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Perth’s very own answer to Oktoberfest is about to hit The Supreme Court Gardens. The Perth International Beer Festival will showcase a large selection of beers for patrons to sample, with two massive stages of live music, featuring acts both national and local, as well as a DJ stage. On Saturday, February 20, catch Labjacd, Seth Sentry, G.T.A, Howie Morgan Project and Sambalicious; on Sunday, February 21, there’s Sugar Army, Nathan Gaunt And The Sunset Riders, Vdelli, Rusty Pinto Combo and Sabroson, with DJs Angry Buda, Matty J, Ricky, Jay, Marty and Durra entertaining across both days. Tickets are $25 plus booking fee from Ticketek (ticketek. com.au or call 132 849). Doors open 12pm. For more information direct your beer goggles to beerfest.net.au.
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So we’ve all got ants in our pants over the Future Music Festival line up next weekend, which is so big it’s almost out of control! The Prodigy, Empire Of The Sun, Franz Ferdinand, Booka Shade… there’s no question that if you’re a music fan, you should get your booty to the Ascot Racecourse next Sunday, February 28, pronto! If you’re short on cash to buy a ticket, never fear dear readers, because X-Press is running a super rad competition that will see you and a mate living it up, VIP styles, at Future Music Fest! Up for grabs is an exclusive double VIP pass, including VIP entrance, prime viewing from a two storey marquee, VIP cloakroom and toilets, VIP Bar with six drink vouchers and free soft drink all day, catering including a delicious lunch and dinner served throughout the day and a merch pack! To enter simply email win@ xpressmag.com.au with ‘Future Music’ in the subject line. Entries close Friday, February 26.
Now that all the big, commercial festivals are nearly done and dusted, it’s definitely time to open the red wine bottle, cut a slice of camembert and enjoy the laid back sounds of Perth’s best local musicians under a canopy of trees. But where oh where does one find such a relaxing boutique festival? Why, In The Pines, of course. This iconic Perth day is back for 2010, set to take place on Sunday, May 2, at the Somerville Auditorium on the campus of the University Of Western Australia in Crawley. In The Pines is a chance to catch the best annual showcase of quality West Australian music whilst raising much-needed funds for your favourite community radio station, RTRFM 92.1, at the same time. Early bird tickets are now on sale on rtrfm.com.au/events - $10 for RTRFM subscribers and $15 for general admission, only until March 19. Keep your eyes on X-Press for line-up details!
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You thought black was the new black, but it turns out Stack are the new black…Short Stack, in fact. Can you dig it? After three sell out shows last December, a number one debut album that’s about to go gold, four hit singles and gazillions of Youtube music video plays, the boys are coming to our town on Friday, March 26, to play one show at Challenge Stadium.One,two three,screeeaaam! Grab your tickets from Ticketmaster on 136 100 or ticketmaster.com.au.
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Perth’s largest outdoor art exhibition will return to the shore of Cottesloe Beach this March to share sculpture with the masses. Kicking off on Thursday, February 4, Sculpture By The Sea will feature works by 60 talented artists, with one lucky sculptor taking home $15,000 thanks to the NAB Sculptor’s Scholarship. During the Sculpture By The Sea season, Cottesloe Beach will be adorned with sculptures of all shapes and sizes, bringing an extra dash of culture to Cottesloe. For information on who’s exhibiting, head to sculpturebythesea.com.
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If you’re aware of the prestige of the Triple J Album Of The Year prize, then think of the Australian Music Prize like the Triple J award, but with a $30,000 prize on top of that for the winning artist! Not to mention a tonne of media coverage on Channel [V]. The finalists for the AMP award have just come to hand: fighting out for the grand prize, to be awarded on Friday, March 12, at the Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art, are Oh Mercy, Sarah Blasko, Kid Sam, Lucie Thorne, Bertie Blackman,The Mess Hall, Urthboy, Black Cab and Lisa Mitchell. Best of luck to all these great Australian artists, and stay tuned to X-Press for an in-depth look at the nominees in the weeks ahead.
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After spending the last half of the noughties swanning between the haughty worlds of jazz and classical music, Katie Noonan – the muchrevered former frontwoman from sister-andbrother duo George – has returned to the world of ethereal pop. Along with her new band, The Captains, Noonan hits the road to celebrate the release of her new EP (The Page One EP) and the impending April 9 release of the band’s fulllength album, Emperor’s Box, through Sony. Chatting with X-Press from her home in the Queensland rainforest, Noonan explains this was an album informed by motherhood and much life experience.“My main motivation was to find my own voice and sound amongst a very fertile world of music,” she says. “This album feels like the logical next step when I look at my record with george and Elixir. I am back to that organic band sound which is really my first love – my true path.” Katie Noonan And The Captains play the Fly By Night this Saturday, February 20, with special guests The Chemist. Tickets are available at flybynight.org or on (08) 9430 5976.
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I was devastated when I woke up the other day and discovered that one of contemporary fashion’s brightest stars, Alexander McQueen, had passed away. As a fashion fanatic I admired McQueen and his design ethos greatly – he was happy to challenge traditional notions of beauty through exquisitely executed designs that dared us to open our minds and reassess traditional design styles. McQueen’s collection for Spring 2010 demonstrates the designer’s incredible eye for style – featuring digital prints inspired from insects and reptiles; a collection that is testament to his talent, making the loss even harder to bear. As admirers of McQueen mourn the passing of this incredible individual, we can only hope that someone just as fantastic as McQueen himself will step up and take the reigns of the label, to lead the house of McQueen into a bright and prosperous future. Alexander – we miss you already. Rest In Peace. The industry won’t be the same without you.
Isn’t February just the most delightful month of the year in Perth? Theatres, cinemas, galleries, and open grass spaces come alive with extraordinary artists and performers from all over the world, here to delight us as part of the Perth International Arts Festival 2010. Watching singer Antony Hegarty belt out his melancholic vocals with the WASO at Perth Concert Hall, on the Festival’s opening night, is pretty high up there on the best music experiences of my life to date, and I look forward to catching Pivot and HEALTH at Becks Music Box over the next two weeks. An oft-heard comment wafting through the air at Becks Box is ‘why can’t this be here all year long?’. The way Perth’s intelligent, creative population laps up PIAF proves that we are hungry for a cultural feed – hopefully this great scene, inspired by PIAF, continues to prosper when all’s said and done.
After attending the Marianne Faithfull concert on Wednesday night at the Astor Theatre, we were dumfounded. We have been to many many concerts over the years but I have never seen a performer so uncomfortable on their own stage. She couldn’t have made it any more obvious that she didn’t want to be there. After reading a few reviews it turns out she’s acted like this the whole tour. This is how I would sum it up: concert ticket $70; dinner $10; parking $10; thinking you’re going to see the amazing Marianne Faithfull in concert (and hear a 60+ lady say c**t), but then instead you get a menopausal, complaining yet indifferent has-been with a bung knee playing a pathetic one hour concert (50 per cent covers) who finishes the concert abruptly because she has a sore throat without saying thank you or goodbye…. Priceless. The sheer disrespect we felt, she couldn’t even send one of her minions out to tell us so “sorry the concert is over but thank you so much for wasting your $70.” She walked off stage, the lights went up, it was over. Home in bed by 10pm.
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Torn apart by the shattering impact of the death of his long-time lover, George experiences the most transformational day of his life, blending past and present, desire and despair, and discovering that love persists even after the object of love is gone. Starring Colin Firth, we have ten double passes to see A Single Man at Luna Cinemas. Alice In Wonderland
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Rocket Room’s Renevator Re-Launch party is next Thursday, February 25! The kill Devil Hills, Abbe May & The Rockin Pneumonia and The Scotch Of Saint James play to help celebrate the event as well as some tunes from resident DJ Brett Rowe. Tickets are limited, but for five lucky Rocket Room lovers we have a double VIP entry pass as well as some drink vouchers!
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The Perth Beerfest is back at the Supreme Court Gardens on Saturday, February 20, and Sunday, February 21! With Australia being the third biggest beer drinking nation, this year is sure to attract the attention of the Perth public again. Entertainment will be supplied, with Labjacd, Seth Sentry, GTA and Sugar Army to name a few. We have five double passes to attend this year’s festival!
SoCo Carnivale comes to Perth this month featuring the mammoth orchestral party collective known simply as The Polyphonic Spree. Also joining the fun is The New Orleans Bingo Show, direct from New Orleans Mardi Gras! Get excited because we have three double passes to SoCo Carnivale on Friday, February 26, at the Fremantle Arts Centre.
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Fresh from recording their new album, Katie Noonan and her new band The Captains are very excited to get out on the road to share their THE MEN WHO STARE epic first single Page One. Katie Noonan & The Captains play at the Fly By Night on Saturday, AT GOATS Starring George Clooney, The Men Who Stare February 20; we have three double passes to At Goats follows a reporter who discovers a give away. top-secret wing of the U.S. military when he accompanies a Special Forces operator on a SETH SENTRY mind-boggling mission. Inspired by Jon Ronson’s Melbourne MC/hip hop/rap artist Seth Sentry bestseller of the same name, we’re giving away is back in Perth this week. We has five double 10 double preview passes to see this movie at passes for his show at The Rosemount on Hoyts, Garden City on Wednesday, February 24. Saturday, February 20, get in quick!
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Perth band Arts Martial Launch their newest EP Silhouette on Friday, February 20, at Amplifier, with support from Scotch Of Saint James, Emperors and Ruby Boots – Perth’s talent at its finest. Also catch them supporting Coerce at The Paddo on Thursday, February 25, and at Mojo’s on Sunday, February 28. We have five copies of Silhouette up for grabs!
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Due to popular demand, the folks at the Perth International Arts Festival have decided to host additional screenings of Lotterywest Festival film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. This Swedish film promises to be engaging and suspenseful, based on Stieg Larsson’s Millenium trilogy. Additional screenings will now take place at Somerville from Thursday, March 18, ’til Sunday, March 21; and at The Pines ECU from Monday, March 22, ’til Sunday, March 28. Tickets are on sale now from perthfestival.com.au.
Hawaiian and His Majesty’s Theatre Foundation will bring Malaysia’s famous Dama Orchestra to Perth for three special performances on March 12-13. The Orchestra will present I Have A Date With Spring – The Musical, which is a musical adaptation of Raymond To Kwok Kai’s Hong Kong Film Award-wining movie of the same name. The story follows the dreams, loves, trials and tribulations of four aspiring cabaret singers and is set in the nightclub scene over three decades. Thirty actors, and ten musicians, including lauded soprano Tan Soo Suan, will bring this dramatic story to life by performing in Cantonese with English and Mandarin subtitles. Performances Friday, March 12, and Saturday, March 13, at 7:30pm. Matinee on Saturday, March 13, at 2pm. Tickets through bocsticketing. com.au.
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Lovers of jam unite, for The Jamfest 2010 is coming to spread the good sounds on Sunday, April 18, at ME Bank Stadium. Starring R&B’s finest, catch Akon, Kelly Rowland, Pitbull, Chris Sorbello, DJ Nino Brown and many more over six hours of all-ages live music. Internet pre-sale tickets hit the web on February 23 with public tickets on sale February 26. Visit thejamfest.com for all the tasty details.
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Perth’s premier original music competition for young musicians is back for another year, offering bands the opportunity to share in over $10,000 worth of prizes. Entries to AmpFest 2010 are now open, and bands and solo artists are invited to apply. Application forms are available from the Town Of Claremont or Mosman Park; the City Of Subiaco; the Shire Of Peppermint Grove, plus online at ampfest.com.au or wam.asn.au. For more info, call Kris at WAM on (08) 9227 7962. Applications close on Friday, March 26.
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On Saturday, April 3, the Fly By Night in Freo will be taken over by the Eostre Festival, a musical jamboree over the Easter long weekend featuring a slew of talented acts. Those who head along to the show will witness live sets from Jeff Martin, J. Cortez, Dave Mann, Jaimi Faulkner and VJ Zoo. And who knows…the Easter Bunny might even make an appearance. Doors open 8pm, tickets are available from flybynight.org.
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Australian soul singer Tina Harrod is returning to Perth after almost a decade for two very special shows at The Ellington on Friday, February 19, and Saturday, February 20, as part of her Underneath Your Spell national tour. Harrod’s sultry, smooth voice has seen her compared to greats such as Nina Simone, with her latest album Temporary People receiving immense critical acclaim from writers at The Age and Sydney Morning Herald. “As a young singer developing my style, I was attracted to soul music because I wanted to sing like that,” the singer tells X-Press ahead of her shows. “The singers that I listened to were enormously expressive and there were no rules. I had a lot of unanswered questions and rebellion inside of me, and music helped me express all of that. I owe a lot to music.” Tickets through ellingtonjazz.com.au.
T h i s J u n e t h e We Love Sounds winter festival will return for its seventh year to get the party started over the Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend. Landing in Perth on Sunday, June 6, We Love Sounds will see performances from some of the world’s hottest upand-coming electro acts, programmed by industry heavy-weights. Festival fans can expect to see sets from Crookers, Laidback Luke, Markus Schultz, Steve Aoki, Tiga, Felix Da Housecat, M.A.N.D.Y, Zombie Nation, Gareth Emery, The Proxy, Joachim Garraud, Ellen Allien, plus many more acts yet to be announced. For more info, head to welovesounds.com.au. Steve Aoki
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The Tokyo Shock Boys will return to Australia this year to celebrate 20 years of performance… and boy will they do it in style! Known for their painful routines that include live scorpions, hot wax and milk tears, The Tokyo Shock Boys will stun and amaze with their bizarre show from Wednesday, March 17, ’til Saturday, March 20, at the Regal Theatre in Subiaco. Bookings can be made through Ticketek.
COLOUR MY WORLD
If you’re longing to do something dramatic to your hair but can’t afford the massive bill that comes with a complicated cut, colour and style, fear not, because Christian James have come to your rescue. Located in the arcade at 649 Beaufort Street (between the Scotsman and Fresh Provisions) Christian James is home to some incredibly creative hair stylists who are hunting for potential hair models. If you’re in the mood for a change of scene that includes an adventurous new hairstyle, call Belinda on (08) 9228 8133.
PETERING OUT
Canadian funny man Russell Peters has had to push his Australian stand-up tour back to May, because the lucky chap has scored himself a role in Sci-fi flick Source Code, which will be filmed during February and March. Once he’s wrapped up shooting the movie, Peters will return to the stand up circuit for The Green Card Tour, which will see him take to the stage of Challenge Stadium on Monday, May 17. Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster.
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NOODLING FUSION
Known by many as a guitar virtuoso, Al Di Meola transcends musical genres, offering listeners a unique Latin jazz fusion. Combining the music of the Middle East with classical, jazz and tango styles, Meola is a musical pioneer, traversing territory never before crossed. Fans can catch Meola in the flesh when he takes to the stage of the Perth Concert Hall on Friday, March 5, on his World Sinfonia tour. Tickets are on sale now from the venue.
SLAMMIN’ SONNETS
Poetry… entertaining? That’s right, we’re not pulling your leg. You can actually have a rip roaring night out with… poetry! Kicking off this Wednesday, February 24, at Northbridge’s Blue Room Theatre, the Perth Poetry Slam provides an opportunity for Perth poets to perform their original work to an audience - and Perth audiences the chance to be entertained by short bursts of contemporary poetry. Contestants are given a microphone, a live audience and just two minutes to impress the randomly selected audience judges, with their original spoken word, poetry, hip hop, monologues - or whatever. If you think you got the words to impress, register for one of the heats at the perthpoetryslam.com website. Doors open 8pm next Wednesday, and for the next three consecutive Wednesdays following that. $5 entry – get in early as capacity is limited. To book call 9227 7005 or visit blueroom.org.au.
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GLOVES ON FOR FUTURE
The kiddiewinks from Operator Please will return to the glare of the spotlight this April, following the release of their second album, Gloves. The merry Operator Please crew promise a more sophisticated sound with their second album, which they wrote and recorded in Queensland over the past 12 months. Fans of the band can download the first track off Gloves - Logic for free from operatorpleaseband.com to get a taste for the album. Devotees of Operator Please can catch the band at the Future Music Festival on Sunday, February 28. Tickets are available from futuremusicfestival.com.au.
NICE ‘N’ GREEN
SENTRY TOWERS
After being ‘Unearthed’ by triple j, Seth Sentry’s much-loved track The Waitress Song became the most requested song on triple j’s Super Request program, catapulting the artist into the hearts of minds of young music fans. Sentry will be bringing his melodic brand of hip hop to Perth this February before settling down to work on his much anticipated album. Fans can catch him at Breakers Bar in Geraldton on Thursday, February 18; Royal Palms Hotel in Busselton on Friday, February 19; the Rosemount on Saturday, February 20; and at Mojos on Sunday, February 21.
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Nice Verdes
South Australian-based world and folk act Nice Verdes have slogged it over the Nullarbor to bring their far-reaching and exotic sounds to the people of Western Australia. The duo formed in 2003 when Sally Miller and Jesse Hamilton met on the streets of Vancouver during one of the city’s peace marches. The musicians played together in the city’s iconic 20-piece Carnival Band and in Joko, a West African Dance Band. Eventually melding their world-y influences into their own sound, the band set off to travel, collecting African and Latin musical inspiration along the way. “In 2003 it was the beginning of Bush Jnr’s Afghan war and every week there was a huge peace march and an ongoing peace camp in the heart of downtown Vancouver,” Miller explains to X-Press between tour dates. “Throughout the years the Carnival band fronted every peace march, protest and street event with its force of 10 horns and 10 drums, costumes and dance - a great time to feel the power of the people with colour, song and music taking over the streets.” Nice Verdes play at The Village Arts Market in Fremantle on Thursday, February 18; the Mundaring Folk Club on Friday, February 19; and at the Nannup Music Festival on February 26-28. For more WA dates in March check myspace.com/niceverdesmusic. 11
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE Splendour In The Mardi Gras
There aren’t too many indie pop bands that are more recognisable than The Polyphonic Spree. Not only is it hard to miss a band that is comprised of over twenty members, but when they wear unifying outfits like religious robes or army attire with symbols of peace displayed proudly on them, it is hard to fly under the radar. It is not just their appearance that has made a splash, but their songs of hope and positivity strike a chord with music fans, advertising executives and TV addicts alike. Tim DeLaughter formed The Polyphonic Spree when the existence of his former band, Tripping Daisy, was cut short in its prime following guitarist Wes Berggren’s drug overdose. Rather than continue on as a three piece, DeLaughter turned to the idea of forming a modern symphonic rock band that combined his love for seventies rock acts like Electric Light Orchestra with the choir at the St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. What followed was a dozen musicians augmented with a ten person choir that quickly grew a reputation as a must see live show, and their name being mentioned in the same breath as The Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev. A decade and three albums later and The Polyphonic Spree have witnessed their music grace iPod advertisements and soundtracks to Golden Globe winning television programs. The Dallas-based symphonic pop group make their first trip to Perth next week as the main act in the SoCo Carnivale. The evening will be a celebratory fancy dress party in the spirit of a New Orleans Carnivale, and with a high energy show and their penchant for wearing outfits, The Polyphonic Spree are the perfect tonic for the occasion. Main man Tim DeLaughter took some time out of his tour preparations to talk with X-Press about touring, happiness and being robed. By CHRIS HAVERCROFT
Most definitely. We are working on the aesthetic as we speak. Can you give us any hints now or is it a surprise? It will be a surprise to me, once we figure it out. I’m in the middle of working on it as we speak. I am not quite sure yet. I have an idea, but it is not fully realised. We will definitely look the part and we will break the robes out as well - they always have to make an appearance. How was the reaction when you dropped the robes for The Fragile Army? They have become a symbol that is synonymous with the Polyphonic Spree. Well, we have always changed the robes from record to record and we have also sometimes just changed them for the hell of it. At one stage everyone was multicoloured and when we first started they were all white. Then we were red and then we had this aqua colour that we had this lifeline going through. And then The Fragile Army came along and that record pretty much dictated what we were going to be looking like. The robes made an appearance on every show when we toured for The Fragile Army, but it was time to change and go with more the aesthetic of the record. It was interesting how people reacted to us not being in the robes. It was kind of weird that when I first thought about putting together the band I knew that it was going to be unified, and the robes were the first thing that came to my mind. I thought I want something easy to put together and the
we were touring. So my wife and I have been not sure what other people do but I definitely doing the same thing and a lot of exploration have to do it to be able to sustain a good one or two-hour show. Sometimes we do a three-hour has been going on. show if we don’t have any limits… we will just Are you looking for something drastically keep on going. I am getting myself physically different for the next record or will it still ready for it. be along the same lines and previous You are one of those bands whose music gets Polyphonic Spree releases? We like to make every record used a lot on TV these days. That appears to different to the last. Hopefully each record is be a far more acceptable thing for bands to sonically different from the last. You can tell be doing these days than it was in the past. Yeah! We have to embrace it because that it may be the Polyphonic Spree, as we have a particular sound that we have created. it helps finance the band. If we didn’t do it then there would be no way that we would But sonically I would like for it to go places that we haven’t gone before, and there is so be able to do this group. We were actually one much uncovered and uncharted water with of the first bands in the States to do an iPod this group that we haven’t expressed yet and I commercial. They used Light And Day and they actually used our name, and the name of the am really looking forward to doing that. song, and put it on the iPod. This was in 2000 and we were the first band that you had ever And will the message still be one of seen on the iPod. It was a time when there was happiness, hope and purity? this change happening. In the nineties people The happiness thing always seems didn’t do commercials. I was in Tripping Daisy to be misconstrued about the group. It is not and I turned down commercials and TV and all that we are trying to promote happiness or that stuff all the time. anything like that. If anything, I will say most At that time, in 2000, radio was pretty definitely I do try to promote hope and I think pathetic here in the States and people couldn’t that it is more or less for myself than anything get their music out there so all of a sudden and it just bleeds through. The subject matter you had all these opportunities of TV starting is always just persevering with what life to kick in. TV has got really, really good in that throws at you and dealing with it, and realising a lot of the show quality has gotten great and that we can make it. There are times when it a lot of bands are broken in the States from is just shitty and it sucks and then there are commercials and TV shows and films, when it ways of making it through. That seems to be used to be radio. Radio no longer plays a role a common thread that has always been there. in it – a lot has happened in the last 10-years It is not like ‘don’t worry be happy’. It is more from when we started. We embraced it back then and we kept on going with it. I wrote the about reassurance for myself.
