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EDITOR’S Hello, and welcome to issue eight of

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The Magical Mama Kin Danielle Caruana of Mama Kin speaks to us about her new record, tour, and what matters most to her.

FEATURES

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The Darkness Dan Hawkins speaks to us ahead of The Darkness’ April tour.

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Falls Music & Arts Festival 2013 All the sights, sounds, and news from Australia’s best new years party.

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Trend Report: Autumn/Winter ’13 Leather, denim, and military all get updates to bring them into the new season.

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Wild Winter SEVEN/SEVEN favourites, Sol Hermana give us an exclusive look into their 2013 autumn/winter collection.

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Kanye Lens Vs. Soundwave Official Soundwave photographer, Kane Hibberd, AKA Kanye Lens takes you behind the scenes with his new book, Kanye Lens Vs. Soundwave Vol. 1

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/INTERVIEW/

For Danielle Caruana of Mama Kin, nothing is more important than family and freedom. Camping in the Western Australian bushland with her two children, Danielle is taking a bit of time to herself before the release of her second album, The Magician’s Daughter and the subsequent tour. I quickly gathered from speaking with her, there is no more down-to-earth musician in the industry.

Words: Nikita Allan

/INTERVIEW/ Coming from a very large, musically orientated Maltese family, Caruana always found it hard to break into the spotlight and even harder to decide whether she wanted to or not. A career in music was always going to be a given, but the uncertainty of her potential success was something that always overshadowed her desire to perform. This was all until she decided to “just say yes. Yes to performing, yes to gigs...yes to absolutely anything”.

“The only thing stopping me was this jaw breaking fear of risk… It had nothing to do with any real reason”.

Going from having no desire to perform for others, to making the decision to jump into the deep end was something Caruana didn’t expect to do. “I had no other choice, it was becoming toxic not to perform”. With that, Caruana opened herself up to a multitude of opportunities and then eventually released her first album Beat and Holler, which she describes as her “big war cry”. Described as being very ‘organic’ by most listeners, Beat and Holler was an amazing debut, and with the help of her brother playing drums it was “everything I [Caruana] wanted it to be”.

Following the albums release, Caruana toured with a live band and began to make a name for herself.

The desire to play arose once again. Caruana had toured, taken writing courses, co-written with other musicians and built up her confidence as a musician, writer and performer.

“I’m in this space now that I’m a musician and I’m working with the alchemy of it all, there’s so much more subtlety and depth in this album”, she explains.

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With new experiences and feelings Caruana recorded her latest release The Magician’s Daughter which is a collection of songs that come straight from the heart using all of Caruana’s soul.

“Delving into the psyche of the story”, The Magician’s Daughter takes on so many forms but seems to fit perfectly together, lyrically and dynamically.

It

is such a grounded and level headed album, evident that Caruana knew which direction she wanted to take and it’s refreshing to hear such honest songs in a genre which Mama Kin are helping to mould and develop. As for the albums content Caruana says she has “learned to tell stories that aren’t even mine [Caruana’s] and thread my own experiences into them”.

‘Rescue’ is the opening song of the record, and it is what a song should be; a steady drum beat that gets your feet tapping accompanied

by Caruana’s soulful voice. ‘Red Wood River’ takes the proceedings down a notch, but it still makes you want to close your eyes and forget your surroundings. The flow of this entire album is incredible despite its vast array of sounds, and the songs are so extremely complex that they become beautifully simple and so breathtakingly easy to listen to.

Caruana is a rare songwriter who is able to convey feelings and emotion simply through her lyrics, her voice is a beautiful and faultless tool that helps to drive it into the audience and bring you back down to reality.

Accompanying her newest release, Caruana was heavily involved in creating the video clip for the albums first single. Gathering inspiration from the 1968 classic film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Caruana “danced, performed, and acted” as the main character.

