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rock music news welcome to the frontline: what’s goin’ on, down and around town with Nathan Jolly

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was brought up in a very artistic family.

My mum always sang, and my dad is an amazing traditional artist - and he definitely loved Cat Stevens a little too much. Almost every day I would come home from school, walk into the kitchen and be bombarded with the sound of dad banging out a classic Cat Stevens song on our piano. Music was something that me and my sister Grace were always so involved in. We were both singers when we were little - in my opinion Grace was a little better than me, so there was a bit of healthy competition there. I was the only one to pursue it though.

I can remember when I was five years old in the car with dad as we were driving past a music shop, with my face pressed up against the car window. I was looking on in wonder at these beautiful guitars, and I turned to my dad and told him I want to learn guitar...

So he immediately pulled the car over and we both walked into the store and bought my first instrument. Singing followed soon after.

I left school when I was fourteen to join this crazy gospel group. I toured with them for almost two years, playing shows every day of the week in schools and community halls.

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I guess I haven’t really known a life without music. I have no clue where I would be without it. Some of my favourite musicians (apart from the obvious ones like Hendrix, Lennon and Mccartney, Dylan, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd) are guys like Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Tom Waits, Sufjan Stevens, The Velvet Underground, Nico, The Tallest Man On Earth, Simon and Garfunkel, St Vincent, Sigur Ros, Justin Vernon, Patrick Watson, Fleetwood Mac, and so many more.

All these people and groups have written some of the best music I’ve heard in my life - and they are the reason I continue to write.

I’m normally one to stand on stage alone and play a bunch of instruments with looped vocals and a simple stomp box to carry it all through. I’ve occasionally played with a band and have really enjoyed it, but sadly money doesn’t grow on trees - so at the moment a full band gig is a bit of a special occasion... Which is why I’m so excited about this tour coming

clothing. It just rains a lot. Well CarriageWorks hear you, and are laughing in the face of millions of years of evolution (or thousands of years of God, if that’s the way you like your history) by bringing us a European Winter all throughout the month of July - with ‘Winterland’. Roasting chestnuts, thick Italian hot chocolate, spicy bratwurst and an ice skating rink (AND AN ICE SKATING RINK!) are amongst the pleasures, and on top of all that, there’s a series of 18 free gigs featuring a huge amount of local and emerging artists – like The Preachers, Leroy Lee, Kate Duffy and Rosie Catalano. It’s all running from July 5 - 31 at CarriageWorks - visit winterland.com.au to organise the events at which you shall be laughing in the face of mother nature.

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We played songs about drug abuse and road safety, you know, all the run of the mill teenage issues. We were in a different town every week, playing almost the same show every gig.

It was hilarious in every way... I learnt so much.

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Ladygarden sounds to me like some horribly nerdy role-playing game involving knights, orks and a magical Eden-like garden filled with buxom, leather-wearing pixelated beauties who just love swordwielding men in armour (although if you know how, you can customise your character’s outfit - the Peter Griffin-skin is hilarious… sigh). In actual fact, it’s just the name of Clare Bowditch’s three backing singers, who will be performing with her at the Opera House as part of the ‘…and Friends’ series. Bowditch (…and friends, Henry Wagons and trio Aluka) will be playing July 2-4 from 7:30pm on the Friday and Saturday evenings, and 6pm on the Sunday.

Tables (ooh la la) are $39, or $29 concession. Seats are slightly cheaper.

It’s extremely brave to mix reggae and punk and then have the word ‘Clash’ in your name, but Bedouin Soundclash don’t care what you or I think because they are angry punks, and because they are a laid-back reggae outfit, and because they are from Canada. They’re promising to bring their frenzy of fusion to the Annandale Hotel on October 16. Tickets on sale July 8.

ART VS SCIENCE TOUR

“The rhyme was a football, yo and I went and threw it.” Ever since that immortal line was uttered years ago, scholars and artists worldwide have tried to recapture the same lightning in a bottle that DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince owned, with their seminal ‘Boom! Shake The Room’. Sadly, no one has yet succeeded. Art Vs Science

up, because I have two of my crazy multiinstrumentalist friends playing with me.

At the moment I’m working on a full-length record that I started in London; I’ll be going back there in September to finish it off.

The producer I’m working with, Ian Grimble, is a proper genius. He’s worked with the likes of The Clash, The Libertines, Seasick Steve, Damien Rice and many more. Working with him over this last month has been amazing.

Outside of that, in this last year I’ve released an EP called Song For…, and just recently I released a new single, ‘My False’.

The scene back home at the moment to me feels a little unfriendly – but most of the hostility I’ve experienced is mainly because of my past... As soon as people can get past all of that, I’ve found most bands and musicians to be the most amazing people. I would never want to be a part of any “scene”. I don’t think music should be so exclusive; just honest and raw. That’s what it’s all about for me anyways.

Who: Matt Corby Where: Brass Monkey / Raval When: June 30 / July 1

managed to bypass all of that by simply covering the song live at Splendour, and releasing the result on the Magic Fountain EP. They are touring this EP through the country, hitting The Northern in Bryon Bay on August 11, Uni of New England on August 18, Newcastle Uni on the 19th, Wollongong Uni on the 20th, and the Metro on August 21. Tickets on sale now.

INDEPTH APRA WRAP-UP AND ANALYSIS

Host Jonathan Biggins was freaking hilarious at the APRA awards. Every single joke was better than the last, and he has made every other person I have spoken to since a soul-shattering disappointment by comparison. Also, some awards were given out - namely to Empire Of The Sun for Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year and Dance Work of the Year, Eskimo Joe for Most Played Australian Work and Rock Work of the Year, Hilltop Hoods for Urban Work of the Year and Temper Trap for Song of the Year. Want more details? PAGE 22, Y’ALL!

HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY

Oh how I do enjoy a dubiously stretched pun or a clumsy spoonerism. Hungry Kids of Hungary is a name that has provided me with some chuckles, and they have upped the ante now with their pre-album release warm-up tour (also a funny idea), the brilliant named ‘Shady Haze Of Winter’ tour. They’re bringing along The Holidays and Artisan Guns, and heading to Oxford Art Factory on August 13, and The Cambridge Hotel the following night.

EAGLES TO TOUR

There’s a part at the end of ‘Hotel California’ where Don Henley says “you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave” and the guitar does this little riff, which is the perfect audio representative of somebody suddenly realising ‘oh fuck, I am in hell and there is no way I am ever getting out.’ Well, The Eagles are coming down under to recreate that little section of music (and probably some other songs too).

Tickets are on sale right now, but you’ll need to wait all the way to December 2 until you make your way to the Sydney Entertainment Centre to witness that magical musical phrase. Hell, they might not even play ‘Hotel California’. Radiohead don’t do ‘Creep’ anymore.

WINTER WONDERLAND

Winter in Sydney is pretty miserable. We grew up with American movies and all these lovely, magical images of snow and ice-skating on frozen lakes thrown in our faces. It’s not even cold enough to wear the really awesome winter

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Silversun Pickups, the L.A band that Billy Corgan wished The Smashing Pumpkinscirca-2010 were, are coming down under to play a run of shows supporting Perth’s Birds Of Toyko. Pedal fans please note: The Silversun Pickups vocalist pretty much has the best setup ever. Everyone else please note: The Sydney show takes place on September 30 at the massive Hordern Pavilion, and tickets are available from the usual outlets.

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welcome to the frontline: what’s goin’ on, down and around town with Nathan Jolly

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ANNANDALE B’DAY BONANZA

CELESTE FROM OUCH MY FACE (VIC) Growing Up The Music You Make We all grew up in the country. My mum Our music sounds like this: Boof! Boof!

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4. loves Abba and Neil Diamond, and the only Boof! Chugga chugga chugga…Die! Die! Die music that my dad will listen to is bagpipe music. He’s obsessed with bagpipes, and he makes them from scratch. He also goes to the op shop and buys all the second hand private girls school-uniform skirts, sews them together and calls it a kilt… He’s always been the village crazy man. Having him for a dad, combined with never fitting in myself, meant that I had to explore other worlds like art and music, instead of playing netball and working at the chicken shop.

mother fuckerrrr! …So far we only have one EP. We are writing an album at the moment, but our next will be a 7” with a book of my drawings. I feel like we’re a bit more unhinged in our live shows than on our records; we try to be generous by giving you everything we have.

I like to imagine pushing all these sounds and feelings out into the crowd, that disappear into the air as soon as they happen. Sometimes I imagine that my face is a flame thrower, and when I scream, everyone’s hair catches on fire.

Usually people either go bananas, or just stare and look shocked.

Inspirations My favourite artists are Björk and 2.

Music, Right Here, Right Now Michael Jackson. I think Ben would say Neil It’s a pretty special time for music here 5.

Young and The Beatles and Steve would in Melbourne. We have lost things that are say Missy Higgins. When we’re driving to a gig we put on ‘Joga’ by Björk, and we have different parts that we sing. I get to be Björk and Ben and Steve do other instrument parts, like the strings and the programmed drums. It’s our way of warming up.

Your Band Ben plays drums, Steve plays bass 3. and I (Celeste) play guitar and sing. Ben and Steve work together at a sheet music warehouse, and I work as an illustrator. Ben and I both decided to move to Melbourne for uni at the same time, and the only person we knew was Steve. We all moved in together and we didn’t have any friends or money, so we just stayed at home and got drunk and made music. At first we were just kind of stuck together, but then we all fell in love. We simply can’t bear to be apart. When we go on tour we have a three person sleeping bag.

THE MAGNETIC FIELDS FILM MERRITTS A SCREENING

In 1999, while artists like Green Day were dicking about in expensive studios struggling to write and record ten new songs for an album, The Magnetic Fields AKA Stephin Merritt casually smashed out 69 songs about love, released it as a three disc set, and carried on being awesome. In the proceeding ten years, his songwriting process, recording process, and other interesting processes were documented on film by Claudia Gonson, and the only reason we are mentioning this is because those evil geniuses at Popfrenzy have gotten a hold of the documentary, - Strange Powers - and are screening it for one night only (much like that Bee Gees concert) on August 4 at the Chauvel Cinema.

Tickets will be limited so go man, go!

Stephin Merritt

important to us in the last year, like The Tote (which just re-opened), and Rowland S. Howard and Dean from Magic Dirt. With all the liquor licensing politics that have been going on, I feel like we’ve been shocked into realising how lucky we are. We have such a wonderfully vibrant, rich and thriving music community, and sometimes I think people take it for granted that they can go out see bands every single night. But right now, the feeling is that we have something amazing, and people are really enthusiastic and supportive of local bands.

Our friends at The Annandale Hotel have bestowed upon us another flourish of treats for their upcoming birthday celebration gigs (we still don’t understand why they’re giving us presents on their birthday, but we love ‘em anyway). We’ve got three double passes to Richard Clapton’s show with The Flood and Radio National on July 1, and another three doubles for The Drones’ frontman Richard Liddiard’s solo venture on July 4 – supported ably by Jamie Hutchings, The Holy Soul and the Maladies. To be a part of The Annandale’s (generous) birthday fever, just tell us how old the Annandale is turning! P.S - Don’t forget to mention which gig you’d like tickets to.

FALCONA FRIDAYS

From the good people that brought you Sosueme and F.R.I.E.N.D/S, comes Falcona Fridays at Kings Cross boogie bunker Kit & Kaboodle. The Falcona crew are the team behind the finest and funnest nights in Sydney, and the opening night on July 2 will be no exception. The evening will be littered with an array of Falcona agency DJs, industry peeps and a special appearance from festival fiends Art Vs Science – the latter of whom will be playing a rare DJ set. To win one of five double passes to the opening night, tell us the name of Art Vs Science’s brand new song!

Hint: it rhymes with ‘Tragic Mountain’.

Who: Ouch My Face What: Ouch My Face EP is out now through Valve Records With: Regurgitator When: Saturday July 3 Where: The Annandale Hotel’s 10th Birthday

DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL ART-WEB-PROJECT THING

If you’ve ever wanted to go for a walk inside the mind of David Lynch, well, that’s an absurd notion and you should cease this wishful, and frankly cerebrally dangerous, line of thought. But the next best thing is dnots.com, the companion art-webproject to the HOLYSHITWECAN’TWAIT Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse album Dark Night Of The Soul, which is now online and freaking out stoned people the world over. The Lynch reference is due to the filmmaker and all-round mentalist providing the site’s imagery, and words cannot do it justice (as least not less than 100 of them) - so hop online and immerse yourself in this crazy world. It’s the future. Or the past… Or something.

UP LATE AT OXFORD ART

You should mark Thursday July 1 in that Far Side calendar you pretend to find funny, because the first installment of Up Late with Jim Shirlaw happens that night at the Oxford Art Factory. It kicks off at 11pm (or 2300 hours for any troops reading) with an installation by glamour fashion label FTW, before Brazilian Cabaret Callado performs. Headlining is Kirin J Callinan, which of course means a mammoth wall of synapsesmashing sound.

AMITY AFFLICTION TOTALLY HATE HARTLEY

That dude Hartley must be pissed. I don’t know what he did to slight The Amity Affliction, but their new single ‘I Hate Hartley’ is currently plastering said hate all across the airwaves, proving the old adage ‘revenge is a dish best served through a hardcore song’ all the more true.

Not content to leave the matter there, The Amity Affliction are touring the country in support of their Youngbloods album, and will arrive in Sydney (and more specifically at the UNSW Roundhouse) on July 9. They are bringing UK band Flood of Red, and US band Misery Signals along for the ride (assuming they carpool) and tickets are on sale through Ticketek NOOOW! (best read in death-metal head-scream voice.)

COLLEGE FALL

College Fall are Glenn Musto and Jodie Lee Bartlett, and although their presser claims they don’t try to impress with fashion or techniques, they both dress brilliantly, write great songs, and she is dead gorgeous. Their debut album

Lions At Your Door

MASONS AT YOUR DOOR

Secret Societies have secret handshakes, code names and amulets. Although none of the aforementioned things will probably be present at the Secret Society indie night at the Vanguard on July 6, you may as well still show up - Lions At Your Door, Cameras and Idea Idea are all playing live, and it only costs a tenner. And hey, it doesn’t say there WONT be amulets… As for code names, if you show up, I promise to refer to you as ‘The Eagle’... Okay, see you there!

released back in 2005 saw them follow the usual, well-worn progression of Aussie bands; triple j play, NOVA play a few months later, then performing for the Danish Royal Family... True.

Follow up album The Curse Of Us is launching July 23 at The Excelsior, no doubt to be followed by national airplay and an Oprah appearance.

complained that the OAF was detrimental to the local community – what? I mean, what?

WHAT? Anyway, according to OAF, “this could put our entire operation in jeopardy.” So - anyone whose had a good night at OAF should hit oxfordartfactory.com and follow the links. Sign a petition, write a letter, spread the good word that Sydney needs the OAF. Because we really do.

OAF - CALL FOR HELP!

The Oxford Art Factory needs your help!

Everyone’s favourite venue has recently applied for two fairer DA’s with the Sydney of City Council – the first so they don’t have to keep re-applying for late night trade (a hideous and costly process that they have to go through every year), and the second so they can provide entertainment during the day - to run events like markets, art shows and all ages gigs. The applications have been called to a full Council meeting after residents

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U2 TOURING?

My colleagues over at The Music Network are dictating over my shoulder right now, and have it on VERY good authority that the Irish megaband U2 are going to be coming our way in December...

They’re calling it the ‘Crack A Boner, Bono’ tour.

Don’t actually write that you idiot, I was making a joke. Anyway, they’re totally touring.

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welcome to the frontline: what’s goin’ on around town... With Chris Honnery onthefly.com.au

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orn in the wacky ‘70s, and growing up in Mulletsville ‘80s, I was exposed to so many types of music in my house. My older bros rocked the shit out of Van Halen, Kiss and Whitesnake, while Dad spun his Elvis records on the regular with Mum jamming to Michael Jackson, Lionel Ritchie, Blondie and Billy Joel. I was so fortunate to be around at the time when hip hop was initially breaking onto the music scene; 1983 in Radelaide!

My two mates and I formed a breakdance crew: Baby Legs,

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Body Rock - and I (of course) was Fluoro Breaker. My obsession with fluoro was beyond words. I have footage of me doing windmills, poppin’ and knee spins on Beta video cassette back home - all in my Mary Jane shoes, because I wasn’t allowed to wear sneakers. I was OBSESSED with hip hop (or rap music, as we called it back then) and nothing has changed since then - except no mo’ Mary Janes, just 200 pairs of sneakers!

There are four main artists that have influenced my musical background: Stevie Wonder, Lionel Ritchie, NKOTB and Debbie Gibson. I never confessed to being cool yo! Stevie for his ridonkulous talent, Lionel for his smoother-than-butter voice, NKOTB for their pure showmanship and rad stage costumes, and Debbie Gibson for her tartar teeth and shocking lisp. Loves it!

People know me for my ridiculous sneaker collection and the fact that I hold one of the dopest jobs in the world at Sneaker Freaker. I’m more known for rocking the party hard with my stupid, over-the-top behaviour behind the decks. You’ll find me at any given time either behind the decks, accosting a microphone or telling punters to fuck off for even trying to request a song. No go, peoples! I got so used to hearing

CUT COPY ON LADY GAGA AND LP3

If their MySpace page is to be believed, Melbourne synth-pop band Cut Copy have finished their as yet untitled third album. Frontman Dan Whitford told listeners to expect “a repetitive, hypnotic, rhythmic aspect to a lot of the tracks…”

That could mean only one thing in my book – Kompaktesque microhouse.

But the fact that Ben Allen (who has worked with Animal Collective and Gnarls Barkley in the past) is on mixing duties is perhaps a better indication of the sonic flavour of Cut Copy’s third LP. Whitford also discussed the group’s decision to turn down supporting Lady Gaga on her world tour in order to concentrate on their album. “We were simultaneously repulsed but also tantalised by the idea of touring with her for a whole year,” Whitford affirmed. “It is funny how you can write off some huge, ultra-popular musician, but if you find out they actually like your music, you’re like, ‘Oh, well maybe they’re all right!’ To be honest, I don’t listen to the radio at all. I get a lot of stuff online and the rest is all old records. I don’t really know her music that well.”

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GOODGOD REOPENS!

In news that will give Sydney’s quite frankly stagnant nightlife – cut it out Chris – a muchneeded boost, beloved late night institution Goodgod Small Club will reopen its doors later in the month. “Just when it looked like there was no hope left to re-establish Goodgod Small Club, we’ve been granted a precious new lease on life,” an official statement revealed. “There’s much to do – and there may be a fundraiser or two – but stick with us and we’ll have the city a new public bar and late night cantina … and of course, our beloved Small Club danceteria back jumpin’ again.” You can keep up to date with the latest Goodgod news through twitter.com/ goodgodgoodgod. Jimmy Sing and his crew also issued a big “Thanks to everyone for your support - we’re looking forward to the ride.”

As are we – there is no doubt Sydney needs Goodgod Small Club.

people shout ‘Yo! Mafia!’ at me that I turned it into somewhat of a brand (yo-mafia.com).

I’ll be working with companies to create and develop this shit, so let’s hope I can retire real soon! I want to be a panda, or hold a panda whichever comes first.

My motto is ‘Get the ladies loose and the fellas laid!’ Anything to get the ladies dancing yo, the blokes will follow. From straight up hip hop, to RnB, B-More, to Electro, Cock Rock to Pop and everything in between, I’ll mash it up into an orgy of MAFIA MADNESS! All these DJs coming up who have no skill but look pure sex behind the decks is a worrying sign. Yeah we all want to look at eye candy, but if you can’t blend anything together or make a cohesive party mix then I’m sorry - you are the weakest link - GOODBYE! I’ve stuck to my unique style of mixing, without worrying about trends and playing only the latest and greatest tracks. Firstly because most of the new shit is rubbish and secondly because music, like fashion, always comes full circle. It’s hilarious to me that RnB is becoming SOOOO huge again. I used to get laughed at for playing cheesy shit, so it’s nice to see it being appreciated on the level that I always played it: a touch of passion with a whole lotta pisstake!

Who: DJ M.A.F.I.A What: ANTE UP! When: Saturday July 3 Where: Ante Up @ Brighton Up Bar, Oxford Street

WINTERLAND FESTIVAL

CarriageWorks’ Winterland festival is here to drag all of us out of our cold weatherinduced slumber and onto the ice skating rink, with hot foods and cool bands to accompany you as you slip and slide your way around the frozen floor. The festival runs from July 5 to 31 at CarriageWorks Eveleigh, and each night will have its own individual musical pizzazz – from jazz to funk to gypsy to folk to disco – yeah, you’re keen and we haven’t even mentioned the variety of scrumptious foods. We have two family ice skating passes to give away (valid for two adults and two kids). To experience all the magic of a European winter in Sydney’s inner-west, tell us the name of one of the bands playing in the Feral Media showcase on July 10. www.winterland.com.au

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SECRET SOCIETY

Last month’s cherry-popping Secret Society night at The Vanguard was a rager, and headliners Guineafowl led the way for a positively riotous evening. This Tuesday July 6 promises to be the same and more with Lions At Your Door, Cameras and idea idea taking the stage. Cheap beers, cheap cocktails and cheap food will fill your belly and unlike when you’re with your mother, The Vanguard won’t make you wait 30 minutes before you can get up and dance yourself silly! Let the good times roll. We have two double passes for you fortunate folk, to win just tell us which suburb the Vanguard is in.

OXFAM’S HIP HOP APPROACH

Some of Sydney’s leading hip hop acts, including The Tongue, Thundamentals, True Vibenation and Sketch the Rhyme, will descend on Oxford Art Factory on Wednesday July 14 for ‘The Hip Hop Approach’, an initiative from Oxfam Australia. The event comes with the disclaimer: “This is not a fundraiser.

It’s a forum for discussion. Whether it be international aid, climate change, indigenous rights, refugee policy or something else, this is an opportunity to vent views and ideas for a better world while partying with some high-quality hip hop acts.” The motif of awareness will underscore all the performances, with the rappers, DJs, vocalists and sketch and mural artists all using the concert to draw attention to the injustices they see around them and solutions that could lead to reducing poverty and inequality in the world. Those in attendance will have the chance to have their opinions recorded and produced into short films and podcasts post-event, with entry free from 7pm. Hit thehiphopapproach. my3things.org for more info.

AEROPLANE SPLIT

Belgian nu-disco duo Aeroplane have split up just months before the release of their debut album, We Can’t Fly. In an online post, Vito De Luca explained the split, saying, “Stephen [Fasano] and I have been working together for more than seven years now… Seven years of creating different projects, exploring different directions. Today, we are more excited and passionate than ever about creating new music. Except that [in] the last months, Stephen’s vision and mine were going different ways. That is the reason why we decided that one of us should leave Aeroplane. Not to destroy it, but to make it last.” He also made sure to note, “There is no angriness here, no conflicts to come, just a mature decision to save what we’ve been building together, and [what] both of us do not want to see disappear.” Aeroplane’s LP will still hit shelves in early September, with De Luca now the sole force behind the moniker and Fasano set to work under a new guise.

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ANAND AMY, KRISHNASWFUZ ZY. TOURING MANAGER,

Tell us about Fuzzy?

We’re one of the largest touring/events companies in Australia, responsible for Parklife National Tour, Field Day, Shore Thing (NYE at Bondi), Harbourlife, and SummerFieldDayze (Gold Coast).

We’ve been in the game for almost 14 years starting with Tunespotting back in 1996, followed by Sublime @ Home and Elevation. Compare these humble beginnings to the Parklife National Tour coming up in Sept/Oct, which will attract around 140,000 people across five cities, and it’s fair to say that we’ve grown considerably.

And what do you do there?

I’ve been the Touring Manager for the last three and a half years. Between myself, Ming & John (Fuzzy Directors) and Terri (Event Manager / Touring Assistant) we look after everything artist-related for our major festivals - bookings, logistics, hospitality, wardrobe malfunctions(!)... I also organise a range of live/DJ national club tours. In a calendar year, we would complete somewhere between 60-70 tours.

Biggest myth about working for an event company?

That the work is glamorous. There are some amazing perks that come with being in this business, but all-in-all it’s damn hard work. You’re always working 6 - 9 months in advance, so there’s no such thing as a quiet period!

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What’s been your favourite Fuzzy festival moment?

So hard to pinpoint one but A-Trak’s closing set on the Main Stage at Parklife Perth last year was unforgettable...

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dance music news welcome to the frontline: what’s goin’ on around town... With Chris Honnery onthefly.com.au

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Inspirations There are a lot of great new bands 2. who I listen to - and there are a couple of those bands that I remember hearing for the first time - like Sigur Rós, Arcade Fire, The Cure, Massive Attack, The Police and Simon & Garfunkel. I remember being really inspired when I heard the TaikOz album for the first time - I don’t think I knew what Taiko drumming or shakuhachi was, and I can’t play the flute and can barely drum, but I’m still amazed when I listen to them.

