X-Press Magazine #1191

Issue 1191 10.12.09

Tijuana Cartel. Sunshine Brothers. DJ Nickodemus (USA) Tickets from www.heatseeker.com.au

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News Reactions/Comp Thing Flesh Southbound X-Press Interview: James Cameron Music: The Presets Music: Animal Collective Music: Matt Gresham Music: The Church Music: Mukaizake Music: Datarock Music: Bodyjar/Bridezilla New Noise

The Mess Hall Saritah

SARITAH STORMS THE STATE

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Fresh from shows in Hong Kong, South Korea, and a huge national tour in support of her album Ancient Forward this year, Saritah brings her soulful vocal talents to WA for one last time before Christmas.

Catch her this Friday, December 11, at Karriview Winery (8pm, $15 entry); Saturday, December 12, at The White Star in Albany (8pm, free entry); Sunday, December 13, at Caves House in Yallingup (4pm, free entry); Thursday, December 17, at Mojo’s (support from Blow and King George, $15 entry); Friday, December 18, at Settlers’ Tavern in Margaret River (9pm, free entry); Saturday, December 19, at The Paddo, Mt Hawthorn (6pm, free entry) and Sunday, December 20, at the Fremantle Arts Centre (2pm, free entry).

ROCK INTO 2010

Tickets are selling fast to one of the most highly anticipated New Years’ Eve parties in Perth, Amplifier NYE. Rock dynamos Gyroscope head back from the UK to play their first Perth show since May, and The Mess Hall will be sharing tracks from their new album For The Birds, also performing are The Novocaines, Harlequin League, The Devil Rides Out, Young Revelry and Wolves. Death Disco DJs, Eddie Electric, DJ Ryan, DJ Francesco spin tunes.

Tickets are on sale now through Moshtix (www.moshtix.com.au and 1300 438 849).

MORE LANEWAY LOVE

Bridezilla, see Page 30 for full story

The St Jerome’s Laneway Festival recently announced their second round of acts to play at the Perth Cultural Centre on Saturday, February 6.

Sydney’s Bridezilla joins Perth talents Boys Boys Boys, Pond, Kill Teen Angst,Tomas Ford, Tim & Jean, and Voltaire Twins on the line up.

Tickets on sale now through www.lanewayfestival.com.au or by calling 1300 369 882.

The Cat Empire

NEW YEARS’ CATS Salt 49 Salt cover: Dilated Peoples 50 Salt News 52 Salt Music: Dilated Peoples/Bureka Som Sistema/Reboot 53 Salt Music: Pendulum/Club Scene 54 Salt Music Appleblim/ Shapeshifters 55 Salt Music: Stanton Warriors/ Salted: Pharoahe Monch 56 Salt Test Lab 58 Club Manual 60 Live reviews: Greenday/Les Claypool/ Grim Fandango/Kill Whitey 62 Rock X-Tras 63 Heavy Feature: Lamb Of God 65 Tour Trails 66 Gig Guide 68 Classifieds

Stan Walker

The Fremantle Arts Centre lawns are the place to be on the first day of 2010, with globe trotting superstars The Cat Empire bringing their unstoppable party fusion of jazz, soul, Latin, reggae, hip hop and pop to the Arts Centre for their New Years Day Concert 2010.

Tijuana Cartel,The Sunshine Brothers and New York’s DJ Nikodemus will also bring their talents to the FAC stage. Friday, January 1, 2010, from 5.30pm. Tickets on sale now from Mills; Planet; Star Perth and Mandurah, Live Clothing, FAC box office, www.heatseeker. com.au and www.thecatempire.com.

WALK RIGHT IN

Attention Australian Idol fans! Idol-winner Stan Walker will be in town this week, signing copies of his debut album, the ever-soappropriately titled Introducing Stan Walker.

The album features rerecorded versions of songs Walker performed on Idol, including Miley Cyrus’s The Climb, Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, Prince’s Purple Rain and Queen’s We Will Rock You. Head down to the Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Centre, from 4pm, on Wednesday, December 16.

SUNSET SOUNDS

Local hip hop act Dome Sunset will be launching their debut EP Joy, which has recently been receiving airplay on Triple J, at the Rosemount Hotel next Friday, December 18, with support from DJ Silence, Injured Ninja and The Typhoons.

Doors open 8pm. $10 entry, or $15 with a copy of the CD. Tickets are available from Heatseeker, Planet and Mills Records.

X-Press Cover: The Presets play at Summadayze on Sunday, January 3 at The Supreme Court Gardens. Tickets through Ticketmaster.

Salt cover: Dilated Peoples play at Origin NYE on Thursday, December 31 at Steel Blue Oval. Tickets through Moshitx or www.theorigin.com.au.

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Freya Hanley, Movie By Burswood Summer Sessions

SURROUND SOUND

Movies By Burswood is presenting live entertainment each Friday and Saturday night before their movie screenings. The Summer Sessions this features Ill Starred Captain performing prior to screenings of Whip It and Beautiful Kate (Friday) and Julie & Julia and The Ugly Truth (Saturday).

Next Friday, December 18, Natasha Bouchard plays before Mao’s Last dancer and on Saturday, December 19, Freya Hanley performs prior to (500) Days Of Summer and Adam.

Speaking of Movies By Burswood, all this summer, people with sight-impairments, including the blind, will be able enjoy movies at the outdoor cinema thanks to a state of the art Audio Description service from ToyBox International.

The system works with the aid of headsets, enabling a sight-impaired person to visualise scenes unfolding on screen much like an author of a book describes a scene unfolding in their novel. There is no charge for their use.

The headsets will be available throughout the season. For more information, visit www.moviesbyburswood.com.

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MEMORIES…

Please show and tell the fans and people that have never gone to a festival before, why they are great and why they will Dear X-Press, have moments there that they will never forget.

I am writing in to express my disappointment in the lack of photos and I feel the poor write Jamie up you gave Stereosonic. You have also done Via email this with past festivals. To me, and I would hope other people that go to festivals, it’s Unlike other festivals, Stereosonic don’t not just about how good or how bad DJs allow publications to send photographers are. t o t h e eve nt – t h ey h ave a n o f f i c i a l It should also be about the people photographer and they make a selection that go to the festivals. The fans that dress of photos available to press for publication up, the people that go to just dance or best with reviews. As for what’s in the review, of all, just to be round other people that everyone’s experience of a festival is enjoy having a great time listing to great different – this is partly why the acts are music. focused on, that’s what makes it a review.

I bet that if you took the time to Facebook does a good job of providing ask people what they liked about the day, the misty-watered-coloured-memories of it wouldn’t just be about the DJs that were friends having good times – Ed. there. It would be about hanging with friends, seeing and meeting great people, SEDUCED BY and for me just enjoying the moment.

I feel that you should take more STEREOSONIC time writing about the whole day and showing people having a great time (not Dear X-Press, photos of people that look like they are going to a nite club). Real fans of music will I just wanted to write in to say what an always go, so why not write more about that awesome time I had at Stereosonic! It was a wicked day and the party people were out as well.

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Bloody Beetroots absolutely rocked my socks off and from the big smiles I saw around me in the crowd, it seems like they rocked everyone else’s socks off too!

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I’ve really enjoyed your coverage of student fashion events in the past few weeks – it’s great to see what these graduates have to offer the fashion community.

I can’t wait to see the collections of these designers in boutiques around town in coming years – the future of our local fashion industry is in safe hands!

Congratulations to all the hard working students for a stunning series of graduation shows.

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THE CHURCH

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Well respected Australian rock band, The Church, return to Perth for sold out shows on December 17 and 18 at the Quarry Amphitheater. To celebrate, we have three copies of their current album Untitled #23 up for grabs!

Have you experienced VMAX at Event Cinemas Innaloo? VMAX is the ultimate big screen experience with a giant screen capable of showing the latest in digital 3D films. VMAX has exclusively designed seats with contoured high backs, tables and double the leg room. Experience VMAX with Avatar – the highly anticipated December 17 release starring Perth’s own Sam Worthington.

James Cameron,the man behind Titanic,Terminator and Aliens has now worked his magic with CGI technologies to bring us some of the most realistic 3D photo imagery never seen before on the cinema screen.There are 10 Event Packs to be won – each with exclusive Avatar brand merchandise and a double pass to see Avatar in VMAX at Event Cinemas Innaloo.

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The legendary Hoodoo Gurus will be coming to Metro City Concert Club for one night only on Sunday, December 13. Don’t miss this opportunity to see one of the best bands to come out of Australia in the early ’80s. They will be supported by local lads Capital City who look set to carve out a future for themselves in the Australian rock scene.

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Directed by Diablo Cody, Jennifer’s Body is in cinemas on December 10. We have 10 double passes to catch this flick.

Nick returns to Rise this Friday night, December 11, for what is sure to be a pumping DJ set promoting his latest release – Skitzmix 33. He is guaranteed to deliver a pumping, bass pounding set from behind the decks. To help get you pumped for Nick Skitz’ return, we have two Nick Skitz compilation packs including a Skitzmix 30 box set and a copy of Nick Skitz Come Into My World to give away!

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Devin Townsend Richard Branson

POOL PARTY

The man behind super-brand Virgin, Richard Branson, is heading to Perth to offer a helping hand to the Strike A Chord For Cancer Foundation.

Branson will jet into Perth for a pool party on Friday, March 19, at the Burswood Entertainment Complex, and the venue will be transformed into a Caribbean oasis for the occasion. The Strike A Chord Foundation looks after kids who need inspiration and distraction during cancer treatment, offering up the gift of music through donated instruments, tutoring, recording opportunities and meet-and-greets with big name musicians. The Foundation also provides financial support to institutions such as the Princess Margaret Hospital For Children.

If you’d like to support the Foundation and party with Branson in the process, don’t miss out on tickets to the uber exclusive Branson By The Pool Party – with tickets going on sale now from Ticketek and Strikeachord.org.au.

THE BOY GENIUS

At the tender age of 19, Devin Townsend was labeled a ‘boy genius’ by Steve Vai and since then, Townsend has proved time after time that he’s deserving of such praise. In March 2010, Australian audiences will get to discover what all the fuss is about, with Townsend hitting the road for a national tour. Fans can catch the ‘boy genius’ on Thursday, March 18, at Metropolis Fremantle. Tickets go on sale this Friday, December 11, at 9am, from BOCS, 78’s, Mills and Planet.

SHAKESPEARE, NOT STIRRED

This summer, the much loved Shakespeare In The Park season will return to Kings Park and Botanic Garden its second round of shows. In January 2010, Shakespeare WA will present a 1960s take on The Taming Of The Shrew, a comedy that has been entertaining audiences for 400 years. The season opens on Saturday, January 9, and runs ’til Saturday, February 6.

Tickets are available through BOCS.

Sydneysider Hugh Sheridan has won the hearts of thousands of Australians in his role as Ben Rafter - a goofy, lovable, Aussie bloke on hit television series Packed To The Rafters.

Proof of Sheridan’s talent is in the pudding, with the young, NIDA-trained actor scooping the public-voted Silver Logie for Most Popular New Male Talent at this year’s Logie Awards.

And now Sheridan’s career is set to reach even greater heights: just last August the young actor signed a recording deal with Sony Music Australia and he has just released his debut album, Speak Love. Whilst ‘Sheridan as muso’ might be a new concept to many of his fans, for Sheridan, music has always sat sideby-side with his acting pursuits.

“I took formal singing lessons all through school, then went to NIDA, then got into Rafters and it turned out to be a huge success, but I was speaking with Sony before Rafters had started. If anything, I had to put the music on hold to do Rafters.”

However, Sheridan had some reservations about going to the studio, as he explains: “I didn’t know if it was the right thing to do, to bring out an album so soon after Rafters’ success. What with the Logie and stuff, obviously Kylie and Jason and people like that have done it before me, and I didn’t want people to think I was just buying into the success of the show. I want fans to know that I take my music very seriously.”

Speak Love is a laidback album of mostly love ballads, featuring the powerful vocals of Sheridan over the top of piano arrangements (“I was lucky to have some really talented people working on it. There She Goes was written by John Legend, one of my heroes: he writes beautiful piano music.”) Although, as Sheridan reflects of the album’s sound, “Some of the tracks are even a bit R&B, like Speak Love and Your Love, but there’s so much stuff on there that’s boppier, a bit kind of rock-y.”

When questioned as to whether, with the themes of love and relationships that dominate the lyrical content of the album, Speak Love is aimed at young women, a demographic that might likewise overlap with his Rafters’ fan base, with Sheridan being the so-called pin up/’hearthrob’ of the series. He

Hugh Sheridan partially agrees…

“I suppose the hardest thing about putting this album together – we ended up doing it over a short period of time – was to try and cover all demographics, particularly those that would watch Rafters and were already fans of my work. I wanted to make sure that it was an album that they could listen to, and would like. I really do think we’ve got there.”

So will Sheridan combine his worlds, and throw his musical skills into the Rafters’ mix anytime soon? “I get the feeling that in real life, Ben Rafter would be completely tone deaf!

But we’ll see, you never know. I would like to!” _DANIELLE MARSLAND

Nowhere Boy

A REAL NOWHERE BAND

To celebrate the arrival of Nowhere Boy, a bio-pic about John Lennon’s childhood, The Astor Cinema will host a special night of music and movies on Wednesday, December 16.

Some of Perth’s top musos will band together for the occasion, creating a John Lennon Tribute super-group, including members of Eskimo Joe, Red Jezebel, End Of Fashion and Jebediah. The evening will also include a screening of the highly anticipated Nowhere Boy, the debut feature of Sam Taylor-Wood.

Tickets for this gig cannot be purchased – they are available to competition winners and Astor fanatics only! Register at liveattheastor.com.au to be in the running for tickets.

Nowhere Boy opens on Boxing Day.

Al Di Meola World Sinfonia

AL DI MEOLA WORLD SINFONIA

Known for his ability to seamlessly blend folk, jazz, classical and tango music with sounds from the Middle East, Al Di Meola is a musician with the world at his feet. Catch this genre-spanning artist when he heads to Perth for a show at the Perth Concert Hall on Friday, March 5. Bookings can be made through perthconcerthall.com.au.

FUGEE FEST

The Gipsy Kings

GIVE ME YOUR TEARS

Borat may have only wanted tears from gypsies, but The Gipsy Kings have way more than just waterworks to offer, with a huge back-catalogue of world music at their fingertips. Known for their flamenco prowess, The Gipsy Kings mesmerise audiences with the sounds of South America, as demonstrated on their latest album Pasajero. Catch The Gipsy Kings when they saunter into Perth for a gig at the Perth Concert Hall on Sunday, March 23. Tickets are on sale now through BOCS. www.xpressmag.com.au

Summer – the perfect season for lounging by the pool, Pina Coladas, and a little laid back reggae music…for the last two years, the huge reggae festival Raggamuffin has blazed a trail through Australian capital cities, and it’s back for 2009, with a cast drawn from around the world.

Heading the line up is going to be none other than the enigmatic R&B star Lauryn Hill! Most known for her vocal work with The Fugees, biggest selling hip hop groups of all time, Hill is the lady whose dulcet tones we hear on Killing Me Softly.

Hill proved a compelling and talented artist in her own right when she released, solo, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in 1998, and sweeping the Grammys.

Fellow Grammy award winner and Fugee, Wyclef Jean, also comes to Raggamuffin, previewing tracks from his brand new album, Music Theory. Julian Marley, Shaggy, Sean Kingston, Steel Pulse, Blue King Brown, Sly & Robbie, House of Shem and more will also strut their stuff for ‘Ragga. Raggamuffin hits Perth on Monday, January 25, at Members Equity Stadium.

Tickets through Ticketmaster on 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au

Southbound

SNAPHAPPY AT SOUTHBOUND

If you’ve ever headed down to Southbound with a camera in tow, read on, because Sunset Events want to hear from you. At the 2010 Southbound festival, a special photography competition will be held, where punters can submit their snaps from previous Southbounds, with the winner pocketing a covetable SLR and full access to Southbound as an official photographer.

If you’ve ever taken snaps at Southbound, head online to sunsetmag.com.au and submit your photograph. Entries will be uploaded to the site, where the public can vote for their favourite image. Entries close at 5pm on Wednesday, December 16, so you’ll have to get your entry in quick smart!

X MARKS THE SPOT

Fremantle’s X-Wray Café is best known for its tasty tapas and relaxed vibe, but this summer, their name will become synonymous with live jazz performances. Every Thursday in December and January, the X-Wray Café and The Con will invite jazz bands and soloists to take to the stage for some X-Wrayted Jazz. Doors open 8pm, entry is free.

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FEATURE A perennial favourite Base Camp hangout, The Lounge is back. Open 24 hours with a range of chilled DJs, local acoustic performances and open mic (bring your xylophone and give it a whirl),The Lounge is the perfect pad to chill.

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Southbound is about the party, but it’s also about the peace. The Healing Centre is back and expanded – a tranquil zone to heal your mind and body. And be sure to join the free morning workshops, including thai chi, yoga and meditation.

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The Southbound 24 Hour Café is another new addition to Base Camp this year – a place to grab a toasted panini, fresh juice and barista coffee In other big news the cinema has enjoyed a rejig and has moved indoors. The new and expanded any time of the day or night.

Indoor Cinema will screen the best in short Get ready…Bollywood is coming to Southbound. films, programmed by SPLIFF. Grab your popcorn That’s right, the Indian Bollywood Restaurant and kick back in the lounge into the dark hours. will be themed in true Bollywood style with DJs to match, dancers and, of course, the best in Indian And don’t forget the Karaoke Tent, returning cuisine. And as always there will be a huge array to Base Camp for those of you brave enough to of delicious food vendors operating day and night, put your throats to the test (beers compulsory). boasting a wide range of international flavours.

Base Camp Base Camp takes the giant leap from a town to a city this year. This camper’s-only zone is fully licensed (so you can roam freely with your drink of choice) and will be open 24 hours so there’s always a place to find some grub, a coffee and mingle with your fellow Southbounders.

Base Camp will also deliver the finest – and kookiest – array of talent and entertainment, with the cream of WA DJs, artists and street performers.

Base Camp will also be home to a Market The General Store is also back in business and supplying all your camping needs, from cereal Bazaar, the legendary Silent Disco, a Fancy Dress Shop (go on, find your inner self at to batteries, camp supplies to condoms.

Southbound…) and tune into Southbound The Internet Café will be operating 24 Radio thanks to Murdoch University – an hours this year, so you can log on and update exclusive radio broadcast exclusively for your status to “Oh my God, Southbound rules” or Southbound campers.

Fringe And to bring the noise to these mighty fine venues listed above we have accumulated the tastiest selection of international, national and local DJs, artists and performers.

So here we go…check out: Shazam, Canyons, DJ Cashmoney, Micah, Shockone, Gentlemen of Leisure, Kit Pop, The Transients, Charlie Bucket, Swami Adima, MC Amani, DJ Travis, Pussy Shoogah, The Soul Purpose, Mama Say Yes, Fur Corp, DJ Paul Malone, Shamik (Canada), Death Disco, Mullet, Rekab, Pres Juan and Soda,Armee, Missile, Bentman and Sipn, Philly Blunt, DJ Bilsby, DJ Karach, Pussy Shoogah, Frankie Button, Dave Miller, Leno, Namu and Swami, Lok, Tizer T Beat, Frankie Button, DJ Paul Malone, Flex, Drummy, Iron Palm, Empress Corby, DJ Sam Spencer, Rex Monsoon, Cool Hand Luke, Dan Da Silva, Robbie Rogue, SugarBlue Burlesque, Captain Quirk Circus, Lady Luna, Mr Hardyhaha, Resort, Fear Of Comedy cabaret show, Miche Suite, Matt Cal, Dosh Luckwell- Spoken word, The Joe Kings, The Trevallys, Adem K, Wolves At The Door, The Fags, Minute 36, Flying Heart,The Spacebeings,Wasamba, Organik Dance, Bizircus, One Tiger Down, Mister and Sunbird and Bootleg comedy!

Main Festival Arena As well as the exciting things coming to Base Camp, the Main Festival Arena will also host the finest in music, gastronomy and pleasure.

The Coconut Club returns to Southbound 2010 as the fourth festival stage. The Coconut Club is about discovery… and coconuts. Make sure to explore and discover this wacko little world unto itself, take off your shoes and dance your arse off to the wicked beats amongst the palm trees with fresh mocktail in hand.

The Groove Tent returns to Southbound, firing up on Friday night for campers only with a full feast of international and national DJs. Then on Saturday and Sunday evenings the Groove Tent goes a little bonkers – literally – converting into cabaret and comedy central, with a delicious selection of theatre and performance.

The expanded Music Store is where it all comes together – a place where you can buy a CD or some merchandise, get it signed by your favourite artist and enter the silent auction – all in one super store.

We like to do things a little differently at Southbound… so it’s with great pleasure we introduce the Saloon Bar. You read right – this year Southbound has its very own burger joint right in the heart of Base Camp. Grab yourself an organic Margaret River beef burger, some tasty keg beer and jump aboard the bucking bull (maybe not all at the same time…).

With Western spaghetti themed tunes and the finest selection of burgers (both new and old) the Saloon Bar is destined to become a festival fave.

The Eco Village is also back with the finest in eco stalls and art installations. And make sure to check out the Micro Brewery and Wine Tent, which has moved location under the beautiful peppermint trees. Grab a draft Little Creatures beer whilst enjoying some tapas or a woodfired pizza.

WIN 2 VIP PASSES TO EVERY SUNSET EVENTS FESTIVAL IN 2010.

If you’re heading to Southbound, here’s your chance to win an exclusive prize. We’re giving away 2 VIP tickets to every Sunset Events Festival in 2010, plus Southbound 2011. That includes the Laneway Festival, Stereosonic and West Coast Blues and Roots to name just a few.

This massive offer is only available to Southbound 2010 ticket holders.

All you have to do is drive responsibly, stick to the speed limit and arrive alive. On the way, take a break at one of the participating Gull Service stations to grab an entry form, get it stamped and throw it in the competition box at the festival. You’ll find it at the Tortoise tent.

Present your Southbound ticket and you can score yourself a free pair of Southbound sunglasses thanks to gull.

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AVATAR

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Starring Perth’s Sam Worthington, director James Cameron’s hugely awaited new film, Avatar, opens in cinemas next Thursday, December 17.

There’s excitement in the air - the kind of excitement usually only associated with winning the lottery or… when a potential once-in-a-lifetime kind of move is about to release.

Prolific filmmaker James Cameron (The Terminator, Aliens, Titanic) recently returned to San Diego’s Comic Con to unveil first-look footage from his gazillion-dollar epic Avatar – a film some three years in the making (or is it 14?) – a spectacularspectacular that takes technology and storytelling to a whole new level… or at least, that’s what we gathered from the few minutes of footage we caught.

Following the preview, Cameron and producer, Jon Landau, talked to the media about what we can expect from what’s indisputably Cameron’s next masterpiece.

By CLINT MORRIS & ASHLEY HILLARD Do you think cinemagoers will buy into these blue people as protagonists? Will that work?

James Cameron: They better. They better be ready to go blue, I guess. I mean, we spent a lot of time on the character design and we based them closely on the actors. We found out in our very early testing, going back almost four years with this, that the closer the architecture of the face was to the actor playing the character the better the performance translated. In other words it didn’t have to be interpreted

by Key Frame Animation.

So we actually cast this film looking at and making sure it was a face that we wanted. In other words, we originally had this concept of, like, ‘Well, it’s going to be a CG character. It doesn’t have to look like the actor’. But that turned out not to be the case.

So we cast actors that, in the case of let’s say Zoë (Saldana) for example; in theory she doesn’t appear photographically in the film but we wanted the character to be based on her, the way her mouth and face and eyes look and then we just kind of stretched and dilated it. Her eyes are four times the size of a human eyeball by volume. They’re huge. We knew that being driven by the performance that she gave that it’d still have heart and soul which was the critical thing. I think that after the first few minutes you forget that they’re blue.

They don’t look as alien as, well, some of the extra terrestrials in your previous movies…

JC: Yeah, it was a fine line to walk between making them too alien. I think in some earlier images, when they started to leak and even with the banners some of the fans were saying, ‘Gee, I thought they’d 16

Zoë Saldana and Sam Worthington as they appear in Avatar look more alien, if you’re going to go to all you’re screwed because people have to go this trouble with CG and everything’. But if it on a journey with those characters. Those wasn’t a love story, if it was more of a film characters have to be played by someone about first contact with an alien race I think that affects you, affects you emotionally. I it would be. But this is really a story about think that Sam does that, Zoe does that. assimilation and Jake (Sam Worthington’s character) becoming one of them and When you’ve been living with characters starting to see through the eyes of people and a story for so long do you anticipate who are culturally different. turning it over to the public and is it scary, the thought of not living with it So how did you decide on the Avatar’s anymore? look?

JC: I think you want to be done with Well, we had to ask ourselves, it at certain point and you want it out there ‘Would you want to do her?’ (laughs). And and you want to start getting some feedback. our all male crew of artists were basically Hopefully it flows, if people like, if they like like, ‘No, take the gills out’. Do you know the world…we want them to like it enough what I mean? It was pretty simple but then so that it becomes a persistent world that taken to a very sophisticated degree. The lives in other media whether that’s games, Stan Winston Studio guys that I’ve worked books, graphic novels, all of that stuff so that with since Terminator were brought in at it takes on a life of it’s own. that point to take the rough designs and to At a certain point you do kind of really fine tune them, do the busts, do the give it over to the world and then you know casts because we did casts from the actors that other designers and other creators are faces. Sam’s face, Zoe, CCH Pounder who going to come in, whether it’s the design plays Zoe’s character’s mom. You didn’t see team at Ubi Soft where we’re designing that in the clips here. There’s a whole family. other creatures, environments and vehicles and stuff. Then you’re just sort of making Do the older Avatars look different to the sure that it’s got a consistency to it. younger ones?

JL: We’ve been fortunate to date JC: Yes. The idea was that when we though with people like UbiSoft where sort of go to meet the future mother and we’ve worked and with Jim who’ve been father-in-law we want them to be scary and very collaborative in their efforts to make freaky. So the older Na’vi are a little stranger sure that his vision of the world of Avatar is than the younger Na’vi, like Neytiri. So we in the game. Although they’re telling very had a lot of fun with the design but we different stories they came back to us and never asked ourselves a question of whether said, ‘We need a vehicle’. And we had our people would accept it or not and I think design teams be a part of that. that’s the huge advantage of actually being JC: Yeah, we designed vehicles a geek fan yourself. You don’t ask yourself that exist only in the game but it was our questions like that. I mean, the studio guys, designers so there was a consistency to the God love them, they signed up to write a big look, to the technology. I think that kind of cheque for this movie and they’ve backed close association is a good way to do it. I our play a 100 per cent, all the way down the mean, if you just think of it as a derivative, line, thick or thin. But at the beginning, they ancillary product the game’s not going to would ask questions like, ‘Do they need to be be very good. If you think of it as something blue? Do they need to have a tail?’ Things like that’s sort of co-authored and parallel there’s that. I thought, ‘Well, yeah, of course they do’. a lot of cross talk and a lot of cooperation. So Jon Landau: Also, what Jim did that’s just one example, but we’ll do other is that he wrote it so that we go on Jake’s media as well. So ultimately it does sort of journey. Jake is our entry into the world take on its own life, yeah. and so he introduces this to the Avatars. He introduces us to the world and to the Na’vi’s People expect a lot from a James Cameron and we accept it as we go on that journey. movie nowadays, does that stress you out?

