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Gerry Rafferty
The man who put the sex back into sax, Gerry Rafferty has sadly left the building. Born in Paisley, the Scottish songwriter kicked off his musical career as a busker on London’s Underground before pairing with fellow Scot, and now omnipresent comedian, Billy Connolly to form folk upstar ts The Humblebums. In 1972 Rafferty went on to form Stealers Wheel; a band that would crumble in 1975, but not before offering Rafferty’s first mega hit Stuck In The Middle (a song which would enter pop-culture immor tality in Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 cult flick Reservoir Dogs). But Stuck In The Middle proved only a mere taste of the über success that would befall Rafferty on the release of his 1978 solo album City To City; boasting a little number called Baker Street. While the origins of the infamous saxophone riff are still in contention, with Baker Street Rafferty completely reshaped popular music and paved the way for a sparkling new decade of sax-a-licious soft rock chart-toppers, which would (not always as graciously) eventually define the 1980s… and tragically give credence to a viral pandemic known as Kenny G. Some may say Rafferty has a lot to answer for, but we’re sure he’s resting easy in the tower of song. A string of albums through the ’80s and ’90s would maintain Rafferty a cultural force, albeit diminishing, but Baker Street would prove his defining legacy, reportedly netting him a cool £80,000 annually. In 2008 the Scotland On Sunday newspaper reported Rafferty had been unwillingly checked into St Thomas’ Hospital suffering a chronic liver condition – a symptom of his rambunctious reverence of the bottle – but would go on to release one defiant last album, Life Goes On in 2009. But by November 2010 that bold statement would prove a forlorn hope indeed, as Rafferty was again admitted to hospital suffering liver failure. He would hang on to see in 2011 but would take his final bow on January 4. He was 63 years of age. Thank you for the music Gerry.
Fans of Tim Rogers and You Am I have a load of summer lovin’ coming their way later this month. You Am I will head up the Australia Day celebrations on Wednesday, January 26, at the Hotel Rottnest, from 3-6pm (licensed event). Same-day ferry return packages are available from rottnestexpress.com.au and concert-only tickets from heatseeker.com.au, Mills Records, Planet and the venue. For more details head to hotelrottnest.com.au. On Friday, January 28, Tim Rogers will perform a special solo show at the Norfolk Basement. Limited tickets are available from Bocs, 78’s Mills and Planet. Then on Saturday, January 29, You Am I will headline Summer Love Music at Palandri Winery. The event also features The Novocaines, The Joe Kings, The Simon Kelly Band, Frankly and more to be announced. Tickets are $45 (plus booking fee), with part-proceeds going to SurfAid International, from Palandri Winery, Main St Surf, Margaret River and heatseeker.com.au.
FIRE IN THE SKY
The good folks at the City Of Perth have a bit of a party every year with a couple of hundred thousand of their closest friends and you’re on the guest list. That’s right, the annual tradition that is Skyworks takes place on Australia Day, Wednesday, January 26, on the Swan River foreshore and two free concerts are planned. Headlining the Too Solid Concert in the Supreme Court Gardens is one of Australia’s most successful indigenous performers, Christina Anu, and she’ll be joined by the Last Kinection, MC Optamus, John Bennett, celebrity chef Mark Olive presenting traditional Aboriginal cook ing demonstrations and more. Langley Park will host the Youth Zone with Philadelphia Grand Jury, Village Kid and Harlequin League. For information on this free event head to perth.wa.gov.au/ skyworks.
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An Australian tour by The Waifs was once a regular treat for the band’s many fans, but with all members now living in the US and tending to family commitments, it is now a rarer pleasure. Good news, then, that with their new album, Temptation, due in early March, The Waifs will return to Australia for a full tour. Of course they’re hitting home turf, too. Catch them on Saturday, March 5, at the Old Broadwater Farm in Busselton; Sunday, March 6, at Castelli Estate in Denmark; Tuesday, March 8, at the Performing Arts Centre in Mandurah; Wednesday, March 9, at Fremantle Arts Centre and Thursday, March 10, at the Astor Theatre. Supports include Tinpan Orange, Big Old Bears and Ruby Boots across these shows, it promises to be a thing of memories indeed. For more details head to thewaifs.com
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Dear X-Press, If I want to risk incurring a speeding ticket when I’m driving at 120mph on a country road without a school in sight, its not up to you ‘thought police’ Curtis (Reactions #1246) to stop me. I don’t think I’m anymore important than the other people on the road but it shits me to tears when people insist on plodding along in the right hand lane when people are trying to get past. Now before you make your assumptions reader 1) I’m not a bogan or a hoon, 2) I don’t drive a hoon’s car, 3) I’m not an aggressive driver and 4) I’ve never had an accident. I just want to get to my destination a little quicker than you Curtis. Here’s the thing; idiots like you are congesting our highways. As for road rules, the common sense rule says: stay in the left lane unless you want to overtake. Accidents are caused by idiots that can’t drive properly, not people that are in a hurry. Now drive safe people. Scott Gander Via Email Ed’s note: By the way Scott, 120mph is nearly 190kph! I think that definitely makes you a hoon… Think of the children!
about our breaks residents and getting so excited about our favourite breaks internationals that we don’t stop dancing for hours, smiles that Dear X-Press, bounce across the amphitheatre, hands in the air and screams for your favourite tune. What is going on with Breakfest ? Was it not Bring back the breaks please Perth... supposed to be the 10th anniversary of all we love you and miss you.. things breaks?! A celebration of the broken beats we love spanning over 10 years. Julie I am not against electro or dubstep, Via Email but it’s not Electrofest; doesn’t the name speak for itself - Break-fest. It was the only festival of it’s kind: “one sound, one stage” that’s how it all started, and that is what we have grown to love. There are plenty of festivals that give us a variety of music genres, true breaks fans go to Breakfest because we are passionate about our breaks. We don’t want to hear all electro and we certainly don’t want to hear dubstep. Perth’s breaks scene is dying because the DJs think they have to move with the times and all the young kids are being exposed to is an electro mix. We understand music has to evolve, but why can’t you keep it in the breaks realm? All you have to do is throw on an old skool breaks tune and watch the crowd go crazy! So many Perth crew that have been <c> Saw VII 3D fans of Breakfest since the beginning are so disappointed, they are talking about never going to Breakfest again, never going to see Plumps again. Do you know how sad this makes me....?! It’s not about short skirts and four SAY? EMAIL inch heels, it’s about truly loving the music and GOT SOMETHING TO .com.au ag having a dirty stomp. It’s about being passionate ssm pre @x editor
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NO MURE
New York’s most notorious live metal band Emmure has had to cancel their appearance at Amplifier on Sunday, January 16, due to the dreaded “circumstances beyond the band’s control”. But fear not, as they’re currently planning to head down under in May or June to tour their new album with dates and venues to be confirmed. Refunds from point of purchase.
KEEP FISHIN’
Coming live and direct from Jamaica this week is Nature. The young and very talent roots and culture singer is heading to Mojo’s Bar this Friday, January 7, to head-up the 56th edition of Fisherman Style. Along with your regular hosts, Earthlink Sound, Sensi Sound, Sabata and DJ Sorted will all also be performing on the night.
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RAY OF SUNSHINE
The folks at the Perth Jazz Society will pay tribute to iconic music legend Ray Charles later this month, celebrating his life and the huge catalogue of music he created. Taking place at the Charles Hotel on Monday, January 17, A Tribute To The Genius will see a group of accomplished musos, including Bill Blissett, Peter Slatter, Alan McCowat, Jim Cook, Garry Howard and Mike Nelson, take to the stage to guide audiences on a journey through Charles’ back catalogue. Doors open at 8pm.
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ALL THAT JAZZ
Instead of kicking back on the couch in front of the idiot box this Sunday afternoon, head out into the sunshine and enjoy the sounds of Jen de Ness and Bill Atkinson as they take to the stage of the Subiaco Theatre Gardens for the sunset@subi season. Loved for their electric nu-jazz and groovy sounds, de Ness and Atkinson will perform a free concert from 5pm ’til 7pm; so pack a picnic, grab your mates and head on down to Subi for an afternoon of al fresco music.
Chromeo, playing Summadayze
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This weekend a slew of talented local musos will join the likes of David Guetta, Armin Van Buuren, Chromeo and N*E*R*D on the jam packed Summadayze line-up. Set to invade The Esplanade in Perth on Saturday, January 8, Summadayze will serve up icy cold sets from Perth’s own Micah, Kenny L, Darren J vs. Craig Hollywood, Bombs Away, Naik, Massiv Trav vs. Len Bones, Mind Electric, Adam Kelly and DJ Cee featuring Bongo Loco, Junior, Jason Creek, Philly Blunt, Black & Blunt, Lokey Fu, Turbine 37 vs. DXU, Lara Hyams, Jay Vicente, Travis Lebrun, Sk Mode and Mario Tavelli. As always the local acts will be on early, so be sure to head on down from 12pm onwards to catch their sets.