“‘Was it Worth it’ is about balancing the amount of compromise you have to make to do what you want to do… the doll made the sacrifice of always being on show but the cost was great. She wasn’t able to have connections or exchanges that were on the other side of the window”.

But not only is Caruana, a writer, musician and mother, but also a philanthropist. She and husband John Butler created The Seed Fund, which helps Australian artists to become self sustained, professional, musicians through workshops and being in contact with many high profile Australian artists. Covering all aspects of the music industry, The Seed Fund also helps develop the skills of band managers.

A not-for-profit, philanthropic organisation like this is extremely hard to come by and to have one to be successfully running for eight years is an amazing feat. “It feels like a two way street, we might be helping people but they’re helping us too…. I feel like I’m a part of this big community” When asked about her many roles in the community, her philanthropic nature, her passion for activism and her roles in several campaigns, Caruana makes it seem like this is why she’s here.

“Bad things happen when good people do nothing”, she says, “My life doesn’t begin and end at my front door step, or my front gate or my fences. I’m in the world and I’m in a community and I’m accountable to it.”

As for the kids? “Our oldest is asking about what we’re doing and having quite philanthropical conversations… our youngest just wants to build humpies and go fishing” With Caruana and her husband both being successful recording artists they always make sure to “strip things back and get out of mobile range”

“Camping is our passion and we make sure we can do that as often as possible with the kids”.

So it seems like Caruana is now able to handle anything that is thrown her way, Mama Kin is a creation destined to grace the Australian music scene.

Mama Kin will be touring as a four piece band following the release of The Magicians Daughter which they “take very seriously”.

“If people choose to be at our show I choose to see that as a serious debt that I have to get up on stage and repay”.

The Magicians Daughter is soulful and honest with jarring lyrics and an amazing vibe about it, an album you could listen to over and over again in any situation, state or emotion.

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/INTERVIEW/

The Darkness After a lengthy hiatus, The Darkness have reunited, released with a comeback album Hot Cakes, and will be returning to our shores with rock goddess, Joan Jett to tour in April. Speaking with Dan Hawkins ahead of the trip, we talked about the record, reuniting, and dull riders.

Words: Paige Richards

/INTERVIEW/ After back to back hit records, Permission To Land, and One Way Ticket To Hell…And Back The Darkness surprised everyone announcing they were going on hiatus in 2006. Reuniting in 2011 and releasing their comeback album Hot Cakes last year, they're wasting no time getting back on the road, heading to our shores in April with Joan Jett and The Blackhearts and Jackson Firebird. As our call is connected, I'm met with an apologetic Dan Hawkins, informing me that he is just finishing making a cup of tea; "can't do an interview without a cup of tea!" he laughs, as we settle into our conversation.

You guys had taken a bit of a hiatus, ahead of reuniting. How does it feel to be out on the road again?

Yeah, it's been really great; we're leaner, fitter, less-hungover these days, which makes the whole touring thing a lot easier, really. I can't believe the amount of things that went on back in the day, I don't know how we managed to do it, how we kept on the road, and stayed alive. A good example is the crux of our rider now is built around avocados, nuts, and smoothies, so things are very different these days.

A lot of exercise is involved now; we sound like a really fucking dull band, don't we? [laughs] It's really all about the gigs these days, no one really drinks that much - occasionally we might have a bit of a blow out if we have a day off the next day, but we've all been there, done that.

It's now all about the music, and hitting the ground running at the gigs, coming out with all guns ablaze right at song one, rather than sweating out a hangover for the first half of the set.

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Your latest record, Hot Cakes, has been greatly praised by fans and critics, did you feel any pressure creating it?

I think as a musician, you don't really think about what you've done before. I think even when you're just starting out, you try and make every gig better than the last one, and every song you write, you're chasing that perfect song. You don't really look back at anything you've done before as any good! [laughs] Even the stuff that was very successful, you just look at it like, "I could do so much better than that!"

That's what drives you on, so there's always going to be some pressure that you put on yourself, but it's not necessarily based on anything you've done before.

