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connection with new intake Jayden (Kaitlyn Dever), and it’s this that brings memories of Grace’s own past back with a vengeance. While the emphasis here is mostly upon Larson and Gallagher’s characters, the rest of Cretton’s cast are also uniformly fine, with strong, subtle work from Stanfield, Dever, Alex Calloway as the acting-out Sammy and, as Nate, who’s just started working at the home and is questioning what he’s got himself in for, a funny Rami Malek (who seriously regrets calling the kids ‘disadvantaged’ early on). And yes, the damn ‘System’ is shown, yet again, to not work, but this isn’t a political pointscoring piece: it’s about how these people get by, day-by-day, like us all. (Another Mercury Cinema Summer Scoop. Details: mercurycinema.org.au)
AAAA A feature length remake of writer/ director Destin Cretton’s 2008 short, this US drama features raw playing and, at times, surprising humour, making for a much less daunting experience than it might sound. Grace (Brie Larson) is a 20-something supervisor at a foster care facility for at-risk teenagers, where she works with her longtime boyfriend Mason ( John Gallagher Jr from TV’s The Newsroom) and, while she’s not quite a psychologist or guardian, attempts to help and bond with the wards. As her relationship with Mason intensifies and they try to deal with Marcus (Keith Stanfield), who’s about to turn 18 and leave, Grace also finds that she has a profound and troubling
Quick Flicks Moonlight Cinema Botanic Park Moonlight Cinema continues with everything from Monty Python’s Life Of Brian to Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf Of Wall Street. Details: moonlight.com.au. Outdoor Cinema Auchendarroch House Lawns, Mount Barker Four Outdoor Cinema sessions happen this week, from Saving Mr Banks to Pitch Perfect, so check out wallis.com.au.
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Erskine and Zara Hayes’ entertaining documentary is far more than a mere sporty pic, as it combines file footage, modern interviews, a cool soundtrack and lots of ‘maintain the rage’ detail. Depicting the sexist mood of America and the world in the ‘50s and ‘60s, and how the Civil Rights struggle fed into the Women’s Movement and feminism, we pick up in the early ‘70s in the realms of professional tennis, and see how the famed Billie Jean King (then 29) was challenged by onetime Wimbledon champ Bobby Riggs (a 55-year-old self-confessed ‘male chauvinist pig’ with thick specs and a weaselly look) to a match that would, perhaps, prove male supremacy over women. Riggs (who’d be laughed out of the spotlight today, or you’d hope so) had already beaten a rattled Margaret Court in a similar match, and when King agreed to take him on she became a symbol for the Women’s Movement, and we build to ‘The Battle Of The Sexes’ at the Houston Aerodrome in September 1973, an event with an unheard-of viewing audience of 50 million that Bobby privately insisted to Billie was only about money, although it was much, much more than that. “I wanted to change the hearts and minds of people,” the 70-ish King now states, and even if tennis (or sport full stop) isn’t your bag this one is ace. (Another Mercury Cinema Summer Scoop. Details: mercurycinema.org.au)
This B+W ‘tragicomedy’ from Jan Ole Gerster is an uncomfortable experience, partially as the tone shifts so suddenly but mostly as our directionless ‘hero’ Niko Fischer (Tom Schilling) is so often such a jerk. Dumped by his girlfriend in the opening scene (even as he tries to get in first), we catch up with him moving house and harassed by an overly friendly neighbour clutching horrible meatballs as a welcome-tothe-building present, and soon Niko’s being persecuted all over the streets of sunny Berlin during an eventful 24-hour period. His best mate (a wise would-be actor) keeps dragging him into uneasy social situations; he runs into a formerly fat schoolmate he used to bully, who’s now a cute blonde who invites him to a pretentious play she’s in; his golf pro dad cuts him off financially after realising that he’s no longer studying law; and, as proceedings turn darker, he seems to be haunted by the city around him and its past, although this is more subtly expressed than in many other contemporary nobudget German indies. Schilling is very strong in this ironically-titled, strikingly monochrome view of modern Berlin, and while Gerster can’t quite make us really like him (Niko is too cynical and spineless for that), there’s no doubt that this contributes to this one’s mood of trademark Deutsche disquiet. (Another Mercury Cinema Summer Scoop. Details: mercurycinema.org.au)
After directing polar opposites Horton Hears A Who! and Jonah Hex, Jimmy Hayward comes down on the side of animation, with a Z-Grade movie that conveniently brings its own turkeys. Owen Wilson is Reggie, the turkey who receives a presidential pardon during Thanksgiving celebrations and is headed for a life of pizza and TV, until Woody Harrelson’s Jake forces him to help break into a research facility (it’s okay, the guards know how ridiculous that sounds) and steal a time machine (George Takei, in one of the film’s best moments) so they can go back and stop turkeys from ever appearing on the Thanksgiving table. There isn’t much going for this paltry Chicken Run meets Over The Hedge with a dash of Terminator, which quickly turns into Pochahontavatar once they hit 1621. Beyond the obvious Angry Birds references and the ubiquitous time-travel movie paradoxes, and the fact that an actual portrayal of farm turkeys would result in a pretty decent horror film rather than a family cartoon, it must be noted that, with the majority of Australia not celebrating Thanksgiving, the motive behind going back to put right for turkeys what once went wrong loses a lot in translation. If this left the cinema tomorrow, would we still remember it? Probably not.