You have an amazing cast – Sigourney JC: You’ve got to eat pressure for Weaver, Stephen Lang, Wes Studi – but breakfast if you’re going to do this job. I that’s not unusual, you always do a mean, when I was making Terminator and remarkable job getting the right actors I had zero street cred, nobody knew who I for the job. was, I couldn’t get a call-back from the lowest JC: Yeah, but you’re always just agent in Hollywood. I was under tremendous absolutely dreading that you’re going to pressure to perform because I had to break screw it up because you learn over time in. I had to be a diamond sharp drill going that you might be the best director in through the door into Hollywood. the world, but if you cast a picture wrong So when does the pressure ever

James Cameron on the set of Avatar stop? I don’t think that it ever does. I think the stakes go up. You start playing with more money, you’re bringing more money to the table. I think that pressure makes you good. You keep it always in the back of your mind. So on the one hand I think the pressure is a good thing because I think it makes you really think about what you’re doing, it makes you really think about your audience. You’re not making a very personal statement like you might in a novel. You’re making a movie and you’re making it at a budget level that has to appeal to a very broad audience.

It is hard to please everyone though...

JC: You can’t make a movie for everybody because that’s the kiss of death.

You have to make a movie for yourself. I think what I’ve found over the years is that I’m enough of a fan that I share a certain base response with people that like science fiction and fantasy films the same way I liked them when I was a kid, when it was The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad and 2001: A Space Odyssey. I want somebody in a theatre seat some place to feel what I felt when I saw that stuff for the first time and it blew my mind. If I can do that then that’s the biggest thrill, it is.

What’s more important to you – special effects, or the story?

JC: The ideal movie technology is so advanced that it waves a magic wand and makes itself disappear. I think that’s what we tried to do on Avatar. I think it’s what we tried to do on Titanic. We were using state of the art stuff on Titanic to tell a story that took place in 1912 and I don’t think people came out of the theatre buzzing about the neat CG composite shots or the motion capture that was used for all the big crowd scenes.

They were talking about the love story and about the emotions.

I think that maybe a little earlier in my career I was a little less even or maybe didn’t have it quite as much in balance. I think we got in balance on Titanic. I think we got in balance on Avatar. Avatar is really cutting edge in how it was made, but every question that’s just been asked prior to yours was not about the technology which I consider to be a good thing because there are a lot of technology stories here, the 3-D, the facial performance capture, the CG – all that stuff. But that’s not what people want to hear about. They want to hear about the story. So I think it finds its own level and if you do it right, it’s transparent.

JL: Titanic made people feel a part of history. Hopefully Avatar transports people to another world.

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THE PRESETS We The People

Ahead of their appearance at Summadayze on Sunday, January 3, at Supreme Court Gardens & The Esplanade, The Presets’ Julian Hamilton tells DANIELLE MARSLAND that post-Apocalypso, the best things will come to those fans that wait.

The Presets’ Julian Hamilton feels like he’s losing touch.

“I t ’s just hard to get a grip on what’s going on!” he exclaims. Don’t worry Mr Hamilton, we’re all struggling to work out what’s going on with Tiger Woods’ love life, nobody can get a grip on it! What’s that? That’s not what Mr Hamilton is trying to get a grip on? And there are, indeed, more overwhelming concerns in the Presets’ universe?

In this instance, Hamilton refers to himself and music partner Kim Moyes’ increasing disbelief at the ever-expanding crowds at the dozens of live shows they’ve been playing over the past year.

“I never really dreamt we’d play shows that big. We used to play smaller venues – especially when we’d go to the US, we’d play a small gig in like, Cleveland Ohio, or Istanbul, or whatever, but the little intimate clubs are getting less and less. We miss them. They were the most fun, playing those little basement gigs, there’d be 100 people milling around right in your face, sweaty and wild. Sometimes with the huge festivals, playing to 14,000 people or whatever, it’s just weird. It feels like it’s hard to grab hold of it.”

However, Hamilton’s not entirely disillusioned with the big shows that have necessarily followed the massive success of the Presets’ 2008 second full length album, Apocalypso.

“Even though the crowds are bigger, it doesn’t actually diminish our enjoyment of it … if it’s really big it’s good, it means we get lots of money, and we can afford to do it. I don’t think we’ve sold out or anything – The Presets have become really successful, and although now we don’t have much time to do anything else, we love it and that’s why we do it.

“I guess we’re just lucky now that the thing we love the most, is the thing that pays the bills. We still really enjoy doing The Presets.

Kim and I still like making music together, and we’re really enjoying starting the next record.

Kim and I feel like if The Presets stops becoming something we want to do, we’ll stop it.”

The next record, hey? Don’t get too excited – it’s still a way off yet. Hamilton shares that over the past few months, himself and Moyes have been quite the homebodies, laying low, and just, well…hanging out.

With the recent news that both Hamilton and Moyes’ partners have fallen pregnant, Hamilton says that now is a time for The

Presets to just be ‘Julian and Kim’ for a while, which includes the chance to just make music without having to make ‘The Presets music’…

“For the past three years we’ve lived and breathed The Presets,” Hamilton considers.

“We haven’t had time to muck around with other things. But it’s lovely now, it’s nice to have some time off, so we can have old friends over – Kim and I always worked with other people, prior to The Presets - bass players, or guitarists, or whatever, and now we can just

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The Presets invite them over and play and write stuff – you know, not for an album or anything, just for fun. I had the bass player from Prop (Hamilton and Moyes’ band whilst studying at music school) over just the other day, and we had a bit of a play, and recorded some stuff.”

Hamilton and Moyes have also been getting together to slowly work on the new album, but, shares Hamilton, “this time around, rather than us trying to finish a whole record in three months,

we might take a year and three months.

“We’re sick of the words, ‘The Presets’.

I’m sure everyone else out there is sick of the words, ‘The Presets’. So we’re going to give people a good break from us for a while. The next album’s well and truly in the drafting stage; Kim and I are just getting together one day a week, and noodling around on the keyboards. We’re starting to write stuff slowly, we’re definitely taking our time on this one.”

There’s good reason for the boys’ laidback approach this time around. When Apocalypso dropped, it was off the back of nearly two years of non-stop touring. This placed The Presets in a strong position, in terms of people worldwide being familiar with their identity, for Apocalypso’s release.

“While we were working on Apocalypso, we really felt like we’d worked so hard the two or three years before that, touring around the world and trying to put on good shows,” recalls Hamilton. “We’d play these slots in the early afternoon at somewhere like the Big Day Out and thousands of people would come down and check it out. And we thought, ‘hell, we’ve got something really good here’. So we felt like there was an opportunity there for us to grab if we made a good record, and luckily we did, and it all kind of worked. All we

“WE’RE SICK OF THE WORDS, ‘THE PRESETS’.

I’M SURE EVERYONE ELSE OUT THERE IS SICK OF THE WORDS, ‘THE PRESETS’. SO WE’RE GOING TO GIVE PEOPLE A GOOD BREAK FROM US FOR A WHILE. THE NEXT ALBUM’S WELL AND TRULY IN THE DRAFTING STAGE; KIM AND I ARE JUST GETTING TOGETHER ONE DAY A WEEK, AND NOODLING AROUND ON THE KEYBOARDS. WE’RE STARTING TO WRITE STUFF SLOWLY, WE’RE DEFINITELY TAKING OUR TIME ON THIS ONE.” did was make the record that we wanted to make.” The end product, agrees Hamilton, has been the Presets’ “best work so far.”

However, “the whole record industry thing” inevitably came into play, driving the process for Apocalypso, in what was a hectic experience for Hamilton and Moyes.“Apocalypso was such a rush. It becomes this crazy thing – honestly, I remember when we were writing and creating Apocalypso, we were poor! We had to somehow pay the rent and all this stuff while we were making it. It was like, ‘well, there’s all these festivals next summer, and if we wanna play them, we have to have a single out, and then we’ll need an album’ and it all works backwards from that. It gets to this stage where you’re like, ‘if we wanna do Glastonbury in one and a half years, we have to have this track finished by… Friday!’

It’s pretty crazy the way the whole thing works.”

We’ll leave these busy boys there for now, to enjoy their jamming and dinner parties and Sydney beaches for a while, safe in the knowledge there are good things to come, not to mention that their decision to break rest and do a “few bits and pieces this summer” includes a trip to Perth this January for Summadayze. “We always enjoy coming to Perth,” says a genuine Hamilton, “The only thing we don’t like about playing in Perth is losing a whole day coming back the next day. We do the red eye now, we just jump on at midnight, go to sleep and wake up at home.” Just where they like being best.

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ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Merriweather Ahead

Touring in support of their latest album, Merriweather Post Pavillion,Baltimore’s Animal Collective perform at Capitol next Thursday, December 17. DAN WATT reports.

Next year will be a decade since Animal Collective released their first album, Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished.

At the time the album barely caused a blip on the radar of alternative music’s greater consciousness… but as years went by and other albums sprung forth from the synaptic loins of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Geologist (Brian Weitz) and Deakin (Josh Dibb), the interest in the Baltimore, Maryland fourpiece, grew.

The intense layers of their music and wisps of diffused tones, combined with otherworldly chanting to baffle, confuse and finally entreat caused both fans and critics en masse to be seduced by the music of Animal Collective. These salivating hordes of followers desperately wanted to intensify their understanding and ownership of these abstract aural ideals and tried desperately to explain it in layman terms by labelling it, a futile task that usually ended up in the band being labelled ‘druggies’ or something.

As Animal Collective’s David Portner explains, the band individually and collectively shy away from attention during their live shows.

“We never wanted to be the performers on stage, we want the focus to be somewhere else.” He continues, explaining that this extends to the

songwriting itself, noting,“We write music only for ourselves; it’s great that so many people like it, but what the broader audiences want and need barely factors into us making a record.”

But just like the old relationship cliché of ‘stay mean, keep ‘em keen’, it’s Animal Collective’s coy and illusive behaviour both onstage and on record that keeps existing fans obsessed and drags newbies in to be transfixed by their unpredictable behaviour. But sometimes this urge to challenge reality goes awry, as happened during the Animal Collective performance of Summertime Clothes back in May on The David Letterman Show when playing the second single from this year’s Merriweather Post Pavilion.

“We wanted to tie that performance in with the video that we were shooting at the time for Summertime Clothes,” Portner explains. “So we brought along the dancers from the video. It felt cool that we were able to do something different; it doesn’t feel like we’re just getting up there. This is because a lot of the Merriweather stuff is very electronic and not really that interesting to watch,” Portner establishes in a hesitant voice that seems to be building towards a fall.

His voice is tainted with an embarrassed disbelief as he laments the performance. He continues, “The dancers didn’t get a chance to practice much because the people at the show were kind of angry with us because we weren’t fitting in exactly with their schedule.

“This meant that we couldn’t really work anything out that the dancers could rehearse, because they don’t give you much time.”But like the textures of any artistic work, to a viewer unaware of the disrupted preparation, the performance added yet another sphere to Animal Collective’s sparkling globe of abstraction. With this in mind Portner, the now only active band member still based in New York (fellow New Yorker guitarist Josh Dibb is on a two year hiatus from the band) agrees the Letterman appearance subsequently made good fodder for backstage and after-show conversation.

Merriweather Post Pavilion – the band’s eighth studio album and second for renowned

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eclectic label, Domino Records – with its heavily electronic production, has been described as Animal Collective’s most accessible album to date.

A recent review described Animal Collective’s set at All Tomorrow’s Parties in Monticello, New York – one that relied heavily on songs from Merriweather Post Pavilion – as highly accessible and structured.

Portner laments this observation.

“No not really, I guess we threw in some songs that people knew more than other songs.”

He pauses, and as if a little devil on his shoulder has pushed him to be tell the truth. Portner then seeks to explain why the set may have been viewed as accessible and structured, noting,“We’ve reworked a few tracks from earlier records to make them work better with Strawberry Jam (2007) and Merriweather Post stuff.”

Although not divulging what will be included in the set for their Australian tour, Portner does give some clues to material that has been reworked from Sung Tongs (2004).

“Recently we’ve reworked Who Could Win A Rabbit (from Sung Tongs) to fit in more with the newer stuff.” Portner’s eagerness to talk

about their live performances is infectious, as he then happily discusses the medleys that were the signature of ATP set in Monticello.

“Sometimes we intro Fireworks with Lablakely Dress from Danse Manatee and explode in the middle with an improvised jam,” he says.

However, being able to predict what an Animal Collective set will include is a mystery… even to the band themselves.

“How spontaneous are our sets? Well it has a lot to do with the moods we’re in which in turn has a lot to do with getting to the venue. We usually sound check with the same songs and if a song doesn’t feel good in a venue we won’t play that.”

However, like everything Animal Collective, from their music to their aesthetic, a live set can lose control and Portner admits the confusion can be overwhelming, but this can – for the band and audiences alike – result in a truly unique experience.

“When performances feel really really good we can get really spontaneous and go really really out there in the jam parts of set.”

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MATT GRESHAM Acoustic Treatment

The increasingly eclectic sounds of Matt Gresham will fill the Fly By Night Musicians Club on Saturday, December 12, when he launches his new album. MIKE WAFER reports.

Even before he mentions he’s going surfing after the interview, it’s pretty obvious Matt Gresham is a surfer.

Aside from the obvious evidential factor that his music is simply tailor made for a breezy summer day at the beach, Gresham just has a certain vibe about him. The kind of vibe that sees him say something like ‘it’s all good’ where other people would find an opening to whinge.

Having played shows around WA since he was in his earliest teenage years, Gresham is almost a veteran at 21. With residencies and gigs galore on the horizon, he is also fast becoming as well-known as he is well-worked. Things are paying off, in other words.

Now with a new album that sees him progress past his influences and truly into his own sound, the future looks bright for the cheery Shire resident.

“It’s taken 11 months, recording in bits and bobs in a week on and off style,” Gresham says of his shiny new record. “If we’d have been doing it every day it would have taken about three months. I’ve kind of been writing it for three years. It’s a bit of a scrapbook that I kept opening up. We did some pre-production at Phoebe’s [Corke, manager] house and just changed them a lot to my new kind of style, adding different

instruments like violin and trumpets, and it suited what I’m doing now,” he explains.

But what exactly is he doing now? What has changed between Gresham’s last album and this one?

“Well the album changes a lot,” Gresham answers. “It starts out as acoustic soul music, and then it goes to country, then there’s a bit of jazz and a bit of reggae… I guess I got most of the influences when I moved to Fremantle and got exposed to so many different kinds of music.

There are so many musicians in Freo doing so many things, and I mostly grew up with country / blues.”

“Fremantle’s great, man,” he continues.

“There’s music every night of the week, which is really good for going out and mixing with people and getting ideas. The people here are really friendly and want to share their inspiration with you, which is great.”

And what specifically has Gresham drawn from this pool of inspiration that has helped him along his path?

“Not really one style in particular,” he responds after pausing to think about it, “but it’s always been about the acoustic for me, so I was always going to the nylon string and the lapslide. With this album we wanted to have more players, but have it still sound fairly acoustic-y, because we didn’t want to put this huge album out and not be able to do that live. So we’ve gone for a three-piece kind of sound but with bits of different instrumentation trying to fill the gaps,” he says.

So, it would seem that what Gresham has picked up from his time in Freo is more or less a deeper understanding of the craft of songwriting. Subtly, texture, knowing when less is more… these are the kind of skills that Gresham has learned and subsequently put to good use in his music.

As well as the exciting new musical pools he has been dipping his toes into, Gresham is also very much about his traditions and rituals too. As he has done for so long, he still begins

Matt Gresham his songwriting process by either picking up his mum’s old nylon string acoustic guitar and seeing what comes out of it, with just one exception...

“Sometimes lyrics come first,” Gresham reveals. “It could be from having a really good conversation with a friend about life,or something that happens to you during the day, and every now and then you just think ‘fuck, that could be a good song’ when you’re just having a chat with someone over a coffee or something.

“It happens randomly, but if I had to estimate I’d say it happens every day, and one good song might come out of a month. I’ve got heaps of ideas, and it’s kind of like a ‘mind map’. I write a lot of songs and a lot get thrown away,” he says.

Including those tracks that got the

arse, and never made it to the album, Gresham continues to explain.

“We recorded 13 songs and we scrapped two. Sometimes you write a song and you’re like ‘I really like this song’ and then you hear it back and you’re like ‘that’s a shit song’,” he laughs. “It’s funny man, the ones you think are gonna be the best… like, there’s this song on the album called Big Heart that I thought was gonna be the best song, and I thought that was the ‘hit’, and we ended up putting it as the second-last song because it wasn’t the best.

“Yet the last song we recorded was a last minute thing… I wrote it really quickly and we decided to record it to have something new on there, and it turned out to be the best song. It’s funny how it works.”

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THE CHURCH Like A Rolling Stone The Church may, just quietly, be our country’s greatest band. With a consistent output of material over their entire 30-year-career, they have accumulated an international fanbase that spans generations. ALFRED GORMAN chats with Steve Kilbey ahead of the band’s sold-out Live At The Quarry shows on Thursday-Friday, December 16-17.

Steve Kilbey is on the line from Bondi, speaking with the relaxed tone of someone who is glad to be home.

“It’s good to, you know, go back where you came from,” he laughs. Kilbey is a Bondi boy, and despite having travelled the world, sometimes there’s no place like home. “Yeah, I mean, I lived in America, and even Sweden for about three years, but I lived in Sydney a lot of my adult life, and I always used to like to come down to Bondi. So when I came back I thought, ‘why not just live in Bondi?!’.”

Kilbey sounds very relaxed and content, and why not, it’s a good time for The Church.

Music and fashion swings in roundabouts but The Church have stuck to their guns, with their jangly, psych-rock sound that is rooted in the ’80s. It’s a sound that has seen a resurgence of interest in recent times, with the whole post-punk, art-rock style of music coming back in vogue. In recent years, other Aussie greats, such as Nick Cave, have been gaining some well deserved recognition for their work and so, too, it is time for The Church to step out of the shadows and take a bow for their service to this country.

This latest effort, a foreboding opus entitled Untitled #23, has been getting praised universally as one of their best albums (receiving a rare five-star rating in Rolling Stone). From Kilbey’s perspective it’s very hard to distinguish having been churning out songs for 30 years, it

just seemed like another day at the office for this musical troubadour.

“It didn’t actually feel particularly amazing for me at first. I just went in, did my thing...

I actually sent the other guys an email saying, ‘I think our new album’s a bit mediocre’, and they all went ‘No, no it isn’t!’ but yeah, it’s been really well received. I don’t think people who create music and art, really know what they’ve done right away sometimes. They’re not always the best judge.

When you’re so close to it, and you were involved in the creation; but other people hear it differently.

You can see that in interviews with John Lennon - that he’s oblivious to how amazing The Beatles actually were. He’s like, ‘they’re just songs’, and this guy is like, ‘No! This is my whole life!’, and he’s like, ‘No man, it’s just a song’.

“But honestly, we were just blundering along, like we always do, and accidentally we come up with good stuff sometimes, but also sometimes bad stuff, and it’s hard for us to judge the public’s perception. Twice recently we have released an album, and also an album of b-sides along with it, and both times almost everybody’s said the album of outtakes was better than the real album!

For example, check out [last LP] Uninvited, Like The Clouds and the outtakes from that, called Back With Two Beasts, which is available on our website.”

So can Kilbey account this particular form to anything particular in his life at present? “I think it’s like plotting the course of an athlete,” he says, metaphorically.“If you keep doing something for long enough, you go through peaks and troughs, and you’ll push through some barrier before inertia takes over again. I guess if you look at The Church over the years, that’s what we’ve done - we kind of have surges, before stagnating for a bit, so I guess we’re in a surge at the moment.

But it’s weird you know, ‘cause if this album had come out five years ago, it might not have been so well received.”

There is a big retro revival on at the moment, and the ’80s horse is getting royally flogged, but there’s more too it than keyboards and a few guitar effects. “What is good this year, next year people might sneer at, but then in 10 years, the future may reveal it to be something

special. There’s certainly a lot of rubbish around now, that I feel, if that had been played in the ’80s people would have laughed. The thing with rock’n’roll is - it’s like a ball rolling along, and it picks things up, but once it picks them up, it doesn’t throw them off. They’re always in there, waiting to come back out again.”

Though Kilbey also feels there’s been a lot of regurgitation, and doesn’t really see the point of listening to a new imitation of a classic.“A few years back, just before Interpol released their second album, a friend of mine who was really into Interpol came round. I had Joy Division’s second album playing, and he said, ‘What’s this?’ and I said, ‘It’s Interpol’s new record!’ and he was like all, ‘Wow! This is awesome!’” he chuckles,“I dunno, maybe I’m too old… I don’t listen to much of that stuff.”

Kilbey himself seems to keep rolling along, apparently never resting – while the man’s schedule with The Church is enough to keep anyone busy, he has also maintained a prolific release schedule for his solo material, as well as

The Church several collaborations.

Creating new material to perform live is also a vital component for him to keep things interesting for himself, and this current streak has seen Kilbey hitting the road with a renewed passion.“For a while I wasn’t enjoying playing live, but now I’m really enjoying it again – it’s been a lot of fun. It’s become so easy doing this after all these years, it’s become second nature, but these shows are going really well.”

The Church’s Live At The Quarry shows have sold-out but ticket-less fans will still have the opportunity to see a solo performance from guitarist, Marty Willson-Piper, on Saturday, December 19, at Little Creatures Loft, supported

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MUKAIZAKE Superunknown

Rising like a phoenix from the ashes, Mukaizake have a new EP, Unknown Knowns, in hand that was five years in the making. There may have been little movement from the band for some time, but that will change this Friday, December 11, with a CD launch at Amplifier with support from The Preytells, Hang On St Christopher and DJ Cam Merton. Bass player and studio wiz kid, Simon Struthers, talks about the rebirth with CHRIS HAVERCROFT. During the early ’90s in Perth there were few bands that could match it with Mukaizake.

Although decidedly underground they were no strangers to filling venues and breaking the spirits of lesser support acts who would cower in their wake.

The town was indeed their oyster. But timing is everything, they say, and Mukaizake didn’t split up, they just disappeared.

It appears that geography rapidly became the enemy of the band as guitarist/ vocalist Dan Ericson relocated to Melbourne. If this didn’t take the wind out of the bands sails, Struthers himself then spent three years in Sydney.

Luckily, before this all happened, the members of Mukaizake recorded enough songs for Unknown Knowns. That was five years ago and only now are we about the see the fruits of that labour.

A lot can change in five years, so when Struthers revisited the Mukaizake recordings with an eye to releasing them, he decided to tweak a few things in the studio. Things were added, while other elements were taken away to make Unknown Knowns a far more cohesive entity in

Struthers’ eyes.

“It is good to see how much turd polishing you can do,” chimes in Struthers about revisiting those recordings from a few years ago.“It was great fun. I love Mukaizake as a band and all of the stuff that we have done. It was great to be able to make it that little bit better and something that we all are proud of.”

With Struthers being the owner of his own studio and a pretty impressive set of ears, he is able to dedicate time ‘off the clock’ to making his projects sound as good as they possibly can. But for all of the advantages of this approach, Struthers admits that it can be a double-edged sword.

“It can become really counterproductive (having your own studio) and also I think other members of the band can get complacent about it. I think for the next Mukaizake recordings that we do we we’re going to rehearse a group of songs and then go out to a studio where the money clock is going and everyone is focussed. It seems like an efficient way to record and make something that can be released relatively quickly. If we do it in our own space we could spend another five years redoing vocal takes. You need to know when to step back and say, ‘that is enough’.”

The relative hiatus did give three of the members of Mukaizake the opportunity to start up another band, and with a WAM Song Of The Year award to their credit and a bucket-load of radio play, you would say that having the opportunity to play in Umpire has been a massive bonus for Struthers, Michael Lake (drums) and Geoff Symons (guitar/vocals). Although Mukaizake and Umpire share core members, Struthers says that there was never any consideration given to merging the two projects.

“They are pretty separate. Umpire started because Dan moved to Melbourne and myself, Michael and Geoff were left in Perth

Mukaizake

thinking, ‘what are we going to do?’ We have this studio that we pay rent on so we though maybe we should just go ahead and continue to do stuff. It was a bit of a side project in a way, as we didn’t know how long that Dan was going to be in Melbourne for. Then I moved to Sydney, so Umpire became a studio writing project where there we no rules and we weren’t relegated to playing the one instrument.

“In Mukaizake we have more defined roles and they are pretty set. Our songs come from us being in the same room and jamming the songs out. Also Dan’s influence is a factor. He brings a lot of different stuff to the table in Mukaizake both lyrically and his guitar lines. He appears to think about music in a totally different way than I can.

That is really refreshing and that is why Mukaizake and Umpire sound quite different.”

There are some obvious differences between the two bands. Struthers sees Mukiazake as having a lot more of that ‘math’ element, whereas Umpire is a lot more concise and is more focussed on pop songs. That is not to say there is not some overlap, but the songs are approached in a different manner. For Struthers the distinction is in how the songs are written. He claims they have a line drawn and they keep them as separate as possible.

“I suppose that Mukaizake has geography against it, but I am interested to see how things progress from here. It is the first record that Mukaizake have put out in a long time and we are motivated to do some touring and play shows again. I think Umpire is probably a focus for us because we are in the same city and see each other every week, but with Mukiazake we are launching in December and Dan is back in town in January, and we may look to touring over east in February or March. They are both going to have their own momentum and see how they go.”

So it looks like world domination on two fronts?

“I think we have all had those illusions beaten out of us from those years of playing in bands,”chimes a wry Struthers.“I think we are at the point now where we are old enough that we are just doing what we want to do and if people like it great, and if not that won’t stop us from doing it either. If we can tour and cover our costs then that is awesome and we are happy doing that.

“We want to get the records out and get as many people to hear them as possible, but we don’t ever expect to make a heap of money out of it. We are just happy rocking up each week to play some music, hang out together and drink some beer.”

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DATAROCK Talkin’ Bout My Generation

Hailing from Bergen, Norway, Datarock are best known for their catchy tunes, love for out-dated technology and striking red tracksuits. EMMA BERGMEIER caught up with frontman Frederik Saroea ahead of the band’s appearance at Southbound to find out whether the boys will be rocking their trademark tracksuits during the Australian summer, or whether some custom Datarock board shorts will be in order.

“Yes, we should [get board shorts], but we’re not going to,” chuckles Saroea.

“We’re just going to sweat. We’ll lose some weight because the tour will be our personal sauna!

“We’ve done four or five tours in Australia already but we’re not used to the temperature; we’re not used to sweating liters at one show. I remember the absolutely most unbearable show I ever did was in Newcastle, Australia – oh my god, the humidity and the track suits – that’s when we started taking off our tops. We go shirtless now.

“We’re trying to reintroduce chest hair. We don’t trim or shave our chest hair, so

we’re trying to reintroduce the old-school masculine look. Tom Selleck is my idol,” shares the hairy chested singer.

While in Australia, Datarock will perform crowd favourites from their 2005 debut Datarock Datarock, such as Computer Camp Love and Fa-Fa-Fa, plus tracks from their latest album, Red. Saroea shares what he and bandmate Ketil Mosnes had in mind going in to the writing and recording process.

“This album was supposed to be a tribute to many things, but more than anything, it was supposed to be a tribute to how the music world used to be because it’s really dying.

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down, plus we also wanted to pay tribute to the big sound of adult pop records from the ’80s.”

Datarock’s love for all things ’80s is no secret, with their first album paying homage to Commodore 64s and BMX bikes; and Red including an ode to Breakfast Club star Molly Ringwald, in Molly.