We were very lucky that we managed to get the band back together, and rehearse, and we were about half way through recording before anyone even knew that we have gotten back together. We managed to record to in my studio under the radar, so to speak. I think that really helped ease any tension, because it was just nice to be back together and making music, and we didn't really care about anyone, or anything really and I think that really helped the album.

A journalist referred to it as rabble-rousing, to an almost annoying degree. in a way, I can understand that- but not the annoying bit, because I don't think it's annoying! [laughs] but it sounds like a gang that got back together.

One of the most surprising tracks on the record, is a cover of Radiohead's Street Spirit that you'd previously done on (BBC's) Radio 1; how did that make it onto the record?

We had been pulling out at gigs on the

It's a really good line up; you've got to give

comeback tour, and we'd found ourselves just

people value for money now, and it's really

playing around with it at rehearsals to see what

important to give a great show for the money

it'd sound like now. I just thought after all these

that people are parting with for their tickets. I

years, we should finally record it - not

mean, ticket prices are not going down, and

necessarily for the record, but to give the fans

we've just come out of a global recession so

something proper to listen to, and then we can

you've got to put on a great show, and I think

move on, but it ended up being like the metal

that this is a line up that you wouldn't want to

moment of the album and it had to go on! I

miss.

don't think the record would sound the same without it, and I'm not a massive fan of cover

[On Jackson Firebird as the support act], If

versions, but it ended up feeling like one of

you can promote new bands on your tour,

our songs, so why not stick it on the album?

that's really important too. It's not always the case that you are able to have a third band on

What should the audience expect from the

the line up, but we're always really glad when

set list? Any surprises?

we can.

When we were in Australia last year, it was the

Are there plans to head back into the studio

sort of, 'hello, we're back' tour, but this is the

in the works just yet? Anything planned

Hot Cakes world tour, so we'll be doing some

past this tour?

songs for the new record; some songs that the audiences haven't heard live before.

Well, we've been writing on the road, which is something we've never done before. We've

We're a lot more confident on stage now, and

been really productive, and I think 2014 we'll

we've gotten to the point were we just don't

be able to go straight into recording the new

give a fuck anymore, I know that sounds like a

album, which is really exciting.

bad place for a band to be in, but believe me it's not. It's not about song recital, it's about

I always thought that [Hot Cakes] should be a

engaging the enemy! [laughs] We've gotten

'hello, we're back' statement, and move on to

into the zone where anything can happen, and

the next album as soon as we can - can't afford

I think that's really important.

to leave our fans waiting another five years for another record!

You'll be sharing the stage with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts; how does it feel to

Hot Cakes is available now. The Darkness

have her as a tour mate?

tour with Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, supported by Jackson Firebird throughout

It's amazing; it's crazy to think they'll be in the

April. Tickets are available through Ticketek,

room next to us‌it's going to be really cool.

and are on sale now.

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Fa lls Festi va l 2012 Arguably the best new years party in town, the Falls Music & Arts Festival 2012 did not disappoint. Marking it’s 20th birthday in Lorne, there was definite cause for celebration, and after four days, amazing music, equally amazing costumes, fickle weather, and the best mexican food I’ve ever eaten, I can safely say that Falls threw the best 20th birthday party I’ve ever been to. Can’t wait for the 21st!

Words: Paige Richards

My Falls trip began with wide-eyed optimism;

Idiot Walk’ and ‘Go Right Ahead’, were crowd

leaving dreary Melbourne nice and early, I

favourites but ‘Two Timing Touch and Broken

figured I may miss the traffic into Lorne. I was

Bones’ was sadly lacking from the set list.

wrong. The traffic turned out to be a blessing

My body, overstimulated and underslept gave

in disguise though, leaving us ample time to

out on me after The Hives, so as their encore

appreciate the beauty of the Great Ocean

came to an end, so did my second night at

Road, second only to the backdrop of the

Falls.

festival itself. The opening night saw the scenic view being turned into the revelers

Sunday marked the third day of the festival,

personal playground, soundtracked by The

and also the day when I lost all sense of time.

