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ISSUE 0011 / December 11th - December 17th 2014

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AROUND THE TRAPS These Wild Animals, fresh from a quick trip over to sunny Melbourne, have just recorded their second EP, Enstasy, and are set to launch the wild beast at Jive, 181 Hindley St, on Saturday 13 December with special guests Cicada from Sydney and Walking With Thieves. Get your tickets at Moshtix.

Ash Gale, formerly of Sundance Kids, will be launching his Brave The Sea EP on Friday 12 December at The Promethean, 116 Grote St, with tickets from OzTix or at the door if not already sold out.

Singer songwriter Steve Gower, who sings, plays guitar, harp and foot percussion, will be hittin’ the beer garden of the Franklin Hotel, 92 Franklin St, from 3-7pm on Sunday 13 December, while Craig Atkins will be bringin’ his stompin’ rootsy tunes to the boutique pub venue on Sunday 20 December.

Check out the yummy food offerings and great drink specials.

Ride Into The Sun will undertake their final show for the year when they play Worldsend Hotel, 208 Hindley St, on Friday 12 December. Also along for the ride will be Melbourne’s Contrast as well as Kitten Kong and new band Blush Response for their debut outing.

Sydney’s Ken Stewart (of Urban Guerillas) and award winning Adelaidebased singer songwriter David Robinson make up the duo Yours Truly and Friday 19 December they will be playing a free entry show at Port Elliot’s Hotel Elliot. On Saturday 20 December they will head to the city and play a free entry affair at The Whitmore Hotel, 317 Morphett St, from 8.30pm.

Funhouse, which features a number of seasoned, locally-based blues and R&B players, will turn the Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George St, Thebarton, into a fun house of blues from 9pm on Saturday 13 December with special guest voice Gail Page. Tickets will be $10 at the door.

What a fine local line-up! Tara Carragher and Richard Coates are playing the Grace Emily Hotel, 232 Waymouth St, on Wednesday 17 December and have also invited Frets Patrick and AP D’Antionio along for the musical ride. Free entry and it will also mark Tara’s last show for the year.

Poolside is a family-friendly event providing young musicians the chance to showcase their talents to the community and run annually by the City Of Norwood Payneham & St Peters on Australia Day at Payneham Swimming Centre.

Poolside 2015 will be held on Monday 26 January from 2pm until 6pm. Youth bands, solo artists, DJs and other musicians of all genres will be performing after being curated by council’s Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) via Music SA. Expressions of interest in performing are required by Monday 15 December. To apply, visit Music SA’s website as it has all the details.

The Adelaide West End Association will be presenting what will mark their fourth annual West End Xmas Art Market & Carnival on Leigh and Peel Sts from high noon until 10pm on Sunday 14 December as a free entry event.

Expect market stalls, roving performers, much live music and DJs throughout the day and evening as well as many free activities for children.

There’s only one cricket match that really matters on Boxing Day. The cream of South Australia’s bartenders and musicians will go head to head in a battle of skill, flair and never-too-far sledging in Bonython Park. This year, the event has partnered with Radio Adelaide and Splash for a free community shindig which will also feature music from Kaurna Cronin and Hurricanes along with a swathe of other local talent. You will also be able hear all the thrills, spills, passion and most of the glory on Radio

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Adelaide via digital radio, online or 101.5FM. Boutique bar Nook Nosh, 111 Unley Rd, Unley, which is open from 3pm on Wednesdays through to Sundays, have announced their Sunday afternoon music line-up for the remainder of the year. Catch Red Willow on Sunday 14 December, AP D’Antonio on Sunday 21 December and Andrew ‘Wash’ Washington on Sunday 28 December from 5pm. Pop in for sips ‘n’ nibbles.

Draw Your (S)words, a regular open mic poetry night, will take place from 6.30pm on Thursday 11 December at Hello, Yes, 12 Eliza St, Adelaide, and will kick off with Meg Bells doing her musical thing as well as local poet Kami McInnes and it’s only $5 entry at the door.

Adelaide rock legends Lazaro’s Dog will soon be presenting Christmas-Palooza to raise money for Hutt Street Centre.

It will take place from 1-6pm at The Jade Monkey, 160 Flinders St, on Sunday 21 December and will be a family-friendly event featuring Lazaro’s Dog, The Packets and Fishing With Henry as well as magician Hans Zimmermann, face painters and a balloon artist. Tickets will be $10 per person or $15 per family.

Wheatsheaf Ukulele Collective will be holding a fundraiser to record a new album at The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George St, Thebarton from 7.30pm on Thursday 11 December at which Adam Page will serve as special loopy guest opening act. Tickets at the door for $15.

Adelaide singer Kevan Keeler (of Hollywood Gun Club fame) recently issued the album Five O’ One Nine for which he enlisted the services of famed US drummer Gregg Bissonete and his brother Matt Bissonete (currently playing in Elton John’s band). Following a sold out launch at Semaphore recently, Kevan Keelor & The Five O’ One Nine Band, a group made up of talented local players, will hit the Governor Hindmarsh, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Sunday 25 January with special guests Cherry Grind. Book at OzTix or via the venue and don’t forget that the following day is a public holiday for most.

Local combo Rhumboogie, featuring Paul ‘Pumpin’ Piano’ Hay on piano and vocals, Chris Finnen on guitar, John Carlini on bass and John Freeman on drums, are all set to launch a new CD, Fandabidozi, and will do so from 2-6pm on Sunday 21 December at a free entry shindig at The Hampshire Hotel, 110 Grote St. The launch will also serve as a Christmas blues party and the completely refurbished venue, which offers live music from 2pm every Sunday (catch Evan and Erika from Lazy Eye on Sunday 14 December), is open for coffee from 8.30am with all-day dining from high noon. Pop in and try their Hampster Burger although they also offer yummy vegetarian dishes too.

Sam Brittain, whose latest album, Live Simply, recently garnered a five-star review, has invited Melbourne’s Amistat and Bernie Carson to take part in an upcoming gig at The Jade Monkey, 160 Flinders St, on Thursday 11 December.

Tickets will be $10 at the door.

Raw Fest 2014 will be taking place at Port Noarlunga Football Club, 1 Britain Rd, Pt Noarlunga, from 11am until late on Saturday 13 December. It will feature BurnCollect, Trench Effect, A Black Picture, Thursdays Friend, Thalassa, Inwoods, Differential, Molloy, Crane, House Of Karma, Fyoogs and Raging Monkeys. It will be $15 entry.

Young local rock band Beyond The Picture will launch their Wake Up Call CD at Prospect Town Hall, 126 Prospect Rd, on Friday 12 December as part of Club 5082. Also on the bill will be a number of other young bands including Plan B, Line 39 and Brat 86. Doors open at 6.30pm, it’s free entry and all-ages.

Soursob Bob and Emma Woolcock will be launching a new offering, March Of The Mincing Poodle, at The Wheatsheaf

Hotel, 39 George St, Thebarton, from 9pm on Saturday 13 December with a free entry show.

Musicians who suggest that there are now fewer and fewer venues at which to play should note that several around town and beyond are looking for acts to perform.

Semaphore RSL, Adelaide Festival Centre, The Franklin, The Southwark Hotel and Goodwood Institute are five of them and all are contactable via their website or Facebook page.

Thom Lion & The Tamers, The Timbers, DJ Ryley, Echo & The Empress, Alphabete, Corey Theatre and Prime are all set to play a free entry gig from in Elder Pk on New Year’s Eve. Adults will also be able to enjoy a range of local alcoholic beverages available for sale in the licensed beer gardens. The rest of Elder Pk will be a dry area and no BYO will be permitted. The event will conclude with a fireworks display at midnight.

Speaking of New Year’s Eve, The Franklin Hotel, 92 Franklin St, will be hosting a Mad Hatters New Year’s Eve Party with prizes for best dressed and best hat. There will be DJs throughout the evening and you can make a booking on 8410 0036.

Timberwolf, who recently participated in Tram Sessions while in Melbourne and who is set to perform at WOMADelaide in 2015, has set a date of Friday 19 December at which to launch his It Burns single from a forthcoming EP, Flux, set to be released early next year. The single launch will take place at Jive, 181 Hindley St, with special Melbourne guests The Pierce Brothers and with tickets available via Moshtix.

Hotel Royal, 126 Henley Beach Rd, Torrensville, has live acoustic duos in The Front Bar on Fridays from 7.20pm so catch Happy Ending on Friday 12 December and JB Acoustic on Friday 19 December with drinks specials such as $5 Coronas and Crown lagers. The pub, whose kitchen remains open until 9pm every day, also has Jazzcab on Saturday 13 December and Wire & Wood on Saturday 20 December.

Local rock band Stray Dog Strut will be strutting their stuff at their much-awaited Dance For Science EP launch on the main stage at Enigma Bar, 173 Hindley St, on Saturday 13 December. Special guests include the brilliant Sedulous Rouse, the distinguished Priority Orange and the thunderous Stoved as well as Devonera and all those attending Stray Dog Strut’s launch will be handed a complimentary copy of the EP. Crown & Sceptre, 308 King William St, have announced a free entry line-up of music on Thursday evenings with lots of drinks specials, including $4 pints, throughout the night. Get set for Letters To Amy, Figure Of Speech and Aroza on Thursday 11 December. The newly re-opened pub also has regular live music on Saturday evenings and you can see The Tangled Bank, Anya Anastasia and Funk Latin Union on Saturday 13 December and Tork and Igor on Saturday 20 December with drink specials from 8pm.

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ISSUE #0011 December 11th December 17th, 2014

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HEADING TO TOWN Fresh from playing Gorgeous Festival late last month, Bondi’s The Beautiful Girls have quickly announced a headline show at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh. It will take place on Thursday 15 January with tickets now on sale via OzTix or at the venue.

