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ISSUE NO. 573 JULY 30, 2014

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LUKE MAHLER my debut EP Other Than The Grey at Lizotte’s Kincumber on the Central Coast on July 30.

The EP is intended to be a representation of my musical journey up until now, with songs I’ve written over the last five years.

these days … My set went really quick as I was having that much fun!

Keeping Busy Where do I start? Well I guess the first 2. and foremost time consumer would be getting

digging it a lot, especially the track ‘Gotta Get Away’. Other than that, I’ve been listening to a lot of Boy & Bear stuff too. They are just a great band with great songs and a sound that gives shivers down the spine. I’m stoked to go and see them in the Opera House in September.

the word out about the EP and the launch, but I’ve also been doing gigs here and there on the Central Coast. I’ve also recently put a live band together for the launch at Lizotte’s, and as you can imagine there’s been a lot of rehearsing and jamming in the process of ‘beefing up’ the acoustic music, but we all work really well together and I couldn’t be happier.

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years, I’ve taken on a solo path, writing, playing and recording my own music. I’ve tried to establish my own take on music stylistically with elements of folk, rock and country, with influences such as Ryan Adams, John Butler and Carus Thompson. I’m about to release

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What: Other Than The Grey EP launch Where: Lizotte’s Central Coast When: Wednesday July 30

The biggest-ticket (and tastiest) event of Sydney Craft Beer Week, Sip & Savour, will feature a live performance from Melbourne indie-folksters Husky. In a not-to-be-missed day out for lovers of craft beer and good music, the Carriageworks event will feature over 250 brews and ciders from around the country. Husky will provide the tunes, fresh off the release of new single ‘I’m Not Coming Back’ and ahead of their second album.

Support comes from Sydney outfit Castlecomer. Get your lips and ears around Sip & Savour, part of Sydney Craft Beer Week, at Carriageworks on Sunday October 26. For tickets, head to sipsavour.com.au.

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playing festivals – or doing a European or US tour! But, in general, I guess I just wanna write, play and record music that people love and can relate to with the added bonuses [of a rider].

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Your Ultimate Rider Well, I guess the dream would be to 5. travel around Australia with a live band

THE PEOPLE’S ELBOW

Elbow will return to Australian shores this October. Following the release of sixth studio album The Take Off And Landing Of Everything, which reached the top spot in both the UK and Ireland charts and number 12 on the Australian ARIA chart, the English outfit has just completed a UK arena tour and is currently playing select festival dates, including last month’s Glastonbury Festival and upcoming V Festival. Catch Guy Garvey’s guys on Saturday October 25 at the Sydney Opera House.

Fresh from releasing their first new music in a decade, Canadian rockers (and Aussie regulars) The Tea Party have locked in a national tour. Jeff Martin, Stuart Chatwood and Jeff Burrows’ return follows their reformation tour of 2012 and their fresh new single, ‘Water’s On Fire’. Martin himself has been trudging his way around the country for many moons now, but there’s nothing like having the band back together. The Ocean At The End will be out on Friday September 5, and The Tea Party play the Enmore Theatre on Wednesday October 15 and Panthers Newcastle on Monday October 20. Tickets go on sale this Friday August 1.

THE HORDERN GOES RETRO

The Hordern Pavilion turned 90 (!) this year, and to celebrate, WSFM is hosting a concert

with 12 artists who, let’s be frank, make up most of the station’s non-Bryan Adams playlist. Dragon, Eurogliders, GANGgajang, Machinations, Moving Pictures, Jon Stevens, Mi-Sex, 1927, Pseudo Echo, Rose Tattoo, Swanee and Wendy Matthews will bring the good times (and great classic hits) to the Hordern this October for the Pure Gold Live event. It all goes down on Saturday October 25, with tickets on sale at midday on Monday August 11. BYO big hair.

BELLAMY BROTHERS

The Bellamy Brothers will be heading to Australia this October to celebrate their upcoming 40-year anniversary. Howard and David, the guys you can blame for country music’s ‘best’ pick-up line – “If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?” – will be playing seven shows in Australia as part of their global tour. One is at the State Theatre on Thursday October 16.

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RUSSO AND JAMMO TEAM UP

After joining forces earlier this year for two sold-out shows in Melbourne and Sydney, Scott Russo and Phil Jamieson have announced they will be teaming up again for a national tour this December. The Unwritten Law and Grinspoon vocalists will play seven acoustic shows this time around, kicking off in Adelaide before heading around the country and finishing things up in Wollongong. Russo met Jamieson when their bands played the Vans Warped Tour back in 1999. Jamieson has spent most of the past 12 months touring the country to establish his own solo career after his band, Grinspoon, announced their hiatus last year. Catch Russo and Jamieson on their acoustic tour when it stops at Oxford Art Factory on Saturday December 20, Newcastle’s Cambridge Hotel on Sunday December 21 and The Entrance Leagues Club on Monday December 22.

FEELS LIKE DMA’S

They’ve gone from a bedroom in Newtown to packing out their tent at Splendour In The Grass last week, and now DMA’s have announced their biggest headline dates yet. For a band with just the one EP out there, the Britpop-inspired trio is doing a pretty darned good job of living up to its ‘next big thing’ tag. ‘Delete’ and ‘Feels Like 37’ have taken over the airwaves here and abroad, and if vocalist Tommy O’Dell has his way, the ’90s parka will be back in fashion within weeks. Get on board (if you’re not already) at Oxford Art Factory on Friday October 3. Tickets go on sale 9am Friday August 1.

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Your Profile I’m a singer/songwriter based on the Central Coast. I’ve been playing and performing for a little over ten years with my brother, Tom Mahler, who now has a band called The Moving Stills. However, in recent

Best Gig Ever My favourite and most memorable gig would be the first Live and Local I played at Lizotte’s on the Central Coast. There was just this vibe that I’d never experienced before playing a show. The place was packed out, even after one of the four acts dropped out for the night. Everyone was just really in on the original music on the night, which is pretty rare

Current Playlist I just went out and got the new record 4. from The Black Keys, Turn Blue – I’ve been

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MANDY NEWTON FROM THE DIRTY EARTH thick tone. He mixes it up, though, and I think that’s what makes our music so difficult to categorise. As our bio says, The Dirty Earth is a biting blitzkrieg of chugging guitars fl ecked with powerful, velvety vocals.

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Growing Up As a kid I really loved 1. soul music, particularly Aretha

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Your Band The Dirty Earth morphed from a band that Jim, Raff and I were briefl y in previously. We’ve had a few different drummers since our inception but we have a great fi t with Leon, who only joined around six months ago and our little band family is

close. We share a love of ’70s rock’n’roll coloured with fat, fuzzy guitars.

Music You Make I don’t think we can be 4. pigeonholed easily. We play rock’n’roll but we don’t fi t easily into any particular rock subgenre. Recently Raff has been drawing more heavily on the guitar sound he used in his Thumlock days. It’s that warm, fuzzy guitar with a nice,

What: Autonomic out Friday August 15 through Foghorn/ MGM Where: Tattersalls Hotel Penrith / Frankie’s Pizza When: Saturday August 9 / Sunday August 31

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They’ve dropped two enormous singles in the past few months, have just torn up the stage at Splendour In The Grass and are responsible for some of the coolest video clips this city has ever seen. Now the sharply dressed lads from Sticky Fingers invite you into the Land Of Pleasure, their second album dropping this Friday August 1. Apart from ‘Gold Snafu’ and ‘Just For You’, the record features more choice rock/ hip hop/reggae goodness like ‘Feast Your Eyes’ and ‘Rum Rage’. We’ve got five copies of the album to give away, to cover your listening needs until Sticky Fingers’ tour in September/October. For the chance to win one, head to thebrag.com/freeshit and tell us what you think they mean by “land of pleasure”.

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SPLIT SECONDS

Melbourne-via-Perth quintet Split Seconds are heading to Sydney to play one show at Brighton Up Bar this August. The band has had its collective head down recording an upcoming EP, but is resurfacing for some air with a series of gigs. Their latest single, ‘Halfway There’, is a swirly slice of pop-rock that has been flowing through the radio waves of late. Split Seconds will be sharing the stage with Smaal Cats and I, A Man at Brighton Up Bar on Friday August 15.

DAPPLED CITIES RESIDENCY

Sydney art rock favourites Dappled Cities, who’ve recently celebrated their ten years together with a rarities release, Many Roads, have locked in an August residency at the Lansdowne Hotel. Ned Cooke, Tim Derricourt, Allan Kumpulainen, Alex Moore and Dave Rennick have been responsible for some of the smartest sounds coming out of these parts for the last decade, and their free gigs (with guests to be announced) at the Lansdowne will be a real treat. See them on Saturday August 16, Saturday August 23 and Saturday August 30.

UBERFEST

Doing its bit for Aussie independent musicians, UBERfest is returning for its fourth year this August. Keeping things strictly for the up-andcoming, UBERfest 2014 hosts a massive display of talent spreading across a variety of genres from metal to hip hop, including the likes of Freesecks, Pseuko and All The Wise. Set on two intimate stages at the Lewisham Hotel, the all-day music event promises to be, well… uber.

This year’s event is on Saturday August 16.

TRIUMPHANT TUESDAYS

Get set for something a little different at Frankie’s Pizza each Tuesday night, as the beloved rock’n’roll den launches its weekly Trevor’s Triumphant Tuesdays event next Tuesday August 5. Details are trickling through, but for now we

know there’ll be the Keith Moon Pinball Cup and Dave Eastgate’s Rock & Roll Karaoke. It’s another dose of the hearty goodness for which we’ve come to love Frankie’s, despite those thieves who nicked the memorabilia off the Fun Room bathroom walls recently. Dicks.

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She’s a soulful pop singer whose tunes come with a hefty dose of electronica – so Rita Satch’s EP launch date is one for the diary. ‘Love You Like I Do’ and ‘Not Ready For Love’ are the first two cuts from her self-titled second EP, recorded with producer Rhyno (Kimbra, True Live, Paris Wells). Satch will bring her tunes to FBi Social alongside Lana Rita and Hannah Robinson on Thursday August 7. If you just can’t get enough, she also plays The Music Lounge in Sydenham on Friday August 8 and Opera Bar on Saturday August 9.

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Sydney singer-songwriter Oliver Downes is releasing his debut EP At The End this August with a bunch of tour dates locked in. Downes’ four-track EP revolves around his love for the ocean. Featuring a variety of musical talent, and a tableau of instruments including the shakuhachi (a Japanese bamboo flute), At The End is a distinct statement of his musical direction. Downes will be launching At The End at Projects 107 in Redfern on Saturday August 16, supported by Deepsea Lights.

INDIE NIGHT WEDNESDAYS

Wednesday night is the new night for indie music if you’re out and about in the CBD, with the gorgeous surrounds of Marble Bar hosting a free weekly lineup. This Wednesday July 30 features Bec Sandridge, whose nostalgic folk-pop drips all over new EP release Wild Heart. Also on board are Sydney folk collective Bears With Guns – don’t be spooked by the name; they’re really quite harmless if those waistcoats are anything to go by – and fellow locals Lola And The Captain. Aye aye.

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South Coast indie-pop group Jenny Broke The Window headline the weekly Sosueme night at Bondi’s Beach Road Hotel this Wednesday July 30. They’ve just dropped their new single, ‘We Could Have Done This Grant’, and have racked up supports for the likes of Kingswood and The Delta Riggs. Meanwhile, this Saturday August 2 sees Lime Cordiale commandeer the venue for yet another instalment of cheery, undistilled pop goodness.

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Franklin. In the ’80s, as a teenager, I started to listen to rock’n’roll bands like Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones, and by the time the ’90s came along I was a firm fan of Monster Magnet, Clutch and Nirvana, to name a few.

influence base but my absolute favourite vocalist and greatest influence is Lisa Kekaula of The Bellrays.

rock acts around at the moment.

I’d suggest checking out Arrowhead, The Archaic Revival, Electric Mary, Los Hombres Del Diablo, Don Fernando – too many to list. The live music scene has endured a lot recently with some pretty significant venues closing their doors but it’s refreshing to see a number of smaller venues popping up.

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THINGS WE HEAR * The latest on U2’s follow-up to 2009’s No Line On The Horizon is that it’ll be out this November. * Outkast destroyed Splendour In The Grass with their headline set.

Meanwhile, despite a plea from Art vs Science’s Dan McNamee not to have sniffer dogs onsite to prevent anxious punters from taking all their drugs in one go to avoid detection, the pooches were there, with just over a kilo of drugs seized over three days and 159 facing charges. * Yacht Club DJs have announced that they’ll be sailing off into the sunset at the end of 2014.

Wollongong’s Harbour played their last gig on the weekend. * Nova’s newsreader’s traffic report: “If you’re in the CBD area ‌ it’s going to be particularly slow in about 15 minutes.

Thousands of young kiddies there to see 5 Seconds Of Summer perform and then they’re going to be dissipating.�

Umm, in actual fact the band was not playing in Sydney but 16006.691km away in New York. * Another Sydney pub that showcases live music, The Crest Hotel in Sylvania, has changed hands.

Super fund ISPT bought it for $19.2 million. * LA band Vulfpeck, who

NEW DOCO: MONEY IN MUSIC Inventive Brisbane video and filmmaker Dan Graetz has made a raw mini-doco called The Truth About Money In Music, asking musicians to what extent money decides their creativity, what constitutes a “sell-out� and why they’d get into bed with corporate sponsors. The doco was partly funded by Jack Daniel’s as part of its Future Legends series, which will fund a series of music projects over the next 12 months focusing on “real musicians and real fans�. Graetz says he’s learned to make fireworks, “gutted cars, cloned humans�, so the indie videos he made could compete with big budget clips.

He spoke to Kate Miller-Heidke, James Tidswell from Violent Soho, Hey Geronimo, The Cairos, Millions, The Strums, Go Freek, Purple Sneakers DJs, KLP and rapper Remi.

They say they’re so immersed in the music that the money is almost irrelevant. If you’re paid a

released an album called Sleepify of total silence, made US$19,655.56 on Spotify to tour, from fans streaming it over two months. * Despite reports, Coolio is not set to release new music through porn website PornHub – though he’s open to the idea. * US-based internet radio outlet Pandora topped five billion listener hours for the first time during the second quarter of 2014.

Its revenue of US$218.9 million during April to June was its highestever figure, but it still lost US$11.7 million. * Coldplay donated ÂŁ10,000 to a fan with motor neurone disease.

gig in beer, so be it. If it means starting a day job at 6am to play a gig at 11:30pm for $100, so be it. Tidswell wryly reveals that he went for a job at McDonald’s on the same day Violent Soho were nominated for an ARIA. Miller-Heidke was “unhappy� on a major label because “I felt I was letting them down by not writing commercial hit songs.� But in today’s economic climate, where 80% of artists’ money comes from shows (say Millions), there is a willingness to go with brands if it doesn’t interfere in the creative process. Tidswell sees little difference between taking money from a brand or a record label. “In some ways it’s better to take the money from the brand ’cause you don’t have to pay it back.�

PROMOTERS #1: NINE LIVE Nine Entertainment Co’s Nine Events business has been rebranded as Nine Live.

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They will continue to operate under their current names. But the touring and events division will be renamed Nine Touring and Events. Ticketek Australia’s managing director Cameron Hoy takes on a wider role in the newly created role of chief marketing and commercial officer. National business manager Chris Forbes has been promoted to managing director of Ticketek.

PROMOTERS #2: HEATHEN SKULLS CLOSES After six years, tour promoter Heathen Skulls has folded. Founder Robert MacManus explained, “Over the last 12 months ‌ my financial situation has changed dramatically, the touring industry in Australia has become a lot more competitive and oversaturated, because of such things, I’ve decided to pull back from touring as the risks involved are just too steep. At this point in time due to other pressing commitments, I no longer have the time or the financial resources to meet the demands of touring or to keep Heathen Skulls sustainable.â€? Tours by Toxic Holocaust and Iron Reagan were axed as a result.

BOSE SETS UP CREATIVE FUND As part of a campaign behind its new headphones, audio brand Bose Australia has set up a $20,000 “creative fund� to promote and support Australian talent.

It will help musicians “develop their craft� and get mentoring and funding for production, education and management.

There is also a weekly $800 prize ahead of the $20,000 prize being awarded in September. Bose shares the stories of musician Guy Sebastian, DJ Tigerlily, street artist Beastman, blogger Morgan Tait, surfer/photographer Cloudy Rhodes and artist Jess Bush. The aim is to encourage new talent to share their stories through social media using the hashtag #ListenForYourselfAU.

BOOKS #1: TALKING SMACK Andrew McMillen’s reputation as a cracker music journo holds him in good stead for his first book, Talking Smack: Honest Conversations About Drugs (University of Queensland Press). How do drugs help creativity and articulate thoughts? How have they affected personal lives? “If you don’t respect them, they won’t respect you,� says Paul Kelly. A non-sensationalist look at the role of drugs in making music and sustaining careers, 14 musicians open up in the book. They include Steve Kilbey on an 11-year addiction, Spencer P. Jones on having his first hit backstage at a Beasts Of Bourbon show courtesy of a band member, Gotye (who tried pot aged ten then stayed away from it), as well as Tina Arena, Mick Harvey, Holly Throsby, Ian Haug, Urthboy and Lindy Morrison.

BOOKS #2: RISE

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Photographer Michelle Grace Hunder has put together the first Australian hip hop photo book, Rise. There are 118 portraits including Drapht, Seth Sentry, Illy, Pez, Spit Syndicate, Remi and M-Phazes, some of whom held fundraisers for Rise, and others like Briggs, Mantra and Grey Ghost embarking on a national tour from late August with gigs and discussions about the book.

BOOKS #3: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AUSTRALIAN HEAVY METAL

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Blue Mountains-based writer/broadcaster Brian Giffin has compiled The Encyclopedia Of Australian Heavy Metal.

The 400 pages document early starters like Buffalo, AC/DC and Rose Tattoo through to Psycroptic and Parkway Drive, with members’ lists and discography. The book, an extension of Giffin’s website The Australian Metal Guide, comes with a cover by Canberra-based visual artist Roy Torkington, former guitarist with Alchemist. A Pozible campaign is underway to fund the release.

NEW WORLD TAKES ON JOSH WADE New World Artists has signed 19-year-old comedian Josh Wade to its roster, with dates in December. Wade is listed in the Top 100 Australian YouTubers and has one of the largest comedy fan bases in Australia with a combined 850,000 subscribers and 20 million hits across all platforms. “We are very excited to represent such a powerful new talent,� said New World Artists’ Owen Orford. Its roster includes Illy, Allday, Daniel Johns and Dead Letter Circus.

ALL-STAR JAM FOR BLUES MUSIC DAY This year’s International Blues Music Day (Friday August 2 at The Basement) will feature an all-star jam with Ron and Jeff King from Foreday Riders and Shane Pacey and Al Britton from Bondi Cigars. The night also features The Ray Beadle Band and The PJ O’Brien Band.

CHANGES AT OBESE After three-and-a-half years as publicity and content manager at Sydney’s hip hop label Obese Records, Lindsey Martin leaves on August 1 to return to full-time study. He will also continue his arts publicity and multiplatform projects outside of hip hop. Rebecca Hunt replaces him.

NEW APPOINTMENTS AT SHOCK RECORDS Shock Records has made two additions to its team. Georgina Thompson is the new national publicity and promotions manager, replacing Belinda Fitzsimmons who left in April.

Thompson was the national senior publicist at Roadshow Films. Paige X. Cho takes over as label manager after the exit of Jacqui Wilson, and has started working on releases by Lee Corey Oswald, Aviator and Ace Frehley. Cho is a writer, photographer and plays keys in Darts.

Their arrivals come after Mick Tarbuk moved up on June 2 from marketing coordinator to label director, taking on duties of GM Craig May who relocated to the UK this year.

WANNA WORK AT TRIPLE J? Triple j is looking for a new indigenous marketing assistant to work on triple j, Double J and triple j Unearthed. Full details at careers. abc.net.au. The deadline is Tuesday August 12.

AIM OPEN DAY The Australian Institute Of Music will be opening up its doors on Saturday August 16 from 10am-3pm for an Open Day. There will be free workshops, masterclasses and performances and the chance to learn about its courses in music, production and entertainment management. Full details at aim.edu.au/events/2014/open-day.