SOME MORE SAMOA
Described by Blue King Brown’s Natalie Pa’apa’a as “a woman who harnesses a truthful and soulfully unique talent”, Elena B. Williams is about to bring the Samoan island vibe to Fremantle with a sound bearing the strength of her culture. A powerful guitarist and mandolin player with a voice that is truly her own, Williams performs at Kulcha this Saturday, January 8. Tickets at the door are $15, or pre-sale $12 and $10 (members) from kulcha.com.au.
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The Peel Country Music Special is sure to get strings twanging this Sunday January 9, at the Peel Estate Winery (290 Fletcher Rd Karnup, 45 minutes South of Perth). Providing the country tuneage will be Allan Spowart & Wildfire, Ian Simpson & Jane Germain, The Jayco Brothers and Renegade from 11am until 5pm. Tickets are $20 at the gate, children under 12 are admitted free. The winery has a beautiful shady picnic area so it’s an event for the whole family. For more details check in at peelwine.com.au.
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Get ready to tinkle the ivories at the Perth Blues Club (Charles Hotel) on Tuesday, January 11. The Great 88 evening is a celebration of the piano featuring club faves Bob Patient, Simon Cox, Sue Bluck and other special guests. It’s ebony and ivory in perfect harmony with the blues from 8pm. Entry is $15 and members $10
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FROM PARIS WITH LOVE
After a brief break over the festive period, The Ellington Jazz Club will fling open its doors once more tonight when the Jaime Oehlers Quartet take to the stage of the plush venue to showcase their new material. Mosey on down to The Ellington on Friday, January 7, at 8.30pm and wash the working week away with the sounds of Chelsea Jay Gibson joined by the Graham Wood trio. At 11.30pm on Friday, Parisienne songstress Rachel Claudio will step into the spotlight to enchant audiences with her smokin’ vocals and killer band. To keep abreast of all the great events happening at The Ellington, check out ellingtonjazz.com.au. Steve Poltz
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It’s set to be a night of music to challenge and chill when Swedish-Nordic free music agents The Thing! team with Perth’s Kynan Tan at Club Zho 95 (The Bakery) on Monday, January 24. It’s the Scandinavian power jazz/garage rock trio’s first visit to Perth after a decade of international acclaim. Kynan Tan will be performing his work, lucidity, with a full ensemble. Tickets are $20/$15, available from nowbaking.com.au. Australia’s highest circulating Street Press
Back To Mono continues to go great guns at Defectors Bar (upstairs at The Flying Scotsman) every Friday. It’s all about anthems, from Bowie to Byrd, The Beatles to the Beastie Boys, Soft Cell to Sub Focus and loads more. It’s just like a house party, they say, but you don’t need to clean up afterwards and there’re DJs the likes of Anton and Andrei Maz, DJack, Burmuda Rockers and Maz1 to boot. 8pm ‘til late, free entry.
WELCOME TO THE DREAMHOUSE
Having made a truckload of local friends on recent visits to Australia, Steve Poltz is touring the country in support of his new album, Dreamhouse. Catch Poltzy at Manhattan’s on Tuesday, January 18; in a special presentation to open Yo Yo Studios in Osborne Park on Wednesday, January 19, and at Mojo’s on Thursday, January 20. Tickets for all shows are on sale now through heatseeker.com.au. 11
FRINGE WORLD Brave New World
The frivolous and rather fabulous Fringe World program has been unveiled! Hitting the Perth Cultural Centre from Friday, February 4, through to Saturday, February 26 – and boasting Perth’s new favourite hang-out, the Spiegeltent, as well as a number of Fringe World Solo shows, free events and the Fringe World Summit – X-Press takes a sneak peak at some of the highlights of the inaugural Fringe World. Tickets and full program details are now available at fringeworld.com.au.
The Problem With Evil
FRINGE WORLD SOLOS
The PICA performance space downstairs from the Urban Orchard will also be spreading Fringe World fever with a program of Fringe World Solos – complementing the Spiegeltent program with a tasty line-up of talent. Catch When Harry Met Harry – a quirky examination of one man’s inability to deal with confrontation, written and performed by Allan Girod – as well as The Event; written and directed by John Clancy and starring David Calvitto. Perennial provocateur Leon Ewing returns with his new show, The Problem With Evil; a mash up of puppetry, media performance, visual sensory overload and internet porn! And also starring as part of the Fringe World Solos program will be Grow Up, a comedic and sometimes tragic look at a life through teenage diaries – written and performed by Andrea Gibbs. For full program details and ticket sales head to fringeworld.com.au.
BARRY MORGAN & HIS WORLD OF ORGANS
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THE FREAK & THE SHOWGIRL
Leave your political correctness, stiff upper lip and conservative streak at home for this outrageous burlesque cabaret show of magic tricks, song and freak-show striptease. Mat Fraser (the self-confessed celebrity freak) and Julie Atlas Muz (winner of Miss Exotic World 2006) were a hit at the 2010 Amsterdam Fringe with this orgy of flesh, flippers and fun. The finale degenerates all that is good and holy into a cesspit of sex, song and sweat. February 14-20
THE DARLING BUDS OF MAY: SWING DANCE PARTY
The Darling Buds of May bring a fresh foot-tappin’ take on 1920s Dixieland jazz, 1940s and 50s swing, early rock‘n’roll, and blues along with dashes of funk and Latin thrown in for good measure! With a cult following from swing dance groups around the country, their dynamic performances are eagerly anticipated. Influenced by Ella, Billie, Louis, The Count and The Duke, the band is constantly exploring ways to revive the magic of the Golden Era of Jazz. February 13
Frisky & Mannish
Direct from their second triumphant Edinburgh Fringe, w h e r e t h e y scored 11 five-star rave reviews and played to 100 per cent sell-out houses, this dynamite duo are throwing down the intellectual gauntlet and inviting you to The College Years. It’s a thesis in pop dialectics focusing on collision theory, and covering great pairings from Brandy and Monica, to Freddie Mercur y a n d W h a t ’s - h e r - f a c e Operabitch. Experience Felicity Fitz Frisky and Hansel Amadeus Mannish drag their pop parodies from behind the bike sheds and take them to the hallowed halls of higher learning. Februar y 9-11 and February 14-15
Mr Barry Morgan (Spicks & Specks), the ultimate organ salesman, will delight and entertain you as he performs his original organ favourites, whilst demonstrating the many fascinating features of the 1981 Hammond Aurora Classic. See all of Barry’s fine finger work as you’re swept up in the velvet tones of his repertoire, including Fascinating Fingers and Melody Maker. Don’t miss this sold-out-cult-hit of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. February 4-6
THE WOOHOO REVUE
The Woohoo Revue are forging a reputation across Australia with big gypsy sounds and lightning fast musicianship. This is music for dancing, drinking and forgetting about tomorrow. Explosive tunes delivered with a flashy stage show and a furious energy that hits the dance floor like a herd of thundering elephants. Expect tutus, top hats, tails and a large dose of mayhem. February 4-5
CIRQUE APPÉTIT
Cirque Appétit is a one-off show by Perth’s leading contemporary circus performers. This eclectic mix of aerial dance, live music, comedy and specialty circus acts is a sumptuous feast of performance that will entice, seduce and entertain you. Cirque Appétit: Come one, Come all! February 11
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Felicity Groom’s dark, throbbing folk music inspired by Nick Cave, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Kate Bush and Francois Hardy has made her a favourite of Perth audiences. And now she’s spreading the love, having mesmerised with her unique sound and powerful voice in the UK, Dublin, Paris and on recent national tours with Bob Evans, Little Birdy, Wagons and Tame Impala. Winner of the 2009 and 2010 WAMi Award for Best Indie Pop Act, Groom will captivate you as you enter her world. February 21 12
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Direct from a hit run at the Edinburgh Fringe, New York’s bravest and bawdiest duo show you the way as 12 disciples, umpteen cocktails, endless fun and fearless abandon combine in a night of mayhem with a bacchanalian finale you will never forget! Superstars of the award winning La Clique, The Wau Wau Sisters serve up a sinful night of chaos, burlesque, comedy and circus. Their audacious and deliciously profane reinvention of The Last Supper has critics raving. February 5-8 www.xpressmag.com.au
THE SPACE COWBOY’S MIND BENDING
Multiple Guinness World Record holder, The Space Cowboy comes to Fringe World with his internationally acclaimed sell-out show, Mind Bending – a powerful performance and grand exposé of paranormal phenomena. Witness psychic demonstrations that baffle doctors and scientists. Australia’s foremost sword swallower and mind reading entertainer is guaranteed to astound you with death-defying stunts and brand new Mind Bending demonstrations. February 23-26