“She’s the ‘it girl’ of the 80s She’s like the yo-yo, the BMX, the Commodore 64,” he says of his affinity for the ’80s teen icon.

“All that stuff is not really about the technology or about the computers, it’s about our generation. The Who has their song about their generation and we have specific subjects that are at the core of our generation.

The Commodore 64 is an indicator of our generation.”

In addition to good old miss Molly and his trusty Commodore 64, Saroea cites Talking Heads’ fourth studio album Remain In Light as a big inspiration for Red; which led the boys on a wild goose chase in search of retro equipment to replicate this sound.

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Once armed with equipment from this seven year period, Datarock began recording at a number of locations. “The album was recorded in three studios in two countries and it was mastered in a fourth country,” he explains. “It’s a world-wide album and it was recorded over many years. Most of the songs are brand new but some were recorded over many years,” he says between yawns.

Why so tired – too much gaming or BMXing perhaps?

“I’m fine – just a little bit jet-lagged,” he says sleepily. “I just got back from a six week tour in the US. It went very well. We did the Jimmy Kimmel Show -it was amazing.

They have indoor performances and outdoor performances and when they’re outdoors, they have an insanely extravagant stage just for your performance. There was a huge crowd – it was quite astonishing and must have been so expensive.”

So how did the duo feel about performing for an audience of 20 million viwers?

“When you do TV appearances the last thing you think about is who is going to watch it because you have like a gazillion cameras and crew looking at you. They tell you that the song has to be between 3.55 and 4.05 minutes – so you don’t have time to think about the audience.”

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BRIDEZILLA A Night At The Oprah

BODY JAR Cam All Ye Faithful The end is now for our finest pop punk export, Bodyjar, currently on tour for the last time. Singer Cam Baines reminisces with ANDREW TIJS about the band’s 15 proud years. Catch Bodyjar for the last time ever at Bunbury’s Prince Of Wales tonight, Thursday, December 10; the Dunsborough Hotel on Friday, December 11; and the Rosemount on Saturday, December 12.

photo. When they arrived in Japan the desk was exactly the same, “right down to the packet of Marlboros sitting exactly where it was in the What do Nick Cave and Oprah photo,” he laughs.

When they played US Warped, they Winfrey have in common? Not were given extra slabs of beer just because they were Aussies. Always a fan himself, Cam was also much, unless you get into a amazed to meet bands like Thrice and The Ataris, conversation with Bridezilla’s who were fans of Bodyjar.

Oddly enough, he admits that this violinistDaisyTulley,asMITCH final tour has given the band a new lease on ALEXANDER found out ahead life. “There’s just no pressures now,” he chuckles, “We want to do it really well, we want people to of the band’s performance at remember us as a good live band so we’ve been jamming and it does feel good.”

Bridezilla St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Dragging out some of the Take A Look on Saturday, February 6, at crowd-surfed out of a hotel room.

Inside and Rimshot classics has been an amusing “As I was leaving ATP, I was in the lift, nostalgia trip for them. “There are some shockers Perth Cultural Centre. these people were talking like ‘oh my god, did there,” he laughs, “There should be a law against you hear what happened to the drummer from making a record when you’re 17.”

Daisy Tulley is currently in the middle of a Bridezilla? He got arrested!’,” she continues, this When pressed, Cam supposes the particularly un-rock’n’roll activity: parking time with an outright laugh. “They had no idea best song of their career is the monument to her keister on the couch, watching daytime that someone from Bridezilla was standing melodic power pop, Lights Out. “Technically, and television. Oprah, specifically. in the lift. We did lose Josh, but he didn’t get with the melodies and arrangement, it’s original,” But give the poor kid a break, it’s arrested, we’re not that hardcore! I suppose the Not only have Bodyjar remained the most he ruminates, “I’d say that would’ve been our been a long few months and even musicians whole experience is pretty wild, just seeing Nick respected name in pop punk but their pinnacle. It’s cool. It’s the perfect blend of all the need time to indulge in a few of life’s trashy Cave and Warren Ellis eating a bagel next to most recent album, 2005’s self-titled effort, shit we like.” necessities. In the months since 2009 kicked you is wild enough.”

Old friends have been coming out of certainly showcased their progress from off, Bridezilla – the Sydney-based purveyors Eating, sleeping, watching TV, we’re the woodwork too, and not just in the audience. of dark and stormy pop to which Daisy lends ruining all the rock’n’roll myths today. Surely we brisk, hooky punk to mighty melodic rock. So Their long-time drummer Ross Heatherington her violinic talents – have toured our country, can turn to the reliable hand of Mark Kramer the big question is, why end it now?

“We got together a year ago and is returning, and contentious rap punk pioneers notably a rapturously-received Saturday arvo and a reputation for relaxation of the herbal 28 Days come in to support, paying tribute slot at Splendour In The Grass. Daisy’s lethargy kind. I mean, honestly, the guy has worked considered doing another record,” Cam alongside The Hot Lies, Behind Crimson Eyes, is also possibly based on the band’s uber- with Daniel Johnston, GWAR, Ween, and The confesses, audibly exhausted by the idea of Grand Fatal and more. Cam marvels that fans writing and demoing another 40 songs.

“If we recent travels to the New York slice of the Butthole Surfers… he’s a pair of ripped jeans tried to write another record and tour it we are actually flying in from Japan and Brazil, All Tomorrow’s Parties festival, coupled with away from being in Empire Records. would really struggle to keep up what we think and people from around the globe have been recording their debut album, The First Dance, “He used to be a major stoner and in is the quality,” he explains. emailing their best wishes. “It’s been a bit of an in a desolate NSW barn with slacker icon a way he was a bit of a slacker, he likes to take The members continue with other eye-opener,” he says. and producer Mark Kramer. Mmm, New York his breaks and he wouldn’t like recording into It’s only fitting that we send off Slice… the night,” Daisy recalls, but you can tell these projects Burn This City and Cola Wars (who have Australia’s finest (and most humble) masters of “I think Nate the decorator is on, are words of praise. “We only had nine days in just finished an album) that aren’t too divergent, the genre. The tour will soon be a memory but so he’s like, doing people’s, I dunno… living total together, but working and living with him but Cam admits, “Bodyjar has come to the end the tunes live on. of its creative life.” spaces up or something,” explains Daisy, brought out everybody’s weirdnesses.

As a band they defined the burgeoning replaying what’s currently streaming through “Kramer was always pretty positive her television. “Umm, I’ve been watching too with every part that we did, but he was a bit genre of addictive, driving pop punk and cracked the mainstream with the gold-selling much Oprah, throw us another question…” too spontaneous. He’d be like ‘that was fucking Daisy is the self-proclaimed party fantastic!’ and I’d say ‘are you fucking serious?’,” fourth album How It Works in 2000. Cam cites animal of the band, but so far I’m unconvinced. she continues with another chuckle. “It would signing to EMI and the success of the album as a Certainly, the odds start stacking up against her be the first time I had done it and it sounded proud moment,“I thought ‘wow, we’ve put a lot of when regaling me with her ATP experience. shit. So I had a few confrontations with him work in over the years and it’s starting to pay off’.”

Bodyjar were also our international “We were all working really hard, so I because he just thought we were so magic, the ambassadors, and visited Japan five times. Cam ended up having a 17 hour nap and missed the rawness was so great.” whole first day of bands, that was pretty wild,” Is anyone else still wondering about remembers that they had to specify what sound Body Jar desk they wanted to use, so they emailed a she explains with a giggle. “I heard that Holiday what Nick Cave would have on a bagel?

Jade Robinson Style / Format: My music is influenced by every singer and every band I have ever listened to but I have just added my own flavour. My album has 12 songs that have a mix of genres predominately pop-rock with some country rock, and even a splash of blues.

Members / instruments: I am a solo artist and I have been song writing with my producer, blues guitarist John Meyer, for over three years now.

When did you start playing music? I started singing from a very early age but never in public. At age 11 I joined a kids coverband called D-raile. All members were aged from 10 to 12 years and we performed live on TV and had paid work most weekends.

I left the band in 2004 to join an original band but that didnt really work out so I have spent the last few years just writing and recording with John.

What have been your biggest influences along the way? I have been told I was listening to FM radio when I was a baby in my cot. We also have a jukebox with old 45s on it so as a kid I sang along with the likes of Aerosmith, Alannah Myles,Blondie and the Beatles. My favourite song apparently was Little Green Bag by George Baker Selection. Later on my favourite music influence was from Journey,Blondie, Killing Heidi, The Sundays and more recently Thirsty Merc, John Mayer and Paramore.

Who are your favourite local bands? Elora Dannon (but they split), Ryan Webb, My Mad Flow.

What do you want this band to achieve? I want to get my music out to whoever wants to listen.

Where to next? Ideally I would love to get a record deal because I have more songs, and like every singer songwriter I would love my music to make a dent in the world.

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One of Australia’s greatest, most prolific bands, The Church return, delivering one of the best albums of their 30 year career. The title results from it being the band’s 23rd studio album, as well as the supposed mystical significance of the number 23, with the ‘Untitled’ something of an artistic allegory.

Steve Kilbey’s distinct, melancholic vocals flow effortlessly, while his surreal lyrics conjure images awash with colour. The sound is that of classic psychedelic rock, reminiscent in shades of Pink Floyd and The Beatles, as well as other more progressive sounds - but it’s still unmistakably The Church.

Cobalt Blue sets a slightly unsettling tone, before growing into something more beautiful with melodic flourishes. Deadman’s Hand sees Kilbey’s more gravelly tone float over a jagged rocking beat that actually comes off sounding a bit like The Panics (though of course it’s more The Panics sound like The Church).

From there the album just moves from strength to strength, from the rich, organic and orchestral tones of Pangaea with its caress of cello, harp and organ, and the more direct, driving upbeat chorus of Space Saviour, to the intriguingly minimal, stark electronic vibe of On Angel Street that combines The Wall-era Floyd with a Portishead-ish sinister lone organ pulsing.

Anchorage is a six-and-a-half-minute journey that develops into something quite remarkable, contrasting Kilbey’s spoken poetic musings, with a swaggering beat that threatens to explode at any moment. The more ambient Lunar is a gentle lull before the soaring, Bowieesque, finale, Operetta, a fittingly dramatic conclusion.

A band that have been honing their sounds for many years, their innate understanding of each other and love of exploratory instrumental passages, is balanced well here with their knack of songwriting.

Willson-Piper and Koppes are masters at crafting sonic textures with their guitar interplay, and they’re not afraid to take their time with the songs – a lesson that could be learned by some younger bands.

With a resurgence of interest in the more progressive, psychedelic side of rock The Church have simply strolled in and shown everyone how it’s done, without all the pomp and ceremony. It’s a heavy album and you need to take your time wading through it, but full enjoyment is obtained after several listens, once you let go and fully immerse yourself in its warm depths. As a band that have always created music as an artform, first and foremost - The Church have crafted a masterpiece here. _ALFRED GORMAN

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ESPERS III Longtime Listener Fuse Music Group At the height of the new folk furore, Espers burst onto the scene with their first two albums. The albums were held in such high regard that they offered the members of Espers plenty of opportunities to explore other projects… and that they did. So, after three years of the individual members sowing their oats, the band return with III. As much as things change they stay the same, and that couldn’t be truer for the Espers camp. III may not draw as heavily on earlier psych-folk influences, but there is little doubt that the essence of Espers is captured within. The songs are a little less obtuse musically, but lyrically there is still some heady material and the five-piece explore the notion of colony.

III has more of a pop sensibility than its predecessors with I Can’t See Clear leading the charge and male/female harmonies evoking memories of Mormon rockers Low during The Road Of Golden Dust. The moody, drawn out epics are also there though in the form of Another Mood Song and That Which Darkly Thrives.

There is little doubt this is Espers’ finest moment so far. Third time is obviously a charm. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT

Dave Rawlings’ debut solo release is a mustlisten for anyone with even a fleeting interest in folk, bluegrass, alt-country or, as the combined genres are often loosely coined, ‘Americana’. Best known as Gillian Welch’s phenomenally nuanced musical partner, Rawlings’ reach throughout these scenes is vast, having produced Ryan Adam’s Heartbreaker, Old Crow Medicine Show albums and as a guitarist on Bright Eyes’ last album Cassadaga.

O p e n e r Ruby i s a s u r p r i s i n g l y sentimental and smooth opening ballad. Sure, the steel-strings and gorgeous three-part mountain harmonies are twanging away, but a sugary string section and a vocal oddly reminiscent of Elton John’s Tumbleweed Connection album make this a palatable and poppier opener that won’t scare off non-country fans.

But it doesn’t take long for Rawlings to put on his hat and boots. To Be Young (Is To Be Young, Is To Be Sad), a track Rawlings co-wrote with Ryan Adams for Heartbreaker, is given a gloriously Nashvillean injection of banjos, fiddles and thumping double bass which elevates the song way past the original recording.

Sweet Tooth (co-written with Gillian Welch and Morgan Nagler) is a naïve and simpler number that shows that Rawlings is equally engaging without a raucous hoedown behind him. _DAVID CRADDOCK

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Since their acclaimed debut, OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder has penned hits for the likes of Leona Lewis, Hilary Duff and Natasha Bedingfield. Waking Up, however, suggests that their better material wasn’t saved for this all-important second album.

All The Right Moves has all the hallmarks of a strong single, though it seems the bar was raised with 2007’s Apologize and it doesn’t quite meet the same dizzying heights. The rest seem to be written to a basic formula, as if churned out in a songwriting factory for optimal success.

The results are just too plastic, as one overblown anthem follows another, such as the soppy piano ballad All This Time and Secrets, with its overly sentimental strings almost drowning out the melody. Everybody Loves Me feels a lot more relaxed and daring as OneRepublic seem to benefit when they don’t continually play it safe in a soft rock/ radio friendly mould.

Unfor tunately most tracks here aren’t as bold and would suit the end credits of a romantic movie more than your living room stereo.

DANIEL JOHNSTON Is And Always Was Hub Albert Productions Daniel Johnston is a cult hero. Three decades ago he was recording songs on a tape deck in a bedroom at his parents’ house with little pretence. At 48 years of age and a rocky path to fame his songs still show the naivety of an adolescent. His volatile mental health makes his recorded output sporadic, and Is And Always Was is his first full length in six years.

The scratchiness of his early recordings are Johnston’s trademark but as the years have rolled he has been afforded more opportunity to take his songs to a studio. This time around he teams up with former member of Jellyfish and fellow Beatles buff Jason Faulkner who produces and plays on Is And Always Was, giving it a healthy amount on sheen.

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people are enamoured with him because of the simplicity of his early home recordings.

Mind Movies opens with the lo-fi charm of Johnston’s voice and a single acoustic guitar before it invites the band in to flesh out the later part of the tune. Relationships are again at the fore, with High Horse having the uplifting appeal of pubescent love, and Tears being its bookend.

Daniel Johnston’s voice and hamfisted approach to guitar and piano may be like nails on a blackboard to some, but there are few artists who can compare. Is And Always Was is another triumph. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT

do the trick. Disney’s greatest skill has always been their ability to set the tone quickly and in a universal language, and this film is one of the best examples of it.

In the end, the moral of The Tigger Movie is that there is always a bright side to everything - even when things seem so dark that the universe’s most positive creation has self-doubt. A simple principle, but one bearing enormous complexities as well all know. So while The Tigger Movie is undoubtedly stylised to appeal to a child’s imagination, it is just as powerful for adults who understand a greater depth of emotions and the more realistic implications of an orphan searching for his family.

Touching, beautiful and just damn good fun; The Tigger Movie used one of its franchise’s best commodities to tell one of its best and most timeless stories. _MIKE WAFER

NAOMI SHELTON AND THE GOSPEL QUEENS What Have You Done, My Brother?

Daptone Shock Naomi Shelton and The Gospel Queens aren’t one of Daptone’s hip, young soul signings.

Shelton grew up singing in Alabama churches and as pic tures of the veteran vocalist indicate, she’s probably more at home baking or knitting than sipping Brooklyn lagers with Sharon Jones or The Menahan Street Band.

But Shelton’s singin’ for the messiah not a well-stocked rider, and with a little help from some highly-pedigreed studio musicians and her buttery three-piece backup singers she lifts this wonderful gospel record off this earth and into the heavens.

Title-track What Have You Done is sassy, snappy and raspy gospel of the highest order. Wailing over church organs and three part harmonies, Shelton makes you wish your Grandma could deliver her morality lectures with equal amounts of cool. Trouble In The Way sees Shelton assure us that ‘Jesus will fix it after a while’ over a dirty r’n’b beat.

Lucky he will Naomi because this track lends itself to some seriously heathen dance floor grinding.

Amen sister. _DAVID CRADDOCK

THE TIGGER MOVIE – 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Disney

UP Disney There was something missing from The Incredibles, and this film is – while not a misstep – one of Pixar’s rare films that lacks a certain distinction. It’s nice, it’s cute, it’s sweet, it’s funny and it’s even sad, but the ‘x factor’ from Toy Story, Finding Nemo and Wall.E that’s hard to pinpoint just isn’t to be found here.

Eponymous grumpy old man Carl (Asner) is about to be shuffled off to an old folks home from the house he shared with his wife Ellie, who we learn during the sniffle-worthy introductory coda has passed away, some of their deepest dreams unrealised. It’s all very normal and everyday until the two nursing home guys come to pick Carl up, and then the film takes flight like a real cartoon as Carl’s roof opens and a thousand helium balloons explode out, tearing the house from its moorings to carry it aloft.

Carl’s embarking on his last adventure, to find the lost world he read about as a kid, the one he and Ellie pledged to visit and into which the famous explorer Muntz (Plummer) disappeared searching out years before. But Carl has an unexpected stowaway, the annoying, egg-shaped boy scout Russell, who’s stranded on his patio trying to do good deeds as Carl’s house flies away.

The pair reach the lost land, befriend a bird a lot like the hero from the Pixar short For The Birds, and find Muntz and his band of specially trained dogs complete with the technology that allows their collars to translate their thoughts into words.

Dozens of in-jokes from Disney, Pixar, Conan Doyle and Apple history pepper the film which you’ll pick up on subsequent viewings, but it might end up the Pixar film you’re least likely to see again. _DREW TURNEY

One of the most loved and enduring fictional characters of all time, AA Milne’s Tigger is the definitive cockeyed optimist – so filled with inexhaustibly positive energy that the usual causes of sadness seem to only make him look further on the bright side. Disney’s adaptation of the character, seen here as lead role, captures this essence beautifully, but employs some very, well, Disney-like storytelling techniques in order to give a greater depth to his psyche.

Now we all know that the best thing about Tiggers is that there’s only one of them, and it is this foundation that The Tigger Movie shakes in order to truly test (and thus prove) Tigger’s bulletproof vest of happy vibes. After all, if there is one drawback to being the only one of a kind, it would be the loneliness of it. Thus, The Tigger Movie follows the stripy stuffed toy as he searches for other Tiggers… most notably, for his family.

As is their way, Disney use a whole manner of techniques in order to show the gamut of emotion Tigger runs through in the film – conveying complexities in such a way as to make them understandable by viewers of all ages. At their most grand, these methods can involve full song-and-dance routines, and at their most basic a simple sulky frown can www.xpressmag.com.au

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A MERRY MOVIE CHRISTMAS

An oasis of sorts has popped up in the heart of the Perth city, bringing a touch of green to the concrete jungle that is the C.B.D. Located at 100 St Georges Terrace in the enex100 complex, Greenhouse is a roof-top garden where folks can escape the hustle and bustle, and chill out in a serene garden setting.

Featuring ceilings created with bales of hay, furniture created with old road signs, an array of fruits and vegetables, and over 4,000 terracotta plant pots, Greenhouse is a sustainable bar that utilizes fresh ingredients grown on site.

For more info, head to greenhouseperth.com.

Let’s face it, Christmas shopping is a whole lot of hassle. The folks at Event Cinemas know how tiring and infuriating it can be traipsing around Perth searching for the best Christmas presents, which is why they’ve released a range of Movie Gift Cards to suit everyone from Aunty Sue, to Grandpa and those second cousins you never took the time to get to know.

Gift Cards come in denominations to suit any budget, from $40 all the way up to $150; with options to purchase vouchers for Gold Class, Vmax and 3D screenings. All you have to do to get your hands on these covetable Gift Cards is to jump online to eventcinemas.com.au to purchase the Gift Cards and have them sent straight to your door.

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Ever dreamt of running away to the circus? If so, chances are you will be enthralled by the WA Circus School’s latest production, Cirque & Twisted. Featuring highly skilled performers, Cirque & Twisted is a crazy cabaret full of wit, slapstick and circus skills. The show is on for two nights only on Saturday, December 12, at 7.30pm, and on Sunday, December 13, at 5pm.

Performances take place at the WA Circus School which is located at 8 Phillimore Street in Fremantle. Tickets are available on the door.

For more info, head to circuswa.com/wacs.

Perth’s newest zine, dotdotdash, is set to release its second issue this Saturday, December 12, at the North Perth Town Hall, celebrating local creativity from art to poetry. The Ugly issue of dotdotdash features artwork by Sam Pash; poetry from B.R. Dionysius; creative non-fiction from Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán; a short story by Kirk Marshall; and new works from writer Erin Pearce.

The launch will feature an art exhibition, spoken word readings, plus poems and artwork written, drawn or sewn on request.

Li’l Leonie Lionheart, Namoowold Downs and Apriry Ly will take to the stage to share original music with the crowd.

Entry is $13 which includes the latest edition of dotdotdash. BYO drinks. Doors open 6pm. The North Perth Town Hall is located at 26 View Street in North Perth.

MUPPET MADNESS

After the sell-out success of the first ever Squinge event at The Astor a few weeks back, The Squinge will return triumphantly on Sunday, December 20, for a suitably festive screening of The Muppet Christmas Carol. Featuring standup comedy and screenings of classic comedy flicks, The Squinge transforms boring Sunday evenings into celebrations of hilarity.

Catch John Conway, Michael Workman, and improvisers Jimmy James Eaton and Ben Russell on Sunday, December 20, from 5.30pm onwards at The Astor Theatre, 659 Beaufort Street, Mt Lawley. Show starts at 8pm.

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Dance fans are invited to head along to The Chapel Space this Saturday, December 12, at 8pm for Cinemoves, screenings of filmed dance works by ReelDance director Tracie Mitchell.

Featuring Sure, Threat, Chicken, Dance, Hur and Whole Heart, the event will also include a discussion on what Mitchell has in store for the 2010 ReelDance program. The Chapel Space is located at 117 Angove Street in North Perth.

Doors open 8pm, entry is $5.

THE TEN TENORS X Marks The Spot of puts what I do as a performer into a different league. Everyone dreams of having an international career, and it’s so hard to do, and for me that’s what’s been the real culture shock.

What sticks out in your head as the most eye-opening moment of your time with the group so far?

A couple of highlights with the crew. We recently did our first trip to South America, and we went to Lima, Peru, and we had an army and a police escort getting us to and from the airport, and also a swartzi, that was security that day. And then there was one that was actually in Norway, where we did four different outdoor venues, and there was one that was right on this little harbour that looked out over the city, and they literally put us in a speed boat in our suits and sped us around the harbour and up on the stage. It was very James Bond. Or like some bizarre video game.

The Ten Tenors The Ten Tenors perform The Power of Ten at the Quarry Amphitheatre, Amphitheatre from Wednesday, January 27, to Saturday, January 30. Bookings can be made through BOCS.

reached the international stage? cliché Boyd: I know it sounds like a cliché, but it’s actually a dream come true. All I ever wanted to do was travel the world, and make it a full time thing, and I’m kind of like, wow, that’s what I’m doing. And in terms of It’s been a tumultuous ride for the Ten the actual tour, it’s like travelling the world Tenors. From rural Queensland to Eurovision, with 10 of your best mates. the group’s progression from anonymity to stardom has all the qualities of a Hollywood You’ve had quite a lot of experience in film script. Now celebrating ten years opera, and more classically based music, together, the Ten Tenors appear only to is it a culture shock moving towards more move from strength to strength. Their latest popular music?

It is and it isn’t. The good thing is, show, The Power of Ten, marks the group’s because there are 10 of us, is we can mix it third visit to Western Australia.

Recent addition to The Ten Tenors, up. The group’s known for it, we’ll lay down Boyd Owen, talks about joining the group, some very operatic stuff, then we’ll move what it’s like shifting from a classical to Queen, like Bohemian Rhapsody. So it’s background into popular music, and their quite different in that way to doing Mozart all night. I’m one of those people who need upcoming shows in Perth. change all the time though; I get bored Congratulations to the Ten Tenors for ten doing the same thing, so it really suits me years together. What’s it like, joining a that we get to do everything. But because group that’s already established, and has my voice is a little more classical, I’ll do some 40

of the more classical pieces, where some of the guys who’ve had pop training will do some of the more rocky numbers. That’s the strength of having 10 voices.

Does doing this type of thing change the way you see yourself as a musician?

If you’ve been singing classical music all this time, and now you’re singing popular music, do you still consider yourself a classical artist?

Yeah, that’s really interesting because I’m not sure how to define myself.

I actually started much more in musical theatre, and I thought that’s what I was going to do. But the voice doesn’t actually finish developing until you’re 30, so someone who’s going into university at say 20, 21, will have a very different voice than someone who is in their 30s. So I didn’t really think I had the chops for opera, and that kind of developed as I went on. So I’ve kind of had a mix between loving all of that.

What it does do for me is it kind

Can you tell me a bit about the show you’ll be performing here in Perth?

The show’s called The Power of Ten, and it’s high octane, high energy rock, kind of that real dinner orchestral music. What I will say is that we’re very excited about the show, because it’s completely new. All of the other shows have been dictated by what CD we’ve brought out, but we’ve done it the other way now, and we’ve put in everything we could think of. We’re hoping that it will basically blow everyone away.

Finally, I know the ten of you have just done Movember, how’d it go? I hear you all had Mo-names?

I was Napoleon MoNopart. It went really well, because it’s just arriving in America, and a lot of people know about it. It was really fun, we’d appear on stage in the dark, and then the lights flash up, and it’s kind of funny to watch the audience – you can see that they’re trying to work out what’s happening, first the fingers come up and they’re trying to count us, and then the mos. With prostate cancer and testicular cancer, a lot of people have suffered from that, and so we had a lot of people come up and just thank you for doing that. _LEAH BLANKENDAAL Hittin’ the town since 1985

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LOTTERYWEST FILM SEASON Hat’s Off

Departures, screens until Sunday, December 13, Somerville Auditorium

Bronson, December 14-20 at Somerville Auditorium

Louise-Michel, January 18-24 at Somerville Auditorium; January 25-31 at Joondalup Pines

The Lotterywest Film Season runs at UWA’s Somerville Auditorium and Joondalup Pines until Sunday, April 18. BOB GORDON speaks with the Perth International Arts Festival’s Senior Manager of Film & Electronic Image, Sherry Hopkins.

Perth’s past, present and future. Many years ago one of Australia’s gentlemanly theatre directors, upon viewing the empty and silent auditorium, remarked, ‘this place prompts one to take off one’s hat’ as of course one would… in a Cathedral! All will agree that it’s a wonderful venue.

How was the opening week been for the Lotterywest Film Season?

The Opening Week at both open air venues the Perth Festival operates has been quite extraordinary. Joondalup performed the best in its first week since first opening 11 years ago. In fact, we doubled the audience compared to this time last year.