Lifelines Expecting: twins for singer David Campbell and producer wife Lisa.

Expecting: DJ Example and former Miss Universe Australia Erin McNaught. They married last year in country NSW. Recovering: Primus drummer Tim Alexander from open heart surgery to clear some arteries after a mild heart attack.

Hospitalised: ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill needs surgery for two kidney stones.

Ill: Mr. Big’s drummer Pat Torpey was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

Sued: A$AP Rocky for US$75,000 for allegedly slapping a female fan after he went into the crowd during a Philadelphia show.

She says she’s unable to “enjoy society with her minor child as a young, single mother�.

Suing: Duran Duran are taking action against a Chicago company that runs their fan club, Worldwide Fan Clubs, for not paying them the agreed share of 75% of profits. The band wants US$40,000.

In Court: Adele’s toddler son Angelo won a five-figure sum in damages after she sued a photographic agency that took and sold photos of him.

In Court: the drug dealing trial of former N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos collapsed after the judge declared that prosecutor’s witness Mazher Mahmood, an undercover reporter for The Sun On Sunday, lied. Mahmood pretended to be a film producer offering a movie role and then asked her to broker a £800 cocaine deal.

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ate Miller-Heidke – a classically trained pop luminary who can break your heart with a melody or have you crying with laughter during a quirky cabaret song – has toured this country countless times, and circuited the globe just a few as well. Whether she’s packing out a festival tent or playing an intimate show, Miller-Heidke is a Pied Piper to eclectic audiences.

But despite the Brisbane singer’s success, there has always been just a whisper of dissonance to her sound. Reconciling her operatic craft with her pop music skill has always been a challenge, and while her audience never seemed fazed, Miller-Heidke arguably hadn’t mastered that task until now.

Her latest album, O Vertigo!, is nothing short of a triumph.

Miller-Heidke is warm, frank and funny, yet downright exhausted from interviews by the time we chat. “Sia refers to it as a ‘promo coma’,” she says. “I feel like… I don’t know, like I’m gonna do something self-destructive after all of this. It’s like a mania.”

Having just wrapped up a run of strippedback shows and a stint at the ever-impressive Vivid LIVE festival, Miller-Heidke is working out the finer details of her upcoming tour and how she plans to bring this mammoth album to life.

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O Vertigo! is Miller-Heidke’s first release since parting ways with Sony Music. Electing to go the crowdfunding route, it took her just three days to reach her target on PledgeMusic.

Does this return to independence bring with it fear or freedom?

“Freedom, I’d say,” replies Miller-Heidke. “The fear would come from the fact that I’ve put out my hand and asked people for money and I might put out something that they might not like. That was the only risk, really. But I felt confident enough with the material and the songs that I was pretty sure that they wouldn’t hate it. I mean, I’m sure some of them do and that’s a shame, but I’ve had a pretty good response to it. It was an amazingly liberating feeling to be independent after such a long time.”

As we chat about releasing on a major label versus going it alone, the topic of MillerHeidke’s career-making appearances on Channel Seven’s Sunrise comes up. It might have been a shock to the early fans who discovered her at Woodford Folk Festival or in the band Elsewhere, but Miller-Heidke was never concerned about destroying her indie cred.

“The world of breakfast television is extremely strange, for anyone, to play a song to no-one at 7:30am. Well, no-one, slash, a million people. But I remember reading once that television is like crack for your career, and it’s true. I still get people at gigs that say, ‘I first saw you on Sunrise.’ Sunrise now is still

pretty much one of the only places you can get onto Australian television and play music, so good on them for hanging in there … You know, ‘ultra-indie’ is such a crock of shit.

No-one is that, unless they have no ambition.

Even the people who seem to be that, they’re not; that’s their own marketing strategy, and good on them, but I do not subscribe to that theory at all.

“Everybody who’s got the fire, who’s got the hunger, they want to get on television, they want to get their music heard, and sometimes it serves their purposes better to come across as super-indie, which is a strange conundrum.

Maybe I should’ve pretended to be more indie back then? I probably didn’t pretend enough.

I do regret that, but oh well.” So she wishes she’d lied more? She begins laughing at the absurdity of it all. “It’s true. Everything’s a fucking lie in music, I think.”

While much of her music to date has been written with her now-husband Nuttall, MillerHeidke chose to tackle the creative side of O Vertigo! independently as well. “This album was scarier for me because I was working without my long-term collaborator,” she says. “It’d been 50/50 with [Keir] for the first few recordings and even for the side project, Fatty Gets A Stylist, so this was the first one I’d written close to entirely myself and co-produced myself without him at all. He came and played guitar for a few songs but that was it.”

The break in collaboration wasn’t just for the sake of the songs, but also in the

“IT’S BEEN A L ONG JOURNEY FOR ME, LITERALLY AND METAPHORICALLY, TO FIND MY VOICE – W HAT MY REAL VOICE IS. I’ VE SORT OF RECONCILED MYSELF TO THE FACT THAT YES, I HAVE THIS CLASSICAL BACKGROUND. I USED T O BE ASHAMED OF IT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS WORKING AGAINST ME IN M Y SONGWRITING.”

And as far as cohesion goes, O Vertigo! has it in spades. It’s a near-perfect representation of Miller-Heidke’s musical strengths – not least her incredible voice.

“For me the challenge has always been, ‘How much can I get away with in the studio without sounding irritating or without it sounding like a gimmick, yet while still staying true to the song?’ It’s been a long journey for me, literally and metaphorically, to find my voice – what my real voice is.

I’ve sort of reconciled myself to the fact that yes, I have this classical background – I used to be ashamed of it and I thought it was working against me in my songwriting.

But now I’m a bit older and feeling more experienced with my voice, what comes with that is more playfulness. With this record I was pushing the boundaries in the studio; it always made sense to push those boundaries live but not as much in the studio as before this. A studio recording is a different medium. You know some albums you love and you see it live and it’s really fucking boring? Or you hear someone live and their album is disappointing? I think I’ve often fallen into that latter camp. This record felt more confident than others.”

What: O Vertigo! out now through Cooking Vinyl With: Ryan Keen Where: The Concourse, Chatswood / Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith / Newcastle City Hall When: Friday August 15 / Saturday August 16 / Friday August 22

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“The new album is so harmony-centric – the harmonies are such a big part of the songs,” she says. “I’m still working out how I want to tour for August. I know I want a rhythm section, I know I want to play with drums and bass, but I’m not sure what else. I do love the stripped-back thing too, and it’s really a cliché, but yeah, the test of a good song is whether it works well acoustically.

Some work better than others, and you can discover new things with the songs, and they evolve, and there’s a much greater emphasis on the lyrics and on silence and on dynamics and it feels very free. Keir [Nuttall, collaborator and guitarist] and I have played together for so long, so it does feel good, that freedom of having a tiny sound. Keir can get a lot out of the sound of his guitar too.

But there’s something about adding rhythm that’s like stepping into a V8 and going, ‘Fuck yeah!’”

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interests of the couple together. “I needed it,” Miller-Heidke says. “Keir and I had basically been in the same room for eight years and it had become a really unhealthy relationship, because we’re also married, and we were sending each other insane.

It’s not easy … we don’t have an office, so there’s no coming home, we’re always home. At the moment he’s developed this comedy act [Franky Walnut], so he’s out on tour opening for The Beards, and that’s a massive two-month tour. I’m hoping he doesn’t get alcohol poisoning; they seem to be having a good time.”

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Agnes Obel The Life Of A Song By Adam Norris song takes on a life of its own from listener to listener.

“I think songs change…” she begins, and trails off. “For me they change in an aesthetic sense, when I find myself playing in front of people.

That can change the song for me quite a lot, but it’s also very interesting. Sometimes it’s like a song goes through a little journey until you end up going back to the old meaning again. I have one old song that we started to play quite fast. It was quite a delicate song about sleeping. It was played very slow and in a way that almost made it sound as though the instruments were being played backwards. But we stopped doing that, because we noticed that people were actually starting to fall asleep,” she laughs. “It was kind of cool. It’s a wellknown song so people would sing along, and then you’d see them slowly start to sleep. Now we play it in more of a dark way on cello, so its journey has been quite strange.”

There is an inevitable hesitation in asking an artist to divulge the meaning or history of their work. Having played from an early age, Obel begins the majority of her songs on piano, and only rarely do lyrics emerge at the same time. It is a very personal process, and one in which motivations cannot be too carefully scrutinised lest the magic becomes stilted. As a result, what the songs might mean to her audience is something she tries to avoid thinking about while composing.

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he interview is held in the evening, while dinner is underway. If that doesn’t seem like a particularly relevant detail, rest assured it is; moments before Agnes Obel picks up the phone I casually rub my eye, where some trace of the onion I have just been cutting evidently lingers. And so our conversation begins in earnest – Agnes battling against a delay in our voices down a poor phone connection, me in blinding pain with tears streaming down my face.

The Danish singer has captivated many over the last few months. Delicate, epic, haunting, ominous – there is something somehow revelatory about her sophomore album Aventine, as though any moment you might turn a corner and fi nd yourself embarking on some Carrollian quest. Curious, given that the majority of songs are quite introspective and not at all what you would normally associate with adventure. Or that’s one interpretation – as Obel acknowledges, each

“I have to admit I don’t think so much about who’s listening,” she says apologetically.

“The way I work is all about forgetting everyone else. It’s an illusion that I have, that I’m completely alone and no-one is ever going to hear it. When I’m in that state of mind I work really fast; it’s like time passes in a different way. It’s always when I know I have to deliver, when I know somebody is going to hear it, then I’m very slow and the energy to go on stops working. It’s based on suspending everybody I know.

“Music feels more direct to me when it is expressed without thinking. I’m also very subjective and very introspective. Sometimes I have a very specifi c situation that I want to describe, and when I hear people’s response to the songs I’ll think, ‘OK, well, that didn’t come across at all.’ It’s all so interesting.

Music is a very subjective experience. It’s really very beautiful in its difference.”

Finding herself compelled to go through the rigmarole of interviews and promotion must then be a particular drain. With her international reputation gaining ground the clamour for Obel’s time and attention is stronger than ever – little surprise, given just how beautifully composed and affecting her material is. But like any hypnotism, there is a necessity for mystery. Insistence on insight can bewilder not only the song, but the singer.

“I remember after one night where I’d done so many interviews, I suddenly felt as though it was almost a corrupting thing. I felt I was talking about the music in the wrong way. It’s something I’ve had a lot of struggle with, but now that I’ve had more experience I’ve started to understand that it’s necessary, that it’s part of what releasing music is about. I shouldn’t take it so close. I try and think, ‘Ahh, nobody cares,’ and just go back to writing music and forgetting about it. You’re always afraid you’ll say something that will somehow disturb the perception not just for whoever is listening, but for yourself, so that next time you play the song you won’t hear what it originally was. It’s a little bit terrifying, changing your truth [of a song]. You have to be careful.”

The interview has been a pleasant struggle since we’ve established a rhythm for the voice delay and I have wept away the last of the onion. Pleasant, but part of me also feels bad at having compelled Obel to once again pick through the delicacies of her music rather than let her get on with the strange escapism of writing it.

“Ahh, that’s just the curse of musicians. You have to talk about it if you want to release it, but it’s so difficult. Sometimes I’ll just try to explain piano movements because that is kind of the context of how they came to be, but very often I don’t even know myself.

Maybe after a few years I’ll know more, and I’ll be able to say, ‘Oh, of course!’ But now maybe isn’t the right time to have those kind of refl ections. The best refl ections you will fi nd in the music, and in the performances.

Well, I hope!” she adds, laughing.

What: Aventine out now through [PIAS] Where: City Recital Hall Angel Place When: Thursday November 27

Bootleg Rascal A Right Royal Time By Augustus Welby

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o artist likes getting pigeonholed in a specifi c genre. Flatly denying all labels attached to you is one way to thwart categorisation. But perhaps a more effective route is to combine elements from a myriad of loosely connected styles. The compositions of Sydney four-piece Bootleg Rascal fuse together dub, reggae, roots/ folk, hip hop and disco, and thus escape easy classifi cation.

“You couldn’t really put a genre on it because a lot of our stuff varies a lot,” says drummer Jack Gray. “A lot of it comes down to just giving it a go and seeing how it sounds – just trying different things and seeing what fi ts and moving forward from that.”

It’s one thing to harness a mishmash of infl uences, but blending them together to produce something legible is a more demanding task. If this tack is mismanaged you’re likely to wind up with a disastrous pastiche. On the other hand, Bootleg Rascal’s latest single ‘Kings & Queens’ shows that the mixture can be refi ned into a slice of catchy poprock.

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The Sydney (via Gold Coast) foursome got together just over a year ago and wasted no time before releasing a couple of singles and playing gigs up and down the country’s east coast.

However, Gray says it wasn’t until vocalist Carlos Lara joined in December (replacing original singer Dan Crestani, who wanted to pursue a solo career) that things properly clicked.

“Once Carlos stepped in we’ve defi nitely stepped up a level in terms of the band’s charisma and recognition and stuff like that. This is the first single, really. It’s our first release.”

Since Lara’s entrance the Rascals have spent the majority of their time on tour. In March they jumped on the road with Sydney comrades (and genre-thwarting antecedents) Sticky Fingers and this last month has comprised a headline tour in support of ‘Kings & Queens’. Touring isn’t always a luxurious engagement, especially for a young band with limited funds. Gray reveals that the band’s on-the-road method is equal parts wily and chaotic.

“We’ve got a van and whenever we can scrape some money together we get a motel room,” he laughs. “Usually we just fi nd someone’s place to crash at.

We’re pretty mellow, but there’s defi nitely times where it’s pretty on edge.”

The tour officially wraps up next week at UTS Winterfest. The four members will then get a chance to sleep in their own beds as they knuckle down on a forthcoming mini-album. So, can we expect more of Bootleg Rascal’s stylistic plurality on the longer-form release? Why, of course.

“We’ve defi nitely got a lot of different infl uences within the band,” Gray says. “I reckon you hear some more strongly in

certain songs and there’s others where we have more shared infl uences. Things like The Police are defi nitely a shared infl uence and the good-vibe reggae feel is a big one as well.

“Once we got together and we had some songs we saw something pretty good, so we’re defi nitely running pretty strong with it. We’ve got a lot of mates that play in more rock’n’roll style bands and ours is defi nitely a bit of a contrast. I

don’t really see many of the same sounds and same kind of songs that we’re coming up with.”

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“[‘Kings & Queens’] has defi nitely got some different infl uences compared to some of the older stuff,” Gray says. “We’ve been infl uenced by Broken Bells and The Police. That’s a bit of an indication of the stuff that’s happening at the moment. It’s still on the reggae side of things but probably a bit more… I don’t know

how to explain it. Kind of postdisco?”

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Angus & Julia Stone Flesh And Blood By Adam Norris

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ur interview is running late, but there is hardly anyone to blame; not when the building is literally crumbling around us.

At the soon-to-be-vacated record label offices where Angus and Julia Stone are meeting the media, walls have been demolished, elevators are swathed in bandages of black plastic, and everywhere there’s the heavy rending of jackhammer and drill. The grind of renovation is a constant backdrop to our conversation, though both Angus and Julia are unperturbed by the noise. In fact, they seem remarkably relaxed for people who have spent half the day fielding questions that must start to repeat after a while.

Julia’s words come rapidly, with sentences structured like stories; full of visual details, gestures and analogies. Angus, on the other hand, takes time to consider his responses, and though his answers are no less thoughtful, he seems surprised by his observations, as though these ideas are only occurring to him for the first time. In a sense, this is entirely the case.

“People are already asking us what comes next,” says Angus. “They’re all valid questions, I guess. With interviews and things, you’re constantly figuring out what you mean in songs. You’ve never really thought about these things, and it makes you question what you’re doing. Sometimes I hate interviews, but I think there’s something you can learn from them yourself.”

“And when you talk about them,” Julia adds, “you are sort of bullshitting. I really don’t ever think what a song is about while I’m writing it. I just write it, and later I’ll start thinking, ‘Maybe it’s about this, or maybe…’ And I’ll start forming these opinions about something that was never there to begin with. It’s a funny situation to be in, where I guess you become a critic of your own art. Like looking through the gallery going, ‘Hmmm.’”

Angus begins stroking his chin and adopts a posh, appraising tone. “‘How would you describe the style of that guitar stroke mid-song?’” He smiles. “It’s pretty wanky.”

“Yes, that chorus has a rather cloudy flavour,” Julia adds, and they both laugh.

It’s great banter, and the siblings have a hilarious rapport when they try and compare writing processes.

But they do make a strong point.

“We all get into this way of talking about certain things, and that’s just us, that’s just people,” Julia says.

“We want to talk, we want to understand. And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that – I just think that sometimes when you’re in it, it’s hard. You don’t know how to get out and describe what you’re doing.”

Angus and Julia’s new self-titled album, recorded with renowned US producer Rick Rubin, marks the first time the pair has sat down together and worked side by side. When it came to recording, they even shared the same vocal booth, and hearing each other’s voice directly in their ears became an important part of the process. If it is impossible to judge your own work, then collaborating so closely with another must give a unique perspective on how these songs evolve.

“Tom Waits once said, ‘Recording a song is like photographing a ghost,’” Angus says. “My struggle with being in the studio is forgetting that there’s all this equipment around, it’s all being documented, and just finding the place you were in when you first put down the idea, finding that space it was created from again. Getting that – I don’t know – that beginning.”

bit sharper with your shape. I mean, these are things that you’re just feeling out; it feels like a nicer correlation between ‘this’ and ‘this’.

On piano, for instance, I find I write quite dark and sad, because I love the sound of minor chords on the piano. I really do think the environment and the instrument determine the form of the song.”

Julia thinks for a time about her reply.

I notice whenever she tries to recall a detail she will look up and to the right, as though the answer is written in the corner of the room.

Having your surroundings influence the shape of a song is an intriguing idea, and finding the right circumstance – the “proverbial spark”, as Angus puts it – is no simple concern.

“For me, it’s very much a chance encounter between a combination of events, things that are in the environment,” she says. “Often an instrument itself will direct the song.

If I’m writing something on the electric guitar, the sound will shape a different melody than if I had played that same melody on the acoustic.

The electric travels longer, so longer vocals will fit better. Whereas acoustic fingerpicking, you can be a

“With [‘Get Home’], I only had the line, ‘Just as long as you go get home, you get home,’” he says. “I didn’t know if it could be tangible, be good enough to be real. I booked in a month in the studio in New York and recorded it there, but when we tried to re-record it at [Rubin’s studio] Shangri La, it just didn’t have that same feeling as when you first walk into the studio and there’s that

uncertainty, where you’re taking these risks that you can’t reinvent, or try to recreate.”

“You don’t know what’s going to happen,” Julia adds. “You don’t know how you’re going to feel or what sort of mood to expect; it’s this really unknown, mystical thing. I’ve always found it hard to find that same joy in the studio that I find I have live, but this time around it was different.

You’re with these other, separate souls all coming together to make one unified sound. I really like that.”

What: Angus & Julia Stone out Friday August 1 through EMI With: Vancouver Sleep Clinic Where: Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House When: Sunday September 14, Monday September 15 And: Also appearing at the Civic Theatre, Newcastle on Wednesday September 17

D At Sea Parks And Recreation By Krissi Weiss and chill with them. Sure, it’s out of pocket for me but hopefully I made some even stronger connections with everyone and it shows them that I’m making this music with them along the way.”

Every step of Perez’s musical meander has been unconventional – from hardcore to folktronica to who knows – but it all makes sense when the man himself explains his motivations.

“I used to play in a hardcore band and I started playing hardcore covers as a way of connecting with people who enjoyed the same music as me,” he says. “I also wanted to show people that hardcore music wasn’t just screaming and angry and heavy, that it can actually be quite beautiful.”

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he impossibly good-looking, immeasurably chilled Doyle Perez (AKA D At Sea) first gained a following after performing acoustic covers of his favourite hardcore tracks on YouTube. Since then, Perez has expanded both his musical taste and his skills before the eyes and ears of a burgeoning fan base. For those who have followed his 14 :: BRAG :: 573 :: 30:07:14

career, D At Sea’s latest EP, Anchors & Diamonds, might come as a shock, full of electronic production and synth melodies. But if they’ve been paying close attention, they should expect any number of surprises from the Sunshine Coast native.