Growing Up My first memory of music is being eight 1. years old and freezing cold, after just moving to Tasmania, with my dad teaching me guitar.

I have a clear image of my fingers being cold and numb, flapping about with tight strings that would always seem to buzz on his acoustic.

Dad would always write songs off the cuff, kind of freestyling on themes like my little sister’s stuffed rabbit. Mum forced me to learn classical piano before I was allowed to get real guitar lessons, and my musical training took a small leap from ‘how to rhyme about the first thing you see, with just three open chords’. The album I remember the most was Ladysmith

FBI CUDDLE PUDDLE

It’s been a year since over 140 bands, artists and DJs rallied together for a series of sixteen fundraisers across Sydney in the name of ‘Save FBi’, but while that was born out of necessity – well, the concept worked, so why not make it an annual thing? Why not indeed. Again over the month of July, FBi will be staging a number of gigs to raise proceeds for the community radio station. It kicks off on Friday July 9 at Oxford Art Factory with ‘Cuddle Puddle’, a late night smorgasbord featuring a plethora of local DJs including Simon Caldwell, Kid Kenobi, Mark Pritchard, Kato & Anna Lunoe, Ro Sham Bo, Hoops and James McInnes among others.

This is a late start, with first bounce at 11.30pm, and entry $8/$13 for FBi supporters/non-supporters.

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musical ideas back and forth and writing over the top of each other. We showed the songs to some friends who all liked them, so we got some pals to make it a live set. Joe Citizen plays bass, Jacob plays drums, and Alister Pattern is the percussionist and the heartbeat of the live show - he sweats, he makes all sorts of noise with his body parts and with his Djembe. I started playing music with Alister when we were eight. Our two families had one of those strange coexistent relationships, where you share parents and all of the kids’ ages match; we spent every day together till

The Music You Make Afro Pop Jungle Surf Rock. Someone 4. said ‘Forest Rock’ or ‘Savannah Rave’, and they stuck too. The live show is basically five white dudes dancing badly to African-inspired beats. It will truly be some of the worst dancing on a stage that you will ever see – you shouldn’t have to see it, but you will.

You’ll see Alister’s sweat, Pepa’s penchant for jackets that are slightly too small, my poor facial hair, and many more similarly charming attributes.

Dappled Cites, Seekae, Cabins, Ernest Ellis, Step Panther... And it’s really cool that there are still venues where you can see great bands for free, like Bondi’s Beach Road and the OAF gallery room. Except make sure that you always bring ID to Oxford Arts, because those bouncers don’t mess around - a shabby beard will not suffice for over-18s proof.

Who: Jinja Safari When: Friday July 9 Where: Spectrum

LEE SCRATCH PERRY V DAVID LYNCH

Back in 2008, NY-based dub/dubstep/dancehall/ bass music label Subatomic Sound teamed up with Vienna’s Dubblestandart to begin a series of limited edition 12” vinyl exclusives that brought together iconic originators in the history of dub reggae with the underground vibes of dubstep. Its latest release, the Chrome Optimism EP, features one of the odder collaborations that dubstep – or any genre for that matter – has seen, with Lee Scratch Perry teaming with celebrated director David Lynch - yes he of Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet fame – for vocal contributions on the title track, and Dubblestandart handling the production duties. Lynch’s lyrics traverse such subjects as transcendental meditation, and include lines like “The ideas tell you how they want to be”. Think about it.

ACCESS LAUNCH

New monthly progressive night ‘Access’ launches this Friday at Tao Lounge, a newly refurbished venue located opposite the Civic Hotel on Pitt St. The subterranean club has been engineered purely for clubbing, and boasts a state-of-the-art sound system and a “spring-loaded dancefloor” (whatever that is!). As for Access, the brand is the brainchild of several veterans of the Sydney club scene, and offers a psychedelic take on the progressive genre. Headlining the launch party is the highly touted Melbourne act Suncontrolspecies, who have been releasing on a number of respected labels since ’02. Also spinning are the likes of Vibrating Balance’s JML, Rythmic Sun, Pato De Gomah and Galaktik, with entry $15 before 11.

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TONI TONI LEE

Toni Toni Lee, the later ego of one Spruce Lee, celebrates the release of his debut single ‘Feelin’ Real Good’ on Yes Yes Records this Saturday at the Civic Underground.

No doubt buoyed by the news of GoodGod’s reopening, Lee has assembled the original GoodGod ‘dream team’, comprised of Jimmy Sing and El Ron Golden (Golden Ron) along with the so-called keeper of the ‘G’, Huggz from the Wedding Ring Fingers, who’ll be opening proceedings. ‘Feelin’ Real Good’ debuted inside the top 50 of the ARIA charts, and has already been remixed by Perth wizkid Shazam and Pete Herbert. Entry is $10 on the door from 10pm.

FABRIC NIGHTCLUB

In an official statement, the crew behind London clubbing institution fabric has announced the venue is no longer in administration. Clubbers worldwide will be relieved to know that “fabric has been bought by a consortium who fully back founders Keith Reilly and Cameron Leslie’s vision; nothing within the scope of the fabric ethos or team shall change. The consortium has formed a new company called Fabric Life Limited.” Only one question remains: ‘What is a consortium?’

According to dictionary.com, ‘A combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.’ …Rave on, ravers.

PLUS+1

The Reckless Republic crew have unveiled a new concept ‘Plus+1,’ which aims to reinvigorate the “very dull” and “disheartening” Sydney Friday night scene over winter. Combating this seasonal lull, Plus+1 will join Adult Disco as the second party

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recognized as a landmark LP that has inspired covers from the likes of Massive Attack, Moby, The Killers and Grace Jones. The show will include live performances of all of the songs from Unknown Pleasures including ‘She’s Lost Control’, ‘New Dawn Fades’ and ‘Disorder’ as well as classic singles such as ‘Transmission’ and ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’.

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. Tickets for Fuzzy’s Parklife festival, slotted for Sunday October 3, go on sale this Thursday July 1 at midday. This year’s lineup includes Oregon-based rock outfit The Dandy Warhols, UK stalwarts Groove Armada, French brat Uffie and Missy Elliott along with her 27-strong dancing entourage all ‘workin’ it’. Other notables on the bill include Mix Master Mike of the Beastie Boys, Kele from Bloc Party, New Young Pony Club, Soulwax, Holy Ghost!, Busy P, Memory Tapes, Cut Copy, Midnight Juggernauts, Brodinski, DJ Mehdi, Jesse Rose and Bag Raiders.

Manchester icon Peter Hook, of Joy Division and New Order fame, will perform Joy Division’s debut album Unknown Pleasures in its entirety at The Enmore Theatre on Saturday September 25.

2010 marks the 30th anniversary of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis’ suicide, which occurred less than a year after Unknown Pleasures first hit shelves. The album received a muted response when it was originally released, but is now

we were 15. Now years later, far away from the Apple Isle, we get to play music together.

Our parents all came up from Tassie for our first gig. It was a strange and lovely kind of reunion.

What happens when you put La Roux, Art vs Science, Yves Klein Blue, Miami Horror and Cassette Kids on an old school train with a hoard of screaming fans? Kent Mathews has the answer. The talented photographer was given an all-access pass to document the 48-hour Bacardi Express journey through his lens, the results of which are now being exhibited at Dr Pong throughout July. Kent’s recent portrait work includes Lily Allen, Florence and the Machine, Groove Armada and actress Rose Byrne. To celebrate, we have the framed portrait of Groove Armada to give away, from the exhibition itself! To win this unique prize, tell us one of the cities on the B-EX route. bacardiexpress.com.au

Your Crew I met Pepa late last year, around a 3.

Music, Right Here, Right Now campfire up North on a coast trip. We started There are so many great bands in 5. emailing at the beginning of this year, sending Sydney. Megastick Fanfare, Decoder Ring,

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HOOK’S UNKNOWN PLEASURES

BACARDI EX-HIBITION

MARCUS FROM JINJA SAFARI Black Mambazo - my grandmother is a missionary in Uganda, in a town called Jinja, and she gave my dad that CD. I’ve always felt a connection to African music.

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on Civic Underground’s weekly roster, rotating a host of local tech crews who will each take turns at overseeing proceedings. Among those involved are Loose Kaboose, Chemistry, House Inspection, Colour, Shrug and Bug In The Bass, with the mission statement also promising an international or two. Plus+1 launches this Friday July 2 from 10pm with representatives from all of the abovementioned consortiums crews at The Civic Underground, entry $15 on the door.

FALCONA FRIDAYS

The force behind club nights such as Sosueme and F.R.I.E.N.D/s, Falcona, are launching a new weekly ‘get together’ at nightspot Kit & Kaboodle.

Kicking off on Friday July 2 with Art vs Science delivering a DJ set, Falcona Fridays will offer a weekly smattering of Falcona agency DJs and guests. Having said Falcona four times in this news item, Brag has more than done its bit for the ‘superliminal’ marketing campaign, so at $50 per namedrop the good folks at Falcona can invoice us $200 please. Hang on, make that $250. Ta.

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NOVA & CHANNEL V TEAM UP Channel [V] and DMG Radio’s Nova network team up for a one-hour show called The Music Lab. Each week, their listeners and viewers vote for their ten most fave songs and next big acts. “We’ll play what you say!” says Dean Buchanan, Group Program Director, DMG Radio Australia. Launching on July 4, and scheduled for every Sunday at noon, hosts are Nova’s Dan Debuf and [V]’s Billy Russell.

Life lines Hospitalised: Polly Stevens, head of communications at MTV Australia, left with a few broken ribs after a fall.

Hospitalised: Southern boogie kid Gregg Allman underwent a liver transplant.

KOOABURRA DOWNUNDER At the Song Summit in Sydney, Men At Work’s Colin Hay confirmed that both the band — and presumably also publisher EMI Music — are appealing the decision that the flute riff of ‘Downunder’ was a nick from ‘Kookaburra Sits In An Old Gum Tree’.

Suing: A lawyer representing Michael Jackson’s estate has threatened legal action again the singer’s mother Katherine’s new business partner — businessman Howard Mann.

The pair are publishing a pictorial book from Katherine’s private collection, while Mann is said to be negotiating record deals to release 273 unheard Michael Jackson songs which Mann reportedly obtained in a sale, after dad Joe failed to pay a storage bill. The Jackson lawyer says Mann is infringing Michael’s copyright.

Live music venue Manly Fishos is leaving its North Manly site of the last 45 years (cnr of Pittwater and Balgowlah Rds), and moving to the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall in Raglan St. It is auctioning the North Manly site to get rid of a debt of about $3.3 million on July 7. After the sale, the venue will remain in North Manly site for another six months while its new place gets renovated, following the exit of current tenants Manly Rugby Club.

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The Black Eyed Peas’ ‘I Gotta Feeling’ is the first single to be legally downloaded more than one million times in the UK. Released last June, it spent two weeks at #1 and a total of 33 weeks in the Top 40. The Peas already hold the UK record for most downloads by a single group, with a staggering 3.3 million.

THE WORTH OF MJ

SUGE SUING KANYE

In recent years Michael Jackson was US$500 million in debt. But a Billboard report says that most of this has been paid off due to the fact that his estate generated “at least” US$1 billion (Aus $1.145 billion) since his death last June. We’re talking 24 million solo albums, almost a million by the Jackson Five and Jacksons – worth about A$427 million in sales. Add to this 39.4 million song downloads, 4.5 million ringtones, internet licensing worth A$6.8 million, almost A$300 million from the concert film This Is It, TV rights, DVD and Blu-Ray sales, and Jackson’s music

Death Row founder Marion “Suge” Knight is suing Kanye West and the posh Shore Club in Miami for $1 million over a shooting in 2005. West had hosted a party at the club before the MTV awards, with guests including the Black Eyed Peas, Eddie Murphy, Paris Hilton and Jessica Alba. Someone fired six shots, hitting Knight in the thigh and leaving him with $200,000 worth of medical bills. West denies responsibility for the club’s security that night. Recently the two men and their lawyers met in a New York office for six hours, to thrash it out “man to man”, said Knight. But West’s answers disappointed him, he said.

THINGS WE HEAR * U2 are signed up for an Oz tour in December, says The Music Network. * Roy & HG will host the 2010 Australian Commercial Radio Awards. * Strange acceptance speeches from Luke Steele at the APRA awards: “I don’t know why you’re giving me this award, but I’ll take it anyway…” and “It’s nice to win, especially against the Vegemite of Australian music – The Presets.” * The triple j Unearthed High winners for 2010, Iotah, changed their names to Stonefield - there’s already a Sydney performer called iOTA. * England’s Glastonbury Festival didn’t want Kylie Minogue to perform — but on the weekend she was supposed to sneak onstage, as a guest of the Scissor Sisters. * George Michael has bought a $6 million three-storey five-bedroom pad in Sydney’s snooty Whale Beach.

FISHOS MOVING

The Sydney Improvised Music Association (SIMA) is establishing the inaugural Next Wave Jazz Awards for excellence in performance, composition and leadership. SIMA celebrated 25 years of putting on jazz shows with a starstudded knees-up at The Basement over the weekend, and all proceeds went to getting the awards up.

A MILLION DOWNLOADS

Died: Chris Sievey, who created Frank Sidebottom cult figure on the punk and alt rock scenes in the late 1980s who sported a huge papiermache head. He passed away during an operation to remove a tumor on his chest. His friends put in money to save him from a pauper’s grave after he died penniless at 54.

publishing empire. Billboard reckons that what Jackson earned last year is equal to the GDP of Djibouti.

* Slipknot’s Paul Gray died of an accidental morphine overdose. * Leona Lewis’ road crew are threatening to quit: the 25-year old vegetarian won’t allow anyone to eat meat on the tour. * Reports Dannii Minogue signed a $1.5 million deal with Ministry of Sound are bollocks. * Latest Kiss merchandising: their own lottery game in Mexico! * It took 24 hours after Gold Coast councillor Bob La Castra announced he was running for the seat of Wright before rivals were sniggering about his past as writer for Bananas In Pyjamas. * Silverchair’s Chris Joannou was among the stars who are giving up the booze for a month as part of annual abstinence month Dry July. But he’s the only one who co-owns his own beer brand, Lovells Lager…

The Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards (SOYA) has opened for people wanting to boost their careers with a 12-month mentorship and grants program. It’s open to people under 30, and covers fashion, film, visual arts, visual communications, music, industrial and object design and photography. The music mentor is producer Lee Groves who relocated from the UK, where he was a member of Terminalhead and Hex Orchestra, to set up at Sydney’s Level 7 Studios. See www.soya. com.au, deadline is August 9.

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guess in our early development we weren’t really into touring - we were more into recording and staying the studio. But now, since we haven’t been in the studio, we’ve had a lot more time to consider touring.” Ali Shaheed Muhammad, the DJ third of seminal hip hop trio A Tribe Called Quest, is talking to me from his New York studio as he prepares for the group’s upcoming tour to Australia. Ali, along with MCs Q-Tip and Phife Dawg, will be landing on our shores for the very first time in their epic 21 year career.

Undoubtedly one of the most influential groups in the history of hip hop, Tribe broke up in 1998 citing problems with their record label. But like many great things, ATCQ would rise again; the massive wellspring of support from fans inspired them to tentatively reform in 2004, to headline Rock The Bells. But while bands like The Pixies or My Bloody Valentine have become festival regulars the world over since being called back to the frontline by their fans, Tribe weren’t keen on making any big plans. “When we disbanded back in ‘98, that was the end for us - but there’s just been such a massive resurgence of people who want to see us. We don’t really plan out anything, and we haven’t since 2004 when we decided to say, ok, let’s go do this one show. But then that show led to a second, and the second to a third, and so on… We never really had any plans.” The big question of course is if Tribe have any plans to lock in the reunion with a new album – but according to Ali, it’s highly unlikely. “We don’t discuss that,” he explains. “We really don’t. At some point around 2003 we were talking about it, but it’s been so long now we don’t talk about it anymore.” Disappointing, sure, but Tribe are playing shows again, and that’s something at least.

Having come up around the same time as other hip hop luminaries like The Jungle Brothers and De La Soul, Tribe have long been used to working within a community of artists. It was this environment of support and collaboration that helped the crew find

their feet as freshmen in the music industry, engendering in them an appreciation of collaboration and creative unity. “Q-Tip and I went to high-school with The Jungle Brothers, and there was just this energy, this element of hip hop just going on you know. While everybody else was eating their lunch, we’re sitting there banging on tables and freestyling and all that. That energy then moved on, and ended up with us forming relationships with De La Soul and Queen Latifah and this whole little movement, with everyone offering their advice and their opinion and helping you get from one step to the next. It was an awesome time and just a great environment, that I haven’t seen for a long time - the playground for learning what we needed, to move forward in life with our dream of making music.”

It’s hard to think of hip hop today without Tribe and their contemporaries. They arrived at a time when the genre was struggling against the perception that it was nothing more than rhythmic egotism, dismissed by many as ‘nonmusic.’ Tribe’s sound, rife with subdued jazz samples, infectious grooves and timeless, universal lyrics, showed the mainstream a side to hip hop they hadn’t seen before. Ali maintains that were it not for the supportive and communal atmosphere in which Tribe were born, we may not have seen such a movement emerge. “Certainly I think that that environment helped to cultivate all of these entities, and helped take the spirit of hip hop from a somewhat bragadocious kind of approach - you know, the whole b-boy style to something that was a little more united.”

Despite their indelible impact on hip hop, Ali doesn’t believe that Tribe deserve too much credit for opening up the genre to the masses.

“There were certainly people who might have not been too open to hip hop when we were coming out, and we may have been more palatable, but I can’t say it was all us. I mean, groups that immediately come to mind are groups like Run DMC, Houdini, Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force - they all broke barriers.” He says that even Public

Enemy commanded attention and made people more aware. “But us, I mean De La Soul, Tribe and the rest, we were definitely a bit of a sweeter pill to swallow.”

He explains to me his theory that hip hop has a “five-to-seven year cycle of change”, as though the genre’s progress is more inevitable than attributable to any particular force. Having been around now for over two decades, I’m curious as to where Ali sees this cycle heading in the new millennium.

“Hip hop to me has always been a reflection of the state of life,” he replies. “There are so many different elements that it’s challenging to say where hip hop is going. I hope that there will begin to be more of a reawakening in a sense, from the point of view that the world is changing. I don’t mean to sound grim or anything, it’s just that - for instance, I’ve been listening to the new Roots album and reading some of the reviews saying it’s all a bit intense and heavy, but you know, that’s just the times we’re living in right now.”

Ali sees the current state of the world as an opportunity for us to re-connect through our shared concerns, with hip hop a reflection of a new awareness. “I hope to see an awakening, to be less frivolous and in a sense more connected and more spiritual. When I say spiritual I don’t necessarily mean religion, but more in the sense of the collective spirit of humanity… I hope that [hip hop] artists, and just people in general, will become more socially conscious and more progressive towards love and unity.” He sees a lot of hip hop today themed around the wrong pedestals; drugs, alcohol, violence, money, ego. “I mean I’m not knocking anyone, and I’m not saying the music needs to be overly positive, I just think it needs to be more based in reality. There needs to be more balance.”

With our time running out, I finally ask Ali about how they all feel about making their first voyage downunder at such a late stage in their career. “For us this is such an interesting time,” he tells me, a raw earnestness in his

“Q-Tip and I went to high-school with The Jungle Brothers, and there was just this energy. While everybody else was eating their lunch, we’re sitting there banging on tables and freestyling and all that.” voice belying his excitement. “It’s been almost two decades and that has to be strange, you know; it’s like meeting a sibling as an adult.

It’s just so exciting, you know? Like, you run into your contemporaries and they start talking about it and you get to a point we’re you’re just like, ‘I don’t’ want to hear any more stories; I just want to get there!’”

With tickets to the show selling fast, Ali isn’t the only one anxiously waiting for Tribe to arrive; the support shown for the band is testament to the timeless and enduring quality of their music. In a world where so much of the hip hop we know sounds as disposable as a used condom, A Tribe Called Quest and their music are like architectural monuments of centuries past - symbols of something foundational, which will live on years after their creators are gone.

Who: A Tribe Called Quest Where: The Hordern Pavilion When: Wednesday August 11

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Sleigh Bells Cheerleaders-Gone-Wrong By Luke Telford

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he title of Sleigh Bells’ debut album, while curious, is also apt. The eleven songs on Treats present 37 minutes of musical confectionary - not the kind you have after lunch with a cup of tea, but the sort that taste as though they might burn a hole through your cheek, the object of many a childhood dare. When asked what kind of film the album might soundtrack, the duo’s vocalist Alexis Krauss nails the feel of it perfectly. “The film would have lasers, rollerskating and children, roller skating through this crazy battlefield that was like bombs, and they were exploding, like... crazy good things. There would definitely be roller skates. And lasers. And little girls.”

Her life is a little surreal at the moment. Sitting in her parents’ quiet living room on the Jersey shore, she’s still reeling from a fast-paced tour of Europe, her first with Sleigh Bells. Despite the universally warm reception of their debut, the tour wasn’t all smooth-sailing. “Most of the places we were playing our album wasn’t out yet, so we felt a little disconnected by the reaction.” As a result, some of the European audiences were left a little unsure what to make of such a relentlessly saccharine maelstrom.

When put on the spot about how artificial the album sounds - how it seems to break so many rules regarding sonic fidelity and song-craft - Krauss becomes a little defensive, and justly so. “As long as you’re doing something you think is worthy of being heard, and that people will find interesting and exciting, I think it’s not necessarily very important to subscribe to convention, or what people expect.

We get a lot of shit for being a band that performs largely an electronic set when we play live,” she complains. “A lot of people are like ‘Where’s your drummer? This is a karaoke set!’ Obviously, seeing a live rock band is an amazing experience, but that isn’t what all music is or needs to be. So I think if people can be a little bit more open-minded, and if they like the way it sounds and it makes them feel good, then they should stop thinking so much about it, and just enjoy it.”

Understandably this criticism, coupled with unfamiliarity, may have hampered the occasional live show on their tour. “I think our worst gig was probably pretty recently. We played the Rock am Ring in Nürnburg, in Germany, which is this heavy metal/rock festival—the headliners were Rammstein and Kiss,” Krauss explains. “We were on a big festival stage, in the middle of the day, and it just started pouring rain, so everyone was cranky and wet. So, we literally played to about 20 people, at this massive festival. It was kind of a confluence of the worst possible circumstances.”

Despite the occasional luke-warm - or unfortunately sodden - audience reception, Krauss remains philosophical about the difficult performances.

“Whenever they’re good, our shows kind of exceed our expectations - because we’re always prepared to get up there and have nobody know who the hell we are. So any time we have a crowd that’s enthusiastic and energetic and excited about seeing us, it’s really exciting… If you can excite maybe one or two people, that’s all we can ask for.”

One of the alluring things about Treats is the way it juxtaposes tunes that can sound like the product of a high-school marching band on ecstasy with painfully brilliant bursts of wanton and discordant noise. Krauss agrees that there’s a lot of innocence involved, but also a lot of darkness. “To say it’s just generally playful and childish wouldn’t necessarily be accurate. The vocals on the album are very playful. And we’re both influenced by a sort of collegiate/academic/high school pep-rally, cheerleaders-gone-wrong mentality. There’s no direct connection there, but there are definitely some influences that you can follow through the album.”

“ If Treats were a film it would have lasers, roller skating and children, roller skating through this crazy battlefield that was like bombs, and they were exploding, like crazy good things...”

It’s this warped innocence that gives the album its edge and, as it turns out, the high school feel isn’t necessarily happenstance. “I was a teacher for the past two years, so I was involved in school and around school children. When I was in elementary school I was in the band, and I played clarinet, and then I played bass in the jazz band. So, I was a band geek.”

So being a musician from way back, and with Sleigh Bells a pretty aurally unforgiving band, does Alexis ever worry about her hearing? “My dad’s a musician, and he implores me to take care of my ears, so I’ve started using some wireless in-ears.

Unfortunately the dynamics of our shows are pretty wild - I’m very often crowd-surfing, so they’re probably going to be ripped out. But I think it’s worth it. I think a little hearing damage is worth the adventure that we’re on.”

Behind the crushing wall of aggressive guitar and the saccharine melodies, Treats is an unsettlingly enigmatic piece of music – even after a fifteen minute chat with one of its creators. When asked what its purpose is, Alexis stresses the importance of not over-intellectualising music and its effect on the listener. “I hope that people listen to Sleigh Bells, and that they’re just able to let go. I think that it’s the perfect record put on with friends, to not really think necessarily about what you’re listening to, but just to react to it. And whether that’s dancing or just sort of doing rockin’ things, I want people to enjoy it. I want people to let go and have fun.”

