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Who: Les Savy Fav What: Inches Label/Year: Frenchkiss / Popfrenzy 2004
LES SAVY FAV Crate digging Andrew Ramadge explores the history of music... I’m cheating a bit this week by writing about myself. Well, writing about myself more than usual, anyway. Last week I penned a rather unhinged review of Auckland’s The Mint Chicks at The Gaelic Club for Mess+Noise. It was inflammatory and over-the-top and I was terrified of sending it off to print, because I’d become so caught up in this idea of “writing properly”, in case The Age or whatever didn’t let me in later on. But screw ‘em. Anyway, the review was about how we – both fans and critics alike – should be wanting more, and should stop being frightened of offending musicians or their bloody publicity agents. It met with a more passionate response than anything I’ve written in years. But there was something else in that review that was overshadowed by the politics, and that’s what I’d like to talk about here: the feeling behind it, the feeling
that I’ve only just found a way to put into words, and that was crystallised that Friday night at The Gaelic. There’s a song by Les Savy Fav – the only other punk band besides The Mint Chicks I know of worth a damn at the moment – called ‘Yawn, Yawn, Yawn’. It’s so brilliant and explosive that I can’t really do it justice in words. “Take a deep breath and waste sweet seconds/ The late day beckons, and if you save it, it will slip away,” are the first lines of the chorus. And then, when the New York group’s singer Tim Harrington really lets loose: “Spend seven nights like Saturday!/ Yawn, yawn, yawn, we’re all long gone/ And if we get lucky we’ll be dead by dawn/ So let’s g-g-get it on!/ I WANT TO G-G-GET IT ON!”
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ANGUS & JULIA STONE
Some siblings make beautiful music together… and they usually live down south (you know, in that place). Others play in bands together, such as Angus & Julia Stone who have been wooing one and all with their laid back acousticness. They’ve just released a brand new single, ‘The Beast’, and lo and behold we’ve got 5 copies to give away, to tide you over before their new album. To get your hands on a CD, email freestuff@thebrag.com and tell us the name of the duo’s forthcoming album.
That one song captures a certain feeling of nihilism like no other I know of. It captures that miserable curse of feeling damned, as if you could wind up in hell at any moment and no one would bother going to your funeral, and like if you could just find the perfect, most incendiary expression of that feeling in rock and roll – and where else would you find it? – then you’d either be cured, or killed, in the inferno. See, I get that feeling a lot.
HOLLY THROSBY
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When we heard that Holly Throsby had just put out her debut EP, there were a few raised eyebrows, to say the least. She has, after all, been on our radar for quite some time. Then someone suggested we scroll down, and we realised that yes, she has indeed put out two albums before this, but this is the first six-tracker. One Of You For Me features two new songs, two live recordings, and two covers, and to launch it Holly’s going on a national tour. See her with full band September 21 at The Factory, and 26 at the Brass Monkey.
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DIESEL:U:MUSIC
These days, if you’re going to go on and on about how tragic it is that music and fashion are so intertwined now, then you’re a little naïve. Really, musicians have always been image conscious. And you love it. Take it. Diesel Jeans know this, with its music comp DISEL:U:MUSIC now in its seventh year. This year the worldwide competition boasts 22 Australian artist submissions. If you want to vote one of them in for Public Voted Artist, head to http://www.diesel.com/#/cult/charts/ and follow the prompts.
INTHEMIX 50 MANAGER
What exactly is the INTHEMIX 50 and how does it work?
FALLS FESTIVAL
It’s August! Which means it’s past mid-year! Which means NYE is nearly here! Which means start thinking about Falls Fest! The first announcement: Kings Of Leon, Groove Armada, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Built To Spill, Jose Gonzales, Girl Talk, Gotye, Paul Kelly + more. This year all tickets are sold online at fallsfestival.com. For easy purchase subscribe by Monday midnight. You’ll then get two rounds of ticket allocations: either August 27 or September 4. It’s on Dec 9 – Jan 1 in Lorne, Victoria.
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING
We’re really glad that Melbourne’s Eddy Current Suppression Ring is a political band, because otherwise that band name’s a little too much trouble for what it’s worth. The rock four piece has written new song ‘Demon’s Demand’ exclusively for Melbourne doco Constructing Fear, “a story of people being singled out, stripped of their rights and intimidated for being active members of a union.” To hear it download it for free from constructingfear.com.
MIA DYSON
‘Mia Dyson Struck Down!’ That’s what the headline would read if we were trying for Chaser-style satirical sensationalism. But we’re not that clever, so instead we’ll tell you that Mia Dyson is going on a national Struck Down tour, named so after her new album (aha!). It’s out next week, and you can see her when she plays September 22 at the Gaelic Theatre, and 23 at The Brewery, Newcastle with special guests Epicure.
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
Oh My Gay, Rufus Wainwright is touring. Maaad! It’s the first time he’s bringing his full band with him, which according to a dude at BBC Online means that we’ll be getting “an evening of theatre, drama and high camp caberet”. Suitably enough Rufus and band are playing the luscious State Theatre January 29…oh wow that’s next year. We didn’t realise. Be here now! Tickets go on sale Monday 27 August.
THE WAIFS
At Splendour, when we found out The Waifs were playing, one of us halfheartedly sang, ‘I’m in London…’ ‘Still,’ we all chimed in. Hilarity ensued. Point of the story? The Waifs have a new album out! sun dirt water is out on the first of next month, and to play the hell out of it they’re doing a national tour. See them when they play October 11 at the Enmore Theatre, and 30 at Newcastle Civic Theatre. Tickets are on sale now.
IRIS
“And I don’t want the world to see me! ‘Cause I don’t think that they’d understaaaaaand…” That song was God to us for the two weeks after we saw City Of Angels (thanks Nicolas Cage). However, here we’re talking about IRiS the Melbourne band, not ‘Iris’ the Goo Goo Dolls song. This version of IRiS plays upbeat pop rock, and they’ve just released their debut self titled EP. To launch it they’re playing August 23 at the Cat & Fiddle, 25 at the Vic on the Park, and 26 at Orange Grove Hotel (AA).
It’s a DJ poll voted by punters for their favourite Australian DJ. Recently there have been extra categories added: Most Popular Club Night, Event, International DJ and Producer. Voting is simple; just go to www.inthemix. com.au/50 and enter the name of their favourite DJ (and the other categories) and press “submit”. On Thu 6th Sept we do the math, work out who won and results are announced at the industry awards night on September 12th. What effect do you think INTHEMIX 50 has on the music scene? It’s a great way for fans to show support for their favourite DJ, and people LOVE supporting their DJs - they’re really passionate about it! I think it’s a good way for the punters to give back to the people who create such great nights and memories. The DJs like it too; they see where they rank, I think a high placing is pretty good for the ego and it means more profile and more bookings. Are there any plans for expansion of the INTHEMIX 50? Always! Not so much in categories, the amount we’ve got feels about right, but we do want to expand the amount of people that vote. This year we’ve already had 20% more votes than last, and if we can continue to get more music lovers involved and voting that’d be ace!
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THE CLUB CLUB
It’s time to ditch every single plan you have for every single Saturday left in 2007, because Chinese Laundry are set to launch the best damn club night around called, fittingly, The Club Club. Now thanks to Jam Music, we’ve got an amazing price for one lucky Brag reader in celebration of the Club Club launch on September 1. So, the winner of this amazing comp will get one month’s worth of double passes to The Club Club (and that includes opening night), $50 bar tab at the launch (how good is that!) and a Jam Music CD pack. Dude, it’s huge!! To win, email freestuff@thebrag.com and tell us what you’ll buy with that $50 tab.
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THE COPS + EXPATRIATE
Wow, eeeevvveryone’s doing co-headliners these days. Much like the sudden prevalence of ‘Lo GI’ – how the hell did that become a buzz word? Ah, but alas we digress. We welcome the who co-headliner thing, because we don’t want to kill off one of our children, or whatever the analogy is. The Cops and Expatriate are joining hearts and hands and playing the Metro (AA) October 5, tickets on sale now.
THE LOVETONES
Okay, so last week we got so excited about life that our brain melted a little and we told you that Mr Percival was doing it live this Sunday. Memo: This is not true. Instead, you can get a double dose of psychedelic pop rock when The Lovetones and Belles Will Ring do Sunday live duties, along with DJs Coco & Shambles. Mr Percival is in fact taking to the stage Tuesday. Either way, Sunday’s free so take advantage. Beach Rd peeps.
UNPAID DEBT
It’s a little annoying when you see a band live for the first time, really get into it, and go to the merch desk to get a CD, only to find they don’t really have a CD for you to buy, so you have to go to some dodgy forum and get someone to yousendit a shitty mp3 they’ve made…wow are we alone? Anyway, we’re pretty sure we can apply this theory to Unpaid Debt. However, thankfully now you can get your hands on their debut LP Southern Cross Bones – let a dial up connection be a hindrance no longer! See them launch it September 14 at Trash Nightclub.
YVES KLEIN BLUE
We’d heard about 1000 things about Yves Klein Blue prior to actually hearing the band themselves. Then we saw their EP lying around our house, so we turned on the stereo, opened the case…empty. Er, thanks housemates. Anyway, we’ve since seen them live, but if you haven’t, you have three chances this week: Wednesday at Pet Cemetary, Thursday at Candy’s Apartment, and Friday at MUM (World Bar).
Pivot
PIVOT
Pivot makes usually composed, even cynical music journos, musos, and just regular joes completely fall apart and go gooey. As in, ‘Oh woooow, Pivot man, God have you seen those guys? The sounds they get…yeah maaan, it’s amaaaazing.’ And that was just a conversation between us and our editor. If you’ve never seen the two piece play before, a) Um, why not? And b) be at the new Oxford Arts Factory (38-46 Oxford St) September 7, with Qua and Ohana.
JUGGIES AFTER PARTY
SOYA
You probably know allll about this week’s Midnight Juggernauts two night stint at the Metro, with Damn Arms and Young & Restless. Hell, all our electro friends who listen to three bands ever know about these shows, so you probably want some meatier exclusives. Well we’re not supposed to tell, but we’ve gotten word that there’s an afterparty happening this Saturday with DJ sets from Darlin (Tim Cut Copy), plus the boys from Ghostwood and Mercy Arms dropping in. And the Juggernauts themselves. Obviously. Yes. Text someone and find out where it is immediately!
Half of the Bandits devotees would probably be up for entering the Qantas Spirit of the Youth Awards (SOYA) (the other half can, um, get back to tanning? Bless), a competition offering young Aussies 25 and under the chance to further their creative aspirations with a bundle of cash, prizes and mentoring. If you’re interested, you can enter under five categories: Moving Images, Music, Industrial & Object Design, Fashion Design and Visual Arts. For full details go to soya.com.au.
I HEART HIROSHIMA
“Lives surrounded by rules - family rules, school rules, rules of law, social mores, laws of nature, customs, unspoken rules. Rules for the sake of creative compression – no pedals, no overdubs… two guitars and a drum kit. Where it’s at… shared vocals and a microphone. Bottles and cans, just clap your hands.” Wow, manifesto alert. Anyway, we think this means I Heart Hiroshima’s debut LP Tuff Teef is out; catch them September 12 at York Theatre (Seymour Centre, free) and 13 at the Hopetoun with Scul Hazzards. 10 :: BRAG :: 224 :: 20:08:07
REGURGITATOR
Recording in a bubble is all well and good, but really why would you want to be stuck in the middle of the Melbourne CBD when you could be sunning it out in Brazil? That’s how we think the logic went when Regurgitator did just that, and they’ve come back with a new album, Love and Paranoia. Apparently it’s full of ‘’80s inspired, keyboard driven poprock tunes’ – interesting - and to launch it they’re playing the Metro October 6 with New Pants (China!!!) and I Heart Hiroshima.
MERCY ARMS + GHOSTWOOD
Mercy Arms are a lush out band we’ve been waiting with baited breath for a debut EP from. Ghostwood are also a lush out band we’ve been waiting with baited breath for a debut EP from. Well you can turn up to their show this Saturday at the Annandale and see them both at the saaame tiiime – German efficiency. Also, the ‘Arms (wow we’ll never make that call again) have just signed to Levity. Just so you know.
MY DISCO
The latest My Disco press shot features the three boys in white shirts and little else, surounding a delicate mountain of powder blue balloons. … Oh wait we’re still looking at it. It’s kind of hypnotic in its ridiculousness. Anyway, they’re doing some all ages shows before they run off and do little things like support Battles and record with Steve Albini, y’know, whatever. See them 14 September at Black and Blue Warehouse with Dead Farmers and Vincent Over The Sink.
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which I enjoyed playing for weeks after. Also, my mum used to play piano when she was pregnant with me. I reckon that’s why I love the sound of the piano and of Chopin so much.
different bassist back then (not to mention a fresh faced KT Tunstall at our helm) but we’ve now got amazing new recruits in the form of Anna Phoebe (violin), Bridgette Amofah (vocals) and Matt Jury (bass formerly of band House Of Love).
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Inspirations Aside from Chopin, Mark Knopfler and 2. The Music You Make Andy Summers I really dig Flea from the Red We’ve on album three right now 4. Hot Chilli Peppers. His energy, his sense of – eponymously titled Oi Va Voi which we
Growing Up My earliest childhood music memory are 1. of watching mum play Chopin’s Waltzes on the piano and being inspired to tinker myself. My dad too was musical – he taught me to play House of the Rising Sun on the guitar
rhythm, the funk he injects, his Jimi Hendrix tattoo and above all his ‘don’t give a f**k’ attitude. Blood Sugar Sex Magik is still my all time favourite rock album and for me the pinnacle of their song writing – everything about it is incredible. Funky Monks – the film that documents the recording of BSSM is what compelled me most to do music.
recorded partly ourselves and in Israel with Mike Spencer (producer – Kylie Minogue, Brian May). It’s a cool mish mash of moods. The influences in there are hard to pick out ‘cos they’re so thoroughly mixed in and include (in no particular order of importance): Led Zeppelin, Enver Ismailov, Balkan Beat Box, Debussy and Madness.
Your Band Well there’s Lemez (trumpet/vocals) 3. who I met at university chilling in
Music, Right Here, Right Now I’m loving the power of the internet! 5. There’s so much good stuff out there that
someone’s room listening to Nick Drake (another great influence). We both played in covers bands at college with Leo (Bryant - original bass player). I met Steve (Levi - clarinet/vocals) when the band formed but turned out we’d actually met years before – we’d both played a battle of the bands concert when we were both still in our early teens. Then there’s Josh (Breslaw - drummer) who I also met when the band formed. Those 3 and I have been together about 7 years. We had a violinist and a
if you are a real music lover you can have endless fun surfing music on sites like Myspace and previewing clips on iTunes. I find it slightly annoying that every new band at the moment seems to be called The – (something/s). Makes me think they haven’t got much imagination. Who: Oi Va Voi What: Oi Va Voi out now
What does it mean for you to have the chance to play nationally at the Big Day Out? What wouldn’t it mean would be an easier question to answer! The Big Day Out has grown into a nationally iconic event for indie music. Getting a billing for an event like BDO alongside some of Australia’s best musicians is an opportunity that money just can’t buy. The chance to play an event as popular as BDO would possibly not only be the experience of our career but that of our lives!
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KID CONFUCIUS
Confucius also say, many-membered Aussie soul sensation Kid Confucius are about to embark on their Street Corner Soul Tour that will see the group bring their soul sound to traditional rock venues around the country. A date for Dubbo Diggers has not yet announced, but you can catch Kid Confucius behind the chicken wire (a la the Blues Brothers) through September, October and November at venues like the Hoey Moey in Coffs Harbour, the Barwon Club in Geelong, the Heritage Hotel in The Gong, Port Panthers in Port Macquarie, the Republic Bar in Hobart and the Rosemount Hotel Perth. They are also booked to play the Annandale Friday 7 and Saturday 8 September; and, as the name suggests, will be hitting up impromptu jams on footpaths and public streets, at selected destinations, on the afternoon of their scheduled shows. God speed.
JAMES LAVELLE
This one goes out to the big boss/editor who is beside herself at the thought of catching a DJ set from James Lavelle who will playing at the Oxford Art Factory (below Q Bar) Saturday 8 September. Lavelle is the founder of legendary 90s beat label MoWax records, the man behind the music, fashion and art set up Surrender-All and the key figure in concept group UNKLE. Lavelle is returning to Australia for his first shows here in years, on the back of his most recent UNKLE release War Stories, that is co-produced by Richard File and Queens Of The Stone Age producer Chris Goss, an album that marries UNKLE’s sound with traditional rock influences and involves a host of guest vocalists including Josh Homme (QOTSA), Leila Moss from The Duke Spirit, 3D (Massive Attack) and Ian Astbury (The Cult).
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SCOTTIE B
Bit of a coup this one. Local crunk jamm Peace Out are taking things to the next level, presenting the Godfather of that oh-so-hot Baltimore house sound Scottie B, direct from Baltimore at their next party Friday 7 September. Scottie B began DJing in 1982, has held residencies at legendary nights like Body Factory and The Beat and is founder of Unruly Records – Maryland’s original and most contemporary record label, the benchmark for the Baltimore sound worldwide. He has recently toured all over the US and Europe including a show with Diplo, who is on the record as saying, “Scottie don’t just make club music – he invented it!” Catch Scottie B alongside heavy bass DJ Non Ferrous, Purple Punch Crew, Moriarty and Spruce Lee at the Taylor Square Hotel.
Confucius say, “man who take lady on camping trip, have one intent”. Now there’s a dozen more reasons to get your kit together and take off for Tasmania and Victoria’s New Year’s weekend Falls Festival as the first round of acts have been announced – the beginning of what is slated as a superb tale of many ‘happily ever afters’. Acts so far announced are Nashville-lads Kings of Leon, commercial dance duo Groove Armada, rock ’n’ soul trio the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, introverted solo troubadour Jose Gonzalez, The Go! Team, West Coast rappers Blackalicious, mix-tape-mash-up extraordinaire and quasi-nudist Girl Talk, plus heaps more. The Falls Festival offers a three day adventure of earthly delights in the lead up to New Years Eve at one of two venues – at Marion Bay in Tassie or Lorne in Victoria.
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
We caught the Juggies at Spendour and have gotta say, as if they weren’t already a dope band, they’ve really clicked it up a gear with the addition of new drummer, the real lost Valentino, Daniel Stricker. Their debut album Dystopia is receiving rave reviews (including ***** from yours truly), they’ve toured with Bloc Party, NME have called them the “perfect bridge between Bloc Party’s indie elegies and a synapse-shredding Justice DJ set”, now its time to get yours with the boys hitting Sydney this week for two shows at the Metro Friday 24 and Saturday 25 August as part of their album release national tour. Dystopia is available with a limited edition bonus disc that features six additional tracks, including the Ajax remix of ‘Shadows’, the Comets remix of ‘Tombstone’ and its the only place to pick up the original version of ‘45 & Rising,’ Get yours!
How did all your band members meet to form the band? We are brother and sister so really, there wasn’t much of a choice with the meeting part however, we have chosen each other as mates which is why we work. What bands influence you? And what band would you most like to meet? When it comes to our influence we have few that are the same and many that are polar opposites to one another. Marcus is inspired by artists like Greenday, Nirvana, Slipknot, Little Birdy, Arctic Monkeys and the likes whereas Jhanine ‘s influence comes from artists such as Sarah McLachlan, Missy Higgins, Xavier Rudd, Sheryl Crow and John Butler. Together we like John Lennon, The Who and follow in our father’s musical footsteps. What do you think about Tooheys Extra Dry bringing the uncharTED competition to life – what does it do for musicians and for the listening public? A competition like uncharTED gives artists like us a real shot at being heard by not only the public but by people in the wider music industry. It gives the public the opportunity to broaden themselves from the confines of mainstream artists and see what great talent is right here in their own back yard. Whether you win the competition or not, it is for these reasons that entering uncharTED is a win-win situation for the artists and the public alike. How are you drumming up support for the public/fans to vote for you in the competition? First thing was ringing and emailing every single person we could think of. Then it was using the promo material of the uncharTED MySpace page on our page and posting it on all of our MySpace friends’ pages too. I think they are sick of us bugging them already due to our constant bulletin posts!!! We have made up flyers that we have distributed to friends to pass on to their friends and to businesses in our local are.
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dance music news
welcome to the frontline: what's goin' on around town... With Andy Campion onthefly.com.au
free stuff freestuff@thebrag.com
he said she said WITH
THE FAMOUS years! Every year I used to lip sync to a Michael Jackson tune at my primary school’s annual concert - dancing and grabbing my crotch. Thank god no one owned a camcorder back then, eh?
I grew up on the Gold Coast. My favourite records as a kid were Thriller and Bad, The Wall, and Living in the Seventies. I still listen to records that I’ve stolen from my father today. Water skiing, bodyboarding, zinc & lasagne pretty much sums up my golden
Right now I’m always blown away by LDC Soundsystem records. James Murphy is so cool; so unashamedly nostalgic and emotional. I’ve also always loved the Modular Records sound – I remember watching the Presets play to a crowd of about thirty at Ric’s Café in Brisbane back in 2003… Dylan, our drummer, is a classic Ringo. Lovable, funny, and utterly free of ego. Without the Ringo, the band explodes, you know. You can’t have four McCartneys. Olexandra, our
other singer, is currently officially in the top ten karaoke singers in Canada. No shit. She’s amazing. Electro indie. Really hard to describe, you know? Like Jacques Le Cont producing a Divinyls record. Party music with a lot of heart… heart music with a lot of party. I know for sure that kids today don’t value recordings of music as much as they used to. Honestly, how much is a good, new single worth to you nowadays? Nothing? Fifty cents? $1.69? It’s hard to get heard in such a crowded market place, music don’t have no room to breathe anymore. Who: The Famous When: Friday August 31 Where: Geek Sheik at Phoenix Bar
DATAROCK
Seriously, ‘Computer Camp Love’ by Norwegian electro-popsters Datarock is quite possibly the best song ever written. Gets me every time – brilliance! So I’m exciting that these guys are coming to Australia in September, playing at the Metro on Thursday September 6. So in celebration they’ve released a limited edition double CD version of their self-titled album, which includes head-exploding songs like ‘Fa Fa Fa’ and ‘Computer Camp Love’, amongst others. The second disc is the nine-track See What I Care EP which comes with bonus remixes. We’ve got 5 to give away, so email freestuff@thebrag. com and tell us the name of the girl who they meet at computer camp.
SHAPESHIFTER
KATALYST ALBUM
Katalyst is back with the release of his second album What’s Happening, the follow up to the 2002 cut Manipulating Agent that was nominated for an ARIA Award, won Best Album at the 2002 Dance Music Awards and was album of the week on JJJ. Ever the thinker, in releasing this record Katalyst acknowledges, “throughout time, the artist’s role has been to make social comment and to put forward views that are not always in line with the views imposed on us by ‘the powers that be’”. This album makes comment on many issues facing us today. Moving across genres such as space-aged soul, hip hop, funk and rock, it includes guest like NY soul singer Stephanie McKay, local rappers Ru C.L and Hau from Koolism, UK MC Yungun, lead vocalist from The Beautiful Girls Mat McHugh and UK-cum-Sydney R’n’B man Steve Spacek. The record hits shops and is available online 25 August.
M.I.A. LAUNCH
M.I.A. blew us all away with her debut album of 2005 Arular and the mixtape she did with Diplo shortly after Piracy Funds Terrorism. Like you didn’t know, now she’s back with a new long player Kala, that features the production work of Diplo, Timbaland and Switch.The first single from the album ‘Boyz’ has just torn its way through the European Summer club and 14 :: BRAG :: 224 :: 20:08:07
Kiwi merchants of hot beats and heavy soul Shapeshifter return to Australia to launch their new Live album which features the Auckland Symphony Orchestra, playing Parklife on the Labour Day Long weekend then – in a land of the long white cloud/line tradition – partying on with an encore performance after the festival at the Gaelic Theatre that night, Sunday 30 September. This trip is an extension of the band’s European tour, with fans treated to a group in hot form on the back of the European summer festival circuit, with support from Foreign Dub Soundsystem, Basslines Crew and DJ Ritual.
PARKLIFE CD
festival circuit, and the rest of the record is just as good. In fact, it’s all fire. All fire! And our peeps at Wamp Wamp are all over that shit – launching Kala this Thursday at Club 77 are residents Sleater Brockman, Kato and Anna Lunoe, plus special guest DJ from French music blog Fluokids, Hianta. I’ll be there just after 11pm so put my promo copy to the side thanks guys.
Fuzzy and EMI will release a CD in line with this year’s Parklife festival, containing tracks from many of the acts touring for the show as a souvenir for the100,000+ revellers across the country and – especially in Sydney where the festival is now sold out – a sorry consolation for people who missed out on tickets. The CD includes thumpers like Justice’s ‘D.A.N.C.E.’, Digitalism’s ‘Pogo’, MSTRKRFT’s ‘Work On You’, classics like Lyrics Born’s ‘I Changed My Mind’ and the Stereo MC’s ‘Connected’, plus leftfield bytes like Greenskeepers’ ‘15 Minutes’ and K.I.M. Bang Gang cut ‘BTTTTRY’. We’ll keep you posted on Parklife – The Movie.
GEEK SHEIK
RED ROOM
In the spirit of Weird Science, Phoenix will play host to a new monthly night Geek Sheik that will give all you nerds out there some of the indie-electro oddities, discopunk gems and warm tech moments that are purportedly lacking on floors around Sydney in the wake of the all-encompassing electrohouse phenomenon. On Friday 31 August Jakk Blakk (Tommy Trash), Johnny Rad, The Famous (Live), Qubism and Kid Kay Ferris & Roksteady head down the staircase at 34 Oxford Street to conduct the first such experiment at Phoenix. Dress like a nerd (ie wear neu rave gab!) or at the very least wear a lab coat and bring some chemicals.
Hello my R’n’B cousins. Do you remember when we lifted the lid on MC Hammer showing up and doing the do at the Red Room? Yes, well we have all been a part of something very special because last week the Red Room took out the ‘Best Club Night’ award at the 2007 rhino’s Urban Music Awards! I have a huge list of thankyou’s in front of me, but rather than get caught up in navel gazing (the night does advertise the “hottest bodies”), lets look to the future – there’ll be one huge celebration this Saturday 25 August with regular’s Troy-T, Rangi, Ms Hennessey and Cheeks joined by a bunch of special guests ready to party hard and party long. Whoop whoop!
DISCO DISCO
Taking over Gilligans below the Oxford Hotel on the last Thursday of every month, Disco Not Disco is a dark and glamorous party soaked in black devil disco featuring DJs Matt Vaughan, Donny Fong, Doppelganger and Steele Bonus spinning alt disco, mutated punk funk and garage electro disco. The next night Thursday 30 August is the after party for the opening night of the ‘Boutique Boutique’ exhibition by artists Ned Mulvihill and Lloyd Ingram at Blank Space gallery. There’s love on the door and love on floor, plus love on the bar with cheap dates and cheap drinks including $5 Jagerbombs all night. Make mine a double!
TEMPTATIONS
Hey funkster, new bar alert! Temptations is “a seductive night of Motown sounds, soulful food and desirable cocktails that will leave you satisfied but wanting more” at the recently renovated Aurora Hotel, next to Central station on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Kippax Street. Now hear this: “Friday at The Aurora will be the night you know you should avoid but an unknown force will continue to drive you in… the DJ will be accompanied by the funk of a bass guitar or the sassy sounds of a saxophone and the voice of an angel, recreating tracks from Motown greats”. You love it!
LEE BURRIDGE TOUR
Some people have the life… they just fly in and out of countries on a whim, spinning discs in exotic locations around the world, like Australia for example. Lee Burridge is one such visitor, who’s gracing our shores in support of his Balace 012 compilation mix. He’s in our country for only 3 days before he’s on a plane again, because he’s playing 33 dates in just 3 months. Insane! I wonder if he gets a chance to clean his clothes all that often? Check him out at Sweetchilli at the Civic on Friday September 7.
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D&D Digital and Download News By Sarah De Borre with Gary Mackenzie
RELAUNCH
Australian-based mp3.com.au relaunched their site last week with additional features to provide artists with more opportunities to get their music heard. Established in 1999, the site was designed as a promotional and networking tool to help artists find an audience, at the same time offering free and legal music downloads. The relaunched site enables users to upload tracks and videos as free streams and/or downloads, create and manage profile pages, post blogs, submit details on gigs and more. To mark the relaunch, mp3.com.au is hosting a party on Thursday September 6 at the Arthouse with Chris Byrne and Fire Underground; go to the site to win one of 25 double passes to the invite-only party.
KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT
Pearl Jam has spoken out against AT&T on charges of censorship following a recent Lollapalooza webcast. The accusations surfaced in a blog on the Pearl Jam Ten Club website after the telecommunications giant omitted sections of the broadcast when the band directed comments at George Bush, which were threaded within the song Daughter. “When asked about the missing performance, AT&T informed Lollapalooza that portions of the show were in fact missing from the webcast,
digitalanddownloadnews@gmail.com submitted from all countries of the world will be viewable on the official festival website, digifestival.net. Viewers can vote on the videos until September 15; this year’s categories include: music, movies, video art, animation and sport video.
Pearl Jam
BANG ON!
and that their content monitor had made a mistake in cutting them,” the blog stated. The accusation raises a number of concerns, including those related to internet censorship and net neutrality. A major aspect of the neutrality debate revolves around issues like these, though major telecommunications companies have largely downplayed the concerns. “AT&T’s actions strike at the heart of the public’s concerns over the power that corporations have when it comes to determining what the public sees and hears through communications media,” the blog asserted. According to AT&T, the company never intended to squelch a political message. “The editing of the Pearl Jam performance on Sunday night was not intended, but rather a mistake by a webcast vendor” a
representative from the company said. The clip is widely available on YouTube at digitalmusicnews. com/stories/080907pearl.
UMI = DRM FREE
Universal Music Group is now triggering a multi-month, DRMfree download experiment, a significant step that follows a similar move by EMI. But unlike EMI, Universal is leaving iTunes out of the action, and playing a strategic game in the process. Just recently, the mega-label indicated that it would soon offer portions of its catalogue DRMfree to a number of online outlets, including Rhapsody, Amazon, Wal-Mart and even Google.
DIGI FEST
The 2007 DigiFestival has kicked off. More than 200 videos
The Board Bangers – a teenage skateboarding and urban rap music group – were anointed with a history-making accolade last week. They’re the fastest new artist or group to go “platinum” in the peer-to-peer world of file sharing. In only the first ten days, one million people downloaded the music video for their single, 'Cause the Beat’s Hot'. Klee Irwin, CEO of the group’s label, Jaded Entertainment, said, “Nearly every computer on the planet is now connected to every other through the Internet. And the music industry is being forced to change because of this fact and the reality that people are going to share their music with friends at the push of a button on their keyboards. In fact, four out of five teenagers engage in music file sharing. But even so, we were shocked and pleased to see how fast music fans endorsed the Board Bangers. It was a real rush to go platinum this fast. It felt like a viral explosion happening right in front of our eyes.” Go to boardbangers.tv.
Industrial strength Industry Music News with Christie Eliezer
BILLBOARD GETS BUZZ ON AUSTRALIA
Billboard Magazine is doing a special feature on the Australian music scene in its October 20 issue. It will look at the trends in this market, its tip for which of the new breed of acts will break abroad, and why this is one of the most buoyant concert markets in the world. It’s timed to hit the market as the music biz meets at the ARIA awards.
UNIVERSAL BUYING V2
The Universal Music Group has agreed to buy Richard Branson’s V2 Music Group — home to Paul Weller, Stereophonics, Bloc Party and The Cribs. Although details of the deal have yet to be announced, an industry source put the price tag at about £7 million ($23m Aust).