Polyphonic Spree Tim, you are no strangers to Australia, but this will be your first trip out West, which is very exciting for those that have been waiting a while to see you perform. I think it is. We have been to Australia three times. We have played the Big Day Out and Splendour In The Grass. You are right, we haven’t been there. When we get over, we try to make sure that we are hitting as many places as we can within our budget, and really taking advantage of being over there. Wow, well I am really excited to be coming over for the first time. I love to play new places and overall Australia has been very kind to us and we always have fantastic shows so I can’t imagine Perth being any different.
sizing wouldn’t be that difficult and I wouldn’t have to worry about the imperfections of people’s bodies, and financially it would be something easy to do. I though ‘my god, what a beautiful image’, but I had no idea how people would flip out. Of course that was in 2000 when things weren’t nearly what they are today. Anything goes today, but when we first came out it took people a while to get what we were all about. A lot of people were like ‘thank god you have changed and aren’t wearing the robes’ and some of them preferred The Fragile Army look. But as I said, the robes will always be there. But then I feel that we can do whatever as long as we are unified. So, who knows what we will look like for the next record, or what we Can you tell us about the New Orleans style are going to look like when we get to Perth… carnivale? Well, SoCo is putting together this Mentioning the new record, have you themed Mardi Gras/New Orleans trip. I am not started recording it yet? sure if you are familiar with Mardi Gras, but Yeah, I have been doing it for quite basically people go nuts and everyone gets a while – not really sure when I will be ready dressed up and anything goes, so to speak. to call it a Polyphonic Spree record. I have Everyone just dresses and wears the craziest mainly been doing a lot on songwriting, and costumes and then loses their mind for a few went in mainly to start making the record, days. I think that is what they are doing and and it just wasn’t feeling like we were going in they have been gracious enough to have us the direction that I felt we needed to go in. It come out and play. If it wasn’t for SoCo we wasn’t feeling right, so we took ourselves out wouldn’t have been able to make it; that is for of it and are continuing to explore. Everyone sure. We are looking forward to it. has gone off and is doing their own thing, and has done for the last year and a half. They have So does that mean that you will be creating started bands and have worked on projects new outfits for the trip yourselves? that maybe they couldn’t work on because 12
So it is more a spiritual journey than joy for joy’s sake? You could say that. It is certainly a spiritual journey but it definitely has a common thread of aspiring and hope and change and being able to accept it and run with it, and be alright with it. Because it is tough day by day but I tend to think it is more for myself and then it leaks out. But the shows; when they get going you get all cylinders of the Polyphonic Spree kicking in and it turns into this big, high energy, over the top spirited event where we are just like ‘here we go!’ It gets overwhelming at times, it is pretty fun. It looks like a pretty physical performance for you. I imagine it takes a fair bit out of you. Definitely; we are all usually pretty wiped out – me especially – by the end of the show. It is like one big wet noodle for sure, but it is worth every bit of it. Hopefully everyone leaves with a big smile on their face and have enjoyed themselves. We just try to throw down and give it as hard as we can give it, knock people out and have a good time. Do you have to practice physically as well as musically to make sure that you are in shape to put on the shows, as they are such high energy? I tend to start probably about three weeks before the show to get ready for it. I am
song for the United States Of Tara, which Toni Collette got the Golden Globe for. It is just a phenomenal show and I am really happy to be a part of that. Whatever we have to do to help keep the band going, and facilitating it financially, we will do. I was going to ask you about The United States Of Tara, as I thought pairing the show with the music of The Polyphonic Spree was interesting. Well it is not strictly The Polyphonic Spree – it is just myself and my family. It is my kids and my nieces and my wife singing along with me, and I am playing all the instruments. They had been (speaking with) seventy composers looking for a theme song and my agent had called and told me that they were looking for a song, and described the show to me. In five minutes I went over there and wrote the song! Because of the dynamic going on in my own family it really resonated. I turned it in and, low and behold, I got it. I was so thrilled once it came out and I saw the finished product. It is such a great show and such a great performance by Toni Collette – she is just amazing. To be associated with a calibre of a (show) like that is really cool. The Polyphonic Spree headline the SoCo Carnivale at Fremantle Arts Centre on Friday, February 26. Get full show details at sococarnivale.com.au . Hittin’ the town since 1985
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THE PRODIGY
The Jilted Genius
After first making waves with their debut single Charly in 1991,The Prodigy rose to near ubiquity with third LP, The Fat Of The Land. But you knew that. Band lynchpin and UK dance royalty, Liam Howlett chats to GLEN PARKS on the eve of the band’s appearance at Future Music Festival on Sunday, February 28, at Ascot Racecourse.
There are few names in dance as well known as The Prodigy. But after three landmark albums – Experience, Music For The Jilted Generation and The Fat Of The Land – and some of the biggest crossover dance tracks to make the charts, things came apart on 2004’s Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned. Band member relationships were frayed, particularly that of Howlett and, Prodigy front man, Keith Flint. They desperately needed a return to form. Last year’s fantastic fifth LP, Invaders Must Die, fit the bill nicely. And a year on, Howlett is still thrilled with how it has been received.
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“We’re extremely happy,” he explains. “I think whenever you do something you have this front on saying, ‘We’re happy with it; we don’t give a fuck what people think’. But if you don’t give a fuck, what are you doing it for? Yeah, we’re doing it for ourselves, but you want people to dig it. More than anything, you want people into the band not to be disappointed and to be happy with it. So that’s far exceeded our expectations.” Meeting expectations is a tough ask when the benchmark has already been set as high as iconic songs such as Firestarter and Breathe. But Howlett stays realistic about the situation. “You can only write something that’s right at the time,” he says. “Fat Of The Land wouldn’t work now; it wouldn’t be the right thing to put out. When you’re in a band you really got to know what you’re about and what you’re trying to do. When we entered into this album we knew we wanted to make a killer record we could play live and we knew exactly what sounds we wanted to have. To us, this is the best album we could have. You couldn’t reproduce Firestarter on this album. That was then and this is now.” Writing an album to tour has clearly been paying off. Last year The Prodigy completed a hundred and fifteen gigs which, Howlett asserts, is a lot. But with the tour continuing, Howlett is looking forward to coming back to Australia. “Last time we came down the record wasn’t out,” he exclaims. “Now everyone knows the album so, for us it’s about coming down and people will see the band in top form. We’ve honed these tunes all of last year and we’ve got some cool different versions. We’re just going to tear it up; that’s our perfect type of gig.” No doubt adding to the positivity infusing the band is the fact that Howlett and Flint’s previously fractious relationship has been replaced by a mutual understanding. “We’re like brothers, but we know when to steer clear of each other,” he says matter-of-factly.“It’s like that, but we do really get on and we have a laugh. Last year was a massive year and a really hard year. But we just really wanted it. You’ve got to be into it, and we’re just really into it.” With this newfound understanding, The Prodigy are heading into their twentieth anniversary healthier than ever. However, Howlett remains oblivious to what the secret to their longevity is. “I think it’s because we don’t know what the secret is that we’re able to carry on,” he muses. “We’re kind of naïve to it. With the Prodigy, there’s never been any plan or formula. We’ve just gone with a heartfelt feeling of what we should do and what we shouldn’t do.” Howlett has also enjoyed success outside of The Prodigy by releasing two mixtapes, The Dirtchamber Sessions, Volume One and an entry in the popular Back To Mine series. “The Dirtchambers thing happened out of nothing,” he says. “I didn’t do it to release; it just got released after I did it for radio. I do keep getting asked to do another one. I don’t know; maybe when I’ve got time off. But at the moment I’m more interested in playing in The Prodigy while it lasts. I’m not going to be doing this in ten years time with the Prodigy.” With the development of his Take Me To The Hospital label and talk of future production projects feeding into life in The Prodigy, Howlett has plenty on his plate. But his dream collaboration may surprise diehard Prodigy fans. “I’d like to do a tune with Jay-Z,” Howlett offers. “He hasn’t worked with any UK producers, I don’t think. It would have to be something new; something fresh. And I think the Prodigy and Jay-Z, to me, sounds like something that would excite me. If you know him, give him a bell for us.” But for now Howlett is focused on The Prodigy. Talk of LP number six is already underway and Howlett is excited by the prospects. “I mean, it’s really boring when I say, ‘Yeah, we’re going into the studio to start the new album’,” he concludes. “That to me is just fucking boring. What we’re going to do is start recording tracks and then, once we’ve got five great tracks together, that’s the point we’re going to do a new record. So, there’s no formula. We just carry on and we love it. And if we don’t love it, we don’t do it.”
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THE NEW ORLEANS BINGO! SHOW Legs 11 The New Orleans Bingo! Show will be worthy openers for The Polyphonic Spree at Fremantle Arts Centre on Friday, February 26. BOB GORDON heads down. There is nowhere in the world like New Orleans. Even with the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, the spirit of the city is thick with heart, soul and music. So imagine what it was like recently, when the New Orleans Saints won the Superbowl. Given the heartbreak that struck the region, the victory was about more than a game of football. “It’s been like Mardi Gras all week in my neighbourhood,” says Bingo! Show member, Ron Rona. “It means everything. The energy leading up to it… you know! I’ve never felt an energy like that. It’s about… life, you know what I mean?
“WE DIDN’T REALLY ADVERTISE IT, INITIALLY. IT WAS KIND OF A WEEKLY GET-TOGETHER, IF YOU WILL. AND EIGHT YEARS LATER IT’S LIKE A MULTI-MEDIA CABARET GAME SHOW. IT’S GONE THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES OVER THE YEARS.”
“Clint and I worked together, it started back in of a Fried Chicken Restaurant,” Rona says fondly.“He played in some band and he’d written a bunch of songs at the time that didn’t really “The world saw what happened to fit with what he was doing. So the Bingo! Show New Orleans with Katrina, but it’s probably hard started as this cool thing for our friends in the to understand what this means to the people back of this chicken restaurant and the owner who have been through so much in the past few was kind enough, or crazy enough, to let us do years. It’s like a redemption for a lot of people. it. “We didn’t really advertise it, initially. They’re still drinking from last night. You can’t go It was kind of a weekly get-together, if you home!” For Rona, New Orleans is more than will. And eight years later it’s like a multi-media a city: it is a monument to life and living. “Well cabaret game show (laughs). It’s gone through music and culture is something that you breathe a lot of changes over the years, as have the here,” he says. “It really is.” It’s with this backdrop songs.” Musicians have come and gone from that he teamed in 2002 with jazz musician and bandleader, Clint Maegden, to form The New the 11-member Bingo! Show in the manner of Orleans Bingo! Show, albeit in very modest jazz music, but it also hits home that one of the circumstances. major line-up changes happened as a result of
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Hurricane Katrina, when band members simply had to relocate in order to survive. However this also simply the nature of the game. “As far as band turnovers, I’d venture to say Bingo! has changed as many as 10 times,” Maedgen told New Orleans newspaper, The Times-Picayne recently. “It’s always morphed and grown, and we’ve had setbacks and adrenaline surges and any number of things. That happens with bands.” And as such, the band’s debut Australian visit will feature a revitalised line-up. “A band is many things, not the least of which is a formula,” Maedgen also stated.“You get used to, when you’re in a band, playing a certain song a certain way, and it’s a lot of fun to take that same song and do it with another group of people, because other things pop out of it. Once you’ve played a song 850 times, you start trying to find a way to make it a little
different, and new - just keeping it new.” For Rona, the Australian tour and a show upon the band’s return at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival mark the beginning of another vibrant year for The New Orleans Bingo! Show. “In the States we tour all the time,” he says.“This will be our first time in that part of the universe. We’ve neve met the Polyphonic Spree but I think we have a lot in common with them, in that we don’t just stand on stage in t-shirts playing guitar staring at our feet. It’s about much more than that. “I feel like we’re really kind of on a mission now. We just love playing shows and we see it as performing arts. The line-up that’s coming to Australia is fresh but it’s accomplished and it’s great to play with people who like to be challenged.”
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DYSCORD After The Tirade
Perth metal titans Dyscord are back with their second release Tirades. In support of their album launch shows at Amplifier Bar on Friday, February 19, and then HQ and The Rocket Room respectively on Saturday, February 20, guitarist Matt Herbert tells JESSICA WILLOUGHBY why the follow-up to 2006’s Dakota sees the band finding their own groove. There comes a time in each and every musician’s life where they step back and take an introspective look at where they want their passion to take them. Playing shows every night? Sure. Breaking the international barrier? Why the hell not. Making that ‘perfect’ album that is not only going to sate personal desires, musically, and achieves both of above said goals? Whoa, jumping a little ahead of ourselves here. It is easy to tick all the usual, and expected, boxes – but actually making the material that is going to get you there is a whole other bag, baby. And it is something that many, many slaves to this cause do not get right the first time around, as is the case for local five-piece Dyscord. Although their debut LP Dakota (2008) sent major shockwaves through headbangers’ brains nationally, there was just one little catch: essentially it was not the album they were aiming for, according to guitarist Matt Herbert.“We tried to be way too technical with Dakota,” he muses. “It ended up just becoming this big wall of sound, which wasn’t really what we were aiming for. But that’s why we are hell-pumped about our new album; it’s a hell step up for us. The new album is more what we were aiming for with Dakota – a bit more stripped back and raw.” The album he is referring to is their sophomore effort Tirades. Due out on February 19, their second offering sees the band stepping away from the thrashier, blast-beat-orientated sound of their debut to surface in new territory: one that carves itself its own, primal groove. “We planned to start writing in January last year, but that didn’t happen,” Herbert explains. “We kept on putting it off and off, partying too much and hanging out. Then we realised that we only had two-tothree months left to write, if we wanted to record in October. And we freaked out! We just hammered it from there on, rehearsing more than three times a week to get the material done – kinda the equivalent of cramming the night before a test, but it worked (laughs).”
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But in order to do so, these lads needed to overhaul the way they did things. They decided to approach their self-made songwriting bible in a different frame of mind. “When we were writing for Dakota, it was just five dudes in a room arguing, and getting madder and madder,” he continues.
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“This time we decided that each member of the band needed to take material home and work on it by themselves. I had my computer set up at home with a drum program, so did a few of the others. We’d each write out our bits, come in and play our own recordings for the others. It just worked out so much better. We
did 10 songs in two months, whereas before it took us one month to do one song.” So with their tracks laid out and refined before they hit Soundworks Studios in Joondalup last October, they asked their mate Sam Allen to produce. But little did they know that Allen was scoping out for an industry heavyweight to lend a hand with this release. “Sam’s a bit of net trawler,” Herbert says, obviously amused.“And he some how got hold of producer Jason Suecof’s (Chimaira, Devil Driver, Job For A Cowboy) email and sent him some of our tracks to see if he was interested in mixing. So Jason hit us back and told us he loved the songs and he really wanted to do them. Our sound was always there, but he just cleaned it up, made it sound smoother and sharper – he’s a man that’s very good at his job (laughs). We were terrified, because we thought he’d think ‘… what the fuck is this shit?’. But he dug it and he’s even telling other people about us. The Whitechapel guys, who we did our last tour with, are doing an album with him at the moment. We got an email from them telling us they’d been listening to our new stuff and that it was awesome. I think it’s pretty cool to have big American bands like them listening to us. I really think Jason’s involvement is going to help us break overseas.” Now on the brink of their fifth national tour, with their first New Zealand dates added into the equation, what message will their latest recording take to fans around the country? “Tirades is mostly about criminology; rehabilitation and getting into the mind of a criminal,” Herbert concludes. “It’s a semiotic kind of thing – a big change from Dakota, which was all about totalitarianism and socialism. My brother James (Herbert, vocalist) uses intelligence instead of the normal metal topics of death, blood and killing people. This album is ballsto-the-floor from start to finish and we are looking forward to just getting on the road again and getting people’s heads nodding along the way.”
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DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH? Stuck In Lingo
Dance-rock enthusiasts Does It Offend You, Yeah? join the Future Music Festival fun on Sunday, February 28, at Ascot Racecourse. ROBERT PENNEY spoke with keyboardist Dan Coop and asked what we can expect. A clumsy moniker by anyone’s standards, Does It Offend You, Yeah? matched their David Brent-inspired name with an equally brash 2007 debut album title You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into. As critics and fans await their second release with high expectations, keyboardist Dan Coop reveals the band had already written an album’s worth of tracks, scrapped them, and star ted over. Such stringent quality control seems necessary however, especially since the band went public with the rather promising working title Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You. Dan Coop seems somewhat relaxed as he chats from his London home, recalling images of a hectic recording period through
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last year. This, however, was no ordinary day as the band’s highly anticipated second album had just been sent off for mastering. “It’s a big weight off my mind,” Coops laughs. “There’s not much going on now to be honest. The last three weeks James (Rushent, vocals) decided to go back in and record a lot of the vocals and some production changes so I’ve been out of the picture for a while. For the last two years we were in (the studio). It was very intense actually, working 12-hour days and then driving back to London from Reading. We were writing from December last year and the record label wanted it out as soon as possible to follow on with the first one. But we didn’t feel at the time that the songs were strong enough to put out. We wanted to spend as long as possible before we started to piss everyone off. We wanted to make sure we had exactly the sound we wanted. “The first album was so schizophrenic it left us open to do anything we wanted to do, whether it be going down the band route or doing a complete dance album. We just wrote and wrote and wrote and chucked it all and then started again and repeated that until we were left with a computer full of tracks to cherry pick from. You just carry on going until the end comes and then tie it together very quickly.” As a highlight of the upcoming Future Music Festival, DIOY,Y? have a rather hefty swag of new material to test out against the older favourites. Even unreleased material that was performed in Perth last year has gone through a filter and changed beyond recognition. Most impor tantly though, according to Coop, the new album sounds much more English than the debut. “ The first album had a lot of influences from Daft Punk and Phoenix,” he explains. “ This album is definitely more like our live sound, a more English sound that leans towards Prodigy. I think i t ’s m u c h m o r e E n g l i s h t h a n b e f o r e . This album has a lot more of James singing and we went in more with the lyrics. We spent nights arguing over what the lyrical content should be. Hopefully we didn’t disappear up our own arses too much! We played The Monkeys Are Coming in Perth. That hasn’t changed too much and it might be the first single. Things can change a lot in a year. “ Big fans of all things ’80s, DIOY,Y? have been known to reference film-maker John Hughes in lyrics (Weird Science) and even discuss his influential work during concerts. His death on August 6 last year obviously devastated the band. “I remember waking up in Reading and hearing about it,” Coop recalls. “It was quite a blow actually. He was a massive influence, not just on me but on James as well. We’ve always been big fans of things like The Breakfast Club. He was very good at getting the mood of the time across on film. We wrote a song about him (Home Is Where The Heart Is) just before he died and we passed it over to his memory.” A i m i n g fo r f a n - i n t e r a c t i o n o n the new album, the band tried numerous methods of involving the crowd in short sound clips during shows. They even asked to receive emailed sound files they can use on records, including an odd request for clips of people yelling “yeah”. “It was a good response, though a certain magazine put the wrong email address up so somebody somewhere must have been getting lots of strange mail for a while,” he laughs. Hittin’ the town since 1985
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THE PANICS & WASO
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The Panics team with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra for its latest Pops In The Park instalment this Saturday, February 20. BOB GORDON speaks with vocalist, Jae Laffer. Many bands dream of teaming up with a full symphony orchestra. For a songwriter it is like taking songs to their zenith. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really just a pipedream for the majority of groups, but for The Panics itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a cool fit that will see them join WASO in Kings Park this weekend. The dream is a reality, as vocalist Jae Laffer is in the process of discovering. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With all the stuff weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve grown up with â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and I was just saying to someone in the orchestra then â&#x20AC;&#x201C; when we got offered to do it you instantly think of those great albums like The Beatlesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Revolver, with the orchestra on Eleanor Rigby and that kind of thing. It is a dream, in a way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we could have we would have made records with orchestras, so it is a pipedream in that sense. You could never otherwise afford it or find the kind of time to do that kind of thing. We were just flattered just to be offered the whole thing, mostly
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that people would sit down and work out arrangements of our stuff. That blows my mind. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The arrangers have certainly had a lot of fun with the songs. I feel really flattered.â&#x20AC;? Importantly this pairing doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t merely equate â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;rock band plus orchestraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. The Panicsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; music has a range that an entity such as WASO can breathe in, between, within and beyond. â&#x20AC;&#x153; The only concern when we got asked was that horrible sound that can be a rock band with these kind of crazy strings going on in the background,â&#x20AC;? Laffer says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just some band and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to make a thing around it. It was just impor tant for us that to know that if it was going to work there had to be a really inclusive feel, that the band and the orchestra would be feeding off each other and us leaving space for the orchestra arrangements to really come through and be part of the song. We wanted there to be no separation between the orchestra and the band â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about everyone playing a song together.
