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NORMAN JAY (MBE) CRAZY PENIS (LIVE) THE BIONICS PLUS VERY SPECIAL GUESTS

JAMIE LLOYD & JIMI POLAR (LIVE) MARK WALTON PRES. FRETLESS (LIVE) SIMON CALDWELL NOODLES & NOEL BOOGIE (4-DECK SHOW) SOULSHAKER DJ’S SOMATIK JIMMI JAMES

23rd March 2008 2pm til late 1st release tickets $30 2nd release tickets $40 VIP tickets $80 Tickets at www.moshtix.com.au or at the venue. theloft & Bungalow 8 No. 8 Lime Street King Street Wharf Sydney 9299 4770 www.theloftsydney.com

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THE CROW

Who: The Crow What: The Crow Label/Year: Atlantic, 1994

PLAYGROUND WEEKENDER

Crate digging Andrew Ramadge explores the history of music The Crow and its soundtrack tapped into the resurgence in goth culture during the 1990s in the same way The Big Chill had encapsulated baby boomers in midlife crisis 10 years earlier. The film was an adaptation of an underground comic of the same name and was the first big hit for Australian director Alex Proyas, who cut his teeth making music videos for INXS and Crowded House. Its cult status began to build before it was released, when lead actor Brandon Lee was fatally injured on-set by a dummy round accidentally fired in a gunshot scene during the last week of filming. Lee’s depiction of a man who had been violently murdered and then magically returned to life one year later to exact revenge on his killers was given a tragic and somewhat eerie quality in the wake of his actual death. The film itself is rather incredibly dark and violent, set in a fictional city one part Detroit and two parts Gotham with a visual style similar to the sci-fi noir classic Blade Runner. Thanks to Proyas’s background

shooting music videos, some parts feel like a series of film clips strung together to make a story. The soundtrack includes The Cure, Nine Inch Nails covering Joy Division’s ‘Dead Souls’, Pantera, Rage Against The Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, Violent Femmes and Rollins Band covering ‘Ghost Rider’ by Suicide. For years after it was released, it was one of those records you’d find everywhere you went. What strikes me most about The Crow soundtrack now is just how varied the songs are. At the time it seemed like such a single-minded collection, but it actually captured a wide range of musical ideas circa 1994 – hangers-on from the decade before (The Jesus And Mary Chain, Violent Femmes, The Cure), grunge (Stone Temple Pilots), metal (Pantera, Rollins Band), the kind of industrial-gothic sounds that only ever made sense at the time (Nine Inch Nails, Machines Of Loving Grace) and last but not least the brilliant political rap-rock hybrid of Rage Against The Machine, who would play no small part in inspiring the insufferably lame likes of Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park to dominate “alternative” music charts for the next ten years. I still really like it as well. I can’t imagine not owning a copy.

“OHMYGODPLAYGROUNDWEEKENDERIST HISWEEKENDANDWE’RESOOOOEXCITED !!” That’s generally the soundtrack to the Brag office at the moment: joyful, garbled yells from people about to spontaneously combust with excitement. Yep, Playground Weekender is this week with a massive lineup that includes Kruder & Dorfmeister, Ian Brown, Maximo Park, Tiefschwarz, Crazy Penis, The Wombats, Mo'Horizons… look I could keep going on and on here. But now you can get excited too, because we’ve got 5 DOUBLE CAMPING TICKETS to give away. Woo! To win, email freestuff@thebrag.com and tell us about your greatest camping experience. Maximo Park

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To some, COG is an ‘orchestra of guitar chords, beckoning drums and resonant bass tones'. But to us, they are the heavy distraction fighting to escape our friend’s headphones as we try to talk to them, punctuated by air drumming and ‘oh maaan how good are they?!’. We expect this friend will be more than a little excited to hear that the band is touring to launch their sophomore album Sharing Space. Catch them 16 May at the Enmore Theatre.

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CSS

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SUMMER HEIGHTS HIGH SINGLE

CSS, or Cansei de Ser Sexy, or ‘tired of being sexy’ in Portuguese, or a response to seeing Beyonce workin’ it, and all the rest of it. That’s lovely and all, but really all you need to know is that the singer is engaged to the dude from Klaxons, thereby creating one of the cuter music-music power couples out there. Can we get a little bit of ‘awwwww!’? Gossip aside, they’re also fizzy electro punk fun live – see them April 1 at the Metro with Macromantics.

If you became a little crazy-obsessed with Summer Heights High, and in particular with Mr G, the drama teacher who penned songs about girls ODing from E, and further you enjoyed said songs, then you are in luck. ‘Naughty Girl’, the one about the girl with a bad habit, has been recorded and is getting a release next week. There’s a stash of remixes included, but really you’ll be wanting the a Capella version so you can do your mash up and send it to Bigstereo.

BEACHBALL

TEENAGERSINTOKYO

Uni started up again last week, which means quite a few over enthusiastic first few days, followed by 9 weeks of procrastination and 3 weeks of ‘faaark exams!’. But we’re still in the honeymoon period, which means you can party at Beachball without too much guilt. Hang out with Ajax, The Potbelleez, Van She, Damn Arms, Dardanelles, Gameboy/Gamegirl and more. Orrr see them play – either way. It’s on March 6 at Manning Bar over 3 levels. v Van She

Teenagersintokyo have just signed an international record deal with Back Yard Recodings, who also hold hands and make plans with The Gossip, The Similou and Chromeo. Their EP is getting a release there soonish, with a quick tour of Europe and the UK to follow. Before they start going to parties hosted by Karl Largerfeld and hanging out with Winona and Perez they’re doing a little celebratory Australian tour, including April 10 at the Hopetoun.

What’s the purpose of mastering? At its simplest mastering is a process of ‘tweaking’ music to make it sound as good as it can. Sometimes mixes are done under difficult or varied circumstances, and mastering can usually even out deficiencies or wild variations between tracks to give an overall cohesiveness. How does it differ to engineering? Engineering is usually split into two parts: recording and mixing. Recording is obviously recording the different instruments, vocals etc. Mixing is combining all the different elements together to form a “mix” of the performance. Mastering is then a process applied to the final “mix”. Do you have a “signature sound”? I used to think not, but recently I was asked to compile work that I had mastered for a particular band over a period of many years - in 4 different studios no less. I rolled up the sleeves expecting a great deal of tweaking, and was shocked to find none was necessary. It just seemed completely impossible... Maybe I do have a sound or an aesthetic which is why I’ve managed to stay in the game so long - I cut my first vinyl record back in March of 1988 at the tender age of 22. The weird thing is music changes quite often and to an extent you change with it, but at the end of the day I suppose if something sounds good, it is good - and it should sound good in the future. Now if only everybody didn’t want their cd to be the loudest ever!

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BROS for example.) Still the farm is a great place to visit – and the long drive is now travelled with a well stocked iPod. Inspirations change every day, week & year. I am inspired by new artists that innovate and surprise me, and by old artists that I rediscover or discover for the first time. Digital technology has changed everything so much. You can discover anything if you have even the smallest lead to it. There are stacks of hip hop, afrobeat, funk, disco, soul, jazz, world, blues and reggae etc that all shapes the way I think and feel about music. I could do you a 1000 CD Box set of my inspirations!

Growing up in rural NSW was awesome for riding trail bikes and getting a healthy dose of fresh air, but when it came to discovering and exploring mind-blowing music at the local record store – well… our choice ranged from bands like Icehouse to Meatloaf. (Which is not to say I didn’t dig a fair amount of boy bands in my youth… sad to say…

My band is growing. I have been doing loads of DJing since the last release, but recently have been putting more energy into my own production work again. A new EP is coming out this March, and as part of the live show I have pulled together 2 vocalists and 2 horn players for the performance. This is a new approach for all of us as we all come from very different

THE HAMPDENS

The Hampdens’ new single is called ‘Asleep On the Lawn’. Not sure whether it’s because we’ve been watching too many episodes of Skins, but a montage of 5am peeks of sun, being out cold on lawns and empty bottles came to mind. Pretty sure that wasn’t the band’s intention, judging from the delicate, gentle lilt of the song itself. They’re playing the Easter Show(!) soon, but before then you can catch them 13 March at the Vanguard. With dinner! If you like.

musical backgrounds & so it will be both interesting and exciting to see what we create when we perform March 12 at the Enmore supporting Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings. The music we make is Raw Funk, Flamenco Soul, Disco-Boogie, Smoky Beats, Hip Shaking, Big Fun Music. The new EP has a strong Soul Funk sound and is more of listenable experience than my previous releases, although the live show is all uptempo Soul Funk and Boogie Funk! You came to dance and have a good time right?

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COCOROSIE

So the name kinda sound like a breakfast cereal, but their sound is anything but crunchy! (OH YEAH!! BAD PUNS AHOY.) Anyway… CocoRosie is the combination of sisters Sierra Rose and Bianca Leilani Cassady, and they’ve been making amazingly melodic music for years. So on the eve of their trip to Australia, we figured we’d offer a pretty sweet giveaway. Email freestuff@thebrag.com for your chance to not only win copies of CocoRosie’s albums Noah’s Ark and The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn but a double pass to their show at the Factory Theatre this Saturday (oh yeah, it’s sold out too). We’ve got 2 packs to give away, so first in, best dressed.

Music, right here, right now starts on Wednesday 12 March, at the Enmore Theatre. As I mentioned we are proudly supporting Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and for the occasion we are featuring the brand new 5-piece live Meem show with 2 wonderful vocalists (from The Velvet Set & Pig Foot Fever) and a horn section (feat member of the Boom Band Krewe). We will be playing unreleased tracks plus versions of tracks from the forthcoming Meem EP. This will be the very first time this new live show will be performed EVER! Get down early to catch it. Who: Meem Where: Wednesday March 12 Where: Enmore Theatre

SUGAR ARMY

Perth’s Sugar Army, as the name suggests, are a sweet little pop punk act who has been building momentum of late. Building their musical army, if you will, ha, ha. (Well! We should refrain from making jokes, ever.) Sugar Army are fresh from doing Interpol support duties, receiving 4 WAMi nominations, and a showing at the Big Day Out. Now they’re set to release their EP Where Do You Hide Your Toys. See them when they support Little Birdy 12 March at Oxford Art Factory.

STEVE KILBY

The song was already on the ‘man that song…’ list, but when Donnie Darko came out, a whole new crop of people lushed out to ‘Under The Milky Way’. Bands would prefer you to know a little more than the hit single though, and The Church has a back catalogue worth knowing a little more about. However, bands also prefer you to investigate their solo happenings too: Frontman Steve Kilby is launcing his solo DVD March 27 at the Vanguard, with Mark Moldre and Prof Adam Lang.

Yves Klein Blue

YVES KLEIN BLUE

‘Yves Klein Blue Draw Attention To Themselves’ is a bit newspaper headline, a bit bratty, tongue in cheek, a bit statement of intent. Which we’re sure was exactly what the band intended. In fact, it’s the title of the Brisbane 4 piece’s debut EP, out next month. Before that goes down however, they’ll be doing little things like doing SxSW and supporting The Vines at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom. Catch them post overseas sojourns when they play April 11 at Spectrum.

Shocking Pinks

ESSENTIAL FESTIVAL

The Essential Festival is back, baby – that indoor fest that doesn’t quite feel like a fest (we think there’s a fluoro ban in there somewhere) and has the added benefit of no crazy queues. Plus quite a few local bands you’d want to see, too. You say ‘who?’ We say ‘Regurgitator, Shocking Pinks, Grafton Primary, Dardanelles, The Devoted Few, The E.L.F., The Seabellies, Reptiles and more. It’s on 25 April in and around the Gaelic Club.

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THE SEA AND CAKE

Fourteen years, seven albums. And no Australian tour! The Sea And Cake has, for some reason, up until now felt this fair land wasn’t quite ready for its live stylings. Or Australian Sea And Cake fans just didn’t holler loud enough for them to get their shit here. Or it was some comedy of errors and miscommunication. Either way, it’s all been cleared up, they’re coming now. Get your indie on when they play March 7 at the Annandale with Firekites and Founder.

ACCESS ALL AGES

Your adolescent years are those golden years when you, hopefully, raided friends’ and parents’ music collections and lushed out entirely. They’re also the years when you cry a little – okay, a lot – over the fact that nine times out of ten you can’t get into any venues to see a damn thing. Which is why Access All Ages is a-mazing for the under 18s crew. Featuring headliners British India, it’s on 21 March (Good Friday) 4-9pm at The Factory, $15.

AGAINST ME!

The Sea And Cake

“A decade ago, Tom Gabel began his music career as a 17-year old solo acoustic act known as Against Me!, belting out songs of rebellion in Laundromats”. That’s very sweet. Since then the boy has, er, become a man, and his musical act, also a man. If the man were a 4-piece band. Against Me! are running around Australia for a tour soon. See them 29 April at the Metro (all ages) with special guests Crime In Stereo, tickets on sale now.

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The first was going to the cinema to see the movie Fantasia – I fell in love with the wonderful world of Music. The second was my obsession with ABBA – I knew all the words at age 2 (well my version anyway). I wanted to be in the band! My parents always made music a priority for my sister and myself – I started playing piano at 9 and composing at 11. Although like any kid I occasionally fought against the idea of daily practice…

Inspirations I love many different artists. I love artists like Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Jean Michelle Jarre and Vangelis, then I love Metallica, Grinspoon, Foo Fighters, Placebo, Bjork, Underworld, Prodigy, Kylie, Moby. As a trance producer I love Markus Schultz, Richard Durand, Tiesto of course, and a bunch of others – too many to mention here! Being a big fan of electronic music, most people would be aware that as far as their fashion sense and attitude… well, most of them are kinda nerdy looking so I have to look to Kylie, and Gwen for inspiration! Your Band I’m a soloist but I have arguments 3. with my multiple personalities. I always win

a lot from them

though! Although lately, I’ve been working a bit with some other producers, like Brian Canham and vocalists like Amii. It’s only a recent development, and seems to work well so far. I’m learning as well.

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Growing Up My first childhood musical memory, well, there’s 2 that I 1. think set me up for a life of music. Both were when I was 2.

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The Music You Make I write, in one word – Trance. But really 4. anything from electronica, chill, electro trance,

tech trance, pop trance/dance, the list goes on. I have just released a single called ‘VIP’ featuring Amii on vocals. It’s the first real single from the album I’m working on right now. Other recent club/dance releases were ‘One For The Road’ re-release and ‘Falling’ which both did well in the UK.

Music, Right Here, Right Now I’m enjoying the fact that trance is starting 5. to infiltrate the mainstream again. I think people

“Frankenbok released their Murder of Songs album last September but haven’t had the chance to tour in earnest yet due to complications with Azzabok’s badly busted leg. It’s on the mend now, two operations later and thanks to a Robocop leg brace and insertion of a titanium rod…” Ok wait, who is Azzabok? He’s in Frankenbok! Of course! Frankenbok play some serious thrash metal, which makes the leg pin so obvious now! Right! Anyway, these long delayed shows are headed for Club Blink NEXT FRIDAY, March 14. We’ve got 5 copies of the album and five Frankbok t-shirts to give to the first in, literally best dressed at the usual address.

are sick of hearing the same old electro sounds as far as dance goes. The trance scene has had a massive resurgence overseas too. Musos, I think, have to be careful not to believe their own hype. It’s a recipe for disaster. I love seeing some new trance DJs/producers coming through the ranks. Some of the old DJs at the top of the Australian ranks have no idea what they’re doing now, and a lot of them aren’t producing, which I think is essential these days as a DJ. I saw a lot of great bands at the BDO when I was on tour this year, I think Bjork really did it for me… as well as the music, she does all these cool electronic manipulations. But that’s the nerd in me. Who: BeXta What: ‘VIP’ single out now When: Thursday March 20 Where: Home Nightclub

FUTURE VS PLAYGROUND

Scramble to get your tickets to your choice of two festivals this weekend: Playground Weekender offers sets from Kruder and Dorfmeister, Ian Brown, Tiefschwarz, Ralph Lawson, The Wombats, plus that Wham! stage on the picturesque banks of the Hawkesbury River - see playgroundweekender. com.au; Future Music Festival brings the Chemical Brothers, Who Made Who, Kid Koala, The Black Ghosts, Datarock, Digweed and co - tickets at ticketmaster.com.au. Like you didn’t know.

grime, represented by the likes of Semper Fi, Victim, Garage Pressure, Twitch, Southern Steppa’s Kodama and Marc Pritchard (of Global Communications fame) all testing the bass limits of the infamous Hijack sound system from 10pm, Friday 7 March at Phoenix Bar. Tickets are $10 on the door. Ajax

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SOUTH RAKKAS CREW

Having released the Mix Up LP on Diplo’s Mad Decent label, Miami-based dancehall crew South Rakkas is touring this week, blowing up the Oxford Art Factory Friday 7 March. South Rakkas’ riddims, remixes and their own productions (across 7 full length albums) have as much to do with Miami bass and electro as they do with traditional reggae, a genre that’s been labelled ‘electro-dancehall bounce’ that has seen them invited to the likes of remix Bob Marley and Beck, work with dancehall’s hottest names and publish on such renown labels as Greensleaves and Ninja Tune. With support from KillaQueenz, Ro Sham Bo, Kato, tha Fizz and Hoops. Tix are just $22 through moshtix and Jimmy Sings.

TIEFSCHWARZ

The ‘deep black’ brothers Schwarz, Ali and Basti, return to our shores for the first time since the start of ’06. And while they were at the top of the dance heap then, conflating ‘tough’ electro and minimal before both genres were compressed and somewhat bastardised by the masses, they have been relatively quiet since, only recently resurfacing with remixes (for the likes of Underworld). Playing at the Playground Weekender our boy Mr Paul Azzopardi has taken time out from hanging in Kanye’s Hummer to let us know Tiefschwarz will be playing a three hour set at the Chinese Laundry this Saturday. So head down to the cave and see whether they still have ‘it’. They even do organic house as good as anyone. Seriously.

CSS

São Paulo’s CSS, out here for the V festival, have announced a series of sideshows alongside FBi favourite Macromatics. We are still deciding whether ‘Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above’ is a classic or an overplayed “chick song” but one thing’s for sure – the Hot Chip remix is a keeper. These guys prefigured Bonde Do Role et al as our most successful South American import since Oporto, with their self-titled debut album garnering considerable attention/accolades. Their energy packed performance rolls into Sydney on Thursday 1 April at the Metro, where they will be playing alongside Daft Punk – ha, April fools! Macromatics will have to suffice. From 8pm, tix $55+bf through Ticketek.

As part of their mission to keep kids on the straight-ish and narrow (hello readers!) , the Ted Noffs Foundation is setting up a new facility in a converted warehouse in Liverpool – The Street University will be a place where young minds can grow, a place where young folks (hello Peter, Bjorn and John) walk in off the street and do a course in anything from basketball to biology, philosophy to job-hunting. This Saturday 8 March the Foundation is holding a cocktail party at Deus Ex Machina on Parramatta Road to raise over $50,000 in order to get the facility underway. Bob Downe will be there, as too will the FBi ‘Naked City’ crew, plus a host of others. Plus you’re going to win an awesome motorbike and walk away with a pair of Ruby Slippers created by Please Louise. Yes you are!

DAVE NADA

One of the US’s most sought after club-packing, party-rocking DJ/producers, Baltimore’s Dave Nada is touring in April, playing the Oxford Art Factory (of course) Saturday 12 April. Known for his ability to get people on the dancefloor and keep them there, resident at America’s #1 destination for Baltimore club music – Taxlo in Baltimore city – he regularly plays with the likes of Tittsworth, Diplo and Scottie B. Nada will arrive in Oz fresh off a national Mad Decent US tour with hot new talent Blaqstarr. His 12” ‘Kick Out The Jams!’ on T&A Records blew up last year (#1 on Turntable Lab’s top sellers chart, high rotation on BBC Radio 1 in the UK, etc), and his future release schedule includes records on Unruly and Hai Karate Records. Expect a rapid fire DJ set of hip hop, Baltimore club, electro, rock, and more – coming at you in April.

VOID AT PHOENIX

Carving out a niche in Sydney’s underground dedicated to quality dubstep, grime and beats (yes, more beats, bleeps n bass!) the Void crew are back after the success of DJ Distance last month. This months’s instalment focuses on

BEACHBALL

Ahhh, O-Week. A chance to prey on vulnerable fresh men and women. I mean – uh, you know what I mean. And Beachball this Thursday is the standout event of O-Week at Sydney University, spanning the entire three floors of Manning Bar and featuring a host of talent (and I am referring to musicians here) including Damn Arms, Van She, Ajax and all the rest of the usual suspects (I swear the lineup is remarkably similar to last year. Oh well, the more things change…) Be warned too, every year there are a host of disappointed youngsters left queuing outside Manning as this thing sells out. Buy your ticket, like now, so you can be among those hurling ‘witty’ insults from the balcony at those trying to get in. $22 through inthemix.

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MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS

HORO FROM SHERLOCKS DAUGHTER of us are shy. We get excited about different things: for Gray it’s synth sounds, Tim it’s screaming, me, eating blueberries, McArtney, being in time, Will… kick drums? The Music You Make I tend still to not listen to too much music, 4. I don’t like being influenced… which is bloody

hard considering how much amazing music is out there. I still get a bit scared every now and then of sounds so I stray away from it. Recording wise we are currently recording with Jono Ma (The Lost Valentinos). He’s a freak that guy, we are pretty excited about that… otherwise we do most of the ground work ourselves. We have a studio at my house, and I’m a hermit so stay there most of the time. EP to be released around May.

Growing Up Growing up we all listened to different things, I hated music so never listened to it at all. It used the scare the bejesus out of me (it still does). I think all people are musically inclined; we have a heart that’s constantly beating so there is one example.

Inspirations Bahaus are a huge influence, Peter Murphy’s vocals are to die for… Moon Dog, I remember the first time listening to him, Nick Littlemore introduced me, something I’ll be

forever thankful for. I sit at home quite often with headphones on… in the dark listening to Moon Dog. Divine. Your Band Sherlocks Daughter started off with Tanya 3. Horo, half of Soma for Kinder. It was my solo project. Tim (guitarist) and Gray (everything) were there from the start. Then Tim McArtney joined and then we found William Russell. We aren’t quite sure if our band is what you call ‘normal’; we are pretty dysfunctional but in a close family kinda of a way. I can’t say any

Music, Right Here, Right Now Well actually I have left the house a few 5. times this week… much to the surprise of

myself. Damo Suzuki – mad. Sui Zhen – mad. The Jezebals – mad. Le Kingste - mad. If you see bands that don’t do it for you then I think you should give them props anyway, fuck it. It’s not the easiest industry in the world. Who: Sherlocks Daughter Where: Hopetoun Hotel / The Basement

FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL You know, the festival season never really ends. The BDO may be but a smelly, bogan infested memory, but fear not! The Future of Music is here! In festival form! Because horse flu resulted in Mr Ed and all his buddies being shipped to the glue factory, the Randwick Racecourse is where this event will be held. Featuring Chemical Brothers, Roger Sanchez, Shapeshifters, Kid Koala and more internationals with The Potbelliez, KATO and the raft of other locals, this is shaping up to be the disco buiscut lovers day out of choice. We have 2 DOUBLE PASSES and 2 Backstage passes up for grabs along with copies of the FMF remix album. Just tell your best munted festival war story, and it’s yours!

When: March 13 / 14

FABRIC CRAZE

Having made a name for himself as the best scratch DJ in history, having won almost every title on offer at least once, DJ Craze has always been one to (also!) balance technical proficiency with content, recently revisiting the sound of his homeland Miami bass throughout his sets. Craze’s latest mix FabricLive38 has an interesting story behind it, as Craze was called in to record the mix following an apparently substandard submission from the French duo Justice, and “word!”, he’s delivered the goods with an effort that includes cuts from the likes of Kid Sister, Coldcut and Fizz favourite Tuff Crew. So it’s Craze 1 Justice 0 on FabricLive38 out now through Inertia.

Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings

Only in Australia would the Midnight Juggernauts have their name abbreviated to “THE JUGGIES!!” Said in all capital letters, of course. With beer running down you chin. Since their humble beginnings in Melbourne in 2004, the Juggies have become, like, superstars! Now they’re coming to Sydney to play one gigantic show at the Enmore Theatre on Tuesday March 11 with hometown heroes The Lost Valentinos, Bag Raiders and France’s M83. We’ve got 2 double passes to give away to this wicked show, so to get there for free email freestuff@thebrag.com and tell us your fave Juggies song and why.

CARPET MUNCHING

With an emphasis on quality and not quantity/ promotion etc, Cut The Rug Sundays at The Loft has attracted the likes of Darshan of Metro Area fame, New Yorker DJ Spun of the Rong Records label and rambunctious Sydney act Theatre of Disco. This Sunday the high standard continues with Simon Caldwell playing his favourite selections of the moment including his signature Rush Hour Collection (it’s a Dutch online store cum record label). From 5pm on Sunday at The Loft, where entry is free – no catch, no ifs, no buts.

SHARON JONES

No rest for the wicked when it comes to the Niche crew. Following on from Freddy Cruger, Niche Productions present the return of powerhouse soul-diva Sharon Jones and her inimitable band, The Dap-Kings, bringing back the essence of the ‘60s Stax and Motown vibes to an insatiable public (“turn it up wanker”!). Jones recently performed with Lou Reed on the revival tour of his seminal record, Berlin, as well as lending her vocal talents to Rufus Wainwright, They Might Be Giants and assorted film projects. The 9-piece Dap-Kings are also noteworthy for their work with Marc Ronson and Amy Winehouse. From 7pm at the Enmore Theatre, Wednesday 12 March, tickets $58.10+bf through Ticketek… and selling fast.

OPTIMO

Scottish duo Optimo, representing the infamous club of the same name, are playing their only Sydney performance at the Mandarin Club on Saturday 8 March. Showcasing a three hour set that promises to serve as an exploration of the deep outer realms of space disco, Optimo will be supported by ‘Racketeers’ Jimmi James and Simon Caldwell as well as the HaHa DJs cashing in on that ‘home court advantage’. Presale tickets are $27 through moshtix with more on the door at the Mandarin Club. From 8pm.

GOOD TIMES

Bungalow 8, theloft and Playground unite this Easter Sunday 23 March to present – direct from the infamous Notting Hill Carnival – that “open-minded cultural chameleon” Norman Jay (MBE) alongside Crazy Penis. From dancing to the crystalline system at Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage and being an integral part of

the early UK house and Acid Jazz scene, Jay needs little introduction; good-timers Crazy Penis will be performing a full live set at Good Times, backed up by artists including The Bionics, Jimi Polar and Jamie Lloyd (LIVE), Mark Walton pres. Fretless (LIVE), Simon Caldwell, Soulshaker DJs, Noodles & Noel Boogie. Tickets are $30 1st release, 2nd release $40 and limited VIP tickets at $80 each from moshtix and theloft. Crazy Penis

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MINISTRY RELOCATE

The Australasian branch of global clubbing empire Ministry of Sound, first established in Australia in 1999 as a joint venture with EMI, has decided to move to a new home with Universal Music Australia after eight successful years. What does this mean? Well, for starters all new releases (from 1 January this year) are distributed exclusively by Universal with certain back catalogue titles being re-cleared and available via Universal in due course. All of Ministry’s branded compilation offshoots, including Hed Kandi, are also moving. Damn legal mumbo jumbo. Just one question remains: Does the new location have an indoor fountain?

JUNKBEATS

Junkbeats is the independent label set up by stalwart DJs Phil Smart and Dave Basek. Following the success of the Junkbeats Sampler Volume 1, which included cuts from Ed Function and Jimi Polar, Smart and Jon William are releasing Downsize via Beatport on February 12, which will includes a remix from Future Classic Golden Boy Jimi Polar. To stay on top of all things Junkbeats check out the long awaited new look Junkbeats website, www.junkbeats.com, which is finally up and running. Worth the wait though.

SPOD

The first time I saw Spod I have mixed memories. One the one hand I remember the appalled look on the audience’s faces as the naive harlequin bounced around onstage with clownish abandon and backing tracks that spoke to his white ‘ice cream’ suit. On the other hand I do admit to having a penchant for all things Miami Vice and I picked up that night. And Spod is definitely something of a piss-take – or was, maybe!?! So despite what is ostensibly acerbic slander against the man, it remains that Spod gigs are fun and interesting, and the guy puts himself ‘out there’ – perhaps too far out… Oh, as for the slander, remember Oscar Wilde said, “the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” The circus rolls into town Friday 14 March at Spectrum, with support from Cat Call and Great Apes.

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Industrial strength Industry Music News with Christie Eliezer

WRITERS UNEARTHED AT S3

Triple J will unearth the songwriters of eight top songs at the inaugural Song Summit Sydney (S3) held from 3-5 April at the Hordern Pavilion & RHI, Moore Park, Sydney. Triplejunearthed.com is on the lookout for a top song from each state and territory around the country. The winning songwriters will receive a prize package that includes return airfare to Sydney, three nights accommodation, a three day past to S3, and access to an Unearthed songwriting masterclass hosted by Lindsay “The Doctor” McDougall and The Shins’ James Mercer. Full details triplejunearthed.com, entries close Sunday 9 March. “The Unearthed Top Song” songwriting competition will give songwriters an outstanding opportunity to build a foundation for their careers. Song Summit Sydney is the perfect forum for songwriters to learn, network and forge new working relationships,” says Sally Howland,

LIFELINES:

Married: FM103.2 Sydney morning announcer Joanne Traeger and businessman Kim. Arrested: R&B singer Ne-Yo, aka Shaffer Smith, was pulled over for driving over 100 mph through Cobb County, Georgia — and cops discovered he did not have a valid license. Arrested: Aaron Carter in Texas for possession of two ounces of marijuana after he was pulled over for speeding. Injured: During an As I Lay Dying’s gig in Australia, guitarist Nick Hipa was struck in the head by an empty bottle thrown from the audience, leaving him bleeding from the head. Died: Larry Norman, the singer, songwriter, and producer known as the “father of Christian rock music,” of heart failure, 60. His 1969 solo album Upon This Rock was the first Christian rock record, and his milestone 1972 release Only Visiting This Planet is considered one of the best albums in the genre. His music was an influence on such diverse artists as U2, John Mellencamp, and the Pixies.

Director Member Services APRA|AMCOS. “We are thrilled to be partnering with triple j to help unearth great songwriting talent across the country.”

EAGLES FLY, JUSTIN GOES SEXY

The Eagles’ comeback record album Long Road Out Of Eden was certified seven times platinum by the RIAA in January for over seven million copies sold in America. Garth Brooks’ The Ultimate Hits has skidded past the 5 million mark, Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSounds the 4 million mark there, while Hinder’s Extreme Behavior and Alicia Keys’ As I Am did 3 million. Avril Lavigne’s single ‘Girlfriend’ has sold 2 million, and Smashing Pumpkins’ reunion album Zeitgeist has found 500,000 homes there.

BATTLE OVER NICKELBACK

Reports from America are that the hit-churning Nickelback has three albums left on its deal with Roadrunner. But EMI, SonyBMG and Universal Music are circling around to snap them up. Warner Music, which last year forked out US$73.5 million for a 73.5% stake in Roadrunner, has moved quickly to lock up its golden goose to a long term deal. But how much will Warner offer? Already analysts are critical of its splashing out money on acts and not getting the returns.