There must be a lot of Scots up Joondalup way, because they certainly supported our opener, Stone Of Destiny, based on a true story about four Glaswegian uni students who, in 1950, decided to steal back the 154kg Stone of Scone from the English, who stole it from the Scots in 1296. Opening night we had bagpipers and a replica stone and pre the movie the audience was clapping and laughing out loud. Quite amazing and lots of fun! At the Somerville, well French comedies always go down a treat in the opening week and Emmanuel Mouret’s latest offering, Please Please Me, didn’t disappoint.

Do you think the demographic of those attending Somerville/Pines has widened over the years?

Definitely yes. There’s enormous variety in the films programmed and I believe there’s something for everyone - be it uni students, workers of all kinds, country folk on summer holidays in the big smoke, interstate and overseas visitors, young and old alike. We are and always have been about celebrating and respecting audience’s cultural origins, taking audiences on journeys of discovery, enabling them to explore the many exciting, diverse and often intimate stories from around the world. Our Festival was the first to present this style of programming, and still today its primary objective is to maintain its reputation of presenting quality arthouse cinema.

But I never forget that at the end of the day it about entertainment - it’s about audiences going away saying they had a good night out and would come back for more.

With the proliferation of outdoor cinemas in recent years, have you altered your approach to programming for Lotterywest Festival Films?

Like all hard-top and open air cinemas, I along with all Australian exhibitors are really at the mercy of what product is around and being offered when programming a summer film season.

I suppose it’s about finding out first what films have been bought by the distribution companies, then, making that all-important call, finding the right balance and choosing the best films in the appropriate weeks.

Pre-Christmas is a very different time at cinemas to post-Christmas, as is January and so on. Easing audiences in with a comedy or two is definitely the way to go, before waking them up with a Clockwork Orange-like Bronson, or the weird and wonderful Louise-Michel! I find there’s little competition for our season which is fantastic.

We have a great reputation for programming and after almost six decades, audiences come back week-after-week to see our films. All the films programmed are first release and exclusive, which means you can only see them in our season. We also have nine Australian Premieres in 2010 - very exciting. Not to mention 19 ‘Audience Awards’ and the Oscar winner and Palme d’Or winner from Cannes this year! I believe we’d be about the most talked about summer film season in the country. As a programmer, I’ve no complaints.

What do you feel are the must-see films of this year’s season?

Mmm… too many to mention. The Oscar-winning Departure from Japan is a must, as is the quirky Louise-Michel, so delightfully off the planet and a personal favourite. David Stratton from ABC’s At The Movies said it was the best comedy he’d seen since Death At A Funeral and Burn After Reading - I couldn’t agree more. For audiences who want a jaw-dropping thrill ride, then you can’t go past the amazing Bronson with an Oscar-deserving performance by UK’s Tom Hardy who is George Miller’s pick for his new Mad Max film. Then there’s the beautiful Seraphine, about a little known French artist which won seven French Oscars; Kristen Scott-Thomas is prepared to sacrifice everything in Leaving, about a woman having an extra marital affair - it’s about pure, brutal, carnal love.

I must mention that we have the Australian Premiere of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - who hasn’t read the book, eh? There’s the Topp Twins documentary - which beat Michael Moore’s latest offering to win the ‘Best Documentary Prize’ at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. These lesbian twin sisters yodel while singing country and western, and are considered New Zealand’s best export since rack of lamb and Lord Of The Rings.

A warm summer evening spent with a film at the Somerville - it’s become an iconic ritual, hasn’t it?

It absolutely is without doubt a summer tradition to pack the picnic hamper and SemSavBlanc on a hot night and head to the Somerville. It’s become a part of everyone’s summer social calendar. At dinner parties ’round the metro area the first question often asked round the table is, ‘have you seen the Festival film this week?’ What’s better on a beautiful balmy night than to sit under a starry sky amidst scented pines, relaxing with family and friends, a cool glass in hand, before snuggling up in your deckchair and wait for that oversized silver screen to light up? Whatever the experience, the Somerville Auditorium represents a part of www.xpressmag.com.au

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What about you? Can you describe how your own evolution with film has played out over the years?

My 40th Festival is upon me! My tastes have obviously matured since my first day at a new job on January 12, 1971, but I have a keen sense for what’s going to work and what’s going to be enjoyed by our audiences. I know our audiences very well indeed. I know what they want and I know what they expect. As I said before, it’s about getting the right balance and programming films at just the right time in our five-month long season.

Seeing some 300 films each year, there’s a pretty good feast to choose from, and one would hope after so many years, I’d get it right too!

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AWAY WE GO Going Nowhere

Directed by Sam Mendes Starring John Krasinski, Melanie Lynskey, Paul Schneider, Maggie Gyllenhaal Sam Mendes is the kind of director who generally likes to throw a bit of weight into his films.

American Beauty, Revolutionary Road, Jarhead – these were all films that attracted both Oscar hype and awards for their realism, credibility and judicious use of satire. In something that resembles a filmic midlife crisis, Mendes has given himself an indie makeover with his latest, Away We Go, and is more concerned with making a charming, aimless sympathetic comedy than with presenting genuine characters, dramatic incident or moving emotion.

Burt (John Krakinski AKA Jim from The Office) and Verona (Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live vet) are modern, intelligent thirtysomethings still bumbling their way through the whole “being grown ups” thing, when Verona gets pregnant.

When Burt’s parents, who live nearby, tell the kids that they’re moving to Belgium, Burt and Verona decide there’s no reason to keep living where they are, and embark on a road trip across the US, stopping to visit and observe friends of theirs who’ve already reproduced, in order to ascertain the perfect place to throw down some roots and bring up baby.

Each visit Bur t and Verona pay dredges up a different take on parenthood in the Western world: they drop in on Verona’s old workmate, a loudmouthed seemingly ignorant mother (Allison Janny), some old university friends who’ve adopted, and Burt’s New Age-y cousin, LN, (Maggie Gyllenhaal) a gender studies professor with a startlingly freestyle approach to childrearing. The more they see, the more the ever-sceptic Burt and Verona (somewhat condescendingly) reassure themselves of their own normality, thus reaffirming any self-wrought hesitation as to their suitability as parents.

If you’re the type to froth over awkward sweet crap with indie folk soundtracks (Juno, or Me, You And Everybody We Know) you’ll find comfort in the film’s inoffensiveness, awarding yourself little heart-melts and giggles whilst Burt goofs off to cheer up anxious mother-to-be Verona, or when the two volley offbeat love affirmations between each other, lying on a trampoline under the stars.

However, if you’re the type that needs, say, a proper, non-screenwriter self-satisfying screenplay, with, say, character arcs, believable

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dialogue, obstacles, dramatic tension, and all that old fashioned ‘narrative’ stuff, you’ll be fumbling in the dark to find any of those traits in Away We Go. The main characters’ unner ving happiness is perhaps at the centre of the screenplay’s difficulties. Without any manner of character arc, or obstacles to overcome, the protagonists have little connection to reality neither Burt nor Verona actually ‘go’ anywhere: their journey is void of incident, and even the conclusion to their main struggle – where to ‘nest’ – reaches an obvious and fairly glib conclusion.

The characters are in exactly the same position at the film’s end, as when the film starts.

It’s a shame this one doesn’t live up to expectations, particularly because they were fairly high - Away We Go’s screenplay was written by husband-and-wife team Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. Eggers, as well as being a prominent contemporary author (A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius) and founder of formidably cool publishing house McSweeneys, recently also wrote the screenplay for Where The Wild Things Are. Vida is editor of magazine The Believer – together the two are probably the hippest literary couple in America at the moment. Eggers, in particular, displays such aptitude in addressing the funny/ sad binary in his novels, you’d think the realm of self-discovery dramedy would prove an absolute breeze for him.

Not so. Although, a folksy Garden State-esque soundtrack that overscores the film’s (little) emotion far too often can share some of the blame, as can Mendes, too – dragging the film’s tone in the wrong direction by tending towards sitcom too often, and thus making the film a less than suitable vehicle through which to explore issues of parenthood. _DANIELLE MARSLAND

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(500) DAYS OF SUMMER (M) -plus- ADAM (M)

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HOLA MEXICO FILM FESTIVAL Mexican Wave Cinema Paradiso has established a new, grand tradition with its country-based film festivals and its embrace of the Hola Mexico Film Festival, which returns from Thursday, December 10, until Wednesday, December 16, after a two-year break, is a vibrant part of it all.

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Sex, Shame And Tears; but we also have films for the family, for those little kids and not-toolittle who can enjoy cartoons full of double entendres as Mexicans love to use in every day life, in Another Egg Movie And A Chicken.

“If somebody is looking for dramas, thrillers and suspense, we also have films like Love Pain And Viceversa, Amar A Morir and I’m Gonna Explode. If you are more into history and Mexican culture, Tear This Heart Out, reflects in a fantastic way how the typical Mexican ‘macho’ is, the way our last generations were and the power of the women under the surface in all times!”

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is clearly about passionate films from a passionate country, and Rosas is equally as passionate about its future in Perth and beyond.

“I am convinced this year is going to be the platform to have a continued, vibrant highly-awaited annual event,” she says. “Mexican artists are getting very well known internationally, which makes national and international investors help and support Mexican filmmakers who can then explore and create a number of good films. This year we are very proud of our program and we are very happy to make it possible to include Perth in the national event.

Those Who Remain

“We are experiencing extraordinary interest from people in Perth, and we are sure that what you will see in the Hola Mexico Film Festival will be very different to what you have seen in other films or film festivals.” _ BOB GORDON The Hola Mexico Film Festival opens tonight, Thursday, December 10, with Sin Nombre, followed by an after-party upstairs at Oliver’s On James, with refreshments and entertainment in true Mexican style. Tickets available from Cinema Paradiso and online at lunapalace.com.au.

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Hola Mexico first launched in 2006, and as local manager Itzel Rosas explains, its rise has been impressive.

“Hola Mexico Film Festival started in Sydney by its founder Samuel Douek,” she says. “Just in four years, it has extended to Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide as well as Chicago, LA, New York and New Zealand. Last year 5,000 people came to the festival and we are sure this year is going to exceed that number!”

Programming such festivals is no walk in the park. Aside from the films being Mexican, there’s much to take into account in selecting films for audiences in Australia.

“We look to show other realities, very different and contrasting stories with the Australian culture,” Rosas explains. “We won’t show animal documentaries when Australia has many of these, but we can show the expressiveness of our society, the injustices and power from some groups and the way we wholeheartedly love and laugh.

“We also take into consideration the films with better reviews, more awards, the ones which have been a big success in Mexico, and the films with a special meaning.”

When asked what picture this year’s programme paints of the country’s life, culture and history, Itzel points out the strong contrast between high society and the lower classes in Mexico.

“If we could generalise, I think these films do reflect that,” she says. “In most of these films there is also a love story, full of passion and sometimes followed by pain and frustration. I think these factors have made the history of Mexico, since its beginnings.

Since the Spanish conquest the contrast between the land lords and the indigenous were very obvious and these problems still remain.

“Our country has been also run by beliefs in a religion, person or political party, where love, passion and sometimes treason have made our history.”

Importantly, across the selection of films in the festival, there are good options for both (a) Mexican film aficionados and (b) those new to Mexican cinema…

“The films we are showing cater for a variety of different tastes,” Itzel says. “We have short films, where the creativity of the artist we believe will inspire new filmmakers to continue working on their dreams; we have documentaries, were we show many Mexican realities expressed by the deepest of Mexican hearts with Those Who Remain, The Inheritors); we have sexy comedies, which make fun of unique situations in a way only Mexicans could think of in Murder Seriously;

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THE BIRDS AND THE BEES

Let’s Talk About Sex

The Birds And The Bees is showing for one night only at The Comedy Lounge on Saturday, December 12. Bookings through BOCS Ticketing.

I Am Bish

I AM BISH Flesh-eating On Film taking the piss out of how badly we were able to do them with the equipment that we had,’ Bishop explains. “Having said that, they’re few and far between, but there’s one or two tracking shots that haven’t turned out too crap. I’m stunned by that.”

As well as tailoring the plot of I Am Bish Most Hollywood feature films featuring a cast of 300 zombies would probably spend $10,000 on a to suit its financial limitations, Bishop enlisted the week’s catering budget. But armed with buckets of help of an incredible amount of volunteers to help green body paint and a nothing-to-lose attitude, as both extras and behind the scenes. With 300 local filmmaker David Bishop decided he’d make people coming on board as zombies thanks to a an entire feature film, I Am Bish, for that exact high-profile mention in The West Australian’s Inside Cover, Bishop was able to save his acting budget sum.

Bishop amassed the lean budget for the and employ a sole female actress to drive the film after winning a short-film contest run by WA second half of the film - WAAPA graduate Siobhan social networking website Loconut. Prior to this, Dow-Hall.

“Even thought it was a volunteer crew it the WAAPA trained acting student had spent ten years in Sydney unsuccessfully trying to get CASE, wasn’t a volunteer vibe,” he explains of one thirtya script that won the writer and director second minute block of final vision that the dedicated place in Project Greenlight Australia, produced crew got from just three days of shooting at Arena and funded. Back in Perth and sick of pounding his Joondalup and a deserted house in Bassendean.“It head against a brick wall, the tenacious filmmaker ran like a well oiled machine. I think that’s because decided to do the obvious – self fund a feature- all of the people volunteering were TAFE students and people who had done Film and Television length ‘romantic, zombie, action musical’.

“I’ve just sat down and cleared the final Institute courses. They were definitely into what picture edit up until half-way and it’s surprisingly they were doing.”

Given his ability to share his enthusiasm un-shithouse,” Bishop laughs of his tongue in cheek mockumentary which is set around the and get complete strangers on board, chances premise of a student film project. “The motto on are this won’t be the last film we see from David set was ‘piss-weak is not a bad thing for us’. It’s one Bishop. Funding or no funding, it appears the film of those things where the only way it will work is maker is content to do whatever it takes to bring his scripts to fruition: “my Grandad always used to if it’s so bad that it’s good.”

Inspired by the low-budget nous of say if something gets in your way take a step to Mad Max, Wes Anderson’s debut Bottle Rocket the side.” and Troma films, Bishop has attempted to play to the film’s strengths (or weaknesses) by, in that X-Press has 10 double passes to the premiere quintessentially Australian way, embracing and of I Am Bish to give away. To win, email win@ xpressmag.com.au with ‘I Am Bish’ in the celebrating the dodgy.

“We sussed out very early on that the subject line. only way we were going to be able to do the _DAVID CRADDOCK action shoots we wanted to do was if we were I Am Bish, a locally produced ‘romantic, zombie, action musical’ will premiere at The Astor in Mt Lawley on Thursday, December 17, at 7:30pm.

Tickets available on the door.

openly. This show jokes about all the things we have been thinking in our heads but have kept to ourselves. You will laugh but you’ll also learn something. If I had to sum up the show in two words, I would say it is… intelligent filth!”

Having quite literally “seen the light”, the After educating and entertaining audiences across the globe from Melbourne to Edinburgh, UK-born Butler now bases himself in Melbourne UK comedian Mark Butler is stopping by to due to the greater amount of sunshine and teach a Perth crowd about The Birds And The because Australian audiences tend to laugh more Bees. Describing his show as a lesson in sex for at his jokes. Openly honest with his answers, the recreation rather than procreation, Butler treats comic admits that while researching his latest his audience like 11 year old virgins and explains show he learned that he wasn’t as good a shag to extensive detail just what does happen as he used to think he was.

“I learned so much about what women between the sheets.

“It’s the sex education class that you actually want in bed and loads of great new never had at school. I parody a science teacher cunnilingus techniques,” he says.

“I recently performed the show at Sexpo who bumbles his way through a lesson on the birds and the bees – but this science teacher in Sydney and there were a number of famous doesn’t know when to stop. It’s full of top quality porn actresses in the audience. After the show, Sasha Grey came up to me and told me that my gags and useful tips,” Butler says.

“We all have sex and we all enjoy it, observations were spot-on. And that is a huge but most of us are too embarrassed to discuss it compliment coming from someone who eats cocks for a living.

“A lot of people are rubbish at sex and they are too scared to admit it, so they go through life having crap sex. What a waste. If you can’t drive, you take driving lessons. If you can’t read, you get reading lessons. If you’re not a brilliant shag, you need to see this show.”

Butler says that his aim when writing any of his comedy shows is to try and enlighten his audience on a topic of interest.

“A couple of years ago I taught my audience how to use body language to attract a partner. Now I’m showing them what to do when they get one,” he shares.

“Recreational sex is one of the most important things in the world and without it many of us would go insane. Yet it’s something most of us are too embarrassed to talk about.

The topic is swept under carpets in classrooms and lounge rooms throughout Australia, and if anyone has the courage to discuss it they’re likely to be labelled a pervert.”

Butler says that after his Perth show this weekend he has a few gigs here and there and then a well deserved break over Christmas, with his next major project at the Adelaide Fringe in February.

“I have written a play about a teacher who deals drugs to his students. I used to be a teacher. No prizes for guessing why I had to quit!”

Mark Butler _TANYA MACNAUGHTON

AL FRESCO FILM X-Press readers headed along to Movies By Burswood last Thursday, December 3, for a special screening of Tim Burton’s latest film, 9. As the sun set above the outdoor cinema, the contents of picnic baskets were devoured, while DJ Charlie Bucket provided the tunes.

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VISUAL ARTS Marian Drew, Turner Galleries, 470 William Street, Northbridge.

Brisbane based photographer Marian Drew is inspired by the conventions of 18th century still life painting, creating tableaus of dead Australian animals and birds. The shock of the limp and lifeless creatures is lessened by the sensuous draped cloths, seductive colours and dramatic lighting. These unsettling and beautiful photographs remind us of the fragility of life and the impact man has on our environment. This exhibition covers several years work from 2003 to 2009 that feature dead Australian fauna and domestic fabrics.

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animations. Howling winds and clattering horse hooves accompany this dark and unsettling short film.

Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, December 20.

Stonewall, PICA, Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge.

For his latest solo exhibition, D ominic Redfern presents two major new video works; Stonewall and Mythos. Redfern is a video and performance artist whose practice investigates issues of place and identity. He presents unresolved narratives in theatrical installations that critique the relationship between the artist, the screen and the viewer.

His most recent work, Stonewall, was shot The Great Little Christmas Show, Gallery East, in 2008 for a solo show at the Centre d’Art 94 Stirling Highway, North Fremantle. in Marnay sur Seine in France. In the video, The Great Little Christmas Show features the artist climbs through a rocky outcrop the jewel-like miniature paintings of the in Tasmania, suggestive of both alpine and Mogul rulers of India of the 16th – 18th lunar landscapes. His winding narration of Centuries: portraits, court scenes, hunts and the journey promises the viewer a hidden processions. The show also features a fine meaning that ultimately remains elusive. collection of Ethiopian religious icons and Heightening this tension; the narrative is crosses; fetish dolls from Africa and Papua sporadically interrupted by the beat of his New Guinea; as well as original Japanese body falling to the ground on a screen at the Kabuki theatre puppet heads; Japanese opposite end of the gallery. woodblock prints from the 19th and 20th Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, December Centuries, and Chinese Ming Dynasty and 20. ancient Vietnamese ceramics. These works are complemented by the work of more than Elements Embrace, Elements Art Gallery, 30 artists invited by Gallery East to create 131A Waratah Avenue, Dalkeith. paintings, prints, ceramics, sculpture and The Elements Embrace Christmas sale is a once jewellery on a small scale. a year opportunity to purchase artwork in a Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, December variety of mediums at very affordable prices.

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Choose from an array of stunning works by the Elements Art gallery stable of artists.

Inbetween, PICA, Perth Cultural Centre, With prices starting from as low as $25 for Northbridge. beautiful art glass pieces there is sure to I n b e t w e e n i s a n e x p l o r a t i o n o f t h e be something to suit even the most difficult supernatural, inspired by real stories of person to buy for.

E x h i b i t i o n o p e n s o n Th u r s d ay, ghosts and the paranormal as told by three different individuals that artist Richard Lewer December 10, and runs ’til Thursday, December has illustrated with his hand-drawn pencil 24.

Luminance by Alyson Hayes

Luminance, Heathcote Museum & Gallery, 10 Almondbury Road, Booragoon.

The Clay Feet group are ceramicists who celebrate the handmade - the artistry, integrity, quality, inspiration, design, creativity and humanity that sets handcrafted items apart from mass produced merchandise. Luminance explores the diversity of ceramic as a medium, interpreted by members of the group. Due to the various styles of Clay Feet members, works will range from small and delicate porcelain to large free standing sculptural forms. The Clay Feet members exhibiting in Luminance are Jillian Archibald, Elaine Bradley, Sheryl Chant, Alyson Hayes, Veronica McGrath, Gill Treichel and Andrea Vinkovic.

Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, December 20.

Different Faces by Simon Gende

Different Faces, Kulcha, Upstairs at 13 South Terrace, Fremantle.

Hailing from Goroka, the central town in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, artist Simon Gende combines bold colour with political perspective in Different Faces.

His works exude a wry mix of innocence and insight that draw the viewer in. Part proceeds from this exhibition go to supporting teacher training in the Fore Region of PNG. Exhibition opens on Thursday, December 3, and runs ’til Wednesday, December 23.

Sympathy And The Sea; Ping Pong, Alda’s Gallery & Project Space, Wolf Lane, Perth.

The second show at the newly opened Alda’s Gallery & Project Space will present exciting new work by local artist David Turley in a solo show entitled Sympathy And The Sea in the upstairs gallery, and in the window project space Clare Peake and Tanya Schultz present their first collaborative project entitled Ping Pong.

David Turley’s practice explores the representation of found objects and materials, questioning ideas of belief, existence and mortality. Working with materials of personal and social histories, Turley creates constructions and installations, which act as personal and cultural anthropological memorials.

Tinkering with everyday materials and employing a DIY sensibility, Tanya Schultz and Clare Peake are working collaboratively for the first time. Their sculptural observations created from a process of exchange, are informed by ideas of exploration, invention and the infinite potential of materials.

Exhibition runs ’til Friday, January 1.

Margaret Priest: An Artist’s Life, Holmes à Court Gallery, 1/11 Brown Street, East Perth.

Margaret Priest was one of the foremost figures in post-war art in Western Australia. Given Perth’s cultural isolation from mainstream Australian art in the early 1960s, she was the first sculptor

to introduce modernist ideas and became an important link to contemporary European practice at that time. She played a prominent part in Perth’s aesthetic development between 1950 and 1980, creating an important body of work, much of it in high profile public positions throughout the city. Her Pioneer Woman is the centerpiece of the public space in Kings Park. Margaret Priest: An Artist’s Life includes ulptures, associated drawings and photographs, coins, medallions and recent paintings.

Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, February 7.

Exposed! The Story Of Swimwear, WA Museum – Maritime, Victoria Quay, Fremantle.

As a nation of swimmers it’s not surprising Australia played, and continues to play, such a key role in swimwear innovation and design. A new exhibition at the Western Australian Museum – Maritime shows how Australian designers and swimming stars have been central figures in the evolution of the modern swimsuit, helping to blur the boundaries between underwear and outerwear.

Exposed! The Story Of Swimwear is an Australian National Maritime Museum travelling exhibition and draws on the museum’s extensive collection of historical swimwear to explore how the modern swimsuit changed bathing into swimming and helped redefine perceptions of the body.

Exhibition opens on Saturday, November 21, and runs ’til Sunday, February 7.

STYLE FILE The staff and students of the West Australian Institute Of Fashion And Textiles invited friends, family and members of the fashion industry along to Burswood’s Grand Ballroom on Tuesday, December 1, for a spectacular runway presentation. The show featured the students’ ready-to-wear and couture garments, showcasing the skills the budding designers learned to master during their studies.

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HE TAKES THE CAKE

Dogs have long been known as ‘man’s best friend’ but in 2009 it seems feline fans are starting to outnumber those who succumb to puppy love. Though often shy and reticent to disclose their love for felines for fear of being labeled a ‘crazy cat lady’, cat lovers have been coming out of the woodwork in droves recently thanks to their love for Sydney based accessory label, Problem Child.

The brainchild of designer Amanda Testa, Problem Child’s debut collection Best In Show is a homage of sorts to supposedly crazy cat ladies, with pieces depicting cats playing with balls of yarn, kittens adorned with bowties and quirky cat masks as brooches “I’ve been getting a lot of timid confessions – ‘look, I’ve got to tell you that I’m a cat person’. I’m not a crazy cat lady – I love cats but when I’m designing, I have lots of different influences but when I go with a theme, I go with it all the way. I do love cats, but really, I only like my cat – she’s more like a little dog. I love black cats – there’s something sleek, Egyptian and elegant about them. I’ve found some lovely fans who are cat crazy!”

Problem Child’s Best In Show collection is stocked in Perth exclusively at Billie & Rose, and Testa couldn’t be more happy about it.

Playful Puss by Problem Child

Velvet Set by Problem Child

Le Chat Plastique by Problem Child

“Billie & Rose have been great – they were very enthusiastic which is awesome when you’re a new kid on the block! You need people to be good to you and get into it. Perth in general I’ve found, has responded really well to the label which has been great. The response in Perth has been really welcoming and enthusiastic, and people aren’t quite so keen to know what press you’ve got yet, it’s more based on whether they like your designs. Sydney is a little harder to crack – especially with this year being a financial struggle for everyone too. I found Melbourne to be incredibly receptive as well.”

Having only just launched her debut collection, Testa still has big plans for Problem Child in the future, hoping to expand the collections to include a range of accessories.

“I’m going to continue with the jewellery component of the label, the next range is also going to include a bag section because I very much want Problem Child to be a fashion accessory brand. I’m also looking at opening an online store. I like the idea of a very holistic brand and I don’t think a physical store is quite right, but I’d love for people to be able to come to an online store and get the same sort of experience as a way in a physical store. I want to give customers the most fun, luxurious brand experience.”

Problem Child is stocked at Billie & Rose and online at ModaMuse.com.

Those who shop regularly at quirky Perth boutique Pigeonhole are likely to be familiar with a friendly chap who goes by the name of Bobby Von Baker. As his name suggests, Bobby is quite the whiz in the kitchen, creating innovative Cakiepops and Cakiegems – tasty treats found only at Pigeonhole.

Bobby is no one trick pony – offering up a range of treats in addition to Cakiepops, including illustrations, short novels, jewellery design and more. This Friday, December 11, Bobby will officially launch his genre-spanning business, The Boy Genius Academy.

Ahead of the launch, Bobby reveals the story behind his moniker and sheds some light on how the much loved Cakiepops came to be.

“After a daft few years of operating in collectives, I realised that I was doing most, if not all of the work to keep whatever project we were doing active. After I started taking my writing more seriously, I realised that I had to work on my own and started working under several pseudonyms. This idea was more effort than it was worth and I figured out that I needed to become something more than just a name and at the time a few favoured friends started to refer to me as a ‘boy genius’ and I grew fond of the name.

“The Academy part came after a long thought process and in the end, I thought that it would be nice that I would be the only one ever under the name and that I’m both teaching and learning new things under the name.

“Cakiepops are the result - like most things - of an accident. I developed the cake part of the pop early on in 2006 and served it cut up thinly with tea amongst friends but the idea of it being on a stick amazed me and I did about a month of trial and error research and at the end of it, I made the first proper batch of Cakiepops in late 2007.”

In addition to Cakiepops, The Boy Genius Academy will also offer up short novels written by Bobby, starting with Bella & Grey.