â&#x20AC;&#x153; What Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard so far sounds great and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so relieving to see that all we have to do is play as we always do, but just hang back at times and turn around to the orchestra and really work with them. It seems to be working. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The way that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve written and recorded songs in the past, it does lend itself to that. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of space in the music and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just about bringing out the atmospheres in the songs that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve recorded already. A few of them were made for it with a few others itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just good fun.â&#x20AC;? Eight of WASOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favoured arrangers have contributed orchestral scores for The Panics songs. It seems thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always surprises in store for both audience and band. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah, two of the faster, rockier songsâ&#x20AC;Ś theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the ones that I thought were going to be hard,â&#x20AC;? Laffer explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Give Me Some Good Luck from the first album and Live Without from Cruel Guards, it was like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;how are they gonna sound with strings?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. But theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done a really good job of making them really percussive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ones that I thought were going to be really hard work but have been easy and with a song like The General Calling theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken some of the melodies out of itâ&#x20AC;Śit sounds like it could be on a Bruce Lee soundtrack (laughs). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really fun, really cool and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out there, loud and proud. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been grinning.â&#x20AC;? Hittinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the town since 1985
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SEAMIE O’DOWD Tuning Heads
Perfect for the multicultural spirit of a Mardi Gras, Irish singer songwriter Seamie O’Dowd will perform as one of the key acts at The Perth Blues Club’s New Orleans style Mardi Gras atThe Charles Hotel on Saturday, February 27, (for more dates see Tour Trails). DAVID CRADDOCK spoke to O’Dowd about his exotic blend of traditional Celtic and blues styles.
and fiddle player in Dervish, a critically acclaimed traditional Irish band still held in high esteem on the world folk circuit. “It was a big part of our sound for a few years,” O’Dowd says of the unique guitar tuning he brought to the band upon joining in 1998. “I remember at the time that I joined Dervish we were looking to find another way of playing guitar. I thought the orthodox way was only adding a certain amount and I felt there could be more done. The lads already had bouzouki and mandola and they were covering a lot of guitar territory already… I was aware of a couple of guys that were using bass strings on their guitars to get lower notes. I don’t think that’s necessarily a new idea, I think Joni Mitchell was doing it herself back in the ’70s. The effect it had was that it widened the sound but it still afforded the other guys the freedom they had before.” After six years of touring the world American country blues might not be the first with Dervish, O’Dowd eventually left the band style of music you’d think of when speaking to Seamie O’Dowd, a fast-talking native of to pursue a solo career, releasing his solo debut Sligo Town in the Northwest of Ireland. The in 2006. Kicking off with a snappily fingerson of two fiddle players, O’Dowd grew up picked Celtic intro and broken up by blues-y surrounded by frenetic jigs, Irish standards delta harmonica and chugging acoustic guitar, and the music of ceilidh bars. But it is the O’Dowd’s reinterpretation of Crooked Jack is a collision of his Irish musical upbringing, with perfect introduction to his style. “One of the first influences I had the American tradition he would grow to love, which makes his sound so vibrant and growing up was Rory Gallagher,” O’Dowd explains of the musicians which have informed interesting. “They were traditional Irish fiddle and seeped into his own sound. “He was quite players and that tends to be at the core of most popular when I was growing up. He’s basically of my musical instincts right up until the present a national hero in Ireland and he was playing day,” O’Dowd explains of learning to play the blues but with an Irish thing too in a way. “But there were also a bunch of fiddle and his musical parents Sheila and Joe. “From very early in my life I was hearing fiddle musicians based in Sligo in the ’70s from music and there were people coming into the California – a singer songwriter by the name of Thom Moore. He used to play 12-string guitar house playing. “The colour of the fiddle has as much and then there was a brilliant harmonica and influence on me as its rhythm. I think traditional concertina player called Rick Epping, they were Irish music is a melody based tradition – members of a band called Pumpkin Head. We whenever I’ve tried to play rock music or were quite good friends of theirs. They used to improvisational music I always find that Irish play Irish music that’d been turned Appalachian, music feeds into it. That way I play a guitar solo old timey, old-English and even country blues – that was a real eye opener for me.” for example.” As with many Irish musicians, a thriving While O’Dowd’s debut solo album Headful Of Echoes may be the clearest example pub scene offered another great launching pad of his subtle, cross-cultural sound, O’Dowd is for a young O’Dowd. Content with the wide best known for his contribution as a guitarist variety of music available on his doorstep, the
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fledgling artist was able to get a broad and varied musical education without ever having to leave his own county. “I was very lucky at the time I was coming up and looking for places to play,” he explains. “There was a place called Hennigan’s Pub that was an amazing place. You could go in on one night and there’d be a rock band, the next night a blues band, then a traditional Irish band, a reggae band and so forth. I found out about a lot of music without leaving Sligo at all, which was a bonus.” Despite being inspired by such disparate styles and varied influences, O’Dowd’s acoustic driven blues and folk tunes have a
clarity and timeless simplicity that speaks to everyone. Given this traditional backbone, O’Dowd’s performance at The Perth Blues Club’s upcoming New Orleans style Mardi Gras should be a hit. “I think what links all songs no matter where they’re from is that they’re all stories or an expression of a condition,” he says. “It’s funny all music at the end of the day is expression. The link between different musics are interesting… Irish music’s more obvious cousins would be bluegrass and old-timey in America. To some degree maybe the bush bands in Australia might have had influences there as well. But the link between Irish and blues is a bit less obvious.”
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Me Down My Love, with its pounding piano line, and in the Latin flavour of I Feel Better. Elsewhere, Brothers fully illustrates the wonderful balance between their new found seriousness and intelligent take on electronic music. With their focus and consistency, Hot Chip have made the cracking record they’ve always promised, revealing that beneath the novelty sunglasses and quirky image are five awkward synth-nerds - every one of them suckers for a good love song.
“Yet another stride forth from a band who refuse to stagnate” ROLLING STONE
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Brooklyn has a pretty high success rate with the frequency with which the location churns out experimental pop bands. Yeasayer are one such band who have contributed to the calibre of the scene. Their highly rated debut saw them pigeonholed as psychedelic rock merchants (although with an eastern music influence) but Odd Blood is sure to turn that perception on its head. Every year there is an early bolter and Ambling Alp is clearly setting the pace for song of the year thus far. There are still mild traces of the tribal influence, but the clarity and directness of the vocals and melodic hooks are like nothing they have attempted before. I Remember harks back to electronic ballads of the eighties with a dose of Flaming Lips thrown in for good measure. It is a large melting pot that Yeasayer work with and the results are delicious. They continue to push the envelope as O.N.E takes the electronic elements closer to the dancehall, Love Me Girl makes great use of falsetto and Madder Red is anthemic and haunting in the same breath. If Yeasayer continue to show this kind of development from one album to the next, they are only a short hop, skip, and a jump away from world domination. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT
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COBY GRANT Fanfare For Love Independent Coby Grant’s second EP Fanfare For Love is a polished pop release with definite mainstream aspirations. Recorded in Boston with Anthony J. Resta (Duran Duran, Elton John, Shawn Mullins) and Karyadi Sutedja, the EP touches on many current pop sounds such as on the Lily Allen-esque I Know That I’ll Know, but also Australian pop acts like Frente! on the permasmile positivity of Jump. Grant’s ultra-candid style on tracks like When I Was Young may put listeners who like their music a little more cryptic or metaphorical offside, but anyone looking for heart-on-sleeve diary entries should certainly enjoy this EP. Once Upon A Long Gone Time is an obvious single with its driving chorus and sing-a-long lyrics which are perfect for FM commercial radio. There’s certainly not the complexity or subtle experimentation of say a Sarah Blasko release, but if it’s classic melodic pop you’re after – Fanfare For Love may be for you. _DAVID CRADDOCK
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LAURA VEIRS July Flame Bella Union Shock The most familiar path for singer songwriters is to come from a creative background, but for modern folk artist Laura Veirs her passion was geology. Studying the science through her college years, Veirs turned her back on a life of science for one with a suitcase and guitar. Seven albums in and Veirs is rarely putting a foot wrong. July Flame is named after a brand of peach that the Oregon resident spied at a market stall. Like many before her, Veirs cut her teeth in a punk band before turning to a more introspective approach and on I Can See Your Tracks Veirs’ timbre even resembles that of another former punker Neko Case. Jim James offers his golden falsetto harmonies to numerous tracks including the delicately plucked Silo Song and the charming tribute to legendary bass player Carol Kaye. Wide-Eyed Legless and Life Is Good Blues are clear examples of how Veirs’ melodies have become fresher and her voice an easier listen with each outing. July Flame has all the pensive appeal you would expect from a Veirs release. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT
ARTS MARTIAL Silhouette Independent Arts Martial play a brand of alternative poprock based around angular guitars and punchy vocals. Silhouette is the band’s first release and delivers six firm slices of musical cake that should induce some serious foot tapping and enthusiastic head bopping from its listeners. Although the band’s liking for unpretentious rock is apparent throughout, it is during more ambitious moments such as the delicate guitar dueling interlude on Supernational, of which Bloc Party members Okereke and Lissack would be proud, where their light shines brightest. Axe work is also impressive on The Only Ones, where the clever alternation between sharp hooks and a driving chord progression is a feature. Far from falling into the trap of throwing the kitchen sink at a first studio release, one gets the feeling that these Perth lads have left a considerable amount of ammunition and flair in their collective arsenal. If so, bigger and better things from this quartet await. _JOSH F HAYES
HOT CHIP One Life Stand Parlophone EMI Although they’ve always hinted towards a softer approach, One Life Stand fully commits to Hot Chip’s sincere side with some decidedly more mature pop. As prime contenders in the electro-synth scene, such a shift in attitude was a brave move for the London quintet but with melody now at the forefront, the band seems less concerned with how danceable their tracks are. Thankfully their playfulness remains intact on tracks such as the urgent Hand 26
USELESS CHILDREN The Sky Is Falling Exo Records You know when you find one of ‘those’ albums that reminds you of being 15 again, in that cute ‘fuck-the-world!’ kind of way? Melbournians Useless Children have definitely carved that Hittin’ the town since 1985
notch into my bedpost, so to speak, with their vinyl release of The Sky Is Falling. This hopped-up trio, consisting of two strings-men and frontwoman/drummer Cinta Masters, scream, gasp and pant their way to a refreshing reminder of the golden era of Kill Rock Stars staple creed, circa ’90 to ’98. The title track lays all the components on the line; Master’s shrill and preppy bark, heavy feedback and some nihilistic and damn-well catchy guitar chords holding the chaos together. Leading into Haunted, they pick up right where the grrl sisterhood in Seattle left off with Not My Friend riding that whole surf-rock vibe to the hilt. Give Up sees Master’s emulate the raging intensity of Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill) at her finest hour, with side one wrapping up on Falling Apart – a sociopathic tale of bad behaviour backed by brooding guitars to boot. Side two kicks off with standout track Freezing Cold -four frantic minutes awash with the call-and-reply persona of east coast pop-punk, followed by an anti-ode to U.S college rock in Out On Life. Rounded off by the slightly more serious Wither, it’s hard to fault the emotional output this album captures. Hitting the same warm spot in the heart as Sleater Kinney, the Go-Gos and, of course, Huggy Bear, this release is definitely a keeper.
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BERNARD PARK NORTHAM W.A. Blur No Distance Left To Run Parlophone EMI
Classical music plays over footage of a sweaty crowd cheering in slow motion. Brief flashes of Damon Albarn, Alex James and Graham Coxon are seen with their backs turned, faces obscured as each of their caricatured mannerisms instantly give away their identities. An overly ostentatiously start to a DVD perhaps, but already it spells out, with the exception of faceless drummer Dave Rowntree, just how different and cartoonish each member of Blur’s personality really is. As if thrown together as a manufactured Monkees-style rock band (the pompous one, the shy one, the campy one, and er…the ginger one), Blur make this fascinating _JESSICA WILLOUGHBY documentary work due to a brutally honest take on the Britpop era and their brief reformation, all the while remembering their sense of humour. Footage is dug up from everywhere and is excellently assembled. There’s the odd sweet moment too, as bassist Alex James rather meekly admits how glad he is to have his friends back, while candid footage plays of Graham helping old friend Damon get sleep out of his eye. The creative differences between the two towards the late ‘90s is covered quickly and the mood overall is sentimental as the OK GO documentary builds from Damon meeting Of The Blue Graham at school (by telling him “your shoes Colour Of The Sky are shit”) to the rehearsals for the recent Hyde Capitol Records Park reunion show. EMI The complete gig, is found on disc Drawing the line in the sand, OK Go are kicking two, as Blur take to the stage launching into off 2010 with their third studio album, Of The early shoegaze single She’s So High. The setlist Blue Colour Of The Sky. Five years since their plays like a Greatest Hits collection, with the second album blew up on the internet, the crowd reacting to each song with excitement lads from LA certainly took their time to follow and recognition. No live DVD is ever as special as 2005’s Oh No by further honing their style of actually being there, but since the Hyde Park stadium rock-cum-indie pop. First single and lead track WTF? reunion gig is no ordinary Blur show, the energy struts out like a demented Prince track, remains from start to finish, whether you were complete with falsetto vocals, funk guitar and there or at watching at home. lines about getting laid. The tidy little 8bit _ROBERT PENNEY circuit-bending guitar solo sounds like it was done on a Tyco Hot Lixx toy guitar (something I'm fairly sure Prince never used) and the bass pounds along, distorted to near wood sawing levels. Skyscrapers stands out with lo-fi vocals and ends with a sloppy blues guitar solo that sounds perfectly imperfect, no doubt ensuring its absence from radio. While some tracks have forgettable verses, the lads always bring it back with contagious choruses and smart bridges. In The Glass ends the album in a crash of heavily compressed drums and nicely arranged strings that give it a sinister edge; sealing off a solid release that’s sure to keep these guys on the festival circuits. _TOM VARIAN
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Timecrimes (Los cronocrímenes) is one of those rare sci-fi gems that doesn’t require the wealth of several nations to produce. Armed with only a few actors and a precise, time-hopping, plot the film is less Back to the Future and more indie effort 11 Minutes Ago or Primer. Coming from Spanish film maker Nacho Vigalondo, “watch THE BOAT PEOPLE it before the remake” is something your hip Soporific friends are sure to utter about this film. Independent Beginning innocently with middleShock aged businessman Hector returning to his new home with furniture for his wife and ending If title track Soporific is any indication of what with our hapless hero being chased through to expect from The Boat People’s forthcoming the woods by future versions of himself armed album Dearest Darkly, fans and newcomers with scissors, Timecrimes is easily one of the alike are in for a treat. This jangly pop-rock best in the time travel genre. Stumbling across number kicks off with an infectious guitar a laboratory after being attacked in the woods, hook before singer James O’Brien employs Hector is led to safety by a scientist holed up in brooding Benjamin Gibbard-like vocals that a silo. After getting into a low rent time machine contrast effectively with the song’s upbeat on the insistence of his saviour, Hector emerges tempo. to find himself 12 hours in the past and on a Comparisons to Death Cab For time line he must maintain, lest he pop out of Cutie are further justified on the simmering existence. Flower, which could seamlessly be slotted into The direction can come off as a Transatlanticism. Comparisons aside, these little static and sterile at times, but it’s hard to are both strong tracks in their own right and tell whether that is a fault of director/writer demonstrate that the Boaties’ song writing Vigalondo who’s breaking his feature-length ability and ear for a catchy tune are still firmly cherry or a stylistic choice to better illustrate intact. the mundane setting for such an extraordinary Confusingly, this three song plot device. While the thrilling moments are collection is rounded out with a somewhat often underwhelming, even comical at times, interesting, yet ultimately uninspiring and naff the film definitely makes up for its lack of instrumental jam titled Stereo Pair. Despite direction with a brain-twisting plot that holds this anomaly, it offers just enough colour and up under close scrutiny - a hard thing to pull off pizzazz to suggest the pending full release in the heady genre of time travel. will be one worth pursuing. _JOSH F HAYES _TOM VARIAN www.xpressmag.com.au
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Children of the ’80s rejoice, because for one night only, comedy classic Ghostbusters will return to the big screen thanks to The Squinge. Combining comedy, cinema and champagne, The Squinge on Saturday, February 20,will see Perth’s finest stand up comedians doing a spot of Ghostbusters inspired standup followed by a screening of the film at The Astor. Hosts John Conway and Michael Workman will be joined by veteran improvisers, Jimmy James Eaton and Ben Russell, for prescreening comedy, making for one heck of an entertaining night. Doors and bar open at 5.30pm, show starts at 8.30pm. Tickets are $15 from The Astor at 659 Beaufort Street, Mt Lawley.
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Rock up to Beck’s Music Box during the Perth International Arts Festival to trade your deepest, darkest secrets in exchange for a manicure, care of Tawdry Heartburn. While in town, Tawdry will provide free manicures to anyone who will divulge a juicy, but anonymous secret. Secrets can be hand written or typed, then placed in Tawdry’s box. At the end of the night, the secrets will be plastered up onto a wall for the world to see. To find out when you can catch Tawdry sharing secrets, head to perthfestival.com.
While the rest of the state shuts up shop for the Easter Long Weekend, the streets of Fremantle will be teeming with activity thanks to the Fremantle Street Arts Festival. Kicking off on Saturday, April 3, and running ’til Monday, April 5, the Festival will bring talented international and Australian artists to Freo for a weekend of family friendly activities. An extraordinary lineup of world class RUBBED RAW performers await those who attend the festival, including dancers, magicians, clowns, jugglers, Make your transition into the weekend that much smoother this Thursday by heading along to whip crackers and comedians, who will perform at sites all over Fremantle. Best of all, it’s all free! heats of the Raw Comedy Competition at the Charles Hotel’s Comedy Lounge, an amateur stand To find out what’s on and where, head to fremantlefestivals.com. up competition sure to entertain. Raw is the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s annual hunt for Australia’s best undiscovered comedians, with heats taking place around the country. Doors open 7pm, show starts at 8pm. After the heats, finalists will take to the stage of His Majesty’s Theatre on Saturday, March 6, to battle it out for a place in the national final, which happens over in Melbourne. The WA final is a massive event guaranteed to please, but it will sell out, so get your tickets from BOCS pronto.
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Perth’s comedy scene has grown in leaps and bounds in recent years thanks to a supportive industry, and a surplus of funny buggers who call WA home. Three such funny buggers have just scored themselves shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival but they need your help to get there. Jimmy James Eaton, John Robertson and Joel Creasey are all set to host their own hilarious shows over east but their piggy banks are empty and Melbourne isn’t cheap! To remedy this lack of funds, the trio will host a fundraiser/farewell show at The Civic Hotel on Friday, February 26.Tickets are $20 from Heatseeker or $25 on the door, with all funds going to three very worthy comedians who are sure to do Perth proud.
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Fairbridge Festival
Taking place from Friday, April 9, ’til Sunday, April 11, the Fairbridge Festival is one of WA’s favourite family events, celebrating music on a beautiful bushland site. Located 5km north of Pinjarra, the Festival is now in its 18th year of delivering performance, poetry, markets, workshops and street theatre to families. 2010’s Festival boasts a number of fantastic international acts including Genticorum from Quebec, Beppe Gambetta from Italy, Dva from Germany, James Keelaghan from Canada, The Chipolatas from England, plus many more. For the full run down on everything that the Fairbridge Festival offers, head to fairbridgefestival.com.au.
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ANTIBALAS AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA A Cold Glass Of Water In The Desert
“But it breaks through that when you Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra perform at the Womubu World Music Festival at Old Broadwater travel and you get to a place where yes, ‘this is a Farm in Busselton on Sunday, February 28, cold glass of water in the desert’. In the music, you and at the Railway Hotel on Monday, March 1. can feel it.” A classically trained clarinet player, Bogie X-Press speaks with sax player, Stuart Bogie. joined Antibalas in 2000, bonded by a shared love Stuart Bogie may play music for a living, but it is of Nigerian musician/activist/icon, Fela Kuti. He actually music that is his life. Antibalas Afrobeat had recently adopted the saxophone as his key Orchestra’s saxophonist is also renowned for his instrument and the band uniquely shaped the work with TV On The Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and direction of his playing. “I guess they were the first band that his own outfit, Superhuman Happiness. However it is travelling the world playing music that fires his ever asked me to join and I was flattered and creative soul, such as it did during a recent trip to couldn’t resist,” he laughs. “For my first gig Aaron Mali. It’s destinations such as this where he truly (Johnson) the trombone player taught me 30 bears witness to the uniting and fortifying nature songs. And I had only previously memorised probably two songs in my whole life, I was like a of music. “I would say that, absolutely,” he reflects classical musician. Not very good at it, but I was down the line from Brooklyn. “In my world, when always reading… always reading. So my initial you get to certain places and in certain situations, introduction to the band was all by ear. It was so you see how valuable music is to people. And you healthy; my mind just got assaulted by all these get to that pique value, like, ‘I need this song to different ideas and shapes. It’s so thrilling and on wake up in the morning and I need this song to keep top of that without a background in saxophone I moving. I need this song to remind me how beautiful had a blank slate for myself. I could decide, as an adult, who I would model my sound after; which life can be’. You get real close to that need. “I think with music, when you’re far away direction I would go. “So obviously I went towards Fela’s from it, it can be like, ‘oh yeah, this is nice. I can relax and listen to that Bob Dylan song I love’. But when style because it was beautiful and I had the the shit really hits the fan, then you’ve got to hear opportunity to play his compositions and play that song. You know what I mean? You know what music that he inspired. That personally set me apart from most sax players I’ve met in America I’m talking about?” Similar to how the uplift of music turned and Europe.” Since then it has been a life of music and the tides in New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina (see The New Orleans Bingo! Show interview on travel, Bogie clearly craves the way performing page 16), Bogie and his Antibalas compadres felt music around the world engages his senses.“Yeah they are engaged and if you get them in the same similarly at a different time in New York. “Here in New York, when the World pattern it heightens other things in your life,” he Trade Center went down, all of us reached to music says. “You can hear that relationship in Afrobeat with our hearts and our bodies. And everything,” music, where there’s a lot of repetition but when he recalls. “We grasped onto music. Within days things do change it’s a tremendous feeling. “And there’s certain things you can only we were on the edge of Brooklyn, we lost a lot of firefighters and we played a benefit – I don’t know experience after doing them for a long time. For if we raised money but we raised spirits - and there instance once you’ve heard an Afrobeat groove for 10 or 11 minutes, something inside of you finally was this feeling of, ‘oh my God, we need this’. “And if you don’t get to that place as starts to get it and it’s a different relationship to a musician, you begin to wonder if what you’re what you’ve ever felt before. At the same time you doing means anything. I think a lot of serious, watch things that are constantly changing, in the professional musicians will understand this – that case of Afrobeat the comment of the drums or a you get to a place where you think, ‘I could be a brass solo here and there, huge things are altered. teacher or a nurse or work on dream technology or So like with anything, I suppose, you want your do something where I can help someone’ instead of consciousness shocked and moved. To resist that getting into this career where you’re constantly is to resist the change that grows you.” Antibalas Afrbeat Orchestra were trying to climb for fan recognition and Facebook busy in recent times with their involvement on friends and things that seem fake and selfish.