Bamboos.

Ball Park Music were the first act I saw for the day, and were a definite highlight. I hadn’t

Day two kicked off with Brisbane band, The

seen them live before, and left a convert.

Trouble With Templeton. Visually excited to be up onstage, they set the tone for the rest

Jinja Safari were infectiously fun, and

of the weekend’s stellar line up. King Gizzard

Millions, the Brisbane lads from Millions

And The Lizard Wizards were a definite

crooned their way through the Sunday haze.

highlight, and had one of my favourite sets.

The Bamboos took to the stage for the San Cisco delivered everybody’s favourite

second time for the weekend, this time down

stalker jam, Awkward, but it was their

at the Valley Stage. The set was full of the

energetic performance of Fred Astaire that

usual awesome, but their cover of ‘Lost’ by

was the highlight of their set. Sharon Van

Frank Ocean was a clear favourite.

Etten charmingly gave the crowd a tutorial in guitar chords, and Husky returned home from

SBTRKT was one of my most anticipated acts

their overseas tour, to bring their soulful

to see over the weekend, but the early time

sound Leading into ‘The Hunter’, Husky

slot was a little worrying. I’d be eating my

announces, “this song is about the rain.

words soon after, as the mask-aficionado and

Sometimes the rain is a good thing” and the

MC Sampha turned the Valley stage into a

sky opened up and delivered. Less happy

massive dance party. ‘Never Never’ took on a

about the onslaught were the punters, and

new life as a drum and bass jam, and crowd

Lisa Mitchell, proclaiming “Hooray! The rain’s

favourite ‘Wildfire’ turned the entire festival

ended!”

site into a mass sing-a-long.

The clearing didn’t last long, with rain

Over at the Grand Theatre stage, Cub Scouts

continuing into Django Django’s set. By this

were one of my highlights of the weekend. I

point, people were either so soaked by the

hadn’t seen them live before, but was/am/still

rain (or drunk and happy), that the not-ideal

obsessed with their indie anthem ‘Evie’, which

weather conditions didn’t matter anymore.

they jammed out for an excited crowd (as well

The Hives delivered an as entertaining show

as a Beyonce/Destiny’s Child mash up that

as has come to be expected of them. ‘Walk

was jaw-droppingly awesome).

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The Hives

Happy

Birthd ay!

en t t E n a V n Sharo San Cisco

Local wonder boy Flume filled the Grand

and adorable. Paying tribute to fellow Swedes

Theatre as the sun (and the temperature)

ABBA, sisters Johanna

dropped, and The Flaming Lips took over the

Söderberg, performed along side their own

Valley stage. Wayne Coyne solidified himself

songs, a cover of ‘Chiquitita’ in replica’s of the

as one of rock & roll’s greatest eccentrics as he

famous cat smocks worn by Anni-Frid and

rolled on top of the crowd in a giant hampster

Agnetha. The cute factor was doubled with

ball, as the band ran through their greatest

two gorgeous little girls making an impromptu

hits.

appearance dancing to the side of stage.

Hot Chip took on the freezing cold by playing

After catching the first half of the set, I left the

Hot Chip rolled out the favourites including

Valley stage to head up the hill to see Loon

‘One Life Stand’ and ‘Over and Over’. While

Lake. After my very lazy morning, it was a

the party continued late into the night, after

much needed change of pace, and also lead

the set was over, I admitted defeat and went

me to find the world’s best hidden (and least

to bed to recoup and ready myself for New

populated) drink ticket stand, so it was a

Years.

winner all round. After shaking my hips to

and Klara

‘Cherry Lips’, I was rejuvenated, and headed Waking up with the odd sensation of burning

back down to try and do the impossible; find

from sunburn, but also freezing from the cold

a decent position for Matt Corby.