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Opening But Unrated 47 Ronin (M), an FX-heavy Samurai drama from director Carl Rinsch, stars Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. Her (MA), the latest from pro oddball writer/director Spike Jonze, offers Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Chris Pratt, Rooney Mara and the voice of Scarlett Johansson. Joel and Ethan Coen’s folk musicdriven Inside Llewyn Davis (M) toplines Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake and John Goodman. Drawing upon the works of Tom Clancy, director Kenneth Branagh’s Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (M) has Chris Pine as the action-friendly CIA dude alongside Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner and Branagh himself (naturally).
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Chinatown Adelaide Lunar New Year Street Festival Gouger St will join with Moonta St this Sat Feb 1 in creating a massive pop-up street restaurant for the annual Chinatown Adelaide Lunar New Year Street Festival. The festival, which will celebrate the long friendship between Adelaide and Qingdao, will feature the best seafood and beer from Pt Lincoln and Qingdao alongside a variety of programs to highlight 2014’s focus on Asian literacy. Qingdao’s most famous company, Tsingtao Beer, has a direct relationship with
Deliquente Pop-Up Wine Bar Alternative wine label Deliquente Wine Co is teaming up with Sad Cafe for a pop-up wine bar in Adelaide’s east end this summer. Held over four days from Wed Jan 29, the pop-up wine bar will take place at Sad Café on Ebenezer Plc from 4pm – 11pm each day. From the hot climate of The Riverland, Delinquente is a range of alternative Italian wines grown and made in SA by Adelaide winemaker Greg Grigorio. Current varietals include Vermentino, Bianca D’Alessano, Montelpuciano and
The Taxpayer As we farewell Victoria Sq’s Dragonfly we also welcome a brand new bar with an all-star lineup of Adelaide faces behind it – The Taxpayer. Put together by Head Chef Kristian Livolsi, co-founder Frank Vounassis, mixologist Owen Colin, sommelier Michael Harrison, Bar 9 coffee master Ian Callahan and man-about-town Filip Odzak, The Taxpayer will embody two concepts: during the week it will run as a daytime restaurant serving breakfast and lunch, and on Thursday, Friday and
Adelaide. Much of the barley that goes into making this world-renowned brand and China’s most popular beer comes from the farms of South Australia. The street festival will also include children’s activities, lion dances, firecrackers and a number of live multicultural performances from acts like Australia’s Got Talent contestants George & Noriko, the Adelaide Chinese Dance Academy and Fusion Beats Dance Crew. The fun kicks off from 4pm, head on down.
WHAT: Chinatown Adelaide Lunar New Year Street Festival WHERE: Gouger St & Moonta St, Chinatown, Adelaide WHEN: Sat Feb 1 from 4pm – 11pm INFO: chinatownadelaide.com
Nero D’Avole, with all the wine labels designed by local street artist Ankles. Throughout the duration of the Deliquente pop-up bar, artworks created by Ankles will be on display alongside Sad Café food and beer by Pikes Brewing Company. A percentage of proceeds from the sale of the wine will go to St Johns Youth Service, a local charity helping young homeless people in the CBD.