BALLINA PIRATES FINED

Two brothers from NSW, charged with making and selling pirated DVD, CD and software discs were last week, fined a total of $9,000 plus court costs at Ballina Magistrates Court. Brothers Stephen and Michael McCarthy were also ordered to hand over thousands of dollars worth of computer equipment. Police said they had been running a sophisticated DVD piracy operation with a website that offered hundreds of film, music and software titles for sale nationwide. The 14 DVD burner operation had the capacity to produce over 350,000 pirated DVDs a year. On 21 March 2007, NSW Police, assisted by investigators from the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) and Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) raided two residential locations in Ballina and seized over 5,000 optical discs and computer equipment used to manufacture the illegal discs.

THORNELY PROMOTED AT FREMANTLE MEDIA

At FremantleMedia Australia, Jo Thornely’s role as Music Licensing Administrator has been expanded to cover music licensing, music rights management and music exploitation generally. Her new title is

Music Licensing and Rights Manager. She remains first point of contact for requests for music to be licensed for use in their programs and content made for other platforms. Contacts are jo.thornely@ fremantlemedia.com.au and (02) 9434 0771.

GARDINER PUTS A SPELL

Josh Gardiner has joined Speak’n’Spell Records as its national press officer. His contact is josh@ speaknspellmusic.com

GOLD COAST DJ/ PROMOTER JAILED

Gold Coast dj and promoter Ian Ross Stick was jailed for four years by the Supreme Court in Brisbane after pleading guilty to possessing cocaine, two forms of ecstasy, three types of steroids and $4000 cash from drug sales. Justice Richard Chesterman told the 26-year old he wanted to send a message to other drug dealers they were in a “high risk activity”. Police raided Stick’s house in Varsity Lakes last January and found 1000 ecstasy pills, cocaine, various steroid-like drugs, $4,000 made up of $50 notes and drug paraphernalia.

FOOS SUE

Foo Fighters filed suit against Marvel Comics. The band claims they used large chunks of ‘Best of You’ and ‘Free Me’, to score a trailer for its new animated series Wolverine and the X-Men.

ALAN DARGIN FAREWELLED

Alan Dargin, one of Australia’s most recognisable didgeridoo players, was farewelled last Thursday at a massive jam session at Circular Quay. He died in hospital, aged 40, from a cerebral haemorrhage following a stroke. Dargin spent his career mixing the didg with jazz, classical and rock. He played with a wide array of stylistys — Don Burrows, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Tommy Emmanuel, Jimmy Barnes, James Morrison, Wallace Buchanan (Jamiroquai), Yothu Yindi and Dale Barlow. He also filmed a documentary about Cape York with Jacques Cousteau, and appeared in movies as Fringe Dwellers, and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. His last recording, MRD due for release in April, features collaborations with Tommy Emmanuel and James Morrison, and duets with the guitar, Caribbean steel drums, keyboard, Chinese flute, trumpet, electric bass, and voice. His farewell doubled as a fundraiser to help get him home to Kempsey, where he’ll be buried beside his father, and amongst his community.

ARTS LAW SEMINARS

The Arts Law Centre of Australia (Arts Law), with the City of Sydney, is presenting a series of free seminars and workshops for Sydney based artists, arts organisations and other creative people during Arts Law Week Sydney (March 31 to April 5). Seminars include the legalities of being in a band, protecting your indigenous cultural heritage and art, running your business and protecting your name. the can’s and can’ts of arts and technology, employment and copyright. Most sessions will be held at the Rex Centre (Kings Cross), and are free. More info, www.artslaw.com.au.

RADIO WANTS TO NET IT IN

Commercial radio is spending $1 million in airtime and research funding to underpin the findings for its latest ad campaign — to highlight the effectiveness of radio supporting an online campaign. Radio’s research, conducted by TSN last year, claims that 80 per cent of people who hear a radio commercial visit that website as a result. Citing Nielsen Media Research Panorama Fused Metro Survey 9 (Nov 06 – Oct 07), Commercial Radio Australia’s chief executive Joan Warner said, “Listening statistics show over two-thirds of commercial radio listeners are online daily and these listeners are using the internet to shop, research or download information – so the combination of using radio to promote an advertiser’s website makes very good sense.”

CRUE’D OILED

Former Motley Crue producer Tom Werman has slammed Crue bassist Nikki Sixx’s book Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star as “totally deluded” and “stunningly inaccurate.” In a letter to the New York Times, Werman spat chips over Sixx’s claim that Werman was on the phone during the recording of ‘Theatre of Pain’, ‘Shout at the Devil’ and ‘Girls Girls Girls’ while Sixx did all the work. “If this distortion of reality is the result of Sixx’s past heroin habit, then his diary is truly nothing more than a pipe dream, and the events to which this book refers may simply be the needleinduced fantasies of an attention-starved junkie.”

HEAT ON MELBOURNE CLUBS

Victorian authorities, pushing to cut down the number of late night clubs in Melbourne’s central business district, have been turning the heat up. The Melbourne Fire Brigade reckons three quarters of the clubs investigated don’t follow the rules on unlocked exit doors, toilets and ventilation. The CQ Bar, which is licensed for 7,000 patrons, may have its patron numbers reduced.

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Of sound mind By Pokie

hey are legends. There is no doubt about it. They have seen it all – been through it all. They have touched on musical elements that most entertainers couldn’t hope to experience in a lifetime, let alone create. Visionaries, pioneers and generally an amazing duo, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons are the encapsulation of everything that is exciting about modern electronic music. No less, few tag-team duos can lay claim to having the sort of commercial success that has been afforded to these two: Chemical Tom and Chemical Ed! Their story is one of constant reinvention and evolution; this coupled with their ability to stay at the forefront of an ever changing electronic music landscape has seen their music move people of every age, race, religion and creed from Bangalore to Ginza.

Ed recounts: “We met at university in the late 1980s and we started on the DJ circuit together. Our first record came out in 1995 and ever since I think we’ve had a really great creative partnership and a good friendship as well. Six albums and at least five round world trips later we’re still going strong really – I think that is the fundamental part of why we still enjoy what we do. We enjoy each other’s company and we enjoy making music together. We’ve been through a lot, experienced many different stages in our careers. There were hard times, times where we lived in each other’s pockets, but when we get together in the studio it’s always like old times. For us, it’s really a case of getting down and getting the job done. If you don’t do that, no matter what you do, it’s not going to be easy.” Yet Ed claims they feel little in the way of pressure to continue to perform. They are

justly considered some of electronic music’s greatest ambassadors and they feel they have a direct relationship between the people that buy their music and come to their shows. He puts it in most humble terms. “We don’t see ourselves as a vanguard of electronic music; it’s difficult but in particular we make sure we don’t make music for the sake of it. Both of us are pretty stern critics of what we do and if we both decide that there’s something good enough to give the world we will! We’re as keen as ever to make sure our albums and shows are as exciting and fresh as possible but it’s all part of the same thing; there’s no point doing things half heartedly; in fact that’s been at the core of what sort of people we are.”

Indeed, their new album We Are the Night is what they consider to be their best work. “Whenever you put something out, you have to think it’s the best one; when we did Push the Button it reignited our zest and connected with a lot of people. The ‘Galvanize’ single was exciting and we sat down at the end after having drifted for a while and took it all in. It was the same with this project - we didn’t have a big conversation about it really. Key pieces of music just emerged and we built around the 20 ideas that we had on the go. We think the record is a bit looser and psychedelic where Push the Button was a bit like reality. It was a bit political and brittle where this is more rounded. It’s got some club tracks on it with a juxtaposition between that and making ideas work together. We want to fly the flag for music that flows for an hour and once we commit something to CD I think it means we’re happy with it.” Likewise, the latest album is just an addition to an already extraordinarily long and varied collection of LPs, EPs, artist

albums, compilations, edits, remixes and exclusives. Whether it is quirky vocals, twisted instruments, filtered synthesizers or emotional attachments, the boys never fail to give their music that undeniable Chemical Brothers touch. It’s the sort of music that can put you at a place in time, much like events that change the world. The difference with music is that it speaks a universal language; it doesn’t discriminate and knows no boundaries. You can electro, techno, rock, pysch or trip to their music and feel right. I even pondered asking why they’d consider doing a Greatest Hits album when it would be impossible to cram a career as expansive onto a few CDs or records. But the time just wasn’t enough. They did it, it pleased the fans, it sold units and we moved on. And regardless, that is irrelevant anyway. Whatever they touch, in turn touches someone. “Music is a funny business. You can never please everyone. There will always be someone who wants the same old, but you have to expand, move ahead, look forward, you know!” What he means is the people who got down to ‘Block Rockin’ Beats’ might not have got into something they did just a year or two later. But as he says, you can’t please all of the people, all of the time. “I know what you mean about that,” he replies. “Whenever we do something new, we obviously think long and hard about it. For the future too, we’ve definitely sat down and thought about doing another album but we both want to do something with our lives for a while and be less tied down. At the moment we’re very much embedded in the tour and we’re still enjoying each other’s creative dynamic quite a lot. There’s much more to explore and at present when we’re not on tour, we’re relaxing, maybe doing some production work. I’ve even done some DJ gigs here and there.”

The tour of course will encompass everything that is so brilliant about The Chemical Brothers. The boys are keen to play a lot of the new records and much of their production is geared around that. I have always considered the Brothers to be in that hallowed group of artists; those you may never have heard of but at the concert, you’re questioning why you hadn’t worked out in the past that this particular song (or songs) belonged to this group! Chemical Brothers are exactly that. This duo has written songs mum and dad would groove to at the concert. Make no mistake – this is a once in lifetime experience that is not to be missed at any cost. Ed sums up: “We’ve kind of updated how we present ourselves on stage. We have a lot of analog keyboards up there but also a lot of technology as well. We play the same songs but differently every night and we try to create an exciting environment so that the music can be shared. It’s the only way to do it I think. When you’ve got a big crowd of people swept up in the moment we make sure the sound is pristine and the visual s are all crystal clear. There should be a sense of occasion, otherwise it’s a CD being listened to at home. There will be a few old numbers there but mainly it’s the new records. There is the temptation to rest on the old hits and get away with it but we’re very keen to present our new material because we really like it. We hope the fans will to!” Who: The Chemical Brothers What: We Are The Night is out now thru EMI When: Friday March 7 / Saturday March 8 Where: Sydney Entertainment Centre / Future Music Festival

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Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings Paid their dues By Simone Ubaldi

oul diva Sharon Jones and her mighty, mighty Dap-Kings have run rings around the world in recent years, cutting back and forth across the globe in support of their 2005 smash, Naturally. You may not know the name, but you surely know their sound. In between their own gigs, The Dap-Kings were brought in to nurse Amy Winehouse to stardom, playing on half the Back to Black album and supporting Amy on her first US tour. Meanwhile, Sharon’s deep honey holler has been farmed out to various musicians who want to give their music a hit of black fire, including Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed and They Might Be Giants. Producers Kanye West, Mark Ronson, Hank Shocklee, and Kenny Dope have come knocking recently, looking to beg a little inspiration from the group, and the Dap-Kings have worked their own analogue recording magic on records for Rhymefest, Lily Allen and Ghostface Killah. Cut in their self-built, self-funded, self-operated Brooklyn studio, 100 Days and 100 Nights is the latest record from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, and they’ll be playing it live for your listening pleasure. Get ready for a lesson in original soul…

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WILL CONNER

featuring

DAVE "RASTA" RASTOVICH

You’ve been playing with the Dap-Kings for over a decade. Why is it you guys have become more successful recently? Tell me about it - this is our third album. I think people have heard about us, but then when they see our name behind someone who made it or someone who wins an award, and then this young lady Amy Winehouse says that I inspired her singing, and they wanted our type of music so badly that they came to our studio and got our band to make their record to literally get the sound she wanted… that’s when things got really big. We’ve been here thirteen years but we’ve just hit the mainstream. I think it’s all working and it’s all taking it’s time. I’m turning 52 in May, you know, and it took me 13 years to get here, but we got here. Why makes your music so special? They say we have the ‘68, ‘69 sound, that classic soul sound. I didn’t just start singing funk, funk is me, I’m part of it. In 1966, I was ten years old, in the ‘70s, I was in my twenties, you know? So I’m doing what the stars were doing at the time, James Brown, Aretha, Tine Turner, who all inspired me. They were in their teens or early twenties when they started singing. Here I am doing it at 52! So it’s a matter of being truly authentic? That’s right. These are all new songs, these are not covers, but the sound that the Dap-Kings produce sounds like it was done in the sixties. And the reason why my voice sounds like that is because I am from the sixties! I am soul. But the Dap-Kings have been practicing it and listening to it and studying it, you know, that’s what they do. And most of them collected vinyl before they joined the band. You know you see these guys playing hip hop and listening to that stuff, well when we’re on the road and we’re traveling, they listen to soul. We’re listening to songs from the thirties, forties, fifties, sixties and seventies. Why do you guys love soul music so much? It’s so real. That rap stuff, I don’t know what they sayin’. And when you do know what they’re saying, they ain’t saying nothin’. They talking about how much money they got, how much bling bling, how much sex, how many women they can call names, how much they can flip it, how much they can drop it. It’s all about exposed bodies and sex and drugs. And what do you guys sing about? We’re singing about experiences in the guy’s lives and in my life. Somebody had a girlfriend, a lover, a wife. Somebody left somebody, you know, somebody felt bad, but we try to take it and make it feel good. Like the song ‘My Man Is a Mean Man’, you know? That song is about how my man put me down, made me feel bad, made me sad, but it tells a story, the music is alive. Do you write you own lyrics, then? The first two albums, the bass player wrote the lyrics. The third record, we were just so connected that when he came in with a bass line, we all had things to contribute. And in the future, you know, we’ll probably all be writing more. I’d like to do more gospel, you know, like that old Sam Cooke stuff. Soulful stuff, stuff we feel.

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And what is it that you feel? I feel humble. I feel thankful. Every day I wake up, every day I get on that stage, you know, I’m thankful because it didn’t have to end up like this. I didn’t have to have a strong enough voice at 52 to be able to sing every night. In the DapKings, we tour, we on the road, you know. I know that I’ve been blessed with a gift, but I am very humble, I am very grateful. Everything we started 13 years ago is all blessed.

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Who: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings What: 100 Days and 100 Nights is out through Daptone/Reverberation When: Wednesday March 12 Where:The Enmore Theatre

Cajuan The Subtleties of German Techno By Tony Edwards

ave you been in the studio much lately? Since my remix for Alex Gopher´s ‘Aurora’ just got released I am working hard on new tracks for the album which will contain my two singles ‘Raven’ and ‘Dance/Not Dance’. It will contain more melodic bangers like ‘Raven’ but it will also include disco drum programmed songs as I grew up with NY Disco, Electric Boogie and early Hip Hop of the 80s – but in a modern way with the technical possibilities you have nowadays like where disco drums start rolling and the acid bassline turns up softly to a big momentum of the track where the speakers will blow away your system. There is also one track which features the vocals of Eric D. Clark who also sung Les Rhythm Digitales ‘From Disco To Disco’. Where do you think the big room electro sound is heading? Now that sounds like yours and Justice’s have taken over, where do we go from here? Let´s say we had some glory fantastic 2-3 years with our sound spectrum. For me it is always like that that I produce and play what´s on my mind. It could be disco, acid house, bass-driven booty bass, atmospheric, minimal meets blues… I mean, whatever it is as long as I listen to what the vibe of the moment tells me – I kick it out. A general direction of mine is to go with the flow. That way it will always bring the best results as you are not limited to one sound. The music I do now is different to the music I have done 4 years ago. So, it´s an ongoing process of updating and refreshing all the time. Have you been touring much recently? Well, if you mean touring recently to give you one country or so I would be happy. I have been touring the whole time all over the world to places like New York, Kiev/Ukraine, Berlin, Barcelona, Roma, Milano, Paris, Athens, London, Manchester, Tokyo, Copenhagen, Stockholm etc. etc. It´s a heavy routine but it´s also a lot of fun to discover the different edges of the world. It seems you first started releasing music in 1998. What changes have you seen in the German dance scene in that time? If you go back a bit further than you will find the first electronic pioneers of the world - Kraftwerk. They started to build their own equipment of samplers and stuff in the late 70s and recorded the music with technical elements which were at that time done by nobody yet as the equipment was not existing. Therefore we owe them a lot in connection with the equipment we use nowadays as all were based on their first ideas. In any case, they were generating kind of a holy sound which is standing for Germany’s high quality sound. A lot of producers in Germany are often relying to the quality of Kraftwerk and use the inspiration we get from them. So, it´s that easy to understand why Germany has a strong electronic base ever since and also understandable why the minimal music has taken over Germany as it includes the works of Kraftwerk in a way. You also have to understand that Germany was one of the first countries worldwide establishing techno, too. So, that is Germany nowadays. I am more in a different field than the typical German sound, as well as Digitalism. We do these electronic bangers with a melody which we love and this is more a global sound which Germany also have their clubs for but as from a German point of view our sound is more rare to find. The parties are blowing up big times with sold out shows everywhere as the people are hungry for the modern sound and get bored with minimal. Is the fuller style of music you make in competition with all the minimal that comes out of Germany? I don´t see my sound at all as a competition as I do also like to integrate 3-8 minimal songs in my set. If you really wanna hear my skills, than someone has to book me for 8 hours as this is how I started. Marathon sets which combines all kind of electronic music. It´s a journey between NY Disco, Electronic, Dubs, House (w/o vocal), Distorted Electronic, Noize, Punk, Wave... could be anything as long as it builds up and goes with the flow. On long sets I can really bring the tempo up from 110 BPM to 150 bpm and down again, and once the people take a bit of time to feel the story, they are floating away till the end without stopping dancing. To get back to the question, I also like tracks of the minimal scene but they are not dominating my sets. Who: Cajuan Where: Sounds on Sunday at the Greenwood When: March 9 BRAG :: 251 :: 03:03:08 :: 23

Buffalo Tom Flower children By Alexi Sebastien

quietly simmering on a low flame with only sporadic local shows, mostly in Boston and New York, a pair of compilations Asides and Besides, and the occasional hit n’ run tour through Europe keeping them in touch with fans. Ironically, juggling jobs and full-time families now makes band duties a simpler proposition. “It’s not hard at all because it’s a fun thing to do for us,” says Colbourn. ”It’s busy but it’s not really that difficult because it’s what we like to do. I thought it was more difficult when we were being a band full time where it just didn’t feel right after a certain point, you know, we were getting old and I think we wanted to stay at home because we’d never really lived in the one place for a long time. Our first Buffalo Tom tour started the last day we went to college and we never really had time to do anything really adult until we were about 36 years old. We never really grew up so this is a good time to try being adults.”

ack in their late ‘80s youth, American indie-guitar graduates Buffalo Tom lapped up the underground success of their first single ‘Sunflower Suit’, a nonsensical song, according to bassist-vocalist Chris Colbourn, about “wearing a jacket of flowers”. Fast forward 20 years and Colbourn and long-time band mates – singer-guitarist Bill Janovitz and drummer Tom Maginnis are still tune-smithing and story-telling, albeit now part

time in their everyday guises as doting fortysomething fathers. With six children born to them in as many years since their 1998 album Smitten, Buffalo Tom understandably took a back seat in recent years. After reaching their alt-rock zenith in the mid90s on the back of excellent albums Let Me Come Over (1992) and Sleepy Eyed (1995), Buffalo Tom spent the first half of this decade

Toto

Way more than just 'Africa', man! By Justin Donnelly

ust before Toto made a brief stopover in Australia in 2006, there was a faint, shrill whine that could be heard across the music media. It was the sound of the cynics, and their hollow cries of ‘squares’ and ‘has-beens’. Once the shows were over, however, that whine was replaced by a woody clattering and a triumphant blaring. These were, respectively, the sounds of the cynics snapping their traps shut, and the Toto faithful proclaiming: ‘I told you so…’ Toto guitarist Steve ‘Luke’ Lukather chuckles when I relate this perception of events to him. “Well, thank you, I think…” he says. “I’m glad we could win a few cynics over. The rock press has been rather unkind in the past, but we’re finding that there’s a change in that when people come out and see where we are today. We’re not just about ‘Africa’ and ‘Rosanna’, you know? There’s a lot more depth to the band than that, and a lot more of a hard edge than people expect as well.” Lately, Toto’s backers have been taking a ‘musician’s musicians’ angle to promote the band’s shows, with resounding success. It is, after all, a pretty credible angle to take… especially considering the band’s overwhelming track record as session players. “There have been so many incredible, legendary artists that I’ve had a chance to be in the room with, and learn from,” Luke relates. “I think that’s what sets this band apart from every other band in history. If you look at each individual member’s discography, of people they’ve worked with, it’s pretty fucking staggering. It represents every style of music, every legendary artist of the past 40 years. And we used to get slagged off for that! It’s like: ‘Well hey, if we suck that bad, how come

Forming in 1987, Buffalo Tom never actually disbanded, unlike their indie-rock peers Dinosaur Jr and The Lemonheads, a misconception Colbourn is keen to clarify. “We all live within a mile of each other and we continued to play and write songs,” he insists. “We just wanted to put it in hibernate mode for a little while.” Like a toolshed project, 2007’s drought-breaking seventh album Three Easy Pieces was five

What: Three Easy Pieces is out now through Shock. Where: The Metro When: March 11

are just little one minute teasers of what’s to come. I’ve since befriended those cats from Wolfmother. It’s very much in that vein, stylistically, in how it’s put together. It’s from more of a hip-hop angle in terms of all hand-cut double copies of records.” Finding inspiration from outside turntablism seems to be one thing that makes Koala stand apart these days. A recent conversation with Cut Chemist yielded his comment that Kid Koala was into the strangest stuff, which was great. “I keep getting ahold of these old live videos of Thelonious Monk and Louis Armstrong and watching how they used to wail into their instruments. It’s hard not to be inspired by that and it makes me want to practice. They developed their style into a level where within one bar you know that’s Louis or that’s Thelonious. That kind of expression and unique purity of expression is pretty amazing. So what inspires me the most is looking back at those cats and at the level they were taking their instruments to. If I can even achieve half that in my lifetime, that would be great.

“This is the last leg of a two and a half year tour that we’ve been on, so it’s going to be the end of a chapter for us, for quite some time. The time to see the band is now, because I don’t know when we’ll ever do it again.”

id Koala is about to land in Australia with an almost finished new record that pulls together Sabbath-esque rock and turntablism. His last full length offering, Your Mom’s Favorite DJ, did the same thing with just about every other style of music, sewn together by Kid Koala flawlessly. “I’m testing a lot of this new record I’m working on called The Slew. It’s a turntable blues-rock record, but it’s heavier than my usual fare I guess, but it’s just because it’s a collaborative thing I’m working on with a couple of cats from Seattle. I’m working on that album and we’ve cut up live show plates for it, so a good portion is me testing this stuff out live to see how it works on the specimens.

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Who: Buffalo Tom

Down under By Jack Cody

I suggest that another thing Luke might take pride in is the fact that, for their imminent encore tour, Toto are being booked to play even larger venues than they did for their first Aussie tour in 1992 – a time you might call closer to the band’s ‘heyday’. “I don’t know what a heyday is anymore, man!” he laughs. “We’ve certainly had our ups and downs, [but] it’s like the tortoise and the hare - the tortoise wins the race by taking the slow and steady ride. Word of mouth is your best promotion. I mean, hype is hype – we all know what that is – but I think our work speaks for itself. The word of mouth on our last tour was really good, so hopefully that’s what will carry us through this time as well. It’s awesome, the faith of our promoters, in seeing if we can make this thing grow.

Who: Toto What: Falling In Between, as well as CD and DVD versions of Falling In Between Live, are out now through Frontiers/Riot distribution, as is Steve Lukather’s solo release Everchanging Times. When: March 5 Where: The Enmore

“A lot of it was written in the year before it came out too,” says Colbourn who again provides the perfect foil to Janovitz by singing a handful of tracks. “We consciously threw away a lot of older songs and decided to use the songs we’d kind of improvised during a one-year period right before we recorded. They seemed like the most precious songs, that ones that hit us the most.” For long time fans, there’s a shared sonic warmth in the songs that connects Three Easy Pieces to early works such as Birdbrain, even Big Red Letter Day. “We didn’t necessarily want to change anything,” says Colbourn. “Ever since we started a lot of people would be like ‘oh don’t you want to make a different record with a DJ and some samples or something?’ but that’s never really been on our minds. It’s important to have fresh songs and not rely on an outtake of ‘Let Me Come Over’ to play but I mean we play indie-rock, that’s our thing and that’s what we do best.”

Kid Koala

Miles Davis wants to play with me?’”

Why’s that? “Because we need a break, man! Have you ever been on the road for two and a half years straight? It’s a fucking burn! I mean, I ain’t 20 years old anymore – even though I might act like it! I have a solo record coming out called Everchanging Times, and after I take a rest, I’m going to rehearse my new band and take it on the road in June, for another year and a half… I’ve always been a workaholic. After I’m home for a month, I’ve just got to get out in front of an audience again. I’m a ‘road guy’. I’ll probably live and die on the road… Hopefully not anytime soon!”

years in the making before being given a cut n’ polish just prior to recording.

“The main cat from Seattle is Dylan Frombach and I’ve done some tracks with him in the past. He records under the moniker Dynomite D. I was introduced to him through Money Mark back in ’98 when we were on the Beastie Boys tour. We just hit it off and thought it would be cool to do this Black Sabbath style record, but off of old rock plates all hand cut together. There are bits of it on Your Mom’s Favorite DJ, called ‘Slew Tests 1, 2 and 3’ and those

“To me, the turntable is there and I don’t draw a line. It doesn’t have any genre specific design and it was designed to play all records, so it could sound like anything. It’s quite natural for me to see the lineage to other styles of music. Anything on record is fair game to be used as a tool in this craft and I don’t think you always have to draw from the same crate necessarily. Records have become a finite resource, but luckily for us, there are generations and generations of stuff from all over the world and private presses in different countries with tiny labels that no one has heard of yet.” One of the few guys (along with luminaries like Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow, who he has just toured around America with on their Hard Sell tour) left playing vinyl, Koala says it’s all part of the job. “I bring them in my carry-on, but I don’t bring the sleeves anymore. I just have little plastic inserts in between the records to keep them together. But as far as using records, I don’t mind carrying them around; it’s part of my craft and it’s part of the trade. In all honesty it’s some of the only exercise I get on tour carrying that thing around, upstairs and downstairs, throwing it in the overhead bin or on the tour bus. You don’t always have time to go hit a gym." Who: Kid Koala When: March 8 Where: Future Music Festival

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Aesop Rock

Mixtape madness By Jonno Seidler

Culture shifting By Jack Cody

esop Rock’s None Shall Pass is yet another hip hop coup from this classic spitter. Headed to Australia for the Future Music Festival with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz, Aesop says that despite the fact it’s a relatively short set on this tour, he can still pack in a whole show’s worth of punch. “We’ve been doing this ninety minute set on the road here in the US, but they’ll probably only give us 40 minutes on the stage there. We’ll probably jam the 40 minutes with as much music as possible and it’s going to be mostly Aesop Rock songs, but I’m going to have Rob Sonic with me, so he’ll probably do a couple songs off his new record. DJ Big Wiz is with us and he’s got a great routine and he’s a really incredible DJ. It’s going to be a really old school oriented rap show. We’re going to just try to use our short amount of time on stage and just blow it up as much as possible and make an impact. I’ve only been to Australia one other time

Groove Armada

and it was my favourite trip ever. I want to make the second one just as good.” Aesop says that None Shall Pass wasn’t so much the product of a drive towards an album, as a pathological inability to sit still. “I’m one of those guys who has to be making shit when I’m at home. I have a feeling this is not going to stop and I’ll just keep making records. I had put out an EP in 2005, I toured a bunch, I moved from New York to San Francisco which was a big move for me, I got married and once I set up my studio and got to finally sit down and focus, I made an album. It’s what I like to do; I always have to be making shit. If the day ends and I didn’t make anything or write something down, I’m upset with myself. None Shall Pass was the result of a couple years of me in a room alone.” Aesop produced half a dozen tracks on the album himself, alongside Blockhead, Rob Sonic and El-P, his Definitive Jux label boss. “I’ve been building a studio over the last fifteen years, so every time I make a dollar I put it into my studio. I’ve always been a home recording guy, so I used to just record on a four-track, and then an eight-track and now we have live guitars and basses, a pretty good ProTools setup, samplers and synthesizers and a bunch of shit. The record was recorded at my house in San Francisco, but we mixed it in New York at Gotham Studios.” Based in Frisco now, Aesop says that the move from New York definitely affected his art, but indirectly. “I don’t think my sound changed because of the cultural differences of anything. But I have an entirely different life there than I did in New York. Out in San Fran it’s a much quieter life, but I spend many more hours on music so I was able to focus more. I had no distractions, so I was just able to wake up and make music. I have no excuses not to have a high output at this point, so I think the thing that changed most was the amount of hours I could put in. I guess I just hit this point where I was like ‘wow, I’ve been living off this music shit for quite a while, that’s pretty crazy.’ I don’t really think about it that often, so once I thought about it, I was like, ‘I better fucking work my ass off so I can still do this.’” Who: Aesop Rock What: None Shall Pass is out now on Definitive Jux / Inertia Where: Future Music Festival When: March 8

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t gets to the point where I don’t even know who the hell is in my band anymore.” Tom Findlay, one half of the mega-successful dance act Groove Armada, reflects on the price of personal fame. “I’ll be playing a show and there’s so many people running around the stage; the players, the crew, and I wonder ‘Who the hell is paying for all of this?’ Then I realise that I am!” This is a sentiment that Findlay, along with partner Andy Cato has been sharing a lot more recently, as Groove Armada continue to play even bigger stages for ludicrous amounts of people. Just ask one of the 25,000 who turned up to Bondi Beach on New Years Eve last year to witness the full spectacle of this British act. “We’ve got a bass player called Matt, a drummer called Martin, a guitarist called George, three singers and a percussionist…” Is it any wonder Tom gets lost on stage? “Shore Thing [NYE] was wicked; playing there really was something else.” With Sydney behind them the band made their way around Australia, making sure to party in pretty much every city they went to. “The crew are always more hardcore than the band,” Findlay explains, “But we’ve never been ones to back down from a challenge!” Tom’s favourite experience actually occurred at the end of the group’s tour Down Under, at the Southbound Festival in WA. It is here that he was able to see “one of my favourite bands” Kings Of Leon rip up the stage, but at the same time pick up some local flavour, which he made specific reference to in his Perth blog entry. “Then there’s a bloke called Muscles who the locals go nuts for,” Tom says “[But then] I head over to see a band called Midnight Juggernauts, who kindly gave me a lift to Busselton from Perth airport. They are absolutely f*ckin’ ace, and I implore you all to go to iTunes NOW and download their tune ‘Road to Recovery’, which is utterly off the scale!” So it seems Vincent and the boys have found some more foreign fans, with Tom so impressed that he immediately began negotiations to bring them to the UK over to play at Groove Armada’s LoveBox Weekender. The aforementioned festival is but one of many side projects that Findlay and Cato have dabbled in, enjoying a second wind as they make plans to leave their record label, Sony, for good. “I want to start having people downloading live gigs and stuff like that, where they can buy their individual experience right after the show,” Tom explains. “And besides, it’s not

about making money. I never made any money selling records anyway.” Groove Armada are of the opinion that going it alone is actually preferential in the post-In Rainbows music climate. “If you’re out of a major [label] like we are, and you’re not stupid, this is a very exciting a time to be a musician.” Being a musician is what Groove Armada’s latest effort, Late Night Tales, is all about. The series, devised with masters of the craft in mind, has become a huge hit with artists like Air, Four Tet and Fatboy Slim all stepping up to the plate to compile their ultimate late night, or as it has been more appropriately labelled, ‘comedown’ mixes. But Groove Armada’s version looks set to blow them all out of the water, with a broad musical palette including unpredictable tracks from Midlake, Marvin Gaye and The Cure. For Findlay it’s all in a day’s work. “Definitely [there’s] a lot of tour bus favourites,” he says, remarking that the best way to achieve such a compilation is “not to take yourself too seriously and try and create the world’s best mix tape.” Who: Groove Armada What: Late Night Tales is out now through Stomp

Kottonmouth Kings Proud to be a stoner By Jack Cody

hirteen years down the line and the Kottonmouth Kings are dropping their greatest hits album, Greatest Highs. Aptly named, it courses through a weed-soaked career of smoke-laden tracks and grassy hip hop platitudes. Johnny Richter is about to crack open a bottle of wine, he says, after visiting the Seattle Aquarium and hanging out at the beach. And why not celebrate? The Orange County-based six-piece has released nine studio albums, and now their tenth, a greatest hits compilation. And they’re headed to Australia for the first time, ever. “When we play we do a two hour set and thirty plus songs a night, but it’s not necessarily the Greatest Highs because when we do go on tour we’re usually supporting a new record. We just pick a couple songs from each record and also a lot of songs don’t work live, so we just try to keep our show like a rollercoaster. They start out real hot and then it slows down a little bit and then it speeds up and at the end it slows down again. We just get a flow and change it up every tour. We mostly just play the staples that people are used to and that we enjoy playing which work well live and get the crowd involved and make the show as good as we can make it.” Johnny says that choosing the songs for the greatest hits was challenging, but ultimately,

the best tracks were always going to be the crowd favourites. “I think it’s hard when you’ve got so many records to deal with like we do, especially when you have to pick certain songs, so we just went with the ones the fans seemed to like the most, the ones that got the most feedback over the years and of course our personal favourites. We just kind of threw it together, because if you’ve got a greatest high, it’s the greatest high right off the bat. What was difficult was writing the tracks we had to put on it that were brand new. We put two brand new tracks on there, like ‘Can Anybody Hear Me?’ which had to be a greatest hit without it being a greatest hit. I remember sitting down and writing that chorus and I think I nailed it, but that was such a different thing versus just writing a song for a record. Since it was for a greatest hits record, it made me think differently about how I handled it.” Over the years, and this is reflected in the 37-thick track listing on Greatest Highs, the guys from Kottonmouth Kings have been able to work with some big names in the business like Insane Clown Posse and Cypress Hill. “We hooked up with Cyprus Hill just being on the West Coast for as many years as we have. Our paths have crossed many times being pretty big weed bands, so that was just natural. We did a tour with ICP a long time ago and their fans, the juggalos really took to us. Brad X has been on the punk scene

forever and he grew up in the days when all these guys were breaking, so he has known these people for a long time. We don’t say ‘we’ve got to work with this guy because he’s big’ we just find people who are doing the same thing we do.”

