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What is Australia? It’s a question that’s bugged many a thinker for centuries. There have been countless theories, stemming back thousands of years to when Aristotle first flagged the idea of a great southern land he believed necessary to balance the weight of the northern hemisphere.

Since then the theories have abounded – from a Frenchman who daydreamed up the ultimate paradise (admittedly, with debaucherous undertones) to medieval seafarers haunted by a mythical continent of ghastly ‘Antipodes’, with feet growing out of their heads. Terra Australis Incognita - the unknown south land.

And it appears not much has changed, for in 2010 we’re still trying to decipher exactly what on earth Australia is. Are we the great southern paradise or the far-away land of monsters? Well, that depends on who you ask.

Julia Gillard’s decision this week to weigh in on the ‘asylum seeker issue’ with ‘tough new’ policies, that put the

right-of-centre Coalition to shame, threatens any belief in Australia as a tolerant and free ‘paradise’. Inviting the bigots out of the madhouse is the last thing a country that has only recently managed to shake off the rotten scent of Pauline Hanson and her ingenuously xenophobic policies needs.

I, for one, have faith in Australians as a tolerant and sympathetic people. I simply can’t believe that the majority of Australians don’t sympathise with the plight of asylum seekers, for it’s pretty damn impossible to avoid the stark reality that we’re living in a world at war. And war – by its very definition – means death, torture and pain.

We all know immigration has been the backbone of Australia’s ascent from forgotten colony to global power. We also know a large part our identity is founded on the ANZAC tradition – men and women who fought for their families and fought for freedom. A refugee too is fighting for their family and for their freedom; it’s one of the most basic human instincts - survival.

The very few who choose to battle deathly oceans (this ain’t no discount airline flight from Bali, and forget the duty free) and flee to Australia do so as they believe it a just country where they and their family may get one last shot at this thing called life. I would do it to save my family’s life, and hopefully you would too.

‘Let them go through the proper protocol,’ you say ‘and wait in line like everybody else’. Tell that to the Sierra Leone refugee who spent six years in a UN camp in Guinea waiting to be processed, only to witness his daughter violently sexually assaulted and his son die from malnutrition.

He arrived in Australia a broken man and later suicided. He’d probably still be alive today had he paid an illegal people smuggler to get his family to Europe – which, as we all know, receives far, far more illegal asylum seekers than Australia.

If Australia is built on both immigration and the fighting ANZAC tradition, it’s equally built on an inherent and healthy distrust for authority (Ned Kelly anyone?). So why on earth do we get so uppity at a couple of people landing on our shores? It’s a curious contradiction. And don’t forget, a fair few of you come from good convict stock (and no, not all of them were sent here for stealing a loaf of bread to feed the family – although that would be a noble cause with which every single refugee would empathise). Sometimes it seems we care more about changes to the holiday visa laws in the UK than we care for the suffering of a fellow human being.

It must be acknowledged, the cartels that overlord the illegal immigration trade are down-and-out criminals. The refugees, however, are not criminals. But sending them to East Timor to be processed is suggesting as such – and that in itself is a crime. Let them in, process them fairly and let the legitimate refugees resettle and rebuild. We would expect the same treatment for ourselves.

Turn off the plasmas and speak up Australia – let the world know that, despite the ugly grandstanding of our politicians, we are a good and tolerant people.

IT’S ART, MAN

Well, The Ting Tings may have pulled out of On The Bright Side due to the rescheduling of their album but fear not Perth, for Sydney’s fun loving Art Vs Science have taken their place! The three-piece will step up with their wickedly loud, fun dance music and will have everyone chanting ‘Ting Tings who?’.

Art Vs Science have gained a huge following in the last couple of years, making their festival debut as part of triple j’s Unearthed competition. Art Vs Science will pulverise your ear drums with their amazing stage presence, playing all the favourites you know and love, like Flippers, Parlez Vous Francais? and their recent hit, Magic Fountain. On The Bright Side hits Perth Esplanade on Saturday, July 24, with names like The Strokes, Mumford & Sons and Band Of Horses, and tickets are on sale now at the usual spots for a cool $123.

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CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN

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It’s been a whirlwind two years for alternative rock band Dead Letter Circus, propelling them to the forefront of alternative rock. With a massive EP release and a hoard of adoring fans, they are back with their much anticipated debut album This Is The Warning, which hit #2 on the national ARIA charts on release. And now Dead Letter Circus have announced a national tour, playing Capitol on Saturday, August 21. To top it off, their current single One Step will be released commercially on July 16. Tickets for their Perth show are $30 and can be snapped up through OzTix, Heatseeker and Moshtix.

Last year Mama Kin’s stirring single Tore My Heart Out won over audiences and critics alike, receiving an honourable mention in the International Songwriting Competition, single of the week in The Daily Telegraph, iTunes and The Sunday Telegraph, with the accompanying video clip being a Rage Indie Clip Of The Week. A second single, To My Table, has been released, warming folks up for Danielle Cuarana’s (aka Mama Kin) debut album, Beat And Holler, which is released tomorrow, Friday, July 9. Hit it up Kin folk!

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Voted as one of the 25 most important bands in metal, Soilwork – Sweden’s acclaimed melodic death metal machine – will be touring Australia again this October. Riding on the back of the release of their eighth studio album, The Panic Broadcast, Soilwork will rattle the foundations at The Rosemount on Thursday, October 28. Tickets are available from redanttouring.com, oztix.com.au and all oztix outlets.

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Black Swan State Theatre Company’s HotBed Ensemble presents Yellow Moon - The Ballad of Leila and Lee. This fantastic contemporary fairy tale of young love, tragedy and the unexpected turns, is by David Greig, one of the most exciting contemporary playwrights working today. Don’t miss your chance to preview this performance on Friday, August 6, at 8pm.

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Lakeside Joondalup won’t know what hit it when the mega stars from WWE come to the JB HiFi store to sign copies of their recent DVD releases, including the brand new WrestleMania XXVI and Over The Limit 2010. at 3pm on Wednesday August 4. The wrestling ring superstars and divas will take over Australia as their national tour hits arenas Australia wide, finishing up at Burswood Dome on Wednesday, August 4.

It’s time to get down and dirty at Metro’s again, as Ministry Of Sound’s Sessions returns to entice your toes onto the dance floor. The event boasts a massive line-up of talent, including The Potbelleez, Boris Dlugosch, The Stafford Brothers, Tommy Trash and heaps more. This killer line-up guarantees a hyper night of partying, and will be the biggest dance celebration of the year!

The first release tickets have already sold out, so get in quick, because there are only a few regular tickets left! The madness will kick off on Friday, July 16, at Metro City. Tickets are $44.95 (+ booking fee) and are available from Live stores, moshtix.com.au, and all moshtix outlets.

DIGGIN’ UP A STORM

Two of the finest beat diggers in the game will be turning you on to the best music you’ve never heard when they hit The Manor next month. Kon and Amir are a legendary duo who salvage and search for thousands of old tracks to mix and give you an alternative dance experience. Experience the legendary true hip hop stylings of two of America’s leading track diggers for one night only. The guys will be showing off their impressive album collection for all you dance freaks on Friday, August 27, with tickets on-sale now for $20 through Planet Video, Mills, Highs And Lows and heatseeker.com.au.

VOCAL RADIO

100.9 FM, Noongar radio has celebrated their first birthday in style with two wins at the 2010 Perth NAIDOC Awards. Perth’s only Aboriginal radio station took out the Not For Profit Award and the Hip Hop Show Presenters Awards. Since its launch, Noongar radio has transformed from an automated play list to 14 regular programs with more then 20 dedicated broadcasters and volunteers.

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RUNAWAY OPENING

Hello daddy, hello ma! The much-vaunted band biopic, The Runaways, starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, opens next Thursday, July 15. Check out the opening night event at Cinema Paradiso from 8pm for complimentary wine (courtesy of Luna Palace Cinemas) and tasty pizza and runaway-priced drinks, followed by a 9pm screening.

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FINAL SCARE

After eight years of hardcore madness, Arizona sextet Scary Kids Scaring Kids have called it a day. But never fear as they are going out with a bang by embarking on a Final Nightmare Tour to say goodbye to fans in person. The Scary Kids are renowned for a reckless, incendiary live show, avoiding post-hardcore clichés to show a real unique brand of rock. Scary Kids Scaring Kids will play their final ever Perth show on Sunday, August 15, at The Astor Theatre. Tickets are available from moshtix.com.au, bocsticketing.com.au and from 78 Records.

Disastrous news from the guys of punk band SNFU, with a member of the band denied access to Australia by the powers that be. The band is gutted that their punk antics have led to a ban on entry for one of the team and have been given no choice but to cancel their forthcoming tour. This news means the eagerly awaited SNFU tour will have to wait, but at least full refunds for pre-sale tickets is available from the place of purchased.

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REVELS WITH A CAUSE

Indie has a new guiding light in the form of Young Revelry. The young four piece band are set to release their stellar seven track EP, You And I, on Friday, August 13, with a show at The Bird on the same night, plus on Saturday, August 14. Joining them on the Friday will be The Scotch Of Saint James and Blackmilk, and on the Saturday it’s The Emperors, Mercy Mercy and The Success Of Satan. Tickets are $18.40 from oztix.com.au. Doors open at 8pm.

SIMPLY DONE

It seems that Simply Red are calling it quits after 25 years of soulful pop, but you have a chance to bid Mick Hucknall and co farewell when they perform at Sandalford Estate on Saturday, October 23; in support will be Australia’s discoIdol-diva herself, Marcia Hines. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Monday, July 12, through ticketek. com.au. Pre-sales are also available from 2pm on Friday July 9, until 5pm on Sunday, July 11.

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RADIOTHON PARTIES HARD

RTRfm’s annual Radiothon Subscription Drive is on again next month, with some massive parties planned to celebrate. The 2010 Radiothon Opening Party descends upon the Astor Cinema from 7pm-late on Saturday, August 21, with Boys Boys Boys!, Voltaire Twins, The Brow Horn Orchestra, Milly James, MC Tomás Ford, plus DJs Diger Rokwell, Mama Cass, Charlie Bucket, Sardi and Ben Elliott and chill out gurus Craig McElhinney, Mystic Eyes, Rabbit Island and Gilbert Fawn (featuring live visuals onscreen from RTR’s Kynan Tan and friends).

At the other end of proceedings on Saturday, August 28, will be the Closing Party at The Rosemount Hotel with Harlequin League, The Tigers, Will Stoker And The Embers, Young Revelry and Wolves At the Door, with Fall Electric, Adem K, Hayley Beth, Ghostdrums and James Teague over at Bar 450 and beer garden DJs Sarah Tout, Gemma Pike, Sarah Delfante and Jack Midalia. Pre-sale tickets are only available at rtrfm.com.au head there for all pertinent admission details.

YOUNG AT HEART

The Glengarry Tavern in Duncraig will host a major fundraising event for radio station 89.7 FM on Sunday, July 25. The Winter Blues Fundraiser will feature Déjà Blues, Nathan Gaunt, Empire Blues, Simon Cox Band and Diamond Dave and The Doodaddies from 1-7pm. That’s six hours of quality WA blues and tickets are only $20, available by contacting Derek on 9409 2876 and cromb@tpg.com.au or the station at 897fm.com.au.

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GEEKY GENERATION

That geeky awkward guy from Talking Bout Your Generation is taking a break from the TV screen to set up shop in Perth for a weekend this August, with his new stand up show. Josh Thomas’ Surprise tour will let fans get to know him a little better, as well as his cute dog John, who’s along for the ride. Surprise is an honest and personal look at Josh’s first serious relationship and has already made thousands of fans with sell out show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, also being nominated for the very fancy Barry Award for Most Outstanding Show. Josh Thomas’ Surprise will hit The Octagon Theatre at UWA from Friday, August 20, until Sunday, August 22. Tickets cost $32.50 from bocsticketing.com.au and will sell fast!

GOING NUTS

The Young Heretics are launching their eagerly anticipated new album We Are The Lost Loves, with a national album tour. The duo from Melbourne will wow audiences with their theatrical soundscapes, driving beats and dramatic pop compositions. The Young Heretics have also released a new clip for their single Risk/Loss, which will be released onto their MySpace page next week; make sure to check it out! The Young Heretics play Amplifier Bar on Saturday, July 31, with tickets on-sale for $15 from heatseeker.com.au and moshtix.com.au.

SUPER SUNDAY SESSION

Forget everything you know about Boston hardcore and prepare yourselves for the beat down that is Death Before Dishonor. Having played over 1,000 shows worldwide, the guys are adding Australia to their list of conquests.

Don’t let their hardcore and rough exterior fool you; the band is actually one of the most hard working and talented group in modern hardcore.

With five albums under their belts, they have defiantly cemented a place in hardcore history.

Joining them on their WA leg of the tour will be Newcastle’s Dropsaw. The guys will invade Amplifier Bar on Friday, September 10, from 8pm. Tickets are only available at the door, so get in early.

If you love Elvis or have a penchant for Robbie Williams, you won’t want to miss out on the tribute shows dedicated to these artists which are set to hit Perth. On Saturday, July 29, at the Regal Theatre, Max Pellicano will present Elvis To The Max, a show that travels through the decades, recreating the songs and looks of the King during his life. On Friday, August 6, at The Fly By Night and on Saturday, August 7, at the Charles Hotel, Robbie fans can catch Trent Bowater’s tribute to this contemporary music star. Full of rock’n’roll gusto, Pure Robbie promises to be a mustsee show for any Robbie Williams die-hard.

Tickets for Elvis To The Max are on sale now from Ticketek. Bookings for Pure Robbie can be made through BOCS and The Fly By Night.

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Deez Nuts return to Perth in July to celebrate the release of their sophomore album This Ones For You, out now on Roadrunner Records.

Joining them on the bill will be Mandalay Victory, Arturo and The Proletariate for a fine fiesta of hardcore rock. Check out the action on Friday, July 9, at The Rosemount,; Saturday, July 10, at The Railway; and an all-ages show on Sunday, July 11, at the YMCA HQ Gig Room at Leederville Skate Park. Tickets available from BOCS, 78 Records, Mills and Planet.

PAUL FELTON RIP

Highly respected Perth blues and rock guitarist, and former member of The Jets, Paul Felton sadly passed away after a battle with cancer on Tuesday, July 6.The Jets’ hard rocking shows were a legendary fixture of Perth venues throughout the 1980s and ‘90s, with the band’s driving sound and showmanship attracting a legion of devoted fans. Felton was an inspiration to many in the Perth blues and rock communities and will be sadly missed. A celebration of Felton’s life, JETS: A Reason To Rock will be held at The Charles Hotel on Saturday, July 24.

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Regarded by many as the heavyweight band of the UK hardcore punk scene for over 30 years, GBH are set to tour Australia in support of the release of their 11th studio album, Perfume And Piss, produced by Lars Fredriksen (Rancid). Selfrespecting gutter punk, hardcore kids and subcultural miscreants will be pleased to know that GBH are touring Australia and will storm The Rosemount Hotel on Sunday, October 17, with The Rumjacks and local support from The Lungs, Raw Nerve and a reformed (so to speak) Pillar Of Hope. Tickets from moshtix.com.au.

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MUMFORD & SONS Always Look On The Bright Side

Wielding a banjo, mandolin, accordion, double bass and old fashioned charm a’plenty, London folk troubadours Mumford & Sons took the Australian music industry by storm earlier this year, nabbing the highly coveted #1 song spot on Triple J’s Hottest 100 for Little Lion Man. Later this month the handsome foursome will brew yet another storm, returning to our shores for the On The Bright Side Festival. EMMA BERGMEIER caught up with Marcus Mumford ahead of their Perth show on Saturday, July 24.

When the lads from Mumford & Sons last ventured to Australia it was on the back of scoring the top spot on the Hottest 100, a coveted title that they didn’t quite understand the value of until arriving down under. Armed with more triple j airplay than any band could dream of, Mumford & Sons arrived in Australia for the first time for the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival and were blown away by the incredible support offered to them by Australian fans.

“It was pretty weird to be honest with you,” Mumford says of the reception the band received when they last ventured to Oz. “We spent two solid years touring small venues in the UK and playing any show that we could get, so then arriving in Australia and being handed such large audiences on our first visit felt very strange.”

Accustomed to taking the stage at small venues in the UK, the Mumford & Sons boys could never have anticipated the hoards of fans that awaited them in Australia. “We felt like we hadn’t earned that kind of crowd yet, but were

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determined not to take it for granted, which is why we want to come back and play whenever we can,” he says when questioned about the response the band garnered when last in town.

Since wrapping up their last Aussie tour, Mumford & Sons have been a busy band indeed, touring continuously with a few special side projects in the works.

“We have been on the road non-stop really. We came back and went straight into a tour of the UK with Fanfarlo who were wonderful.

Then we went straight out to Europe with the mighty Johnny Flynn, then we embarked on six weeks around North America with your very own The Middle East, who have become our heroes not just musically but in general life terms; and now have just got straight back into the festival season with Glastonbury, Eden Sessions and Hop Farm. Pretty busy but pretty fun!” shares an enthusiastic Mumford.

After a few more dates in the northern hemisphere, the London lads will pack their bags and instruments for another musical jaunt around Australia, where they’ll join the likes of The Strokes, Angus & Julia Stone, Band Of Horses, Bluejuice and their newly acquainted friends The Middle East, for Splendour In The Grass and On The Bright Side.

When asked about which bands he’s most excited to tour with, Mumford enthusiastically chirps “The Strokes! The Strokes!

The Strokes!” adding that the Mumford & Sons camp is also rather chuffed to be playing alongside Laura Marling, The Middle East and Boy And Bear.

Before they can board the long flight to the southern hemisphere, Mumford & Sons will spend time in the studio collaborating with Kinks front man Ray Davies, an experience the lads are

Mumford & Sons

“WE SPENT TWO SOLID YEARS TOURING SMALL VENUES IN THE UK AND PLAYING ANY SHOW THAT WE COULD GET, SO THEN ARRIVING IN AUSTRALIA AND BEING HANDED SUCH LARGE AUDIENCES ON OUR FIRST VISIT FELT VERY STRANGE.” obviously extremely excited about. So how did this collaboration come to be?

“No one’s quite sure,” Mumford muses.

“I think he mentioned it in an interview and so we jumped at the opportunity. We’re actually sitting in the studio right now… Weird.”

With a gruelling touring schedule and a collaboration with Davies still to complete, Mumford reveals that fans will probably have to wait ’til 2011 for the band’s next album.

“We want to record it as soon as our touring schedule allows us, which doesn’t look like until next year now. But we’re itching to get into the studio and crank out another album ’cos we’re starting to have the songs now. One thing

for sure is we’re not in a rush; we won’t do it ’til we think we have enough songs, but we also do feel urgency about it. Less haste and more self-imposed urgency really. “ We a l l w r i t e a l l o f t h e t i m e , especially on tour when we have instruments in our hands most days. But it’s very hard to finish songs on the road, to have the space and time that we need to complete ideas, and then even harder to find any time to rehearse because sound-checks are always time-pressured and professional! So we tend to start stuff on the road and finish it at home, though there aren’t any hard and fast rules.”

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AMY MEREDITH Tween-ty First Century Hipsters Pop music fans new and old, young and young at heart, have embraced Sydney pop-rock outfit Amy Meredith. Ahead of the release of debut LP Restless, JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD spoke to frontman Christian Lo Russo about risqué song titles, the joys of social networking media and their unexpected Generation Z following.

