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As always, it’s two steps forward, three steps back!

While extended (and, can we proclaim, extremely commonsensical) trading hours passed in the Upper House of State Parliament this week, legislation is currently being debated which could see pubs forced to implement at midnight lockout.

Aimed at curbing unruly behaviour in Perth’s entertainment precincts – namely Northbridge - The Liquor Control Amendment Bill proposes tightening regulations on pubs and bars, including a lockout system which would forbid patrons to enter a pub or bar after midnight – with those already inside allowed to remain according to the venue’s license hours.

While the measure is aimed at tackling the antisocial behaviour that has toooften plagued Australian drinking culture (an Anglo-Saxon glitch in aptitude we seem to have inherited from our genetic cousins way over the seas), its intended results are markedly questionable. Simply, if someone is refused entry into a bar after midnight there is nothing stopping them going to a nightclub to continue their booze-a-thon. Also, a lock out could well see the fragmentation of groups and increase the amount of aimless and intoxicated peoples roaming the streets in search of a late night venue that will let them in. Boot them out of bars and send them to nightclubs – yep, that’s really going to help.

Surely the answer is in education, as well as vehement policing of the unsavoury few.

Most of us come in peace to love and serve the

liquor – not bash skulls with pint glasses. So why punish us all? It took decades for the dour dogooders at the top to loosen liquor laws and finally allow us to taste the fruits of urbanity (hallelujah to small bars). And now they want to treat us like infantile fools once again. Soon we’ll be told we need to wear a bike helmet and glowin-the-dark worker’s vest into licensed venues (a decree already policed in the rave scene…).

Okay, getting serious now… if passed, the ripples of this new bill will be wide reaching.

With Friday and Saturday nights the big money spinners for bars, the weekends often bankroll the quieter week nights – including the many bands and DJs who get their start on the small, midweek stages of our fair city. Artists such as Birds Of Tokyo, Tame Impala and Luke Steel of Empire Of The Sun may never have broken through had they not been given a Tuesday night stage to perform on and a few bob to make it worth their while. Eat away at potential venue revenue and you eat away at the artistic soul of this city; for it’s the drinkers who inevitably fund our music scene. If you’re going to lock the doors early you may as well bring in the pokie machines while you’re at it.

As Michael Keiller, the chairman of the Business Improvement Group of Northbridge Inc and the proprietor of the iconic Mustang Bar, said: “Perhaps we could have a farewell concert as a welcome to Dullsville before we shut the doors five days a week.” _JULIAN TOMPKIN

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BREAK LOOSE

The legendary broken beat festival Breakfest has just confirmed its line-up for 2010… and it’s a doozy!

Topping the bill will be 2 Live Crew, supported by the Plump DJs, Freestylers, Freq Nasty, KID Kenobi and MC Shureshock, Rico Tubbs, Atomic Hooligan, Far Too Loud and Soul Of Man. And the festival’s special guest will be Beardyman – the world’s most amazing beat boxer. This year the award winning boutique festival celebrates its 10th anniversary, so expect lots of surprises and a great atmosphere.

The festival kicks off on Sunday, December 26, at Belvoir Amphitheatre. Tickets go on sale Monday, October 4, and are available from boomtick.com.au and moshtix.com.au.

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IT’S A CRUEL’S WORLD

Indie icons The Cruel Sea will be getting together to play a one-off show in Perth at The Astor Theatre on Saturday, October 30.

Since the late ’80s, the Sydney outfit has been on a serpentine journey - winning ARIAs for Best Australian Group (twice), releasing instrumental albums, solo projects and a three year hiatus. Nowadays, the boys like to get together sporadically for one-off incendiary shows. The results are explosive, and with a renewed enthusiasm this Perth show is set to be a belter. Expect tracks from classic albums like The Honeymoon Is Over and Three Legged Dog. Tickets are on sale now from bocsticketing.com.au.

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Cover: Dandy Warhols play at Parklife on Sunday, September 26 at Wellington Square Gardens, East Perth.

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Soundwave – the festival that took metal music, thrust it into the furnace of Hades and then sacrificed it to nubile virgins – has just announced a second line-up of debauched acts for their 2011 line-up. Leading the line-up is One Day As A Lion (collaboration between Rage Against The Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha and former Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore). They’ll be joined

by Bullet For My Valentine, Bring, Me The Horizon, The Murderdolls, Dimmu Borgir, Millencolin, Fucked Up, Saxon and a whole host of other head bangers. The concert will be held on Monday, March 7, at Steel Blue Oval. For tickets head to soundwavefestival. com.

Kool & The Gang

They used to be the band your uncle would gyrate to at weddings and bar mitzvahs, but following the use of their song Jungle Boogie in Quentin Tarintino’s seminal Pulp Fiction, Kool & The Gang are now officially hip; well almost.

The gang will be playing Perth for the first time in their career at Jungle Boogie, a brand new summer concert event next year at Perth Zoo on Sunday, February 20, (special guests TBC). The funksters are one of the most sampled bands of all time and their music appears in the songs of the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, DJ Shadow and Madonna. Expect to be jiving away to Celebration, Jungle Boogie, Ladies Night and Get Down On It. Tickets go on sale from Monday, October 4, and are available from ticketek.com.au.

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BUILD A BRIDGE Dear X-Press, Why is it that the 6 O’clock News and the good old West Aus do nothing but report all the seedy crap they can find on Northbridge.

All I hear is Perth’s dead with nothin’ to do. Well crap. Just look in your mag and see buckets to do all weekend?

And where is it most happenin’? Well, Northbridge of course! I’m a resident and am out all the time, and believe me, trouble is hard to find.

So get into town man and have a good night out. Leave your crap at home and come on. All I ask is can your mag promote a bit more culture in and around Northbridge? There’s art, coffee, books, it’s all here and you don’t just have to get pissed every night.

Councilman Hopeful Mick Waters Ed’s Note: Mick, we suggest you flick to Eye4 to find out all about cultural happenings in and around Northbridge.

HERE’S JIMMY! Dear X-Press, So it was with gusto and anticipation that I suggested to my two buddies that we go to the Perth Blues Club to see/hear the Jimi Hendrix anniversary gig that was on. ‘Yes!’ was the reply.

For this excursion I will call my friends Bob 1 and Bob 2. Bob 1 is our semi retired (’til the

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money runs out) ‘solo man’; our intrepid traveler and all round adventurer. Bob 2 is our official blues man and member of said club - the man we have been trying to root, shoot, and electrocute for some time now, and me...? Well, you know enough about me already.

So it was with gusto that we hauled ourselves down to the Charles Hotel, the home of the Blues Club. Bob 1, the shorter of the two, had to go prone behind the only two seats in the ute.

We tucked into our pub grub while the queue built up out on to the street. Would we get in we asked. Bob 2 suggested they should have a special entry or ‘free to go through’ policy for Blues Club members seeing as he is one; good idea said Bob 1 and I. And if your name’s on the door too I said. We thought some more and watched and watched… would we get in? Yes! We got in and picked up our little ‘program’ on the way.

So to the bar for a refreshment and to find a suitable posse which now is up the back to watch and listen to the proceedings. A quick glance at the program revealed the show was ‘a celebration of the music of legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix 40 years after his untimely death’.

First up was a classical strings trio. The type of act you would dream of having at your wedding but from the first strainings of the strings it was a bad dream tonight. Our hardened Blues man Bob 2 just put it simply ‘What’s this shit?!’. Bob 1 looked across at me and usually we would be thinking ‘how can we electrocute this guy again?’ but it was written across all our faces that tonight Bob 1 was right on the money. As he more eloquently put it ‘I’m a blues man and I don’t want to come to my Blues Club and listen to this crap!’.

Nothing against the players, it was just trying to make an audience believe that Jimi

Hedrinx can be played in a classical genre.

Next up was a Jazz ensemble and really, more of the same - interpretations of the great guitarist in a Jazz style. ‘How about some guitar?’ asked Bob 2 .

Third act to follow featured a tuba. You have got to be joking! Jimi is already turning in his grave! But thankfully it was the president himself with guitar/harmonica and bass accompaniment ripping straight into a Dylan classic Like A Rolling Stone. Ahhh that was better! A respite from the previous desecrations with more to follow... small round of applause.

Act 4 was a Banjo inspired interpretation.

To be honest by now we had all pretty much had enough.

I want to know what the hell is going on in the heads of the people that belong to a Blues Club to organise a Jimi Hendrix night and butcher his legend with this offering. They would have been better to have three bands playing different songs or tracks off albums… anything, anything other than this!

Though to be fair we had had enough and weren’t going to hang around for another half hour to hopefully hear something more in keeping to a tribute so I hope for those that stayed the night picked up ... of course it did it couldn’t have got any worse... could it?

I dropped Bob 1 and 2 off then went home to bed to dream. 1983 a merman I should turn to be.

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DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS

From the directors of Meet The Parents comes Dinner For Schmucks. This hilarious comedy tells the story of Tim (Paul Rudd), an up–andcoming executive who has just received his first invitation to a dinner for idiots. After agreeing to skip the dinner he then bumps into Barry (Steve Carell) and this is where all the fun begins. We have ten in-season passes to give away!

MADAGASCAR

The Black Swan State Theatre company presents Madagascar. A thoroughly entertaining and thought-provoking play directed by Kate Cherry, Madagascar tells the tale of three people who find themselves in the same hotel room overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome.

We are giving away ten double passes to see this marvelous show on Saturday, October 23, at the Playhouse Theatre!

THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME

Leap into the adventure of a lifetime with this 2007 Animation of the year winner – The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. This fabulous animation tells the story of a young girl who literally has the power to leap backwards in time. Get your entries in now to win a copy and enjoy one of Japan’s finest.

JOHN LEGEND & THE ROOTS

R&B act John Legend And The Roots are back with an album of politically-minded cover songs called Wake Up!. Get your entries in to win one of five copies.

DON’T SLEEP

Don’t Sleep is a monthly bass music party showcasing international talent through the mediums of garage, house, and dubstep at the Bakery. On Saturday, October 16, Don’t Sleep will feature Deadboy (London) Rekab, Clunk, Dead Weight DJs plus Kit Pop and DYP. We are giving away ten double passes for you and a friend, so get your entries in!

GRINDERMAN

We have five copies of Grinderman’s new album to giveaway to our lucky X-Press readers.

Grinderman is a rock band formed by Nick Cave and all are members of the post–punk group Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds. Continuing on in the same noisy, rude spirit as the first Grinderman offering, this new album is ace!

MARK RONSON & THE BUSINESS INTL

Record Collection is the third studio album by Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. This new album is all about ’80s breakbeats and synths, mixed with some ’60s-’70s sounds, sprinkled with the optimism and freshness of the year 2010. Get your entries in to win a copy!

CYPRESS HILL

Get your entries in now to win one of two double passes to see Cypress Hill at Metro City on Wednesday, September 29. With over 18 million albums sold worldwide, this Los Angeles trio of rappers still continue to push rap’s boundaries with their electrifying shows!

ADVENTURE WORLD

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Just in time for the warm weather, Adventure World is flinging open its doors on Saturday, September 25. X-Press readers can be in the draw to win one of ten adult passes to experience all the thrills and spills of Adventure World this summer. Don’t miss out on the Freefall ride or the Giant Shot and Drop Tower, or the many water slides that will get you screaming. A fun day out for all of the family, Adventure World is the place to be!

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MARVELOUS MOONLIGHT

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It’s time to dust off your foldaway chairs and shoo the spiders out of your neglected picnic basket because the folks at Ford Fiesta Moonlight Cinemas are gearing up for another season of alfresco cinema. Running from Thursday, December 2, ’til Sunday, March 30, at the Synergy Parklands in Kings Park, Moonlight Cinemas will showcase the latest blockbusters plus plenty of old favourites, under the stars during summer. The 2010/2011 Moonlight season will see screenings of a variety of films including Tamara Drewe, Burlesque, The Social Network and classics such as The Blues Brothers and Rocky Horror Picture Show. To find out what’s on and when, head to moonlight.com.au.

SUPERB SOPRANO

The godmother of Australasian opera, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,will fill Kings Park and Botanic Garden with her beautiful soprano sounds on Friday, February 25, when she steps into the spotlight alongside the WASO String Quartet. Having previously performed at venues such as the Sydney Opera House, The Metropolitan and the Paris Opera, Dame Kanawa will take to the stage at the Pioneer Women’s Memorial in Kings Park, performing her favourite compositions from artists such as Mozart, Handel, Strauss and Puccini. Support on the evening will come from the beautiful and vocally gifted Katie Noonan. Tickets for this special show go on sale on Friday, September 24, from Ticketek.

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HEART ATTACK

In the late ’90s a number of bands were on the move. Powderfinger and Eskimo Joe were rising from the underground, Jebediah were tackling the pop charts and The Living End were infiltrating the mainstream. But none were doing all of the above quite like Regurgitator.

The irony of the band’s success (namely with 1997’s Unit) is not lost on frontman Quan Yeomans. Here was a band from suburban Brisbane – with an alienating moniker to boot – whose debut proclamation to the world was I Sucked A Lot Of Cock To Get Where I Am. But just as quick as the group had millions humming along to renegade hit Polyester Girl, the band dissolved back into the sanctity of obscurity.

And it was from obscurity Regurgitator staged an aural guerrilla war of sorts, poking fun at the waning music industry’s antique paradigms with projects such as 2004’s Band In A Bubble. And now they – well, the two mainstays anyhow, including Ben Ely – are back with a batch of warts’n’all punkish ditties (packaged as Love And Paranoia) for online release only, and are hitting the road.

“We’re much the same,” Yeomans says of the band’s evolution. “Although, we’re probably more relaxed about what we do. I am amazed we kept going this long – that’s been amazing. We’ve turned it into a career. The [music] industry has changed so much since we started, and it’s forced us to think about who we are and how we fit in. And this is the first time we’ve been able to focus on that.”

Regurgitator play Amplifier Bar on Monday, September 27. Tickets are available through oztix.com.au and the usual outlets.

Known for his dark and broody pop, Canadian artist Owen Pallett, of Final Fantasy and Arcade Fire fame, will pack his bags and head down under this January to share tracks from his acclaimed album Heartland. A product of nine hard months of work in the studio, Heartland is uplifting and optimistic, showcasing Pallett’s musical dexterity. Australian Pallett fans can catch the man live and in the flesh on Saturday, January 22, at the Fly By Night in Fremantle.

Tickets go on sale on Thursday, October 7, from flybynight.org.

SUMMER WITH SUNSET

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Legendary Kiwi hard-rock outfit Shihad will embark on a national tour of Australia this summer, rolling into The Rosemount Hotel on Friday, November 26. The New Zealand group, who are now based in Melbourne, are ranked as top equal for most Top 40 charting singles in New Zealand with 19 to their credit. Their new album Ignite is released on Friday, September 24, and being hailed as a return to their early rumbling, heavy groove sound. The band will be supported by special guests Emperors. Tickets are available from heatseeker.com.au.

COLLECTIVE IMPROVISATION

It takes some serious talent to be able to musically improvise but when The Antripodean Collective performs, they make it look easy as pie. Masters of musical improvisation, The Collective features four of Australia’s most skilled creators, including Scott Tinkler on trumpet, John Rodgers on violin, Ken Edie on drums and Marc Hannaford on piano. On Sunday, September 17,The Antripodean Collective will take to the stage of the Ellington Jazz Club to share tracks from their soon-to-be-released album NTRPDN. Tickets for this unique show are on sale now from ellingtonjazz.com.au.

Want to saunter around music festivals with an AAA (Access All Areas) lanyard around your neck?

Well then, you certainly won’t want to miss out on Sunset Events’ double platinum pass! This summer, Sunset Events will give one lucky punter VIP access to festivals such as One Movement For Music, the Northbridge Festival, Stereosonic, Club Paradiso, Southbound, Laneway, MASS, West Coast Blues ‘n’ Roots, Creamfields and Groovin The Moo! This privileged individual will also get to attend artist meet and greets, get backstage tours and watch their favourite bands play side of stage; it certainly doesn’t get any better than that! To enter this amazing competition, jump on to sunsetevents. SUNDAY, LOVELY SUNDAY If you fancy catching a great band for free then com.au before Friday, October 1. Good luck! make sure you check out The DomNicks at the Subiaco Arts Centre on Sunday, September 26.The NATIVE ROCKS Abmusic will be holding an open day to concert is part of the sunday@subi series, a number encourage Indigenous people who are interested of free community concerts that cover a mix of in expanding their musical ability to enrol and themes and genres suitable for all ages. The series learn all aspects of the music industry. Many past runs every Sunday until October 3. The DomNicks and present students, including guest artists will combine the Perth garage rock/power pop legend be performing on the day. With Abmusic being Dom Mariani (The Stems, DM3), with the British in operation for the past 24 years, it has been punk attack of Nick Shepherd (The Clash, The an integral part of the Indigenous community Cortina’s). Their gig will start at 2pm and finish at and plays an important role the broader music 3.30pm, including a short break to enjoy a coffee community. With its facilities and community or a glass of wine from the Subiaco Arts Centre bar. atmosphere, Abmusic is a great place to foster your music career. The event will be held at Abmusic campus (Manning Road) on Wednesday, September 29.

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Fans of Top Gear and the scent of burning rubber wafting over baby-oiled coquettes will just love Narrogin Revheads. This X-Press sponsored motor show is going to be a cracker, and they have just announced that the music bill will be headlined by British India; supported by MM9, The Reserves and Black Board Minds.There will be loads of cool events and competitions over the weekend, including Australian Freestyle Motocross Championship, Burnout 15000, Shannons Show’n’Shine, Miss Revheads, Albert’s Stereo Blast Off, Freestyle BMX and heaps more of V8 thumping and two wheeled entertainment. The event will be held at Thomas Hogg Oval, Narrogin from Friday, November 19, to Sunday, November 21. For ticket info jump online to narroginrevheads.com.au.

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GOSPEL OF DAVID

No one can forget The Thin White Duke in his prime (ignore mid-life crisis band Tin Machine with their saucepan guitars and suits), he truly is a rock auteur. Some of Australia’s leading contemporary musicians and performers - iOTA, Jeff Duff, Steve Balbi and Brydon Stace - will pay homage to the Cockney chameleon in the tribute show Ziggy, The Songs of David Bowie. This theatrically inspired show will be a musical journey through the cocaine-fuelled ’70s and the sharp suits of the ’80s.

Catch the show at the Burswood Theatre on Friday, November 26. Tickets are available now from ticketek.com.au.

SCREW YOU

Designed to give Perth a taste of the pumping UK/Europe music scene, Screwface is a brand spanking new night set to take over the back room at The Newport on the last Tuesday of every month. Expect free mixtapes, cutting edge tunes and good vibes. Lace up your party shoes and make your way down to The Newport next Tuesday, September 28, to get your Screwface on. Find out more on The Newport’s Facebook.

At just 21 years of age, acoustic singer/songwriter Matt Gresham already has three albums under his belt, and he shows no signs of slowing up. With a new album, Good Times, released not long ago, Gresham is about to embark on a mammoth run of gigs over the next couple of months, heading as far north as Broome. The WA native has been spending plenty of time overseas in on the east coast, something that should continue next year, but for the time being he’s happy to spend as much time as he can in WA promoting the new album.

“The new album is going really, really well – I sold out the first run of the album, they sold really well in Portugal for some reason,” Gresham says.“The must really love Australian music. I played a show in Lisbon and the crowd was singing along to Lioness, a song that I wrote in Broome so I guess it is a really small world.