KIMMO VENNONEN JOINS MMF PANEL
Kimmo Vennonen joins the panel at the Music Managers Forum’s ACT Forum on Home vs Studio Recording. He runs a CD mastering & music production studio, a board member and engineer at 2XXfm, worked as sound recordist and designer with Canberra theatre companies and Sydney improvising musos, and researching three dimensional sound. He joins producer Tony Cohen, Kurt Neist (Metalworx) and Duncan Lowe (Infidel Studios) at The Green Room, University of Canberra Bar on Tuesday 21st August at 7 pm.
LAST EXIT GROUP LAUNCHES
Last Exit Group has been set up by David Gagliardi (Alone Again Records & A New Entity) for indie labels/music companies to come together and create a bigger voice through ongoing initiatives. Other companies involved include Feral Media, Low Transit Industries, Our First Label and Pharmacy. First point of business for Last Exit Group is attending Popkomm in Berlin, to get releases abroad and find o/s companies who want their CDs promoted in Australia by 16 :: BRAG :: 224 :: 20:08:07
VIDEO SHOOT OF THE WEEK No nudes is good nudes, Ben Lee discovered when he was shooting a video in New York. Some skateboarding extras didn’t read the script, and shot down Manhattan streets in the nude. The NYPD stopped filming — after one take. Lee is back at the drawing board.
marketing and promotions label A New Entity. See www.lastexitgroup. com, Gagliardi is contacted at dave@lastexitgroup.com.
“I’M WITH THE BAND” POSTPONED
The inaugural independent music expo I’m With The Band has been postponed “until further notice”. No reason was given. The aim of the expo was to bring the entire music industry together — from bands, managers and labels to media, manufacture and festivals and everything in between — in Sydney between Nov 23 to 25. Organisers were expecting 15,000 people over the three days. Keep an eye on http://www.imwiththeband.net.au.
JB HI FI’S IN THE MONEY
JB Hi-Fi posted a 56% rise in annual net profit of $40.4 million — beating analyst forecasts which thought its profits would be between $37 million and $39 million. It has 89 music and appliance stores, and has recently claimed it has a bigger market share than Sanity in music retailing. Its CEO Richard Uechtritz says the chain is moving from CDs and
FAN OF THE WEEK
DVDs, to more lucrative items like computers and mobile phones. Second-half sales rose 43% to $622.9 million. Uechtritz predicts sales of $1.7 billion in the current financial year, up from $1.3 billion in 2006-07. JB Hi-Fi opened 12 new stores in the past year in Australia, and plans 20 more stores by next June.
BRIT ACTS: HEY, YOU, GET OFF MY KRAUT
Figures from Britain’s BPI show that Brit acts were dominant in the German and French music markets — the fourth and fifth biggest in the world. Last year, they sold 27 million albums in both countries. What helped these were Coldplay, James Blunt, Katie Melua and a new Oasis ripoff band called The Beatles. The UK’s share of the music market in Germany went from 14.7% in 2005 to 19.9% last year, while in France it went from 10.2% to 10.7%. The BPI also revealed that one in 12 albums sold in the US are by a Brit act.
WHY SPECTOR DUMPED THE VINES
That walking bad wig Phil Spector is continuing to work during his murder trial over whether he shot B-grade actress Lana Clarkson or not at his place. He’s been producing a new singer called Hargo. Spector says he was supposed to work with The Vines — but gave them the order of das boot when he discovered Hargo.
AUSTRADE CALLS ON POPKOMM Austrade is seeking Australian acts and labels to participate in the Popkomm 2007 tradeshow, to be held 19-21 September. Last year Austrade helped 124 music
A woman took her hatred of Coldplay to an extreme and ended in jail. Some dufus started warbling ‘Yellow’ at a karaoke bar in Seattle. A woman in the audience shouted, “Oh no, not that song. I can’t stand that song!” She jumped on stage and punched the man in the face. She was then dragged outside and hit a bartender in the face twice.
businesses achieve export sales worth over $28 million. See www. austrade.gov.au/popkomm07. This year seven Aussies play at the Berlin events. Hilltop Hoods are part of a global hip hop showcase, DJ Mark Dynamix in a DJ program, and sets by Laura Imbruglia and Worldfly, while New Found Frequency has organized an Aussie women showcase with Lillian Thoms, Asleep in the Park, and new-wave rockers Beki and the Bullets.
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COCA-COLA CALLS FOR UNSIGNED ACTS
Coca-Cola’s “Live’n’ Local Unsigned” competition is back for its fourth year, and calling for unsigned acts to get involved. Five acts, one from each major state, will get a “start up” package. This includes a recording session to put down a four-track EP of original songs, 200 CDs pressed, help in designing the album cover and a photo session. Log on to www. coca-cola.com.au. To enter, you need two original song demos, a photo and a brief blurb on what the band’s about. Deadline is Sept 10.
KYLIE TOUR?
Rumours of a Kylie Minogue summer tour heightened when some circles insisted that Minogue had talks with Frontier Touring’s Michael Gudinski when he flew to London to attend her 20th anniversary bash.
NO RADIO FOR YOUNG
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has stomped on plans for a permanent community radio licence in Young, NSW. Only one association, Lambing Flat Community Broadcasting Inc., put its hand up. The ACMA didn’t think that LFCB would meet the needs of the community. When it ran a temporary licence, it fell foul of ACMA by not allowing the community to have a say in its programs, and exceeded the five minute per hour limit for sponsorship plugs.
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Bluejuice
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hey’ve been around for 6 years or more but nothing has broken Bluejuice on the national stage quite like their potent organ-driven punk-pop smash, 'Vitriol', and it’s bizzare accompanying clip. The Sydney-siders are at this stage still unsigned, and because of that their sound remains untainted by any financially motivated labeltype censorship that would attempt to tailor their output to slide neatly into the market. I’m not suggesting that all signed bands are forced to abandon their principles and produce whatever the label orders, but the same freedoms that Bluejuice experience are often conducive to fostering fresh new sounds. These guys create music they like, and they plainly want us to party our arses off whenever and wherever they play it. As anyone who’s seen the clip knows well, the manic energy they produce is effusive. The new album, Problems, is on the shelves now, and it’s a heady mix of rock, rap, beats and bounce. There’s a genuine depth to the album, which is a credit to the years of toil the band has put in, and both vocalists, Jake and Stav, are of the opinion that the stuff they’re writing now, to them, is feeling real good. Apart from the obvious anthem, 'Vitriol', Problems holds the festival-ska singalong 'Hunnamunnafeeb', which is as good as anything that Cat Empire have churned out, and the heavy, heavy beats of 'We Get It Right', that would stand tall against the revered work of the Hilltop Hoods. Other acts that come to mind as I delve deeper into the record are The Beastie Boys, Regurgitator and Shapeshifter. What do all those bands I’ve just namechecked stand for? Partying hard, that’s what. Bluejuice are nothing like any of
those bands, they’re as raw as it gets, but the all important underlying spirit of those show-stopping acts is present in their music. The pair of them are quick to stress the originality of their music. Stav baulks at the Beastie Boys suggestion. “Those references have been made before, but I think that’s just because it’s two light skinned guys shouting. As opposed to being necessarily based in us specifically referencing anyone. Because I don’t think we actually do that. We certainly don’t do it purposefully, we just write music.” The albums opening track, 'Get Me Down', took me back to the bass frenzied heights of the ‘Gurge’s New Ep, however Stav doesn’t remember the ‘Gurge being a huge influence. “That track is just a keyboard and Korg universe of sound. Musically it’s a bit of a hotch-potch of styles because we like different stuff. I wouldn’t say anything is being specifically referred to, that track is just a brazen, venemous assault, that’s all.” That assault is a return to a sorely missed age of great Australian bands, before the indie scene was consumed by fads, fickleness and fashion. Jake is expressive about the changes that he’s observed in the live scene over the years. “I was getting sick of Sydney being so cool that you couldn’t even be a dag and go to gigs anymore. No one was having any fun, no one was even dancing. It got really serious, and it’s still really serious. Its more serious than ever because there’s all these kids that think they have to buy into these different scenes. While scene’s are really fun, they’re just a thing that’s tacked on to the end of the music, they’re not what music is about. There’s too much music around that’s about exclusivity, and defining
"Anarchy for everyone not just the UK"
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Exqueeze me? By Tony Edwards
yourself by who isn’t in your group and who you don’t like. And that’s a fucking wank and it’s boring.” Jake’s quite sure he doesn’t want the same for Bluejuice.
"Musically it’s a bit of a hotch-potch of styles... we like different stuff"
The antics in the Vitriol clip have exposed the fact that the band has no qualms about making fools (and public nusiances) of themselves. It’s a side we don’t seem to see too much in the sea of self-reverence that pervades our carefully styled musical climate. Jake doesn’t see why it’s all so devoid of humour. “It’s almost expected that you would put together a really sophististicated image, and that’s a generational change. We’ve seen a huge jump in the way bands become sophisticated in all areas of presentation. Although the music itself is in a lot of cases quite sophisticated, it’s also much more trend based now than it ever has been. I just like the idea of trying to do something that has no pretension.” In their post-Vitriol contemplative headspace the guys are both conscious of getting bundled up as a joke band. They’ve brought it upon themselves with the comedy style of the clip. “I guess this is a lesson”, acknowledges Jake. “Think about the shit that you do before you put it in a film clip and put it on YouTube, because every dude will be talking to you about it and you won’t have any answers for them.” Jake’s referring to the religious theme they chose for the clip, in which he opens with a preachy monologue (garbed in a white robe), and conjures up a fictional church. Will it be a running theme? “Not at all. I don’t think there’s any need to take that much further than what it is already”, laughs Stav. There’s a certain attitude to the clip that suggests a juvenile disobedient streak lives on in the boys; they’re on a
shameless misson to wind people up. “It’s fun to flip things for a social experimentation point of view. There’s the point in the clip where the girl has the fit. She was sitting their writhing around on the ground, and Jake was holding her and it was a really sick silence [in the crowd]. And I remember at the time thinking, yes, we’ve really achieved something here today. Because it felt like that horrible discomfort when you’re watching The Office. It was like that. No one knew what to do or say”, Stav gleefully recalls. “I was surprised we didn’t get shut down, but like I said if you’re in robes, no one fucks with you. It’s great, you can say or do what you like with a nice little barrier around you.” Now that they’ve had one national hit, Bluejuice have their reputation to prove. The Problems tour will take them beyond the borders of Sydney for the first time and they’ll quickly find out if anyone out there is tuned to their frequency. And just what does the band promise for those who are? Jake comes up with a hastily compiled, rough Bluejuice mission statement. “Anarchy. I think our core promises would be to let you down in two years. You can be sure that we’ll probably break all of our promises. We promise to break most of our promises. Anarchy for everyone, not just in the UK, but everywhere. A lot of spit, blood and minor injuries. A feeling that you don’t have to dress up to be cool. And some sort of social tolerance through drunkeness and anarchy.” Who: Bluejuice What: Problems is out now When: Friday August 31 Where: Candy’s Apartment
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idnight Juggernauts have had the kind of enviable, dream-like, excellent adventure to the top that only mountainous heaps of talent can ensure. Well before they unleashed their now critically lauded debut album Dystopia (bestowed with five stars out of five by The Brag) on the unsuspecting world, they were sought after remix artists, reworking tracks for !!!, The Presets, Electric Six, and VHS vs Beta to name a few. On the back of their first two EPs, Raised By Wolves and Secrets of the Universe, they toured extensively in Europe, gracing festival bills like Parklife in the UK and rocking local bills in the form of the Laneway, Homebake and Future Music festivals. They also supported this little band, the Pixies. So let us kill Midnight Juggernauts with laserbeams firing from our eyeballs, because not only have they done all of that, they’ve done it independently. In addition, they’re all ridiculously good looking and impeccably polite. In other words, set for life. Midnight Juggernauts kidnapped a (lost) Valentino in the form of powerhouse drummer Dan Stricker, and their triumverate of awesome was complete. He sang, he played like a mother. Their live show took the injection of acoustic drums like butter melting into toast – it was delicious, just about wholesome and undoubtedly good for you. With their penchant for doing things their own way, the fact that he lives in Sydney, while founder members Vincent and Andy live in Melbourne has not proved a problem for the band. They just became incredibly effective at scheduling. They worked at home, individually on Pro Tools and Ableton, then jumped online to send each other new demos overnight. Midnight Juggernauts are blazing a new trail to success for Australian artists: their sound, in all it’s synth pop, skittering space-rock, doom laden glory, has struck an international chord and now the band builds on that success at home. Doing it in the reverse has paid dividends for them - they now have a large chunk of the music world glitterati lining up to get their copy of Dystopia through the band’s own label, Siberia Records. You know its hip when notoriously snarky online music mag Pitchfork rates them as “our new favourite band”. Brag talks with relative newcomer Dan on returning from a tour to China and on the eve of the release of Dystopia, to ask how the experience of jumping on a fast moving train has treated him. “It’s been great. The guys make me feel really welcome. It was a really smooth transition. I’d actually been playing with them live for about a year before I joined them.” What is most exciting about it? Touring their own record, or all the huge gigs and support slots to die for? “I don’t know. I mean, all the festivals are amazing. But I haven’t had a chance to stop and think about it too much, because there’s been so much going on and there’s so much coming up.” That would include the massive Australian touring schedule which doesn’t seem to allow for sleep. Dan laughs, “that doesn’t really bother me. I can’t wait for it.” The self produced debut was liberating for the band. “Doing everything ourselves and releasing it ourselves meant we could do whatever we wanted. We all got together and worked on the songs and then got into the studio in Melbourne to put down all the tracks. Spent a lot of time listening to it and changing things around. I remember being back here and saying to the guys, ‘I have to fly back to Melbourne to do some more tracks!’ And I went back down to do all this crazy percussion stuff, playing on boxes.” The band didn’t go to any number of outside producers they might have had the pick of, instead doing absolutely everything themselves. “The good thing about being independent was that we got to fuck everything around and make it sound just like we wanted. I’ve always worked with other producers in the past, so at first I was reluctant. But I’ve definitely been converted to this way of working. I definitely believe that being able to do it on your own if you can is great.”
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Did they have to reign in the temptation to work on something almost to death? How did they know when something was finished – was it a matter of self discipline? “I think the main thing is the other guys had been producing their own stuff for a while. Like you said, you have to not overcook something. You just have to be able to stop. And maybe listen to is ONCE more to be sure. You just set yourself boundaries. One of the limitations of doing it on your own is having a finite amount of time, so that actually helps. “We didn’t know exactly everything we wanted going in. A lot of stuff came out in the studio. We wanted a really grounded record. All our influences are so different – I like Pixies and Slowdive, and the other guys loves stuff like ELO. So it just worked somehow, I guess.”
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Modest to the last, Midnight Juggernauts are one of the country’s hardest working oufits. Touring nationally through August and September, Sydney fans can catch their triumphant return to the Metro as they turn it into a heaving, sweating, outer space dance-floor utopia.
Who: Midnight Juggernauts What: Dystopia out now on Siberia Records Where: August 24 and 25 When: The Metro Theatre
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Lindstrøm It’s A Norwegian Affair By Alasdair Duncan
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e caught up with DJ extraordinaire GT (or as you might know him, Groove Terminator) about what he’s been up to and where he’s going and whether or not dance is dead.
usic is really what I’m living for at the moment,” Hans-Peter Lindstrøm is telling me down the line from his home in Norway. “I’m getting up really early and working all day, eating dinner and sometimes going back to the studio in the evening. I have a family, which makes it trickier, but it’s really important for me to be working as much as I can.” This has already been a big year for the hyperproductive Lindstrøm, who has released an album of his own (a collection of 12” singles entitled It’s A Feedelity Affair), and a remix album with frequent collaborator Prins Thomas. Then there’s the small matter of his new mix compilation, an entry in the prestigious Late Night Tales series.
You’ve been a Sydney institution for as long as I can remember! How has the scene changed for you and where do you fit in now? Well there’s def a LOT more people going out to clubs and listening/buying/downloading the music…I’m not sure where I “fit in” I have always done my own thing. Sometimes that goes with the way the general public are going sometimes it doesn’t. The 3 times a year I come back to Oz to DJ you start to notice little differences and I think the main one is now there is a very high quality of OZ produced music that is being played and preferred over the international; stuff on the dance floors a lot of the time. You’ve been a bit quiet lately- what’s been going on in the world of GT? Well its a bit hard to hear me when I live on the other side of the world for a start!!! I haven’t released anything other than Dj mix cd’s under the GT moniker for 4 years. The last 18 months I was half of a group called Tonite Only which had several huge tracks and remixes that dominated Australian clubs including 2 number One’s in the ARIA club chart last year the first being The Similou’s ‘All This Love’ and the Sneaky Sound System remix of ‘Pictures’ which stayed at number one for 3 months. This year my new band Jump Jump Dance Dance has been my latest priority. It’s basically a 3 piece but with extra players for the live shows. We are currently finishing off the album and doing a deal here for Oz and other territories a we speak. It should start leaking out later his year or early next year…its a lot more Indie Dance than I’ve done in the past—i.e.: there are guitars and chorus’s on songs. I’ve heard the sound described as Duran Duran meets Daft Punk. Whatever, its music you can dance to and I like it! We will be doing some warm up shows around our home town in LA in a month or so before we take it on the road for most of next year globally. You were once a household name, how have things changed for you and what does it mean for you now – more independence, less expectation, freedom? You know that was never really the plan to do the pop star thing it all pretty much happened by accident. I was just happy dj’ing in clubs and making records that people liked and just wanted my music heard by as many people as possible. But when you sign to major record label like I did certain things are bound to happen. It was fun for the first 15 minutes but I’m happier, richer and saner where I am right now, thanks for asking! What does a GT show entail these days? Visuals, etc and what kind of journey do you like to take your audience on?
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Well I’m not Sasha or Oakenfold, so my journeys normally take the punter from the carpark to the bar to the toilets to the dance floor and back again. And then home for a shag with whomever they pulled that night. Musically my tastes are pretty much a current take on whatever music takes my fancy. Right now its noisyglitchychoppedupbaillerockfunkacidsweatfr ench, whatever. Do you think dance music is dead, or has it evolved into something different? Are you crazy??? It’s bigger than it’s EVER been!!! I’ll give you that the culture was in a shitty place 3-4 years ago. But things have changed A LOT. Even local dance music is ruling right now: Sneaky Sound System out sell Grinspoon.. Rogue Traders out sell Powderfinger. The Ministry of Sound cd’s out sell everyone - besides the Australian Idol rubbish. There are over a dozen clubs in the metro area that have over 10,000 clubbers going nuts every Saturday night - the biggest and fastest growing music festivals in this country are DANCE festivals.. If that’s dead cool…I’m a zombie.
Who: GT When: August 25 Where: Famous at Home
compilations, it’s somewhat rare for Lindstrøm to step into the role of DJ. “A few years ago, I realised that I wanted to focus my energies specifically on making my own music rather than on playing others,” he says. “I’m not one of these guys who makes one mixtape every week. But I’ve been collecting records for years, saving them up for a possible mix some day. I’ve had a lot of offers, but I liked the idea of Late Night Tales, and of doing a mix based more on my favourite tracks. I liked that Air and the Flaming Lips had done them before me, also.” Critics often place Lindstrøm, with his dubbed-out beats and blissful melodies, at the forefront of the space disco movement, but I wonder how he himself feels about this tag? “I’ve never used that phrase at all,” he tells me, “and I think for the most part it can be blamed on journalists. I don’t like having my music narrowed to one specific sound, because I’m into all different kinds of music, different tempos. In fact, I like it when people might be expecting one thing from me and they end up getting another thing entirely …” Given the recent success of Lindstrøm’s own productions, as well as the high profile of Röyksopp, Bjørn Torske and the Smalltown Superspond label, I wonder if Lindstrøm sees Oslo becoming the next Berlin as a destination for electronic artists and DJs? “I don’t think we have the same potential here,” he says. “Berlin is really cheap to live in, and it’s connected to the world in a much better way. Norway’s more the outskirts. When I’m flying to Japan or somewhere, even within Europe I have to transfer flights from Oslo because it’s not a big airport. You never know – the nightlife and culture in Rekjavik became a lot more exciting after Björk took off – but I doubt it,” he says. Lindstrøm is not one to rest on his laurels, the producer already has two albums on the go, one with Prins Thomas, as well as a solo release of his own. “2005 was an incredibly productive year for Prins and me,” he says, explaining the current burst of creativity. “We did twenty-five remixes together. I’ve been saying no to almost every remix offer I’ve had since then because, to be honest, I guess I did too many in 2005. I was really feeling tired when I started work on the twenty-sixth … I realised it was more important to work on original material rather than try and make exciting stuff from other people’s music.”
Who: Lindstrøm What: Late Night Tales: Lindstrøm is out now on Azuli/Stomp
Endorphin New horizons By Mike Gee
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decade and six albums since being unearthed by JJJ in 1996, Endorphin is in a happy place. His new album, Soon After Silence, sees him veer into a textured world of sound that’s moodier, deeper and less beats driven than before. The DJ and composer meet and exchange notes. His wife and two daughters make it a family picture. She took the photos for the cover, the girls sang. He produced as well. Once a major league star, Endorphin is now impressively free. Soon After Silence is both subtle and personal; a homage to his French roots – he lived in Paris for many years before coming to Australia in 1984 – and the places that have coloured his landscape since. “I wanted to make an album that was very artistic and inspired by France and Brooklyn and Japan, the places along the way. It is my personal record, for a lot of reasons. The way it came about was I moved house about one and a half years ago into an amazing environment. I’m still in Sydney, but now my studio has a view. And I signed a big contract with a music licensing company in Hollywood for which I write a lot of music for film so the financial pressure became a lot less great. That
allowed me to decide that I’d do what I wanted the moths from his trouser pockets and there’s his on-going success in China – the to do and do something close to my heart. next big thing. ”I decided I wanted to do an album that Recently, returned from seven weeks touring didn’t have any commercial ties. I didn’t the land of the long wall, he’s more than want to release a single from this album so enthusiastic about the potential it offers. that wasn’t a consideration. And I wanted to China, it seems, is in the middle of a club something chill; something people could put boom. “It was amazing, really different. The on their iPod at any time of the day. I didn’t want to make a dance album – that’s not me, population is incredible – Shanghai has 17 million people, Beijing 21 million. We did 13 where I’m at. I had absolutely no urge to do cities and we thought a lot of them would be a dance track for this one. The result is what little places but they were all home to more I think is my most coherent record since my than five million people. China is in the middle debut, Embrace.” of nightclub boom; they are being built and This could all be a man struggling to come to opening up everywhere. After the Cultural Revolution ended all the young people initially terms with a different reality after leaving a got into bands for a few years and then that major label and the subsequent drop in star went out the window and they moved into the power. Often enough you here the ‘happyclub and DJ culture. Now that is changing to-be-free-and-independent’ spiel in this and they are after electronic performers with game when really the artists is internalising ‘hell-now-what do-I-do’. Happily, that isn’t the a live element, a visual element. All the clubs we played had fire-eaters and jugglers and case with Endorphin. The man has balance – it’s in his voice and what he says and it’s in the like. We were playing in huge halls where this understated and smart record he’s made. I could plug my visuals in and I took my stilt-walker and a dancer. And all the young It’s also in some nice realities; there’s the people are really hip and Internet savvy and aforementioned Hollywood deal that keeps
into My Space. It really is staggering.” Endorphin’s future is anything but quiet. His world now embraces many corners of the globe – Hollywood, China, Australia, Europe and he’d like to tour India. His journey continues well over the horizon. What: Endorphin What: Soon After Silence is out now
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Mercy Arms Sydney’s bright young things burn ever brighter By Jonno Seidler
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ercy Arms have an average age of about 21. They also possess the music knowledge of a bunch of fifty-year-old jazz folk freaks. In my brief time with the boys in the offices of their brand spanking new Levity label, we manage to get into an involved discussion regarding Fats Domino, John Lennon’s heroin addiction, the entire Pink Floyd discography and the merits of playing stadiums with the Strokes. Thom and Kirin are an endless fountain of rock and roll information, the kind that would see them winning Spicks ‘n’ Specks for the rest of their lives. Hearing Mercy Arms’ latest EP, Kept Low, you wouldn’t really have picked it. I certainly didn’t, and I’m so impressed that I am eventually forcibly told to shut down my interview after it goes twenty minutes overtime. “We have a very strong support base in Sydney” explains Kirin, looking every bit the rock star in a pink frilly shirt, David Bowie (Ziggy Stardustera) – esque eye make-up, leather boots and jeans that seem to defy all notions of science by fitting onto his legs. It’s an awesome sight, especially considering that Kirin actually walked down the street frocked up like this, and it’s his kind of ‘devil may care’ attitude that extends into the band’s music. “I told Jules when I met him that I played keyboards” he laughs. “Then we got to the first jam and I was bashing away even though I played guitar.” Having been brought up predominantly in the Northern Beaches, Kirin and the gang have a very congenial relaxed manner about them, which belies the kind of inner frenzy you hear on recordings. DIY is something that Mercy Arms have been about since the very beginning, Kept Low features a stunning album photo taken with both the top and bottom of an ocean swimming scene, “We got it from Getty Images!’ Jules reveals to me, “It was one of those royalty-free pictures so we just pinched it.” Only recently signing to the hotter-than-hell Levity Brand, also home to New Zealand expats Cut Off Your Hands. “Levity are great!” exclaims Jules, motioning around the uber-rad office space “And when we start getting free jeans it’ll just be the best.” But back to the music, Mercy Arms have done absolutely fucking everything. “It’s pretty surreal. We used to play little bars where only our mums would rock up with about seven other people” muses Kirin. They’ve certainly progressed a longass way from there, having sold out shows across the country and garnered a huge support base of fans nation-wide in the process, all while having received heaps of airplay from stations like FBi and Triple J. Then there’s their unique take on fashion, as demonstrated by Kirin’s remarkable attire, which has been imitated by their legions of followers, kind of like the Klaxons in the UK. They have opened for the Strokes, rocked out at the Jack Awards and hit some huge festivals as well. “This is our relaxing time,” laughs Jules. Just then a Levity employee, who has brought three chocolate bars for the boys and me, interrupts us. Kirin and Jules get into a philosophical debate about who should get the Boost and who should have to suffer the unfortunate fate of scoring the generic Mars bar. The dialogue continues, and finally Kirin sighs and takes the Boost. “Dude,” laughs Jules, “You know I hate Mars Bars!” “I haven’t spent any royalties on drugs – yet” jokes Kirin. And so begins an even longer deconstruction, that of classic bands and whether they were better during their ‘drug-addled haze’ era or the ‘clean as a whistle’ days. When Kirin informs me that John Lennon was fighting with Paul McCartney because he was fucked up on heroin, Jules cannot believe his ears. “No man, that was after!” he contests. We congregate into a huddle and talk about precisely when Lennon started injecting venom into the biggest band in the world. Kirin then shifts the focus over to Pink Floyd, mentioning that Darkside Of the Moon was done when Syd Barrett was already out of the picture. Jules interjects and says his favourite album was The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. Kirin picks Wish You Were Here. I’m still trying to figure out when precisely John Lennon hit the H, so I have nothing. These boys move through music at hyper speed. It’s awesome, but totally tiring at the same time. What’s so endearing about the boys from Mercy Arms is that they really don’t want to talk themselves up, so much so that they start asking me about my band, what I do and where I’m from. “Oh, Bondi!” exclaims Jules, when I tell him I’m one of those Eastside Jewish boys. “Me and my family ate at that kosher bakery once, and all the religious dudes got served before us.” I remind him that he’s probably the closest thing to an Aryan I’ve ever met, and he laughs uproariously. “Next time I’m going to get the long curls (‘payot’) and a cool Jew hat (that’s a ‘kippah’ for all you playing at home) and then I’ll be like number one in the line!” Kirin meanwhile is intrigued that I know his sister Tegan, and even moreso when I tell him that I had a crush on her for about 6 months. “You should have come over man” he jokes, and now I’m seriously embarrassed. And yet, every time I try to steer the conversation back to Mercy Arms, the boys jump on another bandwagon. 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Ryan Adams
Bashful kids unite By Jaymz Clements
Revelations and rapture. By Andrew Weaver
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he NYC duo of Pete Carafella and Nate Smith are quite possibly one of the finds of the year. Their new record, Noise Won’t Stop is one of the most spastic clashes of electro-rock noise in existence – full of huge dancefloor beats and insanely poppy hooks, it gives indie-dance a new benchmark. Having supported Klaxons and Hot Chip, Shy Child have quickly outstripped both Nate and Pete’s former bands (Supersystem and El Guapo respectively) to become a full time affair.
yan Adams has a lot to say, a lot to reveal. He’s not the sort of artist that sits back – instead, he’s always forging forward, reading to explore new ideas. It’s part of what makes him such an engaging music-maker; he’s never been afraid to put the varying guises that has within him – from Smiths-like darkness on the tortured Love Is Hell , tortured and heartbroken on solo debut Heartbreaker, or sold and consistent songwriter on new album Easy Tiger. The album in question, Easy Tiger, has been met with almost universal critical praise, with many scribes commenting that it sounds like Adam at his most cohesive since he began making albums under his own name, or even back to the Whiskeytown days. Everything seems to flow very naturally on it, and the album is beautifully structured.
Drummer Nate is currently chilling out in London, where the band have spent the majority of the Northern summer playing festivals and shows – including the wonderfully titled Dour Festival in sunny Belgium, where they kicked it like a kick drum. “Yeah, we have been playing pretty much non-stop for the last few months over here in Europe. It’s been fun – I mean the way I look at it is that I would rather be playing in France and Spain and England than playing in, like, Kansas and Iowa, so I’m cool with it,” laughs Smith.
“You state that as if it’s a fact,” he bristles, “but that’s just an opinion. Other people may have found other records to be like that and this one not to be. It’s really up to the individual listener as to how the flow changes and flow is perception – and everybody’s perception is different. I just think this is another record, with another vibe on another trip in a pretty long story that I’m not looking for the end of any time soon.”
“I mean, for us at least, the people seem more excited here and I think that it’s a little bit weird to be an American band in America and to be a rock band and have no guitars and keyboards, where people are suspicious of that entire idea for some reason – in a way that they aren’t so much clear on the overall idea of us.”
That’s one of the differences between Adams and many of his contemporary artists – where they’re reticent to push themselves, Adams treats the role of being a rock star as both a job and a passion, and wants to release albums and do tours at the rate of artists in the 1960s and 1970s. Adams has never shied away from the hard work associated with making music, but instead lays every bruised ballad or rocker bare for all to hear. “I just know that this is what I do and how I do it,” he shrugs. “I take control of [my music destiny] and say ‘fuck yeah’, I’m going to do mine and ‘fuck yeah’ these are good ideas and yes, they’re valid and I work really quite hard on them, and I know what they are and I know what they mean. “Things find their way,” he says of how the music comes to be expressed as it is, “and ideas are powerful and good things and when they’re related to art they’re powerful, beautiful things and it’s one thing we do that’s very different to the animal world and probably our only redeeming fucking trait outside of burying our dead – which elephants do and it isn’t exclusive to us – and that’s art, and that’s why people are beautiful.” He’s a serious individual, this new, cleaned-up, drug-free but still taking at a mile-a-minute, this inventive, increasingly consistent character called David Ryan Adams. He sounds like he’s now prepared to take his time to deliver the goods consistently, and perhaps that’s why several numbers from Easy Tiger date from earlier in Adams’ musical career, and have
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It seems strange that Americans seem to be selling indie-dance back to the UK. Smith agrees, “yeah, I don’t know why, but I think it’s because American never really had a big dance music phase the way Europe did. Like Americans just have that like stereotype of like a dude with glow sticks dancing around. I don’t know how this all came about really though. It wasn’t some conscious decision.