“Bella & Grey is the first novella of a series that is set in the town of Quincy. Quincy in itself is an amalgamation of the towns and cities that I’ve ever experienced, with the big picture influenced heavily by French influenced Vietnam, mainly Ho Chi Minh City and the small picture influenced by modern Australia and America. It’s essentially a love story, where two significants meet and fall in love - you know, all that stuff.

The binder to keep it interesting is a series of subplots that bind all the books in the series together, of which the next one Fever Sleeping will be released soon and is a love story about how two significants stay together.”

Bobby welcomes all and sundry to attend the launch of The Boy Genius Academy this Friday, from 6.30pm to 8pm, at The Mixtape

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Sex And The City style icon Kim Cattrall recently launch the Baileys Red Bow Bottle - a sweet Christmas treat with a fashionable edge. Styled by Patricia Field, the Baileys dress wraps up Cattrall like a present under the Christmas tree, demonstrating how perfect Baileys Red Bow Bottle is for a Christmas gift.

To find out more about Baileys and the Red Bow Bottle, head online to baileys.com.

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Gallery (454 William Street, Northbridge), for an evening of fun and festivities including “super tasty treats such as birthday edition cakiepops (flavours to be announced on the website and facebook page on the day), various versions of cakiegems, button bobby cookies galore, paintings, illustrations and other artwork, along with several copies of the novella Bella & Grey and the anthology Amoxicillin Relationships and of course an awesome place to dance and forget about Christmas for once in December.” _EMMA BERGMEIER

Loungy House Beats Doors at 6pm • Cocktails Sunset • Drink Specials Kim Cattrall and Patricia Field gets wrapped up for Baileys

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The band Vdelli will feature downstairs in the Main Bar 9:30pm-12:30am. Playing Rock, Blues & Groove style tunes, featuring Michael Vdelli on guitar & vocals, Rick Whittle on drums and Eddy Parise (ex Baby Animals) on bass.

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After splitting from their major labe Dilated Peoples are returning to thei l, Los Angeles hip hop trio r HAYES speaks with Michael Perrettaindependent roots. JOSHUA the group has been working on, and, AKA Evidence, about what their upcoming Australian tour.

Dilated Peoples have been relatively that doesn’t mean the group hasn’t quiet since leaving Capitol Records in 2006, but been keeping busy. Each group mem Evidence and Rakaa Iriscience, and ber DJ Babu - has been working on and – rappers promote solo projects. touring to The group’s last release was their DVD The Releas e Party in 2007.

A documentary covering the decade since Dilated Peopl their success as well as the hardships es formed, it captures the hard work behind frank assessment of how their relatio they have faced, and it provides a surprisingly group’s relief at escaping the label. nship with Capitol soured - the title refers to the The relationship started out act, heavily influenced by the likes of well enough. Despite being a traditional hip hop Gang Starr and Run DMC, their acclai med live show

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and the impressive sales figures of the being chased by a number of major independent singles meant Dilated Peoples were labels in the late 90’s. The group ultim that Capitol would provide the best ately decided deal to release their full length debu t, The Platform and their 2001 follow up Expansion Team .

Soon they were questioning this decisi on; however. After submitting their album Neighbourhood Watch, Capit third ol sent Dilated Peoples back to the studio to record a song with potential to be a hit single .

The group ended up worki ng with a pre-College Dropout Kanye West, resulting in the track This Way. It should have been the group low point as Capitol put all their energ ’s greatest moment, but it ended up being their y Watch. Consequently the album failed into marketing This Way instead of Neighbourhood to agreement to do a video for their secon reach expectations. After the label reneged on an d single Marathon, Dilated Peoples knew to move on. it was time They released their fourth album 20/20 in 2006 to fulfil their contractual obliga before returning to their independen tions, t roots. “Having all those years on the major allowed us to not have to necessarily run out and make music to get the next mortgage you know? God bless, you know what or rent check, I get out, just think about things on our mean?” says Perretta. “So we’ve had a little time to own terms.”

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 WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN Aly & Fila, Egyptian trance duo extraordinaire, have been an inspiration to clubbers since bursting onto the scene back in 2003 with their massive hit Eye of Hours. Their gorgeous, euphoric, uplifting blend of sweeping trance has seen them to rise to A-list status alongside the likes of Armin, Tiesto and many high priests of trance electric. Aly & Fila were recently listed in DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJ Poll for the second year in a row, climbing up to the 22nd position. Their internet radio show, Future Sound of Egypt, goes from strength to strength, with the duo recently opening a new record label, naming it Future Sound of Egypt Recordings, already signing DJs Sean Tyas, Akesson and Neptune project. Loved and respected both in Egypt and world wide, don’t miss your chance to catch the legends in action when they hit Rise on Saturday, December 19.They’ll be joined by young Egyptian DJ Amir Shahara, who is known for dazzling audiences with his techno and trance sets. Local support from GeRmAn, Collage (live), Travis and Simon Barwood. Door sales only from 9.30pm. Rise members $10 before 11pm, $15 thereafter. Nonmembers $15 before 11pm, $25 thereafter.

SPOOKY JANUARY One half of revered progressive house pioneers Spooky, as well as the engineer and producer of many of Sasha’s biggest singles and albums, respected solo producer Charlie May has remained at the vivacious beating heart of house since the early ’90s, taking the pulse of the clubbing populace and ensuring it remains in rude health. As the go-to guy for breathtaking, sonically adventurous technoid future dance, this producer and DJ has consistently blazed a trail of innovation which has underpinned many of the most important developments in electronic music. With new tracks and remixes due for release by artists such as Robert Babicz, Pole Folder, Glenn Morrison and Bedrock, 2010 is shaping to be a big year for this talented musician. Charlie May alights to Perth for the first time on Saturday, January 23, playing at Shape, East Perth.

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Brash & Sassy MILK MAIDS Perth’s princesses of Italo disco, Brash & Sassy, have been working hard on their latest single, No Milk For You, not to mention their usual hijinks, including getting themselves entirely covered in buckets of milk to shoot the accompanying video clip! The first single from their upcoming EP (which looks set for an early 2010 release), No Milk For You was recorded by Matt Giovannagelo at Underground Production Company and mixed by Lee Groves (Goldfrapp, Gwen Stefani, Bertie Blackman). BlueSky (Joshua Garden from Grafton Primary), The Transients and Tomás Ford have all taken their hands to the single, remixing it for the release. Now they’re ready to let it loose on the public. Go check the girls dishing out the goods with their live band at the Norfolk Basement on Saturday, December 12, from 8pm. Tickets $10 at the door.

After taking out a slew of awards at the recent PDMAs, Boomtick are back to doing what they do best, bringing you the best live acts galore from all over the world. Starting this Boxing Day with the breathtaking Breakfest, which will see NAPT, Miles Dyson, Micky Slim and more make it to our shores. Boomtick are thrilled to announce that Dom B from the Stanton Warriors will now also join this formidable line up, playing a classics breaks set. Saturday, December 26, at Belvoir Ampitheatre. General admission tickets are $83 plus booking fee from Live Clothing outlets, Planet, Mills, 78s, Moshtix and www.boomtick.com.au.

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LOCAL LOVE AT VIBES We’re all amped for Good Vibrations here in the Salt office, we almost can’t wait the whole two months to go before the ‘Vibes hit the Claremont Showgrounds! And this just in - Salt N Pepa turntable performer DJ Spinderella will also be delivering a solo performance on the decks at the festival! Also recently announced are the local acts who will be playing up alongside the big wigs: congratulations go to Agent 86, Bad Weather, Ben Mac, Charlie Bucket, Death Disco, Fdel (live), Hickey, Kit Pop, Mama Says Yes!, Marty McFy, Micah, Mickey Juice, Mind Electric, Minx, Randa & the Soul Kingdom, Rekab, Samrai, Shazam, Signal Drivers, Steve Lind, Tenzin, Tim & Jean, Total Knowledge and Wax Motif. It’s going to be quite the local love in! They join the already tops line up, headed up by synthed-up stadium rockers The Killers, Basement Jaxx, touching down with their new Scars album in hand, as well as globetrotting club maestro Armand Van Helden, hip hop maestros Busta Rhymes, Naughty By Nature and Salt-N-Pepa, indie-dance acts Friendly Fires and The Gossip, and loads more. Sunday, February 14, Claremont Showgrounds. Tickets through www. goodvibrations.oztix.com.au or Ticketmaster.

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Tiga’s Turbo Recordings is gracing Australian shores with its presence early next year. Tiga’s been busy tying up his album (with Soulwax and Jesper Dahlback) but he’s sent his trusty label mate The Proxy, as, erm, his proxy – all the way from Russia! The Proxy’s Raven has held pride of place in many DJs’ decks the past few years, thanks to its brutally addictive electro-rave sound, with latest hit Dancing In The Dark showing the Proxy’s equally likeable melodic side. No doubt all a large part of the Turbo Recordings back catalogue will get a spin including the likes of Jesper Dahlback, Chromeo, Boys Noize, Brodinski and ZZT, and of course, Tiga. Support from Bad Weather, Kit Pop, Rekab and Le Gab. Wednesday, January 6 at Shape, East Perth. Doors open 9pm. Limited early bird tickets $20 prior to Friday, December 18. After that, $25 plus booking fee from shapebar.com.au.

DANNY BOY

Audrey Gallagher

DASHING DUO It’s fair to say Australia’s tyDi deserves a good summer holiday after the hectic year he’s had.

As well as being voted Australia’s # 1 DJ in the Inthemix poll for the second year running, tyDi scooped the title of #52 in the DJ Mag Top 100, as is now launching his very own weekly worldwide radio show Global Soundsystem. To celebrate the close of the year in style before heading overseas, tyDi is touring an all exclusive national tour, teaming up with Northern Irish vocalist Audrey Gallagher for what is sure to be a wonderful evening. Gallagher’s studio portfolio reads like a who’s who of the trance music industry, with collaborations with Agnelli & Nelson, John O’Callaghan and the world’s #1 DJ Armin van Buuren (Hold Onto Me). tyDi and Audrey’s own collaboration, You Walk Away, was released in August of this year on Armada and fast became a summer trance anthem, reaching the #1 spot on the Beatport trance charts and landing exclusive appearances on Armin’s A State Of Trance compilation. Don’t miss this Boxing Day Rise special edition. Local support from GeRmAn, Joe Benger, Scott Nelson and Simon Barwood. Saturday December 26, 2009.

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Andy C

ANDY WEIGHS IN Whether he is touring the world or road tripping across the UK, DJ Andy C is known as The Executioner for a reason: he cuts up titles on a regular basis, scoring the highest spot for a DJ in the drum ‘n’ bass genre in Top 100 DJs Poll, as well as making the Top 10 of MixMag’s Ultimate Power List. Whether running his label, signing new talents, producing and travelling across the globe to play some of the biggest clubs, Andy C keeps busy, but he’s making time to squeeze in a show at Metro City for Heavyweight Soundz on Monday, January 25, 2010. Andy C will be joined

by New Zealand heavyweights The Upbeats, with support from DJs Diamond D, Concept, N1, Traction and MC Assassin and Stylee. Tickets through www.moshtix.com.au.

Following up on his massively successful It’s Time to Jack tour, which saw Danny T grace the Ambar decks at the beginning of July this year, he makes his return to Perth, bringing his signature sound of filthy, funky, jazzy, jacking electro-house with him. With tracks out on Crux, Hussle and Ajax’s own Sweat It Out! label, the past year has been a busy one for the Brisbane local. International DJs along the likes of Switch, Lee Mortimer and MSTRKRFT have all supported Danny T’s unmistakable sound and if his last visit is anything to go by, this will definitely be a show to get in early for. Sharing the headline is Gold Coast Superstar Wongo, who recently took in a worldwide DJ tour which saw him playing in Italy, Los Angeles and in England alongside massively recognized artists such as HiJack. Wongo brings his selfstyled ‘wig out house’ sound to Ambar with Danny T on Friday, December the 11. Destination? locals Signal Drivers, Grantley Hyde, Richard Lee and James Francis support. Doors open 10pm, tickets through www.moshtix.com.au or www. boomtick.com.au.

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SAINT NICKO DJ Nickodemus is the brains behind the longrunning Turntables on the Hudson festival in New York City, which sees the Big Apple set alight with a melting pot of funk, soul, hip-hop and house, Latin, Afrobeat, and Salsa every year, a festival that has spurned six compilations, not to mention hosting the likes of Louie Vega, Mr Scruff, Mark Rae, Rainer Truby, Peter Kruder, Quantic and DJ Spinna. Queens-raised Nickodemus is also responsible for cult classics Cleopatra in New York and Mariposa, with track Mi Swing es Tropical used for the iTunes and iPod ads in the Summer of 2007. With remixes for Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, and Thievery Corporation amongst others under his belt, Nickodemus’s long awaited follow up album Sun People sees his usual home grown influences playing nice with dance music and collaborators from Guinea, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Romania, India, Turkey and the UK. Nickodemus is bringing the heat back to Australia as part of his Sun People tour, hitting the Funk Club’s Countdown to NYE, as well as Salt on the Beach, on Thursday, December 31, (for more details hit up funkclub.com.au) before playing an intimate show at the Fremantle Arts Centre on Friday, January 1 (head to www.fac.org.au for tickets).

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DILATED PEOPLES

BURAKA SOM SISTEMA LISBON DREAMING

THE EYES HAVE IT

Portugal party kids Buraka Som Sistema recently took a break from a hectic touring schedule to put together some tracks for the latest FabricLive comp. RZ gets the lowdown.

MAINROOM THURSDAY

Pasha’s Kitchen,

The Big Man cooking up Meaty Beats.

Free Entry

FRIDAY Rockus & Drum Media presents Friday Night Live with

HAYLEY BETH AND DJS ROK RILEY AND JOE 19.

7pm Free Entry

SATURDAY

TRANSMISSION Perth’s essential pre club night for

discerning music lovers bringing you indie, electro, rock, punk & club classics with Andrei Mazz 8pm Free Entry

SUNDAY

PIZZA & PINT

Nathan J, Dan Tha Man and The Nisbit

WEDNESDAY

UNI-QUE with Death Disco’s Jamie Mac & Dazz K. Bring Your Student ID please.

UPSTAIRS THURSDAY

The {move} crew’s Ben Taaffe and Perth’s pivotal prodigal producer Dave Miller, are teaming up to bring a brand new weekly night for music enthusiasts of all varieties this summer season

FRIDAY

The Beat Suite

with Micah, Sharif Galal and Guests.

9pm Free Entry

SATURDAY

Flying High.

Indie Rock, Avant Pop, Classic Rock and Party Faves with RTRs Cutter, Sarah Delfante, Dennis Gerling & Jack Midalia.

Free Entry 8pm

FRIDAY

Modular Man debut EP “Assymmetry” with special guest Dan the Man. SATURDAY

Lucid Dreaming

Perth’s premium DJs, Producers & VJs on a night of Tech, House Progressive and Minimal.

Dilated Peoples As a result, each member of the group has been working on solo projects. While Babu has been releasing Duck Season albums for a number of years, Perretta released his first album, The Weatherman LP, in 2007 in response to the issues with Capitol and the passing of his mother. He is now working on his second full length, titled Cats and Dogs, while Rakaa works on his solo debut Crown of Thorns. Both albums are scheduled for 2010.

“It’s still the same formula as a Dilated record, but it’s more my version of it and more expressing who I am as a person, and talking about certain things that are important that never quite sat right with me doing it on a Dilated record,” Perretta says of Cats and Dogs, which will be released on Rhymesayers Entertainment.

As a result of these solo ventures, Dilated Peoples have been reasonably quiet in recent years. While this is often the beginning of the end for hip hop acts, Perretta confirms that the group will begin working on their next album once the solo projects are complete. “ The next album will be called Directors of Photography. We are DP and the Director of Photography is the DP,” says Evidence. “I think it’s going to be a great title, it will give us a lot of space to do a lot of things within it. Since we got off Capitol it’s been about doing whatever we feel independently.”

“The plan was solo records, and after we do solo records and people get to know us as individuals, come back as a group and do some more records,” he continues. “I think it will be a little more dynamic this time being, that we had a chance to express ourselves as individuals.”

Perth punters can also expect a dynamic live show when the group helps bring in the new year at Origin ’09. Sharing the stage with the likes of Method Man & Redman, Bliss n Eso and Roots Manuva, the group will be the hip hop purist’s choice act.

Dilated Peoples are particularly renowned for the focus on turntablism, both onstage and in their recordings, courtesy of DJ Babu - a member of the acclaimed Californian DJ crew Beat Junkies. “ That’s something unique and having the DJ be treated as an equal member, I think makes it that much stronger versus having some guy in the back, on a riser, touching buttons,” says Perretta.

Even considering the occasion, the group won’t be straying from their tried-andtrue approach of straight up beats, rhymes and turntablism. “No pyrotechnics, no dancers, not even matching outfits man,” he laughs.

“Two MCs and a DJ are going to go hard just doing straight up hip hop. I think people will be impressed.”

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It was some time around 2006 that Andro Carvalho, João Barbosa and Rui Pité came together to form Buraka Som Sistema – since then, the lads have been credited with championing a unique sound. Known as “kuduro”, Buraka’s self-made genre is known for its uptempo, energetic and danceable qualities.

In fact, do a bit of a Google and YouTube on it – it’s fascinating. You’ve got young African children doing break-dance; Angolan women chanting on the microphone – and the modern pop sensibility and drive of an urban mix tape with drums and beats rocking it to you.

“It’s been a crazy year,” reflects Rui when we sit down with the kuduro kids for a chat. “We’ve being doing a lot of touring in the last year; actually it’s a real lot - something like 120 tours in total, so yes, we have been very busy. And now we’re going to cool down for a while and focus on promoting the new album which has, on its own, kept us going and going!”

The album we speak of is, of course, their new Fabric49 mix – and an upcoming follow up to their 2008 album Black Diamond, released on Sony in Portugal. “What was interesting for us,” says Andro of the Fabric mix, “was that we had to do something around the music we really enjoyed. At the time, it was coming from Angola

Buraka Som Sistema – which is of course a very different country to Lisbon! But the way we took the atmosphere and mixed it up a little bit with the club music and things we were listening to, it just got better and better.

“Our music actually started life more as a DJ night and then turned into a live show and we just ended up doing a few re-edits and unique bits and pieces, that then got to a point where we just wanted to turn the whole concept into a group and we begun doing regular shows and making our music around 2006.”

In closing, Rui says: “a mix CD is at the core of was Buraka was about at the beginning.

It’s like going back to our roots and that’s something we’re really happy to be a part of.

We really wanted to have a lot of fresh material on there. We wanted to achieve a kind of flow where there are moments in the mix for you to relax.”

So don’t take my word for it – get the research tools out and see for yourself. There is still some diverse and innovative music out there – that doesn’t actually make for half-bad listening, either.

BURAKA SOM SISTEMA FABRICLIVE 49: BURAKA SOM SISTEMA [FABRIC RECORDS]

REBOOT REBOOTYLICIOUS Despite having produced music for over a decade, it has only been recently that Frank Heinrich, AKA Reboot, has gained recognition on the international stage. CHRIS HONNERY catches up.

While partaking in Æther is a consuming venture, Heinrich is eager to continue his involvement with the esteemed troupe in the future. “When you play the Æther show you’ve got at least six musicians, you’ve got to rehearse and make a lot of compromises. The touring has been a completely new experience; touring with a huge group of people, it felt like a band on tour, which was amazing, but sometimes exhausting too. The group is the star and not the single person, and that’s a big difference to playing solo.”

As a DJ, Heinrich has established himself through his distinct, percussive-driven sound, and has a reputation for loading his sets with exclusive re-edits and remixes. “It’s important as a DJ that you have unique stuff that nobody else has, because that makes the difference,” he says. “Re-editing is something I do for my DJ sets – I re-arrange tracks so they fit better into my sets.” The most recent example of this is his take on Cesaria Evora’s Angola, which Reboot was famously once remixed by Carl Craig. “I love Since conceiving his Reboot project four years that remix, but I never liked the synthesizer that ago, Heinrich has experienced a dramatic comes in at the end of the track, so I was sitting ascension, with releases on Luciano’s Cadenza in my hotel room with my laptop and just made imprint, remixes for the likes of Ricardo Villalobos a re-edit.”

With a steady string of remixes and and Sebo K and performances at the Exit Festival in Serbia. “Being signed to Cadenza was a huge productions, including another forthcoming factor [in my success],” Heinrich affirms in a EP on Cadenza, Heinrich is also in the midst of recent chat. “I sent Luciano some old-school crafting his debut full-length artist album. “I’m demo CDs four years ago and it went from planning to release the album around March/ there… it was just a huge step in my career, April next year,” he says. At the moment I’m still hard at work at it. It’s going to be more there’s no question about that.”

Luciano has been instrumental in like stuff you would listen to at home or in Heinrich’s rise, featuring him on his Fabric mix the car, it’s not going to be a pure club album. and inviting him to partake in his ambitious It’s going to be a lot deeper and slower and live project, Æther. “It’s an amazing pleasure to more eclectic… I think [artist] albums are be part of the project,” Heinrich says. “The basic supposed to not only please the dancefloor aim is to combine sounds, colours and lights into but create something that people can listen to an audiovisual show which is a new experience in different situations. I think Luciano did that for the audience. There is the core idea of really well [with his recent LP, Tribute to the Sun].

“I really want to try and tell a story and connecting the sounds to a visual show, and this year we built up experience as to how we could make the listener be interested in what’s going to happen next. For the club tracks I have my technically put that on stage. We played a lot of rock festivals,” he continues, reeling off a few EPs, but for an album I need to draw a picture.” names of artists they shared the bill with, such REBOOT as Lady Gaga, before laughing and admitting that “this wasn’t the right platform for this type FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 @ AMBAR of show.”

Hittin’ the town since 1985

PENDULUM ROOTS MANOEUVRE

Rise 10th Anniversary Rise Nightclub, Northbridge Saturday, December 5, 2009

Trance fans all over Perth united at Rise on Saturday to celebrate a milestone for the club – its ten year anniversary. As Rise resident Simon Barwood spun a selection of the classic anthems from the last ten years at Rise, friends and regulars of the club toasted its success, with many lucky punters receiving a gift of a Rise Anthems double CD. Here’s to many more years of amazing weekends at this Perth clubbing thought ‘Right, we’ll go down to the Metalheadz institution. night and try to get someone to play the track’” laughs Gareth. “We ran into Martijn in the street right near the venue and he was like ‘Yeah, I’ll play it’, so yeah, that was the first time it ever got played.”

While Pendulum love the interaction and rawness of their live shows, the boys are really enjoying their DJ sets at the moment.“I love DJing.

I love it for different reasons; with DJing you can literally pack an overnight bag and go and hit up Serbia like I did last night, and completely smash it up,” he enthuses.“You get what you want from it.

You get to test out some tunes, in something I see as a more portable live set without the three trucks and the production team... stuff like that. With live shows it’s a full day, every day. There’s sounds Nina, Sass checks, interviews; it’s just a lot more involved.”

Perth is going to be the very first city to hear the new album material when Pendulum hit Metro City for a DJ set on Boxing Day, but Gareth is sadly aware of the mixed reactions they receive from their home town. “I think it’s as much our fault, because we don’t really get the chance to hit Australia as much as we should. When we do, it’s often short-lived and sometimes bad timing, I guess.”

“It works both ways, but we definitely plan to hit Australia a bit more. We try to give back to Australia as much as we can, because we realise that it’s hard to love us when we Tina, Janet aren’t necessarily citizens anymore. We live in London, but we try to come home a lot and we’re proud of our roots,” states Gareth.

“Our first ever live show ever was in Perth, our first preview of Hold Your Colour was in Perth, and the first preview of this album is going to be in Perth. So we try to give back as much as we can, because we do love where we come from.”

“In some ways, I feel as if I’d trade in all the popularity in other places just to be a little bit more appreciated in Australia.” From much celebrated to much maligned, Pendulum are making some big changes. Gareth has a brutally open and honest conversation with REUBEN ADAMS ahead of their album preview tour.

Pendulum Gareth is candid right off the bat, admitting that In Silico was a result of self inflicted pressures and the dreaded ‘second album syndrome’. “Definitely.

I mean, we loved In Silico for what it was worth, and it definitely achieved what we wanted it to achieve, but it took far too long and nearly killed us in the process,” he muses. “The fact that we got second album syndrome was self inflicted, basically. This album has been an absolute pleasure in comparison; we’re having fun again, we’re not over thinking things.”

It’s also a move back to their more electronic roots. The yet to be titled album will be full of exciting collaborations (also yet to be confirmed) as well as a variety of tempos, while maintaining their trademark sound. The track Ransom, dropped by Noisia in March, is a great indicator of their direction which harks back to their pre Hold Your Colour material.

“That was literally the first time that it was played out. We were with Martijn, and we actually met him walking along the street in South Beach, as we were coming to their gig. We’d just played Ultra Festival live, so we didn’t have any DJ sets out there. We were there for a few days so we

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PENDULUM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26 @ METRO CITY

Jan, Kiara

Jamie, Lana

Sam, Nini, Lacy, Corban

Poka

Micha, Keeney

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APPLEBLIM IT’S ALL JUST MUSIC

THE SHAPESHIFTERS SUMMER GODS

“It’s a silly in-joke with my best mate.

It involved a high ranking grime DJ, an apple, and my mate cracking up... that’s all I’m going to give you!”

Laurie‘Appleblim’Osborne cheekily remains tight lipped on his alias, keeping his chat with ANGELA KING purely about the music.

YASMIN SHERIFF chats to Simon Marlin, half of the dynamic dance duo Shapeshifters, about copywriting their name, the hit that continues to define our city under the sun and the double hit of love Perth’s getting this summer.

Appleblim Being located in Bristol - one of the most musically creative hubs within the UK - is a position Osborne concurs has an overwhelming benefit to his life, both musically and otherwise.

“The Bristol scene and people were very welcoming to us as people from outside, this was the early days of the music and you just got to know everyone by going to the raves, especially very early on when there might only be a few people going to these events... I guess we’ve grown with it. With people like Pinch, Peverelist, Jakes, Komonazmuk and Orphan101, all people that I’ve ended up working with musically and being involved with as friends, it’s a great place to be!”

Early on, Osborne created the label Skull Disco with long time raving comrade turn production partner Shackelton, which as any avid fan would agree, was one of the most influential labels within the more sophisticated beat scene (read: beats excluding the wobble cheese bass recipe of recent favourites).The label however, no longer exists, as Osborne explains: “The skeletons have been buried once again, but there will be much more from both Shackleton and I, it just felt right to call it a day when we were still happy with it and proud of it.” In its place, Osborne founded Applepips, which touts an equally impressive yield of releases of his own creation and that of other likeminded artists such as Martyn, Instra, Mental and Brackles.

The eternal struggle to classify the ever expanding and developing exploits of the electronic music scene is no more heavily felt within the blurry realm of music termed ‘dubstep’. It is clear though, when a crosssection of the genre is explored, listeners are bound to discover its exceptionally broad mix and should find it easy to conclude the term is more convenience than an accurate assessment of its content. Osborne is undaunted by the emphasis on labelling music, as he explains.

“Is a term ever really suitable for the sounds of a genre anyway? It gives you an idea, I guess, that things are going to be mixed up, bass, rhythms, melodies, so maybe that’s better than trying to pigeonhole every different tune as, oh that one sounds drum ‘n’ bass-ey or that one sounds techno-ey. It’s all just music to me!”