“I’m planning on opening my own record label soon and I’m planning on recording other acoustic artists, but that’s in the future. At the moment I’m happy to be playing in my home state; it’s good to be back after a while away.’’

Matt Gresham is playing the Fly By Night club Friday, September 24, and The Rockingham Hotel on Saturday, September 25.

Spanish dub-king El Guincho will be hitting Perth this summer, bringing his unique brand of sample driven, Latin-flavoured pop Down Under. A member of Coconuts and hailing from Barcelona, Diaz-Reixas music is thick with Afrobeat, dub, tropical and rock influences.

He will play The Bakery on Friday, December 17, with local support from smRts, Naik and DJ Rex Monsoon. Tickets are available from nowbaking.com.au.

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THE RUM REBELLION

And hot off the press, Cuban Club 2011 has just announced another great addition to their New Year’s Day line-up – Arrested Development. The seven-piece party patrol have been spreading the word of love and dance for 20 years and show no sign of slowing, despite spiritual elder Baba Oje still kicking about onstage at the ripe old age of 75! Mixing new with old and of course classics like Mr Wendal and People Everyday, expect to party and feel the love all day and night. The event will be held at The Flying Squadron Yacht Club in Dalkeith on Saturday, January 1, 2011.

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MICHAEL CHUGG

Four Decades In An Hawaiian Shirt An icon of the Australian music industry, Michael Chugg will be a speaker at One Movement For Music (for which he is also a director) and launch his autobiography, Hey, You In The Black T-Shirt, at the event.

Michael Chugg

‘Hey you, you in the black t-shirt up the tree over there! Climb down from that fuckin’ thing now. You’re bloody ruining it for everyone!’

If you’ve ever been at a music festival and heard a tirade such as the above coming from the stage between – and often during – the bands, then you’ve been witness to one of Michael Chugg’s trademark onstage announcements.

He’ll tell it like it is, for better or for worse, but will celebrate what is going on just as often as he’ll tear strips off a tree-climber who may be seconds away from falling to the ground.

But rock promotion is all about laying your cards on the table and Chuggi, as he is affectionately known in the industry, has been a dab hand at that for over four decades.

He rose to prominence in the 1970s and ’80s as part of Frontier Touring, with that other industry icon, Michael Gudinski. They parted ways in 2000, with Chuggi going on to form Chugg Entertainment and has continued to go great guns ever since. A quick rundown of the tours that Chuggi has brought to Australia would include Bob Dylan, ABBA, The Police, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Robbie Williams, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis Jr, R.E.M., Bon Jovi, Kylie Minogue, Elton John, Billy Joel, Madonna, John Fogerty, Guns ‘N Roses, Garbage, KISS, Pearl Jam, Tom Jones and The Cure; but this is only a taste from a career that has pioneered outdoor festivals in this country and championed emerging Australian acts.

This week’s X-Press Interview was conducted recently while Chuggi was in London.

Booking bands, of course.

By BOB GORDON You’re soon to be here for One Movement.

Here’s a question in two parts – how important is an event like One Movement and how important is it that it’s held in a place like Perth?

Well it’s a really important event because it’s focusing the international music industry in onto Australia. The first year was an incredible success from that point of view. Perth works because it’s the gateway to Asia. It’s a very beautiful city and it’s a great place to do something like this because it four-to-five hours away from Singapore and most of the Asian cities. This year we’ve got a big Japanese panel coming down, a lot of Asian acts coming again this year – we had pretty good success with a couple of them last year. It’s a focus on the whole region, really; a region which tends to be not in the mainstream of it all.

We’re very happy with the whole thing. Of anybody who came last year, 60-70 per cent of the people had never been to Perth.

We’re talking about the Australians as well.

So obviously when they got to Perth it blew everybody away. So it was a great success both in the content of the conference and where it is.

It’s a great destination. And if you do it in Sydney or Melbourne everybody comes, does their panel and goes back to their offices.

So in Perth they’ve all commuted and they’ve got nowhere else to go (laughs). You’ve got a captive audience, as such.

Well people were sort of coming to grips, certainly within the punters and the public, with what it was exactly. We really worked hard this year to tell the story and obviously with kids who came have all been walking around saying what a wonderful thing it was – which it was – the interest and sales at an early stage this year were very strong, so it’s going to be quite a big event. I think we’ve got a much more savvy media to what it’s all about. The support from the local businesses and the local community and the local media is a lot better this year because they understand what it is.

Obviously you’re always going to get criticism from certain sectors who think that Danny Green should get the money and things like that.

Well a three-day event does seem to offer more than a 29 second fight...

Well yeah that’s right (laughs). And what it brings into the city. The money that people who came spent per capita was quite strong and really great for the city. And the imagery of the festival with the fuckin’ lights of the city in the background – I sent some photos to a couple of acts showing them what the setup was and they were blown away with how magnificent it looked. So from that point of view I think it’s a great place to be doing it.

You’ve been working on an autobiography with The Australian’s Iain Shedden; I believe that’s nearing release?

Yeah it’s going into print now; I’ve actually got a proof of it with me.

How’s that then, does it feel pretty surreal?

Yeah I’m pleased with it. It’s come up really well. It’s interesting, it sort of tells my story but I wanted to also show how the business works. I think we’ve succeeded in that.

Everybody who’s read it or looked at it has been very excited about it. Gudinski went and read it at the publisher to make sure I wasn’t burying him and he was very complementary, so that was good.

You’re often asked to comment on your past in interviews, but was going through it with a fine tooth comb for a book a pretty full-on experience?

Oh yeah, well you’re baring your soul. It originally started when Mark Pope, who produces the ARIAs and the charity stadium shows we occasionally do – like for bushfire relief and stuff – he and I went to Byron Bay and spent a week up there and we started recording it and we had a lot of fun falling on the floor laughing and everything. But when Mark went to write it he couldn’t translate it onto paper. So we spent about a year looking for someone to do it and finally there was the suggestion for Iain and he’s done a magnificent job; he captured my voice and language and... it’s me. So we’re really happy about it. It’s going to be very exciting; I’m gonna do some readings at One Movement and some signings and have a bit of fun with it.

What were your thoughts on the book that came out six years ago by Stuart Coupe called The Promoters? It caused a bit of a stir at the time.

Well the networking aspect certainly was in The Promoters was just a bit of fun, full force... you know? I thought it was pretty good, really.

That’s right and that was a big part of For what it was. But we’re hoping that this will it last year. attract mainstream, and I think it will. It’s pretty funny.

It was mostly acclaimed from a music industry point of view, but was deemed It’d seem likely to, given the huge name tours controversial from other sectors. What were you’ve done over the years. In Melbourne your expectations about the reaction to One recently I visited the ABBAWorld exhibition.

Movement from the non-music sector in WA? There was a lot of content about their 1977 12

“ROBBIE WILLIAMS WAS CERTAINLY A BIG GAME-CHANGER FOR US. FROM THE TURN OF THE CENTURY THE POTENTIAL AUDIENCES IN OUR COUNTRY HAD QUADRUPLED. SO ROBBIE WILLIAMS COMES AND PLAYS TO HALF A MILLION PEOPLE, THEN OF COURSE THIS YEAR IT’S AC/DC WITH THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION.”

and everybody said then, ‘well you couldn’t get any bigger than that’. Then of course AC/DC come and they play fuckin’ 250,000 people in Sydney and Melbourne and full figures in the other cities. It’s like, ‘well yeah, okay, is it going to get any bigger than that?’ It will be interesting actually, to see if U2 do do the numbers. It’s gonna be interesting.

There’s a quote attributed to you that ‘you can’t call yourself a promoter unless you’ve lost a million dollars two days in a row’...

(Laughs) That’s right.

That’s right?

That’s exactly right!

Is the rock promoter game as tough as it ever was?

Oh yeah. You’ve gotta be very careful these days. I mean, costs are spiralling all the time and you’ve just got to be wary. The best word to use in our business is ‘no’. Saying ‘no’ is an art.

‘No’ is a sentence in itself.

You’ve got to have the ability to say it.

Australian tour and who did what and of course you’re listed on there as tour manager. You go with your gut and you’ve just got to be careful. It took me a lot of years to work out that (Laughs) That’s right. just ’cause I love something it doesn’t mean that That was a pretty iconic time in Australian fuckin’ punters do. So you do have to be careful. history; along with The Beatles landing in Australia in 1964, quite a changing So what does it take, to go the distance as a moment for the country, even. What are your music promoter?

Well you know, we get people from recollections?

It was. Well it was the first time that we time to time come up and say, ‘I’ve got 10 million had a big, international production in stadiums, dollars, I want to get into the music business’ it was very much ahead of its time. Then it was and I tell them to put their money in the bank. followed by arena rock with Fleetwood Mac and ’Cause it’s not that easy. The best promoters and Santana and things like that, but ABBA was the the best people in the business are those that first one where Australia really started to come started off as a kid and learnt the trade. You of age as a market and presenter of big shows. just can’t walk in a buy a big act and become a It was a lot of fun. In Sydney we set up promoter, it’s not that simple.

And of course Australia has more in the rain for a week and played the first show fuckin’ promoters per capita than anywhere else in pouring rain. It was an extraordinary event. in the world. So it’s a tough business but if you And at one of the Perth Entertainment Centre love what you’re doing – and I do it ’cause I love it – then anything else is peripheral. The money shows there was a bomb scare...

Yes, that’s right. I had to wheel them all comes if you do it well. At 63 years-of-age, to be out and wheel them back in. I had to go onstage able to have done what I’ve done for the last and tap Benny on the shoulder and say, ‘excuse 45-odd years... it’s not a job, it’s a way of life. And me sir would you mind leaving the stage?’ (laughs). one thing about this business is that you never stop learning.

Looking back on other tours, who would be You’ve always liked to get up on the stage the game-changers for you?

Oh Robbie Williams was certainly a and have a word to the crowd, telling them big game-changer for us. From the turn of the to have a good time or perhaps, not to have century the potential audiences in our country too good a time. You still get caught in the had quadrupled. So Robbie Williams comes and moment?

Yeah, well the great joy for me is plays to half a million people, then of course this year it’s AC/DC with three-quarters of a million. standing at the side of the stage watching Back in last century you couldn’t dream of 50,000 kids have a wonderful, wonderful time. pulling those sorts of figures. It’s a very exciting Going somewhere else for a couple of hours time and it’s a strong market. It’s one of the and getting away from their lives. That’s what biggest markets in the world. There’s a lot of it’s all about. We have a lot of fun, you know? acts touring and one hopes that it’s not going The kids enjoy some of the shit I go on with to hit the wall, certainly it doesn’t seem to be. I onstage. We’ve never had any major disasters at mean, there’s just so many people wanting to go our events because we care about the punters to shows. The economic problems have slowed and they know that. it down a little bit, for a while there in 2003-04 people were starting to go to 10 or 12 shows a How many Hawaiian shorts would you say year. That’s all backed off a bit and now it’s back you’ve owned over the years?

Oh I’ve got about 250 at the moment. to choosing what shows they go to. But it’s still I’ve been told by Amanda Pelman, who’s running very, very strong. the book promotion and marketing, that I’m In the last few weeks with U2 tickets going on not allowed to wear a fuckin’ Hawaiian shirt on sale, all the talk of their popularity and the TV or in any interview I do. I have to get a new huge ‘claw stage’ production has had some wardrobe. pundits saying ‘it’ll never get bigger than this’.

What are your thoughts on that phrase in But you’re the Imelda Marcos of the Hawaiian the realm of rock’n’roll promotion? Is there shirt!

(Laughs) Well that’s right. Phil Tripp always something bigger?

Well when we did that big Robbie (another iconic industry Hawaiian shirt devotee) tour we were jumping two stages, we had 50-60 probably wouldn’t agree with that but yeah, trucks on the road, a couple hundred people, you’re right.

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THE DANDY WARHOLS Slightly Odditorium

The Dandy Warhols

The ever-fascinating Dandy Warhols return to Perth to headline Parklife this Sunday, September 26, at Wellington Square. BOB GORDON reports.

With various Dandy Warhols members minding babies or on tour with their ‘other bands’, it’s guitarist Pete Holmström fielding interview calls from the band’s home in Portland, Oregon.

“I’m holding the fort for a day or two,” he says, cheerily.“My side project The Rebel Drones is touring down the coast for a day or two. It’s just a quick trip and then we leave for Australia.”

One unique thing about The Dandy

Warhols is their creative security. Where many bands feel threatened by a member sidling off to commit to a side-project or some other collaboration, the Dandys seem to embrace all aspects of a creative life.

“I do think so,” Holmström says. “All the side projects have brewed for a few years but they’ve kind of surfaced this year. I think that’s just been out of necessity, because Courtney (Taylor,

vocals/guitar) has been on a little bit of a break while his wife was pregnant and then getting used to having the baby around. We all needed to do something else to fill that space. Otherwise you go crazy, doing nothing. It’s not good for you.”

Mind you, while the band members are happy to roll around in other creative ventures, it’s the original gang that truly does it for them.

“I find that it matters who I’m with for what comes out,” Holmström says. “With the Dandys there’s a certain thing that happens. I don’t think anybody should be worried, there’s a special magic that happens with the Dandys, that doesn’t happen with other bands or other projects. It’s not to say there’s not something special about the other projects, but there’s something really great about the Dandys when we’re together.”

There’s certainly a commitment to doing what they want to do, whether that be with producers, sounds or creative process. While you can hear traces of the band that first jumped to attention with hits such as Every Day Should Be A Holiday and Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth in 1997, it could be said that The Dandy Warhols have a trademark flavour rather than a trademark sound. Such factors seem to benefit a band’s longevity.

“I think so,” Holmström echoes. “I’ve found with the Dandys that we tend to make rules pretty much so we can turn around and break them. Either in the next song or the next record or whatever, we have this process where we go, ‘we’re all gonna do things this way’, then it’s straight out the window with it. It’s kinda funny.”

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A parting of the ways with their old record company to form the band’s own label Beat The World Records in 2007, saw the wrap-up compilation release, Best Of The Capitol Years: 19952007, emerge in June. Such releases often help a band close a chapter in their career and move on cleansed.

“I really hope that’s what it brings,” Holmström says. “It felt weird, just the whole idea of it. Initially we were going to do it before we did Earth To The Dandy Warhols (2008), and it doesn’t particularly feel like the right time to release this collection now, but I get the feeling that it’s never gonna feel really right. I don’t know... it is a nice way of just like going, ‘okay that was one era, now it’s time to move on’. I think that’s what’s going to happen; I really hope so (laughs). It’s kind of hard to tell because we’re all right in the middle of it.”

“WITH THE DANDYS THERE’S A CERTAIN THING THAT HAPPENS. I DON’T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD BE WORRIED, THERE’S A SPECIAL MAGIC THAT HAPPENS WITH THE DANDYS, THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN WITH OTHER BANDS OR OTHER PROJECTS… THERE’S SOMETHING REALLY GREAT ABOUT THE DANDYS WHEN WE’RE TOGETHER.” The compilation release features a new track, This Is The Tide, which in itself seems to be a bridge to the band’s next studio album.

“We were required contractually to have a new track on the collection,” Holmström explains.

“We went through a number of songs that for various reasons didn’t work out and Brent (DeBoer, drums) just pulled that one out of nowhere. I guess he had the riff for a long time and some lyrics, it’s the first Dandys writing he’s done for us which I think is great. When I first heard it I was like, ‘wow we’ve just gained a whole new addition and a whole breath of life through to the band just from that’. I think for the next record we’ll probably rework the song a little bit because it was all a little bit rushed.

I think Brent’s laying down some more tracks for it today or tomorrow.

“Before Brent started recording stuff for it we probably had 13 or 15 different ideas. It started with Zia (McCabe, bass/keyboards) and I and we went about it by trying to do things in a completely different way than we normally do. So there’s complex chord structures that just don’t seem right.

“I don’t know how many ideas are actually going to make it to the record, but we’re certainly doing a lot of experimenting and really trying to push ourselves. We might just scrap the whole thing and go back to what we normally do.

I don’t know (laughs).”

However if that happens, it will happen in the Odditorium, the Dandy Warhols’ homebase – a place of near-mythical, Taj Mahal-like legend.

It’s not just a building; it’s almost a fifth member...

“Kind of, it’s the focus of the band,” Holmström says. “It’s our studio, it’s our rehearsal space, we have meetings there, and our manager works out of there, our videos are made there.

Every piece of garbage that we’ve collected for the last 17 years ended up there (laughs).

“Everything that we are is in that building. I don’t know about fifth member... but potentially, yes. We treat it like our clubhouse, ’cause that’s kind of what it is.”

The Dandy Warhols’ visit to Australia as part of the Parklife run is yet another notch on the guitar case for the band’s fruitful relationship with this country. They’ve done many a headline tour, as well as travelling festivals, and you just know they have the time of their lives.

“I’ve lost track of how many times we’ve been there,” Holmström says.“For a while it was like once a year at the very least, sometimes twice. It’s wonderful.

“The touring festivals are kind of like a strange summer camp. We’re all allowed to be these little, spoiled children for two weeks. It’s amazing at the end that they actually pay us too (laughs). It’s a very unique thing.”

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LINKIN PARK Suns Of War After reaching an impasse with early sessions for their fourth album, Californian band Linkin Park burnt the rulebook.The punchy hard rock construct that had seen their albums Hybrid Theory, Meteora and Minutes To Midnight sell more than 50 million albums was jettisoned in favour of a completely new approach. The result: A Thousand Suns. MIKEY WALSH reports, ahead of the band’s upcoming show at Burswood Dome on Tuesday, December 7.

A Thousand Suns is a textured and intense collection, with Linkin Park manning their instruments like heavy artillery. Graphically outlining the futility of conflict via impressive soundscapes and brutal lyrics, it’s a long way from the punchy fix of past singles In The End, What I’ve Done and Numb.

This exhaustive evolution pushed the band’s resilience, with the ideology of the rebirth summed up in Waiting For The End’s lyric, “The hardest part of ending is starting again”.

“It was kind of a subtle thing,” co-vocalist, programmer and producer Mike Shinoda says.

“Over the course of the last four years we’ve been really trying to understand the ways in which we confine ourselves as musicians and writers. We’d found ourselves sticking to an old way of doing things and decided to call ourselves out. We wanted to do something different.”

Holding a comfortable position as the most successful rock act of the last decade was no longer enough of an impetus for Shinoda and his five Linkin Park bandmates. Having broken sales records and picked up multiple awards in the 10 years since their 2000 debut Hybrid Theory, the band refused to repeat the artistically deficient cycle. More than just a vehicle for more hit singles and Grammy nominations, A Thousand Suns was devised to push Linkin Park into new sonic territories and create a conceptually driven album rich with intent.

“I remember a couple of years ago we were sitting around at the studio and the subject of the next record came up,” he explains. “We’d already started writing some demos and stuff, but we started talking about the big picture. Phoenix [Farrell, bassist] said one of my favourite things around that time, which was that he was frustrated by music. He was frustrated about finding music that he liked to listen to, because he felt like the stuff on the radio and the stuff out there in the

mainstream is like candy. He started using this food analogy that music like that is like sweets and you can have a little of it in moderation and you have a good time, but in reality what you also need is some substance.

“We took that analogy a step further and asked ourselves what kind of album we wanted to make and what sort of food we wanted to be.

The answer was that it had to be something exotic, something with a different flavour that had some real substance to it. That in some ways started this whole process.”