Amy Meredith

They tweet their praises.They flock en masse to their support gigs with Good Charlotte, Cobra Starship and Owl City. Their unmistakable sound throbs from the headphones of technicolour iPods. But, as Amy Meredith frontman Christian Lo Russo attests, striking a chord with the elusive generation of TVwatching, fast-food-eating, tech-savvy ‘tweenagers’ came as something of a surprise.

“In the beginning we were very much a part of the underground indie music scene,” Lo Russo professes. “We were playing gigs in indie clubs, which usually started at midnight and always strictly to over 18s – so the fact that there was this younger fan base came as a big shock to us.”

Hot on the heels of hit singles Pornstar and Lying, Amy Meredith has been typecast as the achingly hip up-and-comers on the pop music scene. However, Lo Russo explains he was determined to keep his group from becoming an inaccessible ‘cool’ band, utilising social networking media to communicate with followers.

Amy Meredith’s Facebook page reveals just how much they value their fans, with every post replied to personally by Lo Russo – plus their weekly YouTube show, Inside Amy, that details the boys’ lives behind the scenes, on the road and in the studio.

“Basically, none of the younger fans we had somehow grabbed along the way had access to our tours,” Lo Russo explains, “The show originally stemmed out of boredom. We were young, immature, got up to all sorts of shit and we thought it would be funny if we documented it on

camera, and that’s what we did. However, we soon realised that by documenting what we are getting up to, all these kids could be part of the experience.

Even if they couldn’t physically come to the shows they could watch them online, and could also come behind the scenes with us. We have always written to our fans on MySpace, Facebook and Twitter, and so the YouTube show is really just an extension of that communication.”

Despite their strong youth following, Lo Russo admits that the band didn’t even consider the possible negative ramifications when releasing their first single under the title Pornstar – a decision, in hindsight, he admits could have easily alienated young listeners.

“We knew we had a young online fan base, but the fact that that translated into people wanting to come and see our shows and buy our CDs was surprising,” he concludes. “For us, it was about releasing a single that would grab people’s attention and was different to what was playing on the radio.

“Looking back, it was lucky we didn’t take into account that it could isolate fans, because that might have stopped us releasing the single which really launched our career.”

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STRIKE ANYWHERE While The Iron’s Hot

Emotionally charged politico melodic hardcore boys from Virginia, Strike Anywhere will be back in Perth next month, playing Wednesday, July 14, at Amplifier Bar. Frontman Thomas Barnett tells JESSICA WILLOUGHBY why this Australian tour went against all the odds.

“I didn’t think we’d actually make it out to Australia again,” Strike Anywhere vocalist Thomas Barnett explains. “Our currencies have a parody which I thought would mean that we might not be able to do it.

But we did it and it’s astonishing.”

Barnett is a man that firmly believes in fate. As the frontman of a band that has built its name on the positive reinforcement of punk hardcore energy, it is easy to understand why. But after a decade of bringing their leftist viewpoint to the stage, it was time to delve a little bit deeper.

Their latest, Iron Front (2009), turns the ideological fever up a notch and goes beyond the known stance of the simple blame game many politico acts adhere to.

The fourth studio release instead sees the quintet immerse themselves in the sights and sounds of south central Los Angeles, a place Barnett dubs a “working class, militarised police state”.

“The environment which surrounded us had a big part to play in what came out in Iron Front,” he begins. “I spent a lot of time in this garage that I rent which is next to the interstate 10 freeway in south LA. We also recorded quite a bit there. Garage walls are thin and it is almost like you are creating music in the outside world around you. This feeling cracked into the recording; you can hear sirens and police helicopters in the background. It brings a sense of urban heat, violence, trauma and desperation to the recording. It almost felt like I was hiding from all these things in my garage.”

It was not just the sounds of the world around the Richmond quintet at the time of writing that made Iron Front the dark and intense document it is. The material also portrays a splash of vivid imagery; from the emotions felt in the pre-Barrack Obama days to an overall sense of liberation. Barrett agrees this was the aim.

“There was even an incident where I came back from a tour I did with Propagandhi,” he says. “I walked in my home, said ‘hi’ to my wife and patted my dog, put my bag down and looked out the window.

There was a car dumped outside my house and it was on fire. It was so silent; you could just hear the crackle of the flame. But the sound slowly grew and windows smashed as the scene became more dangerous. It reminded me of ambient sound for the police state, homelessness and the slow climb of the recession to roost. And that’s what we tried to capture.”

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BEAR IN HEAVEN Forth From Georgia

Ray Charles had Georgia on his mind, but punchy psychproggers Bear In Heaven have New York, and not their hometown of Georgia, to thank for uniting them in musical matrimony. DANIELLE MARSLAND speaks with bassist Adam Wills about his group’s latest album, Beast Rest Forth Mouth (out now through Speak N Spell/Inertia).

When we check in with the bassist of indierock quartet Bear In Heaven, Adam Wills, he’s walking through the streets of Brooklyn, on his way to a gig. “I’m going to see a friend’s band play,” offers Wills, “but I’m really upset, because I’m missing Tame Impala – they’re on at Glasslands tonight in Brooklyn.”

Ah, wouldn’t you know it – Wills lives in what is probably the world’s hippest destination for young indie music lovers, but he’s bemoaning the fact that he can’t see a band that us kids in Perth have all-hours access to (well, up until recently, anyway). But then again, Wills doesn’t reveal the name of his pal’s band… considering the music circles he moves in, we bet it’s a none too shabby outfit, either.

Taking its genesis as an after-hours, solo project for musician Jon Philpot, in Georgia, Philpot’s chance encounters with musical friends from his hometown upon his relocation to New

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York led to the Bear In Heaven we know now. Wills worked with Philpot back in Georgia, the two reacquainting themselves when Wills’ graphic design firm relocated to New York.

“Every single person who has ever been in Bear In Heaven is either from Georgia or Alabama,” Wills shares, on the band’s make up.

“We all met each other along the way, whether up here [Brooklyn] or down there. The short story is that we were trying to start a band separate from Bear In Heaven, I don’t think it even had a name, but we would get together once a week to play music. Jon had an EP (Tunes Nextdoor To Songs) come out, so we thought, ‘Okay let’s just play these songs’. Jon’s solo stuff was really different - it was jazzier, a lot prettier and quieter.”

Red Bloom Of The Boom,Bear In Heaven’s first full-length album, was released in 2007, on independent Portland label Hometapes (“two of our oldest friends run the label, they were really

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“I’M GOING TO SEE A FRIEND’S BAND PLAY, BUT I’M REALLY UPSET, BECAUSE I’M MISSING TAME IMPALA – THEY’RE ON AT GLASSLANDS TONIGHT IN BROOKLYN.”

dying to put it out,”Wills says of Hometapes, after which point bassist James Elliott left to focus on his School Of Seven Bells commitments. These days, the band’s incarnation reads something like: Philpot on vocals, guitar and keyboards; Wills on guitar and bass; Sasha Bazarra on bass and keyboards and Joe Stickney (also a drummer with Panthers) on drums.

Despite their roots in the South, the entire band now firmly reside in Brooklyn, which no doubt puts a little more weight behind what they’re doing, there being such an amazing indie music scene in NYC. “I’ve been in Brooklyn for a decade now,” Wills says. “It’s easy, there’s lots of practice space, lots of venues to play music. Living here’s expensive, that’s the one downside!” Some great record sales are sure to help out with that one – with the Mecca of indie music blogs, Pitchfork, getting right behind the band’s latest release late last November, scoring it 8.4/10 on their at times impenetrable scale, seems a right probability.

“The Pitchfork thing has been huge,” Wills agrees. “Pitchfork has such a massive grasp on indie music - for whatever reason - they’re the tastemakers. It’s good and bad - I’ve seen some really good records that are amazing get some really bad reviews, and vice versa. They just seem to have the loudest voice. We got our label calling us and saying, ‘look, check it out, you got Best New Music on Pitchfork’ and we were like ‘Ohhhhh shit.’

We knew it would be good and open doors for us, but it’s also been more pressure. More tours, more interviews, more songs to write.”

We’re not going to argue with the ‘tastemakers’ - Beast Rest Forth Mouth is indeed a superb record of Flaming Lips-like warped psychpop, teeming with bubbling synths laid under a blanket of ethereal textures. Although for an album defined by its progressive slant, the fact that all the tracks are four minutes long signals some serious editing on behalf of the band, with similar progressive tracks normally clocking in at well over the five minute mark. Wills explains the reason for the economical song lengths.

“All the songs that were on the album were actually all more around six minutes to begin with. We were playing them live at the same time we were recording, so we would gauge audience reactions - what parts of the songs were, well, not necessarily boring, but just not needed. It was a big step for us to realise that we could get the same idea across in four minutes as we could in a longer track. A lot of it also had to do with the fact that a proper, one sided vinyl should be 40 minutes long, so we kept that in mind.”

Album Lovesick Teenagers is a definite album highlight for anyone looking to get their Bear In Heaven on for the first time, and is currently rivalling Yeasayer’s O.N.E. for this scribe’s ‘Best Track Of 2010’. The track is dark, but triumphant; marked by hypnotic drumming and driving, buzzing lyrics: ‘Lovesick teenagers don’t ever die/They will live forever/Even when you’re too old.’ Despite the fact that the track has far and away been most objectively successful from the album, in terms of sales, chart polling and blogs, Wills shares that the band only ‘threw’ Lovesick Teenagers on the album as a ‘last minute thing’.

“It’s funny, it’s easily the poppiest song on the record – we didn’t really think about it much, but everybody’s really latched onto it.

Then we were like, ‘aahh, no wonder they like this, it’s verse, chorus, verse, chorus, it’s a straight up pop song’. It was actually the very last song that we wrote. Casual Goodbye was the first song we wrote (that’s the last song on the record).

Basically the very end of Casual Goodbye became the chorus for Lovesick Teenagers.

“We had this idea to just take a part of a song, and take another song out of it, so there was this sort of, refrain thing, going on in the record. That was our shot at being conceptual!

So Lovesick Teenagers was supposed to be filler textural, more than anything, a taste of what was to come. Then that wound up being the hit.

And when, pray tell, will Bear In Heaven grace Australian readers with said live experience?

“Man, everyone I’ve spoken to tonight is like, ‘are you guys coming to Australia?’ and I’m like, ‘fucking bring us over!’. Yeah, we’re definitely planning on coming. There’s talk of us doing the [St Jerome’s] Laneway Festival over there February next year, so fingers crossed.” www.xpressmag.com.au

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PEARL ADAY Pearls Of Musical Wisdom

VILLAGERS Songs For The People

With such a colourful musical upbringing, there was no way Pearl Aday wasn’t destined for rock greatness. As she explains to JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD,following the road to rock with debut release Little Immaculate White Fox was the perfect way to show the world just what she has to offer.

In the song Rock Child, gritty, soulful rock chanteuse Pearl Aday belts: “I’ve been a little girl living centre stage/ I’ve been sleeping in a guitar case.” As Aday herself attests, it’s not merely a metaphor for feeling rock’n’roll 24/7 - as the step-daughter of rock legend Meat Loaf, she was exposed to the genre and all it entails almost from the time she was born.

“I’ve been singing and performing since I can remember,” Pearl explains. “I’ve got notebooks full of words, lyrics and early drafts of songs dating back to when I was a little kid, so immersing myself in that process of music making has been a big part of my life.”

With such a solid musical foundation, it’s no surprise that Aday – who began her music career backing-up Meat Loaf, and later Motley Crue, in her late teens – sounds confident and commanding throughout her musically diverse debut Little Immaculate White Fox. “It’s a huge step carrying a band and being the main focus on stage, and although I’ve pretty much worked it out I’m still never going to stop learning,” Aday explains. “Every time I go out on stage I learn something more about the

way that I move and the way I communicate myself.”

While Aday says that the songs on the record are informed by past and present legends - including her idols The Rolling Stones, AC/DC and Janis Joplin - beneath the rock’n’roll fun lies a deeply personal aesthetic.

“When my mother was pregnant with me she was convinced the whole time I was a boy,” Aday states. “Late in her pregnancy her friend rang up and said ‘I just had a dream about your baby. It’s a girl and she was lying in a forest at the base of a tree, wrapped up in white fox fur’. My mum said ‘That’s very beautiful but I’m having a boy’ and a few hours later she went into labour and, much to her surprise, out came this blueeyed, blonde-haired little girl.

“Little Immaculate White Fox has unofficially been my first name since birth, and for my first album I thought it was appropriate to christen it with that name, since this record is very much an expression of who I am.”

Despite the introspective focus, Aday admits she was not alone in her effort to make it to the top, employing the musical talents of

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her husband Scott Ian (Anthrax), Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains), Daniel Lanois (Mother Superior) and hard rock legend Ted Nugent. However, she asserts that the greatest credit should be given to her tutor and biggest influence – her stepfather Meat Loaf.

“The most important lesson he taught me is that being on stage is a privilege,” Aday concludes. “He always said ‘It doesn’t matter if there are five people out there in an empty club or 50, 000 you always, always, give a hundred billion percent. Because those people, even if there are only five, deserve just the same as if they were standing in a packed stadium’. I always keep that advice on top of my heart.”

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Young Irish songwriter Conor J. O’Brien, who performs under the moniker Villagers, continues his homeland’s tradition of rich, haunting, poetry on his brilliant debut Becoming A Jackal. DAVID CRADDOCK spoke to O’Brien on the eve of his recent tour of England.

Conor J. O’Brien once described himself as “a hamster sized Conor Oberst”. He says he was cornered into the remark by a cheeky journalist, and the quip is certainly not the most accurate of comparisons, but it says a lot about this laid-back Irish songwriter’s dry and witty take on the world around him.

“I think it’s because I play the acoustic guitar, I write wordy songs and I look vaguely like him,” O’Brien laughs down the line from Manchester, where he has just kicked off a major UK tour. “And my name’s Conor. It’s a bit weird.”

O’Brien’s debut album Becoming A Jackal, which was released recently under the name Villagers, immediately went to #1 on the Irish charts; an impressive feat given the album’s demanding, deeply poetic lyrical content, and broody instrumentation. It’s certainly not your usual pop fodder and probably has more in common with T.S. Eliot than Missy.

“In Ireland there was so much hype about the band that it almost reached a ridiculous level – I’m actually embarrassed about it,” he says of early interest in the album, which was undoubtedly spurred on by the popularity of O’Brien’s short-lived, but hotly tipped, former outfit The Immediate.

After being given the go-ahead by his prestigious record label Domino (whose roster includes The Arctic Monkeys, The Fall, Wild Beasts and Franz Ferdinand amongst their roster) O’Brien decided to record Becoming A Jackal in the attic of his guitarist Tommy McLaughlin’s Donegal home. Although the songwriter played all of the instruments on the album (except for strings and French horn), he now takes the Villagers project on the road with a full band.

“We basically spent just over three weeks [up there] – there was a massive, massive, snow storm going on throughout that whole month in Ireland,” O’Brien explains of the sessions which were co-produced by McLaughlin. “There was rain, storms and ice on the road so we pretty much just stuck inside the house. Some of it actually made it onto the album, the weather, which is kind of nice… I was hoping it would.”

Lyrically, the album constructs intricate vignettes of daily life, but in a deeply poetic way that can have you going back over each song and combing for undiscovered gems beneath each layer of meaning.

“I think I use songs as a place to talk about things that you don’t usually talk about very often in everyday life but you know that everyone is thinking about,” O’Brien says of songs like 27 Strangers; a riveting tale about an otherwise ordinary bus trip. “I think I like to take the most mundane, domestic and everyday things and put them beside the most magical and biggest ideas I can.”

Deeply inspired by the Hermann Hesse book Narcissus And Goldman, O’Brien says the key themes of the album are growth, change, and the “scavenging aspects” of human nature. “I guess bringing humans down to a more animalistic level,” he explains.“Dressing us down and making sure we’re not too big for our boots.”

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Bloc Par t y frontman Kele Okereke’s first solo album The Boxer begins with a blaring, fuzzy, offbeat military call: ‘I don’t know what you been told/ But this don’t stand/ Walk tall, walk tall’. And while Kele may perhaps be walking tall, it’s down an all too familiar road.

It’s very hard to know what Kele is trying to achieve with this album. So often the songs just sound like a slew of Bloc Party b-sides backed by some entry level beats with a good deal of the vocals seeming to recycle old themes and hooks rather than breaking free with an innovative new sound.

Perhaps this is because, at Kele’s behest, Bloc Party had already evolved into a quasi-electronic act even before the release of 2008’s Intimacy – so the shift on the solo album really doesn’t come as much of a surprise.

Proving he’s got the chops to produce a slick, classically-grimey album, Kele is best when he forgets the posturing and just has fun, with up-tempo club jams Tenderoni, Everything You Wanted and On The Lam sporting melodies sturdy enough to support all the digital detailing.

As it stands, though, Kele’s solo excursion is less of an ‘inspired sign-off’ than something of an empty accomplishment, and shouldn’t be mistaken for anything more than a semi-adventurous side project.

LA outfit The Ettes are the sort of band you imagine plastered all over the front page of the NME (if you’re into that sort of thing) with ‘NEXT BEST THING’ stamped on their foreheads and that’s just looking at the cover. Then when you stick it in the CD player, it pretty much sounds like you’d expect. The sound in question is a fuzzed out lo-fi alt-country blues fest that’s simple, tasty, and finger-lickin’.

There appears to be a lot of inspiration from The White Stripes and The Black Keys, or at least they have a lot in common sound-wise, except for the twangy country sonnet Love Lies Bleeding reminiscent of country stars of the ‘70s.

Nashville, the site of the album’s recording, comes thick and fast but it doesn’t feel like a genre re-hash, there’s just a gentle country breeze flowing through. Lindsey Hames does a sterling job on vocals alternating between sombre and raunchy, keeping things exciting over the sometimes bland and repetitive tunes.

The difference between The Ettes and The White Stripes comes down to one thing really: charisma. Jack White has it, and his music is exciting as a result. Lindsey Hames has it, but the rest of The Ettes do not. _BRENDAN HOLBEN

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Miley Cyrus has stepped out of the shadow of her fathers sizeable mullet to be a big money item in her own right. Cyrus is the hero of millions of primary school girls with her portrayal of pop star Hannah Montana, but it is in records under her own name where she looks to appeal to an older demographic.

The change in image sees the teenager wearing leather and embracing a dance-pop style. This focus on the dance floor doesn’t bode too well when the finest moment during the early going is a cautious cover of Poison’s Every Rose Has It’s Thorn. After an ordinary beginning, Can’t Be Tamed does offer some saving graces through the piano ballads Stay and Take Me Along.

There is a big chorus here and there (Scars, Two More Lonely People) that are sure to resonate with radio, but overall Can’t Be Tamed is an unfocused affair, with the less said about Cyrus’ rap on Liberty Walk the better.

With D olly Par ton being her godmother there is little surprise that Cyrus is at her best when doing country tinged tunes, and for someone so young she’s also a great purveyor of bubblegum pop. It is a shame that she has abandoned her strengths in an attempt to rush her coming of age.

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This writer can certainly confirm that it is possible to over-play this record.

