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Let’s hope you’ve all been good boys and girls this year so that old Saint Nick will consider leaving a limited edition, double pack of tickets to Summadayze and Future Music Festival in your Christmas stocking. Mellen Events are offering punters the opportunity to double their fun by purchasing tickets for both festivals together for $225, which gives access to Future on Sunday, February 28, 2010, at Ascot Racecourse, and Summadayze on Sunday, January 3, 2010, at the Supreme Court Gardens and The Esplanade.

Double packs go on sale today,Thursday, October 29, but you’ll have to be fast because not many are available. Get your tickets from Ticketmaster, InTheMix, 78 Records, DJ Factory, Live Clothing, Mills, Rokeby Records and Planet.

Take It To The ‘Bridge

As you can tell from our front cover, it’s time once again for the Northbridge Festival, running from Sunday, November 1, until Sunday, November 8.

The festival and certainly Northbridge in general, gets a kickstart tonight, Thursday, 29 October, when the Northbridge Super Screen in the Northbridge Piazza will be officially switched on for the public. Folks in Northbridge will be given a taste of the impressive capabilities of the eightmetre LED screen with interactive games, a 3-D concert and live crosses taking place throughout the night.

Film-makers and event organisers interested in becoming involved with the Piazza and the Screen are encouraged to contact the City of Perth via the website www.perth.wa.gov.au.

The Northbridge Festival is full of joyful possibilities – musical, artistic and cultural – over the week. Check the North Festival Guide (out last week with X-Press), www.northbridgefestival2009. com.au and inside this week’s issue for details.

Kram, Northbridge Festivalbound this Sunday

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The one, the only,T-Pain will descend on Metro City this weekend for a rocking Halloween show that will have ghouls and ghosts running from miles around to see. Sporting one of his trademark embellished top-hats, T-Pain will take to the stage on Saturday, October 31, to rap for the masses, performing tracks from his extensive discography. T-Pain will be supported by DJ Slick, Ad-Roc, Xzackt and Jerrie, with doors opening at 7pm.

DON WALKER’S IN

Don Walker is a bona fide national treasure as a songwriter and performer, his work is well known from Cold Chisel to Cathfish to Tex, Don & Charlie and he has written songs for the likes of Slim Dusty, Jeff Lang, Mick Harvey, Troy Cassar-Daley, Jimmy Little, Jimmy Barnes and many more.

Walker hits WA this week to perform shows with a special band, The Lucky Strikes, made up of Lucky Oceans on pedal steel, Dave Brewer on guitar and Todd Pickett and Pete Stone (Abbe May’s rhythm section).

Catch Walker with this enticing outfit on Friday, October 30, at the Prince of Wales, Bunbury; Saturday, October 31, at Settlers Tavern, Margaret River and on Sunday, November 1, at the Fremantle Arts Centre Courtyard Music from 2pm. Astoundingly, all shows are free entry.

THEY ARE WE

The lads from You Am I have had a bit of a break from performing of late and now they’re ready and willing for another live tour. You Am I will hit the road for a short run of intimate shows, kicking off in good ol’ WA. Head along to the Fly By Night on Thursday, October 29, and Friday, October 30, to hear tracks from You Am I’s extensive back catalogue, plus new songs they plan to record upon entering the studio later in the year. This is your last chance to catch You Am I before they barricade themselves into the studio; get your tickets from flybynight.org or by calling (08) 9430 5976.

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Gyroscope

Amplifier has plans to round off 2009 in which it celebrates its tenth year as a venue with a birthday celebration to end them all, planning an epic, twostage music extravaganza for New Year’s Eve. Playing ringmasters at this sure to be unforgettable event are local rock gods Gyroscope, who’ll be joined by tons of live local bands, Amplifier’s favourite DJs, and a slew of guest stars, all joining to celebrate a venue that has been tagged one of the best small rock venues in Australia by this very publication. Prepare to be moving well into the dawn of 2010 and beyond.

Tickets go on sale today, Thursday October 29, through Moshtix (www.moshtix.com.au or 1300 438 849). Keep your eyes on X-Press for more line up announcements.

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PICKING UP GOOD VIBRATIONS

If you’re a music fan looking to pick up some Good Vibrations then you’re in luck, because Good Vibes will be back in 2010, with a lineup that’s bigger and better than ever before. Making their way to Claremont Showgrounds for a romantic Valentine’s Day on Sunday, February 14, are indie darlings The Killers, party-starters Basement Jaxx, divine DJ Armand Van Helden, the loud and lovely Gossip, plus Busta Rhymes, Friendly Fires, Salt-N-Pepa, Z-Trip, Kid Cudi, Naughty By Nature, Plump DJs, Gym Class Heroes, Chase & Status, Dave Seaman, DJ Craze, Chuckie, Art vs Science, Bass Kleph, Sam Obernik and KillaQueenz. Four of the Good Vibes shows around Australia sold-out in 2009, so be sure to be ready tomorrow, Friday, October 30, at 9am, when tickets go on sale from Moshtix.

For an interview with Kid Cudi, check page 16 of this week’s issue.

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(Re: Big Day Pout, Reactions # 1184) I figured it’d be worth chipping in with support for that lad/ette who got stuck into eBay - I’ve already reported those wankers to the governing body and I urge everyone else who’s angry enough to do the same.

As much as we all hope they’ll get theirs however, the issue of scalping is, sadly, fixed... how the organisers thought it was sensible to cap the ticket limit at anything other than 2 is mystifying - everyone is capable of organising their own tickets, surely...?

The fact it’s ‘sold out’ means I’m removed from the momentous mental argument of debating the worth of ticket price to see the same traditionally average and sub-par line-up. Having said that and with personal taste aside, I’m sad for the people who have missed out because they genuinely want to be around the music that’s there.

The organisers simply don’t appear Michael Hall to care anymore. The Big Day Out has been Via Email the most poorly executed festival (in Perth anyway) since the day I first saw corporate logos on purpose free tents - which I recall to be about the year after Summersault took them to task. The brains trust were clearly faced with a decision in the mid ’90s as far as the punter can see: keep doing it for the reasons it was set it up for or, conversely, turn it into a 3rd rate Trade Mark and then buy a boat. It’s a genuine shame because

We, Bravo Inferno, would just like to thank all who came down to the launch of our album Chasing Knives at the Rosemount on Saturday night. Strong and enthusiastic crowds like Saturday’s make the joy of crafting music that much more special. So Bravo! to you all.

Special thanks goes to Luke Rinaldi and everyone at the Rosey, Matt Gio, X-Press, RTR FM, College Fall, My Mad Flow, Long Gone Midnight, and also to Firestarter Distribution for being kind enough to distribute our record.

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It’s reflected in the line-up, the scalpers, the systems at the venue on the day and the personnel but most of all the crowd of people who don’t really know why they are there.

This is all warning enough to me about the extent of their doe eyed vision or consideration for what they initially aimed to achieve. Whatever that may have been at the time is arbitrary now, something came along and turned their minds against themselves pretty quickly. It isn’t all negative though, they should be thanked for the one thing they have got right in that they helped open the world to Australia as a nation who loves their music. Which actually raises a fair question: I wonder how sore the organisers’ arses really are? Well, not as sore as the Sheep’s anyway - but have you seen who’s playing the Anusol Pavilion? Awesome!

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To refresh your memory on one of the most violent movies of the 90’s, Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers tells the tale of crime-addicts Mickey Knox and his wife, Mallory Wilson. Outcasts, lovers, and serial killers, the pair travelled across Route 666 conducting ludicrous mass-slaughters – not for money or revenge, but for kicks. Glorified by the media, they then become legendary folk heroes with their story told by the one survivor they left to witness the gruesome scene of their murders.

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Prime Mover comes to Luna this November, telling the story of a diesel charged romance about ambition, pressure, responsibility and the love shared by a man, a woman and his truck. Starring rising talents Michael Dorman and Emily Barclay, Prime Mover is a bitter sweet love story with action, some singing and a little bit of dance. A funny and moving slice of everyday life mixed with a smattering of magic realism, Prime Mover offers a whole new perspective on the Australian trucking way of life. We have 10 double passes up for grabs for the Talking Pictures event on Wednesday, November 4, at Luna Cinemas.

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Stillfire launch their debut single, Falling Down, this Saturday, October 31, at the Charles Hotel with a special appearance by Jeff Martin.

Your single release comes after two years of playing shows around WA. You were all drawn together by a mutual love of classic rock’n’roll, but what has two years of being together as a band taught you?

My best mate Marc the guitarist in the band and I have been playing together in different lineups and jamming for the last five years ever since we were about 16. We’ve done about 250 shows together in that time under all sorts of names. Stillfire was a name thought up one night talking about the still burning fire of rock’n’roll that burns in the heart of anyone who loves rock’n’roll. Over that time Stillfire has involved a few different players.

Stillfire is now a band of brothers With Ben Burdette on bass and Scott ‘Richie’ Richardson on drums, we’ve been together since April. The last seven months have been busy - a lot of rehearsing to get us where we need to be at live and since then a hell of a lot of gigging.

It’s hard to say what it’s taught us. As we get older as men and more experienced as musicians, artistic and personal development seems more to be the natural way of things, than lessons learnt.

Adam Hall & The Velvet Playboys

VELVET BLUES

Fresh from a tour of country Western Australia, six-piece Adam Hall & The Velvet Playboys are Perth’s answer to the Rat Pack, renowned for blending jazz, rhythm and blues with a dash of gold ol’ fashioned ‘boogie woogie’ in their memorable live shows. Now they’re set to play at The Ellington once more, after a sold out show there in August. A tribute to great jazz artists, their upcoming show will include tributes to Harry Connick Jr, Count Basie, Cab Calloway and Roy Eldridge, not to mention the work of swing time artists Nat ‘King’ Cole, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Joe Williams.

Head down to the Ellington on Thursday, November 5, from 8pm, to get swingin’ with Adam and the crew. If you can’t wait ‘til then, you can also catch the Velvet Playboys join the Darling Buds of May at the inaugural Frocktober Charity Ball at Perth Town Hall this Saturday, October 31.

FUNNY FRIDAYS

They say laughter is the best medicine; and for whatever ails you, Wild West Comedy is sure to have the cure. Hitch up your britches and get yourself down to the Melbourne Hotel this Friday, October 30, for Wild West Comedy’s ‘Last Friday Of The Month’ showcase, with a line up of some of Perth’s finest local comedians, including Werzel (of Werzel’s Comedy Lounge fame), Ash Unicombe, Luke Bolland, Jeff Hewitt, Michale Bourke and Tim Fawcett. Punters will also be treated to a short film from this year’s Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival.

Tickets are $16 or $13 (concession).

Booking can be made through BOCS 9484 1133 or at the Melbourne Hotel, 9 320 3333.

The action kicks off at 7.30pm.

What does the single, Falling Down, depict of the band and what other flavours will be on your debut album?

Falling Down is a good representation of what we are about at this point in time, big drums sounds big guitar sounds. It’s not written about the good old days, it’s got a bit going on emotionally, but it’s rockin’. We are influenced by other bands but the record sounds like Stillfire, it’s a rock ‘n’ roll record.

Describe the influence of a certain Mr Jeff Martin...

Massive; a different band walked out of Poons Head Studio. Jeff’s production work is incredible. He’s really creative and with his background in producing big Zeppelin style records with The Tea Party he gave us a sound that I don’t think we would have otherwise captured. Jeff’s been very hands on with us and you can’t underestimate how much it raises the level of a band being in the studio with that much experience and professionalism.

Has the album been completed and what are your release plans?

The album’s close to being done, we’ve got some overdubs and a couple of vocals to lay down, but yeah it’s getting close. We’re just trying to get the cash together to finish it how we want to finish it. We’re gonna tour the ink out of the record and that’s the release plans, keep building up our reputation as a live band. I’m not savvy when it comes to marketing or that kind of stuff, I’m a musician not a businessman, but we’ve got great people around us that are doing good things for us. When we do get a shot at the title we’ll be ready. _ BOB GORDON

Combining the talents of local performers and songwriters with the great musicians of our time, the Inspiring Songwriter Series is a great way to hear the music of legends reinterpreted by musicians of the future. For the next chapter of the series, local Perth performers take on the Neil Young catalogue, performing Young’s songs, as well as their own compositions, in thirty minute sets. Head down to Mojo’s in Fremantle on Thursday, November 5, from 8pm, to catch Rose Parker, David Hyams, Xave Brown, Mark Dixon, Dave Robertson, Marie O’Dwyer and Karl Griffiths perform classic Young tracks like Old Man, Cinnamon Girl, Heart Of Gold, and more. Tickets $10 on the door from 8pm.

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Russ Dewbury

RUSS IN THE ROOM

The legendary Brighton Jazz Rooms club night makes it third return to Perth for 2009, with none other than the founder of the original Jazz Rooms himself, Russ Dewbury, heading down to The Manor to play his characteristic mix of jazz, soul, funk, Afro and Latin. Joining Russ will be Afro/Creole songstress Grace Barbe, fresh off of the back of her recent album release, and local DJ Charlie Bucket will join Russ on the decks, alongside live percussion and visuals. Dewbury is the first international DJ to achieve a Distinguished Talent Visa for permanent residency in Australia, so make the most of this privilege and get yourself over to The Manor on Friday, October 30. Tickets $18 plus booking fee from Heatseeker, Planet, Mills and Star Surf, or $22 on the door if not sold out. Doors open 9.30pm.

Boys! Boys! Boys!

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Amnesty is calling on music fans to help stop violence against women, by heading along to ARTillery Music at Mojo’s, a special gig to raise awareness of the issue. Amnesty has rounded up Perth’s best female musos, who will take to the stage at Mojo’s on Saturday, November 21, to support the cause. Catch Boys! Boys! Boys!, Boom! Bap! Pow!,Tree,Oh! You Pretty Things and The Belle Ends delivering much more girl-power than the Spice Girls ever did,for this special event in support of a worthy cause.Tickets are on sale now from Star Surf, Mills, Planet and Heatseeker.

Entry is $10.

JOHN RISES TO A TOUR

Whilst he’s spent the past few months holed up in his Fremantle studio with his new band mates putting down tracks for forthcoming fifth studio album April Uprising, John Butler is set to BETTER THE DEVIL take on a tour of Australia in January next year, YOU KNOW bringing along his brand new live John Butler A feisty Tasmanian Devil have just arrived at Trio line up along for the ride. The new line up Perth Zoo and to celebrate, zoo-keepers are features prominent Melbourne musician Nicky inviting residents of Perth to come along to Bomba (drums and percussion) of ‘Bomba’ comedy event Going Ape At The Zoo, and vote fame, on drums, and bass player Byron Luiters, for names for the new devils while they’re from Sydney outfit Ray Mann Three. With sold there. Taking place on Friday, November 6, and out performances over the past two years, not Saturday, November 7, Going Ape At The Zoo only on home turf but also worldwide on the DRIVE BY Attention theatre fans, Luna Palace has just will see stand-up sets from Frank Woodley, Tom back of their highly acclaimed Grand National announced they’re moving the Prime Mover Gleeson, Pete Rowesthorn and Scared Weird album, Aussie fans are advised to get in quick Talking Pictures event to Luna Leederville on Little Guys; followed by an audience vote to on tickets for the upcoming tour. The John Butler Wednesday, November 4, at 6.30pm. The event name the new Devil after one of the comedians. Trio play at the Leeuwin Estate in Margaret River will see Prime Mover’s acclaimed writer/director The Devil will take on the name of the comedian on Saturday, January 16, with support from Blue David Caesar talking about his latest creation, who wins the vote, and will assume one of these King Brown and Brett Dennen. Tickets go on sale in an interview with our buddy, Ben O’Shea. To new titles: Woodley, Gleeson, Pete or Scaredey. Monday, November 2, from heatseeker.com.au, secure your spot at the event, head online to Tickets for Going Ape are on sale now through www.leeuwinestate.com.au, Star Surf, Planet Ticketmaster.

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SOME TRIFFIDS LEND KILBEY A HAND

LITTLE LOFT, BIG LAUGHS

I f y o u ’r e n o t f e e l i n g t h e Halloween vibe this Saturday, October 31, then escape the trick-or-treaters and bad costumes by heading upstairs to the Little Creatures Loft, for a generous helping of homegrown comedy. Kicking off at 9pm, the evening will see standup sets from Michael Workman, Xavier Susai, Zack Adams and Tim Beckett, ensuring that the audience will have their funny bones flexed. Entry is $10.

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Kim Salmon is a legend in the world of punk rock, and has put his hometown Perth on the map thanks to his prodigious talent; having been in Perth’s first punk band the Cheap Nasties, as well as playing stints in The Scientists, Beasts Of Bourbon and The Surrealists.

He returns to WA to play songs from four decades’ worth of back catalogues. Joining Kim on stage will be the Abbe May rhythm section - Todd Pickett and Pete Stone (busy!), with The Painkillers and Stereoflower rounding up a simply unmissable night at the Norfolk Hotel, on Saturday November 28. Tickets from the venue or by calling 9335 5405 during office hours, or $25 on the door (if available).

Steve Kilbey

One of the most prolific singer songwriters of the last twenty years, Australia’s Steve Kilbey, who will soon play in Perth with his band The Church, is in Perth next weekend for a series of intimate dinner concerts with Rick Maymi, the current guitarist from The Brian Jonestown Massacre, on the back of an album they’ve recently penned together. While it was already going to be a night to remember, it’s become even more so the case, with news that Alsy McDonald, Martin Casey and Jill Bert from the Triffids will be special guests at Steve and Rick’s show, going down at the Fly By Night Club on Saturday, November 7. Alsy, Martin and Jill will play classics from their back catalogue in a three piece acoustic format. Further support from James Teague. Presales $23 plus booking fee from www.flybynight.org or by phoning 9430 5976. Tickets $30 on the door if not sold out prior. Doors open 8pm.

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COSTAS MANDYLOR

I Saw Him Standing There

Australian-actor Costas Mandylor is making a ‘killing’ in Hollywood – literally-speaking, as the villainous detective Hoffman in the highly-anticipated Saw VI.

Costas Mandylor stars in Saw VI

By CLINT MORRIS You haven’t been back home to Melbourne in a while?

The most recent trip was to shoot the film Torn, but before that, I hadn’t been home in 11 years. It was so great to come back last year and make the movie [Torn] – but so strange to be back after such a long time away; I had cousins who were 10 when I left, now they’re 21 and 6”4. It’s so great to come back and rediscover things; reacquaint yourself with people and places. I’m only here briefly to promote the film, so there’s not a lot of time to catch up with people, but I’ll be back soon and hopefully I’ll spend a few weeks here then. But the town is beautiful - funny, I was doing an interview [earlier] and looked out the window of my hotel room and saw my mother’s primary school.

How is it working with Tobin Bell on the Saw series?

He’s great. And he cares so much about this series – I mean, it’s made him a household name. I was getting calls late at night from him, ‘Hey, it’s Jigsaw – come to my room so we can talk’. He cares so much about the series that he wants to make sure you’re going to give it your most too. The fact that I take over in these new movies adds a little different dimension to them – different dynamics. Keeps it fresh.

Have you met the Aussie guys – James Wan and Leigh Whannell – behind the Saw series?

I met them before they started shooting the first film. I met them out the front of a building. They were telling me how they’d recently met my Dad, who is a Taxi driver.

Apparently Dad started telling them how I was a big star over in Hollywood, and pulled out a picture of me to show them. That’s nice – the old man is still promoting my career. And a year later, James and Leigh exploded with Saw.

That’s the rumour, yeah. Signed any limbs for anyone at these conventions?

No, but I’ve signed things like Pig Noses [Laughs].

Why do you think the Saw films are so popular?

I think they’re hard-hitting, with the traps and all that, but ultimately, I think it’s because they’re clever. I’ve been to a lot of signings and conventions and the fans really appreciate that so much goes into the plot.

They demand the level gets kept high, too.

They say Saw VI is the best since the first one. It has a very plausible story; fills in a lot of gaps.

Would you ever do TV again?

If I did it would have to be something I’d want to give up four or five years to be in, because it can become a little mundane.

It’d have to be for a show like a Sopranos or Mad Men. Anthony LaPaglia got a good one [Without A Trace], and he’s been doing it for seven years – now he can do whatever he wants.

There’s a lot of rubbish out there – like The Final Destination. 80-odd minutes of your life you won’t get back. But there are some gems too, like My Bloody Valentine.

Yeah, I heard that was good. I will definitely have to check it out.

Straight-up. Do you think the horror genre is healthy right now?

I’m lucky because I’m involved in the king of the horror movies, but I know they’re not all as good as Saw. I have been intrigued by a few horror trailers lately though – the names of which escape me – so I’ll go check them out.

If a series can sustain itself by sequel five, in the case of Saw, it’s doing alright. But some franchises can’t even get to sequel one Picket Fences was a great show though. without burning out these days.

Were you a fan of the genre before signing Yeah, that was a really good Yeah, true. Well, from what they’re onto Saw? experience. Looking back, I might have done telling me, the fans are going to be really I loved scary movies as a kid – The some things differently – but ya know, that was happy with this one. And I just can’t wait to Exorcist is one that certainly got to me. my approach [at the time]. So be it. I originally see it with an audience – because I haven’t didn’t want to do the show. I remembered seen it either. I’ve seen bits and pieces of it, And it still holds up really well, too. going to the set of Cagney & Lacey, and it was I’m sure it does. But I think Saw now just ugly, I didn’t want to work on something but I’d rather see it all in one piece. And I’d rather see it with an audience – they go crazy is the king of horror! like that. And they kept offering me more and for this stuff. I remember seeing the sequence more money. I finally asked, ‘Who else is in this with the first trap with an audience and when And Lionsgate must be thankful for that! thing?’. And they like were ‘Tom Skerrit, Kathy that finished, they went crazy! So I’d rather be Yeah, they’ve had a few films that Baker…’. I was like,‘oh hold on… maybe I should there, watching it with them, than a group of consider this’. I was just too afraid to commit. missed lately. people who know exactly what’s next and how everything works.

But then they release another Saw, and Did you ever envision the show being a success? they’re…

No. I knew David Kelley had won an And they’re doing Saw VII now – are you Are they pretty tight with the script? … back up again!

Emmy for L.A Law, but that’s all I knew about back for it?

Yeah, oh yeah, we get no more than I don’t actually know. They’ve shot fifteen pages at a time.

You’ve worked with some great filmmakers him. So it was just as a surprise to me when it three endings to Saw VI – and I don’t know turned into a hit.

– Oliver Stone… which one they’re going to use yet. My agents Really?

Yep, I worked with Oliver on The Yeah, but I don’t mind not having Doors and Sean Penn, on The Pledge. He was Do you keep in touch with any of your are a bit shaky at the moment [Laughs]. the whole script because I like to watch great. I have a lot of respect for Sean. Robert former co-stars?

No, they’ve all gone their separate But the next one is in 3-D? these movies with an audience. I like to be Zemeckis is great – I worked with him on Yeah, it’s going to be fantastic. ways – different cities. But I do see David surprised myself.

Beowulf. He’s really open to ideas…

It’s funny, looking over towards Kelly here and there. And it’s like yesterday. I Which is not only a way of keeping the bumped into him at the Four Seasons about Is it fun playing a villain?

South Melbourne [here, out the window], and Yeah, and I also think it’s good for thinking about my early days in Hollywood – a month ago with Michelle [Pfeiffer], his lovely series fresh, but it gives punters a reason to an actor. Look at Tom Berenger – he was the doing The Doors, Mobsters etc –and it hits you girl. You’ve got your Hollywood shit, and then have to watch it at the cinema, as opposed to DVD. villain of Platoon, and went onto bigger and how fast time really does go by. I’m just glad you’ve got the real deal – he’s the real deal.

For sure, for the experience. better things, and Anthony Hopkins won I’m still in the game.

It must be hard to put up with some of that an Oscar for his role as Hannibal Lecter in But nobody’s ever really dead in this Hollywood shit sometimes Silence of the Lambs. But yeah, it is definitely The offers still come as thick and fast as Oh yeah. Only because it’s so series. fun. they did back then?

They’re not, no. different here – here, we’re not allowed to be Well, some little things come thick full of shit.

Had you played a villain before?

They’ve got some great writers on this I’ve played a gangster before in a and fast but the big things you have to fight for. I got close to being in 300. Some other Did you do Comic Con? thing who can dream up anything. And couple of shows… things are cooking now though. Saw doesn’t Yeah, I went this year. I’ve gone a Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton wrote hurt – it keeps you in the public eye. I just want couple of times but this year was huge – this latest one, didn’t they?

Mobsters!

Yeah, they’re terrific. there was like 100,000 people from out of San Yeah [Laughs] but they were all to capitalise on it with some quality stuff.

Diego that went to the thing. I actually went ‘gentlemen’, weren’t they? I actually did a small movie recently, a boy’s action movie How was it working with Kevin Greutert on for a walk down to the show floors… my god! I remember seeing them on Project Greenlight – was really pleased their script I couldn’t even walk through there! called Saints and Sinners, in which I play a Saw VI? Great! He was the editor on III, IV Feast was chosen to be made. Good writers. serial killer –great speeches and all that.

That was fun. So I guess if I think I can pull it and V so he definitely knows what he’s doing; I didn’t go this year – but it is getting a bit A few of my friends were involved in that film, and have nothing but praise for the off, I’ll do it. But I wanna do some romantic he’s very familiar with the series. He was very out-of-hand.

Yeah, and I hear they’re now guys. stuff too, ya know! And there’s no kissing in particular and specific, and knew exactly what Indeed. They did a wonderful job. considering moving it to Vegas or something.

Saw! the film needed to work.

How did you get involved in the Saw series?

I was invited to come up and do Saw III – basically just come up and have a good time with the gang. I said ‘sure, I’ll come up and do it’. I mean, it was a nothing role. Tiny. Easy. But they were giving me these Hollywood threats, telling me I could be the next [Jigsaw]. I was like ‘Yeah, sure… whatever’ but nevertheless when they wrote Saw IV they wrote me in as the surprise ending. And in Saw V my involvement got even bigger, and in Saw VI, as you’ll see, I’ve completely taken over. It’s such a gift – and a tad nerve-wracking, only because it’s so successful and I’m not used to carrying a picture.

