Time Off Issue #1494 by TheMusic.com.au

GROOVE ARMADA

THE HONEY MONTH

OMID DJALILI

PETER HOOK OVERKILL YOU ME AT SIX CALLING ALL CARS

LITTLE RED

BRISBANE / GOLD COAST / SUNSHINE COAST / BYRON BAY

21,887

the brand new album from

GUITAR HEAVEN:

THE GREATEST GUITAR CLASSICS OF ALL TIME THE CD/DVD DELUXE EDITION (LIMITED EDITION)

IN STORES NOW of g in t is l k c a r T Edition: Full e x u l e D e h T – GUITAR HEAVEN Gavin Rossdale) ng (featuring Chris Cornell) Weiland) t Love (featuring 01 Whole Lotta ar Me Knocking (featuring Scot ) as He om u Th Yo b t n’ Ro ring 02 Ca -Yo Ma) Your Love (featu India.Arie & Yo 03 Sunshine Of itar Gently Weeps (featuring 04 While My Gu eaturing Chris Daughtry) (f 05 Photograph (featuring Nas) k ac Bl In Manzarek) ck Ba 06 m (featuring Ray by Shaddix) or St e Th On rs 07 Ride ing Jaco ahan) e Water (featur 08 Smoke On Th ght Away (featuring Pat Mon Ni e Th e nc 09 Da

www.santana.com

10 Bang A Go (featuring Joe Cocker) ng) 11 Little Wing rstitious (featuring Jonny La pe Su p) ’t ap in St A t I ot 12 as) n (featuring Sc 13 Fortunate So idge (featuring Andy Varg Br e 14 Under Th

D- ThVeDM:aking of Guitar HeSaavntenana and Clive Davis ith Carlos - Interview W

www.bandit.fm

FROM THE BAND THAT BROUGHT YOU THE AUSTRALIAN SMASH

‘BREAKEVEN’ A R E BAC K W I T H T H E I R MUST HEAR 2ND ALBUM

S C I E N C E & FA I T H IN STORES NOW! FEATURING the HOT new single ‘FOR THE FIRST TIME’ www.thescriptmusic.com

www.bandit.fm

ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, FRIDAY DECEMBER 3 ON SALE FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 24 132 849 or ticketek.com.au

Presented by Michael Coppel linkinpark.com I coppel.com.au I musicforrelief.org

The New Album "A Thousand Suns" In Stores Now

GIVEAWAYS The Greatestt tells the story of a grief-stricken couple whose family has been pushed to the breaking point by the death of their older son, Bennett in a car crash. When a young woman, shows up a few months later announcing that she is pregnant with Bennett’s child, she proves to be the very thing that brings them back together. Thanks to Roadshow Entertainment we have five copies to give away! Subject Line: THE GREATEST After the sudden death of her father, 8-year-old Simone shares a secret with her mother Dawn. She’s convinced her father speaks to her through the leaves of her favourite tree and he’s come back to protect them. But the new bond between mother and daughter is threatened when Dawn starts a relationship with George, the plumber, called in to remove the tree’s troublesome roots. The Tree is in cinemas Thursday Sep 30. Thanks to Transmission Films we have ten double in-season passes up for grabs! Subject Line: THE TREE Now in its 11th year, the Lavazza Italian Film Festival celebrates Italian art and culture in all its. This year’s season runs from Wednesday Oct 6 – Sunday Oct 24 at the Palace Cinemas. Among the highlights are festival opener La Nostra Vita, The First Beautiful Thing and Baaria. We have ten double passes up for grabs, which can be used at a festival session screening of your choice (excluding Opening/Closing Nights and Special Events). Subject Line: ITALIAN FILMS

John Legend & The Roots are presenting fans with a fiery new offering, Wake Up! The CD, being released by Sony Music on Friday, will feature soulful music from the 60s and 70s all with an underlying theme of awareness, engagement and consciousness – effectively telling listeners to Wake Up! Thanks to Sony Music we have five copies to give away! Subject Line: WAKE UP Thanks to EMI we have an amazing prize pack to give away to one lucky Birds of Tokyo fan! The winner will score a double pass to their show at the Brisbane Convention Centre on Friday night, a copy of their latest album on vinyl, and a tote bag! Entrants must be 18+. Subject Line: BIRDS OF TOKYO To celebrate the release of their debut album We’re A Chameleon, Flying Scribble have hit the road. Their tour brings them to the Lofly Hangar on Saturday Sep 25, Axxonn and Scrapes will be supporting them. Thanks to Teclo we have two double passes up for grabs! Entrants must be 18+. Subject Line: FLYING SCRIBBLE Doomsday Festival showcases a selection of Australia’s finest sludge, doom metal, psychedelic, heavy stoner, post-rock and experimental bands. For the first time, a very special international act will be joining the previously locals only lineup - Acid King. We have three double passes to give away to the festival which is happening at Rosie’s on Friday Oct 1. Entrants must be 18+. Subject Line: DOOMSDAY

EVERY THURSDAY JAM NIGHT @ THE SPRINGWOOD HOTEL

LIVE THIS SATURDAY 25TH SEPT

RAWR VANITY, AMYGDALA + JUPITER REVIVAL FREE ENTRY

FRI 19 NOV THE AUSTRALIAN

ROBBIE WILLIAMS SHOW

HOW TO ENTER: Email: give@timeoff.com.au with the designated Subject Line. Entries MUST include your full name, address and contact phone number in Body of Text. Please note our Giveaways policy: Email before Friday 3pm unless stated otherwise. If you have won a prize you will be notified by email. One entry per person/per competition. Prizes must be collected from the Time Off office during business hours with the presentation of ID. Prizes must be collected within 10 working days from email notification unless stated otherwise. Prizes are not transferable, exchangeable or redeemable for cash. Failure to collect the prize within the time specified will result in it being forfeited. Deadlines for entering and collection must be strictly adhered to.

TIX $15 | AVAILABLE FROM THE VENUE OR TICKETEK

FRI 3 DEC

CONTENTS TIME OFF

Get your music industry news from The Front Line 12 Lowdown – news, opinions, tours, Backlash, Frontlash 14 Local lads Hungry Kids Of Hungary are all about the music 18 Could this be the last time we see Groove Armada in Australia? 20 Little Red were determined to change things up on album number two 21 Things certainly are sweet for The Honey Month right now 22 Peter Hook speaks honestly about honouring the Joy Division legacy 23 They may be one of the biggest bands in the world, but only now are Linkin Park learning to celebrate 24 Calling All Cars are keeping pub rock alive 26 London’s You Me At Six cannot believe their Australian success 26 MM9 tell us what to expect from the next in their seemingly endless line of national tours 28 Overkill give us their two cents on thrash today 28 Angelas Dish are no less excited about album number two, they’re just handling it differently 28 We find out why the Flying Scribble record has taken so long to get to us 28 We go inside the Running Guns camp to talk about the past and the near future 29 It may have taken five years, but indie folk locals Mt Augustus are ready to launch their first LP 29

ISSUE 1494 On The Record has the latest, greatest and the not so greatest new musical releases Chris Yates spotlights the best (and worst) tracks for the week in Singled Out

FRONT ROW

Find out what’s happening This Week In Arts We cast a glance at the silver screen in Film Reviews Conor Lovett tells us about his First Love We look at the latest and greatest new releases in DVD Review Pacharo Mzembe discusses the issues explored in Gwen In Purgatory A Muslim finds out he’s a Jew, Omad Djalili talks us through the premise of The Reluctant Infidel Cultural Cringe rides off into the sunset

ADVERTISING Advertising Account Executives: Melissa Tickle, Adam Reilly DESIGN & LAYOUT Designers: Matt Davis, Stuart Teague Cover Design: Matt Davis ACCOUNTS & ADMINISTRATION Administration: Leanne Simpson Accounts: Marcus Treweek CONTRIBUTORS: Time Off: Lawrence English, Ben Preece, Dan Condon, Craig Spann, Daniel Johnson, Chris Yates, Matt O’Neill, Alex Gillies, Richard Alverez, Mark Beresford, Emma Heard, Andrew Haug, Stu Harvey, Adam Curley, Daniel Wynne, Lochlan Watt, Roberta Maguire, Kenada Quinlan, Carlin Beattie, Bill Johnston, Tyler Jones, Tyler McLoughlan, Mitch Knox, Sam Hobson, Rachel Tinney, Tony McMahon, Benny Doyle, Lily Luscombe, Jake Sun, Barrie Morgan

TIX $30 AVAILABLE FROM THE VENUE OR TICKETEK

30 30

SPRINGWOOD RD, SPRINGWOOD PH: 3208 4444

34 34 34 35 35 36 37

BACK TO TIME OFF!

Our Live section is packed full of tour info, live reviews, local news and more stupid shit than you could imagine Stu Harvey gives us a Short Fast Report Dan Condon gets the dirt on the blues scene from the Roots Down Adam Curley cuts sick with another musical pop culture rant in The Breakdown Lochlan Watt gets brutal in our new metal column Adamantium Wolf We take you behind the music Behind The Lines What do you do when you need to get rid

39 46 46 46

RODNEY RUDE WED 22 SEPT TIX $50 FROM 7.00PM

46 58

CREDITS EDITORIAL Group Managing Editor: Andrew Mast Editor: Steve Bell Front Row Editor: Daniel Crichton-Rouse Editorial Assistant: Dan Condon Contributing Editor: Adam Curley

IAN MOSS

Front Row: Mandy Kohler Kohler, Lauren Dillon Dillon, Adam Brunes, Matt O’Neill, Mitch Knox, Jessica Mansour, Guy Davis, Rowena Grant-Frost, Danielle O’Donohue Photography: Stephen Booth, Kane Hibberd, Dane Beesley, Alex Gillies, Silvana Macarone

CLARE BOWDITCH THU 7 OCT TIX$30 FROM 8.00PM

EDITORIAL POLICY The opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the publishers. No part may be reproduced without the consent of the copyright holder. © PUBLISHER: Street Press Australia Pty Ltd Suite 11/354 Brunswick Street Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 POSTAL: Locked Bag 4300 Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 Phone: 07 3252 9666 Email: info@timeoff.com.au PRINTED BY: Rural Press

GUTTERMOUTH

WED 27 OCT TIX$20PRE OR $25DOOR FROM 8.00PM

TIX AVAILABLE FROM THE VENUE 5570 1322 CNR CAVILL AND ORCHID AVE, SURFERS PARADISE WWW.SURFERSBEERGARDEN.COM.AU

RIOT! ENTERTAINMENT + RED CHAPTER CLOTHING + STREET PRESS AUSTRALIA PRESENTS

LET THE MADNESS BEGIN TOUR FEATURING WWE WRESTLING SUPERSTAR CHRIS JERICHO & STUCK MOJO MASTERMIND RICH ‘THE DUKE’ WARD

DECEMBER 5TH, THE HIFI, BRISBANE 18+ TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER! SPONSORED BY:

VIP MEET AND GREET PACKAGES – LIMITED! • TICKET TO THE SHOW • EXCLUSIVE VIP LAMINATE • MEET AND HANG WITH FOZZY FOR AN HOUR BEFORE THE SHOW • PRIORITY ENTRANCE TO THE SHOW • SIGNED FOZZY PHOTO • SIGNED FOZZY CD • FOZZY T-SHIRT

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM: • www.thehifi.com.au - Ph: 1300 8434 434 • Rocking Horse Records • Butter Beats • Sunflower Pacific Fair

• • • • •

Disasterpiece Mosh Pit Music Kill The Music Gooble Warming Rockaway Records

riotact.com.au

redchapterclothing.com

WWW.FOZZYROCK.COM 11

INDUSTRY NEWS FACE THE GUESTS Melbourne’s Face The Music Conference – Friday Nov 19 and Saturday Nov 20 November at the Arts Centre – has announced its first round of speakers. MGM owner Sebastian Chase, Glastonbury music festival’s Malcolm Haynes, Posse.com founder Rebekah Campbell, music journalist Christie Eliezer, Rubber Records’ lawyer David Vodicka, Artist Voice Agency co-founder Brett Murrihy, Resist Records owner Graham Nixon and more. Early bird-priced registrations for the conference are available until Oct 10 from The Push’s website.

NIGHT OF THE DEADS The 16th Deadlys – award ceremony for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievements in music, sport, entertainment and community – will take place at the Sydney Opera House Monday Sep 27. Live performances will come from of Australia’s top artists, including Christine Anu, Archie Roach, Dan Sultan and Ali Mills amongst others.

AAA CONFERENCE Musicians Making A Difference’s Access All Areas conference will take place at Sydney’s Seymour Centre, Friday Feb 25 and Saturday Feb 26, 2011. Aimed at young/aspiring musicians, speaking will be Michael Taylor (Island Records), Tim Kelly and Mia McLeod (Universal Music), Jaime Chaux (Radar Radio), Ben Fletcher (Video Hits), Nick Findlay (triple j), Jeremy Sharp (Harbour Agency), Neil Ackland (Sound Alliance), Mark Bulgin (MySpace) as well as Australia’s Got Talent ’s Justice Crew and So You Think You Can Dance representatives/performances.

FINAL ONES The final announcements for One Movement’s Weekend Festival line-up have been announced, with Karnivool, pictured, and The Jezebels joining the previously announced Xavier Rudd, Grinspoon, Ben Kweller, Children Collide, British India, Dead Letter Circus, Dan Sultan, Operator Please and more. The Perth conference and festival runs Wednesday Oct 6 through Sunday Oct 10.

RAINMEN HAVE BUZZ BLACK T-SHIRTS AND WHITE POWDER

DRUMS LOSE GUITARIST In what seems to have been an on-tour altercation between members, The Drums’ guitarist Adam Kessler has left the band in the middle of an American tour. The band, who were out recently for Splendour In The Grass, posted the following on their website, “There have been some questions as to recent events and we are sorry to say that Adam has left The Drums. Jonny, Jacob and Connor are devastated and are keeping to themselves and with friends at this time. The band are currently on the road in America. Thank you for all of the support, it means a lot.” Upcoming dates are going ahead as planned, it seems.

GUINNESS MUSIC RECORDS The expensive Kanye West album doesn’t seem too bad with the news that Jay-Z and Beyoncé will be listed in the Guinness Book Of Records’ 2011 edition for being the Highest Earning Power Couple, as they amassed $122 million American up until June 2009. Lady GaGa is the most searched for female (ousting Sarah Palin), Michael Jackson the equivalent male. Susan Boyle is the Oldest Artist To Reach #1 With A Debut Album, while GaGa also took over Oasis’ record of weeks in the UK chart (topping their 153 with 154) and Pixie Lott has the highest one-week jump to number one ever (Boys And Girls flew from 72 to the top).

Richard Clapton was seriously depressed, verging on suicide, during the time he spent shopping himself to the British and American markets, Michael Chugg’s new biography Hey, You In The Black T-shirt claims. The Front Line has obtained a copy of the book, which covers the heavyweight promoter’s rise to the top of the industry and the excess surrounding rock’n’roll tours in the 70s and 80s. Recalling Fleetwood Mac’s demands (including importing beer for the sole purpose of using the bottle caps for cocaine), the book also discusses his failed stints to break it as an international manager (missing opportunities with Clapton and Kevin Borich), his turbulent relationship with Michael Gudinski (whose backstage “attitude” is subtly commented on throughout), the discovery of Stevie Wright’s heroin addiction (which he claims he hid from the rest of his former Easybeats bandmates initially), Ian Saxon’s drug bust which almost brought down Frontier, his own marriage breakdowns and heart attack amongst other things. Hey, You In The Black T-shirt, which has already been the subject of legal rumblings between Chugg and Gudinski, will be released October.

UK: INDUSTRY TO PAY FOR FIGHT The British government have indicated that the rights holders in music, TV and film industries will be required to fund 75 percent of the fight against illegal downloading, the remaining 25 percent to be funded by Internet service providers, The Guardian reported. Independent telecommunications regulator Ofcom now has three months to finish the Online Copyright Infringement Initial Obligations Code, which will govern the costings, and this particular cost-sharing mechanism is expected to kick in the first half of 2011. It is believed that the rights holders will be up for as much as £14 million a year. The industry had hoped that service providers would foot a larger chunk of the bill, but the move is an example of the increasingly prevalent ‘their problem’ attitude. Britain recently surpassed its 500 millionth legal digital downloads, at the end of August there had been 102 million this calendar year alone.

DEBUTS DOMINATE TOP 10 Linkin Park’s fourth album A Thousand Suns has debuted in the top spot on the charts this week, as a flurry of strong international releases pushed local titles

out of the top ten. Locals Little Red entered at five with Midnight Remember, Grinderman ninth with Grinderman 2, but they couldn’t compete with the like of The Script, whose Science & Faith sits at three, Interpol, self-titled in seventh, and Linkin Park. After having five titles in the top ten over the last couple of weeks, the only album able to hold its position was Angus & Julia Stone’s Down The Way, which clings to tenth.

PANICS, CC PULL OUT The Panics and Cloud Control will not be appearing at the upcoming Stonefest festival in Canberra, due to the former’s recording commitments and Cloud Control’s impending UK tour which was insisted upon by their new UK label, Infectious Records. In their place, the festival has announced that Xavier Rudd and Deep Sea Arcade will now be performing. The event happens at the University of Canberra, Saturday Oct 30.

SHUFFLE TO THE TOP Canberra’s The Aston Shuffle have been voted the winner of the InTheMix 50, an online poll of Australian DJs. Last year’s winner tyDi dropped to second, Andy Murphy, The Stafford Brothers and Bag Raiders rounded out the top five.

Bring The Rain, from Coffs Harbour NSW, have been announced as the first finalist for the first Australian Red Bull Bedroom Jam. They topped the online band competition’s “buzz chart” (consolidates mentions from social networking sites) and will play a live webcast from their bedroom Friday Sep 24. They are now in the running for the grand prize – a high profile support and recording session in LA.

OUR QUIET WORLDBEATERS AC/DC loving Victorian rockers Airbourne have been confirmed as one of the headliners at Germany’s Wacken rock festival, which welcomes 75,000 people each year. Another example of the band’s comparatively small fanbase in their homeland.

CRACKS TO SING The Cracks have been chosen out of LG’s unsigned band competition and will now perform at LG Live, at Singapore’s Formula 1 Grand Prix event next week alongside international acts Missy Elliot, Adam Lambert and Mariah Carey.

$3 MILLION MAN The long awaited and delayed Kanye West album – apparently titled Dark Twisted Fantasy this week – has cost Def Jam Reocrds $US3 million, according to hip hop gossip blog VladTV.com. Recording is ongoing but has already involved sessions in a Hawaii mansion, Jimi Hendrix’s studio with guests Jay-Z, Raekwon, Rick Ross, Mos Def and more rumoured to have guest spots.

SHOT TO THE TOP Buckshot, former frontman of the now inactive Brooklyn hip hop group Black Moon, is celebrating the 15 year anniversary of underground label Duck Down Records with a ‘how-to’ e-book/audio book of the music industry. A press release for the book states that it will be split into three stages, covering “Basics”, the “Framework” and “How It All Works.”

THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL They’ve all taken turns on the winner’s podium at previous Jägermeister Independent Music Award ceremonies and now BRYGET CHRISFIELD asks BERTIE BLACKMAN, BRENDAN HUNTLEY (EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING) and DECLAN MELIA (BRITISH INDIA) how it feels to own a statuette.

AFLL GRA GRAND AND FINA FINAL th

EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING

NRLL GR GRAND RAN D F FINAL

Saturday 25 September

Sunday 3rd October

LIVE from 2PM on the BIG SCREENS followed by JABBA!

LIVE from 5PM on the BIG SCREENS followed by JOHNNY JUMP UP!

3pm to 7pm BERTIE BLACKMAN

he Australian music industry first added the Jägermeister Independent Music Awards (nee AIR Awards) to their calendars in 2006. Now in their fifth year, these Awards continue to recognise excellence in Australian music released through indie labels and distributors across all genres. “It’s such a great award ceremony,” British India’s frontman, Declan Melia (whose band won the Best New Independent Artist category in 2007), praises. “I mean, with the major labels kind of crashing and burning all around us, I think things like the AIR Awards are very important and it’s extremely important that we have them. And so the fact that they’re getting so much bigger every year is awesome!” The Jägermeister Independent Music Awards are to be held at the Forum in Melbourne, which has a 2,000-plus capacity, for the second consecutive year in 2010. Previous award ceremonies were held in much smaller venues. “I think that the Awards are a positive thing and I think it’s a good thing for people who are doing it on their own,” says Brendan Huntley, frontman of Eddy Current Suppression Ring, whose band took out the Best Independent Hard Rock/Punk category in 2008 (Primary Colours). Eddy Current Suppression Ring have also been shortlisted for two gongs this year: Best Independent Artist and Best Independent Album (Rush To Relax). “I’m not too fussed on who wins,” Huntley says diplomatically when asked to assess his competition. “But if we win, then [I’ll be] wrapped.” On what sort of impact Eddy Current Suppression Ring’s win had on the band, Huntley ponders, “It’s hard to say, really. I mean, you never know what exactly is working for you. I’m sure a few more people decided to have a listen [to our album] after hearing that we won, but I never really know how it all works. I try not to think about it.” “Even now, I’m just in awe how much of a stranglehold the major labels have on the industry,” Melia laments. “If you win an ARIA or some shit, you’re set. It’s interesting how little you get rewarded for things in the independent sector – it’s a disgrace, actually. “For us, Guillotine was the record we put out that won the award. It was such a surprise success. Literally no one could have given a shit when we were writing it [laughs], so when it came out and sold so well and then we won awards like that everyone was just like, ‘Holy shit!’ We felt like we’d gatecrashed the party and we didn’t belong there, you know? Even at the AIR Awards, we still didn’t feel completely at home. It wasn’t that we thought our record wasn’t as good as [the other nominated parties] or anything, we just weren’t used to being a success or winning or being accepted by the industry. To be honest, I can’t even remember who we were nominated

BRITISH INDIA

up against but it was a good night because Gotye had won the award the year before and, I mean, we’re all such big fans of that record [Like Drawing Blood] and then to win the year after him was really good.” British India are up for Best Independent Artist this year and the award they collected in 2007, now renamed slightly to Breakthrough Independent Artist, was won by Bertie Blackman last year. “I was performing, so I did have an inkling that maybe I would get something,” Blackman admits. “I was nominated for four things [Breakthrough Independent Artist, Independent Artist Of The Year, Best Independent Album Of The Year (Secrets And Lies) and Best Independent Single Or EP (Heart)], so I was hoping [to win one]. The AIR Award was my first ever music trophy… You feel really chuffed with yourself and give yourself a little pat on the back, because it’s all about you – it’s like a birthday party, a little bit. You’re kind of the centre of attention and then the next day everybody’s back to what they’re doing.” Blackman says that she was pleased with her performance on the night (“I rarely am, but I was happy with that one”) and chose to adlib her acceptance speech. “I couldn’t actually reach the microphone so I stood on tippy toes,” she remembers. Eddy Current Suppression Ring closed the 2008 AIRs with a blistering performance. “I did get out in the crowd,” Huntley confesses. As for whether his band felt added pressure performing in front of an audience containing their peers and music industry peeps, the frontman offers, “I dunno, we just play our show and we do what we do as four of us together and whoever’s watching is watching. It doesn’t really matter who it is.” Melia’s band is scheduled to perform at the upcoming 2010 ceremony. “I think we’re closing the show, which is great,” he enthuses, “we’re thinking about doing something surprising… Maybe we could cover one of the other [nominated] artists. It’d be cool to do something like that or at least something unexpected. Out of the other performers, we’re the only punk band on so I think we’ll do something pretty heavy.” Win or lose, particularly when there are so many influential heads in the room, it’s important to deliver live. Melia chuckles, “Do you know something I don’t?”

The Jägermeister Independent Music Awards take place on Friday Oct 1 at the Forum, Melbourne. Tickets $29+BF through Ticketmaster.

from 8pm

CHECK OUT THE WHAT’S THE CRAIC GUIDE FOR MORE INFO — SPONSORED BY MAGNERS

Cnr George and Elizabeth Streets, Brisbane 3221 4377 | brisbane@irishmurphys.com.au irishmurphys.com.au

Live music 7 nights a week

IN BRIEF Angus & Julia Stone have just become the first ever act to sell out five shows in a row at The Tivoli. Pop-punk pranksters The Vandals have uploaded an easy to understand summary of their current legal battles with Hollywood rag Daily Variety. Check it out at vandals.com. George Michael is apparently not doing too well after his first week in prison for crashing his car under the influence of cannabis. Prisoners have been singing Michael’s hits Freedom and Faith to him, torment the rest of the world has had to endure for decades now... The Drums guitarist Adam Kessler has left the band in the middle of a US tour.

SALLY GIVES MERCY One of the year’s most raved about albums – particularly in the realm of Australian indie music – was Sally Seltmann’s Heart That’s Pounding. She has proven the quality of her live show throughout the year and she won’t be letting us forget in a hurry, with another headline tour announced for December. As if you needed any further reason to head along to see her, Melbourne’s Oh Mercy, who have been kicking plenty of goals of their own, are the main support for the tour and up-and-coming Melburnian duo Jessica Says will open things up. Catch it all unfold at The Zoo on Saturday Dec 4, tickets are available from OzTix for $18 + bf.

FLYING BACK IN Truthfully, we haven’t heard a great deal from Holly Throsby over the past year or so, and now we know precisely why. The charming songstress has revealed that she has made two full-length records to be released soon, one children’s record and one for the adults. The record for us bigger kids is called Team and the first single lifted from it is entitled Here Is My Co-Pilot. The song is a gorgeously bright slice of pop beauty and bodes well for what is sure to be another great album from Ms Throsby. She is heading out on the road in support of the new single and will stop in at The Troubadour Thursday Nov 18, Soundlounge, Curumbin Friday Nov 19 and Joe’s Waterhole, Eumundi Sat Nov 20.

Kelly Rowland has been busted lip-synching again, this time at a concert in New York. It has been reported that Sacha BaronCohen (Ali G, Borat) will play Freddie Mercury in an upcoming biopic.

THE FINAL WAVE

It’s all done, no more Soundwave announcements. Oh, that is after this fucking belter. One Day As A Lion, pictured, is the latest project from Rage Against The Machine frontman Zach de la Rocha and former drummer for The Mars Volta Jon Theodore and they are the final headline act announced for next year’s festival. But that’s not all, much loved horror punks The Murderdolls, legendary metal band Dimmu Borgir, Coheed & Cambria, Feeder, The Rocket Summer, Saxon and Fucked Up have all been announced, along with the bands (Bullet For My Valentine, Bring Me The Horizon, Millencolin et al) who we told you about last week. Add that to the enormous first announcement and you have yourself one mega fucking festival. RNA Showgrounds, Saturday Feb 26, tickets flying out the door so grab one from OzTix and outlets now for $159.15.

ONE LAST PARKLIFE ACT One final act has been added to this Saturday’s Parklife line up at the Brisbane Riverstage and Botanic Gardens and we’d like to send our congratulations to Teleprompter for winning the triple j Unearthed competition and as such earning themselves a spot on the bill. Get in early and show them some love!

UK trailblazers Radiohead have finished recording their latest batch of songs but have admitted they’re unsure as to how they will release them as yet.

STORIES TO TELL

ZZ Top have entered the studio with super-producer Rick Rubin to work on their first album in seven years. Incarcerated hip hop star Lil Wayne’s new mini alvum I Am Not A Human Being will be release on Monday Sep 27, his birthday.

WHITE LIGHT WHITE HEAT Everyone loves a good warehouse party, particularly these days – it seems they’re cropping up all over the place at the moment. The only thing better than a warehouse party is two warehouse parties and the only thing better than two warehouse parties is two warehouse parties with awesome bands (trust us, we’ve done the research). So when we heard about Whitelight and Blacklight then we almost wet our pants a tiny bit (almost). Basically, it’s two awesome gigs in a warehouse space for the coolest kids in town, the first show, Whitelight, is on Friday Oct 1 and features performances from The Jezabels, pictured, Oh Ye Denver Birds, The Medics, Dance Hall Paradiso, Lunch Tapes and the FANS DJs. Blacklight follows this on Saturday Oct 2 and features Dappled Cities, The Boat People, Teleprompter, The Belligerents, Moon Jog and DJ Cutloose. Lightspace Warehouse in the beautiful Fortitude Valley is the venue and tickets are available right now from OzTix for $18 + bf for a single night or $34 + bf for both nights! This is an 18+ event.

THEY’RE NUMBER ONE

STARE AT THE SUN Over the past decade and a half, California’s Linkin Park have become one of the world’s most loved heavy rock bands. Just over a week ago the band released their fourth studio album A Thousand Suns, which was co-produced by Rick Rubin and Mike Shinoda, and it’s another deadest corker that will do nothing to dint their reputation and popularity. The band know how much their Australian fans are gagging to see them again and have already announced some Australian dates on the back of the record and by the looks of things, it’s going to be huge. The band kick off their Australian tour with a big show at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre Friday Dec 3. Tickets go on sale from Ticketek from Friday morning.

The Brisbane Powerhouse’s Planet series plays host to a very special showcase of female singer-songwriters early next month with the Singaot Sista show taking over the venue’s theatre space on Saturday Oct 2. Featured in the performance will be Emma Donovan, Merenia, Ursula Yovich, Ngaiire, Georgia Corowa and Ajak Kwai and they will all be expressing the diverse and life-affirming experiences of contemporary Indigenous women. It promises to be one hell of a night, so grab your tickets from the venue now from $22 up to $32.

If you’re into hard-hitting indie-electro music then you simply cannot miss the upcoming tour from brothers Benjamin and Joshua Garden, better known as Grafton Primary. The duo are back in the saddle after stepping back following their enormous year last year that saw them release their debut album and become a hot live commodity. They are back with a brand new single called The Eagle, which is the first taste we get from their forthcoming sophomore album, set to be released sometime next year. When they launch the single they will not be alone, with the enormously successful electro smashers Infusion joining in on the action as well. You can see these two hot acts live in the flesh at The Zoo Friday Nov 19. Grab your tickets from OzTix for $23.50.

STILL FINDING LOVE Ex-Love Outside Andromeda vocalist Sianna Lee has very successfully launched a great solo career this year with the launch of her Phoenix Propeller record. She had a good solo showing up here earlier in the year and will be returning to Brisbane next Friday to play The Troubadour in support of the absolutely wonderful The Paradise Motel. You can still grab a ticket from OzTix for $23.50.

IN BRIEF Fleet Foxes have finished recording their hotly anticipated new album. Nas has revealed he will release The Lost Tapes: Vol. 2 in December, with a new album early next year. He’s here with Damien Marley for Good Vibrations in February. Vivian Girls are currently in the studio working on album number three Share The Joy. It won’t be out until mid-next year though.

ALL IN THE FAMILY A mongrel born of love lost, intoxication, back beats, nipples, distortion, duality and Staffordshire terriers, Laneous and the Family Yah are hitting the road to showcase their album Found Things. A collage of inspiration found in the band’s travels, collected to produce a miscellaneous representation of their experiences in music and words, Found Things is 17 tracks written between mid 2009 to mid 2010 by Laneous and the Family Yah and recorded mid-2010 at Psi Fi studios in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley by Peet G. The band’s east coast album tour kicks off Friday Oct 1 at The Hi-Fi Brisbane before proceeding on to The Brewery in Byron Bay on Saturday Oct 2.

DAWNING OF LIOR He’s had a year off the road which he’s used to write and record a whole bunch of tunes and now Lior is ready to come out and show you all what they sound like. Tumbling Into The Dawn is the name of his forthcoming solo record, which is out next week and of course old mate will be out on the road in support of it, melting hearts and summoning voices with his gorgeous tunes and you can be a part of it all by heading to A & I Hall, Bangalow Thursday Oct 21, The SoundLounge, Currumbin Friday Oct 22 and The Zoo Saturday Oct 23. Tickets for the Bangalow and Brisbane shows are available from OzTix while Currumbin tickets are available from the venue and they cost $35 + bf. Gossling supports.

EYE OF THE WORM Hotly-tipped Melbourne-based indie rockers Eagle & The Worm are on what seems like an endless national tour at the moment and they’re just extending it over and over, in fact they’ve just announced more dates! Brisbane audiences have already enjoyed a solid slice of the band’s 60s and 70s influence classic pop, just as recently as two weeks ago in fact, but they will be back in town to play shows at Byron Bay’s Great Northern Hotel on Thursday Oct 21 and The Troubadour on Friday Oct 22. Guests will be announced soon and you’ll just grab your tickets on the door.

HO IL TE EE L

JU B

WEDNESDAY

ABBY SKYE FROM 7PM

THURSDAY

LOCKY FROM 8:30PM

FRIDAY

FRIDAY 24TH SEPT 80’S NIGHT DRESS LIKE IT’S 1985 AND GET IN CHEAP! FEATURING RAWR VANITY, THE RIOT, NO RIGHT TURN AND AMYGDALA-O DOORS 8PM

SATURDAY 25TH SEPT TODDFEST 2010 2PM-2AM OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUNDRAISER

TODDFEST BACHELOR AUCTION, TODDFEST MO-OFF, TODDFEST BEARD-OFF, TODDFEST BAKE-OFF, A TATTOO SHOW, RAFFLES, 2 STAGES OF BANDS INCLUDING LYNCHMADA, HEADKASE, KCAVEMEN, THE WRATH, THE GO GO HAUNTERS, HAPPY CAMPER, TROPICAL VAMPIRATES, BLACK MASK, NUDGE FROM HEY DAD AND F.U.C. STATE OF INTEGRITY, IN DEATH, SPITFIRELIAR, HEADWOUND THE PONY, THE PRETTY BOYS, NOBODY’S HEROES, KILL THE APPRENTICE, RAD ROCKETS ARE GO, REKOIL AND GREY MATTER HAVING A FUNCTION OR EVENT

NEED A VENUE?

LOCAL GIGS TO CORPORATE EVENTS EMAIL FUNCTIONS@JUBILEEHOTEL.COM.AU

WALLACE & THE WHITE GOODS FROM 9PM SUPPORTED BY DJ PRABZ

SATURDAY

BERST FROM 9PM SUPPORTED BY DJ PRABZ

SUNDAY

GER FENNELLY FROM 3PM

FOOD PROMO MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY

$10 DOLLAR MEAL DEAL

FRI 24TH SEPT JIMMY SAINT & THE SINNERS + PRIVATE RADIO + DIRTY WINGS DOORS 9PM ENTRY $10

SUN 26TH SEPT STAN WALKER SHOWCASE DOORS 3PM.

FRI 1 OCT ELECTRIC HORSE

+ SMOKING MARTHA DOORS 9PM ENTRY $10

FRI 8 OCT 9 SONS OF DAN + BARREL HOUSE

DOORS 9PM ENTRY $10

FRI 15 OCT FLICKERSWITCH + AMELA D

DOORS 9PM ENTRY $10

FRI 29 OCT END TO CHIVALRY

+ FELINE DOWN

DOORS 9PM ENTRY $10

SUNDAY 26TH SEPT MR INTERNATIONALS

t. P

au ls

SURFERS PARADISE CNR CAVILL AVE & SURFERS PARADISE BLVD 1300 HARD ROCK WWW.HARDROCK.COM

jub

ile e

tel .co

fu for nctio Tc gig ns e, bo @ju Fo ok bil rt. ing ee s a ho Va nd tel. lle inf com y o.. .a . u

m. au

$2 STEAKS ALL DAY

IN BRIEF Noisy Brits Male Bonding recently had a songwriting session with Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo. The Kanye West film we mentioned a couple of weeks ago has been revealed. It is a video clip for his new single Runaway and, at 40-minutes long, it will be the longest video clip ever, beating out Michael Jackson’s Ghosts by mere seconds.

READY TO RUMBLE? Are you ready to let the madness begin? Well even if you’re not, Chris Jericho doesn’t give a fuck! This WWE wrestling superstar is bringing his band, which he masterminded with Stuck Mojo’s Rich ‘The Duke’ Ward, Fozzy back to Australia for the first time in over five years! Fozzy mixes the theatrics of Jericho’s WWE persona with the sick hard rocking of one of the most technically stunning rock bands kicking around these days. Word is the big fella can’t wait to get the band back down to Australia and it’s no wonder, their fanbase here is particularly dedicated. So, keeping that in mind, if you want to see them when they play The Hi-Fi on Sunday Dec 5 then we suggest you get your tickets as soon as you possibly can. They are available from OzTix and outlets from Friday morning and there are a limited number of meet and greet packages available as well, so don’t miss out!

FREE BASICS What do you reckon you’ll find if you jump onto your old friend the Internet and head on over to freebasicsalbum. com? Give up? You can download the brand new selftitled album from pop-rockers The Basics for free! Yep, absolutely nothing. However if you still like to possess physical product then don’t sweat, the band will also be releasing the album on vinyl and CD on Sunday Oct 10. Of course with every exciting new release comes an exciting launch tour and said launch tour will see the band dropping by old Brisbane town in early November; they play The Club House on Friday Nov 5 and tickets are available from OzTix right now for $15.30.

Sweet, wouldn’tharm-a-fly indie pop troupe The New Pornographers have had a show in Canada cancelled by Christian institution Calvin College due to their name. John Mayer is the latest pop star to close his Twitter account. Washington post-punks The Dismemberment Plan have announced they are reuniting. The surviving members of Buffalo Springfield will reunite for Neil Young’s Bridge School benefit concert next month.

SHADOWY TIMES The fi fth solo album from man about town Andrew Morris is called Shadow Of A Shadow and is will hit shelves around the nation on Friday Oct 1. If you don’t know his solo work, perhaps you’re more familiar with one of Morris’ other projects such as the (sadly now defunct) Palladium or The Wilson Pickers, over the years he’s certainly turned his hand to a wide and varied range of musical styles and very rarely have the results not been fantastic. This new release sees him enlist a few very talented friends onto what is ostensibly a very solo record, recorded by himself in his Mt Nebo home studio, some of these guests include Tim Rogers, Bernard Fanning, Clare Bowditch, The Wilson Pickers, The Gin Club and Washington. He’s assembled a new band to take the record on the road where he will be playing it from start to finish on a select number of dates. He plays Joe’s Waterhole, Eumundi Friday Oct 22 and The Troubadour Saturday Oct 23 and Sunday Oct 24.

VIOLENT HOWLS Ballarat’s hottest teen sensations Howl are legitimately kicking goals all over the shop right now. They’re on the road with Children Collide at the moment, bringing their explosive live show to huge crowds around the country and their second EP Brothers In Violence just debuted at number eight on the ARIA singles charts! So it seems as good a time as any for the band to announce their first ever headline tour and the Brisbane date promises to be a deadest blinder, with the band hitting The Club House Saturday Oct 23 with support from local favourites Velociraptor and The Parties Of Interzone. Tickets are available from OzTix now for $13.30 and we strongly suggest grabbing one as soon as you can.

PAPER FACES ON PARADE The Bohemian Masquerade Ball is the flamboyant vanguard for a whole sub-culture of junkyard heroes, Gentlemen punks, flâneurs and neo-vaudeville performers. A boutique festival running for three years now, it is most definitely recognised as a grand carnival of underground culture as it plays host to a boiling-pot of independent music, extreme circus and burlesque and cabaret performers. The musicians on display this year include Mojo Juju and The Snake Oil Merchants, The Barons Of Tang, Ghostboy with Golden Virtues, Martin Martini and Kira Puru and The Bruise. The Masquerade Ball will be held Saturday Oct 9 at the Old Museum.

IN BRIEF When Jay-Z played Yankee Stadium last week he was joined onstage by a couple of mates, such as Kanye West, Eminem, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Chris Martin and Beyoncé. Mogwai have left Matador Records and signed with Sub Pop. Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys will be the name of the forthcoming My Chemical Romance album. Two classic Jon Spencer Blues Explosion albums 1994’s Orange and 1998’s Acme will be reissued as deluxe two-disc editions next month. Gee, it’d be nice to see them live again... Word is Fiona Apple will release a new album next year. Her last record was 2005’s Extraordinary Machine. Andy Cato from Groove Armada has hit out at Kings Of Leon for their diva like behaviour at the UK’s V Festival last month. The full account can be read at groovearmada.com.

INHALE DEEPLY There’s every chance you’ve already seen The Fumes at some stage this year as they have made it around the country in support of killer acts such as Calexico and the Hoodoo Gurus but they’ve left it until October to do their first Australian headline tour of 2010. The band have recently spent a fair whack of time overseas where they continue to build on their impressive profile over there. Speaking of overseas, The Fumes have asked awesome Canadian indie-folksters Elliott Brood to join them on the tour for their first Australian visit in a few years. Locals Transvaal Diamond Syndicate round out the bill that hits the Step Inn on Saturday Oct 9; you can get yourself a ticket from OzTix right now for $21.45.

DOWNLOADS Yep, this is your one week reminder. You know the drill and if you don’t, then here it is. Hit universalmusic.net.au/freedownloads/ streetpressaustralia and get yourself a copy of two hot new tracks from British hip hop hero Example (the Wideboys remix of Kickstarts, no less) and Aussie singer-songwriter Matt Walters (his sweet little ditty Die For You, which also features the vocals of the lovely Megan Washington). This time next week you’ll be too late, so get on board.

REMEMBER WHO THEY ARE? Heavy rock bands don’t get much more popular than Korn. For over 15 years they’ve managed to completely change the game as far as the way we look at metal with their progressive and entirely unique sound. They are still going strong, too, with their ninth full-length record Korn III – Remember Who You Are released earlier in the year. They’ve sold over 30 million albums in their time, have established a hugely successful festival and still have that raw, primal energy that makes them such an exciting force both on record and in the live arena. The band make their return to Brisbane with an intimate club show at The Tivoli on Friday Dec 3, tickets are available from Ticketek now for $88.90 and they won’t stay around for long, so snap one up while you can.

HELL

HEAVEN

Collingwood have made the AFL Grand Final, so there’s a reasonable chance that this time next week they’ll be the reigning premiers. When their fans all gather together it makes the orc armies from Lord Of The Rings look like the Miss Universe pageant…

QUEEN KING We’ve lost count of the number of times the wonderful Kaki King has come to Australia since her first visit back in 2007, but we can assure you it’s a hell of a lot. We’re not complaining, the guitar genius is always welcome in our venues given the quality of shows she puts on. It’s unsurprising that she is back in the country really soon – we’ve already told you she’s playing the Mullum Music Festival – but she has just announced a couple of side shows, one of which happens at The Zoo on Saturday Nov 20. Tickets are available from Oztix now for $35 + bf or you can try your luck at the door, where you can grab one for $40.

St Kilda have made the AFL Grand Final, so there’s a reasonable chance that this time next week they’ll be the reigning premiers. OMG OMG OMG OMG, this could be bloody unbelievable… maybe we shouldn’t have taunted Christians in Backlash, God is vengeful after all. Christians rock! Go Saints!

POT KETTLE ETC

PANIC, NO DISCO

How hilarious for Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt to accuse the Poms of match-fixing. Butt was clearly devastated that his team had registered a win, which was probably not the result that had been organised beforehand…

Tragedy was narrowly averted last week when The Troubadour was spared from a fire that started in the building below. What would have happened if The Troub was gone? Where would we drink after gigs?

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

A Michigan Christian College cancelled a gig by The New Pornographers because their name is apparently “mistakenly associated with pornography”. Really? Which bit? Watching Neko Case often causes irreligious thoughts, but their name? Christians are weird…

GREEN MERCH

GO SAINTS!!!!!

Anybody who read their interview in last week’s Time Off wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest that Californian psych-poppers Wavves have unveiled weed grinders as their newest form of merch. With record sales dwindling bands have to look outside the box for cash flow, at least they know their market…

T A E LIV O

P M E T

GE A T S N MAI

JONSON STREET BYRON BAY

HALDANES DAUGHTERS FRI 24 SEPT

ISSAC PADDON & THE TIDES SAT 25 SEPT

CALLING ALL CARS SUN 26 SEPT

BOY & BEAR THURS 30 SEPT

ASH GRUNWALD FRI 1 OCT

STICKY FINGERS SAT 2 OCT

AMY MEREDITH SUN 3 OCT

TRIP KICKS INDOOR FESTIVAL SAT 9 OCT

ONE MAN PARTY (SOULWAX) SAT 16 OCT

TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE www.thenorthern.com.au

M 6PM O R F P E S WEDEXSJO2N2ES AL OM 7PM R F P E S THUR 23VENUS +

OVERKILL (USA) THU 23 SEPTEMBER w/ Mortal Sin

ROKEBYJOHN (11PIECE) WHO IS 6PM M O R F P FRIM2O4NSWEATSON TRIO SI + MORE M

YOU ME AT SIX (UK) & THE AUDITION (USA)

FRI 24 SEPTEMBER w/ Kids In Glass Houses (UK)

FROM 6P P E S SATV2EN5TH AVE

MAYHEM (NOR)

SE & CO Y S K O O + BR

SAT 25 SEPTEMBER w/ Astriaal, Mongrel’s Cross

M FROM 2P P E S SUNEE2S6UNDAY SESRSSION

FR ALTE W E H T M WITH FROM 5P P E S TUECSA2LA8TE WITH ES AN AL BUCDHS OF COLOUR, +SOUN E + UPSIZ AH + GRINDRITS +THE IR

HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY

THU 30 SEPTEMBER w/ Big Scary, Ball Park Music

LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH FRI 1 OCTOBER w/ Tin Can Radio, Chucknee, The Rude

FREEION

ASLAN (IRE)

ADMISS

SAT 2 OCTOBER w/ Grayson

TAIRS S N W DO AGE DOOR @ ST

M 8PM O R F P E THUERC2LU3BSHOUSE W0 ITH

TH DISH $1 ’S A L E G AN M 8PM O R F P E FRIH2E4CSLUB HOUSE DWTIHTEH T ARY AN AUNCH ) E ’L O S I LEW BERS ( EP L CUCUM RY FREE ENT OM 8PM R F P E SATE2CL5UBSHOUSE WITH TH STUS U G U A T M RY FREE ENT THE TEMPO HOTEL

EXODUS (USA)

MON 4 OCTOBER w/ Nefaria, Subtract (NZ)

COMING O IN SOON... OON BEN KWELLER(USA) – 5/10 AGAINST ME!(USA) – 7/10 CLARE BOWDITCH – 8/10 THE OPTIMEN – 9/10 THE BLACK SEEDS(NZ) – 14/10 LITTLE RED – 15/10 FIREBALLS – 16/10 CONCRETE BLONDE(USA) – 19/10 SOILWORK(SWE) – 21/10 AIRBOURNE – 23/10 GUTTERMOUTH(USA) – 30/10 ED K(USA) – 2/11 THIRSTY MERC – 5/11 GROUNDATION(USA) – 6/11 THE CHARLATANS(UK) – 10/11

EMERGENZA FINAL – 12/11 MANIC STREET PREACHERS(UK) – 13/11 DESPISED ICON(CAN) – 14/11 PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY – 19/11 YOU AM I – 27/11 ARCHITECTS(UK) – 3/12 BROADCAST(UK) – 6/12 THE FALL(UK) – 9/12 HOODOO GURUS – 11/12 ADRENALINE / RISE OF THE ARENA – 18/12 AVALON DRIVE – 5/2 MISFITS (USA) – 6/2

JUSTT ANNOUNCED NNO N

FOZZY(USA) – 5/12

TIX+INFO T I INFO

388 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley.