So what meal did the aggressive and driven sounds of A Thousand Suns eventually become? A roasted rhinoceros?

“Let’s take the analogy way too far,” Shinoda chuckles. “I think that some people are just used to eating Italian food, but when they’re presented with an Asian/Indian/Japanese fusion the spices are so unfamiliar to them they might not have the words to describe the thing when they eat it. That’s the kind of experience we would love to have when they hear this album. We want them to not even be able to put words together to describe what they’re hearing, so that the only way for others to understand is for them to hear it too.”

Rick Rubin once again joins Shinoda as Linkin Park co-producer following the pair’s collaboration on 2007’s Minutes To Midnight. The bear-like Buddhist was a reassuring guide as the sextet bravely followed their new direction. A studio connoisseur with past successes including Grammy winning efforts from Jay-Z, Johnny Cash and Dixie Chicks, Rubin’s non-interventionist style allowed the band the breathing space to find their new sound.

The incidental segues that link A Thousand Suns’ key songs conjure up bombed fields, displaced citizens and the aftermath of war. The chillingly evocative pulse of the album

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“IT WAS KIND OF A SUBTLE THING. OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS WE’VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CONFINE OURSELVES AS MUSICIANS AND WRITERS. WE’D FOUND OURSELVES STICKING TO AN OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS AND DECIDED TO CALL OURSELVES OUT. WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.” is further enhanced by three key sound bites lifted from history. Deftly embedded in this dense presentation are speeches by US political activist Mario Savio, physicist J Robert Oppenheimer and human rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Each sample finds these formidable figures of history addressing the horrors of war, with Oppenheimer rueing his involvement in The Manhattan Project, the US development of atomic bombs during World War II. The success of Oppenheimer’s research and The Manhattan Project ultimately led to uranium bombs being dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in the final days of WWII. “The thing that struck me about the Oppenheimer quote, aside from the obvious political ramifications of the subject, was that here was a human being who was probably told his whole life that his intelligence was something that

made him special,” Shinoda poses. “At a certain point his greatest asset, his defining characteristic, turned against him and he had no control of it. He had an idea and then his idea became a reality, at which point he said the words you hear on our album. He must have been looking back in disbelief, so understanding the depths of his own tragedy I don’t think anything I have ever done could be as heavy as what was going on there.

None of us will ever understand the weight of what he was feeling at the time.”

With A Thousand Suns now unleashed and a heavy block of touring ready to kick in, Shinoda is currently in the midst of transferring this new epic to the live stage.

“It’s unfortunate Linkin Park is so much work,” he concludes, “but we can’t wait to come back and play in Australia.”

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DAN KELLY Reverie Freak Dan Kelly’s Dream Of Australia tour makes its way around WA this weekend, visiting The Rosemount on Friday, September 24; Wave Rock Weekender in Hyden on Saturday, September 25; and Mojo’s on Sunday, September 26. BRENDAN HOLBEN speaks with Dan Kelly about the nightmares influencing his work. some songs I’m apathetic or other songs I blow up a power station.”

Not a real power station of course, but the one a k hak i clad eco-terrorist destroys with a modified fuzz-pedal in The Decommissioner. On the Dan Kelly blog he explains in detail the thought process behind how each song from Dreams was developed,

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D a n Ke l l y ’s D r e a m i s n o t a b o u t h i s aspirations, nor is it about his fears (not entirely anyway). His Dream is a way to make the horrible things in the world seem bearable or absurd so waking up the next morning doesn’t seem like such a bad idea. If anyone can make Bindi Irwin seem less horrifying, Dan Kelly’s the one to do it.

“I think a lot of people star ted to feel this horror when the whole global warming thing kicked in, and this feeling of doom plus all these apocalyptic freaks predicting the end of the world and I just wanted to write a record about how to deal with it and keep smiling,” Kelly says. “It’s not so much an album loaded with messages, just different reactions to that feeling of horror.

“Some songs I go and get loaded,

and is reflective of his rambling style.

“I tried to record a simple, sweet ’60s sounding record but it sounded so boring.”

Dream started as just that: a dream. An environmental freak-out as Kelly put it, and his dreams infused the record in its theme and production.

“I didn’t dream a lot when I was younger because I was smoking a lot of pot in my early 20s,” Kelly confesses. “But since I’ve stopped smoking I’ve had the most intense dreams.”

Kelly also explains that while he comes up with ideas off the cusp, he doesn’t write very quickly.

“I keep working on the words until they sound right,” he says. “I’m not going to pretend that I just opened my mouth and

walked in with the band and created this full-on production. I wanted to do a really minimalist record but it didn’t suit the songs in my mind, because they’re about a dream, about just feeling beaten down by modern society and everything going on.

“The way I wrote the songs was kind of like the [album’s] production too, they’re in your face and everything’s going on … you need to listen to it a few times and everything reveals itself. There becomes this kind of tranquillity in the clutter.”

Clutter, as any hoarder will tell you from amongst the piles of old newspapers, takes a long time to pile up. Kelly says the album took two years of writing and recording, moulding an intangible dream.

“None of the songs were really that finished until the record was finished,” he explains. “I played a few live but again I kept changing the record. Through the whole project I kept coming back to the lyrics so they flowed more naturally, and the music is in a way painting these colours around the lyrics. Recording without the Alpha Males in Dream turned out to have a certain

“I’M NOT GOING TO PRETEND THAT I JUST OPENED MY MOUTH AND WALKED IN WITH THE BAND AND CREATED THIS FULL-ON PRODUCTION. I WANTED TO DO A REALLY MINIMALIST RECORD BUT IT DIDN’T SUIT THE SONGS IN MY MIND, BECAUSE THEY’RE ABOUT A DREAM, ABOUT JUST FEELING BEATEN DOWN

BY MODERN SOCIETY AND EVERYTHING GOING ON.”

familiarity to Kelly, but not the sort he was hoping for.

“There were a lot of similarities with the last two records as I started out thinking I could bust out this record really quickly, and when I recorded it I thought it was a bit shit,” he muses. “I had to go and really work on it with a couple of key members to get it sounding right, and that happened with this record as well. “ The first album was a bit more seamless because we just went in with me, Gazza, Chris from The Drones and Tom from The Devastations and just did some demos in a studio for a week with five cartons of beer, got really drunk and thought ‘hey this sounds pretty cool’!” We didn’t think about it so much.

Bindi Irwin Apocalypse Jam started as an idea Kelly couldn’t shake about a Mad Max undersea community ruled by Ms Irwin; a horrifying thought to some.

“It took me a long time to really fit that into a little poem that had a flow and was all over with in three minutes.”

The Alpha Males disbanded in 2007 so everyone could work on their own projects, and Kelly says it’s very unlikely they will reform.

“I love those guys and they loved each other so deeply that rehearsals were really hard because they were too busy having an awesome time, I found it quite frustrating to get stuff done,” he says. “I hang out with the Alpha Males heaps – they’re my best friends – but it’d better when I’m not their boss.

“We had a great time, and we’re all still great friends… but you couldn’t pay me to get back into the studio with those guys, we just couldn’t get anything done.”

The future, according to Kelly, will remain in music so long as it stays relevant and he’s adding something to it. With 10 years in the music industry under his belt, plus ARIA and J Award nominations he has carved out a spot in the Australian landscape, and always strove to stay out of the looming shadow of his uncle Paul Kelly.

As for his next record, it’s a case of results may vary. The nine-minute jungle groove Poisoned Estuary Jam is a taste of a possible African direction Kelly is considering; with a little Mexican on the side.

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CHARLIE PARR Dinner With The Devil

Charlie Parr

somewhere in the deep south of the US. “But I’ve been lucky; my outlet is song.”

Parr’s life can be traced in music. Like the thousands of miles of train track that snake across his homeland, Parr’s is a journey that seems to have no beginning and no end – a man whose career keeps rattling along to the hypnotic sound of his resonator guitar. And at 42 years of age, Parr shows no sign of slowing.

Modesty is an understatement when it comes to Parr. A man who professes to have stumbled into the music industry and who reach a new level of recognition when his song 1922 (from his re-released 2008 album of the same name) was picked up by Vodafone as the soundtrack to an ad “I could be a crack addict or a vandal,” Charlie campaign, Parr maintains his accidental success is Parr begins, down the line from his tour van destined to end someday soon.

USbluesvagabondCharlieParr brings his one man travelling exposé to WA, playing Wave Rock Weekender on Sunday, September 26,and Perth Blues Club at The Charles Hotel on Tuesday,September28.JULIAN TOMPKIN jumps aboard the freight train.

“The bottom will fall out of it,” he says, with obvious humility. “I am just a folk singer – people have been great, and I have been so grateful for all this stuff that’s been going on. But I want to be realistic about it, and I don’t want to expect stuff I don’t deserve. So I am expecting the bottom to fall out of it and then I’ll figure something out. But I am going to hang in there as long as I can.”

His eighth album, When The Devil Goes Blind marks a significant shift for Parr in that it’s his first true solo record. Devoid of harmonicas and rattlin’ bones of washboard percussion, it’s a record that caught Parr off guard, in a moment of weakness.

“I originally tried to record it the same as I always do, using the same old methods I always used – we found an empty space and set up a microphone and had a washboard player and harmonica player, everything was working fine,” he explains. “But I either wasn’t ready or I wasn’t there, or something else was wrong. I had as few things in my life that’d thrown me for a loop, so it just didn’t happen. I listened to those recordings and thought ‘this isn’t what I wanted at all’ so I just threw it away and at some point decided to try it on my own for once to see what that was like.

“This record is completely my own. It’s more like a child to me, that you don’t want to let go outside and play because you don’t want it to get hurt. It’s been very dear to me, in a lot of ways.

And I almost don’t want to hear what people think of it because it’s a more personal record than I have ever made before.”

TIJUANA CARTEL

Searching For The New Sound Speaking to LIAM DUCEY ahead of their WA tour, which started in Broome and will see the band play at Metropolis Fremantle on Thursday, September 23; Wave Rock Weekender on Sunday, September 26; and The Indi Bar on Monday,September 27, Tijuana Cartel percussionist Daniel Gonzalez explains the drive behind one of Australia’s best proponents of world music to change their sound.

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Pseudo-world music, the kind peddled by New York kids who have wanted for nothing in their lives, has come to the fore in the last few years.

Bands like Vampire Weekend have taken world music – formerly a style confined to fringe artists of the world – literally to the world stage by filtering world music through indie rock and roll, making sounds that were once strange to the western ear palatable again.

Over the course of their last three albums, Tijuana Cartel have established a sound that spans continents. It’s a thoroughly addictive blend of funk and soul, with a flamenco flair and Latin percussion thrown in. In short: it’s world music in every sense of the word. The band have also toured relentlessly, and ahead of their WA tour, Gonzalez had a palpable sense of excitement over their new EP, White Dove, which marks a radical change in their distinctive sound.

“We’ve just come out of the studio, we’ve just finished the new EP White Dove, and it was literally just finished,” Gonzalez says on the phone from the band’s base in Queensland.

“We heard it for the first time yesterday, it was literally just done and we’ve heard it for the first time, so it’s fresh off the press and the first place we’re actually selling it will be on this WA tour.

“It’s all a bit of a rush to be perfectly honest, the albums are all being printed now, and then they are being flown to an address in WA. It’s literally going be there just in time. We’ve got someone picking us up from Perth airport, one hour later we’ll pick up the CDs and take them up to Broome with us.”

His enthusiasm for getting the EP to WA in time for the tour is not surprising, considering the band have built an almost fanatical following in WA. WA Tijuana Cartel fans are also test subjects – rats in the maze, if you will – for Tijuana Cartel’s new sound, a sound that Gonzalez hopes will propel the band onto bigger and better things on the back of their relentless touring.

“It’s a fresh sound, it still has that world music influence behind it but it’s a bit rockier,” Gonzalez explains. “It’s still world music, but I think it’s a bit more modern.

“It’s something we have been working on mainly because we want a bigger sound. We want to start doing main stages, and to do that you need that big sound. On White Dove for example we’ve got the electric guitar out a lot more. We’re just chasing that sound and seeing how it works, and if it doesn’t, if people don’t like it, then we can bring it back down to the world music vibe, back to the core of our sound with more percussion and more flamenco style.” www.xpressmag.com.au

CYPRESS HILL Still Blazing It’s 8.30am and Cypress Hill are calling and your scribe hasn’t had a chance to take a hit from the bong. After all, these are the guys who recently released Greatest Hits From The Bong, and are currently enjoying a resurgence with Rise Up, which is apparently not a pun. Sen Dog, he of ‘don’t you know I’m loco’ fame gets hazy with JONNO SEIDLER on the eve of the band’s show at Metro City on Wednesday, September 29.

Hill with, well at least they’re identifying us with something that’s real!� Moreover, Sen Dog actually sees Cypress, with hits like Dr Greenthumb, as an important part of the medicinal marijuana revolution.

Cypress Hill

Alongside infamously nasal rapper B-Real and DJ Muggs, Sen Dog has blazed the way - both musically and literally - for Latino rappers and stoners the world over.

Cypress Hill are credited with bringing an alternative voice into the mainstream, and sticking there for over 10 years. It’s no accident that their most famous hits are littered with Latino phrases which have become part of a more overarching hip hop vernacular. “I feel like we set this up,� Sen Dog explains, “but now it’s great because we can encourage other [Latin American] artists to break through on the charts.�

On Rise Up the trio do just that, with Armada Latina featuring two of the biggest stars in the world on one track. The first is J-Lo’s husband, Marc Anthony. The other is Pitbull, otherwise known as the guy who taught the iGeneration how to count to four in Spanish on the remarkably

inane I Know You Want Me. How did a bunch of ’90s rappers get that much star power in one studio? “He’s been making noise over here for years,�Sen Dog says of Pitbull.“I’d always see him at a nightclub or a party or an after party. It took our producer, Jim Jonsin, to actually get him into the studio. But he told us that we were a big influence on him growing up. And that’s the best form of flattery you can get.�

One hombre Sen Dog definitely wasn’t meeting at nightclubs was Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who contributed the wicked guitar lines that form the basis of the album’s title track. Rage and Cypress have a long history together, both flag-bearers of the rap-rock sound and so close-knit that the former was given permission to cover How I Could Just Kill A Man for their Renegades album. “They gave the whole genre

respectability,� Sen Dog says of the band. “Rage and Cypress always went one and two, hand in hand.�

It’s not the only rock’n’roll outing Cypress Hill have had of late; they also recently performed a rendition of the classic Paradise City as a B-Side on guitarist Slash’s debut solo record. “I’ve always felt that rock element in my life,� Sen Dog jokes, “but I’ve never been a glam rocker and I’ve never worn eyeliner. I don’t trip out on that. Even if Slash was wearing it back in the ’80s, you wouldn’t have been able to see it because his asshole was covering his whole head!�

Finally, it’s time to talk about the important stuff: weed. “We’re proud of what we represent and what we stand for,� Sen Dog explains of his relationship with marijuana, in all her flowering beauty. “If that’s what people identify Cypress

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It’s somewhat fitting that, having bailed on their last record label after fulfilling their contractual obligations, Cypress Hill signed with a revived Priority Records - which just so happens to have Snoop Dogg as its Creative Chairman. Sen Dog lists Tha Doggfather as one of the key reasons Cypress chose to ink a deal with the label. “Snoop was really excited about us and made a strong push for the record, so it seemed like the perfect fit.�

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ÓLÖF ARNALDS Innundir Skinni

HEIRS Fowl

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Ólöf Arnalds has been a touring member of Múm for close to a decade, and has recently branched out to the realm of solo artist. The classically trained singer may play a bevvy of string instruments and drums on Innundir Skinni, yet her sophomore release is never cluttered and busy.

Sounding like an Icelandic Vashti Bunyan who hasn’t avoided the spotlight for decades, Arnalds’ voice is her greatest asset.

She is able to swing effortlessly from child like innocence to worldly woman from one tune to the next. The understated folk tinged album sounds earthy and welcoming thanks to the able hands of producer Kjartan Sveinsson (keyboardist from Sigur Rós).

The majority of Innundir Skinni is sung in Arnalds’ native tongue, but she dabbles in English for the first time with great success on the cute as kittens duet Crazy Car. There is no shortage of people lending Arnalds a hand, but the biggest name in Icelandic music gives her seal of approval as Arnalds finds herself singing beside Björk on the ethereal Surrender.

Innundir Skinni is meticulously crafted and brimming with charisma.

There are bands that deal in songs, and there are bands that deal in textures.

Melbourne’s Heirs are firmly in the latter category. Their debut album, Alchera, was hailed as one of the best instrumental / noise / doom albums of 2009. Their follow up, Fowl, could potentially be hailed as one of the best of all time.

The music contained in Fowl is as disturbing as the image that adorns the front cover.

The sense of disquiet starts from the opening track Dust, with minimalist bass and drums and a faint hum of electronics slowly building tension. It’s the musical version of American Psycho – something very bad is going to happen soon. You know it’s going to happen. But that doesn’t prepare you for the squall of guitar noise that kicks in, and the only thing stopping it from lifting your head right off is the rhythm section acting like a ball and chain.

Never before has such punishing music been so relentlessly hypnotic. The change-up in the nine-minute second track Fowl, grinds so hard and yet fits so perfectly that you almost don’t notice it. It’s actually shocking when the relentless groove of Tyrant stops, such is its pull.

Without devolving into hyperbole, I haven’t heard an album this invigorating, and album that sounds so urgent, immediate, essential _CHRIS HAVERCROFT and yet hypnotic, since, ever. If you’re a fan of any genre of heavy music, this is an absolutely essential purchase and a forerunner for Australian album of the year. Brilliant. _LIAM DUCEY

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PATTY LARKIN 25

ADAM HARVEY Best So Far

Signature Sounds

Sony Music

25 years as a recording artist, 25 songs that have stood the test of time, 25 guest performers - there’s an awful lot that went into accomplished folk ‘musician’s musician’ Patty Larkin’s aptly-titled 25, enough that this career retrospective stands as a strong statement in its own right.

Not content to simply cut and paste original recordings into a‘Best Of’album, Larkin has re-worked her musical gems in an acoustic format, calling on a list of special guests as accomplished as it long, with folk luminaries including Suzanne Vega, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bruce Cockburn, Dar Williams and Rosanne Cash adding their own ‘something special’ to Larkin’s original tunes.

Given that Larkin is able to cherrypick her finest material from a prolific career, there are obviously a lot of choice cuts here, and, unsurprisingly, her 25 choice tunes showcase her greatest musical asset - her strong capability over the humble love song.

From slow-burning Tango, on which romantic infatuation is flirty and exhilaratingly dangerous, to her resolute evocation of fidelity on Chained to These Lovin’ Arms, Larkin more than proves the timelessness of her amorous lyricism.

25 is an ambitious and beautiful folk album that revels in twenty-five years of skilful music making - old and new listeners alike can only hope there will be 25 more great years to come.

There is no surprise that Adam Harvey has great appeal with the average Australian. He’s worked in Target, a spud factory and the mines and sings songs that resonate with the blue collar.

He may have a slight resemblance to Elvis Presley, but his influences are closer to Johnny Cash as can be seen on his hits compilation Best So Far. The regularly awarded country singer has a voice so deep that he must have nuts like an elephant. With a large fan base throughout the god faring rural areas of Australia, Harvey sets the record straight with his passionate appraisal of the amber fluid on God Made Beer.