MAGIC MATT’S MAGIC SLAM
For one night only, Perth’s top magicians cross wands for the Magic Slam crown. Watch in awe as they ‘hey presto’ themselves into your hearts and minds. Will the prestidigitators impress or will the illusionists bedazzle? Who can tell? The fate of these conjuring dementors is in your hands. You decide whose magic reigns supreme. Hosted by Perth’s most awesome magician, Magic Matt. February 17
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LUKE & WYATT: THIS WAY UP
Since Roman times, comedy has been a battleground for the strongest, the fittest and the best the world has to offer. Luke & Wyatt have risen to the challenge! Forged in home-school, strengthened by acting training and feared by none, This Way Up is Luke & Wyatt at their infectiously immature best. Packed with schoolyard pranks and low level bullying, experience 45 minutes of catchy songs, razor sharp wit and pile-ups! February 7-10
Improvisation: tough. Puppetry: difficult. Put them together? Ridiculous… ridiculous amounts of good times that is! A select crew of puppet improvisers bring you Fuppet!, a completely unique and crazy 50-minute play made up on the spot from a one word suggestion from you, the audience. No topic is off limits; no story line too disjointed; no puppethuman interaction disallowed as Fuppet! explodes in front of you. Puppets behaving badly – very funny. February 14-17
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FANNY LA RUE’S LATE NIGHT TREATS
Nominated for the Melbourne Comedy Festival’s prestigious Barry Award in 2010, cult comedy duo The List Operators are about to change the way you look at lists forever! Watch this odd couple tear through a hilarious hour of surreal sketches that push at the boundaries of sense. If you like your comedy stupid and smart at the same time, The List Operators are for you! February 9-11
Every night after the last show wraps Fanny La Rue presents an ever evolving party line-up in the Spiegeltent to keep your taste-buds tingling and your appetite whet. It’s free entry for anyone holding a ticket stub from the evening’s shows. Check the notice boards at the Fringe World ticket booth to see who’s popping up for a spot in the Spiegel each night. You might be surprised who’s dropped in, dropped out and dropped right off! Piff The Magic Dragon
PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON
Lock up your princesses, Piff is back and this time he means business! Armed only with astounding magical skills, a penchant for princesses and Mr Piffles – the World’s First Levitating Chihuahua™ - can Piff become the greatest magic performing dragon of all time? A staple of the European cabaret and comedy circuit, Piff The Magic Dragon has combined bewildering magic with deadpan humour to quickly establish himself as one of the hottest act in town. Please note: Piff doesn’t do children’s parties. February 18-22
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Sugar Blue Burlesque presents an evening of vaudeville madness! Get ready as they take you back to where the Spiegeltent began. A feast for your eyes and ears, Burly-q & Ballyhoo will showcase Perth’s finest burlesque and vaudeville inspired performers with eyepopping striptease, comedy, dance and circus from the worlds of jazz, cabaret, speakeasy and sideshow. February 22-23 Australia’s highest circulating Street Press
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The Spiegeltent season culminates in an extravagant variety show that changes every night! Look out for cameos from Piff The Magic Dragon, The Space Cowboy and a best of lineup from across the season. The star of the show is internationally renowned trapeze and neo burlesque performer, Empress Stah. Her twisted cabaret style has been described as light-hearted, pornographic, humorous, blasphemous, left of centre, extreme, politically incorrect... but, above all, entertaining! Empress Stah leaves a trail of gold glitter in her wake. February 24-26
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DAVID GUETTA All In A Dayze Work The Guetta (pronounced Ge-tta) story reads like a fairy tale: a young boy dreams of being a musician and takes himself on a journey to heights previously thought unimaginable. The man chats to RK ahead of his headlining slot at Summadayze on Saturday, January 8, at Perth Esplanade and Supreme Court Gardens. “It is something like that,” chimes the affable Frenchman, laughing. “I started in the music game when I was 13 – it was when I was practicing basically every day. Of course, soon it became a little bit more professional and by the time I was 15 or 16 I started organising parties in the basement and I would ask for $1 to get in.” Yet despite that success, Guetta remains as humble and down-to-earth as ever. He still sees himself as nothing more than a party DJ who is blessed to enjoy what he does – and make a living doing it. “What is funny,” he explains, “is that I have always loved doing my little edits and creating my own music – nothing has changed there. People talk about the success we had with Black Eyed Peas, Akon and Kelly Rowland – I mean these just came about by accident almost. I wasn’t really expecting these things to happen and I’m honoured and excited to work with artists like that. I mean Kelly came up to me at a club where I was playing at; Akon I met back stage
at a festival and from there we just decided to work together. We recorded Sexy Bitch in one night and from that Will.I.Am called me and that gave me even more new ideas.” This week – let ’s talk in weeks because that’s about how frequently he breaks another record – he released a new single with Rihanna to which he adds this: “It’s a blessing and a big honour for me. The song is doing really well I’m really excited about this. I’m also super excited about coming back to Australia again – the people are super friendly and to be playing there is a great feeling! “Obviously I’ll be playing the big records I’ve played this year but also a lot of new tracks I’ve produced and I’m still testing. I have a lot of tracks to test out and a lot of new music to give people that they have never heard. And if I have to mention someone I really love for me it’s Afrojack, so I’m really excited. Of course that’s what I’m saying right now – I’ll be mixing the records that people expect and know me for but I’ll
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also be playing a lot of new stuff; versions that people might not know!” And for Guetta, the path to success and greatness is never complete. It’s an eternal journey, not a destination. “It’s never done, that’s the thing. There is always a new artist that is exciting and there is always someone
“THERE IS ALWAYS A NEW ARTIST THAT IS EXCITING AND THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ELSE OUT THERE TO ACHIEVE; IT’S ABOUT REINVENTING MYSELF AND COMING WITH NEW SOUNDS.” or something else out there to achieve; it’s about reinventing myself and coming with new sounds. Those artists who work with me, they want something fresh; that’s what it is. It’s mainly about coming up with something fresh every time, that’s the challenge. For me, I definitely don’t feel like I’ve done it all. I really feel like this is only the beginning of what we can do with music. There is a massive move into the dance music culture right now and getting huge artists backing you is an amazing experience so I’m very proud to be a part of all that.” Studio wise, the young lad is actually working on his next album – something he claims really needs to strike a balance between what he has been making and where he wants to go. “I’ve been making a lot of really big pop records and I’ve been producing a lot of DJ club tracks and that is important for me; probably next year I’ll put out some records that aren’t for the radio, just club records. Basically, I love music and I love crazy hypnotic grooves and beautiful harmonies. That’s what I’m always setting out to achieve.” Indeed, Guetta is also impressed with the move away from single-genre DJs who seemingly spend the whole night playing one style of music; a track that sounds like it’s on loop. “Absolutely! I’m seeing that happen right now in the music. I love so many different styles and it was always so ridiculous to see people almost being forced to pick one style. That was the way the business way there for a while and all the kids were eating what was being fed to them. Now with the access people have to music on the internet the artists and producers are really forced to think outside a little bit, because they have realised it’s not just about the music, it’s about having a good time as well!” And finally, the man is well chuffed about his imminent return to Australia is what is his second visit in less than a year. “Well firstly, I’m really excited to get back there because I love Australia. The people are so friendly there; sometimes you don’t realise this but it’s a really unique place where people are so nice to each other. Those festivals are so amazing and really some of my favourites, so it’s going to be a very special moment for me. It’s like freezing right now in Paris so to celebrate New Year where it’s summer is going to be amazing – it’s going to be like a whole week of partying! I look forward to seeing all my fans soon!”