WHAT: Deliquente Pop-Up Wine Bar WHERE: Sad Café, Shop 4, 4 – 10 Ebenezer Plc, Adelaide WHEN: Wed Jan 29 – Sat Feb 1 from 4pm – 11pm INFO: facebook.com/ delinquentewineco
Saturday nights will come alive with live entertainment, DJs, bar atmosphere, street food and cocktails. Photos of the fit-out process can be viewed on their official Facebook page at facebook.com/taxpayer. The bar will officially open this Fri Jan 17 from 5pm – be one of the first to poke your head in! WHAT: The Taxpayer WHERE: 193 Victoria Sq, Adelaide WHEN: Mon – Wed 7am – 3pm, Thu – Fri 7am – 2am, Sat 6pm – 2pm INFO: thetaxpayer.com.au
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Stars// Aries 21.03/20.04
Uranus and Mars are directly opposed. Worst case scenario is barrel-loads of frustration. Best case scenario is that you will have a major revelation about not needing to take the hard path. The liberation option is yours if you stop in your tracks and do some serious contemplating.
Taurus 21.04/20.05
Venus has gone retrograde, meaning that delights are more likely to come introspectively than overtly. To take some time out, extracting yourself from others’ needs for a moment, and getting even a little taste of aloneness, will rejuvenate you. Shake off distractions and recharge.
Gemini 21.05/21.06
Get yourself in tune with the order of life as it is. There’s not much point swirling above reality in a cloud of whirlwind ideas. Mercury is in the particular part of Capricorn that offers blessings to those who don’t fight reality but rather decode it and figure out how to relax with it.
Cancer 22.06/22.07
With four planets in Capricorn, pulling gravity towards all things pragmatic and earthy, yours is an important part to play. Fortunately you have Jupiter on your side. Warm people up when they get too cold. Melt hearts when they forget to open up and flow. Keep it sensitive and kind.
Leo 23.07/22.08
The earthy Capricorn sun is confusing for Lions. It is simple, mundane, nose down, tail-up practicality. God is behaving like a bricklayer – getting the job done. There’s not a lot of room for shining individuality. Be wise. Sum up the circumstances and go with them as you can.
Virgo 23.08/22.09
There are four planets in Capricorn. That mostly suits you well. Decisions will be made that are less than perfect, but they will serve the greater good. Trust that events are heading in the generally correct direction, even if the paperwork is a little shoddy. There is fun to be had.
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Libra 23.09/23.10
Though you are feeling strong, life is throwing you a selection of curveballs designed to test that strength. Prevarication is not an option. The moon is on your side early in the week, firing up your feelings and giving you the passion required to defend your vision. Stick with it.
Scorpio 24.10/21.11
Though one would expect Scorpions to be having a bit of a struggle now, you aren’t struggling at all. You are much more of a pragmatist than you’re generally given credit for. The Aquarian moon is a little confusing at the beginning of the week. Idealisms aren’t your forte.
Sagittarius 22.11/21.12
Lay low. Even centaurs have to rest. Having done your best to goad others into action, you are now having to deal with the fact that they listened to your call. It would be best to pull back and let them get to it. The alignment of the planets isn’t really set up for you to get traction.
Capricorn 22.12/19.01
With four planets now in Capricorn, you should be ready to party. The fact that Pluto continues to be one of them sobers things up a bit. Pluto’s intention really is to get us to remember how important it is to appreciate our lives and our loves. That’s a lesson not to be trifled with.
Aquarius 20.01/18.02
The moon is shining her little soft sliver of light in Aquarius at the beginning of the week. She is supporting you even if others aren’t. As the four planets in Capricorn bring most things down to earth, it is your job to keep the flame of visionary madness alive. We need it. Hold strong.
Pisces 19.02/20.03
With four planets in Capricorn, you feel held. You feel like your lovely river of feeling has a bed that gives it form and substance. Practical matters are being taken care of. This frees you up to get on with the things that matter most. Create, dream, envision, disappear into love.