Who: Kottonmouth Kings What: Greatest Highs out now through EMI When: March 7 Where: The Gaelic Theatre

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Midnight Juggernauts Earth-smashing dance rockers return to Oz By Jonno Seidler

hey say that the way to man’s heart is through his stomach. This is definitely a dictum that Melbourne’s Midnight Juggernauts have adopted in their quest for world domination. As their stars continue to rise, Vincent, Andy and new recruit Dan have flexed their culinary muscle for some of the biggest dance acts around, including Francophiles Busy P and Justice. Now they can add LCD Soundsystem to the list, having cooked James Murphy and co. dinner in an attempt to “get to know them outside of the live gigging environment.” Vincent Juggernaut is adamant that this is the best way to introduce himself to new bands, and that he “tries not to look too scary when I approach people out of the blue,” but concedes that this is a tad difficult given the Juggies’ trademark unshaven look. And besides, with an independent, self-funded record currently burning up dance floors nationwide, the band probably haven’t even had time to buy a set of razors. 2007 was a massive year for Midnight Juggernauts. With their debut album Dystopia garnering critical acclaim from all corners of Australia, the band embarked on tour after sold out tour of the country, before packing their bags and heading overseas. Taking them for the ride were dinnertime buddies Justice, who just happened to have a bunch of packed houses waiting for them across North America. “We had a really good response,”

spread. This would lead to them signing a distribution deal with EMI, even though Vincent was initially “very hesitant about dealing with major labels.” But what this contract entails is EMI sending the Juggies music out to different territories, while the band retains the bulk of their creative control. “It’s scary when you hear these horror stories about bands who record an album but have to sit on it for years because a label isn’t happy with it.

says Vincent. “Pretty much every show was sold out before we even got there!” They also were treated to some pretty interesting guests, including none other than Kanye West who was lurking about backstage at one of the gigs. “They [Kanye and Justice] are actually quite good friends,” protests Vincent. “It’s just really funny how that whole MTV thing panned out.” Clearly having lost the Best Music Video title two years in a row has had an effect on West, as he subscribes to the 'If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em' theory. “People forget that Kanye sampled Daft Punk, who are managed

WhoMadeWho Who’s ready to rock? By Chad Parkhill

t’s midnight in Copenhagen when my call to Thomas Høffding, the bassist and vocalist of the irrepressible Danish trio WhoMadeWho, is placed through. In this context, it’s understandable that he’s feeling a little taciturn when it comes to answers. Take, for example, his response to my first question, which is a benign one about why WhoMadeWho keep coming back to Australia. “People keep asking us,” he says, deadpan. There’s an awkward pause. “I guess that’s a pretty simple answer to that question,” he acknowledges. Then he adds, “We play all over the world, so I don’t see why Australia should be any exception.” Mercifully, Høffding warms up when I move on to the topic of the trio’s music. He begins by explaining the story behind Green Versions, a limited-edition album containing radically different, bluegrass-style versions of the songs from the group’s self-titled début. “The Green Versions weren’t meant to be released properly,” he says. “It was just made for the fun of it, and then the record company said, ‘Hey, we’re gonna release that!’ But it was actually just meant to be given to our friends.” We soon move on to the prospect of a new album. “We’ve already recorded our second real album,” Høffding says. “It’s finished now – we need it to be mastered and we need to figure out who’s doing the licensing everywhere, so I guess it’s gonna be out this summer. It always takes a lot of time – when

by Busy P,” Vincent explains. “So if they really hated each other, that song would never have existed.” Meanwhile the Juggies had the time of their life, even though Vincent found himself being mistaken for Gasperge from Justice at every after party - “Kids would come up to me with their copies of Cross and ask me to sign it!” But soon enough the group found their own niche market in the American clubber scene, with fans bringing imported albums to shows, showing the band how far their popularity had

“It’s very strange having an album only out in Australia while you go touring the world,” Vincent muses in regards to the EMI agreement. “But then we get to play stadium shows here like the Big Day Out which is great too.” Returning to Oz, the Juggies jumped on the BDO bandwagon for what was at once an electric and chilled out tour of the land. “We didn’t do any sideshows, so it was very relaxing for us, aside from when we were playing on the main stage!” That fact in itself is a credit for how far the band has come, embracing the rocking centre stage rather than pigeonholing themselves in the electro-flavoured Boiler Room. “Midnight Juggernauts were never just a dance band,” says Vincent signing off. “When we play gigs like the Metro you know it’s all about the rock!” Who: Midnight Juggernauts Where: The Enmore Theatre When: March 11

New Buffalo

Sallying forth By Steve Bell you’ve done the creative part, there’s always a lot of business work and PR and videos and all this. But we have it finished, and we’ll play some new songs when we get over there.”

Seltmann admits shyly. “It allowed me to do some amazing tours and a lot of travelling, and in some ways earned me a whole new level of recognition both here and overseas.

So, I ask, has the group’s sound changed much since the first album’s uniquely bluesy punk-funk? “It’s obviously not like The Green Versions, which were to confuse the enemy,” he says. “To begin with, like a lot of bands, we wanted to try something new – not radically new, just some different stuff. Then after a while we realised we needed to keep on the old vibe – the WhoMadeWho vibe, if there is such a thing. The structures of the songs are more advanced, and I think the lyrics are better. There’s more going on, in a way.” The WhoMadeWho vibe is certainly unique, as anyone who has listened to their excellent single ‘Space For Rent’ can attest. Yet with its organic, stretchy basslines, real drums, cowbells and unabashedly bluesy guitars, it goes against the grain of contemporary dance music’s love affair with electro. “I don’t think that our sound was ever going to be huge, since by definition it’s kind of underground,” Høffding says. “It’s not like I’ve been expecting WhoMadeWho to be a big, big thing – although it’s grown a lot bigger than what I expected. When we released the first album, we were part of a punk-funk wave in many people’s opinion. But I wouldn’t describe us as punk-funk – I think it’s more like a mixture of a lot of stuff. But you always need a label to sell something, and the label they gave us was punk-funk.”

“It was quite a minimal and personal album compared to my early work – with a focus on lyrics and emotions – so initially I wasn’t sure how it would be received. The fact that it has been greeted with open arms, for the most part, has been really gratifying.” Having Somewhere, Anywhere released on Arts & Crafts in the US and Canada opened doors for New Buffalo in those territories on a whole range of levels. “That label has an absolutely great roster of fantastic bands, who are more importantly all really nice people,” Seltmann continues. “Touring through North America with Stars and Broken Social Scene was an absolute delight. Not only did I have a great time with the people in those bands, but I got to play to really open and supportive crowds nearly everywhere that we went. It was a great experience.

o matter what spin you put on it, 2007 was an amazing year for Melbournebased chanteuse New Buffalo (better known as Sally Seltmann to her nearest and dearest). She released her second album Somewhere, Anywhere to universal acclaim, a record which earned Seltmann both an ARIA nomination for Best Adult Contemporary Album and a spot on the 2008 Australian Music Prize shortlist. She capitalised on the album’s success with her own national tour, support slots around Australia with icons such as Missy Higgins, Tim Rogers and Paul Kelly, and then completed a tour of North America playing with her Arts & Crafts label mates Stars and Broken Social Scene.

Who: WhoMadeWho When: Saturday March 8 Where: Future Music Festival

To top off this amazing run of success, Seltmann offered the song ‘1234’ to her touring mate Feist, who in turn recorded it as a single. That song ended up jagging award nominations in both the Grammys and the Brit Awards (as well as being used in a raft of high profile commercials), firmly ensconcing Seltmann in the upper echelons of songwriters to emerge from Australia in recent times. “I’m really happy with how Somewhere, Anywhere was received,”

“And obviously the whole Feist connection and the success that she’s earned herself with ‘1234’ has been quite amazing. I’d had that song sitting around for a while, and then when we were on tour together I realised that it sounded pretty much like a Feist song. “I was a bit awkward about playing it to her, but when I did she really liked it. She changed a couple of things – a line or two in the lyrics – and the fact that it has been such a success for her has been really nice for both of us.” Now Seltmann is opening 2008 for New Buffalo with a string of intimate piano shows, before heading back to the studio to begin work on album number three. “I’m really looking forward to getting back out there and playing some intimate shows to my Australian fans,” she enthuses. “I’m going to be playing the piano – with some other accompaniment too of course – and will be unveiling some new songs for the first time, so I’m a little nervous but mainly just excited to be getting back out there.” Who: New Buffalo What: Somewhere, Anywhere out on Remote Control/Inertia When: March 22 Where: The Factory

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his is Gene Simmons,” says the voice on the phone. There I was, sitting - more correctly, innocently lounging - in the meeting room of my office, waiting for the call connect. “You were expecting someone else?” “Yes,” the usual, impersonal, serious-voiced connection service guy.

“Oh I hate assistants,” says Gene Simmons, born Chaim Witz on August 25, 1949 in Haifa, Israel and seemingly forever of KISS - the mega selling, greasepaint wearing, pyrotechnic-loving, glam hardrock/occasional disco band he founded with Stanley Harvey Eisen (now Paul Stanley) in New York City in 1974. “I haven’t had one in 34 years.” And so it was, that my starting the interview with a casual “Who’s this?” turned out to be a harbinger of doom. As Romeo said to Juliet - and I’m paraphrasing here - “This can only end in tears.” From assuming the usual position (So, I guess that last farewell tour wasn’t really a, well, farewell tour? Onstage blood is enjoying a revival: discuss), I quickly find that I am woefully unprepared to interview Gene Simmons. I’d caught this interview the previous afternoon. A cakewalk, it is not going to be. Like mostly everyone who speaks to him, what I really wanted to know about Gene Simmons was if or not Gene Simmons is just a massive wind-up. A shit-stirring, walking soundbite. An amazingly practiced publicity machine. Or, does he actually believe the hyperbole he espouses on every topic imaginable? Maybe I’m way off base. Maybe Gene Simmons is someone more in the tradition of Lou Reed and Bob Dylan, constructing elaborate personas in order to keep their true selves private - and in so doing leaving the public unsure of when, if ever, they are telling the truth. Also, Gene Simmons once dated Cher, when he wasn’t managing the career of Liza Minelli in the 1970s. Gotta be a good story there. “Tough love,” Gene Simmons says on the topic of raising children. “If you’re soft and mushy and you talk a lot to your kids, and you negotiate, you’re FUCKED. They will suck you dry like a vampire.”

“There is no one at this level.” “Oh right. How could I forget?” “Don’t worry, I’ll point it out.” “ - they never doubted it. Even right from the start, which must sound like the most arrogant thing in the world at the time.” “No, no, no! That’s when it’s the most natural to say it. That’s when you’re most blind to it. When you look back on it, you think ‘oh my god, I must have been out of my mind!’ And that’s the point. It’s this thing that makes jihadists so formidable – you believe it to the very core of your being. No matter what.” “That’s a staggering analogy. But yes, I take your point.” Stay tuned, for Part Two of the Wheel of Death Battle with Gene Simmons next week. Who: KISS When: Thursday March 20 Where: Acer Arena, Homebush

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What got you into performance poetry? 1. Two things: I was diagnosed with

that sometimes they don’t want to have. Also, in Australia it is not a commercially viable art form so what maintains all poets in live performance is the uncompromised love of it and the unique challenge of pushing the limits of both the stage and the page.

Performance Poetry Influenza by the W.H.O in 2004, who had examined me closely and discovered I was hosting a performance artist called Ghostboy in my left bowel. The second was seeing N.Z. R”N”Roll beat poet Sam Hunt live in 2005 – he was the essence of drunken poetic debauchery and this energy is the basis of a lot of my live work today as I try to exorcise Ghostboy out of my skin.

What inspires you? The mysticism of the everyday, the wild 4. ups & downs of sex, David Bowie, the QLD

spoken word scene as it is heart first / art second, my son, Marc Smith and NY spoken word pioneer Emily XYZ, shopping malls, the need for poetry to light fires and test gravity, the oral tradition of storytellers such as Brothers Grimm, and Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray.

How did you become involved with slam poetry competitions in 2. Queensland?

I had created a live performance art/poetry gig called ouTsideRs in QLD and I was looking for a dynamic free forum that let as many people get up and create words live. Working with my slam mentor – Marc “So What” Smith who created the form - to run the inaugural state poetry slam as part of The QLD Poetry Festival in 2006 consolidated my innate slam calling as he is poetry slam – passionate, incendiary, community minded and un-comprising – the true essence of slam. Performance poetry and spoken word seems to be one of the last true 3. underground art movements. Why do you think that is?

Rabari

What is Nightwords all about? It is a chance for the unhinged likes of 5. me – part ghost / part ringmaster - to sow my poetic seed into the unwilling minds of Sydney-siders and hopefully they will birth their own poetic deformities in 9 months time. And… Night + Words = Ghostboy. Who: Ghostboy

It stops no-one from hitting the mic, requires no formal training and invites an audience to be directly engaged in a conversation

Moran Prize

RABARI, THE LAST OF THE WANDERING SHEPHERDS

There’s a captivating exhibition opening at Paddington’s Blender Gallery on March 13, so how about we let them explain it. “Mitchell Kanashkevich thinks of himself as a world wanderer/photographer. People are his main photographic interest. Kanashkevich is inspired by the diversity of our human race and travels to experience and capture it in his images. His recent journeys have taken him to India and here among the astonishing multiplicity of peoples Kanashkevich has become particularly captivated by one - the Rabari.” Blender Gallery is at 16 Elizabeth St, Paddington.

MORAN PRIZE 2008

The State Theatre is holding a free exhibition from March 10 to May 4. Observe! “Discover the drama and creative talent of contemporary Australian portraiture and photography as the doors open for Moran Prizes 2008 at the State Library of NSW. View the captivating works of competition winners and finalists in a modern-day representation of familiar subjects including celebrities such as Nick Cave, Jennifer Hawkins and Reg Mombasa. Snapping

up interest in all age groups The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize features three sections including an Open, Secondary and Primary School section. The images display an interested and diverse approach from natural through to highly digital and detailed. Also the larger than life portraiture on display vary in style and character to create a captivating presence within the Library’s Gallery.”

THE 7 STAGES OF GRIEVING

“One of Australia’s most popular and celebrated Indigenous plays, The 7 Stages of Grieving by Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman, makes a welcome return to Sydney Theatre Company this year. An all new production directed by Leah Purcell and starring Lisa Flanagan, takes audiences on an emotional journey through love, frustration, humour and loss, at Wharf 2 from 22 February to 20 March 2008.” Thank you Sydney Theatre Company press release! “The groundbreaking play, chronicling one woman’s grief and exploring issues of forgiveness and reconciliation, integrates traditional and contemporary forms of storytelling, movement and song.” There’s nothing much left to say, except check out sydneytheatre.com.au for more info and to buy tickets.

What: Nightwords Festival When: March 6 – 8 Where: The Studio, Sydney Opera House

VANTAGE POINT

Here at the Brag, since we’re in the vicelike grip of Season Four of Lost (and we’re perpetually reminiscing about the good ol’ days of Party of Five), it seems like a great time to satisfy our Matthew Fox obsession by seeing his new film Vantage Point. Also starring Dennis Quaid, Forrest Whittaker, Sigourney Weaver and William Hurt (but not Lacey Chabert, JLH, Scott Wolf or Neve Campbell sadly), Vantage Point is the edgeof-your-seat thriller about an assassination attempt on the American President told from eight different angles. We’ve got 10 double passes to see a preview screening at Greater Union, George St on Wednesday March 12 at 6:30pm. To win, think of your fave Matthew Fox moment and email it to freestuff@thebrag.com.

MOVIE EXTRA FILMINK AWARDS

Aside from being in the throes of a Matthew Fox obsession, we’re all still getting over the glitz of last week’s Academy Awards (our chests swelled with patriotic pride when Eva Orner picked up an Oscar for her doco Taxi To The Dark Side). So the 2008 Movie Extra Filmink Awards has come around at just the right time, because we love a good awards ceremony: the red carpet, the beautiful people, the debauchery of the alcohol-fuelled afterparty. Oh, there’s awards given out somewhere in there too! We’ve got 5 double passes to give away to experience the awards live at the State Theatre on Wednesday March 12. To win, email freestuff@thebrag.com and tell us what you’d love to do on the red carpet.

PURPLE SNEAKERS SNAPS

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IT’S BAAAAAAACK! The Purple Sneakers Annual Social Snaps Exhibition returns for a second year, featuring the amazing photographic talents of Maja Baska, Jes Cove, Reef Gaha, Caroline Garcia and Diego Ibanez. Relive some of your trashiest Purple Sneakers moments, or witness others’, captured forever in photo format. The exhibition opens at 9pm on Friday March 14 and marks the launch of the Abercrombie Hotel’s ghetto gallery space on Level 2. The exhibition will run until Sunday March 16.

One of the most controversial plays of the year is set to begin at Tap Gallery in Darlinghurst on Thursday March 6. Written by Alexandra Edmondson and directed by Michael Dahlstrom, Cruising is a new play that is set around the death of a passenger on a cruise ship. Its similarities to the Dianne Brimble case has garnered Cruising some interesting media attention, but why not check it out for yourself and make up your own mind? It’s only on until March 15 so get your tickets now before they’re all gone. They’re $20+bf and available from moshtix.com.au.

2008 THEATRESPORTS NATIONAL COMPETITION

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The original, and still the best: the 2008 Theatresports National Competition returns to the Enmore Theatre on Saturday March 15 for its fourth season. Theatresports® challenges performers to create instant comedy sketches based on surprise offers and audience suggestions. No scripts, no net, just some of the performing world’s quickest minds creating songs, stories and even operas – all impromptu. It’s cutting edge improvisation at it’s best and also the inspiration for TV shows like Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Thank God You’re Here. Teams from each state will battle it out for the trophy, so come along and support the NSW team. Grab tickets from Ticketek.

HUGHESY GOES BANANAS… AGAIN! “Due to overwhelming demand” – as they say – Dave Hughes has had to add an extra show to his Enmore Theatre run. Now, if you missed out previously, you can get tickets to see his Hughesy Goes Bananas show at 9:30pm this Saturday. Tickets are $38 and you can grab them from ticketek.com.au, or purchase them by calling 132 829 or the Enmore Theatre on 9550 3666.

IDAN RAICHAEL PROJECT

“Drawn from ethnic diasporas throughout Israel, seven musicians artfully create an infectious style which includes Arabic, Ethiopian, Caribbean, African, Middle Eastern and Yemenite influences in a spectacular live show.” Got your attention yet? The Idan Raichael Project, one of the most popular acts to be labeled ‘world music’, are performing at the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday March 5. Yes, this will be spectacular and yes, if you love music you should definitely go. Go to sydneyoperahouse.com or ticketmaster.com.au to get your tickets now. Dave Hughes

The Wall, World Bar’s Wednesday night arts+club night, is searching for artists who want to exhibit their work! So if you’re sick of hoarding all your artwork under your bed and not getting it out there for society to see, then head to www. myspace.com/thewallsydney and drop them a line, or alternatively if you’re not down with the whole social network thang, email them at thewallsydney@gmail.com.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Women in Film & Television NSW (WIFT) are hosting two short film showcases of Australian and International films. On Thursday March 6 at 1:30pm there’ll be a selection of 8 Aussie shorts screened at Parliament House in Macquarie St, while on Friday March 7 at 6pm there’ll be a selection of 9 international shorts screened at the Roxy Theatre in Lindfield. Tickets are $10 for the Aussie shorts and $15 for the International shorts. For more info, check out www.nsw. wift.org/wow.

THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE

Looking for a good black comedy? Look no further than The Beauty Queen of Leenane, a new play making its debut in the Downstairs Theatre at the Seymour Centre. Starring MacLoud’s Daughters and Blue Heelers’ Maggie Blinco, The Beauty Queen of Leenane is set in the remote Irish village of Leenane and tells the tale of lonely spinster Maureen who’s been burdened with her elderly, cantankerous mother Mag. Opening night is this Thursday and it runs until March 15. Tickets are $32 and you can purchase them by calling 9351 7940.

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Wil Ander Anderson son Funny and single By Tony Edwards

s you can imagine I had loads of fun doing this interview. It was a fairly serious discussion about Wil and the latest happenings in his career for the most part; I mean it’s not like we were mucking around, but its the way the serious stuff was punctuated by quick wit and hilarious perspective that had the laughter rolling out from deep in my belly. It truly comes naturally to Wil, he often doesn’t notice what he’s said and only stops to laugh when he realises just how much he’s made you laugh.

So is she going to cop it? “NO, no, no, not at all. I could never do comedy like that anyway, we get on like a house on fire still. I’ve never been into that sort of comedy. It makes me feel a bit uncomfortable when you see someone just delivering it to someone else like that. It makes me feel a bit icky. I always like to attack big targets, or myself.”

The experienced comic is on the road with his new stand-up show, beWILdered. I’ve never caught one of his shows personally (the critics tell you everything you need to know), but I’m not going to miss this one. Our 15 minutes on the phone reminded me just how sharp he really is. However for all the talent and experience, the nerves are still present.

For almost a year now, the MMM drive time slot has been in the hands of Anderson and his compatriot Lehmo. The JJJ breakfast gig with Adam Spencer ran for four years, and no, he doesn’t miss the early mornings. “The great thing about working at JJJ in particular is that if you’ve worked there and you gave your heart and soul to it then there will be certain people who will buy you a drink for the rest of your life. You’re a real part of the national culture and a part of people’s lives, the way very few other jobs in the media will ever give you.”

“You know with a lot of recording artists their first album will be really good?” Wil enjoys an analogy. “Because that’s a collection of all the ideas they’ve had since they were fourteen and dreamed of being a musician. It’s all on that first album and the second album’s a bit more difficult. With comedy, as the years go on you’ve already talked about all the things you’re passionate about, so you’ve got to find something new and interesting to talk about.

The ABC’s Glass House ran for five years. Wil admits he was upset when it got axed but once it was gone he says he didn’t find he missed it much. At any rate ending came complete with a brilliant Prime Ministerial gag. “My favourite bit was when John Howard put out a press release saying he had nothing to do with it. And I was so tempted, when he lost the election, to put out a press release saying I had nothing to do with it.” Don’t you wish he had?

“The audience’s expectations rise as well. When you first start out no one expects you to be particularly good, they’re just pleasantly surprised if you are good. Now, if people are going to take a night out of their lives and spend 35 bucks to come and see the show or whatever it is, they expect it to be fucking good,” he laughs.

“It said in the press release that he didn’t watch the show much but he did flip it on occasionally, and I just love that image of John and Janette at home, Wednesday night, matching trackies, ‘do you want to flip on the Glass House?’ No you love that stuff, you love the idea that they might know who you are, or that they’re listening and the barbs might stick.”

You might think someone that doesn’t have to try to be funny would just waltz into these things and pull them off, and although I’ve no doubt Wil could, he takes the art form quite seriously. “I went and saw PJ Harvey the other night. Every other time I’ve seen her she’s always played with a band and been really powerful and rocky. I went and saw her the other night and she was playing by herself, and it was really intimate and fragile and gentle. I’m sure there were people that went to that gig who said ‘I preferred it when it was really ballsy and rocky’. But what I loved was that she takes artistic risks, whether it succeeds or fails. I’d rather succeed or fail taking a risk than playing it safe. I think that’s the only way you get better. The minute you start playing it safe you plateau.” In terms of writing the material for a standup tour, Wil times it with his other media commitments. The TV season typically finishes in November, and he’ll kick off the shows around February/March. So there’s two or three months spent writing. “Just as I was about to start [the writing process] I split up with my girlfriend of six and a half years so it’s fair to say I spent a fair amount of those months not thinking about things that were particularly humorous. I think a lot of that will actually channel itself into the show. I’ve been doing some trial shows and I’ve been talking about that idea of what it’s like to come out of a relationship at 34 and have to work out who you are and what you’re interested in.”

"I’d rather succeed or fail taking a risk than playing it safe. I think that’s the only way you get better."

It won’t be long before the cheeky grin is back on old aunty anyway, there’s a new TV show in production as we speak. “Andrew Denton and I are making it together. His role will be off air but he’s producing it. We had a meeting this morning in fact and we’re trying to work it out. I can’t say much at this stage.” As many times as we’ve seen Wil disappear we’ve seen him pop right back up again somewhere else, and that trend looks set to continue for some time. Seems like there’s not many in the entertainment biz he can’t endear himself to, and with friends like Denton you hardly need anyone else on your side. The Wil Anderson story is far from over.

Who: Wil Anderson What: BeWILdered When: March 4 - 29 Where: Playhouse, Sydney Opera House

giveaway During the day, Dexter Morgan is a jovial employee in the Miami Metropolitan Police Department’s crime lab, but his meticulously crafted life masks his true nature. In reality Dexter is a disciplined and murderous psychopath (a self-admitted “monster”), and he slakes his blood lust at night by carefully killing the serial killers he tracks down during the day. If you haven’t caught Dexter yet, then you’re missing out on one of the best new shows to hit television in a long time. Michael C. Hall (who you might know from Six Feet Under) is stellar as the likeable-but-psychopathic Dexter. Thanks to Paramount, we’ve got 5 copies of Dexter Season 1 to give away – so if you’ve never seen it, now you don’t have an excuse. To win, email freestuff@thebrag.com and tell us about the biggest lie you’ve lived.

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What you should go and see Royal, 300 – the list goes on and on, and then ends abruptly after only one painful hour. These filmmakers have a lot to answer for; so we start by asking why they made this film at all? The ideas weren’t ripe and from the very first failed joke it was abundantly clear that this film was thoughtless, superficial, and purposeless. Although the writers were part of the genius team to piece together Scary Movie, it seems they have been exhausted by their other disastrous creations (namely Scary Movie 2 and beyond) and have run into a very sturdy brick wall.

IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH

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Biblically speaking, the Valley of Elah is the site of David’s victory over Goliath. In Paul Haggis’ (Crash, 2004) most recent film, it is a metaphor for the Iraq War, where the emotional aspect of the battle is at least as important as the physical.

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Hank and Joan Deerfield (Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon) receive a call from the Army: their son Mike, just returned from his first tour of duty in Iraq, is AWOL. We are instantly caught up in Hank’s immediate, if sublimated, anxiety: he knows something is wrong. As a retired Sergeant, and a rugged individualist, Hank decides to take the matter into his own hands. He makes the trip to his son’s military base. Familiar with the Army’s inscrutability, Hank approaches the local police instead – where his case catches the attention of frustrated detective Emily Sanders (Charlize Theron). In his career, Canadian Paul Haggis has been more a writer than a director – although great at both. His strength with story shows in this script, which is lean in terms of dialogue, charging with momentum, rich in symbolism without being too self-indulgent, and highly unpredictable.

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Caught Short: When The World Goes Dark Tap Gallery, 278 Palmer St Darlinghurst Thursday March 6, 7:30pm From the team that brings you the best in indie short films every month, Caught Short, comes the Australian premiere of award-winning animation When The World Goes Dark by Anthony Paul Schamato - an underground film that has won several awards in the USA and been nominated for the Student Emmy Awards. The night will also take a closer look at low-budget genre filmmaking with a screening of Mightier and a Q&A with local writer and director Tim Dennis. Tickets are $10 and it kicks off at 7:30pm. Want more info? Check out www. filmcaughtshort.com.

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Ostensibly, the film sustains dramatic tension with a who-dunnit storyline. Haggis based the script on a real case, where three soldiers recently returned from Iraq were accused of murdering a young recruit in their platoon. However, throughout the film Hank (and the audience) is being fed information about his son Mike – and this emotional revelation is the heart of the story. This “Iraq Film” is more about the spiritual carnage than the physical carnage of the war, and more about the lost battle for the hearts and minds of our own soldiers and their families, than the universally discredited Middle East military strategy. In the Valley of Elah may get lost at the box office within its genre, and without any battle action to lure unsuspecting punters into this complex emotional drama. Hopefully, however, the promise of this superbly made film, from the writer of Clint Eastwood’s Letters to Iwo Jima, shot by Coen-veteran Roger Deakins, and with its flawless and understated performances, will prove impossible to ignore.

Dee Jefferson

MEET THE SPARTANS Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Brangelina, Shrek, 300 and a black Spider Man make up the flimsy fragments of one of the most remarkably pathetic films ever to make it to cinemas. This is the homoerotic story of Leonidas, who, dressed in leather and a cape, leads his gigantic army of thirteen men to battle the Persians and protect their hometown. The End. In the wake of the American Writers’ strike, where all the talent is on sabbatical, it is crystal clear how something of this calibre could ever emerge and so let us spare a moments silence for those misguided members of the general public who find themselves meeting the Spartans. The spoof genre is intriguing and fun, and why shouldn’t it be? We all love a good parody but that concept is clearly a far greater task than these filmmakers could manage. With the ideas served on a silver platter you really wonder how they could fail so miserably. American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance? and Deal Or No Deal… the work has, practically speaking, been done for them. Happy Feet, Rocky, Casino

Not if I were alone on earth would I be reduced to such a level of desperation as to torture myself and screen this film again. Meet The Spartans is worthless in every sense of the word and it requires miracles and magic to remake it into something even semi bearable. It makes you want to pee with excitement at the thought of the sequels that are likely to follow.