THEHIFI.COM.AU

18+ ID Required. Management reserve the right to refuse entry.

125 BOUNDARY STREET, WEST END, BRISBANE

1300 THE HIFI

HUNGER STRIKE HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY have gone strength to strength over the past two years – from performing at the Big Day Out to winning QSong’s Song of the Year. Ahead of the band’s latest national tour, MATT O’NEILL sits down with vocalist/keyboardist KANE MAZLIN and vocalist/ guitarist DEAN MCGRATH to talk about the band’s success and their forthcoming debut album Escapades.

here’s a lot to be said about Hungry Kids Of Hungary at this point in time. While still effectively in the infancy of what one hopes and expects will be a long and storied career, the band have nevertheless managed to secure a remarkable array of accomplishments since their formation in mid-2007. In only three years, the local four-piece have gone from precocious indiepop hopefuls to the cusp of national stardom. It’s difficult to even prioritise the band’s considerable list of achievements. There have been award-winning songs (recent single Wristwatch having been blessed with QSong’s coveted Song Of The Year title), numerous festival appearances, high rotation radio-play, international acclaim, sold-out performances and critical respect from national tastemakers like Richard Kingsmill. The irony being that, for all that could and can be said about Hungry Kids Of Hungary’s brief and illustrious career, the Hungry Kids themselves seem only mildly interested in discussing any of their various milestones in conversation. This is not to suggest Kane Mazlin or Dean McGrath (vocals/keys and vocals/guitar respectively) are in anyway resentful, ignorant or ungrateful of the success their band has achieved thus-far – they just don’t seem to be particularly captivated by it. “The extent of my ambition has always been to be able to do this – to be able to make music,” McGrath explains matter-of-factly. “We’re not the kind of people who are overly concerned with cracking it really big or anything like that. You know, I like doing what we do, I like the instant gratification of being in a band when people respond to what you do.” “I’m still confused about all of that sort of stuff,” Mazlin interrupts. “I don’t have any expectations. I like doing a lot of different things. I kind of enjoy being removed from music sometimes. I think my mind becomes too clogged and I get too obsessed with it and I just like to have something else.”

Not that such reticence is necessarily surprising. Since their inception, Hungry Kids Of Hungary have capably and consistently defined themselves as a band driven almost exclusively by musical accomplishment. The group wrote and rehearsed for some eight to nine months before they even presented themselves to an outside audience and, since those beginnings, have successfully avoided the quirk and gimmickry which has increasingly come to typify the Australian indie-pop community. One need only look at the creative output the band have presented to the world over the past three years to understand that its members were always going to prioritise craftsmanship over celebrity. From the accomplished pop song construction of early numbers like Set it Right and All You Need To Know to the subtle eclecticism showcased by later singles like The Beatles-esque Old Money or afrobeat-influenced Scattered Diamonds, Hungry Kids have always been a songwriter’s ensemble. “We’re a songs band, really. We write songs. I don’t think there is a specific Hungry Kids Of Hungary sound that we feel obligated to cater to,” McGrath reflects. “It’s still there but it’s not something that we’ve ever forced. We’ve never changed anything to fit within our sound, so to speak. We’re not a revolutionary band. We’re not really intent on doing something that’s never ever been touched upon before – we just want to make sure that we write good songs.” In fact, the only topic that truly captivates Mazlin and McGrath in conversation is the discussion of music. The pair will happily discuss more superficial topics like their bandname (Mazlin: “As bad as people think it is, we were joking about calling ourselves Neckhole once, so it could have been a lot worse”) or their Q Song victory (McGrath: “Personally, I’m kind of surprised they picked that song”) but it’s only in discussing their music that the pair seem genuinely enthused. “I’ve been doing a lot of press lately and people have been asking a lot about how we met and how the band formed and how we relate to each other as songwriters,” McGrath offers by way of explanation. “The reason I joined this band was because I heard Kane’s songs. It’s as simple as that. We didn’t even know each other before this band. Ryan [Strathie – drums] introduced us over the Internet while Kane was living in London and told me we should all form a band.”

been ever since. It’s actually been really effortless. It’s never been, ‘It’s my turn to write a song’ or anything like that. It’s evolved really organically.” “I’ve definitely been influenced by Kane’s songwriting over the past couple of years,” McGrath elaborates. “What I particularly like is that our creativity seems to come in bursts. There will be times when Kane will be writing a lot and sending us demos each week and, when I get those demos, it really kicks me into action.” The forthcoming release of the band’s debut album Escapades has clearly fostered a contemplative air within the band. Due for release at the end of this month, Escapades finds the band redefining their work in broader terms with far more expansive ambitions – blending stunning, multi-layered pop-songs with veiled stabs of experimentalism and muscular musicianship. “Now that we have an album’s worth of material written and recorded, this band makes much more sense to me,” Mazlin allows. “I mean, if you look at the Magic Mountain EP, it leaps from Scattered Diamonds straight into Old Money and that’s quite a jarring transition. Whereas, on a record, you have 12 tracks to really position and develop the band’s sound – having two vocalists and songwriters becomes more of a strength than a disadvantage.”

Escapades will undoubtedly launch the band into realms where one’s appearance and personality are equally as lauded or denigrated as one’s musical accomplishments. Neither Mazlin nor McGrath seem likely to allow such public exposure to impact upon their work but it’s difficult to imagine the band’s lives remaining unchanged by the album’s release. “We’re all prepared that some people will like it and some people won’t like it,” Mazlin considers. “We’ve been doing acoustic videos for YouTube over the past couple of months, and we’ll probably be doing a few more soon, but Ryan doesn’t want his face to be seen. He wore a plastic bag in England, had his hoodie done up like Kenny from South Park on another one.” “If we reach that level of fame where everyone knows who we are and loves us and hates us or whatever, I’ll just stop going outside,” McGrath announces. “It doesn’t bother me because it already kind of happens in Brisbane when I go out on a Saturday night but, if things get really bad, I’ll just lay low for a bit. I don’t think it will, though.”

“Something we thought about a lot when we were doing preproduction for the record was not taking the most obvious approach every time,” McGrath elaborates. “I think every single song on the record could have sounded quite different to the way they all do now if we’d decided to just go with the most obvious route. When we talked about using strings, for example, it was important to us not to use them on the obvious, acoustic, ballad-y songs.” Hungry Kids Of Hungary’s strength is that they, almost completely inadvertently, embody well-intentioned ideals that their contemporaries only espouse. Whereas the majority of bands on the cusp of releasing their debut album on a major label imprint would prattle on continuously about their dedication to the music, Hungry Kids Of Hungary genuinely prattle on continuously about music. While the band-members have thus far managed to flourish on the basis of their music,

“The thing that he left out, though, was that he was actually a really good songwriter,” Mazlin interrupts, laughing. “It was only after a few rehearsals that we realised that we actually had two songwriters in the band and that we should take advantage of that and that’s the way it’s

WHO: Hungry Kids Of Hungary WHAT: Escapades (Stop Start/EMI) WHERE & WHEN: The Zoo Thursday Sep 30

WEDNESDAY 22ndth September Hack | The John Experiment Spitfire | Maggie Collins

Thursday 23rd September

Dave Flower Band | Pacha Mamma Penny Lame | Harvey Satan

Friday 24th SEPTEMBER

AXXON | Monster Monster Cutloose | DJ Danny Cool

Saturday 25th September 648 Ann street fortitude valley QLD 4006 www.xandybar.com.au

Special ticketed event Calling All cars Young revelry | Numbers Radio Followed by The Official Parklife Afterparty The DANDY WARHOLS (dj set) + Friends

Sunday 26th September

Regrooved presents Qdup foundation Slynk | Paul Master Downstairs You’re Vinyl Blacklight/whitelight pre party Giveaways + much more

Monday 27th September Bar Closed Tuesday 28th September For the cause Joey furious Cutloose

ANDREW M C MANUS PRESENTS

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS

FRI 3 DEC BRISBANE THE TIVOLI SAT 4 DEC SYDNEY HORDERN PAVILION SUN 5 DEC MELBOURNE FESTIVAL HALL* APPEARING AT SYDNEY & MELBOURNE SHOWS ONLY

TICKETEK.COM.AU 132 849 * TICKETMASTER.COM.AU 136 100 For travel & accommodation packages contact info@impactravel.com

ON SALE NOW

AMPRESENTS.COM KORN.COM SHIHAD.COM

THE FINAL ONSLAUGHT? GROOVE ARMADA have been mainstays within the mainstream dance community for nearly 15 years. MATT O’NEILL speaks to TOM FINDLAY about the possibility of the UK dance institution’s forthcoming Australian appearances being their last.

roove Armada are something of a unique entity in regards to mainstream dance music. Typically, mainstream dance ensembles ensure their success by defining themselves through a specific sound and consistently delivering that sound to the masses. Tiesto, Massive Attack, The Prodigy – all have ensured success by establishing an easily identifiable sonic identity early on in their respective careers and deviating only slightly from that identity with the progression of time. Groove Armada, by contrast, have successfully (albeit seemingly inadvertently) defined themselves as several different entities over the course of their 14-year career. Ostensibly the chief artistic vehicle for British producers Tom Findlay and Andy Cato, Groove Armada’s predominant sound changes depending on who one speaks to and what they’ve heard – the pair’s work having been described as everything from chill-out to big beat to electro-house to synth-pop.

“It has always been hard to say exactly what it is we do,” Findlay reflects. “We’ve been called big beat and we’ve been called chill-out and those are, to me, totally different genres. I think, if I had to narrow it down to a category, I’d have to say funk. We’ve always had that classic funk groove in everything that we’ve done. To be honest, though, I’m happiest when people just call what we do dance music and leave it at that. “We’ve always kind of operated within the broadest terms – from our dubby stuff to our disco stuff,” the producer elaborates. “People have been trying to put a specific term on what it is that we do for something like ten years but nobody’s quite managed it as yet. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing, though. There’s never really been a plan with us. It all just sort of unfolded. We certainly never intended for this to go on for 15 years.” 1997’s At The River, for example, is perhaps one of the greatest and most ubiquitous chill-out singles of the 90s but 1999’s equally ubiquitous If Everybody Looked The Same was pure Big Beat, while that same year’s I See You Baby acted as a vital precursor to the electro-house explosion of the following decade. All of Groove Armada’s contemporaries have explored other territories within their work but none of them have so consistently redefined themselves in the public eye. The pair’s most recent reinvention took place with sixth studio album Black Light. Released in January this year, Black Light found Findlay and Cato largely forsaking their club-oriented work in favour of more populist textures – drawing heavily from 80s synth-pop and enlisting a slew of collaborators (including PNAU/Empire Of The Sun mastermind Nick Littlemore) to transform Groove Armada from a production duo into something decidedly more like a pop band. “I think that’s the challenge when you’ve been around as a band for a while – to really change things up and keep developing,” Findlay considers. “It’s actually been kind of frustrating going through the transition. We’ve done gigs where it has been electric and we could really feel the energy coming from the fans and I end up feeling like a fan of my own band – but then we have to play festivals where no-one knows any of our new stuff and we just have to play out hits.” The transition into a pop ensemble, however, may prove to be one of the final transitions made by Groove Armada. Findlay is still enthusiastic about various facets of his life within Groove Armada (production, performance, the pair’s London-based Lovebox Festival) but the producer consistently suggests that the group’s retirement is surprisingly close at hand. At the very least, Findlay insists, the pair’s forthcoming Australian concert appearances will be their last shows for some time. “We probably won’t be playing live for quite a while after this,” the producer explains. “It probably doesn’t feel like it to anyone outside the process but the life cycle of this album has been going on for a very long time. The album itself was like a year in the making and I feel like I’ve been thinking about this record for nearly three years. I’m pretty sure we’ll do these shows, do a quick run in the UK and then probably just hang up our instruments for a couple of years.” While the producer is quick to clarify that the group’s hiatus is strictly from the live environment, a number of other factors would seem to suggest a certain reluctance on both Cato and Findlay’s part to further develop the Groove Armada brand. It’s unlikely, for example, that the group’s anticipated White Light re-working of Black Light will see the light of day as a physical release while Findlay doesn’t even seem to be interested in releasing a seventh Groove Armada album. “I think next year we’ll probably just be focusing on DJing and getting back into that side of the music,” the producer reveals. “We need some clarity and some focus and it’s impossible to get that when you’re DJing and playing live and producing so I think we’ll just be DJing next year. After that, we can decide if we’re interested in making another album or whether we just want to release a tune every now and then and play the odd festival.” The sole redemption of the situation is that the group’s decline doesn’t appear to be a creative one. The overarching reason why the pair seems intent on disregarding their most celebrated project would very much seem to be because the legacy attached to the Groove Armada name is gradually serving to prevent them from making the kind of music they would like to make in future. Findlay and Cato aren’t looking for a reinvention or transition so much as a complete artistic rebirth. “I just don’t know if the level of change we’re looking for is possible,” Findlay reflects. “With the benefit of hindsight, the level of change we were looking at for Black Light probably can’t be done by a band in our position. I think, when people think of a bandname, they will always have associations with that bandname and once those associations are there it’s nearly impossible to make any significant changes to them. “I don’t know what people think of when they think of Groove Armada but I know what I think of when I think of a band like Faithless and I know those images are always going to stick. I don’t know if we will yet because we haven’t decided but I can see us disappearing completely and just doing something completely different under a new band name rather than trying to change our band again. “I mean, being in a band with an established name can be a lovely thing but it can also bring you down. We really want to make some more club-led stuff, at some point, but labels don’t really want that kind of music because they can’t market it or sell it to radio,” the producer says bluntly. “I’m trying not to even think about writing another Groove Armada album though, if I’m honest. I’m really just looking forward to a holiday.”

WHO: Groove Armada WHERE & WHEN: Parklife, Brisbane Riverstage

and Botanical Gardens, Saturday Sep 25

GROWING IN STATURE Melbourne’s LITTLE RED have been away for a little while, writing songs, seeing the world and most importantly putting together the historically difficult second album. Keyboardist and vocalist TOM HARTNEY tells BEN PREECE just what their hurdles were.

ou might think you know Little Red. You might think you know all about their fun-loving, retro-tastic ways, perhaps from seeing one or more of their many shows and festival slots throughout the past few years. You might even own a copy of their debut album – Listen To Little Red – or even just casually enjoyed Coca-Cola or one of their other infectious singles on the radio. Whatever you know, that’s about to change with Midnight Remember, the Melbourne band’s second record and somewhat of a second left turn. The historically ‘difficult’ second album has proven somewhat of a facade for Little Red who undertook recordings with the challenge of stepping up the sound, the songwriting and the production and even abandoning the aesthetic that had assisted them so well in becoming an Australian live music staple. “It’s very exciting!” enthuses Tom Hartney on the eve of the record’s release. “It’s been a couple of years since the last one and we did make a record, did a couple of tours, went to England a couple of times. To the outside it might seem like we’ve done a bit but to us, there seemed to be a lot of sitting around. Now it’s all happening and it’s a bit overwhelming. This one is quite different to our first record so when we started doing all of this press cycle, I had no preconception of what people would make of it.

what I like to see. The world is treating us okay, we’re not taking off big or anything like that. Firstly, we’ll release the album in Australia and we’re talking to a few labels out of the UK for this one. We put the first album out over there on an indie label called Lucky Number who put out Gotye. They were fantastic the first time, they took us over there and were really hospitable. If we put it out with them, I’d be more than happy. Nothing is concrete yet. It doesn’t matter, I just hope to get over there and play more shows.”

WHO: Little Red WHAT: Midnight Remember (Liberation) WHERE & WHEN: Joe’s Waterhole Thursday Oct 14, The Hi-Fi Friday Oct 15, Coolangatta Hotel Saturday Oct 16

“In terms of the recording, we really just did what we were – a live band. We pretty much approached the recordings as we would a live guide, the recordings on that album are live takes so that was more like a snapshot. This one we really approached as an album, as a work of... well, art, we reckon. So we had a lot of time to sculpt the songs – some of them will be a few years old and we really refined them. I don’t think we really overrefined anything so we kind of recorded it at the perfect time when we had everything in shape and we had a lot longer to record it – we had three weeks as opposed to three days on the previous one. So it was a case of making sure you got everything right, you didn’t leave any mistakes – we’re striving for perfection even though we can’t achieve that.”

“To the outside it might seem like we’ve done a bit but to us, there seemed to be a lot of sitting around.” For a band who so joyfully celebrated the golden age of guitar pop, extensive overdubs, persisting for the right vocal takes and indulging in a little studio trickery weren’t common practises for Little Red in the studio. Their evolution on Midnight Remember explores their songwriting prowess further than ever before while their musical influences are tied together more by the overall production. “We handled it alright,” Hartney says of the first time experiences this time around. “Yes, it was the first time but had done a lot of demoing in between the two albums so it didn’t seem like a totally new experience but we’re continually learning which keeps it new and exciting. It was challenging, personally I played keyboards on this album which I didn’t do on the first album so it was challenging and stimulating to do that. And yeah, the vocals – we’ve had plenty of practise on them, the harmonies and all of that. “We recorded with Scott Horscroft,” he continues. “He was one of the ones on our list of the people we wanted to work with. As a matter of fact, we did a trial recording over in England with some English guy just because the label wanted us to do that. We got on alright with him but we didn’t work well with the guy – he had done Blur and a few things like that. So we went back to our plan of working with Scott and we’re glad we did because he’s a very comfortable guy to work with. We went to The Grove Studios on the central New South Wales’ coast, a very beautiful pastoral, idyllic setting – we stayed onsite for the whole month so it was like a bit of a band camp, we were totally immersed in that process for a month. The sound was a lot more derivative of our influences on the first record – we had a more limited array of influences back then and we were trying to doing a stylised thing but also what we liked.” But as Hartney explains, it was a series of events and experience at the time that would shape of the Little Red sound to come. He says the band enters the studio with no real mission statement regarding the sound they’re after, it just comes out the way it comes out. “It wasn’t a conscious decision to change it,” he explains. “It happened over the last two or three years. We’d been playing a lot of festivals, we’ve been exposed to a lot of other bands, more modern sounds perhaps. It might just be the variety of influences, the bands we’ve played with, the experience, we’re all a bit older and all of that. It was a challenge to make a coherent record as a matter of fact, we had some songs in different styles and didn’t want to go too far in any direction but I think the 13 we got have become something unique. We’re not that big into talking about it all, we just let it happen but when you come to do the song selection you’re forced to do what the song sounds like. There’s a few dancier numbers like [first single] Rock It, in a way I would say that’s one extreme and there are a few songs that are similar to that and I’m sure there’ll be popular with people who like Rock It. There are a few on the new one that could’ve been on the old one, just they’re more polished. The basic thing was to serve each song and try to get each one perfect.” The immediate future post-Midnight Remember release is already looking healthy, with approximately a million gigs to launch the record and undoubtedly the summer festival run as well as a promising overseas career. “The thing we’re most looking forward to is this forthcoming massive, gigantic tour which starts up there in Brisbane according to my calendar,” Hartney laughs. “We’ve had this bit of a break and you have to keep scrolling down because the gigs never stop and that’s

THE HONEYMOON AIN’T OVER As one of the hottest new emerging bands to raise its head above the pile here in Brisbane, THE HONEY MONTH are quickly racking up the accolades. An excited JONATHAN STEEDMAN chats to BEN PREECE.

ou could say that Brisbane’s rapidly emerging youngsters The Honey Month are one appropriately named outfit right now. You see the local five-piece may have been around, in some form or another, for some time but they’re currently experiencing somewhat of a glorious honeymoon period, simply trying to keep ahead of the snowball that is pushing them quickly into one of this town’s hottest outfits. As Time Off connects with Jono Steedman, the band has only just found out that they are the triple j Unearthed band from Queensland chosen to play at One Movement in Perth. This comes on the back of a rather incredible couple of months for the lads who also landed a coveted spot at Splendour In The Grass and Big Sound Live here in Brisbane. “I guess the kick start came when Asho [Graham Ashton – manager] came along and showed a bit of faith in us,” Steedman explains. “It’s pretty easy when he’s on your team. He’s worked us through it,

NEW RELEASES The Black Pacific

Jim Lindberg (ex-Pennywise singer)’s new band, on SideOneDummy Records.

24TH SEPT

LES SAVY FAV

EDWYN COLLINS

JAMAICA

New album from probably the best live band in the world.

Scottish indie legend is joined by Franz Ferdinand, Drums, Cribs & other friends.

Debut album from exciting new Paris band. Features ‘I Think I Like U 2’.

Root For Ruin

Losing sleep

T H E W A L K M E N [

L I S B O N

]

Jamaica No Problem

24TH SEPT

EELS

THE WALKMEN

VIOLENS

9th studio album from EELS, the ever-changing project of singer/songwriter & multiinstrumentalist Mark ‘E’ Everett.

It’s the album’s closing moments that elevate Lisbon toward greatness” - MEN’S STYLE.

Wow! One of the revelations of 2010. Features singles ‘Acid Reign’ & ‘Violent Sensation Descends’.

Tomorrow Morning

Lisbon

Amoral

“Three of us, not myself but Hamish [Orr], Thomas [Kulich] and David [Leonardi], were playing in a punk band from high school days and their sound eventually started to change and new influences were brought in,” Steedman says. “They were called The Choking Cats and when their sound sort of changed, they needed a few different musicians who played some different instruments. Through friends of a friend, we all got the call and.... I joined a year ago and Liam [Eaton] joined just a couple of months before me so we’ve been together, as we are now, just over a year. I guess it’s all kicking off so now we’re just trying to keep up. I guess it’s about making sure when the opportunities are there, you grab them. I think I can safely say for all of us that Splendour has been the highlight, when we got the news that we’d been given that spot, we were all pretty stoked. It was nervewracking, it was the biggest show we had played to date and playing on a stage that size was a bit daunting. We’re a biggish band so we’re so used to small stages and hitting each other with our instruments but instead we were two or three metres away from each other.”

“We finished up recording and mixing it a couple of months ago,” Steedman explains. “We recorded it at The Ark in Paddington, it’s a little studio in the bottom of a house, you wouldn’t spot it from the outside. It’s got the greatest vibe, we picked it purely on vibe and it’s definitely come through in the recording. Apparently the whole neighbourhood is pretty musical, we didn’t get the police coming into the late night sessions. We had the most incredible team for it – we had Sean Cook from Yves Klein Blue producing it. We spent five days straight tracking and mixing and it all came together really nicely. We aimed to do most of the songs where we track drums and vocals and sometimes guitars – just do a live band take – and then drop layers over the top of them. We were the whole time so we just jumped in whenever we were needed. “The songs have all come from a big timeframe, I guess being our first EP we’ve drawn from the last two years of writing. So you can hear hopefully a progression. Foliage is the first track, the single as well and one of our most recent tracks and sort of goes into electronic instruments and stuff which is something we haven’t pursued in the past. The Owl is a lot more percussive, more organic, acoustic instruments – we got out in the yard and did some stomping and crashing to get that big dancehall sound. Cold Light is our most recently-completed song, up to the point where we actually hadn’t finished it when we went into the studio – that was the worry and the one part that perhaps didn’t go smoothly. But again, it has electronic elements too which probably isn’t big news to other bands.” With clearly a strong prowess for songwriting and sonic ambition, Foliage is bound to change the minds of those who have pre-conceived notions of what the band are about. It doesn’t cram The Honey Month into any one box, instead it tends to open more and more doors with repeated plays. “I think we aim for the story-telling approach in our writing,” he continues. “I guess a poem, if you will, those sort of narrative feels to them, hopefully without being too straightforward. Every one of us in the band only agree on two bands, that makes car trips fun – they are Neutral Milk Hotel and probably Grizzly Bear, even though we sound nothing like them and would never try because they’re incredible. So with writing, we can’t afford to come in with any pre-conceived ideas, it’s more like we bring in each of our own influences and try and bend that into something we all appreciate and all enjoy.”

INTERPOL

JUNIP

UNDERWORLD

NYC superstars return with brilliant 4th album. Contains the single ‘Barricades’.

Jose Gonzalez, Tobias Winterkorn, Elias Araya. Debut album. Touring for Falls Festival 2010/2011. Gorgeous.

To celebrate their 30th year together, Underworld return triumphantly with their ﬁrst new album in almost 3 years.

Interpol

Fields

Barking

DRAGONFORCE Twilight Dementia

Double live album from power metal legends.

BRING ME THE HORIZON

There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let’s Keep It A Secret

Getting five minds onto the same page, particularly in a creative environment as impassioned as music, is never an easy feat to accomplish, however, Steedman says these five minds find their common ground pretty easily. “I guess we’re trying to get five minds pulling in the same direction and I feel that’s happening more and more which is where the progression is coming from,” he reflects. “Not everyone is always going to get their way but I think we’re pretty good at being blunt and rude to each other. If we don’t like something, it’s easy to say as I think we all have pretty thick skin. It means we can be really forward with things. We all come around I guess. Despite all our different influences, we all seem to pulling in the same direction. There hasn’t been any giant storm outs or name-calling, which is good.” So needless to say, with the impending release and the already burgeoning list of accolades and career highlights, you could say the future is bright for The Honey Month. As the next few months unfold, time will tell in just which direction the band will travel. Next up, aside from the touring, the band plans to work towards a debut album.

THE SWORD Warp Riders

Touring with Metallica! Touring Soundwave Festival 2011! Oh, yeah! We love it.

AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AT AT ALL ALL GOOD GOOD RETAILERS RETAILERS AND AND ONLINE ONLINE AT AT WWW.SHOCK.COM.AU WWW.SHOCK.COM.AU 22

The collaboration is said to have started about seven years ago when a couple of the lads, aged only 11, recorded their first track ever over the top of a Tom Petty cassette. Aside from a clear disrespect for the classics, it did display their clear obsession with punk. This obsession turned to experimentation as they discovered new and interesting instruments, expanding their sound and their influences as they went along.

The release of their debut EP Foliage is almost upon us and is sure to certify the group’s status as crafty and unique songwriters who truly possess and display a musical freedom uncommon with musicians of their age.

08 TH OCT

THE BLACK PACIFIC

I guess, and we’ve just been getting better gigs and things like that.”

“No band likes recording EPs,” Steedman laughs. “It’s a necessary evil but at the end of the day, the album format is what we all listen to. So yeah that is something we’re striving towards so as soon as we’re allowed to, that’ll be the goal.”

WHO: The Honey Month WHAT: Foliage (Useless Art Records/Inertia) WHERE & WHEN: The Troubadour Friday Sep 24

SIMPLE PLEASURES Among other things, PETER HOOK is an author, DJ, nightclub owner, current member of The Light and â&#x20AC;&#x153;another couple of projects in the worksâ&#x20AC;?, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an album he and some mates made 30 years ago thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bringing him here. The man known as Hooky tells ROSS CLELLAND tales of Joy Division, New Order and whatever comes next.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be honest, I thought weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d just play it the once at home â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and I want to point out, every time we do it is because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been asked to do it, not me pushing to do it. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m gratified people want it.â&#x20AC;?

Deep Purple did that in the 70s and now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s me doing it.â&#x20AC;? You can almost hear the shake of his head, before he gets sincere. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But it sounds fantastic. Atmosphere is sublime with an orchestra.â&#x20AC;?

That history â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effect on listeners then to now â&#x20AC;&#x201C; makes people very protective of it. Hook has been careful with the memories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got records that mean so much to me: Ian Duryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Boots, Nicoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chelsea Girl, The Clash. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want someone making a mess of it.â&#x20AC;?

Realism intrudes: â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite afford to bring the symphony out there. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just getting us. But it works this way too â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a different energy.â&#x20AC;?

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heard the whispers against him and is blunt about the criticism.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I recognise myself all too much in watching him,â&#x20AC;? offers Hook senior. So, does he get the bass down round his knees like his dad? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ha! He plays low. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still nervous, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming along. The more confidence heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting, the bass gets lower each time. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my boy.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;If someone had said after hearing us, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shit, mateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d pack it away. Now, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had plenty of people saying that before they hear it, but no oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s said it afterward. Those who say Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;cashing inâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;? Fook, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve waited 30 years to cash in? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had the winning lottery ticket â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just left it in my pants pocket for 30 years? I wish!â&#x20AC;? he laughs darkly.

Having been through it, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty well-placed to give the right advice to Jack and other young â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;uns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh yeah, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always rules that still stand. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first one: Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sign anything when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 19,â&#x20AC;? he warns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got this little game with my solicitor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll show me some piece of paper and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What fuckinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; idiot did that?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and he turns the page over and shows me. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Er, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be you.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Did it 30 years ago and still paying for it.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact is there are songs on that record we just never did. It was not really through technical problems, it was just easier to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;rock outâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and more delicate songs just never got played. We were 21 and just wanted to take everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;eads off.â&#x20AC;? Hook also admits the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quality was as much due to the eccentric genius of producer Martin Hannett. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He gave the album an aura that was very lasting, very ethereal,â&#x20AC;? he admits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bernard [Sumner, guitar] and I â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we would have made a punk record. We liked The Clash, the Sex Pistols and it just wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the mystique to it. But it was like working with a mad professor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what he was talking about a lot of the time.â&#x20AC;?

tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a striking image. The graphic representation of the flashes from a dying Pulsar star, in fact. But as an album cover, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as iconic as that baby in the swimming pool, or those guys on the pedestrian crossing.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is Joy Divisionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Unknown Pleasures. When released in 1979, the critics embraced it, but as the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tragedy unfolded, with singer Ian Curtis becoming a generational martyr, the myth and influence of the album grew. Even now youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll hear echoes of its moody atmospherics. Peter Hookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throbbing bass was one of the centrepieces of the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sound, but he certainly didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it would endure. As the man himself offers, in a

Manchester accent which you half-expect to called from the phone at any moment because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;trouble at the millâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If someone said to me a few months back that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d going to Australia to play Unknown Pleasures? I would have just said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be fuckinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ridiculous.â&#x20AC;? He offers the back story: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It came about from [Manchesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] Macclesfield Council â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we were supposed to celebrate Ianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life and Joy Divisionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music in May. But naturally, being a government idea, it fell through,â&#x20AC;? he chuckles dryly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For whatever reasons, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never celebrated one year, or five, ten, 25 years of it â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to let it go again.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about the arrogance of youth, apparently. They just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recognise the greatness of what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d done, they activity disliked the result. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fook no, I hated it! I thought heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d emasculated our music, where heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d actually empowered it. Found depths in it I certainly didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know were there.â&#x20AC;? Thus, 30 years of experience, of knowledge, of hindsight can now be put into a live performance. And compromise is possible, apparently. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a cross between Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s idea of Joy Division and mine. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of atmosphere he gave it and the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;balls outâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d put there.â&#x20AC;? Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s durability to the songs as well. Hook has been performing the album in several manners over the past couple of months, sometimes surprising himself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done it with orchestra and a choir. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a long way from punk. I pissed myself laughing when

The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;usâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is basically his band, The Light, with son Jack playing his dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trademark bass lines.

But even knowing cynicism canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make everything a happy ending. The other surviving members of Joy Division, Bernard Sumner and drummer Stephen Morris â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who went on with Hook to international success in New Order and spent over 20 years together â&#x20AC;&#x201C; have no contact with him, or comment on this revival. It feels like a dysfunctional family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a bit,â&#x20AC;? agrees Hook, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to our Christmas lunch,â&#x20AC;? he adds with some mischief. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Have a guess whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be the grumpy uncle drinking in the corner?â&#x20AC;? He goes on to a little more serious reflection though. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a shame, particularly with anniversaries and such. Unknown Pleasures gave us the life we have today. It is sad we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t share it. I owe a lot to Bernard, Stephen, Ian â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and what we did together. And the chance to acknowledge it â&#x20AC;&#x201C; even walking around with a sandwich board with the cover on it and yelling, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hey, this is a great fucking record, you should hear it!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it just should be celebrated. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be happy with that.â&#x20AC;?

WHO: Peter Hook and Friends WHEN & WHERE: The Tivoli Monday Sep 27

AUSTRALASIAN WORLD

MUSIC EXPO 2O1O THURSDAY 18 - SUNDAY 21 NOVEMBER MELBOURNE | THE ARTS CENTRE | THE HIFI | THE TOFF | FED SQUARE - BMW EDGE THREE DAYS OF THE FINEST TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS, ROOTS AND WORLD MUSIC FROM AUSTRALIA, ASIA, THE PACIFIC AND BEYOND.

"35*454 */$-6%& '&.* ,65* 5)& 104*5*7& '03$& /*(&3*" n (306/%"5*0/ 64"

%"/ 46-5"/ n 5)& 3"") 130+&$5 n ,"5*& /00/"/ 5)& $"15"*/4 n ."." ,*/ '3"/, :".." n ,*/( ,"1*4* 4".0" /; n %*"'3*9 n &-&$53*$ 8*3& )645-& /;

.*45" 4"70/" n $6.#*" $04.0/"654 n /"5)"-*& /"5*&.#& -" 3Â&#x2014;6/*0/ '3"/$&

(3"7&:"3% 53"*/ n .3 1&3$*7"- n #-"$, +&464 &91&3*&/$& n .*$308"7& +&//: /("**3& 1/( "645 n 5)"5 (6: 64" n :*&/ 4065) ,03&" n #64#: ."306 n /&*- .633": n ,*/( ,"%6 5)& 800)00 3&76& n 450/& -07& +"."*$" n $&-&/0% /&8 $"-&%0/*" n 5*+6"/" $"35&- n 8"* /;

,*/( ."30/( "'30 ."/%*/,0 n ,"7*4)" .";;&--" n #-", 30054 n /(" 5"& /; $)"/5 %08/ 406/% n -"+"."/6 5&&/"(& #"/% n 5)& #0.#": 30:"-& */%*" "645 .03& BOOKINGS: THE ARTS CENTRE: 1300 182 183 | THE HIFI: 1300 843 4434 THE TOFF: 03 9639 8770 | BMW EDGE: 03 9427 9198 | CONCERT TICKETS & DELEGATE REGISTRATION ON SALE NOW! VENUES ALL IN MELBOURNE CITY CENTRE 4HIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ASSISTED BY THE !USTRALIAN 'OVERNMENT THROUGH THE !USTRALIA #OUNCIL FOR THE !RTS ITS ARTS FUNDING AND ADVISORY BODY

FOR FURTHER DETAILS VISIT:

WWW AWME COM AU INFO LINE: 03 93291533

TERRASPHERE P R OD U C T ION S

OUT OF ORBIT For once, LINKIN PARK are taking time to celebrate the release of a new album. MIKE SHINODA tells DANIELLE O’DONOHUE why A Thousand Suns is different.

producer Rick Rubin, but it was Shinoda with his sleeves rolled up taking care of the day-to-day recording.

planet’s biggest alternative rock band whose members can still say they’re under 35.

“He knows that we need to obsess over our songs for a while in order to move them forward,” Shinoda explains, “and then when we’re ready to have him come in then he comes in and he gives us the big-picture-like feedback. And he’s awesome at that. I get in the weeds and get obsessed with little things and go off on tangents for five days.

The band’s debut album, Hybrid Theory, has now sold almost 25 million albums (to put this in perspective, ARIA’s sales figures for last year show 30 million albums were sold in Australia in total).

“This is the format: we meet every week, with or without Rick, six guys on Mondays and we review what’s changed in the songs. Sometimes it’s a little bit and sometimes it’s a tonne. And the reason we do it is because we do tend to come up with a lot of ideas and we always want to make sure we compare the old one to the new one and that we don’t accidently let something… a wrong turn sneak into one of our songs.” This time around the band were coming up with ideas far different to the usual Linkin Park sound, not just because guitars share album space with synths and keyboards, tribal beats sit alongside the band’s DJ Joe Hahn’s scratching or important speeches from the last century punctuate the music. A Thousand Suns is in intriguing beast because it is an album that must be listened to from start to finish to fully appreciate the scope of it. While tracks bleed into one another with no obvious start or end points, there’s also whole rhythm patterns that are repeated, lyrics that are sung or phrased a particular way in one song re-appear elsewhere on the album and are given new meaning.

couple of weeks ago in LA the six members of alt.rockers Linkin Park sat down to a dinner at guitarist Brad Delson’s house. Though it’s not a rare thing for the members to be getting together, it’s one of the first times in a 14-year career that the band have marked a milestone by taking time out of their busy schedule for a moment of reflection. The milestone the band were celebrating is the imminent release of their fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns. It’s been three years since the release of Minutes To Midnight, the band’s third album, and a lot has changed in the Linkin Park world. Celebrating the release date of an album is just the beginning. “We have had a bad habit of not celebrating things like album releases and single

releases, finishing records and ends of tours and things like that,” multi-instrumentalist Mike Shinoda explains. “We have a bad habit of just moving from one thing to the next. We made a point this time to really stop that. So many great things have happened with the band and I feel like we need to slow down a little bit and just appreciate the small moments. We had a little party this week here in LA. We had dinner at Brad’s house one night. We had lunch at my house. We’ve done little things, just get together with the six guys or our families and celebrate it.” Though Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington has always been the more public face of Linkin Park, it is Shinoda who leads the band in the studio. On A Thousand Suns, Shinoda shares a production credit with super

“When we started working on this album,” Shinoda says, “we sat down in a room over a year ago and started talking about, just really casually, it came up in conversation, ‘What kind of album would you be happy with at the end of this process? What characteristics would it have?’. And one of the things I really loved, one of the ideas that Phoenix threw out that really stuck with me, was that he was saying how at the time there’s a lot of junk food music out there. And I think it’s true right now. I think it’s been true for a long time. “He likened it to candy or sweets, you know. It’s fun to eat once in a while and when you have it you should definitely enjoy it but it’s not substance and if you eat too much of it you have a stomach ache and your teeth rot out. So he was saying if music is like food then let’s make an album that has substance, that’s got some exotic flavours. It gives you energy. It makes you smarter. It makes you stronger. Let’s shoot for that.”

Sales figures like that in the current music industry seem almost impossible, especially with an album like A Thousand Suns. Already Internet talk suggests that fans aren’t entirely happy with the album’s first single The Catalyst. Surprisingly, the rest of the album seems to have stayed off the Internet. The first a lot of people will hear it will be when they have a copy in their hands.

“If music is like food then let’s make an album that has substance, that’s got some exotic flavours. It gives you energy. It makes you smarter. It makes you stronger.” Shinoda’s aware that A Thousand Suns is a much less accessible listen than Hybrid Theory and may take some Linkin Park fans awhile to get used to. “We used to buy a record on vinyl and drop the needle and you’d listen to the whole thing and we miss that a little bit,” he muses. “There’s just something so fulfilling about hearing an artist’s vision in its whole. I love that you had a favourite song at one time and then a few months later you had a different favourite song. Or even you listen to the album and you kind of don’t like it and then a few weeks later you find yourself kind of curious about it again and then you start to pick up on things that you didn’t like the first time because they were not what you wanted or not what you expected. But the more you listened to them you kind of realised even though that’s not the reason I bought this or the reason I got into it now I’m kind of thinking that’s kind of interesting.” Four albums and 14 years into their career, it is a different Linkin Park that have emerged from the studio this time around. The album they have created is a milestone and that is definitely something worth celebrating.

Though Linkin Park have always had fairly vocal detractors, they are currently the

WHO: Linkin Park WHAT: A Thousand Suns (Warner)

On a Roll

Rooster Roll & Regular Chips

Where’s the newest Red Rooster? It’s gotta be Fortitude Valley!

5 95

Hand voucher to Service Assistant when placing order. Not available in conjunction with any other offer. Set combinations apply. Offer only available at Red Rooster Fortitude Valley. Offers ends 03/10/10.

It’s a Rippa 2 Rippa Subs, 2 Regular Chips ps

Double Fillet Frenzy 2 Regular Crispy Fillet Burger Combos.

There’s an all-new Red Rooster store in Fortitude Valley. And to celebrate, simply bring along any of these vouchers to enjoy a delicious, money-saving deal! We’re open from 9am till late every day, serving our famous roast chicken and a whole range of delicious snacks and sides – all in our fabulous new surroundings. To ﬁnd out why it’s gotta be red, visit us at FORTITUDE VALLEY Brunswick St. Mall.

PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY.

The Smirnoff word and associated logos are trademarks. ÂŠ The Smirnoff Co. 2010.

YOU, ME AND THIS WAVE Still rising from the boost that Soundwave gave them earlier this year, YOU ME AT SIX return triumphantly. SCOTT FITZSIMONS catches up with “pessimist” JOSH FRANCESCHI at the top of the world.

festival the size of Soundwave is going to throw up a few surprises, and You Me At Six are undoubtedly a success story of the 2010 event. The Surrey, England rockers had just released their second album Hold Me Down and were looking to capitalise on the buzz they were generating elsewhere in the world. “We guessed we were going to have fun,” reminisces Franceschi of the experience, “but we weren’t sure whether we were going to get well received or even whether people knew about us being so far from home. It was really, really flattering the people coming out to watch us play at Soundwave, singing along and stuff and coming to our signings.” They can’t play Soundwave again next year – due to the festival’s admirable ‘no two years in a row’ rule – but they’ve managed to beat the festival around, returning half a year after their first jaunt for their own headlining tour. With the support growing not only in Australia, their sudden jump in profile is yet to sink in. “You ask anyone in our band,” challenges the frontman, “I’m the negative person in our band; I’m the pessimist. I’m the one that thinks that we’ve been dealt a really good hand of luck and it’s going to run out any moment. When we came to Australia, we were completely overwhelmed and surprised by the response we had. I mean, when people from our label were turning up and taking us to radio interviews and stuff, we were like, ‘Why the fuck would you even care [about us]? What’s going on here?’ I can’t wait to come back. At Soundwave it was hard to meet all the people that I wanted to meet, like all the fans at shows and stuff. But September I’m going to make sure everyone’s aware that we’re very, very grateful for everything we’ve got and we really appreciate it.” Though Australia and America have taken to the quartet with open arms and signature requests, they’re not quite world conquerors yet.

WHITES OF THEIR EYES Melbourne-based rockers CALLING ALL CARS have just dropped their debut album, and frontman HAYDN ING explains to FARREN RAY why it’s handy having friends in high places.

alling All Cars really are a good, old-fashioned, hard won success story. Originally hailing from the small coastal NSW town of Tilba, brothers James and Haydn Ing, along with friend Adam Montgomery, moved down to Melbourne in 2005 with dreams of making it in the music business. Dubbing themselves Calling All Cars, they began gigging and it wasn’t long before their melodic, well-crafted rock songs gained the attention of industry types and punters alike, and garnered them a string of increasingly highprofile support slots, culminating in a coveted spot opening for AC/DC on their recent Black Ice tour.

“Japan’s been… difficult,” he says carefully, but honestly. “Our label… it’s weird actually, it goes to show that it happens to everyone – but I mean, they won’t even release 30 Seconds To Mars’ record, they won’t release ours either in Japan. So we feel like we’re banging our head against a brick wall with them. “Stuff is starting to happen in Europe I suppose, but Australia has got a feeling, we’re all part of the Commonwealth, there’s a lot of love because we speak the same language – maybe that’s the reason why people are getting amongst it, I don’t know… I think it’s amazing but I always feel like we’re dreaming about this position; it isn’t actually happening. The fact that I’m being paid to go out to Australia to play shows in front of people that like the music we wrote, it’s ridiculous. We’re very, very lucky… In two years no one will give a fuck,” he summarises, “just ride the wave.” The tables are turned for their September visit as they’ll be supported by Chicago’s The Audition and Cardiff’s Kids In Glass Houses, both bands that they’ve been associated with before. The first ever “real” tour You Me At Six completed was around England, in support of The Audition. “It was the first time I felt like a real band,” Franceschi assures. “A tour, with a proper American band – it felt like a big deal and it was a big deal and we’ve stayed friends ever since… I think The Audition are the US equivalent of You Me At Six in terms of people; we’re the exact same people.”