Sweden’s Truckfighters, who play classic desert rock and can count Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age as a fan, have announced a tour that will bring them to The Ramsgate Hotel, 328 Seaview Rd, Henley Beach, on Wednesday 21 January with special local guests Inwoods and Filthy Lucre.

After recently taking home their second ARIA for Best Heavy/Hard Rock Release, Brisbane thrashers DZ Deathrays will hit the road again next year. In Adelaide, see ’em at Fowler’s Live, 68-70 North Tce, on Thursday 5 March with US band Bass Drum Of Death as well as Hockey Dad. Canada’s Adam Cohen, son of Laughing Lenny, has announced a tour that will bring him to the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, SA, on Wednesday 11 March. Book at Oztix or via the venue.

Rockin’ Perth trio The Love Junkies are currently on tour with Gyroscope and they will both play Adelaide Uni Bar on Friday 19 December. The Love Junkies will also be hittin’ The Ramsgate Hotel, 328 Seaview Rd, Henley Beach, for a special show on Thursday 18 December.

No Patience Records, a Melbournebased label, has organised two big shows in the city of churches. The first will feature Melbourne bands Soma Coma, Power and Leather Lickers alongside local acts Simfuckers, Cum and Grimalkin and will take place from 9pm on Friday 12 December at Hotel Metro, 46 Grote St. The second will hit Mad Mouse Alley on Saturday 13 December and will showcase Melbourne’s Dribble and Tommy T alongside Rule Of Thirds, Meat Market, Botox and The Classical Mishaps. Entry to both events will be $10.

American soul singer and Daptone Records recording artist Charles Bradley, who wowed people at Adelaide Festival earlier in the year, has announced that he will be performing at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Monday 30 March.

Tickets via OzTix or at the venue.

Sydney’s Pugsley Buzzard and his piano are returning to town to play Lobethal Bierhaus on Friday 12 December, Banrock Station (Kingston On Murray) on Saturday 13 December and then Semaphore Workers Club, 93 The Esplanade, Semaphore, from 4pm on Sunday 14 December. He’ll be promoting latest album, Chasin’ Aces, which he recorded in New Orleans last year.

Legendary UK progressive rock band Uriah Heep will play the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Wednesday 25 March with tickets now on sale via OzTix or at the venue.

Urban folk hero Darren Hanlon will be bringing his Christmas show to The Trinity Sessions, Church Of The Trinity, 317 Goodwood Rd, Clarence Pk, on Sunday 14 December with special guest being New Zealand’s Anthonie Tonnon.

Doors open at 5.30pm and show at 6pm and yummy food by Little Seeds Catering. Tickets are now available via dramatix.com.au.

Megadeth’s bass player and founding member, David Ellefson, will amuse fans with tales from the road and studio as part of a spoken word tour that will bring him to the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Sunday 22 March. Tickets via OzTix or at the venue.

Rhino Room, 13 Frome St, have an exciting comedy line-up locked in with

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Merrick Watts on Friday 12 November and Saturday 13 December as well as the 2014 Adelaide Comedy Award Winners Showcase on Friday 9 January.

Book quickly at <adelaidecomedy.com> as these shows are selling fast.

Fresh from a completely sold out caper at the Governor Hindmarsh recently, Melbourne punks The Smith Street Band will make a quick return to play the Port Rd venue on Saturday 28 February and also Sunday 1 March. Not only that, they will also have Canada’s Pup, the UK’s Great Cynics and Melbourne band Apart From This helping make it a great rock gig. Tickets via OzTix or the venue.

Sarah McLeod of The Superjesus is coming home for Christmas. So she’s arranged to do a show from 8.30pm on Thursday 18 December at The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George St, Thebarton. Tickets to the gig, called 98% Love Song: Part One, and which deals with the singer’s love of vinyl recordings, are now on sale via OzTix for $20.

on Saturday 31 January at The Jade Monkey, 160 Flinders St, with another band to be announced very soon. Stay tuned.

Fronted by the legendary Juan de Marcos, Afro Cuban Allstars will be playing the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Thursday 30 April. Acknowledged for their cultural significance during the Buena Vista Social Club documentary, they are musicians of the highest calibre and tickets are on sale now via OzTix or at the venue.

Oregon’s The Underscore Orkestra play fun, old-timey music and will be doing so when they play the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Sunday 18 January. Tickets on sale now via OzTix or at the venue.

Atomic Stagecoach are a new project from Johnny Law of WA’s The Pistol Packin’ Daddies and the rockin’ combo are heading our way to play The Gaslight Tavern, 36 Chief St, Brompton, alongside local acts Green Circles and The Saucermen on Saturday 13 December.

WOMADelaide, which will take place in Botanic Pk from Friday 6 March until Monday 9 March, have just added acclaimed reggae, hip hop and dancehall producer Mista Savona, Sydney-based nine-piece brass ensemble Hi Tops Brass Band (featuring Shazza T) and CW Stoneking to its already extensive bill that includes Balkan Beat Box, Youssou N’Dour, The Gloaming, Che Sudaka, Neneh Cherry, Lake Street Dive, Rufus Wainwright, Sinead O’Connor, Toumani Diabate & Sidiki Diabate, The Painted Ladies, Astronomy Class, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Emma Donovan, Robyn Hitchcock, Orquestra Buena Vista Social Club, Emma Swift, First Aid Kit, FourPlay String Quartet, Max Savage & The False Idols and Robert Forster.

The Dirty Devil Rockabilly Bar, at Whiteline Transport, Greenfields (near Mawson Lakes), will play host to a pumpin’ rockabilly shindig with WA’s Johnny Law & The Pistol Packin’ Daddies, The Satellites and The Pumpin’ Piano Cats from 8pm on Friday 12 December. There will be tunes, brews and a BBQ with $15 tickets available by calling 8281 2444.

Following the release of their muchawaited new album, Melbourne’s Augie March are hitting the road on a huge national tour that will bring them to Grote St’s Her Majesty’s Theatre on Friday 27 March. Book quickly at BASS. Jack Carty will launch his new album, esk, at the Grace Emily Hotel, 232 Waymouth St, on Thursday 11 December at which he’ll have Melbourne-based five-piece Playwrite and Adelaide’s Tom West as special guests.

Brisbane metal band Dead Letter Circus will kick of a huge national tour in SA at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Thursday 11 December at which they will have sleepmakeswaves and Voyager as special guests. Book at OzTix or via the venue.

Much-loved Tasmanian punk ruffians Luca Brasi have announced a national tour and will play Rocket Bar, 142 Hindley St, on Friday 20 March with special guests being the UK’s Gnarwolves as well as Perth’s Tired Lion.

Here’s an odd one. Melbourne band Chocolate Starfish, who were huge in the ’90s, will be playing the Governor Hindmarsh, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Saturday 14 February. Not only that, the band will be presenting Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell album in its entirety. Book at OzTix or via the venue.

Melbourne gals The Reprobettes are heading to town to take part in The Villenettes’ CD launch which will happen

Soursob Bob and Emma Woolcock

march of the mincing poodle

launching Saturday 13th December The Wheatsheaf Hotel 9pm look for “March of the Mincing Poodle” on facebook.

FRIDAY 23 JANUARY Lizzard Wizzard (Brisbane), Hydromedusa, Watchtower (Melbourne) and Tombsealer at Crown & Anchor SUNDAY 25 JANUARY The Wanderer’s Australia Day Party: Linda Gail Lewis (US), Anne Marie Lewis (US), Hank’s Jalopy Demons (Melbourne), Rusty Pinto (Perth), Lucky Seven, The Lincolns, Lady Voodoo, Memphis Suns and Shades Of Blue at Published Arthouse

THURSDAY 11 DECEMBER Jack Carty (Sydney), Playwrite (Melbourne) and Tom West at Grace Emily Dead Letter Circus (Brisbane), sleepmakeswaves and Voyager at Governor Hindmarsh Peking Duk (Canberra), Allday, Safia, Flamingo, Skies and Cats DJs at Maths Lawns (University Of Adelaide) Amistat (Melbourne), Sam Brittain and Bernie Carson at The Jade Monkey FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER Johnny Law & The Pistol Packin’ Daddies (WA), The Satellites and The Pumpin’ Piano Cats at Whiteline Transport (Greenfields) Illy (Melbourne) and Tkay Maidza at HQ Complex Thy Art Is Murder (Sydney) at Fowler’s Live Luluc (Melbourne) and Naomi Keyte at Jive Pugsley Buzzard (Sydney) at Lobethal Bierhaus Willow Beats (Melbourne) and Oisima at Rocket Bar Contrast (Melbourne), Ride Into The Sun, Kitten Kong and Blush Response at Worldsend Soma Coma (Melbourne), Power (Melbourne), Simfuckers, Leather Lickers (Melbourne), Cum and Grimalkin at Hotel Metro SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER Atomic Stagecoach (Perth), The Saucermen and Green Circles at The Gaslight Tavern Dribble (Melbourne), Rule Of Thirds, Meat Market, Botox, Tommy T (Melbourne) and The Classical Mishaps at Mad Mouse Pugsley Buzzard (Sydney) at Banrock Station SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER John Legend (US), Dami Im and Megan Washington at Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre The Gin Club (Brisbane) and Doctor Desoto at Wheatsheaf Hotel Darren Hanlon (Sydney) and Anthonie Tonnon (New Zealand) at The Trinity Sessions Pugsley Buzzard (Sydney) at Semapahore Workers Club WEDNESDAY 17 DECEMBER Scott Russo (US) and Phil Jamieson (Sydney) at Governor Hindmarsh Watsky (US) at Fowler’s Live THURSDAY 18 DECEMBER The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (US) and Hawthorn Heights (US) at Adelaide Uni Bar The Love Junkies (Perth) at Ramsgate Hotel FRIDAY DECEMBER 19 Gyroscope (Perth) and Love Junkies at Adelaide Uni Bar Jimmy Barnes at Adelaide Entertainment Centre SATURDAY 20 DECEMBER AlithiA (Melbourne), The Overview Effect and Molloy at Worldsend Agents Of Rock (Melbourne), Trench Effect and sTool at The Land Of Promise Punx Picnic: Wilderness Years Hillbilly Witchdoctor, Crow Eater Roofcat (Melbourne) Yoko Polo, Apteria, Grimalkin, Terania, Smack Baby (Melbourne), The Pro-Tools and Iron Worzel at Bonython Park Xmas Mod Rave-Up: The Sons Of Mod,