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The Piece Project At Longview Longview Vineyard in the Adelaide Hills will host its coveted graffiti art competition this Sun Jan 19 in a bid to secure the label artwork for its 2012 ‘The Piece’ Reserve Shiraz. Formerly known as the Krush Klinic, this year the annual competition will be renamed The Piece Project and will feature four street artists – Melbourne-based artists Mike Maka and Heesco alongside Adelaide legends CWR and Orbs – painting live onto 2m x 4m canvases in front of 1600 wine-swilling punters. “We provide all the paint and a loose brief – we essentially tell them to avoid obvious things like grapes and grapevines – and each artist has five hours to complete their painting,” Longview winemaker Mark Saturno told Rip It Up. “We put them on big metal easels and strap them to tractors and things like that, anything that’ll support them!” Judging the artworks will be Longview’s own Peter Saturno, Voice Design’s Anthony De Leo and a mystery celebrity judge, while music will be provided by international DJ James Curd alongside a USinspired BBQ. The event will run until 7pm. Breakfast and bus packages are currently available for $60 per person from The Colonist, The Lion and Hotel Wright St. To book, call 0400 258 994 or email wine@longviewsa.com.au. WHAT: The Piece Project WHERE: Longview Vineyard, Macclesfield WHEN: Sun Jan 19 from 12pm – 7pm ENTRY: Free
Florabotanica Florabotanica explores the botanical world and how eight South Australian artists are inspired by and respond to it in their practice. Featuring Morgan Allender, Nic Brown, Katia Carletti, Chris de Rosa, Helen Fuller, Angela Valamanesh, Lisa Young and George Zacharoyannis, the exhibition will showcase a variety of works, including Nic Brown’s water-mixed oil paintings on plates and Chris de Rosa’s photopolymer etching sculptures. Richard Heathcote will officially open the exhibition on Tue Jan 21 at 6pm. WHAT: Morgan Allender, Nic Brown, Katia Carletti & more: Florabotanica WHERE: ACSA, 7 Mulberry Rd, Glenside WHEN: Tue Jan 21 – Fri Feb 14 OPENING: Tue Jan 21 from 6pm – 8pm
Röshults BBQ Grill With Adelaide experiencing its first heatwave for the season, it’s time to look at ways to turn up the heat even more. Sweden has once again outdone themselves for style and functionality with appliance and houseware designers Röshults releasing their BBQ Grill system. The rectangular shape grills come in three sizes and have stainless steel grates
George Gross And Harry Who Retire After 40 years in the fashion business, George Gross and Harry Watt are calling it a day. Since their label George Gross And Harry Who founded in Adelaide in 1973 it has been worn by countless women across the world – the late Princess Diana among them. The decision will see 16 outlets across Australia close, including their David
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that distribute heat evenly, allowing oils to drip through to a hidden removable tray to ensure healthy eating and none of the classic ‘accidentally setting the barbecue on fire’ scenarios. Just like other well-known Swedish brands, you can add other products from the Röshults range to your BBQ Grill, including Side Table, Garden Trolley and Sink, to build yourself a customisable, fully-functional outdoor kitchen. So, put another shrimp on the barbie — and on a damn good looking one at that. roshults.se/en
Jones concept stores and boutiques. This follows being celebrated at the last Adelaide Fashion Festival in October 2013 with a retrospective runway collection, highlighting some of the trends and styles that the pair spearheaded throughout the decades. They have led the way for Australian designers to be recognised internationally, creating collections for US and European markets during the ‘80s and ‘90s, which at the time was relatively unheard of for an SA-based label. George Gross And Harry Who stores will close at the end of January.
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Miley Cyrus For Marc Jacobs Spring ‘14 You have to give it to Juergen Teller for standing by his morals. The photographer who has shot every past campaign for Marc Jacobs flat-out refused to shoot Miley Cyrus for the Spring ’14 campaign, making Jacobs seek David Sims instead. Jacobs’ choice to stick by Cyrus confirms the growing friendship and collaboration between the pair, which in 2013 saw her wearing one of his gowns
to the Met Gala and appear nude on a charity T-shirt that he released to support the NYU Skin Cancer Institute. For the Sims campaign Jacobs has foregone the blunt-fringed bobs that his models sported on the runway at NYFW (Sky Ferreira, Georgia May Jagger and Charlotte Free among them) and instead has Cyrus’ short hair tussled like a school boy. The androgynous vibe continues with Cyrus wearing a navy jacket, burgundy shorts and black sneaker with white embellishments. Exuding more attitude than when Cyrus is actively trying to give attitude, this is a smart move for Cyrus to move on from the Terry Richardson notoriety of last year to a more David Sims chic 2014. Well, for now anyway.