WHO: You Me At Six WHERE & WHEN: The Fort Thursday Sep 23 (all ages), The Hi-Fi Friday Sep 24

Their success certainly hasn’t come out of nowhere: over the past four years they have toured relentlessly across Australia in support of peers such as The Butterfly Effect and Cog, playing the regional centres and suburban beer barns where – against all the odds and prevailing musical trends – hard rock bands of a certain ilk continue to thrive. Indeed Calling All Cars look set to be the latest in a long line of Australian (and New Zealand) acts that are equally successful playing town halls, beer barns and suburban pubs as well as inner city night clubs – a list including bands like Dragon, Cold Chisel, Grinspoon and Shihad. Having nearly completed yet another tour support slot, singer/guitarist Haydn Ing is on the line to have a chat about the band’s first ever headlining tour, in support of their debut full-length album Hold, Hold, Fire. Does it surprise him to see how much support there still is for hard rock in small town Australia? “It’s good to see, you go to some town with a population of 2000 or something and you just think, ‘How is this gonna work?’” he chuckles. “But by the end of the night it’s just packed, people drive from everywhere just to see you so it’s great. It’s great to see.” The band have found a valuable ally in Shihad drummer Tom Larkin, who has produced the band’s debut as well as now managing the group. “It’s definitely a bit of a spin out now”, laughs Haydn, “because back in the day we used to listen to Shihad all the time, and now he’s managing and producing us, so it’s pretty cool. But he’s awesome ‘cause he always pushes us and gets the best out of us. And he always goes for the best and biggest drum sound possible! Being a drummer and all.”

infancy, there is a clear and present danger that the grind of touring and associated hazards could do for them prematurely. However Haydn at least has a very good attitude indeed – a lack of ego and honesty that probably something to do with his small town roots. “(Tom) will come to a show or two just to make sure we’re behaving ourselves”, Ing offers. “But generally you have to look after yourself ‘cause if you do the cliché of partying every night you’ll get through a week of the tour and you’ll be fucked.” It sounds as though the band certainly have no dearth of ideas for their second album, which they’ve already begun working on. “We all kind of come up with ideas, but mostly I’ll usually come up with stuff, kind of just acoustically at home and then I’ll take it to the other guys and we’ll just work on it from there and go with what works and scrap what doesn’t”, says Ing. “I think for this next one the songs we’ve been writing are a bit more mature sounding and it’s gonna be bigger and a bit more grand. The first album is pretty much just meat and potatoes kind of rock”, he says modestly. “I think we’re up to 40 something songs already, so once we’ve finished demoing we’ll just sit down and choose which direction we want to take it in.”

WHO: Calling All Cars WHAT: Hold, Hold, Fire (Shock) WHERE & WHEN: Never Land Bar, Gold

Coast Friday Sep 24, X&Y Bar Saturday Sep 25, Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay Sunday Sep 26

Given the band’s hectic touring schedule and relative

FEEL PRESENTS

“BUILT TO SPILL IS A LIVING TESTAMENT TO THE ENDURING POWER OF THE ROCK GUITAR. DOUG MARTSCH’S SIX-STRING SYMPHONIES ARE AS SUBLIME AS THEY ARE MASTERFUL, BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN POP-ROCK PRECISION AND PUNK-ROCK ABANDON.” - DETROIT FREE PRESS

SUNDAY 2 ND JANUARY THE ZOO + SPECIAL GUESTS

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 24 TH SEPTEMBER THROUGH WWW.FEELPRESENTS.COM

‘THERE IS NO ENEMY’ OUT NOW ON SPUNK

HUNTING THE HUNTERS THRASH HITS Mark Seymour – the godfather of Australian industrial music? Sounds farfetched but KERRY FOULKE, guitarist for one of the country’s current scene leaders MM9, reckons it’s so. BENNY DOYLE tries to hide his surprise.

After 25 years of existence, US thrash metal legends OVERKILL will this week finally play Australia for the first time ever. Vocalist BOBBY ELLSWORTH is eager to talk to LOCHLAN WATT about the ups and downs of the global thrash metal scene and his band’s career. – new horizons, new things to drink, new areas. So this is the exciting territory of the year – Australia.” It would seem that the band’s career is still moving forward, yet Ellsworth “wouldn’t say” that following the release of Ironbound the band has been in a stronger position than ever before.

“I

can’t really speak for the others but I go a little bit nuts when we’ve been in town for too long or even at home for too long,” Foulke offers of their impending headline tour in support of current single Let It Take Over. “It’s always nice to get home, but at the same time we all really enjoy being out on the road. It is what we’ve always wanted to do so we’re definitely looking forward to getting back out there. It’s been about a month or five weeks; that’s unusual for us.” And it’s not just the capitals that are getting a look in this time round. Regional areas like Coffs Harbour and Goondiwindi have dates announced also, a fact MM9 pride themselves on. “Well, we get really tired of telling people, ‘Soon!’,” Foulke says when probed on the importance of touring off the beaten track. “We are quite keen to get out there and continually hit those places because a lot of those towns are really quite starved of music and when you do get out to those smaller places they just go mental for you. They’re not spoiled for choice like we are in the bigger cities.”

The band formerly known as Many Machines On Nine have been working hard for the better part of a decade towards the position they find themselves in today. With their debut album The Air Between released to a hungry fan base earlier in the year, the band was soon immersed in the AIR Top 10. A high profile slot mid-year supporting domestic peers Karnivool didn’t hurt their fanbase either. Foulke explains that punters should expect the unexpected this time round. “We’re revisiting a couple of old favourites and of course, playing through a lot of The Air Between tracks,” he says. “But some might be a little bit different to what people may have heard previously; just to throw in a couple of twists and turns there. As always it’s going to be pretty intense; lots of jumping up and down, lots of dancing like

idiots. We’ve always been a live band first and foremost. We don’t do anything that requires us to compromise on that visceral level. It’s really about making the most of what you’ve got and transporting people out of the norm.” This theme of testing the boundaries regarding the ideals of reality cuts through a chunk of MM9’s recent work, most notably the powerful and unique shot by artist James Tapscott that graces the cover of the band’s debut LP. It’s also a shot that is undeniably Australian, a fact that Foulke confesses was premeditated for good reason. “We like the idea of having that distinctly Aussie landscape on the cover of the album. If you know what you’re looking for, you can definitely tell where we all come from,” he explains. “We were also thinking about if we were to take the album overseas, we would like to be able to still represent where we come from. That is definitely important to us.” As such, it’s not a surprise to find that musical heroes growing up weren’t too far from the bands doorstep. “Obviously there was iNsuRge in the early 90s who are a huge influence on us. You could even take Hunters And Collectors from the 80s,” Foulke states matter-of-factly. “They were doing a lot of that industrial percussion way before that was even a term. They were bringing in all this bizarre instrumentation and smashing big tanks on stage; they were real pioneers in that sense. But I don’t know if I tend to look domestically more than I look overseas. I just look for good songs and good bands, I don’t really care where they come from.”

WHO: MM9 WHERE & WHEN: Miami Tavern, Gold

Coast Thursday Sep 23, The Step Inn Friday Sep 24

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Sure they are named after a favourite meal from their childhood, but with the release of their second album, ANGELAS DISH have something far more delicious in store. BENNY DOYLE chats with MICHAEL HARRIS about writing an album based on what comes naturally.

“I

have a 90 pound German Sheppard that thinks your call has come at a very inappropriate time; she thinks this is play time and has been attacking me with tennis balls for the last ten minutes,” laughs the excited Ellsworth, who also carries the nickname ‘Blitz’, from his New York home. Although he’s toured in almost all other territories since Overkill’s formation in 1980, he’s never set foot in Australia, so it’s understandable that his thick accent resounds with a genuine excitement. It’s no wonder – after seeing so many of his peers head this way over the years, he’s finally gearing up to thrash out on our stages. “I really think it’s more about the promoters than ourselves,” he explains. “Obviously this music has gotten some life into it over the last decade or so – not just Overkill, but the scene itself – and with that comes interest from promoters. So anything that’s feasible for us to do is something we pursue and look forward to.” Following the release of their 15th album Ironbound on Nuclear Blast Records and E1 Music at the beginning of the year, interest from Australian promoters finally started to come the band’s way. “The timing seemed right,” Ellsworth continues. “On a personal level it’s really cool, because if you’ve been doing this for two-and-a-half decades it’s always exciting to know that there are new places to go to

“The first album was a pressure cooker that everything was gearing toward,” Harris admits, “we even had a countdown on our MySpace, second by second until the album came out! This time we’re a little bit more mature about it. We know the album is going to come out and we’re going to have to work it and push it and go with it but we can’t wait. We’re not so worried about chart positions and flogging that date so much. “The album, we feel, has got a lot of life in it. I dunno… maybe it’s like getting married for the second time. I haven’t been married once yet but I could imagine the day before your first wedding you’d just be nervous as hell but when you’re on to number two or three, it’s just another day spent in a suit,” he chuckles. After taking the cue of the global financial crisis to demo tracks at home and co-produce Walk Into The Sky with the impeccably named Sonny Truelove, the band are pumped to get back on the road. However the reality of a smelly Tarago stuffed full of equipment still hasn’t quite sunk in. “It’s weird man. It’s weird knowing we’re going to be getting back in a van, but it’s definitely game face time,” Harris states. “If there’s anything we’ve changed about the way we used to tour, it’s that mentality of, ‘Oh we’re

The band has managed some big time supports for internationals such as Jimmy Eat World and 30 Seconds To Mars, however Harris candidly explains that they will be using lessons learnt from certain tours more than others. “Every time we’ve supported a band, we’ve watched them and we’ve tried to take the bits we like. After Jimmy Eat World, I remember on our next tour we were just trying to be really good at our instruments and tried to step up our songwriting,” Harris says. But with 30 Seconds To Mars… “We’d had enough of Jared Leto after three days. He tried to stagedive at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney but he didn’t make the gap. He went foot first and fly kicked this kid in the front row!” he laughs in disbelief. “This was definitely one thing that didn’t inspire us.”

WHO: Angela’s Dish WHAT: Walk Into The Sky (BNM Records/Shock) WHERE & WHEN: The Club House Thursday Sep 23

“I think that there was some great releases by some of the older bands over the last couple of years – Testament for instance, Death Angel, Exodus, you even saw Megadeth get back to it on the last one. I think that that is the result of the strength of the scene, but I think the scene actually started becoming healthier a little bit prior to that,” he offers before mentioning that the scene had slumped to an all-time low around half a dozen years ago. “I think that once you inject youth into this scene, maybe it’s the younger bands – whether it be Ireland’s Gamma Bomb or America’s Warbringer, Bonded By Blood, Suicidal Angels, whoever it may be – I think if there’s interest in that, and these bands are obviously bands that celebrate their roots, and it’s real easy, being that the older bands are around, for the younger people to see where this new excitement comes from.”

WHO: Overkill WHERE & WHEN: The Hi-Fi Thursday Sep 23

Multi-instrumental partnership FLYING SCRIBBLE is as much a visual delight as an aural one. As TYLER McLOUGHLAN learns from electronic twiddling percussionist/vocalist GRAY TAYLOR, this merging of musical minds has been a long time in the making.

Now travelling around their home nation together to launch the album, Terry and Taylor are hitting Sydney, Hobart and Perth for the first time.

In regards to the difference between first and second albums for the band, Harris is quick to point out that self-satisfaction needs to come first and foremost.

ike anything in life worth looking forward to, a new album release should bring with it both anticipation and nervousness. But for Central Coast rock band Angelas Dish, the cold feet regarding the release of their sophomore effort Walk Into The Sky are a non-event.

Further commenting on the thrash revival of recent years, Blitz is obviously quite insightful to the ebb and flow of the scene, and recognises the importance of contributions from both the younger and older bands.

PRODIGAL DAUGHTERS

just going to Brisbane, who cares’, and just fucking party and do whatever ‘cause we’re going to be back in a month’s time; it’s not like that anymore. Every show we play now, we’ve got to be at our best and we’re treating it really seriously now. We want people to come to the shows and go, ‘Oh gosh, these guys are an actual, professional band’, not just a bunch of dropkicks.”

“I think this album is more mature and a bit darker around the edges,” Harris explains. “War On Time was written over a long period and I think some of the songs had ulterior motives. There are a few songs on there that don’t really come from the heart; they were written from a place where we thought people would like how they turned out. With this album, every song’s just written for no purpose other than the fact that it was something that we wanted to express and for us, we like that so much more. We like listening to this album and I think we’re going to be proud of it in years to come.”

“This music has always been a wave. It’s been ups and downs since the beginning,” he ponders. “There was a great excitement when this was born of the 80s, with regard to even bands prior to us. I think that what you’re finding now this many years later is the younger generation has sort of latched onto the same principles, and that’s where the strength comes from. Obviously you also need a good release, and Ironbound is more than just a solid release – it seems to be something that we’re very proud of obviously, and it seems to be accepted on a worldwide level. So I don’t know if we’re stronger than ever before, but I’m feeling like we’re in a real strong position.”

ick-starting an enduring friendship and musical joint venture through a chance meeting on a QUT bridge, Louise Terry and Gray Taylor were once better known in these parts as two-thirds of the turn-ofmillennia Brisbane pop outfit LOVEPACK. Now Melbourne inhabitants, the oblique pop stylists are touring the country in support of their debut album We’re A Chameleon, a mere five years following the formation of Flying Scribble. “Uh oh – yes, we’re late!” giggles a jovial Taylor when speaking of the lengthy incubation period of the duo’s debut long-player, which has taken the past two years to create. “There were things that were out of our control that extended the length in which the album took to make... It’s quite an eclectic album because of the time span – the songs come from all different periods and places in our musical exploration. That’s where the reference to the chameleon thing in the album title comes from because it is such an eclectic little compilation of our last years.” An overseas sojourn also interrupted the run up to the album, though the test of travel forged a further musical bond between the two, as Taylor explains. “We made all the songs and went, ‘Let’s go overseas!”,” she recalls. “We didn’t so much backpack, but sort of just plonked ourselves in spots around the world. Primarily Europe was where we wanted to have a little adventure. Louise did have her piano accordion and I bought this beautiful 1940s snare drum in San Francisco and thus we had to lug it around the world! We played impromptu shows and also just entertained ourselves. Some days there’s nothing else to do but sit and play music in Barcelona.”

“We’re definitely in a live sense something to be seen. Louise is on the organ and she’s using her feet, playing the synthesiser and singing at the same time. And then, stating the obvious, the girl drummer scenario, it sort of becomes something a little mesmerising to people. The music is important, but also the space that it’s held within that we create with that music. So yeah, we’re snake charmers basically!” she laughs heartily, before admitting: “I’m just making it up – I’m actually very shy.” The self-confessed bashfulness doesn’t appear to present itself in Taylor’s stage persona, though offers further explanation regarding the lengthy wait for the release of We’re A Chameleon. “Nobody that I know would agree with me when I say that I’m shy,” she says earnestly. “It’s more that I have a fear of being committed to record I think, hence another reason why the album took so long. Because whenever we play it always changes. I’ve turned up to gigs with cardboard boxes and my cymbals because it was Earth Hour and I was making Louise play her piano accordion instead of anything electronic, so I put myself on a similar handicap. Other ones I’ve turned up and they’re like ‘You can’t play your drums’. So I’ve made hybrid electronic and acoustic percussive drum kits with a table, with all the bits on top and the electronics underneath. Every time it’s always different, and I kind of like it that way.” Of the duo’s pending return to Brisbane to show off their brand new album, Taylor is reflective of the history with our fine musical city. “I’m really nostalgic. I lived in Brisbane for five years and I know that there is magical music being made there that no-one outside of Brisbane is privy to, and that includes me now. In that way Brisbane is really lucky.”

WHO: Flying Scribble WHAT: We’re A Chameleon (Queen Silver/MGM) WHERE & WHEN: Lofly Hangar Saturday

Sep 25, The Troubadour Sunday Sep 26

ARMS TRAFFIC

As the newest RUNNING GUNS on the musical landscape, BENNY DOYLE talks with founding member MICHAEL FLETCHER to get the lowdown on the benefits of ‘Reverb Cone’ technology and why they are confusing Mexican metal fans on MySpace.

pring has just arrived and with it new growth, blooming and all that crap. The beginning of yet another stretch of sunshine and sweltering heat is always an exciting time on the calendar for not just music lovers but bands alike. Fletcher informs that with all this in mind, some interstate roadtrip fun should be on the cards. “The new EP is coming out but we’re still not sure about concrete plans. I think we’re going to go down to Melbourne to tour there and try and stay down there for a week to do a whole host of shows. We’re trying to play our shows as far around the place as we can. We’ve only done a few shows down there but they’ve been well-received. It’s not like you get a stony cold response of, ‘What the fuck is this shit?” he jokes. Running Guns provide a rollicking, new wave sound that recalls seminal bands such as Devo and The B-52s, music which is still relevant today. Fletcher explains that it’s a reflection of the vinyl spinning on their record player. “With some of the songs earlier, when me and James (guitar) were starting the band, we were listening to a lot of Devo at the time, so at that time we were kind of writing Devo-esque tunes. I think you’re spot on there.” But be warned. Trawl through MySpace and YouTube looking for the band and you may not get what you bargained for. “Yeah, yeah,” Fletcher states knowingly. “There is now two Running Guns on the Internet, there’s one in Sydney and there’s one in Brisbane. It’s a bit confusing, you look at gig listings and it will say we’re playing in Sydney then go, ‘I didn’t know we were playing in Sydney!’, but that was around the time we didn’t know of the guys in Sydney.”

UPHILL STRUGGLE

Unperturbed by a rotating cast of occasional and past members in MT AUGUSTUS, founding guitarist/vocalist CAMERON SMITH explains to TYLER McLOUGHLAN how the band has been somewhat of a folk rock comfort blanket as he prepares to launch their debut album.

But far more amusing, there’s also a Mexican neo-metal band full of anger and leather that too goes by the same name. So have any Latino fans reached out to the band mistakenly?

Listing a host of now prominent Brisbane musicians as either past members or contributors to Mt Augustus’ long-awaited debut album, Smith remarks how their various projects have often superseded his own.

“Probably. You know you get lots of metal bands on MySpace? We seem to attract lots of metal bands, so maybe we’re getting confused with the Mexican Running Guns,” Fletcher admits.

“It’s funny because we gave Little Scout their first gig, we gave The John Steel Singers their first gig and we gave Lion Island one of their first gigs, and now all of those bands have completely overshadowed us and we’ve had to beg them to come and play on our little record,” he laughs.

In saying all this, however, there will be no mistaking this Running Guns when they launch their latest EP in the 4ZzZ carpark. Fletcher understands how important the local broadcaster is for promoting the local scene. “4ZzZ and all the community broadcasters are very important for bands like us – local bands. We think playing in the carpark will be really cool as we just didn’t want to do another launch at another bar just like any other show.” And finally, questions need answering about the mysterious ‘reverb cone’ and ‘reverb cone technology’ that have been mentioned by the band. “Early last year we decided to record an EP ourselves so we recorded here in our house,” Fletcher explains. “We had our guitar amps in the bathroom, in the bath tub, thinking we’ll get this dreamy reverb sound. We were just making it up as we went along and the reverb cone was part of that. “It was a contraption that was actually a metallic salad bowl on a shower head that on one of the songs (Guns For Hire) you can kind of hear this ‘whooooo woooo woooo’, eerie kind of reverb hum in the background. Then we just kind of threw it on everything – ‘Reverb Cone presents’. It’s our thing and it amuses me. Its brand new technology that no ones else has but we have it. But now I’m giving away too much. People might be baffled but it’s fun. We enjoy everything that we do so we try and put that into everything.”

WHO: Running Guns WHAT: 12 & 35 EP (Independent) WHERE & WHEN: 4ZzZ Carpark Sunday Sep 26 (free, all ages, 3pm) The Club House Friday Oct 15

The record has been a labour of love over the lifespan of Mt Augustus – the only thing for such a momentous release was to make it available in Smith’s favourite format.

ive years is an aeon for a band to exist in Brisbane’s flourishing music scene, which sees many of its members partaking in either several open relationships at once to satisfy an assortment of different itches, or else a spate of extra-marital affairs outside the sanctity of their main band union. In between all the band-hopping of these years, Mt Augustus has managed to produce two EPs, and now a self-titled debut album, though the band’s stamina has as much to do with founder Cameron Smith’s urge to create in the Mt Augustus method as it has to do with in the belief that variety is the spice of life. “I suppose most other people would break up the band and start something else,” Smith explains of his reason to keep pushing ahead each time a band member was lost. “But I’ve always been in a whole bunch of other bands anyway and Mt Augustus was always my project in that kind of style – that folky narrative, indie rock thing. I’ve got a million other projects I can continue. Pretty much everyone in the band has always been in multiple bands. We had Mel and Pat who are in Little Scout now, and Jeremy from Velociraptor – he’s in nine bands right now!” Smith himself currently plays with five different bands, amongst them Ghost Notes and Flying Colours. “I’ve always had at least three bands going on at once, and previously there was always one band that was a favourite band at the time, but at the moment it’s not like that actually – I’m enjoying each one of them about as much at the other.”

“About a year or two ago I realised whenever I buy CDs I just put them onto my computer and never look at them again,” he observes. “I started buying vinyl because I really enjoy the process of listening to vinyl, plus you get bigger artwork and they last longer than CDs. I just thought if I’m finally going to do the big statement, do the big album, I might as well get it on the format that I really like.” Forgoing CDs for the sake of a vinyl and digital only release, Smith, who runs a recording studio, had the luxury of an abundance of equipment at his fingertips when piecing together the album which consists of archival and recent recordings in equal measures. Without the recording restraints most bands face, Smith instead encountered the reverse problem of too much access. “When you do have those facilities available you can at any time put up a microphone and re-record something, or put down a new part. It feeds that part of you that doesn’t know when to say, ‘Okay it’s done’. You really have to set yourself a deadline and a bunch of limitations and say, ‘This is what’s going to happen, and then I’m not going to let myself just sit there and work on it’ – otherwise you take five years to put out an album!”

WHO: Mt Augustus WHAT: Mt Augustus (Incremental Records) WHERE & WHEN: The Club House Saturday Sep 25

SINGLES BY CHRIS YATES

SUPERCHUNK

DIE! DIE! DIE!

LITTLE RED

(Merge/Popfrenzy)

(Flying Nun/Remote Control)

(Liberation)

Majesty Shredding

THE PEEP TEMPEL

Fatboy/Boots On The Bed (Independent)

Melbourne two-piece The Peep Tempel have already released two great 7-inches – the anthemic Thank You Machiavelli and Telephone Static – and here’s another to add to the collection. The recording is a little more roomy than the last release, but the guitars are still crunchy and bright and the whole mix sounds live and loose as ever. Boots On The Bed is instantly recognisable as one of the very real highlights of their live set – always a track that would get lodged in my brain for days after seeing them. Fatboy is a bit slower and has a much more bluesy while still having the familiar guitar bounce that forms the backbone of the unique sound these dudes effortlessly smash out. Can’t wait for the album, hurry up blokes.

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE Hurricane Drunk (Universal)

Getting drunk in a hurricane might be the best way one to listen to the moderate pop rock mediocrity of Florence And The Machine, at least it would make things a lot more interesting. This new single off the already milked album Lungs is more of the same mainstream pop with a bit of an edge that has seen her become a favourite of the people who probably go to two gigs a year (festivals don’t count), as long as Coldplay are coming out. There’s nothing weird, dark or interesting about this particular track, there’s little personality in her music that hasn’t been borrowed from artists infinitely better, and I wish it would all just stop now please.

Majesty Shredding steps on the distortion pedal with more vigour than its 2001 predecessor Here’s To Shutting Up, which used a more gentle approach and strange timings to deliver Mac McCaughan’s timeless pop rock miniepics. While both albums are unmistakeably the work of the same band, 20 years in, it seems they feel like a return to the loud wall of guitars is in order – a sound that made them stand out from the indie rock jangle and the loud-quiet-loud grunge bands of the day. That’s not to say it’s all Slack Motherfucker – there are slower and more reflective moments, but there’s a familiar and welcome crunch very reminiscent of the young Superchunk. The album opens with Digging For Something – there’s an immediate feeling of being transported back in time to the first experience of hearing the band, and wondering how this guy made perfect pop songwriting sound so easy and how a band of nerds could rock with so much passion. For the next 40 minutes or so it’s the same story. Crossed Wires has a repetitive chorus which will stick with you long after the album’s sublime closer Everything At Once fades away in a sea of “ooh-weeoohs”. Rope Light is as good as Detroit Has A Skyline, Learned To Surf has all the chord changes you want exactly where you want them, and even the slower tracks like Fractures In Plaster, Hot Tubes and Rosalie are bristling with an energy that defies their tempo.

Form

Somewhere between the controlled chaos that personified this trio a few years ago and the buzz of bristling hooks that are the heartbeat of the Flying Nun back catalogue is this album. It’s captivating from the outset, not only because it sounds engaging and brilliant, but also because it hardly sounds like the Die! Die! Die! that once lived in your CD collection. A gale-force howl of synths forces themselves into the mix of guitars, throbbing bass and skittish drums. It’s as adrenalised as anything these lads have done before but with a greater stranglehold on melody and less determination for everything to be a cathartic release – what songs like Howye and Daze present is music you can keep up with rather than music you feel like you’re careering behind. Daze is an exemplary slice of what has to be amphetamine shoegaze. Swirling sounds that rage like the kind of storm Ride were once responsible for, while sitting tight in the eye of it all is a military, percussive track that doesn’t let any part of the song step out of line. Somehow while all this is taking place the echoed harmonies are the light breaking open the skies and letting the groove and the pop inside bask and bathe over everything.

Majesty Shredding is everything a Superchunk fan could hope for in a new record – instant gratification from easy hooks and longer lasting subtleties buried below the surface to reveal themselves on the repeated listens it’s sure to garner.

When the band does distil what they do, We Built Our Own Oppressors recalls the post-punk of their debut album, but it’s a detour as once again melody and an ominous wall of sound take back the wheel. Die Die Die have really found something special with these ten songs. Not since Bailterspace or High Dependency Unit has a New Zealand band created something so captivatingly noisy and so harmoniously energising, challenging your ears and elating your senses.

★★★★ Chris Yates

★★★★½ Richard Alverez

Midnight Remember A little warning for those approaching Little Red’s sophomore effort with the same ears you wrapped around their retro-tastic debut Listen To Little Red – this is a very different record. You can’t really knock the band for their former fun-loving and blatantly “borrowing” ways from the golden age of guitar pop, God knows it’s served them well on the touring circuit, but now the band has taken some time away, expanded their pond of influences substantially, grown up somewhat and delivered quite the sophisticated outing you probably never would’ve expected from them. Midnight Remember begins in a cohesive fashion, sounding like the boys have been spinning everything from old disco records right through to Aussie shining stars Empire Of The Sun and The Temper Trap and beyond. Indeed, the first four tracks provide quite the chilled midnight listen as opposed to a soundtrack to the sweaty festival sun of old. The opening Get A Life features a steady four-to-the-floor kick beat mixed with acoustic strums and a classy production that’s carried over seamlessly to the dreamy, piano-driven Slow Motion and into a falsetto Brand New Heavies-sounding Forget About Your Man. On the radio, not much currently sounds like first single Rock It, here it fits right in, taking the party up a notch with its school-yard chants and driving bassline. From there, the proceedings flip around a bit – All Mine is the bridge from the groove to something more rockladen and downright eclectic. The honky-tonk piano and 60s guitar on Place Called Love means the song could’ve easily have been on Listen To... but here, the production shines just that bit brighter giving their old sound somewhat of a makeover. Overall, Midnight Remember isn’t the groundbreaking step forward promised on the opening tracks, however, it’s a very solid and classy effort that just gets better with repeated plays. ★★★½ Ben Preece

NEIL YOUNG Walk With Me (Warner)

Fuck Neil Young for being so good at this shit at like a hundred or however old he is. It makes me want to die. Walk With Me is some tripped out sonic awesome power ballad, with no drums, just layers and layers of electric guitars, vocals soaked in reverb and heaps of undefinable swirly noises that spin around and make you feel stoned. With predictably soupy production from Daniel Lanois, the anticipation for the release of Young’s forthcoming new solo album Le Noise becomes palpable after getting lost in this teaser a few times. Clearly it’s no acoustic guitar on the knee proposition – things are going to be very interesting.

ASH GRUNWALD Lady Luck

(Independent)

Ash Grunwald has dreadlocks and a general Byron Bay lying-on-the-beach kinda vibe almost to the point of comic relief. His MySpace page has a live video of him singing a track called Dolphin Song which is an amusing ditty about him surfing with his bros. He’s so chilled out it actually makes me a bit uncomfortable, and he sings with a confusing accent that sounds like Bill Withers lived in North Queensland for a few years. Lady Luck has a great sample running through the background, also reminiscent of Withers’ work with a hip hop vibe, nice guitar licks, and storytelling lyrics. It’s much better than the work of any of his contemporaries, and I can’t really find anything bad to say about it that isn’t more of a pay out on the whole folk-hippy-surfer thing in general.

WEEZER

KYÜ

(Epitaph/Shock)

(Popfrenzy/Inertia)

Hurley

While most indie rock aficionados will viciously ridicule the idea that Weezer have put out a decent record since Pinkerton, if you actually bother to dig below the surface on any of the six albums released since (maybe with the exception of the last-ditch attempt at pop glory Make Believe) there’s a ridiculous wealth of superb pop songs, rock anthems and ambitious conceptual experiments – with the frank narrative of Rivers Cuomo’s very personal musings on life ever present throughout. Hurley, with its instant internet meme front cover of the fat dude from Lost, is another chapter in Rivers’ diary, another excuse to write a bunch of delicious pop tunes, another reason to reflect on life, and another reason to party. Trainwrecks is a revelry in wasteoidism, with hooks and a chorus as good as he’s ever written, and lyrics to match – “…you’re freaking out ‘cause I can’t I keep a job, we don’t update our blogs, we are trainwrecks.” He gets a bit confused with his sexuality as usual on the bizarre Where’s My Sex? which could actually be about socks. Ruling Me, Smart Girls and Memories are classic high octane Weezer tracks with heaps of punch. There’s a bizarre mix of collaborators on the album including big budget pop songwriter Linda Perry, rock pig Desmond Child (!), actor Michael Cera and alt pin-up Ryan Adams, but none of their contributions stand out enough to detract from Rivers’ own personality. Of course it’s a shame that there will never be another Blue Album or Pinkerton, but that’s no excuse not to enjoy another truly great pop rock record. As the closing track Time Flies unsubtly reminds us, life’s too short not to enjoy the rare moments when you get something to have a bit of fun with, and Hurley is certainly full of those. ★★★½ Chris Yates

Kyu

The challenge that lies in ‘experimental music’ isn’t making something that fits within parameters of genre – indeed, by definition there oughtn’t be parameters – it’s making something good. Not necessarily something palatable and not necessarily something confronting or confounding, just worthy of being created and worthy of being consumed. The self-titled debut from Sydney duo kyü is a rare beast; it’s not of this world, not ‘normal’. It’s weird. But at the same time almost instantly accessible. There is no need to deconstruct the songs that lie within, the majority work as standalone pop tunes. Having said that, these aren’t just pop songs with weirdness thrown in for meaningless point of difference; these have the very guts of these tunes have clearly been born from open minded experimentation. You don’t ever know where this record is going to go, big expansive waves of booming toms kick in and out, heavily charged vocals soar theatrically, while entire sections elsewhere feel almost whimpered. The freaky Sister creeps along, starting as a mellow drone before a gradual build into an all out tribal frenzy. The buoyant Trains is an entirely different proposition, kicking off with a swirling intro that suggests too many late night runs through Revolution 9 before launching into a good-time schoolyard singalong chorus. But truly, this isn’t an album of songs; it ought to be enjoyed as an entire volume of work from start to finish. Björk comparisons will abound (the umlaut doesn’t help), but the difference between these two ladies and the Icelandic queen is that while these arrangements are undoubtedly complex, there’s an undeniable organic feel throughout. You can imagine them standing in a rehearsal room bashing out every sound featured here before tweaking and twisting them all with giddying abandon. However it was created, somehow they’ve captured something very special. ★★★★ Dan Condon

JENNY AND JOHNNY I’m Having Fun Now (Warner)

If you were born 40 years too late and the teen pulp fiction of rebels without a cause feeding quarters into the maltshop jukebox sounds like your scene, then let Jenny And Johnny sweep you up and take you back to a time when music was so much simpler. Former Rilo Kiley chanteuse Jenny Lewis is here hanging out with Jonathan Rice and together they’re sweet-as-apple-pie Jenny and leather-jacketed badboy Johnny. The partnership is nothing new – Rice has been getting in on Lewis’s act since her debut solo album back in 2006. Here our couple have decided to take their white-picket-fence melodies back to where they belong, to the time of American Bandstand, to sweet bubblegum harmonies and back to when pop had a heart of gold and wide eyes for the world. As with much of Lewis’s solo career, the downside is there’s plenty here that you can find elsewhere – originality and authenticity are not exactly her strong suit. But let’s say you don’t know who Lesley Gore is and perhaps you’ve never heard The Four Seasons, but you think James Dean and The Beach Boys are way cool – then you’re going to find a lot of pop here to love. From the rollicking sunbeams of Scissor Runner and Big Wave to the candycane bomp of My Pet Snakes and Just Like Zeus, these two sweethearts have certainly done a great job of recreating the time when you and your baby-doll would skip out on the squares and cruise the coast for good times. And mirroring the past is about as good as you’re going to get from these two characters and their 11 songs – a not entirely inspiring proposition when you consider the kind of pop gold you could easily mine from searching out a bit of Bacharach or Brian Wilson. ★★½

Jo Hill

BLONDE REDHEAD

BLISS N ESO

EL GUINCHO

SERJ TANKIAN

(4AD/Remote Control)

(Illusive)

(Young Turks/Inertia)

(Serjical Strike/Warner)

Penny Sparkle

Usually it would be a backhanded remark to say that a series of songs work well as background music. Blonde Redhead’s eighth album is at the very least just that – but in the most magnificent of ways. You see, the swirl of synths, loping percussion and wistful vocals of Kazu Mazino and Amedo Pace have always been an intoxicating mix of pop but here, more so than ever, this trio’s music is a fog that obscures the horizon and leads your thoughts into surreal magical worlds. These ten songs sit just off in the distance, acting as guides while your imagination goes off to explore, only really coming back into focus with a calling lyric or melody that signposts the journey like a fork in the road. Penny Sparkle has its roots planted in the expanded palette of sounds that furnished 23 and Misery Is A Butterfly before it – the only real shift in emphasis is a greater pulse and buzz of electronics and a distinct haze of euphoria threading together songs like Here Sometimes, Not Getting Stars and Love Or Prison. In fact, any of the indie rock trappings that defined this band a decade ago are completely erased by this album’s soft-focus beauty, subtlety and creative sampling that bring bloodflow to the machines in use. There are strains of luscious 80s pop, but this album doesn’t sound remotely dated. There’s romanticised theatrics, but never do these songs sound verbose. Where once there was a yearning sung with full lungs, here there’s a tenderness whispered and it fills the air, frames the peripheral and leads you afar, until even the music is nothing more than a diviner for the desires of your imagination.

Running On Air When most rappers tend to be overwhelmingly negative, egotistical, hate-fuelled or fixated by bitches, blunts or bling, it’s refreshing that Bliss N Eso are taking the road less travelled. Their songs tend to be bright, celebratory, joyous even – make no mistake, there are the obligatory brags and shout-outs but the focus is party tracks, pure and simple. Where The Wild Things Are, with its chugging, wailing classic rock guitar, is a belting good-time anthem, for instance, and Addicted marries a feelgood lyric and a message of peace with smooth soul beats. Their fourth studio album, Running On Air shows the two MCs and DJ Izm on top form. The mix of Aussie and American accent is kind of a microcosm of the two MCs’ influences, fusing the punch of US rap with the laid-back, funky cool of the Aussie breed. Breezy pop culture references and clever rhymes (which mostly hit the mark) sit shoulder-to-shoulder with skits pulling quotes from old films and old soul samples. If you’re looking for the point of difference between these guys and the hardcore street-struggling rappers who grew up dodging lead showers in Detroit, it’s Coastal Kids – a cruisy, cool, chilled-out hymn to summers in their beachside Sydney hangouts. Life’s tough, hey? This kind of thing shows that these dudes, no matter how much they brag, will never be hard or tough – but thankfully they have a good sense of humour (Family Affair is a country-tinged footstomper with a hilarious hook), an innate charisma, and a way with words. That’s all you can ask for. ★★★★ Baz McAlister

★★★★ Alex Gillies

PURCHASEOW & @W ANYTHING RAW TO… GO IN THE D

Pop Negro

In truth, El Guincho’s Alegranza! was a much better idea in theory than in practice. The 2008 sophomore album of Spanish musician Pablo Diaz-Reixa’s El Guincho alias, Alegranza! ’s cacophonous blend of tropicalia, afrobeat, hip hop, psychedelia and 60s pop was embraced by audiences across the globe and championed as a new and exciting variety of pop music – despite El Guincho’s formula arguably being executed with more enthusiasm than skill. Diaz-Reixa’s third album Pop Negro, however, is very much the record many thought Alegranza! to be at the time of its release. Eclectic, adventurous, exotic and exciting, Pop Negro is the sound of Diaz-Reixa’s unique vision of popular music being realised in three-dimensional technicolour. Tracks like Novias and Soca Del Eclipse are kinetic and infectious productions alive with blindingly bright melodies and beautifully amorphous rhythms and grooves. Diaz-Reixa stressed he very much wanted to improve the production values of his work and, in honesty, it’s difficult to see how he could have achieved greater success. Pop Negro gleams with the sheen that characterised the best of 80s pop (and it’s no surprise to learn Michael Jackson mixer Jon Gass had a hand in the record) while maintaining the humanity that decade so enthusiastically quashed. Of course, no production in the world can salvage mediocre songs but, fortunately, Diaz-Reixa manages to come up trumps in that department as well – consistently delivering excellent melodies and memorable hooks. There is still a risk at times that El Guincho will sound as kitschy and naive as on previous efforts (see: Muerte Midi’s unfortunate saxophone solo) but, for the most part, Pop Negro pretty much guarantees Diaz-Reixa some kind of Most Improved Trophy. ★★★★ Matt O’Neill

Serj Tankian is still and always will be known as the vocalist for LA alt-metal kingpins System Of A Down. Though while SOAD is on a ‘indefinite hiatus’, Tankian has taken to the solo route with his previous album Elect The Dead and now the current release Imperfect Harmonies. While Elect The Dead was always transitioning System fans from the aggressive nature of the beast to the more filling approach of their frontman alone, the transition is complete with this latest album, one that finally lets Serj Tankian show just what he is capable of. Imperfect Harmonies has a distinct note of toned down guitars to let the orchestral sounds, jazz touches and world instrumentation floods the tracks, with most songs featuring either simple plucking riffs or a complete removal of guitar altogether. Dropping an instrument that has been a staple for Tankian for so long could quiet easily of backfired but instead has pushed his songs to a new level, as he has looked forward and searched for other sources such as the almost electro drum hits of Borders Are and Deserving. The dramatics have also been up scaled with Tankian sticking to his political approach to songwriting but with such a mindset that many of his songs seem to drop into an almost schizophrenic state. The results of Tankian’s departure from the expected is a lush and bizarre journey that merges his noted influences of jazz structures, industrial rhythms and a full orchestra charge. While such an intense sound does overshadow many of the lyrical projections that were surely intended to be heard, overall it is a brilliant compilation of effects and one that places Serj Tankian firmly at the head of his game. ★★★★½ Mark Beresford

A TR IP TO THE

N A C I R E M A

C I S U M ARDS AW

z For Terms and Conditions visit 1wow.com.au

Imperfect Harmonies

ANNERLEY Ph. 07 3896 2888 / cAIRNS Ph. 07 4054 9888 / KEDROn Ph. 07 3621 4888 / MACKAY PH. 07 4963 1888 / MAROOCHYDORE PH. 07 5458 9888 / OXLEY Ph. 07 3716 9888 / Rothwell PH. 07 3817 7888 / toowoomba PH. 07 4637 5888 / TOWNSVILLE PH. 07 4728 0888 / UNDERWOOD Ph. 07 3827 6888

For Terms & Conditions

visit 1wow.com.au

PLY NS AP DITIO ø CON

VISIT US AT 1WOW.COM.AU WOW3067

ILAT

BEN SOLLEE

JUNIP

THE RED SHORE

NOFX

(Sona Blast/Shock)

(City Slang/Shock)

(Roadrunner/Warner)

(Fat Wreck Chords/Shock)

Learning To Bend It’s unusual that a classically trained cellist would label themselves in the bluegrass category but this is indeed one of the styles that Ben Sollee attributes himself too. While there are bluegrass tinges, his debut album Learning To Bend but it is mostly a lovely experience of experimental folk, indie jazz and bittersweet balladry. Sollee is known for an avant-garde approach to his first instrument, the cello, and this is definitely evident throughout. This percussive cello style combined with his soulful vocal melodies and other tasteful instrumentation makes for an album that has the potential for wide appeal. It is true that hipster indie kids would probably take one listen this and give it a whole-hearted “meh”, but what do they know anyway? To the more discerning listener, this will be an album that betters with age and will find itself fitting nicely behind your latest dinner party. Sollee’s sentiment is genuine and honest like an old friend’s conversation and the string arrangements are classy and tasteful like a bottle of fine wine to accompany the meal. Some standouts include album opener A Few Honest Words, It’s Not Impossible, Panning For Gold and A Change Is Gonna Come – all of which show off Sollee’s interesting percussive approach to the cello – the latter being a unique and well-constructed interpretation of the Sam Cooke classic. Fans of My Morning Jacket will also enjoy a fleeting appearance from Jim James on bonus track Only A Song. It’s possibly the best track on the album and leaves you wondering why it only makes an appearance as a bonus. Luckily, us Australian listeners get to enjoy this track along with the original collection of loveliness from Sollee. Definitely worth a listen in its entirety if you get the chance. ★★★½ Lily Luscombe

Fields

There’s a familiarity felt throughout Fields that goes beyond a prior knowledge of José González’s carefully layered sing-song lilt and the strumming of his nylonstrung guitar. Perhaps this stems from having played music with members Elias Araya and Tobias Winterkorn (drums and organ respectively) since their teenage years, a result of three guys whose intuitive knowledge of each other’s style just gels. Comprised of simple, circular rhythm compositions held together with similarly trouble-free percussion and organ melodies, there is a propulsion which carries on in Junip where González’s slightness of hand would fade out. In Every Direction immediately sets this scene for the listener, most notably showing the tonal range of organ sounds to be a key melody device in the folk-rooted Junip sound. In Sweet & Bitter it boasts a personality equal to the main man’s vocals, entering the airspace of an electronic outfit in the vein of Groove Armada, adding a funky dynamic to the album. At regular intervals organs are allowed free rein (notably To The Grain) and at these moments a single guitar chord or note repeated acts as the conduit from beginning to end. Fields feels like an autumnal album, with plenty of genre flourishes to keep the attention of southern hemisphere dwellers interested; a parallel vibe to our own Tame Impala’s most chugging, yet steadilygrounded moments of psychadelia even finds a place.

The Avarice Of Man

The Red Shore has faced a lot in recent years, in particular the death and departure of members, but they never consider any obstacle too formidable to face down. Second album The Avarice of Man is the group’s first release with both their third drummer and third vocalist, and a considerable change in sound has understandably occurred. Nevertheless, long-standing guitarists Jason Leombruni and Roman Koester have honed the band’s sound into a technically enhanced realm, that surprisingly, leaves the songs feeling significantly more deliberate and consistent with the term ‘song’, especially when compared to their more choppy and unpredictable Unconsecrated. Vocalist Chase Butler repeatedly belts the life out of his lower end, with a tone so unrelenting that it can leave one longing for some variation by the end of the album. The curdling, high style of the group’s previous two vocalists is completely absent save a few ambient enhancements, a change which many existing fans of the group may lament. Nevertheless, the downright scary vocals carry a huge impact, punctuating The Avarice Of Man with a deep fury.

If González’s solo work may be compared to the selfsustaining dynamism of a long distance runner, Junip is his team relay event bolstered by bursts of energy from each of its members, culminating in the shared spirit of each member’s contribution – the whole a sum of its individually stylised hybrid folk rock parts. Tactics, strategy and drive are clearly initiated by González as team captain, though Junip are by no means limited by this lauded performance history.

It’s evident that The Red Shore made a definite push to differentiate themselves from the increasingly overpopulated deathcore pack. The traditional death metal influence is stronger than ever before, and many riffs stand reminiscent of Nile and Behemoth, with the influence of the likes of Decapitated and Suffocation felt in the rolling lower end. However the roots of their sound remain, if not at least in the highly modernised production, but in the subtle and stylish ways the band manages to still incorporate catchy-yet-intelligent breakdown patterns. Despite its destructive gloriousness, slick style and consistent quality, there’s a nagging sense that perhaps the band is yet to reach the full potential of their new configuration and approach.

★★★★ Tyler McLoughlan

★★★½ Lochlan Watt

N CO IO

ILAT

N CO IO

The Longest EP

As its title suggests, this 30-track offering is a collection of songs that have previously appeared on NOFX EPs, stretching as far back as 1986’s The P.M.R.C Can Suck On This to last year’s Cokie the Clown. For the most part, the production is reasonable, but the quality of the songs varies widely. The disc kicks off in style – with The Death Of John Smith, The Longest Line, Stranded, Remnants and Kill All the White Man – all from ‘92’s The Longest Line EP. Next up there are a couple of outtakes from the Fuck The Kids 7-inch sessions and a bunch of tracks from EPs the band has released in the last few years, including My Name Is Bud, an acoustic version of 13 Stitches that is arguably superior to its album counterpart, the riff-heavy Glass War and the humorously titled Everything In Moderation (Especially Moderation). The five tracks from the cracking Cokie The Clown EP are next up, including the titular track, Straight Outta Massachusetts, Fermented And Flailing, Codependence Day and My Orphan Year (acoustic), and the collection is rounded out with five S & M Airlines/Liberal Animation-era tracks. Although not all of these songs are among the band’s finest, with the last five tracks in particular sounding rudimentary (or as Fat Mike himself says in the liner notes, “four out of five on the suck meter”), The Longest EP’s highlights outweigh its lowlights, and considering most of the EPs these tracks originated from each sell for only a few dollars less than this entire collection, it’s definitely worth the price of admission, especially if you’re a fan. Daniel Johnson

MODEST MOUSE

The Moon And Antarctica

TOKYO POLICE CLUB Champ

(Dew Process/Universal)

Apparently angst is out for the underage and nostalgia is in. It’s of little matter if the members of the band peddling that nostalgia are still a good few years shy of their quarter decade. It’s certainly of no matter whatsoever if they’re nostalgic for a time and a place you’ve not experienced, unless, that is, you spent your adolescence in a Coca Cola advertisement. With Champ Canadian quartet Tokyo Police Club are trying to outlive the hype generated by their previous releases – indie buzz bands have desperately short life-spans. The tunes are just as snappy and catchy, but the boys are now attempting a little more depth. While it’s admittedly difficult to get past the gag-inducing, childlike song titles – Favourite Colour, Favourite Food, Bambi – once that reflex has been suppressed it becomes clear that Tokyo Police Club have found the magic formula for writing radio-friendly Indie-rock. Opening track Favourite Food touches on a previously unexplored darkness; languid vocals give way to a tempo increase and sporadic group-shouts before the brief inclusion of jittery guitars. Favourite Colour and Breakneck Speed capture the premature nostalgia of 20-somethings, with the former sounding reminiscent of our own Children Collide and the latter channelling some early Get Up Kids. The ridiculously age-inappropriate lyrics – “cause it was super fun/At the movies drunk and young” – bring the lustre dangerously close to wearing off. Likewise attempts to bring the cheer down a notch on tracks Frankenstein and End Of A Spark are gallant, but largely unsuccessful; the band are at their finest when they stick to the magic formula they somehow unearthed.