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END OF FASHION

New Order

WA favourites End Of Fashion perform on the Piazza Stage of the Northbridge Festival this Sunday, November 1, at 7pm.

BOB GORDON reports.

End Of Fashion have been busy in the last year, touring in support of their second album, Book Of Lies, and joining Evermore on that band’s massive Australian tour.

Their appearance at the Northbridge Festival will see them play to a more general audience and perhaps reacquaint them with some people who haven’t seen them in a while.

There’s a bit to catch up on.

“I think we’re partly the same old band that we always have been,” says singer/guitarist, Justin Burford, “in that we’ve always been a pretty live oriented band. I think we’re still that way, but the record we’re making at the moment is less so to a certain degree. But we still take our live performances very seriously.

“I think the only difference that we’ve noticed in the last six months or so, is that it’s a more measured live show. It used to be pretty raucous, pretty wild. I feel now there’s definitely a sense of control. It’s got to with many things, but one of them is from us beginning to feeling like a couple of old hats (laughs). It’s a more measured, controlled performance than it used to be.

“I look at some footage of shows of us, circa 2004, even 2005, and we’re playing at punk rock speed. Not that there’s any wrong with that

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Kram plays on the Piazza Stage on Friday, November 6, at 11pm The Voltaire Twins play at the Piazza stage on Sunday, November 8 at 7pm

The Jackards play the Piazza stage on Saturday, November 7, at 6pm

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of course. I love a bit of ‘ponk’.”

End Of Fashion were already a band with a fair bit of experience even back then, but it seems that you will simply always learn more from having more experience.

“It’s from understanding dynamics, understanding performance and also I think a lot of it has to do with comfort,” Burford explains.

“You think you’re comfortable on stage until you play for another three or five years and then you kind of realise that it’s a continuing process.”

Performer change as people, obviously, and it makes sense that their demeanour and personality-projection will change as a result.

“Not at all,” Burford concurs, “especially when you make your living giving so much of yourself away whether it be on a record or live.

It’s hard to hide those personal changes.”

Burford says that the band are well into the writing process for album number three, due in mid-2010, but there’s still a ways to go.

“We’re sort of in a sate of flux with who we’re actually going to release this record with and just how we’re actually going to go about making it. We don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves right now, all focus is on the writing.

We’ve been writing for four months and have written 20-something songs.

“We had a debriefing last week to see which songs people were happy with and as far as keeping our vision of this record locked in I think at this stage we have five songs that would go on it. So we’re still a little far away from finishing the writing, but the process has really accelerated. Once you get the pace, the vision and the direction it almost begins to unfold of its own accord.”

Importantly, there seems to be a lot more happiness and confidence emanating from the band – and Burford in particular – than when they were at a similar creative stage for 2008’s Book Of Lies album.

“It’s the absolute polar opposite for me,” he says. “Looking back at Book Of Lies it’s a very distracted, unfocussed album. It’s a little messy in terms of what it’s trying to be. Having said that it was an album we really needed to make to be where we are. What we’re trying to do on this record, for ourselves as much as anyone else, is push the idea of identity and explore that and maybe go in directions we haven’t tried before.

“And it ’s been a really freeing experience so far and I hope it continues to be so. I think this is really the time where we step up and carve out something new for ourselves.”

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KID CUDI

Remaking Gaga

Ohio rapper Kid Cudi plays at Good Vibrations on Sunday, February 14 at the Claremont Showgrounds. SASHA PERERA catches up with the young star.

The smell of weed hits me, even before Kid Cudi gets to me.

We’re in a London hotel the day after his appearance at the Wireless Festival – an appearance, he says, changed his life – and Cudi swaggers in to greet me with a wide grin, instantly chatting about how much he loves Australia. Having toured downunder twice over the last year – once with Kanye West – the charismatic Ohio-rapper is genuinely tickled with Australian audiences and their adoption and appreciation of his music at a relatively early stage of his career.

To date, Cudi has released an underground mixtape, made appearances on Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak album, appeared in B.E.P.’s I Gotta Feeling video, and released only one official single – Day N Night – but in doing so, he has already become one of the hottest names in hip hop this year.

Right now, he’s ready to explode worldwide with an infectious new single, ahead of his debut album Man On The Moon: The End Of Day), which gets a release shortly, and will feature guest spots from Common, Snoop Dogg, MGMT, and of course, Kanye West.

Despite always thinking that his first single Day N Night was a hit, Kid Cudi says he

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certainly didn’t expect the kind of crossover success that he achieved around the world because lyrically the song didn’t seem to fit into the kind of chart-hit template of bootycalls and urban-prestige. The song was a bold expression of recognizing personal failings and being conscious of them.

“I kinda tricked people so to speak; the production has got that party-mode type of chill thing going on… and then you listen to the lyrics and you realise that I’m really saying something. I just tried to grab people’s attention with one thing, and then just pull them in… first it was the beats, then the melody, and then the verses, and then when people actually listen to the actual words I’m saying, it’s BAM!” That said, Cudi isn’t always so serious. His new single Make Her Say – based on Lady Gaga’s Pokerface – takes a more ‘fun’ approach to his lyrics. Teaming up with Kanye and Common, Cudi originally just cut the record as a bit of fun for a street-single to create a buzz. “We were just chilling and decided to remake the joint and it was just dope, so then we decided to use it. That’s literally how it was: ‘let’s put it on the internet’, ‘ok’, and then it just started to take off.”

Kid Cudi

Although the single didn’t fit into the theme of his album, his record-label boss/friend Kanye soon convinced him that it had to be included on the album. “It was hard to blend it. You know I have a story format for the album, and so that was my first issue when we made the track. At first I didn’t want

to take the record… I remember that day; I was like, ‘Can we give this record to somebody else?’. Man, (Kan)’Ye ain’t never looked at me so crazy – he was like, ‘Errr, no, this is your song and that’s what it is’. That was the only time he ever said, ‘Man, you need this joint’, and he was right because on my album I didn’t have a lot of real rappin’ stuff, ‘coz I was really trying to blend, and make some next-level type of stuff. You always gotta have some of those classic hip hop moments on an album, and I think Make Her Say is a good part of the story.”

With Gaga’s personal approval - “she supports it – she’s awesome too” – the track, which was originally titled I Poke Her Face, was polished-up and given a new title (Make Her Say) and is now on it’s way to become an even bigger hit than Day N Night for Cudi. So why the change of name for the track? “Well, ya know… for my Disney-channel audience…

I just really wanted to make sure everybody could say the title,” he says sheepishly.

As expectations for his new album have been building all year, audiences and critics have classified Cudi as part of the backpacker-rap/skateboard-rap/alternativehip hop brigade, in line with artists like Kanye, Pharrell and Lupé. Whilst he says he doesn’t object to the comparisons, Cudi says that he’ll leave the categorization of his music to those so inclined. “I feel like, we all like to put labels on things, but I don’t really pay any of that any mind. All that matters to me is if people like it - I don’t care what they wanna call it, or whatever name they want to give it. As long as people are liking it, and supporting it, I’m down with it. I don’t get into all that labelshit… fuck it!”

Having featured on Kanye’s 808s & Heartbreak album, many were wondering whether Kid Cudi would be getting down with Autotunes on his own new album. Thankfully the answer is, no. “I’ve never used Autotunes – everybody has their tastes. It’s singing, but just in a different way… I just feel I have a good enough voice to keep mine the way it is! I think I got an alright voice – what do you think?” he smirks, asking his crew, who are hanging around in the background. “It’s not so bad,” he says, answering his own question, after there’s no response from anyone.

With the buzz on Man On Moon: The End Of Day building in recent months ahead of it’s official release, Cudi has been doing what he can to hold off any leaks with what he calls his own ‘masterplan’.

“It happens,” he shrugs, in regards to the general situation. “I knew that my album would leak too eventually, and so in the beginning of the album process I made sure that every track I did was so fuckin’ phenomenal that people would have no choice but to still buy the original! That’s how you solve that problem,” he laughs.“The thing is, is that if you make alright-records, people don’t feel bad downloading it for free. With this shit, people are gonna be like, ‘I wanna hear it segue-way, I wanna get the album artwork, I wanna hear it how it’s meant to be heard, I wanna keep this’.

“It’s like a movie – you wanna see it on the big-screen rather than on a TV first. This album is blockbuster material – just wait ‘til you hear it!”

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HARD-ONS

Ray Of Light

Celebrating 25 years of doing it their own way, the Hard-Ons make tracks to WA this week to perform at the Rosemount on Friday, October 30; Bunbury’s Prince Of Wales on Saturday, October 31; and the Newport on Sunday, November 1.

MIKE WAFER spoke with the band’s bassist and graphic artist, Ray Ahn. It’s hard to imagine the Hard-Ons without Ray Ahn because, aside from his obvious musical contribution to the three-piece, for 25 years he has provided the look of the band with his trademark illustrations.

From his clear-cut racial depiction of the band themselves as a brown man, yellow man and white man, to his recurring theme of distorted Disney characters; Ahn’s visual representation of his band has been as integral as the music.

Ahn’s inspiration for becoming an artist was his grandfather (who was himself a visual artist in Korea) and it was in fact his sketching skills that initially landed him on destiny’s path with the Hard-Ons. “I wasn’t in the band initially. I was the artist for the band,” Ahn begins. “When the band first formed in 1980, in Year 9, there was a band going around with Blackie [guitar] and Keish [original drummer] and a guy called Brendan [Creighton] called The Dead Rats. I would draw up the logo for the kick drum, do little hand flyers, and hand draw and photocopy the covers for their demo cassettes. But at the time they also needed a bass player, because the one they had was more into Ted Nugent and stuff – which was good, because everyone was into Ted Nugent and Deep Purple and stuff – but he wasn’t obsessed with punk the way the other guys were. He was a good bass player – like, he could actually play – but the position of the band was that they’d rather get someone who couldn’t play but was into the same type of music. I had a pretty good record collection of punk and new wave stuff, so they asked me to join the band,” he says, adding that if that hadn’t have happened, he was already making his own plans to join the band.

“I’d already bought a bass to try and scam my way in,” he laughs. “I’d gone to them ‘I just bought a bass. I might form my own band, but if you know anyone looking for a bass player, let me know’. Within a week they’d asked me to join the band (laughs). So I just kept drawing for that band. We had a singer at the time, and he quit to form his own band, The Spunk Bubbles, who also got signed to Waterfront Records, and we became the Hard-Ons in the middle of ’82. I’d already been drawing everything for the band up until then”.

And continued to do so, with only a tiny percentage of Hard-Ons artwork not featuring Ahn’s drawings.

“Yummy! and Too Far Gone didn’t have my artwork,” Ahn says disappointedly, “which was record company-kinda decisions.

It was a really weird little period for the band.

With Yummy!, that was just before grunge got really big… and let me tell you straight away, I hate grunge. I hate the bands, I hate the way they dress, I hate that they don’t wash their hair, I hate the badly-played sub-Sabbath riffs… bad production, people not moving on stage, complaining about being poor when they’ve got rich parents, the heroin addiction… I hate everything about grunge. I just can’t stand it.

“I came from a punk rock background.

I’m not a ‘reefers and heroin’ kinda guy. I like amphetamines. I like coffee. That kind of stuff.

I’m from a different era – I’m from a punk rock background – so grunge appalled me. But what happened is that grunge got really big, and these awful bands like Alice In Chains and Pearl Jam took over the suburbs, so people that the Hard-Ons could become sort of like a Ratcatkind of a deal. So [following record company instructions on art work] still really rankles us, because it was one of the few times we really compromised who we were and what we were about. Three guys who have been left to their own devices are suddenly being sent home to shave their beards off because it ‘might not appeal to young kids’. That really blew us away.

We weren’t a pretty-boy band, and I think people really appreciated that.

“At the time the charts had Elton John, Mike And The Mechanics, Huey Lewis And The News, Collette doing Ring My Bell – horse shit like that. Even from a mainstream point of view you’d think the Hard-Ons would be a pretty good alternative to that. I loved playing in the band at that time because what you saw was what you got. We had friends playing in mainstream bands at the time who were like ‘I had to buy this shirt for a photo shoot… it was $300’. I was like ‘you spent $300 on a shirt for a photo shoot you’ll only wear once? That’s fucking retarded, mate’.”

Especially considering that, up until record company involvement, the Hard-Ons had never really considered that they should have a clearly-defined marketing strategy outside of merely wanting to stir a bit of trouble.

“We’d have band meetings, not about music but about how we could piss people off.

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just seemed to come naturally. Everyone was writing like 20 songs a week. Band meetings were about who we could piss off next. ‘Who haven’t we offended? Who haven’t we alienated?

Black people: tick. Orientals: tick. Homosexuals: tick. Young women: tick. Older women: tick. People with comic book collections: tick. People with excessive hair product: tick… who else can we piss off?’. It went from ‘let’s piss off our parents’ to ‘let’s piss off everyone’. So when you put out your third long-player album, and it’s called Yummy!, and you’re wearing pretty clothes and have stars over your faces in soft-focus, it’s not going to matter. You’re not going to get picked up by Triple J or hit the mainstream. We knew that. And still to this day it blows me away that the people working with us thought that we were going to be as big as Cold Chisel or something. But if you look up ‘Hard-Ons’ in the dictionary it will say ‘three migrant kids from the suburbs with no possibility or crossing over to the mainstream whatsoever’, so it was already written (laughs).”

And, in true Hard-Ons style, the first big chance the band had to forge ties with Triple J, via the band’s first Live At The Wireless, ended with another tick on the ‘who have we offended’ list thanks to what Ahn so sweetly describes as

‘Keish and Blackie’s toilet-mouth’. Needless to say, the performance itself was brilliant, in spite of it breaking just about every radio profanity law there is.

“That was the turning point for us and Triple J in terms of the future, Ahn reminisces.

“They’d invited us down and said ‘just put on

Hard-Ons a really great performance and we’ll bring in the rent-a-crowd to clap’ and stuff, and it was meant to be the start of a really good relationship between the band and Triple J. “I remember being in the car on the drive there thinking ‘this is going to be beautiful… this is all going to end in tears’.”

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ARCH ENEMY Los Angela It has been a long time coming, but melodic death metal titans Arch Enemy have placed the finishing touches on their back catalogue by re-recording tracks from their first three albums with vocalist Angela Gossow.Ahead of their double headliner billing with Suffocation at Capitol this Sunday, November 1, JESSICA WILLOUGHY chats with the charismatic frontwoman herself.

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“I am one of the most well-known names in extreme metal today because I am a woman,” says Arch Enemy vocalist Angela Gossow.

Whoa, rewind a second. Let us just take a moment here so this statement can soak in, as the brains of thousands of neo-feminists throughout the State explode. Why on earth would a woman who has fought tooth and nail to get to the point she is within the standing of modern metal today make such an assertion? Because, without an air of cockiness or sugar-coating the fact, it is damn well true. You only need to glance at the prolific history of the band behind her to see the writing on the wall. Before Ms Gossow came to the helm of Arch Enemy, three LPs had only served to gain them notoriety predominantly amongst a devoted few and, of course, their ever rabid Japanese fanbase.

A woman, in this case, was just the ingredient needed to take these men to new horizons.

Obviously Gossow is the first to recognise this. That is not to say she is entirely comfortable with this ageing revelation. “Most women define themselves by that first, but I don’t,” she says warmly.“I’m a musician first. A lot of people have come to think of me as this spokesperson for women in metal. But I’m not. I’m a musician, I’m a woman and I’m not trying to be overtly feminine.

To tell you the truth, I feel just like one of the guys.

I am beauty and the beast, all rolled into one (laughs).”

Despite this tirade, the whole ‘spokesperson’card is not something which Gossow has shied away from. Far from it, actually. The latest offer she has taken up is her most prestigious to date, playing a key role in the Heavy Metal and Gender Congress at the Cologne University Of Music And Dance at the start of October. The congress was the first scholarly conference on heavy metal in Germany with Gossow taking part in a panel discussion about women in metal with fellow female peers Doro Pesch from Warlock, Holy Moses’ Sabina Classen and Britta Gortz from Cripper.

“The best thing is there will be representation from all generations of women in metal on the panel,” Gossow’s enthusiasm is insatiable as she chats to X-Press ahead of the conference. “I’m from the ’90s, obviously. It’ll be interesting to discuss the roots of women in metal and the change of their role over time. And I definitely want to dispel a few notions. Especially to do with how several ‘chicks in metal’ tours have cropped up. They are just a total joke and booking agents have to start realising that.”

SUFFOCATION Damaged

Creditedasoneofthepioneers of the death metal scene in the late ’80s, Suffocation are heading to Perth once again for a massive double headline gig with Arch Enemy this Sunday, November 1, at Capitol.

JESSICA WILLOUGHBY has a revealing conversation with drummer Mike Smith about the current status of the band.

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Possibly an even better question to pose is how far is a band willing to go to get to that biblical ‘next level’ within their career? After creating music for two decades and developing a style that pioneered the brutality of death metal in the late ’80s and beyond – not to mention earning the utmost respect from their peers – this question may not seem entirely befitting this particular band. But Suffocation’s recently released sixth studio album, Blood Oath, has triggered something deep inside Smith. And he is clearly pissed off.

“I’m more than sore about where we’re at,” Smith spits as he makes reference to the lack of large-scale success Suffocation has in comparison to other bands from their era. “I’d tear someone’s throat out if we get into it too much. It hurts when we’re not the weakest link by far and we’ve more than proved ourselves but we are still not getting the big tours.

“We should be entitled to the biggest tours in the world, hands down, no shit. Something is definitely foul in the water with who books the tours. For example, the upcoming Lamb Of God European tour. We would have been perfect for that. Blood Oath’s just been released and we’re friends with the guys for fuck’s sake. But Job For A Cowboy are on the bill, I’m not saying they aren’t good, but how long have they been around for?

Why this happens, I don’t know. But, as you can tell, I’m definitely heated and angry about it.These cats booking the tours just don’t know what they are doing.”

What is it about their latest effort that spurred this backlash? According to Smith, it is all about getting to that ‘next stage’ to nab those bigger tours. And Blood Oath is meant to be the album to take them there. But at what cost?

“We just kinda looked at what the kids were appreciating at the moment and wrote the album to what they were digging. The result is a more tempo-ed out feel to anything we’ve done before. We want people to understand what’s going on with this one, and either they’ll love it or they’ll hate it. If people want more brutal stuff they can go listen to our earlier stuff.We’re ready to reach the next stage and if scaling back what we’re doing gets us there, we’re going to do it.”

Which sounds like the band had to compromise themselves for this album.

“I think we’ve compromised our whole career by doing this album. If we had any of the opportunities these younger bands have had we’d be way beyond the point we’re at now. So we’ve scaled it back to what the industry wants and we’ll see what happens. I guess you can call it testing the industry, but really the industry is testing us.”

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CAPITAL CITY A Scherr Thing Mere hours after returning home from playing a CMJ showcase in New York, Capital City’s Sam Scherr is a bit worse for wear but more than ready for his band’s CD launch at Amplifier on Saturday, October 31. MIKE WAFER reports.

“I’m not sure about the jetlag thing,” Scherr says with a tone of incredulity, “I think it’s all bullshit, personally.

“For the last god-knows-how-long I’ve either been walking for miles or sat in an aeroplane seat. We walked everywhere. My entire body is hurtin’, so yeah, fuck jetlag,” he says with a laugh.

“New York was great though. There was 1,000 bands or so playing this thing, and entry to all of the CMJ shows was free, which is alright with me. And once you’ve played the show, part of the deal is the CMJ people still plug the bands on their website with free downloads and stuff, so we’ll see if anything comes of it. It was worth it regardless though,” he says. “It was definitely better than playing a mid-week gig in Perth where not many people show up,” he laughs.

Scherr, a native of DC, has ties to the Big Apple through his father, but says there’s little of his family left in New York these days, so his trip to New York was a strictly rock’n’roll affair. So much so that his answer to the question of whether or not Capital City partied hard in New York was a simple but highly effective ‘oh my god…’

And why wouldn’t they. After all, this was Capital City’s first international show after a decade of playing the same Perth venues countless times. They’ve earned themselves a change of scenery.

Sounding at several points as though he is personally at a bit of a crossroads in terms of what he wants and hopes for Capital City, Scherr’s outlook seems different these days than it used. Whether that’s a result of playing in New York, or the new album, or simply that people change as they grow; Scherr seems content to just let things be whatever they may.

“We’d like to get some mileage out of this album, and hopefully some recognition – I won’t lie to you – because we think it’s pretty bloody decent. There is the definite possibility that this is the last thing we’ll do, but I hope that’s not the case.

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Chris [Pierucci, bass] and I with this band.

We did see Jake [Snell, drums] joining as a new beginning, so there was a lot more stuffing around in the first five years than in the second five years.”

Though in recent times Capital City have undergone a lineup change that saw them return to being a three-piece, with Scherr once again becoming the band’s sole guitarist. While he says this might not be a permanent thing, the band is comfortable with it, and it has pushed them all to perform better.

“Having a rhythm guitarist covered over a lot of the cracks left by the three of us, which made us realise that we needed to tighten our individual games, in that respect. I wouldn’t rule out getting another guitarist down the track, but with the stuff we had coming up it just made more sense as the three of us, who already know the songs, rather than trying to teach someone the songs and work on a new dynamic.

“I was worried that I’d have to do things differently on guitar without the second guitar there, but if we just make everything louder, and I play the same thing, it seems to work out,” he laughs.

But did having a second guitarist alter the way Scherr, the band’s main songwriter, would actually conceptualise and create songs? After all, there’s a big difference between how a song starts and how it ends up.

“Yeah, it definitely did,” he responds.

“I became less interested in riffs than I had been in the past, and more interested in chords and tunes. The riffs would come later on. It would be fairly easy to come up with another part if you’ve already written a guitar part that complements it. For our kind of music at least.”

Though there have been a few different versions of what that is exactly.

Before Snell joined, Russell Loasby was the band’s drummer, though Scherr explains

that Loasby’s more technical style of playing wasn’t ideal for the band because “he was too good a musician for Chris and I to keep up”. Then, when Snell took over the kit, Capital City’s sound became more direct and more simple, which seemed to give the band more focus and power overall. It was the same band, sure, but it was different nonetheless.

“Well Jake learning drums when he joined the band put him on the same plane of ineptitude as me and Chris,” Scherr says with a chuckle. “I would always tell Jake to play the simplest thing possible – like a straight-ahead 4/4 rock beat, and it sounds surprisingly cool these days considering no one fucking does it anymore. Like, when I hear a 4/4 rock beat it sounds fucking incredible, because everyone’s doing this hi-hat bullshit now, and a 4/4 beat sounds really different and fresh.

“There’ll always be something we can react negatively against, be it in the mainstream or well-known indie-rock, so we can always be reactionary, which is good. It goes in peaks and troughs – like, a frontlash and a backlash – where people get sick of one thing and then it goes back to a rockier sound, and then to a smoother sound… whereas we remain pretty much the same.

We’re not overly interested in being too popular or too unpopular, we’re just doing what we do.

“And it’s been lacking ever since we were The Twats… nobody else has really been doing it, in spite of the ‘garage revival’, whenever that was supposed to be, because that was a load of phoney shit. There’s all these little trends and sub-trends, and then occasionally one indie band or other gets spewed forth and becomes massive – like a ‘Kings Of Leon’ or an ‘Interpol’ – and that, generally, is the sort of shit I hate the most… some kind of supposed indie band that becomes some sort of stadium band.

“I’ve got no beefs with your ‘Justin Timberlake’s… it’s the ‘Radiohead’s that I have a problem with.”

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WOLFMOTHER Cosmic Egg Modular Universal Music Wolfmother’s rise in 2005 was unprecedented in Australian music. Even INXS’s 1987-88 domination of the US had taken five years of toil, Wolfmother seemed to ride a giant white swan in on the land and took all before them.

Infamously, of course, it took its toll on the band, with headstrong vocalist/guitarist/ songwriter, Andrew Stockdale, breaking up the original trio and taking the name. Returning as a four-piece, the Wolfmother on Cosmic Egg should certainly appeal to anyone who rocked out to Mark I of the band. The dynamics that rhythm section Chris Ross and Myles Heskett brought to Wolfmother seems to have been matched by the newcomers, and songwriter Stockdale still revels in his heavy hippie heaven, as these songs soar with guitar dexterity and the kind of Woman-like wails that tested drunken falsettos on both sides of the Atlantic. Alan Moulder’s production is more fulsome than on their self-titled debut.

But while likes of California Queen, White Feather, Cosmonaut, Phoenix and the title track present the kinds of stuff fans have been waiting for, at 16 tracks much of the album merely seems to echo itself. What would have made a better regular-length album is rendered too long by half, leaving it danger of coming off like the kind of pastiche the band found itself being accused of being several years ago.

Program your favourite tracks and catch Wolfmother live when the chance swings by. The old band’s strengths far outweighed its weaknesses and similar can be said for Mark II. The song, it seems, does remain the same. _ BOB GORDON

SPIRAL STAIRS The Real Feel Matador Records Remote Control Records

_BEN WATSON

ENGINEERS Three Track Fader Echo Shock

Thank god there is a Pavement reunion around the corner so as people can remember Spiral Stairs for the exceptional work that he has done, because things like The Real Feel just erode his legacy.

For a man responsible for such vibrant and defining works in the past it is almost inconceivable that his debut solo album could be wall-to-wall turd. Sadly, that’s exactly what it is. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS I Told You I Was Freaky Sub Pop Stomp

As the multi-coloured reindeer on the cover suggests, Engineers’ second album puts an optimistic spin on the tried and tested shoegazer genre. Even after a lengthy four-year gap attending to record company difficulties, Three Track Fader proves the band are still on top with a dense blanket of atmospheric dreampop.