We just started playing and mixing that kind of stuff – I guess the American bands that like The Rapture and LCD Soundsystem started doing that kind of thing, and they were the bands that we use to look up to, and now that we are playing in England, playing music we find fun to make.” Noise Won’t Stop is a stampede of bad-ass beats and wild electro shots of melody. Cuts like ‘Drop The Phone’ and ‘Astronaut’ (both produced by super-producer Paul Epworth) are indicative of the beats-laden new-wave-on-steroids mentality of the duo, whilst ‘Kick Drum’ (with Spank Rock) and the title track showcase the indie-dancepunk side of the pair. “Yeah, I’m really with the record. We’re actually really happy about it. We think it’s definitely the album of all the stuff we’ve made that we are most psyched about. We made it in November last year, here and there, and it was really good having the time to spend on it, where we could go back and look at things we’d done a few months and take parts out and start over. It was fun because it was the first time in a real studio too, not at all like Pete’s bedroom,” he chuckles. The most striking facet is the sordid ballsiness of the duo’s sound, explained by Nate as “well, we wanted something that sounded polished, and we approached the album as a separate piece from like when we play live. Live it’s all striped down and a little more raw, there are no backing tracks or anything, but the thing with the album is to make it sound as huge and good as possible.” Who: Shy Child What: Noise Won’t Stop is out now through Liberation
“That was a decision that the guys made – they really wanted to record that tune,” he says in reference to the lovely “‘Off Broadway’, “so we tried it again and it really worked. But it’s on another album that’s going to be released at the end of the year, in a box set of all the unreleased records in one place.” Nevertheless, he makes it sound like the impending box set – eagerly awaited by the fans – is not necessarily something he wants to do. “Everything on there I’m proud of,” he clarifies. “The records that people think they know already and that they share online they’ve only heard parts of, and there’s many things that they don’t know. It’s just more songs to play live, and how can that be bad?” Who: Ryan Adams What: Easy Tiger is out now through Universal When: August 23 and 24 at the Enmore
Miss Rock ‘N’ Roll A pageant with attitude By Pele Moke
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he lads of the Annandale Hotel are running a beauty pageant with a difference – Miss Rock ‘n’ Roll. Throw live music into the mix and you have the thinking man’s night out. Not to mention the big bikkies prize money for she who takes the crown.
understand that one. Also the response from the industry has been very positive which is important to us. I think they see it for what it is, just a bit of fun and another way for us to get live music out there.
than just a pretty face. Confidence, sex appeal, attitude and plenty of spunk will be a must!
Can you give us some inside skinny on what the “firey final” will hold on September 29? The “Fiery Final” will be a Saturday night affair, so I think the vibe will be that much more What is that sets your pageant apart from electric. Of course that night is all about the “other scantily clad competition for blonde How did the idea for Miss Rock ’n’ Roll best of the best, so we’ll have the winners bimbos?” come about? from all the heats vying for $5000 cash. British One of contestants of a comp I watched once Dan and I formed it over a load of beers and was a red hot favourite, but ended up stuffing up India will headlining that night which will be way too much time on our hands. I think we enormous! when it came to the part of actually answering were all sitting around after a big night at the pub having a couple of beers, and our thoughts some questions. Standing there in a bikini, Who are the kind of women you’re holding she professed her love for George Bush and drifted to some of the patrons of the opposite up as examples to Miss Rock ‘n’ Roll? she basically went from the penthouse to the sex that had attended our bar that evening. Rock n Roll is a very broad description of shithouse. So that was always going to be a I think the subject of pageants and bikini music, I think when people talk of Rock n Roll criteria of Miss Rock 'n' Roll, a girl with a sharp competitions came up, as they naturally do at tongue to match her looks and some good rock they pretty much place all forms of popular two in the morning. music under that banner. So we kind of see knowledge or stories will be essential. Miss Rock 'n' Roll in the same vein. Is she How has the response to the competition Rock, is she Burlesque, is she Indie, is she What does it actually take to win the title? been so far? emo or is she taut and tattooed? Miss Rock 'n' The winner is going have to have that certain So far the response has been great! There Roll could be in hightops all fluro’d up this year “it" factor (or should I say the “R” factor - THE have been plenty of girls applying to be the the way things are going. ROCK FACTOR) to stand out. I think for the first ever Miss Rock n Roll, and there has also winner it’s going be more than just about been plenty of interest from a whole variety of bands. Funnily enough, we seem to be getting looks, but about the way they hold themselves. Want to BE Miss Rock ’n’ Roll 2007? Head to the annandalehotel.com for details. There’s going to have to be more going on a lot of interest from of all male bands. Can’t
What: Miss Rock ‘N’ Roll contest Where: The Annandale Hotel When: Every Saturday in September
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Katie Noonan Under her skin By Mike Gee
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otherhood, not surprisingly, has changed Katie Noonan’s life. The lead singer of the on-a-lengthy-sabbatical George now has two youngsters, two-year-old Dexter and ninemonth-old Jonah. On paper that looks like a lot of work. “It’s mayhem and madness,” she laughs, “but close together is good. Zac [Hurren, her husband who also plays in her jazz project, Elixir] and I wanted to have children while we were young as we have visions of retiring at 50 to a New York loft apartment.” In fact, Noonan hasn’t really stepped into the shadows for years while having the kids. Amid a welter of side project and special projects, she recorded her debut solo album, Skin, while pregnant with Jonah, laying down the final vocals for the song, ‘Home’, when she was 35 weeks pregnant. “I’m loving motherhood,” she says. “It’s amazing. It’s beautiful, it makes life fuller than ever and I am bit of a sucker for punishment. I like keeping busy. My husband and I are a good team and handle it all well. But I take my hat off to single mums. I don’t know how they do it.” And, of course, this massive change in her personal life - she married Zac in November 2004 on North Stradbroke island at a ceremony presided over by his mother who is a priest; Dexter arrived the following year - colours and infiltrates the soulful Skin, an album that is a step away from anything else she has done. Nothing is forced and it never appears anything but in the groove of whatever chords she chooses to tinker with. That big beautiful Katie voice shifts effortlessly through the multitude of moods on the record. Its soul, modern r’n’b, a little pop, a little blues, certainly a little jazz and always Noonan. “I guess my life has been blessed,” she says. “It has been a full time – full in the sense of contentment. I guess that sense of motherhood and relationship drifts in and out of the feel of the lyrics. “I wanted the record to feel very warm and organic, so we recorded it on analogue equipment to twoinch, 16-track tape [as opposed to today’s modern digital equipment], and tried to get it as live to tape as possible, often using the first take. I love the process of not going digital. I worked around the bass and drums rather than chorded instruments and tried to grove the drums as much as possible. I think that also helped give it really organic feel.”
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In many ways, Skin is aptly-named. It feels like the record Noonan has been waiting to make for a while now. There are elements of George and her work with jazz great, Paul Grabowski, bubbled under the surface but its very much her record; her voice and not in a vocal sense. That she succeeds at taking yet another musical corner in her career is no surprise. At 30, Katie Noonan has already dipped her toe in more musical genres than many artists would consider embracing over a lifetime. But that’s the nature of the woman. Sit with her for any length of time and you can feel the energy and a playful restlessness underneath. She also remarkably poised and forthright – and always has been. “You know, I never plan anything. I’ve always gone with my instincts. Taking a break from George was the first conscious big decision I’ve made; then to become a wife and mother. After that the instincts kicked in again and it was a case of stepping out and feeling the fear… there is always a fear when you do something new and enter the unknown – but it’s a good fear. It’s also really liberating. I love getting out of my comfort zone and playing with people who have skills that are different to and better than your own. Music has a palette with so many colours and I couldn’t imagine playing just one colour for very long. Music for me is a garden.” She talks fondly about her audience and the way it has always interacted with her and fed back to her and whichever band or group musicians she is playing with. It is that interactivity and her sheer love of performance that leads her to declare that “I love recording but, obviously, it’s a controlled environment whereas live is a different beast there is always an edge and a freedom”. As for George – don’t fret fellow fans, there is hope: “Tyrone [her brother] just got back from LA with his solo record under his belt; Paulie B has joined the Beautiful Girls; in fact, we are all keeping busy doing different things. George was full-time for about a decade and I’ve only just turned 30. I think we’ll make another record when we feel the urge. It’ll happen.” She’s also looking forward to getting Elixir back together: “Oh I love it and I miss it; and my husband and I get to perform together. That’s how we met –as musicians not partners or parents. It’s all very exciting, you know. Very exciting.” Who: Katie Noonan What: Skin is out now through Warner When: Friday August 31 Where: The Metro
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Liam Finn
Lightning can strike twice By Jesse Shrock
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iam Finn has changed a little more than anticipated in the last three years. Compared to the chipper 21-yearold frontman of emerging pop-rock outfit Betchadupa I interviewed three years ago, he’s a little more effusive, yet a little more controlled – in other words, a little more practised in dealing with “the media” in general – but still with the same disarming “what you see is what you get” feeling about him. The thing is, it’s what you see that has changed the most.
all fall apart over the past couple of years, and without really realising it, it all came out in the songs I was writing. That was, perhaps, the reason why I wanted to do them on my own. It’s not that I wouldn’t have been comfortable taking them to Betchadupa, it’s just that I don’t think I would have got as much out of myself if I was sharing it with those guys. I just wanted to make it really genuine, because I think what translates into the music is the honesty, and believing the person that’s singing it.”
“I’ve grown up a lot during the past couple of years,” Liam says, sitting with me at a table of the East Brunswick Club just before his performance there. The bushy beard he now sports is an obvious physical manifestation of this growth. A more subtle one is the material of his new solo album I’ll Be Lightning, which he describes as being his most personal release to date. “They (the songs) were written over the past couple of years, while I was over in London, having a lot of intense highs and lows,” he explains. “London is an intense place in itself, let alone trying to have a band, and work a career, and being in love with someone, and trying to make them happy. I kind of watched it
Just before commencing this interview, I was watching Liam in soundcheck, where he was pounding away at a kick drum and hi-hat with his feet while his hands were busy playing guitar. I had heard Liam was going for a oneman-band sound, and simply assumed this was it. It turns out, in fact, that what is intended is a fair bit more ambitious. “Well, that’s like a layman’s version of what I do,” Liam explains, “Usually I use a loop pedal to get these layered parts happening. But my gear is actually somewhere over the Tasman as we speak. This morning, when we were boarding our flight, my manager was carrying the autoharp that EJ (Liam’s sole on-stage backing
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all our gear, and my manager was put in a jail cell for the day.” Though his gear will make it to the venue just in time for Liam to use it in his show – a show that can only be described as a display of mad genius with uncanny emotional sensitivity - at the time of the interview he is feeling strangely enthusiastic about the prospect of facing the show without it. “I like it when things go awry,” he enthuses. “That is, I guess, why I’m doing the loop thing, because every night is completely different, and I’m making live loops up on stage and using the pedals to make slightly out of control noises. It really is different every night – anything could happen. It makes you work for it, but I think that’s what’s stimulating about it, and that’s what people are responding to as well. There’s an unknown risk and a danger to it, and I think that’s lacking in music today…” musician) plays in his jacket. The woman at customs said: ‘What’s in the jacket?’ And he, as a joke, said: ‘A gun.’” Liam slaps his forehead. “These cops came on the plane, took
Who: Liam Finn What: I’ll Be Lightning is out now through Liberation Music.
C. W. Stoneking The hokum hootenanny is about to begin By Diana Ward
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W. Stoneking is bringing on the horns for his latest tour. And it’s the tuba that has him almost gushing down the phone. “Ross Jones is going to play the tuba with me. The tuba is really cool. It’s just fat sounding,” he says. Hokum blues singer and tenor banjo player Stoneking is a revelation live, and you wouldn’t be the only one to think he was born in another time and place. Hokum, an upbeat form of blues filled with innuendo and humour, is rooted in the American South of the 1920s. So how did a 33-year-old Australian start singing the blues?
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here are a few names that are synonymous with Australian music to the point that when you say it, people sit up and listen; knowing that it’s going to be quality. One of such names is Paul Kelly. With a career that has spanned three decades, fourteen albums, and six different band incarnations; Paul has solidified his career to one of legend. Sitting at home in Melbourne taking one of his last days off before heading around the country on another giant tour Paul took some time out to catch up with The Brag. “I start the tour on Saturday, and we’ll be heavy going for the next couple of months. It’s exciting times, this tour is going to be more than just a best of tour, we came out of the studio with a full new record and found that we were really happy with it. We plan to play the whole record from start to finish at each of the gigs. It’s a shorter album than usual, so we’ll play that and then have plenty of time to play a lot of the songs fans have come to expect at a Paul Kelly gig, plus a few that haven’t seen the light of day for years and years.” Having such a large career, it would be easy to get stuck in a genre rut and start repeating the same style over again. Paul has never been guilty of this. “I always try to listen to new music, keep my ears open for new sounds that I like as a lot of my stuff derives from that. It’s also been easier on me as I am constantly changing up the people I play with, and the structure of the bands I play in. I don’t play solo for too long before I form another band and take on each of the guys’ influences to add to my own.”
This isn’t to say he hasn’t struggled in the past when it came to using the same styles. “Structurally I have to keep reminding myself when creating to change it up; I have to fight the urge to just use what is comfortable to me. When it comes to lyrics I am much more
aware, because I think it’s more obvious; there is so many different things you can write about, you don’t have to limit yourself like so many bands do nowadays.” It’s easy to see what Paul is talking about when you listen to the record. First track ‘Feelings of Grief’ is a big sounding rock song complete with the whole band, and the album spans to last song which features just Paul on the piano called ‘Leave Your Light On’. “Those two songs were amongst the first recorded, and it just came so obvious that they should start and end the record. They helped me sequence the album from there as ‘Feelings of Grief’ was such a dense sweeping song, so we stayed up on that tempo for a while, dropping slowly into more diverse and lighter tunes.” Paul’s song topics have always been original and interesting. Professing to be a non believer in God, many of his songs still use religion as a main subject. “No I don’t believe in God, but a lot of people do, and a lot of people use God to justify their actions and problems. I find it interesting and so I write about it. I don’t write songs of praise, but I think writing about religion from a nonreligious standpoint is an equally valid way of doing things.” Playing the State Theatre in Sydney appears to be a beautiful backdrop to the music that Paul has produced over the years. “We picked the State for that reason; we’ve played it a few times and I love it; it’s such a beautiful old theatre and it has such character. We’ve got a fairly theatrical show worked out and it’s definitely one of my highlights of the tour.” Who: Paul Kelly What: Stolen Apples is out now through EMI Where: State Theatre When: Saturday August 23
“I started listening to 1920s blues when I was 17 or 18 and found recordings of it and I’d played that ever since,” he says. “I just enjoyed listening to it—prison songs, blues, hokum, jazz, everything—and got a repertoire, started writing songs and progressed from there.” In particular Stoneking discovered he enjoyed the form of hokum. “It’s more song-like than other blues and has a bit of comedy. It’s light-hearted good time entertainment, rather than guitar solos, hard living, electric blues and rock ‘n’ roll. Plus I like the word itself, hokum,” he laughs. Always a dapper gent, Stoneking says the way he dresses for a show is what he wears everyday and he is never seen without a hat. “I always liked suits,” he explains. “It becomes a habit. I’ve been really into wide brim hats over the last couple of years, these days the look is more preacher.” A look that came in handy during his recent trip to the USA to visit family when Stoneking and his girlfriend decided last minute to drive from San Francisco to Reno “rough and ready” and get hitched. “It was a typical place, with little wooden roman pillars and fake ivy wrapped around them,” he laughs, adding that while he may have had the suit, rings were another story. “We looked everywhere for rings on the way and in hock shops and couldn’t find anything suitable, so we used $5 stand-in rings and we’re still looking for the real ones.” In between touring and ring shopping, the selftaught banjo player (“I make it up, I don’t know chords, I couldn’t jam with people,” he says) is also writing a new album, which he plans to record later this year. “Some of the new stuff is similar, but there’s also a whole bunch of new stuff taking it further, with sound effects,” he says. “It will have Walt Disney type sound effects in the tunes, like little movies, weird stuff on the banjo and be built more around a band. Maybe like a tale of a shipwreck, being washed up on beach and then moving into hallucinogenic banjo solo as you end up in a jungle-type thing. “I talk to myself and make up stories as I go,” he explains his songwriting process. “I usually get the tune real quick, but to get all the words and make it fit right it takes me while. Straight 12 bars blues is real hard to fit with lyrics. They rub against each other. Sometimes it takes a few months to fit words to flow smoothly, other
times it’s the other way.” On this tour he says to expect some of these new adventures to appear and a more New Orleans street sound thanks to the horn band of tuba, trombone and trumpet that he’s bringing along. “I want to get a drummer next, to get more pang in the tunes,” he says, which he suggests will also go very nicely with his banjo twang. Who: CW Stoneking What: King Hokum is out now on Low Transit Industries Recordings When: August 30 / September 1 Where: : The Basement / Brass Monkey
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WITH NICK BOLTON, CO-PRODUCER FOR THE JOURNEY INTO SIN What’s The Journey into Sin all about? The Journey into Sin is four, thirty minute plays, purpose-written and original pieces of Australian writing, based around the theme of Sin allowing a cast and crew of over 40 talented artists to perform on stage at The Newtown Theatre. We felt there was a gap in the theatre market combining the variety of Short & Sweet (the world’s largest 10 minute play festival) with the depth and quality of a full length performance. And so The Journey into Sin was born. We really wanted to give as many people an outlet to get involved with original Australian content. Theming the four plays under a single umbrella of Sin helped a point of reference for the writers. What’s your role within the production? I am Co-Producer - Stephen Carnell and I came up with the idea over a year ago, and along with Louise Tychsen we are the three Producers on the show. The role Producer has many aliases such as Financier, Sponsorship Manager, Actors Coordinator, PR Manager, Venue booker, Ticketing, Painter, a whole lot more, and no doubt a few more yet to be realised! There’s 40 people involved – is it a nightmare to organise? Well actually as we had such a long production time, everything has been very well planned, well organised and gone really smoothly (even if we say so ourselves!) The producers divvied out specific responsibilities between us, but also empowered the Crew and Directors to be responsible for their own actions as well. Each play was deliberately appointed an Assistant Director to act as the Manager of each cast, and liaison point with the Crew.
COMEDY ON THE ROX
Comedy on the Rox is a comedy rumpus room in Glebe that presents the finest new and established comic talents in Australia. This week it’s headlined by funny man Sam Bowring and the night will be MC by hilarious Jacques Barrett Comedy on the Rox is also home to the $5000 Quest for the Best new comic competition, one of the largest comedy competitions in the universe.It’s on every Wednesday at 8.00pm sharp at the Roxbury Hotel, 182 St Johns Rd, Glebe.
AFTRS NATIONWIDE PITCHING WORKSHOPS
The Australian Film Television and Radio School is presenting a series of pitching workshops around Australia, giving people the unique opportunity to learn valuable skills in pitching their ideas and projects to industry. The workshops form part of the SPAA Holding Redlich pitching competition in association with AFTRS/AWG, a key event at the annual Screen Producers Association (SPAA) Conference in November, which offers a trip to the Cannes Film Festival as first prize. For all the info, and to register for the workshop, visit aftrs.edu.au.
STUDIO SOCIAL
Being the kind-hearted folk they are, The Studio at the Sydney Opera House are opening their doors to the lonely hearts of Sydney for Studio
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“Chris Wainhouse has more character than a Disney movie,” said one review of Chris. Now that’s props right there. He’s about to embark on a pretty extensive run of shows – check out his MySpace page! – which includes a nice 9-show run at the Sydney Comedy Store. Lucky for you, we’ve got 2 double passes to give away to see him this Wednesday night because, if you think about it, you’ve got nothing better to do than laugh your arse off on a Wednesday. To win, email freestuff@ thebrag.com. You have a number of established cast and crew involved – how did you get them on board? Our Actors Anonymous group consists of some 500 people on the database so we had a good network behind us already, and most people involved are members of AA. The first task was sourcing Writers. In January 2007, writers were asked to write original content. At this point we booked the theatre, without any content which was rather risky to say the least! By May 2007 the four plays were selected, and cast auditions started.
of Darlo Drama Acting Classes 2003, who were so passionate about furthering their careers that the group met socially to discuss and practice auditions. Over time, member numbers grew and the group started making their own films for Tropfest, and plays for Short & Sweet. In 2005, the group formalised their existence by naming themsleves Actors Anonymous.
What’s Actors Anonymous? Actors Anonymous grew out of the graduates
Where: Newtoen Theatre, Crn Bray & King Sts, Newtown
What: The Journey into Sin When: August 21 – September 15
Social, a chance for singles (and those sick of their current partner) to mingle with and meet like-minded individuals. If you’ve exhausted RSVP.com and given up on speed dating, then head to the Studio on Thursday August 23 for the first night of Studio Social. Book your tickets by calling 9250 7777 and make sure you quote “studio social” when you’re booking.
frames the previous series of work, Iron Cove Man: Romance Waters Series and Gumnut Xanadu 1 - 4. Predominantly works on paper, this exhibition explores the concept “Sweeping is Reversed Painting” in which Collage, Painting and Found Objects form a diverse display about the Process of Drawing.” It’s on from August 14 – 26.
SATURDAY NIGHT COMEDY
THE TANGLED GARDEN
The first Saturday of every month always means guaranteed laughs, so when Saturday September 1 rolls around it’s time to head to the Roxbury Hotel to catch Saturday Night Comedy. This month, comedy veteran Peter Egner takes top billing, fresh from a string of London shows. There’s also a multitude of special guests including Chuck Boyd, Billy Freeman, Lila Tillman, Chris Strickland, Dave Mullins, and MC for the evening, John Zeez. It’s 20 bucks to get in (or $17.50 if you’re one of those student types), and to book head to moshtix.com.au.
PAINTING IS REVERSE SWEEPING
Those crazy artistes and their crazy exhibition names… Painting is Reverse Sweeping is a new exhibition from artist Matthew Tumbers, being shown at the James Dorahy Project Space, Suite 4, 1st Floor, 111 Macleay St Potts Point. In their own words: “This exhibition
A brilliant, new Australian-Indonesian theatre collaboration The Tangled Garden comes to Sydney this month - direct from its world premiere debut in Bandung, Indonesia and Darwin! Ground-breaking Sydney company Sidetrack Theatre is just completing the play’s debut season in Indonesia and Darwin where it has been winning critical and popular acclaim. The heart-filled romantic drama blends eastern and western myths in a story of two childhood friends reunited after years apart. It’s on at Sidetrack’s Studio Theatre, located on 142 Addison Rd Marrickville. Tickets are $20/$15 and can be booked by calling 9294 4655 or by visiting sidetrack.com.au.
STEVE KAPLAN COMEDY INTENSIVE
For the past 15 years, Steve Kaplan has coached and developed the best writers of American television - Sex and the City, Seinfeld, Big Love, Ugly Betty, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and The Larry Sanders Show and the industry’s top stars such as Jack Black, Nathan Lane and Nia Vardalos. Now he’s coming to Australia to hold some very special Comedy Intensive workshops for all those budding scriptwriters. He’ll be at the Sydney Comedy Store on August 25 and 26. You can book your tickets at epiphany.com.au.
COOKIE’S TABLE
The Story of the Miracles at Cookie’s Table by Wesley Enoch is a powerful family saga spanning four generations on Stradbroke Island. A young Aboriginal man’s yearning to understand his history is at odds with his mother’s desire to protect his future. Griffin Theatre Company has teamed with HotHouse Theatre to present this deeply affecting personal tale, written by one of our leading theatre artists, which has its Australian premiere season at the SBW Stables Theatre from 10 August. The cast includes Roxanne McDonald (Parramatta Girls) as Faith, Leah Purcell (Parramatta Girls, Stuff Happens, Lantana, Jindabyne) as her daughter Annie, and Russell Smith as Annie’s estranged son, Nathan. Cookie’s Table runs until September 22, and tickets are available from griffintheatre.com.au or by calling 1300 306 776. 28 :: BRAG :: 224 :: 20:08:07
RUSSIAN RESURRECTION FILM FESTIVAL
If you think that the only good things to come out of Russia have been vodka and Anna Kournikova (I think she was a tennis player), then the 2007 Russian Resurrection Film Festival is for you, because it showcases the amazing talents of Russian films and filmmakers. There’s a massive program this year, which you can view at www.russianresurrection.com. So, thanks to the organisers, we’ve got 5 double passes to check out any movie of your choice (excluding special events). To win, email freestuff@thebrag.com with “Russian Resurrection Film Festival” in the subject line.
CHAUVEL SUNDAY MATINEES
Continuing the movie giveaways… the Chauvel Cinema have started up a pretty sweet initiative: the Sunday Matinees. So once upon a time, Chauvel had the Sunday Double Feature, where they screened great cult films, classics, doubles or extra long faves for $11… well, it’s all still there, now it just kicks off at 3pm. So to celebrate, we’re giving away 5 double passes to a Sunday Matinee of your choice (except on September 9… sorry!). To get your hands on a pass, email freestuff@ thebrag.com.
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
On right now upstairs at Belvoir St is an exciting adaptation of Edward Albee’s classic masterpiece Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? This is a funny and exhilarating look at what happens when truth and illusion go for each other’s throats in the citadel of liberal democracy. Benedict Andrews directs Catherine McClements in an acid-dipped production which takes us unflinchingly to the bruised and desperate heart of love. Tickets are $52/$32 and you can book them over the phone by calling 9699 3444 or online at belvoir. com.au.
HAIR TALES
Hair-raising adventures are in demand! Have you got an interesting hair tale? Here’s the spiel we got in the mail: “We are looking for unique hair stories for an ABC JTV documentary on hair and how it can shape, reflect and reveal our sense of self. If you’re interested in sharing your story big or small, please contact us at hairtales@gmail.com.” So, what are you waiting for? Get emailing!
NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK
If you’re a nerd, like myself, then you’re probably excited about the fact that we’re in the midst of National Science Week. To celebrate, the Powerhouse Museum have two special events on – The Pregnant Man and Genpets – on this Saturday and Sunday. The Pregnant Man explores the possibilities of man pregnancy, and Genpets discusses the issues of genetic engineering and modification. The Powerhouse Museum is at 500 Harris St, Darling Harbour.
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Imagine Toi Inside the mind of a clown By Ruby Boukabou
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first saw Julien Cotterau performing in ‘I Love Burelsk’ Cabaret at The Chat Noir in Carouge, Switzerland, 2005. He was the mime from Paris, known for his years in Cirque du Soleil. His act combined clowning and mime with his personal soundtrack of squeaks, clicks and purrs. Within moments of appearing on stage, he had the audience eating out of his hand. His cute boyish clown character was adorable and his humour universal. Cottereau has arrived in Sydney to perform at The Opera House in Imagine Toi, his solo show that recently won him one of the most prestigious theatre awards in France - a Moliere. What is your first memory of performance? I was in my father’s educational film at 2 years old, naked with my cousin who was 1, with a big lollypop! I remember telling stories to the camera with my body. The way I was interacting with the camera was physical. Did you naturally go into performance after school? I wanted to be drummer but school was too expensive. So I went to a tourism school. It had a great theatre class‌ What was the moment you decided to follow theatre? I had a dream that I had Jiminy Cricket - my conscious - on my shoulder‌ I was walking and crossing people. He said ‘do you know these people?’ I said ‘no’. He said ‘stop’. I kept walking. After three times, I stopped. He said ‘what do you see?’ I saw people in front of a gate, frightened. They were screaming. Behind the gate was a cemetery. He said ‘did you see your 20 years go?’ I said ‘no’, he said ‘it passed like a day’. I said ‘yes’. He said ‘ok in 2 days you’re 40, in 3 days you’re 60, in 4 days you’re in front of the gate‌ But you don’t know where you’re going, and you don’t know the people you’re crossing. You don’t know anything'. I said ‘what do I do?’ He said ‘cross the field, the open field. Go to the nature’. I said ‘ok ok you’re right’. I was running, running until a forest. All the trees were concrete. He said ‘find a tree you like and sit at the bottom’. So I did and I sat. I‘m reading and I feel the tree is reading with me. That’s where the dream ended. The day after, just before Christmas, three months into my [tourism] school, I’m on the third floor and waiting for the teacher who is late. I look through the window and I see a cemetery. I said ‘ok I quit’. After the holiday I said ‘I have to leave and work but can I stay for the theatre lessons?’ For 6 months I was doing different little jobs while preparing my audition for the national theatre schools. What was the base of your training at Rue Blanche? Commedia del’ Arte, mask, clown, history of theatre, Shakespeare, Chekov, translation‌ The philosophy of the school was to create companies afterwards as it trained all aspects of theatre - technicians, admin, set designers, performers... Cirque du Soleil‌? My clown teacher was the father of Juliet Binoche. He saw me in a show I was doing with friends when I was 21. He helped me. He found me the audition of the replacement clown in Japan for Santimbanco‌ I felt very excited but also shitty - I was just 22 and replacing a guy with 20 years of experience. I
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Deeply Offensive and Utterly Untrue Chris Ryan with Version 1.0 at Carriageworks By Ruby Boukabou
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hen Version 1.0 was looking for a new topic for a contemporary theatrical piece, the members fell into conversion over an Australian enquiry that had been causing international shockwaves. What they discovered was a contemporary detective story with epic qualities and timeless themes. Chris Ryan tells Brag how The Cole Enquiry makes for gripping, vivid theatre and how
Version 1.0 have pieced together the jigsaw for Sydney audiences. “We said ‘this is outrageous behaviour. What’s the actual story?’” says Ryan of the inquisitiveness that opened the dialogue within the theatre company to begin their research into their new work. “It’s actually like a detective story!” While many people found the investigation into corruption of the Oil for Food program and the way in which it was handled shocking, Version 1.0 also found it fascinating. The piece had a short residency at STC with a program called PUSH for an intense development with a public showing, an Easter development at Hothouse Theatre in Albury/Wodonga and a redevelopment for Carriageworks. From what Ryan describes, the work will be a collage of quotes, reports, testimonials, queries and exclamations
presented through live action, video montage and soundscape. Audiences will hear excerpts of the 8500 page enquiry transcript, see footage from Iraq, witness a series of interviews with an Alexander Downer character, view a PowerPoint presentation of why cable is still used by governments and learn about the history of wheat. “We orientate the audience so we can disorientate them,” he says, “or perhaps reorientate. We don’t force audience into thinking anything but find ways to theatrically engage. “Each individual artist bring their own history of aesthetic,” says Ryan. “I’m the ‘machinations dramaturg’ - I look at the spacing, feel and rhythm of the piece. Other artists involved include Sean Bacon, Paul Dwyer, Stephen Klinder, Jane Phegan, Gail Preist, Yana Taylor, Kym Vercoe & David Williams. “We look at conventions - legal conventions; and try to be clear with climactic images and metaphors - of wheat, driving through the desert and of the legal trappings. We’re using the transcript but also theatrical metaphors.” How did they construct this? “On the floor (in rehearsal), ideas are generated by group consensus or by individual performers saying ‘I want to do this’. “There are three strands of action,” Ryan continues. “The story of the kickback and
cover up, the enquiry and how it was uncovered or covered up - depending on your view - and the discoveries and frustrations of 1.0 performers which could reflect that of the public.” It’s not caricatures Ryan says but personas that are presented. And while there are moments that are sure to be very funny, it’s not satire. “It’s political theatre without the tedium - without the ‘you’re hear to learn’. We’re trying to embrace the issue and look at this story as a piece of theatre. It’s a great narrative and while it’s contemporary, it’s also an age old story. Of greed.” The goal for Version 1.0, says Ryan, is simply to “make good contemporary theatre looking at issues of the day. We’re in a very high input information overload culture. We like to inspire people to take that time out to listen and be informed. We’re not interested in grandstanding our own political views. It’s an open forum; it’s a piece of work dealing with contemporary politics. I’m sure you’ll have a laugh and a gobsmack if you’re left or right.” What: Deeply Offensive and Utterly Untrue When: August 24 - September 8 Where: Performance Space, Carriageworks 245 Wilson St Everleigh
Pugilist Specialist Bringing the war home By Dee Jefferson
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driano Shaplin’s Pugilist Specialist is a play about America by an American, using the arena of the Iraq war as its stage, and marines as the exponents for a wild rash of ideas through pop-culture, politics and philosophy, fast-food, guns and all. Helming this Sydney premiere production is director Michael Pigott whose previous work includes The Golden Ass (B sharp 2007), the critically acclaimed Some Voices (Alchemy Theatre Company) and the hugely popular The Young Tycoons (2005-2006). Pigott first stumbled on Shaplin’s work through a soccer mate, who recommended his plays for tight ensemble theatre. Written in 2003 by the 24-year-old American writer/performer, Pugilist Specialist still felt relevant in January 2007, when Pigott picked it up. “I was feeling upset about the situation in Iraq, and what was going on in Guantanamo. I got half way through [the play] and I thought: I have to do this. It’s such a brilliant piece of writing. “It’s all framed in this really unique banter that these marines have together; it had an energy to it that was new to me and exciting. I think it’s original in the style of the writing, and how the style and subject matter affect each other. He’s interwoven so many things into it that it’s this really rich text. He’s one of those writers that
you think: if he keeps writing he is going to be one of the most important playwrights in America. “This being an election year as well, I also thought it was a good idea to remind people of the Iraq issue, and the effects of our relationship with America.” At short notice, Pigott successfully pitched the performance to the Darlinghurst Theatre, where he has played before (The Young Tycoons), using his performance company Flightpath Theatre, with Production Designer Katja Handt and Lighting Designer Stephen Hawker. “I’ve done political theatre and satire before; in terms of being satirical and political its not new territory, but the way it frames its ideas and the actual ideas it presents are really fresh. It slips so rapidly from a comedy into serious discussion of some pretty big ideas, but it never feels like you’re being preached to.” Shaplin, whose other works also deal with philosophical quandaries and existential dilemmas and angst, wrote Pugilist with a question in mind: what happens when you enter another country with force, interfere in its politics, and create a political vacuum. Since he wrote the play, its concerns have been largely borne out by developments in Iraq and in the
Middle East. More importantly, this play is a critique from within of the current American psyche – which is hard to ignore, because of its extraordinary impact on international dynamics. “I was really interested that this was a play about America by an American. America does so many terrible things - as well as good things - in such a brash way, that it is easy for us to make them a target. But to see how an American deals with the problems that are inherent to America and explore them with humour and irony was really fascinating for me; it becomes more of a play about ‘the America in crisis’ that we’re seeing – for example with the stock market decline of the last few weeks, we are reminded of this superpower that is slowly crumbling from within.” For Pigott, “a perfect play is one that above all entertains – whether that is being taken on an exhilarating ride or having a laugh; it should also make us think about the world we live in, and present us with fresh ideas.” It is hard to argue with this, and with Pugilist Specialist he seems to have met his match. What: Pugilist Specialist Where: Darlinghurst Theatre Company When: August 22 – September 15
Spicks and Specks When shouting at your TV isn’t enough By Kylie Skotnicki
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yf Warhurst will now join the likes of Lara Croft, the Mario Brothers and Sonic the Hedgehog as she becomes a video game character. ABC’s music quiz show Spicks and Specks is launching an interactive DVD so die-hard fans can play along at home. Myf not only appears on the DVD, she is actually one of the buzzers. “I’ts the 2000’s version of the board game,” she says. “I’m quite honoured to be on it. It’s the stuff people fight over on holidays. I’m happy to be the cause of that.”
singing a well known song for your team mates to guess; and ‘The Final Countdown’, a race against the clock to answer as many questions as possible.