The Pollydevlins (Melbourne), The Mod Cons, Grandma’s Favourite and assorted DJs at Producers Hotel (from 1pm) SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER Orianthi at Governor Hindmarsh FRIDAY 26 DECEMBER Outlet Music Festival: Allday, Mashd N Kutcher, LeBelle, Ezekiel Ox, Admella, Secret Tsunami, Tequila Mockingbyrd and Shuv N’ Stuff at Beachport Lorikeet (Melbourne) at Grace Emily Derrick Carter (US) at Mr Kim’s WEDNESDAY 31 DECEMBER Closure In Moscow (Melbourne) at Enigma Bar FRIDAY 2 JANUARY Shooglenifty (Scotland) at Governor Hindmarsh SATURDAY 3 JANUARY Here’s To Now: Nai Palm (Melbourne), Marlon Williams (New Zealand), The Shaolin Afronauts, Oisima, Toot Whistle Crew DJs, Max Savage & The False Idols, Hurricanes and Naomi Keyte at Coriole Vineyard THURSDAY 8 JANUARY Triumph Over Logic (Melbourne), Emergence, Izera and Deadview at Bridgeway Hotel

MONDAY 26 JANUARY Sounds @ Serafino: Icehouse (Sydney), James Reyne, Diesel (Sydney), Wendy Matthews, 1927 at Serafino Winery (McLaren Vale) The Amity Affliction (Melbourne), In Hearts Wake, Confession and Antagonist AD at Bridgeway Hotel Adam Brand (Melbourne), The Wolfe Brothers, Jasmine Rae and Matt Cornell at Hahndorf Old Mill Carpark THURSDAY 29 JANUARY Nas (US) at HQ Complex SATURDAY 31 JANUARY The Reprobettes (Melbourne) and The Villenettes at The Jade Monkey Red Emmett & The Katz (Sydney) at Governor Hindmarsh MONDAY 2 FEBRUARY Johnny Marr (UK) at Governor Hindmarsh TUESDAY 3 FEBRUARY Suzi Quatro (US) at Thebarton Theatre THURSDAY 5 FEBRUARY Kim Churchill (Merimbula) at Jive FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY Laneway Festival at Harts Mill (Port Adelaide) The Searchers (UK) at Her Majesty’s Theatre

FRIDAY 9 JANUARY Triumph Over Logic (Melbourne), Beyond The Picture, The Profiteers and Hekyl at Cavern Club SATURDAY 10 JANUARY Sounds By The River: Hoodoo Gurus, Mondo Rock, James Reyne and Daryl Braithwaite at Mary Ann Reserve (Mannum) The 1975 (UK) at Thebarton Theatre The Matches (US) at Fowler’s Live Riff First (Melbourne) at Worldsend Triumph Over Logic (Melbourne), Trench Effect and Differential at Rhino Room TUESDAY 13 JANUARY Marduck (Sweden) and Inquisition (US) at Enigma Bar THURSDAY 15 JANUARY Mark Steiner (US) at Hotel Metro Every Time I Die (US), Touche Amore and A Ghost Orchestra at Enigma Bar The Beautiful Girls (Sydney) at Governor Hindmarsh FRIDAY 16 JANUARY Lyall Moloney (Sydney) at Governor Hindmarsh) SATURDAY 17 JANUARY Blue King Brown (Melbourne/Jamaica) at Governor Hindmarsh SUNDAY 18 JANUARY The Underscore Orkestra (US) at Governor Hindmarsh TUESDAY 20 JANUARY Passenger (Melbourne) and The Once (Canada) at Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre WEDNESDAY 21 JANUARY Truckfighters (Sweden), Inwoods and Filthy Lucre at Ramasgate Hotel THURSDAY 22 JANUARY Shonen Knife (Japan) at Jive

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FEATURED INTERVIEW: ORIANTHI

ORIANTHI

By Robert Dunstan Adelaide-born Orianthi has found much fame around the word for her guitar-playing skills but is now heading home for Christmas and to also play a gig.

Thus we spoke to the musician while she was taking a break from recording in Los Angeles and chatted about her return home and upcoming Governor Hindmarsh performance.

“Yeah, I’m in the studio at the moment,” Orianthi announces. “Richie Sambora and I are working on something with Michael Bearden, who used to be Michael Jackson’s musical director, and it’s coming up really, really well. It’s a new direction for me but it’s working out really well.

“Michael has also worked with Madonna and Lady Gaga and just has so much energy,” she adds. “So this whole process of Richie and I working with him has been a lot of fun.”

Orianthi is also stepping out with Richie, the former long-time Bon Jovi guitarist, “Yeah, I’d met Richie in Maui over in Hawaii when I was on tour with Alice Cooper,” she says. “And we just started writing together and then Richie invited me to Australia to play Soundwave with him earlier this year.

“And since then we’ve done Japan and much of the rest of the world,” Orianthi adds.

This writer first heard the name Orianthi in 1999 when a long-time friend, bass player John Carlini, had told me he’d just recorded a demo, Under The Influence, with an amazingly young female Adelaide guitar player and that I simply must hear it.

“I’d said to my mum that we were going to clear the lounge and kitchen and turn it into a recording studio,” Orianthi reveals.

“I said I was going to get together with some of Adelaide’s best musicians and do a demo. So my dad produced it on a Tascam recorder.”

Under The Influence, which featured a 14-year-old Orianthi playing her renditions of songs by her musical idols, including Carlos Santana, was what really began her career.

“Pretty much so, yeah,” she agrees, “because I sent it off to heaps of people including Santana’s management. And then I got an email from Carlos’ brother to say they’d been listening to it “So that little, five-song demo was pretty much where it all started for me,” Orianthi adds.

The first time I saw Orianthi in action was when she was asked by Carlos Santana to join him for six songs at his Memorial Drive concert in Adelaide in 2003.

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“I was just 18 at the time,” she readily recalls, “so it was a real trip for me.

Originally Carlos had just asked to meet me while he was in Adelaide but then he asked if I would play with him on stage later that night.

“So I was up there for like an hour playing all these songs I’d grown up listening to,” Orianthi says. “And when I looked around it was the same band that plays on the Santana DVD that I used to put on and play along to.

“And, through that and with Carlos’ help, I got my first record deal,” she adds. “And that’s when I decided to leave Adelaide and move over to America.”

Back in 2007, Orianthi performed at Eric Clapton’s famous Crossroads Festival and is featured on the bonus section of that year’s live DVD. Also playing at that festival in 2007 was another South Australian guitar player, Jed Hughes, who now plays in the touring band of Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris.

“I knew Jed because we’d written a couple of songs together in Nashville and then we jammed out at Crossroads,” Orianthi enthuses. “And I knew Jed was from Quorn in South Australia but had never met him until I was in the US. But I was a big fan because I love country music and used to see his videos all the time on CMC, the county music channel.

“And while I love the way Jed plays guitar, he’s such a great singer too,” she says “So I had a blast doing that festival,” Orainthi decides. “You play on stage and then get off and then BB King is up next.

“And Tal Wilkenfeld played that same festival as well,” she then says of the Australian-born bass player who currently plays with Jeff Beck. “And Tal just played her butt off. She was fantastic.”

Orianthi was also set to work alongside the late Michael Jackson for his rather illfated This Is It world tour.

“It was a very surreal experience and was like some kind of dream just to be in Michael’s presence,” the guitarist says. “It was full-on doing all those rehearsals with him. And I’ve been talking about it with Michael Bearden who I am working with now but who worked with Michael for a long, long time. So all I can say was that it was an incredible experience just to get to rehearse with Michael.

“I was very grateful that I even got close to someone like that,” she decides.

Orianthi has chosen the Governor Hindmarsh at which to undertake her Christmas gig.

“I’ve never played the Gov,” she says “but I’ve seen a lot of shows there. My dad used to take me to see stuff at the Gov all the time and I remember seeing Tommy Emmanuel play there and heaps and heaps of others.

“And I always liked the Gov because it has such a cool, laid-back vibe,” she adds.

Via Music SA, Orianthi did a call out asking for local musicians to submit a video for her to select an opening act for her show at the Gov. The Stefan Hauk Band have since scored the opening spot, but at the time of the interview the choice was yet to be decided.

“I just thought it would be such a cool thing to do,” she says. “And we’ve had a lot of response already so I can’t wait to sit down and go through all the videos.”

Orianthi, who had originally begun learning piano and who now writes mostly at the piano, says it was her father’s guitar collection that turned her towards that instrument.

“There were always guitars lying around the house and I was always picking them up and having a go,” she laughs. “If there was a guitar lying around the house, especially a new one, I’d naturally pick it up.

“But, yeah, I write while sitting at the piano because I think you can come up with a lot of different things that way,” Orianthi suggests. “And it’s nice to break away from playing guitar by doing that.”

The guitarist toured with Alice Cooper for a number of years.

“What can I say?” Orianthi laughs. “It was such good fun and I love Alice and it’s like going out on the road with family because his wife, Sheryl, and their daughter always came too. So it was always a great time and I learnt a lot as well. And I had the best seat in the house every night.

“And Alice is always in the same lovely mood every day,” she adds. “He’s just incredible in that way.”