Along with categorization, Osborne believes the comparison between existing genres and new sounds to be similarly unfeasible. “I think each producer has many different influences it’s hard to pinpoint any one style or genre having more or less influence than anything else, especially when you think most of us producers have had hardcore, jungle, house, techno, drum and bass, garage, and so on in our musical veins for so long anyway - it’s almost an unspoken influence.”

“That is still what I love about ‘this music’, it seems to be able to soak up many influences and still sound different to other things.”

APPLEBLIM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 @ SHAPE

Shapeshifters, AKA ‘Shape UK’ in the US. Not to be confused with Shape Shifters, a hip hop outfit from Los Angeles, or Shapeshifter, the revolutionary drum ‘n’ bass five-piece from New Zealand. With all these people showing shapes around the globe, would it just be easier to change it up? Marlin replies in the negative.

“Nah, we’ve actually met the guys from New Zealand before and they were really laidback about the whole thing. What we do is so different that it is very rare that anyone gets us confused.”

So wait a second, who are we talking about? That would be Shapeshifters, the North London team behind Lola’s Theme – the track that has become synonymous with Perth dance festival season. It brings you into the true summer vibe and spurs a vivid image of sun kissed, Ray Ban rocking, short shorts flaunting young people busting a move. Alongside its status as a must have on any summer mix tape, it proved that a track could be a commercial success while maintaining credibility.

When we speak to him, Marlin is still collecting brownie points from wife Lola, for Lola’s Theme, who the song is dedicated to. On a low key night, the trio were going tramping through Lola’s record collection. Not only was it Lola who had the early eighties r ‘n’ b classic What About My Love by Johnnie Taylor, but she was the one who threw it on the turntables that night.

“We knew right away, that we could really work with this track.” A few days later the track was completed. At first it was Lola’s Theme was just a nickname, but as the song evolved it became more suited. Shortly after its release the disco dance anthem propelled them to #1 status in the UK, US and Australia.”

Since their explosion on the scene they’ve pleasured us with a solid catalogue of big house anthems. They’ve not shied away from switching up with labels either.

The Shapeshifters After ceremoniously parting with notoriously troubled EMI, much like most of the industry, the duo have teamed with legendary label Defected and Poisitiva. After a few big hits such as The Young Dubs and Treadstone, they released the first volume of compilation Nocturnal Groove on their own label of the same name.

Nocturnal Groove is thriving. With the success from some of their better known acts, the guys are able to showcase some fresh talent from up and coming artists on Nocturnal Groove, all while bringing their own style to the forefront.

Says Marlin: “We just want to keep making records for the dance floor, and if they become bigger records, then so be it.”

THE SHAPESHIFTERS SUMMADAYZE 2010: MIXED BY THE SHAPESHIFTERS [FUTURE/STOMP] SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2010 @ SUMMADAYZE SUPREME COURT GARDENS

Shape’s 2nd Birthday Shape nightclub, East Perth Saturday, December 5, 2009 Saturday night saw electro, house and techno fans gather to dance ‘til dawn in honour of the second birthday of Shape. In the past two years, the club’s brought loads of international acts to our city, but on Saturday night, it was a chance to enjoy the home grown talent Shape is famous for having nurtured. The Tick Tock Room downstairs pumped with the electric sounds of Hickey, Mickey Juice, Kit Pop and more, whilst upstairs, techno fans cheered on the darker sounds of the Habitat all stars. Bring on birthday number three!

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Hittin’ the town since 1985

STANTON WARRIORS

LIVING IT UP

The Stanton Warriors are pumped about returning to Australia – as we are to have the breaks masters testing out their brand new album on us. As told to RK. Dominic Butler and Mark Yardley have even surprised themselves. Never in a million years would they have thought that their so-called day-job, at a label some 10 years ago, would have forged a musical legacy that is the stuff dreams are made of. Indeed, 51 st Recordings was what they term a ‘pre-garage label’; something that paid the bills. Dominic was the A&R guy – the man with all the ideas – while Mark was the engineer, that man with the skills. Dominic explains: “I thought to myself, in the downtime, we can do something and make it work together. So for a laugh, the next day we played a track that we’d produced to some bosses and we pretended it was by Todd Terry or something – and he loved it!

Then we turned around and said it was ours!

And after a moment of silence, he asked what we’d call ourselves. Mark stepped in because that day, he’d been walking over London Bridge and tripped over this sewer cover and it had the words ‘Stanton Warriors’ written on it. So that’s also how we got our name.

“We thought it was cool to link the name with the underground connotation of the sewer! And everyone else loved it too, because they thought it was this amazing marketing plan!”And the ball continues to roll. The boys have done some massive tours and consider themselves very lucky because their music is accessible to a wider audience than your average breaks.

“We’ve played some big, big festivals – for example we played the main stage at the Exit Festival in Serbia and we finished after Snoop Dog and The Chemical Brothers!

People from all musical genres were getting down with what were into. We’re both big believers that things work on different platforms, whether it’s the Middle East, South America or the USA, people are getting into our sound. We even played in Los Angeles and San Francisco to some big crowds and did this sort of Miami Bass booty kind of angle.

PHAROAHE MONCH SIMON SAYS

PHAROAHE MONCH/Naik/Kit Pop Villa Nightclub, Highgate Friday, December 4, 2009

Stanton Warriors That’s the sensibility of the American market.

We call it break-beat, they just think its fun and that’s the way they look at it.”

In even more thrilling news, the lads are also well advanced with their artist album, which for them is a relief: “that means there is stuff that we can test out” chimes Dominic.

“It’s a cool sound and it’s something you might hear in the club. But we’ve done a lot of edits and remixes and we’ve worked out what works well – and those ideas really balance our ideas out. It’s definitely a newish sound and it has evolved from what we’ve done before. Mostly, we’ve made an effort to make it accessible. Well not accessible; but we’ve tried to give it a commercial sensibility with good songs that sound good in the car or in a club.”

As for the forthcoming tour, of course the boys are pump-primed and ready to go. “Mate, we are so hyped about getting back to Australia. We’ve got so many exclusives that we just can’t wait to unleash them on Aussie audiences.

“The sounds will all be different and we will be editing and remixing them and making sure no one else has them.

We’ve got such a big stock of ammunition and we’re going to rock it!”

STANTON WARRIORS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26 @ BREAKFEST, BELVOIR AMPITHEATRE

Ambar’s Christmas Party

Despite his set clashing with Kanye West at 2008’s Good Vibrations Festival, underground hip hop icon Pharoahe Monch still managed to pull a full crowd on the day. So it was no surprise that there was a line of punters running down the block from Villa to catch his second, and more intimate, Perth show.

Inside, upcoming local producer NAIK took the stage at 11pm joined by Kit Pop on turntables and Astep on drums. His set drew from his recent release In The Shadow Of Thunder Mountain, opening with the apocalyptic Zootrip and the melancholy Who Are You. Although his style – a blend of trip hop and psych rock – seemed unusual to support Pharoahe Monch, he held the crowd’s attention, particularly when he mashed up his ominous track India with Nas’s Made You Look, and his current single The Last Parade with OutKast’s Bombs Over Baghdad.

Pharoahe Monch received a response that was surprisingly rowdy, even for one of hip hop’s most acclaimed rappers, when he arrived.

Fists were pumping from the front to the back of Villa as he launched into the high energy Let’s Go and Free from his 2007 album Desire, with each song ending to loud, sustained roars from the crowd.

Pharoahe didn’t move much; instead he stood centre stage and rapped his lyrics, dancing and weaving effortlessly around his already intricate flows and drawing the crowd’s attention to every cadence and intonation in his delivery.

His set comprehensively covered his output from the last decade, from his hits (Oh No), to his underground classics (Agent Orange) to his more obscure material (Fuck You, from the Training Day soundtrack) to lesser know material from his solo albums (Right Here and Behind Closed Doors) – all of which received rowdy responses from the punters.

Although he previously toured with

Pharoahe Monch (Pic: Matt Jelonek) a live band at Good Vibrations 2008, Pharoahe’s simplified stage show was just as impressive.

He was joined onstage by his DJ Boogie Blind from the Xecutioners, who put on an impressive turntablism display for the crowd, and soulful vocalists Mela Machinko and Showtyme – both of whom performed at Good Vibrations. The duo wowed the crowd with powerful back-and-forth performances on My Life, Push and the uplifting J Dilla collab Love.

Showtyme may not have stage dived like he did at Good Vibrations but he still entertained the crowd; dancing around the stage frantically and falling to his knees as he passionately sang the chorus to the souldrenched Desire.

Pharoahe’s Elvis-influenced Body Baby received a good response, but as the set came to a close it was obvious the crowd was waiting for one song – and when the first notes of the Godzilla theme played, introducing Simon Says, the Villa turned into one large mosh pit.

It was a little disappointing that Pharoahe didn’t touch on his Organized Konfusion material, preview anything from his upcoming third solo album W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) or perform his Hilltop Hoods collab Classic Example; however, considering the quality of his set, those are minor complaints.

JOSHUA HAYES

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Projecting Penny’s Freakman, Laura Green’s Manhattan), glassy cosmic surprises, like Fern Kinney’s Love Me Tonight, and straight out Italo gold (Gino Soccio) all taking pride of place.

The highlights though, are the real ‘everybody on the floor under the disco ball’ late ‘70s romps – TJM’s Put Yourself In My Place, Eddie Drennon’s Disco Jam and Greg Diamond’s Danger, whose deep diva vocals and feverish melodies you’ll be tapping your platform-heeled toes to, for days to come.

VARIOUS Horse Meat Disco

DANIELLE MARSLAND 4.5/5

[Strut Records]

Disco nights don’t get much more important than Jim Stanton and James Hillard’s Sunday nighter at small gay bar The Eagle, in London. The club night’s diverse music policy, free-spirited attitude to individuality, and outrageous dress codes make it somewhat like the Boombox parties, only at Horse Meat Disco, it’s the retro-tinged disco music, as opposed to contemporary electro or disco, that’s the glue of the whole thing.

This is the duo’s first compilation review on Strut Records, and it’s full of classic after classic: nothing is edited down, or made shinier: each gem is presented in full, camp, disco glory. This makes for a long and luscious listening journey that simply must be taken.

Things start out a bit strange, with a fan’s answering machine message detailing a story of abduction via a giant glass unicorn, a unicorn which took him to see Ron Hardy play in a basement. Such goings on are all part of 24:7 the weird and wonderful world of Horse Meat [Hi Fi Entertainment/Intergroove] Disco; with solid smooth funk selections (Empire

CARL COX

24:7 is the first documentary and live concert DVD ever made about the man, the legend, Carl Cox – the most famous, respected and loved DJ of all time. It’s a great little peek behind the scenes into a year in the life of the jetsetting Coxy – following him around the world, chasing the sun – his life truly is 24:7 and after all these years, he still never seems to stop!

This intimate snapshot of the man, contains interviews with his close friends and family, and takes us inside his home and his life.

What is evident is his passion for his beloved techno still remains after all these years – and wherever he goes, everybody loves him! Not surprisingly - the man is a positive inspiration, and just a really down to earth, good bloke, who remains amazingly driven after all these years, from his humble beginnings as a club dancer and party DJ for hire.

There are snippets of interviews with a swag of DJ legends Cox counts as close friends, including Sven Vath, John Digweed, Dubfire, Fedde Le Grand, Fatboy Slim, Moby and Josh Wink, who all share their genuine affection for the ‘Chocolate Buddha’ and his legacy.

Starting off in Ibiza, like he does every year, the Mecca of clubbing, for two months every summer; we hear from Pepe, the old Spaniard behind Space, who obviously has great love and respect for his compadre, and was wise enough to recognise Cox’s talent and invite him to become a resident at his nightclub and home.

Together the two have redefined clubbing as we know it, with their sundowner sets on the terrace. Cox has celebrated his birthday in Ibiza, with his now legendary birthday sets, every year, since 1984!

We then jet off to New York for a taste of what Carl has achieved in pioneering American dance culture, speaking to Rob Fernandez of Pacha NYC. Then it’s a quick jump to the surreal excess of Las Vegas, before hitting up Miami (via Atlanta) and the WMC’s. Over in olde London towne, we catch a glimpse of Cox’s other great passion – motorbikes. Over in Barbados, Cox gets in touch with his roots, and his parents, before we fly to Melbourne and Carl shows us around his massive house in Frankston – a place where he seems to have found balance and contentment, before ending up back at Carl’s other fav homebase in Brighton.

The live concert is filmed at the cutting edge new London club, matter. It’s a typically bangin’ set from the man, but the video just doesn’t convey the amazing energy of Cox live.

In his quest to promote new, undiscovered artists, he features only unsigned acts on the DVD. Carl Cox IS dance music, he lives, breathes it, and has done, since the beginnings of the scene that he was pivotal in creating.

He continues to search the world for new tunes to mix up in his inimitable style, igniting dancefloors the world over with his energetic sets, always smiling and bouncing with infectious enthusiasm. This DVD would make a fine addition to any dance music lovers collection, and is the perfect stocking filler!

ALFRED GORMAN 4/5

BEST EVENT

PERTH DANCE MUSIC AWARDS 2003 – 2009

BOYS NOIZE

Power [Last Gang/Turbo/Inertia] The first time I listened to Power, there was a moment of confusion where I had to go back and check that I had actually put the correct album on.

The drone of a warm analogue synth was emanating from my laptop speakers, with a bright arpeggio burbling away over the top – surely this odd, playful track wasn’t crated by Boys Noize, whose debut record was a master-class in squealing, distorted and ear-bleedingly loud French techno.

I t turns out that the producer otherwise known as Alex Ridha has matured a lot since his 2007 debut – Power is no less exciting or innovative an album, but it derives its thrills from subtlety, rather than full-on sonic assault. Vitalic pulled off a similar trick with his recent album, Flashmob, and while Power isn’t quite in this league, it still delivers the goods.

Aside from the opener, Gax, the highlight is probably Transmission, which, with its naggingly-simple synth hook, is easily the most melodic thing Ridha has yet created. Glitch techno tracks like Kontact Me, Starter and Jeffer are structurally similar to his earlier work, albeit more restrained, while Rozz Box and Sweet Light flirt with more minimal sounds. The album closes like it opens, with the gentle synth buzz of Heart Attack.

If nothing else, Power proves that Alex Ridha is not a one-trick pony, and hopefully, he’ll be producing great albums for many years to come.

ALASDAIR DUNCAN 3.5/5

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Ù THURSDAY 10/12 LLAMA BAR RUN RABBIT RUN Perth’s finest disco DJs come together to provide something just a little bit different for the discerning crowd in this new Thursday weekly. Sink back in a plush couch, sip a cocktail at the bar or enjoy some of the gourmet tapas while RRR’s chosen vinyl pimps spin disco grooves into the night. Expect anything from classics to current, Moroder to LCD Soundsystem.

Tonight sees DJs Mickey Juice, Petrosex and Jorg Thor blazing trails of disco stardust. Entry is free, drink specials all night.

Eve - DJ Tony Allen Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Wrighteous Flying Scotsman (Main Room) Pasha’s Kitchen – The Big Man Flying Scotsman (Upstairs) – Thursday Feel Up - Ben Taaffe/ Dave Miller/ Dr Jason Burton/ Chris Cobilis Foundry- DJ Travis B Hyde Park Hotel - Club Seal - DJ Laith Tyranny Leopold Hotel- DJ James/ DJ Jack Llama Bar – Run Rabbit Run Liquid Nightclub – DJ Buda Mustang Bar – DJ Giles Newport Hotel – Culture Clash – DJ Shannon Fox Niche - Johnni P/ Rob Blandford Paddy Hannans - Dr Bogus Players Bar – Neon Lights - DJ Samuel Spencer The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen- DJ Tropical Funk Merchants – Zone 3/ DJ Flex / Ben Mac - Zone 1 / Don Migi / Dj Nano /DJ Surge The Cott – Crème of the Cott – DJ DTuck The East End - DJ Midfield

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The Floreat – Flirt – DJ Armee/ Cut-Nice/ Kill-DYL/ Shaker The Queens – Rene Lemerle/ Scott Armstrong The Shed – DJ Andyy Universal Bar- DJ Crisp

Cam Duff/ Frank ie Button/ Andreas Sadler Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Boogie Double Lucky – Full Circle – DJ Adam Kelly/ DJ Cee/Josh Devlin MC Webbz/ MC Pugz/ MC JK/ MC Rtilary/ Ù FRIDAY 11/12 Danjawun LEEDERVILLE HOTEL Eurobar- Crazy Sexy Cool - DJ (UPSTAIRS) FUNK CLUB’S 50 Roger Smart/ Riki Y E A R S O F M OTOW N Fu n k M O J O S T H U N D A M E N TA L S Eve – DJ Migi/Skooby/Crazy Club launch into an all out S yd n e y h i p h o p c r e w t h e Craig Motown celebration tonight, Thundamentals head to Mojo’s Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) with The Funk Club House band tonight for Hussle Hussle. The – DJ Rok Riley/ Joe 19 and special guests vocalists latest additions to the Obese Flying Scotsman (Upstairs) throwing down all the Motown Records stable, Thundamentals The Beat Suite – Micah/ Sharif classics. Expect Marvin Gaye, a r e c u r r e n t l y t o u r i n g t h e Galal The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, nation, riding the wave of their Fl y i n g S co t s m a n ( Ve l ve t Diana Ross, Michael Jackson upcoming self titled label debut. Lounge) – Modular Man/ Dan and the Supremes and more Don’t miss your chance to catch Tha Man in this all out fest! Doors open one of the most exciting young Foundry – Crave 8pm. $10 on the door or $5 for crews to dawn on Australian hip Funk Club – DJ Charlie Bucket members. Head to the Manor hop. Support from BYP, Paully P, Geisha – Sauce - Darren J/ af ter wards and show your Rythm Infinit feat. Soda, Simmo Richard Lee/Suric SA/ Sean M/ Funk Club stamp for $5 entry. T and Prez Juan. $15 on the door Deviance/ Scottie K from 8pm.

Harry’s Bar - DJ Double L / SHAPE (DOWNSTAIRS) SUKH Benny T / Luca Castelli K N I G H T S i n g l e d o u t a s a Ambar – Destination? - Wongo/ Hyde Park - DJ Zoom producer of the moment by Danny T/ A-Jam/ Signal Drivers/ Inglewood Hotel – DJ Simone the likes of N-Type & Skream, Grantley Hyde/ Richard Lee/ Leederville Hotel (Upstairs) – Sukh Knight has made a massive James Francis Funk Club – 50 Years Of Motown impact on the dubstep scene Amplifier – DJ Shannon Fox/ – Funk Club House Band in London and abroad, with DJ Jamie/ DJ Cam M er ton Llama Bar - DJ Morris/Kava his debut EP, Born Invincible, Bar 138 – Lokal – Inthemixmas Library – DJ Meezy/ DJ AZT/ receiving massive airplay on – C r a i g H o l l y w o o d / S e a n DJ Fiveo London’s Radio1, KissFM and Morrison/Jason V/Angelbel Liquid Nightclub - DJ Matty / RinseFM, with his tunes in Bar Republic – Horror Shop – Ricky high demand by dubstep DJs. Sabre Tooth Tigers/Shock Horror Lakers Tavern - DJ Adrian Currently signed to True Tiger DJ set/Rex Monsoon/Brendan Merrina Tavern – DJ Terry Sukh Knight’s latest EP Cheese Jay/Travis Doom/DJ Bloody M i nt – Club Retro – C h r i s Loueez is available now. Catch Skull McPhee Sukh Knight at Shape tonight, B a r O p e n ( B o t h L e v e l s ) M o j o ’s – H u s s l e H u s s l e with support from PDMA Best – Dorcia Xmas Par ty – Yon Thundamentals/ BYP/ Paully P/ Dubstep DJ Rekab, and Missile, J o v i / K i t Po p / S c o t t D / B a d Rythm Infinit/ Soda/ Simmo T/ Skittlez, and ST1. Tickets $20 on Santa/D-Lo/Time Travel Agent Prez Juan the door, 10pm ‘til late.

Black Bettys- Trubble Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Kenny BAR138 LOKAL Fresh off the Alexander Mustang- DJ James MacArthur/ back of their Best Website win at Capitol - Ministry Of Sound 2010 Swing DJ last Sunday’s PDMAs, inthemix Annual - John Course/ Goodwill/ Niche - DJ Jonni Zimber is proud to see off this year The Aston Shuffle/ Mind Electric/ Norma Jeans – DJ Phil Onyx Bar – Slick/ Adroc Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequeria Paramount – DJ Morgan / Jordan Priory Lodge - DJ Sticky Ricky Queens Tav – DJ Rueben Republic – Clark/ Dave Miller/ Naik/ DJ Ben Taaffe/ Petro Vouris Rise – Nick Skitz/ Rousa/ Simon Bar wood/ Delaney/ Steven Tranzor METRO CITY Rocket Room – DJ Brett Rowe with a bit of a blowout at Perth’s favourite Friday night Lokal. Inthemix have chosen an all-star DJ lineup from the inthemix stable to keep things groovy all night: Sean Morrison, Jason V, Angelbel and Craig Hollywood will all be on deck duties. Free entry from 6pm, drink specials all night.

Rubix –DJ Pascal Sail And Anchor – Balcony Beats - T-Mac/ Soul Purpose Shape (Downstairs) - Sukh Knight/ Rekab/ Missile/ Skittlez/ ST1 Shape (Upstairs) – S.P.Y/ Q-BiK/ Seeka/ Snub / Defkon / Deflo/ Form7/ Classic / Sifta South St Ale House – DJ Jay Swan Lounge - DJ Benny L/ The Faux Phoenix/ Ed Schaefer/ P-Whack The Boat – Dr Bogus The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen – Spanish Fly – DJ Nano/ DJ Surge – Zone 5 The Eastern – DJ Midfield The Esplanade - Phrase The Queens – DJ Rueben The Shed – DJ Glenn 20 The Stamford Arms - DJ Anaru 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 12/12 F LY I N G S C O T S M A N (DOWNSTAIRS) TRANSMISSION Music aficionados and 24 Hour Party People have somewhere new to hang, with Transmission taking over the Flying Scotsman tonight. Andrei Maz, half of the infamous Death Disco DJs, and special week guests will broadcast great tunes and good times, from Motown to Mashup, Funk to Fidget, Beatles to Breakbeat, Rocksteady to Rave, Disco to Dubstep, downbeat and electro grooves with plenty of indie/alternative anthems, glam, new wave and postrock thrown into the Maz-mix.

Free entry from 8pm - 1am.

sound can be anything from hip hop, retro cool, to New Jack swing. Support from the Japan 4 resident DJs. Presales from the Boomtick SHOP, otherwise $15 on the door. Doors open 10pm.

SHAPE (UPSTAIRS) FORMAT: B/ ALEX SMOKE Two of the world’s premier techno artists come together in one of the biggest Habitat nights to hit 2009 tonight.

Since the early ‘90s, Format: B have been refining their sound in the dark techno dens of Berlin, earning themselves a position at the forefront of the new school of German techno. Scottish talent Alex Smoke comes to us off the back of two full length albums on the prominent label Soma. His moody, electronic productions have one fans far and wide, and his DJ skills are nothing to be ashamed of, having programmed Vol. 3 of Sci Fi Hi Fi back in 2006 to considerable acclaim, showcasing within a mix of his dub techno, classic Detroit and new European minimal techno preferences.

Support from Habitat locals Flex, Darren J and Richard Lee. Tickets from shapebar.com.au.

Ambar – Japan 4 – Two Fresh/ Fdel/ Micah/ Ben Mac/ Wish Amplifier – Pure Pop – DJ Eddie Electric Bar Open (Downstairs) – Soul Project Bar Open (Upstairs) – Frisk Finale! – TankTop/Mind Electric /Rob Sharp/ Chiari/ Andreas Sadler/Carl Drake/Cam Duff Bar Republic – Sexy Basement On Broadway – DJ Ricky Black Bettys- DJ Trubble/ DJ Jinx Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick AMBAR TWO FRESH Locked Alexander in to make a return to Ambar Capitol (Downstairs) – Patrick tonight are brothers in arms Wolf/ Death Disco – Death Disco Two Fresh. Jesse Desenberg DJ’s (AKA Kid Kenobi) and Myles Capitol (Upstairs) – 80s Classics Desenberg (aka Hugga Thugg) – DJ Ryan continue to dominate the ARIA Captain Stirling - DJ Dano charts with their remix of Killa Clink- DJ Clint Queenz’ Double Up, with their Club Bay View – Shake & Pop own original production, Two DJ Zelimir Fresh, debuting at no less than Connections – Michy T / JJ / #33. Get set to hear ‘90s style rave Brian music complete with big beats, Double Lucky - Paul Raf /Alex filter sweeps and beautiful acid K/Angus house synths, for a duo whose Dusk Lounge – New Generation:

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- Ad Lustre/ Dimitri Kapetas Shape (Upstairs) – Habitat Format B/ Alex Smoke/ Flex/ Darren J/ Richard Lee Shape (Downstairs) – Tick Tock DJ Comp Heat 2 - O*trax/ Larter Styles/ ELKTRNX/ Mistere/ D.Y.P/ TRIC South St Ale House – DJ Jay Tiger Lil’s –Charlie Bucket/ Adam Kelly The Brighton - Philly Blunt/ Creek/ eSQue/ Kill Dyl/ Mad Dogs 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 13/12

Players Bar - DJ-Udas Queens Tav- DJ Rhys Worth Rosemount Hotel – Sundae Paper Chain and The Mooswa Society Present Devo/ Joe Stawarz/ Mach-1/ Smurf/ Tee El The Cott – Miami Beats The Saint - DJ Anaru The Shed – DJ Andyy The Wembley – Deckeclectic Pow!/ Dead Easy/ Nago/ Kapitol P

Ù MONDAY 14/12 Eastern Hotel – Adam Morris The Deen – DJ Birdie/ DJ Roger The Paddo - DJ John Paul

Ù TUESDAY 15/12

Bar Orient - DJ Lyndon Double Lucky - Substance – DJ ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB BACK Paul Malone/ DJ JMC TO MONO Summer’s the season Eastern Hotel – Jon Edwards for letting loose, and what High Road Hotel - DJ Matty J better way to celebrate the High Wycombe - DJ Ricky first week of summer than with The Cott - Essential Tuesdays a brand new weekly Sunday –Maxwell/ DJ Jus Haus/ Damian session at the Ellington. Back To John Mono will be a laid back mix of groove, soul, funk, jazz, ska, dub, The Paddo - DJ DPad dancehall and rocksteady tunes, spun by a plethora of Perth’s Ù WEDNESDAY 16/12 funkiest DJs, including the likes of Death Disco’s Anton Maz, Basement On Broadway – DJ KB Nick Sheppard, Aarom Wilson, Broken Hill Hotel – Oasis - DJ Simon Collins, Paul Gamblin, Armee (Downsyde)/ Refresh/ Gareth Richardson and many Shaker/Cut-Nice/Jeremy C more. Non-stop musical nuggets Captain Stirling – DJ Ricky create a unique atmosphere in Connections - DJ’s Joby / JJ / sophisticated surrounds of The Rueben Ellington Jazz Club. Free entry all D o u b l e L u c k y - N a t u r a l Selection night, from 8pm.