Gideon Anstey

BERLINALE 2008 Berlin International Film Festival February 7 - 17 Dieter Kosslick, the director of Europe’s A list film festival, the Berlinale, welcomed thousands of filmmakers, fans, press and stars for premiers, conferences, forums and lots of local schnapps. Red carpet highlights included The Stones, Daniel-Day Lewis, Madonna for her directorial debut Filth and Wisdom and Shah Rukh Khan who caused something of a population problem with an unbelievable amount of fans who voyaged up to Germany for a glimpse of the petit Bollywood sensation. Amongst the International buzz, the Australian films stood firmly. Winning best film in the ‘generation’ section was Elissa Down’s The Black Balloon. With a large part of the team present, the parties went long and late and, if you ask the jury and the public, deservingly so. Benjamin Gilmour revealed himself to be not just a major burlesque producer (Sugartime), loyal ambo (on sets in London and streets in Sydney) and DJ (Sydney, London, Berlin) but also a very apt and brave filmmaker with his debut feature/doco film Son of a Lion which won him a pile of festival invites. The film set in Pakistan is engaging, touching and politically relevant with a charged, emotive score by Amanda Brown. It is programmed in this year’s Sydney Film Festival in May. Julian Shaw’s documentary Darling! The PieterDirk Uys Story was awarded second in The Panorama documentary section. Beginning preproduction as a teenager, Shaw said “Darling has been my film school,” and moved from being overwhelmed on arriving in Berlin to being able to “just enjoy it”. Shaw has since launched into his second documentary- on the All Blacks. Cathy Randall’s Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger had the teenage audience crying and laughing and adoring the humour and colour of the script and performances. Peter Carstairs’s September opened interesting debate and Ben Hackworth’s Corroboree had several screenings. Cinematographer Bonnie Elliott debuted her debut directorial short Mediations on a Name, Warwick Thornton’s Nana won best short in Generation (following last year’s win of Green Bush) and Stephen Lance’s Yolk softly charmed. For the big wins, the Brazilian police drama Tropa de Elite (”The Elite Squad”) took the Best Picture Golden Bear. Errol Morris’ Standard Operating Procedure won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (second prize). Paul Thomas Anderson took the Best Director award for There Will Be Blood and the Mexican film Lake Tahoe received an award for innovative filmmaking. Sally Hawkins won best actress in Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky, Best Actor went to Reza Najie in Majid Majidi’s Avaze Gonjeshjha and best script went to Wang Xiaoshuai for Zuo You (‘In Love We Trust’). For the Australian wrap up, we trotted off to an East Berlin garage venue where Gilmour DJed groove and soul then the last evening was Shnapps and dancing with other filmmakers and the Berlin Beat Box boys Love Peace and Beatbox at Generation director Thomas Hailer’s reception. Ruby Boukabou

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GREAT AUSSIE ICONS: CLAUDIA KARVAN THE BIG STEAL & NEVER TELL ME NEVER

They don’t make Aussie flicks like these anymore, and it’s a pure shame. But I guess to be fair, if they did try to encapsulate the formulaic lightheartedness and high school sweetheart stereotypes of The Big Steal or the whimsical determination and predictable love interest within Never Tell Me Never now, critics would have a slagging-off field day. It’s a good thing these films were made in the 90s then - when cheap stories and even cheaper sets reigned supreme and cinematic enjoyment was found in journeying with the underdog toward his or her happily ever after. For all these needs, this double movie set delivers. Truly one of our greatest actresses, it’s hard to believe that Karvan was only 18 when she portrayed everybody’s dream girl, the adventurous loser-loving Joanna Johnson in The Big Steal. Charming, quirky and highly unpredictable, this comedy takes the little man versus big corporation tale to a whole new (lower) level without compromising culture or audience. Never Tell Me Never is much the same. Based on the true story of Australian ski champ Janine Shepherd turned semi-paraplegic, though the many flashbacks are trite and dictate poor cinematographic quality, there is a determined little gem under it all just waiting for its time to shine and take the glory. The perfect Sunday fluff and a great reminiscence into the days of Aussie film when cheese was yummy and an uplifting, heartfelt smile was all that was needed to give a film the two thumbs up. Stephanie Yip

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The first four hours of this season of Battlestar Galactica is some of the most riveting television this reviewer has ever seen. However, it’s not a show that viewers can come aboard easily at this halfway point. Settling on the harsh world of New Caprica at the end of season two, the crew of the Battlestar Galactica is in schism. Some want to stay on New Caprica; some want to forge ahead to Earth. But when the Cylons find the settlers and take over, and the settlers’ orbiting fleet runs away, life gets tough. It’s these four tightly plotted episodes of resistance, collaboration and tyranny, pitting major characters against each other ideologically and letting some minor ones take the spotlight, which will hook you. The knock-on effect from these episodes forms the best of the rest of the season, too – it’s when old arguments and grudges stemming from this period resurface that the series hits its high again. However, some episodes are lacklustre, stemming from the insane decision by studio bosses that there should be less arc-plotting in BSG to make the series more accessible to new viewers. Big mistake. That’s what regular viewers tune in for, and it’s something that we’ve been fighting for in our sci-fi shows since Babylon 5 and the latter seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine introduced us to the concept of not rebooting character development at the end of every show. However, the tense, claustrophobic, almost submarine-moviemeets-Top Gun aura of the show is very effective as a catalyst for the drama, and the season redeems itself by the end, with the death of an important character and the revelation of some quite unexpected members of the crew as Cylon agents… Baz McAlister

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NBA08 PLATFORM: PS3 RATING: G SCORE:

ast year NBA07 suffered a lot of criticism, so it was interesting to see if EA learned some lessons for their newest basketball sim, NBA08. Overall the graphics are very slick, with nice reflections off the floor, lots of detail on the court and clothing that reacts with the players. But there are some neglected details, such as the lifeless facial expressions, and some clipping issues, where the ball will go straight through a defender. The game is played from the view of the centre looking toward the hoop, which lead to a tendency to step out of bounds on the baseline, and also throw shots from behind the backboard. I would have preferred a side-on view as shown on television. The commentary features the voices of Kevin Calabaro and Mark Jackson, and they are passable except sometimes their calls lag behind the action. The dual analogue joysticks are responsive for moving the player and performing special dribbling moves such as jukes and crossovers. Holding down Circle displays a really good jump shot meter and letting go when it is green will give you nothing but net. This is a really good execution of a jump shot, as it relies on your timing to make the shot.

The Sixaxis controls allow you to tilt the controller up and down to raise and lower your hands in defence, but this made for some cumbersome game play. There are four difficulty levels: Rookie, Veteran, All Star and Hall Of Fame. The first is very easy, with wins against the CPU of 40 plus points, then the learning curve takes a steep rise as Veteran matches became very close. There is a new mode called NBA Replay, which takes 68 of the best moments of last season and gets you to recreate the plays, and more will be added online as the new season unfolds. Unfortunately there is no franchise mode, just a single season to play, and you can’t manage your team much off the court with contracts and player salaries like in other basketball games. Since the dunks look really good in NBA08, it would have been great to include a slam dunk contest. NBA08 is definitely an improvement on last year’s offering, but needs more game modes to increase longevity and better AI if it is going to be a serious contender against the other basketball sims that are available. BRAG :: 251:: 03:03:08 :: 37

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Yr moniker – what’s the deal?: I really like precious gemstones and sound of snowflake obsidian as a liked the DJ name. It was eventually just shortened to Snowflake What’s yr sound?: Grunge, rock , indie, pop, industrial, metal, retro When/why did you decide to take on the decks and start DJing: I fell into it when a friend asked me kind of just to try it out in his club. Five records you’d die fighting for: Tool Aenima, anything by NIN, Nevermind, Tori Amos From The ‘Nirvana Choirgirl Hotel, The Butterfly Effec t Begins Here Best gig you’ve ever played?: Trash at the Agincourt Hotel And the worst?: Club Blink at the Agincourt. I couldn’t get the smoke stop so the whole place got so smo machine to ky, you couldn’t see a thing. Peop pissed off. It was really embarras le got really sing! Greatest musical inspiration: Tool since the first time I heard Aenima have always been my favourite band ever as a little kid. If your music was a soundtrack for a film, what would it be abou would be an action flick with all the t?: best looking celebs, such as Ange I think It Jared Leto, doing amazing stunts lina Jolie and to awesome music… Very corny and sexy Outside of DJing, what pushes your buttons?: I love to travel, danc people. My favourite places to go e, meet new are probably live gigs. What was the last thing you wrot e on your hand: There’s always so much scribbled on my hand, I can’t mak e out what any of it says. Last time you were really, reall y, really happy: Every Saturday nigh really really happy when I get the whole dance floor jumping to song t gets me s everyone loves. There’s really nothing quite like bringing everyone together like that. And we can see you: You can see me every Saturday at Trash on the Floor playing all the best indie, rock Ground , pop, retro anthems that will reall y get you pumped!

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Guide to The Playground Weekender '08

Resurrecting Manchester sounds for the modern age By Diana Ward

ormer Stone Roses front man Ian Brown has forged ahead with his solo career since the band split in 1996. Now on the back of album number five, The World Is Yours, Brown is set to return to Australia to play the East Coast Rhythm and Blues Festival, Playground Weekender and his own show at The Metro. The Stone Roses emerged in Manchester in the late 1980s bringing funk and acid jazz to indie-pop. These days, Brown continues to mix up his musical genres. In The World Is Yours, he takes hip hop breaks and beats and layers them with orchestration and his English lyrical swagger. “I’d been planning the album for 3-4 years and wanted to do something with orchestration, classical music and socially conscious lyrics about all the world's problems,” says Brown. Early in the process following a chance encounter, Brown recruited hip hop producer Emile Haynie to bring beats to record. “Lucky for me came across each other and I got some New York beats on the album,” laughs Brown. “Emile sent me some beats and I wrote the songs over it and we figured out we needed some orchestration to go with it.” The string arrangement was by Simon Hale, who works with Jamiroquai and last year also worked with Alison Moyet, Tina Arena and Simply Red. “I’m not a big Jamiroquai fan but his strings sounded modern with references US soul. Finding him, I think I lucked out there. We would write the arrangements on keyboard and then transpose to orchestra and that was exciting to hear this full orchestra play it, it was really moving and really emotional,” says Brown. “I was sitting there wondering will it work out or not, and then I noticed there was this old lady on the harp

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who was about 80 years old, the harp was bigger than her, and she kept on disappearing. When I went to look, she was having a lie down, it was great!”

him immune from the mood swings of the international circuit. I quizzed him on the existence of the soul revival that’s reportedly taking place, wondering if a man in his position could give some sense of the bigger picture.

Growing up in Thatcherite England, Brown has lived through periods of discontent and learnt a few things from it. This is why the album, although about a negative state of world affairs overall has a silver lining and message of hope. “That time was bleak - nobody had anything and no money was spent on houses, everyone unemployed,” he explains. “But it helped with bands like Oasis who learnt that no one's going to help, you’ve got do it yourself. I also learnt that whatever is happening today can change, the evil old men (or women) who are in power will go and things can change.”

“It hasn’t reached festival acceptance as yet. In my experience the bigger the stage you play on the more noise you need to make. Just by the nature of [soul] music it’s not going to appeal to 10 000 people in a field. But in a smaller nightclub, or live, with a couple of hundred people yes it’s most definitely making a resurgence. Whether that will translate to a mainstage at a festival still remains to be seen, but it’s on an upward curve at the moment.”

Time for Brown is something that seems to fall by the wayside. “I don’t know why it took so long to get to Australia,” he says. Brown previously toured with the Stone Roses in 1995—just before the band split—and then it took a decade before he returned in 2005. “The first time took us a long time and we almost didn't play,” he reminisces. “The day before we were flying to Australia we were in Japan, in Tokyo and I was punched in the mouth by a body builder, so my mouth was all swollen and I had stiches on the gums and doctors recommended we don’t play, but I thought people have waited six years for us to come, so we got to do the shows.” Brown says he always wanted to come back but it wasn’t until 2005 that he made it back. “The last two shows in Sydney I thought we smashed it, they were two great shows and I thought where can we go now? but here we are again,” he says. “Music is freedom of expression, the highest art form, with a book you can leave it but the music universal, it can transcend,” he says.

Who: Ian Brown Where: Playground Weekender / The Metro / East Coast Blues & Roots Festival When: March 9 / March 19 / March 20

he festival loving veteran of the funk and soul world is flying his Good Times Sound System south once again to add a sprinkle of light to our summer season. Born and bred in Notting Hill, London, where he’s become a living symbol of the annual carnival held there, Norman retains a charming sense of wonder for what he considers the perfect DJ scenario. “I used to go to festivals before I was DJing. I love the feeling of community, of camaraderie, of all different types of people getting together for a whole day or a weekend as opposed to a nightclub for a couple of hours. Don’t get me wrong I love them both, but you can’t beat a fantastic outdoor festival, especially a country like yours which is blessed with the weather.” Although he’s moved a few ‘burbs from Notting Hill itself, his life is still very much focused around it. He speaks of the event as akin to his lifeblood, the source of all his good fortune. “Everything I have ever aspired to, ever achieved has centred around my appearances there. I was doing Carnival long before I became a household name as a DJ in club land. It’s the one stable in my DJing life, things come and go, but it’s the bedrock.” Norman’s style of somewhat understated music has always allowed him his own niche in the music world, the variety he spins keeping

“The kids are looking for something real again. Everything is cyclical. For a long time technology was driving it all and now, to a certain extent, people are tired of all the gadgets. They turn around and they’ve discovered, oh, this guy can play guitar, this guy drums, this girl can sing. I think they’d forgotten about that. It’s actually people that’s driving this, not technology and gadgets and toys. It’s Norman’s penchant for live performance that led him to book Bugz In The Attic and Ben Westbeech for his NYE party in London last year. Both are acts with a sense of old fashioned showmanship that has allowed their versions of electronica an endearing human side. Norman reports that the crowds swallowed it whole. “[It was] absolutely mindblowing. We turned away about 1000 people from the night, we were besieged. It was quite scary really I couldn’t get in the building. It just proved the way forward for us here is definitely DJ and live.” If you head to Norman’s website it’s pretty obvious he, like many, has become enamoured with the new jazz style and charisma that Westbeech carries with him. “I just like his attitude and his approach to it. It’s still showbiz of a kind. He knows how to entertain a crowd, that’s primarily why we booked him. Not necessarily for his ability to play and DJ, that’s not rocket science anybody can do that. But not anybody can entertain a crowd.” Who: Norman Jay Where: Playground Weekender When: March 8

Getting in touch with their earthly pleasures By Jonno Seidler

om English is well-versed in the art of slagging off his management. “It’s ten o’clock in the morning, the bloody fascists!” he mutters, clearly unaccustomed to the drawbacks of being in one of the UK’s most press-worthy bands. But it seems early morning phone calls are just the beginning, as Maximo Park’s phenomenal success looks

set to continue - indefinitely. Between the explosion that was A Certain Trigger and the seismic follow-up of Our Earthly Pleasures, the group has officially hit their stride, playing on some of the world’s biggest stages. At least English, the band’s razor sharp drummer, is in a somewhat “relaxed period” at the moment, where the most work that’s asked of him is

mixing the audio for an upcoming live music DVD. “I can’t say I’m such a busy man right now, but then we have been touring our asses off for nearly two years!” he chuckles. The culmination of Maximo Park’s jaunts around the globe occurred, ironically, right where they started, in the city of Newcastle. It is here that the band “all got together and started playing around”, dived into the local music scene, and ultimately were picked up by their record company. For the filming of the DVD, they returned triumphantly to Newcastle Arena, which they played in front of a sell-out, 10 000 person crowd. “We’re not doing too badly, for a couple of Geordies [the colloquial term for Newcastle locals],” Tom says. “It was our largest ever audience for a headlining gig, so that was pretty spectacular.” When asked how he deals with picking up the sticks in front of such a massive contingent, English reveals that he’s “usually sitting backstage, absolutely catatonic.” But having played Glastonbury – twice – he’s getting a bit more used to it. “What really gets me is the waiting,” he explains. “It’s just torture. Once I’m onstage I just get into the zone and it’s fantastic.” For their second album, Maximo Park worked with uber-producer Gil Norton, who has recorded the Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth and many of what English affectionately calls “big swaggering bands.” As such, Tom and Gil would often “come to blows” over his drumming and “those tiny little bits of arrangements.” It seems that while “[Norton]

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was quite the taskmaster”, it didn’t hurt English and his bandmates to have all that attention lavished upon them by a guy who reportedly first heard of them via MySpace. The result was a new LP which, although labeled by the critics as ‘widescreen’, Tom maintains is still as quirky, arty and edgy as their breakout release. “We just wanted to convey a bigger recording sound, and Gil really knows how to thicken things up.” When it comes to talking about audience expectations, English is prone to breaking it down into simple mathematics. “If you get a Venn diagram of all the people who liked the first record and everyone who likes the new one, eventually you’ll see that there’s really quite a big overlap,” he explains. With NME loving them, the US slowly falling for them and accolade after accolade still pouring in “for the first bloody album!” it’s highly unlikely that there’s anything this band can’t do. Tom has his doubts about such a notion. “Well I mean, I can’t do the trapeze, or balance a spoon on my nose or anything.” But in terms of their appeal, it’s undeniable that Maximo Park have cemented themselves in the forefront of the Brit Rock pack; smarter, funnier and just plain better than much of the competition. Who: Maximo Park What: Our Earthly Pleasures is out now through Inertia Where: Playground Weekender What: March 9

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Jamaica + Toronto + Miami = World By Tony Edwards

he South Rakkas Crew are the new ambassadors of dancehall. They blew industry and fans alike out of the water with their recent album, The Mix Up, a mashup of dancehall, hip hop and Miami bass that stood out from the pack as one of the freshest new sounds around. Something about the way they bring the sounds of the electro, reggae and Baltimore scenes together has been pushing the manic buttons on dancefloors far and wide. Dennis ‘Dow Jones’ Shaw and Alex G form the core of the SRC, the two producers are old friends from Toronto who both resettled in Miami due to the prevalence of production work. Emcees Trix and Agony are on mic duty when the Crew plays live, Trix is another Canadian and Agony was recruited in Orlando. Then comes three more vocalists, Sandy Smith, Kid Foreigner and Bigga Boss who all featured on The Mix Up. Don’t be fooled

Who: South Rakkas Crew Where: Oxford Art Factory / Playground Weekender When: March 7 / 9

The Cassady sisters took risks. Trained opera singer Sierra played harp and soprano harmonies while hipster Bianca spoke-sung and played a variety of percussion and children’s toys to create an aural terrain that complemented the stories behind their druginduced stories. The journey of the first album is centred around discovery and rediscovery stemmed from the girl’s life paths. The sisters grew up separately in the USA, before reuniting in Paris in their early twenties. Shortly after, they recorded La Maison de Mon Rêve in Sierra’s bathtub. “Coming together comes naturally for us and we are very focussed on poetry. I don’t think of us as contrasting and different but we do complete each other,” she says. “Gospel is what my sister grew up

Signed to Diplo’s Mad Decent label, Jones explains how he met Diplo around the time that M.I.A dropped her ‘Galang’ single. South Rakkas were asked for a remix. “I didn’t know who he was at the time but he said 'hey, I’m going to be starting my own thing and I think we should work together'. You meet so many people that are like ‘I’m this and I’m that’ and I didn’t know who this kid was,” chuckles Jones. “But he turned out to be legit and he’s a really good guy. He’s a definite hustler, a go-getter.” Not so influenced by the sound emanating from South America as Diplo, Jones sees links between the Miami sound, and the sound of ‘new’ Brazilian acts like (the recently dissolved) Bonde Do Role. “It seems like a lot of their music now is influenced by what’s going on in Florida, which I find quite odd. They seem to be mixing a lot of the bass music in there, like the old school bass music, and it’s stuff that I grew up on... all that freestyle and booty bass. Even the Baltimore funk and those kind of things that are going down, the B-More, it’s Florida based music. So it’s kind of cool.”

The crew has undertaken some extensive touring off the back of the album, taking them to Fabric in London and some big European dates. “We’re touring The Mix Up but we’re definitely looking ahead. I just put out a mix CD called GoodLife, for a company out in Glasgow, that’s more of a hip hop, dancehall thing. As far as original productions nothing is solid yet. We’re hoping to start working on an artist album in May, but outside of that we’ve just been doing some remixes as well as some individual productions for other people.” Keep your eyes peeled for the South Rakkas remix of a new track from Tricky. Jones himself was born in Jamaica. He lived there until the age of six when his family moved to Canada. He travels back there periodically to record with local artists and catch up with his extended family. So it’s with a sense of nationalistic pride that he’s taking the dancehall sound to a wider audience. “What we’re trying to do is widen the acceptance of dancehall and reggae to all these different markets. So we take electronic styles and hip hop styles and we mix it with what we have to kind of mix up the flavour.”

Club jazz specialists By Tony Edwards

The magical mystery tour is about to begin By Diana Ward

ocoRosie is one example of what happens when a Brooklyn hipster and Paris-based trained opera singer combine forces to make music. When Sisters Sierra and Bianca Cassady emerged in 2004 with debut album La Maison de Mon Rêve, their fresh take on bluesy folk packaged with art school instrumentation (harp, toy instruments) and coolness factor then saw them join Devandra Barnhardt, Anthony and the Johnsons and Joanna Newsom as leaders of self-consciously quirky, decidedly interesting psych folk musical experimenters.

by the Miami connection, 80% of the talent behind this outfit have maple leaves on their passports.

listening to, and what we write about is similar to the gospel style.” For CocoRosie this translates to lyrics of childlike whimsy and personal meaning shaken up with hints of pastiche and reworked with schlock to remove any religious connotation and sit somewhere between anime and melodrama. While second album Noah’s Ark (2005) found more radio play and wider audiences for the band, it also polarised critics, something latest release The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn also does. “Recording this album was a long process, we recorded in very different places and most of the time it was just the two of us working in the South of France,” says Bianca. A couple of months on the farm has rubbed off on the recordings, making its presence on a number of tracks. “The farm is there. The poetry is affected by the environment and there was an anti-war and swampy and woody thing happening that all came from the farm,” she says. “At the time I don’t think we were aware of what we trying to get out there,” admits Bianca, although she says that the album excised “family stories and troubles, fathers and brothers.” The personal demons the sisters needed to face however was not the point of the album. “It’s just what happened, it was just as free as our other albums but not light or easy listening,” says Bianca. To get away from the headspace on the farm, the pair headed north to knuckle down and work on the right brain-side of the album. “We spent a couple of months in Iceland to work on the opposite, more organisational and technical side as opposed to the work on the farm, which was the writing.” Having done that however, Bianca says the next change in headspace will need to be going from recording to touring. “Recording has been our main focus for so long it’s hard to transition to something else. We’re needing some nature again,"

Who: CocoRosie What: The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn is out now Where: Playground Weekender, Wiseman’s Ferry When: March 8 / 9

o Horizons are the funky Germans Ralf Droesemeyer and Mark ‘Foh’ Wetzler. They were both headed to Oz to tour their 7th album, Sunshine Today, but Wetzler has “massive health problems” so he’s unable to make the tour. Droesemeyer is understandably upset, the two have been DJing together for nearly 25 years now, but he’s upbeat about the trip nonetheless. “The booking agency has organised an Australian percussion player to support me so I’m looking forward to that collab.” The reception they’ve received for the new album has been as positive as it gets these days. “Since we are releasing records the sales are steadily going down. This is not just a phenomenon with Mo Horizons, the whole industry is like that. But the response has been good, we’re happy with the tracks, and finally we’re coming back to Australia. It’s been three years.” You might be surprised to find out that MoHo ain’t all about chillout music. “The whole chill association with us I think it comes from all the compilations. I don’t want to complain about it because it’s really brought us a lot of money, having our songs on so many compilations. I don’t know how many there have been now, maybe 600 or 700, it’s really crazy. Each album we had only one or two slower chilled tracks but they were chosen a lot for these compilations so people are associating this with us. But that’s really not where we are coming from, we’re really club DJs. We really love to play small club gigs, and fortunately this is what we’re doing the most [in Germany].” On producing the album, Droesemeyer explains how their artistic process has been about winding back the clock. “We’re digging deeper into certain styles, you know, going more and more back in time. We sampled the Latin music from the 70s, boogaloo from the 60s and now we’re even back in the 50s and 40s. We’re always trying to use this in our DJ sets, combine it with new stuff. Although it’s not

that when we’re recording an album that these things are so massively strong that we say we want to move in this direction, it just gives us influences.” Recently the pair set up their own label, Agogo Records, after releasing on Stereo Deluxe for many years. “They were moving in a different direction, okay it was time for us to go. So about two years ago, it was time to do the next step. Although I think it’s a heavy adventure these days to run a label. I think the most important thing these days is to understand what’s going on in the market and to be careful with the old models, the CD and vinyl. But we will always keep the vinyl you know, always make 300 or 1000 or something.” One of the first signings was the Juju Orchestra. “They come from another town in Germany that is not so far away from Hanover. One of the guys, DJ Sammy is an old DJ friend of ours. He went into the studio with another guy, coming up with good stuff, and we said come on we’ll do it. So we hope that some more great stuff will come from that corner.” I asked whether it was the Spanish DJ Sammy that had been releasing commercial dance over the last decade. “No, No, No, No!” laughs Droesemeyer, “this guy is a vinyl junkie, and he’s only into soul, funk and jazz music so it’s nothing to do with that guy.” The plan is to grow Agogo slowly as they find the right artists. “We have another act Una Mas Trio, who is also bringing a lot of the Latin vibes. We are looking internationally and trying also to involve people that we meet on our tours.” Who: Mo Horizons What: Sunshine Today out now on Agogo Where: Playground Weekender, Wiseman’s Ferry Where: 7-9 March

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CD Reviews

What's been crossing our ears this week...

CD OF THE WEEK CAMILLE

Le Sac Des Filles Source / EMI

Le Sac Des Filles weaves a beautiful musical tapestry and Camille delights in ensuring that you are never sure what kind of song you are going to pull out of the bag next.

French songstress, Camille Dalmais personifies the idealised French woman: liberated, independent, yet oozing with sexuality. Singing primarily in French, which is made ever more endearing by her sulky sexy tones, Camille reels you in but also knows how to bite down hard. Dragged into the pop culture spotlight by her album Le Fil and the hit single Ta Douleur, Camille achieves the rare feat of transgressing the line between pop and alternative music. Her latest Australian release, Le Sac Des Filles (A Girl’s Handbag) metaphorically explores the contents of women’s handbags to present an illustration of the feminine and how women and

DRIVE BY TRUCKERS

The world described by the Truckers is routinely a dark one – suicide in ‘Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife’, the terminal velocity of suburban existence in ‘The Righteous Path’, alcoholism in ‘Daddy Needs A Drink’, anonymity and loneliness in ‘Bob’, drug addiction in ‘You and Your Crystal Meth’ – but there’s always a glimmer of hope on the horizon, even if it’s in the midst of fighting off the unsolicited dramas of contemporary life (‘Goode’s Field Road’). And aided by country legend Spooner Oldham, the Truckers know a good southern riff when it comes into view – few songs can match ‘3 Dimes Down’ for sheer rugged American beauty and beautiful guise and ‘The Man I Shot’ is almost frightening in its ability to capture the emotional torture occasioned by a criminal act. If Obama is correct, and hope can still morph into reality, then surely Drive By Truckers will find their way to us as soon as humanly practicable. Patrick Emery

Lara Stevens

MY DISCO

MICKEY MORPHINGAZ

Paradise Stomp

Brighter Than Creation’s Dark Shock

In a year that sees the United States in the midst of an identity crisis like it hasn’t faced since Dick Nixon scurried into a waiting helicopter on the White House lawns, leaving a trail of domestic political espionage and failed jingoistic foreign policy in his wake, it’s apt that the Drive By Truckers are releasing their eighth album to the world. Few bands can even contemplate putting a mirror to the detritus of regional Americana like Drive By Truckers, completely devoid of the specious ideological rhetoric that we’ll be hearing for the rest of 2008.

their curiosities differ from men. Musically, Le Sac Des Filles is as eclectic as the treasures one might find hidden in the many compartments of a woman’s handbag. Track one entitled 1, 2, 3 opens with a touch of the carnivalesque. The album moves for a while into English, which Camille executes expertly, leading you through different eras, emotions and languages with equal fluidity. It is important not to expect Le Sac Des Filles to be an extension of the complex and courageous experimentations in Le Fil as Le Sac Des Filles was, in fact, Camille’s first album, originally released in France in 2002. It is less commercial and more French in its references, using classical French instruments like the piano accordion, including influences from the Nouvelle Vague and Brazilian Bossa Nova and evoking moments of popular 1940s French music.

What’s the deal Victoria? Why so glum, eh? You’ve given us the melodrama of Nick Cave, the foreboding volatility of The Drones, and the combustible Witch Hats, Eddy Current Suppression Ring and HTRK. Now we’ve got the stark bleakness of minimalist punksters My Disco. But at least they’ve opted for an ostensibly brighter title for their second release: Paradise. Their idea of paradise comes in the form of an atonal, desolate landscape, full of Claypool-esque topend bass tone and Ian MacKaye-style guitar fury; far more minimal than Cancer, My Disco’s debut album, Naming themselves after a Big Black song, it was only a matter of time before the three-piece found their way into a session helmed by Steve “don’t call me a producer” Albini. Recorded at Albini’s Electrical Audio studio in a week between tours, the band have taken their live energy and transmitted it onto 2” tape. The raw production unveils an unabated My Disco, often brooding and sinister in a self-appointed minimalist wasteland. But the minimalism comes at a price. Paradise, with its ‘Radio Friendly Unit Shifter’ noise and four-to-the-floor drum patterns, lacks the groove that made the band’s debut record so infectious. Rohan Rebeiro’s stellar hi-hat work in Cancer is absent on this disc, as are Liam Andrews’ more adventurous bass lines. Still, tracks like ‘A Christ Pendant Comfort Her Neck’ and the centrepiece of the album, ‘German For Attention’, are standouts. Not as instantly engaging as Cancer, this one’s what we call a “grower”. A dark, sinister grower.

NEWTON FAULKNER

Me… U Futureskool of Music

It’s always refreshing to listen to something a little different every now and then. For me, Morphingaz is exactly that. As I’ve never really been into the turntablism scene (my knowledge ends with Mixmaster Mike), I suppose I may have a somewhat underdeveloped palate for such things. Despite this, I can see both merits and flaws in Me… U. The funkier instrumental tracks are much more accessible than the minimal turntablist stuff (sometimes with 5 or more seconds of silence at a time). The six track EP is very ‘tongue-incheek’ with its scribbled Australian animal artworks and its not-sosubtle homegrown track names like ‘Platterpussy’, ‘Flaming Galah’ and ‘Moi Aussie’. Novelty tracks like the opener ‘Hey Mickey’, complete with samples from Toni Basil’s famous cheerleading song and others from what sound like a bad porno, make for a cheeky and humourous start. Things get a little more sophisticated and serious (although not much more) further in with the track ‘Cool’. Morphingaz bares his jazz influences a little more in this one, an artier and disjointed number. Moi Aussie brings proceedings to a close with an energetic live band sound: a groovy bass line is complimented by funky keys, Questlove-esque drumming and some carefully placed scratching to create a very listenable head-bopping jam. Hey Mickey you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind, Hey Mickey! Hey Mickey! (…well not quite). Chris Z

Dom Alessio

GOLDFRAPP Seventh Tree Mute / EMI

Hand Built By Robots Sony/BMG

Newton Faulker sounds like he should be a physicist, or at least a 16th century philosopher. But this British folk/pop troubadour is more akin to the latter as he ruminates on life on his debut record Hand Built By Robots.