Does Alice still enjoy a game of golf?

“Oh yeah,” Orianthi quickly responds.

“No matter where we were, he’d be up at 6am to play golf, then he’d do any radio interviews and then he’d go shopping for four hours or so. And then there would be soundcheck and dinner and then a meet and greet and then the show. And then Alice would fall asleep in front on the TV watching old horror movies and then get up at 6am the next day and do it all over again.”

What kind of shopping does Alice do?

“It’s mostly clothes, but he also just buys random things that take his fancy,” Orianthi laughs. “And I went shopping with Alice and Sheryl once in Singapore with the rest of the band and just got totally exhausted. We all ended up coming home with about four extra suitcases full of stuff on that tour.

“I felt like I’d shopped my butt off,” she laughs.

Over the last dozen or so years, Orianthi has also worked with ZZ Top, Steve Vai, Jo Satriani, Buddy Guy, Steve Tyler, Marilyn Manson, Joe Bonamassa, Dave Stewart and Adam Lambert. Is there anyone left to work with?

“Oh, I dunno,” she laughs. “I’m a bit of a fan of all music genres so I’d never rule anything out. At the moment I’m really diggin’ Ryan Adams’ new [self-titled] record, so maybe one day it would be cool to jam out with him.

“And I’d love to play with BB King one day,” Orianthi laughs. “But I just feel blessed that I’ve worked with everyone I have so far.”

Orianthi is looking forward to a much more relaxing homecoming than the last time she was here.

“Yeah, the last time I was in Adelaide was with Richie for Soundwave,” she recalls, “but it was for something like four hours.

We got off then plane, did Soundwave and then got straight on a plane for Soundwave in Perth the next day. So I hardly caught up with anyone.

“So I now can’t wait to come home, see family and friends, play the 70th Carols

By Candlelight in Elder Park, do my own show at the Gov and just chill,” Orianthi concludes with a laugh.

Orianthi plays the gold coin donation 70th Carols By Candlelight alongside Kate Ceberano, James Morrison and Rachael Leahcar in Elder Park on Sunday 14 December.

Orianthi also performs at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Sunday 21 December with The Stefan Hauk Band as special guests.

Book at OzTix or via the venue.

LULUC

LITTLE MISS

LULUC

By Robert Dunstan

quite particular in the way we work, but our first connection with him was very immediate.

LITTLE MISS

By Robert Dunstan

Formerly from Melbourne, Luluc, a duo comprising of guitarist and singer Zoe Randall and Steve Hassett, now reside in Brooklyn where they have just recorded their latest album, Passerby.

“And then we listened to some of the albums he’s produced such as The Local Natives and Sharon Van Etten’s album,” she continues.

Adelaide trio Little Miss are all set to launch Last Goodbye, so BSide Magazine arranged to have a chat about it to band member Tash Neame.

“So, when we got back to New York, we got in touch again and went from there,” Zoe adds. “And we got along really well.

All of his ideas in terms of production were in line with ours.

Guitar player Tash (pictured left), who performs in the trio alongside vocalist Miranda Maz (centre) and bass player Mat Youels, says Little Miss can’t wait to launch their new album at their upcoming gig.

“And I guess, for us, it was also how well we got along with him,” she says. “For example, Aaron was going off to Denmark with his wife so he just gave us the keys to the studio so we could get on with it while he was away.

“Yeah, because it’s been a lot of hard work,” she says with a sigh. “So it’ll be great to finally have the album out and do a big gig to launch it.”

They are now excited by the prospect of touring it around the country.

“We can’t wait to come home again because we haven’t really toured Australia for a couple of years now,” Zoe says when we speak to her over the telephone ahead of Luluc’s return home.

“We were down there with The National earlier this year but didn’t get chance to do our own tour. So it’s all quite exciting and to be playing Queenscliff Music Festival as well is going to be a lot of fun.”

Zoe and Steve had met many years ago.

“It was actually in Scotland when we were both involved in doing music at Edinburgh Fringe Festival,” she recalls with a laugh. “And we then kept in contact because we quickly realised we had very similar musical tastes.

“So we’d both spend hours talking about particular records we loved and why we loved them,” Zoe continues. “We also had a very similar attitude towards music but when we came back to Australia, we both got involved in other things including studying.

“And then Steve was working with Henry Wagons and I was doing harmonies for Grand Salvo and we sorta hooked up again via all that,” she says.

Passerby is an album of delicate folk songs with a certain Nick Drake quality about it.

The new offering, which follows the wellreceived Dear Hamblyn of 2008, has also had a long genesis period.

“We’d actually started recording it in Melbourne back in 2011 but by 2012 we’d decided to head back to America,” Zoe reveals. “And because we weren’t all that happy with what we’d come up with back home, we started re-recording it all over again. It was like we needed to go somewhere where we could think a little broader about things.

“I don’t know how many other people he’s done that for, but it gave us confidence,” Zoe adds. “ When I noted that Passerby, to be issued on Sub Pop in the US, features some 15 musicians, I expected that it would have a rather full band sound although that’s not the case at all.

“It was exciting to have a lot of players on the album and that was because Aaron said to us that he felt each song was in a little universe all of its own and needed some embellishment,” Zoe says.

“So we wanted to add atmosphere and because Aaron and Steve can both play a lot of instruments that part was easy,” Randall says. “But if we needed a trombone player [such as Dave Nelson on Without A Face] Aaron could just text one of his many great musician friends and they would be in the studio the next day.

“But everyone who came in just did one or two takes and they were done,” she continues. “So that made it great fun as well. But because we always tour as just a duo it’s been an interesting experience recreating the sounds on the album on stage.

“We’ve had a lot of fun doing that though because we used to tour with just two guitars but now have quite a bit more equipment on stage. But we’re enjoying playing the new album.”

“So we just followed our instincts I guess but it has come up really well,” she adds.

The album is superbly packaged – the CD even comes in a paper sleeve like an old vinyl album – and has also been issued on vinyl.

Aaron Dessner of The National coproduced Passerby and much of it was done at his home studio with Dessner later adding guitars, bass, percussion, synthesiser and harmonium.

“That the great thing about working with record companies such as Mistletone in Australia and Sub Pop in the US who both care about those kind of things,” Zoe declares as we round up the interview.

“We’d met Aaron through Matt Berninger of The National who had been introduced to us a while back via a mutual friend. So it was Matt who suggested we use Aaron on the record as he knew that it would work.

“And my sister, Fleur, did all the artwork so she’s pretty excited it’ll be on vinyl,” she concludes. “And I sometimes think that’s as important as the audio component.”

“And Steve and I really like the production on The National’s records even though we didn’t really know how much Aaron was involved in all that,” she continues.

“And at first we were quite nervous about getting him involved as we are

Luluc launch Passerby at Jive, 181 Hindley St, on Friday 12 December with Naomi Keyte as special guest.

Tickets via Moshtix

The trio sprang from local four-piece rock band The Irresponsibles which Tash, Miranda and Mat also play in with drummer Luis Sosa Diaz.

“The Irresponsibles are kinda on hiatus at the moment because we started Little Miss a couple of years ago as a little side project,” Tash says. “We’d been writing some acoustic-style songs and they just weren’t working with the more rock sound we had with The Irresponsibles.

“So we started Little Miss as a completely separate entity to explore the softer songs we’d been writing,” she continues.

“So we thought we’d just run it as a trio with me doing a bit of light percussion but nothing too full-on.

“And it kinda took off, so we’ve put The Irresponsibles on an indefinite hold for the time being,” Tash then states. “And we thought, with an album coming out and everything, we just needed to concentrate on the one band.

“If you’re just doing gigs around the place, it’s pretty easy to keep two bands going at once,” she decides, “but if you’ve got an album to launch, there’s lots of other things to consider such as recording time, artwork, photo shoots and all that.”

Tash says that Little Miss did quite a few gigs around the traps in order to work up the songs before committing them to a recording.

“Songs can often change, especially when you play them a few times in front of an audience,” she suggests. “So we didn’t want to write a song and record it and then find, six months or so later, that we’d been playing it live for a while and had changed it around by adding something else to it.

“So it made sense to play them live until we were quite comfortable with how they sounded,” Tash continues. “So all the songs on the album people will have heard before although there are a couple on there that are completely new.

“We chose Matt because he’s also done all the stuff for The Irresponsibles,” Tash says. “So we knew he’d be easy to work with and that he’s a great bloke.

“Matt also gets our sense of humour,” she adds, “so we were more than happy to be locked away with him in a studio all day.”

Little Miss recorded during the day.

“And because there are only three of us, the recording process was a bit less time-consuming than what we’ve done before,” Tash says. “So we did most of the recording over the course of a few weekends with no massive late nights.

“We thought we’d work on it during the day, then knock off in the late afternoon and go and have a few beers,” she laughs.

“But we also made sure we took our time to get it right.”

Little Miss will launch the album at Rundle St’s Exeter Hotel.

“It’s just such a nice place to play,” Tash says of the venue that has been offering patrons live original music since the late ’70s. “And we get a great sound there and have played a few gigs there this year.

“And people seem to go to The Ex for a beer because they know there will be some kind of live music happening,” she adds.

Joining Little Miss for their launch will be The Motive and Tara Carragher.

“And The Motive will be doing a semiacoustic set and we’ve done a couple of those kinda shows in the past with them and it’s always worked well,” Tash says. “Chad [Howard] just plays hand percussion and Heath [Weber] and Daniel [Petkovic] play acoustic guitars, but it still sounds great.

“I love The Motive in full-on rock mode but the acoustic thing gives their songs quite a different kind of sound,” she suggests.

“And we didn’t want them to blow us away by rocking out too much,” Tash admits with a laugh. “And we’ve played with Tara before and that’s always worked out well.