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THEE OH SEES Love The OC KRIS NEEDS
John Dwyer is one prolific mother humper, but says he’s Attitude Adjustment more of a titular genius. Thee Oh Sees frontman tries to convince MATTHEW HOGAN that he took drugs with Weird Famous British music writer, Al Yankovic ahead of the band’s appearance at Amplifier occasional punk player and questionable trance DJ this Saturday, January 8. Kris Needs has just issued the first in what he hopes will be a series of pre-punk compilations in Dirty Water The Birth Of Punk Attitude. He convinces MATTHEW HOGAN to put a safety pin through his nose. Thee Oh Sees
According to high brow culture magazine The New Yorker, John Dwyer is the “most reliable live performer of the year”. The bold claim comes just weeks ahead of Thee Oh Sees’ Australian tour and the frontman still doesn’t know how quite to take the compliment. “It’s me and Kanye West is my understanding,” he begins. “The parallels between me and KW are I’m sure limitless. “Oh man, I don’t know. I don’t even read The New Yorker, so I don’t even know really how to take that, but I guess it’s complimentary. The shows are good; we give it all the energy we have. Sometimes when you’re tired you get that little burst on stage and when it happens it feels good to us too, so we need a reliable crowd too I suppose.” The band is even more reliable in the studio as they released over 10 studio albums and a plethora of EPs and 7’’ singles in their 13 year history. 2011 is set to see not one but two albums follow up last year’s opus Warm Slime.“Yep, on April 1st, we release Castlemania,” Dwyer reveals. “I am a titular master – I don’t know about the quality of my songs, but title wise, they’re always great I think.” He says the album will feature three obscure cover songs and be released on double vinyl. “I’ve done it all myself, but there are guests appearances from people like Ty Segall’s on it and
Brigid [Dawson] from my band is on it,” he offers. “But I’ve also been doing a lot of home recording this year as well and releasing a few of those under the Oh Sees moniker as well, just because it’s more convenient I suppose. This one is a pretty fried, summery pop record. It’s a little poppier than Warm Slime probably. It’s got strings and stuff on it. It’s got tonnes of instrumentation. It’s a pretty busy record, yet incredibly homemade sounding. And we’re going to be doing another full band one in February.” A highlight of the band’s busy 2010 was being invited to play the Godspeed! You Black Emperor-curated All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in Minehead, England. “It was fantastic,” Dwyer gushes. “I got to see the Country Teasers perform, who are one of my favourite acts in the world and Chris Corsano playing with Flowers, which is like drums and crazy old Japanese traditional instrument which sounds kinda like an electrified banjo and Daniel Higgs and Deerhoof and even a moment of Weird Al Yankovic – it was alright!” Surely Weird Al is the type of guy who should be playing more festivals.“Oh yeah,” Dwyer agrees, “we did e together, it was pretty fun…” Really? “No, not really, but you can print that if you like,” he laughs, “but I don’t know if I want Weird Al on my case for lying about him though!”
Known for his writings on punk music from the ‘70s onwards and biographies of Primal Scream, Joe Strummer and Keith Richards, but hopefully not so much for his 1992 club hit Sugar Daddy with Secret Knowledge, Kris Needs has just released his ode to pre-punk attitude in the two disc set Dirty Water. Named after LA band The Standells’ 1966 hit, Needs tells the story of the snotty garage punks. “The Standells made a couple of records that were kinda pop and then something happened and they just got really snarly,” he informs. “But the song is actually about where they live. It’s got something to do with the river that goes through Boston. When I had a punk band in 1976, we used to do that song. Every track is on there for a reason – even if it’s so stupid as my own punk band later covering a track.” With the likes of Gene Vincent (“his band was probably wilder than any of the punk bands”), The MC5 (“the top five influential punk bands”) and the band that introduced him to punk (Mott The Hoople) on the set, Needs says he set out to find the tracks that pre-date punk and influenced the major musical movement of the mid-‘70s. “I think the most recent track was the Culture one [Two Sevens Clash] right at the end, which was late ’76,” he says. “I don’t think any of the others are beyond that year. I didn’t want to have any of the others from the actual punk time because I trying to show the roots and
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birth and start of the attitude and the people that have been doing it for years before. I was trying to show that that energy wasn’t a new thing when The Clash appeared or the Pistols appeared. That was kinda my reason for doing it, which is why I thought that that attitude extended beyond the people you expect to find on compilation like that, like Sun Ra, who pressed up his own records and sold them at gigs so he could play the next gig.” It wouldn’t be much of a punk compilation without an Australian appearance and Needs selected The Saints’ iconic single I’m Stranded – a song which predates any releases by those British punk bands. “I remember when that record came out – a few import copies of the single came into the country and at that point, none of our bands had released any singles,” he says. “So the Sex Pistols and The Damned had not yet released theirs, but we’d had the Ramones album, and I’m Stranded had turned up and that was it. I’m Stranded came in from Australia and we thought, ‘What the hell’s going on over there!’ Even now that track sounds amazing. The Saints came over shortly thereafter because this single got quite a few reactions – it got single of the week in one of the music papers and did really well on import and they got signed to EMI. I think EMI just lost the Sex Pistols and they wanted to get another band. It was great that that happened.”
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MILLENCOLIN See A Penny Swedish punks Millencolin hit Perth as part of Soundwave, playing WA on Monday, March 7. MIKE WAFER phones in with guitarist Erik Ohlsson ahead of the massive tour. With 2010 marking the 10 year anniversary of their Pennybridge Pioneers record, Millencolin have been touring the world and elsewhere of late. While that is nothing new for the band, some of the destinations have been, with Central America now ticked off the band’s bucket list. But with so much new stuff going on has there been any time to reflect on the anniversary or, indeed, on a colourful career in general? Guitarist Erik Ohlsson explains: “When you do something all the time you get used to reflecting on it too. I always appreciate what we’ve got. I’m super stoked because we’ve got to do it for so long that it feels natural, in a way. In the future when we’ve quit the band, looking back on it will seem unrealistic because when you’re living it the whole time it’s kind of hard to reflect on it. ”When you meet people from school or whatever, all they want to talk about is this kind of stuff, but I am bored out of my mind talking about Millencolin (laughs). I want to just talk about an old teacher or something, but it always ends up in the Millencolin conversation and I’m like ‘here we go again’.” But Ohlsson understands that people
are only interested because it is interesting, and, not surprisingly, the topic of touring is always a favourite. Look ing back over the band ’s evolution, Ohlsson remarks that touring – or more appropriately coming back from touring – got easier to deal with. “Back in the day when we first started touring it was very hard to handle the contrast of being on tour and then being back home again. You know, going to the store, cooking your own meals... just being a regular guy was really, really hard because after being out on tour it was just completely unrealistic. Over time you’re able to switch yourself between ‘touring mode’ and ‘home mode’, but back in the early days you would wake up in the middle of the night – on tour or at home – and not know who you were or where you were (laughs). But you learn how to get used to it. Now I have a home and a regular life, but also can tour and be that person as well, so I’m really lucky and grateful for everything. It doesn’t get boring.” Nor does he allow himself any time to get bored. As much as guitarist Erik Ohlsson has helped shape the music of Millencolin, perhaps
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“BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TOURING IT WAS VERY HARD TO HANDLE THE CONTRAST OF BEING ON TOUR AND THEN BEING BACK HOME AGAIN. YOU KNOW, GOING TO THE STORE, COOKING YOUR OWN MEALS... JUST BEING A REGULAR GUY WAS REALLY, REALLY HARD BECAUSE AFTER BEING OUT ON TOUR IT WAS JUST COMPLETELY UNREALISTIC.” his most potent contribution to the band has been as its graphic artist. For as much as it was Millencolin’s music that saw them evolve into one of the most influential bands of the skate punk genre, it was also how they looked. Par tly explaining their massive success in Australia, Millencolin looked like the scene they came from, and right down the band’s logo, Millencolin’s connection to skate culture translated perfectly over to surf culture, and that was about all it took to seal the deal. For Ohlsson, the role as band graphic designer was one he unknowingly spent most of his early life getting ready for. “I was always painting growing up, and took special art classes in school,” he says of his beginning as an artist. “I’ve kept that alive as graphic design, or photography, or something creative on that side of things. I started my own company on the side from Millencolin, so that’s what I am doing and will definitely be doing after Millencolin in the future or whatever. Bands don’t last forever as a career, so you can’t take it for granted.” Especially considering that, as Millencolin’s graphic artist, Erik Ohlsson has complete artistic freedom to help along his vision. “I can do whatever I want with Millencolin because I am in charge, but over the years I developed a bit of a formula for Millencolin because I don’t want it to look completely different each time. I want it to look Millencolin, which is the standard I have set over these years. It’s fun to get new jobs to try out completely different stuff and new techniques, but with Millencolin it is locked into something, which I think is important so people can relate to both the music and the graphics.” Which is exactly what happened. As a band, Millencolin provided the soundtrack to a certain culture at a certain time, and even though it is no longer that time, those same people still exist and are still Millencolin fans. This more than anything resonates with Ohlsson and fuels him as an artist. “I always feel best when I have several projects running around in my head. When I go to sleep at night I am always thinking ‘how am I going to make this graphic?’ or ‘how am I going to do this thing in a song?’ and even when I walk my dog it’s what is going through my head. It’s just always a part of me.” 18
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Seminal is a word that gets thrown around too often but when it comes to these English punk rockers the moniker couldn’t be more apt. Wire may not have always sold a truckload of records but their influence cannot be denied. They were central to the post punk movement, influencing Fugazi and are Guided By Voices’ Robert Pollard’s favourite band. Their first Australian tour and a new album makes 2011 a big year for a band that have been kicking around on and off since 1976. It has been difficult to pigeonhole the band as they have changed dramatically from one album to the next, but with Red Barked Tree they appear to be consolidating by offering a little something for everyone who has been along for the journey so far. Red Barked Tree opens up sedately enough with the hummable Please Take showing off pop sensibilities before the UK veterans delve into the meandering and atmospheric Adapt and then shake things up with the type of fuzzy punk that used to be the band’s bread and butter in Two Minutes. While Red Barked Tree may not be as challenging as some of Wire’s other releases, there is enough sonic experimentation to keep fans interested and some cracking songs to boot.