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Hot Chip Just Add Shmaltz By Caitlin Welsh

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ot Chip have come a long way, baby. What started as the teenaged Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard trying not to murder Pavement covers after school has morphed into a many-headed, genre-hopping dance act with a handful of classic tracks already under their belts. After their laidback-to-a-fault 2004 debut Coming On Strong, 2006’s The Warning was the kick in the pants their sound needed - just watch any crowd on the floor of an indie club lose their collective shit when ‘Over And Over’ drops at 1am. Its combination of DFA-approved badass electropop with Taylor’s angelic fuck-you croon was irresistible.

The band delved further into that sound on 2008’s icy Made In The Dark - a slightly bloated collection of nervous glitches and sweet hooks.

So when their latest offering, One Life Stand, dropped into our laps dripping in lush, shimmery synths and warm, romantic tunes, one had to wonder if Made In The Dark had been a bit much for them. “I think we did kind of react against Made a little bit,” admits Goddard. “[It] had more kind of weirdness on it, more tracks that were a crazy kind of groove without being the strongest songs. It had more experiments on it, I think; what I’d define as a more aggressive kind of sound. We weren’t trying to copy The Warning making this record, but we did want to make something that was quite emotional, quite lovely and quite warm.” The band worked a lot more with instruments they hadn’t used on the past two records, too. “More real piano, real bass, real drums. We tried to make a pop record using [real instruments] more, rather than the synthesizers that we’d been using.”

really the end, so I don’t know exactly what he’s planning to do,” he says. “It would be a shame, because they’re such a good band to watch and we’ve learnt so much from them. But you know, if he feels like it’s time to do something else, whatever that will be will be great.” When I ask whether he and Taylor might ever put a similar full-stop on the Hot Chip project, Goddard has to take a moment to think.

“Yeah, well, that might happen at some point. I don’t know if we’ll do it forever. I’d quite like it to be a project where we could have a break.

We’ve been pretty fucking full-on for a while… I don’t know, we haven’t actually spoken about it.

But I think we’re both feeling good about it, both having a good time doing it. Hot Chip will be going for a while.”

Who: Hot Chip What: One Life Stand is out now With: LCD Soundsystem When: The Hordern Pavilion When: Monday July 26

“ I haven’t spoken to [James Murphy] personally about whether it’s really the end. It would be a shame, but if he feels like it’s time to do something else, whatever that will be will be great.”

One Life Stand has a more expansive sound, too, drawing in identifiable elements from soul and Balearic beats in a way that Hot Chip seemed to resist previously. “I was listening to a lot of Motown, old Chicago house, old techno…We tried to put some of that energy into ‘Take It In’ and ‘Hand Me Down Your Love’ and some of the other tracks on the record.” Goddard was also inspired after watching the infamous YouTube clip of Susan Boyle performing ‘I Dreamed A Dream’. True. “People laughed at her, and then she just opened her mouth, and her voice is really beautiful, a really lovely voice. I’d never really heard that song before, and it’s a really good song. It’s a little schmaltzy, but a wellwritten song,” he says. “I wrote the song ‘Keep Quiet’ after that. I tried to give it a similar kind of melancholy, brooding feeling.”

I suggest that perhaps that element of schmaltz is something that happens when all pretenses of being cool or detached are thrown off. “I totally agree. You kind of have to be emotionally open, sometimes. It’s more powerful if you are… You don’t get that with an indie band that comes on and thinks they’re better than the audience, or kind of laughs at the audience and makes a whole act out of not really seeming to care about what they do. I guess people like to see someone really trying.”

Nobody can deny the effort going into Hot Chip.

Not only have they released an album every two years since 2004, but they’ve kept up a cracking pace with the touring. Next month finds the band playing the Fuji Rock and Splendour in the Grass festivals, a few dates Stateside and the huge shows in Sydney and Melbourne with pals LCD Soundsystem - all within three weeks. They’re looking at taking the double bill elsewhere as well, although “it’s a little bit complicated… We’re kind of still working it out.” In fact, the two bands have toured together before, in the UK about five years ago. “That was really the first time we got to hang out with them, but we’re all really good friends now - we see them often. We love spending time together, so it’s just gonna be really nice. I should think there’ll be collaborations onstage, us playing with each other’s music - lots of fun things happening.”

The elephant in the Hordern, of course, will be that LCD frontman-cum-DFA maestro James Murphy has declared this to be the last tour for his band. Does Goddard have any insight as to the veracity of this dramatic statement? “I haven’t spoken to him personally about whether it’s

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Drop The Lime

DJ Sega

Heavy Bass Champion By Tyson Wray

Sonic Workaholic By Birdie

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J Sega (Robert Taylor) is an expert in breathing new life into a classic track, and making it become your favourite tune all over again. So far he’s flipped everything from Papa Roach to Marilyn Manson to Busta Rhymes, but it’s his upcoming collaborations with Lil Jon and Rye Rye that have Taylor heading in a more mainstream direction. “At this point I’m actually looking forward to doing a bunch of mainstream artists,” he confirms. “These artists want that specific sound from me that they can’t get anywhere else… I’m also working on some productions that’ll be released when I feel the time is right. And I’m working on three EPs as well as three albums at the moment too, while still making current and past remixes.

“I’m also working on starting my own label soon. I feel like the only person I’m waiting on is me.” It’s a work ethic that comes very easily to someone completely dedicated and immersed in music. Whether he’s tired, hungry, pissed off or just plain happy, Taylor claims a producer’s job is to make imagination come to life with nothing more than his own hands. “It’s effortless when you love what you’re doing so much.” He tells me that rather than focusing on the obvious music to remix, he’s more interested in where the imagination can take the listener. ”It’s all about executing the imagination of people all at once. Most people think of the same images when they hear a sound - I may be able to manipulate the listener’s imagination, but he or she plays a huge part in making the music come alive.”

Currently at the forefront of the Philadelphia club scene, Taylor’s cutting edge production style is as much

ago we started doing a party in New York; In the basement we had a group called Dubwars and upstairs we had my crew called Bangers,” he explains. “We would bring over all these grime artists from the UK, and then a bunch of garage artists. That sound slowly morphed into what is commonly known as Dubstep today - we had artists in like Rusko, Skream and Benga, who really helped it blow up. Look at it now, it’s huge”.

talked about as his DJ sets, which have been described as some of the most intense and creative performances - both in the USA and internationally. “My set usually consists of pretty heavy bass, subconsciously-known samples, and a musical journey that surprises me as much as you,” says Taylor. “Most of the music you’re going to hear, if not all of it, is produced by yours truly. If the music sounds familiar, it’s almost guaranteed that it’s a remix that’s going to be a favourite song once again. There’s my remix of Laidback Luke’s ‘Be’. There’s the classic Busta Rhymes song ‘Woo Hah’ which has also been a worldwide favourite. You have my club rock remixes too, including my new Korn remix of ‘Freak On A Leash’.”

From these humble beginnings, Venezia’s own party night ‘Trouble and Bass’ developed into a worldwide record label. “It’s really crazy. In New York, no one was playing music that was UK-inspired, with American influences. I was always playing a lot of old jungle, and drum and bass - which was also how I got into electronic music,” he says.

Despite his obvious rock leanings, Taylor claims it’s really classic funk and soul that inspires most of his tunes - particularly when it comes to creating original tracks. Citing the almighty James Brown as one of his biggest heroes, Taylor says soul in music is an absolute must. “As far as I’m concerned, I’ve listened to perfection in music all of my life – or at least for a great portion of it. My first cassette tape ever was James Brown’s 20 AllTime Greatest Hits. I listened to that tape back and forth for the next 10 years or so,” he says. “Soul in music is so essential; It’s how you know your listeners feel what you are trying to get across. It’s a really strong connection between the listener and the artist or producer.”

And just as Taylor felt something special in Brown’s music, fellow Philly DJ Diplo saw something special in Taylor, after catching one of his infamous sets. “Diplo found me lurking in the shadows of Philly,” recalls Taylor. “Most of those shadows were in a place called Jamz Skating Rink. He saw the impact my music was having over the kids, and he summoned me into the Mad Decent crew.

Wherever I go, people are becoming infected with the DJ Sega virus – the whole globe is now going into a worldwide shadow!”

Who: DJ Sega Where: Big Trouble @ Chinese Laundry When: Friday July 2

“I began showcasing trends from London in my nights, a lot of grime and heavy bass. My friends and I started taking and pulling sounds from these trends and creating our own music, but since no one knew exactly what this sound was, no one was releasing it.” That was what spawned the decision to start their own label, to release this new genre themselves. “A lot of labels release this sort of music now, house music with really heavy bass lines - but we were definitely one of the first”.

Returning to Australia after his last tour at the cataclysmic Stereosonic 2009 festival, Venezia has high expectations for his heavy bass homecoming. “The last few times I’ve toured I’ve always played the festivals to thousands of people. It’s been amazing, but I’m really looking forward to finally playing some club shows. In a dark, sweaty club you can really get onto the same level as the crowd and revel with them, and create an amazing vibe.”

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uca Venezia is an institution and a pioneer, drawing influence from grime to doo-wop, from ghettotech to minimal. “I love artists like Aphex Twin, Can, Fugazi, Brian Eno and Underworld,” says Venezia, AKA Drop The Lime. “It’s a varied bunch of influences, and it creates a really eclectic and unique sound.”

Implementing traditional production methods with his own live compositions and vocals, while he continues to bombard the music world with releases from his own label Trouble and Bass, Venezia has firmly established himself as one of the most important and influential artists of the past decade, constantly evolving and shaping the world of dance.

In 2005, Venezia moved from traditional breakcore to produce a more bass heavy sound – a sound which would aid the development of the Dubstep genre itself. “It’s gone really wild with its popularity these days. About five years

Venezia’s live performances are acclaimed and distinctive - he lays live vocals down over the top of the tracks he plays, whether simply by adlibbing with a mic, or by sampling his voice and creating loops. “I think it’s really important to bring that live and human element to the standard DJ performance - and unfortunately I don’t think many other artists do it. It’s really exciting, and allows you to connect with the crowd on a whole new level.” Combining enigmatic lyrics with scratchy and bluesy notes, Venezia’s been praised worldwide for his improvisation, invention and revolutionary approach to live DJ sets. “I can’t wait to bring my new show to Australia. It’s gonna be a party you guys won’t be forgetting in a long time”.

Who: Drop The Lime What: Chinese Laundry When: Saturday July 3

T-Pain The Auto-Tune By RK

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back to our hood? Sure. I did a sold out show with Kanye and Bow Wow and we gave all the money back to the community. But I have to say, I got into music to get out of the hood, you know?”

aheem Rasheed Najm is a 24 yearold rapper from Tallahassee, Florida, whose music can never be blamed for taking itself too seriously. His tunes are unashamedly boisterous, unashamedly cheeky and unashamedly auto-tuned and they’re not leaving the charts any time soon.

The name comes from the pain of growing up in ‘the hood,’ as he terms it – the Tallahassee Pain. But post-that, it’s all been about the music for T-Pizzy. “I think my story is the same as everybody else’s, you know? Everybody be having a hard time in their hometown at some point; my break came when Akon signed me to his label.” Since then, it’s been a fleeting path to commercial success that includes work not only as a DJ and producer, but also as a songwriter, rapper and actor. Top ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100, a Grammy in 2008 with Kanye West, and another in 2010 with Jamie Foxx... He’s even founded his own record label, Nappy Boy Entertainment.

For someone keeping so busy, it’s unsurprising he’s decided to keep three studios in his own home. “Man, the success that I had and what has happened to me since I’ve come up is pretty amazing. I’m thankful for it every day… People ask me questions like, do I remember the hood? Sure I remember it in my mind. And then they be like, do I get back to the hood? And I say, sure I get back to my hometown. And, do we give

He laughs for a moment as I recognise the contribution he has made to his community.

“Man, we don’t show off in the hood, and go back and chill out there,” he says, describing his relationship to his hometown. “I have a completely different mentality to what I might have had back then; the people I hang with [now] are completely different. People can’t always work out my life or everything that has happened in it, but that doesn’t matter.

What I understand now is that wearing a shirt that was three times oversized or shorts that sat so low they looked like pants, isn’t cool. I just didn’t understand that back then but you learn, you know?”

As for touring, he acknowledges it can be difficult sometimes, especially with a wife and three kids. “Sometimes I take her along, but I don’t like taking the kids on tour. My wife grew up in a household where her father spent 30 years in the military - she was this military baby, and I really don’t want my kids to be a part of that sort of lifestyle. I try to manage the life that I have. That’s the most important thing for me.”

T-Pain is four albums down and still going strong. He acknowledges that you can never

please everyone, and continues down his own path rather than one dictated or delegated. And he’s still humble about his success. “I would never have thought all those years ago that I would be down with guys like Kanye and Bow Wow and Akon.

When I met some of those guys, I was giggling like a little girl. I almost hated Bow Bow at first, but then I met him and he was cool - it’s a different state of mind once you’re in that place. And right now, I’m in a great

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place. I gotta say that I’ve been real lucky and to be doing music man, that’s where it’s at for me right now.”

Who: T-Pain What: Winterbeatz 2010 With: Neyo, Big Boi and Fatman Scoop Where: Acer Arena When: Wednesday July 28

Band Of Skulls Three’s A Crowd By Willie Newland

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he pleasant seaside city of Southampton on England’s south coast isn’t exactly the type of setting you’d expect to have borne a group like Band of Skulls. Rife with the influence of American blues and garage rock, the band have a sound steeped in the vitriolic fluid which has fuelled the likes The White Stripes or The Kills, albeit covered in a bit more polish.

Having played Glastonbury over the weekend, and currently in the midst of a wider festival circuit, Band Of Skulls have been on the up since their song ‘I Know What I Am’, was featured as iTunes free single of the week in March 2009. The song was downloaded by over 400,000 fans: cue overnight success. Cut to just over a year later, and the three-piece are touring the world, soon to head down under to take part in the shambolic mess that will be Splendour In The Grass 2010. Sitting in his apparently filthy hotel room in Belgium when I call him, singer and guitarist Russell Marsden sounds somewhat the worse for wear. “No that’s just my voice,” he assures me. “I have premature aging of the voice - probably comes from screaming everyday,” he laughs, before breaking out in a fit of coughing.

that it’s the boundaries imposed by working as a three piece that centres the band’s sound.

“Having three people keeps it really focused,” he informs me. “All the parts you have in a song are the really fundamental parts, you know? There’s no shit, no parts for parts sake. Obviously only having three musicians can limit what you can do, but the challenge for us is to kind of write around the problem, and try and get ideas through the filter of the band. It just makes you think harder as a musician.

“It could be worse, you know?” he continues. “It could be just one of us, like me just playing guitar and bashing out the rhythm with my feet, with cymbals strapped to my knees. Thankfully we’re not a one-man band.”

Who: Band Of Skulls What: Baby Darling Doll Face Honey is out now through Stomp When: Tuesday August 3 Where: Oxford Art Factory More: Splendour In The Grass 2010

In the middle of their first proper European tour following a two month stint in the States, the band are putting the final touches on their plans for world domination - and our continent is their last stop. “It’s a bit of a strange one,” Russell tells me. “Europe was one of the last frontiers that we started to attempt to break into, which is sort of the wrong way round. Most bands from Britain would generally do Europe first I spose, but for us it was only this February that we even started trying to push the album over here - so it’s all still pretty new.” The band have been on tour with Turbo Fruits from the States, and just finished up playing in Germany. “We ripped it up across the country with them, getting up to all kinds of hijinx and what not,” he recounts. “We kind of lost our minds in Germany, and now we’re just convalescing in Belgium.”

They’ve not got long to recover, though - the ‘Upcoming Shows’ section of their MySpace reads like an airport departures board. The band are set to bounce around the globe like Christopher Skase for the next few months, till they go back into the studio to work on their second album. “All this far-flung touring will be a lot of fun, but the looming pressure of having to write another album is definitely hanging over us. We’ll definitely be keeping one eye on the prize,” he says.

“Obviously only having three musicians can limit what you do, but it could be worse, you know? It could be just one of us, like me just playing guitar and bashing out the rhythm with my feet, with cymbals strapped to my knees.”

“It’s sort of at that stage of opportunistic writing sessions now,” he explains. “Whether we’re in the van or a hotel room, any chance we get to get some work done, we do it. Right now we just have hundreds of tiny fragments of ideas, you know, lots of riffs. We’re at that stage of having to make a short list of all the ideas we like the best, and taking it into the studio to finish them. But right now it’s chaos - as many things in our lives are.”

As almost all the writing for the next album has been done while touring, the band haven’t exactly had too much time to go over things and gauge the direction the music is taking.

With a lot of the ideas having first taken form in idle jams in hotel rooms, or rushed mini-jams before sound-check, one can expect that the new album will have a larger, more live sound.

“I think that’s going to be the main difference between the first album and this one,” Russell agrees. “All these ideas have been worked out on big stages as opposed to in our tiny bedrooms or in our small studio. I think we’re sort of more tuned into this bigger, louder sound, ‘cause we’re playing bigger shows and what not.”

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APRA Music Awards 2010 Sweet Poll-Position By Steph Harmon

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ast Monday night, APRA|AMCOS took over the Sydney Convention Centre for the annual APRA Music Awards – one of the most prestigious events on the Aussie music calendar. Sydney’s Megan Washington opened the evening on grand piano with a surprisingly spine-tingling rendition of ‘Long Way To The Top’, and from then on it was all fancy food, bountiful booze and hilarity provided by hosts Julia Zamiro and Jonathan Biggins. The night was punctuated in all the right places with Aussie acts covering each nomination for the coveted ‘Song Of The Year’ award - standouts were Art Vs Science Vs Empire Of The Sun on ‘We Are The People’, Urthboy and Cloud Control’s Heidi taking on Kate Miller-Heidke’s ‘The Last Day On Earth,’ and Basement Birds’ harmonic splendour on Sarah Blasko’s ‘All I Want’. Here’s a run down of who won what.

Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year: Nick Littlemore, Jonathan Sloan, Luke Steele (Empire Of The Sun) The formidable trio of Empire Of The Sun were responsible for some of the hugest tracks of last year, like ‘Walking on a Dream’ and ‘We Are The People’. Nick Littlemore’s father accepted this one for him, and Luke Steele had pre-recorded a video thanks with, well, lets just say a highly debateable level of sobriety...

Most Played Australian Work & Rock Work of the Year: ‘Foreign Land’ by Eskimo Joe As the first single from their fourth studio album Inshalla, ‘Foreign Land’ was the most played song on Aussie radio when it was released. The winner of two of tonight’s awards, the song was a slayer and a stayer on the charts. The band have said it was inspired by hearing the news of Heath Ledger’s death while in New York.

International Work of the Year: ‘You Found Me’ by The Fray ‘You Found Me’ was the first single from the second album of Denver’s The Fray – it was also the most played overseas track on Australian airwaves, meaning you probably accidentally know all the words.

Megan Washington

The Last Ten APRA ‘Songs Of The Year’ 2009: ‘White Noise’ by The Living End 2008: ‘Straight Lines’ by Silverchair 2007: ‘One Crowded Hour’ by Augie March 2006: ‘Catch My Disease’ by Ben Lee 2005: ‘Scar’ by Missy Higgins 2004: ‘Zebra’ by John Butler Trio 2003: ‘Not Pretty Enough’ by Kasey Chambers 2002: ‘Amazing’ by Alex Lloyd 2001: ‘My Happiness’ by Powderfinger 2000: ‘Passenger’ by Powderfinger

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Country Work of the Year: ‘Big Big Love’ by Troy Cassar-Daley ‘Big Big Love’ is taken from Cassar-Daley’s tenth studio album I Love This Place. Troy has earned a reputation as one of Australia’s finest country performers – this song was written after Troy received a text message from Keith Urban about the birth of his daughter, Sunday Rose.

Dawwww…

Roll Train’ was one of the hit singles from Black Ice. And the world loved them for it.

Blues & Roots Work of the Year: ‘Breakout’ by Ash Grunwald Taken from Grunwald’s acclaimed Fish Out of Water, the former triple j presenter and awesome blues muso teamed up on this track Ash with Pip Norman aka DJ Grunwald Countbounce, the vocalist and producer of local hip-hop group TZU. The new direction for Ash paid off plenty!

Urban Work of the Year: ‘Still Standing’ by Hilltop Hoods ‘Still Standing’ is the second single from State Of The Art, the fifth studio album of hip hop veterans Hilltop Hoods.

MC Pressure said, “We did this track to show a bit of appreciation to our supporters, Debris everyone who’s been there along the way. We also did it as a way of saying we’re still around and still doing things the right way. We’re still standing.”

Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music: Jimmy Little After a career spanning six decades, Jimmy Little’s contribution to the Australian music industry can’t be Jimmy Little disputed - for many of those years he was the only Aboriginal star on the Australian music scene.

After being diagnosed with kidney failure in 2004, and having a life-saving transplant in 2006, Jimmy established the Jimmy Little Foundation to help the many other Indigenous Australians suffering from kidney disease. And tonight he received a unanimous standing ovation.

Song of the Year: ‘Sweet Disposition’ by The Temper Trap

Songwriter of the Year: AC/DC Well it’s AC/DC, right? The latest notch to their crowded bedpost, this award recognises their sixteenth and latest Aussie release Black Ice which peaked at number 1 across 27 countries.

Just last year 750,000 Australian fans flocked to see the rockers belt out their hits across the country. That is a lot of people.

Most Played Australian Work Overseas: ‘Rock N Roll Train’ by AC/DC AC/DC’s second award for the night, ‘Rock N

Dance Work of the Year: ‘Walking On A Dream’ by Empire Of The Sun The band’s second award for the night, ‘Walking On A Dream’ was the title track of their debut album. Certifying platinum, the song established the band as ones to watch in late 2008 and throughout 2009. The video thankyou this time around featured Luke Steele in a pink wig, gold chains and a bath, referring to nominees the Presets as “the Vegemite of Australian music.”

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The Temper Trap won the big one this year - the only award voted by peers. ‘Sweet Disposition’ was the Summer anthem of 2009, and it charted incredibly in Australia, the US and the UK. The band are enjoying a Euro tour right now, and accepted the award through a video link from Cologne, Germany. Two of their mums jumped on stage to accept the award in the most mum-ly way they could, and Mushroom Group’s Michael Gudinski joined them, too - playing the part of a Very Proud Dad. The Melbourne band beat Sarah Blasko (‘All I Want’), Troy Cassar-Daley (‘Big Big Love), Kate Miller Heidke (‘The Last Day On Earth’) and Empire Of The Sun (‘Walking On A Dream’).

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out of metal, or a shadow puppet show about a maniacal genius, it was always interesting and exciting.

eet the new guard of Sydney’s performance scene, brought to you by the third Underbelly Arts: Public Lab + Festival – a fringe-y, artsy, hands-on festival that invites the public backstage to be part of the creative process. Previous Underbellies have been creative hotbeds for groups like Bambina Borracha, Pig Island and Token Imagination, and projects like The Mad Max Remix, and Scratchin’ the Rhyme. With that in mind, we're excited to meet the next round of artists, who will be working busily over the next few weeks, in the lead up to Underbelly 2010.

First up is performance collective Applespiel, who we discovered at Tiny Stadiums Festival, where they presented Sexy Urban Design Team - a small-scale model version of Erskineville, on which they built improvements suggested by the public. Who are these crazy, sexy and intimidating young people, we wondered…?

Who and what is Applespiel?

Simon Binns: Applespiel is a performance collective made of fresh young graduates of the University of Wollongong’s Performance programme. They have been described as crazy, sexy and intimidating - a dangerous combination. Joseph Parro: We do draw upon a solid core of people who spent three years together in the Wollongong course but as for who exactly forms Applespiel, it would be misleading to definitively say. Actual involvement varies project by project.

Why that name?

Nathan Harrison: Applespiel is ‘crap German’ for Applespeak. Or maybe Apfelspeak. I think originally we thought we were saying

Photo from Humanature, by Craig Walsh.

“Appleplay” but I guess we got it wrong. Hey, we’re not scientists. Also though it comes from an image in our first outing where Nathan ate about a hundred apples and sorted them by deliciousness.

Why did you form the collective?

Nathan: Applespiel is a way for the group of us to continue asking questions of our own practice and exploring the things in performance that interest us. Simon: The group was created to perform in Sydney’s Short & Sweet where they made some serious ruckus. Joe: Since then we’ve gone on to have a lot of fun at Monthly Friend, Night Time and Tiny Stadiums, to name a few of the fantastic opportunities.

Underbelly virgin, or pro?