With a surprisingly fast tempo, Hang Your Head takes a structured, hypnotic soundscape, a straightforward pop song and meets somewhere in the middle. There’s a catchy melody in Sometimes I Realise, although it leans suspiciously towards an Interpol bass riff and a driving Snow Patrol rhythm at times. Thankfully, it’s a lone example, as the UK quartet are at their best when channelling heroes Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine during the woozy fuzz of Song For Andy and International Dirge. Elsewhere, they sound wonderfully bewildered during the unsettling Helped By Science, complete with ominous string section.

Although not as immediate, Three Track Fader varies the mood more often than their debut, but the results are equally as beautiful. _ROBERT PENNEY

Flight Of The Conchords faced pressure most bands don’t with I Told You I Was Freaky; writing both a new album and the follow-up season to a hit show. The boys will be the first to admit the cooking time was tight and it's clear that they blew their live catalogue of work writing the first season. Though for long time fans, Freaky's all new offerings will be refreshing.

That’s not to say this album isn’t good, it’s actually pretty damn good. You Don't Have To Be A Prostitute has a terrific reggae bass step (or ‘dad guitar’, as Murray would say) and Carol Brown would proudly be at home on a non-novelty music album. The title track is reminiscent of the snappy producing that lathered their self-titled debut LP, but for some tracks, the lack of visual context leaves the novelty wearing thin.

The songs that do hit are catchy and quotable, ‘Mona, you told me you were in a coma’, and for an increasingly digital media the classy album art with lyric and chord book is a nice touch. _TOM VARIAN 20

It’s come to this. The end result of postmodernism was always going to be an insufferable joke, and, naturally, it comes to you from LA, compressed into 14 tracks of utter, utter shit. This is, without a doubt, one of the worst CDs that has even been created - courtesy of ‘executive producer’ Will I Am, who seems to have forged an entire career out of creating meaningless, soulless, capitalistic rubbish which laughs in the face of any antiquated notions of hip hop, or indeed music in general, representing anything at all.

50 minutes of cultural wasteland: shithouse minimalist synths, extraordinarily untalented MCs with zero vocal ability or tone, and lyrics that can only be described as abysmal.

Whereas the comparably absurd collegiate hip hop of the Bloodhound Gang one decade earlier was delivered with pinpoint timing and a relentless wit; in LMFAO lyrics like ‘in Europe they flash their titties all the time / but here in LA we are titty deprived’ are about the cream of the shitheap. The only thing that is relentless here is the idiocy, and the soulless inanimate headache backing music, punctuated by occasional use of that insufferable machine, the Vocoder.

This album is a waste. A waste of effort, time, paper, ink, energy, and life. It’s a waste of precious petrochemicals. Unsold pallets of this album will sit in landfills for thousands, if not millions of years, and never biodegrade. We can only pray that future civilisations will not come across them to excavate, and if they do, then for the love of Christ let’s hope they can’t work out how to listen to them.

How embarrassing. An insult to ‘party’, and an insult to ‘rock’.

THE JOHN HENRYS Sweet As Grain 9ld Records Canadian five-piece The John Henrys make the kind of ‘too close to the source’ alt-country music that turns people off the genre.

Too often, Sweet As Grain sounds like the result of a ‘make-your-own country rock album in 10 steps’ kit. It’s all there: the sheath of wheat on the front cover, more western shirts than a Fort Worth op-shop, and a constant evocation of country’s trusty clichés… sittin’ by the fire (Angel); drinkin’ (Ain’t Gonna Drink No More); someone named Mary Lou (Truth Be Told (Inez); and gratuitous mentions of El Dorado (Eldorado).

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Thought Yourself Lucky and Ugly Town are weirdly out of place, but brilliant diversions into fuzzy, driving garage rock that almost single handedly resurrect the album with their palate cleanser qualities. It’s like the band invited their city slicker cousin down to the imaginary ranch for a few numbers.

If you’re looking for familiar, safe but well-executed country which gushingly salutes Gram, Robbie R and Neil then this might be an album for you. If you’re looking for something a bit less obvious, look elsewhere.

EL MOPA The Metal Years Half a Cow MGM

For those new to El Mopa, slipping on the third album The Metal Years may present _DAVID CRADDOCK a little surprise. Personally, reading ‘metal’ anywhere, even in a science book, may inadvertently conjure images of long hair and palm muting. However, Sydney based fourpiece El Mopa is wrapped in folk, country, indie and acoustica. They pull the sound off nicely with an array of complementary loops, brass, harmonica, cello and good ol’ fashioned guitar picking.

There is a calm beauty to the songs, especially in Death Cab-induced track 721.

The recording itself has that Australian folk carelessness, a la Dirty Three in the THE SWELL SEASON ’90s, where capturing the live feel is more Strict Joy important than perfection. They even use Spunk the same discordant reverie in parts which, EMI matched with some soothing melody, is When the lead singer of one of Ireland’s brightest endearing. It suits the music well, especially bands (The Frames) was paired with classically for Sunday morning coffee and cigarettes.

The countr y vibe is ever ywhere trained pianist Marketa Irglova for the making of the film Once (and it’s resulting soundtrack) though especially on Time Slides and while that may present nothing new or different to it spawned musical outfit The Swell Season. With the film being a greater success than anyone other recordings in its class, it’s a cool listen and a well put together effort. expected, the duo’s music mirrored that feat.

The most rockin’ track on the album With solid record sales, the road called to the duo, where they wowed crowds and would have to be The Metal Years, but rockin’ gathered the material for their second album, in The Welcome Mat / Turnstyle kinda way. So Strict Joy. What may have initially seemed an if that’s your bag, pick it up and slip it on. odd partnership has grown into a deft outfit _LAURA GLITSOS that etch out gentle tunes of love and loss. The chemistry between the couple is rumoured to go further than the music, but if this is the case, the lyrics on Strict Joy hint that there are plenty of ups and downs.

The Verb has all of the anthemic qualities that made The Frames such an exciting band (despite them flying under the radar in this country), and shows that Hansard has lost none of his knack for being able to capture heartbreak in both words and spirit. Feeling The Pull has a THE MOUNTAIN more playful element, while the Spanish guitar GOATS The Life Of The on Paper Cup adds an extra dimension.

The Swell Season have become much World To Come more than just a cobbled together duo, and with 4AD Strict Joy should win some new fans and break Remote Control another round of hearts.

The Mountain Goats have had a career in two _CHRIS HAVERCROFT halves. The earlier years saw John Darnielle in his home with a trusty cassette recorder carving out numerous lo-fi gems, though since signing with seminal label 4AD it is well documented that his albums have been a decidedly more hi-fi affair.

Not only has this era seen a change in the band’s sound, but it has also been a time when Darnielle has been regularly mak ing albums that have a theme run through them. The Life O f The World To Come his sixth album for the UK label is no KISS different.

Sonic Boom All of the titles of the tunes on Kiss Records The Life Of The World To Come arrive from Universal Music verses in the bible, but it would be foolish to dismiss it as a pointless religious record.

Kiss seemed to have committed itself to heritage Darnielle is such a complex and well read status so far this century, wheeling out various character that the songs are as much a sign tours every few years as time ticked further on of him flexing his literate and intellectual from their last LP, 1998’s Psycho Circus. With Ace muscle as it may be of him having any new Frehley and Peter Criss finally removed from found faith.The one constant of all Mountain the picture and drummer Eric Singer and lead Goats releases is that Darnielle sure does guitarist Tommy Thayer now mainstays of the write some cracking songs. Genesis 3:23 is a group, Gene Simmons let his concerns about barnstorming sing-along that will become an illegal downloading slip aside as Paul Stanley instant live favourite, while Romans 10:9 and stepped up to the producer-podium.

Mathew 25:21 show that amongst the melody What has resulted is an album that he has lost none of his lyrical bite. recalls the vintage essence of what people He generally sets the bar pretty remember them for. Rather than using any high, yet The Life O f The World To Come old classics as blueprints, Kiss have settled on surpasses those lofty standards. Amen to a meat-and-potatoes approach which bears in that. mind that this is a band who at their best (a) play with their legs far apart, (b) sing anthemic _CHRIS HAVERCROFT choruses (with Simmons and Stanley’s vocals teaming), (c) aren’t afraid of a cliché and (d) have a much better life than you, but seem happy to make you feel good about yours.

As such it kind of evokes the 197677 essence of Rock’n’Roll Over and Love Gun with the better aspects of Kiss’s ’80s releases.

Simmons seems rejuvenated as the lascivious lizard on songs such as Russian Roulette, Yes I Know (Nobody’s Perfect), Hot And Cold and I’m An Animcal. Singer (All For The Glory) and Thayer (When Lightning Strikes) unleash their (original) vocal debuts and make a confident go of it. Stanley’s songs (Never Enough, Danger Us, Say Yeah and the co-write with Simmons, Stand) recall his bold, self-affirming anthems of yore, but lead single/opening track, Modern Day Delilah, is his (and the album’s) finest effort.

Sonic Boom’s not likely to win over too many new recruits, but it’s far better than the Kiss Army itself could have contemplated. Some 35 years down the track, that’s not too bad at all. _ BOB GORDON www.xpressmag.com.au

FRIDAY October 30th PRIDE COMEDY GALA

RTR FM Presents, Bootleg Comedy’s inaugural Laugh Out Proud Comedy Gala at The Astor for one night only.

A fabulous evening out, jammed packed with laughter and a stellar line up. Limited Tickets available at the door.

SATURDAY October 31st TRASHY JOHN WATERS DOUBLE PINK FLAMINGOS PLUS DIRTY SHAME John Waters, Sex addicts, 136kg transvestite, Chris Issak, Devine and Johnny Knoxville, do we need to say more Doors open 6pm

THURSDAY November 5th MAD AS MEL MARATHON: MAD MAX 1 PLUS MAD MAX 2

Cars, guns, crashes Aussie Classic- bring it on!!!!!!

Doors open 6pm

TOURING SOON TO THE ASTOR SIA - 24th November CAT POWER – 6th January BOYS ON THE “REAL MAN” ROAD – 19 November

FILMS COMING SOON TO THE ASTOR I AM BISH – WA Premiere COUPLES RETREAT &TAKING WOODSTOCK – Double Feature DR STRANGELOVE & EASY RIDER – Double Feature and back by popular demand: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST – brand new 35mm print 659 Beaufort St, Mt Lawley / Ph: 9370 1777 / Em: contact@liveattheastor.com.au www.liveattheastor.com.au 21

The Equity Benevolent Guild of WA (Inc) and Perth Theatre Trust are proud to present

The 2008-09 Professional Theatre Awards Geoff Gibbs Award for Best Newcomer Will O’Mahoney (The Dark Room ) TJ Power (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) Will O’Mahoney (The Haunting of Daniel Gartrell) Whitney Richards (Apocalypse Perth) (Best Supporting Actor

(Female) Caitlin Beresford-Ord

The Nominees

Best Actor (Female) Anna Brockway vvv(A View of Concrete)

(Portraits of Modern Evil) Best Supporting Actor (Male) Stuart Halusz (Taking Liberty) Luke Hewitt (Cyrano de Bergerac) Kingsley Judd (Death Of A Murderer) Sean Walsh (Taking Liberty)

(Dying City)

Alison Van Reeken (Dying City)

Adam Mitchell (The Dark Room) Best Production Dying City

Best Actor (Male) James Hagan Luke Hewitt (Speed The Plow)

Jo Morris

Emily McLean

(Far Away)

Arielle Gray

(The Haunting of Daniel Gartrell)

Neill Gladwin (Taking Liberty)

Angela Punch-McGregor

(The Haunting of Daniel Gartell)

Sophia Hall

(Checklist For An Armed Robber)

Rosemarie Lenzo (Rose)

(The Maids) (The Dark Room)

Best Director Chris Bendall

(Red Ryder Productions) Krakouer (Deckchair Theatre) Speed The Plow (PTC)

Sam Longley (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)

Taking Liberty

Steve Turner

(PTC)

(Speed The Plow) Best Designer (in any medium)

The Guild Award (peer nominated)

Andrew Lake - Lighting

Best New Play

(Cyrano de Bergarac)

(Nominated by STAGES WA, sponsored by Actors Management) Horse Head

By Damon Lockwood

Claude Marcos - Set & Costume (Speed The Plow) Kingsley Reeve - Sound

Krakouer

By Reg Cribb

(Taking Liberty) Bryan Woltjen - Set & Costume (Far Away)

The Haunting of Daniel Gartrell

by Reg Cribb

Monday 2nd November, 6.30pm in the Thomas Wardle Room at the Perth Concert Hall. More info: www. equityguild.org.au

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Taking Liberty

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AN OAK TREE

Be hypnotized by the Perth Theatre Company’s latest production, starring a different special guest at every performance.

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ACTING THE PART

This year, WA’s Pride Festival will delve into new realms, presenting their inaugural Comedy Gala, fittingly titled Laugh Out Proud. Taking place at the Astor Theatre on Friday, October 30, Laugh Out Proud will be an entertainment extravaganza, with performances by 11 of WA’s finest stand up comedians, retro goddesses Sugar Blue Burlesque and the one, the only, Courtney Act. Miss Act will fly in to Perth from Sydney, bringing with her many a diamante encrusted ensemble, plus her amazing voice, quick wit and fabulous dancing skills. Joining Miss Act on the stage will be MC Ben Sutton, plus Andrea Gibbs, Jimmy James Eaton, Ben Russell, Neille Wright, John Conway, Michael Workman, Laura Davis, Shakir Thakur, Joel Creasey and Kevin ‘Bloody’ Rudd.

Tickets are available now through Heatseeker. com.au(.) Doors open 8.30pm.

X-Press has two double passes to Laugh Out Proud to giveaway, email win@ xpressmag.com.au to enter the draw. Winners must be available to pick up tickets from the X-Press office on Friday, October 30.

TAKE THE PLUNGE

If you’ve ever found yourself sitting in the audience of a comedy club thinking ‘I could do that’, but can’t seem to will yourself to actually give it a go, some words of wisdom from comedian Robert Grayson might be just what you need in order to take the plunge. To help aspiring comedians hone their material and delivery style, Grayson will host a three day stand-up comedy workshop in Perth, commencing on Tuesday, November 3. To cap off the workshop, a graduation performance will take place on Thursday, November 8, at Lazy Susan’s Comedy Den. For more info or to sign up, head to youstandup.com(.)

Adam Lopez

SAX APPEAL

Courtney Act

Australian music icon, James Morrison, will join WASO for a celebration of Latino music at the Perth Concert Hall, spicing up the venue with sultry ballads and up-tempo salsa. On Friday, November 13, and Saturday, November 14, Morrison and WASO will perform classic Latino numbers from Manuel De Falla’s Spanish ballet music, Astor Piazzolla’s tango and Tito Puente’s Latin jazz. Morrison will be joined on stage by up-and-coming Australian vocalist Adam Lopez, who collaborated with Morrison on Till The End Of Time. Performances take place at 7.30pm.

Bookings can be made through BOCS or WASO.

V Raw Livestyle Design mentor Bowie Wong

ENTWINED BY DESIGN

If you’re a budding designer looking to take your label to the next level, then the V Raw Livestyle Design Search team wants to hear from you. The competition gives one up-and-coming designer the chance to showcase their collection at Melbourne’s Livestyle Festival in 2010, plus $8,000 to see their creations come to life. The winner will also be mentored by established designer Bowie Wong. The competition requires entrants to submit 5 to 10 visuals of their work and respond to a set of questions about their influences and motivation. Budding designers can enter at itallstartswithv.com.au(.) Entries close on Sunday, November 1, so get cracking!

ONE MAN’S TRASH…

Matt McVeigh’s puppet design for Walking Against Warming

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On Saturday, December 12, hoards of people will take to the streets for Walking Against Warming, an event that raises awareness of climate change while celebrating sustainability and recycling through an array of fun events and activities. For the December 12 event, non-profit organisation REmida will create a giant reptile puppet made from recycled materials, involving hundreds of students, businesses and artists.

Volunteers are invited to be involved in the creation of the large scale puppet installation with artist/designer Matt McVeigh. People of all ages are welcome to head along to REmida (1 Prospect Place, West Perth) on Thursday, November 19, from 9.30am ’til 4.30pm to get involved and let their creativity shine through.

As well helping bring the reptile puppet to life, volunteers will take part in a mass treasure hunt coordinated by Tim Kenworthy (founder of Youth Tree) and REmida.

For more, head to remidawa.com(.)

TALK THE TALK

Paul Uhlmann, Hallucinations, 2004

The Fremantle Arts Centre invites art fans to join them for a special Artists’ Talk on Saturday, October 31, with Benjamin Armstrong and Paul Uhlmann. The pair will take visitors on a behindthe-scenes look at their work, talking techniques, ideas and experiments in the process of printmaking.

This free event takes place from 2pm ’til 4pm, at 1 Finnerty Street, Fremantle.

For more information, head to fac.org.au(.)

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TIM FINN

The Quarryman Tim Finn has already sold out two Live At The Quarry shows and has just added a third on Sunday, November 22.

In the past 12 months Tim Finn has been involved in many and varied projects. He had long wanted to make an acoustic album and was able to achieve that with the delicate The Conversation. He has also launched his first stage production Poor Boy (with playwright Matt Cameron), contributed a song to the 7 Worlds Collide charity album and embarked on a career on the screen with roles in Random Acts Of Kindness and Predicament.

It’s a diverse output for the voice behind some of the most recognisable tunes in local folklore.

“The songwriting goes along underneath it all,” explains Finn of the many hats he has been wearing. “There are times when I am not writing, obviously, but it all seems to tick along. I am a dad now so there is plenty to do as the kids are still young. It never feels like I’m not doing very much, but every now and again I need to surface and do this kind of stuff and go out on tour, so there is a good balance for me at the moment.”

“It’s nice to be in a position to allow things to take their time and to not feel the pressure. And to not feel the monotony of album, tour, album, tour. That is alright for a while but at the end you want to only be able to do it when it is ready or when it is warranted.”

The idea of doing an anthology that spanned all of the bands he had been in as well as his solo records had been on the cards for a few years, but it was only recently that

“It takes me a while to be able to sit back objectively and be able to listen to something. Also playing live informs that process. Some songs surprise me in how they strike a chord with an audience and become standards for me. They may never have been hit songs or have been released as a single. A song off the new album called Great Return, I was staggered how that went down live. I liked the song but it was pretty deep down on the record and it wasn’t one of the obvious ones for me so you never know.”

As well as the better known tunes and personal favourites, there are also some newer recordings on the anthology. Finn teamed up with Missy Higgins for Stuff And Nonsense, Bic Runga for It’s Only Natural and Neil and Liam Finn for a stripped back reworking of Weather With You. With some of Finn’s solo work being from the ’80s he felt that the production and arrangements were at times a little too much. This prompted a rerecording of So Deep that gave the tune a dark and moody edge that was lacking from the original. When looking back at these older Tim Finn songs, it gave Finn the chance to ponder how Finn seriously started working on the project. piano I was using and what chair I may have much easier it is to make music these days.

“I am assembling a few things at Good friend and former EMI executive, John been sitting on and imagining the rooms. It the moment in a program called Garageband, O’Donnell, helped Finn with the song choices was interesting.”

Finn resisted the urge to put out a which I am loving,” he says.“I can’t believe how and over a few months and numerous emails North, South, East, West was born. Finn suggests ‘best-of’collection that would have included all easy it is these days to make demos at home. I that there were some pretty obvious choices of the singles and the songs that got on radio. know it has been around for a while now and He sees it as possibly being an introduction of I have been using it for a few years, but I have and others came down to personal taste. got this really great microphone in my office “To be honest I didn’t go back and songs that may have gone under the radar.

“That is very satisfying for me to and I can basically do a vocal any time I feel listen to songs much, it was more done on the song titles. It was like putting together a list of be able to mix it up a bit because there is no like it, and come up with something that is songs for a gig. You look at all these titles and qualitative difference between the songs that technically good but also has that ‘at home’ think of the songs and try to imagine the flow worked for the public and those that didn’t,” intimacy about it. I used to have to go into a of it. It wasn’t until it was mastered that I had a Finn reflects. “Certainly as the years go by you studio and spend $500 and courier a CD off to listen to it, and that was interesting and a very are only aware of if the song works and does someone, and now I can just send an mp3.” provocative kind of thing to listen to these it have a certain sparseness and unfussiness _ CHRIS HAVERCROFT songs and remember where I was and what about it.”

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THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS The Last Farewell

Directed by Terry Gilliam Starring Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Jude Cole, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Lily Cole It’s probably fair to say that Terry Gilliam has had more hits than misses in his 5 decades or so of making film and television; what with the pantheon of Python, his work with DeNiro on Brazil, Twelve Monkeys and The Fisher King, and even his adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas.

Sure, there have been glitches: let’s set aside Baron Munchausen; The Brothers Grimm was a little too commercial; Lost In La Mancha was an unmitigated disaster as a feature film, but a fantastic documentary; and despite what others thought about Tideland, once I came to terms with the idea of a little girl preparing a fix for her drugaddled dad, the film really found its momentum.

So the news that Gilliam was collaborating with Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits and Heath Ledger fresh from his performance as The Joker, was always going to be exciting – until Ledger took that accidental overdose, of course. Suddenly The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus seemed to be taking on a weirdly quixotic hue, and Gilliam could be forgiven for tearing at his hair and screaming, ‘Why me?’.

But with a significant amount of film in the can, most of the production finished, and

only a few key scenes left to shoot, Gilliam and his team found an interesting solution to their missing lead – use the eponymous Imaginarium to find an answer in the form of three similarly proportioned, sympathetic actors – Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law – who would adopt successive ‘transformations’ of Ledger’s tormented amnesiac, Tony.

The resulting film is an impressive, frustrating, flawed, and magnificent mind-fuck that still has me reeling more than a week after seeing it, and like anything that crawls out of David Lynch’s messed-up head, Gilliam’s latest film will most likely improve with age and repeat viewings.

Attempts to describe the plot are all but pointless.Suffice to say that Ledger’sTony is rescued from an attempted suicide by a troupe of eccentric performers led by Plummer’s thousand-year-old Parnassus, and becomes embroiled in a wager between the old man and an even more ancient Mr Nick (Tom Waits in an inspired performance), Carey Mulligan as Jenny in An Education where the prize is the soul of Parnassus’ beautiful daughter, Valentina (Lily Cole).

Any more than that might spoil the fun, but I should warn you that there is at least one line Memoir Lane of singing and dancing transvestite policemen on a recruitment drive. ’Nuff said!

Nick Hornby has a sharp eye for a good story, especially in the case of the inspiration for his _ TIM MILFULL latest screenplay, An Education, based on the life of British journalist, Lynn Barber.

Upon seeing a short memoir by Barber in UK literary magazine, Granta, he felt compelled. “I thought of it immediately as a movie,” Hornby says. “So I gave it to my wife and suggested she do something with it. Then, when she started thinking about writers, I felt kind of possessive about the material, so I asked to take another crack.”

The resulting screenplay brought to life a tiny, but hugely influential part of the renowned journalist’s formative years. “First of all, I would say it’s thinly fictionalised, and while lots of those things were referred to in the initial piece, one of my problems was finding an ending.

“Another problem, I think, was finding sympathy. She (Carey Mulligan as Jenny) gives her parents quite a hard time in the piece, and I didn’t necessarily want to do that – I wanted to find out where they were coming from too.

The late Heath Ledger stars in I think Lynn still has issues with her parents, The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus so I think she kind of struggles with the idea

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of finding sympathy for her father, Jack (Alfred Molina).

“But it’s all a matter of perspective, and I don’t know whether if I met him I’d feel the same way as she does – we’re very bad judges when it comes to our own parents, I think.”

And despite the truth inspiring Barber’s Granta article, Hornby also had to avoid a fairly obvious cliché – after all, even though the film is based upon Barber’s first real sexual encounter as a 16-year-old, with a man in his early 30s, “I wanted to move away from a sort of Lolita-thing,” he says. “I didn’t want the film to be about that.”

What the film is about involves a series of very finely-drawn, believable characters in ordinary, but very compelling situations, and one of the most entertaining supporting characters for Carey Mulligan’s Jenny is Rosamund Pike’s wide-eyed, but world-wise Helen.

“Yeah, she brought a lot to it, and I wouldn’t have thought of casting her because she would, as it were, be sending herself up.

But she was keen to do it because she said that nobody ever let her do anything funny in films or plays.

“I think there was a line in Lynn’s piece where she talked about how she found her deeply enigmatic until she realised that she was just really stupid. I loved the idea of that – what comes out of her mouth, when you first hear it, you can’t quite believe it. It takes you a while to get your head around the idea that she is dim. But also, she is very at home in that world and she has an intuitive grasp of what’s going on.”

Another person with a grasp of what’s going on is our operator, who chimes in with a looking deadline. In the closing seconds of our chat, I quickly ask about future projects, and Hornby offers a surprising, and oddly exciting revelation: “Well, I’m halfway through making an album with Ben Folds – that’s my current project. We’ve got a bunch of songs – I’m writing the words; he’s writing the music. That’s the immediate task in hand. It’s fun. It’s really fun.”

Actually,considering his achievements and versatility thus far, it’s not that surprising.

Writing, film, music and various other talents… perhaps Hornby is a Renaissance Man for the new millennium. _ TIM MILFULL

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THE BOX Pushing Your Buttons button on the strange wooden box and receive Written and directed by Richard Kelly Starring Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank one million dollars cash, tax free, or not to press the button.

Langella But nothing is simple in life, or Kelly’s Based on the short story, Button Button, by Richard screenplays; and so the plot thickens. If they Matheson, this tale of suspense and moral choose to press the button, then a person they dilemma is written and directed by Richard Kelly do not know will be instantly killed. Suffering (Donnie Darko). Some of Kelly’s trademark quirks financial strain and lacking funds for a much appear in his latest film, so like it or hate it, prepare needed surgery for Norma’s foot, the couple to have your grey matter stimulated by queries wrestle with the concept – whether to press the button and have instant wealth but be responsible into the unknown.