Perez has just wrapped up a series of free park tours – he strapped on his

guitar and parked himself under trees and gazebos around Australia – and is readying for what looks to be a busy second half of the year.

“Touring was really awesome,” Perez says. “I’ve always had a really close connection with all my fans and doing these free shows in the park seemed like such a perfect way to come out

After all, a melody is a melody – most of what changes from genre to genre is tempo and timbre, but within those tiny differences exists a lot of identity.

Try telling a metal fan their music is really no different to a Wagner opera, or a pop-punk fan that their favourite track varies little from last year’s Katy Perry hit, and you’ll get anything from puzzled looks to violent anger.

“Even when I released my first song from this EP – it has drums and

synth and a lot of different textures to it – I then did an acoustic version of it and I had people saying they loved that one more,” he says, laughing. “It’s literally the exact same song but played on an acoustic guitar and some people will favour that just because of the idea of an acoustic song.”

Perez is planning on staying close to his audience, with park-style performances not necessarily a thing of the past, but in return the fans had best be prepared to be part of his genre journey.

“I like to push people to really think about things, and this time that’s been lyrically as well as musically,” he says. “But musically, even before I started doing the acoustic covers, I thought acoustic was emo or too soft or something like that, and this time around I had the same idea going in with electronic music. I used to think it looked so easy, like anyone could do it. But then I got into it and got into sound design and realised it was so, so hard and so I wanted to push the boundaries again with something that was new to me.”

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Pepa Knight Subcontinental Spice By Adam Norris

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epa Knight is not, I’m afraid to say, his real name at all.

He lost his real name in a game of high-stakes poker one muggy night in Mumbai, where the mosquitoes were the size of lamps and the scent of shisha was heavy in the air. What he gained, however, was exposure to a culture and sound that would have a profound impact on the shape of his sensibilities. On the eve of a solo career, the Jinja Safari co-frontman talks about nostalgia, world music and tepees. Also, the stuff about the poker game is not, in the strictest sense, actually true.

When a singer decides to strike out on their own, for however brief a time, the first reaction from many is to question if this is the beginning of the end. Jinja Safari have amassed an amazing collection of songs over the last four years, and the Central Coast boys have enjoyed great success both at home (triple j high rotation, sold-out shows) and abroad (BBC Radio 1, international festival appearances). Though Knight remains hesitant to discuss future plans with the band, the excitement of his solo career is pretty damned infectious.

“Basically, with Jinja we’re on a hiatus and…” He stops to think. “It was mainly that we were doing it for so long. Jinja was never planned, it just sort of happened and it’s been non-stop the whole time. Just touring and touring and touring, and we got to a point recently when we’ve been a bit flat, or not putting in as much effort … It felt like it was time for a break, and the timing was there. I’d always wanted to do other projects on my own, get some songs out there. So it worked out to be good timing.”

So far his efforts have paid off. His debut album Hypnotized (due out

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later this year) was written and recorded during several trips to India between 2011 and 2013, and the evidence of his experiences is instantly recognisable on the two tracks that have been released thus far – he was even featured in India’s Rolling Stone magazine. Given the timeframe of composition, it allowed Knight a lot of insight into the benefits and anxieties of building one’s own vision. “[Being in Rolling Stone] was incredible, especially because the project had a lot of infl uence and inspiration from India; it was really cool. There’s been a few little things really exciting [like that].

Even before we started Jinja Safari, I became obsessed with world music, I don’t know why. I went over to India a few times over the years and really drew from the sounds and the vibe over there. I can’t get enough of it. With Hypnotized, I’ve been working a lot closer to it than I have with Jinja, in that I’m managing it myself. With Jinja, we’ve always, from the get-go, had management and all these other people who worked on it. There were people who I didn’t even know who were doing stuff, so it’s been a really nice learning curve to see how to release music on your own, though I’ve still had a lot of help. I wanted to get the songs out there, but wasn’t really expecting anyone to really take the time to listen. So I’ve been really, really stoked with the reception.”

Outside of feedback he has received from the single releases, ‘Rahh!’ and ‘Clams’, Knight is still very much in the fledgling days of, well, Pepa Knight. His first gigs are ahead of him, and given the popularity of Jinja Safari’s performances the strength of his live shows will go a long way to determining just how far his solo success will stretch. He sounds

excited at the prospect, but his expectations are tempered with a healthy dose of fear.

“It’s actually terrifying,” he laughs.

“With the band, you can distribute the blame if it doesn’t go well. It’s something you handle together. But with a solo thing, it all comes down to you. It can be so daunting, but one of the things I’ve learned is to not worry too much. For this, I really just wanted to make the project for myself and write these songs exactly as I envisaged them to be; make it a special collective of songs for my experiences over in India.”

Not that he will be performing alone on tour, nor will he be entirely

uninitiated in playing his new material for an audience. After assembling a band from local musicians, Knight put the word out to a handful of friends and lucky online strangers to come chill out in his tepee – yes, Pepa Knight has been living in a tepee in his backyard – and have an unbiased listen.

“Because every song is so complex and layered, I wasn’t sure how I’d be able to do it. But I have this great band who live literally a minute away from me and help me to pull off these songs live. One of them can play the fl ute exceptionally, which I’m really stoked about because it’s hard to

fi nd a good fl ute player,” he says.

“It sounds different doing it live, it has more life in it. What we did the other night [in the tepee], we did this special test run of the songs … it was really, really nice. I mean, we stuffed up a few times here and there but, you know, friends are always good for a compliment when that stuff happens.” He chuckles. “It was a really good vibe, so we’re really excited to play a proper venue where we can, you know, actually have a soundcheck and know how we sound.”

Where: Goodgod Small Club When: Friday August 1

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Jake Clemons Blinded By The Light By Darcy Stephens

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ake Clemons, nephew of E Street legend, the late Clarence Clemons, is following in his uncle’s musical footsteps. After 26 months of touring with Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band and releasing a solo EP called Embracing Light last December, Jake is preparing to kick off the Australian leg of his first solo tour.

This will not be the younger Clemons’ first visit to Australia, but that doesn’t lessen his excitement at all. “I’m thrilled that there’s an audience there that’s excited to hear my music and see my show and that I have a reason to come back to this amazing place,” he says. “We have a really strong connection there.

The way that the people love music, the way that they’re passionate, and the Australians I meet just have big hearts and are so honest. Those are things that I’m about, things that my music is about. It’s just awesome and I’m excited to be able to share that experience … People there are supportive and they’re engaged. It just seems like a wonderful place for musicians.”

“Having a theme of something really important and wanting to speak to people is deeper than just having a bunch of good songs, because at the end of the day, good songs are going to go away.”

Ever since he was a child, Clemons knew he wanted to be a musician, first learning the piano, then the guitar and saxophone as well.

It was after seeing The E Street Band performing live for the first time at age eight that he was sure.

“It blew my mind to see so many people gathered together for one single purpose. Watching Clarence Clemons walking onstage… he’s my uncle and I was very close to him for most of our lives, so that was a beautiful thing in itself.

“But I saw how people responded, and to me, in my mind, they weren’t responding to a saxophone player, it was to my uncle. And I walked out of that show with a keen sense of, ‘I know exactly what I want to do with the rest of my life. I want to do exactly what Clarence is doing.’ That was the moment that I decided that music was something I could do with my life.”

Playing alongside The E Street Band in his uncle’s place over the past two years was an experience that inspired Clemons and helped him in the production of his EP. “They’re the greatest band in the world. It was an incredible experience, I don’t even know how to say enough about that. It was just a great thing to do together; go places I’ve never been before and engaging with the

audience in powerful and, in some ways, life-changing experiences onstage and performing. The conversations I had with Bruce about the writing process in general, and about art and what you’re putting into your craft, and then the experience of seeing it performed every night… it really influenced a lot of this EP for me.”

Another part of the recording process that surprised Clemons was finding a common theme for his music.

“I’ve learned that having a theme of something really important and wanting to speak to people is deeper than just having a bunch of good songs, because at the end of the day, good songs are going to go away.

But if you can speak to them and connect with them with a theme they can understand over and over again through the record, that theme may become a part of their day, and that day could turn into a lifetime.

“So that’s something I accepted for the first time with this record.

[The EP’s theme] was embracing light, embracing hope and love and joy right now, and not waiting for it. So I tried to speak to that from different angles on that record and to communicate it in different ways.”

What: Embracing Light out now independently Where: The Basement When: Friday August 22 And: Also appearing at Lizotte’s Central Coast on Wednesday August 20; Lizotte’s Newcastle on Thursday August 21; The Bridge Hotel, Rozelle on Saturday August 23; and The Brass Monkey, Cronulla on Sunday August 24

Pat Capocci Looking Sharp By Meg Crawford

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at Capocci has an easy laugh.

Originally from Maitland, near Newcastle, he grew up somewhere less fast-paced than Sydney, surfing and listening to music, and you can tell; he’s a warm and laidback kinda guy.

Capocci attributes his tastes to his dad, who fed him a solid musical diet of cool stuff – old blues guys like Jimmy Rogers, Magic Sam and so on. Was there ever a moment when Capocci said, “Dad, I just want to listen to Cold Chisel,” or something?

“Nope. I never knew any different,” he laughs. “It was a natural thing for me; I grew up with it. Dad’s got pretty much the same taste in music that I have now. In fact, the more time’s gone on, the more I’ve grown into rhythm and blues.”

His old man gets even cooler. “In the years I was growing up, from 16 onwards, Dad took me to every gig until I was 21. He wasn’t there making sure I wasn’t getting up to anything bad – although, maybe he was, secretly. It was because he has a love for music and we were enjoying it as mates and hanging out.”

Capocci is a wailer and guitar slinger extraordinaire. While his earlier records like Call Of The Wild and Delinquent Beat are pretty straight-down-the-line rockabilly, they’re not necessarily reflective of his live sound. His latest release, Pantherburn Stomp, is more accurate. It’s a rumbling, dirty-edged mix of rockabilly, old-school R&B and rock’n’roll with some ’60s garage rock thrown in for good measure.

“Yeah, it’s a good reference point,” Capocci says. “It’s our own tunes and an honest output. We’re not

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being stuck in one genre, and so far people are digging it. Maybe a few people think it’s different compared with our other recordings, but our live following knows that it’s just a recorded version of what we do. It’s tight, too.”

That Pantherburn Stomp is Capocci’s third album in as many years gives you a hint about his work ethic. The guy is dedicated, and puts his nose to the grindstone in a way that many others would find too difficult. In a previous

interview, he was quoted as saying that he got up at 4:30am every day to practice for a few hours before his day job.

“I’m getting up at 5 or 5:30am now,” he smiles. “I’m getting lazy!

I’ll never get the foot off the pedal practising though. I don’t think I’m ever going to feel absolutely comfortable playing – there’s always something else to practice.”

When it comes to the broader rockabilly and blues culture,

Capocci marvels at the way people come to the scene from different angles. “A lot of people seem to discover it through fashion,” he reflects. “It’s not bad, but it’s definitely odd. For us, it’s always been about the music. Take Newcastle, for example – there’s a huge pin-up culture – that’s totally new to us. I came from a punk background. I was into The Clash, the Buzzcocks and The Vibrators.

Rockabilly is kind of the next rebellious step I guess, when you start to mature.

“I’m a barber, right. I popped into the shop the other day and there was a guy in there with a pretty sharp quiff, but when they took the cape off, he was wearing running gear. It just didn’t make sense!” he laughs.

What: Fifties Fair 2014 With: Shotdown From Sugartown Where: Rose Seidler House When: Sunday August 24

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After moving around a lot as a child with a military father, Clemons is no stranger to change. Rather than get homesick when on tour, he thrives, saying he gets antsy after staying in one place for too long. “I have a philosophy that there’s so many

wonderful, amazing things on this earth that I’d like to believe that we’re placed in certain places for a reason, so that you can see that place for an experience. I want to taste it all, I want to see it all. The more I’m on the road, the more I feel like I’m experiencing the life that was created for me.”

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20,000 Days On Earth

SIA I actually sent him a bunch of songs I thought had a good vibe for musical theatre, and lighter pop stuff. He did all the picking himself!

What is the main challenge when writing for a film or, in this case, a stage musical?

What do you need to think about? How is it different to pop writing?

Well in this case I delivered the music and melodies and Baz and his team adapted a fair portion of the lyrics, as I was a little snowed under. I can’t take credit for their magic.

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ustralia’s new queen of pop music, Sia, hasn’t only been hitting the musical heights with her massive single ‘Chandelier’ – she’s also written words and music for two songs in Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical, now playing at the Sydney Lyric Theatre. The

Strictly Ballroom cast got together (pictured) to congratulate Sia for her success, and here’s Sia’s own thoughts on her contributions to the musical.

In approaching you for a song, what did Baz ask for, and how did you tackle that?

When I wrote for Annie the remake [unreleased] I learned to keep it even simpler, lyrically and melodically, but that there is more flexibility in ‘camp’ – I can use words I can’t necessarily get away with in a pop song. Baz threw “heavenly pineapple” in there. I mean, that is a spectacular display

of camp that only musical theatre allows for. Unless you’re a YouTube comedian playing guitar in a coffee shop with no trousers on.

What were you aiming for in your songs? A certain feeling or emotion? A particular piece of storytelling?

I am just channelling when it comes to writing, I never write specifically for something, until it gets to the lyrics portion. I just channel, then the melody tells me what area I should keep it in the ‘pitch folder’. I think really Baz and his team took over in the storytelling. I just impart whatever emotion comes to the listener based on the melody I channelled. I always use the first melody I intuit and record on the first listen of the track.

What: Strictly Ballroom The Musical Where: Sydney Lyric Theatre

20,000 DAYS ON EARTH

After screening in the official competition at Sydney Film Festival this year, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s 20,000 Days On Earth is to be released in selected cinemas in August. The film follows a stylised 20,000th day in the life of Nick Cave, and is a fantastic and fascinating portrayal of Cave’s life as an artist, writer, husband and father. With appearances from the excellent Warren Ellis, Ray Winstone, Kylie Minogue and more, the film gets closer to approximating what makes this Australian legend tick than anything but one of his iconic songs ever could.

20,000 Days On Earth opens in cinemas on Thursday August 21. We’ve got ten in-season double passes to give away – for your chance to win, head to thebrag.com/ freeshit and tell us which Nick Cave song speaks loudest to you.

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ARTWORK BY ASYLUM SEEKERS

Getting tired of the media’s representation of asylum seekers? Still Alive, an exhibition including original artworks by would-be refugees in the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre, gives them the opportunity to represent their experience themselves. The exhibit will feature over 100 works by up to 20 asylum seekers who have fled countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Sri Lanka and Burma. Many of the artworks in the exhibition were made at Villawood under harsh constraints, resulting in innovative works made out of materials such as instant coffee. The Refugee Art Project exhibition shows the complex hopes and aspirations of people who have been largely caricaturised and misunderstood in the public mind. Still Alive will be showing at the Stanley Street Gallery in Darlinghurst from Monday August 4 – Sunday August 10. The exhibition will be opened by The Chaser’s Julian Morrow on Tuesday August 5.

A DIFFERENT SIDE OF RUPERT MURDOCH Kryptonite

KRYPTONITE

The new production of Sue Smith’s Kryptonite is a tale told in pairs. The joint Sydney Theatre Company and State Theatre Company of South Australia production traverses distances in both place and plot. Smith’s new play covers 25 years and two continents, as two students cross paths between Sydney and China. Their stories intertwine in a play about desire, love and politics.

Kryptonite will play at Sydney Theatre Company from Thursday September 11 – Saturday October 18.

SCULPTURE BY THE SEA

The iconic Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi exhibit will return to Sydney’s coastline in October this year. The 18th edition of the world’s largest annual free outdoor sculpture exhibition will again take over the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk, featuring more than 100 works by Australian and international artists. 37 of this year’s artists will be exhibiting at the event for the first time. It’s expected to attract half a million visitors to Bondi.

Sculpture By The Sea will run from Thursday October 23 – Sunday November 9.

Oedipus Rex

Get to know the media mogul in a different light as David Williamson’s play Rupert hits Sydney. Williamson takes on one of the most fascinating, divisive and powerful figures in Australian history. Part cabaret, part confessional, the play charts Murdoch’s career as he (literally) tap dances his way to the top of the media machine. Rather than go all out with vitriolic criticism, Williamson says his aim was to inhabit the character and let the audience make up its own mind. Not, of course, without a good dose of humour mixed in for good measure.

Catch Rupert at the Theatre Royal from Tuesday November 25 – Wednesday December 3.

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HAVING A BAD DAY?

BLACK RAINBOW

Black Rainbow, the latest play written and directed by Kathy Petrakis, tackles issues of homelessness, drugs and violence through a display of overlapping and colliding worlds. The play explores the double life of Ahmed Khoury, both a scholarship student and a street criminal, and its conflicting consequences. With a young cast on hand, Black Rainbow provides a fresh and energised perspective on the ambiguous choices that everyone faces. Black Rainbow is showing at Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst from Wednesday August 13 – Sunday August 24.

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OEDIPUS REX

Peter Carroll and Andrea Demetriades will star in Oedipus Rex at Belvoir in August. Directed by Adena Jacobs, the production centres on King Oedipus, who’s shamed as he believes he’s responsible for the plague that has stricken his city. Oedipus Rex plays at Belvoir from Thursday August 21 – Sunday September 14.

FLICKERFEST ENTRIES OPEN

Australia’s biggest touring short film festival, Flickerfest, is now accepting entries for its 2015 competition. The ten-day event at an outdoor amphitheatre on Bondi Beach is only the start of festivities, which stretch out over 50 venues on a national tour. The Academy Award and BAFTA-recognised festival is inviting entries for January’s edition, with categories for Best Short Film, Best Animation Short Film, Best Australian Short Film, Best Documentary and more. Documentary competition entries must be received by Friday September 19, and GreenFlicks and FlickerUp entries by Friday September 26. To enter, visit flickerfest.com.au/entries-2015.

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Sculpture by the Sea photo by Samantha Burns

Wouldn’t it be great if you could get paid for having a bad day? In Bad Day Insurance, Lisa Chappell’s new comedic play, you can.

Logie-award winning actress Chappell’s third play explores the comic world of insurance companies with a delightfully absurd twist, reminding us that money isn’t everything… although a payout every once in a while is always nice. Bad Day Insurance will play at Old 505 Theatre from Wednesday August 6 – Sunday August 24.

Keep Everything [DANCE] The Law Of Order By Tegan Jones

The Magic Flute [OPERA] Mozart: The Redux By Tegan Jones

Chunky Move’s Keep Everything

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pera and film aficionados alike are bound to be excited by Opera Australia’s latest production of The Magic Flute, which is hitting Parramatta’s Riverside Theatre. Mozart’s classic quest for wisdom and true love has been injected with cinematic inspiration from the likes of Indiana Jones and The Mummy. Director Michael Gow is enthusiastic about the production, and believes that audiences will be swept up in by the magic of Egypt – which is where The Magic Flute all began.

Sam Roberts-Smith as Tamino in The Magic Flute

“We started with that fascination with Ancient Egypt, which was partly what informed the writing of the opera in the first place in 1790,” Gow explains. “Mozart was a Freemason and Freemasonry was influenced by Egyptian images and symbols.”

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t its core, Chunky Move’s Keep Everything is a genre-defying mixture of dance and performance. A combination of choreography, electronica, spoken text and improvisation, the show traces human evolution all the way from our primate ancestors to robots and back again. Renowned choreographer Antony Hamilton is the mind behind this innovative performance, the origins of which come from his own creative past.

The Magic Flute photo by Albert Comper

“I was trying to find an opportunity to put everything together that hadn’t made the cut in previous works. We had hit on things that were really interesting, fun and exciting, but they didn’t quite have a place in what we were working on. So I had this odd collection of bits and pieces that I wanted a home for. The challenge was putting those things together in a way that made some kind of sense. So the title, Keep Everything, is really about the human fascination and problem with not being able to discard things and trying to create some sense of order out of chaos.”

Being a work that focuses on the human narrative, it’s unsurprising that the choreographer has a strong perspective on the way people interpret both history and the passing of time.

“In order to survive and make sense of everything we have to create this narrative illusion that it’s all going somewhere; that we’re headed towards something,” says Hamilton.

“We believe in progress, but it’s this crazy myth and history tells us that. But we need that myth, otherwise what would we do? We can’t quite admit to ourselves that it’s all for no reason.”