Like the TV show, there are two teams – Myf and Alan – which go head to head as players sing, shout and show off their music knowledge. And just like the show, the DVD game is hosted by comedian Adam Hills. The games include: ‘Know Your Product’, where you answer questions on a selected music category; ‘Look What They’ve Done To My Song’, where you guess the name of a song performed in dodgy ways by the triple j orchestra and hosts Jay and the Doctor; ‘Word Games’, a bunch of multiple choice word games; ‘Performance’, yep,
Myf equates the game to other video and board games, but says it’s probably closest to the Playstation 2 karaoke game Singstar. “I was right into Singstar for a while, and I think Spicks and Specks DVD is a bit like that. It’s interactive and you can make a fool of yourself and people love that. I’d be addicted,” she says.
Myf’s job on the game is to give her team hints by popping up on screen – basically she helps her team cheat. “It would be nice if it happened on the real Spicks and Specks because I wouldn’t mind someone helping me cheat occasionally. I might win a few more games.’’
Myf says one of the issues with being a part of the game was what she was going to wear. She says she had puffy eyes from a late one the night before, but made sure to wear neutral
clothing for the filming of the game. “It was quite strange because it’s something that people will have in their house for a couple of years. It was quite weird to think what you might look like in a couple of years,” she says. “You don’t want to be looking at it five years time down the track and think ‘oh my God did I wear that’.” Creating a game out of the successful TV series was a natural progression, Myf says. “People already play at home along with the TV show,” she says. “It’s not like sport where only half the population knows something about it. And the questions are broad enough for everyone to have a go. “I’m looking forward to seeing people battle it out at home or at parties, hopefully showing you can be just as bad as me and have fun.” What: Spicks and Specks Interactive Quiz DVD When: Out now through Roadshow/ABC
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Keep Australia Safe From Terrorism by the evil mind of Chris Wainhouse,
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teve Patterson, currently a Best Male Canadian Stand Up Comic nominee, toured Australia for the first time in February 2007 and loved it so much he’ll be back at the end of August to headline at Sydney Comedy Store. I spoke with Steve Patterson about himself, video games, all things Canada, his Australian experiences, and Gary Busey. The comedy world has just had Montreal Just For Laughs Festival, which for a Canadian comic is your heartland. What was the Festival like for you? It’s sort of like a non-stop house party for a week only there’s no chaperones to come home and break up the party. I met Fiona O’Loughlin who can easily out drink any of my male friends and she’s a mother of a few kids to boot. Just For Laughs is a launchpad to TV and talent development for many comics, did you have any luck this year?
I bumped into some executives from the Comedy Network who turned down a pitch from me last year. That’s an awkward meeting, sort of like bumping into a girl that turned down a dance. Oh well, there’s always another level to get to, like a complicated video game. You just have to keep pressing the buttons until you find the right combination that works. So you’re into video games, and you have a cool website, are you big into the technology thing? Well I’ve finally taken the plunge and purchased a new Mac laptop, which I have no idea how to use. Finally i’ll be able to identify with the cool guy in the Mac commercials instead of the nerd. This will be your second trip to Australia, how did you enjoy your first trip to Australia earlier this year? We really didn’t have any idea how big Sydney is. Well, it’s massive, I know it has to be considering there are 4.5 million people living there, but I didn’t think we’d have to wait in traffic behind every single one of them Did you do any typical tourist things? We rode the Manly ferry (how’s that for an oxymoron) into Sydney Harbour, and we did the incredible underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef, and Sydney Harbour Bridge. You have been on the record as calling Australia “Steve’s-Happy-Place-ia”, so what was it like going back to Montreal after Australia? I referred to it as “68 degrees”. That is basically the temperature difference between Montreal and Sydney. I’m not exaggerating. Google it. But seriously, from plus 30 to minus 20, plus the wind chill? Come on! It’s like dating Jennifer Aniston then leaving her for Gary Busey... Who: Steve Patterson [CAN] When: Tue 28, Wed 29, Fri 31 Aug, Sat 1 Price: $20 - $29.50, $15 preview Tue 28 May Where: Sydney Comedy Store, The Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park Info and Bookings: www.comedystore.com.au 02 9357 1419
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’ve noticed that the Keep Australia Safe From Terrorism commercials are back on Television. Now, the commercial asks us to keep an eye out for suspicious behaviour, but then what is suspicious, apart from the timing of these commercials? Thankfully, they have some pictures to show us exactly what suspicious behaviour is. Like a white van parked somewhere. Very suspicious! That has terrorism written all over it. Terrorists absolutely love parking white vans, but thankfully our very competent government have discovered their dirty little secret so we won’t be falling for that one in a hurry, no! We won’t be falling for the white van parked on the side of the road trap. Now, if you see a white van parked somewhere . . . RUN! Run as if your life depends on it, because it does. Then when you feel that you’re at a safe distance away you should promptly call 1800 123 400 (free call) where a qualified person will take your call seriously. Tell them that you have witnessed a white van parked and they’ll no doubt scramble a couple of F One Elevens to remedy the situation. Another thing they tell us to look out for is ‘money changing hands’, so just keep an eye out for that also!
Hypothetically speaking if you’re in . . . a shop, and you see money changing hands - call the hotline! Because that is not normal behaviour. That’s what terrorists do! They’ve been known to buy things with money. So once again if you see this happen get as far away as you can and ring the toll free number (1800 123 400) where a qualified person will take your call seriously, and they’ll send someone out there who will bravely arrest anyone in the area with a beard. (And don’t think it’s just people who are trouble. I recently dobbed in the Metway ATM machine on Oxford street. I’d been watching it for a while and let me just say it had been spitting money out like a right royal terrorist). One more thing of course is people with cameras. I mean let’s face it, if you weren’t going to blow something up then why would you even need a camera? It’s a well known fact that terrorists enjoy photography. There’s even an old Taliban saying that ‘a picture is worth a thousand dead infidels,’ plus I think we’d all agree that September 11 . . . Quite the Kodak moment. So if you see someone with a camera. Please people . . . Please . . .Don’t be a hero! Get to higher ground as soon as you can. Ring the anti-terrorism hotline (1800 123 400) where a qualified person will take your call seriously and hopefully they’ll be able to lock someone up without charging them. Fingers Crossed. Chris Wainhouse is a pretty girl and stand up comedian and you can catch him live this August at Sydney Comedy Store. Who: Chris Wainhouse When: Tue 21 – Sat 25 August Price: $15 - $29.50 Where: Sydney Comedy Store, The Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park Info and Bookings: www.comedystore.com.au 02 9357 1419
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SICKO 5 stars might seem a bit much, but there is a reason that I think Micheal Moore, once again deserves the highest praise for his latest release. Firstly, let’s not call it a documentary because that would be stretching the truth. But let’s not forget that Moore does not go out of his way to position himself as a bastion of journalistic truth and integrity. What he does do, is present a story that affects both the lay person and intelligentsia with its thoughtful and humanistic delivery and offers solutions, something most people in his field steer well clear of. Sicko, the tale of the much problematic American health care system, is primarily about people and how the privatisation and profitdriven nature of the health service has affected them. What we get is a deeply moving portrait of American life, where good people, who pay their bills and their taxes and their hugely expensive insurance, are left by the wayside in a system that exploits people for monetary gain. I was moved to tears on a number of occasions, where the system has failed so badly that people have died needlessly. It’s extremely touching and the (now) notorious scene where he takes 9/11 vets to Cuba for treatment left me simply devastated at the injustice of it all. Moore has been accused of exaggerating just how good foreign health systems are. However, I left this film thinking that although we might have flaws in our own structure, it would be a sad day when doctors refused treatment, and bound by harsh restrictions allowed people to die based on their insurance status. Moore allows us to come to our own conclusions, to ponder and reflect - and this is something he should never be criticised for.
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SNOW CAKE Another adult drama about grief and relationships, but director Marc Evans has given it a small town flavour sprinkled with hipness thanks to the soundtrack by Broken Social Scene and featuring Feist, among others. Starring Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver and Carrie-Anne Moss, Snow Cake looks into the repercussions of the death of a young adult in a Canadian country town. Teenager Vivienne (Emily Hampshire) finds a way to get taciturn Brit Alex (Rickman) to open up, but then tragedy strikes and Vivienne is killed. Alex visits her mother (Weaver) to pass on his condolences and finds himself unable to leave the autistic Linda all alone. Weaver seems to relish the role of playing an autistic woman, but she at times she lacks a natural approach in the role and if this can be overlooked there is a rewarding cinema experience here. There are both magic and cringe-worthy moments where we see the world through Linda’s eyes and the conflicting ways of dealing with grief are thankfully handled gently. The varying relationships likewise provide points of interest, in particular the need for companionship versus the need for affection. On a winter’s day, the snowy environment in the film provides a well escape from the cold outside and the odd couple relationship of Weaver with the perpetually brooding Rickman works, but the scene-stealer is Carrie-Anne Moss as Linda’s neighbour and local lush, Maggie.
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AWAY FROM HER Actor turned director Sarah Polley has found her inner adult in her adaptation of Alice Munro story The Bear Came Over the Mountain. Away From Her follows aging married couple Grant (Gorden Pinsent) and Fiona (Julie Christie) as they deal with the realisation
that Fiona has Alzheimer’s Disease and the consequences that go hand in hand with this. Fiona decides she should move out of the cottage she shares with her husband and into a nursing home. Here she and Grant are separated for 30 days at the home’s behest. During this period Fiona strikes a friendship with fellow resident Aubrey and fails to recognise Grant at the end of the exclusion period. Grant will not be deterred however and continues to visit Fiona, prepared to do anything for her happiness. The film is incredibly sad and moving, matched with moments of pure romance and others of heartbreak, especially if you have first hand knowledge of dealing with the disease. It also shows a maturity of relationship study that is surprising for so young a director. The snowy scenery is well-suited to the story and it seems that Polley has studied the work of Canadian master Atom Egoyan well when she played the lead in The Sweet Hereafter, as there are craft similarities that make this film all the more watchable. Olympia Dukakis, an actress usually cast as annoying, is likewise incredibly watchable as Marian, Aubrey’s wife. All in all, this is character study with feeling, and one that is not thrown in your face and rubbed in like an infomercial.
Diana Ward
THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT Lyric Theatre – Star City
High camp, rather than high art, Priscilla’s nigh on year long stint at Star City Casino has been pulling them in from the suburbs and beyond in droves. Comedy has consistently drawn deep from the `fish out of water’ premise. And, face it, drag queens venturing outback to Coober Pedy is as about as `fish out of water’ as it gets. It’s the Three Musketeers in drag, and all three of the show’s protagonists -Bernadette, Tick/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia - give solid performances. Tony Sheldon shines as the embittered Bernadette who takes one last shot at true love with Michael Caton, who plays what Michael Caton always plays… ocker bloke with heart of gold. On this occasion ocker bloke with heart of gold is possessed of a Thai mailorder bride who inevitably does fabulous things with ping-pong balls (all the way out to the fourth row). Without taking anything away from some stellar performances, some might contend that the star of the show is in fact the `Priscilla bus’. Its disco lit, spins about and at one point appears to be on the verge of perilously lurching into the audience. Of course it doesn’t (oops, a spoiler). It’s all light and movement. Even the movie’s one white-knuckle scene, when Felicia finds herself on the end of a beating from a bunch of drizabone clad outback rednecks is staged more for it’s chorographical possibilities rather than as a sudden dose of brutal realism. While the movie upon which the musical is based was tinged with a certain pathos, Priscilla the Musical contents itself with spectacle and ribald humour. And on these terms it succeeds admirably. Waiting For Godot it’s not. Waiting for the next set-piece moment when Wagnerian angels descend from on high or cavorting cupcakes career about the stage is far more engaging. While the choreography of the dancers is nothing spectacular much can be forgiven in as much as the dancers, at various times, are shod in flippers and what appears to be rubber tyres strapped to their feet. Lizzie Gardiner and Tim Chappel are responsible for the costumery and prove peerless in their craft. Each costume is a witty and artful construct… whether it be the aforementioned dancing cupcakes, gigantic paintbrushes, the hovering on high divas or human koalas, cockatoos, kangaroos and all manner of other cross-breed Aussie outback icons. As eye-candy goes it’s the Lindt chocolate to practically anything else’s Coles `own brand’ chew `n’ wince. If you wanna see it get in quick. Must close Sept 2
Les White
DVD Reviews What's been on our TV screens this week
THE SEVENTH CONTNENT / 1989 Madman Films - Director's Suite
THE HOST Madman Films We’ve all figured out by now that Eastern Eye cinema is the finest purveyor of horror films, in all genres that encompasses. The Host is a monster movie, but it is also so much more than that: it’s a family drama, a government conspiracy and a slick thriller all rolled into one. When a scientist is forced to dispose of over 100 bottles of formaldehyde into the Han River in Korea, we skip forward in time a few years to see people staring at a strange fish like creature hanging from a bridge crossing its banks. The creature makes it way over to the people pointing at it, who then begin to throw things at it to tempt it out of the water. And boy are they sorry when it takes them up on their offer, running through the town and destroying everything in site, as well as eating anyone that comes in its way.
The Seventh Continent is a study on the banality and anaesthesia of modern bourgeois life – made at the end of the 80s era of prosperity and materialism. It is Michael Haneke’s feature debut, and displays all the trademarks of his career since: classical film sensibilities paired with narrative and visual inventiveness, criticism of modern anomie, and – let’s face it – a pretty harrowing viewing experience. Georg is successful at work, climbing the promotional ladder; Anna owns an optometrist business with her brother. Their daughter Eva pretends to be blind at school one day. Based upon a true story that Haneke read in an Austrian newspaper, The Seventh Continent follows Georg and Anna as they make the decision to reject their placid, tasteful lives with the same methodical efficiency with which they go about their daily routines. Haneke uses arrhythmic editing to unsettle the viewer, and as the end approaches, the sound design becomes a key element in building intensity, up to the nihilistic last frames.
Things take a twist when the monster snatches up a little girl and sets off a series of events in which her family desperately tries to rescue her when they realise that she is actually still alive and living in the sewers with a number of other people it’s captured.
The Seventh Continent is the kind of film that reminds you it was made for the cinema, not for the small-screen of your lounge room. There is no doubt that the impact of this film would be far greater in the fully-immersed condition of the cinema audience; however, in the meantime this latest addition to Madman’s excellent Director’s Suite label must suffice.
The Host is funny and fast paced and the plot line is the most clever of any monster film I’ve seen in a long while, it has an interesting undercurrent of anti-Americanism and the monster itself is a great invention! I’m looking forward to more from this incredibly talented team.
As with the other titles, Madman has included an interview with Haneke as part of the DVD extras. Haneke is incredibly intelligent and articulate, even when speaking non-native French, and these interviews are riveting for fans, and enlightening for newcomers.
Kirsty Brown
Dee Jefferson
Game Reviews The geeks shall inherit the Earth… with Sean Macalius
SPICKS AND SPECKS INTERACTIVE QUIZ Platform: DVD-Video Rating: PG Score:
With an average of over one million viewers a week, Spicks and Specks is a pretty popular show by any network’s standards, let alone the ABC. Without Kath & Kim, and apart from The Chaser, it is their most marketable program, so they should definitely get a pat on the back for having the balls to produce a DVD based version of the game show that you can play with friends. This is a completely strange and slightly novel idea—to be reviewing an interactive quiz DVD as a video game—but of course that’s what it is. Actually it’s more of a hybrid video/board game. For your forty five odd dollars you get the DVD as well as some question cards and a pair of buzzers to give the game a slightly board game feel. I should mention at this point that the review copy supplied did not include any of the additional accessories or cards, so I can’t comment on their quality or whether they add to the game’s enjoyment. After popping the disc in you’ll be greeted with the familiar theme tune and a friendly introduction from host and comedian Adam Hills. Then you are instructed to divide your players in to two teams, each representing one of the S&S team captains, Adam Brough or Myf Warhurst. There’s a total of 32 unique and selectable games on the disc, each game made up of five
rounds similar to those on the show, including “Know Your Product” and “Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma”. Rounds like “Know Your Product” have a selection of question groups, extending the playability a little further. The question and answer rounds work quite well, with the questions appearing in text on the screen (sometimes with accompanying image or audio) and then it’s up to the players to buzz in and answer, before selecting to display the correct answer with your DVD remote. Scores are left to a player to keep track of, which didn’t feel quite right to me. Imagine keeping your own pen-and-paper stats in something like Oblivion. Nice. Other rounds are a little clunky, simply referring to the aforementioned card decks and displaying a ‘move to next round’ message on screen. These rounds may have been less tedious if I actually had the cards to play with, rather than just flick straight over. I’m perhaps a little too biased to pass judgment on this strange creature, as its style is very foreign to my regular gaming fare. I have no doubt it would be fun for a few times with a bunch of friends, but I can’t help but feel you’d get ten times the enjoyment out of something like Buzz or Guitar Hero if you have a dedicated video game console.
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CD Reviews What's been crossing our ears this week...
CD OF THE WEEK ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI Places Like This Scotland Yard / Shock
I don’t know, there’s an assuredness here that would have made In Case We Die absolutely brilliant instead of purely fascinating.
I never really thought of Architecture In Helsinki as a ‘band’, as such. I would have called them a gathering before I called them a band. A politely cacophonous caucus, even. Polite is an important word, actually. Here was an outfit brimming with endless exuberance and originality, clearly excited by their collective vision, but perhaps delivering it all with a way more apologetic bent than was warranted. BUT! Given that, let it be known that Places Like This, their third LP, is anything but meek.
KELLY CLARKSON
M.A.N.D.Y
Let me tell you why Kelly Clarkson rocks. She’s an American Idol who refuses to sell out, despite what Simon Cowell says. She writes, sings, overdubs, lip-syncs, steals, and appropriates - whatever - some really awesome songs. Like come on – you can’t tell me ‘Never Again’ isn’t pure pop/rock genius! Clarkson isn’t afraid to tell everybody that she uses Max Martin, svengali Swedish producer to the Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, Pink and the Veronicas (among a huge cast of the uberfamous) to help her in her assault on the charts. What it comes down to, folks, is that this piece of trailer trash from Texas has become a genuine star without anybody else steering her in any one direction.
I’m not going to mince my words. Listening to this collection of remixes from seminal Electronic duo M.A.N.D.Y was a real f^*kng pleasure. It’s no surprise really. I mean, along with Booka Shade and DJ T these lads run the Get Physical label, but in recent times all the focus has been on fellow Get Physical heavyweights. However, this CD is a reminder of the talents of M.A.N.D.Y, who certainly give anyone on Get Physical a run for their money. The remix anthology begins with a dark and glitchy rework of Tiefschwarz’s collaboration with Tracey Thorn, ‘Damage’. It is appropriate that Tiefschwarz feature, because many of the tracks here are evocative of those guys at their best. But I could dwell on any one of the remixes because they are each of such high quality. The legendary Glam Rock of Roxy music is transformed into a strippeddown Electro cut, while even the Sugababes get a look in further on.
Keep it up honey; you’re achieving something many of us wish we had the balls to do.
My personal favourites would have to be the two Royksopp inclusions, ’49 Percent’ and ‘Sparks’. The former lends itself perfectly to a M.A.N.D.Y reshape, featuring the fragile guest vocals of another Get Physical favourite Chelonis R. Jones and a snarling synth riff that out Booka Shades Booka Shade. ‘Sparks’ meanwhile was my introduction to M.A.N.D.Y, and though showcasing a more flowing and deeper sound that is somewhat different to their trademark sound of the present I was still instantly hooked. Five years on and nothings changed…
Jonno Seidler
Essential. The title says it all really.
She has freedom, she uses it, and on her new release it pays off for indierock sceptics like me. My December has officially converted me into a fan, because not only does this album rock, it also bleeds, gets all teary, makes me dance, makes me scream, makes me smile and most of all makes me appreciate that while Elvis may be rolling in his grave, pop music is definitely NOT dead.
Chris Honnery
We Die. This is definitely their most forceful album. Probably the first release of theirs, I think, that really fully celebrates itself, instead of trying to excuse itself.
internet. So is it irony that distance forced the group to become a more cohesive entity? Really, I don’t care. I’m just so happy this album finally happened.
Chief Architect Cameron Bird is now based in New York, and most of this material was nutted out over the
Matt Panag
M. CRAFT
12 Great Remixes For 11 Great Artists. Inertia
My December 19 Recordings
I am now in the process of acquiring most of Kelly’s back catalogue. This may make me an absolute loser. But if her music sticks in my head longer than Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Interpol, The Shins and The Chili Peppers combined, something amazing is going on.
The energy contained within these eleven songs is roughly the equivalent of a block party on Sesame Street, guest starring the B-52s. It forces its blissful attentiondeficit spazz-pop upon you without shame, in a fashion I wished would have been employed more vigorously on second album In Case
RUSS JONES & FELIX BUXTON
Silver and Fire Longtime Listener
M. Craft emerged after Martin Craft ran away to London following the break up of his band Sidewinder. The years abroad have proven good for him, as he left behind the psych rock of Sidewinder in favour of a Nick Drake inspired indie folk that has drew in the music critics to salivate over his debut EP in 2004. Title track ‘Silver and Fire’ is a lovely introduction to an album that just gets better and better on every listen. ‘Emily Snow’ recalls Sergio Mendes, while pop ditties lead on to Elliot Smith moments and other stories about moments in time. ‘Lucile (Where Did The Love Go?)’ brings back memories of the 1980s somewhere between Paul Simon and stadium rock, before switching into a more contemporary time and place. Machine Translations’ J. Walker makes an appearance, along with a number of other guests, but this album is all about Craft. Curiously, there is no rawness here. The production is noticeably smooth, but appropriate for an album of this ilk. The only negative is the CD cover, which says nothing about its contents, unlike the UK version. The album ends on a solemn note, but then the bonus disc comes into play and the journey, albeit slightly different, can begin again, highlighted by Craft’s sublime cover of The Cult’s ‘She Sells Sanctuary’. Silver and Fire is perhaps a tad too smooth, with half the tracks yearning for a spot on the next Dawson’s Creek but overall it’s just gorgeous. Diana Ward
PAUL KELLY Stolen Apples Capitol / EMI
Gypsy Beats and Balkan Bangers Too Atlantic Jaxx
As a massive fan of Goran Bregovi’s soundtrack to the movie Underground, and similar ilk, the title of this compilation made me cringe. However, this little err came to be completely outweighed by the brilliance of the music: lucky, as that is what people ultimately buy CDs for right? Music. People also love crazy balkan gypsy music. Its true. From the first track, Buscemi’s 'Sahib Balkan' (a suitable introductory track, with a substantial dose of both modern production and traditional sound), I was swept into the rich, emotive and uninhibited energy that is Gypsy. I stayed there, in an imaginary world of beauty and tragedy, dancing with a dark, handsome stranger in a waist coat for the entirety of the album, and for a while after. This isn’t pure traditional Balkan gypsy, nor is it some rude modern day counterfeit. This is a contemporary degustation and reinterpretation of what is already a fantastic traditional style. Sometimes these sorts of re-interpretations are hollow and a waste of time and space. Not here. Current trends in beats and electro are seemlessly introduced, building on the first in this series: Gypsy Beats and Balkan Bangers Vol. 1. Artists are slightly more left of field and lesser known than the first compilation, although all tracks are worn thin on the decks of gypsy beat Djs worldwide. You cant help but love this. Jazz, D’n’B, Klezmer, hip hop, dub and ska thrown back with mad gypsy spirit. This is brass, beats and balkan madness for all.
It’s been three years since Ways and Means, Paul Kelly’s last album released under his own name, and, as the title of his latest offering alone suggests, he’s clearly spent a good deal of that time reacquainting himself with the good book. Now, I’m not suggesting that Kelly has found God, or that Stolen Apples is some sort of preachy vehicle for spreading the Gospel. On the contrary, this is an album that deals as much with sin as it does virtue, drawing on the richness of Biblical fable to enliven the vivid tableau of Kelly’s own storytelling. And let’s face it; it’s his gift with a good yarn that’s at the heart of this legendary Australian singer– songwriter’s appeal. There’s an old-timey flavour to the banjo twang and ivory twinkling on ‘Sweetest Thing’ while ‘Keep on Driving’ and ‘The Foggy Fields of France’ both sport a Johnny Cash inflected rockabilly feel that contrasts starkly with the bigger, more commercial sound that dominates most of the record. And this is one of the reasons that stripped back closer ‘Please Leave Your Light On For Me’, a gorgeous ballad loosely based on the story of the prodigal son, is so affecting. Simply adorned with just Kelly’s voice and an old piano, it’s a powerful reminder of why this man commands such universal respect. Stolen Apples is surely another jewel in this legendary Australian talent’s already illustrious musical crown. Anton Bouwer
Eliana
INDIE ALBUM OF THE WEEK DEAD LETTER CHORUS
Listen Carefully (We Shall Say This Only Once) Code One/MGM Like Cuthbert and the Nightwalkers and The Seabellies before them, Dead Letter Chorus are continuing NSW’s fine trend of bands that have too many members to fit on the Hopetoun stage. Dead Letter Chorus (not to be mistaken with the similarly-named Dead Letter Circus) have six core members, and can sprout an extra two when needed, who are armed with a clarinet and a flute. So it’s not unreasonable to expect from these young Sydneysiders a lush, rich sound; a dreamy soundscape with wistful melodies. 36 :: BRAG :: 224 :: 20:08:07
One of the charming aspects of Dead Letter Chorus’ six-track debut slab is the interchanging male/female vocals of Gabrielle Huber and Cameron Potts, which adds variety to their countryinflected indie tunes. They even work beautifully together on ‘Drifting Along’, an introspective slow-burner which builds into an epic finale. The sounds of ‘70’s folk and early ‘90’s indie rock swim through their songs, creating subdued, heart-warming music. The EP ambles through its 25 minutes, never seeming to be in a rush, but
rather strolling to enjoy the view. Some listeners may find the pace of their songs unnervingly slow, but armed with brushes, acoustic guitars and a myriad of instruments such as piano, glockenspiel and banjo, Dead Letter Chorus offer a charming and beautiful debut EP. Rejoice, for the bearers of melody carry the torch onward. Dom Alessio
1. Caribou - Andorra 2. Queen - A Night At The Opera 3. Shy Child - Noise Won't Stop 4. This Is England - Soundtrack 5. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
Single Reviews
DVD
SINGLE OF THE WEEK
With the loneliest girl on the dock – Cass Single
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Peacebone
A foreign word, tremolo synthetic frippery, a beat and we’re away in the unique la-la-land of The Collective
DVD Review
once again: fuzzy descending basses, falsetto back-ups, great crashes, whistling chip-monks and their fatfried choral conceits - every man and his dog gets a peace of the action here.
Conceivably a sonic diorama of a remembered cityscape, fashioned amongst cyclones by the future descendants of ducks; or perhaps a poorly encrypted Dad-joke from aliens attempting endearment
KAT FRANKIE
Motorcade (EP)
Serves You Right For Using Violence
Flesh-toned female figures adorn the cover, one flashing knickers and sporting devil horns. She’s as tacky as a truckers (hub)cap and sadly the same can be said of the stodgy Melbourne rock within. Only opener 'Dirty Money Young Man' rises above the turgid inanity of past forms performed less well - due mainly to singer Keesan Roberts’ powerful proto-Quatro growl. The problem there is Adalita’s kinda got that sound sewn up locally of late. More fascinating is the first Google result from their name - an Islamic sex guide: “a young husband should enjoy sexual intercourse with his wife once every four days…” (Not) enough!
A peculiar mix of skittering drums, lolloping bass and acoustic guitar coils beneath Kat’s vocal histrionics, cooling in the eerie drifting harmonies of the chorus and breaking down altogether towards the end of the song (and, perhaps, relationship). The ultimate impotence of the violent warrants scorn and elicits anger but to prevent feedback one has to remove oneself altogether. As such, the catharsis seemingly sought here never quite occurs – the gothic intensity of expression snagging that which might otherwise freely go, and grow. Kat defines her work as dark (‘heartbreak, deceit, ambition’) but I’d rather not dwell.