(Epic Records)

WE THE KINGS

CHAMBERLAND

Smile Kid

Empty Sun

(Liberator)

(Independent)

When We The Kings were announced on the 2011 Soundwave line-up there was generally one of two responses – you either scratched your head and went ‘Who?’, or you freaked out with excitement halfway through straightening your hair and putting in your piercings. Don’t be fooled into thinking the band’s title suggests they’re monarchs in their genre – they’re more like court jesters. It’s true, pop-punk isn’t exactly renowned for being innovative, but Smile Kid lacks the charisma or backbone of similar releases in their genre.

Local group Chamberland produce the kind of grandiose, epic rock that makes for a killer live show. Their tunes are textured and ambitious, hitting hard with both a raw brute force and an endearing fragility. Frontman Ross Dowling has a powerful, gravelly voice, and the band’s melodic racket often brings to mind Audioslave, Pearl Jam or Cog. They’ve been around for about ten years and have gained a considerable amount of respect in the Brisbane hard rock scene. This lengthy EP, slickly produced by Caleb James, manages to show off their gift for melody without diluting their strength.

You can write a pop punk album without indulging in banality, but Smile Kid just simply is too straight-andnarrow to appeal to anyone outside its specifically targeted market. Though it’s immaculately polished and laden with pop-hooks, it’s tedious and bland. The album contains some of the most dim-witted lyrics conceivable – the opening line from track Promise The Sky goes: “Let’s take off and fly, and race through the sky, like hundreds of airplanes, we’re floating way up high”. All signs point to Christian rock rearing its ugly head, which could explain their penchant for the inoffensive. Rain Falls Down comes perilously close to plagiarising Jimmy Eat World’s song 23. Vocalist Travis Clark is going to have every 14-year-old girl weak at the knees when he croons on She Takes Me High and Heaven Can Wait but to others it won’t even raise an eyebrow.

Despite song-titles and lyrics that have you wondering whether you’ve accidently found the Indie equivalent of The Wiggles, Champ is a hugely listenable, inoffensive album, filled with capablyrendered but not boundary-pushing Indie-rock.

Perhaps it would be folly to suggest We The Kings will stray from the familiar, but they’ve essentially written a Disney movie soundtrack. Bands like The Academy Is and Cobra Starship may be commercially-oriented, but at least they have a legitimate go at disguising it. Smile Kid is only a bridge to better things for people exploring their tastes in music, and is unlikely to attract any kind of attention outside of its MySpace-obsessed target audience.

★★★ Helen Stringer

★ Scott Thompson

Empty Sun is a six-track release, seven if you count the 30-second untitled instrumental at the finale. It’s the second in a trilogy of concept releases that began in 2009 with Take Your Place. There’s some sort of storyline here about an ordinary man facing extraordinary situations, but it’s very ambiguous. Dowling’s lyrics deal with social commentary in an indirect way, emphasising personal issues rather than political rhetoric. Unsurprisingly, they often deal with darker themes. “When you wake at night, all alone, can the shadows see it? ” he sings in Cut Me Down. Several of the songs follow a similar formula: slowbuilding verses with Dowling’s vocals echoing over pounding drums and tight riffs, before a noisy guitar-driven onslaught kicks in during the chorus. Highlights include the wicked guitar riff in Driving and the end of Judas, which features drummer Scott Martin bashing away like a demon as Dowling’s vocals become tortured shrieks. If you aren’t a fan of the bands that Chamberland are unabashedly influenced by, you probably won’t like this too much. But if you dig their live shows, or you’re just craving a spoonful of concrete, then you shouldn’t be disappointed. ★★★ ½ Daniel Wynne

No, you’re not reading a ten – or even six – year old edition of Time Off; Modest Mouse have re-released their breakthrough (but third full-length) album The Moon And Antarctica for a second time, in honour of its tenth anniversary. It’s interesting to think that when this album first hit shelves a decade ago, some of you were probably on board straight away while others of you were still trying to figure out whether The Wiggles were cool or not. Interesting though it might be, it really doesn’t matter; or at least, it shouldn’t. The Moon And Antarctica is one of those albums that achieves at least two things that so many others simply can’t: firstly, there is an almost universal and timeless appeal in the aesthetic, themes and ideas that frontman Isaac Brock and his bandmates poured into this wonderful piece of broken idealism and introspection. Whatever decade you were born in, there will always be drawing potential here, if not for its idiosyncratic instrumentalism, then Brock’s incredible lyricism. Secondly, and it’s only apparent now that a decade has past, if you were one of the people who were on board from the start (ahem) there is a realisation as the album progresses that the songs might actually be better with the advantage of age. From the opening riff of the atmospheric amble that is 3rd Planet, through the sudden and demented chorus drop in Dark Center Of The Universe, past the understated hilarity of Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes and the mid-point slowdown trifecta of The Cold Part, Alone Down There and The Stars Are Projectors, to the awkward (but totally acceptable) key change in Lives, the album is comparable to a fine aged wine, but with the added bonus of being consumable forever. Mitch Knox

frontrow@timeoff.com.au

FILM

REVIEWS

THE RELUCTANT INFIDEL

SHOT SNAP-

THIS WEEK IN WEDNESDAY 22 First Love - Samuel Beckett + Gare St. Lazare Players (from Ireland) on their first trip down under? Unmissable. Visy Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse until Saturday. The Oracle - sensual and intense dance work by choreographer Meryl Tankard with dancer Paul White, exploring nature vs man, masculinity vs femininity. Opening night. Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse until Saturday. The Problem With Evil demotivational seminar by Leon Ewing featuring digital video and photographic mash-up, live cinemas, puppetry, and rock’n’roll. Closing day. The Studio, Metro Arts.

THURSDAY 23 Bang! Crash! Dance! - dance and percussion stage spectacular featuring drummers, beatboxers, and tap dancers. QUT Festival Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse until Friday. Cheer Up Kid - play dealing with primary school adolescence and the anxieties that are abundant. Sue Brenner Theatre, Metro Arts until Saturday. Of The Causes Of Wonderful Things - “What happens when something too dark to accept arrives on your doorstep?” That’s the premise of this solo work from Talya Rubin. The Basement, Metro Arts until Saturday. The Pride - a study of lions, transferring their characteristics onto humans, resulting in a humorous and poignant play. The Studio, Metro Arts until Saturday. Shanghai Lady Killer - world premiere of Stalker Theatre Company’s avant garde noir tinged parkour featuring acrobatic theatre spectacular about a detective hired to track down a female assasin. Hooked yet? QPAC Playhouse until Saturday.

FRIDAY 24 Don Quixote - the Ballet Nacional de Cuba make their debut performance

THE CLEVELAND LIGHTHOUSE CAFE ANNABELLE DENNEHY Displaying as part of the artist’s Osmosis exhibition - her first solo - at Richard Randall Gallery, Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens Friday Oct 15 to Sunday Oct 17.

ARTS in Australia with the classic three-act Don Quixote. Opening night. Lyric Theatre, QPAC until Oct 2.

SATURDAY 25 Belshazzar’s Feast / Last Night Of The Proms - Brisbane Festival signs off in style with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra performing William Walton’s epic Belshazzar’s Feast with the Queensland Choir and Brisbane Chorale, followed by Last Night At The Proms, which will feature work by Elgar and Vaughan Williams. Concert Hall, QPAC, 7pm. The Dark Party - physical comedy from Melbourne’s The Dirty Brothers Sideshow taking a journey both literally and metaphorically through the lives of men. Opening night. Closing day. QUT Festival Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse. Strange Familiar Angel - Circa’s young performance group tackle metaphysical exploration and take (literal) leaps into the unknown in Circa Zoo. Closing day. QUT Festival Theatre. ‘Where We From’ Banners Project - art installation created by indigenous members of the community exploring contemporary Indigenous connections to land, culture, and identity in urban environments. Closing day. Kuril Dhagun, State Library of Queensland.

ONGOING Douglas Kirkland: A Life In Pictures - major exhibition of works by photographer Douglas Kirkland, from Audrey Hepburn to Michael Jackson, as published in Life and Vanity Fair. Opening day. GoMA until Oct 24. I am the kind of person you should choose to have with you. You are the kind of person I choose to have with me - exhibition of digital video projections and performance from Brisbane-based artists Catherine Sagin and Kate Woodcroft. Opening day. Museum of Brisbane until Nov 14.

ARTS AND MUSIC SHOWCASE FOR WOMEN From Monday Sep 27, BEMAC is proudly presenting the inaugural and week-long Women In Arts Program. A combination of panel discussion and workshops at The Brisbane Powerhouse and The Edge, the initiative focuses on the development of women, of different backgrounds, in the music and arts sector in Queensland from both the business and artistic sides. The programme will end on Saturday Oct 2 at the Turbine Platform with several musicians performing, including Singaot Sister. Artists to take part, contact BEMAC via bemacpresents. org.au.

Ethnicity, identity, and religious observance are all sympathetically skewered in Josh Appignanesi’s broad British comedy. Omid Djalili (Sex And The City 2) plays family man, football fan, and mini-cab company owner Mahmud Nasir, whose relaxed approach to Islam is called in check by his son’s wedding plans. But Mahmud is also packing up his deceased mother’s house, wherein he discovers his birth certificate reads ‘adopted’, and it turns out his birth parents were Jewish. Oy vey! Mahmud’s subsequent identity crisis is the fodder for some irreverent, and politically pointed comedy, at the centre of which is Mahmud’s odd-couple friendship with embittered American cab driver Lenny Goldberg (played by The West Wing’s Richard Schiff). Lenny (very) reluctantly takes Mahmud under his Jewish wing to show him the ropes of his newly found religion. These scenes – which play a bit like a Jewish version of Will Smith’s date doctor Hitch – are the heart of the film. Djalili and Schiff share a wonderful chemistry, which allows for the tokenistic ‘Judaism for

EASY A Dummies’ to be developed alongside a warm and honest friendship. However The Reluctant Infidel is less successful on the homefront, with the talented Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) all but wasted as Mahmud’s silently suffering wife Saamiya. Penned by English comedian David Baddiel, it’s a bit surprising the film doesn’t go for more laughs. Djalili’s joyfully physical performance aside, the story’s supposedly daring religious clash ultimately goes for the heartstrings, when you wish it had aimed for the funny bone. WHERE & WHEN: Screening in cinemas now ALICE TYNAN

EASY A Olive Prenderghast (Emma Stone) is just one of those high-schoolers - not popular, not unpopular, just invisible. That is, until she helps a gay friend fly under the gay-dar by saying he’s had his way with her. A rumour that she’s willing to put out starts going around - and Olive, finding that the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about, embraces it. Neatly paralleling her studies of The Scarlet Letter, she finds herself a pariah to the girls and catnip for the boys, and

wears a huge embroidered ‘A’ on her increasingly more risqué clothing. But this fantasy world is due to come crashing down around her ears luckily Olive has the unconditional backup of two of the most accepting, encouraging, cool and awesome screen parents ever seen - Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson. Easy A is as smart a teen comedy as you’re likely to see without John Hughes on the scene. Its blatant nods, winks and straight-out references to Hughes’ oeuvre are refreshing in a market which sees teen comedies dumb themselves down and go for gross-out over smart gags, literary references and endearing characters. Thanks to Bert V Royal’s whip-smart screenplay, Easy A has all three. And, of course, it has an ace in the form of Stone (Superbad, Zombieland). She’s absolutely adorable in the role of Olive, and she’s proven yet again that she can pick memorable, intelligent roles for herself and make them her own. She has a huge future ahead. Yes, I’m a little smitten – I dare you to go see this and not feel the same way. WHERE & WHEN: Screening in cinemas now BAZ McALISTER

PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM WANDERING IRISH TROUPE THE GARE ST LAZARE PLAYERS DELIGHT IN BRINGING THE WORK OF SAMUEL BECKETT TO ALL CORNERS OF THE GLOBE. CONOR LOVETT TALKS TO BAZ MCALISTER ABOUT BRINGING FIRST LOVE TO THE BRISBANE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR.

n the pantheon of great Irish writers, Samuel Beckett most assuredly has a place – bleak, incisive, and often very funny, his works are still performed by theatre companies the world over. Foremost among these, however, are Ireland’s Gare St Lazare Players, headed by husband-and-wife team Conor Lovett and Judy Hegarty Lovett.

Lovett and his wife have been working together for about 20 years – with this adaptation of Beckett’s novel First Love they are bringing to Brisbane, he’s the lone performer and she’s the director. About 14 years ago they put on an adaptation of the novel Molloy at the Edinburgh Festival, and have never looked back, forming the Gare St Lazare Players.

As a young man, Conor Lovett started reading the works of Beckett, and performed in his first Beckett play at 18. He followed in the writer’s footsteps and decided to travel abroad to live in Paris for a few years.

“That’s when it took off for us,” Lovett says, “and we thought of doing Beckett’s prose and novels rather than his plays. I was always more into Beckett’s novels than his plays; I like the plays, they’re great, but I think the novels are much stronger stuff. Most of it is written in the first person, which lends itself very well to being put on stage. So we’ve been having a good deal of success with that, touring a lot – we’re probably Ireland’s most travelled theatre companies, we’ve been to about 60-odd cities with our work.”

“I went to Paris when I was 20 or something and while I was there, I was told about this theatre school called L’Ecole Jacques Lecoq,” Lovett says. “I went to that school the following year. It was great. It was brilliant training, centring on the artist being a creative entity themselves rather than just being somebody to get sent out into the industry.”

Lovett is careful to give equal credit

to his wife for this success – he might be out under the lights, but it’s her behind-the-scenes touch that makes the whole thing work, he says. “I’m the guy on stage but Judy is very much the driving force in many respects, it’s subtle stuff but very effective. She’s a very special director, we’ve been working together for a long time and we have a shorthand between us, but at the same time she’s constantly pushing the performance and the style of performance. We both come from families where our parents worked together in businesses.” Lovett also has one other pseudo-

collaborator without which it would be impossible to have brought the word of Beckett to those 60 cities. “We get funded for our touring from Culture Ireland, who were set up about five years ago to promote Irish culture going abroad,” he says. “They’re a brilliant initiative, for artists, musicians, and theatre practitioners. It’s a great way of putting one of our greatest natural resources out and about.” WHAT: First Love WHERE & WHEN: Visy Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse Tuesday Sep 21 to Saturday Sep 25

frontrow@timeoff.com.au

DVD

FAMILY

REVIEW

TIES PACHARO MZEMBE TELLS HELEN STRINGER ABOUT GWEN IN PURGATORY, IN WHICH THE ACTOR PLAYS A NIGERIAN CATHOLIC PRIEST IN SMALLTOWN NSW.

he sense that you might be suffering through a metaphorical purgatory is probably familiar to most actors; there’s a lot of time spent waiting - for auditions, for call-backs, for the elusive big-break. Brisbane-raised, NIDA graduate Pacharo Mzembe seems hell-bent on ensuring that his time spent in limbo is as limited as possible. The young actor has kept himself busy since graduating appearing in numerous productions and completing his first obligatory stint in the U.S. Mzembe is now working with acclaimed Australian playwright Tommy Murphy in his latest play Gwen In Purgatory. The play, a La Boite and Company B co-production, has garnered rave reviews in its Sydney season. Whilst it’s billed as a comedy, it deals with the more serious incarnations of an unpleasantly familiar experience. Titular character Gwen - played by Australian theatre veteran Melissa Jaffer - is a 90-year-old who has newly moved into an almost incomprehensible house; her family – played by Nathaniel Dean, Grant Dodwell, and Sue Ingleton – battle over her future as a Catholic priest – Mzembe – inadvertently stumbles

THE CRAZIES

into the dysfunctions of a family struggling with its past, its future and each other. There’s a lot going on in this uninterrupted, one scene comedy. Familial relationships and disputed memories are teased out in realtime; there are obvious religious connotations; questions of duty and aging are prevalent, but it’s also scarily familiar territory - our own families are complicated, insufferable beasts who muddle through life with all the delicacy of an inexpertly wielded sledgehammer. We know Murphy’s fictional family, because it could be ours. As Mzembe says, the whole play is “like looking through a peep-hole” at your own family. “Everybody in that house is in their own purgatory,” Mzembe says. He plays Father Ezekiel, a homesick Nigerian priest languishing in his own personal purgatorial wasteland, a state brought about by his unwanted posting to Queanbeyan. Mzembe explains of his character that, “He’s like the onlooker but he’s also involved in it, deeply.” A Nigerian priest in Queanbeyan might seem an incongruous addition to Murphy’s play, but the playwright is touching on some bigger issues in AY RSD HU T RTS STA

Gwen In Purgatory, and - as the title would suggest - Catholicism is one of them. Mzembe explains that Father Ezekiel’s relocation to New South Wales is a result an ecclesiastical recruitment failure. “In Australia they’re having a shortage of [Catholic] priests,” he says, “So they go to developing countries where there’s an overflow of priests, and [Ezekiel] happens to be one of the lads. He’s come out to fill in the numbers, so he’s going through that experience.” As would be expected from a writer of Murphy’s calibre, the choice of contrasting characters is not an arbitrary or simplistic choice. “Tommy’s done a great job by putting [Father Ezekiel] in there,” says Mzembe, “He was lenient with his words. He gave the actors a lot of room to bend and twist and do stuff with the characters, especially mine – him not being African and all – so I just went to town with it.” He explains that the appearance of his character at Gwen’s new home means that “straight away there’s a cultural element – certain things that I say, they become an obstacle in the way the family goes ahead and does their thing.

“It gives a different perspective for the Aussie who hasn’t really mingled with a lot of different cultures or had a different perspective other than that of what he’s grown up with.” The idea of a duty of care, particularly to our elderly, is at the heart of Gwen In Purgatory; it’s the source of both the humour – as the family attempt to avoid it – and the drama, as they realise that they can’t. Mzembe explains that, “One thing that hits me the most is that in Africa – and in most parts of the world – there is no such thing as an aged care facility. The people who brought you into this world go out with you…this notion that someone is too old, that they become – not useless – but that we dump them somewhere– and it is to go die – is an intense issue.” Indeed, there seem be a lot of intense issues in Gwen In Purgatory, many of which are augmented by Mzembe’s character’s role as an outsider to the conflicted family. The actor is not himself oblivious to the complexities of playing the outsider. As he says, “It’s a tricky predicament for me, because I speak with an Aussie accent, and then every now and then, with someone I meet for the first time…

WALLSTREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (M) THURSDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER

MONDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER

FRIDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER

TUESDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER

SATURDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER

WEDNESDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER

10:00 AM, 12:45 PM, 3:25 PM, 6:30 PM, 9:15 PM 10:00 AM, 12:45 PM, 3:35 PM, 6:30 PM, 9:15 PM 10:00 AM, 12:45 PM, 3:35 PM, 6:30 PM, 9:15 PM

they ask, ‘Where are you from?’” He emphasises the final word. “And then it hits me,” he continues, “So when I’m playing the character [Father Ezekiel], I have to keep conscious that I look so much like an outsider in it, which is all good, but personally, I’ve grown up playing cricket doing the whole Aussie thing, so it’s a weird thing.” In fact, he laughs that most times the audience doesn’t recognise him without his priestly garb and feigned African accent, “I come down from the show into the foyer,” he says, “And I talk to peeps and 45 seconds into the chat they’re like, ‘You don’t have an African accent,’ I’m like, ‘I’ve been talking to you for 45 seconds!’” Of the experience of working with both theatre veterans like Melissa Jaffer and members of Australian theatre’s new guard with cast-mate Nathaniel Dean and playwright Tommy Murphy, Mzembe is typically taciturn. “It is,” he says, “off the hook.” WHAT: Gwen In Purgatory WHERE & WHEN: Roundhouse Theatre Wednesday Sep 20 to Sunday Oct 24

30 EPT SS T R STA

7 OCT RTS STA

PURCHASE THE BLUE CINEBAR PACKAGROOM WHICH INCLUD E ES: ADMISSION, IN MEAL, BEER/WIN-CINEMA HOT E/SPARKLING AND MINI CHOC ALL FOR $39 AD -TOP $35 STUDENTS ULTS, AN $30 TUESDAYS D WW

10:00 AM, 12:45 PM, 3:25 PM, 6:30 PM, 9:15 PM 10:00 AM, 12:45 PM, 3:25 PM, 6:30 PM, 9:15 PM 10:00 AM,12:45 PM, 3:25 PM

W.BLUEROOMC INEBAR.COM

SUNDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER

LEVEL 1, 151 BAROONA ROAD, ROSALIE, PH: 3876 4566, WWW.BLUEROOMCINEBAR.COM

9:45 AM, 12:20 PM, 3:00 PM, 6:00 PM, 8:45 PM

BARRACKS 07 3367 1954 61 PETRIE TCE, TOP OF CAXTON ST

THE BARRACKS

3367 1954 LEGEND OF THE GAURDIANS 3D: ADVANCE SCREENINGS (PG) (NO FREE TIX) MON-WED 12.10, 4.05PM

CENTRO 07 3852 4488 39 JAMES STREET, THE VALLEY

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (MA15+) (NO FREE TIX)

THURSDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER TO 29TH SEPTEMBER 2010

WWW.PALACECINEMAS.COM.AU

RELEASING SEPTEMBER 23RD

LAVAZZA ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL - TICKETS NOW ON SALE. VISIT WWW.ITALIANFILMFESTIVAL.COM.AU

07 3852 4488

THE RELUCTANT INFIDEL (MA15+)

FATHER OF MY CHILDREN (M)

CULT CINEMA CLASSICSDR STRANGELOVE (PG) (NO FREE TIX)

THU/SAT/SUN/TUE 10.00, 12.45, 3.15, 6.30, 9.10PM FRI 10.30, 1.15, 3.50, 6.30 (SOLD OUT), 9.10PM MON 10.00, 12.45, 3.15, 6.00, 8.30PM (SOLD OUT) WED 11.15, 1.45, 4.15, 6.45, 9.15PM

THU-SUN/WED 3.15, 5.15, 8.15PM MON 3.00, 5.00, 8.15PM TUE 3.20, 8.15PM

THU-WED 10.00, 2.00, 6.15PM

FRI 8.30PM

SALT (M)

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (MA15+) (NO FREE TIX)

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (MA15+) THU-SUN 12.10, 4.00, 7.15, 9.20PM MON 12.00, 3.45, 9.30PM TUE 12.00, 3.45, 6.30, 8.30PM WED 12.00, 3.45, 7.15, 9.20PM

CATS AND DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE 2D (PG) (NO FREE TIX)

THU 12.15, 4.00, 7.40PM FRI-SUN 10.15, 2.10, 7.40PM MON-WED 10.15, 2.05, 7.40PM

TOMORROW WHEN THE WAR BEGAN (M) (NO FREE TIX)

THU 10.15, 2.10, 6.00PM FRI-SUN 12.15, 4.15, 6.00PM MON-WED 12.10, 1.55, 6.00PM

DESPICABLE ME 2D (PG) (NO FREE TIX)

THU-SUN 10.00, 4.45, 7.00PM MON-TUE 10.00, 9.30PM WED 10.00, 7.00PM

WALL STREET 2: MONEY

CENTRO

NEVER SLEEPS (M) (NO FREE TIX)

DESPICABLE ME 3D (PG) (NO FREE TIX)

THU-SUN/TUE/WED 10.15, 12.45, 3.40, 6.45, 9.20PM MON 10.00, 12.30, 3.40, 7.00, 8.45PM

Roadshow Timothy Olyphant (Seth Bullock from Deadwood) was born to play a no-nonsense sheriff, with his furrowed brow, steely eyes and tight lantern jaw. In The Crazies, he’s David Dutten, peacekeeper in the tiny American town of Ogden Marsh. There’s something in the water, and when the townsfolk start exhibiting strange behaviour like bringing a shotgun to a baseball game (isn’t that a normal Sunday in middle America?) Dutten learns of a crashed plane with a mysterious cargo that downed in the river upstream. It’s then that the dudes in the E.T. suits and gasmasks turn up, round up the residents into wire-fenced corrals and start strapping people to beds – but meanwhile, a gaggle of cackling, glassy-eyed hillbillies are laying waste to everything in sight with pitchforks, shotguns, buzzsaws, farm machinery, and any other classic redneck tools that come to hand. The sheriff’s small and doughty band of survivors must get the hell out of Dodge... Director Breck Eisner has done a solid job of remaking George A Romero’s 37-year-old classic, capturing the tone of 70s horror movies very well, but with modern production values. There are some genuinely scary moments, and some well-paced tension. We’re right behind Dutten and his deputy (Joe Anderson), his pregnant doctor wife (Radha Mitchell), and her assistant (Danielle Panabaker) because Eisner allows us to be – Olyphant is charismatic and his hero figure is pitched just the right side of everyman. Romero’s ‘movie with a message’ mandate is carried over here into the present day, and its biohazard paranoia theme seems perhaps even more fitting now than it did in ’73. BAZ MCALISTER

THU-SUN/WED 9.30PM

THU- WED 10.30, 1.10, 3.40, 6.20, 9.00PM

FOUR LIONS (M)

LAVAZZA ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL - TICKETS NOW ON SALE. VISIT WWW.ITALIANFILMFESTIVAL.COM.AU THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (MA15+)

THE KILLER INSIDE ME (MA15+)

WED 10.25 (GOLDEN LUNCH), 12.30, 2.40, 6.50, 9.10PM THU 10.25 (BABES), 2.30, 6.40PM FRI- SUN/ TUE 10.20, 2.30, 6.40PM MON 10.20, 2.30PM

WED 4.30PM THU- TUE 10.00AM

CAIRO TIME (M)

FATHER OF MY CHILDREN (M)

WED 12.50, 2.45, 4.40, 6.30PM THU/ SAT-TUE 3.30PM FRI 4.30PM

THE GHOST WRITER (MA15+)

THU-SUN 12.00PM MON-WED 4.00PM

WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (M) (NO FREE TIX)

WED 10.15, 2.30PM THU- TUE 4.30PM

INCEPTION (M)

THU 10.15, 1.00, 3.45, 6.45 (SOLD OUT), 9.30PM FRI- SUN/ TUE 10.15, 1.00, 3.45, 6.30, 9.15PM MON 10.15, 1.00, 3.45, 6.40, 9.20PM

BOY (M)

THU-WED 9.15PM

THE GHOST WRITER (MA15+)

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED (MA15+)

THU-SUN 2.15PM

WED 12.30, 4.45, 9.00PM THU- TUE 12.30, 8.50PM

WED 10.40, 12.40, 2.30, 4.50, 9.30PM THU/ SAT-TUE 12.10, 1.50, 7.40, 9.30PM FRI 2.40, 6.45PM

WED 10.20, 8.30PM THU/ SAT-TUE 5.15PM FRI 12.10PM

THU-WED 9.50, 11.45, 1.45PM

frontrow@timeoff.com.au

DON’T JEW FORGET ABOUT ME

It’s not really a question of whether you like David Bowie – the question really is which version of David Bowie you like the most. The many facets of the musician will be paid tribute to at the upcoming Ziggy: The Songs Of David Bowie, a musical journey through the life of the Thin White Duke by Helpmann award winner iOTA, Jeff Duff, Noiseworks founder Steve Balbi, and Brydon Stace. From Heroes to The Rise And Fall, this theatrical showcase should tie over the hoards of fans until we’re graced by the Man himself (which should be soon, surely). Ziggy performs at QPAC Concert Hall Saturday Nov 20. Tickets through Qtix.

ANITA CONNORS CHATS TO BRITISH FUNNYMAN OMID DJALILI ABOUT HIS NEW FILM THE RELUCTANT INFIDEL.

“I

had told David Baddiel [scriptwriter, The Reluctant Infidel] very stupidly that I usually get my ideas as a stand-up comedian when I go to really bad stand-up comedians. I secretly go there, and the worse they are the better ideas I get. In fact, the really bad comedians inspire great ideas in me. “And he said to me, ‘That’s really interesting ’cause I had a great idea watching you the other night’.” Omid Djalili laughs as he recalls the inspiration for his latest film The Reluctant Infidel. “He didn’t know who I was. He just said, ‘Well, who is this guy? He’s funny, but, I don’t know, is he Jewish, he said he’s Iranian, is he Iranian Jew? Is he Iranian Muslim? What is he?’ “David himself, he tells a funny story about how he’s been beaten up twice in his life, once for being Jewish and once for being Pakistani. He’s a very dark-looking Jew who could look Pakistani. So he just thought, here is an interesting idea. So he pitched the idea to me and I think it is one of the best film pitches. You know, brevity is the soul of wit. ‘A Muslim finds out he’s a Jew’ was such a great premise.” In the film Djalili plays Mahmud Nasir, an ordinary, small business owner who accidentally discovers that he was adopted. Not only that, his birth parents were Jewish. Shenanigans erupt as he undergoes an identity crisis, of which only his Jewish neighbour Lenny Goldberg (Richard Schiff) is privy to. Hiding his finding from his wife Saamiya (Emmy Award winner Archie Panjabi) and children, things come to a head when the Muslim fundamentalist Arshad El Masri (Yigal Naor) comes to visit. “[Mahmud has] been described as a Muslim Homer Simpson,” Djalili says. “That’s never happened before, you know; he’s fat, beer swilling, sweary. He’s like a Brit, he’s like all the worst things about being British, I suppose,

in a Muslim character. Muslims have really taken it to heart. I think it’s because it’s the first time we’ve seen a Muslim-Everyman.” Having been released in the UK several months ago, initial responses have been positive. “Jews have had a couple of issues with it. But by and large, the film played in Jewish areas very strongly; it was sold out for weeks with Jewish audiences. And the fact that a number of synagogues in London did special screenings of it, shows that the Jewish community embraced it. And I think the comedy community really took the film to its heart in the sense that there was no questioning that the film was very well intentioned and the humour came from a very good place. And most people just thought it was funny. I think it’s been better received than I would have expected.” Although this is Djalili’s first lead role, he is no newcomer to acting; he’s been in everything from The Mummy to Casanova to Sex And The City 2. “Whenever I’ve done a film part, because it’s never been a big part, usually an underwritten part, I got known in Hollywood actually as the guy who can fix parts that are underwritten. So I wasn’t used to someone writing a whole lead role. And because David Baddiel had become a friend, he captured my voice quite well. “His script seemed to me like a symphony. I used to read his script like a really jealous Salieri looking at a Mozart composition and thinking, a) I should have written this, and b) as an actor I’m like a musician; [I] just have to hit the right notes and just get the comedy out of what he’s written.” The message behind the film also drew him to the project. “I’m Bahá’í, and I believe all religions come from the same god and they’re different chapters of the same book. And if Richard Dawkins is a nine out

7 UP

INSPIRED REINVENTIONS OF DONE-TO-DEATH GENRES BY JOHN EAGLE 1. Bonnie And Clyde (1967) - the American outlaw film gets a new wave makeover. 2. Thelma And Louise (1990) - the road movie as a feminist tract. 3. The Pledge (2000) - a serial killer film in which the worst horrors are internal. 4. Crimes And Misdemeanors (1989) - a comedy-drama where jokes are juxtaposed with consequence-free murder. 5. Antonio Das Mortes (1969) - the ‘lone assassin’ cliché meets the operatic psychedelia of Brazilian cinema novo. 6. Hoop Dreams (1994) - a sports documentary which illuminates the AfroAmerican urban underclass. 7. The Killer Inside Me (2010) - the lust-noir sub-genre arrives in the 21st Century.

CALLING OCCUPANTS OF BRISBANE…

DAVID BOWIE

GOLD COAST GETS NAKED Lovers of a little rudie nudie onstage, get yourself to the Arts Centre Gold Coast for the black comedy Often I Find That I Am Naked. Running for six shows from Tuesday Sep 21, this much-awaited play follows Jezebel (Jo Thomas) as she looks for Mr Right. For lovers of love, shopping, and cocktails. Head to theartscentregc.com.au for more info.

BLEEDING HEARTS OF THE NIGHT For one week only, Bleeding Heart Gallery is celebrating all things that go bump in the night with the exhibition Of The Night. Showcasing the dark arts of Daniel Watts and Damian Smith, gallery-goers will be treated to paintings of rich, enigmatic animation-styled imagery. Friday Oct 1 is opening night. And Brissy muso Karla is playing. More info at bleedingheart.com.au. of ten atheist then David Baddiel is a ten out of ten atheist. He’s one of those atheists who’s not anti-religion; he thinks religion can be quite nice, but can’t understand why there’s so much violence and fighting. “So we both came at it from different angles but with exactly the same conclusions. We’re comedians and we want to do something funny, and we believe that if you can laugh at the subject first then it’s a precursor to actually overcoming the issue intellectually. So we felt the whole Muslim-Jew thing was something that we should find some humour out of it. “But I suppose from a message point of view we both felt that, a) it was a film that talked about the unity of religions and, I suppose, the similarities of religions, whereas people have really concentrated on the differences; and, b) the second, I think most important message of the movie,” he continues, starting to laugh, “is don’t lie to your wife; don’t withhold information from your wife because she’s going to find out and it’s going to come back and bite you in the arse anyway. So that was the more important message.” The comedian has also just started work on a new stand-up show, which he hopes to bring to Australia late next year. It’s going “remarkably and bafflingly well”. “I get asked to do all kinds of things all the time,” he says. “They’re always asking me to do stand-up comedy shows. Prince Charles asks me to do things for him all the time; it’s pretty funny. Every week there seems to be something, the Prince’s Trust or Prince Charles himself wants me to host things and introduce him. I should be his pocket MC, he always likes the way I introduce him. I started writing jokes for him as well. There was a joke about how he loved architecture; he’s written a book about architecture but he won’t publish it because he doesn’t want to be known as the architect formerly known as Prince.” WHERE & WHEN: Screening in cinemas now

FILM

REVIEWS THE LAST AIRBENDER

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE In this sequel to the hugely successful The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Millennium magazine’s investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) is drawn into another deadly plot involving a sex trafficking ring and the murder of a young reporter. Meanwhile gothy computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) is on the run after the events of the first film, trying to evade a murder charge. The first film in this series based on the novels of Stieg Larsson set the bar incredibly high with its tension, pacing and hard-hitting story. While The Girl Who Played With Fire has some great set-piece scenes it just doesn’t hang together quite as well as the first instalment. One of the main problems is that the doubleact who were so successful in the first film, Blomkvist and Salander, are apart for the vast majority of the movie, following their own plotlines. While they do intersect, these plotlines do make the film feel bitty. And where the first film felt incredibly real in all respects, the sequel’s antagonists are mere caricatures, coming across as second-tier Bond

villains – a gang of stereotypical bikers, a huge mute dude who can feel no pain, and a mysterious old burned mastermind whose personal connection to one of our heroes is near laughable. While beset with problems, this sequel is worth a watch (and is still probably much better than the inevitable American remake will be). Despite everything both Nyqvist and Rapace remain very watchable, with very modern heroine Rapace’s brooding intensity standing out. WHERE & WHEN: Screening in cinemas from Thursday Sep 23 BAZ McALISTER

THE LAST AIRBENDER This is the story of a bunch of ‘benders’ (stop sniggering at the back, there) – tribespeople with the power to wield and shape the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water. These elements are out of balance – the ‘airbender’ monks have all been wiped out and the warlike Fire nation is subjugating the other nations. When a brother and sister of the Southern Water Tribe, Kitara (Nicola Peltz) and Sokka (Jackson Rathbone), discover a boy frozen in the ice, it becomes clear he is someone special

– the ‘Avatar’, the last airbender, one who has the potential to control all four elements. This is Aang (Noah Ringer), who disappeared a hundred years ago. And on his trail is the fire lord’s son Zuko (Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel), a disgraced prince who can’t go home without the Avatar in his grasp. This is the live-action version of a beloved TV cartoon with a huge following, so M Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense) has a huge responsibility to get it right. Unfortunately, he doesn’t really. While the production design is lavish and the actors generally look like their cartoon counterparts, there’s no real soul here. Dev Patel does his best as the most fully-rounded character in the piece, but lead actor Noah Ringer was a martial artist, not an actor – and sadly it shows. Films like Kick-Ass proved that a hyper-kinetic, colourful comic-book world can work in liveaction, and Shyamalan’s dark, dreary and washed-out world should have been exploding with colour. As it is, this great story has been invested with some lacklustre dialogue and acting and turned into a bit of a Golden Compass-style yawn. WHERE & WHEN: Screening in cinemas now BAZ McALISTER

frontrow@timeoff.com.au

QUOTE

GIVEAWAY! The Girl Who Played With Fire is the second book in the ‘Millennium’ series by Swedish author Stieg Larsson, which has been adapted into a hugely successful film franchise. Following The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire will release in Australian cinemas on Thursday. Thanks to Rialto Distribution we’ve got a prize pack to giveaway, including a copy of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo DVD to bring you up to scratch, The Girl Who Played With Fire book so you can argue which is better, a branded T-shirt to bring in the summer in fan-style, and double pass to see TGWPWF, because that’s why we’re here. Nine runner-ups will recieve a double pass to The Girl Who Played With Fire. For your chance to win, email give@timeoff.com.au with ‘THE GIRL’ in the subject line.

C U LT U R A L

CRINGE

WITH MANDY KOHLER Any great adventure starts with a single step, or in my case with a $70 excess baggage fee. So begins my 520km cycling tour, my first ever. For a long time I’ve wanted to ride across Mongolia, experiencing the day to day of a culture so far removed from my own, navigating the rolling hills, and seeking life outside of my comfort zone. I can’t afford that so I’ve landed in Cairns, thankfully.

CLARK GRISWOLD: EXCUSE ME, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO GET BACK ON THE EXPRESS WAY? PIMP: FUCK YO MAMA! CLARK GRISWOLD: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Source: National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983)

There’s enough to see to organising a trip to the boundries of my comfort zone. My nerves don’t have visas to go beyond those borders. Not yet anyway. I’m taking my relatively new bike around Far North Queensland rainforest for eight days of...er... riding. I think I’ve packed everything I need but if I need help from a local I know the language. For instance, “I could use some help with my flat tyre” translates to “Got a fuckin flat, aye?” It’s important that every sentence sounds like a question. Here confidence equals cockiness. So this might be a first in a lasting love affair with touring by bike. Alternatively it could be the confirmation that I’m a dreamer not a doer and everything I need to know about life can be experienced through art and through the Google Machine. Oscar Wilde once said, “The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.” I’m beginning to see what

he means. There’s a wide divide between what you think you can acheive and what you actually can achieve. Plans for magnificence often result in mediocrity. Sometimes it’s best not to find out but sometimes you have to take a chance that getting off the couch will be worth it. We all know that some days it’s not. It’s those days that lead people to take holidays, usually nice, relaxing holidays involving pools and cocktails, whereas I’ve chose to take one involving phrases like “Day two: 65kms uphill with not much let-up”. What was I thinking? I’m going to miss the season premiere of Glee! Well, I’m sure those three or four spin classes I did have prepared me for whatever the untamed, tropical, humid North can throw at me. Like any bike ride that takes you further than the shops it’s all for a good cause. Friends have sponsored me for each kilometre I ride with the proceeds going to the Far North Queensland Environment Centre who do good things like reef conservation and keeping developers at bay. I’ll also be donating per kilometre. One buck for each km I spend in the support van. Bris Vegas, I miss you already but when we meet again I’ll be new, improved, tanned, or perhaps beaten down, exhausted, and sunburned. Either way I’ll be ready to pound your streets again, because I know where my comfort zone is: zones one and two.

ISSUE 1494

TEMBER P E S D N 2 2 WEDNESDAY

NO ANCHOR MEMBER(S) ANSWERING/ POSITION(S) IN BAND

Alex plays the drums and brings occasional episodes of old man grumpiness. Ian does the singing, screaming and bass playing as well as providing a nice array of collared shirts. Donnie brings even more bass, vocals and a healthy amount of youthful vigour

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TOGETHER?

Alex: Ian and I started the band in June 2007 and in September last year we decided one bass player wasn’t enough and that we needed more bass, so after a robust and turbulent application process, Donovan Miller turned No Anchor into a trio.

HOW DID YOU ALL MEET?

Alex: The moment Ian and I realised we had an equal love of The Jesus Lizard and Helmet we decided to do something together and get away from the room full of hipsters we were surrounded by at the time. Donnie we met at 6pm on a Thursday at Lock n Load on Boundary St.

YOU’RE ON TOUR IN THE VAN – WHICH BAND OR ARTIST IS GOING TO KEEP THE MOST PEOPLE HAPPY IF WE THROW THEM ON THE STEREO?

Alex: We have so much music that we all equally love that it would have to be a tour on foot for any of us to get annoyed. But there is a common heartbeat of The Melvins, Boris, Sunn O))) and Shellac in all three of us.

IF YOU COULD CHOOSE THE BAND’S DESTINY HOW BIG WOULD YOU GET – WOULD YOU CONQUER THE WORLD OR BE HAPPY TO BE A BIG FISH IN A SMALL POND?

Alex: Dumb question! We would conquer the world like capitalism, topple governments and install Honeybucket by The Melvins as a universal anthem at the United Nations. Just imagine a planet where ugly, maligned rock music was the accepted norm? Ha!

WHICH BRISBANE BANDS BEFORE YOU HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION (MUSICALLY OR OTHERWISE)?

Alex: All three of us are going to have a diﬀerent answer for that. Deep down in our pores however, I’m sure you’ll ﬁnd the echoes of Not From There, Hateman and the almighty Budd. By the way, Budd have new album out and you should go buy it! Th at’s an order!

2010

WHICH PUB OR BAR IN BRISBANE ARE WE MOST LIKELY TO FIND YOU FREQUENTING AS A GROUP?

Alex: The one that’s letting us play our music! Which these days is quite a few and that’s great to see venues re-embrace the musical diversity that Brisbane has to oﬀer. It was sorely lacking for quite a while there. But… back to your question. Donnie’s porch ‘cause he makes a mean homebrew.

WHAT REALITY TV SHOW WOULD YOU ENTER AS A BAND AND WHY?

Alex: Like music, reality TV shouldn’t just be about cheap thrills, it should be about endurance and the challenge. Should No Anchor be given clearance to enter their ﬁne country, we’d probably tour Japan playing shows and being part of Denpa Shonen 2010 – but where we only communicate with our instruments.

IF YOUR BAND HAD TO PLAY A TEAM SPORT INSTEAD OF BEING MUSICIANS WHICH SPORT WOULD IT BE AND WHY WOULD YOU BE TRIUMPHANT? Alex: Well it’s a little known fact that many underground bands in this town partake in the

local Buzkashi tournament. It’s a real tough sport though, one of our close friends broke her femur recently in a grueling match. Before that she had won more goats than anyone for the past two seasons. Now that she’s out, I expect team No Anchor to take top spot.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE FOR THE BAND IN THE SHORT TERM?