Set in the NASA community of the late for someone’s death, or not press the button and ’70s, a brainiac aerospace engineer Arthur (James be morally comfortable, with financial strain. What Marsden) and his teacher wife Norma (Cameron follows is literally, the ‘the million dollar question’.

The Box raises some interesting points Diaz) find themselves in a bit of a predicament when a plain, brown paper box is delivered to about human civilisation and behaviour, and if a their suburban front door. Arthur and Norma have ‘selfish’ population can survive, or rather...will be to make a decision to either choose to press the allowed to survive. Is the box a way to test the

Cameron Diaz stars in The Box

moral position of the world’s population? And if it is, who is testing us? The delivery of the box comes via a facially disfigured Arlington Steward (Oscar nominee Frank Langella) whose half-missing face is contrasted by his mild and courteous manner, making the prospect of ‘the box’ even more creepy.

Taking the box to unsuspecting targets who have 24 hours to make a choice, Arlington says that he is an employee of someone, but just who that is, we may never know. Is it God or the Martians? And who really controls the lightning anyway? If you can answer that while watching

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still a lot of people who wanted to be a part of it. This woman was roll without the rock.

News headlines in recent years have Riverside Theatre left many to consider Minnelli as something of Perth Convention Centre a damaged figure, but it is on a stage where Wednesday, October 21, 2009 she belongs and she had plenty to give. Her The Liza Minnelli show may have moved from 12-piece band opened proceedings and the the larger Burswood Dome to Convention moment she walked out it was to a standing Centre’s Riverside Theatre, but clearly there was ovation. It seemed all Minnelli had to do was

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this film, go and buy yourself a lotto ticket because you’re pretty lucky. There is so much going on in this script, at times it seems a bit ridiculous.

However, although your brain may hurt, it’s well worth the watch for so many reasons. The Box is produced in the style when horror/thriller/ suspense had class and Diaz, Marsden and Langella are well-suited for their roles, contributing greatly to the film’s ’70s feel. There is a certain old-time elegance carried through the story line that is sometimes missing in so many modern films.

With no blood and guts and super computerised special effects, The Box just has good old-fashioned charm, intelligent scripting and solid performances that will keep you thinking about the content and message therein for hours after the credits roll. _ NADINE RICHARDS

Liza Minnelli Photography Lisa (with an S) Businovski

turn up, but as she began to sing Teach Me Tonight, it was clear the audience was about to learn plenty. That breathy, trademark voice was all there in both song and banter, Minnelli joked about needing to sit down these days in the first act, but she couldn’t help but knock out a few dance moves that despite the creaks of old age, are still revelling in her blood.

Liza With A Z and What Makes A Man

A Man, showed off the chanteuse of old, but surprisingly dynamic Cabaret had the crowd on its feet again. Eventually New York New York played out and it was something of an honour to hear it in belt-out fashion by the icon herself.

There’s no business like showbusiness.

Old school reprezent! _ BOB GORDON

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ALDA’S GALLERY AND PROJECT SPACE Sculpture And A Soy Latte To Go Alda’s Gallery and Project Space in Wolf Lane, opens on Saturday, October 31, with an exhibition of works by Carol Wells, Laura Adel Johnson and Rizzy Buckley.

Artists interested in submitting exhibition proposals can email Lizzie Delfs at aldasgaller yandprojec tspace@gmail. com(.)

show something there, so we exchanged details and I ended up doing an installation in the window space. During that time the curator they had initially engaged fell through, so I suggested to her that curating might be something I’d like to do, something I’d love to do! So I wrote up a proposal about how I thought the space could function and she agreed. We spoke about it and I Pedestrians strolling along Murray Street could gauge what page she was on – she are often enticed down Wolf Lane by the wanted it to be really excellent, meaningful rich scent of brewing coffee, courtesy of the contemporary art, not just a way to fit out the baristas at Alda’s Café. From this weekend interior décor of the space. She wanted to get onwards, sippers of soy lattes and short blacks something serious happening.

“Essentially, because there are so can have a side of sculpture and a sprinkling of art with their daily brew, courtesy of the few artist-run spaces in Perth… I see it as brand new Alda’s Gallery And Project Space. a space that’s like an artist’s run space but within a commercial business. It’s essentially for underrepresented Australian artists and they can be either emerging or established, or collaborative projects between artists that might not fit into the commercial gallery format.”

Seven weeks later and Alda’s Gallery is now ready to open, with a group show featuring works by Carol Wells, Laura Adel Johnson and Rizzy Buckley. Over a chat at her Fremantle studio, former New Yorker Carol Wells explains that she will exhibit sculptural responses to nature for the opening, employing boxes and sheets of painted cardboard in the construction of clouds and architectural forms.

“I’d been making watercolours of a plant in Mexico for six years in a row, because we kept going to Mexico because it was a cheap place to go from New York. So I kept drawing Carol Wells’ sculptural this particular plant there over and over and creations form part of the I got it into my head that I really wanted to opening exhibition at Alda’s make some kind of sculptural expression of that plant. Then one day I thought ‘I really like Exhibition coordinator Lizzie Delfs boxes!’. I used to do graphic design… so I had sheds some light on how the new gallery and a momentary career as a graphic artist and project space came to be. “I was in Alda’s Cafe I always appreciated packaging, it’s a very earlier this year with my sister… and I was underrated expression of our culture, and it’s sitting thinking how beautiful my art would like miniature architecture.” look in the space, as you do!” she says with a Wells’ geometric clouds will hang chuckle. “So I spoke to the Café manager and from the ceiling of Alda’s Gallery, luring I saw some paintings lying around, so I asked coffee drinkers into the space, to discover what was going on and they said they were artwork from some of Australia’s promising getting something up and going but they contemporary artists. hadn’t engaged a curator.

“Then I suggested I might like to _EMMA BERGMEIER

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An Oak Tree

AN OAK TREE The Secret’s Safe

An Oak Tree runs DownStairs at The Maj from Thursday, November 12, ’til Saturday, December 5. Bookings can be made through BOCS. It is rare that such a paucity of information comes from the phone interviews that are the bread and butter of the writing here at X-Press. Yet so covert and confidential are operations DownStairs at The Maj with Luke Hewitt’s An Oak Tree that all efforts to glean some kind of understanding of what the production actually is were stymied by undisguised stonewalling of the “I just can’t tell you that” variety.

And while research is the hallmark of any good newspaper writer

(I think journalist might pushing it in this instance), assurances that any prying into the production would seriously retard my enjoyment of the piece has prevented me from firing up Youtube to bring you, beloved readers though you are, the full skinny on the production.

“We don’t want 21 performers or the audience to have any idea of what is going to go on, apart from the fact that I play a hypnotist, and that the actor opposite me has no idea,” Hewitt says, summing up the only points of the production his numerous contracts to secrecy regarding the show will allow him to divulge.

“The production is like an experiment in having an actor be in a show where they do not know any of the lines. I play a hypnotist each night of the run, and I have a different actor or personality playing opposite me in the show, and they have never rehearsed or read or seen anything to do with the show. They are completely and utterly cold. So that’s probably why the press releases have been scant. And that’s why it is so hard for me to do interviews.”

However, despite the show’s break from theatrical convention, it is not simply an experiment in form. “The point of it is that the power of suggestion is a strong thing and that we need to be aware that we’re surrounded by suggestion in our world all the time, we unconsciously take suggestion on, and the ramifications of that can be terrible. Subconsciously you can take on a suggestion and buy a certain type of bread because of an ad you might have seen. And then on the other hand we live in that world, and we are surrounded by suggestion. We’re trying to be aware, not shy away from it.

“An Oak Tree’s cast of unwitting participants involves people from a wide array of backgrounds, not all of them theatrical. One of the people playing is the CEO of the chamber of commerce in Perth.

He’s done a year 11 production but that is the extent of his knowledge in that area. It’s a challenge.”

Other participants include Tim Minchin, Dixie Marshall from Channel 9, John Ives - MLA for Perth, and Peter Holland, who is head of broadcasting at WAAPA. With such a wide array of personalities in a situation where nothing will be certain, An Oak Tree will be, if anything, an interesting night at the theatre. _JOE LUI

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VISUAL ARTS Behind The Scenes, Parmelia House, 191 St Georges Tce, Perth.

This year’s graduating cohort of Production and Design students from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts are taking their creations to the city in an exciting exhibition of set designs and costumes. Behind the Scenes, will feature original creations by WAAPA’s Costume and Design students, recalling inspirational production moments from WAAPA’s diverse 2009 performance program. Set designs and costumes from WAAPA’s highly successful seasons of 42nd Street, Parade, Rent, Coram Boy, Top Girls, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, As You Like It and Richard III will feature in this fabulous exhibition. Exhibits will catch the eye of theatre and performing arts enthusiasts, whet the appetite of industry professionals and excite the general public. School and university groups are encouraged to attend.

Exhibition opens on Monday, November 2, and runs ’til Friday, November 6.

Fabulous People with Fabulous Lives, Wesley Quarter, 93 William Street, Perth.

Step behind the lens and into the lives of some of the 20th century’s greatest stars, with Fabulous People with Fabulous Lives.

Consisting of photographs by renowned New York photographer Douglas Kirkland, the exhibition features images of icons such as Audrey Hepburn, Nicole Kidman, Michael Jackson and Angelina Jolie, just to name a few.

Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, November 29.

Mick Jagger by Douglas Kirkland

The Garden, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, 46 Henry Street, Fremantle.

There’s a garden growing inside the Moore’s Building.

This November, the creative minds behind hybrid performance company Jambird - Chrissie Parrott and Jonathan Mustard, will transform the entire Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery into a dark secret garden filled with the sound of one hundred music boxes. Stepping outside the traditional theatre space, Parrott and Mustard have decided to follow the site-specific path, and plan to convert the entire six galleries into an immersive installation and performance as part of the 2009 Fremantle Festival.

Under a patchwork sky,beautiful and enigmatic characters lead the audience through a series of beguiling stories where absurd machinery of an overzealous bureaucracy flings the performers into a complex web of intrigue.

Installation is open daily from 10am to 5pm; performances take place on November 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, and 14 at 8pm.Bookings can be made online at performinglineswa.org. au or by calling (08) 9335 5044.

Standing In Her Light, Greenhill Galleries, 6 Gugeri Street, Claremont.

Celebrated Sydney artist, Jason Benjamin, returns to Perth with Standing In Her Light, an exhibition of sensitively rendered and breathtaking landscapes, seductive floral works and thought provoking portraits. In the past, Benjamin’s paintings stemmed from this turmoil; each painting an expose and journey into the depths of such sensitivities.

Of recent, Benjamin has become more aware of the physical presence of the land in his paintings, it’s essence, and loiters less in the recesses of his imagination: It is what it is.

This change in approach has had a profound effect on his works, with the landscapes in his upcoming exhibition being more refined and complex, and a pure celebration of the raw beauty of the land.

Exhibition opens on Friday, October 30, and runs ’til Saturday, November 21.

compliment the delicate and sensuously rounded contours of Eve’s etched metal works. The elegant pieces are a testament to her quest for perfection and the accuracy of her unwavering hand as she gently guides her tools around her blank metal canvas.

Exhibition opens on Saturday, October 31, at 6.30pm and runs ’til Sunday, November 15.

PERFORMANCE

The Garden (photo: Eva Fernandez)

Field Of Sound will collaborate with other musicians to play a live soundtrack to a 30 minute super 8 film. Also featured will be photographic slide projections by Darren Clayton, instillations by Sarah May and Daniel Marano, and solo performances by Adam Trainer, Benedict Moleta and Jesse Pepper.

Exhibition is open for one night only on Wednesday, November 4, doors open 7pm sharp, entry $5.

Re-Turning Point, Elements Art Gallery, 131A Waratah Avenue, Dalkeith.

Featuring works by Eve Arnold and Viktor Eszenyi, Re-Turning Point signals a return to self for the two artists. For Eve, it heralds the return and a renewed commitment to an art practice which has spanned 15 years and has led to recent commissions to create the award piece for the 2009 Western Australian Tourism Award. For Viktor, who completed a sculpture degree at the Kodachrome 8, Spectrum Project Space, Hungarian Institute of Fine Arts in the 1970’s, 221 Beaufort Street, Northbridge. the exhibition highlights some recent ‘good Audio-visual interstellar explorers, Field fortune’ when the artist was able to source Of Sound, will take over the Spectrum part of the 100 year old Carrara marble altar Project Space for one night only to present from Saint Brigids Church to complete the Kodachrome 8, a night of slide projections series of works for the upcoming exhibition. and super 8 films, ephemeral art installations, Dedicated to the ongoing exploration of the warm sounds and experimental music. human form, Viktor’s fluid, organic sculptures

Considerable Funk!, Subiaco Arts Centre Studio, 180 Hammersley Road, Subiaco.

Considerable Funk! is the hilariously original debut performance for Climbing Vine Theatre Company, a new company which is the evolution of Kalamunda Youth Theatre Company. After seven years successfully producing over twenty five original shows in Kalamunda, the company has moved out of the hills to bring its productions to larger audiences, performing in such venues as the Perth Town Hall and the Subiaco Arts Centre.

Written and Directed by award winning writer Emma Humphreys, Considerable Funk! is a hilarious comedy musical about the trappings of fame. Considerable Funk! looks behind the scenes of a pop music T.V show and is performed by Perth’s finest up and coming actors.

Season opens on Thursday, November 12, and runs ’til Saturday, November 14. Bookings can be made through BOCS. Heart Of Gold, PICA Performance Space, Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge.

Iris Brown lives in isolation with her children, Angus and Violet, until their solitude is broken by the arrival of Constable Irving Saddle. As Irving’s control gradually infects the household, Angus becomes dangerously unhinged from reality. He retreats to ‘Westralia’ – a fantasy version of WA, fighting for its independence from the East. As Angus’ waking and dreaming lives melt into one another, Irving uncovers a horrible secret beneath the family’s house. Set in rural WA, Heart Of Gold is the result of an intensive collaboration between three interdisciplinary visual artists – Thea Costantino, Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont – and their exploration of nationhood and West Australian identity.

Season opens on Friday, October 30, and runs ’til Saturday, November 14. Bookings can be made through PICA on (08) 9228 6300 or online at pica.org.au(.)

A TASTE OF PASTE A DEADLY DOZEN Sci-Fi fans took a break from re-watching episodes of Battlestar Galactica last weekend, and headed along to Kurb Gallery in Northbridge to see the new works of Perth artist Martin Wills. Following up from his first solo exhibition in 2008, Territory Twelve: Volume 2 features city-crushing machines, jelly-headed warriors, and bemused scientists.

Territory Twelve: Volume 2 runs ’til Monday, November 2. For more on Martin Wills, head to territorytwelve.com(.)

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The kids behind DVD zine Cut & Paste took over Mojo’s on the weekend, launching their 8th issue with a little help from their friends. Diggy Bones took on host duties for the evening, with Brash & Sassy, Mile End, Tomas Ford and Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving joining him on stage.

Make sure you pick up a copy of Cut & Paste’s latest edition for coverage of the Perth Fashion Festival, interviews with Karnivool, Apricot Rail, Ratatat, DJ Revolution, Polo Club and Tomas Ford. Plus cult short film Vulture Culture and stop motion piece, Muto.

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FASHION TALKS Up The Ant!podium

With November creeping ever closer, staff at the Fremantle Arts Centre are getting ready for another season of Fashion Talks; an annual series of events that see local lass Jo Pickup interview Australian designers as the sun sets over Fremantle. Kicking off Fashion Talks for 2009 are the designers behind Ant!podium Fenella Peacock, Ashe Peacock and Geoffrey J. Finch.

Stepping out of the studio and onto a stage would be intimidating for many individuals, but Ant!podium’s Fenella Peacock says she’s taking it in her stride for the most part.

“It was great [to be asked to join Fashion Talks]; I think it’s a really great thing and I haven’t heard of it anywhere else. We were thrilled to be invited but to tell you the truth, I wasn’t nervous when I was first invited, I was thrilled; but then when I saw the caliber of the other designers I thought ‘Oh! Oh-no!

What do I do?’.”

So does that mean Peacock will be doing some homework leading up to the Ant!podium Fashion Talk?

“I think I might wing it,” she says with a laugh from her Fremantle office. “Generally I think those sorts of things are best left impromptu for the night; we’re just happy to talk about anything!”

One such topic that Peacock is happy to discuss is the philosophy that lies at the heart of all of Ant!podium’s collections.

“We always try and embrace individuality, with

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Ant!podium. We have a core of really loyal and fashion-forward followers, and we also try to offer one-size pieces which go across a broader range. We’re about the individual lure.

We don’t necessarily want to tell people how to wear the clothes, we just want them to have fun with it, and work it out for themselves because obviously everybody is different.”

To demonstrate the versatility of their designs, Ant!podium sent ‘real women’ down the runway alongside models at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week, provoking an overwhelmingly positive response.

“Our response was actually amazing,” she reveals. “Tokyo, who was the biggest girl, got a fantastic, amazing response. We just sent her out and the press went crazy for her - she was the one who got all the press!”

So what next for Ant!podium?

“We just decided in the last two days that we’re going to launch a new collection… under the umbrella of Ant!podium. [The collection] will be clothing in a slightly different genre, I suppose. Slightly more feminine, slightly more tailored.”

To learn more about Ant!podium, be sure to head along to Fashion Talks at the Fremantle Arts Centre, on Wednesday, November 11. Doors open 7pm for an 8pm start. Bookings can be made by calling (08) 9432 9555. Watch this space in coming weeks for interviews with other Fashion Talks designers, including Akira Isogawa, Marnie Skillings and Josh Goot. _EMMA BERGMEIER

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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune launched with the PlayStation 3 back in 2007, and developer Naughty Dog spent no time going walkies,instead jumping straight into charting a sequel,Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. With the first offering receiving critical acclaim and selling over 2.5 million copies, a sequel had big expectations. Among Thieves easily delivers on those expectations and even manages to bring more to the table.

Exclusive to the PS3, the Uncharted series stars treasure hunter Nathan ‘Nate’ Drake, the descendant of explorer Sir Francis Drake.

Taking place around two years after the previous game, Uncharted 2 sees Nate trying to solve a historical mystery; the doomed voyage home of Marco Polo in 1292. After almost 20 years in the court of Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan, Marco Polo departed with 14 treasure-laden ships and over 600 passengers and crew. Arriving in Venice a year and a half later with only one ship and 18 survivors, Marco Polo never revealed what happened to the ships that were lost. Tracing his steps will take Nate from snow peaked mountains and gorgeous jungle vistas to war torn urban streets.

For the uninitiated, Uncharted plays like a cross between Gears of War and the 3D Prince of Persia series. Drake effortlessly traverses ancient ruins, rolls from cover to cover and pulls moves that make the space marines of most third person shooters feel like hulking space cows. Naughty Dog claim they are nearly maxing out the PS3’s SPUs this time round and I certainly don’t doubt that statement. Firefights in a building that’s collapsing, with furniture and bodies being tossed around, are not uncommon.

The mix of uncompromising physics, lighting and dynamic animation makes for an incredibly visceral experience.

The polish on Uncharted 2 is palpable; every part of the experience looks a labour of love.

Lighting and shadows fall with striking realism on surfaces ranging from foliage to light-diffusing ice. Though fans of the first game would expect nothing less, the writing and voice acting are especially top notch. There are a few frustrating moments that leave you a bit confused as to what you did wrong but checkpoints are frequent and well thought out, only getting sparse in big battles.

Naughty Dog could have left it at that, a core single player experience untainted by the extraneous development that promising multiplayer brings. They not only deliver on an amazing single player campaign but also manage to carve out a unique multiplayer experience, complete with deathmatch and CO-OP modes.

The free climbing mechanics bring a vertical nature to the gun play that is not always present in shooters and the map design capitalises well on this. With stealth kills and melee carried over from single player, you can either go in guns blazing or sneak attack from your enemies’ rear.

Money earned both online and off can be spent on Boosters (performance enhancing tweaks) and skins.

Fans disappointed by the first game’s ending have nothing to fear this time around – this reviewer found the ending to be a high point in a game already dominated by dizzyingly high peaks of epic moments. On normal difficulty, the playtime may look a little low on paper, a quick 12 hours or so, but they are an action packed 26 chapters that demand at least one more play through. The addition of multiplayer with varied modes makes Among Thieves truly a killer app for any PS3 owner.

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The markets cater to all budgets, with all products priced between $2 and $250, ensuring that everyone can take a piece of the market home with them. To find out who will be setting up shop at Mathilda’s Market, head online to mathildasmarket.com.au(.) _EMMA BERGMEIER

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Day or night, weekday or weekend, the streets of Northbridge are never quiet, with late night bars and cafes, art galleries, pubs and clubs, and a vibrant shopping scene ensuring that visitors to the district always have something to do or see. There’s no better time to explore Northbridge than the present, with the opening of the new Northbridge Piazza tonight, Thursday, October 29; and the Northbridge Festival getting into gear for another year, come Sunday, November 1.

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IN LOVE WITH LALA Just a stone’s throw from Last Chance Studios and William Topp is Lala Orange, a tiny retail space that is packed to the brim with vintage apparel, home-wares, knick knacks and many other goodies. Shoppers hunting for summer outfits will be delighted by Lala’s extensive vintage clothing collection that features floral dresses, singlets, play-suits, and all the accessories a girl could need. Lala Orange’s online store is open 24/7 to ensure that late-night shoppers aren’t left wanting. Take a step into the world of Lala Orange online at lalaorange.com.au(.)

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HAVE YOU MET HARRY? Make your way to 259 William Street to meet Harry, a fine chap of a store, offering wares for lads and lasses alike.

Stockings labels such as Nathan Smith, Stolen Girlfriend’s Club, All Of Our Lives, Mjolk, Insight, Vanessa Da Silva, American Apparel, Saint Augustine Academy, Romance Was Born, Dr Denim, plus many others, Harry also sells vintage clothing to ensure that even those on a tight budget can find something to fall in love with.

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THE ROOM THAT ROCKS From 8pm until very late every Friday and Saturday night, the Rocket Room is the perfect place to kick off or kick on. Located on the corner of James Street and Mountain Terrace Rocket Room is more than just the only live original music venue in Northbridge.

With touring acts, local launches, official after parties, guest DJs, secret shows and special events, Rocket Room has become the late night hangout for Perthonalities and industry folk. While imitators have come and gone, Friday’s Late Night Live, featuring local and touring acts, has not only survived but cemented itself on the scene as the place to go for lovers of live, original bands after midnight.

Get set for some seriously huge shows next week and beyond into the silly season with the Fasterlouder Birthday Party on Thursday, November 5; Late Night Live on Friday, November 6, featuring Fergus Brown; and to top that off there’s A Very Rocket Xmas party on the way, featuring Jebediah.

The year culminates with Rocket Room’s banging New Year’s Eve show which is always a sell out. Keep yourself in the loop by joining Rocket Room’s Facebook and via myspace.com/rocketroomperth and twitter. com/rocketroomperth(.)

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WHAT THE FUNK?

Northbridge icon The Deen will be the place to party on Sunday, November 1, as the venue hosts the Northbridge Festival opening party.

Punters are invited to put on their dancing shoes and make their way to The Deen between 2 and 10pm, to experience the Fiesta del Funk, a celebration of soul, reggae and funk grooves.

Over three stages, Perth’s best live bands and DJs will perform, including sets from Grace Barbe, Odette Mercy & The Soul Atomics, Charlie Bucket, Sambalicious, Dunumba Marimba Band and DJs Don Migi, Simmo T, Fdel, Flex and Pinguim. Tickets are available on the door, or can be pre-booked by calling (08) 9227 9361.

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THE BUTCHER’S BEST

What once was Keith & Lottie is now The Butcher Shop, a retail and exhibition space catering to artists and shoppers on William Street. With a huge range of aerosol paints, markers, inks and plenty of blank products to create on, The Butcher Shop is a big supporter of street artists in Perth, who in recent years have found it hard to get their hands on the materials needed to create modern masterpieces.

The Butcher Shop continues their support of street art in their clothing range, with TIME FOR THE ZONE many graphic tees for sale, featuring designs Over the last 15 years Northbridge has seen from artists from Australia and beyond. Shop many changes. Watching the rise and fall of in person at 276 William Street, or online at cafés, nightclubs and restaurants occupying thebutchershop.com.au(.) the corner at James and Lake Streets has been Timezone, Australia’s best known family HEY DJ! entertainment centre, which has stood at 31 DJ Factory is a one-stop shop for all vinyl, Lake Street since October 1994 and now has equipment and music needs. Located at Shop prime position across from Northbridge’s newest 1, 222 James Street, The DJ Factory provides a landmark - the Northbridge Piazza. wide range of DJ equipment for sale and lease.

Timezone has always been (and still is) They also stock all genres of electronic music in the place to go in Northbridge to play the latest vinyl and digital format. video games, prize games and simulators. Fun Visitors to the Factory know that it’s for the family with kids or couples and friends, not uncommon to see those behind the counter Timezone has something exciting and offers spinning tunes at the biggest clubs and festivals great value for all. in Perth on any given weekend, so you can be Visit Timezone at 31 Lake Street, sure you’ll be talking to people who specialise Northbridge for some serious fun today! and live for the DJ lifestyle.

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Now in its 10th year, the Mustang Bar keeps rocking seven days a week with an eclectic line up of Perth’s best bands and musicians, ensuring everyone’s tastes get a look in. If you are looking to improve your moves, a free dance lesson could help your chances. Be a part of the huge Havana Jam night on Tuesdays with a free salsa dance lesson from 7pm. DJs and live percussionists keep the beats going ‘til midnight.

Maybe swing is more your go? Front up at 6.30pm on Friday and Adam Hall & The Velvet Playboys will get you up and dancing.

From late Wednesday to Saturday, The Mustang presents Perth’s best and most popular bands.

On Sundays The Mustang goes country with American Roots from Peter Busher And The Lone Rangers, in one of Perth’s longest running regular gigs. You never know who might drop by.