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DIGITALISM Idealistic
ANGIE HART Cold Heart Killer
The latest slab of overblown electro from Europe and it’s par for the coarse. Vocally, the refrain “I have an idea, that you’re here,” (like, no way!) encapsulates the mindlessness inherent in the few lyrics that ooze onto dancefloors today. It’s sung terribly but who’s gonna notice when everyone’s off-chops, spasmodically jerking limbs and attempting to get that idiotic two-fingers-andtongue face right for the ‘photographers’? These Euro-bangers are popular simply because they invert the repetitive cleanliness of that which went before. Spending huge amounts of time making digitized sounds seem like they’re emerging from a busted P.A. is hardly idealistic. Hedonistic then? For a while…
Many music fans - seduced by the homespun songs of early Frente - subsequently spat the dummy when more saccharine fare began saturating the airwaves. Some never gave Angie Hart another listen. That’s their loss as she still possesses an astonishingly pure voice and has rendered some sublime material with both Splendid and Holidays On Ice. This first single from her beautifully named solo album (Grounded Bird) is a co-write with notorious Drone’s Tour Diary author Dan Luscombe. A stark fade up into bitter terms gets subsumed as glacial planes of synthetic strings envelop. It’s a parable of dissfunctionality - creepy chill (music) for lovers, in loops.
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SINGLE OF THE WEAK YOUNG HUSBAND
ROCK THE BELLS
- whatever it is, I like! Now, take me to your leader/s, gimme some of that gear and let’s get it on!
BOB MARLEY &THE WAILERS Dubby Conqueror
I’m continually confounded by the polarities of this page. I pull out promising new releases from artists I think I can trust only to be utterly underwhelmed. I save hideous looking relics of ‘the Biz’ (like this) until the very last review, figuring I’ll offset fatigue with the sheer exhilaration of bile expulsion in the public domain. It’s so deflating then to find oneself vaguely enjoying something that had proffered so many potential angles of anger. This single comes from ‘the first Bob Marley remix album to have the certified (?!?) blessing of the Marley family’. It’s good; so (anyway) - Bob Marley’s family: YOU SUCK! H-
PLAN B Mama
OK. So folks get pissed at B for all sorts of reasons. Old-school hedz hate his use of acoustic guitar. The P.C. portion of the ‘conscious’ crew deplore him for ‘misogyny’ and violence ‘cos he faithfully reports all-toocommon practices in the shit-hole Estates of the U.K. I have no problems with either element. Instrumental diversity is healthy and the whole media-driven ‘sordid’ stink was only the panicked reflex of a rotten society that wants-it-all-to-go-away. What I cannot handle is this thwarted nerd trying to belatedly insert his fey fantasies of R&B stardom into completely unrelated verses of Hip Hop. ‘I can’t go for that’ - at all. Q
The documentary makers of Rock the Bells couldn’t have asked for more drama and suspense than what an unpredictable Wu Tang Clan reunion can easily provide. If you want to be a promoter of music events, this documentary will probably put to rest any ambitions of that kind. The main man of the proceedings is the unflappable events promoter Chang Weisberg. The film covers his Sisyphean task at not only reuniting the nine-member Wu Tang Clan after years out of action, but to also put on a major festival showcasing the best of hip hop culture from scratch. However, Weisberg’s story is unique, in that he achieved to do what seemed the unthinkable at the time. Although the story of organising the event in its strenuous detail and the drama of managing the fanatical crowd are both engaging to watch, the real plot of the film revolves around whether all the Wu Tang Clan will actually perform on the night – in particular, the enigmatic and incredibly unreliable Ol’ Dirty Bastard. This is a film for any music lover, not just those who are into hip-hop. It captures the dream of putting on a major show, and the rollercoaster ride that involves, as well as the colourful characters of the Wu Tang Clan, who as Chuck D of Public Enemy says in the film, “are one of the greatest rap groups of all time”. Rory Jeffs
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live reviews
What we've been out to see this week...
BLACK SABBATH DOWN
Entertainment Centre Saturday 11th August 2007 Although most of the audience were waiting to file-in for the support act, Down, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop them from bringing the hurt for a second. Down being a metal spinoff supergroup, comprised of Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown (Pantera), Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity), Kirk Windstein (Crowbar) and Jimmy Bower (Eyehategod), they opened with one of their heaviest jams â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Lysergik Funeral Prossessionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, before Phil greeted the audience and dedicated next song â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Liferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, to the late Dimebag Darrell.
reigns supreme in itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to invoke the archetypes of good and evil visited so often in his lyrics, and Vinny Appice filling in for Bill Ward was just obliterating his kit to the point of collapse throughout. Although the majority of the crowd was there for Black Sabbath, both bands left a dent in the foundations, a killer lineup for Sydney metal fans, and a memorable night worthy of the wait. Jiah White
BOB DYLAN
Sydney Entertainment Centre August 15, 2007
Throughout their set the band was having a blast, Philâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vocals were on the money, and his interaction with the crowd was great, often coming up close and showing his respect for the fans. Jimmy looked like he was having a lot of fun and Kirk, Pepper and Rex showed us what Southern metal is made of, delivering a constant barrage of hard hitting riffs. A lot of great songs were played, such as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ghosts Along the Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Learn From My Mistakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Stone the Crowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, ending with â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bury Me In Smokeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, as Phil left the stage with a nod to Zeppelin, singing â&#x20AC;&#x153;And sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s buying a stairwayâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? leaving the crowd to finish it off. A short wait and a rapid flood of metal fans hulking through the aisles, finally the lights dimmed as the instrumental â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;E5150â&#x20AC;&#x2122; started blasting through the speakers. As it ended Dio, Tony, Geezer and Vinny were all on stage, bathed in a deep blue, kicking straight into â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Mob Rulesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, fitting for a crowd going bezerk. Afterwards Dio greeted the crowd and made light of Black Sabbathâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 26 year absence from our shores, promising theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d at least be back within another 26 years, or deadâ&#x20AC;Ś or both.. The band were clustered in the middle of an amazing stage set designed to look like the walls of a castle with iron fences guarding the walls of amps. They ripped through a great setlist, highlighting material from Heaven and Hell, The Mob Rules and Dehumanizer, along with a new track, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Shadow of the Windâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; from the Black Sabbath: The Dio Years compilation. The style was classic Sabbath, with drawn out Iommi jams on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Die Youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Voodooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Sign of the Southern Crossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, and kinghits on heavy rockers like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Neon Knightsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Dio was truly a showman, and always thanked the crowd between songs. Most memorable was definitely midway through an epic theatrical rendition of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Heaven and Hellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, as all the lights went black except for Dio glowing red like the Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spawn, an evil sound effect on his voice as he sang, before huge trails of smoke and a firey glow shot out from beneath the stage plunging the band straight into the depths as the song erupted. The hard hitting sound of Iommi and Butler together, is still the most effective combination in metal. With their massive, deep sound still capable of overpowering many dual guitarist combos. Dio even though into his 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has a voice that still
Some 2000 shows and nine years into the now infamous The Never Ending Tour, Bob Dylan swings like the coolest dude into the bar-room. Perhaps, a tiny shade less impressive than at his outstanding outdoor bash in Centennial Park a few years back, Dylan was still the chameleon, reinventing his classics to a more modern, but no less imperious, perspective. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Times They Are A-Changinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is no longer a folk standard - this version had Dylan half-rapping, half spitting out the lyrics to a waltz tempo; a brilliantly twisted â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tangled Up In Blueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; toyed with the main melody and messed up the rhythm; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Masters Of Warâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; was a breathtaking blues monster; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Watching The River Flowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; boogied and swung like there was no tomorrow; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Workingmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blues #2â&#x20AC;&#x2122; was a highlight, slow and moving; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Highway 61 Revisitedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; well, it was breathless, paint-stripping stuff, a roaring wind of a song. Driving all this was the band Dylan describes as the best heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever played with. Stu Kimball (guitar), Donnie Herron (pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, electric mandolin, banjo, fiddle), Denny Freeman (guitar, slide guitar), Tony Garnier (bass, standup bass) and George Receli (drums) are simply outstanding â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one of the best bands ever to grace the Entertainment Centre. With Dylan now well immersed in 1950s swing, boogie, Southern blues and countrytinged rock, this black-suited, variouslyhatted quintet never missed a beat and showed a level of musicianship that rarely heard these days. And Bob? Well he played guitar for the first five songs, then stood behind his keys for the remaining 12. He growled, snarled, poured the words out in gushes, then swallowed them whole. He ranged from unintelligible to perfectly enunciated and ended with a take on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;All Along The Watchtowerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; that again redefined the song.
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live reviews
What we've been out to see this week...
Mike Gee
MAXIMO PARK The Metro Theatre 15 Aug 07
The fedoras and scarves were out in force as Sydney’s favourite Glaswegians returned in support of their sophomore release Our Earthly Pleasures. While the audience seemed to be overrun by foreigners with odd accents, there was nonetheless a strong Aussie contingent ready to scream out the words to ‘Graffiti’ and ‘Our Velocity’. As the band took to the stage, it was painfully obvious that this was going to be one of those ‘we-have-such-anenigmatic-frontman-that-we-feel-no-needto-do-anything-other-than-play-the-fuckingsongs-and-go-home-to-sleep’ type gigs. Credit has to go to Paul Smith, who is the heart, soul, balls and spirit of Maximo Park. He jumped around, strutted, danced like a schizophrenic chipmunk and basically saved me from walking out half an hour early despite my irritation at the stagnant performance by his outfit. Even more vexing was how obvious Gil Norton’s production was, as the band sounded weak in comparison to the huge sound of their new record. Songs like ‘The Night I Lost My Head’ still rocked, but not hard enough to be convincing. Indeed, the one thing I’ll take from the night is what everybody else did – that Paul Smith is built like a brick shithouse, something you wouldn’t expect from an indie-rock frontman. But then, given how good the albums sound at home, you wouldn’t have expected the band to be so boring, either. By Jonno Seidler
THE CURE
Sydney Entertainment Centre Friday August 10
When Elvis Costello famously said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture, I thought he just really hated journalists that day. Which is understandable. But no! He merely meant to negate our entire profession with one enviable sentence! And in truth he was right. All I could think through three plus glorious hours with The Cure was, there is no way I’ll ever be able to describe this in the review. But I can try.
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By then, the shoulders on the old master were jerking, the left knee twisting and he even allowed himself a wry smile from time to time. And why not? It doesn’t get much better than this and he knows it. Bob Dylan is very comfortable and very vital in these modern times.
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affirming on the other. I don’t know the last time music made me feel that alive. Perhaps it was to do with the deafening volumes at which everything from ‘Pictures of You’ to ‘Friday I’m in Love’ (Yes, on a FRIDAY! Brilliant!) was pumped through the Entertainment Centre PA. A good five tracks off Wish, ‘Hot Hot Hot’, ‘Why Can’t I Be You?’, ‘Fascination Street’, ‘A letter to Elise’, ‘A Forest’, ‘Disintegration’, ‘Let’s Go To Bed’, ‘Never Enough’, ‘Plainsong’ – do you want me to list the whole 34 song setlist? No. Just let me say that they closed with ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ and the collective elation of the place made it pretty much the greatest moment of my life. The highlight of an evening of practically consecutive highlights, had to be the final encore, which, opening with ‘Close To Me’ had every person in their seat up and dancing til the end and singing along until their throats bled. I’d never seen The Cure before, and hearing that Robert Smith’s voice has only improved with age and grown in power was the cherry on the sundae of awesome that was hearing those arena sized songs live. I’m sorry if you missed this show. I’d say that they’ll be back again, but I don’t know if that’s true. Though Robert Smith, smiling beatifically through his lipsick smear, did wave to us all goodnight saying, “See you again.” Elmo Keep
THE SHINS
August 9 The Enmore Theatre A shout of “Oh my god this is my song” could be heard as the opening bars of ‘Sleeping Lessons’ danced through the air. And that’s the way The Shins’ music is. Calm, beautifully poignant lyrics sung as if James Mercer was singing them only to you, in your room, through your headphones or in your car. Tugging heart strings. Stirring nostalgia. Everyone has their own song.. It is always going to be satisfying going to one of their gigs, as face it, everyone loves a sing along. And there was plenty. The afore mentioned track, and it’s follower (from excellent record Wincing the Night Away) ‘Australia’ were the first tracks off the set list, and met with rapturous appreciation. I personally felt a tiny, eency pang of pride that a band as talented as The Shins should find inspiration in our little country (it was written in a dressing room in Perth). The pace was quite cracking for what I expected to be quite laid back, with guitarist/bassist Dave Hernandez rocking out some standard axeman moves; the foot on the monitor, the distortion, the jump. You know them.
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The band seemed to lose a bit of steam when Natalie Portman’s favourite ‘New Slang’ materialised (although I suppose I wasn’t expecting a mosh), but it was picked up again later on with a rocking rendition of ‘Kissing the Lipless’,‘Girl Sailor’, and ‘Fighting in a Sack’. While a part of me wanted them to be a bit faster re-tuning their instruments for each song, no person could stay mad at them for long. James Mercer, and especially multi-instrumentalist Martin Crandall were very humble onstage, bantering, showing their appreciation, and just having darn good manners. The only annoyance was really in the crowd. Why would you pay good money to talk through a gig? I’m way too lame to know what Pink Floyd song they covered in their encore (sorry okay? Jesus!), I certainly appreciate a good cover. And it sounded…er…good. Crowning moment I think was when the WHOLE Enmore Theatre sung along to hauntingly beautiful single ‘Phantom Limb’. With three albums worth of solid material marked up, this extremely talented band’s longevity is assured. Andy Cat
The sound of the Cure is the truly sublime – the melancholy ache in your bones at the end of three hours, which leaves you certain of the endlessly heartbreaking, but none the less beautiful crap you are going to put yourself through in the quest to feel right. (How am I doing here? Emo enough?) These songs are so immediately sad on the one hand, and unbeatably life BRAG :: 224 :: 20:08:07 :: 39
Hard & Fast Hardcore • Punk • SKA • Metal with Josh Kiff
Hot Rod Ciruit
STREET CRED
Hot Rod Circuit have been added to the Paramore tour with fellow Yanks Mayday Parade also joining the tag-team. Dates are below. The upcoming Cancer Bats tour that we told you about a while ago is all systems go with Sydney being infected on Friday November 30. The Alchemy Index 1 & 2: Fire & Water will be released this October through Vagrant Records. It will be the newest release for a band called Thrice. So yes, they will be independent yet again. Those into reggae/roots and more – New Zealand mob Cornerstone will playing around the country this September to support their newest release, Free Yourself. Dates are below. Well we announced it last week, Gigantour Tour returns for 2007 with Megadeath, Static X, Devildriver and Lacuna Coil.Sydney is November 15 at Luna Park Big Top. Grand Fatal have just released their digital-only single ‘Dots and Dashes’. The band have been back in the studio after a short-break from the scene and this is the first release of all this hard work. Mae have been letting folks listen to their new album, Singularity, through MySpace for the past few weeks. This week sees the release of the album for purchase. If their last release is anything to go by, this will be something special. Weezer are in the studio working on their 6th album. The band are half way through the recording process and will work right through until October. It will be out early 2008. Grinspoon have already had their new
opus, Alibies & Other Lies, certified gold after only 2 weeks in release. Expect this one to be a stayer as well. Bagster and Stealing O’Neal will be coheadlining the annual Punkfest on august 31 at EV’s Youth Centre in Croydon. Since their last tour of Australia with Kisschasy, Limbeck have had a huge swell of support from downunder. So its little surprise that the alt-punk/folk act are back on our shores for a quick tour. And if that’s not enough to get you out of the house, the band are also playing the re-opening night of the Empire Hotel in Annandale on September 14! Tickets are available from moshtix! You may have seen them on Rove, or supporting Dirty Sanchez, and now you can own a piece of them with Melbourne pop/rocksters Don’t Ask Us releasing their new EP Wonderboy Goes To Cloud Nine in September. A national tour will follow. Looks like even rockstars get annoyed with bad publicity with Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel hitting a man and slamming his head against a counter at a store in the States over a bad article about his band that was pinned up at the store. He was released shortly after being taken into custody. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, previous visitors to Oz, have parted ways with their bassist Dave Lerner. No replacement has been found. Joey Cape of Lagwagon fame has yet another side project, Playing Favourites, who will have their album released by years end through Suburban Home Records. The man must never sleep.
PROFILE
THE CITY ON FILM RELEASE Bob Nanna was in a band called Braid. If you haven’t heard Braid then I suggest you rectify that situation quickly. Bob himself has been recording his own material since 1997 and with The City On Film he takes his music to another level. Touring Australia for the first time, you can catch Bob on August 23 at Hermann’s Bar at Sydney Uni and other dates below.
TOUR DATES
Necro(US) August 31 – Manning Bar (Lic/AA) He Is Legend September 6 – Manning Bar Bullet For My Valentine (US) September 6 – UNSW Roundhouse Nine Inch Nails (US) September 15 – Big Top, Luna Park Funeral For A Friend (US) September 15 – Luna Park Big Top Job For A Cowboy (US) September 15 – Manning Bar (AA) Grinspoon / Something With Numbers / The Lazys
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The City on Film Dates August 20 – Sushi & Cigarettes, Newcastle August 23 – Hermanns, Sydney Uni August 24 – Woden Youth Centre, Canberra (AA)
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September 2 – Penrith RSL September 14 – Doyalson RSL September 26 – Roxy Parramatta September 29 – Casino RSM Paramore (US) / Hot Rod Circuit (US) October 3 – UNSW Roundhouse Motorhead (US) October 5 – Enmore Theatre October 6 – Enmore Theatre October 7 – Newcastle Entertainment Centre Bad Religion / Strung Out / MYC November 7 – Hordern Pavillion
HALFORD Metal God Essentials Vol. 1 Metal God Records It's so great to see someone who has stood the test of time, scrutiny and everything else inbetween to become a living legend. All the tracks here are post-Judas Priest and are based on the newer work of his bands Fight and his newest incarnation, simply called Halford. The enormity of this man’s input into the metal world is only partly defined here, but it's here that you will also find some of his most poignant work. A must have for all true metal fans.
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Nothing but the hard stuff with Murray Engleheart
DAVID LEE ROTH AND VAN HALEN REUNITE - AGAIN
On 13 August, the reunion of David Lee Roth with Van Halen was (re)announced after the venture was aborted earlier in the year. The band will hit the road for 25 North American dates spread over what could well be three very, very long months from 27 September to 11 December. Harp magazine, which is always well worth a read, are very much on the same page as us and went as far as advising their readers to make sure that in the event of the project again going all pear shaped that they are able to get a full refund of ticket costs. Our cynicism to one side though, it would be pretty damn great to see these guys here. Roth and Van Halen have never collectively made it to these shores.
DIO LED SABBATH ROCKED SYDNEY
It mightn’t be too MC (metallically correct) to say this but we’ve never been huge, rabid fans of the Dio led Sabbath. Too much dramatic fluff for us really. But the Heaven and Hell show the other night at the Entertainment Centre was absolutely killer! It was classic old school metal from the castle stage set complete with windows in the shape of crosses and the battery of amps to Vinny Appice’s cross shaped (and thus totally useless) cymbals and Dio’s signatory “metal” hand gestures. And the sound was crushing with no concession to the older members of the audience. The fact it was purely a Dio era experience rather including the grabs of Ozzy classics that were part of their set back in 1980 didn’t worry a soul either as evident in the chant for Dio - who was in killer voice throughout - as soon as the lights went down. We were slightly surprised though that the once wildly animated Geezer Butler barely moved off the spot and that a usually stationary Tony Iommi was roaming about the joint right from the opener of Mob Rules. The earth moving riffs from ‘Children of the Sea’, ‘Die Young’ and the epic treatment of ‘Heaven and Hell’ have been careering around our skulls ever since. Down? They did just fine. Boofhead though Phil Anselmo can be, he’s a sincere, somewhat loveable boofhead who believes in the merger of metal, Black Flag’s ‘My War’ and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s southern rock glory he’s fronting in the all star Down 120% and that level of conviction can neither be ignored or denied. And what a joy to see Pepper Keenan, foot on monitor, powering it out.
BOB DAISLEY SAYS “SIT THE HELL DOWN!”
Still on Heaven and Hell, one enthusiastic punter was asked by the guy behind to sit down as he was blocking his view. The punter responded by saying that he had paid some serious hard earned bucks for his seat and so would do whatever the fuck he wanted. What he didn’t know was that the request that he sit his arse down came from one time Ozzy Osbourne, Sabbath, Uriah Heep and Rainbow bassist, Bob Daisley who was at the show to catch up with his old mates. Gold!
WARREN HAYNES TOURING WITH THE ALLMAN BROTHERS
Gov’t Mule’s Warren Haynes is wearing his other hat this month while he goes out on the road with the Allman Brothers. It’s a tough job but heck, someone’s gotta do it right?
NEW HARD-ONS ALBUM AND TOUR
The Hard Ons’ 2006 effort, Most People Are A Waste Of Time sounded far nicer than the title would lead you to believe. Well, it’s recently released “evil twin”, Most People Are Nicer Than Us will right that sonic wrong. This is some ferocious shit. You can tell by the song titles like ‘Don’t Fear The Reaperbahn’ (featuring the screechoid vocals of bassist Ray Ahn), ‘Being Broke Is Fucked’, ‘Dance Parties = Dickheadfest’, ‘Two Laps In Serbia’, ‘Pretty Soon I Will Burst Into Flames’ (which from this week forward is our new theme song…) and ‘Rat Face And Buffalo Ass’. The band will be touring Australia in December after they’re completed their latest run through the UK and Europe.
CHEAP TRICK COVER SGT PEPPERS WITH ORCHESTRA
We feel kinda weird getting excited about this having panned the subject matter a few weeks back but it’s more about the medium than the message. Last week, Cheap Trick did a two night stand in Hollywood with the legendary Hollywood Bowl Orchestra for a run through of the entire Sgt Pepper slab. Guests included, of all people, Ministry’s Al Jourgensen.
NEW SHELLAC ON VINYL AND CD
Shellac’s newie, Excellent Italian Greyhound, is pulling salivating reviews from all over the joint and not just because the vinyl version comes with a free CD edition of the slab. Why the freebie? Simple said Steve Albini recently. “The cost of manufacturing a CD is roughly equivalent to the cost of printing a label for a record, so screw it.”
ON THE TURNTABLE On the Remedy turntable is the excellent and muchly recommended Hidden World by
Toronto’s Poison Idea types, Fucked Up, Thin Lizzy’s Jailbreak (killer songs but man it sure could use some beefing up) and Avatar by the amazing and we understand, now sadly defunct, Comets On Fire.
TOUR AND INDUSTRY NEWS Dave Mustaine’s hugely successful Gigantour returns later this year with of course Megadeth plus Static X, Devildriver and Lacuna Coil. On 15 November they hit Luna Park’s Big Top. Tickets are on sale 23 August. On the homefront, there’s a huge metal show on 25 August with Grindhead Records first ever East West Death/ Grind Fest. Headlining are Captain Cleanoff who will be making their first Sydney apperance in far too many years with Melbourne’s Guild of Destruction, Perth’s Maximum Perversion and
Sydney’s “vile piss-taking, shit-stirring, booze-drinking grindbastards” Ebolie who have a split slab with Maximum Perversion called Drink Ya Beers and Fuck Ya Ears. This foursome are joined by The Blue Mountains’ Beyond Terror Beyond Grace, Sordid, Backyard Mortuary, Wollongong’s New Blood, Kill A Celebrity, the Central Coast’s Anal Discharge, Predominant Slug, Orange’s Code of Lies in their live debut, “the double distorted bass brutality” of Penrith’s Cunt Butcher and The Pelvic Slurp. To top it all off, the event will be DJ’d by Siamese Goat, one member of which is a prominent figure in Blood Duster and T.D.E.B.N. So where’s this carnage taking place? The Mandarin Club on the corner of Pitt and Goulburn Streets in Sydney. $20 in. Doors open at 2pm. Check www.grindheadrecords.com for more info.
Send stuff for this column to remedy@ozemail.com.au by 6pm Wednesdays. All pics to The Brag (art@thebrag.com) please. BRAG :: 224 :: 20:08:07 :: 41
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fuji rock festival Fuji Rock Festival pics : Tim Levy
FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL 07 Nestled into a picturesque forested mountain valley near the ski resort of Naeba (about 2+ hours drive from Tokyo), a quiet town comes alive every year to host over 35,000 people daily for the 3 day Fuji Rock Festival. The 8 main stages (and various smaller ones) are stretched over several kilometres and are linked by winding paths, lush streamside boardwalks and rocky mountain streams. One of the stages is actually high in the mountains and can only be accessed via a breathtaking 5.5km cable car ride. These distances and the battling of the rapidly changing elements (hot / cold / wet/ dry) is probably the reason the trendy Harajuku and Shibuya kids shy away from this festival as it is part music exhibition, part survival course – especially if you are camping (you can stay in a hotel though). The line up for this year was again very impressive and apart from tonnes of local Japanese acts the overseas acts included Muse, Groove Armada, Beasty Boys, Mika, Iggy and the Stooges, Kaiser Chiefs, Kings of Leon, Lily Allen, Jarvis Cocker, !!!, Happy Mondays, Kula Shaker, The Shins, Simian, Chromeo and the world's new heavyweight DJ - Surkin. All of the bands put on magic performances, and really seemed to be getting into playing their music (apart from Shaun Ryder from the Happy Mondays who could have been
singing from a vertical bed with a drip – but hey moving – that’s what Bez is for!). As a punter you can see that it would be hard to not enjoy playing to thousands of adoring fans in a luscious landscape, with superb sound systems and trippy, artful lighting rigs (Chemical Brothers being the highlight). This would obviously be a nice break for the bands just going through the motions playing in nameless, budget strapped soulless halls or football fields. One strange thing about the festival is the lack of garbage – both human (yobbos) and standard issue waste. There were actually queues of people lining up to recycle their garbage. The fastidious Japanese people are either hard workers or don’t take enough metamphetamines and you can see 10’s of them asleep in foetal positions around the festival. It is a super organised, feel good, ‘green’ festival where you wouldn’t feel vulnerable taking a nap, unlike other festivals where you’d probably wake up with a sore ass and all your possessions (and dignity) gone. Also worthy of a mention is the vast array of sumptuous food and drink at cheap prices, so you can afford to drink and snack your way though the day, another nice change from other rip off ‘wallet rape’ festivals! If you ever get the chance – Fuji Rock festival is definitely something to tick off on your life's ‘to do’ list. Tim Levy
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It’s called: Bleeding Tongues feat. The E.L.F It sounds like: Your ‘88 Casio whic h “Standing in the way of control” while has had it’s “demo” reprogrammed to play a Thorpedo sized Jack boot kicks outta a bass drum. the shit DJs: The E.L.F – Live set (Darren from Gerling), Spruce Lee (Ro Sham Dirty Double (Dirty Ass Records) + residents Ben Lucid, Coco & Sham Bo), The bles. Three records you’ll hear on the night: Chk Chk Chk – Must be the Chip Remix), M.I.A – URAQT (Dip moon (Hot lo remix), Bloc Party – Helicopte r (Whitey remix) And one you definitely won’t: Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z – Umb rella (I hate the fact that I like this song so much) Sell it to us: The last one was fat like ya mother and this one ain’t on no diet! The bit we’ll remember in the AM: party right... you should only reme If we do our job right, and you know how to mber the cab to the club and may be flashing your ID. Crowd specs: Hooded, misguide d, delinquents and kids. Rump shak party hardened, fluoro burned, kicks collecting ers, shufflers, thrusters and bum pers! Wallet damage: A measly $8! You’ ll spend more at Oporto on your way home... only to find it half eaten and stuc k to the couch in the morning. Where: Phoenix, 34 Oxford St When: Friday 27th July Doors open 10pm :: JES COV E
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venue music news welcome to the frontline: what’s goin’ on, down and around town...
ANNANDALE HOTEL
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CANDY’S APARTMENT
Candy’s is serving you up some rock and dance this week at Sandwich Club, we have the usual go of Live acts and DJ’s to suit all your needs. With a line up offering you nothing but talent from the likes of Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! Who are on their EP launch tour and stopping off at Candy’s Apartment to show off their stuff!, City Riots, Harlequin League, Seabellies, Roger Explostion, Learn The Split and The Scream Team all giving you their lasting impression while keeping you dancing. The night then transitions into DJ’s to keep you playing till dawn featuring Hey Now, Disco Punk, Chris Dork and Harry Hunter. So come underground to Candy’s Apartment for some awesome tunes.
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PARRAMATTA MUSIC RECORD FAIR
HAVE YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE 2007 MISS ROCK’N’ROLL? Who is Ms Rock n Roll 2007? Is she Burlesque? Is she Indie? Is she Goth? Is she Rockabilly? Is she taut and tattooed? Or is she simply straight out of a Motley Crew film clip? That’s the question we’re asking you Sydney! We’re leaving it up to your interpretation and to our special guest Rock n Roll judges as this September The Annandale Hotel, in conjunction with Jagermeister, will be presenting the inaugural Ms Rock n Roll Pageant! This isn’t just another scantily clad competition for blonde bimbos but an attempt to find the girl who truly represents the qualities of Ms Rock’n’Roll - sass, sex appeal, confidence and a true lover of all things rock! In other words, the type of girl who can blag her way into any after party, quote lyrics from Zeppelin to The Misfits while chugging on Jagermeister’s at the bar with the band. Pageant heats will be taking place every Saturday in September (1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd), with the fiery final taking place on Saturday 29th September. With beers and free live bands every Saturday Ms Rock’n’Roll is set to entertain like never before! And for the girls themselves there’s a huge $5000 CASH PRIZE as well as lots of other goodies to be won If you think you’ve got what it takes to be 2007’s Ms Rock’n’Roll please contact RAYNA: #9907-1117 / rayna@sassymodels.com.au The Annandale Hotel 17-19 Parramatta Road. Annandale 2038
ALBION HOTEL
Thursdays have a new look with resident DJ Nobby Grooves spinning soul, RnB and hip hop, from nu skool to ol’ skool, 9pm til late, free entry. Fridays bring back Nobby Grooves and guests, delivering funky Top 40 and dance. The new free live band slot every Saturday from 7 - 10pm has upped the live quotient at Gasworks, and why not, it’s one of the best live rooms in Australia. This Saturday 25th acoustic soul outfit Fourth Down show why they’re getting so much positive reaction, followed by DJs til late, this week featuring Matt Hoare and DJ Sir Charlie Jay rockin’ the dancefloor with party bangers, commercial dance and funky house. More innovation on Sundays, with another free live act every Sunday at 6 9pm, this week with the Unexpected Duo playing everything from the 70s to the noughties, followed by guest DJs, an evening of stuff you love but don’t hear enough. Happy Hippy action on Fridays after work from
6pm in the live room, and the return of Dave and Brent on Mondays to do the Jam Thing...plug in and play along with the house band, and join the hundreds of musos from all over Sydney who have taken advantage of this great opportunity. Late night pizzas from the bistro every Fri and Sat from 11pm til late too. Gasworks at the Albion, corner of George and Harris Sts, Parramatta. Online at www.albionhotel.com.au
BAR BROADWAY
Thursday 23, Bar Broadway hosts an intimate evening with four amazing singer/songwriters performing their blend of soul/pop/R’n’B. With an early start at 7pm, do not miss Veruschka, Brock Tamasi, Christopher Muir, and Tansy. Friday 24, ‘Dust Tones’ presents Flow Dynamics’ self titled debut album launch as well as Percussion Junction’s Beat Cartel album launch, supported by Good Buddha Sound System, Funk Injection, plus DJ action from Mark Walton, Bentley and Flava Dave. Presales available now thru www.inthemix. com.au. Saturday 25, Back In The Day’s resident DJ “B” On the Rocks takes you back in time with all the hard rocking hits of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. So lock it in your diaries, pull out those leathers, spandex and hairspray and get ready to rock’n’roll all night
CLASSICS AT THE CLARE HOTEL
CLASSICS AT THE CLARE is the perfect venue to start the night off or kick back after a gig for a night of classic tunes. Beat the cold inside on the couches and enjoy the sounds of artists such as The Stone Roses, Gang of Four, Beastie Boys, Pavement, You Am I, Otis Redding, Joy Division, The Pixies, Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips, Beck, Cat Power, The Smiths and the like. Classics at The Clare is on every Friday at the Clare Hotel opposite UTS. Our special guest Dj this week is JACK SHIT (FBI) supported by residents JOHNNY DARKO and COCO & SHAMBLES. 8pm till waaaay late!! The Clare Hotel 20 Broadway, Ultimo 92112839
CLUB BLINK
This Friday at Club Blink, we get dark and dirty as we host the pre tour party of all pre tour parties: NIN VS MARILYN MANSON. Both bands are set to grace our shores in the next few weeks, and this party gives us the chance to hear the best
of these bands, being played over three levels of what is considered by many to be the biggest alternative movement in Australia right now, CLUB BLINK. This week come early as it’ll pack out, no doubt!! We have djs BZURK and Karma playing all your favourite alternative anthems upstairs on the club level, b-sides and classics on the middle level with dj’s bzurk, nefarious, firefly and ivy and in the darkroom, four really kool live bands from midnigt till 3am, VOLTERA (a must see band from Melbourne, a female version of rammstein this is some seriously wicked music with angle grinding), supported by blue mountains freak rockers ELECTRIC FETISH, as well as AMATHYST (newcastle) and the HORRORWOOD MANNEQUINS. A night for absolutely everyone who likes it hard fast, dark and very very dirty. EVERYONE BLINKS!! Agincourt Hotel
COLLINGWOOD HOTEL
Urban Soul Lounge every Friday gets bigger and bigger, this week (Fri 24th) featuring DJ D-Bo, DJ MAC, DJ Rangi and MC Buddy Luv hyping the crowd. Still the Southwest’s #1 urban night for going on four years, the place for hip hop, soul an’ RnB - ask Vinnie from Naughty By Nature who hung out here a few weeks back. The ‘Wood is a winner of the AHA’s award for Best Entertainment Venue NSW. 321 Hume Highway, Liverpool, ph 9602 8005. Collingwood Hotel, 321 Hume Highway, Liverpool, ph 9602 8005.