weather, day four began with the ‘final leg’ feeling kicking in. But, much like my inability

I had high expectations, and I can safely say I

to decide whether I was hot or cold, I was not

was not let down at all. Corby and his band

looking forward to leaving the festival and

played amazingly together, and captivated the

heading back to normality on January first.

audience so well, I didn’t hear a noise throughout the crowd until ‘Brother’, which

I spent the first half of the day taking it easy to

was almost a religious experience, with

make sure my weary body made it through to

everyone singing in perfect unison, with

midnight (I had my doubts about whether I

Corby serving as the Minister.

could make it, believe me!) Best Coast were my life savers, playing their special brand of

Maximo Park kept the energy levels going,

surfy, blissful Cali-rock while me and my fellow

playing an equal amount of old and new

festival attendees took the first real break in

material, and DJ Nu-Mark won huge points

four days.

for the most inventive use of a wind-up toy monkey with cymbals.

Bertie Blackman was expectedly awesome, and gave sage festival advice (“Don’t get too

Hilltop Hoods took the crowd further towards

high, motherfuckers!”) as she rollicked

midnight, and boosted excitement and moral

through ‘Mercy Killer’.

levels; much needed, as we hit the final stretch of the festival.

First Aid Kit’s set was equal parts enthralling,

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Sampology gave us all a trip down memory

figured I could make it, the finish line was in

lane with his audio/visual show taking us back

sight! As expected, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise‘

to the very beginning of Falls, through to it’s

closed out the set, much to the enjoyment of

20th birthday.

As we sang Happy Birthday,

everybody in the crowd. I tried to stick it out

festival creator, Simon Daly (who may have

to catch Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs,

the coolest parents ever) gave the obligatory

but alas, I caved and retreated to sleep.

toast.

As the sun rose on the first day of January, After the formalities were over, Two Door

ears still ringing from the last four days, I

Cinema Club took to the Valley Stage to usher

looked back at the festival site with a sadness.

us into the new year. Running through their

The last four days were a difficult, and physical

hits from their debut record, Tourist History

challenge (and I was very much looking

and last year’s Beacon the Irish three-piece

forward to an uninterrupted sleep!) but it was

definitely delivered as a headliner.

bittersweet leaving Falls world, and heading back into civilisation.

Faced with a dilemma; stay for the rest of Two Door, or defect to get sweaty with Parachute

This was my first expedition to the Falls

Youth, I decided to go with the unfamiliar and

Festival, and it’s surely not an experience I’m

headed up to the Grand Theatre. I made it just

likely to forget any time soon. From the great

in time to hear ‘Awake Now’ (which thanks to

music all weekend, the best Mexican food that

the speakers turned to 11, I was) and as

has ever passed my lips, to the character

midnight drew closer, the duo launched into

building experiences - there’s definitely a

an extended version of their hit, ‘Can’t Get

reason it’s known as the best new years party

Better Than This’. The only complaint I can

in town.

make is that midnight was announced about five minutes too early, which led to a lot of

I learned to appreciate flushing toilets, the

confusion and too-early sweeping kisses,

importance of packing for all seasons, and

which took away from the magic of the

using the sun to gauge what time it is after my

moment, but really, I was having far too much

phone ran out of battery. Basically, I could give

fun to dwell on that.

Bear Grylls a run for his money now. But most importantly, I able to experience just how

Outside there was fireworks, flares, kisses as

great

music in 2012 was, not only the

12am, January 1st rolled around. Heading

amazing Australian talent this country has

back down the hill, the familar strains of ‘What

produced, but amazing international acts as

You Know’ echoed, closing Two Door’s set to

well. It was definitely the best way to kick off

a very eager crowd.

2013 as a music lover, and I only have high hopes for what’s ahead of the festival.

My nolsstalgic side forced me to stick it out at the Valley to see Coolio drop ‘Gangsta’s

Happy birthday Falls; cheers for the party, lets

Paradise’. With a set only 35 minutes long, I

aim to make your 21st even bigger!