What am I listening to? I feel like I’ve stumbled into a Tree Of Life store, eaten an organic hash cookie and smoked some patchouli while wearing a cheesecloth dress and leather sandals. Ugh.

He’s treading well-worn territory, subscribing to the acoustic singer/ songwriter aesthetic. Call it youthful brashness (he’s only 23) but Faulker imbues his songs with just enough variety for him to dodge the inevitable James Blunt / James Morrison comparisons. Vocally, he’s similar to Jason Mraz with his wordy delivery and tongue-in-cheek lyrics (see: ‘U.F.O’). Musically, however, he’s giving nods to Stevie Wonder in ‘All I Got (Everything Is You)’, The Beatles in ‘Sitar-Y Thing’ and The Rolling Stones in ‘She’s Got The Time’. Sparse percussion abounds through the record, often coming from Faulker himself as he raps upon the body of his acoustic guitar.

Goldfrapp, once all sex and jewels and good hair, somehow decided that being a dull, depressed hippie (and I mean hippie in a BAD way) was somehow a step in the right direction. Gone is all semblance of the beautiful show-lady we all loved and in her place is something almost unrecognisable – she is lazy and demure and so so B O R I N G. Here is a sample lyric for your pondering: “moments of perfection / idle in the sunshine / over there in the yonder.” I mean, what the fuck Alison Goldfrapp? Where did your crazy aesthetic go and where did your love of a good beat and sexy synth disappear to? Are you on some really full-on painkillers? Shit. Kate Bush is embarrassed for you.

But it’s the guitar melodies that captures your attention. His acoustic guitar work is reminiscent of Jimmy Page circa Led Zeppelin IV, featuring many flowing, finger-picked riffs. It sets him apart from the slew of songwriters that stick to major chords and banal lyrics.

The album actually just gets worse as it goes along, her breathy vocals become intolerable- it is actually so bad, I pulled my headphones out in disgust. I’d recommend steering well clear of this and that you go listen to Roisin Murphy for some good electropop.

Housing 17 songs, Hand Built By Robots is a lot of music to take in, despite only running for 43 minutes. He even throws in a cover of Massive Attack’s ‘Teardrop’, which sadly lacks the visceral nature of Jose Gonzalez’s recently released version. But his original material is particularly solid, and while some songs don’t capture your attention like others, his wistful vocals and beautiful guitar work makes this record an enjoyable listen.

You know that scene in Forrest Gump where Jenny strips and then tries to sing ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’ and everyone is just like ‘show us your tits!’ and she gets all upset, like, ‘why won’t you take me seriously?’… Kirsty Brown

One to keep your eye on. Dom Alessio

INDIE ALBUM OF THE WEEK JUSTIN GROUNDS

Love Is As Strong As Death Exploding Tree Records

hen Justin Grounds burst onto the scene last year, he was instantly cast as next in line to the Jeff Buckley crown. That label wasn’t by accident; one listen to his impressive debut ‘Frangelico’ firmly pushes Grounds into the upper echelon of alternative-folk singer-songwriters. In continuing in the tradition of OCD afflicted composers, Justin plays almost every instrument on this record, whether it’s his voice, keyboards, guitar, bass or violin. It’s a shame then, that Melbourne’s golden boy has gone 46 :: BRAG :: 251 :: 03:03:08

down the same track of other indie acts trying to crack the big time, namely, cutting down on the ‘superflouous’ aspects of one’s music and replacing them with easily digested pop songs. Grounds is a superb guitarist, but the only time we vaguely hear this featured is on ‘Oceans and Stones’ which sounds a bit too much like a John Butler track anyway. Vocally, Justin just isn’t taking the risks that mark the difference between Jack Johnson and Ryan Adams. And while the lyrics are

as evocative as ever, when there’s nothing backing them up, they soon lose their sheen and start to fade away. Disappointing or not, this is still better than 90% of tunes played on Nova. Especially that ‘Hey there Delilah’ bullshit. Jonno Seidler

1. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire 2. U2 - Achtung Baby 3. U2 - Zooropa 4. U2 - October 5. U2 - Boy

Single Reviews

DVD

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SINGLE OF THE WEEK

BASIA BULAT ‘Little Waltz’

This is gorgeous. Stay for a while/ While our leaves are still green. Under three minutes and it’s over too soon, but not before its lovely, understated string arrangements, and sparely plucked acoustic guitars have conjured for you an image of walking in a park with your beloved while Autumn

THE SCARE FEAT HOLIDAY (BRIDEZILLA)

THE KOOKS

‘Always Where I Need To Be’

leaves fall around you and you sigh over the perfection of just such ephemeral moments. Or something. Basis Bulat is Canadian, and everything from there is just, better. She sounds like she’s channeling and infinitely more tuneful, but no less melancholy Joni Mitchell. Aah. No wonder commercials go apeshit for this stuff. Whatever this is the soundtrack to, I’ll buy it.

COUNTING CROWS ‘You Can’t Count On Me’

‘Tragedy’

Forgetting that iTunes thinks this a song by Shakira, this is great. It’s catchy as all get out. The Scare’s brand of hardcore punkrock is sure something to behold live, and though they still haven’t quite captured that grab-you-bythe-neck, pin-you-to-the-wall, foist-a-tongue-down-yourthroatiness of that experience, this is getting close. I dare you to put this on and not have it rattle around your head the rest of the day, in a good way.

This is an attempt at crafting the prototypical jangle-pop, British invasion single in a redux for the naughties, while hoping noone’s heard the Kinks. It’s got it all right; a rollicking beat, shiny production values, “Do-do-dodo-do-do DO!” chorus. Shame about the whiny, affected vocal inflections then. There’s an instrumental version on the b-side which is marginally less irritating. I could care less if you’ve supported the Stones and get your name from a Bowie track, Kooks. As derivative as Wolfmother and completely forgettable.

DVD Review

Who didn’t love Counting Crows as a teenager who didn’t know better, watching MTV and feeling certain that 'Mr Jones' was a slice of pure pop rock genius? Who doesn’t love singing drunkenly along every time someone puts it on a jukebox in the bar these days? I’m just saying. Well, those days are long, long gone and Counting Crows are clearly to blame for the long line of imitators who’ve gotten lamer by degrees down the years. Bringing us to this single, which sounds like Matchbox Twenty covering Counting Crowes covering One Republic covering my ears in duct tape as I type this.

EVE FEAT SEAN PAUL ‘Give it To You’

Here’s more spare, Neptunesque beats – which on this track work a treat. That’s where the good part ends. Sean Paul’s reggae-lite catchphrases (Just give it me girl/Wanna give it to you girl/Wanna rock your world/ Yo yo yo) are the definition of craptastic. Eve, Missy you ain’t - so step off her turf, bitch, before she sends you back to the clink.

JAMES BROWN Live – the Lost Tapes Umbrella Music

In 1979 the music industry was in the last days of its fascination with the disco craze, another form of music that owed its evolution to James Brown’s perfectly syncopated funk style. Brown’s reputation had been established in the 1960s, most notably with the classic Live at the Apollo concerts. In the early 1970s recalibrated his attack, and gave the world Bootsie Collins and a whole new world of theatrical soul. To the extent that Brown’s star had fallen by the late 1970s, it was more the consequence of the proliferation of pale imitators than the potency of the man himself.

SUPERGRASS ‘Bad Blood’

I never really got Supergrass. I know they were cute with their monkeychops and funny little songs about smoking pot and evading the cops. Oh, the 90s. This doesn’t do too much to change this for me, but who cares what I think, right? This has a pretty great riff poured through a Big Muff and a rollicking little chorus refrain which will make everyone who loves Supergrass very happy to know that they’re back with much of the same.

James Brown: Live – The Lost Tapes captures Brown in concert in 1979 in Santa Cruz, California. The “lost” in the title refers to the fact that the tapes were mislaid for twelve years before being released (on VHS) in 1991. Whether Brown’s performance is one of the “best of his career” (as occasional marketing hyperbole is wont to assert) is a matter of subjective conjecture, there’s no doubting Brown’s intensity and commitment to the task at hand. With the necessary introductions taken care of, and clad in perfectly tailored suit and immaculately lacquered hair, Brown is in control, his hand clasped on the microphone, foot tapping to the beat and casting a glance over his shoulder to make his band is aware of the consequences (including the financial detriment) of missing even half a beat. The DVD comes with a bonus 15 minute interview with Brown, conducted around the time of the performance. And while there’s nothing notable that comes out of the interview, you can’t help but agree with Brown’s honest appraisal of his own worth. Patrick Emery

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live reviews

What we've been out to see this week...

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Incubus

INCUBUS

Big Top, Luna Park Tuesday February 26 When Incubus toured Australia for the first time in 2001, having a ticket to one of their shows was like being privy to a secret shared only by a select few. It wasn’t a question of would this Calabasas quintet be world famous, it was a question of when.

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Seven years later and Incubus are a different beast altogether, as is the industry itself. “We were lucky enough to be in that time and place where we could have great success on the last wave of that ideal in the music industry,” waif-like poster vocalist Brandon Boyd told the Sydney Morning Herald before arriving in Australia. As one of the stalwarts of the late ‘90s modern rock movement, these days their music seems out of place amongst the current crop of New Wave-inspired acts. Their latest record, Light Grenades, debuted atop the Billboard Charts in the US but subsequently suffered the largest drop from #1 in the charts’ history. Yet even if a band that houses a DJ is somewhat a retro novelty, Incubus’ songs are still unequivocal examples of alt-rock brilliance. After the lethargic rock monster meandered across the Entertainment Centre stage in 2004, Incubus returned almost four years later to a smaller venue with a no-frills, high energy rock show. In the barren, aircraft hanger feel of the Big Top at Luna Park, five men delivered a decade of music with aplomb, unfaltering exuberance and a glow-in-the-dark microphone. Rather than flood their set with new material, Incubus spaced out their 90 minute show with songs from all their albums, stretching back as far as ‘Vitamin’ off the band’s major label debut S.C.I.E.N.C.E. Morning View featured heavily throughout, with Incubus performing five songs off the disc including the explosive ‘Under My Umbrella’ which I’m pretty sure hadn’t been played in Sydney before, and I’ve been to all their shows. Fanboy? Totes fanboy. Tunes off A Crow Left Of The Murder gave guitarist Mike Einziger his opportunity to shine, with dexterous guitar lines and extended jams in ‘Pistola’ and ‘Sick, Sad Little World’, which also showcased the drumming of the underrated Jose Pasillas. And while the crowd loved every minute of it, their adoration came to a peak for the tunes off Incubus’ signature album Make Yourself, in particular ‘Stellar’ and the singalong song, ‘Drive’. Pipa in hand, Incubus retired as peacefully as they had began, closing the set out with the wistful ‘Aqueous Transmission’, another song that hadn’t been played in Sydney before. It’s music that won’t capture the collective conscience of the world like it did at the turn of the millennium, but there’ll always be a place in my heart for a bit of Incubus rock and roll.

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The concept for this party was awesome. Hire a big fuck-off cruiser, set up soundsytems on each of the three levels, book some shit hot DJs including Nuyorican Nickodemus and funky Germans Mo Horizons, and get everybody to wave their hands in the air as we floated around the Harbour all night. The weather was kind and it was a beautifully clear night. People were talking up those other ships, the QE2 and that smaller, crappier one, but there was no way people on board those two junkbuckets were partying it up like we were. The rooftop (do you call it that on a boat?) was crammed early and people started getting loose to some old skool hip hop up there. The dancing was made all the more amusing by the swell that rocked us back and forth, it was dangerous to get too excited ‘cause you might lose your footing, but the tunes were so fucking dope. The thought of being the one dickhead who fell overboard and ruined the party kept a lid on my flashy footwork. The middle floor was home to some deeper house and disco sounds. “Chicago, Chicago, Chicago…” we heard over and over again, some of that Theo Parrish style hypnotic shit. Downstairs they mixed it up with some latin/salsa type jams early. Then MoHo gave us a little from the uptempo club jazz spectrum, a la their specialty, and by the time Nickodemus came on I’d had about 10 Coronas and was fully feeling everything he dropped. Can you believe it? Then he rinsed us home with some jazzy jump-up drum n bass. The music was awesome all afternoon/ night really. Big up whoever dropped Color Climax ‘Disque O Heights’, that track is a nu-disco demon! Crowd was totally rocking too, such an up-for-it bunch of people. Cheers to all my new mates I met on board and especially to the girls I was poledancing with, wish I could remember your names. Massive nautical hi-five to Jembe for putting the whole shindig together. People, if they do another one, you need to be on board.

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INTERPOL

Hordern Pavilion Thursday February 21 There is something of the deeply claustrophobic about Interpol’s music, it’s more conducive to stalking around city streets, earphones jammed in with the volume cranked – or moodily stewing over your most recent breakup, Scotch in hand – than it is to the communal catharsis of seeing it live. Only because Interpol live never really reaches the point of the communal when the band can’t quite let go of their New York cool and bridge the gap between band and audience. If it weren’t for diminutive guitarist Daniel Kessler and his propensity to go apeshit – throwing all manner of terrific guitar hero shapes, Interpol would barely have a stage show at all. Paul Banks utters barely a word throughout the night, and the lighting leaves the band as silhouettes for most of the show. Live Interpol are

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now joined by a keyboardist to fill out the layerings of the record, who sits in the darkened wings of the stage without acknowledgement. The sound however, was magnificent, proving again that it can be done and that deafening levels of feedback are not a Hordern given. The overall feeling is of something of a disconnect – the band feel very, very far from the audience – and the applause, though sometimes reaching fevered, is strangely subdued, almost reverent. It’s as if noone wants to risk letting it all hang out in their reverie, you’ve got to keep your hat at its ever so slightly right angle. Is this really rock and roll? It seems to imply so many rules about what’s hip to really be so. The biggest reactions are reserved without surprise, for the material from Turn On The Bright Lights, a record that struck such a life altering chord with everyone who bought it. The encore consists almost exclusively of these songs, so well loved. I remember seeing Interpol tour that record at the Metro, and their show worked perfectly in a club. Which is the problem in a nutshell, they’re still playing that same club show, only on a massive stage. They haven’t quite mastered the art of communicating on that scale. If they ever do stop worrying so much about looking cool, they’ll be well on the way to filling the shoes of the bands they so clearly aspire to.

Elmo Keep

MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK CARTEL Metro Theatre Monday February 25

I almost cried with tears of excitement & joy when I read this year’s Soundwave lineup. This was quickly followed by tears of frustration and sadness when I realised to my utter horror that I would be unable to attend the Sydney event. So many top class international and local bands on my doorstep and me missing out on all of the action. So imagine my relief when the Side Waves were announced. There were hard decisions to make with the start of the week crammed full of side shows, most nights playing host to at least 2 shows. I’m sure that I missed some great bands but as I’ve yet to learn the skills required to be in 2 places at once a choice had to be made. So first up, Motion City Soundtrack at the Metro, a smooth yet cheeky way to ease into the week. Cartel offered a set full of quirky, fun tracks including ‘Sat Anything (Else)’, ‘Honestly’ and ‘The Fortunate’. The band were musically sound but delivered a straight up performance with little crowd interaction, hardly surprising seeing as this was only the day after Soundwave. If the audience weren’t personally engaged by Will Pugh it was certainly made up for by the warm embrace offered by Justin Pierre of Motion City Soundtrack. Bursting with energy and self depreciating comments Justin led the crowd in a sing song of all of MCS best known tracks. ‘Lets Get Fucked Up and Die’ and ‘Better Open

The Door’ were standouts of the night and the harder “Make Out Kids” got the crowd moving. Stage change overs between bands was excessively long. Short sets and long changeovers make for a really disjointed show. Throw in the fact that the house lights never went down fully and the night seemed more like a youth centre showcase than a festival side show. However I still got to see a band that rocked the house and I count myself lucky for that.

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SOUNDWAVE 2008 Sydney Park Sunday February 24

Welcome to Soundwave 2008, peoples. Swept up in a sea of 20,000 attendees, and an “are they all really necessary” police presence, Sydney Park was the place to be if you had a fringe and a chip on your shoulder; or sporting a fluorocolour hairdo. Unfortunately for me, I had neither; but that was my fault... Several last minute line-up changes stranded many fans who had come to see their idols and missed them because of the changes, creating a slight sense of chaos that permeated throughout the day. Lines for this, lines for that, putrid toilets - you get the drift. So after battling through the aforementioned ‘chaos’, I caught a couple of tracks from Scary Kids Scaring Kids (who did nothing of the sort) who clearly enjoyed the fact they were playing a festival many moons out of their own orbit.

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New York City’s finest exports since police corruption and pretzels, electrometal-dance-rocker-punks Mindless Self Indulgence provided the festival go-ers with a well-needed boost of ADD-fuelled confusion. As an avid follower of this band, I was shocked - and pleasantly surprised - to see just how hardcore a following these guys have amassed in this country. From the moment frontman Jimmy Urine pranced out onto the stage, the ‘crowd of all ages’ launched into a frenzy that relented only after the band had left the stage. Blitzing through tunes from their decade-old back catalogue, as well as roadtesting some killer new material from their forthcoming album, MSI displayed all the energy and precision of a band on a mission: to blow the crowd away. Urine led the enthusiastic audience in singing nighon every word of every track, often leaving it entirely up to the crowd, and the kids lapped it up. Hands-down - MSI are a band to watch. Now. Thursday seemed right at home on a big festival stage. As the opening riff of hit ‘Understanding a Car Crash’ boomed from the PA, both crowd and band erupted. Singer Geoff Rickly proclaimed his love for Australia, proudly stating “I married a girl from Newtown!” before instructing the already wild ‘pit to run in circles, which they did with glee. Saosin, too, were razor-tight, and proved their worth. Incubus once again put in another rocksolid performance. Brandon Boyd was often overcome by the crowd response, and the whole band clearly revelled in the adoration. As the night had cooled my sunburnt face, the chants for Offspring rang in my ears, as I slowly disappeared into the night...

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NEWS Madball are back in Australia and play the Manning Bar on March 7. Death Before Dishonor are also in on the action. Saxon had to reschedule their tour of Australia last year, and finally the dates can be announced! May 7 is the new date at the Forum for Sydneysiders. Already purchased tickets are still valid! Soilwork (who will be touring Australia in the coming months) have parted ways with guitarist Ola Frenning. The decision was made after the band realised Ola couldn’t keep up with the demands of touring. The band have secured the services of David Andersson to fill in on their upcoming tours of Australia, Japan and Southeast Asia. In Australia they play The Manning Bar on May 14. Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta and Down guitarist Kirk Windstein will release their collaborative project, Kingdom Of Sorrow in the coming months. Their selftitled, debut album is streaming from their MySpace now! I Killed The Prom Queen are reforming for a final “farewell” tour! The Sydney date hasn’t been confirmed at the time of printing, but hopefully should be announced very soon! Throwdown have been added to the enormous Korn tour that hits the Sydney Entertainment Centre on April 20. Biohazard and Chimaira are also on the bill. Trevor Keith, the former frontman of Face To Face, has released his first solo album, Melancholics Anonymous. Trevor is stating this album picks up where FTF’s 1998 indie-influenced album Ignorance Is Bliss left off. March 18 will see the release of the upcoming Bury Your Dead album, imaginatively titled Bury Your Dead. This will mark the band’s first album with new vocalist Myke Terry. Recent tourists All Shall Perish have announced they will enter the studio in April to record their next album. New Found Glory will release their new EP Tip of the Iceberg on April 29 through Bridge Nine Records. The EP woll also feature an additional full-length album from the band’s side project - The International Superheroes of Hardcore. After declaring their own, independently run World tour – Horse The Band will kick off this enormous task in Australia. They play March 5 at the Metro Theatre. Kottonmouth Kings will be smoking

Madball (literally) their way around the country this week. They play the Gaelic on March 7 and the Cambridge Hotel on March 8. Hed(PE) and Big B join them on all dates of the national tour. And as national tours go, Gyroscope are into their largest to date in support of their newie, Breed Obsession. Apart from playing Newton’s Playground, Grinspoon will also be at the Roundhouse (Lic/AA) on March 7 with Many Machines on Nine. The Dirtbombs have a fanatical following in Australia, and the fans will be out in force at the Oxford Art Factory on March 8. Rocket Science are also on the bill. And Tiger Army hit Australia this week as well, playing The Metro on March 9 with Zombie Ghost Train and The Wrath.

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PROFILE

Newton’s Playground Festival Mount Panorama in Bathurst is set to explode this week with Newton’s Playground. It’s a rock festival (with Grinspoon, Gyroscope, Urthboy, Many Machines On 9, Fifty Sixx and more) as well as a gravity fuelled showcase. You can check out Extreme Sports such as Bmx bikes, rock climbing, skydiving and lots more – it features the World’s biggest extreme stars. Make sure you’re there!

TOUR DATES

Madball March 7 – Manning Bar (Lic/AA) Gyroscope March 6 – Wollongong Uni March 7 – Roxy Theatre, Parramatta Kottonmouth Kings March 7 – Gaelic Club March 8 – Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle Tiger Army March 9 – Metro Theatre (Lic/AA) The Hot Lies March 14 – Uni Bar, Wollongong March 15 – Bizzos, Caringbah March 16 – Oasis Youth Centre (AA) The Butterfly Effect March 20 – Castle Hill RSL

CD REVIEW

Grinspoon Dates March 8 – Newton's Playground Festival, Bathurst

March 21 0 Selina’s Nightclub Whitesnake March 28 – Enmore Theatre Coheed & Cambria March 31 – UNSW Roundhouse Maylene And The Sons of Disaster April 5 – UNSW Roundhouse WASP April 8 – Metro Theatre Pennywise / Sum 41 / The Vandals / Bowling For Soup April 11 – Big Top, Luna Park (Lic/AA) – Sold Out April 12 – Big Top, Luna Park (Lic/AA) Flogging Molly April 12 – The Forum

KOTTONMOUTH KINGS Greatest Highs

With their tour fast approaching its timely that the Kottonmouth Kings put out their greatest hits (or highs). Even the oldest of fans will love this release. It's wrapped up nicely over two CDs and includes a great cross-section of their albums. And yes, their collaboration with Cyrpess Hill ('Put It Down') and Insane Clown Posse ('Think 4 Yourself') are included! Well worth adding to your collection. 50 :: BRAG :: 251 :: 03:03:08

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STATUESQUE

Our position on that statue of Bon Scott that was unveiled in Perth on 24 February? Kinda mixed to be honest. On one hand, it’s the result of a lot of hard work and is obviously a huge and well deserved honour for the man and his family who we’re sure are quite rightly chest bustingly proud. A public monument in bronze that reportedly cost $100,000 is a statement that ain’t to be sneezed at and it’s not a bad likeness either. But on the other, and we say with this with greatest respect to man himself, the statue also in a sense legitimises a music and a lifestyle that was never, ever meant to socially acceptable and was in fact specifically designed - for want of a better term - to be the domain and refuge of outlaws. Like Bon. On that level it sends a message that, to us anyway, that’s something like this: “You see Mary, that nasty rock n’ roll music isn’t so bad afterall. It’s actually quite nice isn’t it?” And this unspoken sentiment to a world where rock n’ roll continues to be diluted and cleaned up and quietened down so as not to offend the neighbours or the environment, where the coma inducing mediocre are celebrated with such breathless enthusiasm that you’d think someone had just discovered fire or the wheel. (Subtext in case you missed our point: there’s an enormous amount of shit music around now that’s being promoted well above its station). So while the man himself might get a giggle out of his image being on permanent public display and be quietly more than a little chuffed by the recognition after slaving his guts out for much of his short life there’s something about an image of a man who was THE rock n’ roller and almost thirty years after his tragic passing still is, who embodied a gleeful “fuck you” attitude with a sparkle in his eyes being shat on by pigeons and possibly acting as the half way rest point on some corporate exec’s early morning, pre skinny latte walk.

BLUNTLY SPEAKING… We’ve always had a great deal of respect for Noel Gallagher here at Remedy; he’s a stone killer on his feet with a wit like a heated

scapel, a very short fuse for bullshit of any description and as a singer, guitarist and songwriter he has few if any equals. And according to the Telegraph, we now have one more reason to admire the great man; he’s selling his holiday home in Ibiza. Why? Simple; James Blunt lives nearby. We can see the hand painted sign out the front now: “Forced sale cos of that sad Blunt.”

SINFUL

Former Georgia Satellite geetarist and vocal drawler, Dan Baird and Warner Hodges, the geetar acrobat with Jason and The Scorchers - who’s axe slinging antics make Maiden’s Janick Gers look like a beginner - have teamed up in a smokin’ new band called Homemade Sin. The Scorchers and the Satellities touring together many times in the late eighties and undoubtedly levelled everywhere they went. Homemade Sin are destined to do the same.

MAXIMUM CROWING

US superficial male types’ mag, Maxim have lost a little duco after a scrap in connection with their review of the Black Crowes’ new slab, Warpaint which is due out this week. You see they apparently reviewed it without actually hearing it as the advance copies had yet to be issued by the time they were going to press. Accordingly, the “review” was done on a wing and a prayer with a white stick and one of those loveable guide dogs. When The Crowes’ people got excited - no doubt in part because the slab is meant to kick start the new phase of the band’s career and the review damned them with the faint praise of a mere 2.5 star rating - they were told that it was “an educated guess”. We’re pretty damn certain it’s not the first time this sort of thing has occurred in the music and mag biz but this was made that much worse because its been publicly played out.

NEAR MISS!

We’ve all heard of music saving souls but in the case of The Scientists’ sonic stormbringing guitarist, Tony Thewlis, the stuff may well have saved his life recently. The now London native was of course part of the excellent Don’t Look Back gig series which saw The Scientists team spectacularly with Sonic Youth. Had Thewlis not be on tour and been in the UK he would have been on the front seat of his regular bus when it ploughed into a bridge injuring six people. Quite possibly including him.

ON THE TURNTABLE On the Remedy turntable is The Yardbirds’ BBC Sessions which smokes more and more as they progress, with Jeff Beck particularly. Aerosmith’s classic, Rocks which along with Toys In The Attic set up their legendary status has also been getting a seeing to. Down’s Over The Under has been copping it too. On the guitar front it’s so much more than just a single dimension, by the numbers riffing exercise and Phil Anselmo roars like he’s at the top of a mountain that he and he alone owns. The old saying that it takes three slabs to fully realise a vision is very much the case with this thumper.

REISSUE ROUNDUP

Those deluxe reissues that we love so dearly here at Remedy continue this month with Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Street Survivors and then in April, a repackaging of Mudhoney’s era defining, Superfuzz Bigmuff.

TOUR AND INDUSTRY NEWS *On 6 March the Annandale has Jay Reatard who’s glorious 1977 UK punk pop anthem flavoured slab, Blood Visions was one of the best to come out of 2007. He’s being joined by droner kings, Dead Farmers along with high energy punks, Yes Nukes and Straight Arrows. The latest contender for show of the year we reckon. And there’s already been some lulus. *Melbourne’s quite rightly hugely tipped Eddy Current Suppression Ring have finished work on their new slab. Get the t shirt or tatt now before it’s too damn late. *On 8 March at The Oxford Art Factory there’s The Dirtbombs with Rocket

Science and The Disbelievers. *There’s some real cool side shows coming out of this years’ V Festival with The Jesus and Mary Chain at the Enmore on 2 April and Queens of the Stone Age at the Big Top at Luna Park on 28 March. *The clearly still highly durable phenomenon that is Korn return in April with a monster bill that includes Biohazard who have reunited to commemorate their 20th anniversary, Chimaira, Throwdown and Bloodsimple. On 20 April they’re at the Entertainment Centre. *On 8 March Lycanthia, Shackles and Paradigm are at the Lansdowne for free.

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Bandits VS Starfuckers in Phoenix, Health Club VS Dynamite in QBar, PASH VS Fools Gold in Spectrum and Black Cherry VS Rock n Roll Mutha Fucker in Vegas. Sunday 23 March, 10 till late Tickets on sale NOW through www.moshtix.com.au & Moshtix outlets: $16.50 Presale [ Last party sold out ]

ANNANDALE HOTEL

International relations are the order of this week at the Annandale Hotel... Thursday JAY REATARD (US); Friday THE SEA AND CAKE (US); Saturday THE BRUNETTES (NZ); Sunday FUTURE OF THE LEFT (USA)... Jager Uprising will be representing our homeland with DECADES, DIE MAGIC BAND and WEICHGOTCHKE taking the stage on Wednesday night...$10 jugs, $3 champagnes, $5 Jagers to wash them down...it’s the Aussie way.” Jay Reatard

ALBION HOTEL

Live music every Friday after work, this Fri 7th with Tim Pringle from 6pm. More live music on Saturday 8th with Dora D from 7pm, and again on Sunday 9th at 2.30pm with the laidback chilled soul of Ray Mann in the courtyard followed by guest band Keep The Faith rockin’ the gasworks big rig at 6pm, all for nix. Top local DJs have established a rep for Gasworks as Western Sydney’s leading weekend venue til late every Friday and Saturday. Nobby Grooves and Kareem rock the Friday shift from 10pm, and Andy Marc, Jorgie J, Charlie Jay and Matt Hoare kick out the party jams on Saturdays from 10pm. Not forgetting Thursday regulars Shaun Keble, Matt Hoare and DJ Fresh dropping the needle on your favourite RnB and NuSoul on Thursdays from 9pm. The Jam Thing continues every Monday, a chance for musicians old and new to experience the Gasworks state-of-the-art production. My Way interactive performance night (OK, karaoke then) returns every Wednesday - prizes for the best performers and costumes. Great late night pizzas from the bistro, supercool summer beergarden including funky Pavilion with daybeds and banquettes, chic interior styling, hi-tech production facilities in the Gasworks venue. Coming soon, Salsa Carnival on Sun 16th with Son Veneno and DJ Suave. In the heart of Parramatta at George and Harris Sts. Details online at the all new website, www.albionhotel.com.au

GAELIC CLUB

With Jim Beam bringing us 3 new big screen TV’s that allow us to screen what is happening on stage onto the screens the Gaelic is now catering for the vertically challenged people of Australia. Kottonmouth Kings are making their first trip to Australia and this is going to be a huge show almost sold out and with support acts hed(PE) and Big B the moshpit will be a ravening mass unseen under this roof

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CHROME <3’S

Massive night in store at CHROME HEARTS this week. FIrst off it is HEARTATTACK’S BIRTHDAY, so come down early cause she’ll probably be underneath the dj booth if you get there late (you know, heaps drunk and shit). THE GETAWAY PLAN are also coming down to do a bit of a GUEST DJ set after their show and from what I’ve heard you wont want to miss it. Finally we have copies of the new GYROSCOPE ALBUM to giveaway thanks to WARNER and STAPLE plus we’ll be playing a bunch of songs of it. DJ’s all night, cheap drinks all night, fun times all night. $3 beers, $4 spirits, $7 Jagerbombs & Vodka Redbulls. $10/$8 with an ad, Doors 9pm, photos @ myspace.com/ chromeheartssydney Saturday March 8 at The Forbes, Cnr King and York St in the city

CLUB BLINK

Frankenbok released their Murder of Songs album last September but haven’t had the chance to tour in earnest yet due to complications with Azzabok’s badly busted leg. It’s on the mend now, 2 operations later and thanks to a Robocop leg brace and insertion of a titanium rod. Meanwhile, Frankenbok’s first order of business will be to destroy Sydney @ Club Blink, Friday March 14, 2008. It will show case the Bok’s new line up and an extensive Bok catalogue. This is a 1 night only preview to the tour Frankenbok will be embarking on for the rest of the year when they release their brand new EP - The

Last Ditch Redemption in April through Prime Cuts Records. The tour will be called The other side of Hell Tales of Murder and Redemption and will see the band doing laps of Aus, NZ, the world and elsewhere. For more info check out your local sewing circles, gossip columns and maybe www.myspace.com/frankenbok

COLLINGWOOD HOTEL

Friday 7th Urban Soul Lounge presents PMoney launching hios new album Unreleased Joints and Remixes, along with Mystro performing his track live, plus DJ Loda, Crazy Caz and MC Buddy Luv. Still the best old skool night in the Southwest after four years at the top. Updates and details online at www.myspace.com/uslliverpool. The place for hip hop, soul an’ RnB every Friday, brought to you by the UMA-winning Red Room team. Also at the Collingwood, DJ PJ runs Saturdays with a cool mix of commercial dance, RnB and soul. Plus karaoke every Thursday from 8pm. 321 Hume Highway, Liverpool, ph 9602 8005.