CRICKETERS’ ARMS
Home to musicians, artists, foxes, fashionista’s, intellectuals, public servants, bludgers, skaters, academics, tradie’s, fabulous nobodies, students, DJ’s and those who prefer to remain anonymous. Pod Wars Saturday nights - master the aural universe for 20 shining minutes to win drinks and props. Contact Mikey @ www.myspace. com/podwar or Email podwar@ hotmail.com to book in. Downstairs - fireplace, courtyard, poolroom and your favourite beers. Upstairs - 2 for 1 Cocktails Thursday nights plus Tapas and a la Carte dining at Bistro Mikin 5:30pm -10pm (9pm Sundays). The Cricketers Arms Hotel, 106 Fitzroy St, Surry Hills.
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BEACH RD HOTEL
Vocal origami master mr percival is performing LIVE this coming Tuesday at Bondi’s Beach Road Hotel. Much more than a singer, mr percival (Darren Percival) is a vocal artist and innovator - he paints with his voice using a looping pedal to create rich soundscapes and sublime grooves. His CD ‘Out of the Loop’ is the product of 20 years spent performing live and exploring the power and scope of the human voice.
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venue music news welcome to the frontline: what’s goin’ on, down and around town...
EASTSIDE ARTS
Sat 25 at Eastside Arts (stone gallery on oxford) 8pm Crippled Symmetry: the music of Morton Feldman $20/15 Phone bookings and inquiries (02) 9331 2646 or email bookings@eastsidearts.org.au Visit www.eastsidearts.org.au Iconic New York composer Morton Feldman is renowned for his delicate colours and a spacious sense of time. In Crippled Symmetry, Feldman explores patterns influenced by ancient middle-eastern rugs, repetitious but disproportionate and symmetrically staggered. Ensemble Offspring is dedicated to the performance of challenging new music. With over sixty projects under its belt, the Sydney-based ensemble has established itself as one of Australia’s leading voices for innovative forms of classical music. Ensemble Offspring is committed to a living classical-music tradition combining the music of today with iconic works of the 20th and 21st centuries. The ensemble embraces a wide variety of progressive repertoire from wild improvisation to meticulous complexity and has a particular focus on experimental and interdisciplinary presentations. The ensemble is noted for its original programming, quality of performance, and successful audience engagement.
EXCHANGE HOTEL
Six venues under one roof, Q Bar, Spectrum, 34B, Vegas, Phoenix and Nevada Lounge, what more could one want! Bringing you such talent as, The DeckHeads, S.S.T, Hot Damn, Loz Vegas, 34B Burlesque, Dirty, Spectrum, Loose Ends, WoofClub, Action, Void, Bleeding Tongues, AEIOU, Loose Ends just to name a few. Coming soon- Q Lounge on Thursdays, Q Bars 15th Birthday, Phoenix’s Bday. Q and the Exchange Hotel has finally turned the corner it needed to! See you at Q. Resident Dj’s, Julian Lacey, Hayden Keys, Dan Newling, Trent Rackus, Ben Lucid, Loz Vegas, Nick Spinz, Naughty2Fourty, Scottish Dave, Mandy Rollins, Feisty, Goldfoot, Brag Bitches and more weekly guests. Enquiries to, marketing@ exchangehotel.biz
Kapow’s indie sound and rock attitude have already created a strong following including Wilco. This is a Licensed All Ages event, where the over 18’s and the U/18’s will be separated over the 2 floors. The Gaelic 64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills 9211168
GOLDEN SHEAF HOTEL
In the heart of the eastern suburbs, there’s an energy about the Golden Sheaf that few venues can match, from the stylish art deco upstairs Soda Bar and outdoor Deck Bar, to the big palm-filled beergarden, and the funky Back Bar when a band’s in full flight. Live groove bands entertain every Thursday to Sunday, this week starring Rob Woolf (Thur 23), the Noxs (Fri 24), After Party Band (Sat 25) and the man with the voice like melting chocolate, Rob Edwards (Sun 26). DJ Mr DJ spins til 3am every Friday and Saturday. Nick Toth and Kitsch run their Wednesday session downstairs, and Pitty The Kid, Yin Yang, Tokoloshe and Man About Town are among the Deck Bar’s regular selectors. And it’s all free. Full details online at www. goldensheaf.com.au.
HOTEL CHAMBERS
It’s official. Red Room is Australia’s Best Club Night!!! At the UMAs on Aug 14th Red Room won this coveted award ahead of challenges from all around the nation. There’ll be one huge celebration this Saturday 25th, so be early. Regulars Troy-T, Rangi, Ms Hennessey and Cheeks will be joined by special guests to party hard and long. In the heart of the city at the corner of Martin Place and Elizabeth St, with an excellent bistro and plenty of style. Fridays after work are Hot In The City, all your favourite tracks from the 80s til now. Loads of special giveaways, features and more online at the all-new www.hotelchambers.com. au.www.hotelchambers.com.au.
FLINDERS HOTEL
HOT DAMN!
So I don’t think the ‘MACAULAY ROAD’ is getting enough props at the moment. Considering it is the Official Drink Of Hot Damn (ODOHD) you’d think everyone would be jumping on its nuts, but unfortunately not. If you haven’t heard, a MACAULAY ROAD is a gorgeous mix of vodka, cola and raspberry and is really quite delicious. I think the lack of props might have something to do with MarkC telling everyone it is actually called a MarkC and the kids are just getting confused. I get down on my knees (oi, watch it) and beg him to stop but he persists. I don’t want to say he might have a terrible accident soon but you know, I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a terrible accident. I bet SPANDEX wouldn’t do that to me. She is too busy dropping bangaz to try steal a drink… $3 beers, $4 spirits (and MACAULAY ROADs) all night. $10/8 Doors 8pm. www.myspace.com/hotdamnsydney Thursday August 23 at Spectrum, 34 Oxford St Darlinghurst
LAUNCH SQUAD
The newly refurbished Cock N Bull Hotel @ Bondi Junction is the newest venue to sign up to The Launch Squads Acoustic Sessions. Starting Wed August 22nd from 8:30pm the Cock N Bull will open up its stage to acoustic original music. Where local East side musos can strutt their toons. Sunday August 26th @ The Lansdowne, The Launch Squad presents, Dizzy Limit, Liz Bowie Band + Olivia Pipitone Band, entry is free get there from 6pm. On the same night if you are after something a little more intimate then head up the road to Madame Fling Flong on King St, where Jamie Hutchings (bbk) is in his 3rd week of his residency. Guests this week include sister Sophie and Kate Winchester (Our August Artist of The Month.) For more information log onto www.thelaunchsquad.com.au
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“Pet Cemetery” is a new night at The Flinders Hotel in Darlinghurst. The name embodies the attitude, humor, music, film and culture that we love. The name derives from ‘Pet Cemetery’ by romantic- punkers The Ramones and of course the 80’s cult horror flick by Steven King. It will be a night that delivers 80’s/indie/punk/ rock on high rotation, but also showcases young exciting bands from Sydney and Melbourne. The appeal will be in the fact that the night is free, has great music playing that everyone can dance to, include guest DJ’s and foremost free performances by young new talented bands. Think: kooky fun, big hair, 80’s/romantic punk/ indie pop, The Rocky Horror Show, The B52’s, The Cramps, Gary Numan, Siouxsie Sioux, The Smiths etc. There will also be themed nights in future weeks. www.myspace.com/flinderspetcemetery Flinders Hotel 63 Flinders St, Darlinghurst
THE GAELIC
Yeah, that’s right!! It’s a showdown… this is an event that you get to see a headlining battle with Krill v Sound Casino and then the supports challenging each other The Modern Life v Meow Kapow. The guns are blazing and its like a scene from Kill Bill as the guns are in the hands of the ladies from Krill, after keeping low in the Sydney scene for sometime now Krill are ready to tackle the stage. Recently this group has been receiving hype from areas they were not expecting it with Big Brother Host Mike Goldman featuring their music on his myspace site and shooting up the list on the Uncharted charts. With their rock riffs and stunning stage appearance this is an artist that stays in the front of your mind. The challenger Sound Casino is the band that toured with the Jim Beam Bourbon Festival have now returned to Sydney to do their first Licensed All Ages show for a long time. Sound Casino have appeared on The Footy Show and been able to travel overseas on their talents, their sound is set for big stadiums and large arenas with a stage show that can conquer seasoned veterans. The headlining battle will be full of Sex, Drugs and Rock N Roll..The undercard for this night will be another great battle with 2 young bands shaping up to show what they have to give.. Modern Life “have forged themselves a dedicated base and a reputation for putting on a good show.” (Fiona Cameron. Drum Media Live Review. 24th July 2007) this night will be no exception to the rule as they competition is ready and willing to take control. Meow 50 :: BRAG :: 223 :: 13:08:07
LOADED
In their continued support of all things brilliant and NEW and young and horse related, this week the lads host the exclusive launch of ‘Fantastic Playroom’ the debut album from New Young Pony Club. The blinding single ‘The Bomb’ was in the Triple J ‘most requested’ for about 5 years and deservedly so. The album contains loads more similarly sassy and equally sexy tracks and is therefore gonna receive the full Loaded launch treatment this week. As always the Loaded boys will be spinning their favourite tracks from the album over the course of what will surely be yet another mental evening. If you want a copy of this superb album you just gotta email loaded@theworldbar.com right NOW! The August album of the month is still Art Brut’s ‘It’s a bit complicated’ (it’s still August) so email loaded@theworldbar NOW if you want a slice of that little corker. As well as all the goings on mentioned so far, the lads will also be unleashing brand new stuff from the likes of IAN BROWN, BABYSHAMBLES, HARD FI, THE CORAL, ARCTIC MONKEYS, BLOC PARTY, ART BRUT, PIGEON DETECTIVES, EDITORS, THE WHITE STRIPES, THE ENEMY, THE CRIBS, THE TWANG, KAISER CHIEFS, RED RIDERS, JOSH PYKE, yep that’s right – all of ‘em. You can also use the loaded email address to apply for free membership (cheap drinks, perks, etc) and a free gift. Last weeks membership enquirer’s received carbon credits. If you do have a request, or want to enquire about anything at all concerning Loaded, and be aware that these boys are up for everything, email loaded@theworldbar.com. All this coupled with the best club atmosphere in Australia makes for a guaranteed great night. You know that though. Check out the Loaded MySpace account at MYSPACE.COM/WEARELOADED
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venue music news welcome to the frontline: what’s goin’ on, down and around town...
SANDRINGHAM
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For the earlybirds, on Wednesday night we’ve got Dylan Thomas launching his new CD Pieces of an Overhead. Support for the night is The Zenith Process. Friday night is “Lennon vs McCartney”, we’re some of Sydney’s best singer/songwriters pay homage to the work of the great men. Who did write the best songs??? For mine it was Ringo! Saturday night will be hardcore mania with Hard Luck launching their new CD. Supports are AVO, Ill, Eyegouge (ACT) and Flame The Fire. Sandringham Hotel, 387 King St, Newtown.
SCRUFFY MURPHYS
Scruffy Murphy’s has been a mecca for backpackers and locals alike for years now. Live bands 7 nights a week means that you never have to sit at home and watch the “Hotdogs Up Late Quiz Show”. All your favourite cover bands like The U2 Elevation Show, The Green Day Show and The Bon Jovi Show are all regulars down here and they’ll have you wanting more. If bands are not your thing, then head on down to the Vault nightclub, you’ll be doing the electric bugaloo all night long. Scruffy Murphy’s 43-49 Goulburn Street, Sydney 92112002
a crazy lizard (or close to) with party hiphop funkmasters Wax Motif, Moneyshot, Daigo and Noodles taking turns. So for this Saturday? It’s WHAM! For mild mannered frivolity that you probably won’t remember...
WINE BANQ
Wine Banq is a sexy subterranean adult playground with it’s glowing bar and comfy padded chairs, it’s the ideal hangout for the young in loves, and hoping to be in love. Wine Banq has played host to some of the world’s legends of jazz including Harry Connick, Jr., Branford Marsalis, James Morrison, Joshua Redmen, Wynton Marsalis, and Barbara Morrison. Wine Banq 53 Martin Pl, Sydney 92221919
WORLD BAR
Ask yourself - what does the World Bar have that no other club in Sydney has got? The answer: A party for every night of the week. Whether you’re into Monday night beats, Tuesday nights with backpackers, a Wednesday for Students, a Thursday to get LOADED, Fridays to rock out with your MUM, Saturday to lose your mind on the dancefloor, or a Sunday to chillax with great tunes – World Bar has got you covered... www. theworldbar.com World Bar 24 Bayswater Rd Kings Cross
STARFUCKERS
This week the King of Fag and The Queen of Fag Hag, go head to head amongst all the usual slags and drags. Disorder VS Sveta, as well as other attractions including Hookie VS Stew York, Booms, Donnie Blood, Poncho and Maybe Trent. Slide down the stairs of your favourite all night electro fuck fest nightclub for DJ battles ahoy. All you can deep throat from 10pm for a measly $10. Love you long time x x x
WHAM!
MUM
Yves Klein Blue, Miyagi, & Venus Shadow Crash Mums Place As far as young up and coming Aussie musos go, Brisbane’s Yves Klein Blue have got off to pretty good beginnings. They won the MTV Kickstart comp, and have truly knocked the socks off many eager listeners with their debut EP, “Yves Klein Blue draw attention to themselves”. And what for now? These Brisvegans are doing Sydney with motherly love. They are supporting Sydney experimental rock gurus, Miyagi. Plus there will be a hell of a lot of indie pop supplied by Venus Shadow who will be first to grace the stage. On the decks, the ever-impressive Throw Shapes Djs, alongside One Arm Bandit, PC Thug, Hayley, DJ Diago and Hentai. So why not let those cheap jagerbombs build some false confidence on the dance floor, and let MUM take good care of your ears… Its all happening this Friday night from 9pm at MUM - The World Bar.
NO FUN
This Friday @ No Fun, join us for the best mix of indie mod and old school punk in town. We can be found at The Peppermint Lounge, 231 Victoria Street, Potts Point (opposite Holiday Inn). No Fun Djs kick off at 9pm and play til well past your bedtime. Entry is Free. We also have the cheapest Becks and Heineken in the X - $3 until midnight. Dj’s playing Interpol, Queens of the Stone Age, Art Brut, Young and Restless, Gerling, British India, Sparkadia, Modest Mouse, Kings Of Leon etc. Drop us a request for the event or become our friend @ www.myspace.com/nofunsydney . Come and shake your booty.
If you enjoy Saturday night shenanigans as much as the guy next to you, then WHAM! is where you need to be this weekend. The Club Room will be shaking thanks largely to the tactful audio exploits of James Taylor, Non Ferrous, Kemuri, and ESP. Journey to the Terrace and you will be dancing like
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PURPLE SNEAKERS
We love it when our favourite young bands drops their debut album and it’s even better when they decide to party with us [and you] This Friday the PAPER SCISSORS launch their stellar album “Less Talk More Paper Scissors” and you will be getting more Paper Scissors because they’re also gonna perform an exclusive DJ Set. PhDJ, DJ FLE, DANGER X and SEABAS join in the fun behind the Abercrombie decks. To win a copy of the Paper Scissors album join our mailing list at www.purplesneakers.com.au
TRASH
I’m so excited, I just can’t hide it!! This is how we all feel about Trash as never before has a club come to Sydney and bought such an awesome array of good hearted people together, rocken out each week at this cross genre club catering for everyone setting the atmosphere and mood to ecstatic!!(deep breath) This week we bring three different massive parties to the one venue, starting with a PUNX PARTY on the Liquid Buzz Level, launching the new album from RISE AGAINST. This band rules, and dj’s BZURK and crew will be mixing up all your favourite punk trax all night alongside some emo, elektro, indie, rock and other anthems to bop around to. On the ground floor we have live bands; HEROES FOR HIRE, THE MEDICS and Irksome Bliss playing hardcore / punk / rock with residents mixing up some rock retro to sing along to after the bands have finished. Heading downstairs in the Darkroom, we satisfy all your dark desires with BZURK (this guy gets around), KAWK and SATANIC HISPANIC playing metal core, metal and hardcore. This is a massive scene, the brotherhood of metal core in oz!! Launches on Kore level: Gallows (watch this band) and Devine Heresey (see djs for giveaways). This night will reach capacity, so take your finger out and get the fudge down there, early to avoid disappointment!! Agincourt Hotel The Paper Scissors 52 :: BRAG :: 224 :: 20:08:07
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$8 LOCAL JUGS To book your space email bookyourspace@gmail.com
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ft. The Bouillabaisse DJs, Dj Du Jour, Phaze-5, DJ AV & guests Spinning Funk 45s, HipHop, Ol’Skool & Breaks
NIGHTLIFE VIDEO JUKEBOX ON BIG SCREEN
Come visit us at The Sly Fox where our new large screen and Video Jukebox has a wide variety of music. We have a $3 Schooner special everyday and $8 Local Jugs. Also our famous cocktails from 6-9pm for $6 every night of the week. If you have a birthday to celebrate contact us and we can help you... tables of any numbers none too small. Friday night is our Karaoke and celebration night (Because it’s Friday). Saturdays have different DJs promoting every week JOIN US AT The Sly Fox 199 Enmore Rd, Enmore PH: 95571016 BRAG :: 224 :: 20:08:07 :: 53
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ROCK & POP
ROCK & POP
Gemma The Observer Hotel, The Rocks free 9.30pm Incentive: Sacred Stones, Four Chords, The Smoking Muskets, Acid Wagon of Death Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills $6 6pm Singer Songwriter Night Vic on the Park Hotel, Marrickville $5 7pm Songwriter Sessions Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills free 7.30pm The Jam Thing Gasworks Nightclub, Albion Hotel, Parramatta free 7pm They Call me Bruce Novotel Homebush, Homebush Bay free 4pm
Clayton Doley’s Organ Donors Public Bar, Macquarie Hotel, Sydney free 8pm Eran James Will and Toby’s, Darlinghurst $10 (+ bf) 9pm fbi’s We’ve Got Talent!: Den Dwellaz Raymond J’s Back Bar, Annandale Hotel free 7.30pm Fresh Sets Bat & Ball Hotel, Surry Hills free 7.30pm Gemma O’Malley’s Hotel, Darlinghurst free 9.30pm Home Grown Roots: Leroy Lee, Jesse Morris, Ben Marshall, Daxton, Tim Walker, Doug Sandrini The Vanguard, Newtown $10 (+ bf)–$13 7pm Jed Zarb Coogee Bay Hotel free 9pm Kel-Anne Brandt Duo Riverstone Schofields RSL free 1pm Mission Jones Pittwater RSL Club, Mona Vale free 6.30pm Poptarts: Jay Jaxson, Hannah Croke, Ivona, Melissa Cox, Domino Unity Hall Hotel, Balmain free 7.15pm Pulse 8 Glo Bar, Star City, Pyrmont free 8pm Rob Henry The Observer Hotel, The Rocks free 9.30pm Sandpit: In This Defence, Land Speed Records, Lights Out
JAZZ Mick Buckley Dee Why RSL Club free 6pm Open Mic & Jazz/Bossa Jam session Bar Me, Potts Point free 8pm Owen Torr Sofitel Wentworth Sydney free 5.30pm Red Beans Public Bar, Macquarie Hotel, Sydney free 8pm Rhino Factory Big Band, John Maddox Zodiac Hotel, Sydney $10 8pm
ACOUSTIC/FOLK
ENMORE THEATRE $67.50 (+ bf) 8.30pm
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Dave Mallon BB’s, Bondi Beach free
Sandringham Hotel, Newtown free 8pm To the Throne, Sailmaker, Cut Sic Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills $8 8pm Voiaj Opera Bar, Sydney free 8.30pm
JAZZ Jazzgroove: Jackson Harrison, Willow Neilson Quartet Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills $8–$12 8.30pm Lionel Robinson Dee Why RSL Club free 6pm Paul O’Shea Sofitel Wentworth Sydney free 5.30pm
ACOUSTIC/FOLK Bernie Segedin BB’s, Bondi Beach free Mr Percival, Roger That Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach free 8pm
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22 ROCK & POP Andy Mamers Novotel Homebush, Homebush Bay free 5pm Blue Taboo Brass Monkey, Cronulla $12 8pm Darren Carr The Observer Hotel, The Rocks free 9.30pm Dave A Duo Ettamogah Pub, Rouse Hill free 6.30pm Decadent Dolls, Sound Casino, Hunting Party
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send your listings to : gigguide@thebrag.com Streetlight Theatre Spectrum, Darlinghurst 8pm The Falls, Yen, Amanda Baker Will and Toby’s, Darlinghurst $10 (+ bf) 8pm The Honeys, Exiles The Vanguard, Newtown $15 (+ bf)–$18 (at door) 7pm The Musos Club Jam Bald Faced Stag Hotel, Leichhardt free 8pm They Call me Bruce Coogee Bay Hotel free 10pm Wardie Lansdowne Hotel, Chippendale free 9pm
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COUNTRY Corrina Steel and the Tarnished Angels, Iron Bar Hotel, Jo Meares Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills $10 8pm
THURSDAY AUGUST 23 ROCK & POP 67 Special, The Devoted Few, The Watt Riot Annandale Hotel $12 (+ bf)– $15 (at door) 7.30pm Amongst the Demons, Sword Toward Self, Akuma,
Smithtown Riot Damarill Live House, Lewisham $10 8pm Antoine Harbord Beach Hotel free 8pm - 11:40pm Ben Finn Duo Coogee Bay Hotel free 10pm - 2am Bhuja BB’s, Bondi Beach free Cheerleader Swap Meat Film Launch: Maxwell Stone, One Shot Kill, Dead Inside the Chrysalis, Leprechaun Death Star, The New Archetypes, DJ Metal Nightmare Manning Bar, Sydney University, Camperdown $8–$13 8pm City on Film (USA), Lungs, MidSummer Lights Hermann’s, Darlington 8pm Cuthbert & the Nightwalkers, Dead Letter Chorus, Wons Phreely
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Search Selina’s, Coogee Bay Hotel free 8pm Jager Uprising Coogee Bay Hotel free 8pm Jam Slam Pine Inn, Concord free 7.30pm Jay Walker, Future Role Models Will and Toby’s, Darlinghurst $10 (+ bf) 9pm Jenny Morris Fairfield RSL, Supperclub Kirk Burgess, Louise Coleman Grosvenor Hotel, Waterloo free 8pm Lisa Mitchell,The Falls, Sep Caton Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills $10 8pm Marsala Woollahra Hotel free 7.45pm Reckless Trio Peachtree Hotel free 8 11.30pm
The Vanguard, Newtown $10 (+ bf)–$13 (at door) 7pm Days Like Stars Bull & Bush Hotel, Baulkham Hills free 8pm Greg Agar Duo Northies Cronulla Hotel - Sports Bar free 8:30pm - 12am Groove War Pine Inn, Concord free 8pm Hot Damn!: Smithtown Riot, Cut Sic, Spandex Sarah, Best Friends Tech Spectrum, Darlinghurst $10 8pm Hugh Monroe Glo Bar, Star City, Pyrmont free 9.30pm Interstellar Overdrive, Paul Appelkamp Brass Monkey, Cronulla $10 8pm Iris Cat & Fiddle Hotel, Balmain $10 8pm Jager Uprising Duo Band
THE SCOTTS + DADDY FRISCO TOSS THE BOSS JAGER & TAP BEERS 7-9PM!
Reiz Ariva Band, Uncle Jed, Jo’s Army, Paul Winn & Band Vic on the Park, Marrickville $10 8pm Robertson Brothers PJ Gallagher’s - Drummoyne free 8.30-11.30pm Ryan Adams & the Cardinals (USA), Krista Polvere Enmore Theatre $67.50 (+ bf) 8.30pm Sally Street, John Harkins, Natalie Morrison, Hamish Stuart Slide, Darlinghurst $20 9pm Second Hand Monavale Hotel – ‘Sports’ free 10pm Seretonin, Dead Farmers, Yves Kleine Blue Candy’s Apartment, Kings Cross $10 8pm Sideswiped, Iris, Raging Bull, Guests Cat and Fiddle, Balmain $10 8pm
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Alex Hopkins Sofitel Wentworth Sydney free 5.30pm Elana Stone Public Bar, Macquarie Hotel, Sydney free 8pm John Harkins Dee Why RSL Club free 6pm Monica Trapaga Slide, Darlinghurst $60 7pm
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Cat and Fiddle, Balmain $8 8pm Dylan Thomas, The Zenith Process Sandringham Hotel, Newtown $5 8pm Franky Valentyn Balmain Leagues Club, Rozelle free Greg Nunan BB’s, Bondi Beach free Heath Burdell O’Malley’s Hotel, Darlinghurst free 9.30pm Jager Uprising: Learn The Splits Annandale Hotel free 7.30pm Mister Twister Opera Bar, Sydney free 8.30pm Mitch Grainger, Rick Price The Basement, Circular Quay $20 (+ bf) 8pm Paul Burton Trio Glo Bar, Star City, Pyrmont free 9.30pm Pet Cemetery Flinders Hotel, Darlinghurst free 9pm Relive Ray Charles In Concert: Frank Rondell, The Huey Lewis & the New Experience Enmore Theatre $79.75 8pm Richie Branco Northies, Cronulla free 8pm Shout Out Louds (Sweden), The Paper Scissors, Bird Automatic Manning Bar, Sydney University, Camperdown $31 (+ bf)–$36 (+ bf) 8pm Space Banditos, Captain Kickarse and the Awesomes, Nomea, Marzipan Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills $8 8pm Stephen Lovelight, Bill Beare, Mark Moffatt Madame Fling Flong, Newtown $8 6pm
NO BLADE OF GRASS
[1970] Based on a best-seller by John Christopher this post apocalyptic cautionary tale warns against the dangers of pollution. Set in a futuristic Britain that’s been decimated by the onset of a plague which attacks strains of grass such as wheat & rice, & the world is descending into famine & chaos. An architect & his family decide to move from London to northern England where they’ll hopefully be safe. Along the way they pick up many people looking for leadership & sanctuary. The journey’s treacherous, encountering insane biker gangs, hostile soldiers & all manner of people all too willing to take advantage of the travelers.