Alex: We’re currently halfway through building a pipeline from Hades to West End and calling it an album. Once it’s built we will plug it and fi ll it with mud and concrete till it bursts and reigns down doom and noise upon the earth. We will however rise from our oily bog this Friday to play with Japan’s Zeni Geva – one of the most amazing Noise Rock bands ever to induce deafness and dystopia. KK Null, the bands guitarist is a genius with sound and they also have the drummer from Ruins and it’s their fi rst show in Brisbane in 14 years! After that we’ve been invited to the Th is Is Not Art festival in Newcastle at the start of October where we will fit in nicely playing our cute pop songs and smothering them with inordinate amounts of distortion and volume – our idea of fun! No Anchor play Rosie’s this Friday night. Photo by BRAD MARSELLOS

TOUR GUIDE

GIG OF THE WEEK

INTERNATIONAL

OVERKILL: The Hi-Fi Sep 23 YOU ME AT SIX: The Fort Sep 23, The Hi-Fi Sep 24 ZENI GEVA: Rosie’s Sep 24 MAYHEM: The Hi-Fi Sep 25 PETER HOOK AND FRIENDS: The Tivoli Sep 27 ACID KING: Rosies Oct 1 EMILIE SIMON, MELANIE PAIN: Brisbane Powerhouse Oct 1 THE MURDER JUNKIES: Step Inn Oct 1 EXODUS: The Hi-Fi Oct 4 BEN KWELLER, DELTA SPIRIT: The Hi-Fi Oct 5 AGAINST ME!: The Hi-Fi Oct 7 ALEXISONFIRE: The Tivoli Oct 7 JONNEINE ZAPATA: The Zoo Oct 7 GBH: The Zoo Oct 13 DIE! DIE! DIE!: Alhambra Lounge Oct 14, Miami Tavern Oct 15, The Fort Oct 16 THE BLACK SEEDS: The Hi-Fi Oct 14 BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH: The Zoo Oct 15 DEAD MEADOW: Globe Theatre Oct 15 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT: QPAC Oct 15 SAGE FRANCIS: Step Inn Oct 16 SARAH MCLACHLAN: Brisbane Convention Ctr Oct 16 BARONESS: The Zoo Oct 17 PARAMORE, RELIENT K: Riverstage Oct 17 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: The Tivoli Oct 17 METALLICA: BEC Oct 16, 18 & 19 CONCRETE BLONDE: The Hi-Fi Oct 19 PAUL WELLER: The Tivoli Oct 19 & 20 SOILWORK: The Hi-Fi Oct 21 MIRAH: Lofly Hangar Oct 22 GUTTERMOUTH: Surfers Paradise Beer Garden Oct 27, Fusion Villa Noosa Oct 29, The Hi-Fi Oct 30 MOUSE ON MARS: The Zoo Oct 27 DIMI DERO INC: Spotted Cow Oct 29, The Troubadour Oct 30 ROBIN GIBB, BONNIE TYLER: BEC Oct 29 BRIAN WILSON, AMERICA, CHICAGO, PETER FRAMPTON: Riverstage Oct 30 ICE CUBE: The Tivoli Oct 30 ED KOWALCZYK: The Hi-Fi Nov 2 LEONARD COHEN: BEC Nov 6 CROWDED HOUSE: Brisbane Convention Ctr Nov 9 & 10 THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS: The Zoo Nov 9 THE CHARLATANS: The Hi-Fi Nov 10 INGRID MICHAELSON: Globe Theatre Nov 12 SHIHAD: The Zoo Nov 12, Neverland Nov 13 MANIC STREET PREACHERS: The Hi-Fi Nov 13 DESPISED ICON: The Hi-Fi Nov 14 KAKI KING: The Zoo Nov 20 FEMI KUTI AND THE POSITIVE FORCE: Brisbane Powerhouse Nov 23 SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS: Great Northern Dec 1, The Tivoli Dec 5 ARCHITECTS, COMEBACK KID, THIS IS HELL: The Hi-Fi Dec 3 KORN: The Tivoli Dec 3 LINKIN PARK: BEC Dec 3 FOZZY: The Hi-Fi Dec 5 MUSE: BEC Dec 5 & 6 BROADCAST: The Hi-Fi Dec 6 U2, JAY-Z: Suncorp Stadium Dec 8 & 9 GIRLS: The Zoo Dec 9 THE FALL: The Hi-Fi Dec 9 HOT WATER MUSIC, BOUNCING SOULS: The Zoo Dec 11 JACK JOHNSON, TEGAN AND SARA: Riverstage Dec 13 EL GUINCHO: The Club House Dec 16 GORILLAZ: BEC Dec 19 BUILT TO SPILL: The Zoo Jan 2 MISFITS: The Hi-Fi Feb 6 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS: Riverstage Mar 4

NATIONAL 40

MAYHEM

THE HI-FI, THURSDAY SEP 23 Like you metal blacker than black, and crave authenticity? How does murder, church burning and imprisonment sound in terms of keeping it real? In metal circles you don’t get much more authentic that Norwegian legends Mayhem, who have been bringing down the pain and chaos now for over 25 spinechilling years. Th is line-up features legendary members Atilla Csihar, Necrobutcher and Hellhammer, and they will be bringing the doom to Brisbane for the ﬁrst time in nearly a decade in the way that only they can. Ably supported by Astriaal and Guild Of Destruction, this is going to be one night to remember for lovers of all things dark, heavy and macabre...

Robert Forster @ Brisbane Festival by Stephen Booth

PRESENTS BIRDS OF TOKYO, SILVERSUN PICKUPS: Brisbane Convention Centre Sep 24 THE PARADISE MOTEL: The Troubadour Oct 1 RICHARD IN YOUR MIND, PIKELET: Coolangatta Hotel Oct 1, The Club House Oct 2 THE HOLIDAYS: The Troubadour Oct 2 BELLINGEN GLOBAL CARNIVAL: Bellingen Oct 2-4 BEN KWELLER & DELTA SPIRIT: The Hi-Fi Oct 5 CLARE BOWDITCH: Surfers Paradise Beergarden Oct 7, The Hi-Fi Oct 8 SMUDGE: The Troubadour Oct 9 THE BARONS OF TANG: Old Museum Oct 9 DEAD MEADOW: The Globe Theatre Oct 15 PARADES, ERNEST ELLIS: The Zoo Oct 16 SAGE FRANCIS, DEXTER, HORRORSHOW: The Step Inn Oct 16 SARAH BLASKO: Nambour Civic Centre Oct 19, QPAC Oct 21, Stereo, Southport Oct 22 SHIHAD: The Zoo Nov 12 YOU AM I: The Hi-Fi Nov 27 KORN & SHIHAD: The Tivoli Dec 3 FOZZY: The Hi-Fi Dec 5 THE FALL: The Hi-Fi Dec 9 GIRLS: The Zoo Dec 9 FESTIVAL OF THE SUN: Port Macquarie Dec 11-12 BUILT TO SPILL: The Zoo Jan 2 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS: Brisbane Riverstage Mar 4

THE NEW CHRISTS, HITS, BIRDBRAIN

THE TROUBADOUR: 18.09.10

Lismore low-key rockers Birdbrain christen the growing crowd’s ears with a wild howl from their singer, and the swell of their opening riff. From spluttered, rippling shreds, the four-piece move at first through melodies safe, and easily resolved; their rock-chops displayed in meaty, self-assured slabs. Away from primary colours, then, they shift as verses teeter on the edges of spoken and sung, riff s lose their form, and the audience is left, doe-eyed in the path of the band’s seizing unwinding before being cooed back by the punky, surgeon-sliced metrics of Hüsker Dü’s Don’t Want to Know if You Are Lonely.

ROBERT FORSTER

QUT FESTIVAL THEATRE, BRISBANE POWERHOUSE: 18.09.10

It’s not so much about the songs as it is about the man as Robert Forster takes to the outdoor stage at Brisbane Powerhouse. The crowd are here, quiet in anticipation for what should be a lengthy and intimate journey into The Go-Betweens’ discography. Part of the Brisbane Festival, Forster has agreed to play a set dedicated entirely to his hometown. 15 Songs About Brisbane welcomes all on board and offers both insight and intrigue. At 9:30pm sharp, Forster wanders onstage, as smartly dressed and softly spoken as you’d expect, before explaining the prompt start is due to an 11pm curfew. His likeable attitude is instantly accepted by the audience as he introduces his first track Lee Remick, starting his journey in The Gap in 1977 when he first set up the band with Grant McLennan. Indeed, Forster proves quite the talker as he assuredly narrates his own story from 1977 to present. He’s chosen to tell the tale chronologically which seems most comfortable and coherent as he jumps from location to location and album to album. The imminent rainfall subsides as Forster continues his journey to Spring Hill with Your Turn, My Turn, an upbeat number with the kind of timeless lyrics that

made the man a local legend. Next onto London in the early 80s, with Forster only playing a few songs from his time there with Part Company being the most notable. And then before you know it we’re back in Australia, ﬁve years later and recording of 16 Lovers Lane in Sydney. Forster endearingly tells of his time at home, a seven-week period when he lived with his folks again at The Gap, at 30 years of age. He describes this as a ‘golden age’ as he got up late, had his laundry done and spent most days listening to The Boss and The Jesus And Mary Chain. Th is results in acoustic versions of Love Is A Sign and I’m Alright. Indeed, it’s an entirely acoustic gig until Forster welcomes onstage some old friends and band members. Matt Harrison appears on drums, Robert Vickers returns to play bass whilst others come and go.

The Troub’s incredible acoustics make every small triumph tremendous, every fleeting error egregious, and the stage is small enough to give both the performers and the watchers no real escape, should either hit an extreme. Embracing, to a maddening extent, being both things at once, HITS are perhaps a band for whom this place was designed. The spiraling, punk-rock G-Banger announces their arrival, and the crowd push thick and heavy up against the screams of HITS’ frontman Evil Dick. From drawling garage spasms, to crunching, melo-sludge lumber-riff s, the band swirl up a storm as they bustle around the stage. Certifiably insane, Evil Dick leads each track with some half-attempt at a sentence, before stumbling into screams so harsh, one fears for some kind of aortal prolapsing. To either side, he’s jarringly accompanied by two dark-haired guitar-vixens; the girls always lost in their own instruments, their faces fi xed in Morticiasneers at some inscrutable in-joke exchanged in the song’s pauses.

After ﬁnishing his collaborative set with The Circle and I Can Do Forster talks about his time in Germany where he settled with his wife and raised a family. Forster then treats us to a delicate and heartfelt solo version of German Farmhouse as the 15 songs come to an end. Forster treats his eager fans to a new song I’m So Happy For You before leaving brieﬂy and returning for the encore. The whole night is rounded up with some of the classics but the aptly named If It Rains sums up an enjoyable and friendly night as appropriately as possible.

The New Christs, about as Australian punk-rock royalty as it gets, take the stage last. Radio Birdman’s Rob Younger cuts a bizarre, commanding figure – albino-white hair, with aging skin that hangs all horrorshow from his angular face. Cut from a similar poison behind him, the band strike up a howling, outer-limits intensity, and age proves to be nothing but a number. Younger’s the consummate frontman; flinging spit and frenzied cool with a campy, unaffected joy as he does that wondrous punktwitch through sucker-punch tracks Empeachment and Burning Of Rome. His hands limp and fling, splay-miming each throng on the band at his back as they hemorrhage the long-lost sound of classic punk, speeding through stomping, monster-mash marchlines. The urgent Impossible Now and skate-park punk These Reasons close the set on a palpable elation, the crowd hot and happy from having repeatedly risen in ecstasy to each throwback track and retro-modulation.

BARRIE MORGAN

SAM HOBSON

TOUR GUIDE PARKWAY DRIVE: Riverstage Sep 22, Byron Bay High School Sep 23 ANGUS AND JULIA STONE: The Tivoli Sep 23 – 26 JOHN BUTLER TRIO, BLUE KING BROWN: Riverstage Sep 23. Empire Theatre Sep 24 MM9: Miami Tavern Sep 23, Step Inn Sep 24 BIRDS OF TOKYO: Convention Ctr Sep 24 CALLING ALL CARS: Neverland Sep 24, X & Y Sep 25, Great Northern Sep 26 GYPSY AND THE CAT: Globe Theatre Sep 24 BOY & BEAR: Great Northern Hotel Sep 30, Soundlounge Oct 1, The Zoo Oct 2 RICHARD IN YOUR MIND: Spotted Cow Sep 30, Coolangatta Hotel Oct 1, Club House Oct 2 AMY MEREDITH: The Zoo Oct 1, Coolangatta Hotel Oct 2, Great Northern Oct 3 THE HOLIDAYS: Elsewhere Oct 1, The Troubadour Oct 2 THE PARADISE MOTEL: The Troubadour Oct 1 SINGAOT SISTA: Brisbane Powerhouse Oct 2 CLARE BOWDITCH: Surfers Paradise Beer Garden Oct 7, The Hi-Fi Oct 8, Irish Club Toowoomba Oct 10 POWDERFINGER: University of Southern QLD Oct 9, Riverstage Nov 10, 12 & 13 SMUDGE: The Troubadour Oct 9 THE FUMES: Step Inn Oct 9 ANGIE HART: Beach Hotel Oct 14, Soundlounge Oct 15, The Troubadour Oct 16 LITTLE RED: Joe’s Waterhole Oct 14, The Hi-Fi Oct 15, Coolangatta Hotel Oct 16 ERNEST ELLIS: Elsewhere Oct 15, The Zoo Oct 16 TAME IMPALA: The Tivoli Oct 16 SARAH BLASKO: Nambour Civic Ctr Oct 19, QPAC Oct 21, Stereo Oct 22, Byron Ctr Oct 23 & 24 CLOUD CONTROL: Beach Hotel Byron Bay Oct 21, The Zoo Oct 22, Coolangatta Hotel Oct 23 EAGLE & THE WORM: Great Northern Oct 21, The Troubadour Oct 22 LIOR: A & I Hall Oct 21, Sound Lounge Oct 22, The Zoo Oct 23 AIRBOURNE: The Hi-Fi Oct 23 HOWL: The Club House Oct 23 COERCE: Rosies Oct 28, Burst City Oct 29, Shed 5 Oct 30 KYU: Old QLD Museum Oct 29 THE AUDREYS: Joe’s Waterhole Oct 30, Brisbane Powerhouse Oct 31 DAN SULTAN: Byron Bay Community Ctr Nov 3, The Troubadour Nov 4 & 5, Joe’s Waterhole Nov 6 PENDULUM: The Tivoli Nov 3 & 4 THE BASICS: The Club House Nov 5 HOLLY THROSBY: The Troubadour Nov 18, Soundlounge Nov 19, Joe’s Waterhole Nov 20 PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY: Beach Hotel Nov 18, The Hi-Fi Nov 19 GARETH LIDDIARD: Old QLD Museum Nov 19 GRAFTON PRIMARY: The Zoo Nov 19 YOU AM I: The Hi-Fi Nov 27 SALLY SELTMANN: The Zoo Dec 4, Great Northern Dec 5

FESTIVALS

BRISBANE FESTIVAL: Spiegeltent King George Square until Sep 23 PARKLIFE: Botanic Gardens and Riverstage Sep 25 WHITELIGHT BLACKLIGHT: Lightspace Warehouse Oct 1 – 2 OPEN FRAME: Brisbane Powerhouse Oct 6–7 CALOUNDRA MUSIC FESTIVAL: Kings Beach Park Oct 8 – 10 ISLAND VIBE FESTIVAL: Oct 29 – 31 Home Beach, Point Lookout, Nth Stradbroke Island A DAY ON THE GREEN: Sirromet Wines Nov 14 THAT FESTIVAL: Cabarita Beach Nov 20 MULLUM MUSIC FESTIVAL: Mullumbimby Nov 25 – 28

Regurgitator @ The Tivoli by Silvana Macarone

THE ZOO: 17.09.10

Although The Zoo is slightly barren towards the stage, it is in no way slowing down Rocketsmiths tonight, who charge into their set with the brilliant Bones. The rockabilly punk party vibe does its best to stir movement in the room but it seems it’s just too early for most people. They are playing heavily from the latest album release with Monster Part.1 and What’s The Use before returning to previous tracks with cult track Doctor. The Cairos continue to draw bigger crowds around town and as their catalogue expands their live shows become more polished, as proven when they storm through Today. Vocalist Alistar Richardson shows his conﬁdence on stage with a few sly ﬂickers of wordplay in his lyrics but for the most part the boys put on a exhibition of their evolution as a group with road tests of some tasty new material before returning to the faithful Whales and Batman. It may be the last track, but it’s the poignant moment for The Cairos as they lead into another of their newest songs Listening Party, despite some delay pedal issues it’s a wonderful look at things to come from another promising local act.

REGURGITATOR, DJ KRUSH, LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH, RAT VS POSSUM

RE: ENACTMENT, HUNZ, TOY BALLOON, MOON JOG, GOODBYE GRAVITY

Melbourne’s Rat Vs Possum take to the stage ﬁrst but sadly for them 7.30 is simply too early for Brisbane punters and they are left playing to a near empty room. They respond with an impassioned set of dreamy and percussive pop, seemingly unfazed by the negative space that daunts them.

Electrophobes beware! Some sweet synth action has taken over The Troubadour tonight. Local band Re:Enactment are launching their new EP Talent For Retail and it’s double A-side singles Problematic and Nintendogs, and they’re supported by bunch of other local artists who share their passion for mixing guitars with technology. There’s a fair bit of laptop usage and pre-programmed beats, but don’t think for a second that it somehow dilutes the experience of a live performance. On the contrary, tonight’s bands go above and beyond the regular rock show in terms of creativity, switching instruments, bringing in unexpected instruments, bashing random percussion and breaking into spontaneous dances. It’s fun to watch.

THE TIVOLI: 18.09.10

Aesthetics aside, Laneous & the Family Yah are a vigorous and spirited bunch onstage. The array of members fill the room with a thick mix of fruity funk, soul and punk that injects a dose of liveliness into the growing crowd. Their live energy and musicality can’t be faulted – it’s just a shame they leave such a garish taste in the mouth. As soon as Japanese veteran DJ Krush commences sowing the seeds to his exquisite aural-dream, the night’s operations make an immediate transition from the realm of mere entertainment to that of ethereal experience. The due respect for DJ Shadow is served early with an airing of In/Flux that soon gives way into a characteristically, rich mix of swimming atmospheres and mighty beats. The incredibly sensual voice of Zap Mama sirens through Danger Of Love, the stern inflections of Black Thought run rugged and raw over Meiso, and the staggering beats of Duality are outspoken only by the elated cheers of the audience. Not content to merely spin tracks, Krush applies the touch of a master craftsman moving about his rig tweaking and manually punching in beats throughout the whole process. He teasingly flaunts Organ Donor, cuts it up into a rhythmic delight and then kicks into crowd favourite Kemuri for the final home stretch. Although the hour set provided by this double- headline billing is way too short, nothing could possibly detract from this sublime moment. A return to the shores of fun-filled entertainment is signalled loud and clear as Regurgitator open with an equal part tribute, equal part parody of Star Wars (Main Theme); complete with monologue projection detailing the Empire’s vast consumer conspiracy. Quan puts down his guitar and proceeds to bound about the stage, leading the three-piece into an energised I Will Lick Your Asshole. The set runs through a career spanning assortment including highlights Everyday Formula, Hullabaloo and Black Bugs. They marry each and every song with video projections that span the themes of consumer products, pop-culture, and technology. Reinforcing the mundane themes of their music with the visual aspect gives their performance a more round and engaging overall effect, however, after some time the lesser songs become too many and their performance begins to reflect the tedious and tiresome nature of their thematic subjects. Kong Foo Sing brings back the goods and finishes the set of with a fist full of fun. Regurgitator return to the stage masked in pop-wrestling attire for a performance of two lacklustre songs and then a wicked version of ! (The Song Formerly Known As) that ends their set on the high it began. JAKE SUN

THE MESS HALL, THE CAIROS, ROCKETSMITHS

THE TROUBADOUR: 18.09.10

The audience members socialise in small pockets around the venue as opening band Moon Jog takes to the stage. Frontman Clay is a multi-tasking wizard, switching enthusiastically between guitar, keyboard and handclaps for a series of post-punk/ power-pop songs with a touch of The Arcade Fire and The Bravery. Next up is the more chilled Toy Balloon. With an array of instruments, including a laptop and saxophone, their techno-infused tunes sparkle almost as much as the Christmas lights that hang around one band member’s neck. Hunz play brooding, atmospheric New Wave rock with choruses that explode into post-apocalyptic walls of sound. It’s an awesome thing to behold, and they warm the audience up brilliantly for the main act. Re: Enactment are one of those bands who can blend noisy rock with electronic bleeps and make it sound like the audio equivalent of a sharp kick in the head. With two great EP’s, Kittens and Regicide, under their belt, expectations are high for tonight’s show. Luckily their performance lives up to the manic energy of their recordings. After dealing gracefully with a stage-crasher, frontman Jacob Hicks encourages the audience “not to freak out” before declaring “We’re Re: Enactment, and this is our party”. He delivers on that promise, vigorously belting out a high-energy mix of songs that focuses heavily on the new EP. Towards the end, Jemma Hicks and Toy Balloon’s Chloe Cooper come onstage and lend their vocals to Nintendogs, the mellower of the new singles. The set ﬁ nishes with them bashing on roto toms.

As the stage gets stripped back to keys, guitar and tubs, the pairing of Jed Kurzel and Cec Condon emerge, collectively known as The Mess Hall. The Mess Hall are known for gritty blues rock played to deafening levels, and that’s exactly what we instantly get. The duo blast City Of Roses before segueing into the electric Pills. It’s a strangely sharp performance tonight, no staggering palmed fuzz on the guitar or sliding ride cymbal crashes, a mystery which is soon elaborated on when Cec announces, “You are watching a completely sober Mess Hall”. Despite their jumping on the wagon for the night, the sweet sexy grinds of Tijuana 500 pierce the room to get hearts racing, and also brings on the appearance of former Wolfmother keys man Chris Ross to blast the sinful organ tonight. Jed has kept himself fairly contained until the opening riff of Keep Walking rings out, and he then proceeds to lose his shit in a rich mix of distortion and moose kicks. As they get to the end of their set, Kurzel opens the final song up to requests from the floor and gets a general consensus that he can abide by as they sign off on a swift punching note with an extended jam outro of Holes. MARK BERESFORD

TOPOLOGY

QUT FESTIVAL THEATRE, BRISBANE POWERHOUSE: 17.09.10

Despite representing a confluence of some of their city’s most technically accomplished instrumentalists and composers, Brisbane post-classical quintet Topology have somehow always managed to cater to audiences with no specific interest in modern chamber music. It isn’t until one sees a boundary-blurring performance like tonight’s that one understands how the group have managed to acquire such a unique following. An unspeakably imaginative, wildly unpredictable and truly wonderful experience, tonight’s showcase is being performed as part of the celebrations of the Brisbane Festival and it’s clear that the ensemble have taken it upon themselves to deliver something special for the occasion. The performance opens with violist Bernard Hoey’s absurdly complicated arrangement of MC Hammer’s Can’t Touch This and, from that point on, only grows stranger and more delightful. Upright bassist and band-leader Robert Davidson’s Bounce is the uncontested highlight of the evening – audiences invited to actually contribute to the composition’s performance by following a projected score with small colour-coded whistles provided by Topology and reading a provided poem in the piece’s mid-section – but the ensemble’s entire set is effectively a finely-sequenced compendium of increasingly surreal and magical moments. Davidson’s acoustic arrangement of Aphex Twin’s Bucephalus Bouncing Ball is a marvel of technical skill and composition ingenuity and the group’s rendition of John White’s Hooting And Drinking Machine (performed by both Topology and audience volunteers solely on drinking bottles) is as musically fascinating as it is vaguely emotional while the group’s decision to close with Michael Nyman’s spiralling and complex And Do They Do is a masterstroke. The greatest surprise of the evening comes from Davidson who, for the first time in Topology’s history, opts to sing a series of Brisbane poems with the group. A relatively revolutionary concept in theory, Davidson’s boldness nevertheless pays off marvellously in practice – showcasing an entirely different facet of the quintet and opening up bold new avenues for future performances (as well as channelling Paul Weller’s Style Council with uncanny flair).

After such an exhilarating night, it’s no surprise so many punters are ready to go home and rest. But a decent-sized group nevertheless sticks around to see Goodbye Gravity play a set full of hook-laden psychedelic instrumentals.

The real joy of the performance, though, is that, when asked to present to a series of festival audiences, Topology opted not to deliver a smooth set of standards but something jagged, unpredictable, challenging and exciting. It takes some serious artistic spine (not to mention considerable optimism) to attempt that kind of manoeuvre – let alone actually pulling it oﬀ.

DANIEL W YNNE

MATT O’NEILL

MUSIC MASTERCLASS

TIGHTEN YOUR BELTS It is with intimate detail that Sydney twopiece Kyü piece together their music. Freya Berkhout and Alyx Dennison have a distinct songcraft that yields magniﬁcent results, and a distinct style that intersperses vast soundscapes with vibrant melodies .The young duo are thrilled to have released their selftitled debut album via the Popfrenzy label and following an extraordinary response from their performance at Brisbane’s BIGSOUND conference earlier this month, the band are equally as ecstatic to announce an album launch in Brisbane, which will take place at the Old Museum on Friday Oct 29. Tickets are on sale now from OzTix for $13.30.

NO SLEEP TIL BROOMHALL

After playing an intimate set as part of Brisbane Festival Asa Broomhall will be heading back over to Seattle to play some shows as well as trek through the Canadian Rockies. When he does touch back on our shores, the roots larrikin will hit the road once again to support iconic guitarist Ian Moss on tour. The two will play four shows in the south east and northern NSW at the Caboolture RSL Thursday Oct 21, Friday Oct 22 at the Tempo Hotel, Saturday Oct 23 at the Byron Bay Brewery and Saturday Oct 31 as part of the QPAC Sunset Sessions

When watching your favourite band rip it up on stage, have you stared up at them in a haze, scratched your head and wondered, ‘How can I do that?’. Even if you think you are tone deaf, or the closest you have got to picking up an instrument is Guitar Hero, Duncan Lorien reckons he will have you playing Bach on piano within a few hours – literally. Lorien is holding a seminar to help take the ‘mystery’ out of music; helping participants learn how to play scales and chords, remember the names of notes, as well as how to completely read any piece of Western music. He will deliver another of his transformational Understanding Of Music Seminars at the historic Commissariat Stores Building at 155 William Street, Brisbane from Friday Sep 24 to Sunday Sep 26. To register go to understandingmusicseminar.com.au. The classes will set you back $795.

SIX PACK DECADES AWAY IPSWICH MATHCORE OUTFIT DECADES AWAY ARE RELEASING THEIR DEBUT EP. TONY MCMAHON CATCHES UP WITH VOCALIST CAM WALL TO DELVE INTO THE MYSTERIES OF OBSCURE TIME SIGNATURES AND CHEESY 70S SURF FILMS. Decades Away have made no secret of their desire to be on the road, playing gigs endlessly. Wall says this reminds him of cheesy 70s surf movies. “That phrase reminds me of the Endless Summer movies, except the silhouettes on the front cover, in our case, have guitars on their backs instead of surfboards. But seriously, we’re all very committed to music and we’d love to start touring around the nation but right now we’re concentrating on shows in our area. We’re still new to playing lots of shows but it’s something we plan on taking more seriously. We don’t want to be another band that plays the same ﬁve venues over and over.”

REACHING NIRVANA

A storyteller at heart and a multi-instrumentalist by nature Leah Flanagan specialises in personal narratives that take ﬂight with dry evocative imagery and breathtaking vocals. The songstress is the ﬁrst Indigenous graduate of a classical music degree in the Northern Territory and South Australia and after scoring herself spots at Woodford Folk Festival and Byron Bay Bluesfest, the talented songwriter shacked up with producer Steven Schram (The Cat Empire, Little Birdy, Custom Kings) to produce her new album Nirvana Nights. Leah Flanagan will be showcasing the album when she plays at Lock‘n’Load Brisbane on Thursday Sep 23 as well as the Wallaby Creek Music Festival, held between Friday Sep 24 and Sunday Sep 26.

BEETLE TAKES FLIGHT

Nestled up on the Milton end of Roma Street, things at The Beetle Bar are really starting to heat up, and fast. What began as a humble backpacker/ student bar has quickly grown into a flourishing live music hub. Free entry, free pool, cheap booze, great music and good times, why wouldn’t it be? The venue is hosting a healthy handful of the city’s fine talent within the next coming weeks so make sure you head along. The Pretty Boys will be launching a CD there on Friday Sep 24 with D Rouser, 50 Bags and the Main Street Brats who will also be playing when Hell Crab City and Lobster Prophet stop off on their Queensland Claw Crawl on Friday Oct 1.

Wall says that Decades Away’s upcoming EP captures the band well, and that anyone who wants one is welcome to help themselves. “Mathcore is essentially hardcore that writes in odd and elaborate time signatures,” says Wall. “It thrives on an atmosphere of chaos: the listener isn’t able to easily identify what’s happening with the music or where it’s going. I wouldn’t say we’re an incredibly mathematical or technical band, but we are inspired by bands like Dillinger Escape Plan who are. We don’t like to use the label mathcore too much, we believe it’s a title bestowed upon bands that are unique and talented enough to have it. But there isn’t many other categories we ﬁt in. Maybe you could consider us to play a progressive or experimental version of hardcore.”

“The EP is a taste of our sound. The newer material that we’ve been writing is probably starting to capture us a bit better. We’re very proud of the ﬁve songs we’ve recorded for the EP and can’t wait to get them out there for everyone to listen to. We’ll be sure to chuck a free copy to anyone who wants one.” WHO: Decades Away WHAT: Decades Away (Independent) WHERE & WHEN: Rosie’s Tavern Wednesday Sep 29

BRIGGS DEBUT ALBUM ‘THE BLACKLIST’ OUT SEP 24

FEATURING THE MONSTER SINGLE ‘THE WRONG BROTHER’ GUESTS INCLUDE JAYTEE, TRIALS (FUNKOARS) & HILLTOP HOODS WWW.GOLDENERARECORDS.COM.AU WWW.IAMBRIGGS.COM 43

HYH

SIX PACK SAINT SURLY & MONSTER MONSTER

HAVE YOU HEARD?

THEY’RE TWO SEPARATE ARTISTS WORKING TOGETHER, BUT THEY’RE NOT A BAND. AND THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, OUT OF THE WOODWORK, IS A SPLIT RELEASE RATHER THAN A COLLABORATIVE RECORD. A PLEASANTLY CONFUSED TONY MCMAHON CATCHES UP WITH SAINT SURLY CAMERON RUTTER AND MONSTER MONSTER DANIEL WRIGHT TO WORK THINGS OUT.

Q MUSIC IS A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATION SUPPORTING QUEENSLAND MUSIC, MUSICIANS AND INDUSTRY WORKERS. THIS COLUMN PRESENTS INFORMATION ON GRANT AND EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES, CONFERENCES AND THE GENERAL LOW-DOWN ON THE STATE’S MUSIC INDUSTRY.

Both Saint Surly and Monster Monster are not backwards in coming forwards as far as interesting and innovative performance concepts are concerned, their live shows all being reasonably diﬀerent. Is this a philosophical statement? And how does the album represent, if at all, what they do on stage?

“A huge bonus of doing a split release is the fact that we can expose people to the diﬀerent (though similar) styles of our production on the one album, which hopefully translates into an interesting listen,” says Rutter. “I totally agree,” adds Wright. “It meant that the album could cover more sonic ground, but with enough of a conceptual link to glue it all together. I think when producers and journalists give it a detailed listen they’ll hear our diﬀerent production/sound, but to the casual listener it’ll hopefully still hold a consistent mood.”

RADIO ON THE ROAD

Numbers Radio are currently on tour with Melbourne’s Calling All Cars, showcasing material from an up-and-coming EP produced by Jeﬀ Lovejoy. Chances are you have already heard the lead single Final Day blasting from stereo speakers, and if it’s anything as relentless as their album Acquiring Satellites, the boy are going to have a hectic time ahead of them. Having played Homebake, Come Together and Sounds Of Spring, not to mention supported Birds Of Tokyo, British India, You Am I and Kisschasy, the three-piece will be delivering high energy punk rock madness on tour. You can see for yourself when they play Friday Sep 24 at Never Land Bar on the Gold Coast, as well as Saturday Sep 25 at X&Y Bar as part of their touring buddies’ Hold, Hold, Fire national tour.

“Yeah we always seem to come up with grand concepts for gigs,” says Wright. “We once did a show to sonically emulate a band, with our drums coming from a big bass guitar amp up the back and our melodies running into a pair of tube amps, man it took forever to setup. More gear than a real band. Ridiculous. I guess the album comes from a similar mindset – there’s not a set of rules that say you can’t so a split and a collaborative release. Similarly, there’s nothing to say we can’t rock a club beats night on a Friday, and then a DIY indie band night on a Saturday. And now for the album launch we have VHS (aka Dave V) on live drums, win.” WHO: Saint Surly & Monster Monster WHAT: Out Of The Woodwork (Independent) WHERE & WHEN: X&Y Bar Friday Sep 24

DIG DEEP

Todd Hansen has blast-beated and double-kicked his way through stints in The Berzerker, Headkase, Wish For Wings and The Wrath to name but a few. In fact it turns out that he’s got enough bands to hold his very own festival, Toddfest, with all proceeds donated to Ovarian Cancer research and awareness programs. The line-up is positively brutal, sporting the likes of Lynchmada, Headkase, Cavemen, The Wrath, The Go Go Haunters, Happy Camper, Tropical Vampirates, Black Mask, Nudge From Hey Dad, F.U.C., State Of Integrity, In Death, SpitFireLiar, Headwound The Pony, The Pretty Boys, Nobody’s Heroes, Kill The Apprentice, Rad Rockets Are Go, Rekoil and Grey Matter. There will also be a Toddfest bachelor audition, mo-off, beard-off and bake off, as well as various other fundraisers. Toddfest will kick off at 2pm at the Jubilee Hotel this very Saturday afternoon.

ON THE DOWNLOAD We really wish we could have been at New York’s All Tomorrows Parties festival as curated by Jim Jarmusch a couple of weeks ago. Th ankfully the Internet has delivered some pretty awesome coverage of the exciting things that happened over there with America’s National Public Radio network and New York independent station WFMU both uploading some great snippets, interviews and full sets from some of the festival’s biggest and most exciting acts. Sonic Youth, The Stooges, Kurt Vile, T Model Ford, Mudhoney, Scientists and more are featured throughout. [wfmu.org] [npr.org]

How did you get together? Jesse Morris (vocals/guitar): “We are all part of the Newtown collective of musos. Friends from way back. Th ree of us have been playing tunes together for over ﬁve years across a few projects and the other three cats joined over the last year and made this album!” Sum up your musical sound in four words. “Roots, reggae, folk, dub.” If you could support any band in the world – past or present – who would it be? “Jimi Hendrix during the Are You Experienced? tour.” You’re being sent into space, you can’t take an iPod and there’s only room to bring one album – which would it be? “Joni Mitchell Blue – I can’t live without this album.” Greatest rock’n’roll moment of your career to date? “A one week NZ tour where we attempted to out drink the Julian Temple Band every night. We are crazy but these guys are nuts! Seven days, no sleep, all party, lots of great shows in the snow.” Why should people come and see your band? “Our tunes are for the lovers of roots and reggae music. Hope to see you at one of our shows. Peace.”

The charmingly quirky John Vanderslice has just released a brand new EP called Green Grow The Rushes and he is giving it away for free on his website. The record was made with help from some of his most talented peers such as Spoon’s Jim Eno, St Vincent’s Daniel Hart, Carla Kihlstedt and more. The ﬁve track EP is available in a couple of diﬀerent formats to satisfy the most furious audiophiles and Vanderslice has said he’ll release it on vinyl sometime next year for those who want a physical copy. [johnvanderslice.com]

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have been enlisted as the men to score the upcoming movie Social Network, the fi lm that tells the story of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Reznor has uploaded a five track sampler of the soundtrack for free download at his Null Corporation website. You can also order any number of different editions that are available if you dig what you hear. [nullco.com]

The irrepressible Neil Young has a brand new record called Le Noise out next week and the ﬁrst single from it is called Angry World. The clip for the said single is online now and it’s pretty damn amazing, the song isn’t entirely inspiring upon ﬁrst listen but we’re willing to give it a bit of time to grow on us, particularly given how killer that guitar tone is. The clip is on YouTube and you can also stream Walk With Me from the new album on Young’s website. [youtube.com] [neilyoung.com]

The brand new record from electro pop charmers Chromeo, Business Casual, was released last Friday and the digital edition comes with a bonus track called I Could Be Wrong which features Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig as guest vocalist (not to mention a bitchin’ sax solo). The song is an ultra guiltily cheesy slice of pop that you can’t help but smile at and features Koenig and Dave 1 singing to each other about an unrequited crush. It’s so sickly and dumb, but it’s kind of cute and heart-warming as well. [soundcloud.com/weallwantsomeone]

A brand new tune from the forthcoming Maserati record has hit the web courtesy of the band themselves. The album, Pyramid Of The Sun is the last recording that drummer Jerry Fuchs played on before falling to his death at a party in Brooklyn earlier this year and the band have said that extra time and effort has gone in to ensuring this final recording is a fitting tribute to the drummer. The track they’ve put online is called We Got The System To Fight The System, a suitably danceable slice of groovy post punk that is classic Maserati. [ihaveadagger.net]

Jesse Morris & The 3 Beans play Music Caf , West End on Wednesday night and Garuva Lounge on Thursday night

RECORD BREAKING BIGSOUND 2010 WRAPS UP; DATES FOR 2011 ANNOUNCED “…now the secret is out. BIGSOUND is a big deal” Editorial, The Courier-Mail. Brisbane became the focus of the music world last week when the largest ever BIGSOUND 2010 music industry conference and festival took over the city’s musical heart, Fortitude Valley. Both the conference and festival sold out of tickets ahead of the event. Held from Wednesday to Friday, BIGSOUND 2010 saw more than 540 delegates descend on the conference – up by more than 100 on the previous year. See www. bigsound.org.au for details, and all the highlights. SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN FOR AUSTRALIA COUNCIL ARTSTART GRANTS Building a career in the arts just got a little easier with the new round of applications for ArtStart grants open until Oct 5 2010. As part of the Australia Council for the Arts’ career building initiative, more than 100 grants of up to $10,000 each are available for artists who have graduated from an accredited artist training scheme within the last three years or are about to graduate. Interested artists are encouraged to visit www.artstartgrant. com.au. AMIN’S CONTROL PROGRAM APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW CONTROL, the dynamic new ﬁve stage program designed to equip music managers with crucial business skills, is now calling for applications. Mid-career music managers from around the country are invited to apply by 5pm, Friday Sep 24 2010. CONTROL provides music managers with practical guidance on developing and maintaining sustainable businesses. CONTROL Guidelines and application forms are available from www.amin. org.au. BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL CREATIVE SPARKS GRANTS OPEN Got a creative idea? Want $20,000 to do it? Or are you an artist or arts worker looking for international career development and need support to get there? Creative Sparks Grants and the Lord Mayor’s Young and Emerging Artists Fellowships are now open for applications from Brisbane artists and cultural workers. With up to $20,000 for each recipient, these grants provide opportunities for creative projects and professional development. For more information, dates and how to apply visit www.brisbane.qld.gov/grants. Applications close Oct 11. INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASING SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR SXSW 2011 The South By Southwest Music Festival is the largest music conference in the US. It is a prime opportunity for artists and bands to showcase in front of and network with key US and international music industry representatives. It takes place in Austin, Texas from Mar 16-20, 2011. This year more than 40 Australian artists performed at SXSW. For more detailed conference and submission information, please visit www.sxsw. com/music.

NO POWER LACKING Princess One Point Five were scheduled to play a show at the Troubadour on Saturday Sep 11, but only a few notes into their soundcheck a fuse blew in the main power board and the venue lost its juice. After a three hour wait, and endless agonising over the wrecked electrics, the bands decided to cancel the night, much to the dismay of punters. Thankfully the group is playing a show at the Brisbane Powerhouse with the bright and bubbly synth-songstress Seja. Make sure you head along to the Powerhouse on Sunday Sep 26, and make sure you haven’t broken any mirrors, walked under ladders or have had black cats cross your driveway. Entry is free and the show is open to all ages, kicking oﬀ at around 3pm.

WANT TO KNOW MORE? For these stories and more, go to www.qmusic. com.au. WANT TO BECOME A Q MUSIC MEMBER? For membership details and application forms, go to www.qmusic.com.au.

PLENTY OF GRUNT

The Gruntled are Australia’s premier avant-medieval improvised instrumental psych noise combo. Then again, they might be the only people weird enough to mix droning psychedelic loops and feedback with medieval instruments like bagpipes, crumhorn and hurdy-gurdy. Now we’re sure this description has got you scratching your head in dismay, but secretly you’re intrigued, right? Th is weird collective of musicians will be in action on Friday Oct 1 at the Step Inn with Gravel Samwidge. It is sure to be a truly unique experience, that’s for sure.

SHORTFASTREPORT Hardcore and punk with Stu Harvey shortfast@timeoff.com.au One thing you have to admire about Less Than Jake is that they are always willing to try something new. Among their long and extensive discography you will find a tribute album to the musical Grease, a split with metal act Megadeth and a 7” shaped like a piece of cheese. The longrunning Gainesville Florida ska-punks have now announced their next release TV/EP. According to the band; “Spanning from the vintage adverts of yesteryear to the frenetic promos of modern day, TV/EP re-imagines a world where pop punk and ska is the music de rigueur, and this is the soundtrack to your couch potato life. Tracklisted as anonymously numbered channels (the band is keeping the names of the songs under wraps till right before release), the experience they have planned is akin to the feeling of flipping random television channels.” Expect to see it hit stores in November and it will apparently have 16 tracks and clock in at just over 13 minutes! You can of course catch Less Than Jake next year when they return to be part of Soundwave 2011. Steven Blush’s 2001 book American Hardcore will soon be re-released in an updated form. The book’s publisher stated this about its second publication: “The author has updated all of the chapters, added a new one titled Destroy Babylon, which explores the mutant forms of spirituality that came from the movement, and interviewed over 25 new subjects. Blush also has unearthed over 100 new pieces of artwork, drafted 200 plus new band bios, and radically expanded the discography. Most significantly, he has offered a new conclusion, which is an anomaly within the realm of period studies. The original book was 328 pages, and the revised edition is now 408.” Epitaph signed act Sing It Loud announced their split last week. Polar Bear Club are considering their next album currently according to guitarist Chris Browne; “Things are coming together naturally and smoothly, and we all seem to want the same things this time around. I think the next record will maintain the variety of songs that we like, but the performance will have a little more

‘vibe’ or ‘groove’ to it if that makes any sense. We’re not going to be afraid to just take a song where it needs to go rather than micromanaging everything. It may end up being more of a poprock record than we’ve ever done before, but the ideas are just as quirky and intense as ever in my mind.”

SHORT FAST REPORT TOP 5 Soundwave 2011. Even though bands have been leaking for the last couple of weeks, the second announcement of bands provides a few more surprises. The full list of acts added to the already massive line up include One Day As A Lion (Zach from Rage Against The Machine’s new project), Bullet For My Valentine, Bring Me The Horizon, Murderdolls, Millencolin, Coheed & Cambria, The Amity Affliction, Feeder, h2O, The Rocket Summer, Saxon, Silverstein, Fucked Up and We The Kings. Parkway Drive. The Deep Blue tour finally hits this week. Tickets are still available for tonight (Wednesday) at Brisbane Riverstage. Speaking of PWD the boys will be filling in for me on Short Fast Loud this Wednesday night. Yep, I’m on holidays so join Parkway Drive as they program three hours of their favorite punk and hardcore tunes from 10pm this Wednesday on triple j. Break Even join Alexisonfire. Finally the support for Alexisonfire’s national tour next month has been announced and it’s Perth’s Break Even. Frank Turner has announced he’s about to start work on his first new recordings since the acclaimed Poetry Of The Deed album that was released late last year; “Well, USA, that was a lot of fun, if brief. Now heading home to hit the studio in London and make a new EP. See you in a month or so.” Terror. Keepers Of The Faith is their latest album and it’s a return to form. Produced by Chad Gilbert, this is the LA hardcore outfit’s best album in a long time. Fans of old Terror should check it out.

ADAMANTIUMWOLF Metal with Lochlan Watt Zeni Geva

Legendary thrash act Overkill will make their Australian live debut The Hi-Fi on Thursday Sep 23, with support from their Sydney brothers Mortal Sin. Tickets will be $60 on the door, and unfortunately the $209 ‘VIP Meet and Greet Experience’ tickets (limited to 20) have sold out. Having previously toured on other continents with such acts as Neurosis, Shellac, Eyehategod, Melvins and more, progressive hardcore/metal group Zeni Geva from Tokyo will play Rosie’s this Friday. Supported by No Anchor, Teargas and Midget Pillion, doors are at 8pm. Toddfest hits the Step Inn this Friday, and is set to be a full-on night of metal, punk and hardcore, all in the name of raising money and awareness for ovarian cancer. Split between two stage at The Jubilee Hotel, catch Lynchmada, Headkase, KCavemen, The Go-Go Haunters, Black Mask, Happy Camper, State Of Integrity, Spitfireliar, The Pretty Boys, Headwound The Pony, Kill The Apprentice, Nudge From Hey Dad, Grey Matter, Tropical Vampiratess and more as well as other festivities such as baking and beard competitions from 2pm for just $15. This Saturday night, notorious black metal pioneers Mayhem will blast away The Hi-Fi with support from Astriaal and Mongrel’s Cross. Melbourne instrumental group Akaname has been confirmed as the national support for US sludge-rockers Baroness next month. Launching their self-titled debut album to coincide with the tour, which is described as “an explosive delivery of fractal rhythms, angular riffery, labyrinthine textures and cosmic resonance that folds sonic space-time and

transmutes the sum of its leaden parts,” the bands will play on Sunday Oct 17 at The Zoo. You’ve probably read about it everywhere else by now, but in case not Soundwave 2011 just got a whole lot bigger, with relevant announcements including Dimmu Borgir, Bring Me The Horizon, The Murderdolls, Coheed & Cambria, Saxon, Fucked Up and Bullet For My Valentine. With Iron Maiden, Kylesa, Queens of The Stone Age, High On Fire and Slayer among the dozens of bands already announced, the festival, which will grace Brisbane on February 26, is looking to be pretty essential for most metal heads. Perth technical death metal group Gallows For Grace have posted a new track entitled Splinters Of Existence on their MySpace page. Having previously released an EP with Skull And Bones Records, the track comes from a new three-track promotional CD, recorded by Geoff Eaton in Perth before being sent off to Morbid Angel guitarist Erik Rutan for mixing and mastering. The release will soon be available from the band, with a full-length set for 2011. While experimental group MoonBoat is yet to surface on a live front due to the geographical separation of its members, the entirety of their first release Black Pine Mountain is available for download alongside a few new tracks from upcoming release Spirit Panther at moonboat. wordpress.com. The studio project is a refreshing blend of black metal with posthardcore leanings and an ambient twist. Sydney-siders Synperium will release a debut album full of death metal tunes through Just Say Rock Records on Oct 15 entitled Elemental Disharmony. Having played shows alongside bands such as Deicide and Children of Bodom, the release follows up on the 2007 EP Transfiguration. Noisy, dual-vocal Brisbane group Ironhide will hit the Capitalsound Studios, Adelaide this weekend to spend 12 days tracking their debut full-length with producer James Balderston (A Secret Death). An early 2011 release is expected, and yes, the writer of this column did just pimp his own band.