The country tradition of the duet is alive and well when Harvey is in the driver’s seat. There are recent works with Guy Sebastian and Wendy Matthews as well as the gentle Drive Away which was one of his early collaborations and won a Country Music Award with Tanya Self.

Love him or loathe him, Adam Harvey is as honest as the day is long and deserves any success that comes his way. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT

_JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

INTERPOL Interpol

CABINS Bright Victory

Cooperative Music/Shock

Ivy League

There was a time when an Interpol album was one of the most anticipated releases of the year. This time around for their eponymous fourth album the New York four-piece appear to have avoided the fanfare and arrived by stealth.

The members may have had other projects to focus on of late, but Interpol is as cohesive a record as any of the outfit’s to date even if they still sound intent on doing their own interpretation of Joy Division. Interpol are most comfortable when doing their most angular and urgent post punk, and latest single Barricade is a fine example of their prowess.

When varying the template slightly, Lights shows the band at their brooding best with Banks vocals hanging heavy over swirling guitars. Keyboards take the lead throughout Try It On and with the restrained Always Malaise (The Man I Am), offer the albums two brightest points.

Interpol have come up with another fine album, it’s just they have lost some of their sheen as the intervening years has seen many of their peers surpass them. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT

2010 has seen some tough competition in the skirmish for best Australian indie-rock debut, with the likes of Tame Impala, Cloud Control, Parades, Rat Vs. Possum and Otouto battling it out for the title thus far, and with the release of Sydney quartet Cabins’ debut eight-track mini-album Bright Victory it’s clear there’s one more band to suitup for the fracas.

Driven by dark, raw guitar riffs intertwined with lovely, rambling piano chords, lethargic lead single Catcher in the Rye sets the scene for their piquant tunes, which see forceful beat-and-hook combos and swampy double guitar reverb paired with detached, slip-sliding vocals courtesy of brooding frontman Leroy Bressington.

Unfortunately, Bright Victory buckles slightly under the weight of lyrical nonsequitors, with a capricious reference to The Goonies proving particularly futile, and demonstrates that Cabins would certainly benefit from more focused song structures and storytelling narratives.

But even with a couple of small lyrical missteps, Cabins has still produced a solid set of songs that go unrivalled amongst many emerging Australian bands today and displays exciting promise of a band sure to have a tremendous future ahead, _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

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MENOMENA Mines

VIA TANIA myspace.com/viatania

Spunk/EMI

Portland three-piece Menomena aren’t your average band. The serial instrument swapping trio have a unique way of making albums. Initially they jam and record hundreds of loops using software they developed themselves. From these shells of songs they add vocals and reconstruct the tunes over and again until they decide on a final product. It is this approach that was again integral for their fourth album Mines.

The democratic approach that Menomena take to songwriting is the band’s biggest asset but can be double edged as the members have been candid when they say that there were brutal disagreements and unrelenting grudges during the making of Mines. This may be the undoing of many an outfit, but in this case gives Mines its required edge.

The scattergun approach of the art rockers only adds to the album’s mystique with Queen Black Acid having a loping bass line and anthemic chorus, TOAS being intense angular rock and Dirty Cartoons being a relatively straight edged acoustic lament that is reminiscent of Beck at his most understated.

Mines feels like listening to a dozen conversations all at once, and yet still arriving at the perfect answer.

Sydney-born, Chicagoraised soulstress Via Tania (the moniker of Tania-May Bowers) has been on many-a-radar for sometime now, since a digital ‘Australian edition’ of her album Moon Sweet Moon began to circulate amongst local pop-folk audiences in early 2009, leaving a trail of rave reviews and dedicated fans in her wake, thanks to word of mouth and the wonders of the blogosphere.

Compelling and open throughout, Bowers’ near-perfect pieces of acoustic, pastoral pop shun intricate instrumentation and complicated production tricks, instead placing the emphasis squarely on her crystalline voice, as breathy, double-tracked vocals push her buoyant melodies forward with graceful ease.

Ahead of her performance at the One Movement Music Festival early next month, Via Tania has officially released beautifully delicate stand-alone single Fields, originally a bonus track which could only be found on US editions of Moon Sweet Moon, which serves as the perfect introduction to this emerging new talent.

Key Track: Fields _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

_CHRIS HAVERCROFT

PYTHON Hot Pussy Vertex Records

SERJ TANKIAN Imperfect Harmonies Serjical Strike/Reprise

Serj Tankian has one of the most distinctive voices in rock and roll, but if you come to Imperfect Harmonies looking for a System Of A Down fix you’re sorely mistaken. The first single, Left Of Centre, might make the casual listener think Tankian is moving back to his hard rock roots, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.

What Tankian has developed is a severe case of Cornell Syndrome. It happens when a singer splits from a successful hard rock band. In order to establish themselves as an artist, they take a detour from hard rock into overwrought, orchestral pop, displaying their emotions boldly on their sleeves and, ultimately, making a complete mess of an album.

Honestly, after listening to this album you’ve got to wonder if the rest of System Of A Down acted as a quality control unit. The casual observer might have thought Serj Tankian was the most talented member. With this album, he’s established himself as the most deluded.

You think the cover is bad? Try listening to the album.

Originally released back at the beginning of 2006, Python’s Hot Pussy EP was one of year’s underground success stories. Its only pressing sold out within a week, and ripped everyone’s head off sonically.This 12”vinyl re-release sounds just as ball-tearing and fundamentally badass as it did the day it was recorded.

Python were already underground royalty before their first jam—and in that heady summer it seemed that they could do no wrong.

Their existence was brief; but the four tracks on this recording were the cream of their crop.

The EP’s title song and closer White Panty Fever always had the potential to ruffle feathers, yet somehow sound, to this day, like a celebration of life in general. Meanwhile the project also functioned as a break-up record for troubled bad-boy frontman Johnny Ajax, and the sincerity of Screwed, Abused & Confused and Motherfucker cannot be denied. When he sang he couldn’t hide the fact that he meant every word.

An essential purchase for fans of Perth punk rock worldwide; get it before it disappears again.

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_LIAM DUCEY

KARAOKE IDOLS SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN Let It Sway Polyvinyl

Despite an expansive outlook, with third LP Let It Sway Missouri four-piece Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin have failed to prove their worth beyond that of an indie-pop band with a cute name.

Steeped heavily in ‘90s influences, the fuzzy guitars and comedic lyricism which once hinted at the goofy indie-pop of Weezer, have been replaced by a lo-fi, off-key introspection which suggests the work of Pavement - but unfortunately comes off more annoying than inspired.

It’s not hard to wonder whether the blame should be placed squarely on the shoulders of producer Chris Walla, of Death Cab For Cutie fame, whose attempt to strike a balance between the ‘deliberately quirky’ and ‘commercially acceptable’ more than recalls the over-produced, hermetic work of recent Death Cab releases.

That’s not to say the album is completely without merit – as the deliciously crunchy power-chords on opener Back In The Saddle and effortlessly infectious chorus of Banned (By The Man) illustrate, all the essential elements of greatness are present in some small form or other, but with too many ideas swimming between the band and their producer, this album is too much of a mess to be truly fun. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

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If there’s one thing a century of cinema has taught us, it’s that we’re in love with love. Love rom coms or hate them, you can’t deny the satisfaction of two attractive young people forming the pair bond that will ensure the continuation of our species.

Everything from nature to our own landscapes can inspire stories about love, as New York, I Love You shows. The erstwhile sequel to Paris,Je’taime,it contains ten or so interconnected stories from the Big Apple that are all about love between the young and old and the married and single with deception, infidelity, understanding, sweet innocence and world-weary knowing.

Far more conventional is Letters to Juliet, a boy meets girl story with its heart very much on its sleeve and every scene gilt-edged with Tuscan sunlight and the angelic face of up and comer Amanda Seyfried. She plays a wannabe journalist who travels to Italy with her fiancé only to discover a clique of women in the ancient city of Verona (home to Shakespeare’s most famous couple) who answer the letters lovelorn women from all over the world leave for the spirit of Juliet.

It leads her to the story of a 50-yearold romance and all the requisite lessons about how love can strike from anywhere …as long as you’re 25, gorgeous and on holiday in a country where everyone rides horses and owns a winery.

Accidents Happen – Hopscotch New York I Love You – Madman Extraordinary Measures - Sony Letters to Juliet – Sony _DREW TURNEY

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GYPSY TEARS

Borat and other Kazakhstani natives may covet gypsies for their tears but that’s certainly not all they’re good for. This Saturday, September 25, gypsy ensemble Trio Alegra will take to the stage at Kulcha to enchant Perth with the sounds and songs of far away lands with support from Peta Lithgo, Caryn Sullivan and Acushla.

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UNIVERSAL APPEAL

Flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing and birds are chirping – it seems spring is finally upon us. To celebrate the change in season, the folks at Centro Galleria are pleased to present their Spring Festival. As part of the Festival, former Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins will touch down in Perth next week on Sunday, October 3, to share her spring fashion know-how with shoppers. Following Hawko’s moment in the spotlight, Myer will showcase spring looks in a parade featuring designs from Hawkins’ own swimwear range, Cozi. Get on down to Centro Galleria from 12pm onwards next Sunday to be part of the fun. To find out more head to centro. com/galleria.

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TALK TO THE HAND

From the creators of The Big Hoo Haa! comes Fuppet, an improvised show featuring five comedians with their hands shoved up the backsides of a variety of puppets. Set to take over Lazy Susan’s Comedy Den on Thursday, September 30, Fuppet will see Damon Lockwood, Tim Watts, Shane Adamczak, Andrea Gibbs and Fran Middleton improvising their way through a variety of odd situations, all while operating a puppet or two. Doors open at 7.30pm and entry is only $15 on the door. If you can’t make the September 30 edition of Fuppet fear not, because Fuppet takes over Lazy Susan’s on the last Thursday of every month.

There’s nothing quite as hearty or filling as a big bowl of pasta which is why the folks at House Of Pasta have travelled from the north to the far south of Italy to perfect this age old recipe.

Never ones to skimp on ingredients, dishes that come out of the House Of Pasta kitchen are brimming with flavour, and will have your mouth watering from the second they’re put down in front of you. To view the full House Of Pasta menu and find your nearest restaurant, head online to houseofpasta.com.au. www.scitech.org.au

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BEACH TO BUSH FESTIVAL

31 October - 28 November 2010

Image: Miss Porcelain KATHRYN BELL (Photo: Penny Lane, Model: Sarah Pauley @ Viviens Model Management)

AS PART OF THE LEAD UP TO CITY OF WANNEROO’S BEACH TO BUSH FESTIVAL, THE CITY IS CALLING FOR TWO ARTWORK INSTALLATIONS TO CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL’S ANTICIPATED RETURN. Artists, students or recycle enthusiasts are invited to submit their ideas of how to best showcase all that represents the City of Wanneroo in line with the ‘Beach to Bush’ theme.

The two best ideas will be invited to create their display at one of the two (or both!) locations. A $400 prize will be awarded for each 2m x 2m display or $800 for both displays.

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An exhibition showcasing some of Western Australia’s most creative designers and artists.

Western Australian Museum – Maritime Victoria Quay, Fremantle museum.wa.gov.au/beyond-garment

3 September 28 November A FREE EXHIBITION

Beyond Garment is presented by the Western Australian Museum and Perth Fashion Festival with support from the Department of Culture and the Arts

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CHICO MANN

A Hot, Sweaty Dance Party Chico Mann brings his live show to Perth on Friday, September 24, at The Bakery; Saturday, September 25, at the Malt Market Bar in Dunsborough; and on Sunday, September 26 at the Wave Rock Weekender.

Although best known for his work as a guitarist and vocalist with Afrobeat revival band Antibalas, Marcos Garcia has been busily working away in the studio on his solo project Chico Mann – an addictive blend of Afrobeat, Electro and Latin music that has earned him the title ‘the James Brown of the Casio’.

Having grown up in a musical family of Cuban heritage – his father owned a record label specialising in Latin music and his mother was a DJ and pianist – Garcia was introduced to a wide range of music from a young age. At the same time, a new sound emerging in New York caught his attention.

“I was drawn to early hip hop music and culture as a child. It really captured my imagination and much of my musical inspiration comes from that time in my life,” he says.

But undoubtedly the most significant influence on Garcia was Fela Kuti, the legendary creator of Afrobeat music. “It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I heard Fela Kuti for the first time.

His music changed my life profoundly,” says Garcia.

This made him a per fect fit for Antibalas. He joined the group when their original guitar player Gabe Roth, AKA Bosco Mann of Daptone Records fame, was double booked for a gig and asked Garcia to substitute for him. A few months later, Roth left the group to work with the Dap Kings fulltime, and Garcia was asked to replace him.

The group has released four well received albums, gradually evolving their own sound that still pays tribute to Fela. They also toured extensively, arriving in Western Australia earlier this year for a couple of high energy, crowd pleasing performances. However, Garcia says that the group is becoming more part time as members pursue other projects, such as work with Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, TV On The Radio and the Menahan Street Band.

The group’s most recent project was arranging the music for Fela!, the acclaimed musical based on the life and music of Fela Kuti. Garcia worked on the musical in the years

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leading up to its highly successful Broadway run.

“It was wonderful to work with (cocreator, director and choreographer) Bill T Jones and the many talented artists that are part of the show,” he says. However, there was a more pressing calling. “I left the show to work on Chico Mann fulltime.”

Garcia started Chico Mann (pronounced ‘Mæng’ – think Al Pacino in Scarface) as a recording project in 2004, during a break between tours with Antibalas.

He began playing around with his Casio synthesiser keyboard with his young daughter and, enjoying the compositions that came spontaneously out of these sessions, Chico Mann soon became “an irresistible creative outlet.” The end result was his 2007 solo debut Manifest Tone Volume 1.

Garcia’s sound, a mash up of 1970s Nigerian Afrobeat, 1980s New York electro and timeless Latin music, has received significant critical acclaim. “ The sound has evolved

organically. I began with exploring Afro-Funk in an electronic context and that evolved into exploring the intersection of electro, latin freestyle, and Afrobeat,” he says.

Garcia adds that Fela Kuti was highly influential. “Where Fela recontextualised highlife, funk, Afro-Cuban, and jazz to create a new style, I recontextualise those elements through a filter of electro, freestyle, and most recently merengue,” he explains.

He has further refined this sound on his soon-to-be-released album Analog Drift.

“I blocked out my schedule to finish Analog Drift after the end of the off-Broadway run of Fela!” he says. “The aesthetic of Analog Drift is coloured by the extensive use of synthesizers. It begins the exploration of two new genres. I call them Afro-Freestyle and Afro-Electro, they’re part of a musical tradition that links Africa, Cuba and New York.”

Most of the genres that influence Garcia are extremely danceable, so it’s no surprise that his music – and his live show

– is designed to fill dance floors. He’ll be performing three shows in WA this weekend, including a set at the Wave Rock Weekender on Sunday, which should be “a hot, sweaty dance party” according to Garcia. “The show is all about audience participation and losing oneself in the music on the dance floor.”

When he wraps up this tour he’ll be back in the studio working on a new album and on other projects, including a collaboration with Nina Sky. Looking ahead, he is planning to continue refining his style and taking it in new directions.

“You can expect some groundbreaking, forward sounding music that is grounded in the funk of the past,” he says. “For Chico Mann the sky’s the limit and the only way is up. I’m dedicated to building a musical catalogue that explores the sonic landscape of our collective imagination.” _JOSHUA HAYES

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SENSATIONAL STUDENTS On Monday, September 13, fashion fans gathered in the city to get a glimpse into the future of the West Australian fashion industry.

Every year the Perth Fashion Festival’s Student Runway event showcases the work of students from fashion courses across the state, with prizes awarded for ready to wear womenswear, ready to wear menswear, eco design, contemporary eveningwear and costume couture.

Congratulations to all the finalists, including Kasia Kolikow, Rachel Motteram, Emma Young, Jeromy Lim, Kirsten Masgai, Alissia Gomez, Ingrid Sing, Natalie Donovan, Angela Bollam and Celene Bridge.

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PERTH FASHION FESTIVAL 2010 That’s A Wrap

The old saying goes ‘time flies when you’re having fun’ and for Perth’s fashion community, the Perth Fashion Festival went by in the blink of an eye. After kicking off on Thursday, September 9, with the launch of both the festival and of acclaimed photographer Russell James’ book V2, PFF took 2010 by the horns, promising a big week of West Australian fashion.

What followed was nothing short of spectacular, with breathtaking parades all around Perth that ensured that WA creatives were in the spotlight.

With local,national and international media in attendance, WA designers showed the world exactly what they’re made of at the WA Designer Collections, which showcased the work of both emerging and established designers. First up was Collection 2, boasting presentations by creative minds such as Lonely As A Cloud, Poppy Lissiman and The Butcher And The Crow. Highlights included Lonely As A Cloud’s whimsical pastel creations and Poppy Lissiman’s bold digital prints with lashings of colour.

After a champagne or two at the

supremely chic Fashion Bar (an intimately restyled car park), it was time to head back in to Fashion Paramount for Collection 1, which featured creations by Antipodium, Of Cabbages And Kings, Story By Tang and United Constructions. Despite being a relatively new voice in the fashion industry compared to seasoned labels such as Ae’lkemi and Breathless, Of Cabbages And Kings clearly stole the show with their perfectly tailored and unapologetically feminine designs.

On Sunday, September 12, a different group of WA designers stepped in to the spotlight for Atmosphere, the Fremantle Fashion Collective’s answer to the Perth Fashion Festival. Housed in Victoria Hall in Fremantle, Atmosphere boasted installations by a host of Fremantle based designers including Kartique, Leah Tarlo, Totomoto and Batchelor.

Hot on the heels of Atmosphere, Student Runway took over Fashion Paramount on Monday, September 13, giving the industry a taste of what the next generation of local designers has to offer. Split into categories such as ready to wear womenswear and menswear, contemporary eveningwear, eco design and costume couture, Student Runway featured designs that varied from wearable to outrageous, making for an extremely memorable evening. Judges chose the two strongest designers from each category, and from those finalists, three lucky students were given the opportunity to embark on a six month residency at The Carton, a fashion incubator in Carillion City. Congratulations to Celene Bridge, Jeromy Lim and Alissia Gomez, who will create collections at The Carton for the 2011 Perth Fashion Festival.

After a week of very little sleep, lots of Red Bull shots and goodie bags, Perth Fashion Festival wrapped up proceedings for 2010 on Tuesday, September 14, with Fifteen Minutes followed closely by Up! The Finale.

A brand spanking new event, Fifteen Minutes paid homage to the fashion blog, giving local bloggers the best seat in the house for a runway show that showcased street style looks from top boutiques including Billie & Rose, Pigeonhole, Planet, Merge and Zara Bryson. As a special treat, those in the audience at Fifteen Minutes also witnessed a presentation of New Zealand designer Roxanna Zamani’s debut collection.

The 2010 recipient of Fashion TV’s online designer award, Zamani’s collection played with texture and form, featuring crisp white fabrics and avant-garde silhouettes.

Wrapping up festivities for 2010, Up! The Finale saw the work of Jaime Lee Major, Joveeba and Paper Skye take centre stage with three extremely different collections.

Jaime Lee’s creations were first off the rank and featured hot pink aliens adorned in mini skirts, bustiers and bedazzled menswear. A recipient of the X-Press Graduate Award in 2008, Jaime Lee has built herself a reputation for colourful and playful creations that feature original patterns, hand drawn and dyed by the designer herself.