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It’s almost impossible to wander past the windows of William Street retailer William Topp, without stopping for a closer look at the many wonders and curios the shop contains. Situated at 452 William Street, William Topp is a purveyor of things from near and far, with vintage vases, ornate objects, designer tea-towels, and many other bits and bobs filling the shelves of its store. Whether you’re shopping for yourself or your loved ones, William Topp is your one-stop-shop for everything you never knew existed. For more on William Topp, head online to Williamtopp.com(.)

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PICA’s Artists’ Car Boot Sale

The Perth Institute Of Contemporary Arts will host their second ever Artists’ Car Boot Sale on Sunday, November 8, adding to the already vibrant Cultural Centre Markets. Head along to find local artists and creatives selling their wares, with performances from the family-friendly Gong Band. Fashionistas can get their fix with market stalls from designers including Mollipop, Igor & Katja, Brown Paper Crown and Little Design Horse. The sale is free for all, kicking off at 11am, running ’til 3pm. For info on what’s on at PICA, check out pica.org.au/events(.)

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The organisers of the inaugural Creatures Of The Night Ball, which raises funds for The Big N, have decided to reschedule their event, which was originally supposed to take place on Monday, November 9. The event will still take place, but the new date and time are yet to be announced. For those who don’t know, The Big N’s purpose is to make Northbridge and the CBD safer for patrons, and provide better facilities in these areas.

The Creatures Of The Night Ball will eventually feature performances from Melbourne act Vandalism, who will have the dance-floor heaving with lads and ladies getting down to catchy tunes.

Supporting Vandalism are DJs Reuben, Jordan, Angry Buda, Headayke and Andrei Maz. Watch this space for the new date and time of the Creatures ball.

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Ezra Pound

PRESENTING THE POUND

Located to the side of a cobblestone alley adorned with the work of local street artists, William Street’s latest (and greatest!) watering hole Ezra Pound has fast become a hub for the local creative and artistic community in Perth, not to mention attracting a wide variety of skater and intellectual types. Its windows are covered with bars and the lights are dim, lending Ezra Pound, which is decorated in moose heads, vintage photographs, and a collection of 1920s style furniture, an American neighbourhood bar feel. Let the laid back bar staff serve you up a Tom Collins cocktail in a recycled jam jar, or save your pennies and go for a longneck Coopers in a brown paper bag. And if your friends are late – fear not – there’s plenty of antique poetry books inside, perfect to thumb through on the comfy worn leather couch in the corner, Negroni in hand.

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The media is alive every day with opinions about and ‘solutions’ for Northbridge. What do the people who operate in the precinct feel about it? We asked a few for their thoughts…

It is a truly 24-hour/seven-day-a-week precinct What is it about Northbridge that you love that is enjoyed by over 40,000 visitors regularly most?

The vibrant atmosphere of the each weekend. cafes, restaurants, pubs , clubs and the many festivals that cater for the arts and What can be done to improve Northbridge’s profile, or correct the misperceptions about entertainment. It is the only place in Perth where you can get something to eat late or the precinct?

T h r o u g h e v e n t s s u c h a s t h e enjoy a late supper with friends or family in a forthcoming Northbridge Festival, community safe, fun environment. events like Pride and the revitalisation of the Cultural Centre by EPRA will gradually attract What unique quality does your venue bring enough interest from people that do not usually to the area?

We are a world class concert venue visit Northbridge to overcome their fear to give the precinct a go. The massive investment by with a capacity of over 2000 so we are able to the City of Perth in creating the Piazza at the brings world class acts to Northbridge for all to corner of Lake and James Streets, along with enjoy. the dynamic programming planned for the big screen at the Piazza will also attract a new What can be done to improve Northbridge’s audience for Northbridge. This all leads towards profile, or correct the misperceptions about the ultimate conclusion with the Northbridge the precinct?

We are currently putting together a link that will see the railway removed as a barrier large event, Creatures of the Night, which will between the city and Northbridge. see all proceeds assist The Big N to improve Policing is clearly an issue, but what can the Northbridge and surrounding areas.

Creatures of the night is the closing party venues do to keep things on track?

The BigN has been instrumental in for the Northbridge Festival which is a large Mike Keiller consulting with industry stakeholders and cultural entertainment experience for tourism government agencies to introduce a range and local crowds.

MIKE KEILLER – THE BIG N of strategies that will hopefully lead to better outcomes for Police to manage as well as Policing is clearly an issue, but what can Is Northbridge simply misunderstood? providing safe and well-managed venues for venues do to keep things on track?

Police and business owners are The role of the BigN is to promote the patrons. This along with improved transport working together to make eclectic range of goods and services provided options will maintain Northbridge as Perth’s currently a better and safer Northbridge. by its members that satisfy the diverse nature premier late night entertainment precinct. of the clientele that visit Northbridge at night and increasingly during the day. That the media SIMON BARWOOD – RISE focuses on a small aspect of what Northbridge DAVID HAY - METRO CITY provides feeds a misconception within the Is Northbridge simply misunderstood? wider public that in many cases hasn’t seen Is Northbridge simply misunderstood?

Northbridge is understood to be a Northbridge for many years.

N o r t h b r i d g e i s d e f i n i t e l y safe and exciting nightlife destination by an misunderstood, the media likes to quote a lot of estimated average 40,000 people every week. It What is it about Northbridge that you love isolated incidents and there is never mention of is an unfortunate fact that the bright lights and most? any of the positives such as Northbridge being activity do attract some people looking to cause Northbridge has a unique day and a vibrant social hub with cafes and restaurants trouble rather than enjoy themselves but these night time economy that relies on a vast array and a great day and nightlife community. are very much in the minority. Police focusing of businesses and service organisations fulfilling Because of this mass media negativity the public on the area over the past couple of years has a creative, educational and entertainment role. is misinformed. helped greatly reduce problems. A recent

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Police report showed a significant reduction in assaults in Northbridge over the past two years and that the reduction in Northbridge was the second greatest of the five precincts mentioned.

What is it about Northbridge that you love the most?

The vibrancy and interest created by the diversity in people, a great range of entertainment options all within easy walking distance and being able to dance until dawn to your favourite music. Physically the new Piazza space is one of the best additions to the Northbridge streetscape in the past decade.

What unique quality does your venue bring to the area?

In a couple of month’s time Rise celebrates its ten year anniversary, over the past decade Rise has been a destination venue variously for the trance, hard dance, hardcore and drum ’n’ bass communities and has played host to events featuring hundreds of performances by national and international guest DJs and artist in our niche music genres.

What can be done to improve Northbridge’s profile, or correct the misperceptions about the precinct?

Unfortunately the term ‘Northbridge’ has become an overused pejorative term in the media to refer to anything undesirable, socially unacceptable or with criminal undertones. Once a misperception becomes this entrenched in popular culture the only way it can be ‘corrected’ is for individuals to visit Northbridge and discover for themselves that reality does not correlate to the myths perpetuated by journalists looking some kind of populist ‘Underbelly’ story or seeking to fill column inches on quite news days.

Policing is clearly an issue, but what can venues do to keep things on track?

Police and venue owners share the same objective, to make Northbridge a safer, better place to enjoy the attractions the

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KEVIN BORRUSO – ROCKET ROOM

agenda of the politicians and the police. The politicians are about exploiting the issue of crime to force down property values so they can squeeze the small players out of the area, so the big developers can develop the area. The police are about exploiting the crime to get the powers which no-one in their right mind would give them (e.g. strip-searching your daughters without any ‘due cause’ etc.), without mass hysteria and media beat up.

What is it about Northbridge that you love most?

The diversity of people, cultures, food, entertainment and philosophies which What is it about Northbridge that you love allows for a true amalgamation of a multicultural society. Without Northridge you will most?

A great range of foods, music and develop pockets of bigotry, prestige and racism, cultures. which ultimately will create more violence in our society them they could ever imagine in What unique quality does your venue bring Northbridge. to the area?

The Rocket Room is the only original What unique quality does your venue bring live music venue operating in Northbridge. It has to the area? now established Late Night Live, the only afterPoliteness, respect, friendship and midnight spot to see live original music in WA. live cabaret and entertainment as opposed to Also the friendly service is pretty damn special. pre-packaged, pre-digested, mundane middle What can be done to improve Northbridge’s of the road boarding stuff. profile, or correct the misperceptions about What can be done to improve Northbridge’s the precinct?

Regular police street presence, better profile, or correct the misperceptions about government social policies, more community the precinct?

Light the streets up for God’s sake events. (use neon if you must); get rid of the stupid trees that block the face of the building and KEN - THE DJ FACTORY create a dirty, grungy appearance to the street.

Push the tables and chairs up against the front Is Northbridge simply misunderstood?

No, not totally. I believe the steps that of the restaurants, so the drunks don’t spit in are now being taken to attempt to combat your food (wow ‘do what every other city in the issues that have plagued the entertainment world does’). Send all the experts who claim district for some time now may have come a Northbridge is such a dangerous place to the entertainment precincts of Berlin, Melbourne, little too late.

Beirut and India and then when they come What is it about Northbridge that you love home, ask them again, whether Northbridge is most? the most dangerous place in the world and, as The vast selection of restaurants and again asked in Q.1, about whether they were entertainment venues. fooling themselves and making opportunist remarks.

SUPT. GARY BUDGE The Police View

Is Northbridge simply misunderstood?

Yes.

Given that it is an entertainment precinct – and many of its problems are shared by all such entertainment precincts around the world - do you think that Northbridge gets a bad rap?

I don’t think that it serves any purpose to compare Northbridge to other entertainment precincts around the world. My focus is on addressing the violence and anti-social behaviour that occurs late at night and into the early hours of the morning in Northbridge. The community has an expectation, rightly so, that they should be VOODOO LOUNGE CREW Policing is clearly an issue, but what can able to go to Northbridge without being subjected venues do to keep things on track? to violence or intimidation. Northbridge gets a Is Northbridge simply misunderstood?

See all of the above.

No. Northbridge misunderstands the bad rap primarily because of the behaviour of

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some patrons during those late night hours. Of course the media will focus on that unacceptable behaviour.

Who, in your mind, is mostly complaining?

I think the community at large are mostly complaining. For many years there has been debate about the unacceptable levels of violence in the precinct.

People keep coming back to Northbridge, it can’t be all that bad. What are your thoughts?

Northbridge during the day and early evening is generally a decent place to visit. The

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However it is my view that the culture of drinking to excess by many of the patrons in Northbridge, which in turn leads to violence and aggression, is unacceptable. It is this part of Northbridge that Police are primarily focussed on. For many who frequent the area the culture is one of a drunken culture rather that a drinking culture.

Do you feel that mainstream media outlets have an issue with Northbridge and sensationalise issues pertaining to the precinct?

Northbridge is described as Western Australia’s premier night time entertainment precinct. If there is violence committed in the area the media are quite likely to report on it. I personally think that their portrayal of Northbridge in recent times has been well justified. For too long some have been reticent to tell the true picture of Northbridge. This in my view is no way to address the issues. We must face the challenge and look for solutions. To ignore the problem is a sure sign of failure.

Do you feel that most venues are as responsible as they can possibly be from day-to-day (weekend-to-weekend)?

As with all businesses there are those that take their responsible service of alcohol requirements more seriously than others. It has been the case recently that we had a license cancelled for failing to comply with their obligation coupled with other issues.

What are your feelings about Colin Barnett’s weekend announcement re: 3.30am lockout and 5am closing? Isn’t this just forcing more people out into the streets?

It is not appropriate for me to comment on Government announcements.

People say they want to feel safer - what do you feel is the most effective approach to policing Northbridge?

The culture of Northbridge needs to change. The biggest single issue affecting Northbridge is the abuse of alcohol that subsequently leads to violence and anti-social behaviour. The police alone can not change that culture. In fact in many ways we act as ‘street sweepers’ after the event. Extra police on the beat has not had an impact on the levels of violence and anti-social behaviour.

In short there needs to be a holistic approach to the issues within Northbridge apart

from just policing, from educating people about the dangers of binge-drinking to excess, taking action against those not complying with their obligations under the Liquor Act, designing out crime, addressing transport and many other initiatives that will ensure Northbridge is a safer place to visit.

The Northbridge crime rate figure represents a microcosm of wider crime figures in the State.

Is it part of a much broader problem?

Northbridge is an area 0.67 square kilometres in size. From a suburb perspective it has the second highest recorded assaults in the State, following very closely behind Perth as a suburb.

There is certainly a culture of drinking to excess by many young people right across the State. Alcohol abuse is of great concern not just in Northbridge but across the State.

One of the concerns for Police is that people affected by alcohol make poor decisions; for example; about driving, about their personal safety... people are more likely to become a victim of crime, about the use of aggression, about relationships and a myriad of other issues.

Transport is clearly an issue – a 2.15am train is a step but should we aim for hourly trains, given the difficulty of maintaining a decent number of taxis on the roads?

There continues to be much debate about transport issues within Northbridge. From a taxi perspective I understand that planning is in place to provide a secure taxi rank in Northbridge where there will be security in a well lit area. This is likely to encourage more taxi drivers to return to Northbridge.

Is Northbridge misunderstood?

I think the impression most people have about Northbridge is that it’s fine during the day and early evening but is not acceptable very late into the night especially on weekends. That’s a fair assessment.

What do you love most about Northbridge?

I really like the cosmopolitan atmosphere about Northbridge during the day and early evening. I too like to sit and have coffee and watch the world go by. I enjoy a meal with friends during the evening at one of the many restaurants.

I hate it that my officers have to continually deal with alcohol affected people acting in a violent and aggressive manner late at night and into the early hours of the morning.

LISA SCAFFIDI The Lord Mayor’s View What are your feelings about Colin Barnett’s weekend announcement re 3.30am lockout and 5am closing? Isn’t this just forcing more people out into the streets?

We are pleased to see the State Government now working with hoteliers and stakeholders for a safer Northbridge.

This outcome came only after extensive co n s u l t a t i o n w i t h s t a k e h o l d e r s w h i c h is how it should always be, and what the City of Perth has been asking for all along.

People say they want to feel safer - what do you feel would be more effective or appropriate policing measures?

(That’s a) Matter for police.

Lisa Scaffifdi

Given that it is an entertainment precinct – and many of its problems are shared by all such entertainment precincts around the world - do you think that Northbridge gets a bad rap?

Northbridge is Western Australia’s premier entertainment precinct. By and large, it is a very safe, enjoyable place to dine and celebrate. Every entertainment precinct in the free world faces similar challenges.

The Northbridge crime rate figure represents a microcosm of wider crime figures in the State. Is it part of a much broader problem?

Anecdotally, we often hear that many revellers start their night in the suburbs and then head into Northbridge quite late after they have already consumed alcohol, and incidents in other suburbs occur regularly. Anti-social behaviour state-wide is a policing and community issue.

Transport is clearly an issue – a 2.15am train is a step but should we aim for hourly trains, given the difficulty of maintaining a decent number of taxis on the roads?

We w e l c o m e t h i s d e c i s i o n t o People keep coming back to Northbridge, extend train services as a step in the right it can’t be all that bad. What are your direction. Any increase in late night services thoughts? in public transpor t is highly welcomed.

Pe o p l e k e e p c o m i n g b a c k t o Northbridge as it is, overall, a very safe, enjoyable Is Northbridge misunderstood? place to be with friends and family. Northbridge Overall, I believe many people hold has a rich cultural heritage and is home to many of Northbridge close to their heart and celebrate the Western Australia’s premier arts organisations. its rich cultural heritage. Given that it is the State’s number one entertainment precinct, Do you feel that mainstream media outlets it is perhaps a soft target for negative media have an issue with Nor thbridge and stories. sensationalise issues pertaining to the The City of Perth will continue to work precinct? with stakeholders to further improve safety in As with situations around the world over, Northbridge and further assist the Police do it only takes a very small amount of cases to take their job. the spotlight off the innovative artists, business The support from the general public for and residents that call Northbridge home. The this week’s Northbridge Piazza Opening and this media coverage of incidents and government weekend’s Northbridge Festival demonstrates that actions often makes it appear that there are people still cherish this important part of our city. behaviour issues 24/7. This is clearly not the case.

What do you love most about Northbridge?

Do you feel that most venues are as It is the gritty, city fringe, urbane precinct responsible as they can possibly be from where cutting edge local artists and designers day-to-day (weekend-to-weekend)? are increasingly calling home. It is raw, real and a Most licensed venues in Northbridge heartbeat for arts and culture in Western Australia. operate very responsibly as they realise that they The restaurants and nightclubs add to the mix of everything on offer. are constantly under such strong scrutiny. www.xpressmag.com.au

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YOU’VE GOTTA GROW UP SOMETIME Most people know Kim Moyes as one half ofThe Presets, but this month, he makes his first solo release outing with Selected Jerks 2001-2009.

Moyes speaks to ALASDAIR DUNCAN about Jerks and booze (or lack thereof!).

What’s the significance of the title Selected Jerks?

Kim Moyes: Well, I guess it’s a physical thing – a lot of the stuff I was making that got released on 12-inches was aimed at the dance floor and clubs, so there’s that element to it.

Then also, there’s a whole element of acting like a jerk – going out, getting drunk, getting wasted, which is pretty much what I did for the last eight years, until very recently. All the tracks are part of me – my personality in aural format. I kind of equate them with being part of the reason why I’ve been a jerk.

Given that you spend so much time playing in clubs, do you still go out socially?

I have no social life anymore! It got harder and harder to go out and enjoy myself, especially in Sydney and especially in clubs. I wasn’t being followed by paparazzi or anything, but people would come up to me and, well, when people are drunk they sometimes forget their manners, and they kinda just stand there and yell at you – ‘hey, Presets guy!’

I stopped drinking and I stopped all the things associated with partying, so going out for me is not really what it used to be. You’ve gotta grow up sometime.

How do you create the bulk of your KIM tracks – is it a matter of you stealing time away with your laptop while on tour with The Presets?

The tracks on Selected Jerks were written over a really long period of time. As a musician and a producer, and a person who was learning a lot of that stuff early on, I just needed to work a lot. I needed to make as much music as I could. The bulk of the album is made up of little moments of my life like over the last eight years, moments that stood out and I was really proud of.

Can you give me a few examples?

The last track Tired Of Wasting is one of the first things I ever did – it was recorded at home in my garage on a little eighttrack recorder with my neighbour Cam Stevens. I was living in the outer western suburbs of Sydney, and he used to come over after work and we’d jam and make ideas up.

Wet & Wild was written when Julian was away touring the world with Silverchair. One night, I was very excited about going out, and I quickly sat down and, in about half an hour, busted out this track. It started out very basic and just developed over time. Originally, it was going to be a Presets song, but that didn’t work out. continued on page 45

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It’s not often you get someone as famous as Pete Tong down Perth’s way. Possibly one of the most popular DJs in the world, his radio show The Essential Collection, on BBC Radio 1, has long been regarded as the most groundbreaking and successful radio show of its kind, that established itself as a welcome to the weekend for a new generation of young clubbers, playing them out the best breaking techno, jungle, hip hop, funk and soul sounds from both Britain and around the world. Tong carved the way for the likes of Tim Westwood, Danny Rampling, Judge Jules, Carl Cox and more to appear on Radio 1’ DJ roster.

Midnight Juggernauts Tong’s work as a record label exec has also seen him launch the careers of Orbital, Armand Van DEVILS WITHIN OUR WALLS Helden, Carl Cox, DJ Icey, Jay Z, Sasha and more.

After a sell out show at the Bowery Ballroom in In fact, Tong’s life as a DJ has been so successful, NYC last week, Melbourne music maestros The he was the inspiration behind 2004 film It’s All Midnight Juggernauts jet into Perth this week, Gone, Pete Tong. Villa’s ‘going a bit Pete Tong’ (but to play two shows, launching their new single so right!) and is hosting one amazing night with in the process. Catch Midnight Juggernauts the man himself. Tickets are $55 plus booking fee playing this Friday, October 30, at the Players Bar from Planet Video, Mills, 78s and Moshtix Outlets in Mandurah, followed by a huge performance (1300 GET TIX) and online from the Boomtick SHOP, on Saturday, October 31, at The Capitol in Perth, moshtix.com.au and inthemix.com.au(.)Tickets go with support from NZ’s Cut Off Your Hands and on sale on Friday, October 30. Tong hits Perth on local psych rockers French Rockets. Produced Saturday, January 2. Doors open 9pm. by the Juggers themselves, new single, This New Technology was recorded at Melbourne’s JE-ROOOOME IF YOU WANT TO Sing Sing Studios by Christopher Moore (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, Liars) and mixed by After an amazingly enjoyable day of cheap beer, Andy Baldwin. It’s our first taste of the Juggers’ sunshine and excellent music in PICA’s Cultural sophomore release, out early 2010. No doubt Centre last year, the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival you’ll be able to hear further tracks from the makes its way to Perth for a second time next new album this weekend! Tickets $27.50 plus year. And there’s plenty of great dance acts on the booking fee from www.midnightjuggernauts. bill, starting off with the young London twenty com, www.moshtix.com.au, or Moshtix outlets. somethings The xx, whose lo-fi melodies are sure to have us swooning. Flame-haired indie $35 on the door if not sold out.

songstress Florence & The Machine is ready to have us twirling and whirling, as well as the ‘AfroEuro-ghetto-pop’ of The Very Best (who M.I.A. is known to jump on stage with from time to time!) and balls-n-all B’more stars Radioclit, who’ll no doubt get the laneway heaving with their sampleheavy beats. Squeak E. Clean and South American DJ Zegon AKA N.A.S.A., are also swinging by for the good times! It all goes down on Saturday, February 6, at the Perth Cultural Centre. Tickets on sale this Friday, October 30, from 1300 369 882, or www.greentix.com.au(.)For more info on the ‘Fest, drop by www.lanewayfestival.com.au(.)

ORIGIN-AL SIN The sweat might still be drying from Low:Fi, but don’t pack up your dancing shoes just yet, as there’s a killer NYE party just around the corner, begging for your attendance. Do away with the lame private parties and crowded nightclubs this new year’s eve, and make your way to the wide, green pastures of Bassendean Oval, which will host four stages of sick sounds supplied by an unprecedented array of international hip hop, house, electro, drum ‘n’ bass and dubstep acts for Origin NYE. Like a giant house party, the Oval’s going to be vibrating with beats until the first dawn of 2010, and you’ll see yourself in the company of the likes of Wu Tang Clan’s Method Man and Redman, LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad, Ed Rush & Optical, Marky, Sub Focus, Spectrasoul, Xample, Distance, Joker, Hatcha, Kito, Bliss & Esso, Dilated Peoples, Roots Manuva, Ugly Duckling, Amp Fiddler, The Bag Raiders, Cassius and Thunderheist. Good lord, that’s over four lines’ worth of names! Needless to say, this baby’s going to be off the hook! Keep your eyes on Salt in weeks to come for more details.

Emcee Able

A TREAT FROM ABLE How does local music whiz Emcee Able find the time? In the past year or so, he’s released his debut album Brains.Pizza.Booze, as well as an album as part of hip hop band The Typhoons Pleasure is a Freedom Song, as well as performed at a slew of local show. Following on from the release of his debut album Able has been in the studio working solidly on new material, experimenting with various new sounds and analogue equipment. The result comes in the form of Ice Cream Won’t Save You, a five track EP demonstrating the maturity and development of an artist who continues to push the boundaries in Australian hip-hop. Head to the Rosemount Hotel on Friday, November 13, to catch Able launch his masterpiece, with the help of Snow Bros, DOS4GW, Dan The Man and DJ Silence.

Tickets are $10 plus booking fee through Heatseeker, Planet and Mills, which includes a CD on entry! Ice Cream Won’t Save You will be available on the launch for $10, or online and in stores through Paper Chain. Doors open 8pm.

DJ HELL Villa Saturday, October 25, 2009 German technocrat and electro pioneer DJ Hell was back, following up his appearance at Stereosonic ’08 with a own more intimate, headline show.

Kicking off the night at the early hour of 9.30pm was Craig Hollywood. The up and coming techno DJ didn’t have much of a crowd to work with for the first half of his set, but played a well chosen selection of mid-tempo tech beats, including Henrik Schwarz’ remix of Code 718’s classic Equinox and the Andi Muller remix of Radiohead’s Everything In Its Right Place which wound its way into Dusty Kid’s edit of Frankie Knuckles’ Your Love.

The always superb Travis followed on with some deeper sounds, but didn’t take long to pick up the pace with some bass heavy, jackin’ house and driving tech grooves. A DJ that actually still spins vinyl, he really built up the energy levels and had the now comfortably full club pumping.

DJ Hell stepped up around one, and from the get-go, the blonde German was totally in control, striking an imposing figure behind the decks. Starting on a deep housey tip, the master slowly built the mood and took us on a real journey, with his focussed and efficient mixing, dropping a choice selection of tunes, including Federleicht’s On The Streets (Kollektiv Turmstrasse’s Let Freedom Ring mix) and a dark remix of Fatboy Slim’s Star 69. Villa’s great set up complemented the vibe too, with its spacious, raised stage, awesome background lighting and massive sound system.

He wasn’t afraid to mix up the pace a bit, in this environment more than in a festival setting, and we really got a chance to see Hell take his time, break things down with some minimal tracks, before working the crowd up again into a frenzy with a huge wall of sound, such as Soulwax’s cut-up classical, funkadelic remix A Fifth Of Beethoven, with stabbing strings dancing over the throbbing disco beat.

Micah hopped up around 3am, and belted out a really intense, hard set of funky tribal beats with his usual infectious enthusiasm, that kept everyone dancing on into the morning.

It was a great night of quality music, and those wise enough to make it down, were treated to a consummate performance from a true legend, still at the top of his game. Hell yeah.

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If Tired Of Wasting is the oldest track on the album, what are the newest ones?

The most recent is No Imagination, which I wrote earlier this year. If you consider the DJ side of what I do, the music moves on and your style and your taste and the music that you play when you’re out moves on, and No Imagination is reflective of the stuff that I’m currently into.