Broadway in the production of Fela!, a musical celebrating the life of their musical hero and forefather. Now it’s a New Year and they’re back out on the road… “You know what I want from Australia?” Bogie asks. “We’ve never been there so it’s an incredible opportunity for us to step on fresh ground together. Which, after 10 years with the
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra group, I think is a really healthy and important thing for us to experience. We’ll see new things in each other like in any relationship. “Like I said, it’s that change in consciousness when you travel somewhere. I’m looking forward to that. Everybody’s so, so stoked to be coming out to Australia.” _BOB GORDON
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13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen tests is showing at the Astor Theatre on Thursday, Februar y 25, and Friday, February 26, as a part of the Perth International Arts Festival. Tickets are available either on line at perthfestival.com.au or by calling 6488 5555. Given Dean Wareham’s remarkable career as a musician, I’m somewhat apprehensive to talk with him. The former Luna front man had an extensive career writing and touring with his band, before departing the group with fellow band mate and now wife Britta Phillips to tour as a duo, write music for film, and continue a very successful career. It is winter on the other side of the world, as Wareham speaks about the project that will bring himself and Phillips to the Perth International Arts Festival in a fortnight: 13 Most Beautiful… Songs For Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests. The premise for the screen tests was simple: Warhol would sit a subject down in front of a camera for around three minutes, and ask them not to blink or move while he filmed them. He would then play them back in slow motion, so that the film would “scratch out every emotion on [the subject’s] face.” The subjects of these films ranged from Factory socialites, to famous musicians and artists, to relative nobodies that Warhol found on the streets. Over 150 of these tests were shot, the majority of which remain at the Warhol Museum today. Wareham and Phillips perform original live music to screenings of 13 of these tests, bringing a new dimension to some very moving imagery. Given the iconic nature of these screen tests, it is unsurprising that Wareham sounds as if he has answered questions on this project many times before. “The [Andy Warhol] Museum approached us,” he says, “I don’t know that I would’ve thought to approach them.” Despite this confession, it is blatantly apparent that Wareham has a real compassion for the subjects of each screen test. This project is clearly not just about Warhol, but about the people, the youth, and the beauty he captured in each of these films. They are moments in the lives a unique collection of people, all visitors to Warhol’s famous Factory. Choosing 13 from this vast number of possibilities was a process that could only have been undertaken with the utmost care and consideration. The care Wareham and Phillips took in choosing the 13 screen tests for this project is made even more apparent when you realise who they left out. “We had to let go of a number of great subjects – Ivy Nicholson, Imu, Amy Taubin, Salvador Dalí.” However, although many of the decisions were difficult, some were natural selections. “Some were so immediately stunning—Jane Holzer brushing
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her teeth, Ann Buchanan crying a tear—that I knew I had to include them” says Wareham. Ultimately however, the duo chose to use people that were there and present in factory life – those who were a real part of Warhol’s world. “We decided that the people who were there on a daily basis – young dancers, actors, playwrights, musicians, talkers, speed freaks – were the ones we should sing about: people like Nico, International Velvet, Mary Woronov, Edie Sedgwick, Paul America, Ingrid Superstar, Billy Name, and Freddy Herko.” This exceptional compassion for the subjects of each film, coupled with Dean and Britta’s own musical style, made the husband and wife duo exceptional candidates to undertake such a project. Both formerly of the iconic band Luna; whose psychedelic sound
paid homage to bands such as The Velvet Underground, the team have considerable experience in writing the type of ethereal music needed for a project such as this. This said, although Wareham and Phillips have written music for film before (most notably Noah Baumbach’s The Squid & The Whale), writing music for the screen tests provided a different set of challenges. “The idea for this project is that we had to perform it live, and having to perform it live was a real challenge…making sure we started in the right time, and ended at the right time with the conductor etc.” However, the pair has not let this challenge stand in the way of this unique amalgamation of visuals and sound. On the contrary, the pair has been touring the project
for some time now. The ethereal and surreal nature of their music sublimely complements the footage, never overpowering the screen tests. It is music written to support the film, and to reveal certain truths about the each candidate on screen. An incredible level of depth was taken into examining the lives of each subject in the screen tests, and the music reflects this. “I can’t look at the screen test of Freddy [without thinking that] he committed suicide a month after the screen test was shot. Or Eddie Sedgwick, who also died in a horrible manner, not soon after.” This level of compassion underpins the entire project, making the performance a truly remarkable experience. _LEAH BLANKENDAAL
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AN ENGLISHMAN, AN IRISHMAN AND A SCOTSMAN
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The Regal Theatre hosts An Englishman, An Irishman And A Scotsman this Friday, February 19, and Saturday, February 20. Bookings can be made through Ticketek. Doors open 7.30pm, show starts at 8pm. While growing up in the small weaving town of Strathhaven in Scotland, a young Geoff Boyz had no idea that the next 20 years of his life would see him jet-setting around the globe doing stand up in theatres, warzones, and even little ol’ Perth. Though he’s freezing his arse off in Waterloo Station in London
when X-Press calls, Boyz is looking forward to feeling the sun on his face when he arrives in Perth this weekend for the international comedy spectacular that is An Englishman, An Irishman And A Scotsman. Starring himself, plus England’s John Moloney and Ireland’s Karl Spain, An Englishman, An Irishman, And A Scotsman promises to be a hilariously entertaining show, a fact that Boyz is only too happy to affirm. “John Moloney is a hugely funny man, he’s one of my heroes actually, and
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you can write that, I won’t mind! He is a truly brilliant man. Karl Spain is one of Ireland’s finest, and you can quote me on that too. He’s absolutely terrific – very funny, bright, quick witted – so it’s going to be a terrific show to be honest. This is the first time we’ve worked together as a group which will be very fun for us; especially since we’re coming all that way to perform these two shows for you, we’re very much looking forward to that. It’s going to be a lot of fun!” A self described “jockney ”, Boyz made his move into comedy back in 1988, and relocated from Strathhaven to London soon after. Though he’s lived in London a few years now, Boyz is still a Scotsman at heart. “I was born and grew up in Scotland but I moved to London a few years ago, so now I’m a Jock ney – half Scottish, half Cock ney, ” he says with a chuck le. “ The Scottish comedy scene is getting a lot better than what it was but the London scene is why I came down – it’s much more vibrant down here. The rivalry now is in sport, we hate losing to the English, just as you do as well! We all hate losing to the bloody English don’t we?” Af ter stopping off in Per th for two shows with Moloney and Spain, Boyz will experience a change of scene entirely, with the Scotsman bound for war-torn A fg h a n i s t a n t o b r i n g l a u g h t e r t o t h e troops. “I’m going to Afghanistan for the soldiers to do some shows for them,” he says without a shred of apprehension in his voice. “I’ll also be doing some shows in Cyprus for soldiers coming back from the war; they do a thing called ‘decompression’ where the soldiers spend a day relaxing with a comedy show. Then we’ll go into Afghanistan and do some shows from there.” For the residents of Perth, Boyz won’t hold a lack of military experience against us, promising to deliver the same, if not a better show, to those who would rather spend a night at the Regal Theatre than fighting the Middle East.
Internet Filtering Gone Mad
You’ll have to forgive certain brusqueness to this article, but I have 5000 characters to discuss a matter that could easily take up 5000 words. To begin with, let us outline some of the key arguments that Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is making in support of his Internet Filtering legislation, a legislation that will implement a non-optional moratorium on websites deemed to be “unfit” for the decent public. Conroy claims that: the filter will only affect websites of a paedophilic or sexually violent nature, and websites carrying “detailed information on carrying out illegal activity”.This could be done with an extremely high degree of accuracy (screening out most objectionable material without screening out most unobjectionable material) and without affecting internet speeds. The list of websites to be blocked would be generated by groups representing the population of Australia, independent of the government. In this way what is deemed ‘objectionable’ would be a decision made by fellow Australians, not by the government. The government is not trying to exert censorious control over Australia, and is merely trying to protect the Australian people. There are numerous arguments flying around the internet regarding any and all of these, mostly concerning the efficacy of these products, and contesting any of these points, but, for argument’s sake, let us take all these as given. We’ll give all this ground to Stephen Conroy, even if that latter point does smack of the “protection” of a police state, and has been used to give credence to the recent erosions of our Freedoms of Association, and the recent introduction of stop and search laws. The crux of the matter is that given all this, Internet Filtering would still constitute a serious erosion of our freedom of speech, and is worth fighting, despite the fact that Australia has no constitutional guarantee to freedom of speech, and that one’s personal internet usage might not be affected. The bill has yet to get through Parliament, so there is no better time to be voicing dissent against the matter to the people elected to represent you. The great humanitarian revolutions of 1779 and 1789 were marked by a call for “universal suffrage”. In essence, the ideas of liberty, equality, fraternity belong not to a place _EMMA BERGMEIER and era, but to all, for all. Legal constitution or
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no, freedom of speech is a universal right, and should be treated as such and fought for on all levels. True, in this situation its subversion is trivial compared to the gross indecencies made against it in totalitarianisms around the world, but that such a basic freedom could be eroded at all in a supposedly enlightened country like Australia is worrying indeed. The corollary of freedom of speech is oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freedom to listen. And to not listen. Any attempt to induce the silence of another imprisons oneself from hearing dissenting ideas. In the context of those â&#x20AC;&#x153;illegal activities,â&#x20AC;? the former point is key. Exposure to information deemed illegal is important, because the government can make anything illegal, and accepting the censorship of some ideas means that we will accept the theoretical censorship of any idea. The latter point applies to pornography of all stripes. Where is the line between fetish porn and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;violentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; porn, or indeed any porn and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;fetishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; porn? Like all entertainments, the lines are blurred and the landscape grey. The one person fit to see such a difference is you, and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let anyone tell you different. If it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t turn you on, turn it off, but the government has no business between our legs, and should be chastised every time it tries to pry. Suffice to say that to the people who are interested in paedophilia will be able to access it anyway, in the same way that felons and terrorists get their hands on illegal guns and explosives.
Who then, I ask, has the right to decide what I should and shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see? Keep in mind the censor sees all. The censor is privy to all materials they could then deem objectionable. The ludicrous nature of government censorship comes into full view when it is suggested that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;representativesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of Australians would determine objectionable content. Take a walk down the street. Which of these people would you say were good enough to make a decision regarding what you should see? Which one of those people would you give that power to? Alan Isaacman, lawyer to pornography magnate Larry Flynt, warned a jury over three decades ago that it indicated to the government that it could build a wall to hide the things the jury did not want to see. One day, they would wake up to find that walls had been built everywhere, and there would be nothing they could see. I only lament that such sentiments are still pertinent now. Yet the motion has not carried, and things are not yet dire. Soon, however, the bill will be in parliament. Now, more than ever, is the time for letters, for conversations and phone calls between the people and their elected representatives. Let those who would stand for us know what we stand against. For more information, head to nocleanfeed.com. _JOE LUI
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to present a model for the Sixth Dimensional City. Comprised of two towers and projected cityscapes, the changing landscape of the city’s community is controlled by an electronic drum kit. Pick up a drum stick and watch as every tap on the drum machine triggers sound and image events, altering the fate of those who reside within. Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, March 14. Ragamuffins, Perth Centre For Photography, Brisbane Street, Northbridge. Per th is the most isolated metropolis in the world. In the current context of globalisation, our state’s capital bears resemblance to European materialist societies. This urban environment has inspired photographer Christophe Canato to create a series of photographs entitled Ragamuffins. The exhibition is a photographic series of abandoned couches and arm chairs throughout the streets of Perth, addressing issues of consumption, possession, abandonment, globalisation and homelessness. Exhibition opens on Thursday, February 18, and runs ’til Sunday, March 14.
Response 1 by Tané Andrews
Pinjarra Massacre Memorial, Prison Gallery, Fremantle Prison, The Terrace, Fremantle. The Pinjarra Massacre Memorial Stimulus:Response, Aldas Gallery And exhibition shows how the arts can break Project Space, Wolf Lane, Perth. boundaries and a small town’s history can Stimulus:Response continues reach a large audience. This project has come Tané Andrews’ fascination with botanical about as Nyungar people have previously had illustration, repetition, mortality and the no outlet to share this story. Through research passage of time. Andrews has created a over many years, extensive information has new series of drawings for Alda’s, with been accumulated about the massacre of the his signature painstaking technique Bindjareb Nyungars at the hands of a group of rendering using thousands of tiny led by Governor James Stirling in October 1834, dots to create images of specimens in in the small WA town of Pinjarra. This subject metamorphosis, taking months to complete. has been the most significant issue in the Andrews will also exhibit for the first time town for many years and through the research, a kinetic sculpture made in collaboration continued observance of a memorial day and with local artist Philip Gamblin. grass roots development ideas, this project Exhibition runs ’til Friday, March concept emerged. The project concept was for 12. artists to visually interpret the event or Nyungar life before or after. Research has uncovered 21 Outpourings, Elements Art Gallery, 131A victims by name and each artist adopted one or more of these names, giving each of the 21 Waratah Avenue, Dalkeith. Caroline Christie will launch her unique artworks special significance. The artwork that book and art exhibition at Elements Art Gallery each artist has produced stands as a monument in February, chronicling her extraordinary art to honour that person. Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, March 14. practice. Entitled Outpourings, the book describes Christie’s painting process, the simple act of Year 12 Perspectives, Art Gallery Of Western Australia, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth. allowing paint to be intuitively applied. Her often Ye a r 1 2 Pe r s p e c t i ve s 2 0 0 9 i s a large scale canvasses speak of intimate moments dynamic showcase of the energy, expression and ‘being present’ articulated via a sea of and talent of Western Australia’s finest young merging, swirling pigment which culminates in art students. Now in its eighteenth year, it a visual flood of colour and texture. gives access to the thoughts and feelings of Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, February the next generation of artists. As fresh as ever, 28. it continues to inspire visitors and remains a Datadrum v.2.04, Fremantle Arts Centre, 1 popular component of the Gallery’s annual Finnerty Street, Fremantle. calendar. This year 71 works by 68 students From WA artists Sohan Ariel Hayes have been selected from across Western and Laetetia Wilson comes a collaborative Australia. The paintings, drawings, sculptures artwork that invites the viewer to shape their and photographs explore a range of subjects own experience, and the experience of others... and themes important to young people Developed during a residency in Singapore, today. Hayes and Wilson combine their respective Exhibition opens on Saturday, knowledge in animation, music and new media February 20, and runs ’til Monday, May 31.
An.ti.bod.y, The Showcase Gallery, corner Beaufort and Aberdeen Streets, Northbridge. After a decade showing her work in group exhibitions and showcases in galleries throughout Australia, award-winning local ceramic artist Josephine Pittman is proud to present an.ti.bod.y, her debut solo show, exploring the internal battleground of the human body through porcelain, handbuilt sculptural forms. It playfully interrogates notions of disease and the microscopic detail of what it means to be human, as the body remains locked in a constant struggle against the 21st century’s bombardment of external invaders. Exhibition runs ’til Friday, February 26. Antibody XXII by Josephine Pittman.
Show Stoppers, Museum Of Performing Arts, DownStairs at the Maj, Hay Street, Perth. Make your way to Show Stoppers to be surrounded by fascinating artifacts taken from the overflowing shelves of His Majesty’s Theatre’s backstage storerooms.Take a look at silk programmes from Dame Nellie Melba’s gala performances at Covent Garden; see His Majesty’s very own collection of Beatles photos; view 19th ventury costume design;, study the painted portraits of Neville Teede and Dame Maggie Smith; read a note from Richard Brinsley Sheridan (entangled in Vivien Leigh’s feather boa), inspect movie posters not sighted since 1933 and peruse a collection of marionettes from Nutshell Puppet Theatre in 1973. Exhibition runs ’til Thursday, April 1, admission by gold coin donation
Behind The Veneer, Playhouse Theatre, Pier Street, Perth. Buzz Dance Theatre presents Behind The Veneer, a highly physical and accessible dance theatre work that unravels the many and varied masks we wear. This provocative dance work provides an insight into the games we play to preserve our inner most feelings and cover insecurities, and use a ‘veneer’ to function in different situations to stay in control, and keep relationships afloat. The work tackles themes of self-identity, investigating the facades we develop to hide and conceal our true identity. The appeal of the narrative will be magnified through understandable and intertwining relationships and situations between the dancers that audiences can relate to. Season opens on Wednesday, March 10, and runs ’til Friday, March 12. Bookings through BOCS.
PERFORMANCE
Etiquette, Caffissimo at Art Gallery Of Western Australia, Perth Cultural Centre. Innovative company Rotozaza’s Etiquette quite literally draws you into a gripping and highly personal theatre performance. The concept is simple. You go to a table in a public café where a few curious props await. Taking a seat with a friend or stranger, and using separate headphones, you follow instructions and act out the play together, inhabiting roles in a series of short scenes, many borrowed from film and theatre. There is a kind of magic involved - for it to work you just need to listen and respond accordingly. Yes, you are the actor. From raw pain to delicate emotion, your story will surprise, amaze and move you in unexpected ways as you gain a new awareness of the power of dramatic dialogue and communication. Season runs ’til Sunday, February 28.
LAUGH OUT LOUD Singles and couples headed out to The Leederville Hotel on Sunday, February 14, for a Valentine’s Day packed full of laughs. Comedians John Conway, Ben Russell, James De Leo and John Robertson took to the stage for Happy Endings, Perth’s newest Sunday night comedy event.
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MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK
The supreme queens of op-shopping are back once again for Two Bucks ’Til Wednesday – a quarterly second-hand clothing sale that raises funds for the Australian Cancer Research Foundation. Created a few years back by four charitable Perth lasses, Two Bucks has become an extremely popular event, with many punters now lining up for hours before the sale begins to ensure a spot at the front of the growing line. To keep things fresh, the girls are mixing things up this time, changing the location of their next Two Bucks sale to the Perth Cultural Centre Markets in the heart of the city. The floodgates will open at 2pm on Sunday, February 21, and the sale will continue until sold out, which won’t take long to happen! There will be stacks of dresses, blouses, menswear, tees, skirts and any other items of clothing imaginable available at the sale, with everything priced under $20. All funds raised go straight to ACRF so dig deep and get ready to rumble.
Fashion WA
BAG A BARGAIN
Everyone loves a designer label but alas, most of us can’t afford them. No need to despair though, because Perth’s top designers are rallying together for a massive sample sale this Saturday, February 20, offering up designer labels at massively discounted prices. Garments from Martini & Coz, Method, Merge, Zanthus, Raw Denim, Ginja, Generics and FashionWA.com will be available for purchase between 10am and 5pm at the Mount Hawthorn Main Hall (upstairs) at 197 Scarborough Beach Road. Whether you’re shopping for yourself or someone special, you’re bound to bag a bargain.
SECRET WOMENS’ BUSINESS
There’s nothing chic about sanitary products, which is why they need to be tucked away from prying eyes, preferably not in the garish boxes they’re often packaged in. To prevent lady products from rolling around their handbags, two Australian lasses recently joined forces to create the Tampurse, a tampon storage system that is discreet and fashionable. A huge range of Tampurse designs are available online at tampurse.com, for $24.95. Two Bucks ’Til Wednesday (Photos: Cameron Etchells)
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LEEERVILLE DANCING ON YOUR LOVING LEEDERVILLE GRAVE Death Becomes You FUNKY TOWN
The Funk Club is a non-profit association dedicated to developing funk and related genres of music in the name of good times! With its legendary club nights every Friday upstairs at the Leederville Hotel, featuring local, national and international acts, Funk Club never disappoints. Funk, soul, jazz, hip hop and world music with a beat is what you can expect; it’s the best night out in town for a boogie, a drink or just to check out a great live band and DJ between 8pm and 12am. Entry ranges from $5 - $15. Home of the Funk Club House Band and Resident DJ Charlie Bucket
Funk Club Dancing On Your Grave
Dancing On Your Grave is showing as part of Perth International Arts Festival at Beck’s Music Box on Monday, February 22, and Tuesday, February 23. Performance starts at 8pm and tickets are available through BOCS Ticketing. They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky. However, unlike the well-known, eccentric television family, the group of characters in Dancing On Your Grave are far from living. Instead, this Victorian music-hall skit delves down a dark path as a travelling five-piece troupe of vaudeville cabaret performers who died 100 years ago are now stuck in purgatory, destined to perform the same show over and over again for audiences around the world. This funny, fast-paved evening of death, disease and decay is an all-singing, alldancing zombie corpse extravaganza, directed and choreographed by UK talent Lea Anderson with original music by Steve Blake and Nigel Burch. Anderson says the cabaret-style theatre act, with accompanying screen imagery, comprises of three dancers and two musicians on a banjo and ukulele who vie for audience attention, regaling humorous songs of regret while urging everyone to celebrate life before it is too late. “The piece was inspired by all the old, Victorian, turn of the century musical vaudeville cabarets,” Anderson explains. “I’ve always been interested in making dance accessible for everyone. I believe that everyone loves dance but that there are just a lot of people out there who don’t know too much about it so feel put off by going. So I’ve always wanted to do a show that has a dance element alongside music to make the experience less daunting. For people to go and see a musical act and experience contemporary dance even without realising it. It’s not really tricking them into it but they’ll be enjoying it before they know it! “There’s a big world out there of live performance from dance and theatre to comedians and I just want people to have fun. And it’s fun for us performing to all different kinds of audiences.” Having already toured the show on and off for the last year and a half, these ‘different kinds of audiences’ have been at a variety of venues, from the Tate Museum, Edinburgh Festival and Glastonbury, to inside a tent in a field and a cabaret lounge and restaurant. “They’ve all been such different places all over the world but this is the first time we’re bringing it down to Australia. The venue that has most lent itself to the show and had the most eerie feel would have to be a catacomb or underground cellar in London which was being used as a performance space. It has since then been shut down but at the time it was brilliant,” Anderson says. “One of the reasons we’ve been able to perform in all these places is because I’ve set the show on a small stage. I’ve always been slightly bothered by huge stages that dancers have to try and fill. With the smaller stage I think it has more impact with the dramatics of the movement. It’s more dynamic and humorous and acts as their little piece of purgatory.” Anderson said while creating the show she watched a lot of YouTube, looking at popular dance forms that centred around violence to pick ideas on stylised movements and choreography. “I looked a lot at apache dancing which is a dramatic and violent French style of dance where a pimp might slap a prostitute around like crazy and then at the end she gets her revenge,” she says. “I think of all my shows, this one has been received the best. It’s great fun for everyone, unless that is I guess if you know someone who has died the night before.”