A neat little three-track CD, there’s plenty to appreciate musically on initial listens. The vocals are perhaps the most distinctive part; chock full of hooks, each song seemingly packaged just perfectly so as to vie competitively for the lucrative national youth radio market.

Meanwhile, the guitars power around the pedal board like sirens, the bass drops a ‘funky’ line where necessary, and the drums are not at any point out of place. This band is ready and raring to be blared from mid-card festival PA stacks, set to be remembered fondly by a select group of die-hards as they move on into non-descript suburban lives over the next few years.

This is a conflicting release. On paper, everything fits. Quite literally, too. The release is hand-numbered, the artwork is stark in its simplicity, and every conceivable musical box has been ticked. They even have a blog. It should be just a matter of time before these guys are the next Birds Of Tokyo. At least, that’s what their publicist is sure to declare when he gets his five minutes with Kingsmill.

Fortunately for the band they have sponsorship from two clothing companies; but even that’s not gonna change the fact that this is just way too safe to ever ignite anything more than a brief flash in the pan.

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You may already know who Travie McCoy is, either as the frontman for Gym Class Heroes, or perhaps more notoriously as the guy that Katy Perry left for Russel Brand. Bummer. Either way, Lazarus is McCoy’s first venture as a solo artist, and it is a painfully inconsistent record.

If Lazarus was a five track EP, it would be hard to fault. Take the first four songs, throw in After Midnight, and you’ve got a pretty solid record that would stand as a mightily impressive debut. The only problem with Lazarus is the other five tracks.

Obviously writing a consistent record is easier said than done, but when songs like Dr. Feelgood and Billionaire can boast great choruses and overall structures, songs like The Manual (which features horrible guest vocals from T-Pain) only show you just how polarised the quality of the songs really are.

There’s some great stuff on Lazarus, but the album ultimately suffers at the quality of its fillers. I suppose it all comes down to whether you’re a glass half full or half empty kind of person. I just don’t see why McCoy couldn’t have filled that glass to the brim. _GEORGE GREEN

Canada’s Hot Hot Heat are k nown for their brand of quirky electrorock, but with their latest album Future Breeds they have taken quirky and combined it with kooky, resulting in a uniquely intriguing experiment that well and truly pays off.

While the band’s earlier material adopted a more straight-up catchy approach, this new direction sees Hot Hot Heat taking on more of a Horror Shop feel, with disjointed keyboards and awkward guitar solos running riot throughout the album. That’s not to say that Hot Hot Heat have lost all of their catchiness, but have gone about being catchy in a whole new way.

Songs like Times A Thousand and JFK’s LSD highlight just how much of a darker feel flows throughout Future Breeds, while Goddess On The Prairie and 21@12 will still keep the old school fans dancing.

The production on Future Breeds takes the fuzz-o-meter right up to 10, with some dirty bass tones and distorted keys working well with the distant layered vocals and raw drum sounds.

It’s easy for bands with keys to end up sounding polished and lifeless, but this basic production allows Future Breeds to still ooze with character.

Whilst this album is in no way as traditionally catchy or hooky as their previous efforts, it is just as rewarding if you’re willing to take a ride on Hot Hot Heat’s new roller-coaster.

Think of Future Breeds as The Killers on crack. _GEORGE GREEN

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Thirteen years and seven albums in (the last two of which admittedly werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t great), and The Chemical Brothers have finally regained some of their past glory.

Further is a return to the British dance duoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s melodic style, with each of the eight focused arrangements seemingly influenced by different periods of the outfitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past. For example, Another World launches into a series of echoed thumps and wavy synth-beats that hint at a growing progression similar to that of 2002â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brilliant Star Guitar.

The lack of guest support on the record is an interesting move, considering that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first time the Chemical Brothers have ever gone down such a route. While the unlikely guests who collaborated on 2007â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s We Are The Night left an awkward feeling at times, some of the duoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most memorable standouts are those that have featured guest vocalists - including 1995â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Life Is Sweet featuring Tim Burgess of The Charlatans and 2002â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Test featuring Richard Ashcroft.

On Further, however, the focus on minimalist vocals comes off as so relentlessly smooth and alluring that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to argue with the decision to keep everything in house.

This stripped-down effort more than proves that The Chemical Brothers have perfected the soft fusion of sound that fans h to expect, having crafted an unstrained, repetitive thumpathon that fits right into their catalogue. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

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W h i l e i t â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a l w a y s tempting to review the shiny new CDs delivered to us by record companies, this column is all about hunting â&#x20AC;&#x201C; heading out into cyberspace with a butterfly net, magnifying glass, and (perhaps a handkerchief tied around a stick containing a sandwich) and looking under logs for some exotic tunes that havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been spoon-fed to us by the man.

One of my favourite online scavenging methods â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not alone - is to go to of a favourite artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Myspace pages and suss out of their digital mates.

Gillian Welch writes a pretty damn good tune â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this chap she calls a friend Peter Nevin? Nevin, a Montreal native, creates voice and bazouki compositions of astounding beauty. Most Of You Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Know Me is a sparse, folk-y number that includes chugging cello swipes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;village fairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; think minstrels bobbing around with garlands of in their hair â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but with a woozy Syd Barett orchestrating the dance. I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found a new favourite friend.

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For Danielle Caruana, Mama Kin is a stage persona that resonates with who she is: the product of a very musical family and a woman who just loves her own family and two children.

Equal parts raconteur and soulstress, Mama Kin is a sassy femme fatale (who happens to be married to John Butler) who draws on her experiences of love, life and heartache on debut Beat And Holler, a compelling LP of private musical expression.

The approach Caruana brings to the material feels crafted for private enjoyment rather than public consumption, and the end result is both a deeply personal and emotionally satisfying work. More than simply an expression of her music, Beat And Holler provides a vividly painted portrait of Caruanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personality, as her bittersweet melodies traverse the riotous, raw and intimate, all built on a solid bed of soulful piano crescendos and swampy bass beats embellished with keening cello and underlying electronic echoes.

Mama Kinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music is gut wrenchingly honest, ebbing and flowing throughout as she pulls listeners along on her joyous journey.

Having shared stages with the likes of Ani DiFranco, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu and The Cat Empire, Mama Kin is fast becoming a notable talent on the long, jazzy highway of Australian roots music, and will surely woo local audiences with the unique sound she has fashioned on Beat And Holler.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably got more to do with the age-old Scottish trait of being tight than being a groundbreaking invention of Alexander Graham Bell proportions, but when brothers William and Jim Reid started experimenting with broken and out-of-tune equipment, it was clear that music would never be the same again.

Formed in the Scottish post-war new town of East Kilbride, the Mary Chainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legend was sealed the moment that Primal Screamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bobby Gillespie - who played drums on the record - passed a copy of their feedback-strewn demo Upside Down to his schoolmate Alan McGee, who liked what he heard, and released the track on his fledgling Creation Records.

When Psychocandy was released in November 1985, complete with its beautiful Beach Boys-esque melodies competing to be heard through walls of screaming feedback and distortion, the band had created a bona fide classic.

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Siblings Jake and Jamin Orrall may have grown up in Nashville, Tennessee, but the sound that they make as JEFF The Brotherhood isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t indicative of the music that generally comes out of that city. Embracing the DIY ethic with gusto they have released their own records, comic books and homemade videos, while playing gigs anywhere from art galleries to rooftops.

Heavy Days has the brothers using three guitar strings and only the bare essentials of a drum kit to create their unique brand of punk rock. Fuzzed out guitars and frenetic drumming are the defining features of the majority of the disc, with few songs overstaying their welcome. There is no shortage of melody present along the journey with Bone Jam winning best in show.

Even when the duo slow things down a little they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hold back on the riffage. The Tropics has the albums most meandering and memorable solo, and is followed by gloriously titled stoner rock of Heavy Krishna.

JEFF The Brotherhood take the punk inspired sounds of yesteryear to make a debut full length that is high on energy and unaffected by fashion. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT

Treats for both sides of your brain this week.

For the intellectual side is the compelling story of the deal worked out between Gordon Brown and Tony Blair to decide whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d lead the Labour Party to the 1997 poll. Michael Sheen (Underworld) reprises his ace role as Blair from Stephen Frearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2006 effort The Queen, and David Morrissey, last seen as Sharon Stoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shag buddy in the woeful Basic Instinct sequel, is the gruff Scot.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a history buff youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll love seeing real events played out like you were there. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not quite a dramatic as The Queen and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bit of a Helen Mirren-shaped hole, but it will broaden your knowledge of politics in general, not just that of the UK in the late â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s.

For your inner artist/child comes Ponyo, the latest film from Japanese animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli. The studio is famous for scenes that have a beautiful, dreamlike fantasy quality, and Ponyo is full of them. Scenes of the little heroes driving a little powerboat after a floor while fish and sea creatures swim among the forest and the streets below are striking.

The rich, hand drawn style is a welcome change from the pixel-perfect output of Dreamworks Animation or Pixar, and as Hollywood studios relentlessly try to convince us, the first step is the script.

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PAUL KING From Boosh to Bull Having shepherded cult comedy series The Mighty Boosh onto our screens for the past three years, director Paul King makes his feature debut with Bunny And The Bull, which screens as part of the Revelation Perth International Film Festival at the Astor Theatre on Tuesday, July 13, and Saturday, July 17.

The film tells the strange and somewhat melancholy tale of shut-in Stephen (Edward Hogg), who relives a nightmarish crossEuropean holiday with his hedonistic best friend Bunny (Simon Farnaby), all while never leaving his flat. The film also features appearances by Boosh stars Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt and Richard Ayoade.

King spoke to X-Press about the tribulations of jumping from the small screen to the big. For the full rundown of films screening as part of Revelation, head to revelationfilmfest.org.

By TRAVIS JOHNSON Your background is in theatre. How does that affect your approach when working on film?

Well, I guess Bunny doesn’t look like many other films, so maybe it affects it in that I think what theatre is very good at is kind of representing worlds without actually building them all. You know, especially the sort of theatre I grew up with, which is sort of Robert Lesage and these kind of very visual, sort of experimental companies, and they’re great at making worlds with very little effects.

I remember one of my formative memories is of (the short film) Street Of Crocodiles, making this flock of birds take off, kind of moving all these books, kind of opening them along their spines and making these books into birds. And I always loved that kind of transformative nature of making objects into other things and creating feelings and emotions and landscapes out of strange objects, and that really informed Bunny a lot. Film tends to be a very literal medium, in that no matter what story you’re telling or what time it’s set in, 99.9 per cent of films look like what they’re supposed to look like; there’s very little expressionistic cinema, especially not since about 1940, and I’m trying to bring the 1940s and 1930s back (laughs).

I really like films like The Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari, Murnau films. I tend to go for the dream sequences in movies, when things are a little bit more expressionist. And I suppose that’s what I was really interested in doing this, is making a world out of objects, and making worlds which reflected the psychological state of the characters. So when Stephen’s feeling depressed and swamped by things, everything’s made out of grotty newspaper, it’s the beginning of the story, and he’s trying to tell this story for himself, it’s very much more like a children’s TV show style, it’s very simplistic and cardboard and kind of drawn, and then as it gets more fragmented you get different kinds of elements, lots of different styles as we move through the film. So that’s what I was trying to do. I guess it culminates in the bullfight, where the bull’s made of every single object in his flat. What he’s fighting is not just the memories, but the kind of spaces he finds himself in, where he’s surrounded and trapped, and it’s a fight between Bunny and the Bull, and between Stephen and the world.

audience is so used to seeing worlds made of clock parts and cardboard and bits of old shoe, but then when you suddenly cut from the studio back to real life, that’s as shocking as it will be for Stephen stepping outside the flat.

And that’s really only something you can do when you’ve been in a darkened room for 90 minutes, to take people on that journey. I mean obviously normally sitting in a field wouldn’t be a surprising shot in a film particularly, but hopefully we got to the stage where you go ‘Oh, god, yeah. That looks a bit weird’. But yes, it was mostly all shot in a really quite small studio in Nottingham, because it’s what we could afford, but it was great.

“I ALWAYS LOVED THAT KIND OF TRANSFORMATIVE NATURE OF MAKING OBJECTS INTO OTHER THINGS AND CREATING FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS AND LANDSCAPES OUT OF STRANGE OBJECTS” How closely involved were you with the production design?

We kind of decided to put all our eggs in that basket, really. It’s a pretty low budget film by the standards of any proper film making, but we really tried to spend what little money we had on the sets. Hopefully the sets are telling a story, as opposed to just being whimsical choices; hopefully everything was motivated by what you saw in the flat, and what Stephen was feeling. So it was pretty important. Our designer, Gary Williams, did an amazing job. I don’t want to be one of those people who says ‘Oh yeah, he made it exactly how it was in my head’ because he did far more than that. It wasn’t nearly that good in my head! But I was pretty closely involved with it. I wanted a distinctive feel.

This is a darker and more melancholy story than The Boosh. How do you think your audience will react?

I suppose there is a danger that people who have seen The Boosh might think it’s Boosh: The Movie, which it obviously isn’t, but hopefully people are relatively savvy about what ‘from the director of’ means. I think there’s some shared aesthetic values in there. It’s very flattering of you to assume I have an audience!

What was the inception of the project? Did it start as a stage play?

I did have a think about doing it as a stage play. The thing I was interested in was the kind of boring postcards aesthetic, this idea of a road trip story set in boring postcards, and I did think it should be a play, but it was one of those things where I was also interested in Did that inform your decision to work mainly turning it into a film. And it’s so much work on sets? Apart from a couple of scenes putting a play on, if it’s not really the medium at the end, the film seems to be entirely you want to explore this story in, just try and stagebound. do what you want to do and hope for the It was all filmed in the studio apart best. The production company here were very from a day and a half where we did the bullfight. supportive from the first time I mentioned it, and I was interested, having gone down that path, that became the easiest route to tell the story.

I really wanted to get to the bit where the As I started writing it, I wasn’t sure the boring

Paul King (self portrait)

postcards look could sustain 90 or 100 minutes of a film, so I began exploring other things. I think by the end it could only have really been a film; it’s too elaborate to be anything else. But if anyone wants to do a musical version, I’m more than available! But I think it ended up being what it had to be.

churlish not to give them roles. Lots of stories about Bunny are from Simon’s life, it’s all inspired by his grandad, and the gambling addiction stuff is very much his family background. I think the hardest part was convincing the people who financed the film that my speed dial was the best way of casting!

You do have a lot of frequent collaborators.

What are the advantages of that?

I call them friends! Although I will start sending out birthday invitations with “Dear Stock Company” written on them. To a certain extent, it’s working with people you know who are good. We didn’t have very much money, so it wasn’t like we could go ‘Hey, I think Bobby De Niro would be fantastic for this’. I was able to write parts with them in mind in the hope that they would do it if they were asked, and they were all nice enough to say yes. Somebody like Simon I’ve worked with a lot, and I’ve written with a lot. A lot of the people who ended up in it were reading the script as I went along, giving feedback, so I think it would have been a little

Working with so many comedians, is there a lot of ad-libbing on set?

Yes, and I was absolutely delighted.

It’s what I’m used to, and the thing I felt most vulnerable about was the writing - it was the first major thing I’d written on my own. I was really nervous about that aspect of things. Now I’ve written another script since, and feel I’m getting better, but I was really grateful that they’d come in and kind of improve. I think the most nervewracking thing was sending the script to Noel and Julian, and they went ‘Ah, it’s really funny’.

The fact that they would then come in and make it funnier and better was pretty useful. So I thought ‘I’ll take credit for that line, thank you very much’. Always happy to pass off other people’s work as my own.

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The theme of male friendship is very predominant in comedy films at the moment...

Absolutely! I’ve seen a couple from that school of comedy. The better ones I’ve seen are The Hangover and 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up, and I wonder if the one that kicked off this modern day phase is Sideways, which I think is a great modern masterpiece, and that was definitely something I had in mind, that film.

It’s such a great buddy road movie I would have been crazy not to watch it 87 times.

What I was hoping to explore, which is less kind of ‘bromancy’, if that’s the word, is that obsessive sort of relationship that you can have when you’re young, when you’re friends with someone and you realise that they’re not a good person. For me the main reference was Brideshead Revisited; the young, impressionable man who gets whirled up in this crazy, hedonistic lifestyle. That was a real touchstone. Stephen’s such a nervous, nerdy character, when somebody who offers him a good time, who seems to open every possible door for him, it’s irresistible. After a couple of weeks though, you end up going ‘Oh, you are going to destroy me and I’m here as a mirror for your vanity’. I think Bunny’s not a nice man you’d want as your best bud, because he’s pretty selfobsessed, really. www.xpressmag.com.au

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If your bookshelves are lacking in literary matter then a trip to Save The Children’s annual book sale is a must. Now in its 46th year, the Save The Children book sale raises much needed funds for disadvantaged children in Western Australia and beyond, by selling off donated books, CDs, DVDs and sheet music.

Taking place from Friday, August 20, ’til Wednesday, August 25, at UWA (under the clock tower), the sale will offer up every genre of book imaginable at prices that won’t leave a dent in your wallet.

To find out more about Save The Children or to donate your time, head to savethechildren.org.au.

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Since its inception five years ago, the Mace Francis Orchestra has continued to grow in size and reputation, now featuring 14 young musicians who are touted as jazz’s next big things.

To celebrate their fifth birthday, the folks from the Mace Francis Orchestra will hit the road for a national tour, finishing up in Perth with shows on Thursday, July 15, at the Ellington Jazz Club and Monday, July 19, at the Perth Jazz Society (Charles Hotel). Get your tickets now from ellingtonjazz.com.au or admin@perthjazzsociety.com. To keep up to date on all things Mace Francis Orchestra, head to macefrancis.com.

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This Friday, July 9, animation lovers will gather at the West Coast Institute Of Training for Wam Bam, an intense, 48 hour competition. Cooked up by the WA Animation Association, the competition will see teams of animators creating short animated films in just 48 hours, with over $5,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs. Armed with the Institute’s advanced hardware, software and facilities, teams will create animations based on three random words drawn from a hat at the beginning of the 48 hour period. The resulting animations will then be screened for the public on Sunday, July 11, at 7pm, where audience members will be invited to vote for their favourite film. To get involved or find out more about the competition, head to wanimate.org.au.

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The always popular Australia’s Next Top Model competition will return to Fox 8 on Tuesday, July 20, featuring 16 girls who think they’ve got the goods to take the fashion industry by storm. Hosted by Sarah Murdoch, the show will see wannabe models face a slew of fashionable challenges to determine who will become Australia’s Next Top Model. Congratulations to Perth lasses Claire Smith and Sally Geach who will join X-Press Fashion cover-star Jessi Moloney, in the running to win the ANTM title.

The lucky lass who takes home the grand prize will pocket a contract with premiere modeling agency Priscilla’s, plus $25,000 cash and an eight page spread in Harpers Bazaar Australia.

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To celebrate National Science Week, the folks at Curtin University are inviting amateur photographers to submit snaps of WA’s beautiful landscape, with entrants going into the draw to win an iPad. The competition is open to individuals of all ages, and requires photographers to showcase WA’s biodiversity through images of the bush, the beach or the backyard. Entries close on Saturday, August 7, with winners announced on Friday, August 23. To get involved, head to scienceweek. curtin.edu.au. www.xpressmag.com.au

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ROSE TURTLE ERTLER What’s Cookin’ Aussie ukulele sensation Rose Turtle Ertler returns to WA this weekend for the In Her Winter Kitchen tour, with a uke workshop at Pinakarri Community Inc in Hamilton Hill on Saturday, July 10. She then heads to Kulcha on Sunday, July 11, to launch her new cookbook at 5.30pm, followed by a performance at 8pm.