Simon: I have been to Underbelly Arts before. It was a fantastic experience. At that time, the event was in CarriageWorks and no matter where you walked, there was either an installation or a performance. Whether it be a car being attacked by a giant ant made

From August 7-8, GRAPHIC will take over Sydney Opera House, with a lovefest of graphic storytelling, comics, animation and illustration.

The weekend includes talks (Kevin Smith!), workshops (storyboarding, comic-making), screenings (Akira with a score by Regurgitator; Shaun Tan’s The Arrival with a live score!), performances – Neil Gaiman reading from his as-yet-unpublished story The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains, live-scored by Australian string quartet FourPlay, and illustrated by Eddie Campbell (From Hell), is sure to be the highlight. And now for the killer twist: the SOH and Screen NSW have also launched a worldwide online competition open to illustrators, animators and storytellers of all levels with a cash prize of $20,000. BAM! All the gory details at sydneyoperahouse.com/graphic

SONGS ARE FOR SAD

But paintings are for happy. Craig Dermody’s upcoming show at Somedays Gallery includes his whimsical mash-up of album cover art, and collages. His band, Scott & Charlene’s Wedding (if you don’t get the reference, then you missed the '80s) will play on opening night as well. Craig says, “I write music when I’m sad. My paintings are childlike, carefree and generally lighter in mood so you could say paintings are for happy.

If I’m depressed I have to write a song and it relieves my anxiety and then I can move onto painting, one relies on the other.” Opening night = this Wednesday June 30 from 6 - 9pm at Somedays Gallery (72b Fitzroy St Surry Hills).

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What else is going on in 2010 for Applespiel?

Simon: this year is a big year for us.

Opportunities continue to open up for us, be it at the Sydney Fringe, This Is Not Art Festival or at Performance Space, you’ll be seeing a lot of us this year in the performance scene.

What: Applespiel presents ‘Snail Piece’ at Underbelly Arts: Public Lab + Festival 2010.

When: Lab Saturday Program - July 10 from 2-7pm / Festival - July 17 all day.

Where: various spaces around the old Carlton United Brewery on Broadway (Chippendale) More: underbellyarts.com.au / applespiel. blogspot.com

SPLENDID ARTS 2010

SOYA 2010

The Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards (SOYA) has opened registrations to young creative types interested in a 12-month mentorship opportunity.

We're dismayed to find that past winners have been intimidatingly talented: Tin&Ed, Romance Was Born and Oh Mercy. This year’s mentors include fashion gurus Nicky and Simone Zimmermann, film industry icon Jan Chapman, visual arts curator Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, designer Marc Newson, visual communications guru Deanne Cheuk, and photographer Tony Mott. In addition, SOYA winners will receive financial support in the form of $5000 in cash and $5000 in flights from Qantas. Deadline is August 9, with all submissions to be made through the website - www.soya.com.au

Cute art with a cute story to boot: Pick Me Up is the result of a year-long visual conversation between Karl Maier in Sydney and Craig Redman in New York. Weekly, they traded artwork via email that served as both an update on each other’s lives and a commentary on the different, yet similar, worlds around them. Maier and Redman met in Brisbane, lived together in Sydney and now reside on opposite sides of the world. They are part of a design collective called Rinzen, working across the mediums of illustration, sculpture, typography, print and textile design.

July 2-16 at Monster Children Gallery, 20 Burton St Darlinghurst. www.rinzen.com

BACARDI EX-HIBITION

Photographer Kent Mathews managed to scoop one of the coveted spots on this year’s Bacardi Express, where he had the sweet job of documenting what happens when you put La Roux, Art vs Science, Yves Klein Blue, Miami Horror, Cassette Kids, and a bunch of rabid music fans on a train for 48 hours. Besides having exhibitions of his

You know how they say ‘Shakespeare as you’ve never seen it’? Well this is actually probably Shakespeare as you’ve never seen it… Adapted by Joe Calarco, this version of Romeo & Juliet follows four testosteronepumped schoolboys at a repressive Catholic boarding school, who decide to stage Shakespeare’s classic.

Directed by Craig Ilott (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, STC’s The Pig Iron People, and recently Smoke & Mirrors for the Sydney Festival) and starring young NIDA grads Julian Curtis, Ben Gerrard, Garth Holcombe, and WAAPA graduate Tom Stokes, Shakespeare’s R&J is a raw, unadorned, and true-to-the-source production.

Shakespeare’s R&J opens at Seymour Centre (Chippendale) this Wednesday June 30; we have three double passes to opening night up for grabs –to get your hands on one, tell us the name of one of the characters in Shakespeare’s original play...

dreamy landscapes in New York and Paris within the last year, Kent’s recent portrait work includes Lily Allen, Florence and the Machine, Groove Armada, Archibald winner Guy Maestri, and actress Rose Byrne. An exhibition of Kent’s behind-the-scenes Bacardi Express snaps will be on show at Dr Pong throughout July. Get along. (1a Burton St, Darlinghurst). bacardiexpress.com.au

BOB DYLAN HITS BIG TIME

Despite refusing to take a singing lesson, his tendency to cram too many syllables into a sentence, the grammatical nightmare that is ‘Lay Lady Lay’, and his entire ‘80s output, Bob Dylan is still adored by hundreds of people around the world. This month an exhibition of ‘intimate’ moments from the life of the singer is coming to Sydney, for the first time: DYLAN - Bringing It All Back Home is a collection of images by some of the greatest rock photographers in history; not even the fact that most of them are black and white can detract from their power. Opens on Thursday July 1 from 6-8pm at Blender Gallery, 16 Elizabeth Street, Paddington.

ABSOLUT SIDE STREET SYDNEY

ABSOLUT Stairwell Gallery and Side Street Sydney are teaming up this month to present the work of photographer Lisa Zhu. As Side Street’s main snapper, Lisa’s images of Sydney’s unseen landscapes appear on the website every Saturday, taking readers on a ride through the emotion, characters and settings that make Sydney so very spesh. Opening night is July 8, from 6pm at Sugarmill’s Stairwell Gallery. To check out Lisa's work, head to sidestreetsydney.com.au/search/label/Lisa Zhu

LATE NIGHT LOUNGE

We remember when Late Night Lounge was just a glint in the eye of the peeps at Sydney Opera House… six months later, and with the first five events selling out, the popular series of monthly variety nights has been extended to the end of the year. With a different line-up each month, the series combines music, chats and laughs with the element of ‘surprise’. Surprise!

Next up, on July 10, is a killer line-up that includes comedian Charlie Pickering, French chanteuse Caroline Nin, aerial and circus artists Aerialize, musical comedy trio Axis of Awesome and a special encore performance by homegrown cabaret star iOTA. Punters can purchase supper and chill out from 10pm. sydneyoperahouse.com

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PICK ME UP: RINZEN Besides having the best line-up ever, this year’s Splendour in the Grass (July 30 – August 1) is also presenting a kickarse arts program. Firstly, a line-up of ten artists who were selected as part of the Splendid Arts lab program will present their works - including Sydneysiders Jordana Maisie, Mish Grigor & Lauren Brincat, Melbourne performance artist Willoh S.Weiland, and Perth-based poptastic installation-sculpturalist Rose Skinner.

Also on the bill are acclaimed Aussie artists Andy Forbes, James Dabrowski, Clint Hurrell and Craig Walsh, who return to Splendour this year to present the Tent of Miracles, with daily comedy, vaudeville and general weirdness; an archaeological sculpture-slash-light-installation called The Uncanny; projections on trees; balloons; a 14-metre high inflatable sculpture; a 23-metre-long timber staircase reaching for the sky… We hope you bought those tickets... www.splendourinthegrass.com

GRAPHIC - COMPETITION

What is your performance about?

Joe: Essentially, the set up is that we have a snail and a hammer, and turn to the audience to decide what happens next. We’re exploring collective decision making by re-creating and experimenting with different models of forum and debate. Nathan: We’re trying to harness and foster the space between us and an audience.

It’s kind of about us putting a fine-toothed comb to democracy and other models for political action, and seeing how that can work in a small environment. We’re also hoping to experiment with how we can aestheticise that process. But that doesn’t sound nearly as fun as we’re hoping it will be.

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ill Bailey doesn’t just look odd, he talks odd. Or to put it another way, he talks like he does on the telly - in a meandering, loopy, labyrinthine manner. “It’s, what time it is now? Ahh about half one in the morning or something,” says the British comedian. “It’s alright, I’ve got plenty of toast and Marmite, cups of tea, you know - or depending on whatever you imagine I’m drinking at the moment.”

And so we are away, and chatting about the World Cup, just one game into the tournament. “So England start again with the right level of disappointment, all present and correct,” says Bailey. “That Australian loss, it’s pretty harsh, that was tough. The thing is though, this has been decades (for England) of expectation, you know? Like you know - I don’t know when Australia really emerged as a football nation but you’d think that from reading the papers here that Britain should have won it every year since 1966 and it’s just a bureaucratic oversight that we haven’t. ‘Why?’ they ask ‘We’re the greatest football nation!’ No we’re not! NO we’re NOT, get over yourselves.”

A big part of Bailey’s act involves music - so why has he never written a World Cup song? “I did once actually write a World Cup song,” he replies. “When Sven (the Swedish manager of the England team) was in charge, me and a friend wrote a song called ‘A Swedish pair of hands’, but it sounded like some weird, pervy, massage song, so it never caught on.”

It is hard to say where you know Bailey from; he's done so much it even confuses him. “I did Never Mind the Buzzcocks for six years,” he rambles. “Probably did a hundred shows of that, and three series of Black Books, plus a heap of other things like QI and Have I Got News For You, and Spaced and kinda dramas like Hustle and Jonathan Creek and so on. I’ve been in a few films and I’ve been doing stand up for twenty years.”

That about sums it up, but it is his unique view and perspective, his distinct oddity of delivery that sticks in your mind. “I remember I was involved in the comedy circuit in the late ‘80s and ‘90s in London and a lot of comics were very traditional in their approach,” Bailey recalls. “A bloke in a suit, with a microphone telling jokes - and that was very much what comedians were about. I remember being on a bill and thinking, ‘I can’t wear suits, I’ve never worn a suit, I don’t feel comfortable in it, um, I don’t look like a person in a suit.’”

“I remember one night vividly, years and years and years ago at The Comedy Store,” the comedian begins, launching into another

anecdote from his early days in stand-up. “I remember thinking one night how much swearing there was, just generally - it wasn’t even done to be offensive; people swore constantly, they would say ‘Good Evening you bunch of fuckers’, or whatever, and it was relentless all through the show.

"So what I did, I remember, was I set myself this challenge, I thought, ‘I’m going to try and not swear’. And it is very hard not to when you start out [because] it is an easy shorthand with an audience, and it can be a punch line; it can be a punctuation mark at the end of a line, it can be a little dig, it can be involved in heckling - swearing is almost like one of the tools of the trade. And I thought I would try and back off from it, so I just substituted all the words that would have been swear words with other words - archaic English words. And I realised that it was getting as big a laugh as some of the jokes, so I thought, ‘wait a minute, I’m on to something here.’ Audiences like to be taken out, you know, out of the norm, they like to almost be tested a little bit.”

No swearing, please.

By Jack Franklin

"I don’t know when Australia really emerged as a football nation but you’d think that from reading the papers here that Britain should have won it every year since 1966 and it’s just a bureaucratic oversight that we haven’t. ‘Why?’ they ask ‘We’re the greatest football nation!’

No we’re not! NO we’re NOT, get over yourselves.”

Bailey's new show follows a theme, but doesn't have a name - yet. “If anyone can think of one that would be great. But no, I’ve got a lot of new instruments, and a loose theme of 'doubt' running through the show. It embraces everything from religious doubt to climate change-deniers to history deniers to fear-mongering and tabloids. So it is, ahhh, probably my own sense of curiosity about the world and um, where we’re going, and my own doubt, you know, about my own thoughts about the world.

“So [this show] is quite thoughtful and personal in a way; but there is lots of music in it, as always.

There will be some laughs, hopefully - so jokes, some very low level dancing - and maybe you might have to think a bit about a couple of the jokes; but you know, your brain won’t overheat; you’ll be sent away thinking ‘Mmmm, that was interesting,’ and ‘Oh! I quite enjoyed that, it was a laugh, it was amusing, it was like going to see a troubadour in the olden days.’”

What: Bill Bailey: LIVE When: NSW tour kicks off on July 1 (Newcastle); Sydney shows from July 23-26.

Where: Civic Theatre (Newcastle) / The State Theatre (Sydney) More: abpresents.com.au

GIVEAWAY

Welly well well… Nando’s Portuguese Restaurant in Surry Hills has recently gained its liquor license - now, not only can you enjoy a glass of wine or beer with your Peri Peri Chicken, you can also be entertained by their Siesta Flamenca musicians every Friday and Saturday evening. Sounds like a date to us…

Siesta Flamenca is a Sydney-based group of musicians who heart flamenco, led by guitarist Will Henderson, and singer Pablo Fernandez Portillo, who hails from the south of Spain. Their flavour is a li'l bit Spanish, a li'l bit World Music, and a li'l bit in love with loop pedals and trumpets.

Thanks to Nando's, we have ten special packages up for grabs, each including one ‘Two's A Party Platter’ for dinner PLUS two soft drinks - valid for the Siesta Flamenca nights of Friday July 2, 9 & 16. To get your hands on one, email freestuff@ thebrag.com with the address of Nando’s Surry Hills.

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PAN Magazine [INDIE MEDIA] Sydney's newest literary journal is uncompromising and awesome. By Amelia Schmidt

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AN Magazine is a monster – at a hundred pages it covers everything you can think of and in great depth, from bicycle fashion to writers nights in Sydney, through to short fiction and poetry and a fashion shoot. It’s PANdimensional, PAN-topical, and for a firstborn, it sure weighs in. Proud mother Emma Dallas isn’t afraid to admit she may have conceived this whopper while under the influence.

“I was actually pretty drunk when I had the original idea,” Dallas admits sheepishly. “I was down at the Annandale at a Kill Devil Hills gig and I was reviewing the gig for a different publications and I was just a bit fed up with doing that kind of thing and I thought, Oh, I wish I could write for something different or do something different.” So the very next morning, she got to work on it (which is how people Get Things Done).

Drawings by Alice Amsel, from Issue #1 of PAN.

With a background in blogging, freelance writing and arts administration, plus a law

degree and qualifications in communications and writing, Emma had the skills to back up her dream. She describes herself as “a fairly prolific magazine reader”, but she had noticed that there was nothing available that she really wanted to be reading. “I wanted to read something a little bit broader in topic but more in depth in content,” she says. “I really like Frankie, but it’s always a little bit light, a little bit fluffy.”

So she decided to create PAN, which certainly is a bit deeper and weightier than many other magazines out there, especially with the addition of a large creative writing section. “I’m really passionate about writing, I guess that’s always my first love,” Emma tells me. “I’d been reading a lot of the journals and letters of writers from the '40s, '50s and '60s and they actually managed to make their living off getting published in mainstream magazines. So I was thinking how amazing that was, and asking, where has the writing gone from magazines?

“I think it’s a great shame that [creative] writing has been sort of segregated off into a separate [field] that only the literary community would seek out. I think that a lot of people enjoy reading fiction and poetry and if you can give it to them in a format that’s got other interesting things as well, they would love that. It would be great to bring it back to where it belongs, with everybody.”

As a feminist, and the 'mother' of PAN, Dallas confesses she found the fashion shoot one of the most challenging aspects of Issue #1. Working with a stylist from the White House Institute, the Editor drew a firm line.

“I’m excited about clothes that are fun and interesting, but I didn’t want a sexy shoot or anything that would be not in line with my personal philosophy. Every now and again the model would look a bit suggestive and I’d have to say no.”

Emma is also idealistic about resisting advertising. “I wouldn’t be OK with [going more commercial],” she says. “I realise that there may be some compromises that I need to consider, and one of those compromises is to possibly include more advertising or sponsorship; but as for the actual heart of the magazine itself, it’s so personal that I don’t think it would even be possible to change it.”

Meanwhile, as she hunts for grants and follows up distribution, Dallas is already approaching copy deadline for Issue #2, which she plans to have out in October/ November this year.

What: Pan Magazine – issue #1 When/Where: available from Mag Nation, Berkelouw Books, Repressed Records and by mail order.

More: panmagazine.com

Long Day’s Journey [THEATRE] Oregon’s Artists Repertory Theatre brings this American classic to Sydney. By DJ years,” says actor Luke Mullins. “When he died, he put [this play] in an envelope, gave it to his wife and his publisher and said ‘not to be opened for 25 years, and never to be performed’ – two years later, she opened it, they published it, and eventually it was performed.”

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ontext is everything, and in the case of Long Day’s Journey Into Night, it’s what makes the play so damn interesting, and important. This month, Sydney Theatre Company and Oregon’s Artists Repertory Theatre are collaborating to bring it to stage, directed by co-Artistic Director Andrew Upton, and starring Academy Award-winner William Hurt, former STC Artistic Director Robyn Nevin, and actor Luke Mullins (Thom Pain – B Sharp, 2009; The War of the Roses – STC, 2009).

Irish-American playwright Eugene O’Neill holds a central place in that country's pantheon of ‘playwrights who matter’ – alongside Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Edward Albee. His body of work spans about 50 full-length and one-act plays, three Pulitzers, and the Nobel Prize for Literature.

These days, his best known works are Mourning Becomes Electra, The Iceman Cometh and Long Day’s Journey Into Night.

He was the first American playwright to introduce ‘realism’ into the theatre, and as such his work owes more to European playwrights such as Strindberg and Ibsen, than any American antecedents.

O’Neill wrote Long Day’s Journey in 1942, when he was in his forties, and a recovering alcoholic. “After he stopped drinking, he wrote his two masterpieces – The Iceman Cometh and [this play] – and died within about eight

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On this day, Edmund’s ‘dope-fiend’ mother has relapsed into her morphine addiction, and he himself is diagnosed with consumption (tuberculosis). In the pressure-cooker environment of their ‘Summer house’, the dysfunctional relationships between different members of the family begin to fray.

“For him, on this one day, he’s facing his own possible death; he’s becoming a man; by the end of it, he has faced up to all his family members, and you see this man emerge from the boy… I guess the artist that Eugene O’Neill becomes, is forged in the fire of this day,” Mullins reflects.

O'Neill's work generally has a reputation for being dark and heavy; however, Mullins sees Long Day's Journey as a play about love, and hope. “It’s absolutely a forgiveness play; I think he wrote it to exorcise certain demons, and to somehow come to peace with the very conflicted relationships with himself, and his family; it wasn’t just him forgiving them – it was him forgiving himself, and them, for the things that they all did to each other.”

At his age, and this stage of his career, Mullins was keen to land Edmund’s part in this prestigious co-production. “His character is also about a younger generation moving beyond the older generation,” the actor adds.

“Metaphorically, it’s as much about his type of theatre as opposed to his father’s type of theatre – replacing that kind of theatre (melodrama), which he despised, with something that he thought was truer.”

What: Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill; Dir. Andrew Upton When: Opens July 3; previews from June 29.

Where: Sydney Theatre More: sydneytheatre.com.au

I Am Love [FILM] Luca Guadagnino talks about love as a revolutionary principle. By Dee Jefferson

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Am Love was a journey that began almost 20 years ago, for director Luca Guadagnino and actress Tilda Swinton. He was around 21 years old, and she was 32; he was just starting out as a filmmaker, she was just on the cusp of international renown, for her role as the androgynous protagonist in Sally Potter’s Orlando.

He wrote to her, asking her to make a short film with him. She never replied.

18 months later, when she was in Rome, the young director introduced himself. They began filming eventually, but that particular film has never been completed. In the meantime, their collaboration has spanned Guadagnino’s feature debut, The Protagonists (1999); a short documentary called The Love Factory (2002), and this, his fourth feature.

“I’ve been attracted by her and in love with her since I was a kid; I remember I watched Caravaggio, by Derek Jarman, and I remember distinctively that her presence in the movie hit me really strongly.” Guadagnino must have been 15 at the time, and it was Swinton’s screen debut. “The day I saw Orlando, I was completely not only in love, but I felt I knew Tilda as a performer… I said to myself: I want to know this woman… and when I met her, this feeling – of her being important to me, being attractive to me, being surprising to me – stayed the same, maybe more.”

At the beginning of the interview, I make the mistake of describing Swinton as Guadagnino’s muse – and he is particular in correcting my use of the word. For him, it is too passive a relationship; Tilda is not just an actress and inspiration, she is a collaborator – a filmmaker (and also a producer for I Am Love). It took the two of them seven years, from conception to final cut, to complete this labour of love.

“The theme comes from a conversation I had with Tilda that I filmed (The Love Factory), in which she addresses her ideas on love as a revolutionary and subversive force – as opposed

to co-dependence and consumerism; the character came to my mind, a woman in her midforties, walking into this beautiful big house she lives in – a blonde woman; I like blonde women,” he adds (deadpan). “The milieu comes from a book I read when I was a kid – Buddenbrooks, by Thomas Mann, which is a beautiful novel about [the fall of] a family in 19th century Germany. So I decided that I wanted to approach the concept of a social place – the family and the bourgeouisie – from the point of view of a woman who was going to be dealing with her emotions; and how these emotions dealt with the family rules.”

Set at the turn of this millennium, I Am Love stakes out its territory within three generations of the Recchi family, one of Milan’s largest textile producers. As the film opens, family patriarch Edoardo bestows his company upon his son Tancredi, and Tancredi’s son Edo. Meanwhile, the women of the family look on, expected to embody beauty, grace and discretion – a part that Tancredi’s wife (and Edo’s mother) Emma (Swinton) has been doing for many years; however, even as the family celebrates, a chance meeting between Emma and her son’s new friend, Antonio (a chef) sets in motion a chain of events and emotions that signal the decay of an aristocratic way of life.

Swinton has described I Am Love as “Visconti on acid” – and the stylistic homages to both Visconti and Antonioni are fairly well acknowledged. Wary of leaping to conclusions for a second time, I tentatively suggest that in some ways, the film also has the feeling of being inside the Godfather, but watching from a female perspective.

Guadagnino laughs, “I love the Godfather; we studied the trilogy a lot; and it happened to be one of the movies I referred to the most. It's fantastic, isn't it?”

What: I Am Love, Dir. Luca Guadagnino When: Released June 24

Long Day's Journey Into NIght photo © Jez Smith 2010

Part of what makes Long Day’s Journey so fascinating is that it is O’Neill’s most autobiographical work. The story takes place over a day in the life of the Tyrone family: father James, mother Mary, and sons Edmund and Jamie. “Edmund is [the author], represented on stage,” says Mullins – “it’s his family – there’s no two ways about it; they have the same names, apart from Edmund (he changes his own name); but [apart from that] it’s all true.”

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Released June 24

Released July 1

I like Adam Sandler - and I wanted to like this film. The basic premise is a reunion between five guys who have been friends since junior basketball team; thirty years later, they regroup for the funeral of their beloved coach, and spend a weekend together with their families at their old stomping ground, the ‘Lake House’. The film opens on 1978, with Coach telling these 12-year-old boys to play life like they played the court: give it everything. When we meet them as grown men, they’ve fallen prey to the usual suspects: apathy, stress, domesticity, kids. At the centre of the film is Lenny (Sandler), a Hollywood agent with cash to burn, whose kids are unusually spoilt, and whose wife (Salma Hayek) is a super-glamorous fashionista who thinks fivestar hotels are par for the course.

Christian Carion’s (Joyeux Noël) L'affaire Farewell grabs you by the throat in its first frames, with a killer premise: this is a film based on events that lead to the fall of the Soviet Bloc, putting an end to a world dominated by the Cold War. What follows is a beautifully constructed and visually elegant spy thriller, about a French engineer living in Moscow, who accidentally gets involved in top level espionage, with effects that shake the world – leading up to Reagan’s famous ‘Star Wars’ speech.

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Besides Lenny, there's Kurt (Chris Rock) a stay-at-home homemaker who is the butt of his mother-in-law’s jibes (‘shut your mouth, woman!’), while his wife (Maya Rudolph) brings home the bacon; Eric (Kevin James), an overweight small-business-entrepreneur, whose pudgy daughter doesn’t take no for an answer, and whose four-year-old son still insists on drinking milk from his mom’s (Maria Bello) breast; Rob (Rob Schneider), a self-help guru/relaxation therapist, who wears a toupé, and has a partner who could just as easily pass for his mother; and Marcus (David Spade), the boozy bachelor.

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These five comedians are all the same age (45-46), and (with the exception of James) all SNL alumni – and their comfort together shows on screen. Sandler is given the most to work with, character-wise, and Lenny comes across as both decent and likeable. For the most part, his co-stars play their particular shtick to good effect: James reprises the role of boofy everyman (Paul Blart: Mall Cop; I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry); Spade is endearingly obnoxious; Rock is ‘like WHHAATTT!?’; and Schneider, who has built his career on caricatures, pulls another one out of the bag. The weakest link, cast-wise, is Hayek, who struggles with her paper-thin character, and ends up over-acting her role to the point of caricature.