HIP N’ HAPPENING
The Hip-E Club is a bit of a party icon in Perth; having just celebrated its 20th anniversary. Venture into the Hip-E Club and you’ll find DJ E-Funk and DJ Roger Smart mixing up the latest commercial and retro ditties, with a few memorable and cheesy one-hit-wonders thrown in to make you smile from ear to ear. Bring all your friends, hit the dance floor, which you will be sharing with a vintage blue Volkswagen functioning as a DJ booth, and dance the night away! The retro vibe is complete with kaleidoscope colours and hot dancers that make you want to keep going to the early morning, and you can because Hip-E Club is open late. Hip-E Club is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights, as well as Public Holiday Sundays.
LUCK OF THE IRISH
J.B.’s is Perth’s best kept secret - with something for everyone, every day of the week. Open from 11am daily, there’s live music from Wednesdays to Sundays, ranging from open Irish music sessions on Wednesdays, to Blues/Jazz nights on Thursdays, cover bands on Fridays and Saturdays (that change every month), and an original music night on Sunday with three new acts every week. J.B.’s restaurant is open for lunch and dinner seven days, and to help punters cope with these tough times, there are specials to keep everyone happy. Every Wednesday is Pie and Pint night, offering a choice of two pies plus any pint of tap beer for just $15. Thursdays is Curry and Pint night for just $15. All weekend long you can order an all day breakfast to die for, from 11am – 9.30pm, just $18.50. On Sundays, indulge in a traditional Sunday roast – choose from Chicken, Beef, Lamb or Pork for just $18.50.
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TO MARKET, TO MARKET
The Oxford Street Markets has gained a well deserved reputation for having a great atmosphere, with DJs, acoustic acts and fun activities for the little ones every Saturday. Join your friends and family for a relaxing afternoon at the Oxford Street Markets where you will find WA designer fashion and accessories, art, home decor, children’s items, fair trade imports, collectables, and the best sausage sizzle in town! The Markets are on every Saturday until March 27, from 9am to 4pm in the park at 100 Oxford Street Leederville.
I LOVE LUNA
Located on the corner of Vincent and Oxford Streets in Leederville, Luna Cinema is a charming spot to enjoy the latest films from home and overseas. Luna is renowned for their fantastic foreign film festivals, including the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, which will kick off with a bang on Wednesday, March 17, with a screening of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s MicMacs. For screenings and ticketing info, head to lunapalace.com.au.
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ABOVE & BEYOND Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to believe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been over three years since UK trance icons Above & Beyond last toured Australia, but with the Future Music Festival just around the corner, GLEN CANNING was lucky enough to catch up with Jono Grant and Paavo Siljamaki. From remixing Madonna, to winning Essential Mix Of The Year and playing in front of one million people in Rio, Above & Beyond have journeyed far from their humble beginnings in 1999, when whilst still at university, Grant and Siljamaki formed the Anjunabeats label and (joined by Tony McGuiness) started Above & Beyond a year later. Despite a punishing touring schedule as of late, the trio have been far from idle in the studio, releasing no less than four compilation albums in 2009 alone, including the hugely successful return of Ministry Of Soundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trance Energy. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no wonder that for the second year in a row, the lads have retained the number four position in the DJ Magâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Top 100 list. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always thought of this kind of idea of ranking DJs a little bit funny,â&#x20AC;? muses Siljamaki, â&#x20AC;&#x153;TheDJ Mag Top 100 is more of a sign of how well known you are around the world.â&#x20AC;? Whilst not buying into the frivolous hype surrounding the Top 100, Siljamaki acknowledges the benefits; the DJ Mag Top 100 list has always been used by promoters in especially new areas where you have a new scene and we have a lot to thank for it as well because of the fact that so many people voted us so high up on the list. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a chance to go to a lot of new places where the scene is not necessarily established!â&#x20AC;?
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PIVOTAL MOMENT Tonight the Becks Music Box comes alive with the sound of electronic band Pivot. The first Australian band ever signed to illustrious Warp Records UK, Pivot play a set including songs from their most recent album O Soundtrack My Heart, as well as newbies from their highly anticipated new album. Get down early to catch Qua’s joyful sonic vistas of gorgeous improvised/experimental constructions and pop, then hang around for Sydney band Seekae afterwards, a band whose music has been described as a mix between Hot Chip and Boards Of Canada. Meupe DJs and Pivot DJs support. Thursday, February 18, Becks Box, The Esplanade, Perth. Tickets $40.50 from www.bocsticketing.com.au. 8pm.
TECHNO TWEET
Massiv Trav
Chasing the release of his first solo album in 2009, Nuff Un Nunna, German electronic artist Tobias Becker, heads to Perth to play a show with Dominik Eulberg, a man famous for mixing bird sounds with techno music, as well as his great remixes for Hot Chip, DJ Hell, Tiefschwarz, Nathan Fake and the like. Friday, March 19, at Ambar. Support from Kid Deep and Aarin F. Tickets are $20 on the door.
Optimo
OPTIMAL OPPORTUNITY Scottish DJ duo Optimo brought their good time party set to one of the free after parties at Becks Box last summer, delighting dancefloor punters with their irrepressible mix of disco, techno, and even the odd hip hop and old fogey tune. The good news is that one half of Optimo, JD Twitch, is taking a break from the sub zero temperatures of his homeland and is venturing to the sunny West side to bunker down for a intimate three hour set at Bar Republic. Saturday, March 13. $10 for members or $15 for non members. Tickets on the door.
DELIGHTED BY DB10
FULL FREQUENCY IN THE CLUB Full Frequency is RTRFM’s premier club music programme – the action moves from the airwaves to the club for their annual night, on Friday, March 26, at Connections. In tribute to the section ‘Four O Clock Classic’, the Full Frequency DJs will be spinning gems from the past all evening. Ben Mac, Massiv Trav, Dart, Sardi, Ben Elliott, Declan, Rok Riley and Dan the Man, plus some special guests, are your deck troops for the night. Presale tickets are on sale now at http://www.rtrfm.com.au/ events: $10 entry for RTRFM subscribers and $15 for general admission. More on the door if available (increased price). Doors open 10pm. Head down to support these local radio lovelies!
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CHECK THIS While we’re talking all things RTRFM, if you haven’t headed along to one of local music station RTRFM’s boutique music nights yet, then Bass Check is the perfect opportunity to check out some of the stars of the RTRFM roster, as well as get your dance on at the same time. Sibalance, Ben Elliott, Rekab, Ylem, Missile, Vishnu, MC Prophecy and Proximity Effect deliver dubbed out dark dancehall to wobbly tech sounds, experimental riddims and beyond. Tickets are available online now at rtrfm.com.au for $10 for RTRFM subscribers and $15 for general admission. Entry will be more on the door on the night if available. Gold subscribers get free entry on the door. Saturday, February 27, Bar Open, Northbridge, from 10pm until late.
AudioPorn Records caused a massive stir in the global drum and bass scene when it launched in late 2007. AudioPorn Records’ mission to release the funkiest, sexiest and dirtiest drum and bass around has truly become a reality. Loaded Dice bring two of Audioporn’s most reknowned DJ pimps to town next month for DB10. Refusing to be defined by just one genre of music, Dirtyphonics have become a worldwide phenomenon with their highly acclaimed and original live performances. Their cutting edge releases are revered for seamlessly fusing electronic music with drum and bass, electro, dubstep, hip-hop and breaks. Vienna based Reinhard Rietsch, AKA Camo, and up and coming producer Markus Wagner, AKA Krooked, have written and produced some of the hottest and devastating dancefloor anthems the d’n’b scene has heard for a long time. Catch both acts on Friday, March 12, at Metro City. Tickets for DB10 are $40 plus booking fee from www. loadeddice.com.au, moshtix.com.au and Moshtix outlets and DJ Factory. Support from MC Lowqui. Doors open 9pm.
AHOY THERE Fresh from a sell out jungle/d’n’b BoomBox Boat Party, the cruise ship with the beats returns once more, with the house and deep house edition set to take place this Friday, February 19. Golden Sun Cruises departs from Barrack Street Jetty at 7:30pm and returns at 10:30pm, with Ben Jam, Neil Viney, Terry Waites and James A on the decks. Tickets $35 plus booking fee from www.moshtix.com.au. The boat is fully licenced. Then be ready at the jetty a couple of months later for the techno and tech house boat party, on Friday, May 21. Keep your eyes on Salt News for details to come.
Dirtyphonics
SOUL IS BACK Fans of local soul and r’n’b night Soul Night Out will be thrilled to hear that the night has found a new home: none other than Villa nightclub. Starting next weekend, your favourite soul DJs Nick Alexander, DJ Dannyboi and Brett Costello will be on the decks providing the soul, urban and r’n’b classics. With the larger venue and late license, Soul Night Out is the perfect way to celebrate the long weekend. Sunday, February 28. Doors open 8pm.
FUTURE’S LOOKING FRESH A fresh slew of local talent are set to DJ on the same stages as big wigs like The Prodigy, Franz Ferdinand and Booka Shade at this year’s Future Music Festival. The Stafford Brothers join Tim & Jean, The Transients, Micah, Kenny L, Masssiv Trav, The Death Disco DJs, Bentman & Sipn, Sketchism & Jackness, Zeke, Adam Kelly, Darren J, Declan, Jason Creek, Craig Hollywood, Hickey, Lara H, Turbine37 and Nathan Francis on Sunday, February 28, at Ascot Racecourse. There’ll also be Silent Disco, the Above & Beyond curated Anjunanbeats Stage, the Solid Gold Roller Disco and loads more. Tickets on sale now from Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100), www.inthemix.com.au, 78 Records, Blue 62 (Busselton), DJ Factory, Live Clothing (all stores), Mills Records, Planet Video and Rockeby Records. Doors open 12pm. Salt’s own Jason Creek DJs at Future Music Festival 42
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EPIC UNDERTAKINGS
SEEKAE
SEEKING SOMETHING DIFFERENT Sydney three-piece Seekae have been likened to Boards Of Canada, Hot Chip, Telefon Tel Aviv and Aphex Twin. Their music spans a broad sonic palette: it’s gorgeous and downbeat, but never dull. DANIELLE MARSLAND discusses the emergence of the ‘Warp sound’ in downtown Sydney, with George from the band.
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Pasha’s Kitchen,
The Big Man cooking up Meaty Beats.
FRIDAY
Time Tunnel
brings you champion tunes from
Rok Riley, Joe 19 And Guests 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 special with Nathan J, Dan tha Man and The Nisbit.
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DJs Nathan J & Nathan Nisbitt
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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
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The Beat Suite
with Micah, Sharif Galal and Guests. 9pm Free Entry
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Flying High
Indie Rock, Avant Pop, Classic Rock and Party Faves with with RTRs Chris Wheeldon, Jamie Mac, Gemma Pike & Ryan Sandilands. Free Entry 8pm
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“Back to Mono”
Rare groove, ska, rocksteady, dub, funk, soul, reggae, afro beat. 5pm Free Entry.
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Above & Beyond Although there are numerous production pairs across the EDM scene, Above & Beyond have always operated as three man team. Siljamaki highlights the advantages of this arrangement: “Whenever we do our DJ gigs there’s always two of us on the road. We find that two’s a really good number in the DJ booth and three is actually fantastic in the studio, but the way it works is that two of us are on the road touring and one of us is always in the studio making music and doing the radio show.” With their ongoing touring schedule, they simply rotate positions, as Siljamaki continues, “Working as a team really, really helps and it also means that if we all do something, all three of us have to really love it which sometimes makes things a bit slower but I really believe that it makes the end product better.” It is this unique three pronged attack which has been a key factor in their continuing success, with Above & Beyond’s radio show - Trance Around The World - recently celebrating its 300th episode. Siljamaki explains that the show’s success has even taken them by surprise. “We wanted a chance to let the world know about all this great music that we get sent every week and yeah, it’s totally grown way bigger than we could ever imagine. Now it’s listened to by over 21 million people - I think the internet has been a really big part of the growth of the radio show and we have a lot to thank it for; it’s really opened up a lot of new areas.” Siljamaki continues: “I think the internet really means now that a lot of remote places can get access to this music instantly so it’s really changed the game. Well, when we started with the radio show we were still playing vinyl and it was really hard for people to get into the music that they were hearing for the very first time and now when we go places, people know the lyrics of songs that we’ve only played for a couple of weeks! We never thought it could get like that, so it’s awesome really!” Whilst publicly expressing their reluctance to release a compilation album for another label, Above & Beyond surprised everyone by mixing Ministry of Sound’s Trance Energy 2009. Grant explains the change of heart, “MOS has been a company we’ve worked with for a long time and they were looking at bringing back Trance Nation and they wanted to do it as more of an underground kind of thing so we thought this would be really good! “It’s to a wider audience than we’d normally reach through Anjunabeats so it seemed to work. It’s not something that we’re going to do very often as we’ve got our own thing going on but it was a nice little diversion and it enabled us to choose a lot of tracks that would normally be quite a lot of work to licence it and they handle all the licensing so it’s a nice opportunity that has worked for both Ministry and us!” Grant continues underlining the Above & Beyond philosophy; “We try and be diverse, more than just people who maybe aren’t into music that they may think of as trance. We try and step outside the box a bit more and make it more eclectic, ultimately good music is good music and this concept of a trance DJ or a techno DJ is something that has been invented in the last few years. Why should it have to be a specific sound that a DJ plays? We aim for an eclectic sound that encompasses what a large group of people would enjoy without being one narrow genre!” And what do they have in store for us when they hit Perth next weekend? “Well, this is really cool,” remarks an excited Siljamaki, “for the Future Music tour we’re using a whole big stage and we’re bringing our favourite DJs with us, so it’s not just an Above & Beyond gig. We’re doing an Anjunabeats stand with our own productions and we’ve got Jaytech and Matt Zo with us so it’s going to be a fantastic clubbing experience and we will be importing our awesome club vibe into your sunny Australia!”
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Seekae
If your first thought, reading this heading, was ‘awesome, a Seekae interview!’ you’ve likely already heard Seekae’s excellent 18-track album, The Sound Of Trees Falling On People (either in its original 2008 release or in its 2009 re-release on Sydney independent label Rice Is Nice) and are in on the special Seekae inner circle of awesomeness. If your first thought, reading this heading, was ‘never heard of them?’, then consider this your lucky day: you’re about to be introduced to one of the most talented, interesting electronic music acts in Australia at the moment. Seekae are three guys from Sydney with pretty average sounding names George, John, and Alex - but the music they make is far from average. Initially performing under the name ‘Commander Keen’ (yeah, a reference to the old floppy disc game), before later dropping the moniker for Seekae (pronounced ‘CK’), all three boys got their beginnings in classical music before developing a interest in electronic sounds in high school: together, they have tastes that vary from indie, to hip hop, to straight out EDM. “It all comes together, which is kind of good,” muses George from the band, on Seekae’s sound, a warm mix of indie and electronica enacted in sprawling soundscapes and dynamic rhythms. Seekae are part of a new wave of small bands emerging from Sydney who are focusing on extracting a deeper interpretation of electronic music – something that sits somewhere altogether different from electronic music’s electro or techno incarnations, similar to the sounds championed by UK record label Warp, home to Autechre, Aphex Twin, Grizzly Bear and Pivot. George says that while everyone loves the Warp sound, there’s been hardly any musicians doing it live in Australia. Up until recently, says George: “Lately, we’ve seen a lot more musicians in Sydney not just fusing electronics with indie rock, but really embracing the technology and the more organic sounds that can be produced by instruments: sampling accordians, that kind of thing, just having a different outlook on generating music. Like Danimals [Sydney five piece] who have recently been recording in New York. We’ve started a producers collective in Sydney, we have meetings every week where we talk about different techniques, it’s good for helping each other out.” The response to this ‘different outlook’ has been positive: as well as receiving some great reviews for their debut (Rolling Stone described it as “an album
that’s as ambient and mesmerising as an iced-over forest”), Seekae were greeted with a sold out show at the Oxford Arts Factory for the launch of their remix EP (wherein they remixed the work of Sydney bands/ friends Ghoul, Megastick Fanfare, Parades and Bearhug). They’ve also recently been awarded a ‘Soundclash’ grant from the Australian Council for the Arts to help with recording and touring, and also took out ‘Best Live Act’ at the 2009 Sydney Music Arts Culture Awards. The band spent much of 2009 playing gigs without George, who was doing a stint in Chicago studying sound art. In that time, George missed out on playing a Seekae gig with Pivot, but will get the chance to at Becks Music Box tonight: “It’s going to be great! I haven’t played with them, John and Alex played with them before, when I was in Chicago. I’ve seen them lots and lots of times and I really like their live show.” As for Seekae’s live show (they play their instruments live, incorporating lo-fi sound sources and trigger synths in real time, rather than midi-syncing their gear): “It’s not all improvisation,” explains George, “but yeah there’s a bit. We’re playing more stuff off the forthcoming album. John’s actually not going to be with us, but we’ll have Ivan [Vizintin, from Sydney band Ghoul] on vocals [Vizinton, who studied sound media with George at uni, provides vocals on Seekae album track Wool]. It’ll be interesting, we’ll be performing in a completely different way.” We quiz George on some beautiful artistic visuals as a backdrop for a previous Seekae show: “That was a Chicago video artist - he made a show reel that we used for one of our performances, a half an hour reel that had poetry and images that correlated. That really worked with the music we were making.” No doubt Seekae will experiment with something similar for their show at Becks Box tonight. In fact, shares George, “the Perth gig will be our last one for a while. We’re putting a new album together pretty soon, so we want to keep the gigging a bit more low key now, and focus on writing for a while.” Let us re-instate once more: this is your lucky day. SEEKAE THE SOUND OF TREES FALLING ON PEOPLE [RICE IS NICE/KNITTING CLUB RECORDS] THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 @ BECKS MUSIC BOX, THE ESPLANADE, PERTH Hittin’ the town since 1985
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DOWNSYDE BACK IN OUR CITY
Fresh from taking their latest album All City across the nation, Perth hip hop’s favourite sons are back in the studio working on their next album. JOSHUA HAYES speaks with Scott Griffiths, AKA rapper and producer Optamus, in the lead up to their gig at Precision Audio. “Speaking for myself there was definitely an element of nervousness coming up to the release,” Griffiths admits, discussing Downsyde’s third full length All City. It had been four years since their previous release When The Dust Settles, and Griffiths was unsure what effect the break would have on the band’s following. As it turned out, it had no effect. “The album’s been our biggest seller to date and the tours have been huge. For us it was a huge weight off the shoulders to get the album out and actually get out on the road,” he continues. Fresh off the success of All City and spending a good part of 2009 touring, the six piece outfit – rappers Optamus, Dazastah and Shabazz, DJ Armee, bassist Cheeky and the most recent addition, drummer Hi-hat – returned to the studio at the beginning of this year to start work on their next album. It will be their fourth full-length release, following 2003’s Land Of The Giants, 2004’s When The Dust Settles, and All City in 2008. “We’re looking at how we can go to the next level with the album,” Griffiths explains. “We’re hoping to be able to put together an album that reflects the whole group more holistically and replicates our
live show a bit more. I think Downsyde’s always had a live show sound and an album sound and, not that it’s a huge difference, but I think there is energy we can take from the live show to put on a record.” A ny p u n te r s w h o h ave m i s s e d the energy of the group’s live show will be able to get their fix at Precision Audio this Friday, where they will perform alongside UK drum ‘n’ bass icon DJ Aphrodite, New Zealand musician Tiki Taane and local talent Shockone amongst others. While the new album is still in the early stages, the group has a number of solo projects in the pipeline. Dazastah and Armee are both working on instrumental albums, while Cheeky’s experimental electronic pop project Rooster Police is due to be released soon. Also getting close is Griffiths’ long awaited solo debut. “The album’s called Forever And A Day, which is quite apt,” he laughs. “I’m just shopping around to record companies at the moment. I’m looking forward to getting out on the road and touring that too.” So it’s good to know the boys are back to work - although, based on prior experiences, Griffiths isn’t keen to speculate on when the album will see light of day
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Downsyde “I’ve shot myself in the foot too many times with calling album releases,” he laughs. “I think I’ll hold off and say we’ll hopefully be finished writing by the end of this year. It’s all hands on deck, so hopefully that will put us in good stead to release a kick-arse album soon.”