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send your listings to : gigguide@thebrag.com Albert Lee, Wheelers & Dealers The Basement, Circular Quay $39 (+ bf) 9.30pm
FRIDAY AUGUST 24 ROCK & POP
The Follow Steve Tonge Observer Hotel free 9.30pm - 1am The Hiptones Sandringham Hotel, Newtown $10 8.30pm The Re-Mones, Beatrice & Band, Unicorn’s Revenge, The Shanks The Harp, Tempe $10 8pm The Statics, The Chequered Leopards, Beau Monde, The Medics Gaelic Theatre, Surry Hills $10 (+ bf) 8pm Verushka, Brock Tamasi, Christopher Muir, Tansy Bar Broadway, Chippendale $12 7pm Vivid Rock Crown Hotel, Revesby free 8.30pm Wamp Wamp: Hianta (Fluokids, France), Anna Lunoe, Kato, Sleater Brockman Club 77, Darlinghurst $5 9pm Williams Bros
PJ Gallagher’s - Parramatta free 9pm - 12am Wormholes Exist, Serenik Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills $8 8pm YourSpace: Open Mic Sly Fox Hotel, Newtown free 7pm Zoltan Brighton RSL, Brighton-LeSands free 7.30pm
JAZZ Gettin’ Greasy: Darren Heinrich Jazz Organ Trio Broadway Cafe, Chippendale free 7pm glass De Nom, Darlinghurst free 10pm Lionel Robinson Dee Why RSL Club free 7pm Makin Whoopee Sofitel Wentworth free 5.30 - 8.30pm Peter Kelly’s Jazz Jam Bald Faced Stag Hotel,
Leichhardt free 7.30pm Stag Trio Bald Faced Stag Hotel, Leichhardt free 10pm Sydney Sound Big Band, Helen Fenton Rockdale RSL free 7.30pm Unit 7 Lane Cove Country Club, Northwood free 7pm
ACOUSTIC & FOLK Bucket Room Mocean Underground Bar and Restaurant, Bondi Beach Donation 8p[m Acoustic Caravan: Freeway Jam Freeway Hotel, Artarmon free 9pm Open Mic Night: Artist/s unknown Lord Raglan Hotel, Alexandria free 7.30pm
COUNTRY
2-Fold O’Malleys Hotel free 9.30pm - 2.30am Alex Hopkins Wentworthville Leagues Club free 8pm - Midnight Allen & Demello Club Liverpool free 7.30pm ATE Rydges Cronulla free 6pm Bertie Blackman, The Follow, Savoy Kicks Spectrum, Darlinghurst $12 (+ bf) 8pm Big Ben Novotel Homebush - Brewery free 5.00pm -9.00pm Blow Taren Point Bowling Club free 8.30pm Caramel 36 Degrees, Star City free 10pm - 1am Cherish Commercial Hotel, Parramatta free 10pm Classics at The Clare: Mel (Bazooka), Johnny Darko, Coco & Shambles The Clare Hotel, Broadway free 8pm Club Blink Agincourt Hotel, Ultimo $10 8pm Countdown Spectacular 2: Rick Springfield, Martha Davis (USA), Doug Fieger (USA), Katrina Leskanich (UK), Plastic Bertrand (Belgium), Les McKeown
(Scotland), Richard Gower (UK), David Paton (Scotland), Robin Scott (UK), Samantha Fox (UK), Graham Bonnet (UK), Birtles, Shorrock & Goble, Richard Clapton, Kate Ceberano, Supernaut, The Radiators, Sharon O’Neill, John Schumann, Dave Mason (UK), Ignatius Jones, Paul Gray, Doc Neeson’s Angels Sydney Acer Arena, Sydney Olympic Park $69–$159 7pm Dave Stevens Observer Hotel free 8:30pm - 1:30am Dave White Trio Monavale Hotel – ‘Sports’ free 10pm Declan Kelly & The Rising Sun Brass Monkey, Cronulla $15 8pm Deep Observer Hotel free 9:30pm - 2:30am Down for the Cause: Artist/s unknown Live House, Lewisham $10 9pm Elvis - Live On Stage Harbord Diggers Club free 8:00pm - 11:00pm EMERGENCY 2 (All Ages): Benjalu, Maniken, The Belle Curve, Chan Marshall, Shandell Manson, The Invalids Blackbox Theatre, Newcastle $10 6pm Faker, Sparkadia, The Wahas Annandale Hotel $18 8pm Flava of the Carribean South Sydney Juniors, Kingsford $7 (member)–$11 8pm Friday Night Live: The Nevilles Arthouse Hotel, Sydney free
9.30pm Gibbo & Co St Marys RSL free 7pm Heath Burdell Allawah Hotel free 9pm 12am Hue Williams Avalon Beach RSL Club 9pm Inner Games Matraville RSL free 8pm Jackson Lane Club Blakehurst, Kyle Bay free 8pm Jed Zarb PJ Gallagher’s Parramatta free 8pm - 11:30pm Jenny Morris Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor $15 8.30pm Jo Elms St George Sailing Club free 7:00pm - 10:30pm Jon Elms Duo Richmond Club Limited free 9:00pm - 1:00am Kazaam Maroubra RSL Club 8:00pm - 12:00midnight Kent Eastwood Artichoke Gallery Cafe, Cremorne free 7.30pm Kitch Grosvenor Hotel, Waterloo free 7.30pm Klassic Blak Asquith Leagues Club, Waitara free 8pm Latin Power Glo Bar, Star City, Pyrmont free 10pm Leadfinger, The Holy Soul, The Carcinogenics Scarborough-Wombarra Bowling Club free 8pm Lennon V McCArtney: Chris Gillespie, Cassandra Smiles, Maxine Kauter, Jay Nicholson, Black Eyed Angel, Tim Weekes Sandringham Hotel, Newtown 8pm
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send your listings to : gigguide@thebrag.com Luke Dixon Greengate Hotel free 8.30pm - 11.30pm Marduk (Sweden), Furor, Iciclan The Factory Theatre, Enmore $49.50 (+ bf) 8pm Michael Bennett Melton Hotel free 4.30pm - 8.00pm Mick Buckley Freeway Hotel, Artarmon free 6pm Midnight Juggernauts, Damn Arms, Young & Restless, Comets Metro Theatre, Sydney $22 (+ bf) 8pm Mike Whitney Band Demons Sports, Seven Hills free 9.15pm Mum: Miyagi, Yves Klein Blue, The Venus Shadow The World Bar, Kings Cross $10 9pm Nicky Kurta Three Swallows Hotel free 7pm - 10pm Obvious Fire, The Shady Band, Brian Campeau Mona Vale Hotel 8pm Paul Winn Balgowlah RSL Club free 8:00pm - 12:00midnigh Peachy Marlborough Hotel, Newtown free 10.30pm Phil Barton Club Menai free 8.30pm Purple Sneakers: The Paper Scissors (DJ set) , PhDJ, Ben Fletcher, The Mystic Jaguar Abercrombie Hotel, Broadway $10 - free before 8pm 7pm Richie Branco Duo Ettamogah Hotel free 6.30 - 10pm Ryan Adams & the Cardinals (USA), Bob Evans Enmore Theatre $67.50 (+ bf)
8.30pm Sandwich Club:Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!, City Riots, Harlequin League, Seabellies, Roger Explostion, Learn The Split, The Scream Team, Hey Now, Disco Punk, Chris Dork, Harry Hunter Candy’s Apartment, Kings Cross $10 before 11pm, $15 after 8pm Second Hand Coogee Bay Hotel free 10:30pm - 2:30am Seven Year Itch Kurnell Recreation Club Simon Kinny Lewis BB’s, Bondi Beach free Sister Jane, Sway, The Years, Thylacine Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills $10 8pm Sniperival, Phonetics, Nil By Mouth, Meza Cat and Fiddle, Balmain $10 8pm Stephen Lovelight, Little Bob St George Tavern, Rockdale free 6pm Steve Tonge Trio Peachtree Hotel free 10.00pm - 1:30am Swinging Sixties Fairfield RSL free 8pm The Bob Dylan Revue The Vanguard, Newtown $14 (+ bf) 7pm The Brunettes (New Zealand), Sui Zhen, Cloud Control Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills $15 (+ bf) 8pm The Cruize Ingleburn RSL Club free 8.45pm The Dave Duo Riverstone RSL Club free 8:30pm - 12:00midnight The Nervous Wreckers Petersham Inn free 8.30pm
The Obvious Fire, The Shady Band, Brian Campeau Monavale Hotel – ‘The Jager Room’ $10 7.30pm The Unexpected Vic On The Park, Marrickville free 8 - 11pm The Waves Harbord Beach Hotel free 8pm - 11:40pm They Call Me Bruce PJ Gallagher’s - Drummoyne free 9:30pm - 12:45am Upstarts: The Lazys, Die Monde, Fifty Sixx, DJNR Agent, DJ Inc Hermann’s, Darlington $8 (student)–$10 8pm Venus Rag and Famish Hotel, North Sydney free 8.30pm Wildcatz Carousel Inn free 7:30pm - 11pm Zoltan Camden Valley Golf Resort, Catherine Field free 7pm
JAZZ Bridge City Jazz Band Club Ashfield free 7.30pm Makin Whoopee Sofitel Wentworth free 9pm - 12am Simone Reuben Trio Well Connected Cafe, Glebe 8pm Steve Clisby Will and Toby’s, Darlinghurst $20 (+ bf) 9pm Unity Hall Jazz Band Unity Hall Hotel, Balmain free 9.30pm Wanderlust The Sound Lounge, Seymour Centre, Chippendale $12 (member)–$18 8.30pm
ACOUSTIC & FOLK
Jim Moginie & the Family Dog, Gondawanaland The Harp, Tempe 8pm Jorge Campano Sofitel Wentworth free 5.30 - 8.30pm
COUNTRY The Robertson Brothers, Drew McAlister Blacktown RSL Club free 8.30pm SATURDAY AUGUST 25
ROCK & POP 13th Floor Monavale Hotel – ‘Sports’ free 10pm Abduction X: Artist/s unknown Live House, Lewisham $10 8pm Achilles Last Stand, Happy Hour, The Numinus, Maus Manly Fisho’s $10 8pm Agnes Kain, Sam Shinazzi, John Columbus, Johnny The Hampdens Vance Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills $10 8pm Akinga Eastern Suburbs Leagues Club 8:00pm - 12:00midnight Alex Hopkins Castle Hill RSL free 6.30 - 10pm Almost Famous Watershed Hotel, Darling Harbour free 10pm Angry Tradesmen The Vanguard, Newtown $22 (+ bf)–$25 (at door) 7pm Backbeat St Marys RSL free 7pm Battle of the Bands Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor free 8pm Becky Shepherd, John Dixon
Glengarry Castle Hotel, Redfern free 8pm Bertie Blackman, The Follow Spectrum, Darlinghurst $12 (+ bf) 8pm Bloodlust Carnival: Neo Tokyo, Caterwaul, The Maxx, Kasdeja The Factory Theatre, Enmore $20 (+ bf) 8pm Brazilian Latin Groove Glo Bar, Star City, Pyrmont free 10pm British Invasion Bankstown Trotting Club 8:30pm - 10:30pm Caramel Peachtree Hotel free 10pm - 1:30am Cass Eager BB’s, Bondi Beach free Dead Letter Chorus, Wons Phreely, Cuthbert & the Nightwalkers Brass Monkey, Cronulla $14 (presale)–$15 (at door) 8pm Des Miller, Plastic Palace Alice[Melb], If It Bleeds It Can Be Butchered, The Sweats Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills 8pm Dollshay Ettamogah Hotel free 6pm - 10pm East West Deathgrind Fest: Captain Cleanoff, Guild of Destruction, Ebolie, Maxi P, Corpsickle, Beyond Terror Beyond Grace, Backyard Mortuary, New Blood, Kill A Celebrity, Anal Discharge, Predominant Slug, Code of Lies, Cunt Butcher, The Pelvic Slurp, DJ Siamese Goat Mandarin Club, Sydney Elvis Alive Ingleburn RSL Club free 8.30pm Ensemble Offspring
Eastside Arts, Paddington $15–$20 8pm Fallen Silver, Ancient Marinators, Iris, Kristy Coote Vic on the Park Hotel, Marrickville $10 8pm Flava of the Carribean: Artist/s unknown South Sydney Juniors, Kingsford $7 (member)–$11 7pm Franky Valentyn PJ Gallaghers - Drummoyne free 9:30pm - 12:45am Franky Valentyn Trio Balmain Leagues Club, Rozelle 8pm Fresh Jams: Rumpunch Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach free 9pm Gary J Duo Northies Cronulla Hotel - Sports Bar free 8:45pm 12:15am Gemma Observer Hotel free 4:50pm - 9pm Giraffes Casino, The Reptiles, The Hellves, Normal Day Live House, Lewisham $10 2pm Hard Luck, AVO, Ill, Eyegouge, Flame the Fire Sandringham Hotel, Newtown 8pm Heath Burdell Greengate Hotel free 8.3011.30pm How Bizarre Fairfield RSL Club 9:30pm - 1:30 Iron Jack, The Salvatores, Nextgo Pretty, No Commercial Potential Cat and Fiddle, Balmain $10 8pm Jacks In Black Matraville RSL free 8pm Jenny Morris Penrith RSL $20 7.30pm
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THU 23 8pm $10
SWORD TOWARD SELF + AKUMA
SAT 25 2pm $10
THE HELLVES + NORMAL DAY
DAMARILL +
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GIRAFFE CASINO + THE REPTILES (Mel)
THU 30 8pm $10
IRON WOOD + TUESDAY SPOILS DOWNSTAIRS RISING + CARRIER
FRI 31 9pm $10
THE VAINE + SABRE TUNG THUNDER STEEL + SENEKI
SAT 1 9pm $10
MERKAN FARM + PALSHELDON & MIXED GRILL LENINA + The Evening Raga
THU 6 8pm $10
PHIL + SHAUN MCGRATH + LUST EMPHATALE & The Scarry Rabbits
FRI 7 9pm $10
WALKING WITH MIRRORS + BLACK WATER
SAT 8 2pm $10
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send your listings to : gigguide@thebrag.com Jump on the Cat The Harp, Tempe 8pm Just Quietly Taverners Hill Hotel, Leichhardt free 8.30pm Kazaam Riverstone RSL Club free 9:00pm - 12:30am Keith Armitage Harbord Beach Hotel free 8pm - 11:40pm King Tide, Declan Kelly, DJ King Tony Will and Toby’s, Darlinghurst $20 (+ bf) 9pm Lock & Load: The Bright Star Alliance, Falling for Beloved, Kids Of November, As Silence Breaks, Redevine, The Vaine(Syd), Red Letter Project Blackbox Theatre, Newcastle $15 6pm Manilow Magic Pittwater RSL Club, Mona Vale $10 (member)–$15 8.30pm Mercy Arms, Ghostwood, Surf City 60’s Show Annandale Hotel $10 (+ bf)–$12 (at door) 8pm Midnight Juggernauts, Damn Arms, Young & Restless, Comets Metro Theatre, Sydney $22 (+ bf) 8pm Mystery Guest Coogee Bay Hotel free 10:30pm - 2:30am Noel Davies Chester Hill RSL Club free 8:00pm - 11:00pm Paul Kelly, Katy Steele State Theatre, Sydney $71.10 (+ bf) 7pm Power Of Two Katoomba RSL Club free 8:30pm - 12:30am Quirk the Gimp Live House, Lewisham Rob Henry Observer Hotel free 4pm -
Marlborough Hotel, Newtown free 10.30pm Zolton Brewhouse Pub -St Mary’s free 8pm - 11:30pm
8:10pm Satisfaction Maroubra Seals Sports & Community Club 8pm Second Hand PJ Gallaghers - Parramatta free 8pm - 11:30pm Senani, Cassandra Smiles, Tammy Ingram Lord Raglan Hotel, Alexandria free 8.30pm Seven Year Itch Mercantile Hotel, The Rocks Stupid Girls - The Pink Show Blacktown RSL Club free 10pm Tezza & the Twistops Club Liverpool free 8pm The 3B’s Toongabbie Sports & Bowling Club 8:15pm - 11:45pm The Feather Gatherers Blacktown Arts Centre $8–$10 3pm The Five Venoms, Porcelain Grace Caringbah Bizzo’s $10 8pm The Mules, Electric Lady, Limousine, Boston Shaker Monavale Hotel – ‘The Jager Room’ $10 8pm The Zips Bexley RSL & Community Club 6.30pm Trash: Repeat Offender, Paper Champion, DownStairs Rising, B-Zurk, Ivy, Ambusian, Firefly, Kawk Agincourt Hotel, Ultimo $10 9pm Venus 2 Richmond Club Limited free 8:30pm - 12:30am Victor Polyik & the Hammerheads Gladstone Hotel, Dulwich Hill free 9pm Wes Pudsey, Sonic Aces, Grizzly Adams Ashfield RSL Club free 8pm Wildcatz
JAZZ Liz Carthew Sofitel Wentworth free 8 11pm Susan Gai Dowling Trio The Commercial Hotel, Balmain East free 7pm Virna Sanzone & Band The Sound Lounge, Seymour Centre, Chippendale $12 (member)–$18 8.30pm
ACOUSTIC & FOLK Acoustic Caravan: Bec Hill Harold Park Hotel, Glebe free 7.30pm Loaded Dog Folk Club: Anne Ridgway & Mothers of Intention, Bright Star Choir Annandale Neighbourhood Centre $12 (member)–$14 8pm
SUNDAY AUGUST 26 ROCK & POP Bad Blood, Miles Away Embassy Hotel, Penrith 2pm Bertie Blackman, The Follow Spectrum, Darlinghurst $12 (+ bf) 8pm Brigette Ember Duo (Covers) Vic on the Park Hotel, Marrickville free 5pm Covernote St Marys RSL free 4pm Dave A Duo
Northies Cronulla Hotel Sports Bar free 6pm - 10pm Dean Bennison Cock N Bull, Bondi Junction free 5pm Dizzy Limit, Olivia Pipitone Lansdowne Hotel, Chippendale free 5pm Fifties Fair: The Detonators, Limpin’ Jimmy & the Swingin’ Kitten, Grant Galea, Mandy Nolan, Fondue Set Rose Seidler House, Wahroonga free–$15 10am Gary J Duo Northies Cronulla Hotel - Northies Bar free 2:30pm - 6pm Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Dance Band Gymea Jazz & Art Market free 10am Heath Burdell Coogee Bay Hotel free 7:30pm - 11:30pm Iris Orange Grove Hotel, Leichhardt 1pm Jade MacRae Will and Toby’s, Darlinghurst $20 (+ bf) 9pm Jamie Hutchings, Sophie Hutchings, Kate Winchester Madame Fling Flong, Newtown $8 6pm Lance Link Club Brighton free 4:30pm - 8:30pm Little Bob Gladstone Hotel, Dulwich Hill free 3pm Los Skeletone Blues, 81Sun, Invisible Friend Cat and Fiddle, Balmain $8 1.30pm Luke Dixon Duo Wallacia Hotel free 12:00midday - 4:00pm Luke Escombe plus guests Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills
free 5.30pm Mid-Life Crisis Royal Exchange, Windsor free 3pm Mystery Guest Observer Hotel free 4pm 7:30pm One Love - The Bob Marley Tribute: One Love The Vanguard, Newtown $15 (+ bf)–$18 (at door) 7pm Paul Winn Manly Bowling Club free 3pm Peter Grant Bexley RSL & Community Club free 2pm Raoul Graf Duo Harold Park Hotel, Glebe free 4pm Return of Cool Live House, Lewisham free 5pm Rex Sets: Lovetones, Belles Will Ring, Coco & Shambles Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach free 6pm Rob Henry Duo Observer Hotel free 7:30pm - 11:30pm Sarah Hyland Balmain Leagues Club, Rozelle 12pm sinday@thesando: The Solution, Me Vs You, Origin of Janken Sandringham Hotel, Newtown $5 4pm Soul Rebel Scarborough-Wombarra Bowling Club free 4pm Sydney Blues Society Botany View Hotel, Newtown free 6pm The Detonators, Roy Payne Annandale Hotel $15 6pm The Hiptones Brass Monkey, Cronulla $10 8pm The Jam: Artist/s unknown Lord Raglan Hotel, Alexandria free 7pm The Lovetones, Belles Will
Ring Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach They Call Me Bruce Macquarie Arms Hotel free 12:30pm - 4.30pm Viva Variety: Deanna Vitagliani, Drew Ashley South Sydney Juniors, Kingsford $5 (member)–$9 4pm White Bros Ettamogah Hotel free 1pm - 5pm White Bros PJ Gallaghers - Parramatta free 7pm - 10pm Williams Brothers Glo Bar, Star City, Pyrmont 4.30pm Zoltan Harbord Beach Hotel free 7 - 11pm
JAZZ Craig Calhoun, The Brothers of Oz Public Bar, Macquarie Hotel, Sydney free 5pm The Vampires The Roxbury Hotel, Glebe Unity Hall Jazz Band Unity Hall Hotel, Balmain free 3pm
ACOUSTIC & FOLK Alex Marlborough Hotel, Newtown free 6.30pm Blackwater Pine Inn, Concord free 8pm
COUNTRY The Millionaires Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills free 6pm
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DYLAN THOMAS (CD LAUNCH) + THE ZENITH PROCESS
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Downstairs: Feed The Horse
Downstairs: Brett Hunt
“LENNON VS MCCARTNEY”
FEATURING CHRIS GILLESPIE + TAMMY INGRAM + SHERIDAN CHEEK + TIM WEEKES + LEROY LEE + CASS SMILES + MAXINE KAUTER + JAY NICHOLSON + DAVID HYLTON + DAN BEKIS + AMI WILLIAMSON + BLACK EYED ANGEL + MICHAEL AZZOPARDI + RHONA MCGEE
Downstairs: Rif Raf (funk/electronic/grooves) 9pm-1am
VIPER DEATH LOCK RECORDS PRESENTS: SAT AUG 25 $10
HARD LUCK
(CD LAUNCH) + AVO + ILL + EYEGOUGE (ACT) + FLAME THE FIRE Downstairs: Tice & Evans 4pm-7pm / DJ Kaki 9pm-12am
SUN AUG 26 $5 MON AUG 27 $9 TUE AUG 28 FREE
SINDAY @ THE SANDO
THE SOULUTION + ME VS YOU + ORIGIN OF JANKEN Downstairs: Louis Tillett 4pm-7:30pm / Metal and Hardcore DJ 7:30pm-10:00pm
CLUB STAND UP OPEN MIC 7.30pm-10pm - To book a spot check the website - www.sydneyfringe.com Downstairs: POPHEADS - ANYTHING GOES - The Greatest & Most Grating Hits Of The Vinyl Years!!
“SAND PIT” (FREE ENTRY!!)
CIRCLE + PILATE + DENHAM REAGH Downstairs: NPL Poker Tournament 8pm-11pm
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The Frames
this weeks gig pics up all night out all week...
TUESDAY AUGUST 21
FRIDAY AUGUST 24
Mr Percival, Roger That Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach free 8pm
Sandwich Club:Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!, City Riots, Harlequin League, Seabellies, Roger Explostion, Learn The Split, The Scream Team, Hey Now, Disco Punk, Chris Dork, Harry Hunter Candy’s Apartment, Kings Cross $10 before 11pm, $15 after 8pm
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22
Shout Out Louds
Shout Out Louds (Sweden), The Paper Scissors, Bird Automatic Manning Bar, Sydney University, Camperdown $31 (+ bf)–$36 (+ bf) 8pm
THURSDAY AUGUST 23 67 Special, The Devoted Few, The Watt Riot Annandale Hotel $12 (+ bf)–$15 (at door) 7.30pm Cuthbert & the Nightwalkers, Dead Letter Chorus, Wons Phreely The Vanguard, Newtown $10 (+ bf)– $13 (at door) 7pm
The Brunettes (New Zealand), Sui Zhen, Cloud Control Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills $15 (+ bf) 8pm
SATURDAY AUGUST 25 Mercy Arms, Ghostwood, Surf City 60’s Show Annandale Hotel $10 (+ bf)–$12 (at door) 8pm
SUNDAY AUGUST 26 The Lovetones, Belles Will Ring Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach Bertie Blackman, The Follow Spectrum, Darlinghurst $12 (+ bf) 8pm
67 Special Bertie Blackman
Mercy Arms
29 Reiby Place Circlar Quay 9251 2797 www.thebasement.com.au
Monday 20th .................................... GREG MEYER with the Ralph Pyl Sydney All Star 17-piece Band
Tuesday 21st ...................................... PETE DRUMMOND BAND *8.30PM START*
Wednesday 22nd ............................. RICK PRICE and MITCH GRANGER
Thursday 23rd .................................. ALBERT LEE (USA) + Wheelers & Dealers
Friday 24th ........................................ JAMES MORRISON
Saturday 25th .................................... MI TIERRA (CUBA) + DJ Many ..............................................................................................................................................
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pick of the week SATURDAY AUGUST 25
Midnight Juggernauts, Damn Arms, Young & Restless, Comets
Metro Theatre, Sydney, $22 (+ bf) MONDAY AUGUST 20 Deckbar, Darlinghurst Industry Night DJ Dan Murphy free Equilibrium Hotel, Sydney Beer Exchange free HQ Bar, Camperdown Club Cuba free Manacle, Darlinghurst D2D Rado, Mark Alsop, Sandi Hotrod $10–$15 Melt, Kings Cross The Mid Tempo Plug BlackStump, Victor Vapour and Murderous plus guests free One World Sport, Parramatta Ricky Ro free Opera Bar, Sydney DJ Lady Tre free Q Bar, Darlinghurst Funky House Sly Fox, Enmore Liquid Hip Opera Boundary Pusha’s (live), 420Soundsystems (live), Dj’s Benny B & Henry Sam....plus surprise special guest djs free The Hunter Hotel, Sydney Daydreams Yoshi, Jason Suae, DLX, Pulsar, Chia, Tom E, Micky D, Keely $10 (member)–$15 V Bar, Sydney Monday Mambo Mambo G $5–$10 Yu, Potts Point Come Down Ben Morris, Telefunken, John Glover, James Taylor, Illya, Matty J, Baz, Rob Marshall, Cartel, Rendog free
TUESDAY AUGUST 21 Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Mr Percival, Roger That free Brooklyn Hotel, City DJ Cadell free Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown Double D free Equilibrium Hotel, Sydney Beer Exchange free Establishment, Sydney Motel Rumba Willie Sabor free Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay Smooth DJ Daddy Jazz free Hotel Bondi, Bondi Beach Zinc Bar Peanut Butter Jam: Sniffer Dogs, Brian Campeau, Paul Turner, The Return of Cool, Jekyll & Hyde free Hotel Chambers, Sydney DJ Robert Herbert free Jacksons On George
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Tuesday Caribbean Night DJ Spin D-Music Manacle, Darlinghurst Paris Is Burning Matt Steer free Novotel Homebush, Homebush Bay All About DJ free Opera Bar, Sydney Reel Sessions free Rose Bay RSL Milonga $12 The Forum Theatre, Moore Park Lupe Fiasco (USA), Gemini, Spit Syndicate, Anna Lunoe $55 (+ bf) The Gaff, Darlinghurst Coyote Tuesday DJ G, DJ Sam, Toddy, PD Pete free–$5 World Bar, Darlinghurst Magic Roundabout Tito Mofo, Mushmouth, Jnr SXXXZ, DJ Diago and friends free
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22 Bank Hotel, Newtown Kelly Lynch, DJ Chip free Bar Cleveland, Surry Hills The Wall free Beach Palace Mid Palace Wednesdays DJ Anthony K free Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach Hump Ben Zooky, Yogi, Jamal, Ju Ju free Buddha Bar Sol R free Candy’s Apartment, Kings Cross Bling A Ring Ash Le Rouge, Rose, Friends Of… $5 before 10pm / $10 after Chelsea Hotel, Chatswood Sandy Scanlan free Coolabar, Sydney Salsa Dean $7 Cruise Bar, Circular Quay Ladies Night Audio Angels free Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown Double D free Eastern Hotel, The Pop Shop Trix, Tim Sea, Stray and Grass $10 Embassy Hotel, Penrith Epic Uni Night Rob Brizzi, Matt Ferreira, DJ Austin free Epping Hotel, Epping G Wizard free Equilibrium Hotel BBB Sarah Hyland 4 Piece Band free Establishment, Sydney Mid Week Mix-Up Nic Phillips, Craig Patterson free Favela, Potts Point Buenos Airies Moto Flinders Hotel, Darlinghurst
Pet Cemetery free Fringe Bar, Paddington DJ Tenzin and guests free Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay Nick Toth free Hotel Bondi, Bondi Beach Zinc Bar DJ Bertoz free Hunter Bar, City Spank free Intersection Tavern, Ramsgate Lovetown D-Bo, Pace free Manacle, Darlinghurst Paris Is Burning Matt Steer, Rado, DJ Chip, Mark Alsop $8–$15 Mars Lounge, Surry Hills Niche DJs Mattje, Sasa and guests free Mosman RSL Club Salsalicious DJ Arista $15 Newtown Hotel, Newtown She Like Her free Novotel Homebush, Homebush Bay Ant free Opera Bar, Sydney La Fiesta, Levi 5 Star free Q Bar, Darlinghurst Florida 2000 DJ Coco, Shambles free Sly Fox, Enmore Kinki Kingdom Sveta, Dave Newman free Sol’s Deck Bar Moonlight Grooves Flygirl Tee, DJ Mike Hyper and DJ Naughty $10 Star City, Pyrmont DJ Dynamite free The Gaff, Darlinghurst New Generation Franny, Alex, Triky, Electroholics, Con-x-ion, Psygnosis, Calico, Kermy, Deceptikon free The Loft, UTS Live at the Loft Latinlicious, GJ Donovan free The Roxy, Parramatta Bootylicious Lenno, Sesh, Pharoah Universale Hotel, Leichhardt Salsa Wednesdays Ricky Ro free V Bar, Sydney Absolute Stilettos free Verandah Bar, Sydney The Booty Bar Lenno, Tikelz, Peter Gunz, Sleazy D, Sesh $20 World Bar, Kings Cross What Katie Did PEZ DJs free
THURSDAY AUGUST 23 Bank Hotel, Newtown Noodles free Bar Cleveland, Redfern Flaunt Jo Jo, Eddie Coulter, Neil Crawford free Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Skoop Percussion Junction, Rephrase, DJ Bentley free Bligh Bar, Sydney DJ Joe Smith free
Cargo Bar ChiCargo Bar free Castle Hill Tavern, Castle Hill spank thursdays Matt Nugent, Mind Electric, Tags, Archie, Elroy, Woiyt, Tom Piper $11 Chelsea Hotel, Chatswood Matt Hoare free Club 77, Darlinghurst Wamp Wamp Hianta (Fluokids, France), Anna Lunoe, Sleater Brockman, Kato $5 Collingwood Hotel, Liverpool They call me Bruce free Cruise Bar Salsa on the Rocks DJ Dwight ‘Chocolate’ Escobar, DJ MC, DJ Coco free Diamond Lounge, City Jump To It The ‘Jump To It’ band, DJs Limpin’ Jimmy & the Swingin’ Kitten East Village, Darlinghurst Sunset Party Louis Mitchell, Stephen Ferris free Eastern Hotel, Bondi Junction Sneaker Anthony Best, Will Allen $5 (guestlist)–$10 Equilibrium Hotel, Sydney Endless Matt Roberts, John Devecchis, Mike Silver, Rob Ferre & Adam Coverdale all on rotation free Establishment, Sydney Old Skool Funk Patto, Bryn, Tilly, Shaun Kibble free Favela, Potts Point Paperchase Spit Syndicate, NOODLES, Turnstyle Puppets free Flinders Hotel, Darlinghurst Health Club Tyson, Mikie free Fluid Lounge Aqua Toni Samba, John Aegis, Mike Silver free FreshIn HQ, Darlinghurst Katalyst Gasworks Nightclub, Albion Hotel, Parramatta L.U.V. Urban Vibes Nobby Grooves free Golden Palace, Haymarket Desire free–$15 Golden Sheaf Hotel Soda Bar DJs Peter Farris & Liam Sampras free Greenwood Hotel, North Sydney Cadell, MC Chloe, Timmy Trumpet $10 Hermann’s, Darlington Smarty Pants Home Nightclub, Sydney Rebel Rebel Jonesy DJ, The Rebel Yells, Harry’s Wireless Raves $19 Hotel Bondi, Bondi Beach Zinc Bar DJ Ryannie free Hotel Chambers Robert Herbert free Hunter Hotel, Sydney Safari Rob Kay, Shamus and Gabrielle Abela $5/$10 Intersection Tavern, Ramsgate F.U.N. PJ Radio Show free Jacksons On George, Sydney Caribbean Night free Kinselas Hotel, Darlinghurst DJ + Band Competition DJ Jams free La Campana, Sydney DJ Vico free Longueville Hotel, Lane Cove The Granny Flat Tone Def DJs, Disco Punx, Goose, Allan Marshall, Wax Motif, Blank DJs free Mandalay Room, Kings Cross Danny Sims $10 Marble Bar, Sydney Eon Beats Project free Marlborough Hotel ElectroProgItUp Dj Schwa (Tribal Vision/BEEF/CZ) free Mars Lounge, Surry Hills Soulful Sessions Graham Cordery (SHE, K-ube Ibiza) free Martin Place Bar, Martin Place Thursday’s at MPB Louis Vuitton free Middle Bar, Kinsella’s, Taylor Square Backtrack Bob Frisky and Tazman $5 Mona Vale Hotel Booty Bar DJ Lenno, Rob Brizzi, DJ Matty free Moulin Rouge Downunder, Kings Cross Deep As Fu*k Deep As Fuck DJs, Mark Dynamix free before 11pm, $5 after Newport Arms Hotel Top Shelf Smith ‘n’ Weeitchin, Young Apprentice and Guests free Newtown Hotel Ben Drayton, Gemma and Seymore Butz free Pavilion Hotel, Sydney Wanted Thursdays Archie, John Ferris, Chia, Suae, Yoshi, Matrix, Tempa, Ambor $10 Plantation Bar, Kings Cross The Skinny Red Sound System feat Tim Sea, Rephrase/ Alex Mac $5 after 12am Q Bar, Darlinghurst Q Lounge Jimmy the Hand, Brag Bitches free Quakers Inn, Quakers Hill DJ Karl SAM Bar, Macquarie University, North Ryde Hook ‘n’ Sling free (student) Sapphire Suite, Kings Cross Flaunt Nacho Pop, Diaz, Eko, Tom Piper, R-Son, Zero Cool free–$20 Scary Canary, Sydney Payday Tim McGee, Matt Rowan, Tim Culbert, Jimmy Dau free