This form of chaos is clearly reflected in the multiple artistic mediums employed in Keep Everything. Nonetheless, Hamilton tries to avoid placing specific expectations on the piece.

“To be honest, I try to be a little bit objective about my work. One thing I really try and do is have no desire of what I want it to achieve. In a way it then becomes a bit of a selfi sh exercise and very much about you and your personal crap. When I’m making work I try and be a servant to it and let it be an entity unto itself. I just try to guide it and listen to it and follow it where it wants to go. So in a way it allows me to enjoy the piece as much as the audience, because it’s always a surprise for me. In order to enjoy making work you have to be entertained by the process of it, otherwise it would be dead boring. If you knew what you wanted to achieve there would be no point in doing it.

It’s the mystery of uncovering what the work is; what it will be is the thing that pushes you to keep creating.

Despite these assertions, Hamilton maintains there are certain themes and ideas he tried to incorporate in the piece.

“What I wanted in the end was a reflection on the culture of humanism and how we compartmentalise and categorise everything in our lives and pretend that within that there’s some sense of order. In actual fact, the world and everything in it is quite a random assemblage of chance and accidents. The larger arc of the work creates a cyclic situation, so by the end you’re back to where you were at the beginning. So hopefully you get a sense that all of that information, intelligence, growth and development can quite easily be broken.”

What: Keep Everything as part of Performance Space: Score Where: Carriageworks When: Wednesday August 13 – Saturday August 16

Tartuffe

When it came to the adaptation, the director says, “We thought about something that was a bit more contemporary in the audience’s experience, but keeping the Egyptian theme and all of the themes of the piece – a hero on a quest and someone trying to uncover a secret.”

Although the publicity for the opera points to Indiana Jones as its primary inspiration, Gow begs to differ. “What really inspired it was the Brendan Fraser ’90s movie The Mummy,” he explains. “Everyone says Indiana Jones, but Tamino’s costume is actually [based on] Brendan Fraser’s … There’s a lot of that stuff in there; a whole world of trying to find a sacred statue and pyramids full of sliding panels and secret doors.”

One of the greatest aspects of the production is its versatility. Despite being an opera, it can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

“Everywhere [The Magic Flute] goes there’s a chorus of children, and we found that to be an interesting connection for the whole audience,” says Gow. “Those in the know will get the symbols, the quest, seeking the truth and all those things, and the kids will just think that the whole Egyptian aspect and the mummy is amazing and cool. I think what kids love more than anything is dinosaurs and mummies.”

Perhaps because of the archeological and cinematic inspirations, this production of The Magic Flute is set in the 1930s. Despite the contextual changes, Gow assures us that he hasn’t made any significant alterations to the storyline. “The original version is partly fairy story. So you always have to find a kind of context for the show that lets it speak. Once we’d nailed that in the [1930s] context, it just came alive for us.”

This change in setting will also be particularly exciting for costume enthusiasts. “Audiences do have an expectation when they go to the

opera that there’s going to be a certain level of excitement and glamour,” says Gow. “It was within our touring budget and our means to give them that kind of visual stimulus, as well as the great music and story. As well as being a very flattering period for men and women … they’re quite simple costumes.

Easily cleaned and tourable.”

It’s not all about practicality, though. “The Queen of the Night has a pretty knock-’emdead outfit. It gets gasps when she makes her first entrance.”

Importantly, Gow’s adaptation has bridged the gap between traditional opera, which is often seen as inaccessible, and modern audiences. “There’s this myth that opera is full of ridiculous stories that make no sense and it’s all just an excuse for great singing. I did the libretto as well, so it’s satisfying when people come up after and say, ‘I actually followed the story and understood it.’”

What: The Magic Flute Where: Riverside Theatre, Parramatta When: Monday August 4, Tuesday August 5

Leon Ford and Helen Dallimore in rehearsal for Tartuffe

[THEATRE] Power And Responsibility By Adam Norris

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Tartuffe photo by Prue Vercoe

catch Leon Ford while he is stalking down the street. I could simply say he is walking or strolling, but even on the phone I can hear the man’s stride. It makes me picture him as some kind of secret agent, on the phone to MI5 while a bomb is about to explode in a baby somewhere. He’s probably wearing a trench coat, too, and looks a lot like John Barrowman. When not thwarting explosive infants, Ford spends his time rehearsing one of theatre’s greatest (if not most widely recognised) villains: charismatic confidence man Tartuffe.

English. So it loses that poetry that someone like Shakespeare has in the original language. But Justin Fleming has quite cleverly managed to translate it very close to the original without losing those couplets or the rhythm. Hopefully that gets us even closer to what it would be like for a native French speaker.”

While several characters from Tartuffe are considered some of the greatest roles in the canon of Western theatre, playwright Molière hasn’t quite achieved the same kind of street cred as similar heavyweights. Shakespeare and Brecht remain famous, but as popularity goes the 17th century Frenchman remains somewhat obscure.

Tartuffe tells the story of the eponymous villain charming the head of a content and prosperous family – the faithful if easily manipulated Orgon – into granting him control of almost every facet of its affairs.

Neither money nor flesh is safe from Tartuffe’s salvation as his Machiavellian spirituality pushes Orgon to the brink of ruin.

That said, the production is not without comedy, and given that the dialogue is presented entirely as rhyming couplets, there is great potential for characters to swing from cheekiness to despair in quick succession.

“Well, I think it depends who you speak to,” says Ford. “Certainly I’d rate him as highly as any of the big superpowers of Western theatre. Beyond the obvious language barrier and depending on who your translator is. A lot of the Molière that I’ve read, the Penguin Classics and such, have translated it so exactly they can’t do the rhyming couplets, simply because it rhymes in French but not in

“While we’re definitely not steering away from the comedy, we are looking at why people do follow these preacher figures,” says Ford.

“What’s missing in their lives when these figures come along, these enigmatic leaders with very little of substance to say but with this power over people? What is it in a person’s life that makes them need someone like that? And what it is in the conman’s

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make-up that makes him want to lead people so astray and destroy lives?”

In preparing for the Bell Shakespeare production of Tartuffe, Ford found himself drawn to the motivation of these shucksters and religious frauds – not just throughout history, but those who are still active today.

For inspiration, it is hard to go past the bastion of pomp and zealotry that is the USA’s Bible Belt.

“I’ve watched a lot of documentaries and videos about these Evangelical preachers, who are so convincing, are so charming and disarming and enigmatic, that I think there must be a part of them up there onstage, much like an actor, that does actually believe

it. I can’t actually believe that they truly believe, but I think there must be a part of them that does think speaking in tongues or putting your palm on someone’s forehead and trying to cure them of blindness can be real. The power must get to their head so much that they do think they are some kind of channel or vessel of a higher spirit. Who knows? Who knows how they look themselves in the mirror.”

What: Tartuffe Where: Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House When: Until Saturday August 23

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Film Reviews Hits and misses on the silver screen around town

Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz in Sex Tape

The Selfish Giant

Eric Bana in Deliver Us From Evil

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THE SELFISH GIANT

DELIVER US FROM EVIL

In cinemas Thursday July 31

In cinemas now

Inspired by the Oscar Wilde story of the same name, The Selfi sh Giant explores the friendship between two young teenage boys growing up in Northern England. Arbor (Conner Chapman) and Swifty (Shaun Thomas) are schoolmates in a rough, impoverished corner of Bradford. The boys have their assorted issues – Arbor has a hyperactivity disorder which often leads him into trouble, and Swifty is the constant target of school bullies – but they look out for each other.

2012’s genuinely scary Sinister was – after the better-than-it-had-any-right-to-be Hellraiser: Inferno and the underrated The Exorcism Of Emily Rose – enough to establish director Scott Derrickson as, if not a new master of horror, then at least a talented filmmaker working in a nowdisreputable genre. For that reason alone, Deliver Us From Evil – despite its silly ‘inspired by the accounts of an actual NYPD sergeant’ selling point (it is indeed based on 2001’s Beware The Night, written by Ralph Sarchie, a police officer and demonologist) – carries a bit of promise. And so does the opening of the film itself, as Sarchie, played by a Noo-Yawk-accented Eric Bana, investigates some strange goings-on around his precinct.

When the boys are suspended from school for fighting, Arbor decides they can earn money collecting metal for the local scrapyard, dragging Swifty into the scheme along with him. As their business venture progresses, tensions and competition arise between the pair, threatening their friendship.

The Selfi sh Giant makes for an intense and contemplative cinema experience.

The almost complete lack of soundtrack, the sparse aesthetic and thick northern accents make it a little inaccessible at first, but once you’ve acclimatised it is absolutely worth it.

Go in prepared, but definitely give The Selfi sh Giant your time.

Which, unfortunately, isn’t very long; when Sarchie teams up with Catholic priest Joe Mendoza (Edgar Ramírez), Deliver Us From Evil settles into a stultifying rhythm of deadly exposition followed by the jump scares that occasionally marred Sinister, finally ending with a tedious exorcism scene that’s only redeemed by being the culmination of the film’s loopy Doors/Jim Morrison motif (there’s the sense that the desired effect is that you’ll never listen to The Doors in the same way again, which… no). Ridiculousness isn’t the film’s problem, so much as that it doesn’t go far out enough.

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SEX TAPE In cinemas now There are few surprises in Sex Tape, and even comedy pros Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel can’t drag this disappointingly SFW film above mildly bland amusement.

The plot – what there is of it – revolves around Annie (Diaz) and Jay (Segel) trying to inject some spice into their ten-year, two-kid marriage.

The obvious solution, apparently, is to make a sex tape. Three hours and every position in The Joy Of Sex later, the passion is back in the marriage and the video

is up in the Cloud, where it syncs with all the devices Jay has inexplicably given as gifts to his friends, family and mailman.

Cue a series of vaguely nonsensical events as Annie and Jay trying increasingly unlikely methods of deleting all the copies of the video, while being blackmailed by someone who’s already found it.

The low point is a convoluted scene in Annie’s potential employer’s house that relies entirely on toilet humour and slapstick for its comedy – they use the word ‘diarrhoea’, Jay ineptly flees a dog and falls out a window, and Annie takes

cocaine. All that’s missing is someone slipping on a banana peel.

In its defence, the film pokes fun at the ridiculous premise of trying to physically erase copies of the video when a child asks Jay why he didn’t just remotely delete it from the Cloud. There’s also a fun cameo from Jack Black as a porn king who offers some surprisingly sage relationship advice.

Overall, however, Sex Tape doesn’t do much aside from reiterate the point that only professionals should film themselves having sex.

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The film has been described as a “contemporary fable”, and while it does have a lot to say about competition and greed, the term can somewhat detract from the rawness and realism of the story. It has a very dark comedy about it in the midst of being pretty heavy in parts, and much of this comes down to how natural Chapman and Thomas are in their debut roles. Sean Gilder is also a standout as Kitten, the owner of the scrapyard, and it’s nice to see Gilder snagging a substantial feature role after his fantastic work in various small-screen productions over the years.

Abetted by richly detailed, creepy sound design, these early scenes – including a chase of a crazed Iraq War vet and the apprehension of an even more crazed woman at a Bronx zoo after she’s thrown her infant child into a lion’s cage – sustain a palpable, almost Samuel Fuller-esque mood of hysteria, peaking with a faceoff between Bana and a lion that recalls Anchorman more than any supernatural horror. Derrickson displays, in these scenes, a keen awareness of the mutually beneficial relationship between horror and absurdity, and as long as the film stays in ghost-train mode, it’s reasonably effective.

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Not About Heroes Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, Monday August 4 Wednesday August 6 Staged to mark the centenary of the declaration of World War I, Not About Heroes comes to Sydney from the Australian War Memorial.

The play follows the friendship of English poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, whose lives were affected by The Great War in irreversible ways. Stephen MacDonald’s Not About Heroes has been seen on Broadway and at London’s Royal National Theatre, and this production featuring Patrick Magee and Roger Gimblett is directed by Carla Moore.

Tickets are $43. For bookings and more info, visit sydneyoperahouse. com.

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Game On Rock tribute shows don’t get any better!

Gaming news with Adam Guetti

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announcements of this year’s E3 came the sad realisation that in terms of new games to play, options were slightly limited. Thankfully, however, August sees things returning back to normal with some heavy hitters to sink your teeth into before the truly ridiculous October overload.

First up on August 7 is Ultra Street Fighter IV for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The evolved iteration of the popular fighter features five new characters, six new stages and rebalanced gameplay.

Moving on to August 19 and you’ll be able to loot like never before with Diablo III: Reaper Of Souls Ultimate Evil Edition (PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360). This extra special version includes all of the content from the original Diablo III, as well as new features and updates from the critically acclaimed Reaper Of Souls expansion. It also marks the game’s debut on the new-generation consoles.

Jump ahead just a few more days to August 21 and PS4/PS3 owners can nab Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. Previously only available on Xbox consoles, the game takes the popular iPhone title and transforms it into a completely 3D, thirdperson action battleground. It’s also a lot of unexpected fun.

Finally, August 28 sees two games dropping onto shelves: Metro Redux (PS4, Xbox One) and Madden NFL 15 (PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360). Metro features the definitive versions of both Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light, each rebuilt with an insanely pretty graphics engine for new-gen consoles, while NFL 15 is the latest iteration in the popular American football series.

Yes, there’s a little something for everyone this month, but don’t go too crazy, because remember: October is coming.

Awesome Foursome Smashes World Record

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Releases AUG New For many, after all the joy and

Four Warrnambool teenagers have entered the video game history books by setting a brand new world record for the longest video game marathon playing a racing game. James Hickman, Josh Alexander, Harry Twyford and Matt Smith racked up an absolutely outstanding 35 hours and 46 minutes in one session.

Their game of choice: Mario Kart.

The previous record was actually set by two German teenagers who played for about 33 hours, but the Aussie foursome have since cemented themselves as the new victors.

Despite a failed training session not really going to plan, everything ran smoothly when the moment counted as the boys followed numerous strict guidelines.

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Thankfully, those guidelines allowed for a ten-minute break for every hour of playtime, meaning the group could stack up the time and indulge in a brief nap during the late hours.

Aside from the record, the students also raised about $500 for cancer charity Peter’s Project, and are considering taking on another challenge next year.

Pete Hines Comes Down Under In exciting news for gamers preparing to attend this year’s PAX, it has been announced that industry heavyweight Pete Hines (vice president of PR and marketing at Bethesda Softworks) will be providing the opening ‘storytime’ keynote for the event.

Hines has helped bring extremely popular franchises like The Elder Scrolls, Fallout and Wolfenstein into the modern era of video games and has also played an integral role in bringing successful new ones – like 2012’s Dishonored and the upcoming The Evil Within – to market. He is set to join a slew of other international guests for the show, including musical acts Paul & Storm, Freezepop and MC Frontalot. PAX Australia will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from October 31 to November 2.

Review: The Wolf Among Us: Season One GUEST VOCALISTS

JACK JONES • JIMMY CUPPLES SIMON MELI THE WIDOWBIRDS AMY FINDLAY STONEFIELD • ZKYE

9 Piece Band • String Section • Big Screen Visuals

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Crafting a follow-up that matches the quality of your past success is a challenge for any developer, but Telltale Games’ mission was much bigger than that. It had to follow up The Walking Dead: Season One, a game that garnered mass critical appeal and multiple ‘game of the year’ awards.

Smartly, the team decided to do so by choosing a change of pace and presenting The Wolf Among Us – a five-episode saga based on Fables, an award-winning comic book series by Bill Willingham. The game takes place prior to the comics and lets players take on the role of Bigby Wolf (The Big Bad Wolf), who has been exiled to New York City and now acts as sheriff over classic fairytale characters. When a gruesome murder takes place, Bigby is on the case and it’s your job to help him to discover who committed the crime and why. It’s a surprisingly dark, violent and hard-boiled world that takes classic legends to fascinating new places.

The Wolf Among Us isn’t for everyone, and the ‘this isn’t a game’ crowd will likely voice its strong opinions, but believing that is

to miss the point entirely. This is a game about the relationships you form with other fables, the way you steer the story with your actions and the character you shape Bigby to be. Everybody’s story, though following the same overarching plot, will be peppered with different beats throughout the journey, and that’s the mark of an excellent adventure game.

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This is some of Telltale’s finest work, and while not all five episodes pack the same amount of punch, the season as a whole remains a polished and enjoyable offering, leaving us wanting to explore Fabletown all the more in an inevitable season two.

Adam Guetti

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The Rocks (02) 9247 2229 Mon – Sun 10.30am-midnight A Work In Progress 50 King St, Sydney CBD (02) 9240 3000 Mon – Fri noon-late; Sat 5pm-2am Ash St Cellar 1 Ash St, Sydney CBD (02) 9240 3000 Mon – Fri 8.30am-11pm Assembly 488 Kent St, Sydney CBD (02) 9283 8808 Mon – Fri noonmidnight; Sat 5pm-midnight The Australian Heritage Hotel 100 Cumberland St,

BAR100 100 George St, The Rocks (02) 8070 9311 Mon – Thu noon-late; Fri – Sat noon-3am; Sun noon-midnight Bar Eleven Lvl 11, 161 Sussex St, Sydney CBD (02) 9290 4712 Thu 4-10pm; Fri 4-11pm; Sat 3-11pm The Barber Shop 89 York St, Sydney CBD (02) 9299 9699 Mon – Fri 2pm-midnight; Sat 4pm-midnight

The Baxter Inn Basement 152-156 Clarence St, Sydney CBD Mon – Sat 4pm-1am Bulletin Place First Floor, 10-14 Bulletin Place, Circular Quay Mon – Fri 4pm-midnight; Sat 5pm-midnight deVine 32 Market St, Sydney CBD (02) 9262 6906 Mon – Fri 11.30am-11.30pm; Sat 5.30-11.30pm Frankie’s Pizza 50 Hunter St, Sydney CBD Mon – Sun 4pm-4am

Gilt Lounge 49 Market St, Sydney CBD (02) 8262 0000 Tue – Wed 6pm-midnight; Thu & Sat 6pm-2am; Fri 5pm-2am The Glenmore 96 Cumberland St, The Rocks (02) 9247 4794 Mon – Thu, Sun 11am-midnight; Fri – Sat 11am-1am Goodgod Small Club 53-55 Liverpool St, Sydney CBD (02) 8084 0587 Wed 5pm-1am; Thu 5pm-2am; Fri 5pm-5am; Sat 6pm-5am

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Grain Bar 199 George St, Sydney CBD (02) 9250 3118 Mon – Fri 4pm-1am; Sat noon-1am; Sun noon-midnight Grandma’s Basement 275 Clarence St, Sydney CBD (02) 9264 3004 Mon – Fri 3pm-late; Sat 5pm-late The Fox Hole 68A Erskine St, Sydney CBD (02) 9279 4369 Tue – Fri 5pm-midnight The Grasshopper 1 Temperance Ln, Sydney CBD (02) 9947 9025 Mon – Wed & Sat 4pm-late; Thu – Fri noon-late The Lobo Plantation Basement Lot 1, 209 Clarence St, Sydney CBD 0415 554 908 Mon – Thu 4pm-midnight; Fri 2pm-midnight; Sat 4pm-midnight Mojo Record Bar Basement 73 York St, Sydney CBD (02) 9262 4999 Mon – Fri 4pm-midnight; Sat 5pm-midnight The Morrison 225 George St, Sydney CBD (02) 9247 6744 Mon – Wed 7.30am-midnight; Thu 7.30-1am; Fri 7.302am; Sat 11.30-2am; Sun11.30am-10pm Palmer & Co. Abercrombie Ln, Sydney CBD (02) 9240 3172 Mon – Wed 5pm-late; Thu – Fri noon-late; Sat – Sun 5pm-late Papa Gede’s Bar Laneway at the end of 348 Kent St, Sydney CBD Mon – Sat 5pm-12am Ramblin’ Rascal Tavern 199 Elizabeth St, Sydney CBD Mon – Sat 4pm-midnight; Sun 4pm-10pm

Tell us about your bar: Seated in the beer garden of Coogee Bay Hotel, while the fresh sea breeze washes over you, a hint of salt air fills your nostrils and the sun warms your skin, it’s hard not to yearn for a tall ice-cold schooner of pale ale. It’s this experience that has become the source of inspiration for our brasserie menu. The location is second to none when it comes to a beachside pub, and with a whole lot of space to hold the crowds, it’s a brilliant place to tuck into a brasseriestyle meal after a hard day on the sand.