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RZA / Mathas / Dan The Man The Villa Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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Despite his status as a hip hop legend, The RZA only managed to draw a medium-sized crowd to The Villa – perhaps because his patchy solo discography has never been able to match his work as the producer and mastermind behind the Wu-Tang Clan. Nonetheless, most of those who made it down to The Villa last Wednesday night were loyal fans. Dan The Man spun a selection of laidback records early on until local rapper Mathas kicked off a half-hour set, doing his best to entertain an impatient crowd. Songs from his debut 10lb Hairless Sasquatch such as Skyhawks and Captain Bashful were well received; however his detached performance and abstract rhymes – while engrossing in a more intimate setting failed to connect with some Wu-Tang fans. RZA soon arrived to a roar from the crowd, joined by Baretta 9 from Wu Tangaffiliated group Killarmy. The “Wu Tang” chants starting immediately the pair arrived to RZA’s remix of Nancy Sinatra’s Bang Bang. The Villa’s dance floor was full, but the venue was nowhere near capacity. Setting the mood for the evening, RZA began the onstage party early by popping a champagne bottle open before, fittingly, launching into his single We Pop. After a few more solo tracks, which hardcore fans enjoyed, RZA moved on to the guaranteed crowd pleaser of the set; the 1990’s revival.He had everyone singing along to choruses of classics such as C.R.E.A.M., Method Man and Clan In Da Front, and then cracked a second champagne bottle before performing Gravediggaz hits No Where To Run and 1800-Suicide. Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit received the rowdiest response of the night as RZA ran through his verse and chorus twice, while 4th Chamber from the GZA’s debut album Liquid Swords also got the crowd moving. RZA paid tribute to the late, great Ol’ Dirty Bastard with Tearz - although the mood wasn’t sombre for long as the DJ dropped Shimmy Shimmy Ya, causing the crowd to jump and shout Ol’ Dirty’s timeliness rhymes along with the RZA. A few late highlights included the recent single You Can’t Stop Me Now and a grimy funk cover of The Beatles’ Come Together; however, the set soon, quite simply, went to shit. RZA invited all the girls onstage (which didn’t take long; they only made up about 15% of the crowd) and the MCs were soon more concerned with dirty dancing than rapping. One half-arsed performance of La Rhumba later the ladies were cleared offstage and RZA began signing stuff from the crowd (of course it’s great that he was pleasing a few fans, but couldn’t this wait until after the show?). RZA briefly brought the energy back up performing Inspectah Deck’s Triumph verse and Ol’ Dirty’s Brooklyn Zoo, before quickly disappearing following a Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit reprise. Sadly, Baretta 9 decided to stick around and invite single ladies to come back to VIP. It was an ignominious end to what had been, until the last 20 minutes, an entertaining show. JOSHUA HAYES
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The Killers and Friendly Fires unfortunate and last minute cancellations put a bit of a grey cloud over festivities, but most of the Perth massive wasn’t going to let it put a damper on their Good Vibes! There was still a smorgasbord of entertainment to be enjoyed, across many eras and genres.. Kid Cudi graced the Roots Stage with his mighty presence and small stature, proving once again that you can’t judge a book by its cover. Regardless of his small stature, the ladies swooned as he kicked into Make Her Say and Pursuit Of Happiness.
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Salt N Pepa were the only universal ‘must see’ of the line up. Instead of flowing through a steady mix of their own notable tracks, Salt N Pepa chose to take us on a journey through their favourite tracks of the early ‘90s. Thankfully, they eventually dropped old school favourites Push It, Whatta Man and Shoop, which included a lesson on how to ‘diva walk’ (a stompy walk with your bum pushed out and one arm sashayed to the side with ‘tude). Steven Lind held down the fort at the main stage during crossover and managed to keep all the booties shaking, non stop, including the biggest tracks of summer with a ‘90s flair. Beth Ditto of the Gossip introduced the band as ‘the shite-st band in the world’ before kicking into a solid catalogue of Gossip tracks, although highlighting her love of days lost with short quips of Dolly Parton and Michal Jackson. During commercial favourite, Heavy Cross, Ditto took off her dress, exposing her very large pale and bumpy stomach. Even when pushing the boundaries of decency (we approve!), the band never skipped a beat and Ditto’s voice was exceptionally clear and strong. The Laundry was decked out like an Oriental palace, and veteran Dave Seaman was the emperor presiding over the late arvo crowd, with a wicked, driving set of euphoric house and techy breaks. At the Roots Stage, Naughty by Nature were an unexpected highlight with their laid back West Coast vibe. Sliding through
extended set was based of the track listing from Scars, but they did manage to squeeze in Good Luck and Where’s Your Head At?, much to the pleasure of long time fans. A dedicated and delighted crowd gathered over at the Roots stage, to witness Chase & Status put on a show-stealing performance. The production guns now have a band to tour, on the back of their huge crossover debut album, and it’s the most amazing live drum ‘n’ bass show this side of Pendulum. Tucked over in the Mr J tent, Z Trip was dominating the crowd with a barrage of tunes, Salt N Pepa all mashed up in his inimitable fashion. Jamboree and highlighting tracks of past legends Chuckie, had the honour of closing the duo closed off with Hip Hop Hooray, pleasing the festival in the Laundry with an energetic the sardine packed crowd with an unforgettable performance, finishing the day hard and heavy, sing along. proving that although a bit of a mixed bag of a Craze kept the Laundry pumping with line up, Good Vibes can still bring it, even without his intricate scratching and bass heavy remixes. guitar heavy headliners. There wasn’t a still body for his 90 minute set, solidifying his status as one of the best DJs in ALFRED GORMAN & YASMIN SHERIFF the world. One of the most anticipated acts on the bill was undoubtedly hip hop legend Busta Rhymes, on his first visit to Perth, and he was a big disappointment! While the crowd was practically begging for classic tunes, Busta seemed more interested in sculling Courvoisier, talking shit and playing songs in an infuriatingly stop/start fashion. Although there were a few moments of breakneck joy where he fired up his insanely fast rapping, they were few and far between, causing many to wander elsewhere for a good time. After a lacklustre performance last year, Basement Jaxx came back with a vengeance Basement Jaxx and a plethora of new material. Most of their
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A KALEIDOSCOPE OF SOUND TIESTO/ Darren J/Kenny L Metro City, Northbridge Friday, February 12, 2010 It’s hard to believe how long it has been since Tiesto was last here for a performance. Last year Perth fans unfortunately missed out on the hugely popular Elements of Life tour when he toured the other half of the country. With a significantly large time gap since his last performance in Perth, the local crowds were keener than ever to see the former world number one DJ, and experience his redefined commercial friendly sound. Playing to three sold out shows last week encapsulated the popularity of his return to Perth, but did the show live up to the unprecedented hype that preceded it? Following the standout performances by locals Darren J and Kenny L, Tiesto teased the crowd of two thousand plus roaring fans with a hugely impressive visual extravaganza before emerging on stage. The tension and screams from the crowd grew until he was firmly positioned behind the decks with his headphones placed over his head. The euphoric opening proved to be a favorite with the crowd, with a slow building track accompanying the visuals of particle matter being formed until Tiesto’s image appeared on the large screen setup. Needless to say, everyone in the venue was pumped for the proceeding four hours of his set. What soon followed was a diverse set that challenged conventional trance sets from DJ’s such as Armin Van Buuren and Above & Beyond to name but a few. With the recent release of his controversial album Kaleidoscope, Perth fans were treated to a mixture of electro house releases and tracks off the new album. His collaborations with the likes of Calvin Harris and Sneaky Sound System proved to be popular with the majority of the crowd. In saying that a large proportion of the crowd that were there to experience the ‘old’ Tiesto trance sound seemed to be caught out by the new commercial direction Tiesto has adopted. Having played tracks by popular hard electro acts including Lee Mortimer, and even playing tracks such as Tetris by Electrixx, the crowd seemed to be confused as to what he would play next. This confusion lasted until the last hour of his four hour set, with the crowd cheering to Tiesto announcing over the microphone he would begin playing some of his classic productions in the last hour. The return to the trance genre in the last hour saw Metro City erupt with energy, with everybody in the venue singing along to the melodies and vocals of every track played. Standout tracks included his remix of Silence by Delirium, his remake of Adagio for Strings, and his collaboration with American producer BT; Love Comes Again. So did Tiesto live up to the expectations of the Perth crowd? It’s hard to say. With such a diverse crowd at all three shows it is near impossible to come up with a definitive answer. With his new sound targeting a much younger and commercial audience, it will be interesting to see the type of crowd he attracts when he returns to Perth in the near future. JASON CREEK
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Ù THURSDAY 18/02 SHAPE LTJ BUKEM/ MC CONRAD After killing it on New Year’s Eve at Origin, Knowledge Events are stoked to be bringing back LTJ Bukem and MC Conrad for a one off, intimate club show. Head to the upstairs level at Shape tonight to catch them. Presale tickets on sale now from www.shapebar. com.au for $15 or available on the door, $15 before 9pm or $20 after. Broken Hill – Fixed – DJ Diewrekt Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Wrighteous Clink – DJ Jinx Double Lucky – Afro Beats Eve - DJ Tony Allen Euro Bar – Roger Smart/The Tourist Flying Scotsman (Velvet Lounge) – Friction Flying Scotsman (Main Room) Pasha’s Kitchen – The Big Man Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Ben Taaffe/ Dave Miller Foundry- DJ Travis B Kalamunda Hotel – Tip Top Sound DJ Al Leopold Hotel- DJ James/ DJ Jack Liquid Nightclub – DJ Buda Llama Bar – Run Rabbit Run Black Swan/ Audageous/ Jorg Thor Mustang Bar – DJ Giles Newport Hotel – Culture Clash – DJ Shannon Fox Niche - Johnni P/ Rob Blandford Onyx - Avicii Paddy Hannans - Dr Bogus Players Bar – Neon Lights - DJ Samuel Spencer Shape (Upstairs) – LTJ Bukem/ MC Conrad Swinging Pig – DJ Simon The Boat – Dr Bogus The Clink – DJ Jinx The Cott – Crème - DJ L3ON The Deen - Tropical Funk Merchants - DJ Flex/ DJ Don Migi/ DJ Nano/ DJ Surge The East End - DJ Midfield The Queens – Weekend Warm-up
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Ù FRIDAY 19/02 VILLA DEEKLINE/CTRL Z DJ, producer, mega hot remixer and founder of Rat Records, Hardcore Beats, Cut & Run, Hot Cakes, Booty Breaks, and Sludge – Deekline - has come a long way since his smash hit Don’t Smoke The Reefer back in 1998. Deekline’s collaboration with partner Wizard, has led to the duo being recognised more prominently as one of breakbeat’s uber-production partnerships. Deekline hits Villa tonight in the company of Ctrl Z, a Nu Skool Breakz production duo hailing from London, who are known for their unique brand of breakbeat infused electropunk. Tickets for this double banger are on sale now for $25 plus booking fee from Planet Video, Mills, 78s and Moshtix Outlets (1300 GET TIX) and online from the Boomtick SHOP, moshtix. com.au and inthemix.com.au. Doors open 10pm. SHAPE 16 BIT Consisting of Kidnappa and DRT, the relatively new 16Bit collaboration, out of West London, have been firing up the dubstep world with their seriously intense live shows and tight productions. Also known as Broken Note, their sound ranges from slower tempo dubstep, grinding disturbingly brutal drum ‘n’ bass into heaving tear out dubstep. They have been busy showcasing their talent over the past three years touring Europe, Japan, Scandinavia and the US, and are set to make their first visit to Australia, off the back of their debut EP In The Death Car. Don’t miss 16Bit tear it up at the new Shape bar tonight, with support from Rekab, Dr Space and Jam Back. Tickets $20 presale from
Planet, Mills and Double Drop, or online at shapebar.com.au., $25 on the door. RISE JON THE BAPTIST/CHUCK-E Two of the U.K.’s most exciting DJs - Welsh super producer Sully and South West Wales’ local future hero Matt Thomas – have joined to form an unstoppable partnership of extreme talent – Shock: Force. With a completely mind blowing approach to their sets and productions, it’s no wonder that they have been signed to the UKs biggest hard trance and hardstyle brand - Bionic Artists. Catch Shock:Force tonight at Rise, with Jon the Baptist and DJ Chuck-E, who are recognised as the U.K.’s number 1 European hard trance producers and DJs. Door sales only from 9.30pm. Rise members $5 before 11pm, $10 thereafter. Non-members $10 before 11pm, $20 thereafter. Amplifier – DJ Shannon Fox/ DJ Jamie Ambar – Bootleg – The Bootleg Brothers/ Renboy/ FiveO/ Who’s The Monster Bar Open – Whoops A Daisy - Ollie Hanson/ Acebasik/ Vinae/ Chiari Bar Open – Control – Scott D Bar 138 – Lokal - Werd/ Mufo/ Grantley Hyde/ Nathan Francis/ Cool Hand Luke Black Bettys- Trubble Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol – Capitol Fridays Retro Mash - DJ Matty J Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Boogie Como Hotel – DJ Gazz Double Lucky – Full Circle – DJ Adam Kelly/ DJ Cee Eve – DJ Migi/Skooby/Crazy Craig Euro Bar – DJ Roger Smart Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) – Time Tunnel - DJ Rok Riley/ Joe 19
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RISE JOSE AMNESIA/JENNIFER RENE With his tracks Last Sunset In Ibiza and The Eternal both
first appearing as Essential new tunes on Judge Jules’ BBC Radio Show, before going on to become trance classics, Jose Amnesia is a top player on the international trance scene, most recently releasing work on Armada, including a collaboration with vocalist Jennifer Rene that has borne tunes like Louder, Wouldn’t Change A Thing and Invincible. Catch both artists DJing at Rise tonight. Door sales only 9.30pm – 5am. Rise members $5 before 11pm $10 thereafter. Nonmembers $10 before 11pm $20 thereafter. SHAPE HENRY SAIZ Experimental electronic artist Henry Saiz’ unique formula of maximized emo-techno sees him hold a coveted spot on the Renaissance label. Today he is a key player in the galactic tech-house kingdom, among big names such as Hernan Cattaneo, Sasha and James Zabiela. Saiz DJs at Habitat at Shape (upstairs) tonight. Support from Flex, Cody, Darren J and El Dario. Tickets $15 before 11pm; $20 after, or $15 for Shape members. Ambar – Japan4 – Oli/ Philly/ Prizzy/ Micah/ Mono Lisa Amplifier – Pure Pop – DJ Eddie Electric Bar Open (Upstairs) – Soul Project - The Littlemen/ Bryan Jones/ Illya/ Sonny Fodera/ Terry Waites/ Neil Viney/ James A Basement On Broadway – DJ Ricky Black Bettys- DJ Trubble/ DJ Jinx Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol (Downstairs) –Death Disco – Death Disco DJs Capitol (Upstairs) – 80s Classics – DJ Ryan Captain Stirling - DJ Dano Clink- DJ Cheese Club Bay View – Shake & Pop - DJ Zelimir Connections – Michy T / JJ / Brian Devilles Pad - Little Franco Berry Dusk – Reloaded – Fusion/ Skinny/ Rowdy/ Skeem/ Prima/ L-Wood B2b J Felix/ Invictus B2B Affiliate/ Mash/ Chop East End – DJ BigA Eurobar – Roger Smart/ DJ Raci Eve –Kenny L/Richie G/Riki Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Flying High – Chris Wheeldon/ Jamie McDonald/ Gemma Pike/ Ryan Sandilands Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) – Transmission - Andrei Maz
High Wycombe – DJ Matt Impact Bar – DJ Abstar Inglewood – DJ Leigh Leederville- DJ Loco Ren Library - DJ AZT/ DJ Fiveo/ DJ Jimmy Phatz/ DJ Zeke/ DJ L Street Liquid Nightclub - DJ Matty / Ricky Llama Bar – VJ Zoo/ DJ Rueben/ DJ Tony Lopez Mint – Pop Life - Darren Briais Mojo’s – Boogieman Crack/ Paul Gamblin Vs Big Ear Chad/ Pauley Fatlace Mustang – DJ Rockabilly/ DJ James MacArthur Niche – DJ Manda Power/ Cee/ Adam/ Kelly/Josh D Norma Jeans – DJ Dwayne Old Bailey Tavern – Dr Bogus Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequeria Paramount – DJ Meezy / Jordan / Reuben Queens Tav – DJ Gear Rocket Room – DJ Brett Rowe Rise – Jose Amnesia/ Jennifer Rene/ GeRmAn/ Travis Eddy/ Steven Tranzor/ Jackson & Perry Rubix – DJ Pascal Sapphire Bar – Filthy Gorgeous Sail & Anchor – Ad Lustre Shape (Upstairs) – Henry Saiz/ Flex/ Cody/ Daren J/ El Dario South St Ale House – DJ Jay Tiger Lil’s –Ben Sebastian/ 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 Saint – DJ Matty The Shed – Glenn 20 Toucan Club – Samuel Spencer/ Mr President Windsor – DJ Ray / Jinx The Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin
Ù SUNDAY 21/02 GEISHA GUI BORATTO São Paolo techno master Gui Boratto is one of the Kompakt label’s leading lights. Infusing a much needed dose of colour amidst the monochrome minimal landscape, his 2007 debut album Chromophobia drew unanimous critical praise and sparked an avalanche of distinct productions and remixes, with the epic single Beautiful Life paving the way for a greater scene shift toward richer melodic climes. Gui has himself featured on innumerable compilations, from club mixes released by Fabric, Ministry of Sound and Cocoon to essential
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label mixes from Pokerflat, Mobilee and DFA and just last year dropped the impressive follow up to Chromophobia – Take My Breath Away. Boratto plays for Democracy at Geisha tonight, with support from Ping Pong live (Aarin F and James Francis) and Massiv Trav. Tickets on sale for $30 plus booking fee from Monday, January 25 through www.moshtix.com.au.
Aarom Wilson/ Micah/ Charlie Bucket The Cott (Upstairs) – Miami Beats The Saint - DJ Anaru The Shed – DJ Andyy The Wembley – Deckeclectic Pow!/ Dead Easy/ Nago/ Kapitol P
ROSEMOUNT SUNDAE JAMBOREE FOR JOCELYN Cut & Paste, The Community and Sundaes at The Rosemount are throwing down a mini day festival to raise money for good friend of the Perth music community, Jocelyn Bartlem. Last year Jocelyn suffered life changing spinal injuries that have changed her life forever, as now faces some financial challenges with on going treatment and rehabilitation. Head along to catch DJs Charlie Bucket, Micah, Aarom Wilson, Arms in Motion and King John Ill in the courtyard, with Injured Ninja, Naik, Diger Rokwell, Mathas and Stoop Fresh playing inside. Jamboree for Jocelyn is a free event with donation tins passed around during the event, as well as auctions from local artists in Perth. 4pm-10pm.
Eastern Hotel – Adam Morris Flying Scotsman (Velvet Lounge) – Ghetto Video Funk Club - DJ Nickodemus Paddy Hannans – Dr Bogus The Deen – DJ Birdie The Paddo - DJ John Paul
Captain Stirling – DJ Jay Clancys - Rancho Relaxo / DJ Gear Clink – DJ Tony Allen Euro Bar – DJ Flex Eve – DJ Birdie/MC Jex Flying Scotsman (Upstairs) – Back To Mono – Andy/ Nick Sheppard Flying Scotsman (downstairs) - Nathan J/ Dan Tha Man/ The Nisbit Geisha – Fork Hip E Club - DJ E-Funk Inglewood – DJ Shifty Kulcha – Sunday Reggae Sessions – Mellifluous/ DJ Azwon Mash – DJ Ricky Mojos - Seth Sentry/ Dome Sunset/ Simmo T Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Kenny Mustang - DJ Rockin Rhys Paddo - DJ PDS Paramount – DJ Morgan/ DJ Jordan Players Bar - DJ-Udas Queens Tav- DJ Rhys Worth Rosemount Hotel – Sundae Session – Naik/ Diger Rokwell/ Injured Ninja/ Mathas/ Stoop Fresh/ Deph One/ King John Ill/
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Ù WEDNESDAY 24/02 Basement On Broadway – DJ KB Broken Hill Hotel – Oasis - DJ Armee (Downsyde)/ Refresh/ Shaker/Cut-Nice/Jeremy C Captain Stirling – DJ Ricky Connections - DJ’s Joby / JJ / Rueben Double Lucky - Dirty Elegance Art Attack/ DJ Selekt Dusk – Blackbelt/ Aswon Eurobar – Wild Wednesdays - DJ iPod/Ben Pettit Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Agent 85 Flying Scotsman (Downstairs) – Uni-Que – DJ Nathan J/ Nathan Nisbitt Flying Scotsman (Defector) – Twist - Agent 85 Gold – Slick/ Adroc Mint - Open House Party – DJ Matt/ DJ Adrian Mustang – DJ Giles Newport Hotel – DJ Tony Allen Niche - DJ Frankie Button Paddo - Ben Merito Rosemount – DJ Shannon Fox The Clink – Spin FX The Deen- DJ Zelimer / DJ Viper & DJ Benny T– Zone 1 The Eastern – DJ Jinx The Queens – Wriggle on
Ù THIS WEEK Pivot/Seekae/Meupe DJs Thursday, February 18 @ Becks Music Box LTJ Bukem / MC Conrad Thursday, February 18 @ Shape Bar
Art Vs Science La Roux Thursday, March 11 @ Paddington Sunday, March 21 @ Belvoir Ale House Amphitheatre
Tomas Ford Saturday, February 27 @ Astor Theatre
Massive Attack Bass Check – Sibalance/ Ben Friday, March 12 @ Kings Park & Elliott/ Rekab + more Saturday, February 27 @ Bar Open Botanic Gardens
Fat Freddy’s Drop/Gilles Peterson Precision Audio – DJ Aphrodite/ Saturday, February 27 @ Fremantle Arts Centre; Sunday, Tiki Taane/Downsyde/Jade/AFebruary 28 @ Broadwater Farm, Sides + more Friday, February 19 @ Metro City Busselton (FFD only at Busselton) Deekline/Ctrl Z Friday, February 19 @ Villa Bart B More Friday, February 19 @ Metro Freo 16 Bit Friday, February 19 @ Shape Shock:Force/ JTB/ Chuck-E Friday, February 19 @ Rise Jose Amnesia & Jennifer Rene Saturday, February 20 @ Rise
Gilles Peterson/Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Sunday, February 28 @ Becks Music Box Future Music Festival - The Prodigy/ Franz Ferdinand/ Empire Of The Sun/ David Guetta/ Booka Shade/ Erick Morilla/ Sven Vath/ John Digweed and more. Sunday, February 28, Ascot Racecourse Lisa Lashes Sunday, February 28 @ Rise
Gui Boratto Sunday, February 21 @ Geisha
James Blackshaw Thursday March 4 @ Rosemount Hotel
Lupe Fiasco Tuesday, February 23 @ Metro City
Scott Brown Friday, March 5 @ Rise
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The Gaslamp Killer Friday, March 5 @ Devilles Pad
Marco Resmann Friday, February 26 @ Geisha
Housemeister Friday, March 12 @ Villa
Kissy Sellout/HiJack/ Solo Thursday, April 1 @ Villa
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Audio Porn Night – Dirtyphonics/ Camo/ Krooked/ MC Lowqui Friday, March 12 @ Metro City Raekwon (Wu Tang Clan) Saturday, March 13 @ Villa
Seth Troxler/Oliver Huntemann Saturday, April 3 @ Villa Helena Saturday, April 3 @ The Warehouse, Broome Talib Kewli/ Jean Grae Thursday, April 15 @ Villa
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Optimo - JD Twitch/ JG Wilkes Saturday, March 13 @ The Republic NEW
Henry Saiz Saturday, February 20 @ Shape
Hixxy/ MC Storm Friday, February 26 @ Rise
Showtek Friday March 12 @ Rise
Horrorshow Thursday, March 25 @ Rocket Room; Friday, March 26 @ Wintersun Hotel, Geraldton; Sunday, March 27 @ Mojo’s
Kompakt/ Dominik Eulberg/ Tobias Becker Friday, March 19 @ Ambar NEW
BoomBox Boat Party - Ben Jam/ Neil Viney/ Terry Waites/ James A Friday, March 19 @ Barrack Street Jetty
Creamfields feat. Steve Angello/MSTRKRFT/Lifelike/ Riva Starr/Ferry Corsten/ LMFAO/ Dave Clarke/Marco V/Dirty South/Kid Sister/Oh Snap! + more Sunday, May 2 @ TBA Groovin’ The Moo feat. Empire Of The Sun, Miami Horror, Bag Raiders, The Slew, Muph & Plutonic, Funkoars, Illy, Ajax, Yacht Club DJs, Killaqueenz + more Saturday, May 15 @ Pat Usher Foreshore Reserve Bunbury
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Limelite - Yacht Club DJs Friday, March 19 @ Metropolis Phatchance/ Coptic Soldier Fremantle Friday March 5 @ Royal Palms Resort; Saturday March 6 @ Cobra Starship Norfolk Basement; Sunday March Sunday, March 21 @ Metro City 7 @ The Paddington Ale House
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BoomBox Boat Party - C J Mills/ Rewind/ Mario Tavelli/ Flex Friday, May 19 @ Barrack Street Jetty
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F E AT U R E
CAP IT OFF BOUND FOR BUNBURY
Perth rockers Ultra Detectives will make their way to the South West for a special set at the The Prince Of Wales tonight, Thursday, February 18. Combining grunge punk with indie sounds, Ultra Detectives know how to get a dance floor pumping, which is exactly what they’ll do in Bunbury this evening. Joining the lads will be local ladies Lantana, plus singer-songwriter Jonny Taylor. Free entry. Doors open 8.30pm.