Dusk – Blackbelt/ Aswon Eve – Déjà Vu – Smashproof/ Captain Stirling – DJ Jay Clancys - Rancho Relaxo / DJ DJ Don Migi/ Skooby/ Stilez Ali/ Flava Gear Double Lucky – Charlie Bucket Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) – Unique – Jamie Mac/ Dazz K Eve – DJ Birdie/MC Jex Flying Scotsman (downstairs) - Gold – Slick/ Adroc Oak & Ivy –PCJ/Son Of The Nathan J/ Dan Tha Man/ Nisbit Geisha – Fork – Gooch/ Jimmy Father Mint - Open House Party – DJ JMC/ Miss Tokyo Matt/ DJ Adrian Hip E Club - DJ E-Funk Hydey – Club Seal - DJ Luke Mustang – DJ Giles Newport Hotel – DJ Tony Allen Dux/ DJ Jay Marriott I n g l e w o o d – D J S h i f t y Niche - DJ Frankie Button Indi Bar – KillaQueenz/Porsah Rosemount – DJ Shannon Fox The Deen- DJ Zelimer / DJ Viper Laine/DJ Armee & DJ Benny T– Zone 1 Mash – DJ Ricky Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ The Eastern – DJ Jinx The Queens – Wriggle on - DJ Kenny Gareth / Pranjal Mustang - DJ Rockin Rhys

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Jamie T And The Pacemakers Saturday, December 26 @ Belvoir Sunday, January 10 @ Fly By Night Ampitheathre NEW DJ Yoda Sukh Knight Friday, January 22 @ Villa F r i d a y, D e c e m b e r 1 1 @ S h a p e Pendulum Saturday, December 26 @ Metro City (downstairs) DJ Grandmaster Flash NEW Global Sound System Live – Tydi/ Friday, January 22 @ Capitol S.P.Y NEW Friday, December 11 @ Shape (upstairs) Audrey Gallagher Saturday, December 26 @ Rise Charlie May Saturday, January 23 @ Shape Format: B/Alex Smoke Saturday, December 12 @ Shape Anthony Pappa Saturday, December 26 @ Shape Raggamuffin – Wyclef Jean/ Shaggy/ (upstairs) Julian Marley/ Blue King Brown/ Sly Origin NYE - Method Man, Redman/ & Robbie/ Steel Pulse/ Sean Kingston/ Danny T/ Wongo Bliss N Esso/ Roots Manuva/ Dilated House Of Shem Friday, December 11 @ Ambar Peoples/ Ugly Duckling/ Cassius/ Bag Monday, Januar y 25 @ ME Bank Raiders and more Stadium Reboot Thursday, December 31 @ Blue Steel NEW Friday, December 11 @ Ambar Oval Global Sound System – tyDi & Audrey Gallagher Ministry of Sound 2010 Annual Neil Viney Saturday, January 26 @ Rise Friday, December 11 @ Capitol Thursday, December 31 @ Llama Bar Big Day Out - Groove Armada/ Nick Skitz - Skitzmix 33 Lanuch Cuban Club - Sambalicious,/ Randa & Ladyhawke/ Dizzee Rascal/ Peaches/ Friday, December 11 @ Rise The Soul Kingdon/ Midnight Circus/ Kasabian/ Midnight Juggernauts/ DJs Dex ter/ George Mair/ Sam Calvin Harris/ Girl Talk and more.

Two Fresh Birmingham Sunday, Januar y 31 @ Claremont Saturday, December 12 @ Ambar Friday, January 1 @ Flying Showgrounds Squadron Yatch Club NEW DJ Nickodemus Club Paradiso Sunday, January 31 @ Funk Club; Monday, Friday, January 1 @ Burswood on Swan January 1 @ Fremantle Arts Centre Nathan Fake/ Reboot Club Calypso – Felix Da Housecat/ Tiësto Saturday, December 18 @ Ambar JMC/ Rueben Wednesday, February 10; Thursday, Friday, January 1 @ Salt On The Beach February 11; Friday, February 12 @ This is... Hardstyle! - DJ Metro City Issac/ Headhunterz Planet 01 feat. Sied Van Riel Friday, December 18 @ Rise Joop/Trent Mc Dermott + more Good Vibrations - The Killers/ Friday, January 1 @ Metro City Basement Jaxx/ Armand Van Helden/ Appleblim Gossip/ Busta Rhymes/ Salt N Pepa/ Friday, December 18 @ Shape Pete Tong Friendly Fires/ Kid Cudi/ Gym Class Saturday, January 2, 2010 @ Villa Heroes/ Plump DJ’s/ Art Vs Science/ Skool of Thought/ Nick Thayer Naughty By Nature/ Sam Obernik Friday, December 18 @ Villa Summadayze Festival - Carl Cox/ and more.

2 Many DJ’s/ The Presets/ Roger Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ Claremont Aly & Fila/ Amir Shahara Sanchez/ Danny Tenaglia/ Sharam Showgrounds Saturday, December 19 @ Rise (Deep Dish)/ Infected Mushroom/ NEW Ambar’s Christmas Party – Tone/ LCD Soundsystem/ Josh Wink/ Eddie Future Music Festival - The Prodigy/ Halliwell/ Danny Howells/ Ian Carey Franz Ferdinand/ Empire Of The Sun/ Prizzy/ Marty Project and more.

David Guetta/ Booka Shade/ Erick Saturday, December 19 @ Ambar Sunday, January 3 , 2010 @ Supreme Morilla/ Sven Vath/ John Digweed Court Gardens and more.

Seriously Sound System Sunday, February 28, Ascot Racecourse Sunday, December 20 @ Hyde Park Here After Cobra Starship Wild Summer - DJ Gemstar/ MC Lady Sunday, January 3 @ Bar Open Sunday, March 21, 2010 @ Metro City NEW Lauryn Proxy Wednesday, December 23 @ Rise Wednesday, Januaru 6 @ Shape La Roux NEW Sunday, March 21, 2010 @ Belvoir Heavyweight Soundz – Ancy Quantic Ampitheatre C/ MC GQ Friday, January 8 @ The Manor Friday, January 25 @ Metro City

Ù UPCOMING

Breakfest – Napt/Miles Dyson/Stanton Warriors/ Mickey Slim/Elite Force/ The Nextmen/Rennie Pilgrem & MC Chickaboo/Superstyle Deluxe/ Lady Waks/Funkoars/Streetlife DJs

Southbound Festival – Midnight Juggernauts/Major Lzrs/ Urthboy/ DJ Yoda/Hilltop Hoods and more.

Friday, January 8-Sunday January 10 @ Sir Stuart Bovell Park, Busselton

Just for the ladies…

Collar and Cuffs Christmas Show at Eve Friday, 11 December The temperature is set to rise when Perth’s ultimate all male revue take to the stage for a Christmas show like no other!

Doors open at 7pm, show finishes 10pm.

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LES IS MORE LES CLAYPOOL / Dr El Suavo Capitol, Sunday, December 6, 2009 Tales of magicians, masked men and strange sounds are fewer and far between now that travelling freak shows are a thing of the past. However, Les Claypool cannot be underestimated when it comes to bringing oddity to life and spectacular musicians together. Not to mention giving the everfading profession of magic a shot of life.

Though Dr El Suavo is neither a doctor, nor suave, he does pull off some cool tricks… or should I say ‘illusions’. Dr El Suavo may roll out a little bit of DJ music in the background but the main focus of his

act is the likes of straightjackets and the ol’ switcheroos. While some ‘illusions’ were wellreceived, others went down like a sack of the proverbial and the crowd started losing patience. It was understandable, as there was tangible anticipation for Claypool’s set, and also because most punters hadn’t seen a magician roll out such an act since Bobo The Clown freaked them out at their sixth birthday. When Dr El Suavo started throwing insults back at the turning crowd, it was clear his time was over. Suavo was gone after 40 minutes and possibly heading down to a Magician’s Alliance support group.

By the time Les Claypool and band hit the stage, Capitol was packed and the

upstairs area was opened to accommodate.

As soon as the set launched, the crowd hit swamp rock heaven; the musicianship was inarguably astounding. The band’s masks, hats and weird smiles immediately took a backseat to the jaw-dropping talent of these musicians and the strength of their uncanny musical relationship. A lot of the tracks exemplified the band’s ability to be totally at home within the alternative landscape of their own sound, especially when they broke off into solos or appeared to just be jamming out the material. The mad Deliverance-style ‘drum-off ’ between the drummer and percussionist was a rare treat and elevated the weirdness of the mood as well.

In the wacky world of Les Claypool, the weird is certainly wonderful though.

Sam Bass on cello did his part by sitting up the front with a strange smile that may or may not have been a mask. Either way, it was uncomfortably fun. In terms of playing styles, percussionist Mike Dillon was jamming on that xylophone like it was a chick magnet.

It was, of course, Claypool who really dazzled on both standard bass and upright electric and he soloed like the bass was a natural extension of his body, especially in work like Rumble Of The Diesel from Of Whales And Woe While there wasn’t much older Primus material in the set, the quality of Claypool’s solo work was high enough to satisfy even the oldest Primus fans. The latest album, Of Funghi And Foe, was received well and there were also excerpts from the vast array of film scores and soundtracks Claypool has injected with his mad genius.

W h i l e h e a n d t h e b a n d d i d n’t say much, they really didn’t need to. The crowd was in love and really showed it in the encore when the four jammed out a couple more songs for the road. Claypool is most certainly appreciated as a musician’s musician and acts like this don’t come to Perth often. When they do, it’s an opportune time to crack open your head and have a good look inside.

Les Claypool (photo by Denis Radacic)

WEDNESDAY

Circus with DJ Giles Student & Backpacker Night $5 BBQ & drink deal from 6pm THURSDAY

Easy Tigers & DJ Giles

THUNDER DOME GREEN DAY Burswood Dome Friday, December 4, 2009

Green Day’s concert Friday night was, without a doubt, the weirdest concert experience of my life. So many people have asked me whether it was good or bad, but there’s no honest answer to that, no quantifiable sense of empirical truth to such binar y generalisations. If you were expecting the snotty-nosed, marijuana-obsessed punk kids who made Dookie over 15 years ago, you were going to be sorely and utterly disappointed.

That b a n d d i s a p p e a re d i n t h e flames of Tre Cool’s drumkit at Rock-It nine years ago. The thing about Green Day is that they have never stood still or rested on their laurels. They are not a nostalgia act. They are, in 2009, a total and complete stadium rock powerhouse, and they relentlessly and shamelessly rocked the absolute fuck out of the Burswood Dome for almost three hours.

Many snickers were made around town about fact that Jet were the support band for this tour. Theoretically at least, anything involving Jet equals complete and total fail. They’re a frustrating band to criticise, because technically they tick all the right boxes, so to a layman, sure, they’re competent enough. Anybody who actually knows about music would probably beg to differ though.

Not that any of this is relevant. Jet could have played the show of their lives, but the closest my stylist and I came to actually experiencing them was a bewildered drive past the venue, which was absolutely jam packed with vehicles at 6pm on Friday afternoon. Whose idea was it to start this gig so fuckin’ early?

Perhaps the star t time had something to do with the nature of the crowd. It was literally on for young and old, and surely thousands of people in between.

I’ve never seen such a crowd of normal people in my entire life. It was like being at _LAURA GLITSOS a Perth Wildcats game - I felt, at any moment,

SATURDAY

The Contintentals with Rockabilly DJ The Damien Cripps Band & DJ James MacArthur SUNDAY

Peter Busher & The Lone Rangers with DJ Rockin Rhys MONDAY

FRIDAY

Adam Hall & The Velvet Playboys with Swing DJ

Cheeky Monkeys with DJ James MacArthur

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The High Rollin’ Rhythm Kings

TUESDAY

Danza Loca Salsa night / DJ and live percussionists

Hittin’ the town since 1985

SPLIT PERSONALITIES GRIM FANDANGO / KILL WHITEY SPLIT EP LAUNCH Civic Hotel Friday December 4, 2009

Green Day (photo by Lisa Businovski)

that We Will Rock You would start playing.

And yet from the time that Green Day took to the stage, every single person in the house went fucking ballistic, and sang the words to just about every single song.

S o m u c h s o, i n f a c t, t h a t B i l l y Joe Armstrong didn’t even sing himself half the time; he just leaped around the stage like some kind of stylised rock’n’roll Jesus, constantly demanding the audience’s attention with a barrage of call/response routines. For three hours, neither he nor bass player Mike Dirnt stood still or took a break. Meanwhile, the Green Day tradition of inviting kids on stage to play continues - which would have been the highlight of some of these kids’ lives - but honestly, I wish he’d stepped in during Longview, what an atrocious rendition.

The three working class boys from San Francisco have developed what can only be described as one of the most fun stage shows possible. An eight piece band played amid pyrotechnics, explosions, fire, and ticket tape; while Armstrong brandished

a gun that unravelled toilet paper into the audience, super-soakers, and a hand-held cannon capable of firing t-shirts the length of Burswood Dome. Quite simply, if you were 10 years old this would have been the most badass show ever. The only dull moments occurred when Armstrong would mount his little podium or strut the catwalk and insist that the audience cheer at him.

But all in all, just a fantastic and relentlessly entertaining show. Musically flawless, awesomely fun, and impossibly likeable. Green Day had thousands and thousands of ordinar y people singing subversive lyrics, were swearing and talking about promiscuous sex in front of kids and dads. The distances between this and the band’s seminal beginnings at 924 Gilman Street are almost unfathomable. But Green Day have made something of themselves, and they deserve to be proud of that fact.

It’s this, or sit around getting fat off Dookie for 20 years. And fuck that. _BEN WATSON

The Leap Year are a band who under no circumstance take themselves too seriously.

There is a charm about this band that is so easy to pin-point, yet so many of their peers overlook it – that is, they thoroughly enjoy themselves while playing. The band false-started the same song three times, and drummer Chris Reimer noticeably dropped his sticks mid-song, yet the band took all of this in their stride, and did it all with a smile on their faces.

Their jangly guitars offset their staggered and chant-like vocals, allowing the songs to highlight an enormous amount of energy and character. Whilst The Leap Year were not excessively cohesive, they were tremendously likeable, and had it not been for a rather empty room early on, they would have come dangerously close to stealing tonight’s show.

Kill Teen Angst were the antithesis of The Leap Year’s charm. Instead of playing songs with a smile on their faces, they tackled their set with an overly mechanical approach. Technically proficient yet musically unremarkable, the band made it difficult for the audience to enjoy themselves. Yes, the crowd was small, but it did not mean that those in attendance were not entitled to an engaging performance, which Kill Teen Angst did not deliver.

Perhaps they are not accustomed to playing to smaller audiences, but there needed to be a higher level of connection between Kill Teen Angst and their audience. Their songs are fairly forgettable, so without that connection with their audience, Kill Teen Angst become just another band, and nothing more.

Melbourne’s Kill Whitey, like The Leap Year, approached their set with smiles in tow, and that alone allowed them to deliver an enjoyable set. Fronted (for lack of a better term) by their drummer, the three other members of Kill Whitey still managed to visually pull their weight, and contributed to some pretty funny between-song banter.

To highlight their likeable demeanor, the band played a song called Ted McGinley, who was described by the band as ‘a semi-famous Hollywood actor.’ That the band would write and

play a song about the guy who played Jefferson D’Arcy in TV’s Married With Children summed up just what Kill Whitey were all about – playing music that was centred on good oldfashioned fun.

G r i m Fa n d a n g o h a v e e a r n e d themselves a healthy reputation around Perth over the last few years, and tonight saw a healthy little crowd show up to acknowledge that. Grim Fandango have not only made impressions on punters, but also amongst peers, teaming up with Kill Whitey to release a split EP – the very reason for tonight’s show.

As per usual, Grim Fandango displayed a likeable presence, which is what they are now best known for. Part of the reason that Grim Fandango are so likeable, is because they come across onstage as being a band that people can relate to. They are yet to truly solidify themselves as a formidable live force, although this would arguably deny Grim Fandango of much of their appeal.

Playing songs from their EP IV. Eat Not The Heart and the new split, Grim Fandango ripped through a fairly short set, displaying a massive amount of enthusiastic energy. While tonight didn’t see Grim Fandango reach any new heights, it did see them justify their well-loved reputation. _GEORGE GREEN

Grim Fandango (photo by Denis Radacic)

Tickets from the venue. Doors 8pm www.xpressmag.com.au

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TRIGGER JACKETS Good Cop

On Saturday, December 12, the Trigger Jackets will launch their new single, Cop Out, at Amplifier Bar. Joining them will be Young Revelry, Emperors, and Andy Callison.

They gig in Perth, but they jam in Northam… travelling once a week to “rehearse pretty solid, then catch up and hang out,” explains the band’s frontman Chris Simmons, who originally formed the band with his cousin, bassist Glen Patton.

But this goes deeper than the handful of years the Trigger Jackets have existed, Simmons reveals.

“I remember I was about 12 or 13 and I got my first guitar, and then the next day my cousin bought a bass and was like ‘alright, let’s go!’. We really understand each other musically and as mates, so I couldn’t imagine being in a band without him,” he says.

And even the weekly trip to Northam for jamming and catching up doesn’t bother Simmons, who cheerfully explains that “I just love the drive out there. We talk a lot in the car, and that’s how a lot of stuff gets sorted. It’s kind of like a band meeting. It’s a nice relaxing drive too.”

But for Cop Out, the boys decided that a more central recording location was in order, so they hooked up with Debaser’s Andy Lawson, with whom they have forged a strong and inspiring partnership.

“A n d y ’s g r e a t , ” S i m m o n s s a y s enthusiastically. “He knows about pop music and how to produce it, and we’re not really a pop band, so he brings a lot of fresh and interesting ideas to us. I think when we started out we were more or less a grunge band... you know how it is when you’re a teenager and love

The Magoos

INDO NEEDS YA Trigger Jackets

Nirvana… but we’ve evolved a lot and got a lot more interested in melody and structure, and that’s Andy’s speciality. He totally hears things and knows how to get them out of you.”

And with Cop Out being just one of many songs to come from the Trigger Jackets / Debaser team-up, expect the results to keep on flowing.

The Magoos have been underground for a while, but are back to rain down Allah’s punk rock fury at the Hyde Park Hotel on Friday, December 11, to launch their long awaited 7” vinyl out on Vertex Records.

The Magoos will by accompanied by Raw Nerve, Chainsaw Hookers, The Craw, Death Grenade, The Lungs, and The Proletariate. $10 entry.

INDI BAR

Tonight, Thursday, December 10 Bex’s Open Mic is back this week showcasing plenty of local talent. Friday, December 11, Vdelli have slipped straight back into their rockin’ groove. Saturday, September 12, The Sneaky Weasel Gang will bring their funky fun. Sunday, December 13, local legend Rick Steele hits the stage. Wednesday, December 16, Abbe May will continue her midweek residency with support from Ruby Boots.

SEAL OF APPROVAL Ahoy there local music lovers!

After five years of sitting in this here Local Music Editor chair, the time has come for me to get off the ride and let someone else have a turn, so, as of February 5, 2010, I’m outta here. Fear not, for the reigns are being passed on to your old mate David Craddock, whose talents grace both the stages and pages of the local music scene, so you’ll be in the safest of hands. I’ll still be working with local bands (see the Classifieds page under Promotion & Marketing) and will always love X-Press as much as I did as a teenager when my own band’s first ever press release, and then first ever review, ran in this very section. But it’s time for new blood. Welcome aboard David!

You’re gonna fuckin’ love it.

As for the rest of you scallywags, as always I shall see y’all at the bar.

Love, Mike

WALK HARD

Dilip And The Davs, M iche Suite, M att Gresham, and One Tiger Down will play at the 2009 Walk Against Warming from 12.30pm Saturday, December 12, in Russell Square. The entertainment is free.

SIREN WAVES AND MIRRORS

Fresh from their Stagebound victory a couple weeks back, The Siren Tower will be heading to Bunbury this weekend to provide some rockin’ entertainment for the official Karnivool Sine Waves And Mirrors tour after-party taking place Saturday night at the Prince Of Wales from 10 pm. Karnivool will be playing the Maxx Youth Festival earlier in the evening before heading over to the Prince for some well deserved bevvies with friends and fans to celebrate the end of the tour. The Siren Tower will be onstage around 11pm.

Club Seal will now take place every Thursday night at the Hyde Park Hotel, with DJs dropping killer tunes and some of Perth’s most entertaining live acts to keep your blood pumping. Tonight, Thursday, December 10, DJ Tyranny is spinning between Rockin Hendy and The Order Of The Black Werewolf.

Friday, December 11, Perth indie rockers Mukaizake are back after a lengthy absence from the Aussie music scene to launch their new recording, Unknown Knowns. Support comes from The Preytells, Hang On Saint Christopher and DJ Cam Merton. Doors open 8pm. Saturday, December 5, local band Trigger Jackets are ready to take their place in the spotlight to launch their new single The Cop Out. Getting the stage warm for them will be Young Revelry, Emperors, and Andy Callison. Doors open 8pm.

BRAIN TEASER

RTRFM 92.1’s annual Quiz is selling out fast, so if you want to book a table, call them pronto on (08) 9260 9200. Tables of six are available, and entry is $20 per person (subscribers) / $25 per person (general admission).

BRAND NEWIE

Aiden Varro (duo), Miche Suite and Control Control play the 6-10pm slot at the Newport on Sunday, December 13. Free entry.

CAPITOL

SONIC BOOM

Sonic Assault on Saturday, December 12, hosts Baby Jane, The Sure-Fire Midnights, and 7 Years at the Hydey. Doors open 8pm, entry is only $5.

The Creepers

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

Capital City support Hoodoo Gurus this Sunday, November 13 at Metro City. Tickets $30 (plus booking fee) from Moshtix. The band also plays the Rosemount Hotel’s New Years Eve Fiesta with Sugar Army and many more.

THE FLYING SCOTSWOMAN

The irrepressible Hayley Beth will take control of The Flying Scotsman on Friday, December 11, from 10pm. Free entry.

ROSEMOUNT HOTEL

Tonight, Thursday, December 10, the Rosemount continues its new Karaoke night. Doors open 8pm and entry is free. Friday, December 11, catch Aussie hardcore heroes Deez Nuts with special guests Break Even, Anime Fire, and Lost For Words. Doors open 8pm, tickets are $15 at the door. Saturday, December 12, it’s the massive annual A Not So Silent THE DEVILLES BREW Night Christmas party, this year featuring Bodyjar, On Saturday, December 12, local ska kings Red Jezebel, Harlequin League, Will Stoker And Special Brew celebrate a year of monthly The Embers, The Jackards, and Arts Martial in the residence at their Devilles Pad. Head down and main room and Timothy Nelson, Steve Parkin, Ruby shake your hips while the band entertain ya for Boots, and The Sea Of Tunes out in the beer garden. the last time in 2009.

Doors open 5pm, tickets are $25 (plus booking fee) from Mills, Planet, Star and www.heatseeker.com.au or $30 at the door if available. Sunday, December CREATURE FEATURE Little Creatures Loft continues to bring the love 13, it’s the Rosemount’s acoustic open mic night on Friday, December 11, when The Morning hosted by Turin Robinson - come on down and Night, Div Craft And The Big Old Bears, and Ruby have a bash or just play some free pool. Action from 4pm and it’s free. Tuesday, December 15 it’s Boots perform from 8pm. $8 entry. the Rosemount’s weekly quiz night - see www. quizmeisters.com.au for more info. Wednesday, MOON LANDING December 16 catch Wolves, Russian Winters, One Free live music continues at the Moon Café Tiger Down and Kudos Fiasco. Doors open 8pm this week, with the Co-Lab Jam Band and MCs and tickets are $7 at the door. In the beer garden Mathas and Able performing from 8pm Sunday, catch DJ Shannon Fox for the Rosemount’s student December 13. Then on Wednesday, December night. Check out www.rosemounthotel.com.au for 16, catch Jesse Woodward, Divcraft, and The more Rosie info.

Twoscars.

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AMPLIFIER

DOUBLE BANGER

The Creepers, The Proletariate, Black Sheep Invasion, Scalp Hunters, Suburban Drugs, Cobras In My Eyes, and Birth Of A Hero play a whopping two-stage 2fast4loveMusic show at the Swan Hotel on Saturday, December 12, from 8pm. Entry is $10.

THE CIVIC HOTEL BACKROOM

Tonight, Thursday, December 10, Abbe May continues her solo December residency at The Civic Hotel with special guests from 8pm. Entry is $10. Saturday, December 12, Orogeny play The Civic Backroom with supports Over Unity, The First Snow, and Ibex from 8pm. Entry is $10

Saturday, December 12, Capitol will host a show like none you’ve ever seen before when the UK’s Patrick Wolf takes to the stage. Visceral, impulsive, antagonistic and unique; the list of superlatives and adjectives for this young man and his music go on ad infinitum. Perth’s Death Disco DJs will continue the party well into the wee hours. Doors open 7.30pm.

ROCKET ROOM

Friday, December 11, Gasoline Inc. get you up to speed with support from Stella’s Kitchen, Tracksuit, and The Bronze. Late Night Live from midnight ’til 3am hosts the Karnivool after-party, so head on over from Metro City after the show to party on while we serve up more heavy rock from State Of Order and Between Oceans, with DJ Brett Rowe and MC Tomas Ford. Saturday, December 12, hip hop quartet Thundamentals are in from NSW’s Blue Mountains with local counterparts Bitter Belief and Porsah Laine. From midnight ’til 4am it’s your weekly dose of Rocket Fuel with Kickstart and even more tunes from DJ Brett Rowe as he makes it a double – there’s no rest for the wicked this weekend.

JB O’REILLY’S

Beat the heat tonight, Thursday, December 10, and chill out at JB’s with live music from Red Yeti, 8-11pm. It’s also Curry Night 5-9pm, so grab your choice of curry-and-pint for just $15. Friday, Tonight, Thursday, December 10 the Front Bar December 11, Perth’s top Irish folk/rock band The presents Club Seal featuring DJ Laith Tyranny Healys kick off at 8.30pm. Saturday, December plus special performances by Rockin’ Hendy, 12, get ready to bop your socks off with Brown and The Order Of The Black Werewolf. Doors Sugar from 8.30pm; and Sunday’s Original Music open 8pm and entry is $5. Friday, December Night has Matt Larsen’s EP Launch, with Isabel 11 the Front Bar hosts The Magoos’ 7” vinyl Quigley & Astro, from 6.30pm, December 13. launch with supports Raw Nerve, Chainsaw Hookers, The Craw, The Lungs, Death Grenade, RAILWAY HOTEL and The Proletariate. Doors open 8pm and Friday, December 11 the Railway hosts Arrrgh entry is $10. Saturday, December 12, the Front Bats, Sean Brown and the Red Lights, Jukebox Bar presents Baby Jane, The Sure-Fire Midnights, Zombies and Omens Around. Doors open 8pm and 7 Years from 8pm. Entry is $5. This Sunday, and entry is $5. Saturday, December 12 catch December 13, catch The Blue Finish, Salv And The Parker Experience, Wicked Sky, Hyte and This The Troubadours, Self Made Guru, and Mistrust Cold Night. Doors open 8pm, $8 entry. Sunday, Of The Pollenators in the Front Bar from 6pm. December 13 catch The Brow Horn Orchestra in Entry is $8. Wednesday, December 16, Pokkets the beer garden for a free entry Sunday session, Of Resistance, Ground Down, and Trailer play the 5-9pm.

Front Bar from 8pm and entry is $6.

THE HYDEY FRONT BAR & BACKROOM

Hittin’ the town since 1985

LAMB OF GOD Garage Days

MOJO’S

Tonight, Thursday, December 10, catch Pond, Blackmilk, The Joe Kings, Oh You Pretty Things. Entry is $10 from 8pm. Saturday, December 12, catch Afrodisia Akari Afrobeat Orchestra Band, One Africa, and DJ Charlie Bucket. Entr y is $10. Sunday, December 13, Abbe May And The Rockin’ Pneumonia join Hayley Beth Love Affliction and Amber Fresh. Entry to this show is $10 from 5pm.