All of the cast are hamstrung by the script, written by Sandler and long-time head writer for SNL, Fred Wolf. With this pedigree, it’s strange that Grown Ups keeps dipping back into subpar visual gags about tits and arse, and jokes that stoop to using Stephen Hawking as a punch-line. When you’re using disabilities and farts to get laughs, you know something’s wrong. Jokes around the breast-feeding toddler, and Kurt the ‘stay at home mum who’s a dad’ are flogged to death ("looks like it's his time of the month again" - WTF!?!), while the extended visual gags in which these middle-aged men ogle their friend Rob’s twenty-something, smokin’ hot daughters, border on offensive.

The redeeming qualities of this film are the general message that friends come in all shapes and sizes, and some genuinely warm-hearted moments around intergenerational bonding between parents and kids, over childhood’s rites of passage.

Everything leads to an unfortunately syrupy speech by Rob’s lady friend, about how, in life, depth comes in the second half; not enough, fellas, not enough.

The year is 1981, and the location is Moscow. Young engineer Pierre Froment (French heartthrob Guillaume Canet, who also directed the very stylish thriller Tell No One) has been relegated to this unenviable post by his company. He lives in relative comfort with his wife and children – as comfortable as one can be in a society of informants, where your maid is spying on you for the government.

As the film opens, Pierre has agreed to do a favour for his boss: take his place in a handover of ‘important documents’ with a Soviet official, Sergei Gregoriev (awardwinning Serbian director Emir Kusturica).

It all seems like a bit of a joke to Pierre, and at first Gregoriev is dismayed to find that the French have sent him an amateur; however, with government surveillance pressing ever tighter, the French and their mole decide that Pierre might just be the perfect spy: so innocuous that he is ‘below’ suspicion. Before he knows it, the engineer is in over his head, making frequent secret rendezvous, lying to his wife – and (perhaps most surprisingly), becoming friends with Gregoriev.

Carion intercuts between different narrative strands: the home life of Gregoriev, a father, husband and highlevel government official who would risk everything to give his country and son a better future; the White House, where Reagan (Fred Ward) and his officials greet the superiority of French intelligence data with incredulity; the government of François Mitterrand (Philippe Magnan), who tacitly allow their homeland security office to dabble in delicate matters of international espionage.

Carion’s story is based on a real case, codenamed Farewell, but elements are fictionalised to create the perfect thriller. No effort has been spared, on any front: the script is a taut thriller with a devastating final punch; the length – 128 minutes – allows Carion to give the personal, political and mythic overtones of the story their fair due, and create a series of characters and situations that are tactile, interesting and compelling; the top-notch cast includes supporting roles for Willem Dafoe, Alexandra Maria Lara (Downfall) and Niels Arestrup (A Prophet) - and even a walk-on role for Diane Kruger; the soundtrack, unobtrusively powerful, is fine-tuned

by Clint Mansell (The Wrestler, Moon, Requiem for a Dream). The cumulative result is pure pleasure, from start to finish.

Dee Jefferson

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DVD Reviews What's been on our TV screens this week Two hero quests that take place down very different rabbit holes...

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

SHUTTER ISLAND

Walt Disney Home Ent. Released July 1.

Where did Tim Burton’s version of Alice go wrong?

For the most part, the superb cast completely nail their large-than-life characters; Wonderland looks wonderful; and I’m not even a purist when it comes to adapting literary classics; however, between the stunning visuals, costume changes and elaborate sets, it feels like Alice and her story really did get lost down the rabbit hole.

For the first third of the film, young Australian actress Mia Wasikowska seems like she’s struggling to act against a green screen.

Compounded by her naturally understated charm, she is in danger of being a super-bland version of a heroine who should be a paragon of spunk. By the end, she’s mustered a ‘fierce’ battle-ready attitude, but still somehow seems to lack charisma. By contrast, Helena Bonham Carter’s Red Queen and Johnny Depp’s Mad Hatter steal every scene; hell, even the CGI Cheshire Cat steals Alice’s limelight. Interestingly, one of the three featurettes on the single disc release - ‘Finding Alice' - suggests that this was a deliberate choice by Burton, and part of Alice's character arc.

An awkward teen in Victorian England, Burton's Alice bolts from a garden party to evade an unwelcome marriage proposal – and falls down a rabbit hole, and into her childhood dreamland, ‘Underland’. Once there, she is the subject of intense speculation from its inhabitants, who cannot work out whether she is the Alice – the Alice they have been waiting for; the Alice who is destined to slay the Jabberwocky. And so, our story becomes a coming-of-age tale, with plenty of adventures (both comic and thrilling) along the way. And don’t get me wrong – this film is lots of fun. It's just not quite everything I hoped.

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Paramount Home Entertainment Released June 17.

As I recall, the general consensus when Martin Scorsese decided to tackle Dennis Lehane’s crime thriller was why? As if you can pigeonhole a director whose work includes Mean Streets, Raging Bull, The Age of Innocence, The Aviator, The Departed, and Shine A Light… Shutter Island takes him into the realm of classic '50s film noir, with a ‘horror’ twist.

It’s 1954; as the film opens, U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels (Scorcese’s long-time muse, Leonardo DiCaprio) and his partner Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo – who would have been a good film noir cop in the ‘50s) are making their way across rough seas to Shutter Island, a remote outpost in the Boston Bay, that houses Ashecliffe Hospital, a somewhat euphemistic name for what turns out to be an experimental mental asylum. They’re investigating the disappearance of a patient, but the more they probe into Ashecliffe, the more they think they might have been assigned to the case for more sinister reasons. When a violent storm cuts communication lines with the mainland, and more patients escape, Teddy’s suspicions become paranoia; flashbacks from the war return to haunt him; what were those ‘aspirin’ that Dr Cawley (Ben Kingsley) gave him for his headaches?

As Teddy’s psyche begins to fragment, so too does our sense of what is going on, involving us in the gut-churning anxiety of his downwards psychological spiral. This film absolutely warrants repeat viewing, not only for the purposes of unpacking the plot, but also to appreciate Scorsese’s method. Whether you’re seeing it for the first or second time, however, opt for the 2-disc special edition, not the single-disc ‘no features’ release reviewed here.

Dee Jefferson

Street Level With Ecto-Plasm

and as a very loosely structured group we will always be in a state of flux. Who knows?

Underbelly virgins, or pros?

A few of us snuck in one year but then realising that without a wristband we couldn’t move past the foyer, we ended up accidentally détourning an artwork. We made ourselves at home in a bedroom [installation] and all these people hopped in to get photos with us. It was great.

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cto-Plasm are one of the performance collectives taking part in Underbelly Arts: Public Lab + Festival this year, which means they’ll spend July 8 - 17 putting together a brand new project, under the public’s watchful gaze. With other participants including Reef Knot, Mr Percival and the Ambisound Collective, angryPixel, & The Ordinary Collective, these kids are in good company.

Who and what are Ecto-Plasm?

We construct immersive large-scale installations that create physical realities from shared daydreams. We come from diverse backgrounds - design, fine arts, law, journalism, science etc. The group is united by a common playful ideal, approaching sculpture and art in a very physical and fun way.

Why that name?

Ectoplasm is the material used by psychic mediums to give visible form to invisible beings.

Where, when and why did the group start?

We were familiar with each others' practices through co-exhibition and some previous collaborative relationships, and we wanted to establish a space to further develop these creative crossovers. It was a desire to move out of individual practice, to explore ideas born of collective thought. We are just starting now,

What are you creating for Underbelly 2010?

Our project ‘Air City’ is a multi-layered sculptural installation. Individual inflated forms are housed within a constructed architecture. The audience is invited to enter and interact with it, stimulating a playful relationship with the work. Colourful forms hover amidst the crowd, sculptures are passed around, others become little caves that people climb into. Through breaking down barriers between the audience and artwork, the piece also dissolves the social barriers between people experiencing the work. Maybe new friends will be made.

What should punters expect if they come along to the Public Lab? This is the largest project any of us have worked on and at that stage it will be an exciting mess, a hive of sewing machines, fabric, plastic, tape and too much coffee.

There’s a great chaotic energy leading up to installing a show.

What else is going on in 2010 for you fellas?

A few of us are running a similar project up at This is Not Art Festival in Newcastle in October.

But it’s more of a workshop, instructing people to make their own inflated sculptures. And we’ve got a blog, it’s on the internet.

What: Ecto-Plasm present ‘Air City’ at Underbelly Arts: Public Lab + Festival.

When: Lab Saturday Program - July 10 from 2-7pm / Festival - July 17 all day.

Where: Various spaces around the old Carlton United Brewery on Broadway (Chippendale) More: underbellyarts.com.au and tullyarnot.com/ectoplasm

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

CD OF THE WEEK DRAKE

Thank Me Later Young Money Drake is so hot right now. Maybe he’s always been hot (and hot, if you feel me ladies), but ever since he exploded out of the Young Money stables he’s been The One To Watch - and this album came loaded with expectation.

Thank Me Later is such a good album - the production is next-level and Drake is a bona fide star. I’d prefer to thank you now, Drizzy…

This isn’t a straight up rap record, it’s really more pop R&B with hip hop flourishes. It’s not as fiercely macho as you might expect from a Lil Wayne protégé, but there is a lot of dirty talk. The provocative ‘Shut It Down’ seriously makes me think life as a stripper would be pretty damn exciting if you had a motivator like Drake encouraging you to “put that fucking dress on and work it kinda vicious like someone’s takin’ pictures”, like butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth. It then segues into a rousing bridge

ROBYN

The cheekiness of ‘Konichiwa Bitches’ is replaced by bittersweet anthems that actually work. ‘Dancing On My Own’ is a brilliant pop song, as is ‘Fembot’. And for someone who’s attempting to run counter-culture, Robyn’s doing a damn good job of attracting popular attention. Sure, MTV will probably never run her hilarious opener ‘Don’t Fucking Tell Me What To Do’, which lists the perils of being a modern female (‘My heels are killing me/My shopping’s killing me/My ego’s killing me/Can’t sleep it’s killing me’), but that doesn’t mean it’s not a smart move. Robyn, who writes her own shit and creatively controls pretty much every transaction made under her name, is a newer, savvier music star. The decisions she’s making regarding her sound and marketing are the kind that Christina and Beyonce will be following in a few years.

It helps that Robyn can actually sing.

There’s a good reason she throws in a piano ballad (‘Hang With Me’) amongst all of the electro; she knows she’s got the melodies even without the bells and whistles of the studio.

That being said, it’s the bangers that'll get her the airplay, especially the Diplo-produced Ace of Base throwback ‘Dancehall Queen’. It’s all original and it’s all good. I can’t wait for the next two instalments.

One Fembot you don’t want to mess with. Seriously.

Jonno Seidler

The album reads very FutureSex/LoveSounds in its subject matter and tone but it has no real pure pop songs, so it wouldn’t be right to really compare Drake to JT. Still, that’s how I’d approach this album if I wasn’t sure what to expect. Jay Z makes an excellent appearance on ‘Light Up’, Drake questions his fame in the insta-classic ‘Over’ and drops a dreamy Aaliyah sample on ‘Unforgettable’. In other places Alicia Keys features on the baby makin’ ‘Fireworks,’ and Lil Wayne phones in from jail to cameo on ‘Miss Me’.

Kirsty Brown

OLD MAN RIVER

Body Talk Pt 1 Modular Every time she comes out with a new ballsy hit, Sweden’s Robyn distances herself more from the saccharine ‘Show Me Love’ that marked her entry into pop culture. Always the inventor and trailblazer, Robyn’s first of an expected three EPs this year marks her as a performer to watch out for.

from The Dream before slinking back into a lush lo-fi rehash of the song, clocking in at 7 minutes long.

Swoon.

KELE

You’re On My Mind EP LaLaLa Music/Stop Start

When I saw the cover of this EP the alarm bells in my head were deafening - mixing Eastern mysticism with Western rock is fraught with danger. Get it right and you create perfect psychedelic pop like ‘Mantra’

by The Lovetones, but get it wrong and you create faux spiritualism like ‘Who Feels Love?’ by Oasis.

I needn’t have worried though. Ohad Rein (aka Old Man River) knows exactly what he’s doing. He’ll employ Indian instrumentation and even Hindi language when the occasion requires it, but he’s equally happy working within traditional rock arrangements.

The title track contains a simple sentiment, so Rein keeps the music relatively simple. Guitars, drums, bass and piano lead the way in a song of reconciliation, propelled by a wave of harmonies and violins. In the wrong hands, it could sound sickly sweet; but there’s undeniable charm at the heart of this. The same can be said of the folk song ‘Sailing’, which features a choir and a sentimental lyric without ever being syrupy.

The Eastern influence is more apparent in the words of ‘Be The Change’ and in the music of ‘Shanti Aaye’. The latter features the gorgeous vocal talents of Hamsika Iyer alongside Indian strings and percussion. It also sees Luke Steele on remix duty and - surprisingly - he resists the temptation to get carried away (there’s a first time for everything). In his hands the song gains a spring in its step while retaining its roots.

Harmony is possible when East meets West.

Andy McLean

MEAT LOAF

The Boxer Witchita/Shock There were a tonne of Bloc Party fans (myself included) who weren’t particularly thrilled by the prospect of lead singer Kele Okereke putting the kings on hiatus and pursuing a solo career.

We’ve seen this happen to post-Y2K bands before with varying levels of success, from Brandon Flowers to Julian Casablancas. The general feeling is usually that the record is good, but has nothing on the band from whence the singer came… But then, Kele is no ordinary frontman, and this is no ordinary solo record.

Bloc Party may have always had a dance edge to their sound (which accounts for the popularity of their remixes) but on The Boxer, Okereke ramps up the synths and brings on the beats to devastating effect, on an album that really has very few low points. This is not a vanity project or a collaborative wank; it’s Kele flexing his songwriting muscle, and it sounds damn good. He’s enlisted some real aural masters (XXXChange and particularly, Digitalisms’s Philip Zdar) in production, but the ideas and the execution are unmistakably his own.

Ever since he confirmed doubts regarding his sexuality, Kele’s been far more willing to avoid the abstract and go personal. You could hear it on Bloc Party’s Intimacy, but on The Boxer it’s all the more noticeable. Okereke isn’t talking about London, or England, or the kids anymore. He’s writing (and dancing) about himself – and it’s easy to pick, especially on songs like ‘Rise’, which read almost as a self-directed memo (“You are stronger than you think”) before busting out the heaviest grooves this side of the Presets. There are very few people who won’t love this.

‘Crossover’ is a term way overused in the indie game - but with this album, I reckon Kele’s done it.

Distant Relatives Following in the tradition of collaboration between hip hop and dancehall reggae that started with Run D.M.C and Yellowman’s ‘Roots, Rap, Reggae,’ Distant Relatives takes the relationship between the two genres to it’s logical conclusion - a fully collaborative album, rather than just a remix or occasional guest spot.

Featuring Somalian born K’naan and New Orleans’ own Lil’ Wayne, not to mention co-producer Stephen Marley who drops vox on a few tracks, the album showcases a wide range of differing styles, exploring the areas where they overlap and mirroring them lyrically - thematically, Distant Relatives looks at the uprooting of the African peoples, and explores a range of issues facing them today.

While some of the tracks, like album opener ‘As We Enter’, are some of the most visceral and engaging hip hop I’ve heard in a while, there are just as many cheesy-ass reggae joints on here that sort of remind me of soft focus 80’s promotional videos for package holidays to Jamaica.

Issues of taste aside (I’m of the firm opinion that acoustic guitar and reverb only work together if you’re George Michael), the production is incredibly slick. Considering how much of this album is locked up in the lyrics and the concept, the fusing and interrelation of different genres, histories and influences, it’s probably the sort of thing that will require a heap more listens.

A masterful control of broad spectrum instrumentation and textures, but it's a mastery that churns out as much questionable material as it does genius.

My Volcano Rice Is Nice Records If you've ever uttered the line ‘I’ve got the most eclctic taste in music,’ Richard In Your Mind’s latest album has made a liar of you. My Volcano presents a real conundrum to the reviewer that thrives on the pigeon-hole. How can you begin to categorise this stuff? It's pop, it's hip-hop, it's psychedelic, it's 60s folk and surf-a-billy blended with shoe-gaze. It’s the sound of

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After the disappointing reaction to 2006’s Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, and after falling out with song-writer Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf has decided to go it alone with his eleventh studio album Hang Cool Teddy Bear. While Loaf has produced quite a few albums without his usual partner in crime, they’ve generally been considered fairly hit and miss affairs at best, this time he's actually managed to put together one of his better efforts.

Kicking off the album is ‘Peace On Earth’, a bombastic track fleshed out in a dramatic and progressive structure - stirring strings, a rocking guitar solo and a powerhouse performance from Loaf himself.

‘Living On The Outside’, the Latin flavoured ‘Running Away From Me’ and ‘California Isn’t Big Enough (Hey There Girl)’ are firm favourites too, with their hard rock feel and Loaf’s penchant for making songs sound much larger than life.

Both American Idol presenter Kara DioGuardi and Loaf shine in the Steinman fashioned ‘If I Can’t Have You,’ while guitarists Brian May and Steve Vai add a heavier and slightly progressive rock edge to 'Love Is Not Real/Next Time You Stab Me In The Back'. Even Jack Black chips in on vocals, on the rocking and lyrically barbed ‘Like A Rose’.

You can’t help but admire Loaf’s perseverance and will to pick himself up even when the chips are down. With Hang Cool, he’s done just that.

Justin Donnelly

Mikey Carr

Jonno Seidler

INDIE ALBUM OF THE WEEK RICHARD IN YOUR MIND

Hang Cool Teddy Bear Mercury Records Limited/Universal Music Australia

NAS & DAMIAN JNR GONG MARLEY

a band not intimidated by using a moog, long after it went out of fashion.

RIYM’s genuinely diverse musical taste, as exhibited on their Summertime EP (which happened to be a sampler of off-cuts that didn’t quite suit this record) and their 2007 debut The Future Prehistoric, is still evident here. But in My Volcano, there’s more consistency of ‘sounds’ and dare I say it ‘feelings' not present in the previous two releases. There’s a level of sophistication in this record that fuses the genres together, which is in part a credit to its producer Brent Griffin aka SPOD. Having become first their producer and then their fifth member, there’s no denying the impact

his love of analogue instruments, effects and moog synths have had on their sound.

Vox commander, Richard Cartwright, will lull and subdue you with his breathy tone through ‘I Will’ or ‘Lightning Eyes’ - but the magnitude of reverb used on the guitars and vocals, combined with sitars and chilled beats, will spin you out on ‘This Face’, ‘Creation’ and ‘Flower of the Heart’. Don’t be fooled - this is no album to meditate to. My Volcano conjures visceral imagery of space battles and jungle expeditions, laced with hooks, humour and party-times a-plenty.

Eat a good breakfast before spinning the record - you’re gonna need some energy for this trip.

Nell Greco

OFFICE MIXTAPE Wondering what the 'experts' listen to?

Here's the music that drives The Brag... for this week, anyway.

BECK - Odelay WILD NOTHING - Gemini CHICK PEA & THE LENTILS - ...Into The Legume Tomb

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - Want Two FLYING LOTUS - Cosmogramma

Single Reviews

Vinyl Record Review

By Jacob Stone

THE HOLD STEADY

HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY

SINGLE OF THE WEEK

Wristwatch

Heaven Is Whenever [Record Store Day 2010 edition] Vagrant

More bass-heavy pop from this Queensland band, this time with a sheen of organ and Vampire Weekend-esque, clattering percussion. There’s nothing wrong with this song at all, mostly because Dean and Kane (lead singer/ songwriters) are so clever with a melody and have such a wonderful way of making classic pop sound contemporary. I’d like to see the band move beyond direct reference, but when the quality of the singing, writing and playing is this strong, why would you fight it? If every song the band puts out is this strong, and previous radio singles ‘Scattered Diamonds’ and ‘Let You Down’ suggest that they might be, their upcoming debut will be a cracker.

The only thing I’d say about this tune is that it’s slightly more generic in both arrangement and production than its predecessors, and the chorus is less striking than their glorious debut ‘Set It Right’. Nonetheless, great pop.

As pretty as the clear vinyl is as it slides out of its limited-edition sleeve – a vaguely nauseating design of red Ben-Day-style dots on a chartreuse background – I can’t help but feel it’s an unacceptably nerdy, modern gimmick for a band who pride themselves on being a bit of a throwback.

NOISIA

PAPA VS. PRETTY

WAVVES

DROP THE LIME

NERVO

Split The Atom

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This has the potential to enjoy the same broad audience as acts like Miike Snow, in that it’s people from Europe doing classy, poppy electro.

These Dutch DJs sit on the club side of things, and the pop element to their work is largely incidental - it’s just that Noisia have such a grip on contemporary studio production that you can’t deny the appeal of a track like this one. It’s like listening to Daft Punk meets modern, fractured electro and bass culture. The only thing I’d say is that it might be a little too clubby ultimately, and the lack of vocal limits the appeal of what could quite easily have been a crossover single for this group.

This ridiculously talented Sydney school band has graduated to production

by Paul Dempsey - and predictably the SFK alumni brings out singer/songwriter Thomas Rawle’s deft, fingerpicked electric guitar figures.

It’s almost Santana-esque - Rawle sets Muse’s future guitars leaping over James Taylor’s airy arpeggiations, underpinning his song with a halftime gospel groove that reminds me of The Temper Trap. Gus Gardiner’s bass and Tom Myer’s drums are nuanced, and it’s almost stadium-worthy - albeit a bit dated in construction and production, and a bit melodically convoluted. Not quite suit-and-tie yet.

It’s Surfer Blood’s '60s guitar psych spiked with Jay Reatard’s grunge - a snotty, snarling punk tune all thrashing guitar, string noise and amp hiss. Wavves are a noise-pop group from San Diego, California who moved into the indie spotlight via Pitchfork and their drug-andalcohol embattled singer, who had a public breakdown during a show at 2009’s Barcelona Primavera Sound Festival.

There’s something in the whipcrack drums and snarling vocal - “Let the sun burn my ears, let it burn my back... at the beach. You’re never gonna stop me. King of the beach.” A bit limited, but his spite gives it style and energy. It’s a pity the lyrics are so short.

Brooklyn-based producer Luca Venezia has a neat grip on minimal Latin-influenced house. This insistent track takes almost a minute thirty to enter with the horn hook.

Until that point, Luca is busy juggling syncopated edits and keyboard layers into a dazzling crescendo, which ultimately lets it down a bit melodically. The manipulation of tenor and baritone sax edits through layers of throbbing bass-changes is compelling, but the lead sax melody lacks compared to Yolanda Be Cool’s ‘Americano’. Having said that, the bass is hipper and more club, less pop. There’s no denying how this would sound on ecstasy, I just won’t remember its name.

Nervo, like Noisia, are producer/songwriters in the style of Miike Snow. The twist in this case is that the Aussie duo are actually twin sisters Liv and Mim Nevo. Based in the UK and the US, the pair are unknown outside the club scene, and to Australian audiences. Last year they undertook production duties for Kylie Minogue and wrote the vocal and melody to Guetta’s ‘When Love Takes Over’ with Kelly Rowland; a Grammy Award-winning, worldwide #1. Things look set for the pair, who will be working with Steve Aoki, Flo Rida, Armin Van Buurin… This song? It’s sophisticated but accessible trance. The vocal and writing let it down.

Better that it came with the sleeve pretattered, with Kerouac quotes etched in the runout grooves – but then you can tell from the expansive slide guitar that anchors opening track ‘The Sweet Part Of The City’ that this is not your usual Hold Steady album.

Craig Finn’s trademark wry snarl sounds more like actual singing than it ever has; it’s still drenched in background whoa-ohs and resignation and always that absurdly nourishing, rambunctious New Jersey guitar. The main problem seems to be that Finn’s songs have largely moved away from the characters that anchored their mini-operas of getting fucked up and fucked over by everyone from God to their dealer. It’s as conversational and epic as ever, but there are fewer callbacks to earlier lyrics and episodes, and the overall vision suffers.

The Hold Steady used to be the poets laureate of God, vice and youth in America, and while they’re allowed to change direction without checking with me first, they’re far too good at what they do to be doing it aimlessly.

Caitlin Welsh

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THE GIN CLUB, ARIAL MAPS, EAGLE & THE WORM, SHIPWRECKED, The Annandale Hotel Friday June 18

The Annandale hasn’t changed all that much over the last five years. You still stick to the floor in places; the beer still smells peculiarly like a flatulent cat; the PA still sounds beautiful, and there’s still nowhere to escape to if you don’t know the support band. Most of the audience have solved this last problem rather astutely — they haven’t turned up yet, and Shipwrecked take the stage to a woefully empty room.