ROOTSDOWN

Blues ‘n’ roots with Dan Condon rootsdown@timeoff.com.au Pugsley Buzzard

You may have heard about the Sun Beach Festival, a show that was set to be a massive three days of camping and music set in the idyllic location of Ballina’s Beach Village and featuring some very exciting Australian talent. Well things have gone awfully quiet on that front, this week just about all information about the show disappeared from the Internet, except for a story written in the Northern Rivers News that claimed the festival have not been granted a license for the event. The show was set to feature acts like Old Man River, fresh from the release of the Trust album, The Boat People, Dan Parsons, Firetree Band, M Jack Bee Band, Swinging Cowgirls, Dr. Baz & Neil McCann, Koikidz, Ara Biota, Guy Kachell, Rebecca Ireland Duo and Melania Jack all joining in on the action from Friday Oct 1 through to Monday Oct 4; but at this stage we’re not sure that it will be going ahead. Rest assured we’ll let you know if we ﬁnd out anything. The fantastic barrelhouse piano man, Mr Pugsley Buzzard will once again be treating us to a taste of his ﬁne live show next month as he once again heads north in support of his new record entitled Wooden Kimono. With the grit of Tom Waits, the boogie of Dr John and the sophisticated hard bop of Thelonius Monk, Buzz always provides one hell of a night for fans of his powerful but completely infectious brand of blues. You can bet when he’s up here he’ll play a great mix of the new and the old and the new, check it for yourself when he drops by the Brisbane Jazz Club on Friday Oct 8, the Royal Mail Hotel, Goodna on Saturday Oct 9 (from 5pm), Ivory Tavern, Tweed Head Sunday Oct 10 (4pm), Beach Hotel Byron Bay Friday Oct 15, Joe’s Waterhole, Eumundi Saturday Oct 16 and the Nimbin Hotel Sunday Oct 17 (2pm).

For those of you who can’t resist the charms of the super popular Jack Johnson, we suggest you hurry up and grab a ticket for his upcoming tour as he has just announced an enormous supporting cast for the shows. When he stops by the Brisbane Riverstage on Monday Dec 13 he will be bringing the insanely popular Canadian roots-pop duo Tegan and Sara along with him and Aussie roots sensation Ash Grunwald will open things up in fine fashion. There are still tickets available from Ticketmaster for $91.90, but given this new announcement we’d imagine there won’t be for long. Roots Down favourites the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion are reissuing two more of their sensational records with a whole host of extra tracks and remixes. Their reissues thus far have been nothing short of amazing so we’re excited about 1994’s Orange and 1998’s Acme getting the same treatment. They will be released in the US on Tuesday Oct 19, here’s hoping they get an Australian release. If they don’t then they’ll be well worth the import. We’ve been lucky to chat with a few artists this past week who have just released or are about to release new albums. Mavis Staples’ brand new You’re Not Alone album is a sensational piece of gospel and soul music that is bound to end up at the pointy end of many ‘Best of 2010’ lists. She raved about working with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy on the record and said she hoped they’d work again. The record features songs written by Tweedy, Pops Staples, John Fogerty, Little Milton, Allen Toussaint, Rev. Gary Davis and more. She hinted that she and her band were looking at making a return visit to Australia early next year. Another artist about to drop a new record is Donovan Frankenreiter, his Glow record due for release early next month. His recent relocation to Hawaii has influenced his writing a great deal and a lot of the instrumentation on the album proves this, though it must be said it’s certainly still a record for the more pop-leaning roots fans, it’s mighty slick. He also mentioned that we can expect to see him in Australia early next year.

THEBREAKDOWN Pop culture therapy with Adam Curley

Four weeks in which the season finally (kind of ) changed, the Pluto inner-cleaning (gross) retrograde ended and many people attempted to hide from Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream and failed (to which I say: go with it; it’s not all that often the writer-producer team of Max Martin and Luke Gottwald take over the world and when they do it’s far less psychologically straining to just get your skank on, learn the words and ride it out. Their songs are far too strong for our feeble minds to fight, as previously proven with The Veronicas’ 4ever, Pink’s U + Ur Hand, Kelly Clarkson’s My Life Would Suck Without You, etc. And, yes, all those songs are the same song rewritten, but I’m pretty sure market research has declared that no one cares, so who are you to argue?). There have also been a few rather excellent releases otherwise. Melbourne’s Heirs released their second album, Fowl (Denovali), and it’s a sublime seven tracks of metallic-Swansian grind-and-release playing. Cloudy, layered guitars and synths get ripped apart by unrelenting riffs and fall into spiralling, captivating effects and elegant rhythms. That all sounds like a load of ‘music writer’ wank, but it all sort of adds up to being the 2010 version of industrial rock, which might sound oxymoronic but I’m having a hard time describing this so just go and listen to it because it’s really very, very good. Sydney duo Kyű last week released their self-titled debut album through Popfenzy just in time for some sunning and giving us the most intriguing psych pop record since Flying Scribble’s album of last month. Yes, this year is turning out to be the culmination of whatever bizzaro theatrical bent pop-making Australian kids have been on of late. In Kyű’s case that means ‘tribal’ rhythms used to remarkable effect, piercing vocal harmonies and arse-shaking-and-shimmying melodies (even though there’s something about using the words ‘arseshaking’ that seems very wrong in this context). The most common thing that has been said to me about the new Blonde Redhead album, Penny Sparkle (4AD/Remote Control) is that it doesn’t sound like Blonde Redhead, which is usually

spoken with a satisfied grin and pisses me off because I always liked them, but is also reasonably fair. Blue-toned keys and sparse beats build subtle pop melodies, shone down on with ghostly effects to sort of add up to being the 2010 version of French electronic pop. Except they aren’t French. Wow, I’m really using my words today. Anyway, it’s very good. Probably the biggest surprise to me personally has been the new track from My Disco, Turn, from their upcoming Little Joy album (out Oct 15 through Shock). The word ‘minimal’ has always been used to describe the Melbourne trio – indeed at times to be ‘made for them’ – but there’s something about Turn that’s very un-minimal without being at all bordering on maximal (again with the excellent word-using today, sorry). Almost tinny, again ‘tribal’ drumming, a lack of the usual unrelenting rhythmic guitar jabs and softer vocals make it an unassumingly danceable affair. By God, it’s almost tropical. Into what the blogs have been talking about: a band from London called The Vaccines have been getting talked up after posting their first demo and homemade clip for a track called If You Wanna, which takes the kick-drum-riding and wang-out guitar strums of the UK nu-gaze set and adds them to jangly 60s pop sensibilities, slotting in with the whole ‘chillwave’ aesthetic but creating something entirely different and much more of their nation. You can download it free from their Facebook page. Brooklyn’s How To Dress Well is still the most over-written-about man in the western blog world, creating something of an interesting on-minute discussion about why people like him so much or whether all the praise is ‘justified’ but not giving much of a chance for anything other than an online moment to really happen for the ‘postchillwave’ ‘chill-scape’ dude. Finally, Adelaide’s Fake Tan are three newbies giving their own angle to all the 60s thing, making nagging and completely loveable pop songs for slackers that’ll get yer heart racing in yer skin-tight jeans. Check them at mypace.com/faketann.

DID YOU KNOW...

Peter Hook started playing high bass lines due to the poor quality of his amp and the volume of Bernard Sumner’s guitar in the early Joy Division days?

SIX PACK JOEL EDMONDSON ALMOST A YEAR AFTER IT WAS COMPLETED, MELBOURNE-BASED SOLO ARTIST JOEL EDMONDSON IS RETURNING TO HIS HOMETOWN OF BRISBANE TO LAUNCH HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM INVISIBLE STEPS. HE TELLS DAN CONDON WHAT IT ALL MEANS TO HIM AT THIS STAGE

CELL-ING OUT Kiwi hard rockers Cell are heading back to Australia in October to play their very ﬁrst run of 18+ shows, after a well received all ages tour back in April. These ﬁve lads have been compared to a beefed up version of Birds Of Tokyo or Shihad. If this tickles your fancy, the band will be showcasing material from their new EP Love And Murder, which was recorded by their guitarist Gideon Thompson in his home studio, and mixed by Stephen Bartlett at Whitehorse Audio. Have your ears pulverised on Saturday Oct 9 at The Step Inn.

BREWING UP SOUL

Hallelujah! Raise your hands and see the light – The Byron Bay Brewery brings you the exultant sounds of Gospel, starring much-loved soul diva Lisa Hunt sharing the stage with the righteous voice of Mohini Cox along with the glorious support and harmonies of the Gospel All Star Band. Hunt has previously shared the stage with living legends like Eric Clapton, James Brown, Joe Cocker, Miles Davis, Midnight Oil and Jimmy Barnes. If you want to see how she’s managed to grace the stage with such a notable cast of artists, head along down to catch her at the Byron Bay Brewery Sunday Oct 3. There is limited seating so head along to kupromotions.oztix. com.au to get yourself a spot. Tickets are $25 presale, or $30 on the door. Alternatively you can pay $50 and get a tasty meal.

years leading up to its creation. People seem to really connect with it and I think it makes a clear statement of what I stand for as a person.” But Edmondson believes it’s not such a bad thing that the release has been somewhat delayed as it has oﬀered him the opportunity to reﬁne the sound and arrangements of the tracks.

FRIENDS IN THE FIELD Melbourne indie-pop chanteuse Georgia Fields has been hard at work recording material for her debut album. Spending time in a mix of theatres, lounge rooms and studios, Fields enlisted a top-notch production team comprising Producer Greg Arnold (Skipping Girl Vinegar, Stoneﬁeld), engineer Dave McCluney (Nick Cave, The Drones) and Nashville’s legendary Jim DeMain (Dolly Parton, June Carter-Cash, Tim Finn). She has also been gigging extensively on her own as well as with a collective she regards as her ‘Mini Indie-Orchestra’ The singer-songwriter will be performing two intimate shows in Brisbane – you can catch her Friday Oct 8 in Burnett Lane in the CBD as well at Saturday Oct 9 at the Brisbane Powerhouse.

“Invisible Steps was finished last year, so my feelings about it now are very different to when the master was first completed,” he explains. “I don’t really identify my personality with it in the way I did then, which has allowed me to fully enjoy it and stand back and see it for what it is, not what I wanted it to be, which was just an abstract concept anyway. It is a pretty accurate representation of my musical tastes during the

“I spent a bit over a year with a band made up of talented friends playing gigs and preparing the songs for recording. We recorded with my good friend Steve Bartlett at his country retreat, White Horse Studios, over about an eight day period. After that Steve and I spent some time listening to the roughs and coming up with ideas for overdubs to ﬁ ll out the sound. It’s good having the bones of something together and then to enter into a more spontaneous part of the process with someone you trust. Since then I’ve remastered the album a couple of times and edited some of the songs to make it more economical and concise. It’s ultimately been a good thing that the release of the album has taken so long.” WHO: Joel Edmondson WHAT: Invisible Steps (Loﬂy) WHERE & WHEN: The Troubadour Sunday Sep 26

TWEET OF THE WEEK

SIX PACK LEAH FLANAGAN WITH HER NEW LP NIRVANA NIGHTS IN HAND, LEAH FLANAGAN IS READY TO SHOW BRISBANE WHERE HER LIFE HAS BEEN OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO. SHE GIVES DAN CONDON A SNEAK PEAK INTO WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. simple chords and really let my voice have the opportunity to be the strongest instrument to tell the stories. When I took the songs to the band it was like they knew all the sounds that were in my head and we were all on the same wavelength when it came to the overall sound.” When she’s in Brisbane this week she’ll be playing in a very bare bones fashion. “This show will be stripped back and intimate. It will just be me and my guitar and ukulele with the very cool Mr. Tom Jones on double bass performing songs from Nirvana Nights and others.” You can bet you’ll be hearing plenty more about Flanagan as the year draws to an end. “I am really proud of this album,” Flanagan says of the new release. “It came at a time in my life where I had a lot sad things happening around me and I wasn’t sure how it would turn out at all. I think I am very lucky to have a team of musicians and a producer on board who were really sensitive to me and the emotion of my songs.” It comes as no surprise that the main source of inspiration for Flanagan when it came to making the record was her soul and these experiences that have aﬀected her. The rest came organically. “Everything in this album is 150 percent from my heart,” she says. “I wrote the basic structure of the songs on my guitar with

“Busy, busy, busy,” she says. “Team Flano will be touring the album at festivals and shows around the country and I am working on the show Seven Songs To Leave Behind with Sinead O’Connor, Ricki Lee Jones and Meshell Nedgeocello for the Melbourne Festival. It’s all very exciting at the moment.” WHO: Leah Flanagan WHAT: Nirvana Nights (Vitamin) WHERE & WHEN: Lock ’n’ Load Thursday Sep 23

“Just settled potential lawsuit with NYTimes. Agreed they will win banjo award next year.” He’s been using it for just over a week, but comedian/banjo player Steve Martin [@SteveMartinToGo] has already proven himself to be the funniest man on Twitter. Go back and read everything he’s written and feel ashamed every time you go to type in what you’re having for lunch.

GET THE BUZZ BACK

Pugsley Buzzard is a piano player and singer forging a distinctive mixture of sound from funky New Orleans grooves and barrelhouse blues. His shows are exciting and captivating, at the centre is his huge mesmerising voice and dazzling piano playing delivered with a vaudevillian nuance and humour. Buzzard is playing a large number of shows in Queensland to celebrate the release of his new CD Wooden Kimono. Catch him at the Brisbane Jazz Club Friday Oct 8, Royal Mail Hotel, Goodna Sat Oct 9, Ivory Tavern, Tweed Heads Sunday Oct 10, Beach Hotel, Byron Bay Friday Oct 15 and Joe`s Waterhole, Eumundi on Saturday Oct 16.

SCRAPING AWAY

Earlier on this year The Scrapes released their debut album Electric Mourning Blues which received critical acclaim in Australia and abroad. Creating music that evokes landscapes and acts of nature, The Scrapes can be at once immersive and chaotic in a live setting where wild improvisation and high volume come into the fold. The duo were lucky enough to have their April tour endorsed by Sound Travellers, an initiative set up by the Australian Government to promote the arts, and they’re lucky enough to have the Sound Travellers back on board for their second tour – you can catch the two-piece at X&Y Bar on Tuesday Oct 19.

WHERE ARE THE WOLVES GOING? After a name change, the release of two EPs and support slots with All Time Low, Set Your Goals and Anberlin, Brisbane’s Wherewolves are heading into the studio to record their debut album with producer Magoo. The guys have been busy writing a whole host of new material which is sure to be the perfect blend of indie pop goodness and synth-infused pop punk. Wherewolves will be playing one ﬁ nal show before they knuckle down to produce the album – catch these young upstarts at Lambda Lambda Lambda, Alhambra Lounge on Thursday Sep 23 for $10. It’s open to those 18 and over only, sorry kiddies.

MADMAN.COM.AU

PERSONAL BEST RECORDS...

with

SARAH-JANEWENTZKI FROM PRINCESS ONE POINT FIVE

Best record you stole from your folks’ collection? Roy Orbison, Monumental Hits. They had a terrible record collection. If I’d known then what I knew now, I’d have probably stolen Leadbelly or something. Damnit. First record you bought? Tiﬀany. Self titled debut. On cassette tape. Don’t judge me…. Record you put on when you’re really miserable? I’m a compilation kinda gal, really – I’d start with a little Martha Wainright, or Sufjan Stevens, cry a lot, then move swiftly onto Florence +The Machine or No Wow by the Kills to cheer me up and put me in the mood

to be suﬃciently righteous about it all. Record you put on when you bring someone home? It’s been a very long time since that happened... Most surprising record in your collection? Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet, closely followed by Neil Diamond – Shilo. Oooh, so many layers to the SJ onion…. Last thing you bought/downloaded? Archie Bronson Outﬁt’s Coconut on 180 grams of lovely yellow vinyl. Princess One Point Five play the Livespark stage at Brisbane Powerhouse on Sunday Sep 26

EAGER FOR CASS

Sydney artist Cass Eager likes to travel. From the lush foliage of East Timor to the scorching deserts of the middle east, her travels have been embodied into her new EP Down On My Knees, which explores diﬀerent musical territory akin to her trips around the globe. Her 2007 debut Beautiful Day saw the singer announced as a ﬁnalist in the Blues/Roots category of the MusicOz Awards and score airplay on triple j, ABC and Nova. If her next EP achieves this kind of success we could be hearing more of her. Eager will be playing at The Zoo on Saturday Oct 9 with Chase The Sun.

RADIOS APPEAR

It would appear that residents in Bundaberg are in for what is sure to be the town’s largest ever musical event as the town plays host to the very ﬁrst Radiowave Festival. The festival is being headlined by seminal Aussie rockers Grinspoon as well as Ash Grunwald, Horrorshow, Angelas Dish, My Fiction, Numbers Radio, Comic Sans, The Blackwater Fever, Epidemic...Over, Arcade Made, Penguin Kings and DJs Jimmy Z, Tommy ‘C’, Ash Sporne, Blake Stam, Huggy and Matt Haimes. There will also be chill out areas, licensed beer gardens as well as food and market stalls. The festival will be held on Saturday November 13, tickets are $61.20 + bf.

TASTY FINGERS

After sweating it out recording and mixing in their Sydney-side den, Sticky Fingers are heading out on their ﬁrst tour this October. Having played a stint at Playground wWekender, supported Children Collide and Art vs. Science, as well as selling out The Annandale and the Oxford Arts Factory in Sydney, the band is now releasing an EP entitled Same Taste, New Pack in October. Critics seem suitably impressed by the band’s chops, especially since the band has an average age of about 19 or 20. Byron Bay residents can get excited, because the band is playing Saturday Oct 2 at the Great Northern Hotel.

FAR FROM TONE DEAF

Formerly known as The Matt Philben Experience (even though neither of them are actually called Matt Philben) After The Tone celebrates the fusion of Brisbane based singer-songwriters Aaron Supurmaniam and Steve Snow. The acoustic duo has been belting out addictive, harmony driven blues, funk and pop for over four years and even managed to pick themselves up a top eight ﬁnish in the Southbank Corporation’s ‘Acoustic In The Park’ competition last year. You can catch the lads as they inject some fat riﬀs into the Archive Beer Boutique in West End on Sunday Sep 26.

O’KEEFE LIVES ON

Johnny O’Keefe is a name that will forever live on as one of Australia’s greatest ever performers – his inﬂuence on Australian music is incalculable. It has been almost 32 years since O’Keefe passed away and his legacy is carried on by his loving family. O’Keefe’s daughter Vicky picked up where her father left oﬀ, perhaps not receiving the level of success, but sharing a talent equal to her late father’s and, as such, Vicky O’Keefe will be performing a tribute show at the Logan Diggers on Saturday Sep 25. Tickets are $20 for members and $25 for non members.

YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH Forming in 2008, Wollongong four-piece and 2010 MusicOz Finalists The Sacred Truth musically embrace the idea that not all is what it seems and in time “the truth will set you free”. Having shared the stage with the likes of Cog, Lord, A Thousand Needles in Red, MM9 and Sleep Parade, The Sacred Truth’s repertoire of songs feature powerful choruses, crunching riﬀs, clean echo-laden serene passages with hard rock/heavy metal 80s-era vocal lines with a stir of R&B/Pop – think Craig David – and the screamo lines reminiscent to those found on a Killswitch Engage track. If this interesting combination tickles your fancy, the band is playing Thursday Oct 14 at The Step Inn as well as Friday Oct 15 at the Miami Shark Bar, Gold Coast.

SIX PACK WHERE I STAND BRISBANE HARDCORE FOURPIECE WHERE I STAND HAVE HAD AN AUSPICIOUS START TO WHAT IS SURE TO BE A STELLAR CAREER. VOCALIST CLINTON ‘FATBOY’ MOORE TELLS TONY MCMAHON ALL ABOUT BEING BLOWN AWAY BY A CERTAIN MYSPACE MESSAGE AND EXPANDING THE FANBASE.

ON THE TIME OFF STEREO

be relied upon to put on a last-minute show without any compromise in quality.

Majesty Shredding SUPERCHUNK

“Under those circumstances the pressure increases, which gives us the energy to play an awesome set. It’s strange, the gigs we play on short notice frequently turn out to be the best ones”

I’m Having Fun Now JENNY AND JOHNNY Walk This Ocean CHARLES JENKINS & THE ZHIVAGOS

The band’s demos have had the eﬀect of winning them many fans, and Moore hopes the upcoming EP will keep these, as well as getting them a few more.

Where I Stand’s very first show was supporting hardcore giants Wish For Wings and XStrength Through PurityX, almost immediately after posting demos on their MySpace site. Moore says that, naturally enough, he and the rest of the band were pretty edgy. “It was a surprise to see the MySpace message from Wish For Wings, especially as it was three days after putting our demo up, so someone must have enjoyed it. The nervousness was definitely a factor that night as not many Brisbane bands play their first show with international-class bands, but we didn’t let it affect our stage performance.” Since that time, Where I Stand have garnered a reputation as a band who can

“The next release will be a complete follow through of the demo, except there is a big step-up in regards to sound quality and other little things added to give it a modernistic touch. The familiar riﬀs and beats will keep our current fanbase, but the all new additions will hopefully expand it.” And, according to Moore, a Where I Stand live show is all about the power. “People often tell us after gigs that we were nothing like what they expected, and they want to hear more. If you love traditional twostep hardcore beats, hard hitting breakdowns and balls-to-the-wall vocals, then we would suggest coming down to one of our shows.” WHO: Where I Stand WHERE & WHEN: Rosie’s Wednesday Sep 29

Mines MENOMENA The Budos Band III THE BUDOS BAND

HEADIN’ DOWN TO MEXICO Mexico City are gearing up to record their third album, so the four-piece are putting on a few shows to warm up before they head into the studio. These performances are Mexico City’s ﬁrst outing since their performance at the QSong Awards and their ﬁrst full shows since their tour with Roz Pappalardo & The Wayward Gentlemen in May. Expect to hear a couple of new tunes as the band throw in a few numbers from the forthcoming album, which has a working title of Sexy Apocalypse. The garage/country rock four-piece will be headlining a show at X&Y Bar on Friday Oct 1 with Transvaal Diamond Syndicate as well as supporting Andrew Morris when he launches his latest release at the Troubadour on Saturday Oct 23.

Kyu KYU That’s How We Burn JAILL Theory Of Everything CHILDREN COLLIDE Wowee Zowee PAVEMENT You Am I YOU AM I

DID YOU KNOW...

Tom Findlay of Groove Armada says that collaborating with Prince would be his ultimate project?

The 6th Australian Music Prize is NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES! AUSTRALIAN RECORDING ARTISTS ACROSS ALL MUSICAL GENRES ARE NOW INVITED TO SUBMIT THEIR FULL LENGTH ORIGINAL ALBUMS RELEASED IN 2010. ALL ENTRIES ARE SUBJECT TO OUR JUDGING PROCESS WHICH WILL PRODUCE A SHORTLIST OF THE 9 BEST ALBUMS OF 2010 TO BE ANNOUNCED EARLY IN 2011. ONE OF THE 9 COULD GO ON TO WIN THE AMP TOGETHER WITH $30,000 CASH COURTESY OF PPCA. THE AMP EXISTS TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND REWARD AUSTRALIAN MUSIC OF EXCELLENCE.

ENTRY DATES: 13th September to 29th October - 2010* *To encourage early submission, a substantial discount to the entry fee will be granted to all submissions prior to the 1st October 2010

TO ENTER VISIT WWW.AUSTRALIANMUSICPRIZE.COM.AU Judges: Julian Hamilton (The Presets), Alexander Gow (Oh Mercy), Tim Freeman (The Whitlams), Ron Peno (Died Pretty), Holly Throsby, Lorna Clarkson, Pete Luscombe (Paul Kelly), Urthboy, Romy Hoffman (Macromantics), Kram (Spiderbait), Renee Geyer, Cameron Bruce, Andrew Mast, Bernard Zuel, Clem Bastow, Dom Alessio, Richard Moffat, Simon Collins, Mish Stampﬂi, Darren Levin, Iain Shedden, Mikey Cahill, Kathy McCabe, Alan Brough, Chris Berkley, Dave Clarke, Michelle Rains, Mike Glynn, Sarah Thompson, Tom Beaumont, Greg Rutherford.

WINNER

PATRONS: Anne Haebich, Luke Bevans, Bill Cullen, Chris Johnston, Colin Daniels, Craig Hawker, Damian Trotter, Dave Faulkner, Ian James, Jessica Ducrou, John O’Donnell, Michael Chugg, Michael Parisi, Phillip Mortlock, Sally Howland, Sebastian Chase, Tim Janes

HYH

SIX PACK

HAVE YOU HEARD?

THE REPLICANTS LOCAL BAND THE REPLICANTS HAVE EMERGED VICTORIOUS THROUGH THIS YEAR’S PLATFORM BAND COMPETITION AND COULDN’T BE HAPPIER. THEY TAKE A MINUTE TO CHAT TO DAN CONDON PRIOR TO THEIR BIG SHOWCASE THIS WEEKEND.

HOW HIGH?

Ilona Harker plays The Harvest, Newerybar on Saturday night How did you get together? Ilona Harker (singer-songwriter): “I hear this sound that makes my bosom heave, my ﬁngers tingle and makes me howl. It is deep dark lush country. It got me together.” Sum up your musical sound in four words. “Bam Bam meets voodoo.”

4ZzZ FM NOW PLAYING 1. Talent For Retail RE:ENACTMENT 2. Midnight Remember LITTLE RED

If you could support any band in the world – past or present – who would it be? “16 Horsepower.”

3. Dub Day Afternoon 2010 Compilation VARIOUS ARTISTS

You’re being sent into space, you can’t take an iPod and there’s only room to bring one album – which would it be? “Quantum mechanics for dummies narrated by Steven Hawking.”

5. 12 & 35 RUNNING GUNS

Greatest rock’n’roll moment of your career to date? “Giving birth. Its rock’n’roll baby!” Why should people come and see your band? “Out of everything I have ever done, serving songs is what I do best and also I wear really odd clothes.”

DID YOU KNOW...

Linkin Park started a fund called Music For Relief, set up to beneﬁt victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami? It continues helping those in need to this day.

2high Festival will be oﬀering members of the general public an exclusive preview with their pre-Festival event Batteries Not Included at new Brisbane venue The Alley. The pre-festival showcase will feature a number of music, performance and visual artists from the 2high Festival 2010 line-up, which is set to be held on Friday Nov 12 and Saturday Nov 13 at the Brisbane Powerhouse. Headlining the night are local Brisbane indie bands Lion Island, pictured, and Sulphur Lights, with Brisbane-based circus act Circa Zoolings making an appearance, while Timothy Tate, Crossing Over and a number of other local acts will entertain on the night. All proceeds from ticket sales will go towards funding not-for-proﬁt Backbone Youth Arts’ 2high Festival 2010, so there’s no excuse to miss the event, which will be held on Saturday at The Alley on Elizabeth Street. Tickets are $20 on the door, or $16 presale from backbone.org.au.

4. In Transit AT SEA 6. Make No Sense REGURGITATOR 7. The Suburbs ARCADE FIRE 8. Love Me GHOSTBOY WITH GOLDEN VIRTUES 9. Velociraptor VELOCIRAPTOR 10. I Am Dog LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH

ROCKINGHORSE RECORDS TOP 10 1. 2 GRINDERMAN 2. Interpol INTERPOL 3. Midnight Remember LITTLE RED 4. I Believe You Liar WASHINGTON

The band might specialise in cover material, but don’t think that this means they’re any less passionate about their scene, as evident in their appreciation for everyone involved in this year’s Platform competition.

You can also bet they give it their all when they’re tearing up the live stages around town; this is a band who are simply unwilling to give anything less that 110 percent when they head out to perform live.

“The opportunity to be a part of such a great competition, supporting the other bands and also the venue is something that we are passionate about,” bassist Andrew McKaysmith says. “Everybody who plays in the bands, watches the bands and supports each other – the Platform crew deserve medals. In The Replicants we are very mindful of the people that provide these opportunities and ensuring that we put 100 percent into our performance.

“The four of us have a meeting before each gig and look each other in the eye to ensure we are ready to rock the house down!” McKaysmith reveals. “We each have our special moments where we show oﬀ a little bit and we love a bit of banter from the crowd. Overall if we aren’t dripping with sweat by the third song of a set we have not done our job; our aim is to transport the punter to another time and place away from the burden of their day job.”

“The standard of artists that have performed at the Platform has been really high so it was an absolute pleasure to watch and be a part of,” lead guitarist Damian Butler adds.

Sep 22, 1980

– Geﬀen Records is formed. Sign John Lennon that same day, terrible start...

Sep 23, 1991

– Izzy Stradlin leaves Guns N’ Roses. Gilby Clarke replaces him, Axl remains Axl...

Sep 24, 1977

– Come Sail Away is released by Styx. Eric Cartman’s life changes irrevocably...

Sep 25, 1980

– John “Bonzo” Bonham, of Led Zeppelin, dies of asphyxiation on his own vomit due to consumption of alcohol. The group decide to disband when they decide that he can’t be replaced...

Sep 26, 1968

– Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones is ﬁned $150 for possession of marijuana. World in shock...

6. The Suburbs ARCADE FIRE

Sep 27, 1986

7. A Thousand Suns LINKIN PARK

– Cliﬀ Burton of Metallica is killed when the band tour bus crashes in Sweden.

8. Band Of Joy ROBERT PLANT

Sep 28, 1995

10. Surﬁng The Void KLAXONS

WHERE & WHEN: Elephant & Wheelbarrow Thursday Sep 30

TIME WARP

5. Innerspeaker TAME IMPALA

9. Running On Air BLISS N ESO

WHO: The Replicants

– Bobby Brown’s car is riddled with bullets in Boston’s Roxbury section. The gun battle kills his sister’s ﬁancé.

YOUTUBE OF THE WEEK

Sharon Jones Live from Daryl’s House Every month the one and only Daryl Hall (he of Hall & Oates fame) invites a band or musician to his house for a meal, a chat and a jam. His taste ranges from horrendous (Rob Thomas) to questionable (Maxi Priest and Billy Ocean) to just plain bizarre (Chromeo), but when it’s good – it’s really fucking good. Of course when he got soul sister Sharon Jones over for some roast beef and a bunch of tunes, the results were just sensational and a bit of a preview of the session is up on YouTube right now. The full episode is available from lfdh.com.

WANTS YOU

SERIOUS METAL BAND SEEKS LIKE-MINDED DRUMMER APPLY NOW AT SUDDENCHAOSBAND.COM

WED 22

Abby Skye Mick O’Malley’s Alex Jones The Tempo Hotel Bob Mouat Fibber Magee’s, Toowoomba Dan Webb Ric’s Dave Ritter Logan Diggers Club Hack, The Jon Experiment, Spitﬁreliar X & Y Bar JMC Showcase: Red Leather Yellow Leather, The Irish Wristwatch, Foxymoron, Murphy’s Law The Zoo Katie Wighton, Dance Hall Paridiso, Claire Whiting The Troubadour Mark Sheils Royal George Open Mic, Jesse Morris & The Three Beans The Music Kafe Parkway Drive, The Devil Wears Prada, The Ghost Inside, 50 Lions River Stage Pink Services, Cobwebbs, Cannon Club 299 Soula’ Flare Glass Bar & Restaurant Squark - Open Mic Birdee Num Num The 7.00 Show: Lisa Miller Spiegeltent The Fab Sounds Of The Sixties Show Bribie Island RSL The Riot, Vayer, The Green Whistle, Templemount Step Inn Tyson Faulkner Fiddlers Green

THU 23

Abby Skye Story Bridge Hotel Adrian Keys Tinbilly Travellers Angela Fabian The Joynt Angus & Julia Stone, Luluc The Tivoli Benjam Victory Hotel Christian Pyle, Jackie Marshall The Brewery Dan England Coolangatta Hotel Dave Flower Band, Pacha Mamma X & Y Bar Funku, Kayli, Andy Ski Gilhooley’s Loganholme Havana Club Late Night Latin Beats: Cuban Groove Collective, DJ Cubanito QPAC Cascade Court Jesse Morris & The Three Beans Garuva Lounge Joel Turner Wharf Tavern Leah Flanagan Locknload West End Macka Oxford 152 Mark Shortis, Steve Cook, Out Of Abingdon The Bug Me & Steve Fibber Magee’s, Toowoomba Mike Barber Ryan’s Bar, Treasury Casino Mish Mash: For All Eternity, Ekklessia, Prepared Like A Bride Rosie’s MM9, Felinedown, End To Chivalry Miami Tavern Shark Bar Night Of The She-Wolf, Elly Dear, Dana Gehrman, Ivy May Dillon, Indigo Kids The Zoo Overkill, Mortal Sin The Hi-Fi Parkway Drive, The Devil Wears Prada, The Ghost Inside, 50 Lions Byron Bay High School

Platform Winner Elephant & Wheelbarrow Rareicorn, Dirtybird, Girl With Cake, Chun Step Inn Rokeby Venus, Who Is John The Tempo Hotel Songwriters Network Of QLD Presents Kitty O’Shea’s Susanna Carman, Francesca De Valence, Sarah Archer Gold Coast Arts Centre The 7.00 Show: The Gin Club Spiegeltent The Club House: Angelas Dish The Tempo Hotel Stage Door The John Butler Trio, Blue King Brown River Stage The Lingerers, The Ride, Moses Gunn Collective The Troubadour The The The Stutters, Young Griﬀo, Spider8 Globe Theatre This Means That Ric’s To Real Eyes, Macho Grande, Matt Powell, Steph Rainsford The Music Kafe Venus Envy Royal Exchange Hotel Wherewolves Alhambra Lounge You Me At Six, Kids In Glass Houses The Fort

FRI 24

2 Not Out Criterion Dalby 22 Hotels Alexandra Headlands Blue Bar 8 Ball Burleigh Heads Hotel Adrian Keys The International Hotel After Glow Alderley Arms Hotel Andrew Campbell Hotel LA Angus & Julia Stone, Luluc The Tivoli Axxonn, Monster Monster, Cutloose X & Y Bar Babba Lone Star Tavern, Gold Coast Battle Of The Bands, Minor Elite The J Benjam Victory Hotel Benson Tan, DJ Aza Narangba Valley Tavern Between The Devil and The Deep, The Matador, Dreamscape Measurement, Oceans Away Miami Tavern Shark Bar Birds Of Tokyo, Silversun Pickups Brisbane Convention And Exhibition Centre Brisbane Backyards: Susanna O’Leary Everton Park Bud Tallai Golf & Country Club C4 Four Mile Creek Hotel Calling All Cars, Numbers Radio Neverland Chester Wharf Tavern Chocolate Strings, Truth Serum The Joynt Colin’s Class Fibber Magee’s, Toowoomba Coverdrive Palmwoods Hotel D Rouser, 50 Bags, Main Street Bats, The Pretty Boys The Beetle Bar Dan England Kitty O’Shea’s Danny Widdicombe, Forest After Fires Ric’s Darren Scott Murrumba Downs Tavern Dean Watkin Eleven 17 Dizzy, Jabba Elephant & Wheelbarrow

Fatis Valour, Adventure Land, Laura Bamford Princess Theatre Gaffa Locknload West End Geoff Rayner Q Bar Holiday Inn Gigahertz, A Family Of Strangers, Joel Turner, Blindchase, Cause In Affect, They Are Spies, Arctic Albany Creek Tavern Global Battle Of The Bands CWA Hall Ipswich Goran Sedlar Duo Jimboomba Country Tavern Gypsy and The Cat, Matt Walters Globe Theatre Haldanes Daughters Great Northern Hotel Byron Bay Havana Club Late Night Latin Beats: Cuban Groove Collective, DJ Cubanito QPAC Cascade Court Jeff Carter Hamilton Hotel Jessiah Club Hotel Waterford Joel Turner, Gigahertz Road Casing Creek Bar Josh Henry Norfolk Hotel K2 Duo Miami Tavern Kaos Stones Corner Hotel Lick It/Class: Holy Ghost, Flight Facilities, Tim Fuchs, Jad & The Ladyboy, Youth, Rio Lobotomy Barsoma Mace Fernvale Hotel Macka Alibi Room Michelle Brown Duo Caloundra Bowls Club Misdirection Fitzy’s Waterford MM9, Felinedown, Arctic, Perspektiv Step Inn Monkey Business Fusion Villa Noosa Moon Zoo Benowa Tavern Nik Phillips Spring Lake Hotel No Standing Hotel HQ Phyllis Sinclair House Concert, Cashmere Red Cell Live Wire Bar, Treasury Casino Red Thursday Gilhooley’s Brisbane Scott Geary Ryan’s Bar, Treasury Casino Shape Shifters Kawana Surf Club Simon Asquith, Loren, Bang Bang Boss Kelly Queen Street Mall Soloist Fridays Birdee Num Num Space Cadett The Tempo Hotel Test Pattern Prince Of Wales Hotel The Club House: Lewis O’Leary and The Cucumbers The Tempo Hotel Stage Door The Figures, The Brickfields, Panacea, Gonzalo Rodino The Music Kafe The Front Edinburgh Castle Hotel The Green Sinatras Kedron Park Hotel The Honey Month, Guineafowl, Mosman Alder, DJ Sean Cool The Troubadour The John Butler Trio, Blue King Brown Empire Theatre The Mercy Beat, Sparrows, Hundred Bad Guys With Swords, Cat Rapes Bat The Zoo The Residents, Mr Rascal Brisbane Powerhouse Turbine Platform

The Roger Gonzalez & Rohan Somasekaran Trio Cuvee Lounge Bar, Soﬁtel The Saruzu Quartet, Kacey Patrick Soundlounge Currumbin The Snowdroppers Coolangatta Hotel Treva Scobie Horse & Jockey Warwick Tyson Faulkner Fiddlers Green Venus Envy Surfers Paradise Beer Garden Vertigo Hinterland Hotel Viper Room Broadbeach Tavern You Me At Six, The Audition, Kids In Glass Houses The Hi-Fi Zeni Geva, No Anchor, Midget Pillion Rosie’s

SAT 25

1.1.1., Celebrity Stalkers, Fun With Explosives, Gud Fierce The Squealing Pig 2high Beneﬁt Fundraiser: Lion Island, Sulphur Lights, Circa Zoolings The Alley, Elizabeth St Adrian Keys The Brewhouse Angus & Julia Stone, Luluc The Tivoli B & S Ball: Grinspoon, MM9 Goondawindi Showground Babba Kallangur Tavern Benjam, Stewart Fairhurst Hamilton Hotel Bernie Carson, Phil Smith and The Lights Queen Street Mall Between The Devil And The Deep, The Quickening, Headaches, Marathon Fat Louie’s Blindchase Wharf Tavern Blues By The Beach, Jimi Beavis Kawana Surf Club Brooksy & Co The Tempo Hotel Bruce Halter Southern Hotel Toowoomba Bud Nerang RSL C4 Miami Tavern Cabaret In The Basement: The Soundscapes Jazz Quintet Gold Coast Arts Centre Calling All Cars, Numbers Radio, Young Revelry, Parklife Afterparty, Dandy Warhols (DJ Set) X & Y Bar Chocolate Strings, Paua Verrierdale Hall Contagious Victory Hotel Dachunga Gilhooley’s Strathpine Dennis Dean Alderley Arms Hotel Denzil, Wheeler, The Pugs, Dami Jay, The Royal Artillery, Anything For Now, Parlour Scene The Music Kafe Dollarosa, Burning Brooklyn, Averice, Finders Keepers Miami Tavern Shark Bar Downlode Broadbeach Tavern Fast Lane Redland Bay Hotel Finabah, One Year Later, Silvera Step Inn Flying Scribble, Axxonn, Scrapes Loﬂy Hangar Harriets Room, Kung Pow Cats Gilhooley’s Chermside Harry Healy Fibber Magee’s, Toowoomba

Havana Club Late Night Latin Beats: Vocal Sampling, DJ Dwight “Chocolate” Escobar QPAC Cascade Court Honey Live Wire Bar, Treasury Casino Husk Cleveland Sands Hotel Isaac Paddon & The Tides Great Northern Hotel Byron Bay Jeff Wright The Palace Hotel Jessiah Spring Lake Hotel Joel Turner Coolangatta Hotel Johnny O’Keefe Tribute: Vicky O’Keefe Logan Diggers Club Jon Bos Pacific Pines Tavern Lovers Of Modern Art, Blind Fang McGee Ric’s Mark Bono Manly Hotel Mark Sheils Fox Hotel Mayhem, Astriaal, Mongrel’s Cross The Hi-Fi Mick McCombe Band Locknload West End Monkey Business Narangba Valley Tavern One Of Those Nights Runaway Bay Tavern Parklife: Groove Armada, The Dandy Warhols, Cut Copy, Washington, Missy Elliott, Kele, Midnight Juggernauts, The Wombats and more Riverstage And Botanical Gardens Places People The Hive Playjerise, Adventure Land, Candice Long Globe Theatre Popalicious Brisbane Powerhouse Turbine Platform Queens Of Scream, Legless Club Envy Rawr Vanity, Amygdala-0, Jupiter Revival Springwood Hotel Ricky & Bullwinkle Mooloolaba Bowls Club Seductive Soul Gilhooley’s Loganholme Solar Rush Newmarket Hotel Space Cadett Surfers Paradise Beer Garden The Badlands Palmwoods Hotel The Club House: Mt Augustus, Turnpike, Feathers, Keep On Dancin’s The Tempo Hotel Stage Door The Snowdroppers, The Blackwater Fever, Buick Six The Troubadour Thriller: Mourning Tide, Wish For Wings, Grace Is Gone, Abraxis Rosie’s Toddfest: Lynchmada, Headkase, Kcaveman, The Wrath, The Go Go Haunters, Happy Camper, Tropical Vampirates, Black Mask and more Jubilee Hotel Transvaal Diamond Syndicate, Cleveland Blues, The Red Eye Junction, Jackson Dunn Spotted Cow Upsize, Chickflick, The Snatch, Last Call, Ephemeris Prince Of Wales Hotel Venus Envy Elephant & Wheelbarrow Waterpark, Rvlr, Triplickit The Zoo

SUN 26 Acoustics On Sunday Brisbane Square Library

Adrian Keys Finnigan’s Chin Keperra After The Tone Archive Beer Boutique Angus & Julia Stone, Luluc The Tivoli Big Easy Sunshine Beach SLSC Blue Magic Jazz Fundraiser: Jim Gold, Sean & Laura, Anthony J Cox, Jam Night The Music Kafe Bounce Victory Hotel Brad Wild Gilhooley’s Loganholme Brett Hitchcock Sunnybank Hotel Bud Envy Hotel Calling All Cars, Numbers Radio, Young Revelry Great Northern Hotel Byron Bay Callum Taylor Westbrook Junction Casey Barnes Brothers Ipswich Chris Ramsay, Owie Fibber Magee’s, Toowoomba Clark Brick Waterfront Hotel Death To A Witness, A Farewell Momento, Facepalm A Pinata, Where I Stand Hot Gossip (Club 299) Doug De Jong Hotel LA Downlode Miami Tavern Exposed Sundays: Brickﬁelds, Bic Benedict, Trash Queen, Tricky Talk, The Crashlights, After Exposed Sundays, A French Butler Called Smith Ric’s Funk’n Soul’d Out: Levic, Legendary Weapons, 91 Notes Globe Theatre Havana Club Late Night Latin Beats: Vocal Sampling, DJ Dwight “Chocolate” Escobar QPAC Cascade Court Hodads Broadbeach Tavern Hot Dog Live Wire Bar, Treasury Casino Jeﬀ Carter, Berst Elephant & Wheelbarrow Jimi Beavis & The 385s The Joynt Joel Edmondson, Mckisko, Flying Scribble The Troubadour Katia Demeester Queen Street Mall Leon Brook Hotel Live Spark, Princess One Point Five, Seja Brisbane Powerhouse Turbine Platform Mark Bono Southern Hotel Toowoomba Mason Rack Band Luna Loca Michelle Brown Duo Noosa Yacht Club Nathan Pursey Ferny Grove Tavern Nick Muir Burleigh Heads Hotel Palmwoods Got The Blues, Blues Jam, The Blue Monks Palmwoods Hotel Running Guns, Geese, The Fricken Hecks 4ZzZ Carpark Sunday Session The Tempo Hotel The Moderns Neverland Transvaal Diamond Syndicate, Cleveland Blues, The Red Eye Junction, Jackson Dunn Swell Tavern Yemanja Locknload West End You’re Vinyl, Whitelight/ Blacklight Pep Rally X & Y Bar

6 DEGREES

OF SEPARATION THE MURDER JUNKIES TO ANASTACIA THE MURDER JUNKIES The band that the now deceased GG Allin spent his ﬁnal years fronting are still going strong, with GG’s brother Merle Allin taking on the frontman duties these days. While he never actually played any live shows with the band, Dee Dee Ramone (sadly also deceased) did join the band for about a week in 1991.

DEE DEE RAMONE He was one of punk rock’s most tragic figures, already having developed a heroin addiction in his teen years, but Dee Dee Ramone should be more remembered for his outstanding contributions to his legendary punk rock band (Ramones, duh). One of his finest and most lauded songs Commando has been covered by a huge number of bands, one of the first to do so being the Angry Samoans back in 1979.

ANGRY SAMOANS One of the bands to emerge from the first wave of the Los Angeles punk rock scene back in the late 70s and early 80s, Angry Samoans were equal parts vitriolic and hilarious. While they only released three albums in their time together, their influence since disbanding in the late-80s has continued to grow, their song You Stupid Jerk was recorded by Dave Grohl in the sessions for the first Foo Fighters album and later released as a B-Side to Big Me.

FOO FIGHTERS It’s hard not to bring up the Nirvana connection when talking about one of the biggest rock bands in the world today, but there are myriad other directions you can go in. One of the more interesting comes after realising that drummer Taylor Hawkins was also a member of Alanis Morisette’s touring band.

ALANIS MORISETTE The woman who inﬂicted Jagged Little Pill on us doesn’t necessarily have to take all of the blame as the songs were co-written with the album’s producer Glen Ballard.

GLEN BALLARD Ballard has had his ﬁngerprints across a heap of pretty incredible records and a whole heap of fucking terrible ones as well. One of the latter would have to be Anastacia’s eponymous third album, released in 2004. When it leaped to the top of the charts in Australia, it became obvious there was something very, very wrong with our country.