If you hadn’t noticed, the ukulele has made an epic return. Once relegated as an antiquity of kitsch, the humble little Hawaiian contraption has earned itself somewhat of a cult status over the past couple of years as more and more musicians turn onto its quaint tones.

While artists such as Dent May may be putting the cool back in uke, Australia’s very own Rose Turtle Ertler has taken it upon herself to spread the good word at a more grass roots level – a community that boasts countless uke clubs and festivals the world over. It’s this community explosion that was the subject of the recent uke-idolising documentary Mighty Uke. “I felt like it was not ver y well respected,” Ertler says of her decision to dedicate her life to being an ambassador of the ukulele. “It was quite a silly instrument when I started playing, with silly songs – clumsy and clowny. But the more I got to know the ukulele I realised it was something different, and the reputation is changing now.

“Those who play it love the sound of it. I think ukulele players are part of this growing group and it makes them feel special.

You couldn’t do this with the guitar. It’s getting bigger – there are more festivals popping up all around the world. There are still more people jumping aboard.”

Ertler took up the uke after some dodgy bugger stole her keyboard around five years ago. She just so happened to have the instrument sitting around and quickly took to its simplicity and mobility. After spending a couple of years plugging it into a distortion pedal to create a death-defying sound that wouldn’t be lost on Slayer, the instrument’s subtleties soon revealed themselves to Ertler and she was hooked.

She became a founding member of Melbourne’s burgeoning uke community, which has grown to become one of the most impressive in the world. And it was a model that’s been exported to the globe, with uke clubs now staples in most of the world’s major

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cities. So global is the trend, Ertler has just completed a cookbook in which uke players the world over offer their favourite recipes, simply entitled What Do Ukulele Players Eat?.

“I think it was just the right time,” Ertler says of the uke’s renaissance.

“People were ready to find something quite accessible, as people who have never played an instrument before can pick it up and learn a few tunes. The last ukulele craze was in the ’50s and now it’s happening again – but we’ve got the internet so it’s happening much faster and it’s bigger, and connected all around the world. I feel like I can travel anywhere in the world and be looked after by the ukulele community. It’s like a big family.” _JULIAN TOMPKIN.

pampered and cashed-up kids. Joining him is working class Eric (Kevin James) and his family, stay-at-home downtrodden dad Kurt (Chris Rock), spiritual healer Rob (Rob Schneider) and Grown Ups is the latest offering from Adam his ancient wife, and single layabout Marcus Sandler’s Happy Madison production company, (David Spade). which definitely improves on last year’s (un) The way the actors play off each other Funny People, but is still a long way from is great; no one really steals the spotlight, making his older, more successful stuff. The large it quite balanced in terms of performance. Some ensemble cast of Sandler regulars, including of the funnier moments (read: cheap laughs) Kevin James and Rob Schneider, come together come from the inappropriate breast feeding for a weekend of family bonding after their old of a four year old, and the troubling age gap high school basketball coach dies. between Schneider’s character and his wife.

The predictable ‘family togetherness’ Grown Ups may have a few funny message is delivered early in the film, giving it moments but ultimately lacks any outstanding a family comedy feel, which is likely to appease merits. Most of the scenes have been seen time those with low expectations or teenage children. The premise of a bunch of different and time again in loads of other films, with only families from different backgrounds getting the way the massive cast work together making along and having adventures in a ‘cabin by it that little bit different.

The film has it funny parts but lacks the lake’ is a tired story structure (seen in the terrible Cheaper By The Dozen 2 and many any real meaning. Yes, they are all learning to get along with each other and their own similar films), but it seems to work to light families, but by the time the ‘revelations’ happen comedy effect in Grown Ups. The film sees five guys, who won a near the end, they are hardly important, and basketball game when they were 12, come they leave you not really caring. Grown Ups is back to the lake house they celebrated in, to definitely better than a lot of recent Sandler honour their coach and spread his ashes. The films, it isn’t anything witty or brilliant, but it protagonists are exactly what you’d expect in does offer great screen chemistry from the cast a Sandler film, with Sandler himself playing which makes for an easy watch.

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Directed by David Slade Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Bryce Dallas Howard, Dakota Fanning

and by the time the credits roll, nothing of any consequence seems to have happened. Dakota Fanning turns up playing essentially the same role that Kirsten Dunst did in Interview With The Vampire, and I’m sure she’s meant to be a Apparently Stephanie Myers’ vampires are made harbinger of dark things to come, but shorn of flammable ice; cut them and all you get is of context, her character is meaningless. And a spill of beautiful crystals, but set a match to Victoria’s threat is dealt with in such a perfunctory them and they go up like a Buddhist monk manner that it really doesn’t register at all; there’s protesting the Vietnam War. It makes absolutely no sense that anything could possibly endanger zero sense, but then the Twilight series has never Bella and Edward’s co-dependent coupling, been big on outmoded ideas like internal logic, so there’s no drama, just a sequence of events narrative drive, or consistent characterisation; it’s that unfold around the star-crossed pair, that all about smouldering looks, longing hearts, and eventually end because of an arbitrary running the kind of hyper-idealised romance that makes time. women swoon and men want to kneecap Robert The real mystery here is why talented Pattinson. In a way, this film is critic proof - you filmmakers continue to attach themselves to this already know whether or not you’re going to see garbage. David Slade gave us the excellent Hard it, and no review is going to have any effect on Candy and the pretty decent 30 Days Of Night, but that decision whatsoever, but there are column it’s hard to imagine why he decided his CV needed inches to fill, so let’s push on. a Twilight adaptation to round it out. He tries to Bella (Stewart) has chosen the cold, lend the goings-on some sense of urgency and sexless vampire Edward (Pattinson) over virile grandeur, but it really is a case of polishing a turd. local werewolf Jacob (Lautner), but nobody seems It doesn’t matter how great your cinematography too happy about it except Bella. Meanwhile, is or how well the action sequences are cut vengeance-happy elder vampire Victoria (Howard) together, nothing can disguise the twee and is raising an army of newborn vampires to avenge unbeating heart of Twilight’s anaemic story. herself on Bella for reasons that were probably None of that matters to the film’s explained in the previous instalments. Everyone target demographic, of course. Cinemas will fill talks about their feelings for two hours until the with the Twihard faithful, and the next film is vampiric Cullens team up with Jacob’s Amerindian already moving into production, this time with Bill CGI werewolf tribe to butcher Victoria’s army in a Condon calling the shots. The eternal mystery of bloodless sequence stapled on to the end of the the Twilight franchise continues, bereft of artistry, film to give it some kind of sense of climax. immune to criticism, cold, bloodless, and immortal.

And seriously, that’s it; nobody learns anything, there’s no sense of catharsis or change, _TRAVIS JOHNSON

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intellectual nature because she does not want to be seen as strange by the bourgeoisie residents of the building, preferring instead to present the stereotype of the gruff, cantankerous caretaker.

Adapted from Muriel Barbery’s acclaimed novel, Through her friendship with Renee, Paloma The Hedgehog explores the insular world of an begins to understand that she needn’t succumb upper class Parisian apartment building through to the trivial ideals embraced by those around the eyes of a troubled 11-year-old girl, Paloma her, just as Renee, in her turn, begins to come (Le Guillermic). Fiercely intelligent but afraid of out of her protective shell as she embarks on a falling victim to the same petty and shallow delicate romantic relationship with Mr Ozu. Although the cast is uniformly concerns she sees dominating the lives of her family, she decides that she avoid this fate by excellent, Balasko stands out as the titular ending her life on her next birthday. To this Hedgehog – the analogy being that although end she begins documenting her life with an she is prickly on the outside, she conceals a old video camera, intending to illustrate the fragile dignity within. The real enjoyment here is mediocrity around her. However, her project watching her gradual transformation as for the instead brings her into contact with a new first time she is treated like someone of worth, tenant, the refined and sophisticated Mr Ozu and Belasko imbues the process with a warm (Igawa), and also the building’s caretaker, Renee and earthy humanity. Le Guillermic is likewise (Balasko), whose surly demeanour conceals a captivating as our precocious point-of-view deep love of poetry, literature and philosophy. character; in lesser hands Paloma may have This is a film of small, intimate come across as painfully pretentious, but instead moments and gentle humour. Character is we see the pain and confusion of a young girl revealed slowly and gradually; Renee hides her who feels completely cut off from the world

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The Hedgehog deals with the little social transactions that allow us to feel worth and esteem; the mutual acknowledgement of dignity, the giving and receiving of respect and courtesy. Its observations on class and culture are arch but never overbearing, Director Achache has an excellent eye for the telling detail, letting her audience draw their own conclusions from the characters’ reactions to the spaces around them, rather than beating us over the head with a critique of the upper middle class. More importantly, she never lets the social satire overwhelm her characters; their journeys remain foregrounded for the length of The Hedgehog the piece.

This is a gem of a film; understated, The Hedgehog will deeply reward anyone who carefully considered, complex without being seeks it out. opaque. Unafraid to be intellectual while at the _TRAVIS JOHNSON same time remaining rooted in human emotion,

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hubris, the standout performance is easily Christian McKay’s turn as the volatile Welles. This is the young and hungry Welles, not the obese caricature of his later years, and the relatively Richard Linklater’s career has charted a strange unknown McKay captures all the burning course since he first made a splash as a lo-fi auteur ambition and theatricality that the role requires. with the indie hit Slacker. It’d take far too long to More so, he manages to let just a hint of humanity make sense of a career that encompasses both shine through Welles’ armour-clad, larger than A Scanner Darkly and School of Rock, so suffice to life public persona, giving a suggestion of the say that he’s crafted a wide-ranging body of work. personal demons that drove the great man. It’s a This latest effort, a portrait of 1930s Broadway bravura performance, and a great calling card.

Efron doesn’t fare as well, but it’s hardly in general, and Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre in his fault; he’s the point-of-view character, giving particular is a typically eclectic choice.

Teen heart-throb Efron is the wide- the audience their ingress into the backstage eyed ingénue Richard, a fairly simple and world. It makes sense that he’s overshadowed uncomplicated role. Following his artistic dreams, by the seasoned performers he’s surrounded by, the 17 year old Richard lands a small role in Welles’ and spends much of his time with a ‘deer in the stage production of Julius Caesar. Richard is headlights’ look about him. There are plenty of seduced by both the theatrical life and ambitious jokes to be made about Efron going method to production assistant Sonja (Danes), and dazzled play a callow youth in the company of greatness,

by Welles’ arrogant genius. However, Welles’ ego but the truth is he’s perfectly serviceable in the demands that no-one ever cross him in any way part. The worst that can be said about him is that and Richard risks being ground up in the gears of his face and hair just look a little too modern for the period milieu, and that’s a fairly forgivable sin. the great director’s monstrous ambition.

All up, this is a sumptuous and elegiac This is a film more concerned with portraiture than narrative thrust, and Linklater piece, a detailed snapshot of a bygone era.

Although the length of the film leaves a little to recreates the pre-war New York theatre scene in impeccable detail. The vibe of the piece is be desired - 15 minutes could be snipped out spot on, and anyone who’s ever been involved without losing anything of great value - its sense in a theatrical production will recognise the of time, place and character are second to none. fragile egos, the hubris, and the perpetual Fans of the theatre, and fans of Orson Welles, owe feeling that the wheels are going to come off it to themselves to check this one out. any second now. _TRAVIS JOHNSON And speaking of fragile egos and

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THE TWINK & THE SHOWGIRL Generation Gap The Twink & The Showgirl is on as part of the Cabaret Soiree Carnivale season DownStairs At The Maj from Thursday, July 15, ’til Saturday, July 17. Bookings can be made through BOCS. When the wind is howling and the temperature plummets below zero, there’s nothing like a night at the cabaret to warm the soul. Throughout Winter and into Spring, the Cabaret Soiree Carnivale season will set up shop DownStairs At The Maj, offering up musical theatre, comedy and tributes to stars of the entertainment biz.

Next on the bill from the Cabaret Soiree season is The Twink & The Showgirl, a hilarious musical romp starring Phil Scott and Vincent Hooper. Touted as a show that examines the differences between generations of gay men, The Twink & The Showgirl is sure to delight audiences both young and old.

Fresh from performances at Melbourne’s Midsumma Festival, Adelaide’s Cabaret Festival and the Sydney Mardi Gras, Scott reveals how he and Hooper came to work together.

“I actually met Vincent in Perth,” shares Scott of his first encounter with Hooper.

“He’s from Perth and he was studying at WAAPA in the musical theatre course there and he played the lead in a show called Batboy. I was passing through, touring with another show that wasn’t playing in Perth but we had a night there anyway and a friend of mine directed Batboy so I thought I’d go along and see it. I was knocked out by Vinny’s talent when I met him, then when he left WAAPA he moved to Sydney and we became friends. We’ve done a few

things together now. He’s a fantastic singer and musician who is very funny - I just love working with him.”

When asked about the focus of the show, Scott reveals that it’s as much about the differences between generations of gay men as it is about the music, featuring contemporary pop numbers alongside old show tunes.

“Because there are a couple of decades between Vinny and I we bring out the differences between people of different generations. He makes jokes about how old and out of touch I am, and I make jokes about how young and stupid he is. Beyond all that, we obviously get on really well and we have a genuine friendship which is what people tell me they like about the show.”

So what are some of the differences Hooper and Scott have noticed about their respective generations?

“At the very extreme, how naive you are when you first come out and get into the gay scene and once you’ve been in it for quite a long time you get a bit jaded about the whole thing.

We don’t try to be too heavy about it, we cover it through song and a couple of little sitcom like sketches.

“There are some quite old tunes in it, some show tunes and a number from the 1940s but there’s also stuff by Mika and Vinny is hassling me to put some Lady Gaga in the show for Perth, perhaps I will. She’s certainly the current thing as far as young gay guys are concerned.”

PERSONAL POLITICAL PHYSICAL CHALLENGE Relationship Blues

Personal Political Physical Challenge

Personal Political Physical Challenge is on at just don’t give a shit, it’s self-indulgent and not PICA from Friday, July 16, ’til Tuesday, July a life. I don’t think love is the answer.”

20. Bookings can be made through PICA on “PPPC hinges on a fun and (08) 9228 6300 or www.pica.org.au. provocative assertion that personal relationships are not really very deep at all. That When a relationship loses its spark, how a shared lifestyle is an expression of very little.” do you reignite it? This, and the politics of Jaded from a bad break up? Fox says relationships are explored in an all-new work, no, and mentions he’s happily partnered with Personal Political Physical Challenge, by hybrid kids. “Discussing kids really tests a relationship, theatre company Hydra Poesis. and a lot falls apart when the idea of children Sam Fox, director and choreographer comes in to the mix. There’s the stress factor of PPPC, says the work is a combination of from both parties and you see a more real side contemporary dance and theatre, centring of each other.” its story on a couple who have become “I don’t like to believe that everyone dissatisfied with their relationship. The two is 2D, that we live in a Lego land society. have tried to reignite their relationship and Everyone is 3D, everyone has a subconscious reconnect but to no avail, so decide on a and subconscious desires and thoughts. ‘political challenge’ - an adult extrapolation of PPPC is an allegory for the way we perceive the children’s game of truth, dare, or physical contemporary Australian culture.” challenge.

Fox says that PPPC’s blend of _EMMA BERGMEIER The couple then go about their contemporary dance and theatre provides the surreal and radical challenges with their best platform to express the work’s comments trusty childhood toolkit, in an attempt to on relationship stories in contemporary find out what it is they’re fighting. The bizarre society. challenges include a Survivor-like test, where Fox’s production company Hydra the couple explore their stress in an unsafe, Poesis has firm beliefs in collaborate creation unclean and at risk environment. and interdisciplinary work. The creation of Fox says the founding ideas that PPPC began with early character, set and visual began PPPC were thoughts on the mechanics design with Thea Constantino, who has gone of relationships and their importance in a on to create the visual world and PPPC’s set. contemporary culture, and viewing a few too Performers Rachel Ogle and Martin many bad romantic comedy films.

Hansen then further developed the characters “From B-grade romance to high and choreography with Fox. Woman-Korgdrama, protagonists are so often concerned laptop matrix Stina Thomas (of Fall Electric with the internal intricacies of their relationship fame) was involved early in the project, and with each other with no regard to their shared has composed an original score, which Fox connection to the rest of the world. You watch describes as “complex, melancholy, driving and these romantic comedies and audiences are at times dry, electronic and orchestral.”

Vincent Hooper and Phil Scott supposed to feel for the characters as they star in The Twink & The Showgirl break up and then get back together again. I _DAVID GEOFFREY HALL

HONEY SPOT Yirra Yaakin Theatre Saturday, July 3, 2010 Honey Spot, Yirra Yaakin’s latest production, is a curious beast. Saddled as it is with unfortunate and (ultimately insurmountable) difficulties, its performers so masterfully ply their craft that moments of true humanity, as well as hilarity, shine through nonetheless. The result is a production that leaves its mark with characters of incredible pathos, and moments of performative brilliance, yet marred by some severe oversight.

Tim (Ian Wilkes) has just moved into a home in a Forest Reserve with cousin William (Phillip Walley-Stack) and his Mother (Lynette Narkle). A chance meeting with ballet dancer Peggy (a luminescent Katya Shevtsov), daughter of Forest Ranger (George Shevtsov), leads to an attempt by Peggy to create a hybrid dance for an upcoming scholarship audition. This results in a string of circumstances that culminates in a superb hybrid performance that transcends any comparison made to a rash of silver screen

attempts at similar plots in recent history.

The production is as beautifully mounted as it is performed. Alan Surgener has created a set and lighting atmosphere in which the play’s multiple locations are instantly understood, and recreates the multifarious spectrum of colour and shadow of the forest wonderfully. The musical design, while well executed and effective, is of a type rapidly becoming tired, at least in Perth theatre. I can think of five or six shows off the top of my head in recent history that have featured a lone cellist, and the addition of the didgeridoo in this one does little to alleviate the feeling of familiarity.

At its heart, Honey Spot is an example of how antiquated views of race and cultural rights can taint even an attempt at mutual understanding. While issues of cultural stewardship versus legislative protection of land are examined cursorily, the play also displays many of its own deeply seated biases.

There is an inherent danger in creating art that deals with racial and cultural divide, and its reconciliation. Actually, the dangers are legion,

noble savage. In so doing, what actually occurs is that the supposed harmonious outcome is one that can only be reached by a further imposition of racial stereotype.

This features heavily in Honey Spot, as does an American History X style subplot involving the ‘curing’ of an unknowingly racist individual via life-saving. The situation here would be farcical enough without an attendant sweeping-under-the-rug of legal issues. These pitfalls saturate and permeate the play, at worst displaying the most pernicious kind of cultural solipsism (getting honey on your person at birth will not immunise yourself to beestings), and at best creating confusion in scenes where legality is posited merely as a corollary to cultural heritage.

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VISUAL ARTS Mungart Boodja, Lobby of Burswood Entertainment Complex, Great Eastern Highway, Burswood.