What’s on the menu?

Our chefs have revolutionised the brasserie with a fresh take on beachside flavours, drawing from the best of fine dining combined with traditional pub fare.

Care for a drink?

Try our $10 spiced warm mulled wine.

Sounds?

Live music: Elle May every Saturday for the month of August, 1-4pm.

Highlights: Winter specials by the beach.

The bill comes to: There’s nothing better than a spiced, warming glass of mulled wine with a traditional home-cooked style Sunday roast lunch.

Website: coogeebayhotel.com.au

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Rockpool Bar & Grill 66 Hunter St, Sydney CBD (02) 8078 1900 Mon – Sat lunch & dinner The Rook Level 7, 56-58 York St, Sydney CBD (02) 9262 2505 Mon – Fri 4pm-late; Sat 4pm-late Shirt Bar 7 Sussex Ln, Sydney CBD (02) 8068 8222 Mon –Wed 8am-6pm; Thu – Fri 8am-10pm Since I Left You 338 Kent St, Sydney CBD (02) 9262 4986 Mon – Wed 5pm-10pm; Thu – Fri 5pm-midnight; Sat 6pm-midnight Small Bar 48 Erskine St, Sydney CBD (02) 9279 0782 Mon – Fri noonmidnight; Sat 5pm-midnight The Spice Cellar Basement 58 Elizabeth

St, Sydney CBD (02) 9223 5585 Mon – Sun 4pm-late Spooning Goats 32 York St, Sydney CBD 0402 813 035 Mon – Sat 4pm-midnight Stitch Bar 61 York St, Sydney CBD (02) 9279 0380 Mon –Wed 4pm-midnight; Thu – Fri noon-2am; Sat 4pm-2am Tapavino 6 Bulletin Place, Circular Quay (02) 9247 3221 Mon – Fri 11am-11.30pm Uncle Ming’s 55 York St, Sydney CBD Mon – Fri 11am-midnight; Sat 5pm-midnight York Lane York Lane, Sydney CBD (02) 9299 1676 Mon – Wed 6.30am-10pm; Thu – Fri 6.30pm-midnight; Sat 6pm-midnight

Bar-racuda 105 Enmore Rd, Newtown (02) 9519 1121 Mon – Sat 6-midnight

5pm-midnight; Fri – Sat 5pm-1am; Sun 5-10pm Hive Bar 93 Erskineville Rd, Erskineville (02) 9519 9911 Mon – Fri noonmidnight; Sat 10am-midnight; Sun 10am-10pm Kelly’s On King 285 King St, Newtown (02) 9565 2288 Mon – Fri 10am-3am; Sat 10am-4am; Sun 10am-midnight Kuleto’s 157 King St, Newtown (02) 9519 6369 Mon – Wed 4pm-late; Thu – Sat 4pm-3am; Sun 4pm-midnight The Little Guy 87 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe (02) 9200 0000 Mon – Fri 4pm-midnight; Sat 1pm-midnight; Sun 3-10pm Mary’s 6 Mary St, Newtown Mon – Fri 4pm-midnight; Sat noon-midnight; Sun noon-10pm The Midnight Special 44 Enmore Road, Newtown (02) 9516 2345 Mon – Sat 5pm-midnight; Sun 4-10pm

Blacksheep 256 King St, Newtown (02) 8033 3455 Mon – Fri 3pm-midnight; Sat midday-midnight; Sun midday-10pm

Miss Peaches 201 Missenden Rd, Newtown (02) 9557 7280 Wed – Sun 5pm-midnight

Bloodwood 416 King St, Newtown (02) 9557 7699 Mon, Wed –Thu 5pm-late; Fri – Sat noon-late; Sun noon10pm

The Moose Newtown 530 King St, Newtown (02) 9557 0072 Wed – Sat 5pm-midnight; Sun 5-10pm

Cornerstone Bar & Food 245 Wilson St, Eveleigh (02) 8571 9004 Sun – Wed 10am-5pm; Thu – Sat 10am-late

Mr Falcon’s 92 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe (02) 9029 6626 Mon – Thu 4pm-midnight; Fri – Sat noon-midnight; Sun 2-10pm

Corridor 153A King St, Newtown 0422 873 879 Tue – Fri 3pm-midnight; Sat 1pm-midnight; Sun 1-10pm Cottage Bar & Kitchen 342 Darling St, Balmain (02) 8084 8185 Mon – Wed 5pm-midnight; Thu – Sat noon-midnight; Sun noon-10pm Different Drummer 185 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe (02) 9552 3406 Mon – Sat 4.30pm-late Earl’s Juke Joint 407 King St, Newtown Mon – Sat 4pm-midnight; Sun 4-10pm Freda’s 107-109 Regent St, Chippendale (02) 8971 7336 Mon – Thu 4pm-midnight; Fri noon-midnight; Sat 4pm-midnight; Sun 4-10pm The Green Room Lounge 156 Enmore Rd, Enmore (02) 8021 8451 Wed 5pm-late; Thu

Newtown Social Club 387 King St, Newtown (02) 9550 3974 Mon – Sat noonmidnight; Sun noon10pm The Oxford Tavern 1 New Canterbury Rd, Petersham (02) 8019 9351 Mon – Thu middaymidnight; Fri – Sat midday-3am; Sun midday-10pm

The Workers Lvl 1, 292 Darling St, Balmain (02) 9555 8410 Wed – Thu 5pm-midnight; Fri – Sat 5pm-3am; Sun 2-10pm ZanziBar 323 King St, Newtown (02) 9519 1511 Mon – Thu 10am-4am; Fri 10am-6am; Sat 10am-5am; Sun 10am-12am

121BC 4/50 Holt St, Surry Hills (02) 9699 1582 Tue – Thu 5-11pm; Fri – Sat 5pm-midnight Absinthe Salon 87 Albion St, Surry Hills (02) 9211 6632 Wed – Sat 4-10pm Backroom 2A Roslyn St, Potts Point (02) 9361 5000 Bar H 80 Campbell St, Surry Hills (02) 9280 1980 Tue – Sat 6pm-late The Beresford 354 Bourke St, Surry Hills (02) 8313 5000 Mon – Sun noon-1am Black Penny 648 Bourke St, Redfern (02) 9319 5061 Tue – Sat noonmidnight; Sun noon11pm Brooklyn Social 14 Randle St, Surry Hills 0451 972 057 Mon – Sun 12pm-2am Button Bar 65 Foveaux St, Surry Hills (02) 9211 1544 Mon – Sat 4pm-midnight Café Lounge 277 Goulburn St, Surry Hills (02) 9016 3951 Mon – Thu 5pm-midnight; Fri – Sat 4pm-midnight; Sunday 4-10pm The Carlisle 2 Kellett St, Kings Cross (02) 9331 0065 Thu – Sun 6pm-late The Carrington 565 Bourke St, Surry Hills (02) 9360 4714 Mon – Sun noonmidnight; Sun noon10pm

The Record Crate 34 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe (02) 9660 1075 Tue – Wed 11am-10pm; Thu – Fri 11am-midnight; Sat 10am-midnight; Sun 11am-10pm

Ching-a-Lings 1/133 Oxford St, Darlinghurst (02) 9360 3333 Tue – Wed 6pm-11pm; Thu 6pm-midnight; Fri 5pm-midnight; Sat 6pm-midnight; Sun 4pm-10pm

The Royal 156 Norton St, Leichhardt (02) 9569 2638 Mon – Thu 10am-1am; Fri – Sat 10am-3am; Sun 10am-midnight

The Cliff Dive 16-18 Oxford Square, Darlinghurst Wed – Sun 6pm-4am

Timbah 375 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe (02) 9571 7005 Tue – Thu 4-9pm; Fri 4pm-midnight; Sat 2pm-midnight; Sun 2-8pm

The Commons 32 Burton St, Darlinghurst (02) 9358 1487 Tue – Sun noon-late Darlo Bar 306 Liverpool St, Darlinghurst (02) 9331 3672 Mon – Sun 10am-midnight thebrag.com

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Hills (02) 9360 0088 Mon – Wed noon-2am; Thu – Sat noon-1am; Sun noon-11pm Love, Tilly Devine 91 Crown Ln, Darlinghurst (02) 9326 9297 Mon – Sat 5pm-midnight; Sun 4-10pm Low 302 302 Crown St, Surry Hills (02) 9368 1548 Tue – Sat 5pm-2am; Sun 6pm-2am Mr Fox 557 Crown St, Surry Hills 0414 691 811 Mon –Sat 5pm-midnight; Sun noon-10pm The Norfolk 305 Cleveland St, Surry Hills (02) 9699 3177 Mon – Wed noonmidnight; Thu – Sat noon-1am; Sun noon10pm The Passage 231A Victoria St, Darlinghurst (02) 9358 6116 Mon – Thu 5pm-late; Fri – Sun noon-late

ECHO FRIENDLY @ CHERRY THE STAR CASINO, PYRMONT Origins: This cocktail is all about everything green and botanical – yes, you guessed it: environmentally friendly! Mint, fresh lime, apple, melon, Dom Benedictine and Bombay Gin hits the spot.

The name not only represents the drink but is a nice little pun on our parent company Echo Entertainment.

Ingredients: Dom Benedictine, Bombay Sapphire, pomme verte, Midori, mint, sugar, fresh edible flowers to garnish Method: Simple! Add all ingredients – shake and strain onto crushed ice.

Glass: Double old fashioned.

Garnish: Garnish with our fresh edible flowers.

Best drunk with: Seafood – try our prawn twisters.

During: All night long, but start in the afternoon.

While wearing: Echo-friendly recycled ’80s.

And listening to: Smooth house beats.

More: star.com.au/sydney-nightlife/Pages/cherry.aspx or facebook.com/TheStar.Cherry

Darlie Laundromatic 304 Palmer St, Darlinghurst (02) 8095 0129 Wed – Sun 5-11pm Eau De Vie 229 Darlinghurst Rd, Darlinghurst 0422 263 226 Mon – Sat 6pm-1am; Sun 6pm-midnight The Flinders 63-65 Flinders St, Surry Hills (02) 9356 3622 Tue – Thu 5pm-3am; Fri – Sat 5pm-5am The Forresters 336 Riley St, Surry Hills (02) 9212 3035 Mon – Wed noonmidnight; Thu – Sat noon-1am; Sun noon10pm Foley Lane 371-373 Bourke St, Darlinghurst Mon, Wed – Fri 5pm-midnight; Sat 10am-3pm & 5pm-midnight; Sun 10am-10pm

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Gazebo 2 Elizabeth Bay Rd, Elizabeth Bay (02) 9357 5333 Mon – Thu 3pm-midnight; Fri – Sun noon-midnight The Hazy Rose 1/83 Stanley St, Darlinghurst (02) 9357 5036 Tue 3-11pm; Wed – Sat 3pm-midnight; Sun 3-10pm Hello Sailor 96 Oxford St, Darlinghurst (02) 9332 2442 Tue – Sun 5pm-1am Hinky Dinks 185 Darlinghurst Rd, Darlinghurst (02) 8084 6379 Mon – Thu 5pm-midnight; Fri 4pm-midnight; Sat 3pm-midnight; Sun 1-10pm Hollywood Hotel 2 Foster St, Surry Hills (02) 9281 2765 Mon – Wed 10am-midnight; Thu – Sat 10am-3am

Hustle & Flow Bar 105 Regent St, Redfern (02) 9310 5593 Tue – Sat 5pm-midnight Jekyll & Hyde 332 Victoria St, Darlinghurst (02) 9360 5568 Wed – Fri 4pm-late; Sat 8.30am-late; Sun 8.30am-evening Li’l Darlin Darlinghurst 235 Victoria St, Darlinghurst (02) 8084 6100 Mon – Sat 5pmmidnight Li’l Darlin Surry Hills 420 Elizabeth St, Surry Hills (02) 9698 5488 Mon – Thu noon-3pm & 5-11pm; Fri – Sun noon-11pm Lo-Fi 2/383 Bourke St, Darlinghurst (02) 9318 1547 Wed – Sat 6pm-late The Local Tap House 122 Flinders St, Surry

Play Bar 72 Campbell St, Surry Hills (02) 9280 0885 Wed – Sat 4pm-midnight; Sun 3-10pm Pocket Bar 13 Burton St, Darlinghurst (02) 9380 7002 Mon – Thu 4pm-midnight; Fri – Sat 4pm-1am; Sun 4pm-midnight

noon-10pm Vasco 421 Cleveland St, Redfern 0406 775 436 Tue – Sat 5pm-midnight; Sun 5-10pm The Victoria Room Lvl 1, 235 Victoria St, Darlinghurst (02) 9357 4488 Tue – Fri 6pm-midnight; Sat noon-2am; Sun noon-midnight The Wild Rover 75 Campbell St, Surry Hills (02) 9280 2235 Mon – Sat 4pm-midnight; Sun noon-10pm The Winery 285A Crown St, Surry Hills (02) 9331 0833 Mon – Sun noonmidnight

Anchor Bar 8 Campbell Pde, Bondi (02) 8084 3145 Tue – Fri 4.30pm-late; Sat – Sun 12.30pm-late

(02) 8020 6698 Tue – Sat 5pm-midnight; Sun 3-10pm Flying Squirrel 249 Bondi Rd, Bondi (02) 9130 1033 Mon – Fri 6pm-late; Sat 4pm-late; Sun 4-10pm The Rum Diaries 288 Bondi Rd, Bondi (02) 9300 0440 Tue – Sat 6pm-midnight; Sun 6-10pm Speakeasy 83 Curlewis St, Bondi (02) 9130 2020 Mon – Fri 3pm-late; Sat – Sun noon-late Stuffed Beaver 271 Bondi Rd, Bondi (02) 9130 3002 Mon – Sat noonmidnight; Sun noon10pm

The Bay Jam Bar 2A Waters Rd, Neutral Bay 0407 454 0815 Tue – Fri 11am-midnight; Sat – Sun 7am-midnight

Bondi Hardware 39 Hall St, Bondi (02) 9365 7176 Mon – Wed 5-11pm; Thu 5pm-midnight; Sat 10am-midnight; Sun 10am-10pm

Firefly 24 Young St, Neutral Bay (02) 9909 0193 Mon – Wed 5-10pm; Thu 4-11pm; Fri – Sat noon-11pm; Sun noon9.30pm

The Bucket List Shop 1, Bondi Pavilion, Queen Elizabeth Drive (02) 9365 4122 Mon – Sun 11am-late

The Foxtrot 28 Falcon St, Crows Nest Tue – Sat 5pm-3am; Sun 5-10pm

The Corner House 281 Bondi Rd, Bondi

Harlem On Central Shop 4,9-15 Central

Tue – Fri 10am-late; Sat 8am-late; Sun 8am-10pm

Ave, Manly (02) 9976 6737 Tue – Sun 5pm-midnight

Miss Marley’s Tequila Bar 32 Belgrave St, Manly (02) 8065 4805 Mon – Sat 5pm-midnight; Sun 5-10pm

Hemingway’s 48 North Steyne, Manly (02) 9976 3030 Mon – Sat 8am-midnight; Sun 8am-10pm Honey Rider 230 Military Rd, Neutral Bay (02) 9953 8880 Tue – Sat 4pm-midnight; Sun 4-10pm In Situ 1/18 Sydney Rd, Manly (02) 9977 0669 Mon 9am-6pm; Wed – Sun 9am-midnight The Hunter 5 Myahgah Rd, Mosman Mon – Tue 5pm-midnight; Wed – Sat noon-midnight; Sun noon-10pm Jah Ba Shop 7, 9-15 Central Ave, Manly (02) 9977 4449 Tue – Fri 5pm-midnight; Sat noon-midnight; Sun noon-10pm The Local Bar 8 Young Ln, Neutral Bay (02) 9953 0027 Mon 5-10pm; Tue – Wed 8am-10pm; Thu – Sat 8am-midnight; Sun 8am-10pm Manly Wine 8-13 South Steyne, Manly (02) 8966 9000 Mon – Sun 7am-late

Moonshine Lvl 2, Hotel Steyne, 75 The Corso, Manly (02) 9977 4977 Thu – Sat 5pm-midnight; Sun 3-11pm The Pickled Possum 254 Military Rd, Neutral Bay (02) 9909 2091 Thu – Sat 9pm-1am SoCal 1 Young St, Neutral Bay (02) 9904 5691 Mon – Tue 4pm-midnight: Wed – Thu midday-1am; Fri – Sat midday- 2am; Sun midday-midnight The Stoned Crow 39 Willoughby Rd, Crows Nest (02) 9439 5477 Mon – Sun noon-late White Hart 19-21 Grosvenor St, Neutral Bay (02) 8021 2115 Tue – Thu 5pm-late; Fri 4pm-late; Sat 2pm-late; Sun noon-8pm

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The Mayor 400 Military Rd, Cremorne (02) 8969 6060

Queenie’s Upstairs Forresters Cnr Foveaux and Riley St, Surry Hills (02) 9212 3035 Tue – Sat 6pm-late Roosevelt 32 Orwell St, Potts Point 0423 203 119 Tue – Sat 5pm-midnight Santa Barbara 1 Bayswater Rd, Kings Cross (02) 9357 7882 Wed 6pm-1am; Thu & Sat 6pm-2am; Fri noon-2am Shady Pines Saloon Shop 4, 256 Crown St, Darlinghurst Mon – Sun 4pm-midnight The Soda Factory 16 Wentworth Ave, Surry Hills (02) 8096 9120 Mon – Wed 5pm-late; Thu 5pm-2am; Fri – Sat 5pm-5am Sweethearts Rooftop 33/37Darlinghurst Rd, Potts Point (02) 9368 7333 Mon – Thu 4pm-midnight; Fri – Sun noon-midnight Tio’s Cerveceria 4/14 Foster St, Surry Hills Mon – Sat 4pm-midnight; Sun 4-10pm Unicorn Cellar Basement, 106 Oxford St, Paddington (02) 9360 7994 Tue – Thu 4pm-midnight; Fri – Sat noon-midnight; Sun

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

ALBUM OF THE WEEK JOYCE MANOR

melodic edge and individual identity that demonstrate clear evolution.

Never Hungover Again Epitaph

Blake Gallagher

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A Xxxx more mature take on the awkward, neurotic sensibilities that give Joyce Manor their heart.

Since their 2011 full-length debut, California quartet Joyce Manor have carved out a niche for themselves, melding the musical and thematic stylings of early Saves The Day and Weezer with a sense of frenzied urgency that’s made their output all the more earnest and impassioned. On third studio album Never Hungover Again, the band continues to craft catchy, succinct bursts of breakneck, angstladen pop-punk while showing off a

While earlier work relied on a simplistic yet visceral method of delivery, it’s immediately clear in the dynamic juxtaposition and nuanced flair of ‘Christmas Card’ and ‘Falling In Love Again’ that the band has devoted far more time into fleshing out ideas within songs, while honouring the Joyce Manor tradition of keeping each around the two-minute mark. Throughout, the group explores a far wider sonic palette than in the past. The end result is a listening experience that ultimately feels more whole.

ONE DAY

REUBEN AND THE DARK

STICKY FINGERS

“WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC

JOHN GARCIA

Mainline Elefant Traks/Sony

Funeral Sky Arts & Crafts / Create/Control

Land Of Pleasure Sureshaker

Mandatory Fun RCA/Sony

John Garcia Napalm

Australian hip hop often thrives from its sense of community, but when it comes to the collective known as One Day, it runs even deeper. Having met in high school, the septet is made of lifelong friends who have built up considerable success individually through acts like Horrorshow and Jackie Onassis.

Fleet Foxes have a lot to answer for.

For all their inventive arrangements and three-minute dissonant sax solos, the only thing they’ve influenced in the modern musical landscape is a lot of white bread.

So here’s Mumford & Sons Mach III, AKA Reuben And The Dark.

With two tasty singles under their belt this year already, Sticky Fingers have stirred a melting pot of influences together to produce a rugged yet astoundingly catchy reggae-rock sound on this confident second album.

It was said in Wayne’s World 2 that Keith Richards cannot be killed by conventional weapons. On his 14th (!) studio album, one might start to suspect the same of “Weird Al” Yankovic, the clever clown who has often managed to have more success on the charts than the songs he is parodying.