Pop-punk-indie hipsters Matt & Kim are so gosh darned cute they make me want to puke. Cute lovers in real life, Kim plays drums to Matt’s keys and vocals. Their cute music videos for their cute songs have involved them getting nekkid and arrested in New York’s Times Square and squeezing their cute little bodies into cute little spaces. Cute cute cute, barf barf barf. Sidewalks, the Brooklyn couple’s third album, is, unsurprisingly, heavy on the cute. Whether it’s the Pet Shop Boys-esque pizzicato synthetic strings and marching beat of Where You’re Coming From, the robo-bounce glee of Hammond B and electronic clap accompaniment on Block After Block or the syncopated calypso chorus of Ice Melts, listening to this album without smiling and sighing contentedly is impossible. The inherent energy of the record makes it easy to see how Matt & Kim have built an increasingly strong live reputation since their inception six years ago. From the strong offbeat accentuation that dominates most tracks, to the sing-a-long “Oh-ay” anthemic chanting in the chorus of AM/FM Sound, this music begs to be paired with good times spent in good company. Despite some setbacks, Sidewalks is frivolous, feel-good fun that is particularly... um... cute. _ANDREW GEEVES
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THE BONNIWELLS Unprofitable Servant
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Named in honour of Californian garage god Sean Bonniwell of the Music Machine, whose face is emblazed on the CD and tray, Unprofitable Servant makes good on the reductive premise of Melbourne trio The Bonniwell’s name. Demonstrating a deep understanding and irony-free love of dysfunction, their scrappy psych-rock revivalist ethos encompasses the expected genre worship, none the more present than on three covers – a smouldering iteration of Bad Seeds (originally rendered by Teenage Fanclub), a scraggly, pared-down cover of the Cannibals’ We’re Pretty Sick, and the boozified churning Louie Lou-aah - a discursive take on The Kingsmen’s seminal garage anthem Louie Louie. Yet each of these renditions lacks the sonic violence and sense of unbridled brutality of their originals. The trio fare a little better when attention is turned to the crafting of their own tunes, uncorking a handful of fine singles, with I Don’t Need You Know More and Soda Pressing being the best of the bunch. But even during their most inspired moments, simply put, there’s no danger in The Bonniwell’s game; they’ve made a safe, if frayed, psych-rock album that bristles and pops with flashes of brilliance, yet never ignites into the fullblown firestorm these talented musicians are quite obviously capable of creating.
If you’re not familiar with The Damned Things, they are somewhat of a punk rock supergroup, comprising members of Every Time I Die, Fall Out Boy and Anthrax. I know what you’re thinking; “Awesome, right?” Well, kind of. In their own right, the three bands that these guys all come from are pretty awesome. It’s just when you throw them all together, something is lost. It’s like, Superman is cool. Spiderman is cool. Batman is cool, but I’m not too sure that Super Spider-Bat Man would be all that great. Okay, well maybe that would be kinda cool. The problem is that with Keith Buckley at the helm, you cannot help but think that The Damned Things are just a watered-down, commercialised version of Every Time I Die. Essentially, that’s what this sounds like, because the catchy parts aren’t as catchy as Fall Out Boy, and the heavier bits don’t compare to Anthrax or Every Time I Die. Had this record been released by an unknown band, the perception of it would likely be different, but you cannot help but think that the sum of its members should see The Damned Things make a much greater impact in an upward direction, rather than simply moving sideways. _GEORGE GREEN
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Pop quiz, hot shot: think of the greatest musical anomaly you can. If you answered “Swedish musician singing folky, nature-reference-riddled, wistful Americana tunes whose simple sounds belie their true complexity”, you’ve done pretty well – or, after two full-length albums and one five-track EP, you’ve already become a fan of The Tallest Man On Earth. Lilting melodies and tales of heartbreak over twangy guitar may not readily be associated with Kristian Matsson’s Swedish background, sure, but he isn’t going to let that inhibit his particular style of self-expression. Poignant and epigrammatic, Matsson’s lyrics also offer something of a synopsis of his latest offering. Over the course of five confessional tracks, Matsson exposes the listener to the weird beauty to which he is subjected – hoping, it seems, that they are the omniscient confidante for whom he yearns; or in effect forcing them to occupy this position. Luckily, it’s a nice position to occupy. The near-breaks of the morning voice in which he sings convey a raw clarity of emotion, regret and solemnity that’s embraced rather than shied away from. The strength of his melodies and lyrics calls for nothing more than muted electric or quietly-picked acoustic guitar accompaniment, and he knows it.
The previous album by The Decemberists was a weighty beast! It was a rock opera that saw Margaret fall in love with a shape shifting forest dweller and the unfolding story that accompanies it. After such an epic release, Decemberists head honcho Colin Meloy has taken an about face for the band’s sixth album. The usually cerebral writing of Meloy is toned down as The King Is Dead mines from the songwriter’s early influences. Surely the album title is a tip of the hat to The Smiths, and the more direct and simplistic approach to the tunes is a direct result of Meloy’s passion for the earlier work of R.E.M. The direct pop of Down By The Water is given an authentic nod by the addition of Peter Buck on guitar and also contains one of the many appearances from the silky voiced Gillian Welch. Despite the calibre of guests there is no doubt who is the star here as Meloy offers some of his finest efforts in the spritely Calamity Song, menacing This Is Why We Fight and the restrained January Hymn. The King Is Dead shows that even for bands as grandiose and ambitious as The Decemberists, there comes a time when less can indeed be more – even if only briefly. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT
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Producing some of the most entertaining music in Australia, the incredibly energetic and talented Oh Mercy has been setting stages alight in Melbourne for quite a while now, with a healthy range of support slots (Temper Trap, Sally Seltmann, Crowded House), festival appearances and headlining shows in 2010, seeing this sweet-natured band fast become the indie-pop band to watch on the east coast. Originally released as a two track 7” vinyl single, selling out in just under two weeks, Keith Street has recently been repackaged as an EP, featuring the titular single along with three previously unreleased stellar b-sides, a premeditated move no doubt paying welldeserved dividends for the supremely talented quartet. Warm and elegant, careful but not calculated, songwriter and frontman Alexander Gow clearly has an ear for classical pop sounds, but despite its scaled-back simplicity, this endearing little record is not slight or a throwaway in any sense. Cruising through pockets of melancholy and mayhem, tenderness and tragedy, sonic landscapes shift around behind Gow across the length of the album, with elements of pure indie pop, old timey slideguitar country, rattling tin-alley piano, and light rock adding to this evocative, sporadically inspired and resoundingly enjoyable record. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD
KID CUDI Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr Rager
Bursting onto the scene after taking the gold in 2009’s Triple J Unearthed High Competition Ballaratborn boys Howl quickly established themselves as a name to know in the national punk scene with their brutal smash-hit single Blackout. Continuing to be a serious force in Australian street punk, this fiery four-piece is back (they never actually left to be honest) with a brand-spanking-new EP Brothers In Violence, an abrasive and hooky four-track release which is certain to place them firmly in the annals of Australian punk history. Throwing down old-school punk, fast, hard and full of attitude, Howl is completely unapologetic and unabashed, keeping the pop rock melodies at bay and delivering a traditional punk stance which is readily accessible to the young punks of today, but still holds onto the spirit of their old-school rock forefathers.