They’re ok. The guitar sounds as crisp and crunchy as dried mud. The band play well, and the singer’s voice is strong too, with a surprising depth of character and impressive range. Unfortunately, the songs seem to be using four-chord, late 90’s radio rock as a springboard into a pool that appears to be only a quarter full of water, and no number of awesomely wah’d guitar solos can stop them from floundering in it.

Eagle and the Worm look as though their parents went broke buying a plaid factory together, and only had two records: Big Star’s Radio City and the Jayhawks’ Hollywood Town Hall. My point is, more than a little bit country.

The designer beards, calculatedly whiny vocals, ropey harmonies and chiseled facial hair would annoy the hell out of me if this band weren’t so effortlessly great. They play three different settings of ballad, interspersed with rollicking, whiteboy rock, with pedal steel.

Aerial Maps are one of the best bands I’ve seen all year. Over a minimal twochord and synth-sodden post-punk, whetted with smatters of saxophone, lyricist Adam Gibson’s measured ramblings evoke the great Australian wanderlust and its inextricable loneliness.

This is a paradoxically beautiful music; the sloppily deployed grooves and terrible rhymes should be awful, yet somehow it draws an aching sense of belonging into the foreground of your thoughts, with a hint of alienated nostalgia, sadly and fondly backward-looking.

The Gin Club are a band’s band. It seems like everyone writes songs, and there’s a constant trading of instruments.

Five and six part harmonies bring to mind CSNY, and make you want to go home and play air guitar to ‘Cowgirl in the Sand’. The cello doesn’t translate well live but that’s ok, ‘cos like the rest of them, the cellist sings beautifully. In fact, most of the set feels like a perfectly natural, all-inclusive jam - and the indulgence of it gets a little boring after a while... But they truly shine in the quieter moments, as in the gorgeous and tender ‘Say You Will’ off their latest LP, Deathwish. The Gin Club are a remarkable band best listened to in short bursts, but tough to digest in their entirety at the end of a four band bill.

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SO FRENCHY SO CHIC: NOUVELLE VAGUE, BERRY Factory Theatre Wednesday June 16

Despite there having been almost no visible publicity for tonight’s show, the Factory is packed with thirty-somethings and hipster kids chattering in both English and French. FYI, French hipsters look just like ours, except none if them are wearing fuck-ugly cardigans, and their bed-hair is flawlessly executed.

Singer-songwriter Berry takes the incredibly chatty crowd with typically Gallic grace and an unwavering smile.

Her voice is bluesier live than on her hyped debut Mademoiselle, noticeably deeper and huskier. She’s incredibly expressive both in her face and voice, and it goes a long way toward helping the non-French speakers feel engaged.

That’s still not quite far enough, though – chanson-style low-key performance is difficult enough to engage with just on record, and even when the subject matter is clearly intensely personal it’s

lost on the audience. There’s so much talking over her tonight that I'm actually embarrassed to be in the crowd.

Any holier-than-thou post-punk geek who cries desecration at the idea of a pretty mademoiselle singing ‘Blue Monday’ over a delicate bossa nova guitar should get to one of Nouvelle Vague’s shows.

This is the opposite of the piped-in, mindless easy-listening covers that make you squirm in foyers and restrooms.

For one thing, the vocalists are always more than just pretty voices - Melanie Pain and Camille are both alumna of the Nouvelle Vague experience. Tonight: Mareva Galenter, all sex and eyelashes in a sequined babydoll dress and a black net fascinator with kitty ears, coaxes us to bellow cuss words at her while coating “Too Drunk To Fuck” in sugary exuberance. Phoebe Killdeer’s fullbodied, acrobatic voice demands as much attention as her onstage theatrics – the latter ranging from her mesmerising melt into the stage during a dark-as-fuck ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ to a kazoo solo during the Cramps’ ‘Human Fly’ that is more rock & roll than anything I’ve seen on a stage this year. And special mention must be given to the drummer, known only as “Elvis” - he wraps up the encore with an inspired Afrobossa-nova solo.

The beauty of Nouvelle Vague has always been that they understand the difference between respect and reverence.

Sometimes it works because it feels subversive (‘Blister in the Sun’ bobs along on Galenter’s saccharine vocal and a cheery guitar, Gordon Gano’s trademarked nervy menace subsumed in the fun everyone’s having), and sometimes because the love the band have for the music eclipses any grand artistic statements they might be in danger of making – the main set closes with a gorgeous, uncomplicated singalong to the uncoverable ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’. All cover bands should be like this.

Caitlin Welsh

YUSUF Sydney Entertainment Centre Wednesday June 23 I don’t mean no disrespect man, but shit that was boring. Like, so boring that I’m glad my phone had reception so I could keep up with the #spill out of the view of my rapt mother.

I grew up on Cat Stevens, as Yusuf was known then. I truly love about three of his albums and I am of course intrigued about his personal life - but none of that could make me respectfully and attentively sit through two hours of middle of the road folk music, that also included an excerpt from what I believe is a forthcoming musical by Yusuf..? If that turns out to be true, do yourself a favour and don’t go.

Of course, when Yusuf sang his classics, the songs that turned him into a legend, it was pretty special. His voice is still magnificent, and hearing ‘Father and Son’, ‘Moonshadow’, ‘Wild World, ‘Peace Train’ and ‘Morning Has Broken’ was a privilege.

Yusuf is also a wonderfully humble and funny character, and it was exciting enough just to be in his presence - he’s only ever visited Australia once before, all of 36 years ago. But sitting through Yusuf’s more recent additions to his canon was a trial. These are not good songs, and in fact lyrically they had the unique ability to make me cringe and laugh at the same time. Case in point: ‘Rose Garden’, in which Yusuf explored how the roses in the garden make him feel (like he has feelings running through his veins, in case you’re wondering) while a Hallmark card Rose animation probably titled “cheeseontoast. gif” played un-ironically behind him.

After the show, all I could think about was how mellow and dull Yusuf has become. Once an activist with such fire and passion, I witnessed an artist who didn’t even follow through the grunt in ‘Where Do The Children Play,’ and instead added a superfluous piano flourish.

Compared to Neil Young, another great folk hero who’s become an even more passionate performer with age and is still writing meaningful albums, Yusuf was a disappointment.

Kirsty Brown

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Can you smell the freedom? With so many things to do in the school break, and only two weeks in which to do them, planning your holidays can be a little overwhelming. To help you out, TMC has sifted through Sydney’s upcoming all ages activities and events and has come up with a collection of shows and potential holiday projects to ensure you experience maximum enjoyment in your long-awaited fortnight of bliss!

COASTER TICKETS ON SALE

Whilst Coaster Festival isn’t happening until your next school holidays, you can certainly start getting prepared by purchasing your ticket first this Wednesday June 30. For those of you aged 16 and above, Coaster Festival is happening on September 25 at the Gosford Showground, and will showcase some of Australia’s best acts of 2010. Featuring a very diverse range of genres, the day will include the likes of Birds of Tokyo, Art Vs Science, bluejuice, Basement Birds, Silversun, Cloud Control, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Boy & Bear, Illy, Spit Syndicate, The Aston Shuffle, The Holidays, Slow Down Honey, The Chemist and City Riots. Oh and some infamous friends from abroad, Cypress Hill, will be headlining. You know the deal, tickets go on sale at 9am - so you better be ready or you may miss out.

SOYA OPENS REGISTRATIONS

The Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards (SOYA) have opened registrations once again in 2010 and are looking for the best young musicians, photographers and designers. Open to Australians aged 30 and under, the awards are broken down into seven individual categories – fashion, film, visual arts, visual communications, music, industrial and object design and photography.

This year the SOYA mentors include fashion designers Nicky and Simone Zimmermann, industrial designer Marc Newson, filmmaker Jan Chapman, illustrator Deanne Cheuk and visual artist Elizabeth Ann Macgregor. But wait, there’s more. The SOYA mentor in the category for music is British producer/writer/composer/ mixer Lee Groves who’s worked with artists like Bertie Blackman, Black Eyed Peas, Janet Jackson, Goldfrapp, and Marilyn Manson to name a few. Lastly, mentoring the creative field of photography is widely recognised music photographer Tony Mott.

Mott has photographed for big names like The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Fleetwood Mac, Avril Lavigne, Silverchair, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan, and has had his snaps feature on the covers of over 450 CDs and over 700 magazines.

Not only are the mentors mind-blowingly awesome, so are the prizes. The winners of the 2010 SOYA will receive $5000 in cash and $5000 in Qantas flights, as well

as an opportunity to receive a 12-month mentorship with leading profiles in the global creative community. Visit the SOYA website to get all the details. Submissions are open till Monday August 9. Consider this your creative holiday project.

WIN A MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP!

Keen to pursue an advanced study in music? Valued at $3,000 each, the Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium is giving you the chance to win a David and Gillian Helfgott music scholarship.

Originally created as a way to acknowledge the great contribution of musicians David and Gillian Helfgott in the Coffs Harbour music life, the scholarships are focused on promoting the learning and enjoyment of music. Scholarships will be chosen according to an applicant’s demonstration of talent, potential and dedication to music studies. Application forms and information on the scholarships are available from the Conservatorium office by phoning 6652 1592. They can also be downloaded from the Conservatorium website – www. coffscon.org.au. The closing date for the applications is just around the corner, so you’d better get in quick.

ROCK THE SCHOOLS

Tuesday June 29 brings you Rock the Schools, powered by eD. Held at St Mary’s Cathedral School in Sydney City, you’ll get an opportunity to experience a typical day on the tour - with QLD rock band Finabah performing as well as some very special guests. Patron of Rock the Schools, Minister Peter Garrett will be returning this year to speak to the senior students at the school during their audio workshop.

The day also includes an audio workshop commences, interview/photo opportunities with Minister Peter Garrett & Danny Clayton (from Channel V), an interview opportunity with Finabah and finally a music business workshop.

U20 RADIO

iPods and MP3s come and go, but radio will always remain constant. This July, Austereo Radio Network is launching their new digital radio station based on user-generated content targeted at Sydney’s youth – you!

The new radio station, called U20, is seeking to get listeners aged under 20 to produce their own radio shows and submit them to Austereo to be included to the station. The only requirement is that each show must cover the topic about where the hosts ‘draw the line’.

While the exact details of the station and submission methods are still being finalised, Austereo has launched a holding page (u20radio.com.au) and a Facebook page explaining the aims of the station. The page reads, “Do a show with your mates from school, your sports team, anyone you want, as long as you’re under twenty we want to put you on air. Talk about what you want, play whatever music you like, it’s your show, you’re in control. Who knows, you could be Australia’s next Hamish & Andy!”’

As always, tune in to FBi 94.5fm every Wednesday from 5pm to hear more from The Minor Chord.

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Remedy More than The Cure since 1989 with Murray Engleheart

NEW NO AGE

The new album by L.A. noisenik pair No Age should be out in September, and with an added ear damage factor. With a third and at this stage non-touring member along for the recording, the LP is set to feature stuff like ‘Fever Dreaming’, which sounds as if it's gonna be some sort of modern day version of the Velvet Underground’s epic, Sister Ray. “It reminds me of a tougher Ramones song,” drummer Dean Spunt told Pitchfork, “but if you were listening to it in a garbage can.”

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UNSANE RETURN

Legendary New York City abrasion rock trio, Unsane - who we really should go back and revisit now we think about it are back in business and doing a US tour in August that will feature them tearing (a term which in their case gives a new meaning to the …er…term ) through their Scattered, Smothered and Covered album from 1995 in its entirety. The tour will see them take part in the 25th anniversary celebrations of famed American noise merchant label Amphetamine Reptile, with huge shows on August 27 and 28 in

Minneapolis, with The Melvins and many others.

DAMNED THINGS SUPERGROUP

Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley of pop punk anthem champs, Fall Out Boy have teamed up with Anthrax elder Scott Ian and members of Every Time I Die to form The Damned Things. Their debut slab should be out by year’s end.

ON THE TURNTABLE On the Remedy turntable is Live by legendary San Francican outfit Moby Grape, which was recorded at the Avalon Ballroom and the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.

This is some big deal people. These guys were pretty much all you could ever want; the best of The Stones and The Band in terms of killer songs coupled with a firey three-way guitar front line. Long been pigeonholed as psychedelic, with all the nasty hippy lameness that’s associated with that expression, these guys instead sound like they’re going to explode at any moment - and on the near-18-minute closer, ‘Dark Magic’, they damn near do. Go get.

TOUR AND INDUSTRY NEWS

Mark Lanegan The Nation Blue are doing a national tour in July with fellow Melbournites A Death In The Family. The Sydney date of the tour is July 23 at the Sandringham with Grand Fatal.

Former Screaming Tree and sometime Queen Of The Stone Ager, Mark Lanegan, is returning. On July 8 he’ll be at The Metro.

No Life Til Leather also returns on July 2 to launch the Bon Jovi remastered back catalogue. As always, resident DJs The Sultan Of Sin and Colonel Knowledge will be on hand to play the greatest '80s glam and hard rock tunes all night long. There’ll be giant video screens playing the videos you thought - or maybe wished - you’d never see again. And there’ll be a chance to win the entire Bon Jovi remastered catalogue on the night. Where? Hermann’s Bar, corner of Butlin Avenue and City Road, from 9pm.

Further are doing their first headlining show in two long years on July 2 at the Sando in Newtown. Expect some new tunes that the band recently recorded, plus a selection of old faves - some of which haven’t been played since last century. It’s also bass player Andy’s 40th birthday. Special guests

on the night will be a reformed Lunarcide – the “bastard sons of Syd Barrett and the Birthday Party” - who are breaking a 12 year hiatus for this show. Also playing are the excellent Dead Farmers, who have just released their debut slab, Go Home.

Cape Tribulation featuring ex-members of Hateman, Captain Nemo and Superpussy will be opening the proceedings.

Utopia Records is celebrating 30 years of giving Sydney metal, with three big shows and more to be announced. With the first two shows just gone, the next one drops on July 10, when Utopia takes over the Manning Bar at Sydney Uni from 4pm with a the huge Metal For The Masses night with Mortal Sin, The Amenta, Daysend, Switchblade, Killrazer, Darker Half, Anno Domini, Norse, Hellbringer and more of Sydney’s very best metal acts. One final show is still to be announced for July 30. All profits from all the shows are to be donated to the Youth Off The Streets charity. Tickets available from Utopia, all oztix outlets and all moshtix.

Have mercy! The Splatterheads are back with Hell Crab City and Hytest at the Sando in Newtown on September 11.

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SATURDAY JULY 3

Richard In Your Mind album launch with Kyu, We Say Bamboulee

James Valentine Quartet Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay free 7pm John Harkins Trio 505 Club, Surry Hills $8–$10 8.30pm Paul Sun Jazushi, Surry Hills free 7pm Peter Head Harbour View Hotel, The Rocks free 8pm The 10 Guitar Project: David Reaston, Aaron Flower, Ben Hauptmann, Carl Dewhurst, Dave De Vries Quintet, Jeremy Sawkins, Jess Green, Julian Curwin, Sam Rollings, Tim Rollings, Jamie Cameron The Basement, Circular Quay $15 (conc)–$20 9.30pm

ACOUSTIC/FOLK

Spectrum, Darlinghurst $10 (+ bf) 8pm MONDAY JUNE 28 ROCK & POP

Carribean Soul Paddy Maguire’s, Haymarket free 8.30pm Fiddler Footy Monday: Remote Nightlife Mean Fiddler, Rouse Hill free 6pm JMC Showcase Live at the Wall, Leichhardt $5 7.30pm Singer Songwriter Night Vic on the Park Hotel, Marrickville $5 8pm Unherd Open Mic: Derkajam Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown free 8pm

JAZZ

Open Mic & Jazz/Latin Jam Session: Daniel Falero, Pierre

Della Putta, Phil Taig, Rinske Geerlings, Ed Rapo Bar Me, Potts Point free 7pm The Motion Band, Matt McMahon, Phil Slater 505 Club, Surry Hills $10 8.30pm

SSA Concert: James Englund, Charmaine Bingwa, Matt Rossner, Men with Day Jobs, Sarah Bird Vanguard, Newtown $12 8.30pm The Ukastle Ukestra Croatian Wickham Sports Club $10 7.30pm Tuesday Night Live: A French Butler Called Smith, Claude Hay, Toys Of Counter Culture, Drow Smith Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach free 8pm

DC Brooklyn Hotel, Sydney free 6.30pm Delta Riggs Sandringham Hotel, Newtown 8pm Emergenza International Band Competition Metro Theatre, The Lair, Sydney $15 8pm Fisher King, Sunday Waits Gaelic Theatre, Surry Hills free 7pm Funpuppet Scruffy Murphy’s Hotel, Sydney free 8pm Greenthief Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle West 8pm Jager Uprising: Video8, Static Silhouettes, Bayonets For Legs, The Cadres, Spooky Land, Ghostboy, Strangers Annandale Hotel free 7pm James Chatburn Trio The View Factory, Newcastle free 7pm Karnivool, MM9, Cairo Knife Fight (NZ) Metro Theatre, Sydney $40 (+ bf) 8pm Kate Martin, Daisy M Tulley, A Casual End Mile The Vanguard, Newtown $10 8pm Mark Wells Front Bar, Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton free 8pm Matt Corby Brass Monkey, Cronulla $13.30 (presale) 7pm Mental As Anything Gateway Hotel, Islington $20–$40 (dinner & show) 7pm Open Mic Fubah on Copa, Copacabana free 7pm Pugsley Buzzard Macquarie Hotel, Sydney free 8pm Reptiles, Virgo Rising Gallery Bar, Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst free 8pm Sideshow Wednesday: Amy Meredith, Demon Parade Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach free 8pm

The Yeah Yeahs The Orient Hotel, The Rocks free 9.15pm Uni Night Wednesday Mean Fiddler, Rouse Hill free 6pm Upstarts: Finabah, The Villainares, Future Prehistoric, Fix Spectrum, Darlinghurst $8 8pm YourSpace Muso Showcase Town Hall Hotel, Newtown free 7pm

JAZZ

Darryl Beaton Band Civic Underground, Sydney free 10pm John Redmond Trio The Manhattan Lounge, Sydney free 6.45pm The Subterraneans, The Alco Hotlicks The Basement, Circular Quay $15 (+ bf) 9.30pm The Thunder Trio 505 Club, Surry Hills $8–$10 8.30pm

ACOUSTIC/FOLK

Illawarra Folk Club Bush Dance: Wongawilli Band Wongawilli Community Hall free (member) 8pm Songsalive!: Andrew Denniston and guests Coach & Horses Hotel, Randwick free 7pm Songwriters & Open Mic: Seph Jonathan, Luke Knapman, Kathryn Neto, Russell Neal, April Sky (Mai-anh & Helmut Uhlmann) and guests Mars Hill Café, Parramatta free 7pm SSA Concert: Massimo Presti, TAOS, Adrian O’Shea and guests Newtown RSL free 7pm

COUNTRY

Corrina Steel, Sea Scroll, Justin Frew’s Loose Intentions Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills $12 8pm South Coast Country Music Club Mount Kembla Heights Hall free 7pm Amy Meredith

COUNTRY

ACOUSTIC/FOLK

Songsalive!: Kirsty Bolton, April Sky (Mai-anh & Helmut Uhlmann), Russell Neal and guests Kellys On King, Newtown free 7pm Songwriter Sessions Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills free 7.30pm

COUNTRY

Camden Valley Country Music Club Hope Christian School, Narellan free 7pm

Blacktown Country Music Club The Lucky Australian, North St Marys free 7pm Steel City Country Music Club Club Macquarie, Argenton free (member) 7.30pm

WEDNESDAY JUNE 29 ROCK & POP

Ash Grunwald Baroque Bar, Katoomba $18 (+ bf) 8pm

LIVE MUSIC THURS, FRI & SAT NIGHTS THROUGHOUT JULY, 6 - 10.30PM

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Free entry - no cover charge 8th - Alt country with Wil Massey and the Ghost Trio, The Lurkers, The Preachers, Charlie Trindall

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9th - Disco on Ice with Arithmatix (Future Classic)

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10th - Feral Media Showcase with Vorad Fils, Gentleforce, AFXJIM, Textile Audio. Underlapper.

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15th - Acoustic Folk with Leroy Lee, Kate Duff y, Quiet Titans, Rosie Catalano, Frontiers in Photography

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16th - Disco on Ice with Spruce Lee (Future Classic)

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17th - Music for Trees with The Slowdowns, The Delroys, Raymann, The Stiff Gins, The Anon Anons

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THURSDAY JUNE 30 ROCK & POP

Annandale Hotel 10th Birthday Week: Richard Clapton Annandale Hotel $30 (+ bf) 8pm Back to the 70s Motor Neurone

Research Fundraiser: The Robertson Brothers North Sydney Leagues Club, Cammeray $27.50 8pm Blu FM Band Competition: Magnet (Norway), Grace Alien, Ulterior Motive Hotel Gearin, Katoomba free 8pm Dan Spillane, Mark Da Costa The Orient Hotel, The Rocks free 9.15pm

DC Bligh Hotel, Sydney free 5.30pm Dead Letter Chorus, Two Hours Traffic Lizotte’s Restaurant, Kincumber $15 8pm Emergenza International Band Competition Metro Theatre, The Lair, Sydney $15 8pm Ernest Ellis, Sleepyhands, The Tourist Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst $12.80 (+ bf) 8pm Fisher King Brass Monkey, Cronulla 8pm Get Rich Woollahra Hotel free 7.45pm Greenthief Oxford Tavern, Wollongong 8pm Grizzly Adams St Marys Band Club free 8pm Hot Damn!: Against, Fistmouth, Silverback, Hot Damn DJs Spectrum, Darlinghurst $10–$12 8pm Ian McCrae Big Band, Donnie Sutherland Smithfield RSL free 8pm Indigo Rising Gaelic Theatre, Surry Hills 7pm Jefferson Groove The Tea Gardens Hotel, Bondi Junction free 6pm Jenny Marie Lang Guildford Leagues Club free 10pm Jimi Windang Bowling Club free 8pm Karnivool, MM9, Cairo Knife Fight (New Zealand) Metro Theatre, Sydney $40 (+ bf) 8pm Mal’s Open Mic Night The Harp, Tempe free 7.30pm Matt Corby Raval, Surry Hills $10 (+ bf) 7.30pm Psychonanny & the Babyshakers, Low Life Gallery Bar, Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst free 8pm

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FRIDAY

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SAT 03 JUL

Residents: Mojada Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach free 8pm Rick Price Old Manly Boatshed $15 7pm Rockabilly Frenzy: Laurie Rix & His Side Kix Cat & Fiddle Hotel, Balmain $10 8pm Roots ‘n’ Blues Open Mic: Merewether Fats Shenanigans, Maitland free 7pm Rose Carleo Rooty Hill RSL Club free 8pm Sleep Parade, Arc Icarus Harp Hotel, Wollongong 8pm Steve Edmonds Amber Ale Hotel, Annandale free 7pm Sundacy Live at the Wall, Leichhardt $10 7pm The Marines, The Cotton Wood Band, These Vagabond Hours Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills $10 8pm The Suspects Marble Bar, Sydney free 8.30pm Thirsty Merc Waves Nightclub, Towradgi $25 (+ bf) 8pm Up Late With Jim Shirlaw: Kirin J. Callinan, Cabaret Callado, FTW Gallery Bar, Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst free 11pm Vitaley Ryan’s Hotel, Thirroul free 8pm White Bros New Brighton Hotel, Manly free 10pm - late Zoltan The Mill, Milperra free 8pm

JAZZ

Entropic Macquarie Hotel, Sydney free 8pm Jazz Factory The View Factory, Newcastle free 7pm

Jim Conway’s Big Wheel, Tamlin The Vanguard, Newtown $20 (presale)–$25 (at door) 7.30pm Peter Head Harbour View Hotel, The Rocks free 9pm Victor Valdez 505 Club, Surry Hills $10–$15 8.30pm

ACOUSTIC & FOLK

Dennis Aubrey’s Songwriters Night @Newtown RSL free 7pm Ross Ward (solo) GJ’s Coffee Lounge free 6.30pm Songsalive!: Andrew Denniston and guests Henry Lawson Club, Werrington County free 6.30pm Songsalive!: April Sky (Mai-anh & Helmut Uhlmann) + guests Red Lion Hotel, Rozelle free 7.30pm