John Garcia’s solo project was expected in 2008 but has only surfaced now. What took so long?

Well, after founding the desert rock group Kyuss, which also featured Josh Homme, Garcia was involved in other projects before bringing Kyuss back in 2010 as Kyuss Lives! A court case by Homme saw the name changed to Vista Chino, which itself has now been disbanded. And out of the drama, at last, has emerged Garcia’s cumbersome debut.

Mainline marks the first time that all of them have worked together under the One Day moniker. Given the pedigree of the artists on hand, anticipation has naturally grown extremely high for the album. It’s justified on the big posse cuts like single ‘Love Me Less’ and bigtalking intro number ‘Many Hands’, which showcase the strong points on offer – namely the bold verses and the simple yet effective hook melodies.

The appeal, however, wears out after a period, particularly in the downtempo, dub-oriented turn towards the end. 55 minutes is a big ask at the best of times, particularly when a portion of that is wasted on meandering instrumentals.

While they’re not as offensively bland as Mumford, you know what this album sounds like before you’ve heard it. Acoustic guitars, wordless, unimaginative harmonies, midtempo drums, rustic imagery and vague religious references, all layered with heavy reverb, add up to complete the indie-folk checklist.

This is a competently produced album, so obviously the group knows what it’s doing. The tragedy is that it seems to use indie-folk cliches only because they’re fashionable.

These are simple indie-pop songs at heart, until a reverb-drenched multi-voiced harmony and a steady folk drumbeat appears, shoehorning the album into indie-folk territory and quashing any potential for ingenuity.

It’s not that there are too many cooks on Mainline – more that the album seems to lose its flavour quicker than you’d hope. Still, for fans of local hip hop, there is plenty to be enjoyed here.

So if you can’t get enough of the current folk boom, you might get something out of Funeral Sky. Otherwise, hope that mainstream audiences realise that folk is literally the furthest away from a new genre of music as possible and we can all move on from this sedate era of music ASAP.

David James Young

Leonardo Silvestrini

The opener and title track, ‘Land Of Pleasure’, emits a coaxing cry without giving away too much of their game, for the song is barely a glimpse of the versatility that Sticky Fingers are capable of. Tied together by the echoing Aussie twang of Dylan Frost’s vocals, the songs dance between styles, from the heavy reggae beats of ‘Fake A Smile’ to silkier glories like ‘Rum Rage’.

While most of the album will put pep in your step, Land Of Pleasure isn’t without its lower points. The record is perhaps one or two tracks too long, and the newer songs fail to convey the same effortlessness of singles ‘Gold Snafu’ and ‘Just For You’.

This needn’t deter you from listening all the way through, however.

There is more than enough variety in the record for everyone, and it provides a wonderful detour from the electronica and indie rock currently dominating the Australian music scene.

So prepare for a feast, because this album is finger-lickin’ good.

Erin Rooney

INDIE ALBUM OF THE WEEK Youth is often romanticised in the world of music – a time when nothing could be better and everyone is happy about everything. There is, of course, rain and stormy weather to go against this proverbial sunshine and rainbows – often provided, ironically enough, by the people still in that phase of their life.

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This is where Modern Baseball come in – a Philadelphian quartet that does a blend of second-wave emo, college rock and the kind of pop-punk that got great reviews but was never accessible enough for the major labels. Lyrically, the band’s second album recalls social anxiety, messy breakups and nights you wish you could forget about – check the fantastic one-

two punch of ‘Your Graduation’ and ‘Two Good Things’ towards the end of the tracklisting. It comes through the lens of vocalist/ guitarist Brendan Lukens, who sounds like a hybrid of The Weakerthans’ John K. Sampson and They Might Be Giants’ John Flansburgh. Although initially peculiar, You’re Gonna Miss It All is the kind of album that greatly rewards repeat listens. After a while, it begins to feel like home.

It’s honest, it’s authentic and it’s one of the most surprising albums of the year. Time you were involved.

As his contract with RCA expires, he’s decided to go out in style with Mandatory Fun – and no-one is safe. Whether you’re a sports nut, an illiterate internet commenter or a whiny rich manchild, Yankovic has something in store. He provides the single greatest bait-andswitch of his career on ‘Foil’ – his ‘Royals’ imitation – as a nod to those who associate his parodies with food, while closing number ‘Jackson Park Express’ could well be his fi nest epic-length about nothing in particular since the 1999 classic ‘Albuquerque’.

A misstep comes with CSN pastiche ‘Mission Statement’, but it’s a mere scratch when it comes to the big picture. Pound for pound, this album counts among Al’s best.

Opener ‘My Mind’ sums up the flaws of the album with overly grainy vocals and limited melodic progression. It relies too heavily upon shifting instrumental distortion to create interest.

‘Rolling Stoned’ and ‘5000 Miles’ show how placing such emphasis on one element only deadens a song. Only occasionally does the distorted obsession work, like on ‘The Blvd’ with the slow licks of the guitar reigning in the listener and demanding to be heard.

As a whole, this album offers little of interest and is tonally uncomfortable as it stays on one plane.

Homer Simpson once said, “He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life.” Mandatory Fun makes sure that both stay in the affirmative camp.

At times, you almost connect with what Garcia’s saying, but for most of it you are left asking, ‘Why?’

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Hordern Pavilion Friday July 25 Currently, ABC2 is airing a series called Lily Allen: From Riches To Rags. It’s a documentary about the singer’s fashion business, which she opened with sister Sarah Owen in 2010 when simple pop stardom became too much for her. That wilting enthusiasm for being a recording and touring artist has been a theme of Allen’s life since the release of It’s Not Me, It’s You in 2009, and even though she’s back with Sheezus (and her London clothing store has been closed), the nowmother-of-two is as anti-pop as she ever was.

Or at least that’s what she wants us to think. Allen’s power as a creative voice has always derived from her ability to poke fun at pop; to pass commentary on important issues of womanhood and politics through the musical tools that are so often used for so, so much less. For an anti-pop star, though, Allen’s latest tour sees her pretty darn committed to being pop.

She walks onstage midway through the first verse of ‘Sheezus’, and takes her place among a four-woman dancing troupe – the choreography subtle but sharp. For ‘Hard Out Here’, those dancers wear dog masks as they pivot around the giant infant milk

bottles that form much of Allen’s stage and lighting design, and soon enough there’s a first costume change as Allen steps out of her fluoro yellow catsuit and into something even more revealing. The band is tight and the crowd is enthusiastic, even more so when oldies ‘Smile’ and ‘Everyone’s At It’ get a run – and despite the flu Allen says she’s been carrying since Melbourne, her vocals are spot on.

The cynicism and irony that are Allen’s strengths are never far from the surface, but at her worst she dies by her own sword, her least imaginative songs descending into middling pop like anyone else’s. Alas, that’s the story of much of the new album, so there’s a long period through the centre of this set in which the melodies are flat and the lyrics are bare. “Everything’s perfect and I’m as content as can be / This is the life for me,” isn’t quite Cohen.

New single ‘URL Badman’ lifts proceedings, though, backed by an impressive light display, before a cover of Keane’s ‘Somewhere Only We Know’. And nothing tells Allen’s story better than the lacing of perfect bubble gum melodies with the acerbic barbs of ‘Fuck You’. Alongside ‘The Fear’, that’s exactly where Allen hits her target: pop turned against itself to make her the most listenable spokeswoman of her era.

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SKY FERREIRA, EVES Metro Theatre Friday July 25 Sky Ferreira has the extremes of the grungepop spectrum covered – from a widely publicised DIY record to a support slot on Miley’s Bangerz tour. In March, the 22-yearold former model rocked a sold-out headline show at Oxford Art Factory and, naturally, all eyes have been on Ferreira’s return Down Under for Splendour.

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So you can understand the sheer confusion when Sky Ferreira shuffles onto stage to ‘24 Hours’, her dot-to-dot vocals failing to cause any ripples across the sea of phones.

Movement in the crowd is minimal, bar the arm extensions for a better shot. The song ends and Ferreira excuses herself from the stage, much to the (visible) disdain

Trudging around stage in a sunflower dress and leather jacket, the LA native throws a pair of dark sunnies over her eyelinersmeared eyes. As she belts out pop hit after hit, the control in her voice is nothing short of impressive, but between each hook and thespian young-love lyric there’s a big ol’ I-don’t-wanna-be-here elephant that keeps sweeping the room. And with the unresponsive crowd, you can hardly blame her.

There are rare glimpses of Ferreira’s face beneath her black mane, which she almost seems more comfortable singing through, and now and then she reaches out and prompts the audience into a screaming mess.

‘I Blame Myself’ is a blazing comet through the set, and momentarily wrestles the tweens away from their photo-taking. You almost feel sorry for Ferreira, who sullenly drags herself back onstage for ‘Everything Is Embarrassing’ – a fitting epilogue to the evening.

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The Metro is, as expected, packed out, with giggling teens sardining their way to the front while the stage is still bare. Hannah Karydas warms the crowd as Eves, the 19-year-old Brisbanite stomping her way through a setlist of pop with a punch. Eves’ songs, underscored by rolling percussion and swampy synth from her band members, have the audience wonderstruck, caught between her lithe lyrics and commanding vocals. Strumming brazenly on her guitar, Eves closes with ‘Electrical’, an ’80s-tinged cut that caps off an almost too polished performance.

of her band, which continues to play with unreciprocated energy. It’s awkward. And Ferreira breaks the number one rule of awkward moments on her return. “It’s a bit dead up here and I’m already awkward,” she mumbles, adding that she’s nervous. A few uneasy laughs later and she’s back into her set, with tracks from her blogger-gold debut album Night Time, My Time eliciting some sing-along action.

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The Factory Floor Friday July 25 After an initial tour cancellation due to dodgy promoters, and their drummer sitting out with a rotator cuff injury, it seemed North Carolina punk-metal pioneers Corrosion Of Conformity weren’t destined to make it to Sydney’s shores. With their ninth release titled (you guessed it) IX freshly pulsating in our ears, the revered veterans proved they meant business, managing to dust off their fretboards and hit the intimate Factory Floor in Marrickville.

Local acts Whisky Smile and Lo! loosened up every sober body with some hard-hitting sludgey prog metal.

Whisky Smile showcased their raw Aussie ruffian style with songs like ‘A Dingo’s Got My Baby’ and a cover of ‘Nutbush City Limits’. Quartet Lo! equally pummelled the room with exuberance and attitude. The animalistic body windmilling of frontman JamieLee Smith hypnotised onlookers as he climbed the barrier into the crowd and literally threw himself into the music.

Corrosion Of Conformity hit the stage with a mighty hour-long set of thrashing punk-metal tracks from their

late ’80s albums and the more recent Megalodon and IX. The three-piece lineup is technically the original one with Mike Dean at the vocal helm and lead guitarist Woody Weatherman. Drummer Reed Mullin’s replacement was the dynamite Eric Hernandez from sludge metal outfi t Kylesa.

Hernandez couldn’t have done a better job of ripping the drums up with prodigious muscle. The band opened with ‘Brand New Sleep’, rife with its signature drawn-out chugging riffs and throttling tempo changes. The burly Weatherman shredded away with his killer guitar solos and infectious smile, acknowledging the crowd’s energy with every riff and rhythm. Dean’s intense wails powered through like he was a devil possessed, looking every bit the grassroots rocker we love with his shaggy threads and fuzzed-out locks.

Hardcore classics like 1985’s ‘Loss For Words’ and ‘Holier’ seamlessly joined 2012 tracks ‘Psychic Vampire’ and ‘Rat City’ and sent the diehard fans into a furious mosh. COC’s set was exactly as it should have been – loud, fast, and a no-nonsense journey through their beastly catalogue of punked-out Southern metal.

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SATURDAY AUGUST 2 Newtown Social Club

Marlon Williams & Melody Pool + Skyscraper Stan 8pm. $13.

WEDNESDAY JULY 30 ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK

Chris Raicevich The Loft (UTS), Ultimo. 6pm. free.

Mitch Anderson & His Organic Orchestra Coopers Hotel, Newtown.

8:45pm. free.

Musos Club Jam Night The Bald Faced Stag, Leichhardt. 8pm. free.

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Lionel Cole Imperial Hotel, Paddington.

8pm. free.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC

30th Anniversary Of Purple Rain The Vanguard, Newtown.

7pm. $23.80.

Cole Soul And Emotion feat: Lionel Cole The White Horse, Surry Hills.

8pm. free.

Guy Strazz Quartet Venue 505, Surry Hills. 7pm. $16.

The Nu Grooves

A Crooner’s Christmas In July - feat: The Shuffle Soda Factory, Surry Hills.

5pm. free.

Gang Of Brothers Jam Night Spring Street Social, Bondi.

9pm. free.

THURSDAY JULY 31 ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK

Jenny Marie Lang Nag’s Head Hotel, Glebe.

8:15pm. free.

Live Music Thursdays Bar100, The Rocks. 5pm. free.

Ollie Brown Easy Tiger, Paddington. 9pm. $5.

Stuart Jammin + Warren Munce Ruby L’otel, Rozelle. 7:30pm. free.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

Andrew Denniston + Rodrigo Gouveia Hampshire Hotel, Camperdown. 7:30pm. free.

10 O’Clock Rock - feat: Creo Frankie’s Pizza, Sydney.

10pm. free.

A Team Duo Crows Nest Hotel, Crows Nest. 9pm. free.

Alex Hopkins Open Mic Night Wenty Leagues Club, Wentworthville. 9pm. free.

Alkemie Night - feat: Live Music + DJ Sudek Spring Street Social, Bondi.

9:30pm. free.

Another Side Of Bob Dylan Tribute - feat: Rooney West + Veronica Wagner + Sonny Breaks + Ken McLean + Victoria Young + Dirty Fez + L J Phillips + Loretta D’Urso + Mick Hambly + Lorias James + Mark’N The Blues + Lisa Richards + Russell Neal + Tommy Pickett Camelot Lounge, Marrickville.

8pm. $20.

Ben Howard + Nick Mulvey Enmore Theatre, Newtown.

7:15pm. $64.90.

Carl Fidler Observer Hotel, The Rocks.

8:30pm. free.

Dan Spillane Dee Why Hotel, Dee Why. 7pm. free.

Daniel Dawes + Michael Plater + Black River Bell + Cabin Inn + Bryan Estepa Red Rattler, Marrickville. 8pm. $10.

Dave White Duo Maloney’s Hotel, Sydney.

9:30pm. free.

Gloss + Knitted Abyss + Orion Lansdowne Hotel, Chippendale. 8pm. free.

Greg Agar Scruffy Murphy’s Hotel, Sydney. 7:30pm. free.

Harbour Master Fortune Of War, The Rocks.

7pm. free.

Harry Manx Katoomba RSL, Katoomba.

7pm. $44.

Husky Newtown Social Club, Newtown. 8pm. $20.

Jeremy Forest Lodge Hotel, Forest Lodge. 7:30pm. free.

Jess Dunbar Northies Cronulla Hotel, Cronulla. 7:30pm. free.

Lime Cordiale + Evan & The Brave Moonshine Cider & Rum Bar, Manly. 9pm. free.

Matt Jones Northies Cronulla Hotel, Cronulla. 7:30pm. free.

Mietta + Billie McCarthy Venue 505, Surry Hills. 8pm. $15.

Ms Murphy + Daniel March Brass Monkey, Cronulla. 7pm. $35.

Obits Goodgod Small Club, Sydney.

8pm. $31.70.

Steve Tonge Hillside Hotel, Castle Hill.

7:30pm. free.

The Fabergettes + Ali E + Bad Bitch Choir The Forresters, Surry Hills.

8:30pm. free.

The Late Night Soda Social - feat: Black Diamond Hearts + Dick Smithers + The Doo Wops Soda Factory, Surry Hills.

8pm. free.

The Mumps + Flipped Out Kicks Hotel Hollywood, Surry Hills.

8pm. free.

White Bros Orient Hotel, The Rocks.

9:30pm. free.

Zoltan New Brighton Hotel, Manly.

10pm. free.

FRIDAY AUGUST 1 JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC Feel Good Friday Jazz Session Venue 505, Surry Hills. 8pm. free.

Jazz Hip-Hop Freestyle Sessions Foundry616, Ultimo. 11:30pm. free.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

A Great Big World Metro Theatre, Sydney. 8pm. free.

Alex Hopkins Wenty Leagues Club, Wentworthville. 9pm. free.

Am 2 Pm Club Central Menai, Menai.

9pm. free.

Andrew Denniston + Starr Witness + Winters End + The Hadron Colliders Ruby L’otel, Rozelle. 8pm. free.

Ange Panthers, Penrith. 8pm. free.

Bart Smith Rosehill Hotel, Clyde. 7:30pm. free.

Bede Kennedy Parramatta RSL, Parramatta.

5pm. free.

Born Jovi - The Bon Jovi Show Bull & Bush Hotel, Baulkham Hills. 9:30pm. free.

Brad Johns Time & Tide Hotel, Dee Why. 7:30pm. free.

Broods Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst. 8pm. $20.50.

Bullrush Entertainment Presents Black Label - feat: Strickrun + Eymaze + Til Rapture + Before Ciada + Mad Charlie + Carbon Black + Noveaux Valve Bar, Agincourt Hotel, Ultimo. 8pm. $15.

Carl Fidler Observer Hotel, The Rocks.

6pm. free.

Chris Cody Quartet Foundry616, Ultimo. 8:30pm. $21.50.

Clay Vetter Crows Nest Hotel, Crows Nest. 7pm. free.

Craig Thommo Mona Vale Hotel, Mona Vale.

9pm. free.

Craw Daddy Club - feat: Thieves + Deep Creek + Little Coyote Bank Hotel, Newtown. 11pm. free.

Dave Morris Northies Cronulla Hotel, Cronulla. 9pm. free.

David Agius Band Crows Nest Hotel, Crows Nest. 10:30pm. free.

DJ S Huskisson Hotel, Huskisson.

8pm. free.

DJ Marty Wentworthville Leagues Club, Wentworthville. 9pm. free.

Dollshay Quakers Inn, Quakers Hill.

8pm. free.

Drew The Oriental Hotel, Springwood. 8pm. free.

Evie Dean Northies Cronulla Hotel, Cronulla. 5:30pm. free.

Gerard Masters Kirribilli Hotel, Milsons Point.

8pm. free.

Glenn Esmond Trio Coogee Bay Hotel, Coogee.

10:30pm. free.

Greg Agar Mona Vale Hotel, Mona Vale.

5:30pm. free.

Greg Agar Duo Kings Cross Hotel, Kings Cross. 10:30pm. free.

Gypsys Of Pangea Spectrum, Darlinghurst. 9pm. $10.

Harry Manx Newtown Social Club, Newtown. 8pm. $49.

Hockey Dad + Babaganouj + Shaky Handz FBi Social, Kings Cross. 8pm. $10.

Hornert Exchange Hotel, Darlinghurst.

8pm. free.

Imogen Clark Rooty Hill RSL Club, Rooty Hill. 6pm. free.

James Fox Higgins Duo Hillside Hotel, Castle Hill.

8pm. free.

Jaybirds Vinyl Room, Gymea. 9:30pm. free.

JJ Duo North Sydney Leagues Club, Cammeray. 9:30pm. free.

Joe Echo Duo PJ Gallagher’s, Leichhardt.

10pm. free.

John Field + The Epics Campbelltown Catholic Club, Campbelltown. 9:15pm. free.

Live Music At The Royal The Royal, Leichhardt.

9:30pm. free.

Loose Units - feat: In Hydes Shadow + Deminish The Gods + Adriaaan + Metlad + More Valve Bar, Agincourt Hotel, Ultimo. 9pm. $10.

Matt Jones Trio Western Suburbs Leagues Club, Leumeah. 9pm. free.

Matt Lyon Colonial Hotel, Werrington.

9pm. free.

Max Power Chatswood RSL, Chatswood.

5pm. free.

Melody Rhymes Duo Old Fitzroy Hotel, Woolloomooloo 8pm. free.

Mescalero + Steve Edmonds Club Ashfield, Ashfield. 8pm. free.

Ms Murphy + Daniel March Brass Monkey, Cronulla. 7pm. $17.

Muddy Feet Windsor Leagues Club, Windsor South. 9pm. free.

Panorama Three Wise Monkeys, Sydney.

10pm. free.