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Sam Smith is the sound of 2014. At least that’s according to the BBC, who last week annointed Smith as the winner of their prestigious annual poll. In many ways he was the sound of late 2012, lending his stratospheric vocals to Disclosure’s club hit Latch. Those upper registers get revisted on Money On My Mind, the lead track from an EP of the same name. It might be the sound of 2014, but the skittish rhythm, subtle electronics and soulful vocals take their blueprint from 2013’s major collaborator-turned-crossover star, John Newman. If his experience is anything to go by, soon Smith will have money in his hands too.
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360 feat. Daniel Johns Impossible (EMI)
Well this is interesting. 360 and Daniel Johns doing dubstep. What’s more interesting than the bizarre collab itself is how Sixty got the former Silverchair frontman to come out of the musical wilderness for a track that’s hardly likely to earn him much cred with the cool crowd. But I suppose Johns gave up on that the moment he decided his sleeveless vest on the Straight Lines video was a good look. Surprisingly, Impossible works quite well. 360 is fierce and fiery, though Johns’ intermittent appearances are perhaps a little understated.
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Bruce Springsteen High Hopes (Columbia/Sony)
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Feather Tongue (Sub Pop/Inertia)
Lyla Foy hails from London but her debut single under her own name (she used to release songs under the moniker of Wall) smacks of Julia Stone at her lilting, vulnerable best. But this is far from run-of-the-mill roots music. Feather Tongue is a light-hearted, exploratory track that is as much about its upbeat synthetic drums and synths as its stark and sombre vocals. Foy dances a fine line between soothing ambience and playful pop, and she does it well.
Wild Beasts Wanderlust (Domino/EMI)
‘We’re decadent beyond our means’ seems like just about the most fitting opening line to a Wild Beasts song imaginable. The unconventional Brits douse themselves with the excesses of the upper classes more than a Dorian Gray dinner party. They’ve always had delusions of grandeur, only now they’re getting closer to making those dreams reality. With their trademark soft synths and untarnished falsettos, Wanderlust continues on the path to high culture Wild Beasts have been following since their sophomore album.
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away from the classic American working class narrative attachment of previous albums and The Boss proves that the tank is far from empty. The album begins with the rousing High Hopes and shows off The E Street Band’s full intensity. We hear Springsteen’s wife Patti Scialfa’s double tracking harmonies in the beautiful Down in the Hole and the more traditional Irish stomp-sounding This Is Your Sword. Strong tracks include the seven-and-ahalf-minute The Ghost of Tom Joad, a furyfilled reinvention of the original ‘95 folk version with a stunning solo (and vocals) by Morello; and American Skin (41 shots), a standard at live shows since 1999 when Springsteen penned it after the horrific police shooting of Amadou Diallo. Flawless covers of Aussie punk rockers The Saints’ Just Like Fire Would and New York punk pioneers Suicide’s Dream Baby Dream bring this compelling archive of self-determination together. Not his greatest album, but not far off either. Jess Bayly
Up until now I hadn’t paid much attention to Nottingham’s Jake Bugg, who burst onto the scene in 2012 with his self-titled debut album. Since then he has taken the world by storm with the music industry and fans alike awaiting his next move. Shangri La is a ripper alright, shedding a lot of the blues and the acoustic stylings and dabbling a little more with the rock side of things. No doubt working with producer Rick Rubin has been a huge influence, as was working with the likes of Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer), Iain Archer (Snow Patrol and The Reindeer Section) and Peter Thomas (drummer for Elvis Costello). Album opener There’s A Beast And We All Feed It starts in similar fashion to his debut, but once track two Slumville Sunrise cranks over that’s when things really start to unfold as this one chugs along with that up-tempo beat and Bugg’s unique vocals. There are plenty of gold nuggets ready to be discovered with the standout being classic blues rocker Kingpin. What Doesn’t Kill You, Simple As This and Country Song all deserve attention also. Jake Bugg ain’t no flash in the pan! Rob Lyon
Bonobo, Oisima & Flamingo Governor Hindmarsh (Kristy DeLaine) (Miranda Freeman)
AAAA The imminent arrival of UK producer Bonobo caused the unthinkable in Adelaide – an actual scalping problem. Up until the night of the gig there were pleas for tickets on Facebook, with unable to snag tickets. Yet for those lucky enough to secure a place at the gig, it was one hell of a show. Local trio Flamingo kicked off the night, giving fans a taste of their sample-heavy electronics with tracks like Watch It Blow Up and charting triple j hit Heart, My. With vocalist Casey Heidt belting out solid vocals throughout the set, the Adelaide three-pieced proved there’s nothing fluky to see here – this is real talent. No stranger to big crowds, Oisima AKA Adelaide electronic wizard Anth Wendt delivered yet another strong performance. Weaving a variety of soundscapes, his set incorporated a number of jazz samples mainly via brass and reed multi-instrumentalist Adam Page. Set highlights included Glow and Everything About Her. To say this rapidly ascending beatmaker is one to watch is telling you something you already know. Next up was the main man himself. Fresh from sold-out crowds in Sydney and Melbourne, it was now Adelaide’s turn to bask in Bonobo’s elegant synthwork,