Capitol Friday, February 12, 2010 The ’80s are back every Friday night at Capitol, thanks to the gods of cheese, Oats Supply. Punters were treated to ridiculous costumes and classic ’80s tracks last Friday, which kept the dance floor packed ’til the wee hours of Saturday morning. Photographs by Matt Jelonek
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HERE’S JONNY!
South West singer-songwriter Jonny Taylor is a classically trained guitarist who is devoted to his craft. Ahead of the release of his latest EP, Skin & Bones, Taylor will get behind the mic at the Prince Of Wales hotel to share new tracks with fans tonight, Thursday, February 18. Doors open at 8.30pm. For more information on Taylor, head to myspace.com/ jonnytaylormusic.
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FORREST FESTIVAL
Next Friday, February 26, the Nannup Music Festival will come alive with music and performance from home and afar. Located in one of our South West’s Jarrah forests, the Festival will see performances from John Butler, Harry James Angus, Liz Stringer, Jordie Lane, Eleanor McEvoy, Tinpan Orange, Ego Lemos, The Yabu Band and Mama Kin; making for one hell of an awesome weekend! The event runs ’til Monday, March 1, and tickets are on sale now from nannupmusicfestival.org.
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JET SETTERS
Hot on the heels of the release of their latest album Do Ya, The Screaming Jets will head to WA this March for a series of colourful shows. A classic Aussie rock album, Do Ya will have toes tapping and boots scooting, which will make for a great live show when the Jets take to the stage of Settlers Tavern on Thursday, March 18. Doors open 8pm, tickets are on sale from the venue and Heatseeker.com.
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Adam Hall & The Velvet Playboys with Swing DJ Cheeky Monkeys with DJ James MacArthur SATURDAY
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$10 Stella Jugs plus Quizmeisters trivia DJ Dpad in the front bar
Oiishi, Mi5, CaveÅre Cinema and Ol Bouginvillea. Free entry. Thu 25th Feb – Coerce (acoustic) $10 entry 7th March – Flowlab feat.Phatchance (Sydney MC). Free entry
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Nineteen year old DJ superstar Avicii got behind the decks at Onyx last weekend, dishing up party remixes that demonstrated his groundbreaking skills. Known to his parental units as Tim Berg, Avicii created a great vibe during his set, proving why he’s been touted as ‘one to watch’.
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HORSE PLAY The Ghost Hotel / Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo / The Morning Night / Stereoflower Walking Horse Records First Birthday The Railway Hotel Sunday, February 14, 2010
to develop their live show. Next up Emily Barker & The Red Clay band took to the stage with a backing which included cello, fiddle, accordion and flute for a particularly ethereal performance. Barker brought her band over from the UK (where she is now based) as part of a homecoming WA tour which includes an appearance at the Nannup Folk Festival and at the ECU Mt Lawley Bowls Club on Sunday, February 21. Barker’s English backing band certainly lent a traditional, old-world and Celtic colour to her sound, with her fiddle player’s incredibly nimble riffs a particular highlight. Disappear, a track inspired by Tim Winton’s book Dirt Music, showcased Barker’s gift for dramatic, literary writing reminiscent of an old sea shanty or convict ballad. But it was Nostalgia, a track used in the UK as the theme for BBC One show Wallander which stole the show. Slow, haunting and menacing balladry of the highest order – this scribe’s goose bumps are yet to reside. Brilliant. The Ghost Hotel, a local super group of sorts featuring past and present members of Red Jezebel, Capital City, Team Jedi, Grand Central and The White Trash, finished off the night in country rock fashion. Fronted by Aaron Gibson for the first couple of songs, the band looked a little restrained and reserved. Energy levels rose dramatically however when Red Jezebel frontman Paul Wood took to the mic for a rousing number. Juliet was a set highlight with its smooth soul chord changes, and bandled ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’. Dead Letter Heart also impressed with its driving country swagger which was perfect for the laid back, charming and unpretentious surrounds of the classic Railway Hotel. A happy birthday for an ambitious record label that deserves to stay on track.
Amidst apocalyptic cries of the downfall of the major recording industry, it was a refreshing and uplifting sight to see local independent record label like Walking Horse chugging along with its first birthday celebrations at The Railway Hotel. Walking Horse’s party and band showcase was a perfect example as to why there is still a worthwhile role for passionate, boutique, specialty labels in the digitised and fast changing musical landscape. As their first birthday demonstrated, what local labels like Walking Horse do well, is to draw together local bands with a similar aesthetic at a grass-roots level, that would otherwise be floating around and slogging it on their own. With this old–fashioned ‘power in numbers’ approach, each band was able to showcase their wares to the like-minded audience of their label mates, undoubtedly resulting in a few more fans that they otherwise may not have been exposed to. Following the broody alt-folk of Stereoflower, The Morning Night performed a short but sharp set of reverb-y classic Australian alt-pop. Fans of the Triffids may have recognised The Morning Night’s frontman Adrian Hoffman from last year’s Triffids shows at the Perth International Arts Festival. Hoffman was invited to join the icons on stage during their special Secret In The Shape Of A Song David McComb tribute shows. Breezy, melodic and very ‘Perth’, The Morning Night’s set was a perfect soundtrack to the sausage sizzle going on in the corner, and the faint waft of the sea blowing in over The Railway Hotel’s port-facing walls. While the subtleties of their melodic style didn’t come across as well live as on record (this may have been a sound thing), this is certainly a local band to keep watching as they continue _DAVID CRADDOCK
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UM MARR The Cribs / The Words / The Spitfires The Rosemount Hotel Saturday, February 13, 2010 It was almost as if you could split the audience in half, as they poured into the Rosemount Hotel. Aged Johnny Marr-admirers in Smiths T-shirts craned their necks for a glimpse of the man responsible for the jangly guitar lines that once complimented Morrissey’s poetic crooning and defined the sound of the ’80s, while a decidedly younger portion seemed equally enthused to see The Cribs’ Jarman brothers. The Wakefield, Yorkshire siblings have already been named one of the UK’s most exciting live bands and Johnny Marr, the group’s latest addition, seemed to act as a big brother figure rather than the new star of the show. Earlier, Bunbury’s The Words warmed up the crowd with some riff-heavy straightforward rock, complete with harmonica solos. The full range of the band’s influences seemed to show as the set went on, with a pleasantly varied mix of bluesy-rock and pop. Later, The Spitfires, an Australian act with Liverpudlian frontman Sean Regan, performed some white-hot indie rock; the highlight being the jerky Camden Town Is Burning Down. With their original drummer called away, stand in Nathan Sproule fitted the group’s punk ethic perfectly and Regan’s cheeky Scouse wit made for a charismatic show as he quipped: “I’d rather be watching The Cribs too but I’ve got a job to do!” As The Cribs made a rather quick and discreet entry onto the stage, Ryan Jarman sang a variation on Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World (“so I think to myself, what a wonderful Perth”) before launching into the pounding We Were
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Aborted, the opening track from new album Ignore The Ignorant. There was no messing around as the band tore through mostly new material, with Ryan’s scrappy guitar parts harmonising Marr’s unique style. The Jarmans’ chemistry with the exSmiths guitarist was evident from the beginning, as he wielded his white Fender Jazzmaster by the side of the stage, not once over shadowing his younger bandmates. Of course, there’s hardly a shortage of bands in the Cribs’ punk/indie/rock vein and, although their sound isn’t entirely their own, the Jarman brothers do have four albums of hookladen pop songs at their disposal. Fan favourite Hey Scenesters!, from their second album, proved as excellent live as it is on record, with a bouncy energy that started a wave of crowd surfers – much to the annoyance of the first few rows. Latest single Cheat On Me, with its throat-shredding chorus confirmed the boys’ ability to pen anthemic numbers. Later, judging from the crowd singing along to every word, Our Bovine Republic and Man’s Needs seemed very much a part of the great British institution of solid three-minute pop songs. Ryan warned the crowd not to hang around after the epic City Of Bugs since there was no encore, or at very least, no gap between songs. That, aside from instructions to the sound-mixers, was pretty much all the communication we got between tracks, along with an all-too-evident ‘too cool to interact with the audience’ attitude. However, whether they have Johnny Marr on rhythm guitar or not, The Cribs’ solid songwriting and stage presence ensured their position as a genuinely exciting rock’n’roll act.
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The Dirty Three Becks Music Box Thursday, February 11, 2010
February is the time when avid gig goers feverishly make their way to the Becks Music Box as often as possible during its short stay on our foreshore, as part of the Perth International Arts Festival. Last year saw the venue embrace the Look Back In Anger concert series, the brainchild of UK promoters All Tomorrow’s Parties which enlists bands to perform their seminal albums in their entirety. This year’s instalment was Melbournites Dirty Three, performing their 1998 masterpiece Ocean Songs. Before a note was played, band spokesperson Warren Ellis was sharing entertaining banter with _ROBERT PENNEY the crowd and responding to rare heckles with ease. He would continue with engaging, obtuse and long winded introductions for the songs all night. After introducing Sirena as a song about a girl with a tail like a fish, he turned his back to the crowd and took long strokes of his bow. Ellis’ violin wailed as he stood on one leg, convulsed and delivered an impressive amount of sideways high kicks. The smell of fried fish fittingly wafted across the venue as Dirty Three eased into the slower burns of The Restless Waves and Distant Shore, which was described as a song about “love that never gets there”. Ellis has never been the most cleancut of performers, but in recent times he has taken his dishevelled look to a new level. With his receding hairline coupled with flowing locks, unkempt beard and deep set eyes, he now resembles a cross between Rasputin and Rumplestiltskin. Luckily he also shares those figures fabled charisma and had the crowd hanging off his every move for the duration of the show. The cornerstone of Ocean Songs is the Photo: Lisa Businovski ten minute opus of Authentic Celestial Music. The
song was introduced as being about “getting to know yourself better than the good Lord intended”. If the banter was skittish, the playing was anything but. Drummer Jim White has few peers and for the duration was as faultless as fine-tuned a machine. White may possess the precision of a surgeon but that does not limit the amount of flair he imparts to the songs. It is obvious that the band enjoys playing Authentic Celestial Music and the crowd erupted in kind. The ferocity of the applause was such it caused Ellis to bow and acknowledge the appreciation. The comedy continued as Ellis described Backwards Voyager as akin to sticking your head in a bag of glue and trying to sing Leo Sayer’s Just A Boy backwards. He then went on to confide that this was the outfit’s final attempt at trying to write a single – one that failed to chart. As if Ellis’ frenetic playing had not been enough, he started to become more experimental with his instrument during the second half of the set. Singing through the pickup of the violin was novel during Last Horse On The Sand, but it was the plucking, tapping, excessive sweeping strokes and lying down during the epic Deep Waters that showed the man’s ingenuity. In the live setting Dirty Three are even more dynamic than their albums. As the band prepared to move into the finale of End Of The Earth, Ellis confided that this evening was indeed the last time that they would be doing Ocean Songs in its entirety. With the material from Ocean Songs out of the way, Dirty Three returned for a brief encore and impressed one fellow so much he threw his underpants on stage. Ellis suggested he would tell his mother, before launching into Everything’s Fucked. Not even technical difficulties towards the finale could dampen the spectacle. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT Hittin’ the town since 1985
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ROCKET RENOVATIONS The New Pad
The Rocket Room is opening its doors with a bang on Thursday, February 25, to reveal some exciting new renovations. The Kill Devil Hills, Abbe May And The Rockin’ Pneumonia and The Scotch Of Saint James will all help to put a bit of rock ‘n’ roll scuff on the Rocket Room’s shiny new walls when they play as part of the venue’s strictly limited VIP re-launch party (more details on p.19). Talking to X-Press from Tasmania where The Kill Devil Hills are currently touring, frontman Brendan Humphries says the band are happy to cross the Fremantle / Perth dividing line to play a show north of the river and check out the new room. “We always try…We’re just lazy mate!,” he laughs.“We’ll travel all over the rest of the country mate but we can’t get to the North of Perth.” Still touring in support of their latest album Man. You Should Explode, Humphries says the east-coast response to the band has been great. “We’re extending into new cities each time. “We get an odd mix of young rock crew and older couples coming along who are maybe into the earlier stuff but are really enjoying it. We definitely draw an eclectic mix.”
The Kill Devil Hills
ARTS MARTIAL Next Big Step
Winners of the 2009 Next Big Thing competition Arts Martial will launch their debut EP Silhouette at Amplifier on Saturday, February 20, with The Scotch Of St James, Emperors and Ruby Boots.DAVID CRADDOCK spoke to frontman Jarrod Ross about the bands next big step.
The DomNicks
HEY ROCK ‘N’ ROLLER
There aren’t many places in the world where you can go check out former members of The Clash and The Stems jamming in the same room. Perth fans of driving garage rock are blessed however to have The DomNicks now gigging around town. Including amongst their ranks Nick Shepherd (The Clash) and Dom Mariani (The Stems), The DomNicks will play tunes from their debut CD Hey Rock ‘N’ Roller at Deville’s Pad on Friday, February 19. Joining the band on this double-header bill will be The Little White Lies (featuring The Neptunes’ frontman Janie Parry).
PADDO POW!
Champion Music and The Paddo are joining forces for a new original band night named POW! which will run weekly on a Wednesday. Local bands interested in playing the new night are asked to email their Myspace address and mobile number to frank@championmusic. com.au.
SECRET SERVICE
Local lads Mi5 will be joined by, Oiishi, Ol Bouganvillea and Cavefire Cinema at the Paddington Ale House on Wednesday, February 24. They’re cheekily asking for fans to bring their autograph books to get in early on the band’s pending fame. Entry free.
Emily Barker
ROCK ‘N’ BOWL
The fun new Coopers Sunday Green sessions held at ECU Bowls Club in Mt Lawley are continuing to grow from strength to strength. Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo will be donning their whites this Sunday, February 21, to provide budding bowlers with an appropriately laid back and folk-y fix. Stereoflower will also be appearing on the day. Runs from 4-9pm. Entry $15 including a free Coopers and plenty o’ bowls. 56
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Crunchy blues maestros The Joe Kings have replaced the Love Junkies (who are out of action due to an appropriately rock ‘n’ roll skateboarding accident) on the line-up for the Bon Scott tribute show at The Railway Hotel on Friday, February 19. Hells Bells and Jason There’s nothing quite like winning WA’s Next Euphoria will also be playing. Entry $15, doors Big Thing competition to boost a fledgling band’s profile. With their energetic live show 8pm. and accessible pop-rock sounds, Arts Martial would undoubtedly have reached the public’s MONKEY MAGIC ears anyway, but their 2009 win has meant that An impressive feat for any band, perennial the interest in their debut release is stronger Perth party act Cheeky Monkeys celebrate their than usual. tenth anniversary this Saturday, February 20, at Recorded at Sumo Sound by local the Paddington Ale House. The band has held producer Laurie McCallum, Silhouette has the down an eight-year residency at the Mustang youthful exuberance and anthemic drive of Bar and a nine-year residency at the Paddo so a classic ‘90s pop punk record, but with the get along and show your appreciation for these added sophistication and slightly off-beat committed party starters. Free entry. vibe of current indie bands like Bloc Party or Interpol. “He put a good spin on it and kept BACK TO SCHOOL Rapidly emerging local act Emperors will things tight and upbeat,” frontman and guitarist Jarrod Ross says of recording with loudly herald in a new university year when they play Curtin University’s O-Day festivities McCallum. “But it was more about the personal with Melbourne’s O Mercy on Wednesday, connection We knew he was into it and February24. Emperors will also join Next Big passionate about what we wanted to do… He Thing winners Arts Martial at Amplifier on really clicked with us. He was easy to get along with and he’s a funny bastard so we had a really Saturday, February 20 (see main story). good time.” Given that they hadn’t been around BACK TO THE PINES long before their big win, the trajectory of Early bird tickets are now on sale for RTR FM Arts Martial has been particularly fast for an 92.1’s much-loved local music showcase In The independent local act. Lat month, as part of Pines, set to take place on Sunday, May 2. A key their Next Big Thing prize pack, the band found event on the calendar of any self-respecting themselves rubbing shoulders with The Mars local music fan, In The Pines is held yearly in Volta, Muse and The Temper Trap on the bill the serene surrounds of UWA’s Somerville of the Perth Big Day Out - a nerve wracking Auditorium. Keep your eyes peeled for the proposition a band of any experience. impending first line-up announcement. Early “That was a really exciting bird tickets $10 for subscribers and $15 for experience,” Ross says, describing the day as a general admission until March 19 when the price will increase.
MEMPHIS BOUND
David Hyams with his Miles To Go Trio are flying to Memphis to be the sole WA representatives at the International Folk Alliance Convention which runs from February 17-21. The event is a major showcase for the North American folk and roots industry, with Miles To Go performing as part of the Sounds Australia showcase room. Hyams hopes the convention will be a good launch pad for his band onto the American market. We wish him luck!
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band highlight. “Not just the gig but the whole day. We left early just so we could try and sneak into the after party. We ended up getting in as Paul Mac’s entourage…he was hanging in the foyer as well so we were all drinking mojitos together.” When not sipping cocktails with celebrities, the band have of course been hard at work writing the material that makes up Silhouette. Having long been mates before the formation of the Arts Martial, Ross says that close friendships within the band made working on the EP a largely smooth process. “It helps a lot even when you’re writing, having that personal connection,” he explains. “You don’t have to be scared about hurting someone’s feelings or holding back on certain things. Sometimes it can end up in arguments but generally they’re more brotherly arguments rather than a ‘you’re a cockhead’ type thing.” Given they grew up listening to similar music, it’s no surprise the band didn’t have too many problems with developing and deciding on their own sound. “We all got caught up in the whole punk rock phase in the early days,” Ross explains. “Bodyjar, 28 Days and all that kind of stuff. Then we ventured into the new prog rock or Nu Metal or whatever it was and Karnivool, At The Drive In and Incubus. I think we’ve got a real wide variety of taste – even hip hop. We love the indie stuff like Interpol and Bloc Party so there’s definitely a mish-mash in there. It’s grown and matured as the band has.”
IF PAIN PERSISTS CALL A ROCKER
Painkillers fans will be happy to know that the band is currently in the final stages of mixing their new album. Local music lovers needing a fix of The Painkiller’s minimalist garage can catch them at The Railway Hotel on Saturday, February 20, with Cal Peck & The Tramps, Kevin Smith & The Seven Storey Jumpers, and Hayley Beth. Entry $10, doors 8pm. The Painkillers Hittin’ the town since 1985
KING GEORGE
Local folk pop act King George continue their charm assault on the people of Fremantle with a gig at the X-Wray Café on Sunday, February 21. Music from 4-6pm.