Pepa Knight Goodgod Small Club, Sydney.

8pm. $12.

Planet Groove Revesby Workers Club, Revesby. 8:30pm. free.

Raw Showcase Manning Bar, Camperdown.

7:30pm. $15.

Reckless Orient Hotel, The Rocks.

9:30pm. free.

Rob Henry The Grand Hotel, Rockdale.

5:30pm. free.

Rock N Roll Party Spring Street Social, Bondi.

8pm. free.

Something To Talk About Ramsgate RSL, Sans Souci.

8pm. free.

Stormcellar Lazybones Lounge, Marrickville. 9pm. $10.

The Loaded Six Strings Pittwater RSL, Mona Vale.

8pm. free.

The Sphinxes Vineyard Hotel, Vineyard.

9:30pm. free.

Tim Shaw Harbord Beach Hotel, Harbord. 7pm. free.

Ultimate Pink Show Edgeworth Tavern, Edgeworth. 8:30pm. free.

Zoltan Castle Hill RSL, Castle Hill.

9:30pm. free. xxx

Andy Mammers Duo Maloney’s Hotel, Sydney. 9pm. free.

Cabins + Gasoline Bride Newtown Social Club, Newtown. 8pm. $15.

Cambo Observer Hotel, The Rocks.

9:30pm. free.

Fat Bubba’s Chicken Wednesdays Soda Factory, Surry Hills.

5pm. free.

Gary Johns Hillside Hotel, Castle Hill.

7:30pm. free.

Heath Burdell Summer Hills Hotel, Summer

Hill. 7:30pm. free.

Jenny Broke The Window + Wish + Luc Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach. 8pm. free.

JMC Academy Showcase Foundry616, Ultimo. 8:30pm. $11.50.

Jungle + Fishing Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst. 8pm. $44.90.

Karl Laskowski Quartet + Steve Barry Trio Venue 505, Surry Hills. 8pm. $15.

Matt Jones Trio Three Wise Monkeys, Sydney.

10pm. free.

The 1975 + Gang Of Youths Enmore Theatre, Newtown.

7:30pm. $49.50.

The Chosen Few Duo Orient Hotel, The Rocks.

9:30pm. free.

The Happy Hippies Ettamogah Hotel, Kelly Ridge.

7pm. free.

Tim Hulsmann Frankie’s Pizza, Sydney. 9pm. free.

Foundry616, Ultimo. 8pm. $21.50.

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ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK 6 Strings Town & Country Hotel, St Peters. 7:30pm. free.

Flamin Beauties Crown Hotel, Camden. 8pm. free.

Kevin Laso Barenz, Camden. 7:30pm. free.

SATURDAY AUGUST 2 ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK Paul Hayward, Little Jim & Friends Town & Country Hotel, St Peters. 4pm. free.

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INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

Iguana Trio Belmont 16s, Belmont. 8pm. free.

Agent 69 Penrith RSL, Penrith. 9pm. free.

AJ Harbourview Hotel, The Rocks. 8pm. free.

Alex Hopkins Kirribilli Hotel, Milsons Point.

8pm. free.

Am 2 Pm Courthouse Hotel, Darlinghurst. 10pm. free.

Benn Finn Trio The Mean Fiddler, Rouse Hill.

9pm. free.

Black Diamond Hearts Rock Lily, Pyrmont. 9:30pm. free.

Bounce Crows Nest Hotel, Crows Nest. 10:30pm. free.

Brad Johns Town Hall Hotel, Balmain.

10pm. free.

Broods Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst. 8pm. $20.50.

Cambo Observer Hotel, The Rocks.

4pm. free.

Cara Kavanagh Duo PJ Gallagher’s, Leichhardt.

10pm. free.

Daniel Romeo Crows Nest Hotel, Crows Nest. 7pm. free.

Dave Morris Brewhouse Marayong, Kings Park. 8pm. free.

Dave Phillips Harbord Beach Hotel, Harbord. 7pm. free.

David Agius Duo The Mean Fiddler, Rouse Hill.

6pm. free.

David Bowie Tribute - feat: Stuart Jammin + When Mother Comes To Visit + Blind Copy + Glen And Glenda + Johnny Freud + Zack Martin + Bonnie Kay + Nicholas Loveridge + Colin Stephens + Chris Moretti + Russell Neal Petersham Bowling Club, Petersham. 7:30pm. $15.

DJ Mounties, Mount Pritchard.

8pm. free.

Double Lined Minority + Stand Atlantic + Divide & Conquer + Kiss Me Valve Bar, Agincourt Hotel, Ultimo. 12pm. $15.

Drew Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel, Woolloomooloo. 9pm. free.

Drew McAlister Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel, Woolloomooloo. 9pm. free.

Emma Pask Brass Monkey, Cronulla. 7pm. $27.

Evie Dean Le Pub, Sydney. 9pm. free.

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The Belvedere Hotel, Sydney.

8:15pm. free.

Free League Of Extraordinary Monsters + The Wrong Keys Town & Country Hotel, St Peters. 7:30pm. free.

Funkapedia Exchange Hotel, Darlinghurst.

8pm. free.

Gang Of Brothers Venue 505, Surry Hills. 8pm. $15.

Gerard Masters Northies Cronulla Hotel, Cronulla. 9pm. free.

Gerard Masters Penrith RSL, Penrith. 2pm. free.

Glenn Esmond Fortune Of War, The Rocks.

8pm. free.

Harbour Masters Duo Coogee Bay Hotel, Coogee.

12pm. free.

High Rollers Big Band Revesby Workers Club, Revesby. 8:30pm. free.

Hooray For Everything Mittagong RSL, Mittagong.

10pm. free.

Ignition Scruffy Murphy’s Hotel, Sydney. 10pm. free.

Iron Bark Rock Carousel Inn Hotel, Rooty Hill.

8pm. free.

Iron Lion Oatley Hotel, Oatley. 8:45pm. free.

Jackson Holt Greystanes Inn, Greystanes Inn. 8pm. free.

James Englund New Brighton Hotel, Manly.

10pm. free.

JJ Duo Club Windang, Windang.

7:30pm. free.

Joe Echo Trio Campbelltown Catholic Club, Campbelltown. 9:30pm. free.

Jonathon Jones Orient Hotel, The Rocks.

4:30pm. free.

Klay Cookie’s Lounge Bar, Strathfield North. 8pm. free.

Last Stand Chisel Barnes Show South Hurstville RSL Club, South Hurstville. 9pm. free.

League Of Extraordinary Monsters + The Wrong Keys + The Wrong Keys Town & Country Hotel, St Peters. 7:30pm. free.

Leon Fallon Castle Hill RSL, Castle Hill.

9pm. free.

Liberation Front + Sparrows + More Valve Bar, Agincourt Hotel, Ultimo. 8pm. $10.

Mad Season - Matchbox 20 Show Bull & Bush Hotel, Baulkham Hills. 9:30pm. free.

Mandi Jarry Stacks Taverna, Sydney. 6pm. free.

Marlon Williams & Melody Pool + Skyscraper Stan Newtown Social Club, Newtown. 8pm. $13.

Matchbox Band Ramsgate RSL, Sans Souci.

8:30pm. free.

Matt Jones Duo Panthers, Penrith. 5pm. free.

Michael McGlynn PJ Gallagher’s, Moore Park.

7:30pm. free.

Nova Tone Pittwater RSL, Mona Vale.

7:30pm. free.

Panorama Orient Hotel, The Rocks.

9:30pm. free.

Paradise City Hermann’s Bar, Sydney. 9pm. $10.

Paul Hayward + Little Jim & Friends Town & Country Hotel, St Peters. 4pm. free.

Rob Henry Observer Hotel, The Rocks.

5:30pm. free.

Rock Solid Duo North Sydney Leagues Club, Cammeray. 9:30pm. free.

Stormcellar Russell Morris Belmont 16s, Belmont. 8pm. free.

So What - Pink Show Colyton Hotel, Colyton. 9pm. free.

Soulmate (A Tribute To Tony Sly) - feat: Steel King Allstars + Kang + Nudist Colonies Of The World + The Great Awake + Mixtape For The Drive + Plant Terror Valve Bar, Agincourt Hotel, Ultimo. 8pm. $10.

Spank Castle Hill RSL, Castle Hill.

10:30pm. free.

Stone Cold Suns Riverwood Inn, Riverwood.

8pm. free.

String Fiction + Girl + Featherstone Hampshire Hotel, Camperdown. 7:30pm. free.

Ted Nash Coogee Bay Hotel, Coogee.

9pm. free.

The Beans Springwood Sports Club, Springwood. 10:30pm. free.

The Little Rippers + The Groove Coop Katoomba RSL, Katoomba.

8pm. free.

The Lonely Boys The Mercantile Hotel, Sydney.

8:30pm. free.

The White Brothers Ettamogah Hotel, Kelly Ridge.

7pm. free.

Tim Shaw Time & Tide Hotel, Dee Why. 7:30pm. free.

Tina Harrod Electric Band Foundry616, Ultimo. 8:30pm. $27.50.

Wildcatz Epping Hotel, Epping. 10pm. free.

Zoltan Australian Hotel And Brewery, Rouse Hill. 10pm. free.

Ultimo. 1pm. $10.

Dave Morris Harbord Beach Hotel, Harbord. 6pm. free.

Gary Johns Trio Orient Hotel, The Rocks.

9:30pm. free.

Greg Agar Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel, Woolloomooloo. 3pm. free.

James Englund Coogee Bay Hotel, Coogee.

8:30pm. free.

Joe Echo Duo The Mean Fiddler, Rouse Hill.

1:30pm. free.

Lonesome Train Orient Hotel, The Rocks.

4:30pm. free.

Matt Jones Trio Time & Tide Hotel, Dee Why. 1pm. free.

McCauley Raiders Penrith RSL, Penrith. 2pm. free.

Melody Rhymes Panthers, Penrith. 2pm. free.

Nerdlinger + Ivan Drago + BlindSpot + The Reptiles

Frankie’s Pizza, Sydney. 4pm. free.

Raoul Graf Waverley Bowling Club, Waverley. 2pm. free.

Redlight Ruby Northies Cronulla Hotel, Cronulla. 6pm. free.

Rob Henry Observer Hotel, The Rocks.

8pm. free.

Sarah Paton Pritchards Hotel, Mount Pritchard. 1pm. free.

Shane Pacey Blues Trio Botany View Hotel, Newtown.

7pm. free.

Stefan Ramsgate RSL, Sans Souci.

2pm. free.

Ted Nash Bella Vista, Pyrmont. 3:30pm. free.

Three Wise Men Observer Hotel, The Rocks.

4pm. free.

Two Minds Duo Ettamogah Hotel, Kelly Ridge.

1pm. free.

MONDAY AUGUST 4 JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC Latin & Jazz Jam Open Mic Night World Bar, Kings Cross. 7pm. free.

Motown Mondays - feat: Soulgroove The White Horse, Surry Hills.

8pm. free.

Reggae Monday Civic Underground, Sydney.

10pm. free.

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INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS Stuart Jammin + Massimo Presti + Rick Taylor + Chris Brookes Kelly’s On King, Newtown.

7:30pm. free.

Sammy Baker Orient Hotel, The Rocks.

9:30pm. free.

TUESDAY AUGUST 5 JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC Old School Funk & Groove Venue 505, Surry Hills. 8pm. free.

Swingtime Tuesdays The Basement, Circular Quay.

7pm. $9.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK Blues Tuesdays Spring Street Social, Bondi.

7:30pm. free.

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

Anton Orient Hotel, The Rocks.

9:30pm. free.

Declan Kelly + Mark Bishop + Thysday Duo + Zed Bar 34 Bondi, Bondi Beach.

8pm. free.

Greg Agar Cock & Bull, Bondi. 7pm. free.

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Intimate Sessions Paragon Hotel, Sydney. 6pm. free.

Live Music Sundays Bar100, The Rocks. 1pm. free.

Peach Montgomery + Guests Garry Owen Hotel, Rozelle.

2pm. free.

Satellite V Marrickville Bowling Club, Marrickville. 4:30pm. free.

Stormcellar Bald Faced Stag Hotel, Leichhardt. 12pm. $25.

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Breakway + Our Past Days + Pretty Rosca Valve Bar, Agincourt Hotel,

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Hockey Dad + Babaganouj + Shaky Handz FBi Social, Kings Cross. 8pm. $10.

Cabins + Gasoline Bride Newtown Social Club, Newtown. 8pm. $15.

Pepa Knight Goodgod Small Club, Sydney. 8pm. $12.

Jenny Broke The Window + Wish + Luc Beach Road Hotel, Bondi Beach. 8pm.

Free.

SATURDAY AUGUST 2

JMC Academy Showcase Foundry616, Ultimo. 8:30pm. $11.50.

David Bowie Tribute - Feat: Stuart Jammin + When Mother Comes To Visit + Blind Copy + Glen And Glenda + Johnny Freud + Zack Martin + Bonnie Kay + Nicholas Loveridge + Colin Stephens + Chris Moretti + Russell Neal Petersham Bowling Club, Petersham.

7:30pm. $15.

Jungle + Fishing Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst. 8pm. $44.90.

The 1975 + Gang Of Youths Enmore Theatre, Newtown. 7:30pm. $49.50.

Tim Hulsmann Frankie’s Pizza, Sydney. 9pm. Free.

THURSDAY JULY 31 Ben Howard + Nick Mulvey Enmore Theatre, Newtown. 7:15pm. $64.90.

Husky Newtown Social Club, Newtown. 8pm. $20.

Obits Goodgod Small Club, Sydney. 8pm. $31.70.

Emma Pask Brass Monkey, Cronulla. 7pm. $27.

SUNDAY AUGUST 3 Nerdlinger + Ivan Drago + Blindspot + The Reptiles Frankie’s Pizza, Sydney. 4pm. Free.

Stormcellar Bald Faced Stag Hotel, Leichhardt. 12pm. $25.

Pepa Knight

FRIDAY AUGUST 1 Broods Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst. 8pm. $20.50.

Craw Daddy Club - feat: Thieves + Deep Creek + Little Coyote Bank Hotel, Newtown. 11pm. Free.

Harry Manx Newtown Social Club, Newtown. 8pm. $49.

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speed date WITH

Jimmy Edgar

SOME BLONDE DJ

JIMMY EDGAR

Ultramajic label boss and techno producer Jimmy Edgar is touring Australia in August.

Ultramajic isn’t your typical dance imprint – it brings together music, design and installations under a multifaceted umbrella of artistry. When it comes to Edgar’s own musical endeavours, his 2013 EPs Hot Inside and Mercurio brought him to the attentions of the techno marketplace. He’s yet another cab off the rank of the Detroit scene, and Edgar plays the Motorik and Finely Tuned presented event at Jam Gallery on Friday August 8. Motorik Vibe Council, ViVi and Linda Marigliano will warm up the decks and the dancefloor.

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Your Profile I’m all about bringing the good times to my sets so everything I play needs to have some energy to it. As long as it is fun and not too serious I’m happy to play it. By nature I’m pretty outgoing so I like to relay that into my sets. When I was younger I used to go to a lot of festivals having the best time so I learned a lot from those experiences.

getting to play at some wicked clubs and so many amazing crowds. Last week I played my first gig in Japan and in August I will be doing a mini Canadian tour. I really have to say thanks to my agency, That Sound Agency, who have been incredible to work with since I’ve joined them. When I’m not playing gigs I’m either catching up on sleep or producing.

Best Gig Ever Good Life Festival, Sydney 2014: 3.

I played on one of the main stages

This Saturday August 2, Lost Events hosts another of its underground parties. Except this one’s not so much underground as far, far above the ground – the Lost In Space theme sure to send partygoers into (metaphorical) orbit. Spice and Motorik have teamed up with Lost founder Tim Kean and his crew to deliver an ARIA Award-winning act – hmm, who could that be? – alongside Robbie Lowe, Cassette, Sam Francisco, Pink Lloyd and more. To register for tickets, head to lostevents.com, and keep an eye out for the secret location.

RETURNING TO RIO

The super exclusive Return To Rio music festival, held over a weekend in the Hunter Valley, is back this year. The event features two music stages, a pool party and epic fancy dress. The 1,500 tickets are not for sale online – you’ll only come across them from people in the know, like a Willy Wonka golden ticket to musical goodness. The lineup will not be announced until all tickets are snapped up. Return To Rio 2014 goes

down on the banks of the Hawkesbury River from Friday November 14 – Sunday November 16.

GET DOWN WITH DEZ

Detroit selector Andrés, AKA DJ Dez, will play Goodgod next month as part of the monthly Red Bull Music Academy series. Andrés has been in the game for 25 years now, bringing his house and hip hop tastes to audiences worldwide. He’ll be supported at Goodgod by Lorna Clarkson and Kato. Andrés headlines RBMA at Goodgod Small Club on Thursday August 7. Entry is free, but you need to RSVP online.

Breakout UK dance figure Alexis Raphael will make his first trip to Australia next month. Raphael made his name with ‘I Know’, sampling Candi Staton, and has released on labels like Hot Creations, Jackathon Jams, Get Physical, Culprit and more.

Raphael brings his house and technoinfused jams to S.A.S.H at Home on Sunday August 31.

Anklepants

TEEBS

New York painter and musician Teebs has announced he will be heading to Australia for a run of shows in August. Since the release of his debut album Ardour, Teebs has been making waves around the world. Joining Teebs on the tour is London production duo Brad Baloo.

Catch them on Thursday August 7 at Oxford Art Factory.

supporting deadmau5, Knife Party, Dannic, Dyro and more. The vibe onstage, the set-up, crowd and everything about it was incredible. My most bizarre gig was at a venue in a small country town and there were some seriously strange things going on. There were about ten people dancing and I could not stop people-watching!

Once I saw a guy lift up this girl’s crop top and just stared at her boobs while she just stood there with a blank look on her face…

I was out of there quick smart!

Current Playlist I’m absolutely loving Vinai at the 4. moment. He has a very distinct sound. I love my electronic music, but when I’m not working, I’m all about the chill-out tunes: Flume, Hermitude, Disclosure, Chet Faker… too many amazing artists to name, but chill-out all the way.

THIS DJ’S A DICK

Your Ultimate Rider I’m pretty easy-going when it comes 5. to my rider – bottle of Belvedere or Grey Goose vodka, soda water, fresh lime and sugarfree Red Bull. But if I could have anything at all it would be a bowl of only pink Starbursts, 20 bottles of Belvedere vodka for my entourage and to pour into the crowd’s mouth during my set.

Where: Marquee When: Friday August 1

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Ice Cube

AS COLD AS ICE

Get yo’ c-walk on! Ice Cube is coming. One of the biggest names in the hip hop game, from his time with N.W.A, his solo career and his ventures into film and television, Cube has done it all. And his movie work isn’t over yet: he recently told the BRAG, “I feel like I have a lot more room to grow; I still feel like I have a lot to prove to Hollywood that I am ‘box office’. I’ve been in the fight my whole life, and I don’t know how to stop fighting.” For now, you’ll see him onstage at the Enmore Theatre on Thursday December 11. Tickets go on sale 9am Thursday July 31.

There are dickhead DJs (looking at you David Guetta), and there are dickhead DJs. Anklepants falls into the latter category. Armed with an “animatronic dick-face” (his words), Anklepants – real name Reecard Farché – creates explosions of distorted mutant bass with a semenlike pop glazing, if that makes sense.

He began to rise to global notoriety following his ubiquitous performance on Boiler Room, and now he’s coming to Sydney to play at Chinese Laundry on Saturday August 16.

Batten down the hatches.

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Tasadi Forever Entranced By Zoe Kilbourn

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aha Asadi produces for the trance purists. His upcoming album as Tasadi, a Prince Of Persia-esque fantasy on the Greco-Roman world called The Ancient Realm, is the kind of true-to-trance work that would make Solarstone proud. He’s just dropped single ‘Gates Of Persepolis’, the second taken from the album – it’s a stream of 130bpm kicks, punchy saw tooths and old-school sweeps.

Asadi’s love affair with trance began 15 years ago, when the then-Dallas high schooler got his hands on a copy of Tranceformer. “At the time in Dallas it was very rare to find anyone who even knew what trance music was,” Asadi says. “What little electronic music existed was all just labelled ‘techno’, and very different to what I enjoyed. My solution was to lock myself in a studio for countless hours and learn how to both DJ and produce on my own.