Taking inspiration from Jersey Girls, Kirsten Shadbolt’s Paper Skye collection was pastel perfection, with feminine silk ruffles in cream, nude and soft grey. Since bagging the Designer For Tomorrow award at the 2009 WA

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Student Runway Winners Alissia Gomez, Celene Bridge, Jeromy Lim, Ingrid Sing and Kasia Kolikow

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Fashion Awards, Shadbolt has continued to seduce style lovers with her effortlessly chic dresses that ooze sophistication and refined elegance.

Celebrating WA’s vibrant beach culture, Ali Cotton’s label Joveeba paid homage to the sun and the sea at Up!, with lush orange tones and stunning shades of blue. Currently taking the international fashion industry by storm with her carefree creations, Cotton upped the anti with her 2010 spring/summer collection, reinforcing her ‘one to watch’ status.

After a week of marvelous mayhem, designers, models, the media and everyone in between gathered at Burswood Entertainment Complex on Wednesday, September 15, for the Mercedes-Benz WA Fashion Awards. Recognising excellence in all fields of the fashion industry, the Awards celebrate the work of creative minds that call Western Australia home.

Congratulations to Ae’lkemi for winning Most Outstanding Collection; Of Cabbages And Kings for taking home the title of Designer For Tomorrow; Alister Yiap for winning the Fine Details prize, Dilettante for snagging the Best Dress Boutique title; Teagan Sewell for taking out The Creative Edge category; Sarah Pauley for being named Runway Model Of The Year; Fabienne Vanderhaeghen for winning Photographic Model Of The Year; and Dempsey for receiving the Hot New Talent award.

Until next year, that’s all folks. _EMMA BERGMEIER

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THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE

WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS

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The Girl Who Played With Fire

Directed by Daniel Alfredson Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Micke Spreitz, Georgi Staykov, Peter Andersson We haven’t seen such a strong female character in crime fiction since Jodie Foster essayed Clarice Starling in The Silence Of The Lambs back in 1991. Bisexual, tattooed and pierced Lisbeth Salander, as played by Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, is a fascinating and complex creation. A professional computer hacker with a dazzlingly high IQ and a photographic memory, her history of abuse and betrayal has left her guarded, cynical and paranoid. Soon we’ll see Rooney Mara take over the role in the inevitable Hollywood remake of The Girl

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With The Dragon Tattoo. But until then, we have this, an adaptation of the second book in Stieg Larsson’s hugely popular Millennium Trilogy.

Picking up a year after the events of the first film, this instalment sees Salander on the run, having been framed for the murder of a journalist who had been writing an expose on human trafficking and sex slavery at the highest levels of Swedish society. While her friend, investigative reporter Mikael Blomkvist, works to clear her of the charges, Salander must flee from the corrupt forces behind the killing, represented by the menacing thug Nidermann (Spreitz) and the mysterious criminal Zala (Staykov).

It’s a taut and fast moving thriller, although it veers further into action movie territory than its moody, deliberately paced predecessor. The film is unafraid to trawl through the underbelly of Swedish society, dealing with themes of institutionalised corruption, generational abuse, and misogyny.

This time the focus is firmly on Lisbeth, and we spend a great deal of time unearthing the secrets of her past and how they intersect with her current predicament. However, this means less time is spent with Blomkvist, the moral centre of the first film, and his absence is regrettable, if only because of the way his presence allows us a greater insight into Salander’s troubled soul.

If there’s a problem with the film, it’s that it suffers greatly from ‘middle episode syndrome’, meaning the movie ends not with a satisfying conclusion but with a kind of chapter break and the promise of a real resolution in the third and final film. It’s a common problem in a time when studios are more focussed on franchise building than crafting stand-alone films. That’s all very well for fans of the series, but newcomers are advised to check out the first film before diving into this one.

With its mix of European sensibilities and post-millennial culture, The Millenium Trilogy is one of the best examples of crime fiction to come along in some time. While not the strongest episode of the series, The Girl Who Played With Fire benefits from a cracking pace and a probing examination of a multilayered and fascinating protagonist. Fight any urge you may have to wait for the American remake and spend some time with Lisbeth Salander.

Directed by Casey Affleck Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Sean Combs, Ben Stiller, Casey Affleck

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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

_TRAVIS JOHNSON

I’M STILL HERE Mocking Bird, Mocking Leaf I’m certainly no celebrity worshipper, but there’s something about the Phoenix family that has always fascinated me. Five kids – River, Rain, Summer, Leaf and Liberty – raised in the Children Of God cult to hippie missionaries; River, Summer and Leaf (Joaquin) all working as prolific child actors. Being a part of such a souldestroying celebrity scene took its toll on River, who died of a drug overdose at 23, an event that no doubt changed the lives of his siblings irrevocably, particularly that of little brother Joaquin, the first to the scene of the overdose.

Nevertheless Joaquin appeared to triumph over adversity and do rather well for himself, twice-nominated for Oscars and fascinating in every role he takes on, whether it be playing a troubled teen in To Die For, a disturbed priest in Quills or his unforgettable

Directed by Oliver Stone was guilty of back in his heyday, but the central Starring Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Carey question remains: is it all an act, or has the God of Mulligan, Josh Brolin, Frank Langella Greed actually seen the error of his ways? Much of the tension comes in wondering how much the It makes sense to revisit Wall Street in the wake tough talking but basically naive Jake can trust the of the Global Economic Crisis. The original film old shark, and whether Gekko’s seeming altruism was a cautionary tale about the moral pitfalls of towards him is part of a larger plan. monetary malfeasance, so updating the story of LaBeouf, on the other hand, never Gordon Gekko (Douglas) and company is a bit entirely convinces in the central role of Jake, but of no-brainer. However, it’s worth remembering this largely comes down to the way the character that Wall Street was a failed parable; the venal and is written rather than any failure on LaBeouf’s part. ambitious Gekko became an inspirational figure Although prone to error, Jake is acting from pure to a generation of stockbrokers. Never mind that motives; he is never really tempted by the vast he went to prison at the film’s close; he had money, monies available to him, never seduced by the he had power, and he looked good in a suit. So the lavish and ruthless lifestyle that Gekko represents. question is: how does he look now, after we’ve all It’s this faultless moral centre that makes him had a taste of financial meltdown? somewhat unrelateable and, ultimately, boring.

Disappointingly, Gekko’s quest for This unambiguous moral certitude dominance and revenge after his release from extends to almost every facet of the film, making prison is relegated to B-plot status, and we’re what could have been an ambitious and complex instead forced to spend time with Jake Moore piece a rather simple story of good guys versus (LaBeouf), a young trader with a passion for green bad guys. Brolin is fantastic as the villain of the energy and a burning desire for revenge against story, but he’s just that; a villain, with no more depth Machiavellian banker Bretton James (Brolin), or shading than the evil queen in a Disney movie. whose boardroom manoeuvrings drove Jake’s Up and comer Mulligan is almost tooth-meltingly mentor, Lewsi Zabel (Langella) to suicide. He enlists sweet as the saintlike Winnie, and almost every Gekko’s help in his quest, promising that he will other character can likewise be placed in a simple reunite him with his estranged daughter, Winnie moral box. Only Gekko himself has any complexity.

(Mulligan).

As a result, he is the most interesting thing in a Michael Douglas effortlessly steals the film that should have been a savage indictment show, slipping back into his signature role with of corporate culture, but instead stands only as an ease. His Gekko bears all the hallmarks of a man entertaining but hollow distraction. reformed by his prison experiences, and he now writes books decrying the exact behaviour he _TRAVIS JOHNSON

I’m Still Here

turn as Johnny Cash in Walk The Line.

The opening clips of I’m Still Here show Phoenix’s publicity tour for Walk the Line, where he had to answer the same questions again and again. He describes life as an actor as being treated as nothing more than a ‘puppet’. Whilst these honest moments are few in the film, they are all the viewer is given as rationale for the actor’s decision to quit the acting industry

and pursue a career in hip hop. Phoenix’s much-publicised 2009 appearance on David Letterman, wherein he’s accused by Letterman of not being himself, is positioned as the tip of the iceberg.

During the course of the documentary, which is filmed in what I guess you could call a cinema verite style, we see Phoenix berate and assault his assistants, do coke off a hooker’s chest, retort to people mocking his burgeoning hip hop career with comments like ‘I have a million dollars in the bank, what do you have?’, follow his own press in an obsessive fashion, and get defecated on.

His visual appearance alters drastically, as he grows a hobo’s beard, puts on copious pounds, hides behind baseball caps and sunglasses and basically does away with any kind of personal grooming.

Recently revealed by Affleck as a mockumentary, I’m Still Here suffices as a welledited dissection of the public’s worship of celebrity culture, and an affront to the odd obsession the mass public has with following

(via the press) people who are essentially complete strangers to us. It’s a great ironic statement on Affleck’s part to take that concept of a stranger and explore it to monstrous proportions, using partly the vehicle of Phoenix as pure actor and partly relying on the actor’s genuine inner sadness, although, much like Andrew Dominik’s 2000 film Chopper, or Orson Welles’ F For Fake, I’m Still Here, never lets the ‘truth’ get in the way of a ‘good story’.

Much like a lot of Affleck’s work, by the end (and it’s a really beautiful closing) I felt there was a real sadness to the film, a genuine reflection on the soul-destroying effects of being a high-profile actor, or just the difficultly of changing your life’s path, the fear of mockery in its non-comical incarnation. As Milan Kundera once said, ‘mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches’. Let’s face it, we’ve all had moments in our lives when we’ve felt corroded down by the thought of what others think of us, and have wanted to climb up a tree and have a cry, right? _DANIELLE MARSLAND

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VISUAL ARTS A Collection Of Organised Spaces Part II, Gallery Central, 12 Aberdeen Street, Northbridge.

Presented by Perth photographer Jacqueline Ball, A Collection Of Organised Spaces Part II is an ongoing project that investigates constructed imagery. Ball’s images are physically built on different scales using common materials. Central to this project is the exploration of how light, form, materiality and colour can be arranged to promote emotive responses.

Exhibition runs ’til Wednesday, October 6.

Fragile Inheritance, Elements Art Gallery, 131A Waratah Avenue, Dalkeith.

Brooke Zeligman’s sculptural practice incorporates performance, glass and mixed media. Fragile Inheritance is an investigation that engages with historical and contemporary perspectives of female behaviour through lived experience. On show are two bodies of labor intensive works that reflect the continuing importance of the hand-made within contemporary art and feminist praxis.

Exhibition opens on Saturday, September 25, and runs ’til Sunday, October 10.

PERFORMANCE

Peacock Parade by Campbell Whyte

New Perth, Free Range Gallery, 339 Wellington Street, Perth.

In New Perth, Campbell Whyte presents a large installation of paintings documenting a fictional, artist-led revolution through the streets of Perth, exploring the occupation of architectural spaces and destruction of contemporary values. Recently spending time as an artist in residence in Mexico, Whyte was dismayed to hear of the closing and destruction of various cultural spaces and landmarks in Perth. Upon returning to the city, he found a profound sense of dislocation to the space and the prevailing community values of consumption and expansion.

Exhibition opens on Sunday, September 25, and runs ’til Sunday, October 24.

Illume, Perth Galleries, 92 Stirling Highway, North Fremantle.

Annie Hsiao-Wen Wang’s second solo exhibition Illume continues her interest in evoking the shared, intimate and universal experiences of what it is to be human, through the physical presence of paint.

Exhibition opens on Friday, September 24, and runs ’til Sunday, October 17.

Alternative Instructions For Everyday Life, John Curtin Gallery, Building 200, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley.

Tanya Lee’s practice takes everyday tasks and transforms them into difficult and bizarre adventures. The humorous, often tragic, engagement between herself, the world and ordinary objects is explored through performance, drawings, photographic documentation and sculpture to construct a narrative. Alternative Instructions For Everyday Life shows the way in which the rituals of everyday living and interaction with commonplace objects define our identity, space and the rules that exist between the two.

Exhibition runs ’til Friday, December 10.

LAST CHANCE STUDIO’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE Art Around Australia

Last Chance Studio kick off their Excellent Adventure tour with a show at The Bakery from Friday, September 24, ’til Sunday, October 3. To keep up to date with all things Last Chance check out last-chance-studio. com.

Pop your head inside Last Chance Studio in Northbridge this week and you’re likely to discover a flurry of activity as resident artists pack their bags in anticipation of Last Chance Studio’s Excellent Adventure. Set to take in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, the tour will see the Last Chance lads present three separate exhibitions, starting off with an aerosol installation at The Bakery.

Since its inception 18 months ago, Last Chance has played host to a variety of artists, and is currently home to creative minds such as William Daek, Sean Morris, Tim Rollin, Ryan Boserio, Pete Long and Pari Corbitt. Out of this motley but very talented crew, Morris, Daek, Rollin and Boserio have collaborated for the reopening of The Bakery, and though they’re reticent to share all the details, the artists promise something different to their regular

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Designs by Lottie More will be on show at Fascination Street

gallery shows.

“We have a surprise installation that’s interactive,” reveals Daek through tight lips. “ I t ’s a n i n t e r a c t i v e a e r o s o l installation,” clarifies Sean Morris. “The entire show was done with aerosol and nothing is for sale. It’s a little different.”

It’s not often that you meet ‘starving artists’ willing to forgo a pay cheque, so what exactly motivated this charitable undertaking?

“We painted a big series of boards that are going to be installed in the space at The Bakery,” begins Morris.

“ArtRage bought the boards, we just painted them,” adds Daek. “We wanted to paint the walls but we weren’t allowed to so they came up with the idea of buying us boards so that we could make a wall out of wood and paint that.”

“It will be nice to put on a show that isn’t so precious,” says Morris. “It won’t be like ‘don’t touch; get out your wallets’ (laughs); people will be able to touch things and have fun. We only got offered the show a month ago and we’d already planned the Melbourne and Sydney shows, so we were just going to do an east coast art tour and then we got offered The Bakery show and thought it was a good opportunity. The Bakery show opens two days before we’d planned to go away but we thought ‘if we can turn an east coast tour into a national tour that would be great’.”

Many sleepless nights and plenty of empty Red Bull cans later, the Last Chance boys have miraculously created 15 metres worth of art, which will adorn the walls of The Bakery, which reopens this weekend, coinciding with Semi Permanent.

Unlike a lot of other WA born artists and designers, the Last Chance lads plan to stay based in Perth for the time being, stating that Perth is as good a place as any to launch a career in the arts.

“People think you’re going to have more chance of becoming successful creatively if you move to somewhere where there’s a lot of creative stuff going on,” shares Morris. “If you’re good at what you do, you can make stuff happen wherever you are. If you can make stuff happen in a city where there’s not much going on then a lot more people are going to notice. As far as launching yourself internationally, with the internet, you have as much chance from Perth as you do from Melbourne because you’re just seen as an Australian artist overseas.”

Fascination Street, X-Wray Café, 3/13 Essex Street, Fremantle.

Come take a walk down Fascination Street and marvel at the creative endeavours of its local inhabitants. Experience a showcase like no other: fashion, photography, stencil art and live local music. This inaugural FS features the work of three local visual artists; photographer Lottie Moore, fashion designer Emma Hicken, and stencil artist Klare Buckingham. Local bands and musicians will be filling the space with their unique brand of lush sounds, with sets by The Witness, Atlas Mountains, Laced Affair, Sugarpuss, Sean Thomas, James Teague and Rachel And Henry Climb A Hill.

Event takes place on Saturday, September 25, from 3pm ’til midnight. Exhibition is on display ’til Monday, October 25. Tickets are available on the door.

The Last Man To Die, Blue Room Theatre, 53 James Street, Northbridge.

A blend of drawing, percussion and performance, The Last Man To Die asks you to step into the distant future and look backwards in time to explore the emotional and social consequences of artificial extension of human life - as well as the theories and responses from literature, pop culture and the media. This performance installation invites interaction between the audience, live performers and computer driven audio and visuals, as the theatre is transformed into an abandoned museum from the future that celebrates humankind’s ability to extend their lifespan indefinitely.

Season opens on Wednesday, September 29, and runs ’til Saturday, October 16.

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

MUSIC Trio Alegra, September 25 Kulcha; bookings via kulcha.com.au Scale Variable, September 25 Winthrop Hall; bookings through BOCS Karina, September 26 The Ellington Jazz Club; bookings via ellingtonjazz.com.au Freeform, September 30 Kulcha; bookings via kulcha.com.au Ali Bodycoat Quartet, October 1 The Ellington Jazz Club; bookings via ellingtonjazz.com.au Tommy Fleming, October 6 Octagon Theatre; bookings through BOCS Romeo & Juliet, October 7 Perth Concert Hall; bookings through BOCS Dozi, October 7 Octagon Theatre; bookings through BOCS.

The Raft Of The Medusa In Midland by Thomas Hoareau

LAVAGE Medusa In Midland

Thomas Hoareau reworks the paintings of Géricault, Delacroix and Courbet in the exhibition Lavage, on display at Holmes à Court Gallery at 11 Brown Street in East Perth from Friday, September 17, to Sunday, October 17.

In the midst of revolutionary France, on the spume of a wave, lies an anonymous laundrette. It’s lined with steel dryers, writhing bodies and the groans of middle-aged men from Midland. Welcome to the artistic world of Thomas Hoareau, where French romanticism mingles with suburban gloom.

“I like the disjuncture of everyday people from Midland being involved in a dramatic tragedy in 19th century France,” Hoareau says.“Its like Astral Weeks by Van Morrison is a cosmic album, but all the songs are about local characters and streets in Belfast.”

Hoareau, 49, is a prize-winning painter who has exhibited regularly in Perth since 1981 and is represented in the National and State Gallery. In his exhibition Lavage, he has reworked five classical French paintings, replacing the original background of 19th century France – rural serfs and quaint burgs – with shopping trolleys, milk shops and traffic lights from Midland.

“One of the distinctive features of my work is that I tend to use my immediate environment as my inspiration,” he says. “In The Midland Stonebreakers painting there is the junction building, which is the old centre of Midland, before it was shifted to Midland gate. It’s a bit like a dream; I’ve got these French peasants working on this train junction in Midland that no longer exists. I’m interested in change and loss, specifically the loss of community and connection. _EMMA BERGMEIER Viveash On The Verge Of Suburban Development

relates to a loss of connection with the land. This interest in nature in art originated in the French Renaissance.”

The centrepiece of the exhibition is The Raft Of The Medusa In Midland, which depicts a writhing mass of semi-nude men stranded on a mat in a laundrette. The painting is based on the original The Raft Of The Medusa (181819) by Théodore Géricault, a mammoth work that chronicles the surviving members of a French shipwreck, most of whom succumbed to cannibalism and madness. Hoareau recently completed a 25,000-word thesis on the painting and it has become his muse: “As an aesthetic piece of art I just love the painting. I mean it’s enormous [491 cm × 716 cm] and I was granted a private screening at the Louvre which was wonderful. It explores the motif of the wounded male, an element of Géricault’s work that harks back to neo-classicism. This period [French Restoration] was the start of a new modern identity, where freedom of speech and democracy slowly began to flourish. The Raft Of The Medusa is symbolic of that early time of change which was about both hope and struggle.”

In an ironic twist, the tangled limbs and haunted faces on the canvas are not renaissance subjects but Hoareau’s 40-something chums.