Monday, December 14, is Wide Open Mic. Entry is free. Tuesday, December 15, Slip Slop Slappers, Oh You Pretty Things, The Witness, and Gloria bring the tunes. Entry is $5 from 8pm. Wednesday, December 16, Fremantle Blues And Roots Club presents Kniki, Eva McGowan band, Tessa Davies. Entry is $10/$5 for members from 8pm.

THE CASTLE

Tonight, Thursday, December 10, is Severed Souls, featuring The Silence In-Between, Aaagh Bats!!, and Mordecai. Paltiva do it on Friday, December 11; and Saturday, December 12, is another big one with Pull Me Under And Tear Me To Shreds – featuring Episiotomy, All This Filth, Dethlahem, and Born On The Bayou. As always, there’s a free sausage sizzle from 1-6pm Sunday, December 13, with Aztech Suns and West End Riot bringing the tunes thereafter.

Living up to the success of their previous, Grammynominated effort was always going to be a huge task for Lamb Of God. But ahead of their second stint in Perth in less than a year on Friday, December 18, at Metro City – drummer Chris Adler proves that sincerity is worth its weight in gold. JESSICA WILLOUGHBY reports.

Ruby Boots

BOOTS SCOOTIN’

Ruby Boots will be playing a bunch of shows before she knuckles down in the studio to lay down some blues / country goodness. Catch her on Friday, December 11, at Little Creatures Loft; Saturday, December 12, at the Rosemount’s Not So Silent Night; and then alongside Abbe May at the Indi Bar on Wednesday, December 16, and Wednesday, December 30.

START TO FINISH

Feeling the lack of a heavy hardcore influence amongst Perth bands these most recent years, ex Strong Finish members Reece Laycock and Rowan Gilmour felt the need to produce a band that wouldn’t give in to the current hardcore sound and style. So they found new members to start a band called Lost For Words. Their self-titled EP comes out today, Thursday, December 10, and they will be playing a few shows to release it, with supports of Rise & Fall tonight at YMCA HQ; a Deez Nuts / Break Even support at Rosemount on Friday, December 11; and a huge support with Parkway Drive at Eaton Community Centre on Saturday, December 19.

Mødularman

MØDERN LIVING

Mødularman (featuring members of Panda Band, Rollerskates and Rat In The Brain) launch their debut CD Asymmetry at the Velvet Lounge on Friday, December 11. Citing influences such as Battles and Animal Collective, the band promise to be an expansive and thought-provoking venture, with their first single already getting considerable airplay on RTRFM and east coast community radio. Entry to the launch is $5 from 8pm.

THE END OF SILENCE

Head to the Rosemount on Saturday, December, 12 for the annual A Not So Silent Night Christmas show, which will be headlined by Aussie punk rock legends Bodyjar, playing their final Perth show as part of this last ever tour, along with Red Jezebel (playing their last show for ages) Harlequin League, Will Stoker And The Embers, The Jackards, Timothy Nelson And The Infidels and many more.

Tickets are $25 plus booking fee on from Planet, Mills, Star and www.heatseeker. com.au.

PLAYING TIMES DOORS OPEN Ruby Boots (outside) Arts Martial (inside) The Sea Of Tunes (outside) The Jackards (inside) Steve Parkin (outside) Will Stoker And The Embers (inside) The Sea Of Tunes (outside) Harlequin League (inside) Timothy Nelson and the Infidels (outside) Red Jezebel (inside) Bodyjar (inside)

5pm 5.45-6.15 6.15-6.45 6.45-7.15 7.15-7.45 7.45-8.15 8.15-8.45 8.45-9.15 9.15-9.50 9.50-10.20 10.20-11 11.30pm-12.30am

The Brow Horn Orchestra

HIGH BROW

Following their recent WA win in the National Campus Band Competition, The Brow Horn Orchestra will hit the Railway Hotel’s beer garden for a Sunday residency of sorts, playing between 5-9pm on December 13, December 27 and January 10. Free entry. www.xpressmag.com.au

Lamb Of God There is a tone that makes its home well in the voice and attitude of Lamb Of God’s drummer Chris Adler.

It is an intoxicating mix, mind you, one that reeks of warmth and openness – all the while just hinting at the hard-as-nails resolve that helps drive these Richmond, Virginia, natives to where they are today.

So why, you say, did this need to be pointed out? Because it was damn-well unexpected. Adler genuinely did not believe that they would ever make an album as explosive as their last release Sacrament (2006).

Although he did not seem to think it would be a downward slope from their previous, Grammynominated effort – it was more the fanfare was so high for that album, it was going to be pretty hard to top again. But, behold, the muchawaited follow-up exceeded all expectations.

Actually, it smashed them.

And Adler was the most surprised of us all.

“Hell yes I was surprised,” he chuckles briefly, amused with himself. “The new album just blew up, we never expected it. To tell you the truth, we thought Sacrament would be the highlight of our career – but this has even succeeded that.”

By now, many of you would have heard at least something to do with Lamb Of God’s sixth full-length, Wrath. Released in February this year, their latest has been hailed by critics and fans alike as a return to the days of yore for these stalwart Virginians – a celebration of aggressiveness, imperfection and a standout salute to the past garage year’s of pure American metal. That is exactly what Adler and company wanted following the impact of their previous release. They wanted to do away with the sound that had given them the crown to show that they had no boundaries. A risky plan for some, but for Lamb Of God it was the only way. And, to do that, they had to make some big changes, according to Adler…

“We all agree that maybe Sacrament was a bit too produced for us. All the life was a bit too watered down, that was a big reason for us to change.We got to the stage where we were like either let’s do it all ourselves – recording, engineering, mixing, basically everything – or let’s get a producer in who agrees with what we want sound-wise. We wanted to get back with that garage metal sound. And Josh Wilbur was the producer that agreed with us 100 per cent. Josh is a young guy, and he was really fucking hungry and ready to get exactly what we wanted. And I think we hit the mark, nothing is over the top.”

Though getting that perfect balance was not just a case of sticking these men in a

room and seeing how it panned out. Wilbur went to the absolute extreme, tracking each members’ contribution at different studios and locations – each destination designed to get the most out of the experience. Adler had the pleasure of heading to Electric Lady Studio in New York City – built by Jimi Hendrix – with the guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler heading to Barbarossa Studios. Bassist John Campbell was given a little convenience with Wilbur allowing him to go to a studio near home in Richmond, so he could be close to his young family. But vocalist Randy Blythe’s recording sessions were a little bit more regimented, as Adler explains.

“Randy was sent to New Hampshire, he had to be sent away to set him on track because it’s the only way we’d get his shit done (laughs). He’s an odd one, he’s gotta be placed in an isolated, sterile environment when we are doing an album. If you don’t do that he’s like a kid in a candy shop, very easily distracted.

Luckily, Wilbur knew how to deal with him – it was total lockdown (laughs).”

But Blythe had some help in the lyrical department this time around, with all the lads coming on board to offer their piece in a contentious decision by the band to step away from previous thought patterns.

“We have so many intelligent guys in the band, so we decided to just let the door wide open and see what comes out of it. The album might be a little bit lyrically disjointed, but it was never meant to be a concept album. After doing two decidedly political albums with As The Palaces Burn (2003) and Ashes Of The Wake (2004), we had to do something different then.

At that time Randy was going through some intensely personal shit and he decided to use Sacrament to let all of his demons out. It was a good thing because people really identified with it. But we had to correct ourselves after that, it would have been very constricting to sit in that mindset again.”

Always heralding themselves a band that has never shied away from mixing their political opinions with their musical endeavours, one has to ask how US President Barrack Obama has impacted on their thoughts – after a year in office.

“God I remember when he was sworn in,” Adler laughs. “Trevor Phipps from Unearth turned to me and said, ‘say goodbye to heavy metal’. Hey I do think a republican mindset is a great breeding ground for fantastic metal.

But the fact is the world’s a little messed up at the moment and I don’t think one man’s going to change that. I actually think there is better music coming out now more than ever.”

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SHORT STACK The Pinnacles Budgewoi pop-punk sensations, Short Stack, hit Challenge

Stadium this Sunday, December 13. ALASDAIR DUNCAN talks to Shaun Diviney to find out what exactly makes a teen idol tick.

Back in June, you guys played a radio station gig while naked, is that right?

Yes, all we had was socks over our willies.

How did that go? Did you manage to escape unharmed?

Pretty much – our dignity went out the door, but at least we weren’t, you know, raped.

Has there ever been a close call in that regard?

We’ve had some intense experiences... people have tried to handcuff themselves to us.

But we love all our fans.

Young bands who experience success very quickly often find that there’s tension within the group – what is it that keeps Short Stack together?

I think we all just started off as really good friends – we argue with each other, we tell each other what we think. It’s like having two girlfriends. But yeah, friends are important – the people that we grew up with, we can afford to bring them on the road with us now as our road crew.

You built a lot of your early following on MySpace – do you still have the time to maintain your page?

Yeah definitely – that interaction is very important to us. It got us to the point where we are today. We still Twitter and Facebook and all that stuff. Twitter’s fairly big for us because you can use it just with a phone, and we’re always out, whereas with MySpace you kind of have to be home. Interacting with fans and keeping in touch with them is a really big thing for us. We’re all one big happy Short Stack family.

Given the power of the internet, you’ve got to wonder how many people have downloaded your album illegally – what are your thoughts on that?

Yeah, I don’t know. The point of this

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Short Stack isn’t to get rich or famous or anything like that – it’s just to get out there. The more people that hear our music, that’s beautiful. If they’re downloading it and enjoying it and showing their friends and spreading the word, that’s really the most important thing. I’m sure my record label would beg to differ!

When people are talking about your style, Russell Brand’s name tends to come up – how do you take that?

I’m a fan of Russell Brand – he’s cool. When he came along, I thought, ‘hey, he’s awesome-looking’. I went to see him when he came out here last. I base a lot of my style off Robert Smith from The Cure and Duran Duran and bands like that, though.

How long does the hair take to perfect on an average day?

Err, a lot of it’s just bed hair. We straighten it, we do the whole thing. We like it when chicks put in the effort, so I’m sure they appreciate it when we do.

Is there anyone you’d really like to play alongside in the future?

Blink 182 are pretty much our idols – they’re pretty much the reason we started the band. To play with them would just be the pinnacle for us.

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JOHN BUTLER TRIO January 16 SUMMERSOUNDS, ESPERANCE (Diesel, End of Fashion, Chris Murphy and the Holy Rollers, Courtney Murphy and Murphyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lore, Harlequin League, Nathan Gaunt and band and Howie Morgan and Band) January 16 MAYER HAWTHORNE January 15 NEKO CASE January 17 THEM CROOKED VULTURES January 19 ASH GRUNWALD January 22-24 LAURYN December 23 EVERY TIME I DIE January 23-24 CAMERA OBSCURA January 25 RAGAMUFFIN (Wyclef Jean, Shaggy, Julian Marley, Lauryn Hill, Sly + Robbie and more) January 25 THE TEN TENORS January 27-30 POLAR BEAR CLUB / BREAKEVEN / THE GIFTHORSE January 27-28 AUSTRALIAN ROCK SYMPHONY (Diesel, Baby Animals, Chrissy Amphlett) January 30 THE HORRORS January 30 BIG DAY OUT (Muse, Powderfinger, Lily Allen, Eskimo Joe, Groove Armada, Ladyhawke, The Mars Volta, Dizzee Rascal, Karnivool, Peaches, The Temper Trap, Kasbian, Midnight Juggernauts) January 31 PEACHES February 1 ACE FREHLEY February 1 THE CAT EMPIRE/ TIJUANA CARTEL January 1 LANEWAY FESTIVAL (Echo And The Bunnymen, Florence And The Machine, Black Lips, The XXâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Daniel Johnston, Sarah Blasko, N.A.S.A, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Hockey and more) February 6 CLIFF AND THE SHADOWS February 6 BEACH BOYS / DARYL BRAITHWAITE / BRIAN CADD February 7 BREAKESTRA February 6 SHARON SHANNON February 7 MARCIN WASILEWSKI TRIO February 8 MARIANNE FAITHFUL February 9 PORTICO QUARTET February 10

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MICHAELWYLIE PROMOTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY Studio, Live, Location. West Perth. 9328 1769.

0417

975

964

Online

www.projectphotography.com

amps and key boards, valve mics plus more. Call Tony 0411 118 304, avalonstudios@bigpond .com

O’Connor. Phone 9418 5815 bus/hrs or 0413 732 885 After hours

TUITION g a l l e r y : CUSTOM BEATS, BACKING TRACKS Production & mixing. Studio specializing in Pop, R’n’B & Hiphop. A A A C L E AV E R A C A D E M Y O F V O I C E Singing/voice training. goldustconstruction.com 0408 097 407

PRODUCTION SERVICES

CD & DVD MANUFACTURE Check out our latest CD & DVD specials online at www.procopy.com.au 9375 3902 MATRIX PRODUCTIONS AUSTRALIA Lighting, staging, sound systems, smoke machines, night club FX, intelligent lighting, strobes & mirror balls, crowd barriers, video projectors. 9371 1551 PA HIRE Vocal to concert size. Pro gear. Pick up or

FORREST STUDIOS High end monitoring, pro

For advanced singers and beginners.

analogue and digital equipment. Intimate studio

Professional training all styles and levels.

environment suitable for acoustic groups, singer/

Special rates for current enrolments.

songwriters, overdubs, mixing etc. Exp musican/

CHRISTMAS GIFT VOUCHERS AVAIL.

engineer to assist with your production. Call

Phone 9272 4497. W/Perth Mt Lawley.

for an estimate based in your invidual project

***GUITAR LESSONS*** The Guitar Specialist.

requirments. Ph Phil 9384 1233

Xmas vouchers avail. Latest techniques, styles

MASTERING-FORENSIC AUDIO MASTERING High end analogue and digital mastering. Www.

and songs. Guaranteed results. Beg-adv, all levels including bass. Cliff Lynton Guitar Institute.

ACOUSTIC ACTS WANTED for Thursday open mic

delivery. Exp crew. Ph 9307 8594 / mob 0404 410 020

and gigs at Bar Orient in Fremantle. Live recording

PROFESSIONAL P.A. HIRE For concerts, parties,

avail. For bookings call Simon Dowling

or corporate events. Call Sound Pro 3000 on

RECORDING MIXING MASTERING PRODUCING

0405 812 263.

0424 279 328.

Fremantle location. Call Pete Kitchen Cooked

BASS & KEYS Wanted for orig, quirky, pop, rock

SHORT FUSE SPEAKER REPAIRS Put new life

Records. Ph 0407 363 764 / 9336 3764

ASAP. Phone 0404 883 939 or 0450 567 905.

biggest drum academy with 12 teachers. Drum into old speakers. General repairs on all makes. RECORDING, MIXING OR MASTERING with WA’s kit, African drumming and orchestral percussion largest collection of tube recoring equipment. tuition. See ad Below. Lessons from $18.

Ph 9249 4179 2/73 Holder Way, Malaga

BASSIST REQUIRED for original Rock/Metal band

SHOWCO LIVE Suppliers of audio and lighting for

Classic analog tape recorders combined with the

DRUM TUITION: PRIVATE LESSONS with

‘LYON’. Must be creative and have pro attitude with

Warren Daley. Beginners welcome.Hire kits avail.

view to record and tour. Visit www.myspace.com/

concert, corporate, installations & driveway hire. very latest audiophile digital converters. Record SHOWCO DJ’S - Professional staff and equipment for your band using the worlds finest Analog and

lyonband. Dave 0403 196 494

every occasion. Modest to massive. Ph 08 9405 6450

digital rock’n roll equipment at Poons Head

GUITAR LESSONS Learn guitar by ear from a prof

Studios. “Today’s sound with vintage soul”.

with over 20 yrs exp in teaching & performing.

www.poonshead.som / Ph 9339 4791

All levels & ages. blues & rock specialist. Results guaranteed. Phone Ian Wilson “The Teacher That

band. Lots of songs to jam twice a week to. Lets gig

DRUMMER AND VOCALIST REQ for original metal

PROMOTION & MARKETING

forensicaudio.com.au. Ph 0401 499 667

band, One Last Charge. Inf Pantera, Machine Head

YOU LOVE YOUR BAND Give it the best chance of

and Sepultura. Demo’s avail and gigs waiting. No

other people loving it too. Effective promotional

REVOLVER SOUND STUDIO Ph 9272 7505. www.

time wasters. Enq call Nick 0417 187 447.

and publicity materials for all budgets, from one-off

revolverstudio.com.au

DRUMMER WANTED for est original hard rock

press releases to long-term strategic campaigns. SKY RECORDING STUDIO Protools HD system

band DIAMOND EYE. In process of recording debut

Email MIKE WAFER mikewafer@iprimus.com.au

album. Inf KISS, Crue, Maiden, Metallica. Serious

RECORDING STUDIOS

with high quality microphones and preamps.

Professional quality recording at $40 per/hr. Call

Mt Lawey 9342 3484 / www.clifflynton.com BASS LESSONS Rock, funk & jazz. Tony Gibbs 9470 6131 DRUM LESSONS The Drum Shop has Perth’s

Ph: 9349 8594 (Osb. Park)

Students Recommend” on 9403 3212 GUITAR TUITION (Beginners- Professional) One on One lessons. Burswood Ph 9361 1444 www.gvkschoolofmusic.com.au KEYBOARD LESSONS All styles, all lvls, all ages.

applicants only. myspace.com/diamondeyeperth. $1000/EP, $500/SINGLE $400 DEMOS Fremantle Ph Greg 0412 807 796 or Will 0406 335 505.

Records Producer Brian Mitra RTR, JJJ, Nova & Rage

Duane 0400 758 058.

SOLO STUDIO specialising in singer/song writer

guaranteed results. SONG WRITING also avail. Call

GUITARIST AND KEYBOARD PLAYER WANTED

airplay in 2009. 0433196224 brianmitra@iinet.net.au

music productions. No band required. John 9330

Jonathan Warwick 0411 3300 15.

for alternative Pop and Trip Hop cover band. Call

ALAN DAWSON’s WITZEND RECORDING STUDIO

6168 or mob 0419 794 683.

Melanie on 0438 771 128.

Professional quality albums or demos, large live

SINGING LESSONS Learn the technique of over STUDIO INNOVATIONS Tel: 08 9437 2151 Record, 120 Grammy award winners! Extend your range and

GUITARIST WANTED F Vocalist seeking guitarist

room, experienced engineer, analog to digital

Mix, Master, and Film at one of Perth’s finest studios

develop strength.Call Progression Music on 0431 335

for acoustic sets. Call Bac 0421 068 993.

transfers, mastering.Ph: 0407 989 128

south of the river. www.studioinnovations.com.au

495 or email simonar1@optusnet.com.au.

23 yrs teaching exp. Orig teaching method with

THE DJ FACTORY Exclusive agents for Allen & Heath Xone DJ Mixers. Sound advice on all leading brands in DJ hardware, studio software/hardware, sound & lighting. For quality customer service and the lowest possible price, Check out W.A.ís award winning vinyl & DJ hardware store.

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LACE PICKUPS Lace Music, the company that revolutionised the guitar world in the ’80s with the invention of the world’s first noiseless pickup, the Lace Sensor®, is now back in Australia after a decade of absence.

Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy and James Burton are just some names that have used and had signature series guitars using Lace Sensors®. Lace Music is now the only pickup company in the world that also has guitars and basses to their name.

Even more exciting is the new revolutionary pickup, the Lace Alumitone, the world’s first Aluminium based pickup that has to be seen and heard to be believed. Check out the large range of Lace PickUps, guitars and basses at Joondalup Music Centre on Saturday, December 12. Troy Fleming, Lace Music Australia’s Managing Director will be there also to help p you out.

Christmas is just weeks away so here’s your our chance to get the latest in guitar gear so that you’ll stand out at your next gig.

Lace PickUps for electric guitar, electric bass, and acoustic guitar

ARP2600V Arturia announces the version 2.0 update for the ARP-2600V Software Synthesizer. It replicates the ARP 2600, one of the most celebrated analog synthesizers ever made. The update is bursting with many new features, including Arturia’s revolutionary new patch browser called Sound Map. In the Sound Map screen, presets are layed out in groups across a window matrix.

Similar sounds occupy local groups or ‘neigbourhoods’ on the screen. This increases the ease of searching for variations of favourite presets or filters can even be applied to searches to find something completely different. Sound Map even enables morphing from one sound to another.

The new 2.0 version also includes: Better Audio Unit compatibility (Digital Performer most notably) Ability to use NRPN midi messages for automation Better handling of control surfaces while changing presets Presets now respond to modulation wheel Lower CPU utilization on Mac OSX MIDI RPN “pitch bend range” message is now recognized New Syncrosoft copy protection In addition the ARP2600V includes a fresh batch of presets made by a selection of top sound designers.

The best news of all is that the update is available free of charge to all registered users via download at www.arturia.com.au.

ARP2600V

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For your convenience we have included our deadlines so you’re not left out in the cold...

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Christmas Issue 1193

Published Thur Dec 24 • Editorial - 5pm Mon, Dec 14 • Ad bookings - 5pm Wed, Dec 16 • Ads to be set/ alterations 5pm Wed, Dec 16 • Supplied artwork - 5pm Tues, Dec 22

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CATALOGUE IN-STORE NOW

$1,299

$1,499

YDP-S31

DGX-630

Slimline, compact, high-quality piano - a perfect addition to your home! Built-in recording features and metronome make this instrument ideal for piano lessons and practicing. Includes power supply.

A great choice of voices and styles make the DGX-630 an instrument for the whole family to enjoy. Includes stand, music rest, foot pedal and power supply.

hot prices and bonus offers! $1,099 BONUS PAISTE 101 CYMBAL PACK includes 18” crash/ride and 14” hi hats

Bonus PST3 SPLASH CYMBAL WITH PST3 PACK (VALUED AT $69#)

$1,499

(VALUED AT $239#)

with gigmaker #

$359

PST3

A complete starter package combining Paiste’s renowned quality with excellent value. Brass copper based alloy 14” hi hats, 16” crash, 20” ride. BONUS PST3 SPLASH CYMBAL WITH PST3 PACK (VALUED AT $69#).

Bonus DS550 drum stool

GIGMAKER

with DTXPLORER

P-85

$1,049

Awesome

(valued at $119.99#)

Quality Yamaha shells, ball-clamp tom holders with double braced hardware.

A perfect portable solution for the beginner.

Authentic, natural sound with remarkable expressiveness - full Yamaha quality in a compact, affordable piano. Optional matching stand available.

Also available in a silver finish (P-85S). Includes music rest, foot pedal and power supply.

value!

DTXPLORER Excellent value for the beginner or hobbyist. With 100’s of drum sounds, play along to your MP3 player or to the 22 preset songs to recreate a live concert in your headphones.

Bonus AC POWER ADAPTOR (VALUED AT $34.99#) with PSR-E223 and psr-e323

$249.99#

PSR-E223

The ideal way to start exploring the world of music. Includes BONUS AC POWER ADAPTOR (VALUED AT $34.99#).

$24.99

$310

PSR-E323

The perfect beginning for anyone learning music. Includes BONUS AC POWER ADAPTOR (VALUED AT $34.99#).

RECORDER PACK

$189

Great Christmas stocking filler! Includes recorder, instructional CD, sticker, music book, notebook and pencil.

C40 Recommended by teachers all over the world!

$169

AUDIOGRAM 3

F310P Everything you need to get started, featuring a great quality guitar and all the accessories.

Yamaha’s number one audio interface!

Included is Steinberg Cubase AI4 recording software to complete this USB powered recording package.

$239

$399

$699 FG700 Excellent quality entry level acoustic solid top guitar with deluxe features.

BONUS GUITAR ACCESSORY PACK (VALUED AT $29.99†)

with Fg700

FGX720SCA Sounds great acoustic or plugged in!

BONUS DELUXE GIG BAG WITH REMOVABLE BACKPACK (VALUED AT $100†)

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of these products. Visit www.yamahamusic.com.au/promotions for full terms and conditions.

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CHECK OUT YOUR LOCAL STORE...

Billy Hyde Music North Perth

345 Charles Street

NORTH PERTH

WA

6006

08 9228 2223

www.billyhydemusic.com.au

Concept Music

244 -246 Cambridge Street

WEMBLEY

WA

6014

08 9381 2277

www.conceptmusic.com.au

Guitar World Cannington

1/1236 Albany Highway

CANNINGTON

WA

6107

08 9358 6665

www.guitarsfromhell.com.au

Guitar World Nerang

2 Commodore Avenue

ROCKINGHAM

WA

6168

08 9592 1225

www.guitarsfromhell.com.au

Guitar World Rockingham

Shop 2, 319 Pinjarra Road

MANDURAH

WA

6210

08 9582 9099

www.guitarsfromhell.com.au

Joondalup Music Centre

Unit 2, 7 Winton Road

JOONDALUP

WA

6027

08 9300 0033

www.joondalupmusic.com.au

Joondalup Music Centre Clarkson

Corner Marmion Avenue & Belleville Gardens

CLARKSON

WA

6027

08 9407 9455

www.joondalupmusic.com.au

Kosmic Cannington

8/1296 Albany Highway

CANNINGTON

WA

6107

08 9258 4236

www.kosmicsound.com

Kosmic Osborne Park

94 Hector Street

OSBORNE PARK

WA

6017

08 9204 7577

www.kosmicsound.com

Mega Music

95 North Lake Road

MYAREE

WA

6154

08 9330 2777

www.megamusiconline.com.au

Music Force Mandurah

292 Pinjarra Road, (Opposite Aquatic Centre)

MANDURAH

WA

6210

08 9582 8911

www.musicforce.com.au

Music Force Rockingham

Leghorn Street, (Behind Hungry Jacks)

ROCKINGHAM

WA

6168

08 9527 3687

www.musicforce.com.au

Music Park

341 Albany Highway

VICTORIA PARK

WA

6100

08 9470 1020

www.musicpark.com.au

Park Pianos

341 Albany Highway

VICTORIA PARK

WA

6100

08 9470 1020

www.musicpark.com.au

Sound Centre Music Gallery Booragoon

Shop 3, 125 Risely Street

BOORAGOON

WA

6154

08 9316 1855

www.soundcentre.com.au

Sound Centre Music Gallery Morley

85 Broun Avenue

MORLEY

WA

6062

08 9370 1185

www.soundcentre.com.au

Theo's Music

4 Southport Street

WEST LEEDERVILLE

WA

6007

08 6380 1222

www.theosmusic.com.au

$75EA. AMPLUG Plug in. Rock out. Vox’s pint-sized headphone guitar amp available in five different styles: Lead, Bass, AC30, Classic Rock and Metal.

$349 JAMVOX Extracts the guitar parts from any MP3 and plugs you into the mix of your favourite bands!

$229

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DA5 Small but serious! This rugged little beast boasts some killer bells and whistles.

Includes VOX PATHFINDER 10 (VALUED AT $119)

BONUS BELCAT 25 WATT BASS AMP

WITH PAC012

(VALUED AT $229.99#)

$399 RBX270 PACK Bass guitar packed with all the modern features.

PAC012 & VOX PACK Become the future of rock! Yamaha’s number one beginner’s electric guitar with Vox Pathfinder 10 guitar amp.

To see the full Yamaha, Steinberg, Paiste and Vox range visit www.yamahamusic.com.au www.xpressmag.com.au

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