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CLUBFEET

HEIRS AND GRACES After gaining critical praise for their debut LP, Gold On Gold, Clubfeet, the Melbourne by way of Cape Town

Frontman Sebastian Cohen’s voice complements the instrumentation; soft, with an effortless style, much like

five-piece, return with Heirs And Graces; filled with the cruise-y, synth-focused instrumental sounds of Gold,

the synthesized chords and floaty effects (courtesy of band members Montgomery Cooper and

but with a stronger focus. The band has long been heralded as the love child of Cut Copy and The XX,

Bennington Le Bruce).

Clubfeet’s sophomore record works to remove the labels and let the band establish a sound of their own.

Lyrically, they have matured, too, with heartfelt lyrics the centrepiece of the new tracks.

The lead single ‘Heartbreak’ (featuring Melbourne alt-

The album lends a lot of its sound to the band’s 80’s

pop chanteuse, Chela) has dominated radio with it’s simple but catchy guitar riff, and sets the tone for the

and 90’s influences, but it’s great to see that there’s more substance to their music than just appropriations

record; melancholy longing over hopeful summery beats.

from their favourite bands. Heirs shows great growth (and a lot of brilliant tracks to soundtrack what’s left of summer).

‘Everything You Wanted’ is a perfect example of Clubfeet’s new sound, and it may be one of the greater songs you will hear all year, and record

Download:

highlights Acapulco & LA and Cape Town are understated, deliciously warm tracks with M83

‘Heartbreak’, ‘Cape Town’.

undertones.

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TEGAN AND SARA

HEARTTHROB

Since releasing their debut record Under Feet Like Ours in 1999, twins Tegan and Sara Quin have been the reigning queens of indie rock, but their latest LP Heartthrob sees the duo taking aim at the pop charts.

Working with producers Greg Kurstin (P!nk, Sia, Kelly Clarkson) and Justin Meldal-Johnsen, (Beck, M83), Tegan and Sara have cultivated a tight 36 minutes of synthy fun, without compromising on the lyrics that has awarded them huge critical praise.

Lead single, ‘Closer’ opens the record, detailing the road as attraction becomes physical, with some of the most overtly sexual lyrics of their career (“All I dream of lately is how to get you underneath me”).

‘I’m Not Your Hero’, a manifesto of self-determination, delivers an anthemic chorus “I’m not their hero, but that doesn’t mean I wasn’t brave,” bringing them into the feel good pop fold, without the cheese.

‘Drove Me Wild’ (co-written with Sultan & Ned Shepard) plays out like a ode to a lover (“When I think of you… your face relaxed, your voice a whisper

in my ear, it drives me wild”) until the bigger picture is revealed (“You put the breaks on us and it drove me wild”).

‘Love They Say’ is a perfect example of Tegan and Sara’s talents, with sweeping harmonies dazzling across the melody and album closer ‘Shock To Your System’, captures their deft lyricism, taking what could have been a break up song, to heartfelt advice for a heartbroken friend.

Heartthrob fuses feelings of longing, regret, romance, and everything in between. And if you’re used to the indie Tegan and Sara, the synths don’t discount the emotion. The girls have said that "Pop music has really changed [now that] You have Florence and the Machine and Gotye infiltrating pop – we fit right into that. "We didn't want to take a small step. We wanted to take a big step." And what a welcome step that was.

Download: ‘Closer’, ‘Drove Me Wild’, ‘Shock To The System’.

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MAMA KIN THE MAGICIAN’S DAUGHTER

Following up from her debut record, Beat And Holler, Mama Kin AKA Fremantle’s Danielle Caruana is back with her latest offering, The Magician’s Daughter.

Known for her intricate yet boisterous sound, has long been a favourite on the folk and roots festival scene, and once you hear the opening notes of the record, it becomes very apparent why.