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The fact that Kid Cudi got picked up by Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music franchise, skyrocketed to fame on the back of an Italian dance duo’s rehashing of one of his debut’s lesser tracks, and cemented his place in hip hop royalty through countless appearances on Kanye’s G.O.O.D Friday cuts really peeves some people. But what does keep people coming back to Cudi – even as he takes on ‘60s psychedelic road trips (the video for Weezeresque Erase Me is a must), audibly snorts lines on tracks and generally couldn’t give a fuck about what is popular or commercial – is that the man knows how to write good music. Admittedly, MOTM II is slightly more indulgent than the first part (and suffers for this), but amidst all the loathing, self-interest, intense reflection and drug references, the album still produces gems of songwriting and melody like Revofev, Mr Rager and Mojo So Dope. At best, Cudi’s sophomore is a haunting sonic portrait of what hip hop fame and fortune means in the 21st Century. At worst, it’s an egotistical experiment in recording and distributing secret teenage diary entries. Thankfully, there’s just enough more good than bad to hint at Cudi’s future potential.
King Crimson had only been together for nine months when they drew on such influences as The Moody Blues and latter day Beatles to create the five-song epic In The Court Of The Crimson King – thus practically inventing the genre of prog. While prog has a dirty name, and deservedly so in many cases, Crimson’s debut has stood the test of time and it’s dramatic opener 20th Century Schizoid Man has made it’s way to MTV and commercial stations recently thanks to it being heavily sampled on Kanye West’s recent single Power. But Kanye didn’t even sample the best bit, which belongs to a jazz breakdown consisting only of a snare drum and a saxophone. The impeccable timing shown here proves that these dudes were forward thinkers, and the sheer heaviness and distorted vocals was years ahead of their time and before even Black Sabbath released their first album.
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UNDEROATH Disambiguation Roadrunner / Warner
In 2008, I named Underoath’s Lost In The Sound O f Separation my most disappointing record of the year. It was full of Jesus-loving, Auto-tune toting, mechanically structured garbage, with drummer / melodic vocalist Aaron Gillespie being the main culprit. With Gillespie’s departure from the band last year, finally Underoath could get back on the path of exploration that they were previously on. The result is Disambiguation, an album that picks up where the brilliant Define The Great Line left off, albeit without Gillespie’s annoying whiny vocals. Disambiguation is the record that typical Underoath fans will hate, primarily because it’s good, and it focuses on one distinct goal; challenging, thought-provoking heavy music, without clichéd compromise. Vocalist Spencer Chamberlain has really stepped up to the plate on this record, with his heavier vocals showing much improvement, while he is also able to provide melodic, non-gay sounding vocals that Gillespie was never able to bring to the table. And, thank fuck, they’ve completely toned down the god-bothering lyrics. All of these reasons, along with their new focused direction is why Underoath have gone from being my most disappointing band in 2008, to producing Disambiguation, a record which came in at number nine on my top 10 of 2010 list. _GEORGE GREEN Australia’s highest circulating Street Press
The chattering classes howled in despair at Hey Hey It’s Saturday’s return to TV screens last year, but somebody sent the ratings through the roof. If you were among them, you might remember a time before anything about Australia was considered chic, when the most exotic night out was the RSL Chinese and boutique beer meant you bought a case on the way to pick your missus up from the hairdresser. You might have come home that night and watched any number of TV shows that are now so dated and kitsch they can’t be anything but cool. Variety was the king of the airwaves, and a few big names ruled Aussie TV. Graham Kennedy kicked the whole movement off back before TV was even colour, and he returns in the second series of Coast To Coast. Just as Australian as a meat pie was the (American, ironically) Don Lane, who hosted one of the country’s most loved talk and entertainment shows. Or maybe fluff isn’t your taste and you get more out of educational viewing. If so, the bearded, khakis and boots-wearing Harry Butler was prepared to climb any tree, wrestle any creature into submission and make sure he put it back where he found it for your biological appreciation. He’s the slightly unhinged Uncle who lived in the country we all wish we had.
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STORY TIME
If you used to beg your parents to read you story after story before bed each night, you won’t want to miss the opportunity to relive your youth with Barefaced Stories, a new live storytelling series about to hit Perth. On show as part of The Blue Room Theatre’s Summer Nights program, Barefaced Stories will see storytellers such as New York’s Margot Leitman and Perth’s own Andrea Gibbs, plus 22 others, take to the stage of the Blue Room to share tales that range from humorous to perverse. The season runs on every Tuesday during February, kicking off on Tuesday, February 3, and running ’til Tuesday, February 24. Tickets for this special season are on sale now from blueroom.org.au or by calling (08) 9227 7005. Heath Ledger
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CHRISTMAS CHEER
Forget that the holidays are over and you’re back at work by reliving all the demented glory of Christmas with a special new festive episode of Henry & Aaron’s Perfectly Adequate Web Series. A sitcom created by acclaimed WA filmmakers and all round funny guys Henry Inglis and Aaron McCann, the first episode of the show is utterly hilarious and this special Chrissie edition is no different. Written, filmed and edited in less than two weeks with a budget of $200, this latest episode has already attracted 12,000 hits on YouTube with its hilarious antics. Inglis and McCann are currently in the running to win $50,000 to bring their seven part web series to life via Movie Extra’s WebFest competition; if you want to see more from the boys be sure to hit up facebook.com/movieextrawebfest and vote for their sitcom before the competition ends on Tuesday, January 11. Find out what all the fuss is about by visiting Inglis and McCann’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/henryandaaron. Good luck boys, we’re rooting (and voting) for you!
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This March UK ex-pats and comedy fans will head in droves to the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre and the Regal Theatre for An Englishman, An Irishman And A Scotsman, a comedy spectacular featuring comedians from, you guessed it, England, Ireland and Scotland. Boasting sets from Simon Evans, Paddy Courtney and Brian Higgins, the show is likely to be a big hit so if you’re keen to get in on the fun, be sure to make the most of early bird tickets which are on sale now for $54.90 from Ticketek and manpac.com. au. Tickets for the Saturday, March 5, show at the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre and the Saturday, March 12, performance at the Regal Theatre will go up to $69.90 as of Tuesday, January 11, so get in quick to make the most of this special deal. Brian Higgins heads to Perth for An Englishman, An Irishman And A Scotsman
HEART HEATH
Heath Ledger will always be remembered fondly in his home town of Perth – he was talented, cheery, affable and passionate about giving back to his community. On Saturday, February 12, friends, family and admirers of Ledger will gather at Movies By Burswood for Heath, an event that will celebrate his legacy and raise money for the charities he supported. Featuring a screening of Ledger’s Oscar winning film The Dark Knight, the soiree will raise funds for Australians In Film, the His Majesty’s Theatre Foundation and Telethon. Rumour has it that Ledger’s close friends Sienna Miller and Gemma Ward will be present at the event, so if you’re a fan of his work, don’t miss this opportunity to pay tribute to his talent. Tickets are on sale now from ispyperth.com.au.
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When the sun is shining and the sea breeze is a’blowing, the perfect way to whittle away a Sunday afternoon is at the Fremantle Arts Centre enjoying the Courtyard Music program. Running practically every Sunday until the end of March, Courtyard Music sees live performances in the pristine grounds of the FAC. As couples, friends and families gather under the trees with picnic blankets and locally brewed beverages, performers take to the stage, and in 2011, punters will get to witness sets from The Fancy Brothers on January 9, The Honeys on January 16, Don Walker and the Lucky Strikes on January 23 and local lads Split Seconds with support from Goodnight Tiger on January 30. There are plenty more acts lined up for shows in February and March, to find out who’s playing and when head to fac.org.au. Entry is free so be sure to head along between 2pm and 4pm any Sunday until March.