To celebrate NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee) Week, Burswood will host Mungart Boodja, an exhibition that comes direct from Katanning in WA. With over 30 pieces on display, the exhibition is a collection of locally produced artwork with earthy colours, warm tones and striking landscapes.

Exhibition runs ’til Monday, July 19.

school. Peggy is the local Forest Ranger’s daughter. A friendship blossoms between the youngsters as Tim agrees to help Peggy in her performance assessment for a ballet scholarship. With the help of Tim’s family they create a dance piece merging the earthy feel of traditional Noongar dance with the fluid grace of classical ballet.

Season runs ’til Saturday, July 17. Tickets can be purchased online at yirrayaakin.com.au or by calling (08) 9202 1966.

Nicholas Folland, Turner Galleries, 470 William Street, Northbridge.

Nicholas Folland’s self titled exhibition has an aesthetic of chaotic beauty. It’s playful, sometimes whimsical, and often humorous.

He works with materials as diverse as crystal and granite, and incorporates domestic objects into dramatic new creations, such as chandeliers that grow ice, glassware that forms an icy floe, a bathroom that continuously overflows, and a cloud formed from multiple chandeliers. Nature and the romantic landscape make regular appearances in his work, but always with a twist, or a fractured unease.

Exhibition runs ’til Saturday, July 24.

Spirit Fingers, Blue Room Theatre, 53 James Street, Northbridge.

Unlike other magic shows, where banter and visual misdirection rule, Plink Plonk Productions’ Spirit Fingers will provide a visual feast of illusions with no cheesy jokes, no banter, in fact, no vocals at all! See only the magicians’ hands performing world-class tricks and choreographed hand dancing by emerging company Ludwig Productions.

Season runs ’til Saturday, July 24.

Bookings can be made via The Blue Room on (08) 9227 7005 or online at blueroom.org.au.

Puturru Palyalpayi – Stringmakers, Holmes à Court Gallery, 1/11 Brown Street, East Perth.

In 2009, the International Year of Natural Fibre and the International Year of Reconciliation, an artist’s exchange project was arranged, enabling three established female artists from the coastal plains of Perth, to visit senior women artists from the remote community of Warburton in the Gibson Desert. Together the women camped out for 10 days in the bush where they experimented with natural bush dyes and various materials to explore colour and texture.

Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, August 8.

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Rounds, PICA, James Street, Northbridge.

Rounds is an exhibition of work by nine cutting-edge Western Australian artists that radically engage with issues of peer influence through a self-generating exhibition process. Working through a series of four cycles, it started on September 5, 2009, and continued through ’til March 27, 2010. Each artist responds to a work made in the previous cycle by another artist in the group. Features Neil Aldum, Rebecca Baumann, Tim Carter, Elise/Jurgen, Shannon Lyons, Bennett Miller, Sarah Rowbottam, George Egerton-Warburton.

Exhibition runs ’til Wednesday, August 25. exhibition builds on his interest in modernist utopias.

Exhibition runs ’til Wednesday, August 25.

The Mighty Ambassadors, DownStairs at the Maj, 825 Hay Street, Perth.

Immerse yourself in an exhibition of photographs, posters, programmes and sound tracks from a Hollywood dream palace so opulent that it is hard to believe it once stood in Hay Street Mall. Called the Ambassadors Theatre, it opened in Get smART, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin September 1928 when smartly uniformed University, Bentley. usherettes flung wide the doors to an With over 60 new works from established auditorium seating 2000 awestruck patrons artists, Get smART features an array of beneath a blue dome twinkling with stars ceramics, paintings, drawings, sculptures, and embellished with projected moving objects, photographs, prints and audio visual clouds. Re-live the glory of Ambassadors works. The exhibition showcases the work of Theatre in this exhibition which documents artists who have exhibited their creations at the venue’s existence from 1928 to 1972. the gallery since its inception in 1998, or are Exhibition runs ’til Tuesday, August part of the Curtin University Art Collection.

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Exhibition runs ’til Friday, August 13.

Your Reference To More Gracious Living, PICA, James Street, Perth.

In Your Reference To More Gracious Living, Bevan Honey presents an ambitious new body of work that interrogates cycles of boom and bust, failed building projects and consumerist fetishes. With a title that refers to Australian Better Homes and Gardens magazines of the ’60s and ’70s, Honey’s latest

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A Rhapsody In Red, DownStairs At The Maj, Hay Street, Perth.

Fall dangerously in love with The CoverGirls; Peggy-Sue, Mary-Jane and Just Betty as they tease, cajole and spank the songs of delicious ’60s divas Diana, Tina, Shirley, Aretha and more, before sending them off for a bex and a good lie down. Coo to Baby Love, lick your lips for Lollipop, beg for Please

MUSIC Becc Sanderson, July 16-17 The Ellington; bookings through venue (08) 9228 1088.

Diesel, July 17 Charles Hotel; bookings through BOCS.

Mr Postman and run if you have Lipstick On Your Collar. Add a tiny tongue lashing from Germaine (Greer) and a couple of sparkly little AK47s and you have a night squished to the brim with love, romance and just a dollop of terror.

Season opens on Thursday, July 8, and runs ’til Saturday, July 10. Bookings through BOCS.

Victoria Newton, July 22-24 DownStairs At The Maj; bookings through BOCS.

WAAPA Showcase, Playhouse Theatre, Pier Street, Perth.

For its 30th Anniversary year, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts is presenting a theatrical showcase of the best of their performance program. Featuring performances from the WAAPA Big Band and highly lauded percussion ensemble Defying Gravity, the Showcase will also see performances of much loved scenes from the world of opera and theatre.

Season opens on Friday, July 16, and runs ’til Saturday, July 17. Bookings can be made through BOCS.

Deborah Conway & Willy Zygier, August 5-8 Various venues; bookings through Heatseeker.

Honey Spot, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Space, 65 Murray Street, Perth.

As part of the NAIDOC Week celebrations, Yirra Yaakin Theatre will host Honey Spot, a play that looks at two cultures living together with two different philosophies on land conservation and how friendship can overcome these differences. Tim, a young Aboriginal boy, is the new kid in

Black Sorrows, July 30 Charles Hotel; bookings through BOCS. Clare Bowditch, August 5 ArtBar; bookings through BOCS.

Ingrid James & Trudy Kerr, August 6-7 The Ellington; bookings through venue (08) 9228 1088.

WAYJO Winter Nites, August 13 Perth Concert Hall; bookings through BOCS. David Campbell, August 14 Perth Concert Hall; bookings through BOCS. The Dingoes, August 21 Charles Hotel; bookings through BOCS. Darren Hanlon, August 21 Fly By Night; bookings via flybynight.org.

Gina Williams, August 26-28 DownStairs At The Maj; bookings through BOCS.

FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER Things fire up on Friday nights at Gilkison’s Dance Studio with a celebration of all things Salsa. Whether you’re learning to dance or are a seasoned mover and shaker, Gilkinson’s is a great place to burn up the dance floor.

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MARVELOUS MOUNT LAWLEY Located a stone’s throw from the city, Mt Lawley is one of Perth’s most vibrant suburbs, home to numerous boutiques, restaurants, cafes and bars. Over the last decade or so, Beaufort Street has become one of Perth’s best shopping strips, boasting numerous independent boutiques that stock the latest fashions for lads and lasses.

Any self-respecting fashion lover venturing to Mt Lawley should definitely pop in to Billie & Rose at 672 Beaufort Street.

Established in 2005, Billie & Rose is a haven for contemporary fashion fans, stocking a huge variety of national and international labels. On the densely packed racks at Billie & Rose you’ll discover the latest designs from labels such as Carly Hunter, Saint Augustine Academy, Ellery, Lonely Hearts, Who Am Eye, Cheap Monday, Cassette Society, Alice McCall and Karen Walker; sure to satisfy even the fussiest shopper’s retail appetite.

Wander across the road from Billie & Rose to discover the beautiful Astor Theatre.

Constructed in 1914, the Astor is a stunning example of art-deco architecture, sporting mint green walls and plenty of old world charm. In recent years the Astor has changed its focus slightly, becoming more of a live performance venue than a traditional cinema.

Head in to The Astor between Thursday, July 8, and Sunday, July 18, for the Revelation Perth International Film Festival, which promises screenings of the latest and greatest documentaries, features and short films; for info on what’s on and when, head to revelationfilmfest.org.

Once Revelation wraps up, the fun will continue at the Astor with plenty of live music shows, including a special performance

by The Basement Birds on Thursday, July 12, in aid of X-Press Magazine’s 25th birthday. To keep up to date with everything that’s on at the Astor, check out liveattheastor.com.au.

Situated on the corner of Beaufort and Walcott Streets, Planet is a Mount Lawley institution. Home to every form of entertainment under the sun, Planet is a haven for film buffs, book lovers and those with an eye for style – making it a must-see for anyone with a few hours to kill. Open from 10am ’til late seven days a week, Planet has

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Down the road from Planet on Walcott Street is one of Mt Lawley’s newest boutiques, Black Beret. The latest addition to the growing list of fashion stores that call Mount Lawley home, Black Beret was opened back in August 2009 and since then has provided shoppers access to a fantastic array of Australian and international labels including Karla Spetic, Nicola Finetti, Kate Sylvester, Rachel Gilbert, Strummer, Nina Maya, Gail Sorronda, Marnie Skillings, Tristan Blair, and Joveeba.

After a few hours visiting Mt Lawley’s many stores, chances are you’ll build up quite a thirst, which can be easily quenched at the much loved Flying Scotsman. Famous for its $10 pizza and pint deal on Sundays, The Scotto is buzzing seven nights a week with three different entertainment areas – the Velvet Lounge, the main room and Defectors (upstairs).

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In a continuing search to improve indie lifestyles, Planet has entered the realm of street fashion, stocking labels including American Apparel, Route 66, Friends Of Couture and One Teaspoon. Word is there’s a café on the way, so you won’t have to bring a cut lunch while you browse the eclectic collection that makes up Planet. For more info head to planetvideo.com.au.

Head in to the Scotto this Friday, July 9, to kick off the weekend with a live set from Sonic Velvet in the Velvet Lounge; DJs Rok Riley and Joe 19 behind the decks in the main room and The Beat Suite with Micah and Sharif Galal upstairs at Defectors.

Before a big night out at the Scotsman or The Astor, pop in to Christian James Hairdressing to get preened and pampered to perfection. Staffed by a team of extremely skilled colourists and hair stylists, the friendly folks at Christian James certainly know

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their stuff, utilizing the latest products, appliances and techniques to satisfy the desires of their large client base. If winter has left you looking pale and sickly, saunter in to Christian James for a spray tan that will have you looking like a sunkissed Grecian goddess in no time. Book your appointment today on (08) 9228 8133 Further down Beaufort Street on the cusp of Mount Lawley and Highgate is where you’ll find Indulge, a one stop shop for anyone looking for an entire outfit under one roof. Only recently opened, Indulge is owned by Tracy Hill, a fashion fanatic with a passion for style at an affordable price.

“The indulge customer likes to play dress ups,” she says when asked about her clientele. “When we were little girls we all went into our mother’s cupboard and played with her clothes, jewellery and shoes. Indulge takes that joy we got from dressing up as little girls and transforms it into a big closet-like store where grownup girls can come and play dress ups.”

For those who don’t have the time or patience to visit numerous stores, Indulge is the perfect one-stop-shop, stocking products from underwear to accessories and everything in between. Wander in to Indulge at 3/591 Beaufort Street to get your hands on the latest designs from a huge list of labels including Mei Mei, Fate, Ellery

M, Frou Frou, Sunny Girl, Living Doll, Bonbons, LTB Jeans, RMK footwear and SpicySugar.

Pop in to Indulge from Monday, July 12, to take advantage of a massive shoe sale. Some designs are up to 70 per cent off and if you buy two pairs of shoes you’ll receive the second pair half price – what a bargain!

Speaking of bargains, AdultShop is currently offering 20 per cent off their entire range, which is likely to leave you moaning for more. Make the most of the sale by heading in to AdultShop at 609 Beaufort St. If you love WA labels then wear your heart on your sleeve and shop at Method Clothing. Located at 557 Beaufort Street, Method loves to support the West Australian fashion industry, stocking designs from our state’s best established and emerging designers. Home to both menswear and womenswear collections, Method stocks a wonderful array of local labels, including Aemen, Elementree, Faux Pas, Stand International, Poppy Lissiman, Petals In Disarray, Raspberry & Pop and Alana & Co. If you’re pinching pennies, now’s a great time to shop at Method, with many designs available at substantially reduced prices but you’ll have to get in quick to nab a bargain!

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Ashley Pope and Tomek Naden (or NAPT if you want to mishmash their names into a witty acronym) have swept the annual Breakspoll awards in 2010. Again. REUBEN ADAMS discovers that it will take more than demonic cats and pending arrivals to hinder their golden run.

“My girlfriend’s cat jumped on me when I fell asleep on the sofa, so I bit him, then we wrestled.

We still aren’t talking at moment,” declares a recent NAPT tweet. “That’s my girlfriend’s cat... man, it’s the most retarded cat you’ve ever seen. It does my nut in,” Pope groans. “I’m not really a cat person, so it’s just constant warfare in our house.” The warfare is set to continue, because Pope is expecting a child very soon. Great news for him, but somewhat distressing information for Australian audiences.

“I am having a baby, due in July. We’re at action stations at the moment, because he’s pretty lively, so we think he’s going to pop out early,” Naden interjects.

“Yeah, we have a cot set up in the studio,” he chuckles. “It just affects this particular tour, unfortunately,”continues Pope. “We always tour together but in this case my baby is coming out at the same time so I won’t be able to make it.”

Even if it is just Naden hitting Australian shores in August, it is fair to say that anticipation amongst broken beat aficionados won’t waver for one simple reason; NAPT are officially the hottest thing in breaks right now. Recently released, the anthemic yet demonic Fortune and their freely downloadable track Dateline are just... monstrous. More, NAPT promises, is on its way.

But that’s not all, folks. This year NAPT won Best Producer and Best Track at Breakspoll 2010, a replication of their Best Producer and Best Track successes in 2009. This was the first instance in the history of the awards that the two categories have been won by the same artist in successive years.

“I mean, we don’t really expect success in terms of Breakspoll awards,” says Naden slowly, as Pope chuckles quietly in the background. “We want success in the wider scheme of getting more people into our music and selling records. So we didn’t expect to win Breakspoll, we knew that we were working hard last year, like we did the year before.” continued page 57

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 DOSE OF DRUM ’N’ BASS International drum ’n’ bass star Dose hails from Christchurch, New Zealand, but has made his sound known far and wide with over twenty international releases. Dose’s productions cover a wide range of the drum ’n’bass spectrum, from the harder hitting edge to the softer, deeper and more melodic side in which his DJ sets portray.

Dose’s tunes have been picked up by a wide range of established international artists such as Break, Friction, Survival, Shimon, State of Mind, and The Upbeats, and his releases have been on high profile labels such as Klute’s Commercial Suicide imprint. Catch Dose on Friday, July 16, at Shape. Support from Sempy, Dvise, Skoptix, Decept, Affiliate and Double-1-Seven. $15 entry.

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Two of Perth’s finest DJs, Phetsta and Rregula, who together perform as Bad Robot, are coming to The Cube for a spectacular, two hour reunion set!

After nearly three years together as Bad Robot both Phetsta and Rregula had the production skills and contacts to continue releasing music as solo artists. Phetsta went on to sign an exclusive deal with Technique Recordings delivering the stunning Congo EP, as well as collaborating with ShockOne on some of the biggest tunes to come out of Australia, with the Prism EP planned to drop later this year. Meanwhile, Rregula has had Dose releases on labels such as DSCI4, Citrus, Disturbed and Shadybrain Recordings as well as working STEAMY SOUNDS alongside Germany’s Dementia and touring Andy Samin and Jelle Keizer, AKA Mightyfools, throughout Europe, North America and Australia take ’90s rave influences and flip them with jacked with no signs of things slowing down! Despite up beats, bleeps and basslines, bringing a resonate their massive solo careers in the works, the two boom to the Potty Mouth Music roster. Their will reunite, and we’re looking forward to it, that’s Partyjunkies EP got strong attention worldwide for sure! Friday, July 30, at Shape. Support comes and went straight to the top of the charts on all from Dair, Stiltz, J Felix v L Wood, Double-1-Seven major digital music portals. Possessing a gift to and MCs Bear, Rtilery and Tenacity. Friday, July 30, make dance floor hits, they’ve remixed top class at Shape. $5 before 11pm; $10 thereafter. This is artists like Crookers,Tommie Sunshine and Fall Out gonna be huge!

Boy. Mightyfools are back to destroy Perth dance floors again for Steamworks. They’ll be joined by Flight Facilities, most enigmatic pilots in modern disco, whose debut single Crave You has blown up all over the world, and Finland’s Sharkslayer, from the Top Billin’ collective. Support comes from Dorcia party rocker Mickey Juice, The King of Trashbaggery, Jus Haus? and a very special disco house set from Perth wonderkid Fkn Midas.Tickets on sale from Friday, July 9, via Boomtick.com.au.

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Originating from a small town in Israel, Raz Bin Sam is a Jewish artist with a dynamic style and sound. He moved to Australia to produce his works in English, and in July 2007 Raz Bin Sam signed with Jamaican label ‘DasVibes’ to become one of their team artists alongside some of the biggest names in the game such as Daddy Rings, Gentleman, and Elijah Prophet. Raz Bin Sam’s highly anticipated album Own This Life is out this July, and features productions by Melbourne producer Mista Savona, Israeli producers Sabbo & Kuti and English producer Stephen Mosco of Jah Warrior Records. After years of live performances at popular festivals like Splendour In The Grass, and countless solo performances, Raz has established a strong and dedicated live following. Raz Bin Sam plays a series of Perth shows later this month, teaming up with Sensei Sound. Thursday, July 29, at Manhattans, Friday, July 30, at Settlers Tavern, Saturday, July 31 at Malt Market Bar, and Sunday, August 1, at Mojos.

just towards the end of the nineties, but it was the start of the 2000s when we went to Fabric to see the Plump DJs,” Pope adds. “I had their LP and I really liked it, so we went to see them, they were playing stuff like Electric Disco, which sounded really fresh to us.”

“We released Make My Day (an N-Funk homage Naden cuts in, “We were open-ended to Technotronic’s Pump Up The Jam), which which is the reason we got into it at the time, seemed to draw a lot more people to our because we wanted to make something that sound, so I guess that’s a bigger win than was quite unique, with quite an open-ended Breakspoll. It’s still a great honour though,” he tempo.” The fact that breaks is characteristically adds swiftly. With their current stranglehold on ‘open-ended’ is clearly important to these guys. the 80 to 120 bpm range, it’s hard to believe Artists often comment that genres like techno that Naden and Pope were once promising and house run the risk of looking inwards house producers. While they still incorporate for inspiration, which in turn creates a flood house elements in their tracks, the straight beat of replica tracks and unimaginative sounds. was something they brushed aside when they NAPT believe that breaks is in the position to were witness to a Plump DJs demolition job at dodge this bullet because of a wider creative Fabric nightclub. spectrum.