It’s still very much based in acid house like Wet & Wild and System Breakdown and the rest of the tracks, but it’s got a little bit of a harder, darker, minimal vibe to it.

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wanted it to just come and go, and be there for people who would be aware of it, and not drum it in people’s faces, because we’ve been doing that enough with the other band.

I was surprised when Modular said to me, we should run with the single and do a video. But still, nothing’s been so distasteful that I’ve cringed at it, and I definitely understand the necessity of doing a single and a video and that side of it.

A lot of people probably have an impression of you as a party boy, but given what you were So, about this idea of moving on – putting saying before, it sounds like that’s no longer this album out is a way of moving on for you, the case? yeah?

I’m sure I had a bit of a reputation as That’s the crux of it. When I was doing a party boy up until recently, but things change, the last round of Presets interviews, people would and it gets harder to maintain. Musicians always ask me what was happening with the KIM stuff, complain about how hard that lifestyle is, the vices and I’d have to say ‘I don’t know!’. A lot of the tracks and the debauchery associated with it, but it is a on Selected Jerks were released separately on bit hard, when you get down to it. If you’re out vinyl – some of them were on the Japanese-only partying all the time, especially after you’ve been mini album and some of them were just lingering playing a show or doing a DJ set, it’s bad for you, around on my computer. It’s really great to be able not to mention boring. to zip a part of your life up quite neatly and bid People drink without thinking about it – farewell to it and move on to the next thing. they get to an age where they can drink and start to associate that with socialising and seeing their Are you going to do any videos to accompany friends. So people have fights, they have trouble in Selected Jerks? their relationships, they do things that they regret We’re looking at treatments at the and they’re ashamed of. I’m speaking as someone moment for a video to accompany System who’s become sober recently, and is seeing all this Breakdown. It’s funny – part of the reason I didn’t stuff for the first time. It’s interesting when you stop want to do any interviews on this release was I doing all that stuff, how much you notice it.

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When you go out and have to tell people you’re not drinking, does it get weird?

Yeah, and it’s funny, because if you said you didn’t feel like having a hamburger, people wouldn’t question that. It happened to me yesterday – I went to a cafe with some friends for lunch, and the girl who works there who knows us brought out a bunch of beers, and I said, ‘no thank you, I’m not drinking at the moment’. She was like,‘really?’ She couldn’t believe it. It happens all over the place. I was in Japan on holiday with my girlfriend a few weeks ago, and a lot of people were like that as well. I’d say ‘I don’t drink’ and people would say ‘what’s wrong with you?’.

Has being sober changed the way you work?

Well, if I go to DJ at a club at two or three in the morning when I’m stone cold sober and I’ve just gotten up to work, it’s a very different perspective. In the past, I would have thought, ‘well, I have to DJ at three, so I’ll start drinking and doing all sorts of shit – then, by the time it gets to three, I’ll be a complete embarrassment, but I’ll think I’m having the best time in the world’, which I probably am, but yeah.

It’s a pace that you can’t keep up as a musician. If it’s something you plan on doing it as a career, you’ve got to keep a check on it.

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SOMEONE SAY SCREAM DUBSTEP? It is with much sadness that we share the news that the final chapter of Someone Say Dubstep? is approaching. And by final chapter, we mean, the last show! Ever! While we’re sure there’s plenty more good stuff headed our way from the organizers, we’ll be sure to head down to The Final Rinse, to shed a tear, drown our sorrows, and then power out the pain on the dancefloor. Heading up the final bill is Finland’s Tes La Rock, who returns to Perth for another huge night after his stint smashing Ambar in 2008. Then there’s the d’n’b jungly goodness of Amen Lovers and Paradox! Not to mention Disfigured Dubz’ stablemate Kito, who will be playing her last set for the year at The Final Rinse. So they can put off ‘the end’ for as long as humanly possible, SSD have invited every bassman and woman in Perth to come along for what may very well be the biggest DJ booth rinse in the history of booth rinsing! AJM, Astep, Ben Taffee, Ben Elliot, Devo, High Roller, J nitrous, Kito, Proximity Effect, Missile, Rafti, Rekab, Sibilance, Trav, Vishnu and Ylem will be rotating their mad talents all night! Hosted

by Rhythm Infinite and Skahna. Tickets $28 plus booking fee from Mills, Planet and the DJ Factory. Friday, November 27 at Ambar. Doors open 10pm.

Adsorb

ADSORB YOURSELF IN THE MUSIC Adsorb (or Adam Dowding, if you’d prefer) has a music style best described as breakbeat blended with electro house. The resident DJ at the biggest Bristol breakbeat club night, Supercharged, with Krafty Kuts, Adsorb’s made a name for himself with a unique blend of re-edits, including a twisted version of MGMT’s Kids, a smashing take on Anthem by Miles Dyson and a remix of Dizzee Rascal’s Bonkers. He also set up and managed the award-winning residential recording studio Kenwood Studios in Sheffield.

Adsorb’s gigs are bumping, and he’s set to bring his stuff to Ambar! Saturday, November 21.

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SETH SENTRY Biding His Time

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As part of the latest crop of talent to emerge from the Aussie hip hop scene, Melbourne rapper Seth Sentry has had a busy 2009 travelling the nation to promote his Waiter Minute EP. He speaks with JOSHUA HAYES about his upcoming Perth show.

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“I didn’t really take it seriously until after the EP was finished, I was still k ind of apprehensive,” Sentry says of his hip hop career. He even adds that his debut EP was released “with little to no fanfare” late last year and may have stayed that way, had The Waitress Song not been picked up for regular Triple J rotation. Fortunately the song, written about a waitress with whom he shared a “relationship built on breakfast”, proved to be a favourite with listeners.

“I used to go to a little café; it’s pretty self explanatory I guess. She was pretty, the food was shitty,” he says, explaining the origins of the track. “I actually wrote the song while she was still working there and then sat on it for a while, thinking ‘this could either be the most romantic thing she’s ever heard or the creepiest’. When I decided that it could be romantic I went in to give it to her and she quit the day before, so I never had the chance.”

While that story didn’t have a happy ending, the success of The Waitress Song has taken Sentry around the nation. His upcoming Perth show will be his third visit this year, and he will be joined on stage by members of local hip hop and soul act The Typhoons.

He will be headlining a big night of Aussie hip hop featuring upcoming acts from around the country; Melbourne’s Bleeding Hearts Crew ( Thorts, Esvee, Class A and DJ Bogues) and Jp, Adelaide’s Grifters Inc, and local artists Soma, Kadyelle and Stoop Fresh.

The show is also a triple album launch for Thorts, Esvee and Kadyelle. Sentry refined his live skills while performing with drum and bass outfit D.S.O.L. in 2003. “I used to have a real passion for drum ‘n’ bass, that’s where I started rapping,” he explains. “Nothing was really rehearsed when we gigged, I’d just rock up with a microphone and plug it in and rap for three hours at a gig and that was it, you know? That’s what I loved doing.”

From there he went on to make a name for himself as a battle rapper, even

Mayhem Festival Saturday, October 24, 2009 Belvoir Amphitheatre Thumping bass lines could be felt reverberating around the Swan Valley last weekend as drum ’n bass festival Mayhem, descended on Belvoir.

A killer lineup of performers awaited those who made the trek to Mayhem, with DJ Phatasy, Randall, Taxman, Original Sin, High Roller, Micky Finn, John B, Adam F and MC Shabba D, all taking to the stage.

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earning a third placing at Melbourne’s renowned Revolver battle in 2005, before moving solely into song writing. The Waiter Minute EP was in the works for five years and went through numerous incarnations before it was released late last year. “ We kinda chopped and changed until it was more refined and something that I was proud of,” he says. “It was a big growing process for me.”

H e i s n ow wo r k i n g o n h i s f u l l length debut album, aiming for a mid-2010 release. “Up until quite recently hip hop in this country wasn’t really a viable option to replace any sort of nine to five job, so I was quite hesitant to go all in with it.

“Once the single got picked up on rotation – man, that was kind of, like, no looking back.”

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Micah and Sharif Galal and Guests.

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Indie Rock, Avant Pop, Classic Rock and Party Faves with RTRs Jamie Mac, Jack Midalia, Shannon Fox & Gemma Pike.

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TIESTO

ROGER SANCHEZ

Kaleidoscope is largely a collection written and recorded in collaboration with a variety of music talents from the worlds of dance, pop and rock: Sneaky Sound System provides the vocals on the evil, pulsating rhythms of I Will Be Here, which is a perfect blend of driving trance and intermittent vocals. Nelly Furtado supplies the vocals for Who Wants To Be Alone which sounds reminiscent of her work with Timbaland, whilst the flowing Century features Calvin Harris belting it out in the midst of a rolling bass and fluctuating melodies and combined with I Will Be Here are the pick of the vocal tracks.

With the danger of the all star vocal line-up detracting away from his music, Tiesto has laid down some impressive instrumental tracks like the insanely catchy Bend It like You Don’t Care which would absolutely tear apart any dance floor and the upbeat, churning melodies of Fresh Fruit.

Kaleidoscope is an apt title, reflecting the diversity Tiesto has delved into on this album and, despite there being a considerable vocal flavour, the underlying beats are darker, harder and funkier then any of his previous productions. A tantalising glimpse of what’s in store when Tiesto finally returns to Perth in February next year.

This album marks the eighth consecutive year that house supremo Roger Sanchez has released his compilation Release Yourself, starting way back in 2002. Drawing inspiration from his award winning radio show and live experience of the same name, Release Yourself encapsulates the best tracks from the past year.

The two CDs are distinctly worlds apart in both direction and feel but rightly so as Disc One is named Pre-party and Disc Two is named Party. As the name suggests, Disc One is a chilled out precession of mellow, easy going house beats. Despite the sombre mood there is some quality tracks such as the hypnotic repetition of Mike Monday’s Stargirl, the dark and dirty pulsing of Sebastian Davidson’s La Music L’Amour and the funky tribal beats of Justin Martin’s The Fugitive concludes the disc with a taste of what’s to come.

Disc Two launches into party mode with the commanding Old School, Nu School and is followed by some seriously energised house tracks. Two tracks that deser ve a special mention are Hool and Zenker’s This Track Is Burning with its sharp, punching melodies and Martin Accorsi’s freakish This Is How We Do, dominated by a downright nasty synth that infiltrates the senses.

With releases like this, it’s not hard to see why Roger Sanchez is still at the top after nearly three decades.

Kaleidoscope [Musical Freedom/Liberator]

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Celebrating the 20 year anniversary of legendary UK label Junior Boy’s Own, the driving force behind the label, Terry Farley is still DJing on the road, despite having turned 50. He reflects on a life well DJ’d with ALFRED GORMAN. While Farley may not be a household DJ name in Australia, along with Steve Hall, and Andrew Weatherall, he was responsible for the label that could be credited with kick-starting the underground acid-house, early rave movement in the UK in the early ‘90s even hosting the first documented outdoor parties.

“It seems less than 10, let alone 20 years ago! When you’re mixed up in all of it; in studios, flying around DJing, making records; it just kinda morphs into one big chunk of life. It really has flown by,” Farley reminisces.

They were a cornerstone to contemporary clubbing culture and defined British dance music. At their peak, they were one of the most influential dance labels in the world. While you may not know the name, Junior Boy’s Own, you may know some of the acts they are credited with ‘breaking’ - The Chemical Brothers seminal, crossover, ‘95 debut Exit Planet Dust, Underworld’s Dubnobasswithmyheadman, and early records from Primal Scream, The Happy Mondays and X-press 2, were all released through JBO. It was a golden age in dance music, with a new scene and sound being born, and the boys at JBO were on it. They could count amongst their crew such luminaries and future

stars as Danny Rampling, Paul Oakenfold, Darren Emerson and Pete Tong. Farley was also respected in his own right as being a musical connoisseur, DJ and producer, his most productive partnership with Pete Heller, as The Heller & Farley Project, has released a swag of quality house tracks and remixes over the years.

To celebrate the milestone, Farley and Hall have lovingly put together a 20 year retrospective double CD of some of the most revered tracks released on the label. It’s like a real education in dance music, but for Farley it’s something of a time capsule.

“Yeah I think it is, except sometimes time capsules don’t stand the test of time. But with this album, I think everything really stands up on there, and is still quite relevant.”

Farley also feels its a great time in dance music, with a lot of new talent coming through the ranks, “Yeah there’s quite a few young DJs in London now that I like; Charles Smith, Jeremy Jones, Spencer Parker, that are part of younger generation, with much more of an underground attitude. They manage to take from house music’s past and are able to incorporate it in their own style. And you know that’s what we did as kids growing up in the late ‘80s, we took inspiration from guys like Frankie

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Knuckles and Junior Vasquez.”

In tandem with this two CD set, the boys are also releasing a book that is a collection of all the Boy’s Own fanzines ever released (86-92).

The fanzines are an amazing snapshot of a more innocent time, before mass media and internet.

A subversive, hilarious newsletter, ‘the village newspaper of acid house’ as it was called, was ahead of its time – a precursor to the modern men’s magazines we now have.

Although Boy’s Own was a dodgy, black and white, cut and paste, typewriter and felt tip pen, photocopy jobby that contained information on dance music, football, politics and other random blokey irreverent nonsense. The original fanzines are worth a fair packet these days, as rare collectables, so this Boy’s Own Odyssey is a priceless chronicle of an amazing time that will never be again.

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Âme have developed a solid reputation for the consistent quality of their releases, that are rocking house and techno floors alike. Half of the German duo, FrankWeidemann, chats to ALFRED GORMAN from his home, not in Berlin, but Karlsruhe in South Germany, which as he explains, is kinda like the Perth of Germany.

“It’s maybe not the same distance as here, but I would say our town, Karlsruhe is a bit like Perth,” he says in a soft, well spoken accent,“It’s small and a bit out of the way. It’s not far from Frankfurt, but compared to Berlin, we are far away. But we like distancing ourselves from the craziness of the big city. Our label is based in Berlin, but Kristian and me are not.We both grew up round here, met here and still live here. Our studio and offices are in Berlin, but yah, we are South German boys.”

Perhaps this is what sets Âme apart from other German producers, and gives them their distinct deep tech-house sound, that has a surprisingly organic feel - Âme (pronounced ‘ahm’) is fittingly French for ‘soul’. Their label Innervisions (run with Dixon and Henrik Schwarz) is a leading light in the German underground, with releases inspiring such comments as, “Brilliant as always” from the likes of Laurent Garnier.

While not based in Berlin, the boys do spend a lot of time commuting to the epicentre of electronic music. “Yeah, Berlin is the centre. A lot of foreign producers have moved to Berlin, so it’s just an immense, concentrated area of techno producers. The living is quite easy there, it’s a nice area, you have a lot of green parks, many things going on, and it’s still cheap, compared to Munich, Paris or London.”

But like the rest of the world,Weidemann says Berlin is being affected by the changes in the music industry, and he feels things have to change, or evolve.“It’s kind of an exciting, but deciding point that were living in. Record sales are going down, everybody has to reorientate how to make money with music. So I think music-wise, performancewise, there must be some kind of change.”

“In the last 10 years, it’s become so easy to produce music on your laptop – just a few plugins, and it sounds quite good. So many

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producers came up, and many labels came up. But now, not so may people buy music. For me now it’s about the quality of the music, to find out who is really creative and doing interesting music, and who is just copying.” Âme have also been known for their collaborations with label mates Schwarz and Dixon, and have recently formed a live project known as A Critical Mass. Their recent release, The Grandfather Paradox was a catalyst for this. “We actually played live together for that album, the whole mix, with three laptops. Everybody had their favourite tracks for the compilation – we took turns making loops and little parts. The stuff we do together is more songs than tracks, and it gives us all a chance to improvise and play our material in a different way. It was a lot of fun.”

“When A Critical Mass play live, there are no live instruments, but it’s almost like I think about us as a band. You can think of Dixon as the drummer, on the drum machine, Henrik – it’s like he’s playing a live instrument – he’s such a virtuoso player with his software. And I’ve always been a keyboard player.”

When Âme visit’s us for the Becks Berlin Sessions, it will be Frank DJing solo, but hopefully in the future we will get a chance to witness the full live show. And how about an artist album, is there one on the horizon? “We are thinking about it, but don’t wanna do just another techno album. When we do an album we don’t want it to be forgettable with all the rest, we want to do it properly and make a real listenable techno album - maybe next year we start that.” ÂME SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 @ BECKS BERLIN SESSIONS, AMBAR

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LOW:FI FESTIVAL Aberdeen Street, The Deen Sunday, October 25, 2009 Billed as the southern hemisphere’s only hip hop, drum ‘n’ bass and dubstep festival, Low:Fi was an exciting addition to this year’s Perth festival season, despite some slight confusion surrounding the loss of the Shed stage, which meant a last minute re-jig of line-ups.

The Deen’s main stage was staring to fill as L-Fresh closed his solid set, with anticipation high for mighty duo Calyx and Teebee. With six decks and two mixers, the dynamic transitions between tunes were fun to watch and impossible not to dance to: before too long, the room had turned into a heaving sweatbox. At one point C&T teased us with the familiar strains of Mad World, much to everyone’s delight.

Meanwhile, MJ Cole was treating a growing crowd to a diverse set ranging from funky garage to dubstep at the street stage. As the sun hit eye level he wowed the masses with some sublime mixing, incorporating everything from In For The Kill to Where’s My Money?

Chali 2NA arrived on the main stage, set up on the corner of Aberdeen and Lake, at 6pm.

Joined by a three piece band and his younger brother, rapper Laid Law, 2NA’s set drew almost exclusively from his solo debut Fish Outta Water.

Kicking off with International and the high energy Don’t Stop, he engaged the crowd even if few seemed familiar with his new material. His Damien Marley collaboration Guns Up was well received, as was a brief cover of Rick James’ Give It to Me Baby, but the loudest response was saved for Jurassic 5’s What’s Golden. Issues with capacity meant that the main room in the Deen was in virtual lockdown by the time Commix hit the stage, meaning that if you were too slow on the uptake it was back to the start of the line. In the Deen back room, Zed Bias was playing to a heaving, very vocal, crowd but as the night wore on and punters became rowdier security began to get a little heavy-handed.

However, upstairs at the Deen, were the Low: Fi festival’s hidden gems: Rekab and Kito played a fantastic back to back set of beautiful, deep dubstep to a sparse but funloving and relaxed crowd, as Calyx looked on. It was a great place to be; just before ShockOne took to the decks for an awesome (as usual) set, he scared Kito by pretending to pour beer all over the decks.

Meanwhile, most of the hip hop heads that tried to make their way into the Deen main stage to see arguably the world’s best DJ and freestyler, DJ Q-Bert, and Supernatural, they were also confronted by the long queue for entry. The

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ORIGINAL THRILLS New Zealand - where sheep roam the city streets among hobbits and elves, a ‘chip’ is a ‘chup’ and the water is most definitely spiked with talent serum. Fellow kiwi ANGELA KING checks in with a Christchurch native - drum‘n’bass producer Chris Truman, AKA Dose.

For an artist with over 20 international releases on a host of prestigious labels such as Renegade Hardware and Commercial Suicide, it’s hard to believe Dose has only been hard at work in the business for a mere two years. It is clear however, the isolation that comes with being based in a

NAS (Pic: David Chong) duo were scheduled to begin at 7.30pm, however Commix was still spinning some 20 minutes later.

The energy picked up and Q-Bert started showing off his world renowned turntable abilities, cutting up samples over a Method Man instrumental and beat juggling LL Cool J’s Rock The Bells.Folks were faced with a touch choice when Supernatural still hadn’t arrived onstage by 8:30, when NAS was due to begin. While he did eventually appear and freestyle for five minutes as he grabbed items from the crowd– an impressive trick, but one he has been doing for years – it was hardly the “live freestyle battle” advertised.

Coming from upstairs to the backroom where Excision was destroying all and sundry with his angry dubstep was like walking into a brick wall of sound, and the punters were lapping it up.

After having his set cut short at Double Trouble a fortnight earlier, Excision took full advantage of his timeslot this time. Low:Fi’s drum ‘n’ bass headliner, Noisia, aka Thijs, launched into his set with their

small country proves no barrier to success, as Truman explained to Salt recently: “The plan from the start has been to reach the vision of having the sound I can hear and imagine, being a real thing and put it on showcase around the world.”

Busy with full time production, Dose has been riding the collaboration train at full speed: “Plenty of collabs on the go, including one with The Upbeats which should be done by the time I’m in Perth, as well as collabs with Vicious Circle, Teknik, Trei, Menace and more!” Dose is also about to make the transition from Logic PC 5.5.1 to Mac Logic 9 and will be releasing his debut album in 2010.

Dose divides his time between DJing and production as he believes both to be equally as important, as he explains,“Well, for me they both work hand in hand and without each other both wouldn’t be as fun. It’s a big thrill playing tunes that you’ve created from scratch to a crowd.

Playing a set of entirely other peoples tunes just doesn’t compare to playing some original material thrill-wise. On the other hand you need the DJing to help understand more what works and what’s

remix of Painkiller, but ironically the room felt quite empty even as people were clamouring to get in. The electro stuff fell a little flat but that’s to be expected; otherwise he totally smashed it.

New York hip hop legend and festival headliner NAS launched into his divisive hit Hip Hop Is Dead on the street stage at around nine in the evening. From there he took the fans back to his classic debut Illmatic, moving through a medley that included Represent, The World Is Yours and Ain’t Hard To Tell, with the 1994 New York hip hop griminess ably recreated by his seven piece band.

The 36 year old tired quickly, his voice growing strained as he struggled to keep up with the nimble rhymes of his earlier material, however he put in a good effort to keep the crowd’s energy high. Nas Is Like and the Sopranos theme-sampling Got Yourself A… had the crowd jumping, before ending the set with an electrifying performance of One Mic accompanied by a middle aged djembe player.

A deft ironing out of scheduling and capacity hiccups should see Low:Fi really make the most of that ‘Southern Hemisphere exclusive’ tag next year: it’s already well on its way to putting Perth on the map.

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needed in tunes on the dance-floor.”

Inhibit Productions are bringing Dose back after the success of last year’s show as part of Kiwi Invasion, in addition to Menace –another NZer. To Dose, playing in Perth is always a special event, comparing it to the well receiving home crowds, and rating it one of the most enjoyable places to play, as he shares:“I’ve found so far I definitely prefer Perth and Christchurch as my favourite cities to play!”He adds though, it is a matter of perseverance when he doesn’t receive such positive feedback,“...

No, my tune-age doesn’t always go down as well as wanted, but I still back myself 100% and play my tunes wherever I play.”

For someone who has got so far in such little time, Dose is a humble character. His parting words of advice to anyone wishing to excel in this career are simple, but make resounding sense: “DJs – practice makes perfect. Producers – reference but don’t compare.”

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Friday 30 October - Players Bar, Mandurah (Cut Off Your Hands not appearing at Players Bar) Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix Outlets

Saturday 31 October - The Capitol, Perth With French Rockets

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Ù FRIDAY 30/10 VILLA THE CUBAN BROTHERS Known for their club-camp musical theatre, featuring crazy characters serving broken beats, soul and sex in a show combining cabaret, comedy, rapping and Cuban cool, these Central American siblings will be in full fiesta mode when they hit Villa tonight. Born of the loins of 70’s Havana, the Brothers were nurtured on a diet of soulful, sexy tunes and Cuban mythology – their truly fresh approach to throbbing live entertainment whips up a frenzy at each and every gig. Support care of Fdel, Charlie Bucket and Tone.

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Tickets $20 plus booking fee from Planet, Mills, 78s and moshtix.com. au(.) Doors open 10pm.

RISE STONEFACE AND TERMINAL As DJs, German producers Stoneface & Terminal are famed for their highenergy edged style. Their long list of remixes and releases include stuff on some of the world’s highest profile labels, like the world’s leading trance label bastion Euphonic. With the power of their DJ-sets they have the makings to fascinate the crowd all around the world and now these two best friends return to perform behind the Rise decks tonight.

Support from Travis, Jackson & Perry, Simon Barwood and Steven Tranzor. Door sales only 10pm – 6am. Rise members $5 before 11pm $10 thereafter. Non-members $10 before 11pm $20 thereafter.

AMBAR SPLITLOOP first made a name for themselves with early releases on the acclaimed Sinister label, but it was the KFC release on Against The Grain, Krafty Kuts’ label, that really made Splitloop their name on the breaks scene and led to them signing to the leading breakbeat label. Following the release of 2008’s critically acclaimed Pleasure Machine album (Album Of The Month - DJ Mag), the guys are back, so put on your bass-face!

Support from Blend, Tee El, Micah and Prizzy. Doors open 10pm for $15.

SHAPE THE CUBE HALLOWEEN HEAVYWEIGHTS It’s the witching hour and Perth’s drum ‘n’ bass heavyweights are ready to bewitch you with an intoxicating potion of beats. Head down to catch Phetsta, Rregula, Qbik, Kito, Dabs, Killafoe, J.Nitrous and MC J Rippa (coming out of retirement for a one off performance!) tonight. $5 before 11pm; $10 thereafter. Your door charge also gains you access to Fresh Til Death downstairs, where you can catch the wild house party antics of ELKTRNX, Time Travel Agents, Pils,

Beat Suite – Micah/ Sharif Galal Flying Scotsman (Velvet Lounge) - IL CAPS/ Modularman/ Dan Tha CIVIC HOTEL HIGH ROLLER is Man/ Blackjack/ Jimmy James renowned in Australia and UK for Foundry – Crave his tearing drums and wobbly Funk Club - Red Bantoo bass lines.He has supported heavy Geisha – Lucid Dreaming - James weight acts such as Dj Zinc, Mampi A/ Nina Van Dyke/ Kid Deep/ Joe Swift & Ic3, Andy C, Taxman, Twisted Stawarz/ Richard Lee/ Aidan Beyer Individual, Dj Hype & Daddy Earl, Harry’s Bar - DJ Double L / Benny Dj Marky, Shimon, Adam F, Sigma, T / Luca Castelli Kenny Ken, Ed Rush & Optical and Inglewood Hotel – DJ Simone Concord Dawn. He is also theman Llama Bar- DJ Morris/Kava behind the Crooked Beatz and 4:20 Library – DJ Munch / DJ Reuben Records labels. Roller is as keen / Aswom mustard to test out the brand new Liquid Nightclub - DJ Matty / NEXO system at the Civic Hotels’ Ricky recently refurbished ‘Back Room’ L a k e r s Tave r n - D J A d r i a n and has a whole host of killa new d Manor – A Night At The Jazz Rooms ‘n’ b and dubstep tracks to rinse out - Dj Russ Dewbury/ Grace Barbe/ for your sheer pleasure. DJ Armee, Charlie Bucket Invictus, Kurtoz and Deej will spin Merrina Tavern – DJ Terry dubstep madness, whilst MCs K-Pax, M e t r o p o l i s F r e m a n t l e – Skahna and Anomoly will host your Congorock evening. $8 tickets on the door, $10 Mint – Club Retro – Chris McPhee Mojo’s - Shock One/ Mile End/ after 8pm.