ANASTACIA Do you reckon Anastacia knows who the Murder Junkies are? Do you reckon she knows who GG Allin was? Do you think there’s any chance she might defecate, urinate or cut herself on stage any time soon? So many questions... The Murder Junkies play The Step Inn Friday Oct 1

MON 27 TUE 28 Babba Springﬁeld Tavern Beth King and The Hemingway Collective, Vincent Kemp Ric’s Charlie Korianis, Frozen Face Of Polar Bear, Pilots Of Now, Nothing But Trouble The Music Kafe Dan Parsons, Steve Grady The Shire Peter Hook and Friends, The Wreckery The Tivoli Taste Of Teeth Locknload West End

Escalate: Al Buchan, Sounds Of Colour, Upsize, Grindah The Tempo Hotel Joey Furious, For This Cause X & Y Bar Liam Griﬃn, Mardi Lumsden Ric’s Luna Junction, Children Of The Blues, Blind Dog Donny The Music Kafe No Right Turn Elephant & Wheelbarrow Paul Young Trio Locknload West End

THURSDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER

LIVE SHOWCASE WEDNESDAY SEPT 22

KATIE WIGHTON

+ DANCE HALL PARADISO + CLAIRE WHITING DOOR $15 | 8PM

FRIDAY SEPT 24

THE HONEY MONTH + GUINEAFOWL + MOSMAN ALDER

DOOR $15 (INCLUDES EP) | 8PM

SATURDAY SEPT 25

THE SNOWDROPPERS

+ THE BLACKWATER FEVER + BUICK SIX PRE $12 | DOOR $12 | 8PM

T wo bands get their big break

NO RIGHT TURN/ THE REPLICANTS 2010 winners BE HERE TO SEE THE 2010 WINNERS LIVE ON STAGE

230 WICKHAM ST. FORTITUDE VALLEY, QLD 4006 : 07 3252 4136 WWW,ELEPHANTANDWHEELBARROW.COM.AU

SUNDAY SEPT 26

JOEL EDMONDSON + MCKISKO + FLYING SCRIBBLE DOOR $10 | 8PM

NEXT WEEK: THE PARADISE MOTEL, SIANNA LEE, THE HOLIDAYS, PAPA VS PRETTY, MY OWN PET RADIO + MORE

THE TROUBADOUR

Level 2, 322 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley (next to Cosmopolitan Cafe in the Valley Mall)

www.thetroubadour.com.au http://troubadour.oztix.com.au Bookings and enquiries: thetroubadour@grafﬁti.net

321 BRUNSWICK STREET MALL, FORTITUDE VALLEY WEDNESDAY 22 SEPT

THURSDAY 23 SEPT

DAN WEBB (MELB) - 9.30PM DOS HELL - 8.30PM

THIS MEANS THAT- 9.30PM ANNIE MATTHEW - 8.30PM

LE PARTI SOUL W/ DJ REDBEARD FROM 8PM

DJ VALDIS - 8PM

FRIDAY 24 SEPT DOWNSTAIRS:

DANNY WIDDICOMBE - 9PM FOREST AFTER FIRES + DJ VALDIS - 8PM UPSTAIRS: DJ CUTTS - FROM 8PM

SUNDAY 25 SEPT ‘EXPOSED’

BRICKFIELDS - 7PM BIC BENEDICT - 7.30 TRASH QUEEN - 8PM TICKY TAK - 8.30PM THE CRASH LIGHTS - 9PM FRENCH BUTLER CALLED SMITH - 10PM

TUESDAY 28 SEPT LIAM GRIFFIN - 9.30PM

MARDI LUMSDEN - 8.30PM

SATURDAY 26 SEPT DOWNSTAIRS:

LOVERS OF MODERN ART - 9PM BLIND FANG MCGEE - 8PM UPSTAIRS:

DJ CUTTS - FROM 8PM

MONDAY 27 SEPT BETH KING & THE HEMINGWAY COLLECTIVE - 9.30PM VINCENT KING - 8.30PM

FREE LIVE MUSIC AND INDIE DJS

WANT TO PLAY? EMAIL

BOOKINGS@RICSBAR.COM.AU

WWW.RICSBAR.COM.AU 55

ALHAMBRA LOUNGE

FUSION VILLA NOOSA

Thursday Wherewolves

Friday Monkey Business

BRISBANE POWERHOUSE TURBINE PLATFORM Friday The Residents: Mr Rascal Saturday Popalicious Sunday Live Spark: Princess One Point Five, Seja

COOLANGATTA HOTEL Thursday Dan England Friday The Snowdroppers Saturday Joel Turner

ELEPHANT & WHEELBARROW Thursday Platform Winner Friday Dizzy, Jabba Saturday Venus Envy Sunday Jeﬀ Carter, Berst Tuesday No Right Turn

GLOBE THEATRE Thursday The The The Stutters, Young Griﬀo, Spider8 Friday Gypsy and The Cat, Matt Walters Saturday Playjerise, Adventure Land, Candice Long Sunday Funk’n Soul’d Out: Levic, Legendary Weapons, 91 Notes

GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL BYRON BAY Friday Haldanes Daughters Saturday Isaac Paddon & The Tides Sunday Calling All Cars, Numbers Radio, Young Revelry

JUBILEE HOTEL Saturday Toddfest: Lynchmada, Headkase, Kcaveman, The Wrath, The Go Go Haunters, Happy Camper, Tropical Vampirates, Black Mask and more

MIAMI TAVERN Friday K2 Duo Saturday C4 Sunday Downlode

MIAMI TAVERN SHARK BAR Thursday MM9, Felinedown, End To Chivalry Friday Between The Devil and The Deep, The Matador, Dreamscape Measurement, Oceans Away Saturday Dollarosa, Burning Brooklyn, Averice, Finders Keepers

MICK O’MALLEY’S Wednesday Abby Skye

QPAC CASCADE COURT Thursday Havana Club Late Night Latin Beats: Cuban Groove Collective, DJ Cubanito Friday Havana Club Late Night Latin Beats: Cuban Groove Collective, DJ Cubanito

Saturday Havana Club Late Night Latin Beats: Vocal Sampling, DJ Dwight “Chocolate” Escobar Sunday Havana Club Late Night Latin Beats: Vocal Sampling, DJ Dwight “Chocolate” Escobar

RIC’S Wednesday Dan Webb Thursday Th is Means Th at Friday Danny Widdicombe, Forest After Fires Saturday Lovers Of Modern Art, Blind Fang McGee Sunday Exposed Sundays: Brickﬁelds, Bic Benedict, Trash Queen, Tricky Talk, The Crashlights, After Exposed Sundays, A French Butler Called Smith Monday Beth King and The Hemingway Collective, Vincent Kemp Tuesday Liam Griﬃ n, Mardi Lumsden

ROSIE’S Thursday Mish Mash: For All Eternity, Ekklessia, Prepared Like A Bride

THE CONTENDER

of the time. Some of the songs took the whole nine months to be completed.”

Nominations: Best Independent Artist; Breakthrough Independent Artist;

Have you ever won anything in the past? “Oh, you know, bits and pieces. Heidi [Lenﬀer – keys/ vox] was a pretty proliﬁc trophy collector in her day so, considering she started the band, it makes sense that we’ve managed to pick up a couple of sneaky laurels along the way. I think Al [Wright – guitar/vox] just recently won a couple of Starcraft matches, which he is pretty happy about as well.”

Where were you when you found out you were nominated for the awards and who was the first person you told about it? “Sitting in a café with a muffin and a coffee. I think I stood up and yelled it to the heavens when I first read it, so probably the whole café were the first people to hear.” How did you finance your nominated album and how long did it take to record? “With sweat and tears and years of toil. Took roughly nine months, but we kept costs down by commandeering lounge rooms as our studio. We also paid our producer Liam [Judson] mainly in love, so it ended up being pretty cheap.” How was the songwriting process for your album? “It was remarkably like pleasurable torture, whereby they could pull a fingernail out and the wail of pain would conveniently become the melody for the next song. That said, some of the songs came pretty quickly, but it was generally the polishing phase that took most

STEP INN Wednesday The Riot, Vayer, The Green Whistle, Templemount Thursday Rareicorn, Dirtybird, Girl With Cake, Chun Friday MM9, Felinedown, Arctic, Perspektiv Saturday Finabah, One Year Later, Silvera

SURFERS PARADISE BEER GARDEN Friday Venus Envy Saturday Space Cadett

THE HI-FI Thursday Overkill, Mortal Sin Friday You Me At Six, The Audition, Kids In Glass Houses Saturday Mayhem, Astriaal, Mongrel’s Cross

THE TEMPO HOTEL Wednesday Alex Jones Thursday Rokeby Venus, Who Is John Friday Space Cadett Saturday Brooksy & Co Sunday Sunday Session Tuesday Escalate: Al Buchan, Sounds Of Colour, Upsize, Grindah

THE TEMPO HOTEL STAGE DOOR Thursday The Club House: Angelas Dish Friday The Club House: Lewis O’Leary And The Cucumbers Saturday The Club House: Mt Augustus, Turnpike, Feathers, Keep On Dancin’s

THE TIVOLI Thursday Angus & Julia Stone, Luluc Friday Angus & Julia Stone, Luluc

Saturday Angus & Julia Stone, Luluc Sunday Angus & Julia Stone, Luluc Monday Peter Hook and Friends, The Wreckery

THE TROUBADOUR Wednesday Katie Wighton, Dance Hall Paridiso, Claire Whiting Thursday The Lingerers, The Ride, Moses Gunn Collective Friday The Honey Month, Guineafowl, Mosman Alder, DJ Sean Cool Saturday The Snowdroppers, The Blackwater Fever, Buick Six Sunday Joel Edmondson, Mckisko, Flying Scribble

THE ZOO Wednesday JMC Showcase: Red Leather Yellow Leather, The Irish Wristwatch, Foxymoron, Murphy’s Law

Thursday Night Of The She-Wolf: Elly Dear, Dana Gehrman, Ivy May Dillon, Indigo Kids Friday The Mercy Beat, Sparrows, Hundred Bad Guys With Swords, Cat Rapes Bat Saturday Waterpark, Rvlr, Triplickit

X & Y BAR Wednesday Hack, The Jon Experiment, Spitﬁ reliar Thursday Dave Flower Band, Pacha Mamma Friday Axxonn, Monster Monster, Cutloose Saturday Calling All Cars, Numbers Radio, Young Revelry, Parklife Afterparty, Dandy Warhols (Dj Set) Sunday You’re Vinyl, Whitelight/Blacklight Pep Rally Tuesday Joey Furious, For Th is Cause

THE CONTENDER

With the 2010 JÄGERMEISTER INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS fast approaching, BRYGET CHRISFIELD encourages CLOUD CONTROL’s dummer ULRICH LENFFER to ponder his band’s odds.

Best Independent Album – Bliss Release (Ivy League).

Friday Zeni Geva, No Anchor, Midget Pillion Saturday Th riller: Mourning Tide, Wish For Wings, Grace Is Gone, Abraxis

Have you familiarised yourself with your competition? “Yes, we’re well acquainted. It’s great to be nominated along with a whole bunch of friends – it makes losing graciously that much easier.”

Where will you put the trophy if you win? “I will install it as the knocker for my front door. Either that or give it to my mum and she will install it on hers.” What’s on the agenda for the rest of the year? “From here on in, it’s tour city for us – national tour, UK tour, festivals – and then trying to ﬁt sleep somewhere in between.” What do you have planned for us on the night and how would you like the crowd to describe your set afterwards? “A night of wonderment and magic. We hope people leave the show wondering if we are in fact musicians or magicians.” The Jägermeister Independent Music Awards take place on Friday Oct 1 at the Forum, Melbourne.

With the 2010 JÅGERMEISTER INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS fast approaching, BRYGET CHRISFIELD encourages SPACE INVADAS main man ASHLEY ANDERSON (AKA KATALYST) to ponder his outfit’s odds. Nomination: Best Independent Dance/ Electronica Album – Soul:Fi (Invada Records) Where were you when you found out you were nominated for the awards and who was the first person you told about it? “I was in front of my computer reading my email... funny that. And then I went out and screamed it from the rooftop of my building for all to hear and told all the people at my label.” How did you finance your nominated album and how long did it take to record? “It was financed mainly by not spending much money recording it. I did it in my own studio where the costs are minimal. This is always the way I record as I’ve built up all the gear I need to do the job.” How was the songwriting process for your album? “It was interesting in that I had written a lot of the music before the lyrics were written. Then Steve [Spacek] and myself would get together and he would decide what tune he wanted to write to and get to

it. At the end of the session we would record what we had come up with and often that was the actual take we kept for the album. Quite effortless, really.” Have you familiarised yourself with your competition? “To some extent I have. We seem to be hard to categorise for some reason. We are in the Dance/Electronic category but it’s not really a dance electronic album. It’s a soul album with a hip hop sensibility, so it seems like maybe it should fall under the Urban category to us.” Have you ever won anything in the past? “The odd meat tray raffle and an award here and there.” Where will you put the trophy if you win? “Straight to the pool room with all the others of course!!” What’s on the agenda for the rest of the year? “I’m finishing six records that I’ve been working on for various periods of time. Steve’s also finishing several projects and in between that we have a bunch of shows lined up. He’s away ‘til midNovember, which gives me some time to get my head down and finish some of these records.” The Jägermeister Independent Music Awards take place on Friday Oct 1 at the Forum, Melbourne.

BRISBANE POWERHOUSE PRESENTS //

WEEKEND SESSIONS

FREE EVENTS THIS WEEKEND AT BRISBANE POWERHOUSE THIS FRIDAY 6PM

THE RESIDENTS 24 SEPTEMBER MR RASCAL

They’re fresh, they’re free and they’re moving in. A new band makes Brisbane Powerhouse their home each month.

THIS SATURDAY 5PM

POPALICIOUS

trash fest sat o ct 2ing: featur

25 SEPTEMBER FORNIKA

New York, London, Paris, Munich, everybody talk about... Pop Musik...shoobie doobie do wop...Pop Musik.

ive missalternathea t

THIS SUNDAY 3.30PM

LIVE SPARK

qu een sla nd

huge line up:

26 SEPTEMBER PRINCESS ONE POINT FIVE + SEJA

thee go go go haunters

Featuring the best indie pop/rock talent from Brisbane and beyond.

the vampers the meaniacs mediocore the flangipanis the chokes dead end kings

THIS SUNDAY 6.30PM

LIVEWIRED

john beware the hippos one shot salute the jon experiment hack elixian

26 SEPTEMBER STEPHEN HEAD

Funny, free and freakin’ awesome.

and

t n a e g a p a d n a s e loads of priz

titude valley brisbane the jubilee hotel 470 stompauls tce for ail.c enquiries: trashfestinfo@gm

poster design: fem mbot@adam.com.au ot@ com.au m.aau m. u

tickets s20

MORE INFO BRISBANEPOWERHOUSE.ORG 07 3358 8600

BEHIND THE LINES CYBER MOSH

BROUGHT TO YOU BY

BEHIND THE LINES WITH MICHAEL SMITH BTL@STREETPRESS.COM.AU WANNA PLAY THE FALLS FESTIVALS?

When the Falls Festivals hit Lorne and Marion Bay at the end of the year, both events will once again host the APRA People’s Stage, which means that, if you’re already going anyway, here’s your chance to participate as an artist. The call is out for musicians, comedians, poets and street performers to send a demo and bio to Con Kalamaras c/o APRA/AMCOS, 3 & 5 Sanders Place, Richmond, Victoria 3121 by Monday Dec 21. Places are inevitably limited and, as previously mentioned, this is, unfortunately, a ticketholders only invitation, but an invitation worth considering nonetheless, no matter where in Australia you live.

Last month, MOSHCAM was launched on Bravia Internet video, Sony’s IPTV service. Moshcam’s creative director, PAUL HANNIGAN talks to MICHAEL SMITH about it all. the content and share it later in a whole lot of social media stuff around it. Another thing we’re looking at doing at the moment is 3D, while in terms of the audio side of things, we’re obviously able to ramp what we have up to 5.1 surround sound when it’s needed.” Back in February, Moshcam shot Jane’s Addiction in action at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre, bringing in seven cameras to capture the visuals, using at least one crane for one of the cameras, but a standard Moshcam shoot, depending on the venue, will entail at least four cameras, and do a live “cut” using their director and mobile unit, unless the shoot is at the Enmore or the Annandale Hotel, where Moshcam has studios.

VINYL LOVETONES

While in Australia, the new album, Lost, from The Lovetones, was primarily recorded in Linear Studios in Sydney’s Leichhardt by Jason Blackwell and Chris Vallejo. Additional recording was done at Figment Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles by Rob Campanella from Brian Jonestown Massacre and in Liam Judson’s studio in Blaxland, in NSW’s Blue Mountains, where it was also mixed (Judson is in Belles Will Ring), with William Bowden mastering the album at Damien Gerard’s in Balmain. Lost is being released on CD – for the American release, it will only be available on vinyl or as a download. “Finally, my first long-player coming out on vinyl,” an obviously extremely pleased and confessed vinyl junkie, Lovetones singer, songwriter and guitarist Matt Tow explains. “There’s a really big vinyl thing happening again over in America, so if someone buys it on vinyl there, they get a download card so they get a free download as well. I’m trying to be current! The funny thing is I got the test pressing back and I put it on but it was pressed at 45rpm instead of 33rpm! So lucky I got a test pressing! “William Bowden mastered it for vinyl and apparently what you need to do is you need to take out certain frequencies. You can’t have a lot of sibilance in the vinyl so there are certain frequencies you have to be careful of, but apart from that vinyl can take a lot more volume. The other thing was ensuring that the length of each side didn’t necessitate squashing the tracks, where you’d lose bass end, so I actually did the track listing so it was less than 20 minutes on each side and there’d was dynamic room.” The Lovetones’ American label, Planting Seeds, is using Pirate Press in San Francisco to cut and press the vinyl copies of Lost. Pirate Press is one of the few pressing plants in the world that utilises DMM Processing technology, which allows vinyl records to yield a larger overall sound range with far less ambient noise such as crackling and hiss. This is achieved essentially by removing a step from the process whereby, where ordinarily a lacquer cut is ‘metalicised’ in order to create the mould for the stamping plates within which the vinyl is them pressed, the DMM Processor allows you to carve the metallic (copper) plate directly using a diamond bit, making for a far cleaner, more powerful sound. For details, check into their website.

SOUND BYTES

When Snow Patrol decided to take some time out after six years of solid touring, Gary Lightbody decided to write another album anyway, calling in producer Garrett Lee and going into the Type Foundry in Portland, Oregon, to cut The Place We Ran From, releasing it as Tired Pony. New York City three-piece Blonde Redhead spent much of the past year travelling between their hometown and Stockholm in Sweden in order to work with production duo Van Rivers and The Subliminal Kid for their new album, Penny Sparkle, additional production work being undertaken by Drew Brown (Beck, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Radiohead). New Zealand-born singer songwriter Paul Turner recorded his second album, Another World, at Jackpot Studio in Portland, Oregon, with producer Larry Crane (Elliott Smith, The Shins), and at Damien Gerard Sound Studios in Balmain, Sydney, with engineer/ producer Russell Pilling. After pre-production at London’s Sarm Studios, the Scottish-born singer songwriter KT Tunstall travelled to Berlin to record her new album, Tiger Suit, over three weeks in January at Hansa Studios with producer Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys, Adele, Kasabian, Editors), with some finishing touches done back in London at RAK Studios. Sydney two-piece kyü called in engineer/producer/ mixer Daniell Johnston to record their self-titled debut album at one of Australia’s premier audio postproduction houses for film and television, Audioloc Studios.

“In the Annandale we have a live edit suite upstairs and we have a number of fixed cameras as well as live cameramen, so the actual cut of the video is done live upstairs while the show is happening. Of course we can always do any post-production if needs be, but that way we feel it kind of captures the immediacy of the actual live show itself in front of the cameras – they guys are ‘playing’ their cameras if you will very much like the guys on stage are playing their instruments. It’s more of an art than a science in some ways and I think the results speak for themselves.

riginally launched mid-2008, Moshcam was Australia’s first and only free online, on demand, live music channel presenting performances recorded live from some of Sydney’s favourite venues. At that time, Moshcam was utilising Internap, streaming content delivery network (CDN) services using Adobe Flash (now using Player 9), for its online streaming. Hannigan, a drummer in a former life gigging around Europe, brought his experience in Los Angeles where he’d been working on a couple of online “start-ups” – Citysearch and GoTo.com – to bear on the enterprise, the original idea being to simply, as he explained to Street Press Australia in November that year, “to preserve in some way the great events that were coming through the [Sydney’s] Century venues [The Metro, Enmore and Factory Theatres]. What we’re about is creating the largest catalogue of online live music that will be there forever and that fans can enjoy again and again, as a continual showcase for bands to reach new fans not just in Australia but internationally.” “We’ve continued to grow the catalogue of live gigs that have been happening around Sydney by local, national and international artists obviously,” Hannigan explained,

updating the Moshcam story a couple of weeks ago. “To date we’ve filmed over 800 shows [which translates to more than 8000 individual tracks and around 900 hours’ worth of content], have a new website with greater functionality and are very much moving towards the idea that fans and users can share the music with each other rather than our being just a straight delivery device. We’re also making a move into mobile, started working on an Apps so you can enjoy your gigs both on video and audio formats on your mobile phone, particularly the iPhone and iPad. “And we now stream all the gigs on Bravia, the live music channel Sony operate, through Sony’s IPTV-enabled TVs and Blu-ray players, which are Internet-enabled, and will be particularly good for rural music fans who just don’t get the chance to get into the city that much. We have always planned for the convergence of three streams – online obviously, mobiles and IPTV – and we’ve always future-proofed our content by filming at high-definition and broadcast quality. So all of our catalogue is broadcastready so to watch these performance on 52-inch Bravia is astonishing. That’s obviously the optimum way to view the footage, but the Internet and mobile are still very interesting and dynamic because you can actually take

STUDIO PROFILE

ALCHEMIX RECORDING STUDIOS MARLY LUSKE, OWNER

WHAT’S THE STUDIO SET UP YOU HAVE THERE EQUIPMENT-WISE?

For those artists who have home recording set ups, have your preproduction sorted. Tempo’s for tracks, arrangements and lyrics completed, and make sure your instruments are sounding their best. Try and borrow your mates instruments too. Its fun to experiment.

WHICH NOTABLE ARTISTS HAVE WORKED AT THE STUDIO? Fun one day sessions for the likes of the Black Eyed Peas and Deep Purple. Lots of the indie bands in Brisbane and quite a few home-based electro artists.

WHO DO YOU HAVE ON STAFF AND WHAT’S THEIR BACKGROUND IN THE INDUSTRY?

Usually four to five engineers, mostly graduates, some not. They all have their own tastes and production styles. This helps us choose the right ears for the job.

Bands are also utilising their Moshcam footage to present themselves to overseas festival promoters, and again, that’s at all levels, from emerging acts opening for a bigger name at the Annandale through to the big names currently touring the national circuit, the perfect live performance calling card. In terms of the current audience tuning into Moshcam, a good half of the hits are coming from overseas, initially perhaps tuning in to see their favourite acts from the US or UK in action here but consequently checking in on the likes of Cloud Control or Bridezilla because their gigs are also up there on the site for the world to enjoy. As Hannigan points out, South America for instance “eats up all the metal content”. Moshcam can be accessed via its own website at moshcam.com.au and exclusively on Bravia via the XcrossMediaBar interface on Sony’s IPTVenabled products.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IN-HOUSE INSTRUMENTS AT THE STUDIO ACTS CAN USE, OR IS IT TOTALLY BYO?

Quite a few guitar amps, keyboards, synths, a baby grand and a Rhodes. We don’t house a kit anymore, it got too trashed. We use Drum Cartel for hire kits.

Mainly a mixture of the new and old, that being Pro Tools HD and a bunch of outboard pres, EQs, compressors and tape machines.

ANY TIPS FOR ARTISTS ENTERING A STUDIO FOR THE FIRST TIME?

“On the audio side, we’re kind of ramping up in many ways. Depending again on the venue and the size of the act, we multi-track most of the international bands, and they will often want to do something commercially with the footage, and the relationship with the band we have signing up is that they retain all the copyright in the recordings, so they’re free to do what they want with it essentially. Recordings we’ve done with The Specials, Midnight Juggernauts and Angus & Julia Stone, they’ve produced their own DVDs with footage that we’ve shot for them.”

CAN BANDS BRING IN THEIR OWN ENGINEER OR DO THEY HAVE TO SOLELY USE A HOUSE ENGINEER?

Our studios like most studios are available for dry hire. Engineers who freelance and use our studio might also pick up some in house work from time to time again.

IS THE STUDIO CAPABLE OF HOLDING A FULL BAND AT ONCE FOR RECORDING?

Yep, four rooms, lots of our recordings are tracked live, with all the extra production being overdubbed over the original bed tracks. Can hold 10-12 piece bands.

WE’RE AN IMPOVERISHED INDIE BAND – DO YOU OFFER ANY DEALS FOR ACTS IN OUR SITUATION? Probably not, most of our clients are impoverished indie bands.

WHAT’S THE ACCESS TO THE STUDIO LIKE WITH REGARDS TO PARKING, FLAT LOAD, ETC?

We got some brilliant stairs. You’ll have to climb them to the first level with your gear to record with us.

WORKING IN THE STUDIO CAN BE ARDUOUS AND WE’LL NEED A BREAK – WHAT ARE THE AMENITIES IN THE LOCAL AREA?

We are lucky there, we have lots of new restaurants and bars at our door step. That being the new Little Logan Road next to the Gabba Stadium. Try Pearl and Cross Town for some fine dining. Canvas is a great lil’ bar and we have basic eateries on the street as well. Oh there is a park now too, dogs welcome.

WHAT ARE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS? www.alchemix.com.au (07) 33 912 814 toot toot

The Music Revolution will be televised

BEN HARPER

JOHN BUTLER

Watch Live gigs from the Enmore, Metro and Factory free on demand exclusively with Sony BRAVIA Internet Video1.

JOSH PYKE

DANDY WARHOLS

MOSHCAM is your VIP Pass to over 400 gigs. Watch free on any IPTV1 device for as little as $199 at Sony Centre.

32” EX600 Series Full HD BRAVIA LCD TV

998

5.1ch Blu-ray Disc™ Home Theatre System

Blu-ray DiscTM Player

498

178

Now you can enjoy full concert videos of your favourite bands from the comfort of your lounge room through Sony’s new BRAVIA TVs and Blu-rayTM players. Simply plug in your broadband connection, select our MOSHCAM channel, push back the furniture and crank up the sound. Over 400 concerts already available on demand with even more added weekly.

EXPERIENCE MOSHCAM AT SONY CENTRE. LIVE DEMO’S IN STORE NOW. The Centre of your Sony experience

www.sonycentres.com.au BRISBANE

Dr Town Centre

Robina Pkwy

e Ave

Christin

1061Edward1St,1Brisbane1City1 Ph.1(07)1301219070

Robina Town Centre

Rob in a

ROBINA TOWN CENTRE Shop12010,1Level12,1Robina1Town1Centre1Drive,1 , L > / Û i ËÀi U * ° ãÇ® xxÈÒ £ãÍÍ

¹BRAVIA Internet Video channel and content availability is subject to change. Broadband connection required. Minimum download speed of 2.5Mbps recommended. User responsible for all internet access fees. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION LAWYER: TRAFFIC AND CRIME All Court Appearances: Work Licences, Unlicenced Driving, Drink Driving, Defended Trials and Guilty Pleas, get Professional Legal Advice early. Over ten years experience, Assault and Public Nusiance Offences. Contact my office on 07 3210 1663 or go to www.thecriminallawyer.com.au iFlogID: 8148

ADVERTISING / MEDIA ACTOR & VIDEO CAMERAMAN Looking for small 2-person team (1 actor, 1 cameraman) to film 5 short 60-second News Reports around your CBD for Internet Broadcast. Apprx 4-hours, 1 day per week (Saturday?) Five (5) clips required. Best suit team with own video camera and ability to edit into .mpegs/.wmv files etc. $250 per 5 clips (approximately $30 ph, per person). To apply email: media. factory@hotmail.com iFlogID: 8068 We are looking for the next big thing in radio! Jump onto Facebook and add Austereo’s “Becoming The Next Big Thing” fan page and get heard! Get in touch with your demo/cv now via our page. iFlogID: 7597

ENTERTAINMENT Audio, Lighting & Vision technitions wanted for large AV company established for 25 years. Start off on casual basis, with full time opportunity for the right people. Looking for all experiance levels, to help grow Sydney branch. Big opportunity. iFlogID: 7895

TOUR STAFF WANTED

HUGE LANEY GUITAR AND BASS AMP SALE. 30% TO 50% OFF ALL AMPS. BE QUICK, LIMITED STOCK AVAILABLE. CALLS US 07 54743033 ALL BRAND NEW WITH WARRANTY iFlogID: 7644

pickup. VINTAGE SUNBURST Huge sound and great neck. RRP $899 Logans Price $629 Logans Music Burwood (02)9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED EPIPHONE DEALER iFlogID: 7995

Marshall TSL 60 Head, made in England with Road Case! Great condition! Unreal tone! I’m downsizing my rig. $1900.00 ONO, Email: K_tno1@hotmail.com iFlogID: 7562

Epiphone Dot Semi Acoustic Electric Guitar (Cherry Red) This Epiphone Electric Guitar will give you buckets of deep, rich, full sound. Features classic semi-hollowbody design with dual humbuckers and 3-way pickup selector that delivers. $450. Phone 0402327153, Brisbane. iFlogID: 7556

MG100HDFX + 120w angled cab $600! iFlogID: 8156

PEAVEY WINDSOR GUITAR AMP 100 Watt all valve/tube head. HUGE hardcore tone. Incredible bottom end. Has been professionally modified 2 channel foot switchable. Runs EL34 power valve. Mint condition $750.00 ono. 0428744963. Cooroy iFlogID: 6510

EPIPHONE LP JUNIOR ELECTRIC GUITAR Limited edition satin black finish, single humbucker. Great starter guitar. RRP $329 LOGANS PRICE $245 (Very limited stock) Logans Music BURWOOD (02) 9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED EPIPHONE DEALER iFlogID: 8042

www.theinnerlight.com.au PEWTER CHINESE HOROSCOPE PENDANTS $7.95 These finely crafted pendant are made from Nickel Free Pewter and strung on an adjustable waxed cotton cord. Wearing a zodiac symbol will help you increase your positive aspects, and decrease your negative traits! iFlogID: 7317

EPIPHONE SLASH APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION LES PAUL Arriving in October, this limited edition guitar is going to sell out very fast! Comes complete with Slash hard case and certificate personally autographed by Slash himself! Preorder at Logans Music (0297442400 www.loganspianos.com.au iFlogID: 8009

BASS CORT ACOUSTIC BASS GUITAR This awesome bass has a SOLID TOP with cutaway body. Pickup built in! RRP $659 Logans Price $527 Logans Music BURWOOD (02)9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED CORT GUITAR DEALER iFlogID: 8005

FENDER JAZZ FOR SALE Top of the line Japanese body with American pickups. PERFECT condition and great sounding and feeling bass. $1500 ONO contact laura.devine@hotmail.com or 0435641275 Brisbane iFlogID: 5990 IBANEZ SRX390 BASS GUITAR Great 4 string bass with 2x active humbuckers RRP $899 LOGANS PRICE $450 (50% off crazy!)Logans Music Burwood(02)97442400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED IBANEZ DEALER iFlogID: 8017

BUSINESSES JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! Ever found yourself putting on a tour and don’t know how to get a sound engineer or someone to sell merchandise on the other side of the country? Well, that is how CoverYourArtz.com came about... The website enables anyone offering a service that can be used by touring artists to browse for work, and for touring artists to find the people they need to make their tour work anywhere in Australia. By visiting CoverYourArtz.com, anyone who is putting on an event is able to source all types of crew from tour managers, sound engineers, and lighting technicians to merchandisers, photographers and poster distributors in areas where they wouldn’t normally know where to start looking. Anyone working in the industry can look for work, and also list their details so that they don’t miss out on that next ‘big job’! Registering and browsing for jobs on CoverYourArtz.com is absolutely free, you only pay when you want to apply. For further info please contact the team at info@coveryourartz. com or visit our website at www.coveryourartz.com. iFlogID: 5308

RETAIL & CONSUMER PRODUCTS Unhappy with your job? Wish you could decide what you want to do with your life? Check out my book at www.Jobmine.com.au for help choosing a career you will love iFlogID: 7881

SALES & MARKETING WORK FROM HOME Marketing company seeks distributors.We are an established market leader in the Personal development media industry.Distributors receive full and ongoing training more info visit www.achoicelifestyle.com iFlogID: 7812

SELF-EMPLOYMENT 4GET WORK 4EVER!! Sack your Boss! Start your own prosperous online business in the personal development industry NOW! “If Nothing Changes ........ Nothing Changes” So what are you waiting for?! A company built on integrity, leadership & empowerment www. gr8biz4us.com iFlogID: 7752

FOR SALE AMPS Trace Elliott GP7SM Bass Pre Amp 300 for Sale in perfect condition with Trace Elliott Quad Speaker Cab. Only selling due to upgrade, perfect amp never a problem recently been serviced. Any questions give me a call, pickup Frankston 0403455045 iFlogID: 7838

ESTEVE GAMBERRO CLASSICAL/ELECTRIC GUITAR. Handmade in Spain. Solid Cedar top, cutaway and fishman pickup. Premium classical guitar. Logans Price $998 Logans Music Burwood (02)9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED ESTEVE DEALER iFlogID: 7989

SECOND NATION DELINQUENT E.P SECOND NATION - delinquent E.P. AVAILABLE NOW for $4.99 at www.myspace. com/secondnation iFlogID: 5112

FENDER JOHN 5 ACOUSTIC GUITAR The master of shred, John 5 unleashes his more subtle side with this awesome guitar. Small body, florentine cutaway with pickup. RRP$999 Logans Price $650 Logans Music Burwood (02)9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED FENDER DEALER iFlogID: 7993

FENDER PINK PAISLEY STRAT.

Genuine 1980’s Pete Townshend jap model. all original. in case. amazing action. beatiful tone and sustain. plays great. nice patina. very rare. suit collector. EXCELLENT CONDITION! $2500.00 Ph Jimbo on 0428744963. iFlogID: 5835

FENDER STANDARD STRATOCASTER

DRUMS $250 for a 20” cast, hand-hammered ride cymbal? If you are not Dreaming already, go to www.cymbalsplus.com. Dream Cymbals and Gongs, Metro Drums plus more. iFlogID: 6952 $250 for a 20” cast, hand-hammered ride cymbal? If you are not Dreaming already, go to www.cymbalsplus.com. Dream Cymbals and Gongs, Metro Drums plus more. iFlogID: 6981 5 piece Col Gillies Drum Kit. 2 hardware stands, 1x hi-hat stand, 1x Paiste ride, 1x Paiste crash, pair of Paiste hi-hat cymbals. Good condition. $400.00 ONO. Ph: 3849 8176. iFlogID: 7820 Have YOU tried the new STAGG cymbals. We have a great range in store from $99 each Check it out at the little music store in the lane - At John Lane, Beenleigh Qld 4207. More details check out www.musiccavern.com.au iFlogID: 7650

SABIAN CYMBALS Sabian 20” AA Rock ride, Sabian 17” med thin crash, Sabian 14” AA Regular hihats all with Ragone case. As new, $700, ph 0419760940 iFlogID: 5821

GUITARS ADMIRA FLAMENCO GUITAR. Handmade in Spain. Solid top delivers rich vibrant tone. Premium guitar at rock bottom price Logans Price $572 Logans Music Burwood (02)9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED ADMIRA DEALER iFlogID: 7987 CORT 12 STRING ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC GUITAR Cort Earth 70 12 string. Includes solid top and pickup! Awesome deal! Logans Price $398 Logans Music Burwood (02)9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED CORT GUITAR DEALER iFlogID: 7991 EPIPHONE AJ200CE ACOUSTIC GUITAR Jumbo body acoustic with cutaway and

GIBSON SG STANDARD LEFTY

Brand New Gibson SG Standard Lefthanded guitar. Heritage chrery finish including Gibson hard case. Logans Price $1999 WOW! (righthanded also available!) Logans Music Burwood (02)97442400 www.loganspianos.com. au AUTHORISED GIBSON DEALER iFlogID: 6614 GODIN MIDI GUITAR ACS SA Nylon string semi-solid body with both piezo and 13-pin MIDI output plus the Terratec Axon AX100 Synth controller & AX101 MIDI guitar pickup attachment. $2,400 including delivery to any mainland state of Australia. THE001Music@hotmail. com iFlogID: 7588

GUITAR AMPLITUBE IRIG

FENDER USA RG STRATOCASTER Sunburst finish Synth pickup, includes 37 different tonal variations. Comes in hard case Unbeatable! RRP $4199 LOGANS PRICE $2309 (45% off) 1 only Logans Music BURWOOD (02) 9744 2400 www. loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED FENDER DEALER iFlogID: 8054 FENDER USA STANDARD TELECASTER Brand new Fender USA Standard Tele. Includes SKB hard case, strap, lead Heaps of colours to choose from. RRP $2299 LOGANS PRICE $1539 CRAZY! Logans Music Burwood (02) 9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED FENDER DEALER iFlogID: 8036

next level with our competitive rates for your marketing and publicity needs. We strive to bring our artists to as wide an audience as possible conducting a broad media campaign which encompasses national print media and online promotion and an artist administration area allowing access to realtime 24/7 campaign results. We can also look after your paid advertising, sourcing some of the most competitive pricing. Contact 0402257148 or www.aaaentertainment. com.au iFlogID: 5801

100watt rms. 4 channell with EQ/ REVERB. stereo CD input. CUBE STYLE. Very good condition. $300.00 Ph Jimbo on 0428744963. iFlogID: 5837

MUSICIANS FOR FUNCTIONS/ VENUES

Three tone sunburst Fender Jaguar. Made in Japan. Approx 10 years old. Excellent condition, a few chips in the finish. Mustang bridge. No case or trem arm. Great looking and playing guitar. $1100 iFlogID: 7948

Keyboard X-stand. Black, no scratches, adjustable height, rubber cushions for keyboard, rubber leg ends. Very god condition, as new, Bargain $49 Call 07-32059105 Bray Park iFlogID: 8117 KORG TRITON EXTREME88 SYNTHESIZER in near-new condition. Rarelyused workstation keyboard with bonus stand and damper pedal. $4,450 including delivery to any mainland state. THE001Music@hotmail.com iFlogID: 7592 Roland PC-200 MKII Midi Keyboard Controller. Four-octave keyboard with velocity sensing, volume/data slider, sustain pedal jack, pitch/bend modulation lever. Runs on batteries or DC power. Very good condition. Bargain $99 Call 07-32059105 Bray Park iFlogID: 8115

AmpliTube iRig. Plug your guitar into your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad and jam anywhere with world class guitar and bass tone right in the palm of your hand - from the leader in studio-class guitar and bass software. Simply plug the iRig interface into your mobile device, plug your instrument into the appropriate input jack, plug in your headphones, amp or powered speakers, download AmpliTube for iPhone Free and start rocking! You’ll have at your fingertips the sound and control of 3 recombinable simultaneous stompbox effects + amplifier + cabinet + microphone just like a traditional guitar or bass stage rig! Add amps and effects as you need them — you can expand your rig with up to 11 stomps, 5 amps, 5 cabinets and 2 microphones in the AmpliTube iRig app custom shop. ONLY $59.99 UNBEATABLE Logans Music (02)9744 2400 www. loganspianos.com.au iFlogID: 6545 IBANEZ ADX120 ELECTRIC GUITAR Awesome guitar, fast low action. be quick these won’t last (2 only)RRP$695 Logans Price $347 (50% OFF!!!) Logans Music Burwood(02)97442400 www. loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED IBANEZ DEALER iFlogID: 8013 IBANEZ LIMITED EDITION RG ELECTRIC GUITAR. RG body and Neck with gold hardware. Floyd Rose locking system with custom metallic black finish 1 only RRP $995 Logans Price $696 Logans Music Burwood (02) 9744 2400 www. loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED IBANEZ DEALER iFlogID: 8019

IBANEZ PRESTIGE MBM1BK. Matt Bachand’s (Shadows Fall) Signature guitar features an EMG 81 humbucker in the bridge position for razor sharp attack and incredible sustain, and an EMG 60 humbucker in the neck position for massive crunch. Gloss black finish with Matt Bachand’s signature skull graphic. Pearloid body binding. Includes ibanez hard case. Made in Japan RRP $5295 Logans Price $2645! 50 % off BRAND NEW 1 ONLY LOGANS MUSIC BURWOOD (02)9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com. au AUTHORISED IBANEZ DEALER iFlogID: 6549 LAG ACOUSTIC GUITARS Purchase any LAG acoustic guitar and recieve a FREE HARD CASE valued at $129. Hurry, limited stock! Prices start from $399. Logans Music BURWOOD (02)9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED LAG GUITAR DEALER iFlogID: 8001

Advertise you or your band on Facebook. Facebook Advertising Guide shows you how you can advertise on Facebook without braking your budget. Step-byStep instructions with lots of illustrations. Paperback or e-book available. 122 pages. Only $27.95. Order online www.facebook-advertising-guide.com iFlogID: 8119

BURLESQUE & DRAG EYELASHES Petticoats & Gallantry has launched a new range of exclusive, boutique handmade & decorated false eyelashes perfect for going out. With a mix of over-the-top dramatic lashes suitable for Performances, Burlesque, Drag and even just for a special night out, you’re sure to find some one-of-a-kind false eyelashes to wear. Each pair is customised and decorated by hand in a variety of themes, and commission orders are very welcome. www.petticoatsandgallantry.com.au Look for us on facebook for exclusive promotions. iFlogID: 6658

EXCLUSIVE E-COMMERCE LICENSES 780 LICENSES. LICENSE HOLDERS EARN EVERY TIME SOMEONE STREAMS A SONG, MOVIE, EBOOK, AUDIO BOOK OR GAME FROM GLOBAL NETWORKED ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORM. SEE iFLOG WEBSITE:FOR SALE: OTHER FOR EXTRA DETAILS OR PH 0423 831 660 iFlogID: 7653 Roland VS2480 recorder, 24 tracks, 80gig, onboard FX, cd burner, firewire out, great for recording gigs or home studio. retailed at $8000, selling for $2500 iFlogID: 7967 SANDINISTAS! straight to hell 7” single BUY NOW thru WWW.ZENARCADE.COM. AU Two CLASH songs - Tim Steward (Screamfeeder) -vcls, gtr / Cameron Borg (apito zine) - bass, Dan McNaulty (Narcotics -drums) Ltd Ed 100 ever! iFlogID: 7301 Selling signed ‘Just Disgusting’ book. Signed by both Andy Griffiths (Author) and Terry Denton (Illustrator). contact paulhj@optusnet.com.au for information or to offer a price. iFlogID: 7599 ZODIAC PEWTER PENDANTS $7.95 www.theinnerlight.com.au This finely crafted pendant is made from Nickel Free Pewter and strung on an adjustable waxed cotton cord. Wearing a zodiac symbol will help you increase your signs positive aspects, and decrease your negative traits! iFlogID: 7315

MARTINEZ JAZZ HYBRID ACOUSTIC GUITAR Acoustic body with cutaway. Awesome F hole look with pickup! Logans Price $219 Logans Music Burwood (02)9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED MARTINEZ DEALER iFlogID: 7997

Brand New unopened pair of Alto Monitors, still in box! $500 Email: K_tno1@ hotmail.com iFlogID: 7564

TAKAMINE EF406SN ACOUSTIC GUITAR Parlour sized body, perfect for fingerpicking. Takamine pickup with CT4B preamp.

Phonic powerpod 615, powered mixer, with 2 speaker cabs. Good cond. $490 iFlogID: 8087

Perth Music News Your one stop for local Perth music news, gig guides, photogrpahy, reviews, bands, CD’s & more... Sign up to our weekly e-news & keep up to date! www.spaceshipnews.com.au iFlogID: 4790

PA / AUDIO / ENGINEERING

BAND MERCHANDISE Original Bands wanted for midweek Sydney venues. 45 minute set of originals required, Mainstream contemporary.Sorry no metal/hard core.. Interstate artists welcome. Contact: nowmuzik@ gmail.com for more info. iFlogID: 8173

THE SPACED ARE HERE!

www.myspace.com/thespaced iFlogID: 5584

BOOKING AGENTS The Pushworth Group is taking new submissions for their growing roster of cover artists. Please email your EPK including MP3, song list, Jpeg photo, Bio and Jpeg of Poster. Email: sam@pushworth.com or call them on 07 3124 4051. iFlogID: 7708

EP RELEASE Melbourne’s hottest new rock band Envy has released their EP Images For The Lonely to Itunes. Check out this exciting live act at The Espy, Gershwin Room on Sunday October 3rd at 6pm. Tickets $12 at the door. iFlogID: 7961

SPECIAL OFFER!!!!