“Yeah!” exclaims Naden. “Basically, “Yeah, I definitely think that breaks when we were in university we also had a side has a wide spectrum, much wider than techno,” lark doing in-house production work, and we Pope postulates. “I mean, techno is still house released a few house records. Then we really really, isn’t it?” He continues. “House is broken started following it up after we left university down into so many sub-genres which you when we started to enjoy the breaks sound, so really don’t get with breaks. With breaks you that’s where we ended up.” just get breaks. You can go to a club and hear “I think we’d always been aware of it, the Plump DJs play, and then go to another

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BADASS LOVIN’ Bad Love has been slowly blossoming over the past couple of years, introducing some great artists to Perth such as Horse Meat Disco and Italians Do It Better record label founder Mike Simonetti. Now they’re putting on a regular Saturday night upstairs at the Flying Scotsman (Defectors) with the same name (erm, that would be Bad Love). Prepare to be seduced by the sound of disco old and new, mixed with some of the finest house, hip hop and indie that Bad Love’s prestigious selectors can dig. On the bill this Saturday, July 10, is HUMM DJs PCJ and Son Of The Father, Petrosex, Craig Hollywood and Mick Zing. Doors open 9pm.

DIARISE IT The date for Stereosonic 2010 has been announced!

Mark Sunday, November 28, down in your diaries.

The announcement of acts will be taking place in just a few weeks, so keep your eyes on Salt or head to stereosonic.com.au for updates!

BEAT DIGGER Extraordinary beat diggers Kon and Amir have spent the past twenty-five years excavating record bins finding gems to pierce ears with.

Their The Off Track Series sees long forgotten musicians getting their proper dues and appreciative audiences being turned on to some amazing music. Some of the most respected names in the game, including Shady Records, Diamond D, Dr. Dre, Capitol Records, Pete Rock, and Lord Finesse have sought their record knowledge and digging services. Or take A-Trak’s word for it:“Kon and Amir’s compilations and mixtapes are classics and represent a style of DJing that’s true to the essence of hip hop.”

Catch the legendary Kon in a one off show at the Manor on Friday, August 27. Support from Charlie Bucket and Ben M. Tickets $20 presale from Planet Video, Mills, Highs and Lows and www.heatseeker.com.au. Doors open 9.30pm.

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club and hear another DJ play something a lot heavier,” says Pope. “It’s such a wide genre.”

Despite an imminent addition to the Pope household and ongoing warfare with the family cat, the NAPT juggernaut shows no sign of slowing down. They both sound shocked at the idea, in fact. “No, no, of course not!” Pope laughs. “People have babies all the time.”

What’s more, NAPT have something special in store for their fans to round out the year.” We have some singles on the way which we are just finishing up, some massive remixes of those singles which will hit sometime around September,” says Pope. “ We’re also doing some special tracks free for our fans which I mentioned on Facebook; we’re pretty excited about it, and they will be out in the next couple of weeks,” declares Naden. “It’s going to be our newest stuff, our most progressive stuff.”

From all accounts, the good money is on NAPT taking this golden run right into 2011.

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SIMON PATTERSON DANCE FLOOR DEMOLITION With his scorching Trance Energy set last year entering into the annals of trance folklore, Perth can breathe a collective sigh of relief as the wait is almost over for the return of trance heavyweight Simon Patterson. GLEN CANNING spent some time with the co-pilot of Airport, who touches down this Saturday at Rise.

Exploding onto the trance scene with his club smash Bulldozer, Patterson has since racked up an incredible 10 consecutive #1 tracks on Beatport and has been nominated for Best Trance Track of 2010 for Miss You. With Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Tiesto and Paul Van Dyk amongst his most ardent supporters, his plan for world domination is almost complete; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the key! World domination is what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about!â&#x20AC;? chuckles Patterson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excellent that they support the music and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great that people are selecting those tracks! Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not easy, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard work and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just glad that it pays off!â&#x20AC;?

Drawing inspiration from an intense desire to be the very best, Patterson lives by a simplistic, yet powerful edict, that he shares with us. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m never going to let up until I get to where I want to get to. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where that is and I may never get there but I will always be striving hard to be a success.â&#x20AC;?

Born in Northern Ireland, Patterson reminisces; â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was about 16 years old, Judge Jules had a radio show on Saturdays and that really got me hooked on trance. I slowly worked through many different roles in the music industry and then got where I am now.â&#x20AC;?

Though no stranger to Perth, Patterson is most fondly known for his Trance Energy appearance last year where he not only played a set by himself but also back-to-back with Sean Tyas. An excited Patterson shares his thoughts on the tour.â&#x20AC;&#x153;I absolutely loved it and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a shame that Sean Tyas isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t coming back with me this time because every time Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been to Australia heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been with me, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be strange that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not here.â&#x20AC;?

In an industry where there is an abundance of vocally saturated cheese being churned out at an alarming rate, the extinction of the uplifting melodies and pulsating bass lines was seemingly imminent.

Thankfully Patterson belongs to a new breed of producers who are bringing the bang back to the dance floor with devastating effect and although he incorporates some vocal tracks into his live sets, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about discovering the right one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I sometimes find it a little too cheesyâ&#x20AC;?

Patterson reveals,â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not a fan of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hanging from the sky, you are my angelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; kind of stuff. I avoid that and much prefer more instrumental sort of stuff thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be better in the club.â&#x20AC;?

From his earlier releases including Bulldozer and Smack to his recent tracks Thump and Miss You, Patterson has forged a reputation for setting the dance floor alight and one is hard pressed to find a trance DJ without a Patterson track in his collection.

Despite all his success he remains extremely modest about his skills in the studio; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no real inspiration itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just pure luck! I make a track and some just really seem to work so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pure luck really!â&#x20AC;?

Exclusively signed to Sander Van Doornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spinninâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Records at present, Patterson is currently laying the foundations for a new direction with his own label and although yet to decide on a name, things are progressing well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the moment Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just trying to get some other artists involved so I can have my own little core group of people that I like and I can build up and do their own stuff as well so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just me releasing tracks.â&#x20AC;?

Although Patterson has achieved considerable success under Spinninâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Records, he is committed to taking it even further: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a platform for my own stuff to try and separate myself from all the other artists on Spinninâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Records.â&#x20AC;? Patterson continues, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to have your own branding because they release so many tracks and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very easy to get forgotten about.â&#x20AC;?

With his career now moving in the right direction, one can reflect upon the journey and Patterson shares an unpleasant experience from his early days of touring; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was in China and a promoter didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t turn up to pick me up from the airport and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay for my hotel.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had no money on me and my cards didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work,â&#x20AC;? laughs Patterson, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I literally had to jump out of the taxi at the airport and the driver was running after me through the terminal because I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay him. Virgin Airways actually paid my taxi fare for me because he was going so crazy.â&#x20AC;?

Moving forwards, failure is far from Pattersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mindset: â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be as big as I possibly can be! Whatever that entails I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m never going to give up and stop having that drive.â&#x20AC;?

But he concedes thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one dream that remains unfulfilled: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always dream that I can fly, but then I wake up so pissed off.â&#x20AC;?

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If thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one name thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s synonymous with the birth of Australian techno, the rise of rave and a new wave of dance music that would sweep the country, it would be Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Godfathers of Techno, Itch-E and Scratch-E. After calling it a day 10 years ago, the boys have recently reformed their musical partnership, and as Scratch-E, aka Paul Mac, explains to ALFRED GORMAN, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to be back.

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Along with his partner in crime, Itch-E, aka Andy Rantzen, Mac has witnessed the evolution of dance music and clubbing in Australia through the 90s. In 1994, when the Big Day Out added the Boiler Room â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the natural choice of headliners was our very own dynamic duo of dance.

While Soundgarden and Bjork rocked the main stage, the Boiler Room (that year a ludicrously packed, tiny upstairs clubroom at Freo Oval) was living up to its name, as sweat dripped from the ceiling and the room heaved with not just ravers, but indie kids as well. It was a true turning point where to two worlds collided.

So did Mac enjoy the opportunity to once again rock the Boiler Room stage this year? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fuck yeah!â&#x20AC;? he exclaims. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People have been approaching us to do gigs for the last few years, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always these horrible rave reunion kinda things. For us, making music has always been about the future - using electronic instruments to create things that have never happened before. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually have all the old sounds from all the old songs - thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all dead equipment, so we tried to recreate it, but it was really tedious, so we decided, fuck it! Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s make some new stuff! So what we played at the BDO shows was essentially the whole new album, plus Sweetness and Light at the end. So it was a big ask for the audience, because no one woulda heard any of that stuff. But it went down really well! I loved it!â&#x20AC;?

Speaking to Mac, the immediate thing that strikes you is his relentless enthusiasm and genuine love for the scene, which has not faltered over all these years. After Itch-E and Scratch-E finished up around 2000, the boys took a break and pursued other projects. Mac had more of a profile, enjoying considerable success as a solo artist, with a more commercial, vocal, song based project. A few years later he was again in the spotlight, with his intriguing and unexpected collaboration with Daniel Johns in the form of The Dissociatives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last album was in 2000, and I guess like with any good creative partnership, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that dynamic, where someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more extreme and someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more melodic and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the tension comes from, and it works really well. So by the end of that period it was just getting too tense and it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fun anymore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But then a couple years ago, we caught up and started hanging out again, listening to music, making music, and this time it was way more focused and more fun. Before weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be fighting in the studio â&#x20AC;&#x201C; kinda like the other Itch-e and Scratch-e,â&#x20AC;? he laughs, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but this time it just seemed to work really well, I felt like a 20 year old again. It was just really free and we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give a fuck about what record companies thought, or anyone else was thinking â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it just had to be something we both really liked.â&#x20AC;?

Itch-E and Scratch-E never sold out, they stayed true to their roots and never pulled any punches either, as demonstrated during their notorious ARIA award winning speech for Best Dance Release for Sweetness and Light; mounting the podium, grinning like a Cheshire cat, Mac thanked the ecstasy dealers of Australia. Reflecting their general positivity and cheekiness, the new albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called Hooray For Everything!! And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as upbeat as its title, with a mix of their classic style techno and a more modern electro sound. From the opening Scribe

mashup, wittily tiltled r.E.f.r.E.s.h, to the crazy first single Other Planets - its new, different, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely Itch-E and Scratch-E. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Have you heard Other Planets? I mean, the chorus goes, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Never call me a fagâ&#x20AC;Ś even when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting fucked in the ass by a horse on a farm or a guy in a shackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our first single!â&#x20AC;? laughs, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably not gonna get picked up by many commercial stations, but I so donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care!

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so proud of that track - itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s without a doubt one of the most bent pieces of music Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever made, but I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great pop music.â&#x20AC;?

The rather controversial track, features the vocal talents of MDNA, a young New Yorker who Paul had a chance meeting with. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really beautiful story,â&#x20AC;? says Mac. â&#x20AC;&#x153;About six years ago I was touring Europe with the Dissociatives, and we played a mental show in Paris, and these people followed us back to the hotel room, and this kid comes up, he was 17 at the time, and asks if he can take us out for the evening. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really do that sort of thing normally, but we were in Paris, none of us knew where to go or could speak French. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So we went out and ended up having a great night! Five years later I was in New York, and this guy came up to me and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Do you remember me?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and it was the kid from Paris! We got on really well, so I sent him some music and he sent back some acapellas, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how that track happened! Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his first track ever!â&#x20AC;?

On the topic of the reunion, Mac is quick to state itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a one off, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not planning on doing another album, this is just something we wanted to do one more time, and just have fun with it. We definitely wanna tour some more, probably again by the end of the year, and people will hopefully know the tunes a bit better this time!â&#x20AC;?

But for now, the boys are back to remind us of those heady, innocent days of clubbing, when it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t about fashion, glossy house anthems or top 10 crossover vocal tracks.

It was all about the music and losing yourself on the dancefloor. While the dance scene was getting a bit stale around 2000, Mac is inspired by the current state of the scene. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mainly why we stopped around 2000, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;cause that whole beautiful â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s/â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s wave of electronica came to a halt around then, like the dream was over, and rock bands all started coming back. But now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mental, everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back into it and its moving forward again, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole new generation. I love where electronic music is going again.â&#x20AC;?

It must feel good knowing that wherever things are heading, Itch-E and Scratch-E played a big part in it, and influenced a whole generation,â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think just by the nature of the times, we were one of the first bands doing it in Australia, and ended up influencing a lot of kids that have gone on to form some of the great bands we have today. So yeah, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m quite proud to be the godfather, or Keith Richards, of Australian techno,â&#x20AC;? he laughs manically. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a beautiful thing. I love hearing all these new electronic, influenced bands â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Presets, Midnight Juggernauts, Empire of the Sun - itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;fuckin cool! go for it!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kinda continuing the dream that we started.â&#x20AC;?

ITCH-E & SCRATCH-E HOORAY FOR EVERYTHING!!

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NEW NIGHT RESONATES WITH ALL Rise, Northbridge Saturday, July 3, 2010 Bringing together the tightly coiled productions of dubstep with the fast breakbeats of d ‘n’ b, Rise’s new night Resonate allows DJs from both spectrums to slam down tracks and have them amplified on a system with brutal force. Local legends and up and comers alike feature on a diverse roster aimed at presenting the good, bad and dirty but only the best the genres offer. The opening night of Resonate was a smash hit this Saturday just gone, with Phetsta, Packer, Affiliate, Jazza, Kurt Ox, Auren and MC K-Pax entertaining the crowd on the decks.

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music. ‘Cosmic disco’, as it became known a few years ago, a musical form owing as much as to the disco revival as it does, bizarrely and wonderfully, to prog rock and the psychedelic space jams of classic bands like Pink Floyd. Terje in particular has been prolific in applying the discipline to many musical styles via the remix, and here we have his best, collated to mark ‘the end of the easy days of remixing’ for Terje.

The opening tracks on the first mixed disc are a wash of acoustic instruments, warm synths and other assorted soundscapes – it’s just so psychedelic, and while there’s plenty of warmth, Remaster of the Universe it’s not long before things get really tripped out.

[Permanent Vacation] While it’s often inspiring, it can also test your Norwegian Todd Terje joins countrymen Prins patience. But it redeems itself with moments like Thomas and Hans-Peter Lindstrom in staking out his loving interpretation of José González’s Killing one of the truly unique corners of electronic club For Love, and it’s moments like these, where Terje

reigns it in a little, that it’s most enjoyable.

The second disc is a more disparate, unmixed collection of his work, but it also contains moments like his deeply moving rework of Dolle Jolle’s Balearic Incarnation – arguably the finest moment the genre has ever produced.

Remaster of the Universe does a great job of drawing the different threads together, and while it might be a little daunting for those who aren’t already enthusiasts, if you’re inclined towards Norwegian psychedelia then you’d be foolish not to take a look.

To celebrate Airport’s national tour, 405 have enlisted the help of yet another Dutch export; Sied Van Riel. Together with Australian Trent McDermott, this CD aims to give Australian audiences a taste of what’s to come when Airport, the live show, touches down.

With the hype surrounding Van Riel over the past two years, one tends to have high expectations and ‘trance’s next big thing’ rarely disappoints. Having proven himself as an entertaining performer, disc one showcases his mixing talents with a solid selection of well positioned tracks. Standing out from the other Airport: Mixed By Sied Van Riel & Trent fourteen tracks is the hands-in-the-air, Radion 6 remix of Disfunktion’s Desolee and Matt Everson’s McDermott uplifting smash Heist Manoeuvre.

[405 Recordings] Melbourne’s McDermott proves he’s a strong match for the Dutch, with an equally

impressive offering on disc two. Although beginning with a similar tempo to disc one, things start to heat up earlier, before really taking off with a banging Bart Claessen remix of Tiesto’s classic Love Comes Again. Continuing with the pulsating Shangri-la by Robbie Nelson and a notable W & W rework of Scot Mac’s 2003 release Damager 02, disc two keeps it moving right through to the end.

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THURSDAY 08/7 Ambar – Tom Neville Bird – Fli tunes - Stoop Fresh / Aim /JSquared / IllyB /Lenny Broken Hill Hotel – Fixed Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Wrighteous Club Bayview –Hush- Sox Draw / Maxwell Club Marakesh –DJ Simon Cottesloe Hotel - DJ Shots / DJ Andy M Eve –DJ Tony Allen Flying Scotsman (Main Room) - Pasha’s Kitchen – The Big Man Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – DJ Moody Flying Scotsman (Upstairs) – DJ Moogy Flying Scotsman (Velvet Lounge) – The Outer Limits Anthony William Foundry - DJ Durra Liquid Nightclub – DJ Buda Manhattans – DJ Ink Mustang – Minky G & The Effects Niche Bar – Flaunt / Johnni P / Feminem.

Newport – DJ Shannon Fox Niche - Johnni P/ Rob Blandford On The Terrace – Dolce – Damian John/Jamie Wood/Sox Draw Paddy Hannans – Dr Bogus / Crazy Craig Swinging Pig – DJ Simon The Deen – DJ Flex/ DJ Nano/ DJ Serge/ DJ Don Migi The East End - DJ Midfield The Queens – Kapitol P The Whistling Kite - DJ Gareth The Shed – DJ Andyy Toucan Club -Shut Up & Dance -DJ Matty J Woodvale Tavern – DJ Melvin

FRIDAY 09/7 METRO FREO LIMELITE – DROP THE LIME Chasing up their ripper performance at Stereosonic last year, Drop The Lime head back down under to unleash some more electro madness on Perth.

Drop the Lime (Luca Venezia) is a universally esteemed electro DJ/producer, hailing from New York City, where he runs the Trouble and Bass club night and a dance label of the same name.

He’s performed massive sets at Coachella, headlined tours in

North America, and appeared at festivals in the UK such as Lovebox, Creamfields and V Festival. In between he has done remixes for Moby, Blaqstarr, Rex the Dog, Armand Van Helden and Midnight Juggernauts, and co-wrote songs with Diplo and Herve. The likes of MSTRKRFT, DJ Mehdi, Diplo, Sinden, ATrak and our own Acid Jacks can’t stop raving about him, and you will too. Support from Jus Haus, Pearly Whites and Zelimir. Doors open 9.30pm. $20 on the door.

RISE NEOPHYTE The brain behind same of the biggest hardcore hits ever released, Neophyte is without a doubt one of the most innovative and creative hardcore producers on this planet. From Rotterdam to L.A., Sydney to Moscow, his performances are always filled with new exclusive productions, combined with excellent mixing and great interaction with the crowd. Witness Neophyte live in the flesh when he plays at Rise tonight, joined by hardcore DJs Tommyknocker and Beholder.

Door sales only from 9.30pm.

Rise members $10 before 11pm, $15 thereafter. Non-members $15 before 11pm $25 thereafter.

KULCHA WILDSTYLE A new night of dance jams for the people. Disco house, ghetto jazz and afro-beat. A variety of DJs will be taking you on a monthly journey through the groove. $5 a glass mulled wine will be available at the bar. The event will be taking place every second Thursday of the month.

Pull on your sneakers and get on up! Entry $8 / $6 concession.

Doors open 8pm.