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Everything’s bigger in Vegas. The time-old phrase extends to bad taste and wholly applies to Vegas-born hardcore-meets-pop band, Survive This! Right down to the exclamation point adorning the band name, the debut LP is an affront to the senses. One might be curious to witness a blending of rock, metal, hardcore and pop but curiosity killed the track. Auto-tune pop R&B meshed with poorly executed breakdowns does not bode well. The Life You’ve Chosen is the baby of Falling In Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke, who took on the project in his first producing effort. Radke even makes a vocal appearance on the album in the woefully misguided track Wrong Direction (Hey You). The album is the classic tale of fighting through depression with music, the band attributing their love of music to the survival of their ill mental health. But with lyrics touting mundane sentiments such as, ‘I’m never gonna be the same again/ Cuz girl you are a perfect 10’, their debut is not very healing. Katie Bryant
Christchurch seems a funny place to unearth the sounds of contemporary American indie rock, but that’s exactly where you’ll find T54 trawling the depths of Smashing Pumpkins and Sonic Youth to end up resembling some Cloud Nothings/No Age hybrid. You can’t help but feel the throwback angle is intentional. As well as the antipodean influences they wear proudly on their guitar straps, T54 happen to belong to one of the most iconic indie labels in the southern hemisphere. The legacy of Flying Nun casts a long shadow over In Brush Park. There are flourishes of The Clean on Life Is Swell, while it’s hard to ignore the influence of Die! Die! Die! and The D4 on tracks like Return Of The Worm and SW Chops. That said, In Brush Park remains an album firmly entrenched in the here and now. The aesthetic of this debut might have a familiar feel, but the building blocks are made from all new material. Blustering opener Nails Painted perhaps best illustrates the innovation on this album, plodding and pedestrian before crashing to life in the latter half. Not for the first time, New Zealand paves a new way forward. Jimmy Byzantine
Gleeson – Brewster – Norton – Brewster. That’s right, The Angels are back bigger and bolder than ever before. It is going to be a big year for The Angels as they release their brand new album Talk The Talk as a quick-fire follow up to 2012’s Taking It To The Streets (which was their first with frontman Dave Gleeson, who also fronts The Screaming Jets). It was hard keeping up with the ins and outs of this band, but finally the line-up is bedded down. There’s a lot more than just Talk The Talk going on, backing it up with a dozen solid songs from start to end. Okay, there is no Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again? but The Angels have moved on from that. The title track is an obvious choice for single but there’s another six or so belters that could take honours as singles in waiting. The drums and guitars meld together to create that distinctive trademark sound led by the Brewster brothers. Dave Gleeson should be giving high fives all round as this is one of the best things he’s contributed to and tracks such as Broken Windows, Heart Of Stone and Got A Feeling are winners for me. Rob Lyon
Live At The Cellar Door
Neil Young fans would be rejoicing with ecstasy as he continues to maintain the steady stream of releases by adding another live album to the discography. Live At The Cellar Door is a collection of recordings from Young’s sixshow stint at The Cellar Door in Washington D.C. between November 30 and December 2, 1970. The rare solo version of Cinnamon Girl performed on piano instead of guitar is a real treat, as are the first live performances of some songs such as the unreleased rarity Bad Fog Of Loneliness and Old Man. These alone should be enough to get a lot of fans excited. Rob Lyon
Various Artists and, relievingly, the SA crowd was dense and respondent. Wasting no time in announcing his arrival, Bonobo – flanked by a bass guitar and a variety of synths and joined by a live drummer, guitarist, saxophonist and female vocalist on stage — kicked off with Cirrus, lifted off his latest album The North Borders. Halfway through its frosty vibraphone samples the virtuoso introduced an exciting live element, producing two drumsticks and heartily bashing two drumpads to up the ante of the track’s percussive mid-section. Wearing a glamorous scarlet gown, Bonobo’s touring vocalist Szjerdene truly stole the show during Towers, with her far-reaching croons (even occasional scatting) injecting the foreboding electro jam with real oomph. Working their way through the majority of The North Borders, Bonobo and band provided an equal balance of chilled jazz moments with exciting live instrumentals. Green’s drummer manipulated the atmosphere of the crowd with ease, quickening them during Emkay and hypnotising them into a trance during the delicate Towers. Other set highlights included live flute improv during the upbeat Antenna, whereas a reverb-heavy sax solo really drummed the hype up before seguing into First Fires. While it took a while for the world to notice Bonobo, he now has our attention. A true master.