EXCHANGE HOTEL

It’s a while off but well worth keeping the date free in your diary… Easter Sunday Long weekend see’s “We Had Parties” take over the whole Exchange complex (Q BAR, SPECTRUM, PHOENIX, 34B, VEGAS BAR) 10 of Sydney’s favourite clubs come together across 5 rooms, over 3 levels which see’s Hotdamn VS Purple Sneakers in 34B,

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CANDY’S APARTMENT

There is loads of fun stuff happening at Candy’s this week starting from Thursday and no ending till Saturday!!! Thursday 6th brings back New rock Collective are back with an awesosme selection of rock bands ready to blow you away!!! The Mexican Dolls, The Paris Crash and Unicorns Revenge. Friday 7th Disco Disco is heading to Candy’s with a mix of live acts and DJs starting at 8 and ending whenever. So here is how its going down playing live we have Bright Yellow, Rocketsmiths and Inheritors….. As for the DJs Ghetto Ruckus, Trahsbags Posse DJs, Chris Dork and Jeremy. Saturday 8th and all new night launches out of Candy’s Apartment Racket an all new indie electro clash night here for you to play with!!! The night starts nice and early at 8pm with Bands Killing The Ritual, Hearts and Stepping Stone Theory. It then transitions into Electro clash DJs of Ember, The Game Boys, Boonie, Clark Kent, Soti, The Tourists, Ruckus & Dupe and Northie. The weekend is going to b huge so head down to where else? Candy’s Apartment!!!!So head down to where else? Candy’s Apartment!

In the Ghetto this week, we’ll be hosting our usual antics of crazed out drinks and amazing kids that will no doubt get you in the mood to party all night long, get down early and take full advantage of the amazing drink prices, $4 SPIRITS $5 LONGNECKS!! Seriously cant be beat on a Friday night, furthermore we have a secret surprise drink special in stall for all of you that are interested, email nick@ghettoblastersydney.com with the magic words! And I shall reveal! We also have a super secret performer! But my lips are sealed at this point in time, what can I say I like suprises!All your favourite Ghetto DJs as per usual! Get down to Q bar on the7th of March to check out the action and get your party on! I know I will

Jeff Duff

GOLDEN SHEAF

In the middle of the eastern suburbs between the city and the beaches, the Golden Sheaf at Double Bay is one of Sydney’s landmark venues. Now with live music and DJs Tuesday to Sunday, plus DJs late. DJ Daddyjazz spins a reggae and soul mix with a world music flavour every Tuesday. Jeff Duff’s genetically modified take on the Bowie and Sinatra songbooks continues every Wednesday. KaBoom play Thur 6th, Fatback Fourway mix funk, extended jams and phat disco on Fri 7th. Masterpiece play Sat 8th and Miss P does her soul thing on Sun 9th from 6.30, after Sloppy Joe’s afternoon session. Upstairs, Soda Bar and Deck Bar DJs include Pitty the Kid, Sari, Young Apprentice, Paul Master and Toby Wilson. And it’s all free. Full programme online at the new look www.goldensheaf.com.au

HOT DAMN! BIG TOP LUNA PARK

Olodum is an internationally acclaimed Afro-Brazilian cultural group from Bahia, Brazil. Olodum (pronounced oh-lo-doon) was founded in 1979 as a bloco afro (African Bloc), a Bahian Carnival association highlighting African heritage and black pride through music, dance theatre, and art. From their home city of Salvador da Bahia in Northeast Brazil (often described as the most African city in the Americas), Olodum has dedicated itself to cultural activism in the struggle against racial discrimination and socioeconomic inequality. Olodum consists of 22 people, of which 17 people will be on stage at one time. Brazilian Touch are bring them in for three Australia wide shows expecting to get between 1700 – 2800 people to each performance. Sydney 20th March 2008 – Luna Park, Big Top - tickets through ticketek or www. bigtopsydney.com

Summer was fucked. Fuck that shit. It was miserable all the time. I’m sick of it. Apart from one or two days I probably wore jeans like every day and that is rubbish. At least now the weather has an excuse for being fucked. HOT DAMN is coming blasting out of summer with a huge night featuring TRIAL KENNEDY and SCAB (from Germany, not sure what part). Expect all the usual suspect DJ’s (see what I did there) plus a few new ones. Our GOOD FRIDAY EVE PARTY is going to be massive check the myspace REGULARLY and you’ll probably cop a bulletin about it. $3 Beers, $4 Spirits and $6 Longnecks all night. $10/8 with an ad Doors 8pm. www.myspace.com/hotdamnsydney Thursday March 6 at Spectrum and Q Bar, 34 Oxford St Darlinghurst

“He came from New York city man, but he couldn't take the pace He thought it was like dog eat dog world ” - NICK CAVE 52 :: BRAG :: 251 :: 03:03:08

FRI 07 MAR + hed (PE) + BIG B

KOTTONMOUTH KINGS (US)

SAT 08 MAR

NEPALESE PARTY

WED 12 MAR

RON SEXSMITH (CAN)

THU 20 MAR

FRI 21 MAR

SAT 22 MAR

feat DJ RAJU

+ KRISTA POLVERE

FUTURE IS NOW (LIC A/A) feat YOUNG & RESTLESS + TIC TOC TOKYO + THE WAHAS + THE JEZABELS + WOW + LIONS AT YOUR DOOR

STAY TUNED IT’S BIG LAYO & BUSHWACKA! (UK) + SWEET CHILLI CREW + KIERON C

FRI 28 MAR + SHORT STACK + SPECIAL GUEST

ACID EYELINER (LIC A/A)

JUST ANNOUNCED * EASTER PARTY * ESSENTIAL FESTIVAL * THE MESS HALL

COMING SOON A SOUND MIND

FRI 14th MAR

SOUND CASINO + INAKIN

SAT 15th MAR

WEDDINGS, PARTIES, ANYTHING

FRI 4th APR

WEDDINGS, PARTIES, ANYTHING

SAT 5th APR

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE GO TO WWW.THEGAELIC.COM

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to apply for free membership (cheap drinks, perks, etc) and a free gift. Last weeks membership enquirer’s received Loaded GPS receivers! 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/ WEARELOADEDIf 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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SMARTS

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The Sando

SANDRINGHAM

Friday night, we’ve got the return of Dallas Frasca and Her Gentleman. If blues/roots is your thing, this is the night for you as Dallas is incomparable and puts on a awe-inspiring show. On Saturday night, it’s only $2 ENTRY for a great night of hardcore. Yes, that’s right $2 baby!!!!! Bands are Beyond Terror Beyond Grace, Anal Discharge (Newcastle), Kill A Celebrity and Bulémaconda. Oh yeah. Sandringham Hotel, 387 King St, Newtown.

LOADED

We heard that the DOMINO RECORDS launch last week was so good that even Peter Garrett showed up (true!). And so to this week. For Loaded, festivals have always been a unique part of the music experience and this is still to some extent true, despite the fact that nowadays there are more festivals than gigs. The problem being of course that shoddily arranged festivals featuring the same 4 core bands are everywhere at the moment and as a result the quality control is being neglected. Luckily, this Friday THE PLAYGROUND WEEKENDER turns up at Wisemans Ferry and in one weekend saves the Festival circuit legacy singlehandedly. Ian Brown, The Wombats, Ben Lee, Josh Pyke, Crazy Penis, Etc, etc, etc are all showing up along with, yes you guessed it, LOADED, LOADED, LOADED. Loaded being Loaded has decided to kick off proceedings a

day early so this Thursday Loaded hosts an extra special Pre Weekender night featuring some Parkinson-esque special guests (no clues, no clues) and lashings of distinctly Loaded-esque rock n roll antics If you love music you’ll want to get along to the night… It’s gonna be good. **On the night Loaded has it’s final allocation of tickets to give away to the festival so email them now and be glad you read BRAG. **As well as all the goings on mentioned so far, the lads will also be unleashing brand new stuff from the likes of ELBOW, THE KOOKS, BLACK KIDS, HOT CHIP, GLASVEGAS, EXPATRIATE, ADELE, FOALS, YOUNG KNIVES, SUPERGRASS, THE COURTEENERS, CAJUN DANCE PARTY, RADIOHEAD, THE WOMBATS, BABYSHAMBLES, KATE NASH, ARCTIC MONKEYS, - Yep that’s right – all of ‘em! You can also use the loaded email address

TRASH

Bert Newton! Mystic Jaguar

MUM

Are you missing out on the Playground Weekender? Don’t worry; MUM will serve you up a tasty warm slice of the action pie this Friday with THE LOVETONES. These guys have some seriously catchy tunes- even catchier than the flu or plague! ZIGGIE FLAX and ONE FLEW EAST will be supporting, which equals a night of extreme indie joy. Spinning up a storm on the dance floor is MUM’s dream team: Mystic Jaguar, Hot Galoshes, Reubz vs Goon, James Le Pew, K-von, 1 Arm Bandit. Psst, if you are going to Playgrounder- MUM has a whole stage there, make sure you check it out. Friday nights @ The World Bar, 24 Bayswater Rd. Kings X

This Saturday get set to get wet as MZ ANN THROPIK tears apart the stage at Trash supported by interstate band THE WRATH and local band CHAIR LIKE ISSUES. Backed by some of the most popular djs in Australia playing over all levels of the venue, this event is going to kick some serious ass and to make it even bigger, after the bands finish, the Ground Floor turns into a GRUNGE PARTY with DJ Bzurk & Snowflake playing a mix of all the best Grunge Bands ever: Nirvana, Everclear, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and much much more. Up on the Liquid Buzz level: DJs Bzurk, Absynth and M!Veg mix up punk, pop, indie, rock and elektro tunes to make you go nutz!! Trash is kicking complete ass, check it out for yourself!! This Saturday we also hots the Hed Pe afterparty, $5 entry for people with hed pe stamps!! Trash Saturdays!! Agincourt Hotel

Mz Ann Thropik

Bert Newton began his career in 1956, the same year that television was launched in Australia, this makes him quite old. Bert Newton has won three gold Logies because people liked the things he did on TV. Bert Newton is married to Patti Newton and made lots of money hosting Good Morning Australia.

PURPLE SNEAKERS

The air was thick with moisture as I approached the entrance. Just visible from the doorway was the writhing mass of sweaty bodies. Strangers on the outside, but now dancing and grinding together in what looked like a tribal initiation ceremony. The melodic beats drew me closer, a new, exotic sensation ignited within me…..is it love? Nah fuck that, it’s just another night at Sneakers! Spinning on the wheels of plastic we have a super, super special guest DJ, the original lord of leisure, Johnny Segment (Britpop!). Supporting him this week are Purple Sneakers DJs Nick Findlay, DJ Fle and the original genre-mashing mix dude PhDJ. Also stopping by is Classics DJs Coco & Shambles playing a mega late, all Aussie, 4am indie set! This week we will be launching The Kills brand new album Midnight Boom thanks to our awesome Friends at Domino/EMI.

“I can hear my mother wailing and a whole lot of scraping of chairs” - NICK CAVE 54 :: BRAG :: 251 :: 03:03:08

FREE

Bobby Flynn, Abby Dobson, Irwin Thomas (aka Jack Jones), Travis Collins, Ngaiire, Erin Marshall, Zkye and the Dave Bova Guitar Trio

11am - sunset Sunday 9 March Bicentennial Park

www.sydneyolympicpark.com.au/acoustica

BRAZILIAN TOUCH RESTAURANT PROUDLY PRESENTS

World acclaimed percussion band from BRAZIL Where: QPAC

www.bigtopsydney.com / 1300 BigTop Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au / 132840

Tickets: www.qtix.com.au / Phone 136246

BRISBANE:

Where: THE BIG TOP, Luna Park

Tickets: TicketMaster 136100

When: March 18

When: March 20

Where: The Arts Centre, Hamer Hall

SYDNEY:

MELBOURNE: When: March 25

More information: info@braziliantouch.com.au or phone 07 3252 1700

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pick of the week

MARCH 7TH, 8TH & 9TH

Heath Burdell Novotel Homebush, Homebush Bay free 5pm Hemispheres: Idan Raichel Project (Israel) Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House $49–$65 7.30pm Hitseekers Ettamogah Pub, Rouse Hill free 6.30pm Horse The Band (USA) Metro Theatre, Sydney $24.20 (+ bf) 8pm Jager Uprising: The Decades, Die Magic Band, Weichgekochtes_i Annandale Hotel free 8pm Pet Cemetery Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst free 9pm The Sunpilots, Mandi Jarry The Vanguard, Newtown $15 (+ bf) 7pm Toto (USA) Enmore Theatre $106–$112.60 (A Res) 8.30pm

JAZZ

Ian Brown

Playground Weekender

Kruder & Dorfmeister (Austria), Ian Brown (UK), Maximo Park (UK), Ben Lee, Tiefschwarz, LTJ Bukem (UK), Kora (New Zealand), Steve Bug, Spirit Catcher, Poxymusic, bluejuice, Crazy Penis (UK), The Wombats (UK), Ben Watt (UK), Kid Kenobi, Mo’Horizons (Germany), South Rakkas Crew (USA), The Paper Scissors, Stick Figures, Josh Pyke, Norman Jay, Tom Middleton (UK), Tom Middleton (UK), Dappled Cities Fly, Ralph Lawson (UK), Poxymusic, Dardanelles, Theatre Of Disco, The Holidays, Will Saul (UK), The E.L.F., The Cut, Belles Will Ring, Steve Sole Middleton, Russ Dewbury (UK), The Heat, Telefunken, Alex Taylor, The Lovetones, Grafton Primary, Declan Lee, Ben Korbel, The Devoted Few, The Seabellies, Mo Funk, Jimmi Polar, Craig Obey, Cassette Kids, Ash Le Rouge, John Glover, John Devecchis, The Jezabels, Michael Doney, Reptiles, The Pip Branson Corporation, Jamie Lloyd, Mojada, The John Steel Singers, PTY LTD, Regal, Fretless, Homegrown, Stevie Sole, Urthboy, Cassette Kids

Del Rio Riverside Resort, Wisemans Ferry $89 (day ticket)–$180 (weekend)

MONDAY MARCH 3 ROCK & POP Emma Courtney The Observer Hotel, The Rocks free 9.30pm Howl it Down, The DC5 Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills $10 8pm Jade Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown free 8pm Jon McLaughlin (USA), Alisa Fedele The Vanguard, Newtown $20 (+ bf)–$25 (at door) 7pm Loudon Wainwright III (USA), Lucy Wainwright Roche (USA) The Basement, Circular Quay $70 (+ bf) 9.30pm Michael McGlynn Sofitel Wentworth Sydney free 5.30pm Singer Songwriter Night Vic on the Park Hotel, Marrickville $5 7pm The Jam Thing Gasworks Nightclub, Albion Hotel, Parramatta free 7pm

JAZZ Blue Track: The Jaraka Collective Hollywood Hotel, Surry Hills $5 9pm Bonnie J Jensen Dee Why RSL Club free 6pm Peter Head Hero of Waterloo free 7pm

ACOUSTIC/FOLK Hemispheres: Cesaria Evora (Cape Verde) Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House $75–$115 8pm Kieran Glasgow Cock ‘n’ Bull Tavern, Bondi Junction free 7pm Songwriter Sessions Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills free 7.30pm 56 :: BRAG :: 251 :: 03:03:08

COUNTRY

Rob Eastwood Dee Why RSL Club free 6pm

Jammasaurus Rex Band, Mark Kirk, Steve Shepherd Royal Exchange, Windsor free 8pm

ACOUSTIC/FOLK

TUESDAY MARCH 4 ROCK & POP Bass People Launch: Steve Hunter, Dauno Martinez Annandale Hotel free (guestlist) 8pm Books at the Bank: Mark Seymour Bank Hotel, Newtown $10 (incl supper) 6.30pm Clare Bowditch, Dead Letter Chorus, Kate Duffy Roundhouse, Kensington free (student)–$10 7pm DBR (USA), DJ Scientific, Wynne Bennett The Studio, Sydney Opera House $25 (conc)–$35 8pm Expose Yourself Live House, Lewisham free 7pm Mick Vawdon The Observer Hotel, The Rocks free 9.30pm Rob Henry O’Malley’s Hotel, Darlinghurst free 9.30pm Rubix Cuba, Hearbtreak Club, Boadecea Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills $6 8pm Ruthie Foster (USA) The Basement, Circular Quay $38 (+ bf)–$40 (at door) 9.30pm Sandpit: Brian Campeau, Elana Stone Band, Heidi Elva Sandringham Hotel, Newtown free 8pm

JAZZ Bonnie J Jensen Sofitel Wentworth Sydney free 12pm James Muller Quartet, Dan Junior Trio Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills $10–$15 Peter Head Hero of Waterloo free 7pm

Dean Bennison Cock ‘n’ Bull Tavern, Bondi Junction free 7pm Hemispheres: Cesaria Evora (Cape Verde) Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House $75–$115 8pm Originals: Uber Lingua Presents “Gypsy Dub Sound System” and Guests Beach Road Hotel, Bondi free 8pm

COUNTRY Bryen Willems AB Hotel, Glebe free 8pm

WEDNESDAY MARCH 5 ROCK & POP Beirut (USA), Pikelet Manning Bar, Sydney University, Camperdown $38 (+ bf) 8pm Bernie Segedin The Observer Hotel, The Rocks free 9.30pm Chris Paton Northies, Cronulla free 8pm Corrina Steel, Bill Chambers, The Empty Horses Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills $10 8pm Cut Sic, Isaac Cole, Strikes, Manek Deboto Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills $6 8pm DBR (USA), DJ Scientific, Wynne Bennett The Studio, Sydney Opera House $25 (conc)–$35 8pm Garage to V: Tennis, Cassette Kids, Lions At Your Door, Manray, The Brunettes (New Zealand) Spectrum, Darlinghurst free (guestlist)–$15 (at door) 8pm Goodnight Dynamite O’Malley’s Hotel, Darlinghurst free 9.30pm

Betty Vale Marble Bar, Sydney free 8pm Dan Abeshouse Duo Sofitel Wentworth Sydney free 5.30pm Peter Head Hero of Waterloo free 7pm Places & Spaces: The Necks The Factory Theatre, Enmore $25 (conc)–$35 7pm Rachel Gaudry Dee Why RSL Club free 6pm The Musos Club Jam: Jim Finn, Al Britton Bald Faced Stag Hotel, Leichhardt free 8pm

ACOUSTIC/FOLK Acoustic Ladyland: Sepora, Catherine Traicos, Julie-Ann Glur Sandringham Hotel, Newtown $6 8pm Danny O’Keefe (USA), Kristina Olsen (USA), Peter Grayling The Basement, Circular Quay $35 (+ bf)–$39 (at door) 9.30pm Outlier, Jo’s Army, Alex Chilvers Cat & Fiddle Hotel, Balmain $8 8pm Steven Heath, Damn The Defiant The Oxford Tavern, Wollongong free 9.30pm

THURSDAY MARCH 5 ROCK & POP Ami Williamson Cornucopia Cafe, Gladesville $12 8pm AM 2 PM Northies Cronulla Hotel - Sports Bar free 8:30pm- Midnight Beach Ball: Van She, Damn Arms, bluejuice, Dardanelles, The Bag Raiders, Bandits DJs, The Jezabels, Ajax, The Potbelleez, Kato, Dan De Cares, Spruce Lee, Gameboy/Gamegirl, Catcall, Ro Sham Bo DJs, Anna Lunoe, Purple Sneakers DJs Manning Bar, Sydney University, Camperdown $15 (student)–$20 (+ bf) 8pm Brett Hunt Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown free 8pm Cambo Observer Hotel free 9.30pm - 1am Charlton Hill, Jack Carty, Minus

Circus Will and Toby’s, Darlinghurst $12 (+ bf)–$22 (dinner & show) 7pm Dave A Duo PJ Gallagher’s - Parramatta free 9pm - Midnight Hot Damn!: Trial Kennedy, SCAB (Germany), Best Friends, Spandex Sarah Spectrum, Darlinghurst $8 (guestlist)–$10 8pm ii, Seaworthy, Assemblage, Peter Hollo The Sound Lounge, Seymour Centre, Chippendale $12 (member)–$15 8pm Impromptu Marble Bar, Sydney free 9pm Jay Reatard (USA), Straight Arrows, Dead Farmers, Yes Nukes Annandale Hotel $20 (+ bf)–$25 (at door) 7.30pm Jo Meares & the Honey Riders, Red Zora, Bain Wolfkind Sandringham Hotel, Newtown 8pm Kelly Clarkson (USA), Sean Kingston (USA), Mandy Moore (USA) Sydney Entertainment Centre, Darling Harbour $86 7.30pm Live at The Loft: Jesse, Ray Mann Three, Bingethinkers, Omegaman, Rebel Bass (NZ), frequento, Bentley, mode & aggrovator The Loft, UTS, Ultimo free 5pm Lust, The Storm, Upfunk Creek, Fallen Silver Live House, Lewisham $10 8pm Mick Vawdon O’Malleys free 9.30pm - 1.30am Mr Percival Brass Monkey, Cronulla $14 (presale)–$15 (at door) 8pm Nathan Hudson, Sarah Kelly, Dash & Will The Vanguard, Newtown $20 (+ bf)–$25 (at door) 7pm New Rock Collective: The Mexican Dolls, The Paris Crash, Unicorn’s Revenge Candy’s Apartment, Kings Cross $10 8pm Robertson Brothers & Friends PJ Gallagher’s - Drummoyne free 8.30-11.30pm Sam and Jamie Show Crows Nest Hotel free 8.00pm 11.00pm Skoop: Batucada Sound Machine Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach free 8pm Sophie Serafino, Dan Luscombe & the String Selection, Adam Mada Slide, Darlinghurst $20 6.30pm The Memphis Tour: Guy Sebastian, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Steve Potts, Lester Snell (USA) State Theatre, Sydney $69–$105.10 8pm The Millionaires, Jason Walker, The Maladies Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills $10 8pm Triangle, Kitty In The Well, The Garbage & the Flowers, Luke Escombe Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills $8 8pm Yourspace Muso Showcase: Being, Ange Murphy, Emily Ryan, Nextgo Pretty, Sheylo Mars, Bonemeister, The Knife Waltz Sly Fox, Enmore free 7pm

JAZZ Darryl Beaton Band, Mighty Sparrow Melt Bar, Kings Cross free–$10 9pm Disorian, The Blackjackets, Groove Symmetry, All Night Long Cat & Fiddle Hotel, Balmain $10 8pm Guy Davis (USA) The Harp, Tempe $25 7.30pm

Damn Arms

gig guide

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Jive Bombers, Ros South Sydney Juniors, Kingsford free 8pm Lionel Robinson Dee Why RSL Club free 7pm Makin Whoopee Sofitel Wentworth free 5.30 - 8.30pm Melody Markets: Best Boys Chatswood Mall free 4pm Peter Head Hero of Waterloo free 7pm Ted Sly Jazushi, Surry Hills free 7.30pm

ACOUSTIC & FOLK Acoustic Thursdays Fairfield RSL, Supperclub free 9pm David D’or (Israel) The Big Top at Luna Park, Milsons Point $86 (+ bf) 8pm Irish Sessions: For Folk’s Sake Cock ‘n’ Bull Tavern, Bondi Junction free 8pm

COUNTRY Chuck’s Wagon Botany View Hotel, Newtown free 6pm

Cooks River Jam Night Cooks River Motor Boat Club, Tempe free 7pm

FRIDAY MARCH 7 ROCK & POP 2nd, Alter Ego Blues, Optic Nerve, Rob Towey Cat & Fiddle Hotel, Balmain $10 8pm Abdoujaparov (UK), The Purveyors of Pure Filth, Deaf Jam Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills $10 8pm Antoine Brewhouse Pub at Doonside free 7pm - 10:30pm Back 2 Rock Wentworth Hotel, Homebush free 9.30pm Backbeat St Marys RSL 7pm Battle of the Bands Jannali Community Hall 6.30pm Ben Finn Hillside Tavern, Castle Hill free 8 - Midnight

Ben Lee, Dash & Will The Factory Theatre, Enmore $38.50 (+ bf) 8pm BJ Rag and Famish Hotel, North Sydney free 8.30pm Blonde 182 Carousel Inn free 7:30pm - 11:30pm Blues Award Winners Showcase: Chase The Sun, Gail Page, Tamlin Empire Hotel, Annandale $17 9.30pm Brad Johns Harbord Beach Hotel free 8pm 11:40pm British Invasion St Marys Leagues Club free 9:00pm - 1:00am Cambo PJ Gallagher’s - Drummoyne free 9:30pm - 12:45am Club Blink: Heifer, Tainted Toys & Delabarker Agincourt Hotel, Ultimo $10 8pm Dallas Frasca & her Gentleman, Radiophobia, Moleskin Sandringham Hotel, Newtown 8pm Dave A Duo Northies Cronulla - Sports Bar free 8.30pm - 12.00am David McMaster Duo Club Liverpool free 7.30pm Disco Disco: Bright Yellow, The Rocketsmiths, Inheritors, Ghetto Ruckus, Trashbags Posse, Chris Dork, DJ Jeremy Candy’s Apartment, Kings Cross 8pm Dollshay Ettamogah Hotel free 8 - 10pm Gary J Duo Peachtree Hotel free 9.00pm 12.30am Goodnight Dynamite Observer Hotel free 9.30pm - 2.30am Grinspoon, Many Machines On Nine Roundhouse, Kensington $41.70 (+ bf) 7pm Gyroscope, Trial Kennedy, Red Distress The Roxy, Parramatta $22 (+ bf)–$25

(at door) Heath Burdell Canterbury Hotel free 8 - 11pm Ian Moss Trio The Vanguard, Newtown $35 (+ bf)–$40 (at door) 7pm Jivan Diwana Bayview Boulevard free 6-9.30pm Kath Nelligan Hotel Macau - Hurstville free 7 10.30pm Kikstar Eastern Suburbs Leagues Club, Bondi Junction free Kottonmouth Kings (USA), (hed) P.E. (USA), Big B Gaelic Theatre, Surry Hills $45 (+ bf) 8pm KP Brewhouse Pub at St Marys free 8.30pm - 12.00am Luke O’Shea & Medicine Wheel, The Jones Brass Monkey, Cronulla $17 (+ bf) 8pm Madball (USA), Death Before Dishonor (USA) Manning Bar, Sydney University, Camperdown $38.50 (+ bf) 7pm Maxine Nightingale (England) North Sydney Leagues Club, Cammeray $27 8pm Michael Rye Chester Hill Bowling Club free 6:00pm - 9:00pm Mike Bennett Novotel Olympic Park - Brewery free 5pm - 9pm Mike Whitney Band Marlborough Hotel, Newtown free 10.30pm MUM: The Lovetones, Ziggie Flax, One Flew East The World Bar, Kings Cross $10 8pm Next Best Thing Seven Hills/Toongabbie RSL free 9pm One Non Blonde Hills District Bowling Club, Baulkham Hills 7.30pm Over The Egde Maroubra RSL Club free 8:00pm -

12:00midnight Playground Weekender: Kruder & Dorfmeister (Austria), Ian Brown (UK), Maximo Park (UK), Ben Lee, Tiefschwarz, LTJ Bukem (UK), Kora (New Zealand), Steve Bug, Spirit Catcher, Poxymusic, bluejuice, Crazy Penis (UK), The Wombats (UK), Ben Watt (UK), Kid Kenobi, Mo’Horizons (Germany), South Rakkas Crew (USA), The Paper Scissors, Stick Figures, Josh Pyke, Norman Jay, Tom Middleton (UK), Tom Middleton (UK), Dappled Cities Fly, Ralph Lawson (UK), Poxymusic, Dardanelles, Theatre Of Disco, The Holidays, Will Saul (UK), The E.L.F., The Cut, Belles Will Ring, Steve Sole Middleton, Russ Dewbury (UK), The Heat, Telefunken, Alex Taylor, The Lovetones, Grafton Primary, Declan Lee, Ben Korbel, The Devoted Few, The Seabellies, Mo Funk, Jimmi Polar, Craig Obey, Cassette Kids, Ash Le Rouge, John Glover, John Devecchis, The Jezabels, Michael Doney, Reptiles,

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CORB LUND (CANADA) AND THE HURTIN’ ALBERTANS FRIDAY 28th MARCH tickets on sale NOW at The Sando

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FREE ENTRY!!! THE SAND PIT BRIAN CAMPEAU + THE ELANA STONE BAND + HEIDI ELVA Downstairs: NPL Poker Tournament 8pm-11pm

WED MAR 5 $8

“ACOUSTIC LADYLAND PRESENTS”

STEPHANIE BROADBRIDGE + SEPORA + CATHERINE TRAICOS + JAAW

Downstairs: Feed The Horse

THU MAR 6 $10

JO MEARES AND (FAREWELL SHOW) + BAIN WOLFKIND THE HONEYRIDERS + RED ZORA Downstairs: Brett Hunt

FRI MAR 7 $10

DALLAS FRASCA AND HER GENTLEMAN + RADIOPHOBIA + MOLESKIN

Downstairs: Rif Raf (funk/electronic/grooves) 9pm-1am

SAT MAR 8 $2

BEYOND TERROR BEYOND GRACE $2 + ANAL DISCHARGE (NEWCASTLE) ENTRY!!! Downstairs: Tice & + KILL A CELEBRITY Evans 4pm-7pm DJ Kaki 9pm-12am + BULÉMACONDA

SUN MAR 9 $10

GIVE UP ALL HOPE (LONDON) SINDAY @ + VAE VICTIS THE SANDO + CRUX Downstairs: Louis Tillett - 4pm-7:30pm // Metal and Hardcore DJ - 7:30pm-10:00pm

MON MAR 10

POPHEADS!

FREE ENTRY!!!