Caruana’s raw, and earthy voice matches in perfectly with her music and Mama persona, weaving stories intricately and beautifully over powerful melodies..

Album opener ‘Rescue’ is immensely catchy, and it a brilliant start to the record - drawing inspiration from pop songs of era’s past, it is a beautiful melody to contrast with Caruana’s vocals.

Current single ‘Was It Worth It’ is a record standout, layering a stalking drum beat with Caruana’s everhonest vocals, leading the listener to feel as if she’s a

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friend, singing in the living room, and you catch a note in the air from down the hall.

Emotional track, ‘The Fire’, shows Caruana’s depth as an artist, and as a songwriter, and is a highlight of the record.

The Magician’s Daughter moves past being just a blues and roots record, with many layers and blends of other genres, it is a multi dimensional piece of work.

The Magician’s Daughter is a record that is not for a superficial listen; and when the artist is as enchanting as Caruana, why wouldn’t you want to hear it over and over again?

Download: ‘Was It Worth It?’, ‘The Fire’, ‘Rescue’

DARWIN DEEZ SONGS FOR

IMAGINATIVE PEOPLE Darwin Deez follows up his self-titled debut with Songs For Imaginative People, but fails to capture

persona around being quirky, and it is a charming shtick, but it’s sad to see songs like ‘(800) Human’

what was endearing about his lo-fi, hipster vibe.

begin with such potential, only to be anti-climatic.

Songs comprises of hasty skits and irregular song

A shining ray of hope exists in the form of the R.

structuring, coupled with odd song names, and is sadly lacking the heart that made quirky ‘Radar

Kelly-R&B vibe track ‘Redshift’, the rest of the this 10track record can be skipped.

Detector’ such a hit.

Lead track ‘Free (The Editorial Me)’, is less carefree, more chaotic. I can understand wanting to experiment with sound, but the intro isn’t the controlled chaos intended, but noisy enough for you to check your headphones for damage.

‘No Love’ is the the album’s highlight, a simple keyboard hook juxtaposed with droning major key riffs. It would very well fit back into the simple, but more enjoyable first album’s set.

Obviously, Deez knows his audience and as I type this, the soundtrack selectors for Girls are putting in requests for the songs, but I don’t quite get it.

Overall, some of the tracks will grow on you, but for the most part, you could skip this. But what do I know, maybe I’m just not that imaginative?

Download: ‘No Love’, ‘Redshift’

Former psychology student Deez has built his stage

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fashion

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Bardot Metal Plate Trucker $29.95

THE NEW LEATHER

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DENIM THERAPY

Rick Owens Stretch Wax Denim $413

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WILD WINTER Summer’s nearly over, and it’s nearly time to refresh our winter wardrobes. Luckily, SEVEN/SEVEN favourites, Sol Hermana are making it easy by giving us a little sneak preview of their upcoming autumn/winter collection. Stay warm (and stylish) with layers of textures and statement pieces; best worn with an attitude.

PHOTOGRAPHY/ Vision House Photography/ MODELS/ Fazilet Cayli and Ruby Bant/ HAIR AND MAKE UP/ Channy Jones & Claudia McLeod @ Black Velvet

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Love Soundwave? Love photography? Then Kanye Lens Vs. Soundwave Vol. 1 should make it to the top of your must buy list this month. Part chronicle, part photography book, Kanye Lens (AKA Kane Hibbard) takes you on an Access All Area’s trip though the history of the festival, and his personal photographic archives.

Hibberd, the official photographer who has captured the annual festival since Soundwave’s inception, has been there sweating it out with the masses capturing every banging head, sweaty riff and thrashing body, that has ensured that each festival has been bigger and better than the one before.

Kanye Lens Vs Soundwave is Hibberd’s first book, which he is completely self funding and independently publishing, and tells the visual story of the festival over 450 pages (and 600+ images). It also includes personal commentary on his imagery from the bands and crew that range from the honest (“All I remember about this shot is being jet lagged to hell, real zoned out, and just not being prepared whatsoever for the reaction”, remembers Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes), to the really honest (“I like to party, and I like

snacks”

offered

by

Adam

Dutkiewicz

of

Killswitch Engage).