Brash And Sassy /Tomas Ford / Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving/ Amplifier – DJ Shannon Fox/ DJ Jamie Massiv Trav/ Diggy Bones Bar 138 – Bar 138 – Lokal – Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Kenny Ox ygen/ Sven/ Broni/ Aidan Mustang- DJ James MacArthur/ Beyer/ Matty Moon/ Progress Inn Swing DJ Bar Open (Both Levels) – Dorcia - Niche - DJ Jonni Zimber Scott D/Yon Lennon/Kid Sux/D-Lo Norfolk Basement – DJ Daniel Time Travel Agent/Muv Norma Jeans – DJ Phil B a r R e p u b l i c – Love S a ve s Onyx Bar – Slick/ Adroc Fridays – Petrosex/Rex Monsoon Paramount – DJ Morgan / Jordan Black Bettys- Trubble Priory Lodge - DJ Sticky Ricky Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Queens Tav – DJ Rueben Alexander Rubix –DJ Pascal Capitol– Shuggie Disco – Shuggie Sail And Anchor – Balcony Beats – DJ’s T-Mac/ Pow! Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Rocket Room – MC Tomas Ford/ Boogie DJ Ben Steele Devilles Pad – Little Franco Berry/ Shape (Downstairs) – Halloween Herman the German Heavyweights – Phetsta/ Rregula/ Double Lucky – Full Circle – DJ Qbik/ Kito/ Dabs/ Killafoe/ J.Nitous/ Adam Kelly/ DJ Cee/Josh Devlin MC J Rippa MC Webbz/ MC Pugz/ MC JK/ MC Shape (Downstairs) – Fresh Til Rtilary/ Danjawun Death # 4 – ELKTRNX/ Time Travel Eurobar- Crazy Sexy Cool - DJ Roger Agents/ Pils/ St1/ Beatljuce/ Future Smart/ Riki Frogsters Eve – DJ Migi/Skooby/Crazy Craig Sound Suite Recording Studios – Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) – Fizz/KevT/SA_Spec/ Bassbin DJ’s DJ Rok Riley/ Joe 19 South St Ale House – DJ Jay Flying Scotsman (Upstairs) - The Swan Lounge – Electroganic –

Clive/ Benny Aims/ Lunacy The Boat – Dr Bogus The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen – Spanish Fly – DJ Nano/ DJ Surge – Zone 5 The Eastern – DJ Midfield The Queens – DJ Rueben The Shed – DJ Glenn 20 The Stamford Arms - Dj Anaru The Velvet Lounge – Deuce Kimba Dawhitelion/ Brash & Sassy/ 6000 red The Vic – Tip Top Sound DJ’s Tiger Lils – Paul Malone/ Joby / Alex K Toucan Club – DJ Armee Windsor – Dj Riki and Ray

Ù SATURDAY 31/10 CAPITOL MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS are taking on the world in a big way at the moment. Recently letting loose new single This New Technology, the boys have received massive airplay on Triple J and Sydney radio stations. A throwback to ‘70s pop, Morricone soundscapes, and merging progrock and krautrock, This New Technology is some of the band’s best work yet.

Here’s your chance to hear the Juggers previewing all their new material live: they’re hitting tonight as part of their national tour, playing the Capitol with support from local psycheldelic band The French Rockets, and NZ’s Cut Off Your Hands. Tickets $27.50 plus booking fee from Moshtix, or moshtix.com. au, otherwise $35 on the door.

V E LV E T LO U N G E M I N I M A L X-POSURE ‘ALL HALLOWS EVE’ For tonight’s Halloween edition of Minimal X-Posure, masters of the minimalprogressivetek party, Progress Inn, have promised an extra spooky set designed to haunt you ‘til your dying days. Reece York is also back on deck ready, willing and able to bust out some deep Detroit tech and house, whilst new kid in town, Jerry, is welcomed into

the MX fold. Bokchoy dishes out the dubtek, and there’ll be some freaky graphics projecting throughout the night. It’s all free, from 8pm, at the Velvet Lounge (to the side of the Scotto).

VILLA GRANT SMILLIE/RUBY ROSE The kids at Limelite have one hell of a spooky Halloween lined up for Perth club goers, with plans to transform Villa into a haunted mansion and bring you a night of heaving, pumping club tunes from the back of beyond. Join GQ Magazine DJ of the year and one half of the ARIA winning TV Rock, Grant Smillie, as he DJs in launch of the Neon Essential Volume 2 album. He’ll be in the company of ‘it’ girl Ruby Rose on the decks. Also waking the dead will be Australia’s newest dance act The Only, who will be flying in from Sydney for their first ever Perth show. Support from Zelimir & Mel B. Doors open 9.30 pm. Tickets available through www. inthemix.com.au and on the door.

R O S E M O U N T S E T H S E N T RY Emerging from Melbourne’s live hip hop scene with the November release of his highly-anticipated debut EP, The Waiter Minute, artist Seth Sentry has had a busy summer, finalising his debut full-length (due for release later this year) whist touring and promoting in support of the EP. After two stints in P-Town already this year (his own shows in Feb and a national tour with Pez in Aug), Seth Sentry comes back to play The Rosemount for FlowLab tonight, with support from the Bleeding Hearts Crew: Thorths, Esvee, Class A, DJ Bogues, Grifters Inc (Adl) and more! Tickets online from Heatseeker, or from Planet, Mills and Star Surf. Tickets on the door.

SHAPE ELI SMITH It’s a demonic night of dancefloor debauchery at Shape as bangin’ LA DJ Eli Smith, of So Sweet Records, flys in to wow crowds. With great tunes of his own

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like Party All Knight, not to mention remixes for the likes of Le Castle Vania, Crystal Castles, Ladytron, Fukkk Offf, Dan Deacon and more, Smith’s antics are not to be missed.

Support from Bad Weather, Hickey, Prodje, Holy Thursday, with the Habitat Den steaming up care of Flex, Darren J, Progress Inn, La Gooch, Luke Reti and Richard Lee. Creepy cocktails at the bar and best dressed prizes, so frock up! $20 on the door or $15 with costume, or for members. 10pm ‘til late.

Amplifier – Pure Pop – DJ Eddie Electric Ambar – Japan 4 – Marty McFly/ Oli/ Ben Mac/ Wish/ Micah Bar 138 on Barrack – Uptown Top Rankin’ - The Empressions/ DJ Ray/ Mr T Bar Open (Upstairs) – Frisk Andy Van/ Rob Sharp/ Cam Duff/ Mind Electric/ Frankie Button Bar Open (Downstairs) – Soul Project - Neil Viney/Disco Tech/ Warren 10/Terry Waites Bar Republic – Sexy – TeenWolf/ Petrosex/ JackAttack Basement On Broadway – DJ Ricky Black Bettys- DJ Trubble/ DJ Jinx Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol – Death Disco DJ’s Capitol (Upstairs) – DJ Ryan Captain Stirling - DJ Dano Clink- DJ Clint Club Bay View – Shake & Pop - DJ Zelimir Connections – Michy T / JJ / Brian Devilles Pad - Barbara Blaze/ Jumpin Josh Double Lucky - Paul Raf /Alex K/ Angus Dusk Lounge – New Generation – Skinny/ Rowdy/ Fusion/ Concept/ Skoptix/ Decept/ Blanko/ Disorder/ Arson/ Defkon/ Snub/ Some Guy/ MC Stylee/ Pugz/ JK/ Rtilary/ Losd Eurobar - Roger Smart / DJ Ray Rush Eve –Kenny L/Richie G/Riki Flying Scotsman (Upstairs) – Flying High - Jamie McDonald/ Jack Midalia/ Jack Midalia/ Shannon Fox/ Gemma Pike Flying Scotsman (Velvet Lounge) – Minimal Exposure Minama/ Progressive Tek party - E.N./Progress Inn/ Reece York/ Bok Choy/ Jerry Geisha – Joie – Nic Nac/ James A/ Kytka/ Dan Da Silva High Wycombe – DJ Matt Inglewood – DJ Leigh Library – DJ Morgan/ DJ Five 0/ DJ Zeke/ DJ Armee/ DJ L Street Liquid Nightclub - DJ Matty / Ricky Leederville- DJ Loco Ren

Llama Bar- VJ Zoo/ DJ Tony Lopez/ DJ Reuben Metro City – T.Pain/ DJ Slick/ AdRoc/ Xzakt/ Jerrie Metro City - Halloween Party - DJs Angry Buda, Double L, Matty S, Slick, Kenny L Metropolis Fremantle – Dr Bogus Mustang – DJ Rockabilly/ DJ James MacArthur Mint – Pop Life - Darren Briais Mojo’s – MC Belly Lugosi Niche – DJ Manda Power/ Cee/ Adam/ Kelly/Josh D Norma Jeans – DJ Dwayne Old Bailey Tavern – Dr Bogus Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequera Paramount – DJ Meezy / Jordan / Reuben Queens Tav – DJ Craig Patterson Rise – Revolution - Simon Barwood/ Greg Packer/ Xsessiv/ Rousa Rosemount – Seth Sentry/ Thorts/ Esvee/ Class A/ DJ Bogues/ Grifters Inc Rubix – DJ Pascal Sapphire Bar – Filthy Gorgeous – Sketchism/Jackness/Nathan Francis/DeeJay Vee Sail And Anchor – Balcony Beats – DJ Jimmy Mac/ Ad Lustre Shape (Both Levels) – Shape Halloween Massacre – Eli Smith/ Bad Weather/ Hickey/ Prodje/ Holy Thursday/ Flex/ Darren J/ Progress Inn/ La Gooch/ Luke Reti/ Richard Lee South St Ale House – DJ Jay Tiger Lil’s –Charlie Bucket/ Adam Kelly The Brighton - Philly Blunt/ Creek/ eSQue/ Kill Dyl/ Mad Dogs The Court – Pride Parade Street After Party – Ruby Rose/ Grant Smillie/ Zoe Badwi The Deen - DJ Birdie – Zone 2 / DJ Tony Allen – Zone 3 / DJ JJ Zone 5 The Eastern – Dr Bogus The Shed – Glenn 20 Toucan Club – Samuel Spencer/ Mr President Windsor – DJ Ray / Jinx

Ù SUNDAY 01/11 Bayswater Hotel (Bar eighteen98) – Drum’n’Steaks Bar Open – Frisk - Here After Captain Stirling – DJ Jay Clancys - Rancho Relaxo / DJ Gear Deen – Low:Fi Festival Double Lucky – Charlie Bucket Eve – DJ Birdie/MC Jex Flying Scotsman (downstairs) Nathan J/ Dan Tha Man/ Nisbit Geisha – Transition – Damir/ Zelmir/ Frankie Button/ Nic Nac Hip E Club - DJ E-Funk Hydey – Club Seal - DJ Luke Dux/ DJ Jay Marriott Inglewood – DJ Shifty

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Mash – DJ Ricky Mint – Love 80’s – Simon Barwood Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Kenny Mustang - DJ Rockin Rhys Players Bar - DJ-Udas Queens Tav- DJ Rhys Worth Rosemount –Charlie Bucket / Bsebastian Stamford Arms – Shakedown Sessions Volume 1. Final Edition - The Great Anaru/ Friday Night Funkster/ Refresh/ Affiliate/ Kurtox/ K-Pax/ Shanks The Shed – DJ Andyy The Wembley – Deckeclectic - Pow!/ Dead Easy/ Nago/ Kapitol P

Ù MONDAY 02/11 Eastern Hotel – Adam Morris The Deen – DJ Birdie/ DJ Roger The Paddo - DJ John Paul

Ù TUESDAY 03/11 Bar Orient - DJ Lyndon Double Lucky - Substance – DJ Paul Malone/ DJ JMC Eastern Hotel – Jon Edwards High Road Hotel - DJ Matty J High Wycombe - DJ Ricky Mojos - DJ D Pad The Paddo - DJ DPad

Ù WEDNESDAY 04/11 Basement On Broadway – DJ KB Broken Hill Hotel - DJ Armee (Downsyde)/ Refresh/Shaker/CutNice/Jeremy C Captain Stirling – DJ Ricky Connections - DJ’s Joby / JJ / Rueben Double Lucky - Natural Selection Dusk – Blackbelt/ Aswon Eve – Déjà Vu - DJ Don Migi Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) – Unique – Charlie Buckets/ Dan Tha Man Gold – Slick/ Adroc Oak & Ivy –PCJ/Son Of The Father Mustang – DJ Giles Newport Hotel – DJ Tony Allen Niche - DJ Frankie Button Rosemount – DJ Shannon Fox The Deen- DJ Zelimer / DJ Viper & DJ Benny T– Zone 1 The Eastern – DJ Jinx The Queens – Wriggle on - DJ Gareth / Pranjal

Ù THIS WEEK Splitloop Friday, October 30 @ Ambar Stoneface And Terminal Friday, October 30 @ Rise Cuban Brothers Friday, October 30 @ Villa Midnight Juggernauts/Cut Off Your Hands Saturday, October 31 @ Capitol

Phrase Thursday , November 12 @ The Prince Of Wales; Friday November 13 @ Esplanade Bussellton; Saturday, November 14 @ The Rocket Room Horrorshow/Urthboy Thursday, November 12 @ Mojos; Friday, November 13 @ Prince of Wales; Saturday, November 14 @ Amplifier

Mischief – Grant Smillie/ Ruby Rose/ The Only Saturday, October 31 @ Villa

Force Majeure 1 Birthday/ D*Funk/ The Loops of Fury Friday, November 13 @ Ambar

T.Pain Saturday, October 31 @ Metro City

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PIG OF THE BUNCH MONGREL COUNTRY CD LAUNCH Hyde Park Front Bar Friday, October 23, 2009 As far as openers go, Bonehouse did a cracker job on Friday night. On first take it may appear the act has a very straightforward pub rockin’ sound, but on closer inspection there is a subtle interaction happening between two very distinct sounds.

Firstly, there is frontman Brocknroll Bonehouse on vocals, a la Jello Biafra circa-1980, in a more relaxed, booze-swilling way. Which is hard to pull off, especially considering there is a layer underneath with less punk modes, but more a blues-rock feel.

The very cool sounds of BRMC-type driving chords finish it off nicely.

Although, if you wanted a little punk, you certainly got it, with a guitar being thrown and smashed at the end of the set in true rock fashion.

It wasn’t a prop either and the head was snapped clean off, like a turkey at Christmas.

So if you’re not into unexpected, spontaneous acts of rock, then you would be downright uncomfortable during The Bible Bashers. For those of us that like it raw though, this is a visually hyper-happening experience. It’s not usual that anyone would admit being terrified during a rock show, but with Laith Tyranny on vocals, there were a couple of frightened looks.

Especially from the older gentlemen up the front of the bar, who got more than they bargained for when Laith deep-throated the microphone, both impressive in technique and gusto.

The music is fairly hyperactive to match, and retro rock hasn’t looked so scary or entertaining in Perth for a while… sort of like The Birthday Party on crack. Hopefully punters are grateful to catch a frontman who gives his all throughout an entire performance.

Sharing the night with their own CD launch was Cat Black, presenting their latest offering, Love Is Gone. Sometimes when a group

kicks off, they are so evidently talented that people automatically start gravitating closer to the stage (or stage area in the Hydey’s case). Cat Black has this ability and it is no secret this is, at least in part, due to the darkly beautiful and captivating vocals of ‘Emma’.

The band, lyrics and vocals complement each other so well, being moody and soulful but unafraid to rock out with a low-down, bluesy force.

Cat Black may wear some influences on their sleeve, but they are not over the top and have a cool, alternative blend of onstage personalities to counter.

If Cat Black reeled ’em in – then Mongrel Country knocked ’em out. At this point, the front room was completely packed out with a pit forming at the front of stage. It’s no wonder, with Mongrel Country’s signature double percussion as an awesome force, feeding a frenzy of crazed mountain fiends, guzzling back the twisted sensation like moonshine. The Deliverance references don’t stop there; on entering the gig there was the opportunity to enter a draw to win a trademark mutated pig mask. Different and discordant as they are, Mongrel Country still maintain rock’n’roll accessibility which allows a crowd to really let loose. And even if you just want to sit back a watch, Mongrel Country are an exciting band to witness.

By the end of the set, there was a stream of punters coming out for air; completely satisfied and wanting a weird pig mask. Punters were spilling out onto the pavement after an intense shared experience... and what happens in the

Mongrel Country (photo by Denis Radacic)

woods – stays in the woods.

Moonlight Wranglers wrapped up the night like a whiskey nightcap. The group matched the genres well and pulled off their place in the night, as the few remaining punters relaxed, enjoyed the set and got their breath back. In fact, the entire gig was put together so well, in a concerted effort to showcase some dark, seething, unnerving parts of rock in Perth, as well as some damn fine pig masks. _LAURA GLITSOS

WHAT TOMORROW KNOWS

Jeff Martin & The Armada (photo by Marie-France Leopold)

JEFF MARTIN & THE ARMADA / Timothy Nelson

ability of Martin and his Armada cohorts bassist Jay Cortez and percussionist Wayne P. Sheehy, this takes some doing.

What occurred on Saturday evening Fly By Night Club was the debut of a concept becoming a reality Saturday, October 24, 2009 and it was already a pretty sumptuous workin-progress. Martin – who is among the most Despite Jeff Martin’s status as a semi-resident confident men ever to wear heavy boots – was of Perth and with an increasing amount of gig open about the lump in his throat this phase appearances in these parts, it seems that the is giving him, as eastern instruments of all mystique he holds for his fans and the loyalty they persuasions ravished the stage. pay to him is undiminished.

The Rosary was an early highlight, It was a comfortably full Fly By Night depicting Martin in a lighter musical mood, Club on Saturday evening, which saw Timothy but still staring into the sun. Martin was his Nelson open proceedings. Support acts for usual multi-instrumentalist self, but Cortez also Martin shows are tricky proposition, given the impressed on slide guitar, mandolin and santoor. headliner’s heavy presence on stage and the devotion of his followers, but Nelson is a worthy Sheehy had some first night glitches and was protagonist. One of several up and coming WA animated in various motions throughout, but singer/musicians at the moment with a grasp the songs always came first and the assembled beyond his years, Nelson was joined by Luke Dux, were mostly oblivious of any audio problem or who is of similar status. Dux is possibly in danger internal struggle the musicians may have been of becoming a journeyman, but lending a hand encountering with this challenge.

From the trad-devil-blues of Black to his mate Nelson on this occasion, both proved Snake to the aforementioned Line In The Sand, the their mettle. colours were many and mixed, and by the time With a new single, Line In The Sand, and a tour to promote it, Jeff Martin was in Innana and Baby’s Come Undone fell into the night futurebound mode and mood. What seemingly it was apparent that something very moving had is happening here is that a man who has taken a been witnessed and that it only would grow into rock approach to eastern music is now taking the something more energetic and transcendental.

Martin, that old, dark horse. eastern approach to his rock music, if one were to put it simply and in that case, yes hello. Even for people with the three-musicians-in-each hand _ BOB GORDON

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The Ataris (photo by Michael Wylie)

THE ATARIS / Stealing O’Neal / Grim Fandango Amplifier Sunday, October 25, 2009 Melbourne’s Stealing O’Neal have been steadily forging a name for themselves thanks to an outlook on touring that most east coast bands choose not to adopt. Overlooking expense, Stealing O’Neal regularly make the trip west, which paid off tonight, with a healthy crowd watching them from the front of stage.

Their performance proved that they are seasoned pros when it comes to playing to foreign audiences, with frontman Chris Scott giving their set an overall feeling of friendliness.

Their sound however, struggled to find that same happy balance. With one guitar dominating the other, and vocals fluctuating between loud and

quiet, the inconsistent sound stopped their songs from delivering the impact that they are capable of delivering.

From the moment The Ataris took to the stage, it was obvious what tonight’s show was all about. With an irregular punk rock crowd in attendance, the majority of punters came to see their favourite high school band, and reminisce about the good ol’ days, wishing that they were 16 all over again.

Kicking things off with Unopened Letter To The World and So Long, Astoria, The Ataris were from the outset, obliging to the punters desires, providing plenty of sing-along moments.

With a revolving door of members in the past, The Ataris tonight played as a threepiece, as they have done on many tours. The uncomplicated sound allowed The Ataris’ songs to breathe, leaving frontman Kris Roe’s vocals to standout above the fast-paced songs.

Coming from a southern Californian

punk rock background, Roe came across surprisingly down-to-earth. He seemed to have a genuine appreciation for his fans, and thanked the venue for having them. At one point, Roe even floated a $20 note into the crowd and asked someone to take it to the bar and buy him a Maker’s Mark whiskey.

The band’s appreciation for the crowd was highlighted when Roe and bassist Brian Nelson explained that they had met a guy before the show whose birthday it was, and invited him onto the stage. Roe then directed the punter to exit in stage-diving fashion as they tore into In This Diary. That’s about when things got a little weird.

Instead of leaping into the crowd, said punter ripped his shirt off and threw it into the crowd, and then stole the mic from Nelson’s position and sang along to the whole song. It was funny for the first 30 seconds, but the longer the song went on, the more awkward it became to

watch the clearly drunk birthday boy wish he was the lead singer of The Ataris. Fuck it was funny.

Funny the first time that is. Throughout the set, the same punter continually crawled his way onto stage, stole Nelson’s mic and assumed his position as The Ataris temporary singer. They tried their best not to show it, but by the time The Ataris reached the end of their set, they were clearly pissed off that the birthday boy had not only overstayed his welcome, but had also accepted the role as ‘party pooper’.

With the majority of the crowd there for reminiscent purposes, everyone who came to see The Ataris for a trip down memory lane was treated to just that. With the unusual goings on at tonight’s show, it’s one that will stick in memory banks for a long time to come. Mind you, there’s probably one guy who won’t remember a thing. _GEORGE GREEN

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SCARECITY

AMPLIFIER

Friday, October 30, dirt-rock outfit Loose Unit launch their debut album, House Of Piper Laurie. They’ll be celebrating the release of the album alongside The SirenTower,Arts Martial,andThe Pecking Order. Doors open 8pm.Saturday, October 31, Capital City unleash their new recording, Keep It Stupid, Sucker. Fresh off their appearances at the One Movement Festival and the CMJ Music Marathon in New York, the boys will play this exclusive hometown show before setting off on a national tour. Support comes from The Scotch Of Saint James, The Shake-Up, and Emperors. Doors open 8pm.

Cloud Cover

Scarecity launch their debut EP, Stealing Clouds, with three big shows over the weekend. On Friday, October 30, they hit the Rocket Room (with Orogeny, Burning Fiction, and The First Snow); on Saturday, October 31, they play an all-ages show at HQ (with Screaming Life, Drive

By Summer, The First Snow, and Everything Automatic); and then on Sunday, November 1, they round it out at Mojo’s (with Screaming Life, My Mad Flow, and Birth Of A Hero).

With roots in Margaret River – roots that guitarist / vocalist Alex Giles says the band “never want to lose” – Scarecity are one of several local bands whose scope is a little more allencompassing and broad than the standard. Giles explains that coming from the country doesn’t make much of a difference in terms of how a band sounds, but can make a big difference in how they think.

“Well we’re from the country but I wouldn’t call it country music,” he laughs, “so it’s not the style that reflects where we’ve come from, but our attitude,” he says. “We’d really like to take everything we’ve got and go as regional as possible. Not because it reflects our country roots but because we’d like to play places like Port Hedland and Geraldton – because I think it’s important to go out to a lot of these places Perth bands very rarely go to. A lot of bands prefer to stay in the metropolitan region, but, yeah, we’d like to head out to the countryside. I guess that’s

CAPITOL Scarecity

when Perth being such an isolated city is good,” Giles explains.

“We’re playing a couple of shows in Sydney after the launch, which is really exciting because I’ve never been there before. So I get to go there for the first time playing music, which is kind of the beauty of being in a band,” he says genuinely.

Indeed it is. In fact, probably the main beauty of being in a band is getting to do a whole bunch of cool shit with your mates, which is important to Scarecity. With a strong ‘partners in crime’ vibe, Giles explains that the band have evolved into a very self-sufficient machine that already understands individual members’ roles.

In terms of music, this comes down to Giles and singer / guitarist Simon O’Leary nutting out initial ideas on their own, then bringing them to each other, then bringing them to everyone else for a more solid editing and writing session that takes the music to new places.

The end results of this massive collaborative process are, as Giles himself describes, ‘something really different’.

“The music comes from our creative sides, which makes it original and interesting, but also fun to play. Because Simon and I have been jamming for so long, we try to make sure we collaborate on each song, but everyone brings a unique perspective, which is great. Sometimes we work half-and-half on a song and other times we have a song each which we then pitch to the band.

Simon and I moved to Perth about the same time.

Ryan the drummer did too, but he’s always had a few projects on, so Simon and I became really tight.

“It’s amazing to be able to know what the other person is thinking, and be able to anticipate where they’re going to go with a song.

I guess it comes from all of us wanting the same thing and wanting to do something different.”