It was a long process that took lots of trial and error, but all worth it in the end.”

Indeed, that dedication paid off with some enormous support slots. “It’s quite amazing actually,” he says. “Tiësto, van Buuren and van Dyk were a few of the names I looked up to when I first started off. To have the privilege of playing alongside such great talents through the years is a blessing.

“One the best shows I’ve played was with Armin van Buuren. The plan was to play outside on the main outdoor stage, but cold weather mixed with rain changed things up. We then were both shoved to play inside this small indoor venue, and now both scheduled at the same time. But since it was originally an outdoor event that sold many tickets, they now crammed everyone inside.

There was probably three times the venue capacity of people inside. [It was] probably the most packed room I’ve ever seen, but everyone really had a blast!”

Asadi describes his work with a wide-eyed enthusiasm rare in someone who’s been in the game this long. Maybe it’s how he found himself in trance itself – a genre that shuns the dark grit of much contemporary EDM in favour of free-feeling club oneness. That openness to experience and free play is reinforced by his love of broad Boys’ Own themes. “Quite often many artists just produce a track or album and afterwards pick a random name for it,” he says (adding a sheepish, “This of course is totally OK!”). “In The Ancient Realm, each track corresponds to either a wonder of the world or a major landmark of the ancient era. Every single track was written with this very themed mindset in order to capture the specifi c wonder or landmark at hand. I used ethnic instrumentation mixed with modern electronic elements to capture all the emotion, and to paint an aural picture of its title. I took this same approach for my first album The System, which has an astrological/space theme.”

Tasadi works from the ground up, with hardware like the hearty Minimoog Voyager, the Access Virus TI and Nord leads playing a big role. “The best trick I can give out is to keep your studio system and internet system separate,” he says. “Sadly, the most important thing I’ve learned making this album is to consistently have multiple backups of your work in the studio.”

The album drops in August, with a third single (‘Temple Of Artemis’) quickly following. With co-producer Aryas, Asadi will be working on a few remixes as CryoDistrict as well. “You will hear a different, more chilled side of me,” he says.

What: The Ancient Realm out Monday August 4 through Lunary

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round this time of year, many of us are looking for a dose of warm sunshine.

Look no further than LA producer Teebs, AKA Mtendere Mandowa – one of Brainfeeder’s quiet superstars who specialises in emotionally charged and uplifting left-fi eld beats, and who’s bringing the good vibes to Sydney in August.

I feel like a dick when I realise my phone call has clearly interrupted something for Mandowa – the chatter in the background is the sound of his Friday night kicking into full swing. “There’s a lot of musicians,” he laughs. “A lot of friends. Mind Design and Knowledge are here. They’re watching something. Footwork videos?”

The man deserves some downtime – it’s been a busy year for him so far already. Teebs’ sophomore release E s t a r a was released only a few months ago via Flying Lotus’ esteemed LA-based imprint Brainfeeder, and the response has been immense – a lush, sun-soaked haze of beats, it’s hard not to fi nd it utterly intoxicating.

“I’m defi nitely excited,” says Mandowa in response to all the positive feedback from critics and listeners alike. “It’s good to know that people are listening to it and into it. A lot of this album comes from where I was living – the title of the album was literally the street I lived on and me trying to represent what it was like living there and how it affected me, and the roommates I had, all really talented people – that kind of hazy LA feel. So the feedback’s really awesome. It was such a gorgeous place; my room faced the sunrise so tonnes of light poured in every morning, kind of forcibly waking me up, so I had to get to work. It was great. This was after we disbanded and left this last house… it got kind of weird there!”

He’s referring to living with fellow Brainfeeder regulars Flying Lotus and The Gaslamp Killer, among others on the label that serves as one of Mandowa’s major musical outlets and an endless reservoir of inspiration. “It’s a very big part of how I developed

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and did what I want to do. On that first album, I was pretty much done before showing those guys everything, all the material, but the camaraderie and being around really talented individuals on a consistent basis, it really helped me stay inspired and want to stay with music because it was so exciting. And these guys are great people. I think LA has a really strong community vibe and it’s like, you’re on this label with these guys all of a sudden and it’s like, ‘Wassup? I guess you’re my brother now, let’s do this!’”

It’s when we turn to the topic of music-making that Mandowa really perks up. He’s more than happy to discuss his set-up both in the studio and live, and it’s hard not to be swept up in his enthusiasm.

“I have a bunch of random gadgets and little noisemakers and keyboards,” he explains. “I record a bunch of sounds, or I sample stuff, then I play over it and record that. After I make all these sounds I like, I dump them into FruityLoops on my old dinosaur PC – it’s a ’95, I can’t believe it’s still running. It’s a tower. It’s as big as a car! I like to just let the sounds I’ve made myself or things I’ve sampled play themselves the way they feel like playing themselves out.

Sometimes they want to go a little off-time. I’ll sometimes do the melodies first and let the drums sit in where they want to sit. Letting it be a structure in the beginning.”

His freeform philosophy to creating music carries over to the stage as well. “I use a soundboard, it’s pretty straightforward,” he says. “You can’t put too much into it, it doesn’t have that much sound or memory or space. You just bounce a bunch of loops all the time – it’s like juggling, memorising where all your buttons go. I have specifi c chunks of time and it’s a matter of the feeling of the moment – if it feels like we should go one way, we try it. If the audience is responding with it, I’ll know I have at least a good ten minutes memorised!

And it goes into a build – ‘Where do I want to go from here?’ Lots of ideas.”

“The camaraderie and being around really talented individuals on a consistent basis, it helped me want to stay with music.”

Mandowa will spend the next few months translating those ideas into creative energy, albeit in a different context – he’s just as renowned for his work as a painter as he is a musician, and the former is taking up much of his focus at the moment. “[I’m] working on an art show for next year, which is pretty big for me. Right now I’m continuously updating my website with this year-long art project called Ante Vos, that’s always happening. The new one coming up is with New Image Gallery in LA. They do a lot of great shows … They’re just really nice people, and I respect their whole ideology and craft, it’s great. It’ll be a mix of stuff – I’ve never worked with them before, so I want to give them a little bit of everything. Some record sleeve stuff, some large-scale paintings, print work – I really like doing prints – stuff of that nature.

“I see art and music as tools to communicate, like different languages. You pick and choose which one best tells the story you’re trying to tell to people.

I think they’re the same – it all comes down to communication.”

What: E s t a r a out now through Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune With: Polographia, Anomie, Nakagin Where: Oxford Art Factory When: Thursday August 7

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etroit selector Andrés, AKA DJ Dez, will play at Goodgod Small Club next month as part of the monthly Red Bull Music Academy series (as we hinted two weeks ago). Andrés has been in the game for 25 years now, bringing his house and hip hop tastes to audiences worldwide. A regular on Moodymann’s seminal labels KDJ and Mahogani Music, he released arguably the most ubiquitous track of 2012 with his ‘New For U’ on La Vida. Andrés headlines RBMA at Goodgod on Friday August 8.

Entry is free, but you need to RSVP at dashtickets.com.au/tour/63.

towards the 2014 lineup and featured some not-so-subtle hints that the German producer would be performing. The full lineup will drop in two weeks – other acts who are more or less confirmed via these clues are Giraffage and Client Liaison.

OutsideIn will take place on Saturday November 29, venue TBA.

Three of Sydney’s premier techno parties, Anomaly, IF? Records and Trench, are joining forces to present techno luminary Dino Sabatini later next month.

Having released on seminal labels such as Elettronica Romana, Prologue, Stroboscopic Artefacts and Sonic Groove, Sabatini is held in the same regard as fellow Italian stalwarts Donato Dozzy and Giorgio Gigl. He’ll be playing a three-hour set with support from phile, Sebastian Bayne, Asger Jorn, Jordan Peters and Gabe Fernandes at a secret warehouse location (which will be revealed to ticket holders on the day of the party) on Saturday August 30.

Coober Pedy University Band have fi nally released what I suspect will be one of the biggest tracks to come out of Australia this year in ‘Kookaburra’.

The project is a collaboration between Tornado Wallace and Tom Moore from DJ duo Otologic, who debuted the track earlier this year in their Boiler Room set.

If you ever want to hear kookaburras and didgeridoos in a club, this is your jam – it’s out now on Animals Dancing Records.

Other killer releases this week include Shackleton’s Deliverance Series No. 1 (on Woe To The Septic Heart) and Aybee and Afrikan Sciences’ Sketches Of Space (on Deepblak Recordings).

Other tour rumours on the grapevine this week are a late August visit from Italian cosmic legend Beppe Loda alongside tours from Swedish house export HNNY and English UK garage legend Wookie later in the year.

On Monday night it was announced that Melbourne would be receiving an Australian exclusive concert of Light From The Outside World, which sees Detroit techno titan Jeff Mills join forces with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. While no Sydney dates have been announced thus far, sources tell us that Mills will be performing DJ shows around Australia to coincide with his visit. Keep an eye out at thebrag.com and expect to see him visit mid-October.

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SATURDAY AUGUST 2 HIP HOP & R&B

Halfway Crooks Phoenix Bar, Darlinghurst.

10pm. $10.

CLUB NIGHTS

SUNDAY AUGUST 3

Home Nightclub

S.A.S.H Sundays Goodwill + Ben Korbel + Co-Op + Tricky + Marc Jarvin + Sam Arellano + DCW & Jayson La Faber + Ham Slices + Matt Weir + Kerry Wallace 2pm. $10.

WEDNESDAY JULY 30 CLUB NIGHTS

DJ Tom Kelly Goldfish, Kings Cross. 9pm. free.

The Wall - feat: Various Local And International Acts World Bar, Kings Cross. 9pm. $5.

Whip It Wednesdays - feat: Various DJs Whaat Club, Kings Cross.

9pm. free.

THURSDAY JULY 31 CLUB NIGHTS

Fear Of Dawn Goldfish, Kings Cross. 8pm. free.

Goldfish And Friends - feat: Regular Rotating Residents Goldfish, Kings Cross. 10pm. free.

Hot Damn Spectrum, Darlinghurst. 9pm. $10.

Kicks World Bar, Kings Cross. 9pm. free.

Lady Shave + DJ Seoul + DJ Nite Fleit Goodgod Small Club, Sydney.

8pm. free.

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Loopy - feat: Drty Csh + Daschwood + Generous Greed + Guest DJs The Backroom, Potts Point.

10pm. $12.

Pool Club Thursdays - feat: Resident DJs Ivy Bar/Lounge, Sydney. 5pm. free.

The World Bar Thursdays World Bar, Kings Cross. 9pm. free.

Thursday Spice 31.07 feat: Mantra Collective Ft. Brother J & Grand Jete + Jack Fuller + Antoine Vice + Space Junk + Whitecat The Spice Cellar, Sydney.

7pm. free.

HIP HOP & R&B

Carnage Kings Presents Bring The Carnage - feat: LFM + Soul Benefits + 26th Letter + Rg Wings + Lopz + Harjot Singh Valve Bar, Agincourt Hotel, Ultimo. 8pm. $10.

Joyride Lo-Fi, Darlinghurst. 6pm. free.

FRIDAY AUGUST 1 HIP HOP & R&B

Hustler Fridays - feat: MC Shaba Hustle & Flow, Redfern. 7pm. free.

Jazz Hip-Hop Freestyle Sessions

Foundry616, Ultimo. 11:30pm. $5.

CLUB NIGHTS

Argyle Fridays - feat: Resident DJs The Argyle, The Rocks. 6pm. free.

Bassic Launch Party - feat: Drumsound + Bassline Smith + Royalston + Spenda C + A-Tonez + GG Magree + Nemo + Kyphosis Chinese Laundry, Sydney. 9pm. free.

El Loco Later - feat: DJs On Rotation Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills.

10pm. free.

Factory Fridays - feat: Resident DJs Soda Factory, Surry Hills. 5pm. free.

Feel Good Fridays Bar100, The Rocks. 5pm. free.

Frisky Fridays Scubar, Sydney. 5pm. free.

Heavenly - feat: Huerco S. + Madteo + Ben Fester + Adrian E + T Mingus Goodgod Small Club, Sydney.

11pm. $20.

Loco Friday - feat: Various Live Bands And DJs The Slip Inn, Sydney. 5pm. free.

Rave On Belmont 16s, Belmont. 8pm. free.

Some Blonde DJ Marquee, Pyrmont. 10pm. $18.40.

Voodoo Sydney Home Nightclub, Darling Harbour. 8pm. $25.

Cakes - feat: 4 Rooms Of Live Music + DJs And International Guests World Bar, Kings Cross. 8pm. $10.

Dom Perignon Masquerade Party - feat: Havana Brown Marquee, Pyrmont. 10pm. $28.60.

Dutty Dancing - feat: Nick Toth + Shantan Wantan Ichiban + Louis Basslines + Fasmwa Goodgod Small Club, Sydney.

11pm. $5.

El Loco Later - feat: DJs On Rotation Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills.

10pm. free.

El’ Circo - feat: Resident Circus Act Performers Slide Lounge, Darlinghurst.

7pm. $109.

FBi Hands Up! - feat: DJ Clockwerk + Special Friends With Benefits FBi Social, Kings Cross.

11:30pm. free.

Jagermeister Spice Presents: Robbie Lowe + Matt Weir + Le Brond + Marc Jarvin + Sam Francisco The Spice Cellar, Sydney.

10pm. $25.

Lndry - feat: Motez Chinese Laundry, Sydney.

9pm. free.

Masif Saturdays

Space, Sydney. 10pm. $25.

My Place Saturdays Bar100, The Rocks. 8pm. free.

One Night Stand - feat: Phil Smart Imperial Hotel, Erskineville.

10pm. $15.

Pacha Sydney - feat: We R Scndl + Ben Morris + Natnoiz + Matt Nugent + Chris Arnott + Fingers + Nanna Does + Samrai + Just 1 + Mike Hyper + Jace Disgrace + Elroy + Dylan Sanders + Pro/Gram + Nad + Pat Ward Ivy Bar/Lounge, Sydney.

6:30pm. $37.90.

Sienna Saturdays - feat: Resident DJs The Establishment, Sydney.

9pm. free.

Soda Saturdays - feat: Resident DJs Playing Disco And Funk Soda Factory, Surry Hills.

5pm. free.

Space Jam 98 - feat: Simo Soo + Horse Macgyver + Baby.Face.Thrilla + Marcus Whale (Collarbones/Black Vanilla DJ Set) + Yoshiko + Laprat$ + Dominic Talarico + Adonis + Cat Lyf Red Rattler, Marrickville. 8pm. $10.

Tuff Sherm & Cassius Select + Cliques + Preacha + Andy Webb + McInnes Marrickville Bowling Club, Marrickville. 10pm. $20.

SUNDAY AUGUST 3 CLUB NIGHTS

Cubano + Resident DJ Willie Sabor The Establishment, Sydney.

8pm. free.

S.A.S.H Sundays - feat: Goodwill + Ben Korbel + Co-Op + Tricky + Marc Jarvin + Sam Arellano + Dcw & Jayson La Faber + Ham Slices + Matt Weir + Kerry Wallace Home Nightclub, Darling Harbour. 2pm. $10.

Sunday Sessions - feat: Cadell + Tom Kelly + Ocky Goldfi sh, Kings Cross. 4pm. free.

Sunday Spice 03.08 - feat: Garth Linton + James Fazzolari + Hamish Radford The Spice Cellar, Sydney.

9pm. $10.

Sundays In The City - feat: Various DJs The Slip Inn, Sydney. 12pm. free.

MONDAY AUGUST 4 CLUB NIGHTS

Crab Racing Scubar, Sydney. 7pm. free.

TUESDAY AUGUST 5 CLUB NIGHTS

Chu World Bar, Kings Cross.

9pm. free.

La Fiesta - feat: Samantha Fox + Agee Ortiz + Av El

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THURSDAY JULY 31

Havana Brown

Thursday Spice 31.07 - feat: Mantra Collective Ft. Brother J & Grand Jete + Jack Fuller + Antoine Vice + Space Junk + Whitecat The Spice Cellar, Sydney. 7pm. Free.

FRIDAY AUGUST 1 Bassic Launch Party - feat: Drumsound + Bassline Smith + Royalston + Spenda C + A-Tonez + GG Magree + Nemo + Kyphosis Chinese Laundry, Sydney. 9pm. Free.

Heavenly - feat: Huerco S. + Madteo + Ben Fester + Adrian E + T Mingus Goodgod Small Club, Sydney. 11pm. $20.

Some Blonde DJ Marquee, Pyrmont. 10pm. $18.40.

SATURDAY AUGUST 2 Dom Perignon Masquerade Party feat: Havana Brown Marquee, Pyrmont. 10pm. $28.60.

Halfway Crooks Phoenix Bar, Darlinghurst. 10pm. $10.

Jagermeister Spice Presents: Robbie Lowe + Matt Weir + Le Brond + Marc Jarvin + Sam Francisco The Spice Cellar, Sydney. 10pm. $25.

Disgrace + Elroy + Dylan Sanders + Pro/Gram + Nad + Pat Ward Ivy Bar/Lounge, Sydney. 6:30pm. $37.90.

Tuff Sherm & Cassius Select + Cliques + Preacha + Andy Webb + Mcinnes Marrickville Bowling Club, Marrickville.

10pm. $20.

One Night Stand - feat: Phil Smart Imperial Hotel, Erskineville. 10pm. $15.

SUNDAY AUGUST 3

Pacha Sydney - feat: We R Scndl + Ben Morris + Natnoiz + Matt Nugent + Chris Arnott + Fingers + Nanna Does + Samrai + Just 1 + Mike Hyper + Jace

Sunday Spice 03.08 - feat: Garth Linton + James Fazzolari + Hamish Radford The Spice Cellar, Sydney. 9pm. $10.

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23:07:14 :: Beach Road Hotel :: 71 Beach Rd Bondi Beach 9130 7247 OUR LOVELY PHOTOGRAPHER

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:: ASHLEY MAR ::

live review What we've been out to see...

KELIS The Hi-Fi Wednesday July 23 “The whole point is to have a good time, right?” cooed Kelis in her soft New York drawl. The crowd was certainly in the mood, and joking and hip-shaking her way through her set, Ms. Rogers seemed to be too. So it’s a shame the show fell a little flat.

She could’ve walked straight off the set of American Hustle. With big hair and hoops, and in a sheer pale green/blue sequined dress, Kelis opened with Nina Simone’s ‘Feeling Good’ followed by ‘Breakfast’, the first track from her latest album Food.

The ’70s soul on that LP required the accompanying brass section onstage.

The trumpet, tenor sax, piano and bass combo worked well on the newer tracks, particularly behind the down and dirty soul pleading of, “Give me what I want / Give me what I need / I’m begging you please / I’m down on my knees,” on ‘Friday Fish Fry’. On ‘Cobbler’, salsa percussion and horn stabs accompanied some impressive high notes from the star and her backing singer.

With six albums now under her belt and a new album to flog we wouldn’t have expected to hear all the hits. ‘Caught Out There’ and ‘Bossy’ were omitted. Those we did hear – ‘Get Along With You’, ‘Good Stuff’ and ‘Glow’ – were clumped together in a disappointing mid-show medley.

A marching band version of ‘Milkshake’ was a highlight, but replacing the beats for brass (and sometimes some jazz flute) on Kelis’ trio of EDM hits – ‘Bounce’, ‘4th Of July (Fireworks)’ and ‘Acapella’ – didn’t really do the uptempo originals any favours.

It was a disjointed but enjoyable show in which the organic new material translated well in a live setting. It could’ve been even more entertaining with a little more thought about how to adequately rework the crisply produced hits and occasional brilliance from a strong 15-year career catalogue.

David Wild

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26:07:14 :: Chinese Laundry :: 111 Sussex St Sydney 8295 9999

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26:07:14 :: The Spice Cellar :: 58 Elizabeth St Sydney 9223 5585

26:07:14 :: The Play Bar :: 72 Campbell St, Surry Hills 9280 0885 OUR LOVELY PHOTOGRAPHER

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Australian Institute of Music

OPEN DAY

10AM - 3PM australian institute of music 1-55 FOVEAUX STREET, SURRY HILLS, sydney Contemporary Performance y Classical Performance y Music Theatre y Dramatic Arts Audio engineering y Composition & Music Production y Arts & Entertainment Management young AIM y AIM high school y short courses CRICOS 00665 665C