KWINANA BLUES
Local youth bands Stalking Dave, Loaded Denim, Tom Richardson, and Mia Joy & Blue Cargo, will play at the Act-Belong-Commit K Town concert at Koorliny Arts Centre in Kwinana on Friday, February 19. The show takes place in an amphitheatre so bring your picnic gear and blankets. No glass. Doors open 5:30pm
BREAKING IN AT THE CASTLE
Unhinged, a new night established to fill the local rock-venue void created by the closure of the Hydey, is set to launch at The Castle this Friday, February 19. Airport City Shuffle are headlining the show before their big move to the eastern states. Like Junk, Cat Black, Frozen Ocean and Black Blocs will also play on the night intended to offer emerging local bands an all-important launch pad.
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FLY BY NIGHT This Friday, February 19, South West Souls’ resident DJs play a mix of original vinyl from Motown, Northern Soul and Modern Soul. On Saturday, February 20, Katie Noonan and her new band The Captains launch their epic first single‘Page One’. On Sunday, February 31, Scotland’s pre-eminent singersongwriter and national musical treasure, Dougie MacLean, brings his exquisite guitar style, expressive voice and honest performance to the Fly. ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Thursday, February 18, the Rosemount continues its weekly Karaoke night in the main room and Beatfiiix drum n bass in the beer garden. Doors 8pm, entry is free. Friday, February 19 ,catch a metal extravaganza featuring Pale As Ashes,Vespers Descent, Fractious, Dogs Of War and 2nd Great Dying. Doors 8pm,entry $10.Saturday,February 20,Melbourne hip hopper Seth Sentry hits the Rosemount with special guests The Anonymous, Hunter and Mathas. Doors 8pm, tickets $15 + BF from Mills, Planet, Star Perth and www.heatseeker. com.au or $20 on the door. Sunday, February 21, Sundae sessions continue in the beer garden plus the Jamboree For Jocelyn benefit in the main room. Playing the benefit are Naik, Diger Rokwell, Injured Ninja, Mathas, Stoop Fresh, Deph One, King John Ill x, Aarrom Wilson, Micah and Charlie Bucket.Entry is by gold coin donation.Tuesday,February 23,is the Rosemount’s weekly quiz night - see www.quizmeisters. com.au for more info.Wednesday, February 24, catch Sounds Like Bears, Milknurse, Bulls and Bears and Writhe. Doors 8pm, entry $7. In the beer garden catch DJ Shannon Fox for the Rosemount’s student night.
Local indie band The Atlas Mountains play with The Growl and Clinton Oliver at The Norfolk Basement on Saturday, February 20. The band’s ambitious debut album Sanskrit Owl was launched earlier last year and is available at Mills, 78s, Planet and Rockeby Records. The band also play at Mojos on Thursday, February 18. Doors for the Norfolk Show open at 8pm. Tickets on the door.
AMPLIFIER Friday, February 19, Perth metal legends Dyscord launch their new album Tirades at Amplifier. With a sound that is all their own, Dyscord fuse elements of Death Metal, Thrash, Grind and even Melodic metal into one brutal metal melting pot. Their album launch will showcase their spectacular live show, with support from Daysend (NSW) and locals Gallows For Grace and Ides Of March. Doors open 8pm. Saturday, February 20, up-and-comers Arts Martial launch their debut EP Silhouette at Amplifier with support from The Scotch Of Saint James and Emperors. Doors open 8pm.
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THE CIVIC HOTEL BACKROOM This Friday, February 19,Victorian metal band Sun Tzu play at The Civic Backroom with supports Born Into Suffering,Against the Tide,We Can Breathe In Space, and Lost For Words. Doors open 8pm and entry is $13. Saturday, February 20, The Civic hosts The Proletariate CD Launch with Mandalay Victory, Suffer, The Decline, Death Grenade, The Creepers, and Blazin’ Entrails. Doors open 7:30pm. entry $10/$15.
MADE FOR WALKIN’
Local songstress Ruby Boots will make her Amplifier Bar debut when she joins Arts Martial on Saturday, February 20, as part of the band’s EP Launch. Boots has been gaining momentum of late with supports slots with Abbe May and Tim Rogers now on the resume. In March the songwriter will be heading into the studio with some very special guests to work on a recording.
JB O’REILLY’S Thursday,February 18,see one of the premier Australian blues, folk, rock outfits - Murder Mouse Blues Band play from 8pm. On Friday, February 19, JB’s hosts Irish cover band The Healys from 8.30pm. Saturday, February 20, dust of your dancing shoes for Tea for Two from 8.30pm. Sunday’s Original Night is sure to get your toes tapping with Ivan Zar, Matt Cal and The Simon Kelly Band, from 6.30pm.
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and Hayley Beth. Doors 8pm, entry $10. Sunday, February 21, the Railway hosts iChoRa, Auto Suggestion, Coronal Sky and Sideburn Joe. Doors open 6-10pm and entry is $6. SWAN BASEMENT Friday, February 19, the Basement sees Sean Brown and the Red Lights, Omens Around, Writhe and The Selfish hitting the stage. Doors open 8pm, entry is $8. Saturday, February 20, catch the itwave 80s party featuring Oats Supply plus DJs play all your favourite 80s cheese. Doors open 8pm, entry is $20. Sunday, February 21, the Gignition new band showcase nights continues, this week featuring Mudguts, 10 Past 6, Blackjack and The Scene and Herd. Doors open 5-9pm, entry is $5. SWAN LOUNGE Thursday, February 18, catch Louis and The Honkytonk continue their February Lounge residency with special guests Sounds Like Bears and Chris Callan. Doors 8pm, $5 entry. Friday, February 19, Desertship, Hybrid Aura and more hit the Lounge. Doors 8pm, entry $6. Saturday, February 20, catch Grave Forsaken,Alkaline Earth,Damien Thornber & The Orphans and Ticket4Two. Doors 8pm, entry is free! Sunday, February 21, catch a great Sunday session with Benjamin Compass,Kim McDonald,JamesTeague and In Motion.Doors 6pm, entry $5.Wednesday, February 24, it’s some fresh talent in form of ScareCity,Priority One,The Fruity McFruitJuices and Gilesy Acoustic. Doors 8pm, $5 entry. ROCKET ROOM Friday night, Eunuch Schools take I, Said the Sparrow under their wing as they launch their live show alongside Chasing The Ninth and Over Unity. Late Night Live brings back the dead with the Jukebox Zombies and Sean Brown andThe Red Lights.Tomas Ford MCs and DJ GrandmasterVicious returns to Perth to play his first set here for 9 years.Saturday,February 20, Daysend swing by from Sydney,with Chaos Divine and Claim the Throne for a night of Australian metal. Rocket Fuel is back after 12 with Kickstart and DJ Brett Rowe taking turns til 4am. Thursday, February 25, is the very special invite only (see p.19 for how to get a ticket) Rocket Room Renovator Re Launch Party to celebrate Rocket Room’s brand new makeover! With Kill Devil Hills, Abbe May and the Rockin’Pneumonia and The Scotch of St James, you won’t want to miss it! MOJO’S Thursday, February 18, the Atlas Mountains headline with support from Wolves at the door and Cameron Avery. Entry $8 from 8pm. Friday, February 19, at Mojos is the Prenup gig with acts due to play Nunnup the weekend after.Get it? Good! Catch Dilip and the Davs, the Hussy Hicks, Mike Develta and a Beggars Second! Entry $10 from 8pm. Saturday, February 20, features DJ’s playing relaxo-party tunes all night to the wee hours. Boogieman Crack, Paul Gamblin Vs Big Ear Chad and Pauley Fatlace will all appear. Doors at 8pm, tickets selling fast!. Sunday, February 21, Aussie Hip Hop superstar Seth Sentry (Vic) plays. Entry is $15+bf via heatseeker.com.au or $20 on the door at 6pm doors.Monday, February 22, is the Wide Open Mic Night. Call Justin Walshe 0408 755 233 for bookings. Kicks off at 8PM with four acts each hour till 12. Entry free.Tuesday, February 23, the Shallows play Mojos Bar. On this fine evening special mystery band Tickety Boo and the Brown Brown Cactus + the Silents. Entry is $6 from 8pm. Wednesday,February 24,the Fremantle Blues and Roots Club hosts The Hussy Hicks, Rosie Burgess and Neddy (USA). Entry is $15/$10 for members from 8pm.
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Melbourne-based singer songwriter Coby Grant is set to return to Perth, her old home town, as part of her Fanfare For Love national EP launch tour.DAVID CRADDOCK spoke to Grant about her new release and upcoming shows at Settlers Tavern on Thursday, February 25; The Saint Hotel (Perth EP Launch) on Friday,February 26;and the Nannup Music Festival on February 27 and 28. Coby Grant is the kind of hard working artist you see stumbling around Perth airport with a trolley full of instruments and a crate of CDs. Fiercely independent, she released her last EP and conducted a national promotional tour, all without the usual assistance afforded to major label artists. Grant’s efforts paid off last year, however, when she was signed to one of Australia’s largest booking agencies, Premier Artists, just in time to promote her second EP Fanfare For Love. “It was 24 dates and I’d organised it all myself,” Coby laughs of her first self-organised national tour.“So here I was - the artist, trying to get on stage and perform as well as doing gear hire, car hire, flights for musicians, logistics, invoices, posters and promotion. It was mental. So having Premier on board has been awesome - I’ve already done some amazing festivals and awesome supports and I’ve got some great ones coming up. It just takes a big chunk of that responsibility off my shoulders.” With the logistics of her touring now taken care of, the once Perth-based artist can presumably now spend more time penning the kind of candid, deeply personal songs that make up Fanfare For Love. Diverse in style, the release ranges from sweet Lily Allen-esque pop on I Know That I’ll Know to folk-y, hyper-personal ballads such as When I Was Young. “I’ve come to the conclusion that that’s my style because I can’t write any other way,” Grant says of her close-to-the-bone songwriting. “The songs that I write are about me. All of them are about me and just experiences that I’ve had and loves that I’ve had. It’s so intimate – if people listen to my songs they’re listening to a piece of me. I’m really revealing myself but I can’t write any other way. I admire artists that can [write characters into songs] but it’s not my style.” Grant recorded her latest release in Boston at Studio Bopnique Musique with Anthony J Resta and Karyadi Sutedja. Resta, an American
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producer who has worked with Duran Duran, Elton John and Shawn Mullins, was also involved on two tracks from Grant’s debut EP Coby Grant Is In Full Colour. “Some producers have what I’d call a cookie cutter style where they do the same thing for everyone coming into their studio and everyone comes out sounding the same but with Anthony everyone I listened to was different,”Grant explains of Resta, whose work with less well-known artists was also appealing to the songwriter. “I worked with him on the first EP as well. I just decided it was time to do a professional recording. I’d just done demos prior to that but to get anywhere or have any chance of being played on the radio I had to get my stuff together and do that.” With her ‘stuff’ now very much together, Grant says she’s looking forward to seeing some new faces, as well as the familiar ones, at her big homecoming show. “It’s nice now after all my hard work to see unfamiliar faces singing along.”
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MASS MUSIC FESTIVAL (Gyroscope, Cog, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Tame Impala, Philadelphia Grand Jury and more) March 20
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ROY MACKONKEY February 27
THE MESS HALL / BRIDEZILLA & CABINS March 25-26
BACARDI EXPRESS OFF THE RAILS March 11
HORRORSHOW March 25-27
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WOMUBU (Xavier Rudd, Izintaba, Calexico, Depedro, The Sunshine Brothers, Abbe May, Mellifluous, Mamadou Diabates) February 27
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DINOSAUR JR March 12
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MAMA KIN March 12
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HARRY CONNICK JNR March 27
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Haley Beth, Saturday at The Railway MOUNT HENRY TAVERN Full Circle MUSTANG Adam Hall & The Velvet Playboys Cheeky Monkeys NEWPORT Felix NORFOLK BASEMENT Simone & Girlfunkle The Veescars OLD BAILEY TAVERN Rockstar PADDO Gun Shy Romeos PADDY HANNAN’S Blue Gene PADDY MAGUIRES 43 Cambridge PARAMOUNT Flyte PLAYERS BAR (Mandurah) Milhouse PRINCIPAL MICRO BREWREY Steve & Ben PRIORY LODGE TAVERN (Dongora) Blaze PUBLICAN BAR Alfredo RAILWAY HOTEL Hells Bells Jason Euphoria The Joe Kings RAVENSWOOD HOTEL Dave Crosby ROCKET ROOM Eunuch Schools I Said The Sparrow Chasing The Ninth Over Unity The Jukebox Zombies Sean Brown & The Red Lights ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Pale As Ashes Vespers Descent Fractious Dogs Of War 2nd Great Dying ROSIE O’GRADYS (Fremantle) HI-NRG SAIL & ANCHOR Easy Tigers SEVENTH AVE BAR Midnight Rambler SOUTH BEACH HOTEL Open Mic With Jasmin SOUTH ST ALEHOUSE Robbie King Karaoke SHERLOCKS TAVERN The Rough Housers SWAN BASEMENT Sean Brown & The Red Lights Omens Around Writhe The Selfish SWAN LOUNGE Desertship Hybrid Aura SWINGING PIG Bar Code TIDES TAVERN (Busselton) Detour THE BOAT Living Large THE BURRENDAH Keith McDonald THE CHASE Better Days THE DEEN Slim Jim & The Phatts Clayton Bolger THE GATE Mike Nayar THE SAINT James Wilson
The Atlas Mountains, Tonight (Thurs) at Mojo’s
THE VIC (Subiaco) Nat Ripepi Julius Lutero TRAFALGARS PUB (Bunbury) Double Trouble UNIVERSAL Funksta UWA Matt Milford VIC PARK HOTEL Ivan Ribic WATERFORD TARVEN Bogan Bingo WHITFORDS TAVERN Alan West WOODVALE TAVERN Dr Bogus
Matt Gresham Moana Dreaming GREENWOOD HOTEL Riddum Shak HIGH ROAD HOTEL Courtney Murphy & Murphy’s Lore HOTEL ROTTNEST Stratosfunk INDI BAR Andrew Winton & Band INDIAN OCEAN BREWING COMPANY Nathan Gaunt JB O’REILLY’S Tea For Two KULCHA Seamie O’Dowd Craig Sinclair SATURDAY 20.02 MASH BREWERY Kris Arnott AMPLIFIER METROPOLIS (Freo) Arts Martial CD Dr Bogus Launch MASH (Bunbury) The Scotch Of Saint Alex Lewinski James MOON & SIXPENCE Emperors Milhouse Ruby Boots MOUNT HENRY THE BALMORAL TAVERN Janece + Rene Aaaron Woolley BAR 120 MUSTANG Flyte BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ The Continentals The Damien Cripps Chris Murphy Band BENNYS NEWPORT Housequake Gravity BLACK BETTY’S NORFOLK Red Star BASEMENT BREAKER’S BAR The Atlas Mountains Blaze The Growl CASTLE Clinton Oliver Mhorgl OLD BAILEY TAVERN Bereavement Gun Shy Romeos Desolate PADDY HANNANS Wrath of Fenrir Decoy CLANCY’S (Freo) PARAMOUNT Grace Barbe Felix CIVIC HOTEL PERTH (Backroom) INTERNATIONAL The Proletariate CD BEER FEST Launch Labjacd Mandalay Victory Seth Sentry Suffer One Island East The Decline Howie Morgan Project Death Grenade Sambalicious The Creepers PLAYER’S BAR Blazin’ Entrails (Mandurah) CRANKED COFFEE 3 Corner Jack Julius Lutero PRINCIPAL MICRO COMO HOTEL BREWRY Switchback Texas Rangers COTTESLOE BEACH PRIORY LODGE HOTEL (Dongora) Kristy Keogh Toy Box The Essence PUBLIC BAR DEVILLES PAD The Pang The Jerry Lee Lewis Friend Of Mine Show The Young Have Jon Madd Secrets Les Sataniques RAILWAY HOTEL ELEPHANT & The Painkillers WHEELBARROW Cal Peck & The Tramps Timeout Kevin Smith & The ELIZABETHAN PUB Seven Storey Jumpers Dave Crosby Hayley Beth ELLINGTON JAZZ RAVENSWOOD CLUB HOTEL Tina Harrod Swamp Donkey Rachel Claudio ROCKET ROOM EXCHANGE HOTEL Daysend Colossal Chaos Divine FENIANS Claim The Throne Shanks Pony Kickstart FITZGERALDS ROCKINGHAM (Bunbury) HOTEL Playthings MartyrDays FLY BY NIGHT AnivA Katie Noonan & The Montage Of Jesus Captians Mudguts FOUNDRY Howie Morgan Project 10 Past 6 Grant & Steve FREMANTLE ARTS ROSEMOUNT HOTEL CENTRE Seth Sentry Ben Elton The Anonymous Kav Hunter Steve Parkin Mathas Blue Shaddy
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The Simon Kelly Band, Sunday at JB O’Reilly’s ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Fremantle) Flavor ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Northbridge) Blue Gene SAIL & ANCHOR Vdelli SHERLOCKS TAVERN Richard Roberts STAMFORD ARMS Blue Hornet SUBIACO HOTEL Off The Record SWAN BASMENT Oats Supply SWAN LOUNGE Grave Forsaken Alkaline Earth Damien Thornber & The Orphans Ticket 4Two SWINGING PIG Zenburger THE BOAT Midnight Rambler THE DEEN Nujackcity THE GATE Retrofit THE SAINT Threeplay THE SHED Huge THE WANNEROO Tod Woodward Christian Thompson TIDES TAVERN (Busselton) Detour UNIVERSAL Soul Corporation WHITFORDS TAVERN Jimmy James WOODVALE TAVERN Slim Jim & The Phatts
SUNDAY 21.02 AILSWORTH COURT RESERVE Cherry BALLYS BAR Steve + Ben BALMORAL Cranky BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ Alex Lewinski BROKEN HILL Karin Page CIVIC HOTEL Better Days CLANCY’S Zydecats COMO HOTEL Nat Ripepi COMMERCIAL TAVERN Karaoke In The Garden COTTESLOE BEACH HOTEL Tourist ECU BOWLS CLUB Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo Stereoflower ELIZABETHAN PUB Jimmy James ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Helen Matthews Ray Walker Seamie O’Dowd Amina Hughes FLY BY NIGHT Dougie Maclean FORSHORE FESTIVAL Jane Germain & The Yahoos FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE David Ross MacDonald GOSNELLS HOTEL Kris Arnott GREENWOOD HOTEL Benjamin Glynn
HIGH ROAD HOTEL James Wilson INDIAN OCEAN BREWING COMPANY Retrofit The Bluebottles INDI BAR The Hussy Hicks JB O’RIELLYS Ivan Zar Matt Cal The Simon Kelly Band KALAMUNDA HOTEL Adrian Wilson KULCHA Sunday Reggae Sessions LAKERS TAVERN Jamie Powers MARKET CITY TAVERN Mike Anderson MASH BREWERY Trent Williams MEADOW SPRINGS (Mandurah) Daren Reid & The Soul City Groove MOJO’S Seth Sentry Dome Sunset MUSTANG Peter Busher & The Lone Rangers NEWPORT The Decline The FAIM Project Chilling Winston PADDO Travis Caudle PADDY HANNANS Flyte PERTH INTERNATIONAL BEER FEST Sugar Army Nathan Gaunt & The Sunset Riders Vdelli Rusty Pinto Sabroson PRINCIPAL MICRO BREWREY Chris Murphy PUBLICAN BAR Open Mic RAILWAY HOTEL iChoRa Auto Suggestion Coronal Sky Sideburn Joe RAVENSWOOD HOTEL Gee Whiz ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Mathas Injured Ninja Stoop Fresh SEVENTH AVE Good Karma SOVERIGN ARMS Ivan Ribic SPICE LOUNGE Kris Arnott STAMFORD ARMS Bill Chidgzey SWAN BASEMENT Mudguts 10 Past 6 Blackjack The Scene & Herd SWAN LOUNGE Benjamin Compass Kim McDonald James Teague In Motion SWINGING PIG 2 Tenors THE BOAT Clayton Bolger THE CHARLES Julius Lutero THE CHASE Janece + Rene THE EASTERN MIDLAND The Select Few
Emperors, Saturday at Amplifier THE GATE The Other Guys THE MOON Echoes Of Django THE SAINT Howie Morgan Project THE SHED The Healys Renegade THE WANNEROO Chris Gibbs THE WEMBLEY Pow! Dead Easy Nago TIDES TAVERN (Busselton) Free Radicals VIC PARK HOTEL Damien Cripps WOODVALE TAVERN Ryan Carbray UNIVERSAL Retrofit Howie Morgan X-WRAY CAFÉ King George Davey Craddock
MONDAY 22.02 BAR ORIENT James Wilson ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Chamber Jam IMPACT BAR Groove Karaoke MOJO’S Open Mic MUSTANG The High Rolling Rhythm Kings THE DEEN Plastic Max And The Token Gesture
Pale As Ashes, Friday at The Rosemount
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INDI BAR Tom Richardson JB O’REILLY’S Open Irish Session LLAMA BAR One Island East LUCKY SHAG Howie Morgan MOJO’S The Hussy Hicks Rosie Burgess Neddy MOUNT HELENA TAVERN Open Mic Night MUSTANG Circus PADDO Mi5 Oiishi Ol Bougainvillea Cavefire Cinema PADDY HANNANS Murphy’s Lore With Courtney Murphy PUBLICAN BAR Open Mic Night Tunesmiths ROSEMOUNT Sounds Like Bears Milknurse Bulls & Bears Writhe SETTLERS TAVERN Open Mic Night SWAN LOUNGE ScareCity Priority One The Fruity McFruitJuices Gilesy Acoustic THE MOON CAFÉ Dilip Mitch Becker Emlyn Johnson UNIVERSAL Strutt
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