“THE 1970’S QUIZ!” Downstairs: Jade and Friends BRAG :: 251 :: 03:03:08 :: 57

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send your listings to : gigguide@thebrag.com Albion Hotel, Parramatta 6pm Tomorrow Today: I Heart Hiroshima, The E.L.F., Bird Automatic, Reptiles, Guns Are for Kids, Flying Foxes, CHAINGANG, Various Artists DJs, Record Company Spectrum, Darlinghurst $14 (+ bf) 8pm Twilight at Taronga: Antoinette Halloran, Lisa Russell, Jamie Allan, David Corcoran, Brian Castles-Onion Taronga Zoo, Mosman $42 (+ bf)– $72 (+ bf) 7pm

JAZZ

Richard In Your Mind The Pip Branson Corporation, Jamie Lloyd, Mojada, The John Steel Singers, PTY LTD, Regal, Fretless, Homegrown, Stevie Sole, Urthboy, Cassette Kids Del Rio Riverside Resort, Wisemans Ferry $89 (day ticket)–$180 (weekend) Purple Sneakers: PhDJ, Vivienne Kingswood, DJ Fle, Los 3DJs, Dexter Ramone, VA Abercrombie Hotel, Broadway $10 - free before 8pm 7pm Rattle & Hum Taren Point Bowling Club free 9pm Richard in Your Mind, Des Miller, The Maple Trail Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills $10 8pm RifRaf Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown free 9pm Rob Henry Observer Hotel free 8.30pm - 1.30pm Robertson Brothers PJ Gallagher’s - Parramatta free 8pm - 11:30pm Spy Vs Spy

Ettamogah Pub, Rouse Hill free 10.30pm The Beatnix Blacktown RSL Club free 8.30pm The Memphis Tour: Guy Sebastian, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Steve Potts, Lester Snell (USA) Auditorium, South Sydney Juniors, Kingsford $50 8pm The Nevilles Crows Nest Hotel free 10.00pm 1.00am The Rattlin’ Bog Cock ‘n’ Bull Tavern, Bondi Junction free 8pm The Sea And Cake (USA), Firekites, Founder Annandale Hotel $34 (+ bf)–$38 (at door) 8pm The Shake Up, Hailer, Tennis Ruby Rabbit, Darlinghurst $5 8pm Thirsty Merc, Angelas Dish, George Byrne Metro Theatre, Sydney $25 (+ bf) 7.30pm Tim Pringle Duo

Beau Smith Duo Sofitel Wentworth free 9.00pm 12.00am Bridge City Jazz Band Club Ashfield free 7.30pm Jeff Duff Duo Sofitel Wentworth free 5.30pm 8.30pm Judy Campbell’s Mosaic The Sound Lounge, Seymour Centre, Chippendale 8.30pm Kaya Will and Toby’s, Darlinghurst $15 (+ bf)–$25 (dinner & show) 7pm Soul Nights Marble Bar, Sydney free 8pm Susan Gai Dowling Duo Jazushi, Surry Hills free 7.30pm Unit 7 Lane Cove Country Club, Northwood free 7pm Unity Hall Jazz Band Unity Hall Hotel, Balmain free 9.30pm

ACOUSTIC & FOLK Pape Mbaye, Chosani Afrique Eastside Music Cafe, Paddington 8pm

COUNTRY

25/02/08

2 Love Is All Around

Ricki-Lee

Public Opinion

5 Four Days

Penny Hartgerink

Independent

MGM

3 Persona

Karnivool

Independent

MGM

113 3

6 Morning Sun

The Beautiful Girls

San Dumo

MGM

76 4

4 Better Than

The John Butler Trio

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8 Relativity

Grafton Primary

Sonic Constructions MGM

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7 Can't Touch It

Ricki-Lee

Public Opinion

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Whack Records MGM

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The John Butler Trio

Jarrah Records

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Adam Harvey, Catherine Britt, The Noll Brothers Rooty Hill RSL Club $22.90 (child)– $29.90 (member) 8pm Dwayne Elix & The Engineers Riverstone RSL Club free 8:30pm - 12:00midnight The Cartwrights Cooks River Motor Boat Club, Tempe 8pm

HIP-HOP 389: DJ P-Money (NZ) Album Launch and MCs Mystro & DJology Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach free 8pm

SATURDAY MARCH 8 ROCK & POP Abduction X: Doin’ It For The Money, Capacapo, The Disadvantaged, Skeeta, Requiem, Kabuki, Buddha, Corpsey, Spyda, Oddball Live House, Lewisham $10 8pm Akinga Riverstone RSL Club free 9:30pm - 12:30am Authorised Defiance, Domino Cat & Fiddle Hotel, Balmain $10 8pm Bang Shang a Lang Eastern Suburbs Leagues Club, Bondi Junction 8pm Beyond Terror Beyond Grace, Anal Discharge, Kill A Celebrity, Bulemaconda Sandringham Hotel, Newtown 8pm Blonde 182 Northies Cronulla - Sports Bar free 8.30pm - 12.00am Call The Medic Call The Nurse, Emergency! Emergency!, The Arrogance

Vic on the Park Hotel, Marrickville Caramel Star City - Glo Bar free 10pm - 1am CocoRosie (USA), Sui Zhen The Factory Theatre, Enmore $38 (+ bf) 8pm Covergirl Marlborough Hotel, Newtown free 10.30pm Craig Rogers Regents Park Sporting & Community Club free 7.30pm Crash Avenue Crows Nest Hotel free 10.00pm 1.00am Dave Stevens Observer Hotel free 4:50pm - 9pm Dave White Greengate Hotel free 9.30 - 11.45PM Extended Family The Basement, Circular Quay $20 9pm Flat Foot Shakers, Grizzly Adams Ashfield RSL Club free 8pm Frank Sinatra & Barbara Streisand Show: Anthony Anzaldo, Sharon Owens Bankstown Sports Club $25 7.30pm Gibbo & Co St Marys RSL 7pm Sui Zhen

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Nathan Hudson Goodnight Dynamite Brewhouse Pub - St Mary’s free 8.30pm - 12:00am Heath Burdell Clovelly Hotel free 8:30pm 11:30pm Heelabend Matraville RSL free 8pm Hits & Pieces Brewhouse Pub - Marayong free 2pm - 5pm Hue Williams Crossroads Hotel, Liverpool free 7pm Ian Moss Trio The Vanguard, Newtown $35 (+ bf)–$40 (at door) 7pm Instant Replay Maroubra RSL Club 7:30pm 11:30pm Jed Zarb PJ Gallaghers - Drummoyne free 9:30pm - 12:45am Jens Lekman (Sweden), Gary Olson, Fergus Brown Manning Bar, Sydney University, Camperdown $38 (+ bf) 8pm Kaki Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown free 9pm Katrina Underwood Sofitel Wentworth free 8pm - 11pm Kazaam

Katoomba RSL Club free 8:30pm - 12:30 Kikstar Newtown Jets Rugby League Social Club, Tempe free 8.30pm Killing the Ritual, Hearts, Stepping Stone Theory, Ember, The Gameboys, Boonie, Clarke Kent, Soti, The Tourists, Ruckus & Dupe, Northie Candy’s Apartment, Kings Cross 8pm Klassic Blak Asquith Leagues Club, Waitara free 8pm Liz Geyer Bayview Boulevard Hotel free 6.309.30pm Lycanthia, Shackles, Paradigm Lansdowne Hotel, Broadway free 8.30pm Mandi Jarry Hotel Macau - Hurstville free 8.30PM - Midnight Metal @ the Fox Sly Fox, Enmore free 9pm Mike Bennett Observer Hotel free 4pm - 8:10pm Nathan Hudson, Sarah Kelly, Dash & Will 34B Burlesque, Darlinghurst $20 (+ bf)–$25 (at door) No Secrets Pioneer Tavern free 9pm - Midnight Nunchukka Superfly Hermann’s, Darlington 8pm Party in Rio: The Masters Concordia Club, Tempe 7.30pm Playground Weekender: Kruder & Dorfmeister (Austria), Ian Brown (UK), Maximo Park (UK), Ben Lee, Tiefschwarz, LTJ Bukem (UK), Kora (New Zealand), Steve Bug, Spirit Catcher, Poxymusic, bluejuice, Crazy Penis (UK), The Wombats (UK), Ben Watt (UK), Kid Kenobi, Mo’Horizons (Germany), South Rakkas Crew (USA), The Paper Scissors, Stick Figures, Josh Pyke, Norman Jay, Tom Middleton (UK), Tom Middleton (UK), Dappled Cities Fly, Ralph

Lawson (UK), Poxymusic, Dardanelles, Theatre Of Disco, The Holidays, Will Saul (UK), The E.L.F., The Cut, Belles Will Ring, Steve Sole Middleton, Russ Dewbury (UK), The Heat, Telefunken, Alex Taylor, The Lovetones, Grafton Primary, Declan Lee, Ben Korbel, The Devoted Few, The Seabellies, Mo Funk, Jimmi Polar, Craig Obey, Cassette Kids, Ash Le Rouge, John Glover, John Devecchis, The Jezabels, Michael Doney, Reptiles, The Pip Branson Corporation, Jamie Lloyd, Mojada, The John Steel Singers, PTY LTD, Regal, Fretless, Homegrown, Stevie Sole, Urthboy, Cassette Kids Del Rio Riverside Resort, Wisemans Ferry $89 (day ticket)–$180 (weekend) Reckless Trio Peachtree Hotel free 9.00pm 12.30pm Remember Rod Gilchrist: Urban Guerillas, Scream, Roaring Jack Ensemble Bald Faced Stag Hotel, Leichhardt $10 7.30pm Seven Year Itch Mercantile Hotel, The Rocks free 8pm Solitary Men Castle Hill Country Club 8:30pm 12:00midnight Tactics, Regular John, Loene Carmen Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills $10 8pm The 3B’s Windang Bowls Club 7:00pm Show The Brunettes (New Zealand), Plastic Palace Alice, El May Annandale Hotel $12 (+ bf)–$15 (at door) 8pm The Dirtbombs (USA), Rocket Science, The Disbelievers Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst $30 (+ bf) 8pm The Getaway Plan Utopia Records, Chippendale free 2pm

The Getaway Plan, Elora Danan, Stealing O’Neal Spectrum, Darlinghurst $12 (+ bf) 8pm The Memphis Tour: Guy Sebastian, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Steve Potts, Lester Snell (USA) Revesby Workers Club - Whitlam Theatre $60 8pm The Radiators Blacktown RSL Club free 10pm The Ted Noffs Foundation Street University Fundraiser: Sounds of Seduction, Bob Downe, Peter Head, Joel Sarakula Deus ex Machina, Camperdown $100 (incl supper) 8pm The Waves Harbord Beach Hotel free 8pm 11:40pm The Wombats (UK), Children Collide, The Holidays Metro Theatre, Sydney $36 (+ bf) 8pm They Call Me Bruce PJ Gallaghers - Parramatta free 8pm - 11:30pm Tribute to the Best: Griever, Red Light Nation, Maux Faux, The Real Thing Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills $10 8pm Twilight at Taronga: Antoinette

Halloran, Lisa Russell, Jamie Allan, David Corcoran, Brian Castles-Onion Taronga Zoo, Mosman $42 (+ bf)– $72 (+ bf) 7pm Wildcatz Ettamogah Hotel free 6pm - 10pm

JAZZ Brown Sugar Marble Bar, Sydney free 10pm Professor Groove, Jez Strother Brass Monkey, Cronulla $20 8pm Roil The Sound Lounge, Seymour Centre, Chippendale $12–$18 Susan Gai Dowling Duo Jazushi, Surry Hills free 7.30pm

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Dappled Cites Blonde 182 Observer Hotel free 7:30pm 11:30pm Blues Sunday Artichoke Gallery Cafe, Manly 7.30pm Cat Power (USA) Enmore Theatre $49.50 (+ bf)– $61.50 (+ bf) 8pm Clayton Doley’s Organ Donors Rose of Australia Hotel, Erskineville free D’Abruzzo AB Hotel, Glebe free 2pm Dallas Frasca & her Gentleman, 19twenty, Kaya Brass Monkey, Cronulla $13 7pm Dave White Duo Northies Cronulla Hotel - Northies Bar free 2.30pm - 6pm David Price Wallacia Hotel - Beer Garden free 12:00midday - 4:00pm Dennis Demello Bexley RSL & Community Club free 6pm Dollshay Peachtree Hotel free 2.00pm 6.00pm Drive: Peter Northcote, Dario Bortolin, Natasha Stuart, Lloyd G,

Spencer Jones Bridge Hotel, Rozelle $8 4pm Fire Domes, Flat Foot Shakers, DJ Brian Live House, Lewisham free 6pm Frank Sinatra & Barbara Streisand Show: Anthony Anzaldo, Sharon Owens Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL $20 (member)–$25 8pm Future Of The Left (Wales), Dead Farmers, Talons Annandale Hotel $36 (+ bf)–$40 (at door) 8pm Gibbo & Co Riverstone RSL Club 12:30pm - 4:30pm Heath Burdell Coogee Diggers free 4.00pm 7.00pm Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen (USA) The Vanguard, Newtown $42 (+ bf) 7pm Mystery Guest Observer Hotel free 4pm - 7:30pm Peter Byrne The Orient Hotel, The Rocks free 8.30pm Playground Weekender: Kruder & Dorfmeister (Austria), Ian Brown (UK), Maximo Park (UK), Ben

Lee, Tiefschwarz, LTJ Bukem (UK), Kora (New Zealand), Steve Bug, Spirit Catcher, Poxymusic, bluejuice, Crazy Penis (UK), The Wombats (UK), Ben Watt (UK), Kid Kenobi, Mo’Horizons (Germany), South Rakkas Crew (USA), The Paper Scissors, Stick Figures, Josh Pyke, Norman Jay, Tom Middleton (UK), Tom Middleton (UK), Dappled Cities Fly, Ralph Lawson (UK), Poxymusic, Dardanelles, Theatre Of Disco, The Holidays, Will Saul (UK), The E.L.F., The Cut, Belles Will Ring, Steve Sole Middleton, Russ Dewbury (UK), The Heat, Telefunken, Alex Taylor, The Lovetones, Grafton Primary, Declan Lee, Ben Korbel, The Devoted Few, The Seabellies, Mo Funk, Jimmi Polar, Craig Obey, Cassette Kids, Ash Le Rouge, John Glover, John Devecchis, The Jezabels, Michael Doney, Reptiles, The Pip Branson Corporation, Jamie Lloyd, Mojada, The John Steel Singers, PTY LTD, Regal, Fretless, Homegrown, CocoRosie (USA), Stevie Sole, Urthboy, Cassette Kids Del Rio Riverside Resort, Wisemans Ferry $89 (day ticket)–$180 (weekend) Rex Sets: The Cassette Kids, The Jezabels Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach free Roe Zone St Marys RSL 2pm Secluded Sundays: Tokyo Blonde, Interstellar Overdrive, Baba O’Riley, Aerobleu, Cocapenny, Day of the Meerkat Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills $6 5pm Sharp Edges, Stimulust, The Titian Warriors Cat & Fiddle Hotel, Balmain $8 1.30pm sinday@thesando: Give Up All Hope, Vae Victus, The Crux Sandringham Hotel, Newtown $5 7pm

Sunday School Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills free 5pm The Deep Duo Northies Cronulla Hotel -Sport Bar free 6 - 10pm The Memphis Tour: Guy Sebastian, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Steve Potts, Lester Snell (USA) Penrith Panthers, Evans Theatre $60 (+ bf) 7pm The Millionaires Bondi Pavilion Theatre, Bondi Beach $12.90 (presale)–$17 (at door) 6.30pm The Wait Ups Spectrum, Darlinghurst 8pm Tiger Army (USA), Zombie Ghost Train Metro Theatre, Sydney $38.50 (+ bf) 7pm Tina Harrod Macquarie Hotel, Sydney free 5pm Triple Imagen South Sydney Juniors, Kingsford free 8pm White Bros Ettamogah Hotel free 1pm - 5pm White Bros PJ’s Parramatta free 8pm - Midnight Zoltan Harbord Beach Hotel free 7- 11pm

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ACOUSTIC & FOLK Acoustic Sessions: Two Minds Marlborough Hotel, Newtown free 6.30pm Acoustica by the Lake: Bobby Flynn, Abby Dobson, Irwin Thomas, Travis Collins, Zyke, Ngaiire Joseph, Erin Marshall Sydney Olympic Park, The Overflow Stage free 11am

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Future Of The Left (Wales), Dead Farmers, Talons Annandale Hotel $36 (+ bf)–$40 (at door) 8pm

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MONDAY MARCH 3 Deckbar, Darlinghurst Industry Night DJ Dan Murphy free Equilibrium Hotel, Sydney Beer Exchange free Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay DJ Daddy Jazz free HQ Bar, Camperdown Club Cuba free 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 Groovescooter DJs free Phoenix Bar, Darlinghurst Phoenix Rising Dan Murphy, Johan Khoury, Mark Alsop, Rado $10 Q Bar, Darlinghurst Funky House Taxi Club, Darlinghurst

Manacle $10–$15 V Bar, Sydney Monday Mambo Mambo G $5–$10

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Bank Hotel, Newtown DJs Kate Monroe & GI Jode free Beach Palace Mid Palace Wednesdays DJ Anthony K free Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach WEDNESDAY The E.L.F, John D, Jeff Fellows free Brass Monkey, Cronulla Anna Matthewson, Original Liberty $12 (at door) Buddha Bar Sol R free Chelsea Hotel, Chatswood Sandy Scanlan free Clare Hotel, Broadway Seabass Coolabar, Sydney Salsa Dean $7 Cruise Bar, Circular Quay Ladies Night Audio Angels free Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown Double D free 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 Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay Nick Toth free Hollywood Hotel, Surry Hills Best of YouTube Night Starts at 9pm free Hotel Bondi, Bondi Beach Zinc Bar DJ Bertoz free Hunter Bar, City Spank free Intersection Tavern, Ramsgate Lovetown D-Bo, Pace free Kings Head Tavern, South Hurstville Driller Kinselas Hotel, Darlinghurst Tony Roma 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 DJ Marty free Opera Bar, Sydney

Rob Edwards free Q Bar, Darlinghurst Florida 2000 DJ Coco, Shambles free Ruby Rabbit, Darlinghurst Fashique Alex Downing, Daniel Malferrin, Dan Segal & the Pocket $15 Sly Fox, Enmore Queer Central Bel West, Sveta, Sandi Hotrod free Sol’s Deck Bar Moonlight Grooves Flygirl Tee, DJ Mike Hyper and DJ Naughty $10 Star City, Pyrmont DJ Dynamite free The Argyle, The Rocks Marc Us, John Devecchis, Super C free The Eastern, Bondi Junction The Kidz, Cadell, Tenzin, Kristiano, DJ Jay and Mo’ Funk free The Gaff, Darlinghurst New Generation Franny, Alex, Triky, Electroholics, Con-x-ion, Psygnosis, Calico, Kermy, Deceptikon 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 Will and Toby’s, Darlinghurst Polo Lounge Supper Club Reyes De La Onda, Son Veneno $10 World Bar, Kings Cross The Wall free

THURSDAY MARCH 6 AB Hotel, Glebe DJ Paris Pompor free Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Layering Buddha Robert Henke free Bank Hotel, Newtown Boy’s Night Out DJ Jack Chang (EU) free Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Skoop Batacada Sound System (NZ) free Bligh Bar, Sydney DJ Joe Smith free Bungalow 8, King Street Wharf Bungalow Nights Dale Stephen, Andy Stanley free Candy’s Apartment, Kings Cross New Rock Collective Dropmotive, Serenik, Joey Rocket $10 Cargo Bar, King St Wharf Christian, Ben Hock free Cargo Lounge, King St Wharf Christian, Carbon 7, Rob Salmon free Chelsea Hotel, Chatswood DJ Matt Hoare free Club 77, East Sydney Satan’s Mixtape Devils DJs $5 Cock ‘n’ Bull Tavern, Bondi Junction DJ Ghost free Collingwood Hotel, Liverpool After School Detention Nino Brown, Mike Celekt free Cruise Bar Salsa on the Rocks DJ Dwight ‘Chocolate’ Escobar, DJ MC, DJ Coco free Diamond Lounge, City

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club guide send your listings to : clubguide@thebrag.com Butz free Opera Bar, Circular Quay SVC DJ Cam Douglas free Pavilion Hotel, Sydney Wanted Thursdays Matrix $10 Pavilion Hotel, Sydney Wanted Matrix, Yoshi, Archie, Spinout, Imperial $15 Phoenix Bar, Darlinghurst Pay Day Kato, Hey Now!, Clubhause Mixtape Mafia, Brag Bitches, The Gameboys, DJ Jeremy, Boomghee $10 Pink Pepper Lounge, Parramatta Get Funked Tommy Funk, Charlie Brown, Mike Hyper, Kareem the DJ Plantation Bar, Kings Cross The Skinny Red Sound System feat Tim Sea, Rephrase/ Alex Mac $5 after 12am Q Bar, Darlinghurst Salt N Pepper free Quakers Inn, Quakers Hill DJ Karl Quay Bar, Sydney Graham Cordery Roundhouse, Kensington Mixtape Dance Party G Wizard, Adam Bozzetto, Sefu, Sleater Brockman, Def Rok, Ben Morris, The Impossibles free (member)–$5 (nonmember) Royal Hotel, Bondi Newtown Beats free Ruby Rabbit, Darlinghurst Blurrr Kato, Custard Jim, Bassizm, Matt James, RME $5 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 Signature Lounge, Sydney Kazoo free Slide, Darlinghurst Cherry Spy/SWAT Bel West, Kelly Lynch, Eddie Coulter $15 (+ bf)–$20 (at door) 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 St Marys Band Club Grizzly Adams 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 Yogi, Random Soul, Tim Hopkins, Husy free The Clare Hotel, Broadway Don’t Cry Erectro & Seabas free The Eastern Hotel, Bondi Junction Sneaker Ant Best Shy, Husky, Travis Hale free The Gaff, Darlinghurst Babe Nation Toddy, PD Pete, DJ Sam, Matti Eskoss free The Loft, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo Dust Tones Jesse, Ray Mann Three, Bingethinkers, Omegaman, Rebel Bass (NZ), Frequento, Bentley, Mode & Aggrovator free The Roxy, Parramatta Tommy Trash, Stafford Brothers $15 (guestlist)–$20 theloft, King Street Wharf Huwston, Soundwalkers (live) Ricky Albert free 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, Urby Urben, Monkey Man, Wild Willie Wren free

FRIDAY MARCH 7 AB Hotel, Glebe DJ Frenzie 8pm Abercrombie Hotel, Broadway Purple Sneakers PhDJ, Vivienne Kingswood, DJ Fle, Los 3DJs, Dexter Ramone, VA $10, free before 8pm Agincourt Hotel, Ultimo Club Blink B-Zurk, Karma, Snowflake $10 Alfred Hotel, Camperdown Matt Hoare free ARQ Nightclub, Sydney Knocked Up Pato, Ryzer, Kid Mc, Pride, Elwood, Mc Eavesdrop, Mick Beltrame, The Goose, Spinout, Imperial, Whisper, Ben Morris, Gavin DeMyer, Scope, Strepta, James Taylor, Typhonic, Messy Dj, John Glover $15 Bald Faced Stag Hotel, Leichhardt Bandwagon MC Immune, Morganics $10 Bank Hotel, Newtown DJs Dazzla (Ibiza), Abel & Dan Adair free Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach 389 DJ P-Money (NZ) Album Launch, MCs Mystro & DJology free Bloc Nightclub, Penrith JimmyZ, Ben Lazarus Bristol Arms Retro Tavern, Sydney Matt Sullivan, Karl free–$10 Bungalow 8, King Street Wharf Bungalow Nights free Candy’s Apartment, Kings Cross Disco Disco Bright Yellow, Rocketsmiths, Inheritors, Ghetto Ruckus, Trashbag Posse DJs, Chris Dork, Jeremy $10 before 11pm, $15 after Cargo Bar, King St Wharf Disco Electric, Aaron, Bozzo, Mick O’c, Andy, Angelo, Yanya free Cargo Lounge, King St Wharf Disco Electric, Crofty, Bozzo, Moneyshot, Andy free Caringbah Bizzo’s

The Cellar Cabbage $10 Carmen’s Nightclub, Miranda Stay John Alexander, Zannon $10 C’Bar, City Shuffle Resident DJs XS-IV, Decknician, Suae, DJ Syn, K-Sum, Pulsar, Tha Wang and Guests $15 Chelsea Hotel, Chatswood DJ Trent free Chinese Laundry, Slip Inn, Sydney Break Inn Morphee, Reload, Bass Kleph, Hugga Thugg, Impossibles $15–$20 Civic Theatre, Sydney Sweetchilli Carlos Zarate, Robbie Lowe, Crispin free Clovelly Hotel, Clovelly DJ Shimon free Club 396, Mandarin Club, Sydney Energy DLX, Connect, Flip, Zilch, Imperial, Goose (Belgium), DUC, UK Jen $10–$15 Cock ‘n’ Bull Tavern, Bondi Junction DJ PJ, DJ Ghost free Cohibar, Sydney DJ Darryl, Yogi, Jeddy Rowland free Collector Hotel, Parramatta Studio 100 Heavy D free Collingwood Hotel, Liverpool Urban Soul Lounge DJs Trey&D. Bo&K-Note&Buddy Love free Cricketers Arms, Surry Hills Mash’D Dave Slade, FLE and Fire In The Disco free Cruise Bar, The Rocks Elroy, John Devecchis, Tom Piper, Damien Goundrie, Danny Prestly free Crystal Bar, Sydney Dan Rowntree free Cushion, Coogee DJ Man About Town free Del Rio Riverside Resort, Wisemans Ferry Playground Weekender Kruder & Dorfmeister (Austria), Ian Brown (UK), Maximo Park (UK), Ben Lee, Tiefschwarz, LTJ Bukem (UK), Kora (New Zealand), Steve Bug, Spirit Catcher, Poxymusic, bluejuice, Crazy Penis (UK), The Wombats (UK), Ben Watt (UK), Kid Kenobi,

Mo’Horizons (Germany), South Rakkas Crew (USA), The Paper Scissors, Stick Figures, Josh Pyke, Norman Jay, Tom Middleton (UK), Tom Middleton (UK), Dappled Cities Fly, Ralph Lawson (UK), Poxymusic, Dardanelles, Theatre Of Disco, The Holidays, Will Saul (UK), The E.L.F., The Cut, Belles Will Ring, Steve Sole Middleton, Russ Dewbury (UK), The Heat, Telefunken, Alex Taylor, The Lovetones, Grafton Primary, Declan Lee, Ben Korbel, The Devoted Few, The Seabellies, Mo Funk, Jimmi Polar, Craig Obey, Cassette Kids, Ash Le Rouge, John Glover, John Devecchis, The Jezabels, Michael Doney, Reptiles, The Pip Branson Corporation, Jamie Lloyd, Mojada, The John Steel Singers, PTY LTD, Regal, Fretless, Homegrown, CocoRosie (USA), Stevie Sole, Urthboy, Cassette Kids $89 (day ticket)–$180 (weekend) Diamond Hotel, Sydney Deja Vu Troy T, G Wizard, Lyrics, Kofee, Mogreen, Don Juan, Ricky Ro, MC Jaz, Dee Kay, K-Vexx $20 Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown RifRaf free Eastern Hotel, Bondi Junction Bustin’ The Potbelleez $10 - free before 10pm Embassy Hotel, Penrith Fresh Friday’s Rob Brizzi, Matt Ferreria, DJ Austin free Equilibrium Hotel TGI Friday DJ’s Yogi, James Mack & Ange free Establishment Hotel Kapitol P, Miss Gabbie and Matt free Ettamogah Pub, Rouse Hill DJ Am Flinders Hotel, Darlinghurst The Harbour City Bears, DJ Matt Vaughan, The Aussie Pole Boys free Gasworks at the Albion, Parramatta DJ Nobby Grooves and DJ Kareem free before 10pm then $10 Golden Palace, Haymarket

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club guide send your listings to : clubguide@thebrag.com Club Nesian Gunz, Moto, Tikelz, Broski, Isea, Rasta, DJ Danny, Big, Darren $10 Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay Soda Bar Ian Spicer, Yin Yang free Hermann’s, Darlington Space Is The Place Flying Lotus, Gilles, Modeselector, The Wire Hill St Tavern, Hurstville Dirty Electro Timmy Trumpet free Home Bar, Darling Harbour Good Times Klimax, Sam B free–$10 Home, Sydney Sublime Eddie Halliwell (UK), Markus Schulz (US) $20–$25 Hotel Bondi, Bondi Beach Zinc Bar R&B DJs $5 Hotel Chambers, Sydney Hot in the City Joel Sarakula free Hunter Bar, Sydney Impulse Fridays Tahndee, FL!P, Sdee, Steve Hill, Keely, Micky D, Nitrouz, Pulsar,Yoshi, Matrix, Suae, X’dream, Hardforze $5 (guestlist) Iguana Bar & Restaurant, Potts Point DJs Hannah Skye, Keithy B free Industrie South of France, Sydney Pure Vogue Normz, Qruis, Dj Mistah Cee, MC Luna Intersection Tavern, Ramsgate DJ Express free Kinselas Hotel, Darlinghurst Jack McCord (UK) free La Campana, Sydney Cuba Salsa Av El Cubano $5 Ladylux, Kings Cross Bread and Butter Ralph Lawson, Garry Todd, John Devecchis Le Panic, Kings Cross Jaded John Glover, Goodfella, Tony Venuto, Brenden Fing, Dirty Double $10–$15 Mandalay Room, Kings Cross Boomp!! Glen Coates, Iz & Diz, The Boompty!! Boys, Harry O’Boogie, The Cheeky Detch $15/$20 Mean Fiddler, Rouse Hill Sub Bar DJ David Lee, Dirty Double $10 Melt Bar, Kings Cross Rumpunch (live), DJ Flux3 $10 at 10pm Mister Goodbar, Paddington Hustle & Flow Lenno, Fly Girl Tee, Sleazy D, Reckdacon, Sesh, MC Bre-Z Mounties, Mount Pritchard FUZE Rizky, DJ Stylez, Pharaoh, Sesh, Tony T $12 Nox Nightclub & Restaurant, Liverpool La Raza free (guestlist) Opera Bar, Circular Quay DJ Peter Farris free Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst South Rakkas Crew (USA), Ro Sham Bo DJs, Killa Kweens, Tha Fizz $22 (+ bf) Paddington Inn, Paddington DJ Mr Chad free Pavilion Hotel, Sydney Room 580 Carl Alley, Victor Lopez, Sefu, Charlie Jay, ALM, Ronnie G free Peppermint Lounge, Potts Point No Fun free Phoenix Bar, Darlinghurst Void/Dubstep- Grime Special Mark Pritchard, Semper Fi, Victim, Garage Pressure, Twitch and Southern Steppa’s Kodama $10 Pine Inn, Concord Intensity J Dee free Pink Pepper Lounge, Parramatta Housekeepin’ Tommy Funk, Troy T, PK, Jorgie Jay free Plantation Bar, Kings Cross Seamless Kio, Torbynik, Linesy, Juzz Smart, The Gauge Breakers, Craig Obey $10-$15 Privilege, City Miami House live band with guest musicians featuring James Billings and DJ David Smith free Quay Bar, Sydney Ben Morris