HEARTICAL SOUND SYSTEM HIRE

Are you thinking of hiring quality musicians that bring an audience ? Do you have a function/event and considering live entertainment ? For a limited period, we are offering a Venue Promotions Package featuring favourite entertainers. If it is about raising your venue profile or just great entertainment you want, contact us now. Chris 0419 272 196 http:// infovisionproductions.yayabings.com.au iFlogID: 5076 PA for practise , party or your next EVENT. Lighting, Drum Risers, Staging, Sound CREW - OR JUST GET IPOD PUMPIN for the WEEKEND - CALL MATT on 0424399801 or email at matt@musiccavern.com.au iFlogID: 7648

LEGAL / ACCOUNTING Going to Court? Experienced Lawyer for work licences, unlicenced driving, drink driving, guilty pleas. Over ten years experience, assault and public nuisance offences. Fixed fee and payment options. Please contact my office on 07 3210 1663, or visit wwww.thecriminallawyer. com.au iFlogID: 8150

MINSTREL MANAGEMENT www.minstrelmanagement.com Planning to release a Record? E.P? Just need help establishing your act? www.minstrelmanagement.com MINSTREL MANAGEMENT & our affiliates have years of industry experience working with labels, promoters, publishing, management. Contact our A&R at www.minstrelmanagement.com iFlogID: 8075

Matthew Gray Mastering. World class mastering from where you are, right now. Online mastering special rate of $99 (ex GST) per song. Visit matthewgraymastering.com. iFlogID: 7661 Special Packages available for artists and bands!! Whether being recording/ mixing. With networks to many studios around town your project will sound great and professional whilst working within a budget!! OUR PASSION IS TO CREATE RECORDS THAT GIVE THE LISTENER A HARD HITTING, FRESH SOUND THAT PUSHES BOUNDARIES, WHICH STANDS UP AMONGST THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET. WE SPECIALIZE IN HIP HOP/R&B BUT LOVE AND DO ALL GENRES. For a full list of our credits see myspace.com/mixinthelab. Contact us on 0424 462 945 or Email at thelab1@ hotmail.com iFlogID: 6287

HIRE SERVICES ANIMATED: Specializing in Hip Hop production for MCs in need of beats. All flavours & Styles. A personal touch from one MC to another, you can’t go wrong with that! iFlogID: 7694

KARAOKE & JUKEBOX HIRE Superstar Karaoke & Jukebox Hire is friendly, efficient and affordable. We’ve also got the BIGGEST selection of songs with over 10,000 karaoke tracks and over 5,000 jukebox songs. Plus, we update our song lists monthly so we have the classics and all the newest hits! Visit www.superstarkaraoke.net.au today and see how we can assist you with making your next party or function one to remember. iFlogID: 6041

MUSIC PUBLICITY AND MARKETING

PA EQUIPMENT

Promoting a CD? Want to let fans know about your gigs? Take your band to the

From small PA to large high powered rigs. Crystal clear custom built mids and tops cabs with heavy duty bass bins. Suitable for indoor and outdoor events. delivered, set up and operated. Call Derek for quotes on 0423979396 iFlogID: 5135

PROFESSIONAL SOUND AND LIGHT DO YOU AND YOUR BAND WANT TO STAND OUT? WE HAVE THE BEST STUFF FOR YOUR GIG’S, WE ARE THE PROFESSIONALS IN SOUND AND LIGHT, WE HAVE THE TOP OF THE LINE GEAR AND WE ARE READY TO GIVE YOU AND YOUR BAND THE SHOW YOU NEVER FORGET Call Roger on 0447025967 iFlogID: 5704

THE CHEMISTRY OF SOUND

MANAGEMENT

MASTERING

CELTIC PEWTER NECKLACE $7.95 www. theinnerlight.com.au Made from Nickel Free Pewter and strung on an adjustable waxed cotton cord. Celtic jewellery is said to offer the wearer protection from negative forces. Visit www.theinnerlight. com.au for a great range of designs. iFlogID: 7319 DRAGON PEWTER PENDANTS $7.95 www.theinnerlight.com.au Made from Nickel Free Pewter and strung on an adjustable waxed cotton cord. Wear a Dragon Pendant as a powerful protection symbol! visit www.theinnerlight.com.au and type DRAGON into the search bar. iFlogID: 7321

SPACE SHIP NEWS.COM.AU

MUSIC SERVICES

OTHER

Brand New Fender standard Stratocaster.(Mexico) Updated model including new tinted neck. Different colour options available. Package includes Guitar, gig bag and stand. RRP $1100 Logans Price $756 Heaps of other Fender bargains instore. Logans Music (02) 9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED FENDER DEALER iFlogID: 6618

FENDER USA DELUXE STRATOCASTER Sunburst finish with S-1 switching, locking tuners and noiseless pickups. Comes in hard case. RRP $2999 LOGANS PRICE $1649 (45% OFF!!) 1 only Logans Music BURWOOD (02) 9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED FENDER DEALER iFlogID: 8050

ROSS PC110 POWERED MIXER

Yamaha LU 201C Black Upright Piano and Piano Stool Excellent Piano. The piano has been recently tuned. It is as new and would suit a new buyer. Please phone for inspection - 0422 967351. iFlogID: 7528

IBANEZ PRESTIGE MBM1BK

Fender telecaster ‘52 reissue Butterscotch blonde body, maple neck. Comes in original Fender Tweed case with all accesories. Absolutely mint condition never played. This guitar is a must see. $2150.00 Ph. 0419705169 iFlogID: 7718

MADE IN JAPAN RRP $1899 LOGANS PRICE $949 (50% OFF!!!) Logans Music BURWOOD (02) 9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED TAKAMINE DEALER iFlogID: 7999

KEYBOARDS

FENDER DG8S ACOUSTIC GUITAR PACKAGE This awesome pack includes SOLID TOP guitar, gig bag, strap, tuner, DVD lessons, picks + more RRP $499 Logans Price $299 (40% OFF!!) Logans Music BURWOOD (02)9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED FENDER DEALER iFlogID: 8003

Fresh, new look, prosperous, online Business. No cold calling, No stock, NO Stress! Travel to exotic locations for fun & development, Built in Marketing & 24 hr support. Portable, fun, easy - empowering. A philanthropic company built on integrity & leadership www.gr8biz4us. com iFlogID: 7758

CD / DVD

GIBSON LES PAUL STANDARD 2004 BLACK WITH ORIGINAL HARD CASE EXCELLENT CONDITION URGENT SALE $2499 ONO 0421 045 878 iFlogID: 7515

OTHER MARKETING AND PROMOTION

As Engineers/Producers our passion is to create tracks that give the listener a hard hitting, fresh sound that sonically sounds PHAT and pushes the boundaries of what music currently sounds like in Australia, which stands up amongst the international market. WE SPECIALIZE IN HIP HOP/R&B BUT LOVE ALL GENRES. We’re located at Level 7 studios and the studio is decorated in some of the most appreciated vintage and modern gear which provides our clients an incomparable advantage in the sense of both the analogue and digital domains. Artists we’ve worked with include: Pharrell Williams, N.E.R.D., Kanye West, INXS, Black Wallstreet and a myriad of local artists such as Hyjak, Potbelleez, Vice Verser, Thundamentals, Fame, Tycotic, Rai Thistlewaite (Thirsty Merc), Wendy Mathews, Gin Wigmore, Tim Freedman (The Whitlams), Carl Riseley, Hoodoo Gurus, Wes Carr, You Am I, and many more. Contact us on 0424 462 945 and check out myspace.com/mixinthelab iFlogID: 6186

PHOTOGRAPHY In a band? Putting on a show? Have an upcoming exhibition? Releasing a film? Than we might be able to help you out..... Clk Click’s Spring Offer! Well it’s spring time, and that means it’s time to dust off some of those cobwebs and get your business in order. We here at Clk Click Publicity have a Spring Offer for all you musos, artists and film makers that will give your project a little boost, and leave you some spare change for the upcoming festival season! For a very limited time Clk Click Publicity will create a professional Bio and Press Release for your band, exhibition or film for only $200! If you would like us to put together a full press kit we will do this for just $800. We can also organise band photos and logo creation for a very reasonable price. Furthermore, if you’re interested in finding out about our full range of publicity services, we’d love the opportunity to have a chat with you and put together a proposal for your next release, event or tour. We look forward to working with you! The Clk Click Publicity Team: W: www.clkclickpublicity.com | E: info@clkclickpublicity.com iFlogID: 5312

DANE BEESLEY PHOTOGRAPHY If rock n roll is the collected voices of the outsiders, then Dane’s camera; its Egglestonian frankness, immediacy, and oft-kilter worldview, is their microphone. www. photodane.com iFlogID: 7874

POSTERS ILLUSTRATOR AVAILABLE NOW!

Professional illustrator available for any project. Book covers, children’s books, album art and much more. Based in Melbourne, drawing world wide! Excellent rates. www.paulikin.com -Phone: 0403 996 129 or email paul@paulikin.com iFlogID: 4701 Need gig posters or band logos? contact Spicy Designs at andrew.spice@hotmail. com. Best rates in town! $40 for A4 color posters, $30 for band logos. Designed posters for numerous gigs and numerous logos. iFlogID: 8091

For a limited time. Free online and print classifieds Book now, visit iflog.com.au 60

RECORDING STUDIOS

TUITION

MUSICIANS AVAILABLE

MUSICIANS WANTED

Mastering is one of the most critical stages in the recording process. Matthew Gray Mastering - world class mastering from where you are, right now. Online mastering special rate of $99 (ex GST) per song. Visit matthewgraymastering.com. iFlogID: 7663

ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS4GUITAR&KEYS

BASS PLAYER

LOGIC PERFORMER / DJ Live Productions ranging from House, Electronica, DubStep Hard Rock, Metal, Prog Original musical projects, Customized for Events Or Selection of Known tunes to make for a Great Night, whatever the occasion Matt Meli 0425 820 547 iFlogID: 8154

16 y/o guitarist and drummer seek blues-rock bass player, in Ipswich area INFL- Led Zeppelin, Jack White etc. iFlogID: 8034

Pro Remote Guitar Sessions available. Email your MP3 guide tracks and I’ll record the guitars. All styles. Tracks exported as 24bit waves and you’re sent a download link. Visit www.nathaneshman.com & www.myspace.com/ nathaneshman for audio examples. Email info@nathaneshman.com for a free quote. iFlogID: 7700 Record with Stephen Bartlett at Brisbane’s only vintage 1974 Neve 5316 desk with acoustically designed live rooms and bar with beer on tap. Why not choose the best at a reasonable price. Phone 07 31911385 for a personal tour. iFlogID: 8158 Stand out from the rest. Great fixed price deals on EPs & Albums. SSL 4000 console. Accurate mixing & great drum and instrument sounds. Quality outboard gear & mics. Guaranteed international sound to your satisfaction. From $385/10hr day. Ph 0404066645. iFlogID: 7865

DRUMMER A four week course that gets you playing fast. Individual tuition. Chords, Rhythm, Songs, Theory. 25 years specializing in teaching beginners! Gift vouchers available. Call David on 96603877 Annandale/ Inner West area. iFlogID: 6426

BASS FOR BEGINNERS

MUSIC PRODUCTION TUITION

We are experienced risk takers that not only know the rules, but also know when and how to break them! We have been engineering and mixing for over 15 years and have worked in Sydney’s top studios. We also have our own Mixing/Production studio called The LAB, located at the famous Level 7 studios which is decorated in some of the most appreciated vintage and modern gear in combination of a myriad of assorted software and plug-ins that provides our clients an incomparable advantage in the sense of both the analogue and digital domains. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH MANY STUDIO CONTACTS AROUND TOWN, YOUR PROJECT WILL SOUND GREAT AND PROFESSIONAL WHILST WORKING WITHIN A BUDGET!! For a full list of our credits see myspace.com/mixinthelab. Contact us on 0424 462 945 or Email at thelab1@hotmail.com iFlogID: 6285 Yaman Music Production for Artists & Businesses offers music production services to artists mainly EP’s, albums, demos and full backing tracks all airplay quality by European music producer and music composer Tom Chwieduk. EMail: info@yaman.com.au | www.yaman. com.au iFlogID: 7965

1. Master Audio and MIDI. 2. Ten Years Experience in the Industry Tutor. 3. Weekdays or Weekends, Flexible. 4. Learn with Up to Date Technology. 5. Intensive Theory and Practical Sessions. 6. Individual Student Hands-On Practice. 7. Only $30 per hour. contact me on vangelis2133@yahoo.com or on 0449672435 between 8 a:m and 2 p:m or after 6 p:m. iFlogID: 5879

REPAIRS ROCKIN’ REPAIRS - GUITAR TECH

GUITARIST Guitarist/singer/songwriter looking to jam and explore a Potential Side Project of covers or Jam creations. Bassists, guitarists, Keys, Horns, Vox etc welcome iFlogID: 7722 Lead guitarist looking to form/join a heavy metal band,on the central coast. Influences: Mercyful Fate, Judas Priest, Metallica,Iron maiden,Kalmah,Dethklok - Blake 0403138542 iFlogID: 7983

The Australian Guitar Institute is a school that provides first class instruction to students of Guitar, Single String Tech to advanced Improv concepts. Guitar 4 fun for beginners of all ages also available. www.australianguitarinstitute.com (02)80216449 iFlogID: 7682

OTHER

looking for a band

iFlogID: 7558

PRO TROMBONIST AVAILABLE

VIDEO / PRODUCTION HAVE YOU SEEN MIKE HUNT

Australian Bands Only.Do you have A You Tube Rock Band Video you want to promote,if so Mike Hunt wants to promote it.Just send your link to admin attention Mike Hunt and we will do our best to list you for free worldwide at www.clearhunt.com iFlogID: 6007 MILES MULTIMEDIA OFFICE produces quality promotional video with motion menu and scene selection. Video for web, mobile, dvd, cd, cd business cards, you-tube, on-wall presentations etc. - $190.00 per final edited minute. Email: mmolog@hotmail.com / Call 0439590185 iFlogID: 7734

MUSIC VIDEOS

Bass player wanted! We’re looking for a bassist to join our rock/pop originals band. We’re all about fun music that people will enjoy if you’ve got the ability please contact us iFlogID: 7818

BASS PLAYER WANTED Bassist wanted to join melodic metal band with death/black/thrash influence. Must be determined, skilled and have own gear and transport. Easygoing but professional environment. Ages 18-30 Wollongong/Sydney based. Influences: Dimmu, Old man’s child, arch enemy, children of bodom, immortal, megadeth, slayer, amon amarth etc. Interest gained nationally and internationally with distribution deals on offer for the band. Great opportunity. www.myspace.com/ asmodaiaus or email asmodai_aus@ hotmail.com iFlogID: 5302 BASSIST WANTED! Singer and Guitarist (aged 21) looking for Bassist and Drummer to form rock outfit. Based in Central Sydney. Over 100 songs written and ready to gig on a serious level. Contact August 0404166433 or e-mail at kaibywells@yahoo.co.uk iFlogID: 7784 Brisbane alternative band ‘Pink Bullet’ are looking for a tight and energetic bassist with varied musical tastes and ability to play different styles. Songs written, new EP ready to be launch soon,long term applications only please. iFlogID: 8011 Contact details needed for Andrew Judd - previously living in Newtown and former bass player of Sydney band, Tsunami (circa. late 90s). Former muso friend would like to reconnect. Any help much appreciated. Email - remmosk@ gmail.com iFlogID: 7756 Looking for dedicated, talented young Bassist. We have rehearsal space to tighten up & gig by December. MUST HAVE INITIATIVE, BE COMMITED & willing to travel. Sounds like ATDI, Kings of Leon, Sonic Youth, Drones, Sigur Ros etc. Contact Joel. iFlogID: 7520 Originals band The Method is looking for a Bass player. The tracks are almost on iTunes and gigs are waiting. Check out the tracks on facebook. themethodband@hotmail.com iFlogID: 8121

Violin Teacher from Italy 30$/half hour. Ryde area. High quality, friendly teacher. AMEB exams or just for fun, start playing your violin! 0415783160 iFlogID: 7963

OUT LOUD MUSIC STUDIOS Brisbane’s favourite rehearsal rooms Open 7 days a week Discount rates for Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm Call 38460111 (all messages responded to) iFlogID: 7536

Rehearsal Rooms, Recording Studio & P.A. Hire.Off street undercover parking, flat loading, aircond., P.A. provided. Open 6.00pm to 11.00pm. Weekend and day slots available.Phone Andy. Permanent monthly room hire available. Contact Andy Waterer. Phone : 0411632023. Email: alanwaterer@yahoo.com.au iFlogID: 7246

for gigs,tours,sessions etc. Good equipment, professional attitude.Many years pro experience working with well known artists. Please check out my website, www.mikehague.com Ph 0419760940 iFlogID: 5819

SYDNEY GUITAR TUITION Specialises in all aspects of contemporary guitar. The teachers are seasoned pros boasting a vast experience of the industry .The practical meets the theoretical as the teachers also hold Music Degrees.All ages and levels. sydneyguitartuition.com 0402710990 iFlogID: 7913

REHEARSAL ROOMS

URBAN HUMM STUDIO, WEST END.

TOP PRO DRUMMER AVAILABLE

Equipped with 13 years of bass guitar and musical experience, Rachael offers an introductory level of tuition for beginning musicians focussing on areas of technique, music theory, rhythm and performance. Open to all ages. Bass ownership not essential, studio location Eastern Suburbs. Contact 0415273252 or rachael.rees@hotmail.com. iFlogID: 6161 Italian Violin teacher - degree qualified in Italy. AMEB exams experience. 30$/half hour. Ryde Area. 0415783160 iFlogID: 8160

THE LAB STUDIOS

Proficient Drummer: Experienced in Hard Rock, Prog, Metal, Rockn’Roll, Funk and Jazz Matt Meli 0425820547 12yrs playing, Have gigged in Sydney + Melbourne And Exp with Recording Equiped and Transportable Call Anytime iFlogID: 8152

18 year old Guitar player looking for a Bass player to start a band with. Influences: GN’R, Led Zeppelin, The Stones. Preferably someone in the south. Call Tom on 0401722767 iFlogID: 7771

Professional Trombone player available for gigs, session and tours. Jazz, Funk, Latin, Pop, Rock and Classical. Can sight read, improvise and write parts. Contact Brendan 0409833827. iFlogID: 4099 Established singer/songwriter with 2 previous albums taken into Music Australia through National Library/National Film & Sound Archive seeks guitarist partner M/F with own recording capability to share in new project. Prestigeous National Retailer will distribute. Call Francis on 0458 993 268 iFlogID: 7826

SAXOPHONIST AVAILABLE

Experienced saxophonist based in Sydney is looking for bands and studio sessions. Jazz, funky, afro, reggae,latin, rock, folk. If interested contact me at 0410041979. Cheers. Lorenzo iFlogID: 4974

SINGER JASON AYRES

Rock Monster (originals) need a bass player - with vocals would be good. Melbourne, out east. Check us out at http://www.myspace.com/rockmonstermelbourne. Or on our Melband ad http:// www.ausband.com.au/modules.php?na me=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=21801 51#2180151 iFlogID: 7941 SEEKING DRUMMER TO PLAY IN HIGH ENERGY COVER BAND ON THE SUNSHINE COAST . FREE ON SITE JAM ROOM (COOLUM) COMPLETE JAM ROOM , PREFER IF YOU HAVE YOU OWN GEAR BUT BASIC SETUP PROVIDED . DO GIGS ASAP DAVE 0432448878 iFlogID: 8125 Singer/songwriter/guitarist creating a new original live project is looking for experienced rock bass player. Must have great sound, vibe and groove - bv’s a huge bonus. Check out triple j unearthed “RemmosK” sample of new cd release. Contact via email. iFlogID: 7744 We’re looking for a Bass Player that can absolutely f***ing Rock! We’re a committed originals band with over 10 originals composed. We have our own studio where we can jam whenever we want. Call 0431957583 or message and let’s rock! iFlogID: 7705 Young (19-21) Sydney band called INDIGO CHILD needs a bass player!! recently played at WORLD BAR, rehersals in belmore around 1-2 times a week. Male or FEMALE!! Few years experience would be ideal. Check out: www.myspace.com/indigochildau indigochildau@live.com iFlogID: 7830

DRUMMER Do you live to play? Whether you’ve just bought a new guitar or an old favourite is feeling a little faded, we’ll bring the best out of it! Rockin’ Repairs is based in Point Piper in Sydney, Australia and offers restrings, setups, upgrades and repairs for all guitars and basses; no matter what you play or how you play it, we’ve got the tools and techniques to breathe life back into even the most mistreated guitar. We treat every instrument individually; time, care and love is taken with each job to get the best from your guitar. We work hard to give you the feel and the sound you want. 0405 253 417 tara@rockinrepairs.com www. rockinrepairs.com iFlogID: 5992

18 year old Guitar player looking for a Drummer to start a band with. Influences: GN’R, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith. Preferably someone in the south. Call Tom on 0401722767 iFlogID: 7773

Acoustic Pop-Rock Specialist -www. jasonayres.comiFlogID: 5777 Vocalist- Looking for Dance, R&B, HipHop or Rock Groups and Artists: Call 0415252323 iFlogID: 8023

Drummer wanted for Progressive/Alternative/Lyrical Rock Band. Full album completed. Melodic music with a touch of the sinister. Distinguished Guest add their own brand of unique music to create a sinners heaven. Contact Dave - (Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist) serendipity.25@live.com.au for more details/ audition www.myspace.com/distinguishedguest iFlogID: 7776

DRUMMER WANTED! Singer and Guitarist (aged 21) looking for Drummer and Bassist to form rock outfit. Based in Central Sydney. Over 100 songs written and ready to gig on a serious level. Contact August 0404166433 or e-mail at kaibywells@yahoo.co.uk iFlogID: 7786

GUITARIST WANTED TO TEACH

EXPERIENCED VOCALIST WANTED

DRUMMER WANTED We are currently a brisbane based acoustic duo looking to expand our sound by adapting our songs to a band format. Have a listen to our demos on www.myspace.com/whitelephanttheband and if you’re interested in having a jam we’d like to hear from you. Ph 0422614579 iFlogID: 6105 Hard rock band seeking drummer! Current line up consists of guitarist/keyboard, 2nd guitarist and female singer/ bassist. Christian ethos appreciated. Email: K_tno1@hotmail.com iFlogID: 7566 Mature dynamic metal band based in Hills/Blacktown,Sydney. Infl: Rock, Grunge, Black, Death, Hardcore, Groove, Doom...etc Looking for like-minded drummer, own gear & car. Practice weekly. Gig monthly. https://myspace. com/cursedwithsanity https://dl.dropbox. com/u/4684637/Bring%20The%20 Rain.mp3 PLEASE NO TIME WASTERS! cursedwithsanity@hotmail.com iFlogID: 7891 SEEKING A DRUMMER TO PLAY IN COVERS BAND ON THE SUNSHINE COAST COMPLETE JAM ROOM ON SITE (FREE) BASIC DRUM KIT PROVIDED PREFER IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN! HIGH ENERGY RADIO FRIENDLY (FAMILIAR) MUSIC CALL DAVE 0432448878 COOLUM iFlogID: 8123 we are a brissy band looking for a good drummer to join our crew, u will need to be metal influenced and be reliable please contact swifty if interested cheers iFlogID: 7876 We need a versitile drummer to join our Sydney based originals band. Complete freedom to enhance our song writing with your ideas and drumming skills. Rehearsal in Bardwell Valley (Rockdale area) no studio rehearsal costs. www. myspace.com/insideoutoz (0408) 232110 Veneita vendel@bigpond.net.au iFlogID: 7887

GUITARIST 18 year old Guitar player looking for another Guitar player to start a band with. Influences: GN’R, Led Zeppelin, The Stones. Preferably someone in the south. Call Tom on 0401722767 iFlogID: 7769 Brisbane originals rock band needs Lead Guitarist needed ASAP!: If Angus Young and Slash had a love child and that love child is you, we want to meet you. Got quality songs, management, good plan and cruizy guys. 0416445023 iFlogID: 7975 Christian Rhythm Guitarist wanted for near established originals some covs band. Exp R/Guitarist, God 1st, team player. Our style from ballads, Hard Rock, Latin Rock, to Acid/Jazz etc.Willing to play in Christian & secular Vens pay or no pay. Brisbane 0403752475 iFlogID: 7666 drummer,looking for guitar player. iFlogID: 7921

FEMALE SINGER/GUITARIST WANTED Female singer/acoustic guitarist between 25 and 35 years of age wanted to start an acoustic pop/alt/rock/hip-hop/RnB covers duo with a 31yo male singer/ guitarist. You must be dedicated, have eclectic musical tastes from 80s through to today, and ready for weekend jam sessions to perfect sets, looking towards gigs at inner city pubs/bars. My song strengths are many and varied, from RHCP and Matchbox 20 through to Jason Mraz and even Eminem. For more information, phone Neil on 0449993290. iFlogID: 6135 GOLD COAST FEMALE SINGER looking for 24-30yo M/F GUITARIST to form acoustic rock/indie cover duo. Must live healthy lifestyle. Influences include jason mraz, birds of tokyo, angus&julia stone, divynls, jamiroquai, bertie blackman. Please only apply if serious.Email jas: littlequan@msn.com iFlogID: 7509

Rammstein, and Static-X. Age: 18-30. Rehearsing at Wetherill Park N.S.W. Only contact me if you want to get signed to a 360 deal! Phone Will: 0413 772 911. iFlogID: 7915

Experienced cover band vocalist wanted to work with DJs and cover bands in the corp and club scene. We have the work if you have the talent! Look at our site for info on us www.qcent.com.au Send demos to levi@qcent.com.au call Levi 0412763191. iFlogID: 7928

DRUMMER WANTED-PRO METAL BAND! Hard-rock / Metalcore band seeks committed, self motivated drummer capable of playing to a Pro standard. Must be available for regular gigs, rehearsal. Must have a great work ethic and be easy to get along with, and share the same passion to pursue music full-time. iFlogID: 6445

SINGER

We seek guitar players who are looking to earn money teaching guitar. Training and teaching materials are supplied. Teach from one of our schools or your own location. Limited positions available. Visit www.g4guitar.com.au for details. iFlogID: 7447

Female rockstar wanted! We’re looking for a female singer to front our rock/pop originals band. We’re all about fun music that people will enjoy so if you’ve got a great voice & can engage the audience then please contact us. iFlogID: 7816

Sydney Mexican Mariachi band requires guitarists who have experience in playing Spanish or Latin music. Please contact Marc on 0415 073 306. For more info see our website: mariachiaustralia. com.au and MySpace: myspace.com/ marcsantillana iFlogID: 7898

FEMALE SINGER/GUITARIST WANTED

Sydney Oasis Show need a new Noel Gallagher! Established Oasis cover band after someone with a great voice and a Noel look. Tight rhythm guitar skills neccessary, lead ability is not essential. No time wasters please. Email Anthony at anthony320chmiel@hotmail.com iFlogID: 7530

KEYBOARD Christian Keyboardist wanted over 30 keyboardist B/Vs? asap for Christian originals band. God 1st d.t.e. Jazz rock to Ballads. Filmier in Hammond, Wurlitzer, Rodes, sympath etc, effects, improvise, instrumentals. Willing to play pay or no-pay venues. Gigs coming soon 0403752475. iFlogID: 7668 INDEPENDENT ROCK ARTIST seeks professional SESSION KEYBOARD PLAYER for album launch in October. MUST be dedicated , committed to 3 mid week rehearsals and playing launch. Experience essential- preferably 25+. Music at myspace.com/tiffanygow. Please CALL Tiffany 0433112429 Thank you iFlogID: 7767 Pianist/Keys/Synth wanted for Progressive/Alternative/Lyrical Rock Band. Full album completed. Melodic music with a touch of the sinister. Distinguished Guest add their own brand of unique music to create a sinners heaven. Contact Dave - (Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist) serendipity.25@live.com.au for more details/audition www.myspace.com/ distinguishedguest iFlogID: 7778 Singer/songwriter/guitarist creating a new original project hoping to find someone using GarageBand to exchange files and collaborate with. Must have great sound, ability to play with vibe - groove. BV’s a bonus. Check out: http://www. myspace.com/remmosk If interested, pls contact “remmosk@gmail.com” iFlogID: 7754

Female singer/acoustic guitarist between 25 and 35 years of age wanted to start an acoustic pop/alt/rock/hip-hop/RnB covers duo with a 31yo male singer/ guitarist. You must be dedicated, have eclectic musical tastes from 80s through to today, and ready for weekend jam sessions to perfect sets, looking towards gigs at inner city pubs/bars. My song strengths are many and varied, from RHCP and Radiohead through to Jason Mraz and even Eminem. For more information, phone Neil on 0449993290. iFlogID: 6133 Looking for beginner to intermediate singer who’s interested in learning/ improving and wanting to have some fun with a couple of laid back guys.. Alternate/Indie/Rock Genre. Contact Pete on (0421) 258 859. Hills/Western Sydney. iFlogID: 8070 Male vocalists wanted for Liverpool based dance music project. Please email your details to jnst17@tpg.com.au. (www.mymusicforums.com) iFlogID: 7517

SERVICES BEAUTY SERVICES BEAUTY FOR A CAUSE CAMPAIGN

ALEY GREENBLO, A CURRENT FINALIST FOR MISS EARTH AUSTRALIA HAS RECENTLY BEEN CHOSEN TO BE THE FACE OF THE “BEAUTY FOR A CAUSE CAMPAIGN”. ALEY HOPES TO CREATE AWARENESS ABOUT CURRENT ENVIRO PROBLEMS AND HAS SET OUT ON A MISSION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE! THIS “DOWN TO EARTH” COMMERCE LAW STUDENT IS EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT & IS DEDICATED TO ENSURING THAT OUR BEAUTIFUL PLANET REMAINS CLEAN & LITTER FREE! ALEY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY ACTIVE IN PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS & HAS TAKEN ON VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL INITATIVES. “IT IS SO EASY AND EVERYONE CAN HELP BY DOING THE SMALLEST THINGS!” iFlogID: 5082

GREEN, GLAM & GORGEOUS

NOT AVAILABLE FOR FREE ADS. CL HI we are a heavy rock band currently residing in sydney, looking for a 17-30 yr old frontman male or female.... melodic vocals some rougher styles as well... we have production and recording lined up...call aidan 0401625915 or email aidanmp@brayke.com iFlogID: 7406

PSYCH BAND NEEDS SINGER Singer need to form an original Psychedelic/shoegaze band. Ages 18-25. Influences: Velvet Underground, My Bloody Valentine, 60s psych, early stones, Jesus and Mary Chain, Deerhunter etc. Must be committed. iFlogID: 5957

SINGER NEEDED

OTHER

Aley Greenblo who was crowned as a finalist in January for the MISS EARTH AUSTRALIA PAGEANT TEACHES THE WORLD HOW TO ADOPT A GREENER WAY OF LIFE. Aley is studying COMMERCE LAW at UNSW and has been speaking out to encourage others to get active. In a speech Aley delivered to her fellow peers on Friday she mentioned that “MANY PEOPLE ARE INTIMIDATED BY THE IDEA OF ‘GOING GREEN’. IN REALITY HOWEVER, “GOING GREEN IS VERY SIMPLE AND MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW EASY IT IS TO FOLLOW AN ECO-FRIENDLY LIFESTYLE”. ALEY GREENBLO’S ACTS INSPIRE US TO INCULCATE GREEN LIVING IN OUR LIVES AND SPREAD ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN OUR OWN LITTLE WAY. TO FIND OUT MORE GO TO: http://aleygreenblo.blogspot.com/ or facebook: aley greenblo iFlogID: 5314

MUSICIANS WANTED

If you want to join a band, form a band, find a new band member, get exposure, or just jam, then www.ozjam.com.au is for you! Whatever instrument or genre of music you play, Ozjam can connect you with other talented, like minded musicians who are looking to jam, gig, and even tour the World! Ozjam is loaded with features, it’s free to join and with over 4000 members its fast becoming the largest online music community in Australia today! iFlogID: 6499

NOT AVAILABLE FOR FREE ADS. CL chilledout guy, great personality seeking someone with strong mixing/production skills for electronic act or licensing to compilations. using logic8.0 with bedroomstudio in innerwest. Mymusic is mainly house/minimal tech but love all dance. checkout www.soundcloud.com/ kidjuicy serious replies only contact me rifraf69@hotmail.com iFlogID: 8132

Singer needed for hard rock band. We’re looking for a singer, male or female, for our all original hard rock band. The guitarist and I (bass) have been playing together for over 8 years now and over 3 years with our drummer. We have been writing new songs the last 2 years and continue to work on fresh original material. We have also been playing gigs all over Melbourne for the last year getting some stage experience up but we are really dying to get a frontperson with a voice that works with our music. We’re willing to give anyone a listen, we’re all easy going and in it for the fun above all else, but also been keen to take the next step and make it a serious commitment. Have a listen at our myspace link upon application. http://www.myspace. com/psyecho Please note the myspace recordings are over 2 years old now and we have progressed in style and skill greatly since then. iFlogID: 5131 SINGER WANTED TO HELP SONGWRITER $40 PH RATE AND STYLE IS POP ,ROCK,BALLADS, PLEASE SUPPLY INFO WITH VOCAL SAMPLE TO KONEMANNMUSIC@HOTMAIL.COM iFlogID: 7954 Sydney Grunge/Rock band seeks singer to write melodies and music to gig originals. Influences include Silverchair, Nirvana, QOTSA, Foo Fighters etc Located in the Carlingford/Paramatta area. We are all around 20 so similar age please. Contact Daniel 0403 885 433. iFlogID: 8025

Sydney Mexican Mariachi band requires trumpeters who have experience in playing Jazz and/or Latin music. Call Marc on 0415 073 306. For more info see our website: mariachiaustralia.com.au and MySpace: myspace.com/marcsantillana. iFlogID: 7900

WORLD-CLASS GOSPEL SINGERS wanted for international CD project. Whitney Houston style sopranos particularly sought. See www.THE001Music. com for full details. God Bless You! iFlogID: 7590

Violinist/Cellist wanted for Progressive/Alternative/Lyrical Rock Band. Full album completed. Melodic music with a touch of the sinister. Distinguished Guest add their own brand of unique music to create a sinners heaven. Contact Dave - (Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist) serendipity.25@live.com.au for more details/audition www.myspace.com/ distinguishedguest iFlogID: 7780

SONG WRITER GET SIGNED TO A 360 DEAL! Male singer-songwriter wanted (experienced)! Drummer is forming a fast paced professional original industrial rock/metal band to get signed to a 360 deal. Must be ambitious, self-motivated, committed, reliable and have a lot of drive. Musical direction: Marilyn Manson,

GRAPHIC DESIGN Affordable graphic design! CD/DVD packaging, myspace layouts, web design, posters, bio/press kits, advertising, photography + more! EP’s from $190• Myspace layouts from $100* Check out our cool work online, www.creativeunited.com.au Call 0425 715 465 iFlogID: 7808 BLACK STAR DESIGN 100 Full Colour A4 Gloss Posters = only $40 100 Full Colour A3 Matt Posters = only $50 100 Full Colour A3 Gloss Posters = only $80 www.blackstar.com.au CALL 02-9264 4776 EMAIL bsd@zip.com.au iFlogID: 8096

FULL COLOUR POSTERS

Visit our website for an extensive price list and other services! iFlogID: 6348

MUSICIAN & BAND WEBSITES

Create your presence online and get noticed. Sydney based web designers are here to help you create and design your website with ease. We specialise in building websites that work. When you hire us to design your website we’ll give you a product that looks great and that actually works for your business or service. Packages start from $400 Call Richard or Kelly on 0424 125 169 iFlogID: 6665

For a limited time. Free online and print classifieds Book now, visit iflog.com.au 61

MYSPACE BAND PROFILE FROM 200$

OTHER

I’m starting a new business in CSS programming and I’m willing to charge very cheap to gather some folio with customized myspace profiles. This price will certanly increase after some productions, so be quick to not loose the oportunity. To know more about my work visit www.fugadalula.com.br/blog To quote: renato@fugadalula.com.br Thanks! iFlogID: 6481

FREE WEBSITE TRAFFIC

MULTIMEDIA FOR MUSICIANS Reapers Image Design.All your multimedia needs met-logos,cd art & layout design,posters,stickers,video editing & filming,DVD construction, Multimedia solutions. Cheapest rates in Melbourne, we’ll beat any other legitimate quote. reapersimagedesign.com.au <http:// reapersimagedesign.com.au>0417 393 706 iFlogID: 5849

SUPER CHEAP COLOUR PRINTING

With over 20 years experience, ACE Design & Print has gained an unequaled reputation as a reliable supplier of quality printing with exceptional service and competitive prices. Our print services are designed for fast production and fast delivery within your budget. Here are some prices for your consideration, let us know your specific requirements and we can quote & deliver! 100 A4 Posters printed in full colour onto 150gsm gloss = $40 250 A6 Leaflets printed in full colour onto 150gsm gloss = $50 250 Full Colour Digital Business cards onto 300gsm gloss = $50 100 A3 Posters printed in full colour onto 150gsm gloss = $80 1000 Business Cards in full colour 2 sides with plastic coating = $160 1000 A5 Flyers printed in full colour onto 150gsm gloss = $210 1000 A4 Letterheads printed in full colour onto 100gsm bond = $230 1000 A4 Flyers printed in full colour onto 150gsm gloss = $300 500 A2 Posters printed in full colour onto 150gsm gloss = $490 1000 A5 Booklets 8pp printed in full colour onto gloss = $735 500 Presentation Folders printed in full colour on white board = $795 iFlogID: 4914

- Posters - Editorial Artwork. Visit www. paulikin.com - T: 0403 996 129 iFlogID: 5133

Geographic Website Traffic we want to hook you up with FREE Website Traffic! We’re gonna send you 1,000 website visitors for FREE!Go to our website for more details... We are your source to buy website traffic. Without Traffic - You Get No Sales We offer guaranteed website visitors, targeted by Interest, U.S. State, or Countries,Australia,UK,Canada,the list goes on.We send more people to your website for less, and you benefit from increased website traffic. If you need more website traffic and more exposure for your business,then we can help you! for Free Website Traffic go to our website below www.geographicwebsitetraffic. com iFlogID: 5262 Getting your band cranking? Promote yourself with professional band photos. Servicing Gold Coast & Brisbane areas. Contact us at www.heidibellphotography.com or call - 0424 948 744 iFlogID: 7810

ILLUSTRATOR! BOOKS TO ALBUMS

ABLETON CERTIFIED TRAINING Audio Courses & Tuition by Australia’s Leading Producers - [Book Now & Save up to 40% OFF Ableton Live 8] - CONTACT: bookings@liveschool.net iFlogID: 5258

GUITAR LESSONS: PADDINGTON

MUSIC VIDEOS

GUITARS LOOKING FOR ESP Looking for an Esp Horizon black. New or used. Email For more info. wtf_juice@ hotmail.com iFlogID: 5875

OTHER ADVERTISE YOUR BAND/BUSINESS ON WWW.ROCKNPOPS.COM LINKS TO BAND SITES- FREE, ALL OTHER ADVERTS- $10 MONTH. 6 CATEGORIES TO CHOOSE FROM. WWW.ROCKNPOPS.COM iFlogID: 7945

MISS WORLD AUSTRALIA FINALIST

Bands who have recently made videos with us include El Duende, Line Drawings and Grace Before Meals. Get your band on Rage and Youtube, or make a video for your myspace page. Fantastic concepts and slick production that wont break your budget. See examples of our videos on facebook.com/ dynamic.screen.content Call Darrin on 0413555857 (we’re based in Sydney) iFlogID: 6683 Premier Posters is Sydney’s leading poster and flyer Distribution Company boasting the most sought after store space and the best locations. Exclusive stores inc : Glue store,Factorie, Globalize, Rush Surf, Zero + loads more. 0417255054 iFlogID: 7504 X Factor, Australian Idol, Australia’s Got Talent, forgot that! Want to know what people think of your music? Upload your sound to soundornot.com and find out now! All styles catered for! iFlogID: 7841

Do you need an affordable Illustrator? Freelance illustrator Paul Ikin can create a range of styles for your project. No hidden cost at an affordable price. Album Covers - Film Clips - Book Sleeves Children Books - Online Images - Fliers

TUITION

ZUMBA CLASSES @ Bondi Junction iFlogID: 7845

Experienced tutor/player. Beginners to advanced, youngsters to adults. Many different styles. Contact Brad Parker B.Mus 0402 821 896 or brad@bradparker.com.au iFlogID: 6333

MOBILE GUITAR TEACHER

ALEY GREENBLO has been selected to

represent SYDNEY and attend the NATIONAL FINAL OF MISS BIKINI WORLD AUSTRALIA IN DARWIN. Aley will be competing against 34 other girls and the winner will represent Australia at the international final. Aley is currently MISS GLOBAL AUSTRALIA, MISS SUPRANATIONAL AUSTRALIA and a MISS EARTH finalist and is in search for a sponsor. Diesel Promotions will be filming the 11 day Miss Bikini World competition for a reality TV show which will provide great exposure. Aley will also be photographed during the competition and these photo’s will be circulated through the press and gain major publicity. In return, Aley has allowed her pictures for advertisement purposes for your own business. Additionally your logo and website link will be put on the official MISS BIKINI WORLD AUSTRALIA website as well as on Aley’s blog and other social networking pages. Aley is currently also engaging in Social Media, utilising Facebook as a way to engage with the public, increase my fan base, and raise awareness for local charities to protect the environment. The page will be custom designed, and is offering a sponsor to completely brand her Facebook page. You will also have the opportunity to run competitions on my page, as well as offer discounts, and engage with my audience. Working with a top global marketing company

Lessons at your house, Sunshine Coast QLD all styles: Lead, Rhythm, Fingerpicking and Bass. Teacher with 16 years experience. Beginners welcome Phone Mick 0411-447-924 iFlogID: 6304

based in Australia, the Facebook fan page will have 10,000 fans by the end of August 2010. These fans are highly targeted towards your demographic, and will be a great way to engage with them. Please see Aley’s blog for more

info about her and we look so forward to hearing back from you http://aleygreenblo.blogspot.com/ Facbook: Aley Greenblo Email: aley_greenblo@hotmail.com iFlogID: 5560

WHY RECORD AT HOME?

345.

RECORD, MIX AND MASTER YOUR DEMO FOR SEPTEMBER ONLY!

ALSO AVAILABLE:

GRAPHIC DESIGN, WEBSITE DESIGN, CD DUPLICATION, BRAND MERCHANDISE

BOOK IN TODAY, CALL NATHAN ON 0431 016 445

www.tallpoppystudios.com ELEMENTS COLLECTIVE Hip-Hop Workshops & Performances Specialised classes inDJ’ING BEAT PRODUCTION EMCEEING / SONGWRITING DRUMMING BEAT BOXING RECORDING B-BOYING / B-GIRLING STREET DANCE STYLES

VIOLIN TEACHER conservatorium degree qualified in Italy, high quality. Prepare for AMEB exams, any style. 30$ half hour. Giuseppe 0415783160 or 1300 283 858 area West Ryde in Sydney iFlogID: 7513

WANTED

and much more!

BUSINESSES VENUE AVAILABLE SATURDAY NIGHTS. If you have the punters,we have the venue. Slick 130 capacity bar in Alexandria/Redfern, midnight license is looking for monthly/bi monthly or weekly events for Saturday. call Ryan Technology Park Hotel to discuss further 0405079678 iFlogID: 7548

Vintage and 2nd hand guitars, amps and effects pedals

Classes available for Kids through to adults, in Beginner to Advanced levels! Studio Location17 McLachlan Street, Fortitude Valley For more info visit www.elementscollective.com.au

For a limited time. Free online and print classifieds Book now, visit iflog.com.au 62

musiclab.com.au your home for music technology

FROM CUBASE ESSENTIAL 5 TO WAVELAB, STEINBERG IS ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE WORLD’S MOST ADVANCED CROSS-PLATFORM DAW SOFTWARE. A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE HAS NOW BEEN FORGED TO COMBINE THE STRENGTHS OF STEINBERG AND YAMAHA TO PRODUCE SEAMLESS INTEGRATION AND TOTAL RECALL BETWEEN HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. CHECK OUT THESE AMAZING PRODUCTS AT MUSICLAB - THERE’S REALLY NO OTHER CHOICE FOR EXPERT ADVICE, STUDIO TECHNOLOGY, SYNTHS & KEYBOARDS, LIVE SOLUTIONS… AND MASSIVE SAVINGS!

STEINBERG CI1 USB AUDIO INTERFACE (WITH SEQUEL LE & WAVELAB LE)

STEINBERG CI2+ USB AUDIO INTERFACE (WITH CUBASE ESSENTIAL 5)

STEINBERG CUBASE 5/MR816 CSX BUNDLE

STEINBERG CUBASE 5/MR816 X BUNDLE

- SALE PRICE $199 (RRP $249.99)

– SALE PRICE $1999 (RRP $3689.97) *WITH FREE CUBASE 5 ASK VIDEO TUTORIAL LEVEL 1 DVD VALUED AT $89.99

YAMAHA HS80M STUDIO MONITORS – SALE PRICE $799/PAIR (RRP $1199.98/PAIR)

YAMAHA CP1 ELITE STAGE PIANO

- SALE PRICE $5399 (RRP $7499)

– SALE PRICE $349 (RRP $449.99)

– SALE PRICE $1599 (RRP $2889.97) *WITH FREE CUBASE 5 ASK VIDEO TUTORIAL LEVEL 1 DVD VALUED AT $89.99

YAMAHA TENORI-ON ORANGE VISIBLE MUSIC INTERFACE – SALE PRICE $895 (RRP $1199.99)

YAMAHA HS50M STUDIO MONITORS – SALE PRICE $499/PAIR (RRP $799.98/PAIR)

YAMAHA STAGEPAS PORTABLE PA/MIXER SYSTEM – STAGEPAS 300 SALE PRICE $799 (RRP $1199.99) STAGEPAS 500 SALE PRICE $1399 (RRP $2199.99)

(07) 3332 8188 - 34 CAMPBELL STREET, BOWEN HILLS - OPEN FROM 10AM-6PM MON TO FRIDAY AND 10AM-4PM SATURDAY

SEEN IT CHEAPER? WE’LL MATCH ANY STORE-ADVERTISED PRICE! DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIONS • MONITOR SPEAKERS • APPLE COMPUTERS • STUDIO FURNITURE & TREATMENT • MICROPHONES SYNTHESIZERS • SAMPLERS • CONTROLLERS • KEYBOARDS • SOFTWARE • PA • MIXERS • CABLES AND AUDIO TECHNOLOGY. RRP is a Recommended Retail Price set by the distributor and not necessarily the everyday sale price.

no room for boring. Ditch what you know about small car space. Introducing Rukus by Toyota. Uncompromising looks, cavernous storage, and head and legroom that flies in the face of small car norms. With all this space you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to leave anything behind, except boring. Create a Rukus, inside and out. Visit

Valid: 7804 RU08169/SP/V