FRIDAY JULY 1 ROCK & POP

1927 Davistown RSL $25 9pm 2 Of Hearts Harbord Beach Hotel free 8pm Allstar Iron Horse Inn, Cardiff free 6.30pm Amplifire (Germany), Lumiere, The Darkist, Gundo, Nine Lives, Hibiki Gaelic Theatre, Surry Hills $15 (+ bf) 8pm Annandale Hotel 10th Birthday Week: Frenzal Rhomb, Front End Loader, Old Music For Old People Annandale Hotel $25 (+ bf) 8pm Arc Icarus, Order 66, When the World Sleeps Caringbah Bizzos 8pm

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HEALTH DISCO 2

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gig guide send your listings to : gigguide@thebrag.com Armandito & Trovason Persian Basement, Lane Cove 8pm Bender Hawkesbury Hotel, Windsor free 7.45pm Beth Robertson Mattara Hotel, Newcastle free 8pm Brown Sugar Marble Bar, Sydney free 9.30pm Club Blink: Resist The Thought, As Silence Breaks, Recoil Agincourt Hotel, Ultimo $12 Creedence & Beyond St Marys Leagues Club free 9pm Cyber Crystals Cardiff Panthers free 8.15pm Dean Carroll, Marlow, A Broken Silence Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor free 8.30pm Doc Halliday The Orient Hotel, The Rocks free 5pm Dwayne Elix & the Engineers Toukley RSL Club free 8pm Emergenza International Band Competition: Veora Metro Theatre, The Lair, Sydney $15 8pm Enormous Horns Club Menai free 8.30pm Exile on King Street - A Tribute to The Rolling Stones: Damien Lovelock The Vanguard, Newtown $25 (+ bf)–$54 (dinner & show) 6.30pm Formula Warners Bay Hotel free 9pm Further, Lunarcide, Dead Farmers, Cape Tribulation Sandringham Hotel, Newtown $15 8pm Guineafowl, Sooners Gallery Bar, Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst free 7pm Hardcore 2010: Mindsnare, Toe to Toe, Extortion, Blkout, Relentless, Ill Brigade Manning Bar, Sydney University, Camperdown $20 (+ bf)–$40 (weekend) 6pm Hello Cleveland Smithfield RSL free 7pm House Cabaret: The Friends Series: Clare Bowditch The Studio, Sydney Opera House $29 (conc)–$59 8pm Ian Moss Rooty Hill RSL Club 8pm Ill Prepared Dundas Sports & Recreation Club free 8.30pm In Pieces Five Dock RSL free 8pm John Vella Raval, Surry Hills free 8pm Karnivool, MM9, Cairo Knife Fight (NZ) Metro Theatre, Sydney $40 (+ bf) 8pm

Kirsty Larkin Docks Hotel, Darling Harbour free 7.30pm Kylie Loves Robbie Towradgi Beach Hotel free 8.30pm Manilow Magic: Mark Bowden Auditorium, South Sydney Juniors, Kingsford $10 (member)–$15 8.30pm Marshall & the Fro, The Kickouts Spectrum, Darlinghurst 8pm Matt Corby Heritage Hotel, Bulli 7pm Mick Buckley Woy Woy & District Rugby League Football Club free 7pm Mistah Cee, John Glover, Steve Frank, Bondi House DJs Eastern Hotel, Bondi Junction $10 9pm Mods Mayday!: The Others, Division 4, The Mayday Dreamers, The Frowning Clouds Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown MUM: Chicks Who Love Guns, Brackets, Death Valley Band, Indigo Rising The World Bar, Kings Cross $10 9pm My Hollowed Fantasy, Temptation Arrest, Allay The Sea @Newtown RSL free 7pm Naked on the Vague, Holy Balm, Bitch Prefect Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills $12 8pm Original Sin INXS Show, Seven Year Itch Engadine Tavern free 9.30pm Parades, Belles Will Ring, Bon Chat Bon Rat, Kitten Death The Grand Hotel, Wollongong $10 8pm Phil Simmons Guildford Leagues Club free 10pm Purple Sneakers: Ben Lucid, Jane Gazzo, Nic Yorke, Clarence Does Radio, Erectro, Whiskey & Ghost Gladstone Hotel, Chippendale free–$12 7pm Rapture Celebrity Room, Blacktown RSL Club free 8pm Reckless The Orient Hotel, The Rocks free 9pm Rob Henry Town Hall Hotel Balmain free 9pm Snowdroppers Old Manly Boatshed 8pm Steve Edmonds Band Jolly Frog Hotel Windsor free 10pm The Break Waves Nightclub, Towradgi $20 (+ bf)–$25 (at door) 8pm The Donovans Sydney Rowing Club, Abbotsford free 7.30pm

Belles Will Ring The Urge Fire Station Hotel, Wallsend free 8.30pm Thirsty Merc Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle West $25 (+ bf) 8pm Two Hours Traffic Brass Monkey, Cronulla 8pm V Tribe The Lucky Australian, North St Marys free 7pm White Brothers Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel free 7pm Zoltan Revesby Workers Club free 8pm

JAZZ

Bridge City Jazz Band Club Ashfield free 7.30pm Full Swing Quartet Lane Cove Golf & Country Club, Northwood free 7.30pm Half Nelson: 1920s Jazz supported by Marty Rotolo The View Factory, Newcastle free 7pm James Morrison, Emma Pask The Basement, Circular Quay $25 (+ bf) 9.30pm Matt Keegan Trio 505 Club, Surry Hills $10–$15 8.30pm Pianoman Cruise Restaurant, The Rocks free 10pm Shawnuff Swing Band Newtown Jets Rugby League Social Club, Tempe free 8pm Siesta Flamenca Nando’s Crown Street Surry Hills free 7pm

ACOUSTIC & FOLK

Adam Roycroft, DJ Black Jade Tavern, Haymarket free 7pm Illawarra Folk Club: Gilbert Whyte, Lou Bradley, Buck & Deanne, Thalia & Alan, Boogie & Crawford City Diggers, Wollongong 7.30pm

COUNTRY

Jason Walker Notes Live, Enmore $18.40 (+ bf) 7pm Macarthur Country Music Club Wests Campbelltown Tennis Club, Leumeah free 7pm

HIP-HOP

Dust Tones: Mista Savona, Vida Sunshyne, Jornick Beach Road Hotel, Bondi free 8pm

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1927 Belmont 16 Foot Sailing Club $30 (show only)–$60 (dinner & show)

8pm 2 Of Hearts Brighton RSL Club, Brighton-LeSands free 8pm 2days Hits Eastern Suburbs Leagues Club, Bondi Junction free 9pm Amberlove The Roxbury Hotel, Glebe $10 8pm Annandale Hotel 10th Birthday Week: Regurgitator, Ouch My Face, Step Panther Annandale Hotel $20 (+ bf) 8pm Biennale of Sydney: SuperDeluxe: Gail Priest Artspace Visual Arts Centre, Woolloomooloo free 7.30pm Chartbusters Mean Fiddler, Rouse Hill free 9.45pm Chase The Sun, Cass Eager & The Mo’ Debleys, Claude Hay The Vanguard, Newtown $17 (+ bf)–$10 (at door) 6.30pm Chontia The Entrance Sails Stage free 9am Chris James Catherine Hill Bay Hotel free 1.30pm Creedence & Beyond Rockdale RSL Club free Di Solomon Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel free 4pm Dwayne Elix & the Engineers Guildford Leagues Club free 8.30pm Emergenza International Band Competition Metro Theatre, The Lair, Sydney $15 8pm Finabah Live at the Wall, Leichhardt $10 8pm Funkstar Marble Bar, Sydney free 10.30pm GJ Donovan The Orient Hotel, The Rocks free 4pm Hardcore 2010: Mindsnare, Extortion, 50 Lions, Blkout, Dropsaw, Hand Of Mercy, I Exist, Ghost Town, Persist, Phantoms The Factory Theatre, Enmore $25 (+ bf)–$40 (weekend) 2pm Hot Rod Rumble: The Detonators, Jordan & the Original Six, DJ Brian Waves Nightclub, Towradgi $17 (+ bf)–$37 (dinner & show) 7pm House Cabaret: The Friends Series: Clare Bowditch The Studio, Sydney Opera House $29 (conc)–$59 8pm Ian Moss Bankstown Sports Club 8pm Jaywalker, Jess Chalker, Daniel Lee Kendall Raval, Surry Hills $10 7.30pm Karaoke Lake Macquarie Tavern, Mount Hutton free 7.30pm Lawrence Baker Harbord Beach Hotel free 8pm Leroy Macqueen & The Gussets, Dark Bells Gallery Bar, Oxford Art Factory,

Darlinghurst free 8pm Marshall & the Fro The Attic, Mona Vale Hotel 8pm Matt Corby Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton 8pm Mick Buckley Pittwater RSL Club, Mona Vale free 8pm Millennium Bug RG McGees Hotel, Richmond free 9.30pm No Brakes, Grizzly Adams Ashfield RSL Club free 8.30pm Nova Tone Regents Park Sporting & Community Club free 7.30pm Outer Phase Wests Leagues, New Lambton free 9.30pm Parades, Belles Will Ring, Bon Chat Bon Rat The Red Rattler Theatre, Marrickville $10 8pm Patio de Tango Milonga: Tango Bar Bexley RSL & Community Club $22 8pm Pete Sir John Young, Sydney free 9.30pm Rebecca Johnson Band Oatley Hotel Free 8pm Richard in Your Mind, Kyu, We Say Bamboulee Spectrum, Darlinghurst $10 (+ bf) 8pm Rock Steady Town Hall Hotel Balmain free 9pm Rozelle Markets: The Shallows, Kate Gogarty Rozelle School free 12pm Sedaka Workers Blacktown $5.50 (member)–$7.70 8pm Singled Out The Orient Hotel, The Rocks free 9pm Snowdroppers Hotel Gearin, Katoomba 8pm Steve Edmonds Band Royal Hotel Bondi free 8pm Swinging Sixties, Dirty Deeds AC/DC Show Celebrity Room, Blacktown RSL Club free 10pm The Australian Pink Show Epping Hotel free 10.30pm The Bird’s Robe Collective: Paper Champion, Greenthief, Meniscus, Valar, Moranis Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills 8pm The Break, Jamie Hutchings Old Manly Boatshed 8pm The Doors Show Woy Woy & District Rugby League Football Club free 9.30pm The Flood Brass Monkey, Cronulla 8pm The Rebel Rousers The Greens at The Entrance free 7pm Thirsty Merc Metro Theatre, Sydney $35 (+ bf) 8pm Tony Williams Guildford Leagues Club free 10pm Trash: The Bride, Sienna Skies,

gig guide send your listings to : gigguide@thebrag.com Town Hall Steps, Envy Parade Agincourt Hotel, Ultimo $10 (guestlist)–$12 9pm What U Need INXS Show St Marys RSL free 9pm

8pm

JAZZ

ROCK & POP

Brel: Vince Jones Lizotte’s Restaurant, Lambton $35 (show only)–$90 (dinner & show) 7pm James Valentine Quartet Clarendon Guest House, Katoomba $73 (dinner & show) 7pm Mali Drought Appeal: Gervais Koffi & the African Diaspora, Moussa Diakite, Chris Gudu (Zimbabwe), Errol H Renaud & Carribean Soul, Afro Moses The Basement, Circular Quay $30 (+ bf) 8.30pm Michael McGlynn Sydney Rowing Club, Abbotsford free 3pm Soul Deep Trio Smithfield RSL free 8pm Susan Gai Dowling Duo Jazushi, Surry Hills free 7.30pm The Sun Chasers, Miss Little 505 Club, Surry Hills $10–$15 8.30pm Yuki Kumagai, John Mackie, Tony Burkys, Jack Wiard, Martin Highland Wollongong Golf Club, Wollongong free 3.30pm

ACOUSTIC & FOLK

Gareth Liddiard

Alison Penney (Solo) The Vault 146 free 7pm Newcastle & Hunter Valley Folk Club: Bill Bekric, The Troubador Folk Club Wesley Hall, Hamilton free (child)– $14 (adult) 7.30pm Songsalive!: Natasha-Eloise, James Donnelly, April Sky, Ben Osmo, Lance Whear, Tommy Pickett, Andrew Denniston Grumpy’s Inn, Hurlstone Park free

SUNDAY JULY 3 3 Way Split The Orient Hotel, The Rocks free 4pm Al Showman, Peter Paki, Graeme Fisher’s Allstar Band Smithfield RSL free 2.30pm Andy Mammers Harbord Beach Hotel free 6pm Annandale Hotel 10th Birthday Week: Gareth Liddiard, Jamie Hutchings, The Holy Soul, The Maladies Annandale Hotel $15 (+ bf) 4pm Blind Lemon Chicken Marrickville Bowling and Recreation Club 8pm Blues Sunday Artichoke Gallery Cafe, Manly 7.30pm Chris Drummond Smithfield RSL free 6.30pm Drive: Peter Northcote Bridge Hotel, Rozelle $10 3.30pm Emergenza International Band Competition Metro Theatre, The Lair, Sydney $15 8pm Hitseekers Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel free 3pm House Cabaret: The Friends Series: Clare Bowditch The Studio, Sydney Opera House $29 (conc)–$59 8pm In Pieces Peachtree Hotel, Penrith free 6pm Jason Hicks Docks Hotel, Darling Harbour free 5pm Jason Walker Brass Monkey, Cronulla 8pm Matt Corby Raval, Surry Hills $10 (+ bf) 7.30pm Molly Contogeorge, The MoPhones, Petesot The Vanguard, Newtown 8pm My Idle King, The Teddysexuals,

Sunset Retirement Club Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills 4pm Ngariki Catherine Hill Bay Hotel free 1.30pm Outlier Trio The Orient Hotel, The Rocks free 8.30pm Rozelle Markets: Swish Dudes, Craig Corcoran Rozelle School free 10am Soul Shakedown Party The View Factory, Newcastle free 3pm Steve Edmonds Band Premier Hotel Broadmeadow free 4pm The Break, Boxset Queens Wharf Brewery, Newcastle free 8pm The Detonators Matraville RSL Club free 5pm Tom Jordan Notes Live, Enmore $15.30 (presale) Zoltan Five Dock RSL free 4pm

JAZZ

The House of Blues: The Subterraneans Town Hall Hotel, Newtown free 6pm John And Yuki Oatley Hotel Free 1pm Nic Jeffries Woollahra Hotel free 6.30pm Pat Powell Trio Sydney Rowing Club, Abbotsford free 3pm The Lonesome Bluesman: Andy Daniels Forest Lodge Hotel free 3.30pm

ACOUSTIC & FOLK

James Southwell (Solo) The Vault 146 free 1pm Rasa Dunede: Bobby Singh, Adrian McNeil, Damian Wright Macquarie University, North Ryde $15–$20 5pm Ross Ward (Solo) Royal Motor Yacht Club, Port Hacking free 2pm

gig picks up all night out all week...

WEDNESDAY JUNE 30

The Reptiles, Virgo Rising Gallery Bar, Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst free 8pm Sideshow Wednesday: Amy Meredith, Demon Parade Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach free 8pm

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30 June

(9:15PM - 12:15AM)

THURSDAY JULY 1

Ernest Ellis, Sleepyhands, The Tourist Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst $12.80 (+ bf) 8pm Psychonanny & the Babyshakers, Low Life Gallery Bar, Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst free 8pm Up Late With Jim Shirlaw: Kirin J. Callinan, Cabaret Callado, FTW Gallery Bar, Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst free 11pm

thu

01 July

(9:15PM - 12:15AM)

fri

02 July (9:15PM - 1:00AM)

(5:00PM - 8:00PM)

The Reptiles

SUNDAY AFTERNOON

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

sat

03 July

sun

SATURDAY NIGHT

(9:00PM - 12:00AM)

04 July

Ernest Ellis

FRIDAY JULY 2

Further, Lunarcide, Dead Farmers, Cape Tribulation Sandringham Hotel, Newtown $15 8pm Mods Mayday!: The Others, Division 4, The Mayday Dreamers, The Frowning Clouds Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown Naked on the Vague, Holy Balm, Bitch Prefect Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills $12 8pm

SATURDAY JULY 3

SUNDAY NIGHT

(8:30PM - 12:00AM)

Parades, Belles Will Ring, Bon Chat Bon Rat The Red Rattler Theatre, Marrickville $10 8pm

SUNDAY JULY 4

Annandale Hotel 10th Birthday Week: Gareth Liddiard, Jamie Hutchings, The Holy Soul, The Maladies Annandale Hotel $15 (+ bf) 4pm House Cabaret: The Friends Series: Clare Bowditch The Studio, Sydney Opera House $29 (conc)–$59 8pm Matt Corby Raval, Surry Hills $10 (+ bf) 7.30pm

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club guide send your listings to : clubguide@thebrag.com

club pick of the week Drop the Lime

Suburban Alternative DJ Mini Mullet Free Opera Bar, Circular Quay DJ Jack Shit free The Gaff, Darlinghurst Coyote Tuesday Kid Finley, Pee Wee Pete free–$5 World Bar, Kings Cross Pop Panic Karaoke, Daigo, Shipwreck, M.I.T free

Gigi Barocco

WEDNESDAY JUNE 30

SATURDAY JULY 3

Chinese Laundry, Sydney

Drop The Lime (USA), Kid Kenobi, Hoodrat (Bang Gang), Pepperpot (France), Club Junque, Matttt, Elmo Is Dead, Athson, Mike Hyper, Harry Cotton, Jessie Lee; hosted by MC Adam Zae $20 MONDAY JUNE 28 202 Broadway, Chippendale Hospitality Crew free Empire Hotel, Potts Point Bazaar HBK, I Low free One World Sport, Parramatta Ricky Ro free Soho, Kings Cross Comedown free The Sugarmill, Kings Cross Mondays James Rawson (live), Kavi-R free V Bar, Sydney Monday Mambo Mambo G $5–$10

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TUESDAY JUNE 29 Xxx Chinese Laundry, Sydney The Only, Ajax, Brain Matters, Elmo Is Dead, Mark Dynamix, Mattt, Club Junque, Mitch Crosher, Steve Lind, Wedding Ring Fingers, Mike Hyper $25 Cruise Bar, Circular Quay DCE Salsa Lessons $20 Establishment, Sydney Rumba Motel DJs Willie Sabor and Guests free Martin Place Bar, Sydney Louis M, Sammy free Oatley Hotel

Bank Hotel, Newtown Girl’s Night DJ Beth Yen free Cruise Bar, Circular Quay Rockstar free Establishment, Sydney Mid Week Hurdle Nic Phillips, Craig Patterson free Gasworks Nightclub, Albion Hotel, Parramatta DJ Fresh free Goldfish, Kings Cross The Salsa Lounge Latin Mafia Sound System free Plantation Bar, Kings Cross Purple Sneakers DJs Scary Canary, Sydney Wet Wednesdays DJ Lews Lewi, Ahshit, Ryzie-Ry, Down & Out free Sly Fox, Enmore Queer Central Sveta, DJ Beth, DJ Bel free Tao Ultra Lounge, Sydney Tropical Sounds The Latin Mafia $5 The Argyle Hotel, Rocks SWAT free The Eastern, Bondi Junction John Glover, Tenzin, Here’s Trouble, Cassian, U-Go-B, Steve Frank, Mistah Cee, Kavi-R free The Gaff, Darlinghurst New Generation Franny, Alex, Triky, Electroholics, Con-x-ion, Psygnosis, Calico, Kermy, Deceptikon free The Lincoln, Kings Cross Kareem the DJ free (guestlist) The Sugarmill, Kings Cross Battery Operated DJ Matt Hoare free The Tea Gardens Hotel, Bondi Junction DJ Guiseppe

THURSDAY JULY 1 202 Broadway, Chippendale Basic Foreign Dub, Headroom, Space is the Place, Void free Collingwood Hotel, Liverpool After School Detention DJ Rangi, Mac, K-Note MC Buddy Love free Cruise Bar, Circular Quay DJ Dwight ‘Chocolate’ Escobar free Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown Brett Hunt free Dug Out Bar, Burdekin Hotel Speakeasy Magda, Dave Fernandes Empire Hotel, Potts Point Episodes DJ Schoder, Wanted, Zahra, Jason K, Johar free Gasworks Nightclub, Albion Hotel, Parramatta A Bomb with DJ Fresh free Goldfish, Kings Cross The Funk Quarter Phil Hudson, Phil Toke, Dave 54, Michael Wheatley free Home Terrace, Darling Harbour Unipackers RnB, Top 40, Electro $5 Hotel Chambers, Sydney Timewarp Retro DJs free Judgement Bar, Taylor Square Judgement Night. Sex Worker & Ymerej, weekly guests free Kinselas Hotel, Darlinghurst Simon Alexander free Lady Lux, Kings Cross Notorious Thursdays Die Pritti, Jimmy 2 Sox, Stick Man free Mansions, Kings Cross Van Sereno and Cavan Te Live on rotation free Martin Place Bar, Martin Place Thursdays at MPB Louis M free Q Bar, Darlinghurst Hot Damn! DJ Sarah Spandex, Mark C, Heart Attack $10–$12 Sapphire Suite, Kings Cross Flaunt Nacho Pop, Diaz, Eko, Tom Piper, R-Son, Zero Cool free Shelbourne Hotel, Sydney The Social Club Beth Yen free

The Argyle Hotel, Rocks Random Soul free The Eastern Hotel, Bondi Junction Sneaker Husky, Ant Best Shy, Travis Hale, Dave Rizzle, Yogi free The Rouge, Darlinghurst Surprise Surprise Astrix, SMS, Ember, Lights Out, Tom Piper Tokio Hotel, Darling Harbour Caramel free

FRIDAY JULY 2 Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach Dustones Mista Savona, Vida Sunshyne, Jornick free Candys Apartment, King Cross Liquid Sky Gigi Barocco (Italy) with Vengeance, SMS, Moonchild, Knocked Up Noise, Teez, SoHda, StiK, Diskoriot; live bands early: The Understatement, & Chasing Light $10/$15 Chinese Laundry, Sydney DJ Sega (Mad Decent, USA), Levins, Cassette, Generic DJs, Moriarty, Blog War DJs $15 all night Civic Undergound, Sydney Plus One Fridays Murat Kilic, Robbie Lowe, Trinity, Dave Stuart, Jamie Mattimore, Sam Watkins, Alex Caminer, Daniel Lupica $10 before midnight, $15 after Collector Hotel, Parramatta Corner Shop Tikelz, DJ Browski, J Lyrikz, Naughty, Gunz free Collingwood Hotel, Liverpool Fuego DJ Mac, Don Juan, K-Note, Asado, Dennis Tha Menace, The Empress MC, MC Seba Cruise Bar, Circular Quay Johnny Vinyl, Strike free Establishment Hotel Carnival La Fiesta Sound System and Special Guest DJs all night Gladstone Hotel, Chippendale Purple Sneakers Ben Lucid, Jane Gazzo, Nic Yorke, Clarence Does Radio, Erectro, Whiskey & Ghost $12 Goldfish, Kings Cross Sugar & Soul Phil Hudson, Paul Hatz, Agey, Danny De Sousa, Matt Cahill, Tom Kelly free Home The Venue, Darling Harbour Sublime Unleashed! [Unleashed] John Ferris, Arbor, Scotty G, Refresh, Big Dan, Yev [Voodoo Classix] Peewee – Hosted By MC Losty [Subcore] Haze, Dover, Rhe3, TezzR, Zander, Kinekt 4, DJmon, Fazed, Convict and Nik Import Kinselas, Taylor Square Toby Wilson free Kit & Kaboodle, Darlinghurst Falcona Fridays Art Vs Science DJ set, Alison Wonderland, Cadillac, Murray Lake, The Gameboys, Elaine Benes, Hobogestapo, Fauce

$10 Mansions, Kings Cross Nick Polly, Little Rich, Nick T, Stevie S, Adrian Allen free Melt Bar, Kings Cross Pants Party Cassian (Bang Gang 12 Inches), Mik Tha Menace, Max Smart, Mo’ Hat Mo’ Play, Free Swedes, Nick Walsh $10 on guestlist Middle Bar, Kinselas, Darlinghurst Flavours on Friday MC Q-Bizzi, C-Bu, Trey, Mike Champion, Naiki, Tekkaman $20 Oatley Hotel We Love Oatley Hotel Fridays DJ Tone Free Omega Lounge, Sydney Unwind Greg Summerfield, Matt Brunton free Opera Bar, Circular Quay Gian Arpino free Plantation /Empire Hotel, Kings Cross Unifest Ember, The Aston Shuffle, Timmy Trumpet, Tenzin, Oakes & Lennox, Starfucker DJs Q Bar, Darlinghurst Sosueme Bell Weather Department, Blonde Sovereign, Hey Maverick, The Tourist, Howling Bells DJ set, Alison Wonderland, Rose, Coitus Interruptus, Mush $10 on the door Raval, Surry Hills Listen Hear Huwston, Micah, James De La Cruz, Chris Coucouvinis free Sapphire Lounge, Kings Cross Sapphire Fridays Miss Match, Rob Morrish, Dave 54, Kate Monroe, DJ Sega