Saturday, October 31, the Midnight Juggernauts return to Perth with support from New Zealand’s Cut Off Your Hands, as well as locals French Rockets.

Doors open 7.30pm. Sunday, November 1, Swedish metal quintet Arch Enemy make a triumphant return to Capitol. They will be supported by New York’s Suffocation and locals Claim The Throne from 8pm.

RAILWAY HOTEL

Friday, October 30, the Railway hosts Sydney garagerockers The Shake-Up with special guests Trigger Jackets and French And McCarthy. Doors open 8pm and entry is $10. Saturday, October 31, it’s a massive Halloween two-stager featuringThe Witness,Mile End, The Floors,Laced Affair,Morning People,Hand Stands For Ants, and Sugarpuss. Doors open 8pm, $10 entry.

Sunday, November 1, there’s a great Sunday session courtesy ofThe Forgotten,Arrowhead,andThe Silence In Between. Doors open 6-10pm and entry is $5.

INDI BAR

Bex’s Open Mic is back for Thursday nights, including tonight,October 29.The Murder Mouse Blues Band are back and getting groovy on Friday,October 30. It’s the end of the month, so Blue Shaddy will be packing out the Indi on Saturday, October 31. Lightning Jack will be showing off his ample skills in many styles of blues on Sunday, November 1. Finally there’s a special Melbourne Cup day lunch, Tuesday November 3.

ROSEMOUNT HOTEL

Friday, October 30 catch Aussie punk rock legends the Hard-Ons, with special guests Project Mayhem, Grim Fandango, and The New Husseins. Doors open 8pm, tickets $15 (plus booking fee) from Mills, Planet, Star, and www.heatseeker.com.au / $20 at the door.

Sunday, November 1, it’s the Rosemount’s Acoustic Open Mic night hosted by Turin Robinson - head on down and have a bash or just play some free pool.

Action from 4pm and it’s free. Tuesday, November 3, it’s the Rosemount’s weekly Quiz Night - see www. quizmeisters.com.au for more info. Wednesday, November 4, catch We Can Breathe In Space, Return To Paris, Still Water Claims, and Speak Of Sirens. Doors open 8pm and entry is $5. In the beer garden catch DJ Shannon Fox for the Rosemount’s Student Night.

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ROCKET ROOM

Julius Lutero

FLY BOY

Fear Of Comedy

FEAR FACTOR

Fear Of Comedy will perform their final show for a while (and guitarist Nathan’s final show with the band) on Saturday, October 31, when they hit the stage at Sin (Gilkisons Dance Studio, Murray Street) at 12.30am. Fans need not fear, as Fear Of Comedy are merely tucking themselves away to write a new set and devise new ways to blow your mind.

Cheerio Nathan, and best of luck with all future radness!

LOOSE UNIT

Rafferty’s Rules Having been locked in the studio for the better part of a year, Loose Unit make a long overdue to the live scene on Friday, October 30, when they launch their new album House Of Piper Laurie at Amplifier Bar. Joining them will be The Siren Tower, Arts Martial, and The Pecking Order.

And it will feel pretty damn good for the Loose Unit boys to finally see this project to its creative end. After an epic journey, all that remains is the launch… and everyone knows how much fun they are.

Rewind a bit, and hard work was more on the agenda than fun. As bassist / vocalist Tom Rafferty explains, Loose Unit not only put in the hard graft writing and recording the album, but also building the studio in which to do it.

“This recording has been a huge education for all of us,” Rafferty begins. “Doing most of the recording and editing ourselves has meant we were kinda dropped in the deep end and forced to learn on the fly. In terms of capturing sounds we had a basic idea before this recording but what we know now totally eclipses what we thought we would get out of it.

I would totally recommend to any new band to have as much input in the recording process as possible,” he says, further recommending that it’s never a bad idea to have an expert on hand for troubleshooting.

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Loose Unit

“The album was mixed by Adam Spark [Birds Of Tokyo] who was super helpful when we had any issues. I suppose it’s good to have someone who knows a whole lot so that you can pick their brain when you have any problems.”

But, all things considered, Loose Unit’s album is an exercise in DIY ethics. Although they’ve been somewhat absent from the live scene throughout most of the recording process, it was time well-spent, Rafferty explains.

“We released the first single from the album, Sepia Colours, at the end of last year and played a run of shows then, but have been pretty quiet on the live front for a while. We recorded a lot of this album ourselves which was a great learning experience but it also pushed our deadlines out more than we expected. We had to borrow gear for

Local independent singer-songwriter Julius Lutero is in the final stages of production for his new EP and film clip for Come Fly With Me, which will be launched at The Charles Hotel from 5.30pm on Sunday, November 15. There will be the dynamic combo of Julius Lutero, Terepai Richmond (DIG, The Whitlams, Missy Higgins, Delta Goodram) on drums and Roy Martinez (Hank Marvin, Dave Mann) on bass with special guests Mat Gresham, Sean Brown, and Phoebe Corke. Be part of the live filming and recording at the event. For more information check out www.myspace.com/juliuslutero and www. juliuslutero.com. the recording so had to fit around other peoples schedules. In that time we also built a studio. What started out as a one-room rehearsal space has had two extra rooms added on; one being the control room and also a little vocal booth. This is where we did the bass, vocals, some guitars, percussion and any extra overdubs for the album.

“It’s a cool time to be making a bit of a resurfacing now. A lot of the old guard are sadly no longer around anymore, but there’s heaps of awesome new bands doing really cool stuff at the moment. There’s not the safety of those familiar bands that we used to play with, but that can also mean that it’s not the same lineup every gig, and we’ve gotta have our game on to make an impression on new punters. As long as we are having fun writing, recording and playing live I can’t see us holding back.”

Especially not now that all of that hard work is behind them, and the end results are right there – pressed and ready.

Musically, the album is not just the best of Loose Unit, but the best version of their best, explains Rafferty.

“These songs are like a ‘best of’ of the songs we’ve been playing for quite a while. We started recording demos for this early last year and there were about 25 potentials that we had to cull down for the album. Some of the demos we would have liked to put on there as well but we had to be a bit ruthless. We finished the recording about mid-year and have been organizing all the post production stuff like cover artwork since then. In that time we’ve also written almost enough material for another album.

“After working on the album for so long the songs started to become a bit stale but now that we have the album completed its quite enjoyable listing to it. We’re just stoked to finally be getting this out!”

Friday, October 30, Scare City launch their EP with support from Orogeny, The First Snow, and Burning Fiction. After midnight, Kevin Got Lucky and Fools Rush In drop by for Late Night Live while DJ Ben Steele (Anarchy On Air) spins tunes ’til 3am. On Thursday, November 5, Rocket Room hosts the Fasterlouder birthday bash, featuring great local talents The Devil Rides Out, zxspecky, The Spitfires, and Ashoka, while Carlos from French Rockets wears the DJ hat between sets.

JB O’REILLY’S

Tonight, Thursday, October 29, catch The Murder Mouse Blues Band from 8.30pm.Get in early and enjoy a $15 curry-and-pint from 5-9pm. Friday, October 30, catch The Healys from 8.30pm. Saturday, October 31, get your best Halloween garb on for the JB Fancy Dress Party with Tea For Two from 8.30pm. Giveaways and prizes for best dressed. Sunday, November 1, is Original Music Night with Avatar, The Blue Finish, and Lost Radio from 6.30pm.

THE HYDEY FRONT BAR & BACKROOM

Tonight, Thursday, October 29 the Front Bar feature Hollywood Graves,The Creppter Children, and Matty Trash And The Horrorbles from 8pm. Entry is $8.

Friday, October 30, the Front Bar host Atolah, Cease, Giant Tortoise, and Sonny Roofs from 8pm. Entry is $10. Get down to The Backroom on Friday night for We Can Breathe In Space, Good News For Modern Man, Colour The Sky, and Fools Rush In. Doors 8pm and entry is $12. Saturday, October 31, The Corner, Hyte, Fallen Away, and The Revolvers will rock at the Front Bar from 8pm. Entry is $8. In the Backroom this Saturday night, Infected hold their CD launch and special reunion show with supports Psychonaut, Mgorhl, Human Extinction Project, and Jupiter Zeus (ex-Nebula / Moth). Doors 7.30pm and entry is $15.

Sunday, November 1, the Front Bar present The Long Strides, Cat Black, Bridgewater Bridge, and Shontay Snow. Doors open 6pm and entry is $8. Wednesday, November 4, Ground Down, Pockets Of Resistance, and Copious play at the Hydey Front Bar from 8pm and entry is $5.

MOJO’S

Tonight,Thursday,October 29,catch Helen Shanahan, Tree, and The Blue Finish. Entry will be $5 from 8pm.

Friday,October 30,catch the Words,Luna Parade,Good Little Fox,and Rainy DayWomen.Entry will be $10 from 8pm. Saturday, October 31, The Chevelles, The Jayco Brothers, Brodie Owen, and MC Belly Lugosi bring the noise. Entry is $10 from 8pm. Sunday, November 1, Scarecity, Screaming life, My Mad Flow, and Birth Of A Hero team up. Entry is $15 from 6pm (includes an EP). Monday, November 2, is Wide Open Mic with Justin Walshe – 0408 755 233. Entry is free. Tuesday, November 3, catch Bears In The Night, Sunny Roofs, Modularman, Craig MacElhinney. Entry is $5 from 8pm. Wednesday, November 4, the Fremantle Blues And Roots Club hosts The Joe Kings, A Beggar’s Second, Dylan Oliveri, and The TNs. Entry is $10 / $5 for members from 8pm.

THE CASTLE

Catch Jupiter Zeus, Desertship, Gasoline Inc, and Lumia on Friday, October 30. Saturday, October 31, is a Halloween special with All This Filth, Arkarion, Mordecai, and Arkaic Rival.West End Riot and Aztech Suns round out the weekend on Sunday, November 1.

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RAILWAY’S PARADE

The Forgotten, Arrowhead, and The Silence In Between do some ear drum hurtin’ at the Railway Hotel on Sunday, November 1. Doors open 6pm.

HOME BREW Jack Action

JACK ACTION ACTION

Jack Action are set to play their last couple of shows for the year before they buckle down to start recording. Catch them at the Swan Basement on Sunday, November 1, and then at the Deen on Monday, November 2.

STRAIGHT WHITE GOOD

One of Perth’s best-loved and most pioneering metal acts, Infected, will grace the stage at the Hydey Back Room on Saturday, October 31, to (re) launch their Crawlspace album, which has been remixed and rem astered. Known for combining a zillion different elements into one overall spooky, near-industrial take on death metal; Infected were known about town as one of the live acts to see. On Saturday you have the opportunity to see why.

A HARDWICK DAY’S NIGHT

A staple on the local live scene for over 15 years, Brett Hardwick will take his particular blend of blues, jazz, pop, soul and funk to The Ellington on Wednesday, November 4, where he will launch his new CD, From Now On. Supporting him on the night will be Ric Eastman on drums, Manoli Vouyoucalos on bass, Annie Neil and Emma Gardner on vocals, Freddie Grigson on guitar, Graham Wood on Hammond, and Jean-guy Lemire on blues harp.

DAILY HAVOC

Annihilate Music presents a huge lineup of hardcore and metal at YMCA HQ on Sunday, November 1, for Halloween Havoc. Kicking off at 1pm, Into The Sea headline the event with Mandalay Victory, Bridge The Gap, Arturo Chaos, Born Into Suffering, Lost For Words, Vanity, Break, and Double Jump also gracing the stage for this all-ages event. Come dressed up in Halloween costumes as there are plenty of prizes (including t-shirts and CDs) up for grabs for best dressed. All bands will be dressed up in costumes too so it should be interesting seeing what they’ve come up with.

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STONES THROW

Acousticks & Stones is a series of acoustic weeknight gigs of unplugged entertainment at The Castle, going through to midnight, and including new acts each night - from solo sets and duos, to whole unplugged bands. The third Acousticks & Stones gig will be on Thursday, November 12.

Special Brew play a couple of shows this week, kicking off at Kulcha on Friday, October 30 (with Natural Reggae Beat); and then as part of the Northbridge Festival on Sunday, November 1.

SWEETER THAN HONEY

The Honey Set (Kim Williams and Pascal Bartolone) perform at Tiger Tiger Coffee Bar (Murray Street) from 8pm Friday, October 30.

A BONE TO PICK

Selk Hastings debuts her new band The Bone Singers at the Norfolk Basement on Friday, October 30, with Fall Electric, Luke Dux, and Downtown Dave supporting.

Emperors

THE EMPERORS STRIKE BACK

EASY LIKE SUNDAY MORNING

Featuring members of Faith In Plastics, Kill Teen Angst and Genghis; Emperors will make their live debut at Amplifier on Saturday, October 31, when they support Capital City’s CD launch.

Head to www.myspace.com/emperorsnewband for all sorts of good shit to enjoy.

Every Sunday afternoon The Castle opens at 1pm, serving free hot dogs ’til 2pm, then hosts some live rock with west End Riot and Aztech Suns in the lounge room ’til 6pm.

Entry is $5 all day.

BLUES VELVET

If you head to the Velvet Lounge on Sunday, November 1, prepare yourself to be entertained by the folky, punky blues of The Painkillers, who will perform from 7pm.

BANGERS AND MASH

The Chevelles headline Monster Mash at Mojo’s on Saturday, October 31, supported

by The Jayco Brothers and Brodie Owen from 8pm. Entry is a tenner.

MOON ROCKS

The Moon Café keeps the music alive this week, with Ghost Drums performing on Sunday, November 1, from 8pm; and Swoop Swoop, The Robery, and Grace Woodroofe Going Solo from 8pm Wednesday, November 4.

Flash Lads And The Doxies

NEWS FLASH

New five-piece Flash Lads And The Doxies will be playing every Saturday at The Civic, bringing their rich harmonic feast for one and all to share.

COP THE LOFT

Boom! Bap! Pow!, Felicity Groom, Simone And Girlfunkle, and Trent Williams perform at Little Creatures Loft from 8pm Friday, October 30. $8 entry.

SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY

Project Mayhem and The Sure-Fire Midnights support the Hard-Ons at the Newport on Sunday, November 1, from 6pm. $20 entry.

Homebrewe

SPECIAL BREWE

Homebrewe’s album launch will take place on Friday, November 6, at Amplifier Bar. That’s Friday, November 6, at Amplifier Bar. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a dirty stinking liar – most noticeable due to their pants being on fire.

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GOMEZ Viva Lost In Vegas Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson’s infamous adventure into the savage wasteland of Las Vegas began around Barstow, just as the drugs began to take hold.

Gomez, dates to the right

The events – some factual, some fictional, mostly it didn’t matter – that spilled out over two volumes of Rolling Stone back in 1971 became a cultural elegy of America, the excess-fuelled idealism of the Summer of Love clashing with the bleary eyed realisations of a new decade.

Ian Ball’s most recent journey to Las Vegas didn’t start with hallucinogenic bats, but his tale is no less unsettling.

“We had this guy who was explaining his solution to the Middle East, you know, general problem,” he says, retelling his taxi ride from the airport to the hotel. “‘Just fuckin’ nuke ‘em man!’,” Ball continues in his best Southern Luddite imitation. “It was his solution for everything… put them all in a field and nuke them.

“And then I think he was encouraging me to pick up women, so he could watch me have sex with them in the back of the cab.”

Bonding over horrifying Vegas experiences, I regale Ball with tales of a semirecent family holiday to the town. My stories also involved misanthropic taxi drivers and legions of blue-rinsed old ladies in nylon trackpants, but these cautionary tales take on much more sinister undertones when you consider that I was under the legal drinking age at the time. It turns out you can get fear and loathing by staying on the other side of the sobriety spectrum too. Ball is shocked but sympathetic.

“How the fuck do you deal with Vegas without that?” he exclaims. “It’s undoable! I’ve been here for… I don’t know how long, a week?” he continues, sounding slightly disoriented. “I’m lying on a bed in The Hilton Hotel – known as

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the home of Barry Manilow – I haven’t been very productive.”

Ball’s slow and unsettled parables are now coming together to draw a concise picture, showing the telltale signs of stimulation overload.

Bright lights, around the clock gambling and the chance to see a cavalcade of rotting performers have finally gotten to Gomez’ quiet and tempered songwriter/vocalist/guitarist. It seems the only logical thing to do is return to the open arms of Australian audiences, following an immensely successful tour earlier in 2009 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their Mercury Prize-winning debut, Bring It On. But even that may not necessitate a pleasant time for all.

“Usually when we go to Australia, somebody catches some form of hideous disease,” he says wryly in relation to Ben Ottewell’s poor condition during the previous tour.“But I love all Australians.

“The last time we toured we didn’t have a new record. I don’t even think we had finished it, maybe we had? I dunno, it’s all kinda gone … (makes a sound like air spewing out of a tyre).”

It takes a special kind of person to survive Vegas, it turns millionaires into babbling hobos and the girl next door into girl on the street corner. Don’t pity Ian Ball for falling prey to the grandiose, just offer him a nice cup of tea and keep him away from neon lights in the near future. _ MITCH ALEXANDER

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Project Mayhem, Friday at The Rosemount LITTLE CREATURES LOFT Boom! Bap! Pow! Simone And Girlfunkle Felicity Groom Trent Williams LLAMA BAR One Island East MALAGA MARKETS David Hamersley MANOR Grace Barbe MOJO’S The Words Luna Parade Good Little Fox Rainy Day Women MOONDYNE JOE’S Dave Gillam Trio MOON AND SIX PENCE Blue Hornet MOUNT HELENA TAVERN Fuse MOUNT HENERY TAVERN Full Circle MUSTANG Adam Hall And The Velvet Playboys Cheeky Monkeys NEWPORT Felix NORFOLK BASEMENT Selk Hastings And The Bone Fingers Fall Electric Luke Dux Downtown Dave OLD BAILEY TAVEN Peace, Love And All That Stuff OXFORD HOTEL The Recliners PADDO Just Ace PADDY HANNAN’S Proof PADDY MAGUIRES Polka Dots Hi-NRG PARAMOUNT Flyte PLAYERS BAR Kickstart PUBLICAN BAR Alfredo PRINCE OF WALES (Bunbury) Don Walker The Justin Walshe Folk Machine PRIORY HOTEL (Dongara) Slither RAILWAY HOTEL The Shake Up Trigger Jackets French And McCarthy REVOLUTION LOUNGE Corner Coronal Sky Wicked Sky ROCKET ROOM Scarecity EP Launch Orogeny The First Snow Burning Fiction Kevin Got Lucky Fools Rush In ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Hard-Ons Project Mayhem Grim Fandango The New Husseins ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Freo) Arrival SAIL & ANCHOR Easy Tigers SPICE LOUNGE Timeless SWAN LOUNGE Ol’ Bouginvillea Jeddison Duke Arrowhead

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FLOREAT TAVERN Damien Thornber And The Orphans The Blue Finish FLY BY NIGHT Gomez FLYING SCOTSMAN Loads FOUNDRY Lady Penelope FORRESTFEILD TAVERN Michael Power GLENGARY TAVERN Wasted Youth GREENWOOD HOTEL Riddum Shak HYDEY (Frontroom) The Corner Hyte Fallen Away The Revolvers HYDEY (Backroom) Infected CD Launch Psychonaut Mgorhl Human Extinction Project Jupiter Zeus HIGH WYCOMBE King Karaoke IMPACT BAR Freeform INDI BAR Blue Shaddy INDIAN OCEAN BREWING COMPANY Fitzcarraldo JB O’REILLY’S Tea For Two KULCHA Flamenco Puro KINGSLY TAVERN Tall Stories MASH BREWERY Dom Zurzolo MASH BREWREY SATURDAY 31.10 (Bunbury) AMPLIFIER The Morris Lane Capital City CD Launch Project The Scotch Of Saint MOJO’S James The Chevelles The Shake-Up The Jayco Brothers Emperors Brodie Owen BALMORAL Belly Lugosi The Other Guys MOON AND BAR 120 SIXPENCE Flyte Bar Code MOONDYNE JOES BAR ORIENT Murder Mouse Blues Better Days BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ MT HENRY In The Groove Chris Murphy MULLALOO BEACH BENNYS HOTEL Housequake Timewarp BLACK BETTY’S MUSTANG Red Star The Continentals CAPITOL Midnight Juggernauts The Damien Cripps Band Cut Off Your Hands NANNUP HOTEL French Rockets The Justin Walshe Folk CARLISLE HOTEL Machine Free Radicals NORFOLK CASTLE BASEMENT All this Filth The Milkmen Arkarion Black Sun Mordecai The Imps Arkaic Rival NEWPORT CLANCY’S Gravity OLD BAILEY TAVERN Kapowera Show Decoy CIVIC HOTEL PADDY MAGUIRES Flash Lads And The Polka Dots Doxies Rocket CIVIC HOTEL PADDO (Backroom) Cheeky Monkeys Musicality PARAMOUNT COTTESLOE BEACH Felix HOTEL PLAYER’S BAR Groove Karaoke (Mandurah) ELEPHANT & 3 Corner Jack WHEELBARROW PUBLICAN BAR Timeout Jazz With Quench ELLINGTON JAZZ RAILWAY HOTEL CLUB The Witness Elle Deslandes Quartet Mile End Odette Mercy The Floors ESS BAR Laced Affair Gun Shy Romeos Morning People Hand Stands For Ants FENIANS Sugarpuss Shanks Pony SWAN BASEMENT Aztech Suns The Raw Electrics Indie Starts Fires SWINGING PIG Mr Brightside THE BURRENDAH Keith McDonald THE DEEN Clayton Bolger Slim Jim And The Phatts THE EASTERN MIDLAND Bill Chidgzey THE GATE Mike Nayar THE PRIORY Chris Murphy And The Murphys THE SAINT Threeplay THE SHED Pulse Polka Dot THE VIC Nat Ripepi THE VICTORIA HOTEL (Collie) Rocket TIGER TIGER COFFEE BAR The Honey Set VICTORIA PARK HOTEL Ivan Ribic UNIVERSAL Retriofit GTA WATERFORD TARVEN Bogan Bingo WOODVALE TAVERN Cherry

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ACE FREHLEY Time For Space

With a new solo album, Anomaly, out now, former Kiss guitarist, Ace Frehley, tours Australia for the first time next year and will perform on Monday, February 1, 2010. Tickets on sale from Monday,November 2, through Ticketek (132 849) and heatseeker.com. au. PETE HODGSON speaks to the legend.

One thing I really like about Anomaly is that even though you used Pro Tools, it doesn’t sound like a ‘Pro Tools album.’ It sounds like it could have been recorded 20 or 30 years ago…

Yeah, well I used a lot of old amplifiers, old guitars, old mics. And I’ve worked with some of the greatest producers in rock and roll: Eddie Kramer, Bob Ezrin and a host of others. And I’ve learned a lot of mic’ing techniques and ways to record from them. Plus I threw in a couple of tricks I’ve learned over the years on my own. I think I achieved an analog sound even though 90 per cent of the record was done directly into the computer.

on the album.

I used a bunch of old Marshall amps, old Fender and Vox amps. I used about a dozen acoustic guitars. Les Pauls, about a half a dozen vintage Fenders. I used a (Gibson) Reverse Firebird. I probably used 25 different guitars on the record. I even used a synthesizer guitar on Change The World.

Cool! Was that a new one, or one of the old ones people seem to be digging into lately?

It was just a Roland synth guitar I had laying around. I just went into Pro Tools and recorded the MIDI information.

Then once you have the MIDI information recorded you can trigger anything, any exterior module or plug-in module.

I’ve been getting into that myself a bit.

This is the first album I’ve done completely digitally, and after working that way I could never go back to working all analogue again. The flexibility of digital editing is unbelievable. I did a lot of editing, sampling and cutting and pasting in my hotel room. While Marti and Anthony were mixing one song, I was fine-tuning other songs in my hotel suite, which expedited the album.

Did you use it as a songwriting tool too, or more of just a recording or editing medium?

Nah, I don’t use Pro Tools as a songwriting tool. Most of the songs I write, I just have a drum track in the background. Just the beat, and either an acoustic or electric guitar.

That’s the way I write, then I add vocals and build it from that. Some tracks were recorded as a three-piece with Anton Fig and my bass player. Some tracks I recorded into Pro Tools with a drum machine and Anton played drums to them.

One thing that really struck me was that the drum sounds are really sharp and snappy, which is really cool.

Yeah! I had Marti Frederiksen and Anthony Focx mix the record. Anthony Focx really specialises in drums because he’s a drummer himself. He really tweaked the drum sound. I just think he did a wonderful job with the mixing, tweaking the drum sounds, the digital reverbs, and the actual room sounds I hear you’re working on a new Gibson Les that we got.

Paul model?

Yeah! The first Ace Frehley signature Being a guitar geek, I couldn’t forgive myself if I didn’t ask about your approach to gear series guitar came out in 1997. That was a Cherry

Celebrating the release of Ace Frehley’s Anomaly and the new Kiss album, Sonic Boom, KISStake per form at the Mustang Bar tonight, Thursday, October 29. 8.30pm start, free entry and giveaways too.

Ace Frehley

Sunburst. The new one’s going to be a Blueburst with some special features: pickups I designed, speed knobs, lighting bolts… It’s going to be a special guitar. It’ll be released by the end of the year. The new pickups are basically a collaboration between me and Gibson.

One of my readers wanted to know what you use the middle pickup for. Does that come up often or is it just because it looks really cool?

I don’t use the middle pickup very much. I mainly use the treble pickup. In concert I only have the treble pickup – that’s the only one wired.

I’ve had so many guitar students wanting to learn your licks. Is that amount of influence something you think about when you’re writing and recording new songs, or do you try and not think about it?

It’s something I don’t really think about very often, but when people bring it to my attention it seems a little in the abstract. Cos I never took a guitar lesson, I don’t know how to read music, and the fact that I influenced so many upcoming musicians – I almost feel like maybe I should have practiced a little more (laughs). But it’s something I don’t really think much about. I kind of try to live in the now and just focus on what’s at hand, you know?

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