“So it should be a good launch,” the musician concludes. “It’s a Saturday night, it’s not too close to Christmas and if it’s a nice, warm evening there will be lots of people out and about in Rundle St.” Little Miss will launch their Last Goodbye EP with a free entry gig at The Exeter Hotel, 246 Rundle St, on Saturday 13 December with The Motive and Tara Carragher as special guests.

“They were just songs that worked better in the studio because we added some keyboards and strings to them,” she reveals.

The eight-song Last Goodbye was recorded at Fat Trax in Adelaide under the production guidance of Matt Williams.

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CHRISTMAS PROMS

A SWINGIN’ CHRISTMAS PROMS

By Catherine Blanch Adelaide Festival Centre’s Christmas Proms has become a grand tradition of the festive season. But this year they are taking things up a notch by stepping back in time to the swinging ’50s and ’60s with A Swingin’ Christmas Proms.

Returning to Festival Theatre stage is the fabulously brilliant Rachel Beck [Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Sound Of Music] and the uber-talented Michael Falzon [Swing On This and Rock Of Ages] along with the Adelaide Art Orchestra conducted by musical sirector Timothy Sexton.

Rumour has it that Santa Claus may even drop by along with those cheery perennial favourites Moose and Boppa the clowns.

We catch a moment with the evercharming Michael Falzon to talk a little cabaret and a little Swing On This. But mostly, Michael is really looking forward to coming to Adelaide for this year’s Christmas Proms.

“The first time I performed with the Adelaide Art Orchestra was on the Cabaret Festival Gala Night,” he begins, “which is where I met Timothy Sexton.

The Big Band musicians performed in Swing On This so it’s going to be great fronting the whole orchestra; its going to be pretty amazing with the big sound on that beautiful stage. I’ve performed on there a couple of times now so I’m getting to feel quite at home.”

Michael goes on to say that Swing On This has just launched a season at the Gold Coast Arts Centre, and they will also be announcing some more dates in March 2015.

“One of the most difficult things for us is to find a venue to match the availability of all four gentlemen in the show [Matt Lee, Luke Kennedy and Ben Mingay]. We knew it was always going to be a problem but we are finding our way around it.”

Having sung together many times, Michael is very pleased to be sharing the stage with Rachel Beck once again.

“Rachel and I have known each other for a very long time but we first performed together back in 2007, opening the War Of The Worlds Arena Tour in Perth – which toured everywhere but Adelaide, sadly,” Michael says.

“We also did a show called Ordinary Days here in Sydney, straight after I finished Rock Of Ages which closed a little early.

Lucky really, because that was when Rachel called me and got me involved

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with the show. It was a nice segue from a big rock show into a small four-hander.

“We’ve also performed some concerts together and the odd corporate gig,” he adds, “but we’re really good friends so doing Christmas Proms together is going to be a lot of fun. I’m also learning a lot of new songs for the Proms, which is great because Timothy has put a bit of swing in there after enjoying himself so much during the Swing On This concerts, some jazzy Christmas stuff and all the carols that everyone expects to hear; all of which will be a bit of a mixed bag, but very enjoyable to sing.”

It would be interesting to see a Falzon/ Beck version of Bing Crosby and David Bowie’s Little Drummer Boy. “Yeah, that song is lovely. I’ve just started taking a look at that; it’s really very charming. I saw the YouTube clip for it – which is quite unique,” Michael chuckles, “but the arrangement is very pretty and I don’t think it gets performed very much.”

Will the show stick closely to tradition, or is there room for other songs?

“There will definitely be other genres in there, mainly because this year the event is A Swingin’ Christmas Proms, so that leaves it open for us to offer up some nice surprises for the audience,” he says. “You might hear one or two songs from Swing On This, partly because we are performing two acts and therefore we can swing it up a little bit as the night goes on.

“I think this is going to be a lovely night and it’s obviously a great community event. Coming there with Rachel should prove to be something quite different than in previous years. We’ll certainly have the traditional elements there but with Timothy Sexton bringing something new with the 34-piece Adelaide Art Orchestra, it should be…”

Michael pauses, “…I know I keep saying fun, but that’s because I know it’s going to be a lot of fun. This will be something a bit out of the ordinary; we’ll be turning a little slice of tradition on its head which is going to make the entire evening really enjoyable – for all of us!”

Michael Falzon performs A Swingin’ Christmas Proms with Rachel Beck and the Adelaide Art Orchestra at Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, at various times on Friday 12 December until Saturday 13 December.

Book at BASS on 131 246.

2015 ADELAIDE FRINGE Compiled by Catherine Blanch Adelaide Fringe’s highly-anticipated 2015 program was officially launched in Rundle Mall at the new, psychedelic Fringe Funhouse.

The 2015 program features a record 1,058 events – 121 cabaret shows, 37 circus and physical theatre shows, 328 comedy events, 33 dance shows, six film events, 226 music events, 109 theatre productions, 93 art exhibitions, 57 children’s events and 48 special events.

Visitors to the Mall got an early dose of Fringe festivities with dozens of performers offering a taste of their shows at the Fringe Funhouse under the Gawler Place Canopy.

The Fringe Funhouse, designed by 2015 Fringe poster competition winners Jonathon Oxlade and Chris More, will be the best spot in the city to discover hidden gems during the four-week festival.

Unveiling the program for his fifth and final Fringe, Director Greg Clarke says, “The 2015 Fringe is set to be the best yet with an extraordinary program of events from spectacularly talented artists from across Australia and the world”.

“This year we’re encouraging people to ‘Experience Something New’, to take a risk, see something new and maybe even discover the next big thing,” Mr Clarke says.

Another exciting addition to the 2015 Fringe are The Sirens – seven giant divas luring people to experience their respective art forms and enticing worlds of cabaret, circus, comedy, dance, theatre, music and visual art. The Sirens will appear during the Fringe Parade and the Street Theatre Festival and will pop up in secret locations during the Fringe.

Cementing Adelaide Fringe’s reputation for showcasing exciting new work, there will be 381 Australian premieres at next year’s festival.

Adelaide Fringe also continues to provide a platform for young and emerging artists to present their work often for the very first time. This year there are 213 events by artists who are Fringe first timers.

With such an extensive and diverse program, the 2015 Fringe Ambassador Kitty Flanagan encourages Fringe-goers to see at least two shows.

“First of all pick your absolute favourite act, something you’ve been dying to see, then choose the opposite of that for balance,” she says.

There will be 376 venues next year, 200 in the CBD and 176 in suburban and regional areas, making the Fringe increasingly accessible to people across the state.

Minister of the Arts the Hon. Jack Snelling says “the sheer diversity and accessibility of performances on offer make the Fringe a true people’s festival and a highlight of our state’s festival calendar”.

Adelaide Fringe Chair David Minear acknowledges support from the South Australian Government, Adelaide City Council and corporate sponsors particularly BankSA with which Adelaide Fringe celebrates a 10-year partnership in 2015.

“We’re grateful for the Government and sponsors’ ongoing support to help bring this artistically and culturally rich event to South Australians and visitors to our state,” Mr Minear says.

BankSA’s Chief Executive Nick Reade says, “now in our 10th year as principal partner to Adelaide Fringe, BankSA is delighted to back an event that brings such a significant economic and cultural boost to South Australia”.

Mr Clarke says a great way to ‘Experience Something New’ at the 2015 Fringe was through BankSA’s Support Act program which provides $10 tickets to 97 shows.

The Fringe’s special free events next year include the iconic Fringe Parade on opening night, the 10th anniversary of the Fringe Street Theatre Festival over the March long weekend, Fringe At The Airport, Fringe in Goolwa, Hospital Hilarity and Desert Fringe in Port Augusta and Leigh Creek over the last weekend of the Fringe.

Adelaide Fringe’s very own television show, Adelaide Fringe Tonite!, aired on Go! [Channel 99] Sunday 30 November 30 at 6.30pm and at 11.40pm in all other states. The show was hosted by previous Fringe Ambassadors Paul McDermott and Katie Noonan and featured a fantastic array of artists that performed at the 2014 Adelaide Fringe.

For the first time, a digital Fringe Guide can now be downloaded from <adelaidefringe.com.au> before the printed guide hits the streets from Saturday 3 January, 2015.

Adelaide Fringe 2015 kicks off with the opening night Parade on Friday 13 February and runs until Sunday 15 March.

Tickets and gift vouchers can be purchased at adelaidefringe.com.au, FringeTIX box offices and outlets or by phoning 1300 621 255.

THE BRASS RING

THE BRASS RING

By Robert Dunstan The Brass Ring is a documentary about Aussie rock band The Beasts Of Bourbon which has been put together

by Adelaide-based filmmakers Jethro Heller and Robert Brokenmouth.

“We’ve just had a very successful premiere [of The Brass Ring] in Melbourne,” author and music historian Robert Brokenmouth, saya. “People laughed or dabbed their eyes at the right spots. Some people told me they didn’t want it to end, which is always a good sign.

“Others were really happy the documentary exists at all as they know how elusive the band can be.”

How did it come about?

“I had a bit of an epiphany. When Iggy & The Stooges toured [Australia] with Big Day Out in 2006, I was thinking I’d never see a band anywhere near as amazing.

A friend then suggested we watch the Beasts close the day. I was dubious as I’d seen them before, and surely, after The Stooges?

“Once again, I was profoundly shocked by how ferocious, raucous and just bloody huge the Beasts were and it struck me that for a band with such dedicated following around the country, they were hardly what you might consider radiofriendly.

“The reverse, if anything. So their popularity is a hell of an achievement in Australia.

“And I asked around and the band also agreed. Why hadn’t there been a documentary on the Beasts? They really are the last of a dying breed of rockers tough, Australian and with strong words on strong subjects.

“People relate to the Beasts, in a way I guess, that people want to be like them.

I just felt the world needed to see this band that so many of us seem to take for granted. I mean, how many other bands can still cut it after 30 years and still punch you in the head?”