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Dirty Jeans chronicles the advent of Australian rock from the late ’80s to the early ‘00s, delicately balancing the transition from the gritty underground of GOD’s My Pal to the mainstream glory of The Vines’ Get Free. Regular triple j listeners will recognise Spiderbait’s Buy Me A Pony and Magic Dirt’s Dirty Jeans, while those who lived through it will appreciate the inclusion of The Hard Ons’ Where Did She Come From and Powder Monkeys’ Persecution Blues, although chances are they already own the albums. Powderfinger’s inclusion seems a bit naff, while Cosmic Psychos’ omission is a head-scratcher, but the decision to end the period at 2002 – just before Jet came along to ruin it all – was a good one. Jimmy Byzantine
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Detachment Hopscotch / MA / 94 mins
AAAA Directed by Tony (American History X) Kaye some time ago (the film’s date is 2011, and it was surely delayed as it made important people awfully uncomfortable), this subtly devastating drama features Adrien Brody’s best and least irksome performance since The Pianist and a supporting cast to die for. Brody’s Henry Barthes is a substitute teacher with an unspecified background of familial abuse who gets a job at a school where the staff (including Christina Hendricks, Lucy Liu, Tim Blake Nelson, James Caan and Marcia Gay Harden as principal Carol Dearden) are barely hanging on as they await the place’s imminent closure. Henry is also in personal limbo as his grandpa (Louis Zorich) gets sicker and crazier, and in a desperate need to connect, he tries to help a young prostitute named Erica (Sami Gayle, fine in a role that could have been pure cliché) and also works hard at inspiring his students. But this is no To Sir, With Love, as evidenced by a finale that makes unforgettable use of passages from Poe’s The Fall Of The House Of Usher. MDB
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The first in a movie series blatantly created to be the next Twilight or Harry Potter (based upon the first in Cassandra Clare’s book series blatantly created to, well, you know), this is overlong and silly, and yet Lily Collins is impressive (sort of ). Her Clary Fray is a NYC teen whose mum (Lena Headey) is keeping a secret, and when mum’s kidnapped by goons, Clary’s approached by Jace ( Jamie Campbell Bower), who offers lots of gab about how she’s a ‘Shadowhunter’ and that Mom’s in danger because of some ‘legendary’ cup. Spending time at the ‘Institute’ with muggle, sorry, ‘mundane’ (boy)friend Simon (Robert Sheehan) and famed Hodge ( Jared Harris), everything gets complicated and talkier as demon Valentine ( Jonathan Rhys Meyers) becomes involved, FX beasts lurk and Collins has lots of ‘emotional’ close-ups. Helmed by Harald Zwart, who’s already wrapped the sequel (TMI: City Of Ashes), there’s little left to say about this dreary epic, except that Lily’s so cool and cute it’s hard to believe that she’s Phil Collins’ daughter.
Intended by writer/director/producer Catriona McKenzie as a salute to Walkabout (1971), this is heartfelt enough to see you past the awkwardness. Young Pete (Cameron Wallaby in his first film) lives with Jagamarra (David Gulpilil) in an abandoned drive-in in the Bungle Bungle ranges, and believes wholeheartedly that his long-absent mum will return for him. When the pair are ordered to relocate by a mining company (what else?), Pete and his mate Kalmain ( Joseph Pedley) hit the road to the city to make a protest but are soon lost and experiencing their own walkabout, living off the land and setting into play events that look to have been choppedaround in the final edit. Capturing images of some beautiful countryside (which also looks scary enough to warrant Gulpilil’s line about how the land can “grab you”), McKenzie’s film offers unpolished playing by Wallaby and Pedley, and yet they’re charming anyway. And Gulpilil delivers a beautiful performance as he hunts goannas, wails to the stars and pretty much acknowledges that, yes indeed, he did appear in a movie called Walkabout 40-plus years ago.