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IN A BETTER WORLD The Kids Are Alright
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Directed by Susanne Bier Starring William Johnk Juels Nielsen, Markus her confident, provocative performance. She is Rygaard, Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholme, the black to Portman’s white: Lily is bold where Ulrich Thomsen Nina is withdrawn, brazen in her sexuality while Nina is almost frigid, and as the film progresses This year’s Danish Academy Award hopeful the question arises as to whether Lily is a real is a challenging beast; an opaque, complex person at all, or the personification of Nina’s meditation on a multitude of interrelated hidden desires and hungers, conjured up by her themes: revenge versus forgiveness, violence versus pacifism, idealism versus pragmatism. fracturing psyche. Aronofsky directs with the assured Acclaimed director Suanne Bier (After The technical mastery we’ve come to expect from Wedding, Things We Lost In The Fire) offers no easy him, giving the proceedings a dark and glossy answers, but instead invites us to contemplate sheen that perfectly heightens the troubling, these issues along with her flawed, all too unsettling subject matter. The whole film has a human characters. The focus of the film is the friendship strange and off-kilter mood that grows and grows until, by the time the credits roll, we have followed between two 10 year old boys: the sensitive, Nina so far down the rabbit hole it feels like we, bullied Elias (Rygaard) and the brooding too, are succumbing to her madness and despair. Christian (Nielsen), who bond when the latter It’s an exhilarating film, but also an incredibly defends the former from a bully. Both come from draining one that leaves the audience numb with difficult backgrounds, but while Elias, whose emotional exhaustion. Make no mistake; although parents are separated and considering divorce, set in the world of professional dance, Black Swan is simply happy to finally have a friend, Christian, is a horror movie, in much the same way that who has recently moved to town following Requiem For A Dream is a horror movie, and with the death of his mother, is far more troubled. Alienated from his earnest but ineffectual father, a similar psychological toll on the viewer. To say anything more would be a Claus (Thomsen), Christian blames the world for disservice. This is, quite simply, one of the best the loss of his mother and has adopted a black films of the year, cementing Aronofsky’s place in and white worldview where every perceived the filmmaking firmament. Delirious, demented, slight must be answered with overwhelming haunting and harrowing, filled with terrors both force. When events bring the boys into conflict physical and psychological, Black Swan is a nigh- with a bullying local tradesman and it becomes on perfect cinematic experience, an instant classic clear that Christian will not walk away without that will be talked about for years to come. See it. a measure of retribution, the stage is set for a terrible and inevitable tragedy. However, while Elias and Christian _TRAVIS JOHNSON
drive the narrative, the film’s ethical and philosophical centre lies in another character: Anton (Persbrandt), Elias’ father, a doctor who spends much of his time away from his vulnerable son, working in a refugee camp in some unnamed wartorn African hellhole. A committed pacifist, he will not raise his hand to another human being under any circumstances, but finds his convictions challenged when he must treat a notorious local warlord whose sickening acts of violence beggar belief. By running Anton’s story thread parallel to that of the two boys, director Bier adds a needed layer of complexity that makes the audience rethink their own moral certainties. The film presents no easy answers, only difficult questions: do the same ethical assumptions apply in both rural Denmark and war-ravaged Africa? Can violence ever be used for the greater good? What do we do when our philosophical convictions fail to encompass practical realities? It can be pretty heavy going, but the nuanced characters and excellent performances carry the audience through any stretches where the film threatens to become bogged down under the weight of its own thematic ambitions. In A Better World is a mature and thought provoking work from a world-class filmmaking talent. After making her American debut with the uneven and somewhat melodramatic Things We Lost In The Fire, it’s heartening to see Bier return to form on more familiar ground, and there’s every chance that we’ll see her at the podium come Oscar time.
they play a role of leadership, very similar today character, it was something we found and used it to our advantage. Tom Hooper, director also as is shown in the film. liked to use silence and space in the film and The lead actors were exceptional, what the office location certainly had a sense of that. preparation did they have? One of the complications of putting What I loved most about this film was the film together is that we only had Geoffrey there seemed to be a complete absence of for a limited time. So there was a bigger onus meanness or villainy, how conscious was on rehearsal which he was very keen to do, this choice? That’s an interesting point, there for three weeks they rehearsed with Tom which is rare in film, sometimes you get no are two stories, the external, the war, the abdication, and I think we’ve all seen these rehearsal at all. films before but that’s not what this film is This was one of the few films where you about, really the baddy in this film is within the could actually sit and watch the wall paper; King himself, it’s his fear, and it’s only through Lionel’s office and house in particular, where the friendship that he can overcome it, it has did the designs come from? an internal adversary. Well the office was not a set, the We found it hard to do the poster, house was, so we had a lot of control on that because there’s no baddy so you’re absolutely and designed it from the ground up. The office right, but we did approach each character was location and it was well suited to Lionel’s through the lens of humanity. This film is a
Rocky film, he’s got the trainer and the battle is with the self, so anytime we went too far into cliche, it just detracted from the story, it’s not where the emotion is and it’s not where the drama is, it’s not The King’s Speech.
Black Swan
Directed by Darren Aronofsky Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder, Barbara Hershey It makes perfect sense that Darren Aronofsky, (The Wrestler, Requiem For A Dream), one of the finest of the current crop of American directors, would make a film about the price of perfection. As an artist, there’s no doubt that it’s something that he must struggle with; the personal sacrifices necessary to attain greatness. In the character of Nina (Portman), a driven ballerina desperate to land the lead role in a production of Swan Lake, he has the perfect vehicle with which to explore how the sublimation of the personality in the service of art can have terrible, even damning consequences. It’s heady stuff, and Portman excels in a role that is not only central to the film, in many ways it is the film. As the story progresses and Nina’s rivalry with new dancer Lily (Kunis) progresses, it becomes apparent that much of the film is subjective, taking place within Nina’s fragile and increasingly damaged mind. Exactly how much is never quite made clear, but as hallucination mounts on hallucination, and the film becomes more and more surreal we come to understand that what are seeing is the self-destruction of a mind from the inside. It’s the relationship between Nina and Lily that drives the film, and though we might expect great acting from Portman by this stage of the game, it’s Kunis who really surprises with
EMILE SHERMAN All The King’s Men
X-Press Magazine recently sat down with The King’s Speech producer Emile Sherman to discuss history, film making and working on a tight schedule. You’ve produced working class films like Candy and $9.99, what now draws you to making films concerning grand historical figures? Well as a producer you’re looking for the most interesting story you can find, these things aren’t planned, you come across an idea for a project, whichever area they come from, real life, novels etc. With The King’s Speech it was just a great story. The historical context certainly adds to the gravitas, but the film’s so much more than the setting.
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I see The King’s Speech as a great love story between two men, was this love the greater theme for you or was it the battle within each person to overcome themselves? That’s an interesting question, the friendship enabled the King to overcome his personal battles, the relationship allowed him to triumph, so the two themes really run parallel. The King hinted that he only has power because the people believe it; do you have an opinion regarding the validity of royalty in the modern world? Well historically the monarchy nearly crumbled in this film as well, if he hadn’t have been able to lead the nation symbolically the monarchy may well have disintegrated. I think
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FASHION SUMMER SALES
If you were thrifty enough to make it through the Christmas and New Year period without spending every cent in your wallet, be sure to make the most of your remaining dough by shopping wisely during the January sales. Stores across the nation are cutting prices left, right and centre, so there are plenty of bargains to be had for those who know where to find them! For a rundown on some of the sensation sale items you’re likely to discover in stores and online, read on!
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Smart shoppers can currently save up to 60 per cent off purchases on online clothing store DirtyRich.com.au, with garments from labels such as Clawmoney, Dimepiece, Hellz Bellz, Joyrich and LA Fine, plus many others, now available at massively reduced prices. As if that wasn’t already good enough, simply enter the codeword ‘skinny’ at checkout and you’ll score an extra 25 per cent off the price of your purchase!
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Effortlessly elegant Subiaco boutique Zara Bryson is slashing prices in a post Christmas sale haze, dishing up clothing and shoes at 40 per cent off! Home to a covetable range of labels including Karen Walker, Friend Of Mine, Poppy Lissiman, Lonely Hearts and Manning Cartell, Zara Bryson is a must visit store for anyone with a fashionable bone in their body.
If you k illed your favourite pair of sandals by subjecting them to the dusty grounds at Southbound, refresh your wardrobe with a new pair of shoes (or five) care of Betts. During January Betts will serve up a range of footwear at up to 50 per cent off, including heels, boots, wedges, clogs, sneakers and everything in between. Find your nearest store and peruse the bargains at betts.com.au.
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VISUAL ARTS Home Open, Fremantle Arts Centre, 1 Finnerty Street, Fremantle. Fremantle has always been a hive of creativity and inspiration. Western Australia’s historic port city exudes an energy that only port cities have, and artists of all generations have gathered here and made this city their home. They’ve created a place to live and work, which fuels their craft and surrounds their lives. Home Open is an exhibition which tells the story of Fremantle and the environments people make to sustain their lives. A sprawling meditation on the multiplicity of our creative minds, Home Open reflects the diversity and energy of our artists and their homes. Artists create environments that reflect who they are and what they make. With an eye for design and attention to detail, they collect furniture, art, objects and artifacts that continue to inspire and motivate. Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, January 23.