“I use people that are very familiar like friends, family and my partner as models. The folk in the Raft Of The Medusa are all people I know from my generation. It’s quite surreal because I’ve got all these everyday people recreating a very dramatic tragedy from French history. It creates a disjuncture that fascinates me.” _STEPHEN POLLOCK www.xpressmag.com.au

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2010 0 has a seen n Chicane, e, AKA Nichollas Bracceg girdle, e, ret ettur u n to o th he e rec ecor o ding ding di g sstu tudi tu d o to o rre elease se the h critica c ll l y acccllai aime me med ed Gi G an nts ts,, a on al ngsid id de a co omp ple ete e revit i alisattion n of o the e Chi h cane liv ive e ssh how w. TY TYSO SON ON W WR RAY cha hats t to C Ch hiccane ab bout th t e deve elo opm p en ent an and grrow wtth h of his musical us all and us d art r istic ta ale l nts.

“2010? Busy, to sum it up briefly,” chuckles Bracegirdle,“I’ve been writing a new album and a playing a crazy load of gigs, not to mention building a new house and running after a new baby!” he laughs. “It’s been busy. That’s the only word I can quantify it with. But it’s extremely exciting being able to release my first proper album in a good long while. It’s been a good year, really”.

The Ibiza heartthrob recently released his fourth studio album Giants in August. Taking his familiar yet distinctive approach to producing, Bracegirdle created a unique and pure album whilst still remaining true to Chicane’s musical ideologies. “Giants came about after I had just completed the ‘best of’ album and I was listening back to all of the tracks I had created

over time. That influenced where I decided I wanted to go next with my new stuff,” he reminisces proudly.

“There was a real vibe for one foot in the past, one foot in the future that really set the dive in for the whole plan. I went back to all the old and original roots where I started Chicane. From there I took it and tweaked it to make it sound fresh and new along with creating a whole lot of fresh and current sounding dance records. There was very much an eye for the flow of the album, having a beginning, middle and end to the album and having it sonically feel like that,” he pauses for a moment to express his concerns on current trends within dance music.

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THURSDAY DJ Moogy presents

“Ritmo!” an intoxicating blend of Latin styles.

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FRIDAY Suite Beats for the end of the week! Disco, House, Funk & Breaks with residents

MICAH & SHARIF GALAL + guests. Kick off the weekend in the comfort of Defectors and the sounds of the Beat Suite. Fridays 9pm – 1am.

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a night of house / Deep House/ Disco/ Tech House “FORE” Featuring Harry Webb, Vinae, Katesy, Aarin F. It’s Free Entry and all kicks off at 9pm.

SUNDAY

“Back to Mono” Perth’s essential Free”N”Funky Sunday Sesh.

Rare Groove, Ska, Rocksteady, Dub, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Afro Beat. With Dj’s Gareth Richardson, Ted Schlechte & Death Disco’s Anton Mazz. 5pm Free Entry

Grab your Blackberries and iPhones, flip to Sunday, December 12, and write in big letters ‘Perth Dance Music Awards’ (PDMAs). Now in its 12th year, the annual awards serve as an opportunity for promoters and punters alike to show their fealty and support to those really making a difference within Perth’s thriving electronic music scene. With over 30 categories covering all niches and genres within the scene, the PDMAs are about recognising and rewarding local talent. To bring some old world charm to the proceedings a ‘Hall of Fame’ category will be making its debut this year. Nominations and voting are open to all, so be sure to make your vote count. Keep an eye out at perthdancemusicawards.org for PDMA updates.

BEAT THAT We had Winterbeatz, and now, there’s… yep… Summerbeatz. Beatz all year round, what more could a dedicated follower of urban hip hop want? Summerbeatz 2010 comes to Perth in November, and with it comes record breaking rapper Flo Rida, worldwide chart topping sensation Jay Sean, Grammy nominated sensation Soulja Boy, Gym Class Heroes charismatic frontman Travie McCoy, plus Australia’s own Stan Walker, and DJ Nino Brown.

That’s over four hours of live music! Hot. Tuesday, November 23, Burswood Dome.

Get your tickets from ticketek.com.au or by phoning 132 849, from September 30.

Doors open 6pm.

FIERCE FORCE Starting with his early excursions at No U-Turn from the tender age of 16, DJ Fierce has been at the forefront of the drum ‘n’ bass scene since the mid ‘90s and has been involved in some of the scene’s seminal musical moments. As well as bringing his undoubted skills to the table on the production front, Fierce has long been known as one of the most exciting and energetic DJ’s around, widely respected by both his peers and fans alike. Still harbouring an insatiable love for dubplates and vinyl ahead of MP3s and CDs, Fierce really is a DJs’ DJ, bringing sounds from across the spectrum and uniquely fusing tracks together in the mix to create a new and fresh sound every time. Catch him courtesy of Loaded Dice at the Rosemount on Friday, October 29. Support from MCs Assassin, Stylee and Tenacity. Tickets $25 plus booking fee from the DJ Factory, Mills, Planet and the usual outlets. Hold onto your hats, because a mere couple of months later, Loaded Dice is bringing Sigma and The Upbeats to The Rosemount, on Friday, December 3. Visit loadeddice.com.au for full list and discount double gig ticket packs.

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BECAUSE THE WORLD IS ROUND In the tradition of Andy Warhol’s legendary New York art space The Silver Factory, comes a one-off psychedelic party, The Trip. Playing live with their beat machines will be local legends Diger Rokwell and Naik, with plenty of obscure, obsessive, freaky Eastern European and transglobal-ethno selections from Claude Mono and Robin ‘Fuzz’ Blackburdy. Ghetto Video’s Ivan Borgnino, Perth’s cult VHS video collector, VJs some spaced out images on the eve. Get ready to ride the magic carpet on Friday, October 1, at The Bakery, Northbridge. Tickets $10 on the door or online now from nowbaking.com.au. Doors open 10pm. Expect strange dancing through a smoky haze of oil lamps!

SPRING HAS SPRUNG Get ready for a quadruple assault and a night to remember because this year’s Ministry of Sound Clubbers Guide to Spring tour features D.Ramirez, Anna Lunoe, John Course and Shazam! D. Ramirez has achieved five tracks in the top 20, played on every continent and has single-handedly coined the electrohouse sound, whilst Anna Lunoe is a name that has since become synonymous with partying around the globe. Shazam brings his sultry melodic hooks to the table, culminating in a night of unmissable aural pleasure. Tickets $38.95 plus booking fee on sale now from Moshtix or 1300 438 849. www.moshtix.com.au. Limited VIP tickets $50 plus booking fee (from Moshtix only). Spring is definitely in the air, with much dancing to Holy Ghost! be done!

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SNEAK PEEK The amazing and glamorous, centrally located Library nightclub receives a huge injection of energy and excitement with Sneaky Fridays, featuring some of Perth’s biggest DJs plus some very special guests.

Sneaky Fridays is embracing Perth clubbers with three unique and sneaky experiences within the one club, spread over three levels, thus providing patrons with a range of options to cater for all music tastes, ages and demographics.

The ground floor room is appropriately named ‘Sneaky Pop’. This will be the place for the main audience to hear all their club pop, R&B favourites and party hits, courtesy of Angry Buda, Headayke, Moe Steez, Master Dash and Adroc.

The second floor is entitled ‘Sneak House’ and is the perfect room to let your hair down and dance your heart out to some funky house and fresh electro tunes, spun by some masters at the top of their game: DJs Dazz K, Adroc and Karl Blue.

The third floor speaks for itself:‘Sneaky Funk’. This is the room for the people looking for a chilled night to relax, listen to some of those feel good grooves that bring back the good old days. The funk and disco will be served each week by veterans Adroc, Dazz K and Karl Blue.

The next Sneaky Fridays goes down on Friday, October 1, and every fortnight on Fridays thereafter. Be sure to visit sneakylife.com.au to check out all the info and enter the fortnightly major competition.

Perth’s newest R&B and hip hop club night, Hush, has already played host to some very special guests such as Ne-Yo, T-Pain, Nacho Pop and just last Saturday, Pussy Cat Doll, Ashley Roberts! With huge celebrities like these going to party at Hush, it’s no wonder that a select group of Perth party crew have made this their new regular home. Hush’s outer city location has two separate rooms programmed to cater to the lovers of the urban music spectrum.

The Hush Lounge bar downstairs is dedicated to old school classics and the feel good jams, with resident DJs Karl Blue, Headayke, Kyte Kutter and Junior serving up a delicious feast of all your R&B and hip hop favorites from back in the day. The Hush Nightclub room upstairs is the new school party club where DJs Angry Buda, Adroc, Raji D and Karl Blue play all the newest and hottest R&B and hip hop club joints.

Now, where does all this take place you ask? Well that’s the catch - Hush is an exclusive night club where only members and people on the Hush List are able to gain entry. To join this club list visit hushsat.com and complete the form to apply!

Hush takes place every Saturday, doors open 9pm.

BEACH BABES Perth’s only series of fully licensed, summer beach parties, Sets on the Beach, are set to take place on three Sunday afternoons at the spectacular, oceanside venue of Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre. Sets on the Beach will host a variety of tlocal, national and international live acts and DJs right on the beach. Picture kicking back on the sun lounges, overlooking the beautiful Indian ocean and hearing some amazing music!

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CHICANE

Celebrating 20 years of eclectic musical fare, the lads from Ninja Tune have released a jam packed, larger than life boxed set complete with three hardcover cases in a snazzy hardback box, featuring artwork from legendary Ninja illustrator Openmind.

Comprising six CDs of music with some new exclusive tracks from the likes of Roots Manuva, Kid Koala, Mr Scruff and Bonobo, and remixes from Modeselektor and Metronomy; case one delivers a bountiful treat for the senses.

In addition to this collection of old and new, are six 7� singles in a delectable hardback book and various Ninja Tunes paraphernalia such as posters and stickers, all lovingly compiled and presented. With the pièce de rÊsistance being an

exclusive hardback edition of Black Dog Publishing book NINJA TUNE: 20 Years of Beats & Piece by Stevie Chick.

This mass of material is a must for any fan of Coldcut and their heralded independent record label. It’s also a good introduction for any Ninja novices; covering a broad sprectrum of styles and artists, which continue to make Ninja Tune one of the best independent record labels to date.

Sporting the production skills to please the ‘heads, but bringing a special “something� to the table that’s seen them marked as “the new Hybrid� in some corners, their debut LP For All Seasons certainly sees them reaching for the skies.

The ambient opening of Hide From The Light starts things off in the right direction, recalling the softer moments of Hybrid’s classic Wide Angle, which is a great reference for the sort of grandiose nu-school breaks vibe they’re aiming for. It’s a restrained beginning that’s more than a token effort, and it slams straight into the album’s most anthemic moment We Bleed.

For All Seasons K ar ton really are reaching for [Bandroom Records/Sony] something grandiose here, and their production talent is obvious, but ultimately they’re looking The tight-knit breaks community has often felt beyond dancefloor weapons and trying for left out in the cold in recent years, but ACT duo proper ‘songs’. It’s an admirable and infinitely Karton have been hailed as saviours of sorts. more challenging pursuit, but sadly, they’re

over reaching the current state of their musical evolution. All the polished studio work in the world can’t hide the fact they’re still honing their songwriting skills.

However, there’s enough ‘grand’ moments to nearly get them there. Brooding moments build into thundering crescendos, the euphoric drum n’ bass breakdowns are startlingly effective, and the success of their downbeat experiments suggest they might have gotten a better result if they’d reigned in their ambitions a little and focused on the instrumental tunes for their debut outing.

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Chicane “There’s this culture that we’ve gotten into with iTunes and with cherry picking. We’re in a culture of what I just call ‘tracks’ where artists don’t have albums. They release singles, maybe one every month and then at the end of the year you have an album of ‘tracks’, which is kind of a bit sad. I worry where this culture is taking us. Giants for me is a body of work and it follows on from my previous productions where you have to listen to the whole album.

It’s old fashioned I know, but it’s important to me.�

One of the fundamental keys of the rise and rise of Chicane is the electrifying live performances, which is constantly developing, expanding and as Nicholas discusses, perfecting. “We’ve done many, many different versions of the live show. Sometimes we’ve played live the entirety of the show which often does translate as well as you’d think it would, along with our shows which are a lot less live where we have a lot of sounds on tape and we more just play along� he pauses for a moment, “It’s been inherently difficult� he laughs modestly. “Now we’ve got a happy medium where we’ve got a main track of complicated arpeggios and certain effects that are simply too complicated for me to play live that we leave on tape. Then we have the band come around and create of mixture of live effects and instruments that now makes Chicane live what it is. For me, I think it works really well and it’s the right blend of live and original sound,� he pauses to reflect on his many years of performing, “I think to be honest there’s one thing I’ve learnt from playing live more than anything else is that recognition plays a huge, huge part in your show. We’re only now just starting to look at playing tracks from Giants live because it’s got to have time to soak in for fans before we play it to them live and for them to understand it. It’s so critically important to do that. “You could literally have the best song in the world ever written, but if you’re playing it to people for the first time and they’ve never heard it you’ll never get anywhere near the reaction you would say if you played it six months later. That’s just the truth of playing live. We’ll always play the hits and the stuff that people are looking for, I’m trying to take them now and give them a little twist and a little edge and make them a bit new and fresh“ he laughs with a sigh of relief,“I could waffle on for hours about this really, there’s so much to the live show.�

Australian audiences have shared a brief and distant love affair with the Chicane live show. Debuting with Paul Oakenfold back in 2000, it was almost a decade later that Chicane returned for the 2009 Stereosonic tour. “We’ve only ever played about 12 shows in Australia but they’ve all been absolutely mental,� he admits. “We always get a great response and a great reaction and after our Stereosonic tour last year we really wanted to get back quickly,� he pauses, “Our show isn’t cheap to fly around the world. We have about a dozen people for the band and with all of my touring crew it’s difficult to ensure it’s always financially viable.

But we really wanted to make sure we got back again, if for nothing more than just to go surfing on your beaches!� he laughs.

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From funky house in Bristol to Brazilian electro with the big fish, Lazy Rich defies his name time and time again, as RZ discovers.

Recently, Lazy Rich decided to drop the cold and miserable UK weather for the slightly less cold and miserable weather in Canada (although at least they have a summer that lasts longer than about ten seconds). Rich tells the story: “I started on the DJ thing about ten years ago as a hobby. I actually started playing funky house in Bristol in England and I played with Will Bailey a couple of times and really enjoyed it. Subsequently, I decided on a move to Canada and gave up on it for a while; and then got back into it.”

Getting back into the scene saw Rich divert his attention to playing electro house and then things changed up a little bit for him. “It was about three and a half years ago that I met with a guy called Hershey and another by the name of Jeff Daniels - they were the ones that told me about Cubase and Wired so I decided to get working hard and managed to produce some stuff that people liked. I wasn’t so focused on genres as I was making good music and at the same time managed to make a bit of a name for myself, which has been really great I guess.”

Which brings us to the issue of why he calls himself Lazy Rich? It barely reconciles with the amount of time he spends on the road and in the studio.

Lazy Rich “I’ve been doing a couple of remixes and things. I did one with Anthony Ross recently and it’s a completely different style; this kind of big room house vibe,” shares Rich.

“Then there was another for Adam K – sort of a Dutch idea; style wise it’s a bit different but it’s also nice to do something unique and outside the square. Another guy I’ve worked with is Porter Robinson; he’s like this

18 year old kid who did this track called Say My Name, which is awesome! I think he’s the next Deadmau5! I also did this remix for Tim Deluxe called Let the Bass Roll.”

Rich is also working hard on his Big Fish Recordings imprint, which continues to perform really well. “We’ve got some guys on there like Porter Robinson; we spot these guys and get them onto the label. Right now, we’re focusing on this Brazilian style of electro which is a really cool sound; we’re going to really start pushing that sound and there will be a release every week hopefully, so we’re really excited to get that up and running.”

Finally, Rich is excited about his first visit to Australia and closes with this: “this is my first time playing In Australia and I’ve heard from plenty of people that they like breaks, fidget and electro down there and my friends say they have had the best time! I’ve got a tonne of new stuff to play; a lot of the Big Fish stuff and lots of big electro tracks; I’m also looking forward to playing with Will Bailey. We haven’t played together for eight years so I can’t wait!”

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AGAINST THE GRAIN

HiddenawayinasmallGermantown resides the well spoken and quietly unassuming Olaf Dieckmann, GLEN CANNING caught up with Olaf, more widely known as Wippenberg, to discuss his part in the dance music evolution.

Back in 2007,Wippenberg’s career was catapulted into overdrive when his head bending remix of Super8 and Tab’s Need To Feel, a track that broke free of the restrictive boundaries of genre labels, was unleashed on an unsuspecting industry.

Last year’s epic anthem Pong has spawned an avalanche of similar tracks from other artists seemingly trying to emulate the success of the original, as Dieckman explains to us in a recent chat.

“It’s quite funny because with Chakalaka and later Pong, and all my remixes lately it’s not only trance guys that are playing these tracks but also all the house and electro guys so basically it’s the best thing you can achieve as it’s not just specific to one kind of music.”

2008’s Chakalaka spent an incredible three months as Beatport’s number one and was hammered by not only Tiesto and Armin, but by house DJs Eric Prydz and Dirty South. Dieckmann explains the pressures in following up Chakalaka’s success.

“When I did Chakalaka I didn’t think about it, but the problem is whenever you have a track that is successful like that, you start thinking about it and then it’s quite tough to get back to the stage again where you don’t think about it.”

In going back to his roots and drawing inspiration from dance music’s humble beginnings, Dieckmann has been extremely successful. As he reveals, a lot has changed in the past decade.

Wippenberg “In the early ‘90s nobody really thought about categorising the whole dance music scene into specific genres, you just did a track and it got released. Nobody thought about it being trance or techno but it wasn’t until later on that people always wanted to put you in different genres.

“For the last two or three years people have become more open minded again and I’m happy to see that because I don’t like to be categorised to a particular genre.” Innovative production methods and the willingness to experiment can also have a negative effect on an artist’s career as they can’t be defined as one particular genre, as Dieckmann relates, “it was quite tough when I started out the whole thing with the Super8 and Tab and Cosmic Gate remix three years ago.

“There were a lot of haters to that kind of sound which were like ‘this is not trance anymore and I hate those ping, plong sounds in it’. But funny enough, it is basically what every second trance track sounds like now.”

As Dieckmann’s ground breaking productions continue to influence a generation of producers he took a moment to reflect on his own source of inspiration over the years, “from the beginning I always tried to be different. I grew up in the ‘80s and got into the old synth pop sounds of the ‘80s and that influenced me quite a lot and I do try to use elements of that time.

Maybe you realise it in tracks like Chakalaka and Pong because they have something like an ‘80s stylish character to it.”

Utilising a multitude of varying influences in the studio is an intricate process and as Dieckmann explains, it’s all about getting it absolutely right,“I know a lot of guys do a track in like four hours, or two days, whereas I’m addicted to being perfect. Sometimes it takes me weeks to finish a track,” Dieckmann continues,“it’s really hard to get to the point we’re I’m really happy with the track. But it’s also why I release only a few tracks.”

With Perth now firmly in his sights, Dieckmann reflects on his visit last year,“I actually really liked Perth! It was my first time in Perth and the people were all really nice!” Well, of course we are!

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FRIDAY 24/9 SHAPE BULLETPROOF For over a decade, the name Bulletproof has stood for nothing less than the forward thinking futuristic neurofunk style of dance floor drum ‘n’ bass. Inspired by names like Grooverider, LTJ Bukem, Ed Rush & Optical, Matrix, Fierce, Bulletproof was one of Australasia’s first international drum ‘n’ bass exports. Don’t miss your chance to catch the founder of the country’s longest running drum ‘n’ bass label Cyanide Recordings, Bulletproof, when he hits Shape tonight. Support from Rregula, HighRoller, DUB Z and Access. Tickets are $15

before 11pm or $20 after, door sales only.