Based upon writer/director Maggie Carey’s ‘90s teen escapades (she admitted it!) and nearly titled The Handjob, this raunchy comedy’s made more than merely smutty by a cool cast, headed by Aubrey Plaza, whose typical deadpan style (see Safety Not Guaranteed and TV’s Parks And Recreation) is replaced by a combination of squareness and sauciness. Her Brandy Klark realises that she’s had zilch sexual experiences as her schooldays end, and decides (with advice from her besties, nicely played by Alia Shawkat and Sarah Steele) that she must perform a list of such activities before starting college. And her new job at a local pool helps her get close to hunky Rusty Waters (Scott Porter), as she drives Cameron ( Johnny Simmons), the would-be pal who’s hot for her, completely crazy, and is teased by her boss Willy (Bill Hader actually playing his age, although everyone else is meant to be about 10 years younger than they actually are in a running in-joke) for having “no boobs”.
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The Governor Hindmarsh has been hosting Adelaide Fringe event Best Of The Edinburgh Fest for the last nine years and it continues this year with the UK’s Jimmy McGhie (pictured centre), Daniel Sloss (left) and Kai Humphries (right).
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This reprint of Aycliffe’s acclaimed 1991 novel (actually written by an English expert in Muslim studies, Dr Denis MacEoin, who also uses the pseudonym ‘Daniel Easterman’ for some mysterious reason or other) is a ghost story that’s genuinely frightening, with an academic backdrop reminiscent of the classic works of MR James and a final quarter that proves surprisingly nasty. Haunted (in more ways than one) Cambridge professor Charles Hillenbrand recounts how his daughter Naomi was kidnapped on a Christmas shopping trip to London and what happened after the discovery of her body, as he and his shattered wife Laura were troubled not only by Naomi’s restless spirit but other malevolent forces inside their house - and everything, in unusually disturbing fashion, went to absolute Hell. MDB
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The show, which will also travel to Salisbury and McLaren Vale for special one-off performances, is being mounted by Mary Tobin Presents (a company also bringing Stephen K Amos, Bob Down to Angas St’s Arts Theatre and Eddie Ifft to The Garden Of Unearthly Delights for Adelaide Fringe). Tobin says it was easy to entice Jimmy McGhie back to town. “Oh, he loves it here,” she says, “and he even keeps a pushbike in Adelaide now. Jimmy reminded me the other day to get it serviced for him.” McGhie will likely host Best Of The Edinburgh Fest. “He’s keen to do that as he’ll get to drop in some new material,” Tobin confirms, “although they’ll be taking turns with the other slots. It’s quite informal in that way.” Tobin also suggests it was a bit of coup enticing Daniel Sloss to Australia. “He did a spot recently on Conan O’Brien’s US TV show and did so well he was asked
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to stay on in Los Angeles,” she says. “He’s having such a good time he’ll now be getting on a flight from LA direct to Adelaide. “Daniel is also ridiculously young – he’s been doing observational comedy since he was 16 – and very easy on the eye,” Tobin adds. Kai Humphries will also be making his first trek to Adelaide. “He’s a Geordie and very much like [veteran UK comic] Dave Johns,” Tobin says. “Kai is along those lines. It’s mad Geordie humour, so the three of them together will be a good mix. They are all very strong.” On Friday and Saturday evenings, the fun is to be followed by The Late Show with special guests each night.
“I’ve already locked in Stephen K Amos for one night,” the promoter reveals, “and lots of the visiting comedians are always keen for a spot. While other venues now have their own late shows, I think of the Gov’s as a late show for grown-ups. “It’s comfortable, air-conditioned and you can easily grab a drink and then be home by midnight,” Tobin concludes.
WHO: Mary Tobin Presents WHAT: Best Of The Edinburgh Fest WHERE: Governor Hindmarsh WHEN: Fri Feb 14 until Sat Mar 15
Medium Strong sexual Level and references Violence coarse language
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