Of the book, Hibberd has said that “[he] tried to create a book full of imagery that can escape the shadow of its famous inhabitants and stand alone as beautiful pieces of artwork.” It speaks very highly of his talents to see images of mosh pits appear to be artfully constructed, and some of the world’s biggest alternative performers in candid moments. The coffee table book is a definite for hardcore music lovers, and it is available now (just in time for Soundwave; great timing right?).

Kanye Lens Vs. Soundwave Vol. 1 is available now. www.kanyelens.com

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In November 2012, a group of Australian musicians and delegates paid visit to SoundSchool’s participating orphanage in Dehli, India. SoundSchool is an Australian-based not-forprofit organisation that has a series of Australian music events and initiatives aiming to raise money in order to purchase musical instruments, teaching aids and tuition. Their mission is to use music to provide children in deserving communities around the world with the opportunity to develop their learning skills by playing and enjoying music.

Larry Heath (journalist and Heath Media founder) was one of these delegates. He was touched by the experience and was eager to assist. On return to Australia Larry immediately began developing a concept first considered earlier in 2012: a book about instruments. From this, ‘percussion.’ was born.

The 50-page affordable coffee table book, available in hardcover and softcover through BLURB, will donate a minimum of $5 from each copy sold to SoundSchool. The fundraising goal is to sell 2,000 copies of the book internationally and raise $10,000 for SoundSchool. The book will be released internationally in April, with an Australian exclusive pre-sale happening for SLAM Day, this February 23rd, for those eager to get their hands on a copy. ‘percussion.’ features musicians from around the world who responded to the question: what’s your favourite percussion instrument and why? These answers are accompanied by artworks from illustrators, graphic artists and photographers, inspired by the instruments in discussion.

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International

artists

involved

include AFI (USA), Django Django (UK), Deftones (USA), Future of the Left (UK), Andrew W.K. (USA), Murder By Death (USA), The Hounds Below (USA), My Morning Jacket (USA) plus much much more! Along with those big international names, some of our best Australian acts will also contribute, among the ranks are

Cloud

Control (NSW), PVT (NSW), Glass Towers (NSW), Big Scary (VIC), Amy Meredith (NSW) Birds of Tokyo (WA), just to name a few.

Featured illustrations and artworks, created exclusively for ‘percussion.‘, borrow the talents of

percussion.

Simon Lovelace, Lachlan Mitchell, Wai Ko and Damian Cazaly of the band Blackchords.

Photographs are also featured from Elise Derwin (who has featured Darwin band Green Stone Garden on the book’s cover), Andrew Wade, Pete Dovgan and Serena Ho. These are only some of the many great artists involved.

Limited Pre-sale release during Save Live Australian Music (SLAM) Day Pre-sale starts at 12 midday on the 23rd February until 12 midday on the 26th February To purchase a copy or for more information visit: http://www.heathmedia.com.au/percussion

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/LISTINGS/

PHOTOGRAPHY IJ PRODUCTIONS ijproductions.com R & R DIGITAL randrdigital.com.au MUA/HAIR: NATHALIE PRINCE nathalieprince.com.au MUSIC MAMA KIN mamakin.com THE DARKNESS theactualdarkness.com FALLS MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL fallsfestival.com.au FASHION SOL HERMANA solhermana.com.au

VISION HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHY visionhousephotography.com

As part of celebrating their launch in Australia, our friends from Zipbuds have generously provided us with pairs of earphones to give away!

How do you win them? Just be the 50th new ‘liker’ to our facebook page, and a fresh new pair of earphones will be zipping into your ears. Easy right?

A runner-up will also get their hands on a pair, so what are you waiting for? Get liking!

And while you’re at it, welcome Zipbuds Australia to Facebook.

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