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Beth Yen Red Cow Inn, Penrith Dirty Secrets The Potbelleez, John Glover, Trix free Robin Hood Hotel, Waverley DJ Man about Town free Ruby Lounge, Bondi Junction Deep End Craig Garbutt, Jake Lambert free–$10 Ruby Rabbit, Darlinghurst Solid Ground Freddie Cruger, DJ Mickey Morphingaz, Fretless, Global Communication $15 Sackville Hotel, Rozelle DJ Joe Smith free Sandringham Hotel, Newtown RifRaf free Sapphire Suite, Kings Cross Lavish The Funky Punks, Ben Morris, James Taylor, Charlie Brown, Chuck T SoBar, Cremorne Destination Boogie Elroy & the Funky Punks $10 Sonar, Milsons Point Big Beat Bash The Vangarde, Hobgoblin Syndicate, Bionic, Boot & Sook, Darkwing, Eyedare $15 Star City, Pyrmont DJ Dynamite free Sydney Entertainment Centre, Darling Harbour The Chemical Brothers (UK), Muscles, James Holroyd (UK) $92–$97 Tailors on Central, Surry Hills Habitat Jimmi Polar, George Sadlik, Darkchild Tank Nightclub RnB Superclub G Wizard, Def Rok, Troy T, Eko, Lilo, Cadell, Elektroy, MC Jayson $20 The Argyle, The Rocks Marc Us, Liam Sampras, Kate Monroe, Graham Cordery, Chris Macklin, Max Billionaire, Soundhustla free The Collector Hotel, Parramatta Chill James Taylor, LT free The Gaff, Darlinghurst Konkrete Jungle Sarinwax, Boot, Sook, A Dog, Mode, Ritual, Gotham, Seltay, Aggrovator, Paul Dred, Reload, MCs D-Tech, Kye, Slice, Element $10 The Midnight Shift, Darlinghurst Fresh Fridays Jake Kilby, Greg Boladian, Dan Murphy $5–$10 The Oxford Hotel, Darlinghurst Organic Peter Farris, Blair, Isobel Pearson $10 The Roxy, Parramatta SubUrban Joe Funk, Nino Brown, Anthony K free The Steyne Hotel, Manly Jaffacake Trashbag Dan, DJ Shell, Johnny Darko free theloft, King St Wharf Late at theloft free Tonic Lounge, Potts Point Fridays @ Tonic DJ Huwston, Soup, Sepalot free before 9pm, $10 after Trust, Equilibrium Hotel, Sydney The Pure Pleasure Experience Alex Ellenger, Marco Loco, Ange, Grant Foley, Brenden Fing free Universale Hotel, Leichhardt Fridays at Universale Will-FX, DPhunk, Jon Bon, Robbie Santiago, Sunset Brothers $15 Vegas Lounge, Q Bar, Darlinghurst Loz Vegas $5 Verandah Bar, Sydney Essence Fridays Samrai, P Mode, Manny, Stanley, Edo, DJ Ming, Mike Hyper, Jun, Sefu, Normz, Dee Kay, Mayhemz $20 Vivaz Nightclub,The Rocks Mambo Asi $10 Will and Toby’s, Darlinghurst French Martini Fridays Tim C, Tenzin, Mark Walton, Sean Finlay $15 (presale)–$20 (at door) World Bar Ben Morris, Mike Kelly, Montage, Adam Coverdale, free before 10pm, $10 after Yu/SoHo, Potts Point Club VIP Fridays On Rotation: Shamus, MC Blu, Seany B, Tony Venuto, Jace, Cadell, Luke Cartel, Tass, Steve Play, Tom Piper, Bag Raiders, the potbelleez, Mark Dynamix, The Funky Punks, Matt Ferrier, Bobby Disco, Ben Morris, John Glover, Zannon, Stellar MC, Brenden Fing, Fowl Play, Tenzin, Sam La Moore, Matt Nukewood $15 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,

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SATURDAY MARCH 8 36 Degrees Bar, Star City, Pyrmont Spark free AB Hotel, Glebe BC from S.W.A.T 8pm Agincourt Hotel, Ultimo Trash B-Zurk, Ivy, Ambusian, Firefly, Kawk, DJ Dave Win $10 ARQ Nightclub, Darlinghurst Dance Dance Dance Jayson Forbes, Luke Leal, Dan Murphy, Jimmy Dee, Jake Kilby, Peter Farris Arthouse Hotel, Sydney Defected in the House Kate Monroe, DJ Jorj, Copyright, Liam Sampras $15/$20 door Bank Hotel, Newtown DJs Mike McGrath & Jeremy Kirschner free Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach Premix Goodfella, Jasmine Mortimer free Bungalow 8, King Street Wharf Bungalow Nights free Candy’s Apartment, Kings Cross Racket Bands: Killing The Ritual, Hearts, Stepping Stone Theory, DJs: Ember, Gameboys, Boonie, Clark Kent, Soti, The Tourists, Ruckus & Dupe, Northie $15 before 11pm, $20 after Cargo Bar, King St Wharf Rob Salmon, Money shot, Mick O’c, Aaron, Yanya free Cargo Lounge, King St Wharf Trix, Jaimee Vale, Christian, Scott B free Chinese Laundry, Sydney The Club Club Tiefschwarz , Mattttt , Club Junque , Johnny Pow!! , Miss match , Jeff Drake , One Man Army , Steve Lind , The Vandals $15 Civic Hotel, Sydney Minimal Fuss Declan Lee, Matt Aubusson, Ben Korbel, Dave Choe, The Brond free (guestlist)–$5 Clovelly Hotel, Clovelly DJ Trent free Club 77, East Sydney Starfuckers $15 from 10-11pm, $20 thereafter Cock ‘n’ Bull Tavern, Bondi Junction DJ Ghost $10 Cohibar, Sydney Mike Silver, Jeddy Rowland, Rich Nicol, Brynstar free Collingwood Hotel GTS, DJ PJ free Cruise Bar, The Rocks Cadell, Casa, Damien Goundrie, Elroy, Chavez free Crystal Bar, Sydney Crystal Boudoir Lady Tre, DJ Sing Cushion, Coogee DJ Jo Smith $30 Del Rio Riverside Resort, Wisemans Ferry Playground Weekender Kruder & Dorfmeister (Austria), Ian Brown (UK), Maximo Park (UK), Ben Lee, Tiefschwarz, LTJ Bukem (UK), Kora (New Zealand), Steve Bug, Spirit Catcher, Poxymusic, bluejuice, Crazy Penis (UK), The Wombats (UK), Ben Watt (UK), Kid Kenobi, Mo’Horizons (Germany), South Rakkas Crew (USA), The Paper Scissors, Stick Figures, Josh Pyke, Norman Jay, Tom Middleton (UK), Tom Middleton (UK), Dappled Cities Fly, Ralph Lawson (UK), Poxymusic, Dardanelles, Theatre Of Disco, The Holidays, Will Saul (UK), The E.L.F., The Cut, Belles Will Ring, Steve Sole Middleton, Russ Dewbury (UK), The Heat, Telefunken, Alex Taylor, The Lovetones, Grafton Primary, Declan Lee, Ben Korbel, The Devoted Few, The Seabellies, Mo Funk, Jimmi Polar, Craig Obey, Cassette Kids, Ash Le Rouge, John Glover, John Devecchis, The Jezabels, Michael Doney, Reptiles, The Pip Branson Corporation, Jamie Lloyd, Mojada, The John Steel Singers, PTY LTD, Regal, Fretless, Homegrown, CocoRosie (USA), Stevie Sole, Urthboy, Cassette Kids $89 (day ticket)–$180 (weekend) Docks Hotel, Darling Harbour Fabulous Nino Brown, Don Juan, Samrai, Tikelz, Solz, Lil B, Robbie Knotts, Broski, Shruggz, MC Q-Bizzi, MC Mike, Mike Celekt, Aga, Akay, Dimi K, Yanni-B $20 Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel,

Newtown Kaki $20 Embassy Hotel, Penrith RnB Tribute Establishment Hotel, City Crush Handles, Miss Gabby free Flinders Hotel, Darlinghurst Rock Out DJ’s Sveta, Renae Stanton & Eliot Coleman (Bris) $10 Gaelic Theatre, Surry Hills Nepalese Dance Party Raju $25 (+ bf) Gasworks Nightclub, Albion Hotel, Parramatta Matt Hoare, Andy Marc free Golden Palace, Haymarket Bass Code Steve Hill, Yoshi, Pulsar, Suae, DLX, Keely, X-Dream, Micky D free–$10 Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay Funk Shui Cavan Te, Mr DJ Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay Soda Bar Flex free Home Bar, Darling Harbour Good Times $10 Home, Sydney Famous: Future Music Festival Official After-Party Main room – Carl Kennedy, Shapeshifters, The Black Ghosts; Upstairs – Ben Morris, Evil Nine, Mik Tha Menace $25 on the door, $20 guest list Hotel Bondi, Bondi Beach Zinc Bar DJ Ryannie $25 Hotel Chambers, Sydney Red Room X-Tof, D-Bo, Pace, MC Cheeks free Hotel Metropolis, North Sydney Twisted Hellraiser, Suae, Matrix, Spank, Audio Damage, Jay Kaos, X Dream, Nemisis, Spellbound, Wheelah, Hardstyle Kid, Catzeyez, Nik Import, Pato, Slim, Imperial, Duress, Frankie-Fix-It, Deckstar $15 VIP/$25 door Hunter Hotel, The, Sydney Daydreams Micky D, Pulsar, Suae, Keely, Yoshi, X-Dream, Tom E, Dutch $5/$3 Iguana Bar & Restaurant, Potts Point Keithy B, Nobby and guests $10 (member)–$15 Intersection Tavern, Ramsgate DJ Zoc $10 Jacksons On George, Sydney The Electric Neill Andrews free Kinselas Hotel, Darlinghurst Beat It DJs. Abel el’ toro, DHP Project U.K, The Boogaloo Crew free Kinselas Hotel, Darlinghurst Torque free La Campana, Sydney Rumba Latina Av El Cubano, Vicco El Sonero free Lady Lux, Kings Cross Summer Saturdays Tenzin, Bobby Disco, John Glover, Tim Sea, J-Roc, Helena Mandalay Room, Kings Cross Musique Craig Obey, A.L.C., Adam Phillis, Reckless, Digital Damage free on guestlist Mandarin Club, Sydney Simon Caldwell, Optimo, Dean Dixon, Peret Mako, Long John Saliva, Jimmi James, Dave Fernandes, Doppleganger $27 Martin Place Bar, Sydney Bamboo Eko, Nude-E, Mirage, Shorty, Ace, Moto, Qrius, IllDJ $5 Melt Bar, Kings Cross Simon Caldwell, Mark Walton, James Locksmith free, $15/20 Mona Vale Hotel Cube Saturdays Audioplilez, LYNC free guest lists $10 after 11pm Moulin Rouge, Kings Cross Moulin Nights Ben Kelly, Baby Gee, Francesco Daroit, Padro $10 before 11pm, $15 after, $20 on the door Mr Mary’s, Redfern Ho Town Mitzi Macintosh, Farren Heit, Carmen Geddit free O’Donoghue’s Irish House, Emu Plains DJ Retro One World Sport, Parramatta Bongos free Opera Bar, Circular Quay Sunset Funky Sunset Joe Mumma free Paddington Inn, Paddington James Locksmith free Pavilion Hotel, Sydney Room 580 Carl Alley, Sefu, Victor Lopez, G Wizard free Peppermint Lounge, Potts Point John Devecchis, Ben Kelly, Husky, Matt Roberts, Cadell, Murat, Audio Angels, Trent Rackus Phoenix Bar, Exchange Hotel, Darlinghurst

Roger Sanchez Phoenix Rising Dan Murphy, Johan Khoury, Mark Alsop, Rado, Matt Steer $10 Pink Pepper Lounge, Parramatta Housekeepin’ Tommy Funk, Cadell, Charlie Brown $10 Randwick Racecourse Future Music Festival The Chemical Brothers (UK), John Digweed (UK), Roger Sanchez (USA), Sven Vath (Germany), Who Made Who (Denmark), The Shapeshifters (UK), Eddie Halliwell (UK), Diplo (USA), Markus Schulz (US), DJ Yoda (UK), The Black Ghosts (UK), Elite Force (UK), Laidback Luke (Netherlands), DIM (Germany), James Holroyd (UK), Kid Koala, Datarock (Norway), Robbie Rivera, Mark Knight (UK), Aesop Rock (USA), Chicks On Speed (Germany), Evil Nine, Carl Kennedy, Goodwill, Dangerous Dan, Mik Tha Menace, Hook ‘n’ Sling, Ben Morris, Nik Fish, Amber Savage, Archie, Peewee, Jumping Jack, Patrick Carrera, James Taylor, Anna Lunoe, Kato, Crispin & Daniel C, Robbie Lowe, Telefunken, Tim Culbert, Dan Crocetti, Carlos Zarate, Mark Murphy, The Ashton Shuffle, John Glover, Shamus, Zannon, Matttt & Tomass, Brenden Fing, Husky, Steve Play, Ember, Tenzin, Tony Venuto, Ghetto Ruckus, Kids-Go, Sushi $101 (+ bf)–$121 (+ bf) Robin Hood Hotel, Waverley Saturday Night Live with Wes Carr free Royal Hotel, Bondi Newtown Beats $20 Sackville Hotel, Rozelle Diego Lenis free Sapphire Suite, Kings Cross Sapphire Saturdays: Rod Lee, Dan Bloom, Charlie Brown free Sly Fox, Enmore Booyah Breaks Typhonic, The Grandmaster Av & the Delirious, pHaze_5, DM3 free SoBar, Cremorne Mega Saturdays The Game Boys, Timmy Trumpet & Van Wilder free entry before 11pm Spectrum, Darlinghurst P*A*S*H Goldfoot, DJ Knife $7 Star City Wharf, Pyrmont Turntables on the Harbour Nickodemus (USA), Mo’Horizons (Germany), Paul Jones, Lanu, Regal, Mark Walton & Garrido, Rephrase, Frenzie, James Locksmith, Toon, Bentley, DJ Huwston $55 (+ bf) Star City, Pyrmont DJ Dynamite $5 Stonewall Hotel, Darlinghurst Greg Boladian, Nick J free Tank, Sydney OneLove Crookers (Italy), Grant Smillie, Matt Nugent, Tommy Trash, Hooli $20 The Argyle, The Rocks Ben Hock, Yogi, Illya, DJ Phats, Soundhustla, Max Billionaire free The Collector Hotel, Parramatta Matt Ferreira $10 The Cross, Kings Cross Destination ? Frew, Miles Dyson, Tone def DJs, Shamozzle $20 The Forbes Hotel, Sydney Chrome Hearts Nickelz, Pat Ellis, Sonik, Spandex, Jane Gazzo, Petru $8–$10 The Gaff, Darlinghurst Beware the Cat Tim Sea $15 The Midnight Shift, Darlinghurst Machine Shigeki free entry till 10pm after $10 open till 6am The Oxford Hotel, Darlinghurst Suplex Simon Bell, Jimmy Dau, Tim Culbert, Robbie Lowe $10 theloft, Darling Harbour Late at theloft Noel Boogie, Jimi Polar, Jamie Lloyd (live) Ben Swatt $20 (+ bf) Tonic Lounge, Potts Point Gian Arpino, Meem $10

club guide send your listings to : clubguide@thebrag.com Trademark Hotel, Kings Cross hush Mark John, Liam Sampras, Graham Cordery, Nick Vidal , Dave 54 and guests free before 12am Universale Hotel, Leichhardt DJ Heke $25 Vanilla Room, Leichhardt Underground Sessions 2 Fabian De Marco $10 (guestlist)–$15 Vegas Lounge, Q Bar, Darlinghurst Loz Vegas $5 Verandah Bar, Sydney The Booty Bar George B, Nasser T, Lenno, K Sera Vivaz Restaurant & Nightclub, The Rocks Mambo Asi, Pablo Watershed Hotel, Darling Harbour As Long as it Grooves free–$44 (dinner & show) Will and Toby’s, Darlinghurst Fresh Jams Funktrust Collective, Jmez, The Reverend Dr Grooveshoes $15 (+ bf) Wine Banq, Sydney Red Room Mark Molina, Mac, MC Cheeks, DBo, Pace World Bar, Kings Cross The Vinyl Zone James Bucknell, Richie M, Shane Mannion Yu, Potts Point La La Land Cajuan, Felix Cartel, Trashbags Posse, Afters, The Space Cadets, Cheap Frillz, Marky Mark, King Lee, Minna, Fabric DJs $20

SUNDAY MARCH 9 Aquarium, Coogee Sunday’s Best John Glover, Matt Roberts, Cadell, Alex Mac free AB Hotel, Glebe Gordon ‘Savage G’ Watson 8pm Ashfield RSL Club DJ Paul free Bank Hotel, Newtown DJ Marc Us free Cabana Bar & Lounge, St Leonards Digital Summer Falcon, Hook ‘n’ Sling, Ben Morris, Goodfella, Telefunken, Brenden Fing, Reno, Matttt & Tomass, Matt Nukewood,

James Taylor, Foundation, Scam (UK), Even, Zannon $15–$20 Cargo Lounge, King St Wharf Ben Hock, Mick O’c free Cohibar, Sydney Miss Gabby, Jeddy Rowland, Brynstar free Cruise Bar, The Rocks Superjamm Def Rok, Troy T, G Wizard, Lilo, Eko, Cadell, Elektroy, Tom Piper, MC Jayson Del Rio Riverside Resort, Wisemans Ferry Playground Weekender Kruder & Dorfmeister (Austria), Ian Brown (UK), Maximo Park (UK), Ben Lee, Tiefschwarz, LTJ Bukem (UK), Kora (New Zealand), Steve Bug, Spirit Catcher, Poxymusic, bluejuice, Crazy Penis (UK), The Wombats (UK), Ben Watt (UK), Kid Kenobi, Mo’Horizons (Germany), South Rakkas Crew (USA), The Paper Scissors, Stick Figures, Josh Pyke, Norman Jay, Tom Middleton (UK), Tom Middleton (UK), Dappled Cities Fly, Ralph Lawson (UK), Poxymusic, Dardanelles, Theatre Of Disco, The Holidays, Will Saul (UK), The E.L.F., The Cut, Belles Will Ring, Steve Sole Middleton, Russ Dewbury (UK), The Heat, Telefunken, Alex Taylor, The Lovetones, Grafton Primary, Declan Lee, Ben Korbel, The Devoted Few, The Seabellies, Mo Funk, Jimmi Polar, Craig Obey, Cassette Kids, Ash Le Rouge, John Glover, John Devecchis, The Jezabels, Michael Doney, Reptiles, The Pip Branson Corporation, Jamie Lloyd, Mojada, The John Steel Singers, PTY LTD, Regal, Fretless, Homegrown, CocoRosie (USA), Stevie Sole, Urthboy, Cassette Kids $89 (day ticket)–$180 (weekend) Docks Hotel, Darling Harbour Salsa Caliente Sabroson, DJ Vico 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 Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills Lab Styles Monkfly, DJ Islington 45, Sound Guise, Mashy P 2pm Flinders Hotel, Darlinghurst Cattle Call Open Mic. Night Performance space free Fringe Bar, Paddington Swedish Meatballs Rob Salmon and Twitch

free, $3 Tequila Gasworks Nightclub, Albion Hotel, Parramatta Boogaloo Allstars free Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay Soda Bar Dj Erez free Greenwood Hotel, North Sydney Sounds on Sunday Knife Machine $10 (member)–$20 Intersection Tavern, Ramsgate DJ PJ+Muso free Lady Lux, Kings Cross Any Given Sunday free–$10 Le Panic, Kings Cross Paradise City Q45, Amy B, Matt Nugent free–$10 Manacle, Darlinghurst Bent Rado, Luke Lela, Mark Alsop, Justin Scott $10 Mandalay Room, Kings Cross Sorted Sundayze Yoshi, Aken, Atlas, Arbor, Carlson, Chimpy, Cyber, Selby, Suae, X Dream Melt Bar, Kings Cross DJ Martinez, Senor Spitch, Brynstar free Mr Mary’s, Redfern Zone Out Sandi Hotrod free New Edenborough Hotel, Sydney Mouse Arrest Sundays Reno, Matt Nukewood, Joe le Fro, GST free before 6pm North Wollongong Hotel Sundays at the North gOng Steve, Sharon Brand, Ace, Kid Kindle and live acts free OneSixThree, Darlinghurst Seany B, The Potbelleez, Mind Electric, Chardy, Adam Bartas, Andy Murphy, Nick Foley, Mark John, Zoe Badwi, Jen Tutty, Gus Cullen, Zok, Dave Owens, Tom Hutcheon, BLKP, Joel A $10 (guestlist)–$15 (at door) Opera Bar, Circular Quay Sunset Session Liam Sampras free Paddington Inn, Paddington DJ Lippo free Palace Hotel, Darlinghurst Ballers Delight Kingsway, DJ Mr L Peppermint Lounge, Potts Point Sundaes Foreigndub sounds, Barrio Beats, Clubhouse, free Phoenix Bar, Exchange Hotel, Darlinghurst Loose Ends Resident DJ Matt Vaughan & guests $10

Pontoon, Darling Harbour Super Party Lenno, Moto, Fly Girl Tee, Tikelz, Sleazy D, Flite, Nicky Blaze, Reckdacon, Pharoah, Sesh Q Bar, Darlinghurst Lucid Lounge Archy free Ruby Rabbit, Darlinghurst Rompus Room Q45, Amy B, Hugga Thug, Disco Punx, Steve Lind Sapphire Suite, Kings Cross Fame Tenzin, Daniel Ibrahim, Veliro de Simoni, Joey Rosslind, Studio Gangsters free (guestlist)–$15 Scruffy Murphys Hotel, Sydney Fergus free 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 Summer Sundays La Fiesta Sound System The Bunker, The Bourbon, Kings Cross Colour Robbie Lowe, Tim Culbert free The Gaff, Darlinghurst Club Creative GST, Matt Nukewood, Phat20, JoleFro, PR Beatmix free The Roxy, Parramatta The Sunday Social Club Matt Nukewood, The Potbelleez, Danni Presti, Dan Newling free theloft, Darling Harbour Cut The Rug Theatre Of Disco, Jamie Lloyd, Jimmi Polar, Somatik free Tilbury Hotel, Woolloomooloo Apres Young Apprentice, Matt Keegan, Nathan McLay free Tonic Lounge, Potts Point SWAT Sundays Swat DJ’s free V Bar, Sydney Play! Steve Hill, Jason Suae, Pulsar $10 (guestlist)–$15 (at door) V3 Bar, Novotel Brighton Beach Sunday Sessions Tony Venuto, Matt Nukewood, Brendan Fing, George Kristopher, Tony Shock White Horse, Surry Hills Frequency Scope, Manchild, Imperial, EL.YU. KAY.EE, UK Jenn free Yu, Potts Point Your Mum Gus Da Hoodrat, Jamie Doom, Sleater Brockman, Jimmy 2 Sox, Coadie free

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Deep Impressions

The low-down on underground Dance & Electronica with Chris Honnery

This Week’s Episode #IX: Tangents and Neologisms Wednesday 12:13pm: A business colleague and I are busy discussing the worrying drop-off in readers of Deep Impressions while doing a fair impersonation of your archetypal flaneur at a trendy café just off – “Hold up old sport. Is that a word?” “Uh, yeah, it totally is.” “I’m not buying it, look it up”. “What, now? But I’m in the middle---“ “See this is one of your problems, you don’t respect your readership. They aren’t stupid, they will know if you make up words…” “Fine. Here it is. Flaneur \flah-NUR\, noun: One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer. Furthermore, Baudelaire saw the writer as a detached flaneur, a mocking dandy in the big-city crowd, alienated, isolated, anonymous, aristocratic, melancholic.” With this rather unnecessary tangent settled we decided that ---- “Who ordered the macchiato?” Oh for fuck’s sake, I knew opening the column in the café was a stupid idea. Should have trusted my instincts and began with Tiefschwarz. No doubt due to some of the pressure exerted by this column, Tiefschwarz have been snapped up to play a 3 hour set at Chinese Laundry this coming Saturday. It was a ridiculous notion to fathom that so many of The Playground Weekender also-rans would get a sideshow while the Schwarz brothers were bludging out on the piss and cruising along Darlinghurst Rd. Their plans to hit Porky’s may have taken a battering but for us clubbers it is great that we now have a proper chance to see them perform a club set. And even though Saurday 8 March corresponds with the Future Music Festival, PW and countless other noteworthy gigs you could definitely do a lot worse than to check out Tiefschwarz to cap off a huge Saturday. Whether they are the ‘surprise German international’ playing at Sounds the next day is anyone’s guess, but allow me to say this: If you are able to function on Sunday afternoon it probably means that you have not given Saturday the debaucherous application it deserves. Better to do Saturday properly than to hold back and keep one eye on Sunday me thinks. “You couldn’t resist it could you? Everything in this column has to come back to you and your personal opinions. It’s far too solipsistic for the average---“ It’s not for the average reader though is it? And hang on, what did you call it? Solipsistic? Is that even a word? NEXT FOUR LINES DELETED BY PUBLISHER

Petter Crispin, the force behind Sweet Chilli no less, certainly caught my attention when he dropped a progressive bombshell this week. Apparently Sweet Chilli has something pretty special in the form of Paolo Mojo and Petter playing a gig together sometime in April. The details remain unknown and mysterious but when I know more, so will you. And for those of you unaware of Mojo you certainly have some catching up to do! Your Homework is to buy a copy of his Balance mix post-haste, which also featured whizkid Petter’s sublime melancholic prog masterpiece ‘Modern Eternity’. Thus you get acquainted with Mojo and Petter at the same time, not to mention a whole host of other great tracks. Even the great man himself Eddie Richards is on there. Pray-for-Mojo!

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Under the Headphones: PAOLO MOJ Ruckus

So you’ve come this far and bought Mojo’s Balance album and enjoyed disc one. Now it is time for the second disc, Mojo’s pièce de résistance. Slip on those Bose noise-cancelling headphones. Take a sip of that affogato [An affogato (Italian, “drowned”) is a coffee-based beverage or dessert. Hugo’s Bar Pizza do a great one – drop in and get Jules to make you one]. You are ready to press play. Immediately from this point you will be swallowed whole by the opening ethereal synth arrangements and a soothing vocal sample. You sense the track is building, getting ready for take off---“into bliss—into bliss —into bliss” then all at once the bassline, the thumping beats, the snare – they all explode in what is a dancefloor firecracker. Fanciulli’s Buick Project mix is handy too, and is also included later on what is arguably the best Balance mix of the series (tough call though, cos Desyn, Holden and Jimmy Van M are all worthy opposition). Regardless of where you place it against these though you certainly will thank me for introducing you to Mojo. And if you want to try your hand making an affogato, hit http://www.mangiabenepasta.com/affogato.html for instructions. Until next week, may the mojo be with you! 70 :: BRAG :: 251 :: 03:03:08

Soul Sedation

Soul, Dub, Hip Hop & Bottom Heavy Beats with Tony Edwards

irst and foremost this column takes its baseball cap off to the Space Is The Place and Jembe promoters who rocked the weekend with their Flying Lotus and Turntables On The Harbour parties. The Fly Lo gig was out at Hermann’s Bar, just off City Road on USYD grounds, which sports a surprisingly awesome sound system. I say surprisingly as some of these smaller, multi-purpose venues struggle to get the sound right as different styles of party swing through the place, but big up to the team down there for getting it spot on. The sounds they were dealing with were far from standard as well as Mark Pritchard and co got on the experimental tip, pumping out some big dubstep and deep-ass electronica. Caught some really interesting future sounds down there, proper underground music.

A little lighter on the bass but no less quality were the tunes aboard the lovely Lady Rose at Turntables On The Harbour. Jembe gets a massive pat on the back for the concept – a tri level cruiser with a soundsystem on each floor, just awesome. The weather turned out clear skies and DJs like Nickodemus, Mo Horizons and James Locksmith blessed us with the funkiest hip hop, latin, jazz, world and drum n bass jams. I had the time of my life aboard that ship. You’re a sucker if you missed it, don’t make the same mistake twice. DJ Die

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Californian headliner Flying Lotus proved no less charismatic than he is talented, jumping on the mic for some loaded banter. Playing off a laptop and sampler he blew everyone away with his blend of bass, old skool hip hop and furiously fast hardcore jungle riddims, often played live with his midi-trigger keys. Indescribable to the point of doing him an injustice, this guy has to be seen to be believed. The set wound up amusingly with campus security requesting the extinguishment of the joint that Lotus treated himself to upon finishing his physical performance. He played it cool, chuckled, and shook the over-eager young gym junkie’s hand. Now why didn’t I see the same zero-tolerance policy enforced at the Cypress Hill gig the other week? Must be a black thing.

Flying Lotus Littering Hermann’s were flyers for a couple of upcoming dubstep/grime nights. This Friday the Void crew will be doing their best to reduce the the Phoenix Bar to rubble - they’re putting on a grime special with Mark Pritchard, Garage Pressure and Victim, among others. The following week it’s back to Hermann’s for a dub fundraiser. The La No Che orpanage in Tanzania is the beneficiary so if you fancy a bit of altruistic raving get your ass along to that one. Check out Westernsynthetics, Sub Bass Snarl and the Firehouse Crew while you’re there.

Speaking of drum n bass, DJ Die is launching a new label called Clear Skyz. ‘Why should I care?’ I hear you ask. ‘’There’s already too many dnb labels in the world releasing sub-standard shit..” I hear you quip. Which is true but Die gets a shout out here because of the part he played in Ben Westbeech’s debut album last year. Die co-produced four of the tracks and was instrumental in coaxing the talent out of the young jazz-wizard, which means we’re all in his debt. Look out for the first 12” ‘Slow Burn / The Reasons Why’ featuring Westbeech on the mic. The Resin Dogs are off to the US after winning a production competition judged by super-producer J.T. Meskiel. He reckons that their hip hop is the fattest around and so invited them to record some sessions over in his fly-money Malibu studios. It’s about time they got some high-level acknowledgement and I hope they come back with pockets full of gold. Just don’t forget your roots boys! The Platform 1 Hip Hop Festival comes to Sydney’s CarriageWorks in late March for an exhibiton of the three disciplines: music, dance and art. There’ll be beats and breaking and battles and wall-painting and workshops so make sure you get involved somehow. Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks. Kiwi-producer P-Money has a new record coming out – a collection of unreleased joints and remixes that features contributions from Dave Dobbyn, Krondon, Che Fu and 1200 Techniques. P-Money also let slip to this column that he’s putting together a new album for midyear release, so keep your eyes peeled for freshness from one of the southern hemisphere’s finest producers. You can also show your support and catch his gig at Beach Rd this Friday. Till next time.

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Afrika Bambaataa The Forum

G-Love & Special Sauce & Ozomatli Enmore Theatre Platform 1 Hip Hop Festival - 28-29 Mar Carriage Works DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist + Dexter Luna Park

Henry Rollins York Theatre, Seymour Centre

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When/why did you decide to take on the decks and start DJing: A was DJing at the time called me over to “Man the fort” and I decided mate of mine who from that day I’d take it up as a hobby. Five records you’d die fighting for: Well DJing aside, picking five records I love and cherish is incredibly hard off the top of my head though: Explosions in the Sky – The Earth Is Loneliness, Black Flag – Damaged Not A Cold Dead Place, Jets to Brazil – Perfecting , Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique – Repeater. and Fugazi Best gig you’ve ever played?: I regularly DJ at GhettoBlaster, and more I had a load of fun DJing there, but what makes me smile the most wou often than not after a set. ld be the praises And the worst?: 0 Sleep, 1 Roo m, 4 Hours of DJing, 10 CDs = Toug h, Lesson learnt! What was the last thing you wrot e on your hand: Some hot babe s phone number!!!… Oh wait no, it's just some co work er… *sigh* Last time you were really, reall y, really happy: I'mm generally just happy most of the time. Silly question, cha! And we can see you: Come dow n to GhettoBlaster is on March 7 at QBa the Ghetto and I’ll spin you out! The next r. Get down early for cheap drink s!

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It sounds like: Electro house nouv elle supreme clash pop dirty disco DJs/live acts playing: PTY LTD Three records that’ll rock the floo r: ‘Face (The Teenagers Remix)’ - The Black Ghost, Simian Mobile Disco and ‘Je Teux Te Voir (Disco D Remix)’ – Yelle And one that you’d rather die than play: ‘Gettin Jiggy Wit It’ by Will Smith Sell it to us: Young and lithe and goes all night

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