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send your listings to : clubguide@thebrag.com Signature Lounge, Sydney Kazoo free SoBar, Cremorne Bare Tonite Only, John Glover , Just Woiyt & The Game Boys $20 Soho Bar, Potts Point Staffies Glen Coates, Ben Henderson, James Mack, John Devecchis free Star City, Pyrmont DJ Dynamite free Surf Rock Hotel, Collaroy Thursty Trix & Goodfella, Craig Obey $5 Tailors on Central, Surry Hills Shindig DJ Mixamatosis The Argyle, The Rocks Wax free The Gaff, Darlinghurst Babe Nation Toddy, PD Pete, DJ Sam, Matti Eskoss free The Loft, UTS Katch (Resin Dogs), Percussion Junction, Simon Caldwell, Noel Boogie, Bentley free The Vegas Hotel, Kings Cross Pleasure Overload Whisper, Onnit, Ryzer, Kaper $10 Tonic, Kings Cross Tonic Lounge James Bucknell, Silvio Mangles free V Bar, Sydney Gasoo MC Phat Jin, Stanley, Mike Hyper, Kenny, Nick Thornby, Dvs, Magic Merv free Wallaby Bar, Darling Harbour Unity Booty Mike Silver, Dave Manna, Illektro Surginz World Bar, Kings Cross Loaded Porch, DJ Bibs, Monkey Man, Wild Willie Wren free
FRIDAY AUGUST 24 Abercrombie Hotel, Broadway Purple Sneakers The Paper Scissors (DJ set) , PhDJ, Ben Fletcher, The Mystic Jaguar $10 – free before 8pm @Newtown, Newtown De-Funked Mamacita, Big Dan, Spicer, Hamo free Agincourt Hotel, Ultimo Club Blink Bzurk and Karma $10 ARQ Nightclub, Darlinghurst
Evolve Ben ET, Raptor, Player One $10 Bank Hotel, Newtown Becks Beats & Barbie Frenzie, Damien Goundrie free Bar Broadway, Chippendale Dustones Flow Dynamics, Mark Walton, Good Buddha, Flava Dave, Percussion Junction, Bentley, Funk Injection $22 Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach 389 Lordz of theFly, Killer Queens, DJ Ability free Bligh Bar, Sydney DJ Graham Mandroules free Bloc Nightclub, Penrith Nino Brown, Tyree, Ken Hell Bristol Arms Retro Tavern, Sydney Matt Sullivan, Karl free–$10 Brooklyn Hotel, Sydney Spirit Nightclub Tikelz free Candy’s Apartment, Kings Cross Sandwich Club Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!, City Riots, Harlequin League, Seabellies, Roger Explostion, Learn The Split, The Scream Team, , Hey Now, Disco Punk, Chris Dork, Harry Hunter $15 before midnight, $20 after Cargo Bar, King Street Wharf Disco Electric John Glover, Aaron Achurch, John Croft, Jonny Powell, Trent Rackus and guests C’Bar, City Shuffle Resident DJ’s XS-IV, Decknician, Suae, DJ Syn, K-Sum, Pulsar, Tha Wang and Guests $15 Central Hotel, Blacktown Booty Bar Fridays Lenno, Solz, Peter Gunz, Sleazy D, Reckdacon, Stylz, Sesh $10 Chelsea Hotel, Chatswood DJ Trent free Chinese Laundry, Slip Inn, Sydney Break Inn DJ Hyper, Bass Kleph, Impossibles, Audiophilez, DJ Robotek $10–$20 City Hotel, Sydney DJ Joe free Civic Hotel, Sydney Seamless Winter Sessions Kio, Torbynik, Linesy, Juzz Smart $10/$20 Civic Theatre, Sydney Thug Nights Mark Murphy, Jimmi Polar, Carlos Zarate, Daniel C, Crispin $10
Clare Hotel, Broadway Classics at The Clare Mel (Bazooka), Johnny Darko, Coco & Shambles free Clovelly Hotel, Clovelly DJ Shimon free Club 77, East Sydney Bandits Knightlife, Bandits DJ’s, Cut Copy DJ’s Cohibar, Sydney Soulful Sounds: free Collector Hotel, Parramatta Studio 100 Heavy D free Collingwood Hotel, Liverpool Urban Soul Lounge D-Bo, K-Note, Mark Molina, MC Jayson $5 Cooneys, Wollongong Bustin’: One Love Benny Hinn, Sneaky G, Andy Murphy $10 Cricketers Arms, Surry Hills Mash’D Dave Slade, FLE and Fire In The Disco free Cronulla Sharks Andre free Crystal Bar, Sydney David Clemente free Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown RifRaf free Dragonfly, Potts Point Ladies Night MC Blu, Timmy Trumpet, Ben Morris, tenzin, the potbelleez, John Glover $10-$20 Eastern Hotel, Bondi Junction Bustin’ The Potbelleez $10 - free before 10pm Embassy Hotel, Penrith Fresh Friday’s Rob Brizzi, Matt Ferreria, DJ Austin free Epping Hotel Friday Sipper’s Wolfie free Equilibrium Hotel Trust DJs. Abel el’ toro,The Boogaloo Crew. free Equilibrium Hotel TGI Friday DJ’s Yogi, James Mack & Ange free Establishment Hotel Patto, Matt Roberts, Dave 54 free Ettamogah Pub, Rouse Hill DJ Am Favela, Potts Point 2Threads Disco Lou, Sing, The Vandals free/$10 Flinders Hotel, Darlinghurst The Harbour City Bears, DJ Matt Vaughan, The Aussie Pole Boys free Gaelic Theatre, Surry Hills
Superstylin’ Jumbledat, Usutu, Rumpunch, Reverse Polarities, Gravital $15 (+ bf) Gasworks at the Albion, Parramatta Nobby Grooves free Golden Palace, City City Side DJs: Tikelz, Peter Gunz, Fly Girl Tee, Manny, Qrius, J.Lyrikz Mike Hyper and Naughty. Hosted by MC Kenny Hoodz free Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay Soda Bar DJ Ying Yang free Havana Club Deluxe, Darlinghurst Fowl Play Friday Lonsdale, Fowl Play LIVE 4 piece, Bag Raiders, Ghetto Ruckus, The Gauge Breakers, Blazin Cucumers, Luke J $15 Hill St Tavern, Hurstville Southside Fridays $5 Home Bar, Darling Harbour Good Times Klimax, Sam B free–$10 Home Nightclub Sublime Nik Fish, Amber Savage, Scotty G, Losty, S Dee, Lenno, Sleazy D, Arbor, Sesh, John Glover, Tom Piper, the potbelleez, Lil Chris, E Tek $25 Hotel Bondi, Bondi Beach Zinc Bar R&B DJs $5 Hotel Chambers, Sydney Hot in the City DJs Dookie and Mr Chad free Hunter Hotel, Sydney Stereo Peter Gunz, Tikelz, Moto, Mark Molina, Biggie, Troy T, Nacho Pop, Mizzy $5 (guestlist) Intersection Tavern, Ramsgate DJ Express free Jacksons On George, Sydney Ignite Emperor Chin La Campana, Sydney Latin Max $5–$10 Lady Lux, Kings Cross Bread & Butter Someone Else (USA), Tenzin $10 Le Panic, Kings Cross Wonderland Trix & Goodfella $10 Manacle, Darlinghurst Grunt Mark Alsop free Mandalay Room, Kings Cross Boomp!! Glen Coates, Iz & Diz, The Boompty!! Boys, Harry O’Boogie, The Cheeky Detch $15/$20 Marlborough Hotel
Marly Madness Mister Spitch free Mean Fiddler, Rouse Hill Sub Bar DJ David Lee, Dirty Double $10 Melt, Kings Cross Melt Friday Daneel Raikkein, Bob & Diana $5–$10 Mona Vale Hotel Friday at Mona Vale free Moulin Rouge, Darlinghurst Rouge Rock’R Adam Bozzetto, Trent Rackus, Johnny Rad, Mark Murphy $5/$10 Mounties, Mount Pritchard FUZE: Rizky, DJ Stylez, Pharaoh, Sesh, Tony T $12 Nox Nightclub & Restaurant, Liverpool Decadence Brendan Fing, Dave Malcolm, Whisper, Pato, Jon Ray, Ego free Omega Lounge Weekend Warmup DJ GST free Opera Bar, Circular Quay Rephrase free Paddington Inn, Paddington DJ Jimmea free Patrick’s Night Club, Pennant Hills Krave $15 Pavilion Hotel, Sydney Room 580 Charlie Jay, Sharky, Andez free Peakhurst Inn Matt Barrell Peppermint Lounge, Potts Point No Fun Foxtrot, Urby-Wan free Privilege, City Miami House live band with guest musicians featuring James Billings and DJ David Smith free Q Bar, Darlinghurst The Goons $10–$15 Quakers Inn, Quakers Hill DJ Kevin Robin Hood Hotel, Waverley DJ Mr Chad free Ruby Lounge, Bexley North BomBon Latin Rumba free Ruby Lounge, Bondi Junction Deep End Craig Garbutt, Jake Lambert free–$10 Sackville Hotel, Rozelle DJ David Smith free Sandringham Hotel, Newtown RifRaf free Sapphire Suite, Kings Cross Soulful Fridays The Soul Shepherds, Yin Yang, Graham
Cordery Shelbourne Hotel, Sydney Sair free Shore Club, Manly Beach Martini Club free SoBar, Cremorne This Weekend Dave Baker, Elroy, Charlie Brown, The Funky Punks, Cadell $10 Star City, Pyrmont DJ Dynamite free Surf Rock Hotel, Collaroy Foti, August free T2, Darlinghurst Peace Out Purple Punch Crew, Moriarty, tha Fizz (aka Non Ferrous), Viviennne Kingswood $5 Tailors on Central, Surry Hills Club Africa $15 Tank Nightclub Pop Life Moto, DJ Samurai, Nasser T, Troy T, Nacho Pop, Electroy, Joey Kaz $20 The Argyle, The Rocks Kate Monroe, Abel El Toro, Eric Pouzet, Paul Master, Super C, Mike O’Conner, Josh G The Aurora Hotel, Surry Hills Temptations free The Gaff, Darlinghurst The Hellfire Club Sveta, Lanny K, Miss Yeti, Mandy Rollins The Hippo, Ultimo Mambu Jumbo DJ Dean $10–$20 The Loft, UTS Live at the Loft Electro Cutie Booty, Cesco, Jman, Toby Wilson free The Oaks Hotel, Neutral Bay Kandi The Roxy, Parramatta SubUrban Anthony K, Charlie Brown free The Steyne Hotel, Manly Jaffacake Trashbag Dan, DJ Shell, Johnny Darko free Tonic Lounge, Potts Point Fridays @ Tonic DJ Huwston, The Swat DJs free before 9pm, $10 after UN Nightclub, Darlinghurst Chocolate City DJs Lenno, Kai, Hanx, DJ Faze, Solz, Shruggs, DJ D, Dejay, Korz, Ellie, Entice, Trey free (with pass)–$20 (at door) Universale Hotel, Leichhardt Venerdi: Aga, Steve Play, Willz, Frantic, Rizk-E, Pete, Benino G $15 V Bar, Sydney
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send your listings to : clubguide@thebrag.com Amore Ellie, P.Kelz, Phil Toke, Cester $10 Verandah Bar, Sydney Essence Fridays Samrai, P Mode, Manny, Stanley, Edo, DJ Ming, Mike Hyper, Jun, Sefu, Normz, Dee Kay, Mayhemz $20 World Bar Ben Morris, Mike Kelly, Montage, Adam Coverdale, free before 10pm, $10 after Yu, Potts Point Rubix Agent Jay Z Bar, Brighton-Le-Sands Micky D, Georgie J $20 Zodiac Hotel, Sydney Ghetto Supa Sta Lenno, Carl Alley, Mac, Fly Girl Tee, Sleazy D, Pharoah, Reckdacon, Sesh, MC Bre-Z
SATURDAY AUGUST 25 36 Degrees Bar, Star City, Pyrmont Spark free Agincourt Hotel, Ultimo Trash B-Zurk, Ivy, Ambusian, Firefly, Kawk, DJ Dave Win $10 Annandale Hotel Weekend Porch Sessions: Jay Katz free ARQ Nightclub, Darlinghurst Freakuency Eegor, Luna Spice, Raptor, Darkchild, Galaktik, Ben ET $15 Arthouse Hotel, Sydney Kink Bandits DJs, Illya, Shamus, Brenden Fing, Numode $25 Bar Broadway, Chippendale Back in the Day Andrew Haug Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach Bak Trax Frenzy free Blackbird Cafe, Sydney Spoilt Rot’n Blinky, Tass, Illektro Surginz, Tony Venuto, Antonio Martinez $10 (guestlist)–$20 Bloc Nightclub, Penrith Central Energy Archie Brighton Bar, Darlinghurst Textile Jitwam Sinha free-$5 Brooklyn Hotel Spirit Nightclub Sefu, DJ Shank, Devanti free NICK FISH
Candy’s Apartment, Kings Cross Ritual James Taylor, Reno, Jeremy Vine, Teez and Ben Bracken $15 before 12am / $25 after Candy’s Apartment, Kings Cross Fuck Electro Typhonic, Lsdj (lvl3), DJ Reload, Vertigo, Brisk $15 before 12am / $25 after Chelsea Hotel DJ Young Apprentice free Chinese Laundry, Slip Inn, Sydney Laundry Guy Gerber, Rowan Blades, Impossibles, Miss Savage, Roshambo, Jeff Drake, Steve Lind, Bag Raiders $20–$25 City Hotel, Sydney Soul City free Civic Hotel, Sydney Broke-N-Beats Mark Walton $10–$15 Clovelly Hotel, Clovelly DJ Daddy Jazz free Club 77, East Sydney Starfuckers Mr Disorder Vs Sveta, Starfucker Djs, Hookie, Booms, Donnie.Blood +Stew York SY & Trentertainment $10 from 10-11pm $15 thereafter Cohibar, Sydney Funkatude: Tom da Silva, Matt Roberts, Dave G, Yogi free Collingwood Hotel GTS, DJ PJ free Crystal Bar, Sydney Crystal Boudoir Lady Tre $35 Cushion, Coogee DJ Matt Hoare free Diamond Hotel, Sydney De Ja Vu: Troy T, G Wizard, Lyrics, Kofee, Mogreen, Don Juan, Ricky Ro, MC Jaz, Dee Kay, KVexx $20 Docks Hotel, Darling Harbour Fabulous Nino Brown, Don Juan, Samrai, Tickelz, Solz, Lil B, Robbie Knotts, Broski, Shruggs, Q-Bizzy, Elektroy, Lyrics, MC Mike Celekt $20 Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown Kaki free Dragonfly, Potts Point Saturday Nights Luke Cartel, Phil English, The Funky Punks, MC Chloe Embassy Hotel, Penrith
RnB Tribute free Equilibrium Hotel, Sydney EQ Live DJ Levi 5 Star free Establishment Hotel, City Crush Handles, Chris Cre8tor Favela, Potts Point Crosstown Amber Kenny, Luke Dubs, Tony Roma, James Locksmith, Frenzie free Flinders Hotel, Darlinghurst Loose Kaboose Deep As Fu*k DJs, Dean Millson, Dean Dixon, Juri Menicucci $10 Fringe Bar, Paddington Boogie Palace MoneyShot, Milda Playa, Mean Jean Adam Bozetto and David Baker free GAB Bar, Sydney Eleven Peter Gunz, Leon Smith, Eko, Troy T, G Wizard, Nacho Pop, P.Kelz free Gaelic Theatre, Surry Hills Nepalese Dance Party Kranti Ale, DJ Pappu, DJ Earin, DJ Moli Gasworks Nightclub, Albion Hotel, Parramatta DJ Jorgie Jay and DJ JB free–$10 Golden Palace, Haymarket Bass Code Chia, Jason Suae, Nik Fish, Pulsar, Keely, DLX, Micky D, Decknician, XS-IV Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay DJ Mr DJ free Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay Soda Bar DJ Graham Mandroules free Havana Club Deluxe, Darlinghurst Nancy Vice, Zooky DJs, Ghettoruckus, Jimmy 2sox $15 before midnight $20 after Hermann’s, Darlington Sounds of Seduction Jay Katz, Miss Death Home Bar, Darling Harbour Good Times free–$15 Home Nightclub, Sydney Famous Hook ‘n’ Sling, James Talk (UK), Carl Kennedy, Synik, Matt Rowan, Trix, J Flex, Ben Dunlop, Hook n Sling, Custard Jim, Carlos Zarate,Cut Off $25 Hotel Bondi, Bondi Beach Zinc Bar DJ Ryannie free Hotel CBD, Sydney Solid Gold free Hotel Chambers, Sydney Red Room Mark Molina, Mac, MC
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Cheeks, D-Bo, Pace free Hotel Hollywood, Surry Hills First Blood Amstrad, Sans Serif and Silvio Mangles will be joined by Harry Sounds $5/$3 Hunter Hotel, The, Sydney Mocha Carl Alley, Gunz, DJ Who $10 (member)–$15 Iguana Bar & Restaurant, Kings Cross Keithy B, MickSIR, Nobby $10 Industrie Bar, Sydney SHE Robert Owens, Nick Vidal, Dave 54, Graham Cordery, Liam Sampras, Timmy Trumpet $20 Intersection Tavern, Ramsgate DJ Zoc free Jacksons On George, Sydney 4Play JimmyZ, Dave Austin, Strmy, King James free–$10 Kinselas Hotel, Darlinghurst Beat It DJs. Abel el’ toro, DHP Project U.K, The Boogaloo Crew free La Campana, Sydney Rumba Latina Av El Cubano, Vicco El Sonero $10 Longrain, Sydney Groovescooter Selectors Crucial D Lord Raglan Hotel A Last Minute Party Sub Bass Snarl, Disjunction Reunion, Ali Reza, Paresis Manacle, Darlinghurst Bent Shigeki, Jimmy Dee $8 Mandalay Room, Kings Cross Y oshi, Jason Suae, Weaver, Micky D, X Dream, Aken, Arbor, Atlas $10 Mandarin Club, Sydney Berserk Dasein, Badpauly, Neotokyo, Jenetik $10 Marlborough Hotel, Newtown DJ Simon, Lee free Maroubra Junction Hotel Rumbar Ronnie 100% Latino, Vicco El Sonero, Willie Sabor $5 Martin Place Bar, Sydney Bamboo Eko, Nude-E, Mirage, Shorty, Ace, Moto, Qrius, IllDJ free–$15 Melt Bar, Kings Cross Simon Caldwell, DJ OSC, Mr Chad, Senor Spitch free before 10pm, $10 after Metro Theatre, Sydney Midnight Juggernauts, Damn Arms, Young & Restless, Comets $22
(+ bf) Middlebar, Darlinghurst Gritty Glam Teez, Bowa, Imperial, Abel El Toro and guests free guest lists $10 after 11pm Mona Vale Hotel Cube Saturdays John Glover, Rob Brizzi free Moulin Rouge, Kings Cross Moulin Nights Francesco DaRoit, Jeff Drake, Trent Cooper $15 Newport Arms Hotel Top Shelf Young Apprentice, Smith & Weeitchin free Nox Nightclub & Restaurant, Liverpool Hardnox The Scientist, Hellraiser, Spank, S Dee, Spellbound, Arbor, Jay Kaos, Shaw, Junx Oasis On Beamish, Campsie Dr Willis, Werewolf, Nik Fish O’Donoghue’s Irish House, Emu Plains DJ Retro free Opera Bar, Circular Quay Boogaloo Allstars, DJ Man About Town free Paddington Inn, Paddington DJ Daddy Jazz free Pavilion Hotel, Sydney Room 580 Victor Lopez free Phoenix Bar, Exchange Hotel, Darlinghurst One Night Stand DJ’s Seymour Butz, Vinyl Richie (Trough Faggot Melbourne) & Matt Vaughan $10 Plantation Bar, Kings Cross Trashbags $20 Privilege Bar, Sydney Dynasty Moto, Manny, Mr Phat, Peter Gunz, DJ Finesse, Qruis, Stanley $10 (guestlist)–$20 Q Bar Ben Lucid, Captain Kirk, Julian Lacey, Trent Rackus, Hayden Keys, Dan Newling $10–$15 Raymond J’s Back Bar, Annandale Hotel Jay Katz free Robin Hood Hotel, Waverley DJ Matt Hoare free Roof Bar, Sydney RnB Superclub Sefu, Lilo, Troy T, Def Rok, G Wizard, Eko, MC Jayson $20 Roxbury Hotel Pendo, Alen Humpheres, The Slim & Whisper show, Torbynik b2b
Mish, Tone Def Dj’s, Lindz b2b Tilly free Sackville Hotel, Rozelle DJ Johnny Was free Sapphire Suite, Kings Cross Sapphire Saturdays: Rod Lee, Dan Bloom, Charlie Brown free (guestlist)–$20 Slide, Sydney Superheroes Party Dan Murphy, Gavin Vincze, DJ Sista P $20 (+ bf) Sly Fox, Enmore Booyah Breaks DJ duJour, pHaze_ 5 free SoHo, Sydney Aloof Nick Vidal, Liam Sampras, Groove Addix and Miss Gabby Sol’s Deck Bar Bel-Air $10 Spectrum, Darlinghurst P*A*S*H: Goldfoot, DJ Knife $5 Star City, Pyrmont DJ Dynamite free Stonewall Hotel, Darlinghurst Greg Boladian, Nick J free Tank Nightclub, Sydney One Love John Course, Disco Mafia, Matt Nugent free–$15 The Argyle, The Rocks Alex Taylor, Corin Hansford, Illya, DJ Massive, A Church, Super C, Ben Jammin The Cricketers Arms Hotel, Surry Hills Pod Wars free The Cross, Kings Cross Peepshow Agent 86, Mark Murphy, Raz & Benjoir, Harry Hunter, Purple Punch DJs $10 before 11pm, $20 after The Gaff, Darlinghurst Disco Punx Disco Punx, Tomass, GAD, Master Celebrator, Sleater Brockman, WAX MOTIF, The Holidays, Tennis free entry till 10pm after $10 open till 6am Tonic Lounge, Potts Point Nick RecordKicks (Italy) free before 9pm, $10 after Trust, Equilibrium Hotel, Sydney Pure Pleasure Experience Kate Monroe, Nick Vidal, Winston, Ange, David J Matlak UN Nightclub, Darlinghurst DCM Saturdays Sunset Bros free UNhouse, Darlinghurst Jack’n’Wax Obsidian, Mixwell Smart, Grubby, Denis Junius $25
club guide
send your listings to : clubguide@thebrag.com Universale Hotel, Leichhardt DJ Heke V Bar, Sydney Soul City Troy T, Stanley, G Wizard, Chucky T, Sefu, Orius, Mark Molina, Mogreen, Mystro (UK), Koffee, IKO, B-Trix, MC Bone$ $10 (guestlist)–$15 Vanilla Room, Leichhardt Underground Sessions 2 Fabian De Marco free Verandah Bar, Sydney The Booty Bar George B, Nasser T, Lenno, K Sera Vivaz Restaurant & Nightclub, The Rocks Mambo Asi, Pablo free–$44 (dinner & show) Watershed Hotel, Darling Harbour Remedy: Jason Sole, Moose $10 Wine Banq, Sydney Red Room: Mark Molina, Mac, MC Cheeks, DBo, Pace $15 World Bar, Kings Cross Wham! Zodiac Hotel, Sydney Addiction Yoshi, Micky D, Matrix, Jason Suae, Dexi, Jamie Rave, C2, Aken, Luke Notley, Imperial, Goose, Whisper, Elwood, Brendon Bennell, Ricardo Oporto, Ben Shields, Leigh Christopher, Maddix, Reckless, Dekhed, S Dee, Anarchist, Dayze, Nik Import, Connect, Selby, Nick Pryke, Chimp, Flip
SUNDAY AUGUST 26 Aquarium, Coogee Sunday’s Best John Glover, Matt Roberts, Cadell, Alex Mac free Ashfield RSL Club DJ Paul free Bank Hotel, Newtown GI Jode, Eddie Coulter Cargo Bar, King St Wharf One Cheeky Sunday Mr Thing, Ctrl Alt Del, John Glover, Elroy, Bozo, Dave 54, Aaron Achurch free–$10 Civic Hotel, Sydney You’re Always F#cked on Sunday Nik Fish, Miss Savage, Lil Chris,
Stu Trash, Sasha Ca$h free Cruise Bar, The Rocks Savannah Telefunken, Johnny Gleeson free Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown DJ Metal Matt, Louis Tillett free Empire Hotel, Potts Point 4Play JimmyZ, Alex Mac free Equilibrium Hotel, Sydney Casa de la Salsa Johakim $15 Favela, Potts Point Sunday Shades Mike Mate, Vandals Flinders Hotel, Darlinghurst attle Call Open Mic. Night Performance space free Fringe Bar, Paddington Swedish Meatballs DJ’s Rob Salmon and Jon Hicks free, $3 Tequila Gasworks Nightclub, Albion Hotel, Parramatta Boogaloo Allstars free Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay Soda Bar Soulshaker, Peter Glass, Robin Knight, Jeff Fellows free Greenwood Hotel, North Sydney Sounds on Sunday Goodwill, John Course, Grant Smilie, Jonathan Wall, Ben Morris, Shamus, Funktrust Collective, Kato, Q45, Daniel Crocetti, Crispin, Carlos Zarate $25 (presale)–$30 Hotel Chambers, Sydney DJ Robert Herbert free Hunter Hotel Daydreams Yoshi, Chia, Keely, Marty Butler Intersection Tavern, Ramsgate Lovetown DJ Ash free Lady Lux, Kings Cross Smut Goodfella, Ben Morris $10 Le Panic, Kings Cross Paradise City Q45, Amy B, Matt Nugent free–$10 Manacle, Darlinghurst Fags Out Atlas $10 Mandalay Room, Kings Cross Sorted Sundayze Selby, Arty, Jason Suae, X Dream, TORBYNIK, Chimoy, Katatonik Melt Bar, Kings Cross Sunday Melt Dj Martinez, El Maestro free Moulin Rouge, Kings Cross Pedro, Tommy Trash, Derek{K}, John Glover, Table Trash $10, free
with flyer North Wollongong Hotel Sundays at the North gOng Steve, Sharon Brand, Ace, Kid Kindle and live acts free Opera Bar, Circular Quay Sunset Session Peter Farris free Paddington Inn, Paddington DJ Young Apprentice free Peppermint Lounge, Potts Point Sundaes Foreigndub sounds, Barrio Beats, Clubhouse, free Q Bar, Darlinghurst Lucid Lounge Ben Lucid free Raymond J’s Back Bar, Annandale Hotel The Vintage Record Store DJs free Sapphire Suite, Kings Cross Fame Tenzin, Daniel Ibrahim, Veliro de Simoni, Joey Rosslind, Studio Gangsters free (guestlist)– $15 Scruffy Murphys Hotel, Sydney Fergus free Sly Fox, Enmore Foxy Beats $5 Star City, Pyrmont DJ Dynamite free Surf Rock Hotel, Collaroy Sundazed Illya, L-Y-N-C, Hoffy, Swine, Matt Roberts $5 The Argyle, The Rocks The Big Chill Paul Master, Rephrase, Noel Boogie The Bourbon, Kings Cross Tease B Arch, Lil Chris, Rob Ferre, Slomo The Cross, Kings Cross Holy Funk Dfunkt, Niche DJs, Bob Frisky free The Gaff, Darlinghurst Pub Sundays Toddy free The Roxy, Parramatta T he Sunday Social Club John Glover, Cadell, Dan Newling free Tonic Lounge, Potts Point SWAT Sundays Swat DJ’s free White Horse, Surry Hills Smirnoff Sundays Mo Funk free World Bar, Kings Cross Push Play Dion Jackson and Louis M free Yu, Potts Point Lost Jay West $5
picks of the week TUESDAY AUGUST 21 The Forum Theatre, Moore Park Lupe Fiasco (USA), Gemini, Spit Syndicate, Anna Lunoe $55 (+ bf)
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22 Bar Cleveland, Surry Hills The Wall free
THURSDAY AUGUST 23 Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Skoop Percussion Junction, Rephrase, DJ Bentley free SAM Bar, Macquarie University, North Ryde Hook ‘n’ Sling free (student)
FRIDAY AUGUST 24 Bar Broadway, Chippendale Dustones Flow Dynamics, Mark Walton, Good Buddha, Flava Dave, Percussion Junction, Bentley, Funk Injection $22 T2, Darlinghurst Peace Out Purple Punch Crew, Moriarty, tha Fizz (aka Non Ferrous), Viviennne Kingswood $5
SATURDAY AUGUST 25 Club 77, East Sydney Starfuckers Mr Disorder Vs Sveta,
James Talk
Starfucker Djs, Hookie, Booms, Donnie. Blood +Stew York SY & Trentertainment $10 from 10-11pm $15 thereafter Home Nightclub, Sydney Famous Hook ‘n’ Sling, James Talk (UK), GT, Carl Kennedy, Synik, Matt Rowan, Trix, J Flex, Ben Dunlop, Hook n Sling, Custard Jim, Carlos Zarate,Cut Off $25
SUNDAY AUGUST 26 Greenwood Hotel, North Sydney Sounds on Sunday Goodwill, John Course, Grant Smilie, Jonathan Wall, Ben Morris, Shamus, Funktrust Collective, Kato, Q45, Daniel Crocetti, Crispin, Carlos Zarate $25 (presale)–$30
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casual projects
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11:08:07 :: Havana Club De Luxe :: 169 Oxford Street 93317729
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Spank Thursdays @ Castle Hill Tavern
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10:08:07 :: Peppermint Lounge :: 231 Victoria St Kings Cross
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10:08:07 :: Fringe Bar :: 106 Oxford Street Paddington 93605443
It’s called: Electrify My Mind It sounds like: 5 of Australia’s bigg est and best DJs pumping out som e of the dirtiest, sexiest, filthiest electro AND funkiest funk known to man DJs/live acts playing: Mind Elec tric // Archie // Matt Nugent // Tom Piper vs Elroy // with Residents Tags & Woiyt Three records that’ll rock the floo r: Dirty Cash // Playrock - C’mon girl (MINd ELECTRIC’s Dark Metal Mix) // Potb elleez - Durty Dreams (MINd ELE CTRIC’s not so durty Mix)
And one that you’d rather die than play: Leonard Cohen “New Skin for the Old Ceremony” Sell it to us: filthy rockn beats, late night naughty treats, and dirty rock ’n beats... use your imagination! The bit we’ll remember in the AM: You remembered doing it but can’ t remember any details - You were Spanked and it was a little bit naughty! (don ’t worry we won’t tell) Crowd specs: Fun, Frisky & Friva lous... Spankalicious! Wallet damage: Free before 10 // $10 After // $5 Jager Bombs 9pm - 11pm Where: Castle Hill Tavern 25 Victo ria Ave Castle Hill When: Thursday 23 August When: All the action starts at 8pm , every Friday
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bandits
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11:08:07 :: The Cross :: Level 1, 24 Darlinghurst Rd Kings Cross 93310696
monkey tennis
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Disco Not Disco
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11:08:07 :: Plantation :: 2a Rosyln Street Kings Cross ( Above Empire hotel) 93607531
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It’s called: DISCO NOT DISCO It sounds like: The offspring of Brennan Green, Giorgio Moroder, Joakim and Carl Craig during a smackdown sess Headman, Playgroup and The Knife ion with the bastard children of Padded Cell, DJs: Matt Vaughan (Loose Ends ), Donny-Fong, Doppelganger And Steele Bonus Three records you’ll hear on the night: Once In A Life Time- Talk ing Heads (C2 Re Edit), Sister Saviour- The Rap ture (Dfa Remix), Teaching Child ren How To Swear- Inflagranti
And one you definitely won’t: Theme from Big Brother Sell it to us: We think art school girls are hot and we think gay boys and we wanna see them dancing are hot too, to the kind of dark devil disco that Larry Levan and Ron Hardy would belt out at the Paradise Garage. The bit we’ll remember in the AM: boudoir that is Gilligans to the dark Kids making out on the dance floor of the disco est, craziest disco you’ve ever hear d. Crowd specs: Kooky kids and Cut Copy fans melting together in one moment. perfect Wallet damage: $5... free if you’ re cute. Where: Gilligans- The Oxford Hote l, Oxford St When: Last Thursday of every mon th (30 AUG)
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11:08:07 :: Slip Inn :: 11 Sussex Street Sydney 82959999
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health club
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09:08:07 :: Spectrum :: 34 Oxford St Darlinghurst 93316245
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purple sneakers
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09:08:07 :: Flinders Hotel :: 63 Flinders St Darlinghurst 93563622
moulin nights
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10:08:07 :: Abercrombie Hotel :: 100 Broadway Ultimo 92113486
disco disco
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11:08:07 :: Moulin Rouge :: 39 Darlinghurst Rd Kings Cross 86541711
10:08:07 :: Candyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Apartment :: 22 Bayswater Rd Kings Cross 93805600
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