MANOR SOUTH RAKKAS CREW Rugged dancehall, shameless pop, hipster electro bangers, rude dubstep – Canadian dancehall futurists South Rakkas Crew do it all. One of the UK’s best, MC Serocee, will join veteran producers Alex Greggs and Dennis ‘Dow Jones’ Shaw as they bring a killer bag of new hits to the Manor tonight. Dudes like M.I.A, T-Pain, Lily Allen, Kelis, Bounty Killer, Beck, Yo Majesty, Tricky and Duran Duran have all benefited from the Crew’s genius studio skills and talents for fusing hook-laden song structure with sound-system destroying beats. Support from Sabata Sound and Kit Pop. Tickets on sale now for $30 plus booking fee from Planet, Mills and 78s.

AMBAR LEE BURRIDGE is one DJ who can lay claim to developing the Hong Kong underground dance scene, bringing dance music to the beaches of Thailand’s Full Moon Parties, and holding one of the first ever residencies at the legendary club Fabric, as well as many more around the world. He’s also one third of Tyrant Sound System, together with Sasha and Craig Richards. Burridge’s sound can be described as wonky, wobbly, bassline driven, trippy, melodic and more, depending on your mood! Catch him tonight with support from Oli, Darren J, Bacich and James Francis. Tickets $20 from moshtix.com.au, Boomtick. com.au, Planet, Mills or on the door. Doors open 10pm.

Ambar – Lee Burridge /James Francis /Oli / Darren J / Bacich Amplifier - Bob Logg III /Abbey May / Jamie Mac /DJ Shannon Fox Bar 120 - Treat - The Fix / DJs Anton Maz / Wombat / Maz1 Bar 138 – Lokal Bayswater Hotel –Beat Off! ShockOne/The Pearly Whites Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol –Retro Mash – Lady Penelope Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Jimmy-Mac Como Hotel – DJ Gazz Deville’s – DJ Little Franco Berry Double Lucky – Full Circle – DJ

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ALIX PEREZ Shape Bar, East Perth Wednesday, September 15, 2010 It may come as somewhat of a shock to your average music enthusiast that good gigs often happen in the middle of the week. It may come as an even greater shock to your average drum ‘n’ bass enthusiast that musicians of extremely high calibre play Perth in the middle of the week.

Then again, if you are aware of Knowledge Music’s Midweek Madness series, it might not. Still, it’s a bit of a worry that extremely high calibre artists such as Logistics, Instra:Mental and (latest instalment) Alix Perez are playing gigs in the middle of the week when surely a weekend gig would be more appropriate. Is Perth losing its status one of the best drum ‘n’ bass scenes in the southern hemisphere? Since when have these artists been 36

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playing midweek here and weekends on the east coast and not the other way around?

We could get into the specifics of the differences in the scene between the scene in Perth and that on the east coast but that’s a long and boring conversation. And attendance certainly wasn’t an issue, though you wouldn’t have known it early; dancefloor presence was very minimal before 10pm. Locals Vitriol, Deflo and Muller warmed-up, each putting in solid sets that were true to the mood of the night. A mix-up in line-up times saw sets pushed back by an hour and by 10:30pm, while Muller was in full swing, you could see confused people asking their neighbours,“Is this that Perez guy?”This is probably something Muller should take as a compliment; his set sounded amazing. It seems the Disco Dodo isn’t extinct after all.

Just before 11 o’clock, Alix Perez and his impressive hair came onto the stage to cheers from the dancefloor. Watching Muller mix for the last few tunes, Alix seemed more intent on his support act than the adulation of the crowd. Once he began, however, it was business as usual as Alix unleashed his brand of drum ‘n’ bass on the expectant Shape dancefloor.

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SATURDAY 25/9 RISE SPRING FLING BEACH PARTY The flowers are blooming, baby deer are frolicking and Rise is celebrating the coming of the warmer months by throwing an all out spring fling beach party!

Simon Barwood, Rousa, Steven Tranzor, Pace, Daze and Ravix will be playing all your favourite trance, hard dance, hardstyle and hardcore tunes to get you in the mood. It’s about time you pulled out your board shorts and bikinis, slap on the zinc and fake tan, and head to Rise. Free entry before 11pm for those in beach gear, early birds will be rewarded with free beach gear for the first 50 dressed in theme. Doors open 9.30pm. Rise members free before 11pm, $5 thereafter. Nonmembers $5 before 11pm, $10 thereafter.

Ambar – Japan 4 – Kid Kenobi / Ben Mac/ Tom Drummond/ Bulk China / Tee El Amplifier – Amy Merideth /Carl Fox /The Novacaines / Eddie Electric Bar Open (upstairs) – Fifthly Gorgeous - Bombs Away /Travis LeBrun /Artista /Jay Vicente / Nathan Francis /dMo /Pascal Basement On Broadway – DJ Ricky Bird- The Brow Horn Orchestra Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol (Upstairs) – Cream Of The 80s – DJ Ryan / Death Disco DJ’s Captain Stirling - DJ Dano Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Dood Clink- DJ Cheese Club Bay View – VIP Saturdays – DJ Ryan Connections – Michy T / JJ / Brian Crush – New Gen DnB - Concept B2B Traction B2B Prima / Johnny Quest / Skinny / Rowdy Deville’s - DJ Barbara Blaze / Agent 85 Double Lucky – Charlie Bucket Eurobar – Roger Smart/ DJ Raci Eve – Eve DJS Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Lucid Dreaming - D_A_M / Aarin F / Suric / Vinae

Flying Scotsman (Main Room) – Transmission – Andrei Mazz Flying Scotsman (Velvet Lounge) - Open Decks Sessions presentsPh03n1x/ Greene George/ DJ Bowser /Harry B / DJ Secific Doors / Geisha – Joie –James A / Cam Duff Hush - DJ Karl Blue / Headayke / Junior / Kyte Kutter / Adroc / Angry Buda /Raji D / Karl Blue High Wycombe – DJ Matt Hipe Club - DJ E-Funk Indi Bar – Direct Influence Kulcha - Trio Alegra & Friends Leederville - DJ Loco Ren Library – DJ Jimmy Phatz / DJ Vicktor /DJ Gareth Richardson Liquid Nightclub - DJ Klar55 / DJ Stevie M Mint – Pop Life - Darren Briais Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Danny Mustang – DJ Rockabilly / DJ James MacArthur Newport - Xave Brown Ramblers Niche – Frankie Button / Cee / Jonny Zimber Norma Jeans – DJ Darren Onyx - DJ Kayper Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequeria Paramount –DJ Meezy / DJ Jordan Queens Tav - Gareth Richardson Republic – Scrilllex (see above) Rise- Spring Fling Beach Party Simon Barwood/ Rousa/ Steven Tranzor /Pace / Daze / Ravix Rocket Room - DJ Brett Rowe Rosemount - Make Them Suffer CD Launch /Northlane / Gallows For Grace Vanity / Skyshark Rubix – Kenny L/ Delaney Sapphire Bar – Kiss & Tell – Maxwell/Paul Scott/Damian John/T-Box South St Ale House – DJ Jay Soverign – DJ Jinx Stamford Arms - DJ Anaru/ DJ Janic Tiger Lil’s –Adam Kelly/ Charlie Bucket The Brighton (Upstairs) – Micah/ Kill Dyl/ eSQue The Deen - DJ Birdie/ DJ JJ/ DJ Tony Allen The Generous Squire –Late Night Sessions - WiG Music The Saint – DJ Anaru The Shed – DJ Andyy The Whistling Kite - DJ Craig The Vic - DJ Benny Chill Toucan Nightclub (Mandurah) – DJ Samuel Spencer Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin Windsor – DJ Ray Woodvale Tavern – DJ Real McCoy

SUNDAY 26/9 WELLINGTON SQUARE GARDENS PARKLIFE only comes around once a year, so make sure you’re strapped in your sneakers and smothered in sunscreen for a day of dancing your ass off on the green today. Today’s line up features the indefatiguable 2manyDJs, Bloc Party lead signer Keele performing solo, US indie superstars The Dandy Warhols, Missy Elliot, Darwin Deez, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Cut Copy and loads more faves. Local support on the Parklife pirate ship comes from Micah, Ben Mac, Jus Haus?, Time Travel Agent, Philly, Mono Lisa, King Tito DJs, Death Disco DJs, Signal Drivers, Grantley Hyde, Darren J and Salt’s own Jason Creek. Wellington Square Gardens. Tickets still available at time of print through Moshtix and Ticketmaster. Step into a spectacle in which the surroundings are idyllic, the music is great and summer’s on the horizon!

VILLA OFFICIAL PARKLIFE AFTERS – JACK BEATS Lord of the big breakdowns, Jack Beats, is a part of the new wave of British dance producers pushing a hybrid sound. From percussive rollers to vocal house to wobble bass dancefloor destroyers, Jack Beats have made a Titanic sized splash in the dance pool with profile remixes for Diplo, Lady Sovereign, Fake Blood, Florence and the Machine and more. Catch him tonight as you mingle with artists and party goers kick on and celebrate the day that was. Support from Kit Pop, Mickey Juice and M!SPR!INT. Tickets from Boomtick.com.au, moshtix. com.au, Planet, Mills, 78s and Moshtix outlets.

SHAPE PARKLIFE AFTERS HOLY GHOST Bad Love and Tick Tock have put together a killer afterparty for this year’s Parklife. Keep the good times rolling after the first festival of the season will be Bohemia.

The headliners will be none other than New York’s Golden Boys of Disco, Holy Ghost!, the duo responsible for the global nu disco hit Hold On,

There’s an old saying in the music business that to try to define a genre is to destroy it (talk to anyone that has had their music named ‘post-jazz’ or ‘ambient black metal’). There is a new sound in drum ‘n’ bass that sits between a range of subgenres and Alix Perez is riding the crest of that sound. Opening his set with The Observer from his new Dark Days EP on Shogun Audio, Alix set the scene for a slightly left of centre aural experience.

Forsaken and I’m Free from his already legendary debut album, 1984, made an appearance halfway through the set as did clear crowd favourites such as Spor & Noisia’s Falling Through and Break’s remix of Alix’s Down the Line. Some late retro stylings in Dillinja’s I Wanna Know took the dancefloor by surprise.

Alix is a great DJ and has impeccable taste for tune selection. For those in the know, Knowledge’s Wednesday night gigs are a great addition to the gig circuit. In the end, the day of the week is irrelevant; people will come to see good music no matter what the calendar says.

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as well as the live musicians for DFA’s James Murphy and Juan Maclean and remixers for artists such as MGMT, Cut Copy, Phoenix, and Moby. On top of this, two rooms of the finest disco, indie and electropop will be dished up by Perth’s best locals, including P.C.J., Bastian’s Happy Flight, Lightsteed, Petrosex, Rex Monsoon and Audageous. Shape, East Perth (just around the corner from Wellington Square). Doors open 9pm. Tickets $20 from shapebar. com.au or $25 on the door.

MINT PIRATE BALL Ahoy! Ye olde Mint Club is throwing the biggest swashbucklin’ Masquerade Ball this side of the seven seas! Shiver me timbers! This is going to biggest event all year, get ye self the best mask you can find, and enjoy the sounds of Darren Briais as he spins sexy house, electro, R & B anthems and party tunes.

Doors open 9pm. Free before 10pm, $5 before 12 midnight, $10 thereafter. Get there before 11pm in your pirate gear or an awesome mask for free entry!

Captain Stirling – DJ Jay Clink – DJ Tony Allen Club Bayview – DJ Pete Bird – The Big Old Bears/ The Lonely Brothers/ Sean Thomas Euro Bar – DJ Flex Eve – DJ Birdie / MC Jex Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Back To Mono – DJ Gareth Richardson / Ted Schlechte / Anton Mazz Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) Nathan J/ Chris Wright Geisha – Loft Sundays - Cyndi Jett/ Owen Heir/ Atroboy /Asciimov Manhattans- Simon Kelly & The Lonely Wives/ Dilip & The Davs / The S.K.A.M Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Kenny L Mustang - DJ Rockin Rhys Mint - Pirate Masquerade Ball Darren Briais Newport – Brutus / Love Junkies / Blackwater Station / Lucille Paddo -DJ Riki Players Bar - DJ-Udas Queens Tav- DJ Rhys Rise – Drum n Bass Next Crop – ChopOne / Hidemec / Kurtox / DK / DJ Vu / Pacemaker/ Jazza/ Xander / Ekko /Sidetrack Rubix – The Rotation – Krule/ Dazz K/ Untertone/ Lyndon The Cott - Cott Sessions The Saint - DJ Anaru

The Shed – DJ Andyy The Wembley – Deckeclectic Wellington Square – Parklife Missy Elliot/ Cut Copy/ Groove Armada/Soulwax/Holy Ghost! / Busy P/ Midnight Juggernauts/ Uffie/Classixx /Mix Master Mike Brodinski/ Jesse Rose/The Swiss + more Villa – The Offiical Parklife After Party -Jack Beats / Kit Pop / Mickey Juice / M!SPR!NT

MONDAY 27/9 Amplifier - Regurgitator /Boys Boys Boys /NAIK Eastern Hotel – Adam Morris The Deen – Plastic Max / The Token Gesture The Paddo - DJ John Paul The Shed – DJ Andyy

TUESDAY 28/9 Bar Orient - DJ Lyndon 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

WEDNESDAY 29/9 Basement On Broadway – Damien John/Angry Buda/ Maxwell/Headayke Captain Stirling – WhiteLabel Clancy’s (Applecross) – Upbeat – DJ Andy Connections - DJ’s Joby / JJ / Rueben Dusk – Blackbelt/ Aswon Double Lucky – Jack In The Box Eurobar – Wild Wednesdays - DJ iPod/Ben Pettit Eve – DJ Don Migi / Skooby Flying Scotsman- Gemma Pike / Dazz K Gold – Slick/ Adroc Hipe Club – DJ Roger Smart Mint – Open House - DJ Chris / DJ Matt Manhattans – DJ Dazzle Mustang – DJ Giles Newport Hotel – DJ Tony Allen / DJ Kaela / DJ Tom Niche - DJ Frankie Button Paddo - Ben Merito Rosemount – DJ Shannon Fox Shape - Knowledge – Alix Perez The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen- DJ Zelimer / DJ Viper & DJ Benny T– Zone 1 The Queens – Wriggle on

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Lazy Rich Friday, October 8 @ Ambar

South Rakkas Crew Friday, September 24 @ Manor

Sun Araw / Grouper Saturday, October 8 + Sunday, October 9 @ The Bakery

Spring Fling Beach Party Saturday, September 25 @ Rise Kid Kenobi Saturday, September 25 @ Ambar 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

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Deadboy Saturday, October 16 @ The Bakery

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MOS Clubbers Guide To Spring feat. D.Ramirez/Anna Lunoe/John Course/ Shazam Friday, October 29 @ Villa Court Street Party feat.

Paul Mac/Sarah Mcleod/Mobin Master/Nacho Pop Saturday, October 30 @ The Court Hotel

Pendulum Saturday, November 6 @ Challenge Stadium Spit Syndicate/The Tongue Thursday, November 11 @ Rocket Room/Friday, November 12 @ Mojos NEW

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Ice Cube Friday, October 29 @ Metro City Bingo Players Friday, October 29 @ Metro City

Phife D & Ali (A Tribe Called Quest) Friday, December 3 @ The Bakery NEW

Perth Dance Music Awards Sunday, December 12 @ The Rosemount NEW

Mayhem Saturday , October 30 @ Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre

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Stereosonic 2010 – Tiesto/ Carl Cox/Robyn/Major Lazer/ Sebastian Ingrosso/Benny Benassi/Wiley/Ricardo Villalobos/Infected Mushroom/ Jeff Mills/Afrojack + more Sunday, November 28 @ Claremont Showgrounds

Summerbeatz feat. Flo Rida/Jay Sean/ Soulja Boy/ Travis McCoy/ Stan Walker/ DJ Nino Brown Tuesday, November 23 @ Burswood Dome

Breakfest feat. Plump DJs/ Freestylers/Freq Nasty/Kid Kenobi/MC Shureshock/Rico Tubbs/Atomic Hooligan/Far Too Loud/Soul Of Man + more Sunday, December 26 @ Belvoir Amphitheatre Summadayze 2011 feat. Erol Alkan/ Chromeo/ Armin Van Buuren/ David Guetta/N.E.R.D/ Bob Sinclair/ Wolfgang Gartner/ Rivastarr/Miami Horror/Yuksek/ Aeroplane + more Saturday, January 8 @ Supreme Court Gardens Southbound 2011 feat Public Enemy/Bliss n Eso/Peaches (DJ set)/Yacht Club DJs/A-Trak + more Saturday, January 1 – Monday, January 3, 2011 @ Busselton, venue TBA

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CALM A LLAMA DOWN The Llama Bar Thursday, September 16, 2010

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This Friday, September 24, Matt Gresham returns to Fremantle after touring overseas, performing a fabulous three hour show. Then

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FINAL EXAMS

The Caballeros (Photo: Denis Radacic)

NATIONAL CAMPUS BANDS COMPETITION WA FINAL with Lionel / Village Kid / The Kirbens / Dave / Rachel And Henry Climb A Hill / The Caballeros / Auto Suggestion Rosemount Hotel Friday, September 24, 2010 They say there are only two certainties in life, death and taxes. Whoever thought of that was, quite frankly, full of it. There is at least one more. That certainty is that with the National Campus Bands Competition, you never really know what you’re going to get. By the final you would expect most of the wheat to be separated from the chaff, so to speak, and this

final was no exception – all the bands tonight should go on to feature in the local music scene to varying success, but as with almost every band competition in the world, there could only be one winner.

Lionel were first up on the night and ran into early technical difficulties, which is a shame because that can certainly put a stop to a band’s momentum. The three-piece were certainly tight, and while the guitar player has his chops down, the basis of the band – obviously heavily influenced by Muse, from where this particular judge was sitting – was just lacking something. They could genuinely be a band to watch out for if they work on song structures and improve their vocals.

Village Kid are really, really good at what they do, from a technical standpoint.

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Of the various ways to describe Angus & Julia Stone, “polarising” comes up quite a bit. But even that is an inadequate term to express the gulf between those who whole-heartedly love the brother-sister darlings and those who find their sound smacking of twee hippieness, overly precious, way too sincere, etc etc.

For this reason, reviewing a live show is an exercise in preaching to the choir: Chances are, if you have read this far, you were at their show at the Fremantle Arts Centre on Saturday evening, standing in rapt, reverent attention as the talented duo delivered a show strong enough to satisfy even the hungriest fans.

The Sydney-born siblings first entered the pop-culture consciousness with 2006’s Chocolate and Cigarettes, a soaring, acoustic endeavour that drew influence from folk, classical, and blues genres. Their low-key charm and undisputable good-looks saw the 20-something siblings quickly rise to become the king and queen of the emerging psych-folk movement on local shores, racking up critical accolades while stoking the kind of rabid fandom which saw them sell-out multiple national tours and rocketed sophomore LP Down The Way to platinum status earlier this year.