The documentary has been a while in the making.

“Yeah, it has been a bit of a struggle.

Filming a band costs more money if you’re not in the same state and you really need time to get to know your subjects. We managed to get funding and we embarked on it and learned a lot in the process.”

Jethro Heller, of YouView Australia, came on board late in the project but has been an great asset.

“Co-director Jethro understood the men instantly. And Jethro’s intelligence, plus his technical skill, camera-work and determination has really brought the documentary home. That intuitive capacity alone makes Jethro an invaluable asset, period.”

“And Tex Perkins is an extraordinarily canny performer who is able to produce shows which people always want to

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see. And his lyrics resonate with large numbers of people. That’s a hell of a skill, the man’s a craftsman and certainly he’s one of Australia’s more under-rated songwriters. For Tex to embark on any Beasts gig is remarkable. He doesn’t have to do it. He likes the men, he likes the music. That simple.

“And all the Beasts have their own solo projects, and they’re all worth chasing up.

They’ve got a new live set out, from the All Tomorrow’s Parties show earlier this year; but you know the Spooky Records Low Life live cd is also damn good.

“And it’s funny, y’know, but when I was waiting for the band to gather for their signing to Alberts in November of 2006, there was a building of some strange sensation. I couldn’t initially place it, but it was like ’50s rockers waiting for a rumble or a street fight.

“Then Tex arrived and suddenly there was a real crackle in the air, like the smell of ozone after a thunderstorm. The emotive forces between the band are quite extraordinary.”

As with most documentaries, lots of footage was shot.

“We had a variety of footage in the end, which meant a lot of sifting and hard choices. The editing suite was very busy. I always wanted to show the band as themselves, not cliched rockers, which they’re not. They’re presenting themselves, take it or get lost. So there’s a certain amount of humour, some rather coarse language. I think it’s revealing in some ways, but respectful. It’s emotional too - well, it certainly is for me.

“Of course you can’t cover the entire history as it’s too complex – you’d need a four-season mini-series on HBO. Besides, after over 30 years, people change. If Sid Vicious had survived, do you think he’d want to be remembered for what he’s remembered for now?

“What we’ve done with The Brass Ring is to portray the men as they are, with a hefty hint at the band’s huge past. Hell, the entire Sydney scene of the early ’80s merits a film-length documentary because it was an incredibly creative place and time and a bit like New York in the mid-70s with dozens of worthy bands who are now forgotten.

“So many of the Beasts weren’t originally Harboursiders as they came to Sydney for the scene like moths to a flame. Many of the members are from Perth, one’s from NZ and another’s from the Northern Territory via Queensland.”

How do the Beasts fit into today’s music world?

“They’re a vital, essential, earthy experience. If you say you love Australian rock but don’t own any Beasts, you don’t know what you’re talking about.”

The Beasts Of Bourbon documentary, The Brass Ring, screens at the Governor Hindmarsh, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Thursday 18 December at 8pm.

Tickets are available through OzTix and DVDs will be available.

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By Grace Goodfellow Tom Gaynor, AKA Allday, is a long way from home. He’s in the US for the second time this year, “Writing and talking to labels and eating junk food.”

He seems pretty impressed with all the sugar.

I wanted to have a chat with the Adelaideborn and raised and now Melbournebased rapper a couple of upcoming gigs “I love coming to Adelaide,” Tom says. “I like playing gigs with people there and engaged. That’s all I ask for – to ask for anything else would be crazy.”

Looking to the future, Tom says his next album will perhaps be, “A little happier”, as a throwback to his older music – but with the same attention to detail as Startup Cult. He also told me that he’d like to collaborate with Prince and that I shouldn’t be embarrassed about knowing the rap from No Scrubs, because, “TLC are the bomb”.

Keeping in line with the future, Tom is hopeful of an American and European tour, but ultimately what he’s most looking forward to is making songs that he’s, “Really proud of and that make people happy.”

As of the future beyond 2015

One thing that really stands out about Tom is his humble and highly appreciative nature. Over the course of the interview he mentions his fans a number of times, saying just how surreal it is to have people who care so much (and to send him sweet messages on Twitter when he’s feeling down).

“I don’t talk to me about later on. I don’t have any other skills. I mean, I can rap and I’ve neglected everything else in my life for years, so I’m hoping this becomes very lucrative for me. Otherwise I’ll probably go back on Centrelink and draw pictures in my old bedroom at my mum’s house until I die.”

“It wasn’t so long ago that nobody even came to my shows.”

Tom’s humour, honesty and authenticity make him incredibly easy to like. There is something quite endearing about him. While I read his responses on my iPhone through bleary-morning eyes, I found myself laughing and smiling at his responses.

And there’s no rush or necessity for an ‘instant rise’. Tom works hard and although he feels the damn hasn’t broken yet.

“So to speak, but it’s definitely breaking,” he says before adding that his biggest goals of late have related to making better music. This is what will ultimately make him happy.

While there’s a certain seriousness to Tom, it’s clear that the humour in his songs stems from a personality trait of the same nature. He tells me about discovering his love for writing lyrics such as when something bad would happen to Tom and he’d spend hours transferring the experience into raps.

“I used to write whole hate songs towards people and just rap them to myself in my room – it’s creepy, I know.” And over time, he began to write more about, “Falling in love with beautiful and crazy girls.”

Tom’s modesty and humble nature becomes apparent again when he tells me, “I’m not sure if I’m gifted with words, but I worked out a long time ago that with enough time, hitting backspace and rewriting things, I can rap pretty well.”

A recently re-released and extended version of Milligrams has attracted quite a lot of attention. It’s brilliant – and quite emotive. I wondered if it had taken Tom long to write, or if it had always been there in the back of his mind. Tom’s response fell in line with everything I had learnt or had previously known of the 23 year-old – that is to say, honest, emotive and real.

“I think there was always a song there but I was cautious that my album was already full of slow songs about doing drugs.

The rap verses are about a broken-down relationship and when I recorded it, that situation was pretty much all I could think about and hence all I could write about.”

It’s clear Tom was telling the truth when he said that he is naturally very driven by his emotions.

It became blindingly obvious that he is unapologetically himself – but if his evergrowing and incredibly loyal fan base along with album sales, and the invitation to perform on triple j’s Like a Version are anything to go by, then it’s definitely working in his favour.

“I like pushing the boundaries of what people think I should wear, maybe just to wind them up. But also, I think I look fucking gnarly in that video.”

Allday’s final public appearance for the year in SA (other than grabbing food at his favourite spot, Zenhouse) will be at Outlet Music Festival in Beachport on Boxing Day. Tom then began reminiscing about his childhood where he, “Avoided the beach like the plague,” and spent 12 hours a day playing soccer with his brothers and cousin Rory in Beachport.

Tom thinks the Boxing Day show will be pretty rad and is hoping to reclaim his King Of The Beachport Caravan Soccer Tournament title.

If his soccer skills are anywhere near as brilliant as his ability to rap, then he should have no trouble at all.

Allday plays a free entry show at Maths Lawns (University Of Adelaide) on Thursday 11 December alongside Canberra’s Peking Duk as well as Safia, Flamingo Skies and Cats DJs. Allday also play at Beachport’s Outlet Music Festival alongside Mashd N Kutcher, LeBelle, Ezekiel Ox, Admella, Secret Tsunami, Tequila Mockingbyrd and Shuv N’ Stuff on Boxing Day.

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CD/DVD REVIEWS

CD REVIEWS

DEATH VALLEY PTA Students and the Unemployed Reviewer: Phil Catley Rating: 4/5 Some 27 years after its recording, “Students and the Unemployed” has been released by Death Valley PTA. Recorded in 1987, this 5 track demo tape was only recently remastered and released in digital format by Dead Letter Records.

This time capsule captures the sound of a thousand alternative guitar bands; and this one is quite polished.

This release will dredge up the sounds, smells and images of a world before the Internet and mobile phones, and the names of some of the band members (Tim Hudspith and Nick Bruer) will be familiar to long term followers of the local scene.

It’s hard to name a standout track (they are all good), but the opening track “An Angry Wind” is the pick for me. The guitars jangle in a Rickenbacker kind of way, the bass grinds like a refugee from an English power pop band, and the vocals are somewhat anguished, as if looking for a Cure to an undiscovered emotion. There’s also an uplifting element to it; the lead solo is simply a jangly chord progression of emotions, rolling down a French country lane at speed.

If you like the first track you will like the rest.

On the strength of this release the band should have made a bigger impact on the local scene. As they say, do yourself a favour and have a listen. You can find it on Bandcamp.

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HEATH ANTHONY Whiskey Monday Reviewer: Max Tulysewski Rating: 4/5 Adelaide-based folk-punk troubadour, Heath Anthony, is back with his sophomore release Whiskey Monday.

After racking up some serious mileage travelling up the east coast and back playing shows with Wil Wagner, Lincoln Le Fevre, and Tim Hampshire in 2013, Anthony spent some time earlier this year at Dr. Zed’s recording this 5-track EP with Alex Upton.

Whiskey Monday was mastered by audio legend Matt Hills, features the artwork of Annie Walter and was distributed by Adelaide’s own alt-country record label, Open Grave Records. It’s easy to see that this EP is a very strong package.

As well as the lyrical narratives that weave around the topics of youth, family, love and music with ease and composure, the connection between Anthony’s voice and guitar is undeniable.

It is clear from the raucous, drunken fervor of the eponymous record opener to the subdued melancholia of closer, ‘QF682’, that Heath Anthony’s sound is stable and unwavering, built on years of writing and performing.

When compared to folk-punk heroes like Frank Turner, Chuck Ragan and John K. Samson who have all mastered the art of finding beauty in the mundane, Heath Anthony can be, at times, pragmatic as opposed to poetic.