Amplifier – DJ Shannon Fox/ DJ Jamie Ambar – Harvard Bass Bar Open – Bishop /Bacich / Audilectio /Meet Mark /Scoutz / Ez-Pz /Rikache Bar Open (Upstairs) – Blackbelt / Slick /Aswon Bar Open (Downstairs) – Playground – Bishop/Bacich/ Audilectio/Meet Mark/Scoutz Bar 138 – Lokal – Mandurah Invasion - Jason Creek/Kill Dyl/ eSque /GT Watson

Bird – Erasers CD Launch / Apricot Rail / Rabbit Island / These Shipwrecks / Jane Harris Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol –Retro Mash – Lady Penelope Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Boogie Como Hotel – DJ Gazz Double Lucky – DJ Steve H / Adam KellySTEVE HE H Eve – DJ Don Migi / Skooby Flying Scotsman (Main Room) – Time Tunnel - DJ Rok Riley/ Joe 19 Flying Scotsman (Defectors) - The Beat Suite – Micah/ Sharif Galal High Wycombe – Fill In Da Gap Hipe Club - DJ E-Funk Kulcha – Wildstyle Leederville Hotel (Downstairs) –The Hideout – DJ Arms In Motion /Coin Boogie / DJ Zeke / Taku Llama Bar - One Island East Library – DJ AZ-T /DJ Fiveo Liquid Nightclub - DJ Matty / Ricky Lakers Tavern – Fresh Fridays DJ Dooey Metro City - R&B Superstar Metro Freo - Drop The Lime/Jus Haus/Pearly Whites/Zelimir Merrina Tavern – DJ Real McCoy Mint – Club Retro – Chris McPhee Mojo’s - Hussle Hussle - Captn K / Carl Fox / The Transients / Tomas Ford Newport –Culture Clash - DJ Andrei Mazz/Jerrem Lynch Norma Jeans – Norma Jeans Birthday - DJ Denis Onyx Bar – Slick/ Adroc Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequeria Paddy Hannans – Just Ace / Crazy Craig Paramount –DJ Morgan / DJ Jordan Principal Micro Brewery – DJ Simon Queens Tav – DJ Rueben Republic Bar – Control Rise – Godspeed – Neophyte / Tommyknocker / Beholder / Rousa / Hutcho /Steven Tranzor Rubix – Gene Bourne/ Kenny/ Riki Sail & Anchor - DJ Anaru Sapphire Bar – SuperFly Stamford Arms - DJ Janic The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen – DJs Birdie / Tony

Allen / JJ / Tony Don Migi The Eastern – DJ Midfield The Saint - DJ Anaru The Queens – DJ Rueben The Shed – DJ Glenn 20 Tiger Lils – Paul Malone / Joby / Alex K The Vic - DJ Durra Toucan Club -Ladies Night - DJ Misschief Windsor – Dj Riki and Ray Woodvale Tavern – DJ Real McCoy Velvet Lounge - Sonic Velvet Jantina Gardiner / Ben Stout / Jnr Bowles Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin

SATURDAY 10/7 RISE AIRPORT – SIMON PATTERSON/SIED VAN RIEL/ TRENT MCDERMOTT Two of the world’s hottest trance producers touch down in Perth tonight for a triple-diple trance special! Returning to Australia for the first time since Trance Energy is heavy weight hitter Simon Patterson. Also appearing hot on the heels of his debut at Sensation ‘The Ocean Of White’ is the flying Dutchman - Sied van Riel!

Ensuring a truly international affair, Airport boasts an impressive support lineup including Trent McDermott (Vic) and local stars Simon Barwood, Steven Tranzor and Jason Creek. Door sales only from 9.30pm. Rise members $10 before 11pm $15 thereafter.

Non-members $15 before 11pm $25 thereafter. Get down early to avoid missing out!

SHAPE NERO Signed to Chase & Status’ label MTA, Nero are one of the biggest names on the drum ‘n’ bass and dubstep scenes at the moment, thanks to their unique ability to fuse both styles of music. In June 2006 Nero released their acclaimed EP, Requiem, on Formation Records. Consisting of four top tracks, it was received with a huge response, with High Contrast even including the track Bitch I’m Gone in his mix for the legendary Fabric Live series. 2009 saw Nero’s first release on iconic label Breakbeat Kaos. The killer track

FLYING SCOTSMAN (DEFECTORS) BAD LOVE have been emerging as a local promoter to keep your eyes on, introducing some great artists to Perth in a series of boutique dance events. You may recall them putting on the likes of Horse Meat Disco, Alexander Robotnick, Shit Robot (DFA) and founder of Italians Do It better, Mike Simonetti. Prepare to be seduced by the sounds of disco old and nu, mixed with some of the finest house, hip hop and indie that Bad Love’s prestigious selectors can dig.

Tonight’s line up features P.C.J, Son Of The Father, Petrosex, Craig Hollywood and Mick Zing.

Doors open 9pm.

MANHATTANS UNSTOPPABLE GLUE You want big? Think of all the underground nights in Perth, think of all the rad DJs at all the underground indie dance nights in Perth, throw them all into one, hot, melting dancefloor pot, and you’ve got some idea of exactly what Unstoppable Glue at Manhattans is like! The dudes behind Sexy, King Tito’s Dirty Disco, and Bad Love have all come together for this big crackerjack of a Saturday night.

DJs Fkng Midas. Micky Juice, Tom Fom, Grubby and more. Go spin around in the intoxicating haze of Manhattan’s, sip on a cocktail or beer, and let all your cares drift off into the ether.

Entry is free from 7pm.

Ambar – Japan 4 /Micah / Marty Mcfly Blend / Prizzy / Marty Mcfly /Wish Amplifier – Pure Pop - Eddie Electric Bar Open (Upstairs) – Mind Electric /Kenny L /Richie G / Kastel Bar Open (Downstairs) – Open

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House - Jewel /Rikache /Bacich /M!spr!nt /Ogden Basement On Broadway – DJ Ricky Bird – The Jackards / Old Croak /Son Psilo Circus Black Bettys- DJ Trubble/ DJ Jinx Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol (Downstairs) – Death Disco – Andrei Mazz Capitol (Upstairs) – Cream Of The 80s – DJ Ryan Captain Stirling - DJ Dano Clink- DJ Cheese Club Bay View – VIP Saturdays – DJ Ryan Connections – Michy T / JJ / Brian Crush – Volume Double Lucky – Tim Brown / Victoria Dusk – Flashback – DJ Benny c/ DJ Josh Eurobar – Roger Smart/ DJ Raci Eve – Eve DJS Flying Scotsman (Defectors) –Bad Love – P.C.J / Son Of The Father / Petrosex / Craig Hollywood / Mick Zing Flying Scotsman (Main Room) – Transmission – Andrei Mazz Geisha – Joie – Lara H/ Daniel Teelstra/David Blackman High Wycombe – DJ Matt Hipe Club - DJ E-Funk Indi Bar – Direct Influence Leederville - DJ Loco Ren Library - DJ Jimmy Phatz / DJ Victor / DJ Gareth Richardson / DJ Craig J Liquid Nightclub - DJ Matty / Ricky Little Creatures Loft – Pegasus - Smooth D&B DJ Llama Bar – VJ Zoo/ DJ Rueben/ DJ Tony Lopez Manhattans – Unstoppable Glue – Fkng Midas / Micky Juice /Tom Fom / Grubby Mint – Pop Life - Darren Briais Metro City – All-4-One / Chauncey Black /DJ Headayke / Slick / Matty S / Angry Buda Metro City (R&B Lounge) - DJ Headayke /Ruthless / Brett Costello / Kyte Metro Freo - Lady Penelope Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Danny Niche – Frankie Button / Cee / Jonny Zimber

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Act Like You Know, backed by Sound in Motion, has been hitting dancefloors across the world for the last year and was picked up by Fresh and Adam F. Catch up with Nero tonight at Shape. Support from Q-Bit, Rekab and Muller. Presales now available for $35 plus booking fee, from shapebar.com.au.

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MONDAY 12/7 Eastern Hotel – Adam Morris Metro City - Nocturnal Ball The Deen – Plastic Max / The Token Gesture The Paddo - DJ John Paul

TUESDAY 13/7 Bar Orient - DJ Lyndon Bird – Rolling Pin Eastern Hotel – Jon Edwards High Road Hotel - DJ Matty J High Wycombe - DJ Ricky Hipe Club – DJ Roger Smart The Cott (Upstairs) –Maxwell/ DJ Jus Haus/ Damian John The Paddo - DJ Deepad Victoria Park Hotel - DJ Melvin

THIS WEEK Harvard Bass Friday, July 9 @ Ambar Neophyte Friday, July 9 @ Rise Drop The Lime Friday, July 9 @ Metro Fremantle The Likes Of You feat. Stephan Bodzin/Hugo Saturday, July 10 @ Villa

Yes Yes Ya’ll Saturday, July 17 @ Ambar

Bliss N Eso Saturday, August 7 @ Metro City

Trashbags Launch Saturday, July 17 @ Villa

Richard Vission Friday, August 13 @ Limelite

SubMerge feat. ShockOne Saturday, July 17 @ Rise

Cold Blank Friday, August 13 @ Ambar

Ras G Thursday, July 22 @ Bird

Midnight Juggernauts Saturday, August 14 @ Metro Capital

Logistics Wednesday, July 21 @ Shape

Ramadamman Saturday, July 14 @ Shape

Airport feat. Simon Patterson/ Sied van Riel/ Trent Mc Dermott Saturday, July 10 @ Rise

Deadbeat Wednesday, July 21 @ The Bird

John 00 Fleming/ M.I.K.E Saturday, August 14 @ Villa

All-4-One Saturday, July 10 @ Metro City

James Holden Friday, July 23 @ Ambar

Yolanda Be Cool / DCUP Friday, August 20 @ Ambar

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Mobin Master Friday, July 23 @ Limelite

Nick Thayer Saturday, August 21 @ Ambar

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Spit Syndicate Saturday, July 10 @ Rocket Room

The Power Of Perth – Obik / Greg Packer / Killafoe Friday, July 23 @ Shape

Nocturnal Ball Monday, July 12 @ Metro City

One Island East Friday, July 23 @ Norfolk Basement

Instra:mental Wednesday, July 14 @ The Bird

Major Break 7 – NAPT/ Black Noise/ Peo De Pitte Saturday, July 24 @ Villa

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Basement On Broadway – Damien John/Angry Buda/ Maxwell/Headayke Bird – Instra:mental / Ben Taafee / Muller / Ylem Captain Stirling – DJ Ricky Connections - DJ’s Joby / JJ / Rueben Dusk – Blackbelt/ Aswon Double Lucky – Dirty Elegance Eurobar – Wild Wednesdays - DJ iPod/Ben Pettit Eve – DJ Don Migi / Skooby Flying Scotsman- UNI-QUE – Travis Betts / Andy Tighe Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Invasion - DJ Bendog Gold – Slick/ Adroc Hipe Club – DJ Roger Smart Mint – Open House - DJ Chris / DJ Matt Manhattans – We all Deserve To Be loved - Mercy Mercy & The Success of Satan Mustang – DJ Giles Newport Hotel – DJ Tony Allen Niche - DJ Frankie Button Paddo - Ben Merito Rosemount – DJ Shannon Fox The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen- DJ Zelimer / DJ Viper & DJ Benny T– Zone 1 The Queens – Wriggle on

MOS Sessions feat. Potbelleez/Boris Dlugosch/Stafford Brothers/Tommy Trash/Denzal Park Friday, July 16 @ Capitol NEW

Our Style Friday, July 16 @Rise NEW

Make Some Noise feat. Jeff Doubleu Friday, July 16 @ Geisha Fresh Produce Friday, July 16 @ Ambar NEW

Dose Friday, July 16 @ Shape NEW

Ministry Of Sound Sessions Friday, July 16 @ Metro City

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RTRfm Radiothon Opening Party - Tomás Ford / Diger Rokwell /Mama Cass /Charlie Bucket / Sardi /Ben Elliott Saturday, August 21 @ Astor KonFriday, August 27 @ Manor

Jack In The Box Launch Saturday, July 24 @ Republic

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Rottofest feat. Funk Club Friday, August 27 @ Rottnest

Hot Chip (On The Bright Side Festival) Saturday, July 24 @ Esplanade

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Force Majeure Friday, September 3 @ Ambar

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Bad Robot –Phetsta / Rregula Friday, July 30 @ Shape Mista Sanova Thursday, July 29 @ Fly By Night, Friday, July 30 @ Prince Of Wales, Sunday, July 31 @ Settlers Tavern Winterbeatz - Ne-Yo/ T-Pain/ Big Boi/ Fatman Scoop/ DJ Nino Brown/ Phinesse Saturday, July 31 @Burswood Dome NEW

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Les Coombs Friday, August 27 @ Ambar

Horrorshow / Seth Sentry Friday, September 17 @ Mojos + Friday, September 18 @ Rosemount Parklife feat. Missy Elliot/ Cut Copy/ Groove Armada/ Soulwax/Holy Ghost! /Busy P/ Midnight Juggernauts/ Uffie/Classixx /Mix Master Mike Brodinski/ Jesse Rose/ The Swiss + more Sunday, September 26 @ Wellington Square Godskitchen Friday, October 8 @ TBA

Steamworks feat. Mightyfools /Flight Facilities / Sharkslayer Friday, August 6 @ Villa

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Be at The Den this Friday, July 9, to see Victorian band Lungs on their Two Chief World Systems tour supported by Grim Fandango, From Deep Within, Funrazor and So, Night Owl. On Saturday, July 10, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Acousticus Maximus in The Back Room with a Night Of Song filmed and recorded live featuring Boston And Chevy, Kris Arnott, Farthing Woods, Clayton Bolger, Trent Williams, Adrian Wilson, Blackhart And Strangelove, and also Karin Page. Doors open 8pm for both shows.

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The Newport is Freoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home of the World Cup, and is opening especially late with a free BBQ going so that you can enjoy every final on the venueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big screens. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss the action at 2.30 am on the morning of Sunday, July 11, and Monday, July 12. You can also stay up to date on the venueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook at facebook.com/newporthotel.

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The Railway will host a hell of a rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll show this Sunday, July 11, when ex-Perth band Sin City return to town. Joining them for a killer Sunday session will be Rocket To Memphis, Kuillotines, AAAGH Bats!!!, Valiant, and Shock Octopus. Doors open 4 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til 10pm. Entry $12.

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This Thursday, July 8, witness the guitar wizardry of internationally acclaimed virtuoso guitarist Bruce Mathiske. On Friday, July 9, dance your socks off all night with an across the board mix of Motown, Northern Soul, and modern soul. Then on Saturday, July 10, be a voyeur as you start Peeping Through The Waxworks Window with Sugar Blue Revue.

Finally, on Sunday, July 11, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a chance for you to get up close and personal with one of grunge rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest, Mark Lanegan.

The Rosemount is calling for aspiring musicians to come along and share their secret talent in the perfectly intimate setting of Four5Nine Bar And Lounge. Every Sunday you can catch Rosieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s On the Couch, an open mic and jam session hosted by Turin Robinson. There are also great door prizes and dinner specials to keep punters going throughout the night. For details call Turin 0425 171 585 From 3pm every Sunday.

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METAL HEADS The Charles Hotel Saturday, July 3, 2010 Metallica die-hards headed in droves to the Charles Hotel on Saturday for the ultimate tribute to their favourite band. Featuring Conrad Higson, Jason Stone, Glen Butcher, Daryl Taveira and Daniel Scilipoti, the Blackened Metallica Tribute Band played to a packed house, raising the roof with classic tracks until the wee hours of the morning.

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WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOATER 6S & 7S / The Painkillers / Split Seconds / Craig McElhinney The Rosemount Hotel Saturday, July 4, 2010 In this day and age it appears that anyone who has a half decent computer and a cheap microphone is able to release a CD. Regardless of the relative ease of getting product out, the much loved Josh Fontaine has a relatively bare cupboard even after a decade of gigs in this town. So when Fontaine’s latest group 6s & 7s launch their debut Choose The Sentinel Blooze there is more than your usual pre-show chatter and excitement amongst punters.

Those who ventured indoors early were greeted with Craig McElhinney. He may have been described by friends as a crazy post rocker, with others hearing him more as a Perth’s purveyor of folk-tronica, but either way McElhinney’s numerous effects and guitar pieces were a fitting way to kick things off.

The ever expanding line-up of Split Seconds was next up in the busy evening schedule. Despite only having a handful of gigs under their belt, the members of Split Seconds are no strangers to the stage, and are led ably by one of Perth’s biggest fans of the check shirt – Sean Pollard. Bed Down was aired early with a chorus of divine harmonies lead by Pollard’s severely underrated voice.

Instruments were swapped and a sampler was used throughout the set, but the strength of Split Seconds is that although they are now six members strong they don’t feel the need to all play at once and muddy the waters. Paper Boy was our first introduction to this outfit via local radio, yet in the live setting it suggests that the band may have listened to more Calexico records than many would have thought. The carnival atmosphere was then continued as the outfit closed with What A Week.

Adding to the evening’s eclectic mix of artists were The Painkillers. Playing as a trio, they took the unusual approach of beginning with a cover. Shivers was given a pedal to the floor overhaul as Joe Bludge

6s & 7s (photo: David Craddock)

and his cohorts took no prisoners when showing The Screaming Jets a thing or two about how to interpret other people’s songs.

James Baker knew the size of the occasion and played one of his most powerful and impressive sets.

It is often mentioned that Bludge’s voice has a healthy smattering of Bob Dylan being channelled, but on this night there was also an undertone of Jonathan Richman. They aren’t two of the most obvious reference points for a band of this genre, but then The Painkillers aren’t just a meat and potatoes punk rock band.

Josh Fontaine hasn’t always been overt about his musical ambition but the launch of Choose The Sentinel Blooze signals a change in the landscape. The album is a reverb drenched splendour with layers of instruments and voices but 6s & 7s made sure that they could do the songs justice by roping in a bunch of friends to assist them on stage.

Fontaine took centre stage looking like Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy dressed in Devendra Banhart’s clothing as the band worked their way through the songs on the album in order. By the time International Roaming Capability came around the stage was literally full, with members of the band’s epic cast such as The Bank Holidays’ Nat Carson adding some polish and pop charm.

Songs that Fontaine has been carrying around for a while were sounding as fresh and crisp as ever with trumpet added to Smilin’, the jangle of Kissing For Science was joyous and the award winning Holidayz showing its award-winning pedigree. The band were tight, but without being too clinical for the occasion, in keeping with the Fontaine tradition.

The set continued on in a more subdued fashion to offer the launch much light and shade. 6s & 7s pulled off a successful launch, seamlessly pulling Fontaine into new territory. The good news is that they now have an album at their disposal that people will be clambering over themselves to get their hands on. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT

WHO’S NEXT? The Beautiful Girls (photo: Mike Wylie)

BIG-DUB THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS / Washington Metropolis Fremantle Thursday, July 1, 2010 Australian roots trio The Beautiful Girls are no strangers to the stage or the road. For over ten years the talented outfit has travelled far and wide, year in, year out, gathering fans from across the nation along the way. Bringing their national Spooks tour to Metropolis Fremantle provided local fans with their annual chance to see the talented trio live and listen to some new tunes off their recently released album Spooks.

Despite claiming to feel like “the strangest support act” for The Beautiful Girls, immensely talented indie-pop outfit Washington put on a charming and charismatic set, with just the right amount of crowd interaction, sharing tales of punters and their sometimes-bizarre antics.

While there was no one apocalyptically drunk to request Clementine, it certainly went down a treat as did some more unfamiliar indie-pop tunes.

More anti-diva than classic chanteuse, front-woman Megan Washington used her dynamic alto to glide between musical styles, blending her leading role with a spirited, incredibly affable aesthetic. Sounding erratically adolescent in the best possible sense,Washington’s expressive voice was a singular force, filling her songs with surprising cadences and lyrics that ranged from the startlingly beautiful to amusingly droll.