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Chiller $10 guestlist Sly Fox, Enmore Sly Fridays Neil Hume free Soda Bar, Golden Sheaf, Double Bay Mike Who, Mr Glass, Brynstar free SoHo, Potts Point Uni Jam Vandalism, Matt Nukewood, Kristiano, E Cats , Zannon , DJ Samarai, DJ Pia free Spectrum, Darlinghurst Silent Alarm Silent DJs $5 St James Hotel, Sydney One Night in Cuba Mani, Yemaya, Nandez, Av El Cubano $15 Tank Nightclub, Sydney RnB Superclub Def Rok, Eko, G Wizard, Lilo, Troy T, MC Jayson Tao Ultra Lounge, Sydney Access Galaktik, JML Band, Rythmic Sun, Pato De Gomah $15–$20 The Argyle Hotel, Rocks John Devechis, DJ Heidi, Cadell free The Golden Sheaf, Double Bay Radio INK live DJ show free The Lincoln, Kings Cross The Scene Charlie Brown, Samari The Rouge, Kings Cross Twilight Itchy & Scratchy, Deckhead, Ember, Three Fingers, Heroes of the Party free on guestlist before 11pm The Roxy Hotel, Parramatta Roxy Fridays $10, free for members The Sugarmill, Kings Cross The Gameboys, Calling In Sick, Joyride $10 after 10pm Trademark Hotel, Kings Cross Celebrity Adrian M, Victor Lopez, Jackson, Andy Rodriguez free (guestlist)–$10

SATURDAY JULY 3 202 Broadway, Chippendale Jamrock Nick Toth, Joe (USA), Lukie D, Shotta Paul, Admiral Kilosh $15 Arthouse Hotel, Sydney The Likes of You Stephan Bodzin (Germany), Hugo, Murat Kilic, Ben Morris, Schwa, Reno & Foundation, Matttt & Tomass, Diatribe, Sam Roberts, Grant Streater, Matt Formosa, Danny Lang, Oakes & Lennox, Bump DJs $36.30 (+ bf) BB’s, Bondi Beach Wildlife DJs Mesan, James Roberts, Adriano Giorgi, Dinseh Sundar, Matt

Singmin, Chris Kyle free Candy’s Apartment, King Cross Shake Shake Shake Ember, Elmo is Dead, Coopa, Smokin Joe Mekhael, Jackpop, Joe Le Fro, Jordan F, Me and You, Detektives $10/$15/$20 Carmen’s Nightclub, Miranda Bass Kleph, Zannon, Paul Moritz free–$15 Chinese Laundry, Sydney Drop the Lime (USA), Kid Kenobi, Hoodrat (Bang Gang), Pepperpot (France), Club Junque, Matttt, Elmo Is Dead, Athson, Mike Hyper, Harry Cotton, Jessie Lee; hosted by MC Adam Zae $20 Clarence Hotel, Petersham Caesars Sandy Bottom, Justin Scott, DJ Chip free Collingwood Hotel, Liverpool Pop Fiction, Zoltan free Cruise Bar, Circular Quay DJ Simon Neal, Ben Vickers free Docks Hotel, Darling Harbour Fabulous Nino Brown, Don Juan, Samrai, Tikelz, Solz, Lil B, Robbie Knotts, Broski, Shruggz, MC Q-Bizzi, MC Mike Celekt, Aga, Akay, Dimi K, Yanni-B $20 Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown Kaki $20 Eastern Hotel, Bondi Junction I Love Saturdays Zannon, Tony Shock, Matt Ferreira, Tass, Akay, Don Juan, Dante Rivera, Dennis Agee, Willie Sabor, Oscar Cadena free Gaelic Theatre, Surry Hills Airport Sied Van Riel, Simone Patterson, Trent McDermott, Nathan Cryptic, Alex Panik, Ruby $45 (+ bf) Gasworks Nightclub, Albion Hotel, Parramatta DJs Matt Hoare and Andy Marc $10 Goldfish, Kings Cross Abel, Tom Kelly, Phil Hudson, Ross Middleton on Sax free Haymarket Hotel, Sydney The Market Kai, Willtown, Beef, Rosso, Mr Victorious free Home The Venue, Sydney Homemade Saturdays The 808s, Aladdin Royaal, James “Saxman” Spy, Matt Ferreria, Hannah Gibbs, Tony Venuto, Dave Austin, Flite, LKO, Seiz, Uncle Abe $20 VIP/$25 door Hotel Chambers, Sydney Red Room $20 Jacksons On George, Sydney Leno, Aladdin Royaal free Kinselas, Taylor Square

Brynstar, Shaun Keble, Yin Yang, Beth Yen and Matt Hoare free Mansions, Kings Cross Reckless, Little Rich, Shaun Keeble, Nick Polly free Martin Place Bar, Sydney Bamboo Eko, Nude-E, Mirage, Shorty, Ace, Moto, Qrius, IllDJ $5 Mean Fiddler, Rouse Hill Fiddler Bar DJ Bobby Dazzler free Opera Bar, Circular Quay Krishna Jones free Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst Redial, Singha, Smacktown, Revolver, Why Not!, PMA Project, RA, Felony Crew, DJ Obey, German Shepherds $20 (at door) Plantation Bar, Kings Cross Dubrave Frenemies (DJ Temnein + MC Haley Boa), Rubio (Twisted Collective), Slice (Inna Riddum), Creeptown, Anything Slim, The Wobbles $15/ $10 on list Q Bar, Darlinghurst Ghettodisco Rose, Jac + Ant, Keis, Sticky B, Roof, Nick Walsh, Oh Glam, $15 Shelbourne Hotel, Sydney Shipwreck, Daniel Nall, Leon Pirello $10 after 10pm Space Nightclub, Sydney SFX DJs Bzurk, Absynth, Snowflake $10 Spectrum, Darlinghurst P*A*S*H Goldfoot, DJ Knife $7 Stonewall Hotel, Darlinghurst Greg Boladian, Nick J free The Argyle Hotel, Rocks Charley Bo Funk, Dante, Phil Hudson free The Bank Nightclub, Kings Cross Sin City Don Juan, DJ Willie, Mista Kay, MC Q-Bizzi The Dolphin Hotel, Surry Hills DJ Chris Skinner, DJ Carl O’Brien free The Gaff, Darlinghurst Perfect Day Resident house DJs Mark Alsop, DJ Chip, DJ Murray Hood, DJ Miss Match, DJ Brett Austin, DJ Scotty Tanner, DJ James Tobin, DJ Man and DJ Dirty Dan free The Rouge, Kings Cross Le Rouge Lights Out, Chris Fraser, Keli Hart, coops $10 before 11pm The Venue, Double Bay Pure House Ben Morris, Illya, Robbie Lowe, Matt Mandell, Ollie Brooke, Matt Roberts, Simon Caldwell, Kato, James Taylor, Lummy, Mitch Crosher, Phil Smart Tonic Lounge, Kings Cross Tonic Saturdays Tan

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Deep Impressions

clubguide@thebrag.com Cracker’s Soul Club $15 Trademark Hotel, Kings Cross hush... free on guestlist Verandah Bar, Sydney The Booty Bar George B, Nasser T, Lenno, K Sera Watershed Hotel, Darling Harbour Paul Moussa free \

Underground Dance and Electronica with Chris Honnery

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ews officially broke last week about the Circo Loco party in October at the Greenwood Hotel.

The lineup comprises an international triple-bill of Jamie Jones, Italy’s Davide Squillace and Frankfurt’s Robert Dietz.

Considering Jones is fairly well known to local crowds thanks to last year’s breakout LP, Don’t You Remember The Future? on Crosstown Rebels (and an accompanying Australia tour), I thought I’d devote some column space to ‘the other two’.

SUNDAY JULY 4

Collingwood Hotel, Liverpool Michael Peter Cruise Bar, Circular Quay Sassy Sundays free Docks Hotel, Darling Harbour Salsa Caliente Sabroson, DJ Vico free Downstairs, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown DJ Metal Matt, Louis Tillett free Goldfish, Kings Cross Martini Club Live DJs Illya, Johnny Gleeson, Miss Match, Jack McCord and Tom Kelly free Home Terrace, Sydney Spice After Hour Pepperpot (France), Bump DJs, Murat Kilic, Sam Roberts $20/$10 Hotel Chambers, Sydney La Chambre Rouge X-Tof, DJ XL, Trey, Twinz $20 Ice Bar, Sydney The Kitsch Sound System, Phil Hudson, Chloe West, Mark Matthews free Kings Cross Hotel Jammin Sundays free Kinselas Hotel, Darlinghurst The Fifth Dimension free Oatley Hotel Sunday Sessions DJ Tone & Friends Free Phoenix Bar, Exchange Hotel, Darlinghurst Loose Ends Resident DJ Matt Vaughan & regular guests, including Seymour Butz, Mark Murphy, Stephen Allkins,

Avra-Cybele, Ben Drayton, Sveta, The Loin Brothers free entry from 10pm Sapphire Suite, Kings Cross Random Sundays Mike Rukus, Tom Piper, James Taylor, Matt Nukewood, Goodfella, Adam Lance, RobKAY free (guestlist)–$15 The Argyle Hotel, Rocks Cadell free The Bank Nightclub, Kings Cross Soul On Sunday Nino Brown, Don Juan free The Beresford Hotel, Surry Hills B Side free

The Bunker Bar, Kings Cross Marco Resmann free The Rouge, Kings Cross Cheap Thrill$ Barfly, Oakes & Lennox, Matt Nukewood free The Sugarmill, Kings Cross Neighbourhood Kate Munroe free Trademark Hotel, Darlinghurst Soul on Sunday Nino Brown, Don Juan Watershed Hotel, Darling Harbour Miss Gabby free

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FRIDAY JULY 2 Candy’s Apartment, King Cross Liquid Sky Gigi Barocco (Italy) with Vengeance, SMS, Moonchild, Knocked Up Noise, Teez, SoHda, StiK, Diskoriot; live bands early: The Understatement & Chasing Light $10/$15 Chinese Laundry, Sydney DJ Sega (Mad Decent, USA), Levins, Cassette, Generic DJs, Moriarty, Blog War DJs $15 all night Civic Undergound, Sydney Plus One Fridays Murat Kilic, Robbie

Lowe, Trinity, Dave Stuart, Jamie Mattimore, Sam Watkins, Alex Caminer, Daniel Lupica $10 before midnight, $15 after Kit & Kaboodle, Darlinghurst Falcona Fridays Art Vs Science DJ set, Alison Wonderland, Cadillac, Murray Lake, The Gameboys, Elaine Benes, Hobogestapo, Fauce $10 Melt Bar, Kings Cross Pants Party Cassian (Bang Gang 12 Inches), Mik Tha Menace, Max Smart, Mo’ Hat Mo’ Play, Free Swedes, Nick Walsh $10 on guestlist

Davide Squillace is from the same stable as his compatriot Lucca Bacchetti, and though I haven’t heard many of his productions aside from some middling tracks he did with Bacchetti, the live sets I’ve heard of Squillace recorded from clubs in Ibiza and all across Europe affirm he will be more than capable of matching Jones et al come October. It is Dietz though who I am most intrigued to see, having first heard his productions back in ’08 when Glitch’s Dave Choe slipped a string of Dietz cuts into one of his sets at Deep As Fu*k. Instantly taken by the understated house grooves, I’ve been a fan ever since, and look forward to seeing him in his debut set down under.

(Those in the know claim he’s ‘super tight’ in the mix, so chin-strokers should make a beeline for Dietz come October 23.) As for the choice of venue, the promoters have already assured punters that their “visit to Greenwood on this occasion will be a different one to usual”. No doubt! Tickets go on sale July 1, which is either later this week or a few days ago, depending on when you pick up your Brag. In either case, you’d be ill-advised to wait, as this will sell out. (I’m sure you will get many messages to this effect in your Facebook inbox – but unlike most other events, when you do receive a message that there are only a couple of tickets left to this one, it’s most probably true!).

Underrated English producer Jon Hopkins, who played alongside Brian Eno, Underworld’s Karl Hyde and Toby Vogel as part of the improvised live act at the finale of last year’s Vivid Festival, has had his recent single remixed by two of the more innovative names in electronica, Four Tet and Nathan Fake.

Hopkins has previously remixed Four Tet and Nathan Fake himself, and both have now returned the favour on this ‘special’ 12-inch that will be released on Domino’s sub-label Double Six. The Four Tet remix is a slightly garage-orientated take on ‘Vessel’, while Fake delivers a harder, more techno-oriented rework of ‘Wire’. The vinyl is out in August, but in the interim check out some of Hopkins' earlier work, such as last year’s LP Vessel and 2004’s Contact - both of which comprise a series of serene, atmospheric soundscapes.

For those of you who want to play the namedrop game, Hopkins co-produced Coldplay’s Viva La Vida with Eno, and has also worked with the likes of David Holmes and Massive Attack. If these guys rate him chances are will you too, so make sure you seek him out.

Montreal’s Scott Monteith, aka Deadbeat, headlines Index at Phoenix

LOOKING DEEPER FRIDAY JULY 1

Access (Launch Party) Tao Lounge

SATURDAY JULY 2 Stephan Bodzin The Arthouse

FRIDAY JULY 9

Chemistry Feat. Ant Steep The Civic Underground

SATURDAY JULY 17 Alexkid Plantation

Stephan Bodzin Bar on Friday July 23. Traversing the sonic terrain that lies between dub and techno, Monteith has chalked up productions on Mathew Jonson’s Wagon Repair label, and played backto-back with Rusko on his last tour of Australia. This time around, Monteith will be solo behind the decks, so perhaps expect more of an electronic set from the Canadian if reports from Mutek are on the mark. And for what it’s worth, my sources over in the land of maple syrup came away raving about the performances of Theo Parrish, Move D, the abovementioned Jon Hopkins and American prodigy Nicolas Jaar at the just-passed Mutek festival, arguably the premier electronica showcase on the global calendar.

Finally a reminder that the German ‘mad scientist’ Stephan Bodzin is playing the Likes Of You at the Arthouse on Saturday.

Bodzin, who cut his teeth producing with compatriot Marc Romboy, made a ‘deep impression’ – [he stops writing and turns to his readership, offering them a knowing wink before continuing] – on crowds on his last tour of Australia, with a series of live performances that featured a visual screen set up behind him so the crowd could see in real time how he operated his machinery. (That’s to be taken literally, incidentally.) This time around Bodzin will raise the ante with the premier of his new ‘Re_Lived’ show, which encompasses a panoply of visual and lighting effects along with three midi controllers, a Kaoss pad, firebox, laptops and an assortment of other gadgets that should have technophiles salivating. Bodzin will be ably supported by Italy’s Hugo and a host of locals, including Murat Kilic, Ben Morris, Schwa, Diatribe and Melbourne’s Bump DJs.

SATURDAY JULY 3 Arthouse Hotel, Sydney The Likes of You Stephan Bodzin (Germany), Hugo, Murat Kilic, Ben Morris, Schwa, Reno & Foundation, Matttt & Tomass, Diatribe, Sam Roberts, Grant Streater, Matt Formosa, Danny Lang, Oakes & Lennox, Bump DJs $36.30 (+ bf) Candy’s Apartment, King Cross Shake Shake Shake Ember, Elmo is Dead, Coopa, Smokin Joe Mekhael, Jackpop, Joe Le Fro, Jordan F, Me and You, Detektives $10/$15/$20

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Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst Trashbags DJs Vs. Teenage Terror Squad Redial Vs. Singha, Smacktown Vs. Revolver, Why Not Vs. PMA, RA Vs. Felony Crew, Obey Vs. German Shepherd $20 at door

Davide Squillace

Deep Impressions: electronica manifesto and occasional club brand. Contact through deep.impressions@yahoo.com.

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Soul Sedation

up all night out all week . . .

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

New Sydney label SWAT bursts onto the scene with a big release from live disco outfit Flatwound. With a funk inspired disco sound that straddles the divide between George Duke and Daft Punk, ‘Tickle Me Disco’ is the first 12” off the, hopefully soon to come album, with remixes from Jamie Lloyd, Taj M Klein and Diesler. There’s also a digi-download release to follow. Far from nu disco for the cocktail bar, this is sweaty raw disco for the dancefloor. It’s all party - get involved.

Soul Jazz records have re-released the long out of print title Nu-Yorica Roots – The Rise of Latin Music in New York in the 1960s. The release comes with extensive sleeve-notes charting the rise of Latin music in New York in the 1960s, plus photos and original artwork by Izzy Sanabria. It also includes music from Ray Barretto, Tito Rodriguez, Joe Bataan, and Eddie Palmieri.

London’s iconic fabric is no longer in administration, as reported as a strain of the ongoing ‘death of London’s clubland’ saga. Their official statement: “fabric has been bought by a consortium who fully back founders Keith Reilly and Cameron Leslie’s vision; nothing within the scope of the fabric ethos or team shall change.

The consortium has formed a new company called Fabric Life Limited.

After 10 and a half brilliant years, we look forward to many more.” So it seems Australians getting back to their roots via an epic UK club tour have nothing to fear - the legend of fabric lives on.

BBE have released the first full-length from NZ’s Electric Wire Hustle. It’s on

FRIDAY JUNE 25 Void – UK Bass Special Phoenix

SATURDAY JUNE 26 Ozi Batla Annandale Hotel

Tan Crackers Soul Club Tonic

FRIDAY JULY 23 Scuba Civic Underground

SATURDAY JULY 24 Funkdafied Warehouse Party TBC

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 11

A Tribe Called Quest The Hordern

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19:06:10 :: Q-Bar :: 34-44 Oxford st, Darlinghurst 93601375 A Tribe Called Quest

the future soul tip a la Platinum Pied Pipers, Vikter Duplaix - Detroit represent!

Electric Wire Hustle features Mara TK on vocals, and it appears that his brother makes a cameo on the record too. They combine classic Motown influences with neo-synth work and Dilla-style beats.

Cutting edge South Pacific grooves and great sound, on a self-titled album. Look out for their return to OZ in the near future!

Sydney MC Anzak launches his debut album, produced by Mickey Morphingaz, called Bridging The Gap. The launch party goes down at Name This Bar, Thursday July 21. Local hip hop stand up!

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oul Sedation welcomes our very first female Prime Minister! Even though she was installed in highly dubious circumstances, this column is pretty confident she’ll manage to get elected on her own steam at the coming election. Former NZ PM Helen Clark’s prime-ministership was one of the most respectable terms in recent history (although mired in scandal at the end, as most politcian’s reigns are in one way or another). A warm welcome to you Prime Minister Gillard, may your record compare to Clark’s once you’re through. But please don’t forget to keep left.

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Soul Sedation goes live every Wednesday night on Bondi FM (88.0 or bondifm.com.au). Tune in 10pm 'til midnight to hear a deep and soulful selection of the tunes covered here, and plenty more that I don't have room for.

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Send stuff for this column to tonyedwards001@gmail.com by 6pm Wednesdays. All pics to The Brag (art@thebrag.com).

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19:06:10 :: Arthouse :: 275 Pitt St Sydney 92841200

19:06:10 :: Oxford Art Factory :: 38-46 Oxford st, Darlinghurst 93323711 ASHLEY MAR :: S : TIM LEVY (HEAD HONCHO) EE OUR LOVELY PHOTOGRAPHER NS :: PATRICK STEVENSON :: REN MUN IEL DAN :: RING BOW MY VIDLER ROSETTE ROUHANNA :: JERE COLLIER :: WES NEL :: ANDREW JAY :: KA BAS A MAJ :: O ENZ RUSHBROOK :: JULIAN DE LOR

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18:06:10 :: Sly Fox :: 199 Enmore Rd Enmore 2042 95571016

18:06:10 :: World Bar :: 24 Bayswater Rd Kings Cross 93577700

the pants party It’s called: The Pants Party

It sounds like: 28,000 vuvuzela’s...

Everyone loves that sound right?

DJs/live acts playing: Cassian, Mik Tha Menace, Max Smart, Mo’ Hat Mo’ Play, Free Swedes Sell it to us: If you come to the Pant s Party, you will have as much fun you can have with your clothes on, as and even more fun than you can have your clothes off.... if you don’t know how to do it properly. Some of Sydn with finest behind the decks, Twister is ey’s making a return, happy hour, more audio visual delights are in store for all of youz... Also did we mention there is a bar that serves refreshments all night?

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16:06:10 :: World Bar :: 24 Bayswater Rd Kings Cross 93577700

The bit we’ll remember in the AM: Some of the best displays of ‘shit you’ve ever seen and the meaning robot’ of ‘pom ream tidus’ whatever that means.

Crowd specs: A bunch of happy go lucky skamps with pockets full of dreams and loose change after spending all their cash on tequila and chea p tricks...

Wallet damage: Free before 10pm , $10 guestlist, $15 otherwise, RSV P to mohatmoplay@gmail.com Where: Melt Bar, 12 Kellet St, King s Cross When: Friday July 2.

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ASHLEY MAR :: S : TIM LEVY (HEAD HONCHO) OUR LOVELY PHOTOGRAPHER :: PATRICK STEVENSON :: RENEE NS MUN IEL DAN :: RING BOW ROSETTE ROUHANNA :: JEREMY O :: MAJA BASKA :: JAY COLLIER :: WES NEL :: ANDREW VIDLER ENZ RUSHBROOK :: JULIAN DE LOR

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19:06:10 :: Club 77 :: 77 William St Kings Cross 93613387

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18:06:10 :: The Gladstone Hotel :: 115 Regent St Chippendale 96993522

18:06:10 :: Scary Canary :: 469 Kent St Sydney 92677087

candy's apartment It sounds like: a unique blend of fidget house ravey sounds and edits unpredictable synth hooks that will , have you jumping up wiggling your and night. booty all DJs/live acts playing: Gigi Baro cco, Knocked Up Noise, Sohda & more Moonchild, Vengeance, SMS, Teez, Sell it to us: A brand spanking new electro-house project from a seas producer, Gigi Barocco is taking over faster than Gillard; his second oned ever reached #10 on Beatport, and got support from top dogs like Van Held release Benassi and Cassius; he’s officially en, remixed Steve Aoki, Will.i.am, and Clan’s Redman, and his original tracks & remixes are regularly playe Wu Tang d across the dance floors of Europe.

The bit we’ll remember in the AM: a fun-sized Italo mofo making a big noise!

Crowd specs: 24-hour party peop le

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Wallet damage: $15 at moshtix or on the door…

Where: Candy’s Apar tment, 22 Bays water rd Kings Cross When: Friday July 2

17:06:10 :: Spectrum :: 34 Oxford St Darlinghurst 93316245

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It’s called: Liquid Sky feat Gigi Baro cco

ASHLEY MAR :: S : TIM LEVY (HEAD HONCHO) OUR LOVELY PHOTOGRAPHER PATRICK STEVENSON :: RENEE :: NS MUN IEL DAN :: RING BOW ROSETTE ROUHANNA :: JEREMY O :: MAJA BASKA :: JAY COLLIER :: WES NEL :: ANDREW VIDLER ENZ RUSHBROOK :: JULIAN DE LOR

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18:06:10 :: Chinese Laundry :: 111 Sussex Street Sydney 82959958

sosueme 19:06:10 :: World Bar :: 24 Bayswater Rd Kings Cross 93577700

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It’s called: SOSUEME It sounds like: the noise an epip hany makes when it pops into your head.

DJs/Live acts playing: LIVE - The Bell Weather Department, Blonde Hey Maverick, The Tourist; DJs Howling Bells DJ set, Hansom, Aliso Sovereign, Rose, Coitus Interruptus, Mush, n Wonderland, Drunkest DJs Alive DJs. Sell it to us: We may be still reco vering from our b’day revelries but that has not hindered our ability to back it up again this week at SOSUEME. We are preparing to slap an all night feast of musical love unto the Q bar crowds. Heading whole lot of fun is live sets from up a Sydn bringing their unique brand of kale ey four-piece The Bell Weather Department, idoscopic rock to the people, Blon de Sovereign, Hey Maverick and the Tourist. Sma shing out party anthems into the wee your Saturday morning will be the musical stylings from some of SOS hours of Howling Bells DJs, Hansom, Aliso UEME’s finest: n Wonderland, Rose, Coitus Inter ruptus and Mush.

Wallet damage: $10 entry all nigh t Where: Q Bar + 34B Stereo / 44 Oxford St / Darlinghurst

candy’s apartment

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When: Friday July 2 / 8pm

sosueme

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18:06:10 :: Candy’s Apartment :: 22 Bayswater Rd Kings Cross 93805600

18:06:10 :: Q-Bar :: 34-44 Oxford st, Darlinghurst 93601375 50 :: BRAG :: 368:: 28:06:10

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