There is something inherently Australian about the music of Heath Anthony, remaining lyrically in-depth and honest without losing its sense of life and fun.

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LUCKY SEVEN Hire A Small Plane Reviewer: Savvy Rating: 4/5

NICE VERDES Brontosaurus Reviewer: Kyle Opie Rating: 3.5/5

The first thing that grabbed my attention was the artwork on Lucky Seven’s new LP. It’s awesome and invited me to give it a listen. I loved the pictures, and the way things were laid out when you opened the CD cover. Free sticker and business card included. An instant tick in my books.

The duo of Sally and Jesse whom make up Nice Verdes first met at a peace march in Vancouver in 2003. They have since performed and studied music and dance together all around the world.

The Lucky Seven photo on the inside cover portrays the band as a group of old school Gangsters, except they left their Tommy Guns at home, and brought instruments instead.

So it looks good, but how does it sound? Fantastic! Track 1, “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” is a fast paced rockabilly sound that instantly gets your toe tapping along to the beat.

Musicianship is second to none, with Lucky Seven playing a tight sound and really gelling well together as a group.

With the combination of brass instruments, jazz guitar and a rock solid double bass in the background with it’s awesome flowing sound, Lucky Seven are precision musicians who love their style of music, and really know how to keep your ears listening!

Track 9, “Hay Good Looking” is my favorite track, as it has a good steady pace to it, and all of the instruments are just well balanced. But a word of warning….the lyrics of this track will get stuck in your head! I’m STILL humming it to myself!

Overall, a great LP with a great array of songs! Always bet on Lucky Seven!!

“Brontosaurus” is their second release featuring a culturally diverse combination of happy-go-lucky acoustic tunes. There are two prominently featured instruments used throughout to harmonise the vocals; A Cuban Tres (a guitar-like instrument whose six strings, arranged in three courses, sound somewhere between a mandolin and a twelve-string guitar) and a piano accordion.

These are heard alongside hand percussion, trumpet, harmonica and electric bass guitar. The overall theme is a form of tropical folk music, but tunes such as ‘Fire’ also introduce elements of classical Indian drone and twang that are reminiscent of the raga rock era.

Brontosaurus comes across as an unashamedly ‘hippie’ record, both in the vocal timbres and in the ethic of its lyrics.

Nice Verdes, however, present this in their own very unique way that represents their travels together, and they do so with quality musicianship and a clear understanding of the culturally diverse musics that they employ.

DARREN HANLON

Vale Robert Keys and Ian McLagen.

DARREN HANLON

By Robert Dunstan Roving urban folk troubadour Darren Hanlon is bringing his Christmas show to The Trinity Sessions which follows a sold out show he undertook at the venue a couple of years ago.

“I just love the place,” he says of what is essentially a working church. “And I remember it being a really fun show so I can’t wait to play there again.

Darren will have Anthonie Tonnon, a singer songwriter from Auckland, New Zealand, who has a new album set for release next year, as his special guest for his upcoming show.

“I’ve done a few shows with Anthonie over in New Zealand,” the musician says of the association. “And he’s been doing a lot of the shows with me here in Australia and I just think that what we both do matches so well.

“I’ll also have another special guest with me as well,” Darren then announces without actually mentioning just who that might be.

“But, as ever, it’s essentially just me solo – that’s what these Christmas shows are all about – because it’s just me going out there on my own. And I keep it pretty loose so if people request certain songs, I’ll do them.”

Will there be any actual Christmas songs?

“Nah, not usually,” Darren laughs. “But there are a couple I’ve written myself [Darren’s 2005 EP, Christmas Songs] and there is another song, The Loaf [from the singer’s 2009 album, Pointing Ray Guns At Pagans] that people have been requesting for a few years, so I may actually have to re-learn that one.”

Darren became a solo artist some 15 years ago after firstly fronting indie pop band The Simpletons and also working with The Lucksmiths, The Dearhunters and Mick Thomas. Since then he has issued a number of albums and EPs and is set to release a new offering early next year.

“The first single, When You Go [which also has a limited release on seven-inch vinyl] came out last week and the video is now up on YouTube,” Darren says. “So the album is ready to go and I’ll put it out in March next year.”

Darren goes on to say that his new offering was recorded while he was travelling around the US. “So it’s a bit of a departure for me in that it’s very American-focussed,” he says.

“So it’s a bit rootsier, although I am still singing about Australia. And it was all recorded in the US although I didn’t go over there with that plan in mind.

“But I’d bought one of those Amtrak train passes and was just travelling throughout the southern states trying to figure out where the blues began,” Darren continues. “So I went to places such as

Nashville, Memphis, Muscle Shoals, New Orleans and Clarksdale.

“And I just used musicians I met along the way and that kind of became the modus operandi,” he says. “I’d find buskers or people playing in clubs and just ask them to play with me on the record.

“And if I couldn’t find anyone, generally the engineers at the studio would know people,” Darren adds. “So nothing was ever fully planned. Whoever happened to be there on the day ended up playing on the album.”

For the US market, Darren is signed to Yep Roc Records, a prestigious boutique label that’s the American home to such respected artists as Nick Lowe, Robyn Hitchcock, Robbie Fulks, Josh Rouse, The Go-Betweens and Radio Birdman.

“Yep, I’m still with Yep Roc,” Darren confirms. “It’s been that way since the last album, I Will Love You At All, so we’ll see how we go with the new one.”

The recently departed Ian McLagen was also on Yep Roc and Darren posted a blog only a few days ago, which you can find on his Facebook page, in regard to his association with the Small Faces and Faces’ keyboard player.

“Yeah, that was very sad news,” he says of Mac’s sudden passing from a heart attack.

“At the moment I’m trying to write a book, but all of yesterday all I could think of was Ian so I just had to write something about him.

“Ian was always so nice to me,” Darren then says of touring with the keyboard player and Billy Bragg in Ireland a few years ago. “They say you should never meet your heroes as you’ll probably be disappointed, but he proved that theory to be quite wrong.”

Darren was last in town as part of The Vandemonian Lags ensemble for Adelaide Cabaret Festival in June.

“That was fun,” he says of the musical theatre piece that also boasted Mick Thomas, Liz Stringer, Jeff Lang, Tim Rogers and so many, many more. “And there was supposed to be another one happening in January.

“But I haven’t actually heard anything yet,” he sighs. “And I guess it’s because it’s hard to wrangle all those people together at once.”

The musician concludes by saying that he is in the throes of finalising an album launch tour for early next year.

“I’m just about to confirm a date in Adelaide,” Darren says, “so I think I’ll be making that announcement at my Christmas show in Adelaide.”

Darren Hanlon plays The Trinity Sessions, Church Of The Trinity, 317 Goodwood Rd, Clarence Pk, Sunday 14 December with special guest New Zealand’s Anthonie Tonnon. Doors open at 5.30pm with yummy food by Little Seeds Catering. Tickets are now available via dramatix.com.au.

I was saddened to wake up last Monday and read that saxophonist Bobby Keys had passed away. I was then more saddened and shattered even to wake up the following day to read that keyboard play Ian McLagen had suddenly passed away due to a heart attack.

Not only were they both musical legends – they had worked with The Rolling Stones too – but both were people I had enjoyed the good fortune of meeting, shaking hands with and having a bit of a chat to.

As a child of the ’60s, I would have first heard Ian ‘Mac’ McLagen on any number of Small Faces songs that were played on AM radio although the one that sticks out is Tin Soldier due to the fact it appeared on one of the very first LP records I ever bought.

As part of the heady ’60s, my parents were members of the World Record Club – which, to those not familiar with such a concept, was a way of buying LP records via a catalogue that came through the mail and then the LP records were delivered, mostly without harm, through the mail. Thus it was a bit like an ancient form of ordering stuff online and then receiving it, sometimes damaged, in the mail.

Anyway, one such World Record Club offering was a compilation offering by Small Faces, so I think I sneakily snuck it onto the form alongside my mum and dad’s mail order request for yet another Max Bygraves LP.

Fast forward from that moment another 14 years or so and it’s announced that The Rolling Stones will be coming to Adelaide in March of 2014 and Bobby Keys will once again be playing sax with them.

It’s then announced that while in Australia, Bobby Keys will be doing a number of sideshows with his own band, The Sufferin’ Bastards, and one of those will be at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel.

Suddenly – and we all sadly know why – The Rolling Stones’ march to town was postponed but the Bobby Keys shows were still going to go ahead.

So the merry month of March found me at the Governor Hindmarsh watching a 70-year-old Bobby Keys honk away on sax in front of his illustrious band.

For reasons that are not now quite clear to me, I’d also taken along the flag of the great state of Texas and for reasons that are now also quite unclear, after the concert I had asked Bobby to sign it for me.

To this day I am not sure if it’s moral or even ethical to sign the flag of the great state of Texas – I certainly know it’s bad luck to drape it on the ground especially if there are Texans around – but Bobby duly did sign my flag as you can plainly see from this photograph.

Anyway, when the Small Faces longplayer duly arrived with it’s green cover, the song that stood out was Tin Soldier due to Mac’s swirling keyboard sound and the fact the song’s lyrics resonated with me somewhat as I had only just gotten out of late childhood and into early adulthood and could still easily recall the Danish fairy tale, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, of the little, one-legged tin soldier who is in love with a paper ballerina but who both end up falling into a fire with the tin soldier melting into the shape of a heart and the ballerina, being made of paper, ending up as complete ash apart from her spangle (the Danish word for a sequin).

Mac’s swirling keyboard, to my childlike ears, seemed to instantly replicate a roaring fire and I was instantly fired up by the sound of Small Faces.

“Thanks Bobby,” we all then said as he left the building, “We’ll see you again later this year when you head back with The Rolling Stones.”

Anyway…

Sadly that was not to be as, shortly before the band were set to tour Australia, it was announced that Bobby was ill and would not be making the trip.