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Washington presented themselves as a rare outfit in complete control of their talent.

Packed to the brim and full of love for Trilby-hat wearing trio The Beautiful Girls, Metropolis Fremantle went wild when frontman Mat McHugh emerged centre stage grinning and taking a moment before playing to voice his appreciation for the large turn out.

The opening reggae guitar riff of 10:10 set the tone for a fantastic blend of new and old songs. Despite working a deeper reggae dub vibe synonymous with the recently released album, the band still brought plenty of sing-along moments enveloping the crowd with their trademark acoustic romanticism and breezy melodies.

Right from the beginning the huge crowd was lapping up every moment and certainly enjoying the performance, which featured an abundance of electric guitar solos and underlying electro beats courtesy of a DJ lurking to the right of the stage.

The set was almost entirely constructed around McHugh’s distinctive and committed vocals, with heavy bass grooves provided by bassist Paulie B and extremely tight dub drumming courtesy of percussionist Brue Braybrooke. This heady and rhythmic backbone proved the perfect platform for McHugh to show off his underrated guitar skills and exceptional voice.

With each new tour the trio has become increasingly skilled at composing and performing their inimitable brand of music - a coconut-infused distillation of creaky blues, experimental pop fragments, winsome folk and soulful jazzy roots.

Tonight’s performance was no exception; even at its most put-together The Beautiful Girls’ music managed to sound organic, no doubt satisfying fans until next year. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

NEXT BIG THING HEAT 6 / Heytesburg / Blackwater Station / The Smiling Assassins / One Thousand Years / Sean Brown And The Red Lights / The Brown Study Band Rocket Room Saturday, July 3, 2010 It was a fairly smallish crowd that braved the arctic conditions to check out the latest crop of up and comers to make a grab for Next Big Thing status in the sixth heat of the competition. Rocket Room was perhaps only a third full when Heytesburg mounted the stage, the four-piece ripping through a set where ethereal vocals floated over a pounding, insistent drumbeat.The crowd reaction was initially muted, rising to genuine appreciation towards the end of their slot, as they filled the venue with a unique brand of eerie ambience.

Blackwater Station were the next cab off the rank, already scoring extra points for a name that appears to be lifted from Footrot Flats.

The band wore their influences on their sleeves, their sound reminiscent of Queens Of The Stone Age. For a group who professes to hate each other, their set was tight and professional, driven by simple, rugged chord structures and heavy bass work.

The Smiling Assassins continued the somewhat retro trend of the night, delivering a classic set that drew heavily on seminal ‘70s rock.

Their songs were instantly catchy, and frontman Dan Picton-King has a vibrant stage presence that drew the punters in.

But there’s always a disappointment, and tonight it was Jack Action. While clearly shooting for a post-punk vibe, their set was sloppy, the vocals flat, the feedback and distortion merely annoying. While they get top marks for energy and attitude, exhorting the crowd to “Make some fucking noise!” their sound is fairly generic, and no amount of stage presence can make up for that.

One Thousand Years, on the other

The Smiling Assasins (photo: Amy Vinicombe)

hand, have not only energy and presence to burn, but are drumskin-tight on stage. A band out of their time, singer Chris Boyd could pass for Joe Cocker’s stunt double. They served up a heavy, blues-infused rock set that sounded like it could have been released in 1972. The crowd lapped it up, especially when Boyd leavened their crunchy guitar riffs with a brief harmonica solo.

The penultimate act, Sean Brown And The Red Lights, dropped it down into a heavier gear. Brown whipped the crowd up with a tight, savage set, propelled by some frenetic drum work and his own powerful set of lungs. The man clearly has a driving passion for his music, and by the time the Red Lights left the stage, the crowd was yelling their approval.

And finally, we came to The Brown Study Band. The best reason to hit a gig like this is the slim hope that you’ll see something truly different. Well, different doesn’t even begin to describe this act. Frontman Dez Richardson presided over their slot bedecked in a red topcoat like some kind of prog-rock ringmaster, hammering the keyboard as he weaved his playful, idiosyncratic lyrics. They were clearly the audience favourite of the night, with a large swathe of the crowd clapping and singing along.

The judges agreed, sending The Brown Study band off to the semis, along with second place takers One Thousand Years. It was a hardfought heat, with almost all the groups worthy of a shot at the top. If Rocket Room on Friday is any indication, 2010’s Next Big Thing is going to more than live up to the title. _TRAVIS JOHNSON www.xpressmag.com.au

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KNOCKING ON THE DOOR

Entrancing duo Wolves At The Door play at Manhattans tonight, Thursday, July 8.

Songstress Ash Hendriks has just returned from the APRO/AMCOS Song Summit, after being hand selected from a group of hopeful West Australians in a triple j Unearthed contest. Hendriks will emerge from winter hibernation with her band mate James Gates for a howling night of musical magic. It’s an over used phrase – but if their support slot at The Silents’ recent launch was anything to go by - this is without doubt a local band to watch.

Harlequin League

HARLEQUIN LEAGUE

MICHE SUITE We’re All Gonna Die Independent If you’ve got a hankering for well delivered, intelligent, female-fronted, folk rock then Miche Suite may very well hit the spot. With their long, rambling tours (the band recently returned form an epic stretch up north), Leah Miche’s smokey vocals, and a country tinge, this band has a touch of The Waifs about them. If you’re a Waifs fan desperately missing the band after they relocated to the US then look no further.

Miche Suite’s brand new single We’re All Gonna Die is given a southern twang thanks to a guest appearance by Luke Dux on slide guitar. By the time the chorus hits we’re in full folk-rock territory, with Miche thumping out thought provoking and engaging lyrics on mortality.

Polished and radio-ready, this should be a hit at the merch desk and will undoubtedly spread the word further. _DAVID CRADDOCK

Not Clowning Around

2007 Next Big Thing winners Harlequin League are currently smack-bang in the middle of recording their debut album – Wolves At The Door a hotly anticipated release given the high rotation of their previous singles on triple j and the band’s appearances at RISING SON news just to hand, musically dextrous and numerous major WA festivals. DAVID CRADDOCK spoke to In technically skilled outfit SonPsilo Circus won drummer Chris James about debut single Charlatan, a sneak the latest heat of Kosmic Sound & Jack Daniels Mojo Rising – and by all reports – by a country peak to be launched at Amplifier on Saturday, July 17. mile. They now go into the semi-final which is This scribe last spotted Harlequin League at the inaugural Groovin’ The Moo festival in sunny Bunbury earlier this year. Having not seen the band since their early days playing much smaller venues, I was struck by the almightily racket emanating from the stage – this was a band rocking out in bombastic, stadium like proportions.

With my ears still ringing from last May, it came as no surprise to hear that the ever-grandiose Brit rockers Kasabian and Oasis are influences on the band’s as-yet untitled debut album.

“We all grew up in the ‘90s so I suppose all that stuff is pretty big for us,” drummer Chris James, who is just about to head back into the studio to continue work on the debut, explains.

“And obviously the American stuff as well – Sonic Youth and Nirvana or whatever.

And as for those wild extended outros and squealing amp noise? “It’s just something that follows our band everywhere.

Seb [guitarist and vocalist] makes heaps of noise and so does Pooley [keys/guitar]. Those guys are just really good at making noise, and I hit way too many cymbals, as I’ve been reminded of so frequently by Andy Lawson who is doing the record.”

Currently jumping between Blackbird and Sumo Sound studios in Osbourne Park, the band have enlisted Lawson, a respected Perth producer who has worked closely with Eskimo Joe and End Of Fashion, to helm their all-important first album.

CH CH CH CH CHANGES

Ziggy hasn’t landed his rocket in Australia for years so Showstoppers’ All Star Bowie Tribute may be the next best thing. With support from a Freddie Mercury impersonator (why not?), Tom Jennis and his live band will perform hits from all of the chameleon’s best-loved incarnations – Rebel Rebel, Jean Jeanie, Space Oddity, Heroes, Modern Love, and Lets Dance included. Freddie and David will be paging Major Tom from 8pm on Friday, July 23, at The Civic. Tickets $20 from the venue.

“It’s sounding pretty big but the way Andy is trying to capture everything is to make the sounds cool, understated, and not a kind of ‘grand statement’ – to not blow it over - which is easy to do when your playing everything loud through really good speakers.”

Debut single Charlatan, which has been mastered by UK mix engineer Adrian Bushby (My Bloody Valentine, Foo Fighters, Muse), will give fans a sneak peak as to how the sessions have been coming along. James, who joined the band last November, describes the track as ‘looser’ than the driving indie rock we’ve come to expect from Harlequin League.

“Harlequin League have got looser and more fluid over time starting with songs like Again And Again which were really rigid indie pop songs – really structured songs. This song is really flowing and cruisy. And a bit jangly in a sense – not ‘jangly pop’ but it’s a bit more free flowing.”

“With the album we’re trying to re-interpret the style of the band in terms of the sounds we can do. Andy is encouraging that as well. We’re doing five old songs from the previous EPs and we’re just completely reinterpreting them and trying to get a new vibe on everything.

“It’s been about trying to make the best record that we possibly can because we have to live with it for the rest of our lives. It’s the first album that any of us have ever done and we want to make sure we do it right.”

JACK OF ALL TRADES

After a stretch of dates in the deep southern WA delta, pop-rock excitement machine The Jackards are playing a show at The Bird on Saturday, July 10. The boys will be supported by SonPsilo Circus, and the Old Croak. Expect lots of roll and plenty of rock. Tickets $10, from 8pm.

CLEAR VISION

Hard-hitting prog alternative rock act Opia have announced the details of their upcoming Emotion Evolution EP. The band will be launching the disc to the public on Saturday, August 7, at Rocket Room with help from Bat Country, Copious, and From Deep Within. Fans can catch a sneak peek of the EP on the bands Myspace page (myspace.com/opiaband).

SMOKE, SEAMS AND SILENTS

LOCALS JOIN THE PACK

The Novocaines and Capital City will be joining San Diego punk-infused rockers The Soft Pack when they roll into The Rosemount on Saturday, July 10. Both The Novocaines and Capital City put on classic, dirty, energetic rocks shows and this double-pronged Perth alliance is sure to warm the cockles of chilly fans waiting for the Soft Pack.

Felicity Groom And The Black Black Smoke have been busily putting the finishing touches on their debut album, but this Saturday, July 10, the songstress and her all-star band will take a breather to play Mojo’s. Fresh from their sold-out Sun A Buzz album launch, The Silents will be playing in support as will the ever-evolving, always exciting, Seams. Davey Craddock will cut the musical ribbon.

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Neo-rockabilly cats Blazin’ Entrails, surf/spy guitar connoisseurs Day Of The Dead, and the always grimey Chainsaw Hookers join ex-Perth band Sin City for a very special night of hard rock, rattling, and rolling, at Rocket Room on Friday, July 9.

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Hot on the heals of releasing his second album Walking To China, Fremantle folk charmer and swashbuckling MC (not of the rap kind) Justin Walshe will be keeping the fires flaring with the third round of his Campfires, Winter, Whisky & Liars residency.

The format see’s Walsh and his band of merry travellers invite along special guests (some from interstate) for intimate performances which sit somewhere between a pub gig and campfire tale. This Sunday, July 11, The Justin Walshe Folk Machine are joined by Mitch Becker Band, Leroy Lee (from NSW), and tripped out Vaudevillians Lilly Pilly & The Jam Francies. Sunday, July 18, features Kevin Smith & The Seven Story Jumpers, DivCraft & Big Old Bears, and some tall tales from Tank & The Loose Cannons. Sunday, July 25, features Split Seconds, Lindsay Phillips (from Victoria) and wandering dust minstrels The Lazy Railway.

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After delivering plenty of their breezy goodness throughout June, The Sunshine Brothers will continue to set up shop at the Indi Bar throughout July, with the band now locked in for a month-long residency. Helping them spread the good vibes are the horn-laden The Brown Horn Orchestra who play on July 4 and July 25, blues rockers The Joe Kings on July 11, and surf guitar gods Day Of The Dead on July 18.

In 2010 Perth has continued its charge towards smaller boutique-y venues and cosy laneway bars. The Bird, a charmingly laidback little number which opened on William St earlier this year, has a particularly strong focus on local music – the stage at The Bird is so darn intimate, performers have to check their breath before going on. This week we got to know the man behind The Bird, Mike O’Hanlon.

Why did you decide to start up The Bird?

I had wanted to do it for a long time and it happened that in September last year, between a few of us, we had the time and inclination to build the place.

I understand there were some licensing problems early on for the venue, was it hard to cut through the red tape and get things going?

It was painful at the time. There were conflicting agendas from every government office/department involved, so the process was protracted. But those BYO gigs around April and May wouldn’t have happened had it played out any other way.

The Bird seems to have a lot of local bands playing throughout the week, why is it important for the venue to have local folks on stage?

I don’t think I’m alone in being interested in what Perth musicians are getting up to. There is so much good music going on in this city that the natural thing to do is host and present it. We like presenting it.

Maybe this goes back to your first question a bit - there is a lot of good music in the city so it’s natural that more music venues pop up.

The venue is small and intimate - what is it that you like about this style of bar?

I like the lounge/backyard vibe of smaller places. Its cool getting to know people who visit the bar regularly.

What has been you favourite Bird live music highlights so far?

The Growl. Cameron and the guys steal the show every time they play. Cameron once also stole my microphone cable. Give me back my microphone cable Cameron.

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NEXT BIG WIN

The cream is slowly rising to the top of the Next Big Thing competition, with several band’s locking in their place in the semi finals last week. Heat 4, which was held at The Foundry on Wednesday, June 30, was won by sultry, electro-groove powerhouse Resort, with Crash Compass navigating their way to second place. Electro-pop outfit Good Little Fox won Heat 5 at The Civic, with Trent Williams coming in second. At Rocket Room, the ever-theatrical Brown Study Band charmed their way to victory in Heat 6 on Saturday, July 3 (see Live for a review).

One Thousand Years came in at second place. These bands will join The Kirbens, Brash & Sassy, James Teague, Minute 36, The Love Junkies, Homebrew, and the winners of Heat 7 (which is being held as we go to print) in the semi finals which will be held at Amplifier on Friday, July 30, and The Civic on Saturday, July 31.

MELTING THE WALLS

Alternative/progressive rock act Waxman are taking the late-night shift this Friday, July 16, at the Rocket Room, with the band joined by AAAGH BATS! for Late Night Live. The band say audience members can expect complex song structures and driving intensity – that’ll definitely keep you from nodding off.

Tomás Ford (photo: David Craddock)

DANCEFLOOR TUSSLES AT HUSSLE

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Electro showman Tomás Ford will emerge from his studio this Friday, July 9, for some dance floor provocation with some of Perth’s best electronic talent as part of Hussle Hussle at Mojo’s. Ford will join The Transients, Carl Fox, and DJ Captn K, on a stellar line-up of party starters.

A GENTLE RUB

Having charmed the socks off many in attendance at this year’s In The Pines festival, Rupert Thomas and Rebecca Orchard – collectively Erasers – will be launching an EP entitled Autumn at The Bird on Friday, July 9. Apricot Rail, These Shipwrecks, Rabbit Island, and Jane Harris are the appropriately dreamy and experimental support acts that have been compiled to complement Erasers’ sparse, lo-fi soundscapes. Doors open 8pm, entry $8.

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Yet for the best part of a decade Sin City have been infamous for their confronting live shows, glam-tastic choruses and affinity for touring; all under-pinned by an unwavering set of punk rock principles.

Every step of the way, Sin City have extended a hand to their younger kin-folk.

Indeed, they played a crucial hand in the positive development of many bands who might otherwise have lost their way. Just one example of this was former Perth rapscallions Public Urination, whose bass player Kane has, well, ended up in the band. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known Colonel Quakenbush for years and got Public Urination to play with us when they came to Melbourne,â&#x20AC;? Sayers says, with reference to the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s habit of giving all their members an affectionate nickname. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We always caught up with him when we came home and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just such a sweetheart â&#x20AC;&#x201C; when we heard he was moving over we jumped on the phone and begged him to join the band. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He fits in so well I keep forgetting he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been there from the start. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the first permanent player weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had who isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a guitar player. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bass player, and I think bass players think differently and put down much more solid bass lines.He works really well with Tom [Brownrigg, drummer] and reports are from the ladies that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;4â&#x20AC;? of hot hot hot!â&#x20AC;?

Sin City

In addition to showing off their new member, and of course touching base with their myriad of friends and fans in the town they still call home, Sin City have further reason to celebrate, as theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just released their latest EP â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a self-titled affair produced by the man â&#x20AC;&#x153;who discovered The Veronicasâ&#x20AC;?,Stuart Stuart. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah, we got this random email from [him] saying heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to work on a record with us,â&#x20AC;? Sayers explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We met up with him in Canberraâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or was it Adelaide?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and had a few drinks with him to get some idea of what direction we should go in. We really wanted our sound to stay raw, yet really push big catchy choruses. We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to go super commercial and Stuart is such a pro he can do anything, and it was really important for him to understand where we wanted to go with the album. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We recorded it at his studio in Brisbane, which we also stayed in, so it was two weeks of 12 plus hour days. I literally didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t leave the place for two weeks and ended up with major cabin fever.

The end result has really blown me away. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first time I have been truly happy with a recording because we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rushed and almost had a fifth member working with us. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always wanted to bounce ideas off someone and I felt really comfortable with Stuart Stuart. I had agreed to be flexible with the songs before we went in, but I thought heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be tearing the songs up, taking a verse from here and a chorus from there. [Instead], we basically ditched some naff lyrics, added a couple of key changes and rearranged structure. I thought it would be a slaughter but it was more like plastic surgery, and it made one hell of a difference.â&#x20AC;?

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drum set, but also the history of its development, and the cultural setting of the music it is used to create.

As well as delving deeply into Indian percussion, Smith has maintained his own band Vital Information, and has also developed a career as one of the most in-demand players of the past 30 years, playing with a who’s who of the jazz and fusion world, as well as artists like Dweezil Zappa, Bryan Adams, and Australia’s own Savage Garden.

“It has always been important to me to be an individual, and to be a working individual musician, versus being a band member,” Smith says of the countless artists he has worked with on top of group projects like Vital Information, Steps Ahead, and Jazz Legacy. “For me, that is one of the keys to longevity – to perceive yourself as

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a working musician as an individual. If you put all your aspirations as to a career into one band, you will live and die with the success of that band. I know from my time with Journey, the only other drummer I met whilst on tour from that period who is still working as a drummer is Kenny Aronoff.

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Smith’s breadth of musical experience does not only cover the jazz, rock, funk, fusion, gospel, blues, r‘n’b and pop styles of the USA. The traditions of Southern India, in particularly the konnakol style of vocalising drum sounds, have been a particular influence on his style.

“Konnokol started out as the sounds of the mridingam - It is a two-headed South Indian drum, made out of a log, and it sits on your lap and has a high side and a low side,”Smith explains from New York. “It is a precursor to the tabla, which is two separate drums.The history is old and not well remembered perhaps, but some people think the mridingam was simply sawn in half to produce the first tabla. The point is that it is an ancient Indian drum, and to learn to play it you have to learn each vocal sound that the drum makes, and you then sing the rhythms and the sounds that you intend to make on the drum.”

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