A testament to their popularity, it was no less than a minute after the duo sauntered onstage - Julia barefoot in a coral chiffon maxi dress with two miniature bows pinning her hair back from her face and Angus looking suitably wild and earthy with a flat cap perched jauntily atop his head - that they received their first proclamations of love from the audience. And the amorous assertions didn’t stop coming even after they launched into their first song, a bracing rendition of Santa Monica Dream, after which the pair ran through a set well-balanced between songs old and new.

Taking it in turns on vocals, the Stones glided through soft choruses, velvety textures and ethereal guitar with the help of three backing musicians, who breathed new life into the pair by

were incredibly l loud in the mix – painfully so, as it happens. This probably isn’t the band’s fault but it certainly didn’t help them.

Secondly, while they are incredibly good at the style of music they play, they never come across as owning their own style as obviously as the eventual winners. Bands tend to work within genres, but they also need to take possession of their sound in some way, and I didn’t feel that Village Kid ever accomplished this. Having said that, they are probably one of the bands that don’t need to win this competition – I have a feeling they’ll be fine without the win. Besides, third place isn’t that bad, right?

If you’re having a party and you want to go with a fairly safe option because you’re not sure what your crowd wants, I can thoroughly recommend The Kirbens. They were the first band of the night to really put the emphasis on fun, and from that point of view they played a ripping set, with singer

Kirsty Hulka really belting out some sassy, fantastic vocals. Their horn section is as punchy as you’d want, but the band tend to play it safe. There’s nothing wrong with that, The absence of Sam Carmody, who finished second in the first semi-final at the Swan Basement but was unfortunately in Bali for the final, accounted for the presence of Auto Suggestion in the final. To be blunt, there’s a reason why Carmody came through their heat and they didn’t. They play a band of pop / punk / rock that needs a lot of work before they want to compete with the other bands in the final. They’re not bad, there’s just a lack of any compulsion to keep watching them, and there’s no sense of urgency or energy.

The Caballeros, the eventual winners of the competition, hit the stage and it was immediately obvious they were a cut above the competition. The band contains veterans of other band competitions, and while the basis for their sound – fast, incredibly tight, ripping rock’n’roll – isn’t anything new, the style and panache they used to pull it off was outrageously good. They’ve got a solid shtick and they stick to it, and with frontman Jake England throwing himself around, they’re endlessly entertaining and really deserved their win. There are several established bands around the traps that could take some cues from The Caballeros’ performance.

Dave. The name says it all, really.

They won the audience participation award for best rent-a-crowd, and to be honest their fast punk tunes were pretty close to claiming a spot on the podium. They were only denied because they were a little too generic for their own good, but they came mighty close.

Claiming second place, Rachel And Henry Climb A Hill might have a faintly ridiculous name, but their songs are fully formed, acoustic numbers with a hint of folk and, occasionally reggae. Rachel Gorman’s effortless vocals lift their songs from good to great, and their second place is a testament to their musicianship and their unique sense of style.

So there you go, that’s over for another year. The National NCBC Final is on Friday, October 1, at the Rosemount Hotel, so make sure you get down and support The Caballeros as they attempt to take the national title.

Julia Stone (Photo: Lisa Businovski)

permeating their echoes of Californian sunshine rock and soaring jazz with verve.

Although Julia’s nuanced, heart-onsleeve vocals may well be the constituent of their sound which generally sends critics into raptures, tonight’s performance certainly proved that the contrasting self-contained tones of ennui Angus are essential to the siblings’ appeal. The yin and yang of their unique ‘his and hers’ made for a deft emotional map, which, when hung across their amicably gentle, beautiful songs, made for a powerful mix of slow-burning emotion.

Indeed, it was expressive as all hell: the Angus-sung tune Just A Boy was where their lowkey allure shined the most, although it was equally hard to go past Julia’s jazzy trumpet solo and saucy vocal work on old favourite Private Lawns, as she commanded the stage with such a vivid presence it proved hard not to be consumed by her.

While Angus & Julia Stone’s sound is, without a doubt, an art born out of relatively simple songcraft, the duo stand out for the reason that every song is packed with their utterly endearing charm.

The Stone’s might not be everyone’s cup of organic herbal tea, but for Perth fans of their folky singer-songwriter sound, tonight’s performance was easily digestible. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

Sauntering down to Scarborough for a Sunday sesh at the Indi Bar saw an interesting blend of hippies, hipsters and hip-hoppers ready to ‘get Grunwalded’ by dreadlocked surfie blues ‘n’ roots mainstay Ash Grunwald, who returned to the West to preach his earnest hang-ten gospel to a hundred-or-so damp, blissed-out loyalists.

Kicking off the night’s proceedings, local up-and-comers The Joe Kings filled every inch of the venue with the smooth, soulful vocals and crunchy licks which won them the 2010 WAMI Award for ‘Favourite Newcomer Artist’ only four short months ago.

Absolutely shining in the live venue, the talented duo coaxed a few spirited audience members to boogie down to their thoroughly enjoyable set, which finished with a wonderfully smooth, and impressively lucid, mash-up of Michael Jackson’s Black or White and Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love.

Backed by a groovin’ three-piece band, much-loved roots troubadour Ash Grunwald spun mellow tales that bobbed somewhere between folk, roots, and reggae, launching his predictably lush, laid-back fifty-minute set with a suitably blasé rendition of Walking, the first single from recently released fifth LP Hot Mama Vibes.

Grunwald’s decision to take to the stage without a standard sound check ensured that, unsurprisingly, a technical issue caused a few minutes’ delay after the first song, during which the singer tried to pinpoint the source of some grainy white noise. However once the source of the clatter was identified (the volume on his guitar was turned to a low setting), Grunwald laughed away embarrassment, making up for lost time by frantically powering through songs from his new album, along with past favourites including much-loved ditty The Dolphin Song.

Demonstrating his unique style of whoop-inducing dirty blues, featuring menacing moans, wild steel guitar, driving percussion, sampler twiddlings and distortion effects, instrumental-heavy renditions of Raw and Tear The Roof Off soon had the crowd stamping their feet to the raw, earthy rhythms.

Grunwald finished his set with an encore of energy-charged, crowd-pleasing

smash-hit Break Out, which saw the singer encourage his fellow dreadlocked patrons (and there were certainly a fair few present) to whip their dreadlocks around like a Medusa head-full of snakes.

With the warm spring air, relaxed crowd and casual on-stage vibe, concert-goers could almost imagine they were at a seaside jamming session with the unperturbed singer-songwriter, instead of a few hundred metres away in the crowded confines of the Indi Bar. But, as tonight’s performance certainly proved, that’s the magic of Ash Grunwald - his cheeky grin, easy way with an audience and euphonic guitar-driven tunes turn any, and every, environment into a haven for all things mellow.

For fans of his distinctive rootsy sound, Grunwald’s towering talent of surfer blues never fails to please and, if the thunderous applause that followed him as he left the buzzing room was anything to go by, his inevitable return to WA will be greatly anticipated. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

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HUMAN SPITFIRE

The Rocket Room gets raucous this Friday, September 24 with Spitfire Romance launching their new EP Human. Bring earplugs because things are going to get seriously loud with support from Between Oceans, Hyte and Lionel. Stick around after the launch for SideFX, on late at the Rocket Room.

The Bluejays left Perth almost two years ago, but now they’re back for one weekend to launch their new album at The Bird on Thursday, September 23 and at Mojo’s on Saturday, September 25. According to singer Jesse Fulton, it really does feel like a homecoming.

There was a time when to make it as a band from Perth, you inevitably had to move to Melbourne. It was just the way things were.Thanks to the success of bands like Jebediah and Eskimo Joe that’s no longer the case, but some bands still feel the urge to pack up shop and head across the Nullabor. For a band like The Bluejays, it was something they just needed to do.

“I think more than anything we just

need a change,” Fulton explained over the phone from Melbourne. “We’d been playing shows around Perth and everything was going well but we needed to broaden our horizons. I headed to Tasmania on, well I guess you’d call it a sabbatical for six months, and then by the time I moved to Melbourne six months later Felix had also moved over.’’

The timing of the move also gave rise to the pop orientation of their new album Colours In The Window, with the time apart serving to force the band in a new direction. ``It’s really interesting, we’ve always written things as a group, but when I was in Tasmania and Felix was back in Perth, we kept writing and when we got back together in Melbourne, we realised the stuff we’d written

TWO TRUTHS ON TOUR

The only Australian act ever signed to the perennially cool Verve Records label, Mark Sholtez performs at Perth’s hottest new live music venue, Manhattans, for two nights only this weekend.

Sholtez has just returned from the US where he recorded his new album The Distance Between Two Truths, and on Friday, September 24 he is playing Manhattans, supported by Benedict Moleta, and on Saturday, September 25 he is also at Manhattans, supported by Rose Parker.

Tickets are available from ticketmaster.com.au or by calling 136 100.

UNDER SUFFERANCE

Make Them Suffer have been mixing black metal, death metal and deathcore since 2008 and are launching their new album, Lord of Woe, this Saturday, September 25 at the Rosemount Hotel, with support coming from At War With Gods, Northlane, Gallows For Grace and Skyshark. They’ll follow that up with an All Ages launch at HQ on Sunday, September 26, with support from Northlane, I Am Eternal, In League and Statues. The album, recorded by Roland Lim, should be a cracker and is available at all the shows.

DEADLY SOUNDS

Next Wednesday, September 29, the annual Abmusic Open Day kicks off from 11am until 3pm.

With performances by Old Flames, Candice Lorrae, Bryte MC, When Embers Fly, Koodaz, No Surrender and many more at 295 Manning Road, go online to check out the event at abmusic.org.au or contact 08 9458 9077.

WE GET REAL RAW

Young local MC Complete is headlining a huge lineup of raw, real hip hop on Friday, September 24 when he launches his new album Panic Disorder. He’ll be supported by Smiley, Bitter Belief, Aftershock, Down South Crew, Sever and Defekt.

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Perth rock gods Emerald City were scheduled to play a show this Sunday, September 26 at the Newport, but it has been cancelled. Bummer eh? Good news is, they’ve rescheduled and the gig will now go ahead at Black Betty’s. They’re supported by Loose Unit, The Sure Fire Midnights and Ragdoll, so go down and get down for the paltry price of $12. Besides, it’s not like you’ve got anything to do on the Monday public holiday, right?

NICK OF TIME

The Llama Bar is on the receiving end of a heavy dose of rock and soul on Thursday, September 23 when the DomNicks and The Wishers hit the stage, with doors opening at 8pm. On Sunday, September 26, the DomNicks perform as part of the Winter Concert Series at the Subiaco Arts Centre, with the free gig kicking off at 2pm. These could be the DomNicks last shows before they step into Kingdom Studios to record their full length second CD.

HOW NOW BROW COW?

Former National Campus Bands finalists the Brow Horn Orchestra are at The Bird this Saturday, September 25 to drop some Big Mad Party Bombs. Not sure why, but apparently it’s got something to do with cows. Doors open at 8pm and support comes from DJs Rex Monsoon, NDORSE and Tones. Get down after the Grand Final for the heady price of five clams.

independently was really good. It was more poporiented, so we’ve split the album between those pop songs and the more rock and roll tunes, and I think those pop songs come out as strong singles, so it was pretty funny how things have turned out.’’

While they have been gigging regularly in Melbourne, Jesse said the band – including their new drummer – were really looking forward to showcasing their new sound to their Perth audience. ``It’s funny, our drummer is from WA as well but we didn’t meet him until we were in Melbourne. It’s a small world in the end, I guess, but we’ve had people from WA asking us when we’re coming back and this is the first real opportunity we’ve had, so I’m looking forward to it. It’s definitely a homecoming, even if it’s only temporary.’’

THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR PLAYIN’

Getting up at 10 in the morning is hard enough on a normal weekend – let alone when you’re at the Wave Rock Weekender. You’ll want to make the effort this Sunday, September 26 to see Ruby Boots give her performance as a trio with Eliza Rogers on violin and Jesse Woodward on banjo.

The following Thursday, September 30, Ruby Boots will perform as full band with Stereoflower and The Wishers at Manhattans Bar as a last live warm up before their big EP launch at The Bird in October.

CATCH A CROOK

English troubadour Dan Crook headlines the first of many alternative acoustic nights at the Velvet Lounge this Thursday, September 24. Crook undertook a successful WA tour in August, so successful that he is now basing himself here for the foreseeable future. Doors open at 7.30pm and he will be joined by two very special guests on the night.

NIGHT OF THE CREEPING DEAD

The living, breathing punk rock monster that is The Creeps are taking the gloves off, returning to kick your arse this week at Bar 459. With support from Lucille, the always excellent Scalphunter and Rob Wass, the shit goes down from 8pm.

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BOB LOG III

There are too many adjectives you can use to describe Bob Log III to list here,but here are some of them – bizarre, raunchy, lewd, outstanding, outrageous. Rarely seen without his custom helmet and patented jump suit, Bob Log III is an ageless, timeless oddity, a one man band who would be considered a circus sideshow attraction if he weren’t so goddamn good.Playing the Wave Rock Weekender on Saturday, September 25, he’s also doing two solo shows this weekend,the first at Deville’s Pad on Thursday, September 23, the second at the Amplifier Bar on Friday,September 24 and the last at Mojo’s on Monday, September 27. All shows are supported by Abbe May, so pack your Boob Scotch, and check out Bob Log III before he releases his new album, My Shit Is Perfect. I couldn’t have said it better myself.

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It’s a damn shame it takes Dan Kelly so long to write his albums, because they’re uniformly fantastic. His latest, Dan Kelly’s Dream, is full of vivid, strange stories, from blowing up power station with modified guitar pedals to living underwater with Ringo Starr, Jimi Hendrix and, uhm, Bindi Irwin. And while he’s amazing on record, it’s his live shows that need to be seen – he’s as much a raconteur as he is a musician, and the stories about the origins of his music – regardless of their truth – are uniformly brilliant. You can catch Dan, along with Custard kingpin Dave McCormack, at the Wave Rock Weekender on Saturday, September 25 or at the Rosemount Hotel on Friday, September 24 or Mojo’s on Sunday, September 26.

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DUSK RedStar EAST END Supanova ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Graham Wood Trio James Flynn and The Fly Big Band ESS BAR Blue Hornet FENIANS Tom Haron & The Clan FLY BY NIGHT Matt Gresham FUSE BAR Groove Karaoke GLENGARRY TAVERN Crocodile Rock GREENWOOD HOTEL In The Groove HALE ROAD TAVERN Glen Davies HIGH ROAD HOTEL Airbag IMPACT BAR Skinny Lane INDI BAR Vdelli JB O’REILLYS The Healys KULCHA Gypsy Masala LEFT BANK Bumpy Johnson LEOPOLD HOTEL FRIDAY 24.9 James Wilson MANHATTAN’S AMPLIFIER Mark Sholtez Bob Log III Benedict Moleta Abbe May MARKET CITY BALLY’S BAR TAVERN Sweet Surrender Kim McDonald BALMORAL The 3rd Q The Bluebottles BELMONT TAVERN Matt Burke MERRIWA TAVERN Good Karma J Babies BENNY’S MOJO’S Faces The Jezabels BENTLEY HOTEL Felicity Groom & Better Days The Black Black BROKEN HILL Smoke Adrian Wilson MOON & SIXPENCE BURRENDAH The Essentials TAVERN MOONDYNE JOES Keith McDonald CAPTAIN STIRLING The Happy Rhyme and Reason Cannibals MOUNT HENRY CARLISE HOTEL TAVERN Frisky Business Full Circle CIVIC HOTEL (The MUSTANG Den) The Oz Big Band Cim Ciaru Cheeky Monkeys Grenade Baby NEWPORT Lemonade Head Full Of Steam Lady Penelope NORFOLK Paul McCarthy BASEMENT CIVIC HOTEL Jack Byron (Backroom) Dave Watkins Panic Disorder Brooke Wilkie Smiley NOVOTEL VINES Bitter Belief RESORT Down South Crew Acoustic Nights Aftershock OLD BAILEY Defekt TAVERN Sever COTTESLOE BEACH Rockstar PADDO HOTEL Gun Shy Romeos Open Mic PADDY HANNAN’S CRAIGIE TAVERN Blue Gene 11:11 Crazy Craig DEVILLES PADDY MAGUIRE’S Marco & The 43 Cambridge Rhythm Kings NORFOLK BASEMENT The Growl Rabbit Island PADDO Ben Merito PADDY HANNANS Dr Bogus ROSEMOUNT Grand Suns Lantana Red Dirt Shock Octopus ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Northbridge) Fenton Wilde ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Fremantle) Clayton Bolger SOVEREIGN ARMS David Fyffe SWAN LOUNGE Doctor Face & The Terrible People Snoezelen Bad Houses Silent World UNIVERSAL BAR Off The Record VELVET LOUNGE Dan Crook WANEROO TAVERN Keith McDonald WOLFE LANE The Soul Purpose Sound System X-WRAY CAFÉ The Jack Doepel Jazz Quartet

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The Novocaines, Saturday at Amplifier NORFOLK BASEMENT One Thousand Years Stillfire The Smiling Assassins NEWPORT Gravity PADDO Cheeky Monkeys PADDY MAGUIRES Decoy PARAMOUNT Felix PLAYERS BAR (Mandurah) Air Bag PRINCIPAL MICRO BREWERY Billy & The Broken Lines ROCKET ROOM Cat Black Moonlight Wranglers Hootenanny Shitbird Kickstart (Late) ROSEMOUNT Make Them Suffer At War With Gods Northlane Gallows For Grace Skyshark ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Northbridge) Blue Gene Damien Cripps ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Fremantle) Flavor SAIL & ANCHOR Balcony Beats SOUTH ST ALEHOUSE Paul Daly & The Heavy Hitters SUBIACO HOTEL Off The Record SWINGING PIG Zenburger THE BOAT Mod Squad THE EASTERN MIDLAND Switchback THE GATE Ben Pettit Duo THE SAINT Threeplay THE SHED Huge THE WANNEROO Tod Woodward Good Karma UNIVERSAL Soul Corporation WOODVALE TAVERN Slim Jim & The Phatts X-WRAY CAFÉ Sean Thomas Sugarpuss Laced Affair The Atlas Mountains The Witness YMCA HQ At War With Gods Born Into Suffering Lost For Words Break Turning Tides Ruthless

Ryan Webb, Sunday at The Indi Bar

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NEWPORT Brutus Love Junkies Blackwater Station Lucille PRINCIPAL MICRO BREWERY Free Radicals PUBLICAN BAR Open Mic ROSEMOUNT Open Mic SAIL & ANCHOR The Recliners SEVENTH AVE BAR Mia & Good Company SOVEREIGN ARMS Ivan Ribic STAMFORD ARMS Bill Chidgzey SWINGING PIG Ivan Ribic Gang of 3 THE BOAT Chris Murphy THE COURT HOTEL Funk Club House Band THE GATE The Other Guys Better Days THE SAINT Threeplay THE SHED The Healys Renegade UNIVERSAL Retrofit VICTORIA PARK HOTEL Ivan Ribic WANNEROO TAVERN Damien Cripps WOODVALE TAVERN Reckless Kelly

MONDAY 27.9 AMPLIFIER Regurgitator Boys Boys Boys NAIK BAR ORIENT James Wilson CHARLES HOTEL Ten Part Invention ELLINGTON JAZZ Chamber Jam INDI BAR Tijuana Cartel Shock One IMPACT BAR Groove Karaoke MOJO’S Bob Log III Charlie Parr MUSTANG Marco & The Rhythm Kings PADDO Gang Of Three SPICE LOUNGE Courtney Murphy THE DEEN Plastic Max And The Token Gesture

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