I would have first seen Bobby Keys play when he came to Adelaide in 1973 with The Rolling Stones at Memorial Drive and would have first seen Ian McLagen around the same time when Faces performed at the same venue.

Fast forward some 40 years and I’m to be somehow found backstage at Thebarton Theatre after a concert by Billy Bragg & The Blokes of which Ian ‘Mac’ McLagen happens to be one of the blokes.

So we chatted away, talked cheekily about Rod and both agreed he’d not fared too well musically since making the Atlantic crossing and discussed a possible Faces reformation. I also had my photograph taken with Mac which I dearly treasure and still have (somewhere).

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By Robert Dunstan Rockin’ southern suburbs trio Stray Dog Strut are about to launch their Dance For Science EP with a huge gig that will also boast another four local bands.

Stray Dog Strut (bass player and singer Rob Soppitt, guitarist and singer Joel Goreham and drummer Shane Schultz) began life in 2008 as a wieldy, six-piece death metal band but soon slimmed down to a trio format.

“The band were a death metal band originally but never really got off the ground due to various reasons,” Joel, who joined the band in 2011 to replace their former guitar player, says with a laugh.

“So they trimmed it down to be what Stray Dog Strut is today.

“And it was back in 2008 that band backed off from the death metal style and started heading into a more alternative metal sound,” he adds.

Stray Dog Strut boast a funk metal component to their music.

“There is a funk metal element but we’re trying to move away from that a little bit,” Joel states. “We’re probably funkier that most metal bands – Rob plays very funky bass – but we toy around with a lot of different styles.

“So the end product isn’t really funk, so we label ourselves as ‘an alternative metal band’, because there’s a punk influence, a rock influence and a general heavy metal influence,” he continues. “We play a bit of everything really.

“So alternative metal is the best description for what we do as it’s definitely not one particular metal style,” he adds.

Joel has begun playing guitar around town in assorted cover bands.

“There’s more money in that because some venues, unfortunately, are prepared to pay more for a cover band than an original one,” he sighs. “But it’s not as much fun.

“So Stray Dog Strut is my first real crack at playing original songs rather than covers,” Joel reveals. “And it became apparent to me early on in the piece that they had a unique style and were likely to get noticed.

“Some band tends to just blend into what others are doing, but I felt Stray Dog Strut had a sound and style that was worth exploring,” he adds. “There was a unique edge.”

The band used crowd-funding to get the money to record Dance For Science.

“And we only just got there at the last minute even though we had set a fairly low target,” Joel laughs. “But we got there in the end and that’s now allowed us to produce a run of merchandise including Stray Dog Strut T-Shirts as well as the finished EP.

Some musicians think that crowd-funding is akin to begging, while others view it as simply asking for payment up front.

“I don’t liken crowd-funding to begging,” Joel scoffs. “It’s just asking people to preorder your music and also get a little something out of it. We’ve put the names of the people who helped us out on the inside cover of the CD. “And we had different increments,” he states. “If people wanted to put more money towards it, they’d end up with a personally signed copy of the EP or it might be the signed EP as well a T-Shirt if they put in more.”

The launch boasts a strong line-up of local talent as Stray Dog Strut will be playing alongside Devonera, Priority Orange, Sedulous Rouse and Stoved.

“And we’ve played with all those bands before, with the exception of Stoved, and had good experiences, Joel announces.

“We played with Sedulous Rouse at a fundraiser, Southern Soundwave, a few months back.

“There’s definitely a lot of talent around Adelaide,” Joel then enthuses, “so it’s great that we’ve got a great handful of that for our launch to make it a great night. Anyone who comes along it going to see a lot of talent.”

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The trio’s The Mars Faulter song recently topped ReverNation’s metal chart and they have already been featured on the front cover of US magazine, WoodBangers.

“It was then a brand new magazine and they had spotted our website and approached us about a review,” Joel says.

“So they ran the review and then asked readers what band they thought should be on a cover.

“So we hammered everyone and got all our friends to vote for us,” Joel recalls, “and ended up on the cover. “We won by a landslide, apparently.

“So we now have a printed copy of an American magazine with Stray Dog Strut on the front cover which is pretty cool.”

Future plans include some interstate touring.

“We’re looking at that,” Joel says, “but with day jobs it’s hard to find the time to work it out. Touring is an expensive process anyway.

“But I’d say it’s something that’s definitely on the cards for next year,” he says.

“That’s what we are hoping to do anyway.

“And we now have some brand new material that’s a real step up from the ones we just recorded,” Joel says. “The really new songs have taken the music up to the another level again.

“So, as soon as we can, we are going to record another EP or even a full-length album,” he concludes.

Stray Dog Strut will launch Dance For Science at Enigma Bar, 173 Hindley St, on Saturday 13 September alongside Devonera, Priority Orange, Sedulous Rouse and Stoved.

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THE BIZZO

A Lifetime Of Mentoring

By Kelly Brouhaha When I first started making music I had no idea what I was doing. I read a whole bunch of books and blog posts and went to a whole bunch of music conferences and workshops to get learned up. This taught me the theory but I still lacked experience and really wished I had have avoided what happened next.

I was the super naïve self managed musician who booked my brand new folk band to play a show at The Palais in Melbourne (yep I thought with a short poster run, a radio interview and through good intentions that we’d be able to fill a 3000 capacity venue LOL). 19-year-old Kelly literally NO IDEA. When we rocked up to Melbourne without a backline organized and realized 3 hours before the show that I had in fact booked The Palais in Hepburn Springs (a regional venue 3 hours out of town) and had to hire a car to get the band out there I decided I absolutely needed a mentor.

To date I’ve been mentored by some seriously amazing people with a whole range of skill sets.

Mel Watson of Fruit taught me the importance of audience development and through the massive sea of online education and promotion – I wouldn’t have been able to get a good grasping of old school people to people audience development (the kind that really works) without her pre-internet experience.

PJ Murton (ex Hilltop Hoods) taught me the importance of a basic phone call.

Want a tour booked in a week ? An Email is not going to make that happen all too quickly.

Jen Cloher taught me how to develop a basic timeline and get organized with the whole self-managed thing.

After 5 years touring and releasing, Ronnie Taheny taught me the importance of creating an atmosphere at every show – something I’d forgotten to do along the way (and something that has had a massive impact).

BPLUS: MALACHY PEDDER

It’s not so much the keeping accountable part to mentoring that makes a difference but the mindset that goes with it (although that is also a massive investment and will definitely help the creative of the world balance their business with the creative side to making music).

Coming from a family who don’t really get the music thing and a friendship group who while are super supportive, just can’t listen to me speak about my “work” for hours and hours on end - how great is it to have a person that will listen to you (in exchange for money) vent about your career and help provide some solutions to whatever is in the way of you getting to the next part.

MALACHY PEDDER

By Libby Parker BPlus featured school artist this week is a young man who plays jazz and blues, Malachy Pedder.

The 16-year-old (pictured on piano) from Aberfoyle Park High School is multitalented with a style beyond his years.

Playing solo and in bands, Malachy keeps busy gigging around Adelaide in a variety of acts.

“I am playing the very occasional solo piano gig but I mainly gig around with different jazz bands. A lot of them are trad jazz bands from the Southern Jazz Club.

And when you’re done learning how, building confidence and making some real progress – then they step in and open up their networks to you, something that just can’t be achieved without the help of other people.

“I do, however, play in a trio called Organised Chaos with me on Hammond b3 organ and piano, my dad Mark Pedder on double bass and Simon Lee on drums. We play modern jazz,” Malachy says.

My suggestions to bands stuck in a rut?

Get a mentor.

With a range of experience already under his belt, the young jazz man has a bright future ahead.

The Backyard is a community space for creative entrepreneur’s who want to learn how to make money from their passion.

Through networking events, workshops and coaching, creative businesses (musicians, artists, designers, publicists, music managers etc.) can get involved in our community and enjoy the live music venue, yoga and reiki that comes with the co-working space just launched in Port Adelaide.

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“Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Smith, James Booker, Francois Rabbath, Jack White, Miles Davis, Ron Carter and Jelly Roll Morton. Just a few there!”

Although his demeanor matches his cool jazz standards, Malachy is quietly ambitious.

Citing his dream collaborations as being with Charles Mingus from New York or Kermit Ruffins from New Orleans, the youngster who goes into year eleven next year has an eventual goal to take his music overseas.

“Short term, I’ll play as many different gigs as possible and learn as much musically as possible. Long term, perhaps play and live in New Orleans for a while. Great music there!”

Malachy will be playing gigs around the place in 2015 so seek him out to enjoy some cool jazz and moody blues.

As well as local gigs, Malachy will be playing in two bands at the Halls Gap Jazz Festival early in February 2015. He leads both bands, one of which is his jazz trio Organ-ised Chaos.

“I’ve had plenty [of gigs] at the Highway Hotel playing for the Southern Jazz Club.

That’s always fun. I’ve played several stints at a local coffee shop with my trio too,” Malachy says.

“I’ve been sponsored to go to the Australian Jazz Convention in Swan Hill this January to play piano. At first I was just playing in one band but now I’m playing in four or five bands including a trio and a solo piano gig!”

Currently in the process of finishing up a recording with Organ-ised Chaos, Malachy says he has a range of influences who are reflected in his music.

I’ve also had business coaches (aside from management mentors) help me develop a business that looks like a real business (not just a sloppy spreadsheet and a website that doesn’t really have a purpose).

The skill set learnt from these switched on people is nothing on the confidence built from working from someone who has done it before and can confirm you are doing a good job.

I’ve almost quit my dream a dozen times from a lack of confidence, or after experiencing some serious failures that have left me feeling completely burnt out – and every time its been a mentor that has picked me back up, dusted off my broken ego and helped me build enough confidence to go out and give it another crack.

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