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The folks at Bluebird Vintage will be shutting up shop for most of January for a post Christmas break but before they close their doors and embark on a blissful holiday (complete with Hawaiian shirts and beach-side cocktails) they’ll offer shoppers an array of bargains from eras past. Located at 288 Cambridge Street in Wembley, Bluebird Vintage will hold a store-wide sale from Tuesday, January 11, ’til Saturday, January 15, with 25 per cent off all clothing and a $5 rack packed full of secondhand gems. Bluebird Vintage is open from Tuesday-Saturday from 10am ’til 5.30pm.
is an ambitious massed form of white modules encapsulating the architectural precision and the poetically utopian ideal that is the hallmark of Saraceno’s highly regarded practice. Challenging the boundaries of earthly living, Saraceno explores the possibilities of airborne living, predicting a social space in which moving over the world can be seamless and free, and where the environment might benefit from humans inhabiting the skies. Exhibition opens on Saturday, February 17, and runs ’til Sunday, February 27.
Genevieve Thauvette: Beheld, Perth Centre For Photography, 91 Brisbane Street, Northbridge. Genevieve Thauvette presents self-portraits in the guises of important women artists of the 20th century – all of whom were eclipsed at times by the men they inspired. From Georgia O’Keefe to Frida Kahlo, the series is an assertive yet enigmatic portrayal of women artists and artistic developments by women throughout the century. Genevieve Thauvette: Beheld is on display as part Insider Art – Recent Work By WA Prisoners, of the Perth International Arts Festival’s Visual Arts Prison Gallery, Gatehouse of Fremantle Prison, program. Exhibition opens on Saturday, February Fremantle. Featuring work by current WA inmates, Insider 12, and runs ’til Saturday, March 12. Art features contemporary artworks produced by prisoners from across the state, including Frozen In Time, Fremantle Arts Centre, 1 Roebourne, Broome, Bunbury, Karnet, Hakea, Acacia Finnerty Street, Fremantle. and Casuarina and has a strong representation of Canadian artist Nathalie Daoust presents a series Aboriginal art. The exhibition also features pieces of delicately hand-coloured photographs from created and crafted in the various prison industries the picturesque Alps in her Perth International workshops around the State. Arts Festival exhibition. Frozen in Time is a record Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, January 30. of the artist’s response to the landscape during a six-month residency in Switzerland. Offset by Peggy Guggenheim: A Collection In Venice, Art the perfect whitewashed backdrops, luminescent Gallery Of WA, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth. figures appear in awkward and unexpected places, In Peggy Guggenheim: A Collection In Venice, art fans creating a landscape that drifts between dream can gain a rare insight into Guggenheim’s love and reality. of art, in particular her strong affinity for two key Exhibition opens on Saturday, January artistic movements of 20th century modern art: 29, and runs ’til Sunday, March 20. Surrealism and Abstraction. Also on display will be personal photos and items which belonged Sculpture By The Sea, Cottesloe Beach, to Peggy, such as a pair of her famous sunglasses. Cottesloe. The exhibition will present the vitality created by Perth’s largest free outdoor art exhibition, the the combination of European and American artists much loved Sculpture By The Sea, will return that transformed Modernist art throughout the for its seventh year in 2011, drawing an world, and will feature works by Pablo Picasso, Max estimated 140,000 visitors. Overlooking the Ernst, René Magritte, Piet Mondrian, Constantin beautiful Indian Ocean, the exhibition will Brancusi, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock. feature sculptures from local, interstate and Exhibition runs ’til Monday, January 31. international artists. 39 West Australian artists Cloud City, Langley Park, Riverside Drive, Perth. will showcase their talents, along with 18 other Presenting his visionary art for the first time in gifted Australian sculptors. Exhibition opens on Thursday, March Australia, distinguished artist Tomas Saraceno creates Cloud City for the people of Perth. The work 3, and runs ’til Tuesday, March 22. 26
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PERFORMANCE Cinderella, Quarry Amphitheatre, 1 Waldron Drive, City Beach. In 2011 the Perth City Ballet will proudly present a full length production of Prokofiev’s Cinderella. With direction by Diana Waldron, Cinderella will feature artists such as Allan Girod and Shane Adamczack (as the ugly stepsisters), plus Sarah Sutcliffe and Sergey Pevnev. Season opens on Wednesday, January 19, and runs ’til Saturday, January 22. Bookings can be made through Ticketmaster.
The Quod Project by Tania Ferrier in collaboration with James Kerr
The Quod Project, Heathcote Museum and Gallery, Duncraig Road, Applecross. The Quod Project is a multidisciplinary art exhibition by painter Tania Ferrier about The Quod – a building that is now known as the Rottnest Lodge. Prior to becoming a luxury tourist resort, The Quod housed many individuals imprisoned on the island, and during its operation it became the largest deaths in custody site in Australia. In collaboration with Aboriginal elders representing Wadjemup/Rottnest and photographer James Kerr, The Quod Project exposes hidden history and holds up a mirror to ourselves; are we responsible for our ignorance? E x h i b i t i o n r u n s ’ t i l S u n d a y, February 27.
Waltzing The Wilarra, Subiaco Arts Centre, 180 Hammersley Road, Subiaco. Join Charlie, Elsa and Fay as they take you on a musical journey back to 1940s post-war Perth. Against a backdrop of curfews, and the fear of arrest for consorting, whites and blacks manage to form their own club. For a night they can experience rare happy times singing, dancing and with a little luck... find romance! Forty years on, as the club faces demolition, our three characters stage a musical reunion in protest. The trio reflects upon loves lost and found, dark secrets are revealed and we discover that reconciliation is more than saying sorry. A teaming of two of Australia’s leading Indigenous theatre makers, David Milroy (Windmill Baby) and Wesley Enoch (The Sapphires), Waltzing The Wilarra is an original music theatre work featuring an all-star Indigenous cast. Season opens on Thursday, February 3, and runs ’til Sunday, March 6. Bookings can be made at PerthFestival.com.au. The Red Shoes, Octagon Theatre, University Of WA, Nedlands. How far would you go to stop dancing? A young girl tricks her blind stepmother into buying her a pair of risqué red shoes. After dancing, spinning and revelling wildly in the freedom of her sensual new prize, she is horrified to discover the shoes won’t come off ... or stop dancing. Luckily one man has the chops to provide a solution. This dark, witty and highly original take on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story presented as part of the Perth International Arts Festival sees a wonderfully warped cast dipping into music, mime, dance and devilishness to entertain while reminding us of life’s precariousness. Season opens on Friday, February 11, and runs ’til Saturday, February 19. Bookings can be made at PerthFestival.com.au. www.xpressmag.com.au
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If you love the fashions of yesteryear you’ll kick yourself if you miss out on She Seldom Blushes’ post-Christmas sale. Tucked away in Atwell Arcade in Fremantle, She Seldom Blushes is bursting at the seams with vintage delights and contemporary creations from labels such as Friends Of Couture, Koi Girl, Shilla and the store’s own self-titled jewellery line. Head on in quick smart to make the most of 30 per cent off a range of stock, or save your pennies for this weekend when the whole of Atwell Arcade will go on sale. As part of the Arcade wide sale, She Seldom Blushes will offer up to 20 per cent off vintage goodies on Saturday, January 8, and Sunday, January 9.
MYER
When it comes to stocktake sales, the big department stores know how to do it best. Renowned for their massive post-Christmas bargain bonanzas, Myer is once again slashing their prices, offering huge discounts right up until Wednesday, January 26. Head in to any of the Myer stores to make the most of 30-50 per cent off women’s clothing by a range of designers, 30 per cent off swimwear (including Jen Hawkins’ swimwear label Cozi) and 25 per cent off the price of intimate apparel. Guys can score 40 per cent off clothes from Bauhaus, Kenji, Lost Highway and M-ONE-11 and nab board shorts by MCD, Krave, Mossimo and Surf Rider with a 30 per cent discount.
METHOD CLOTHING
The team at Method Clothing in Mount Lawley are welcoming 2011 with a bumper bargain fest that will see designs by labels such as Gypsy, Maiocchi, Binny, Ae’men, Nic Green and Religion, on sale with discounts of 20 per cent. View the full range of sale items in store at 557 Beaufort Street or hit up methodclothing.iinet.net.au.
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CITE CLOTHING
If you’re a style conscious lad or lass looking to replenish your wardrobe with outfits for festivals, parties or any of the other fun events that come along with summer, don’t miss out on Cite Clothing’s bumper summer sale. With stores in Carousel, Whitfords, Karrinyup and in Perth at one40william, Cite has more sale stock than you could poke a giant coat hanger at, with discounts on designs by Insight, Modern Amusement, One Teaspoon, Shilla, Nixon, The Academee Brand, Ben Sherman and more! _EMMA BERGMEIER
Romeo & Juliet
Romeo & Juliet is showing at Kings Park and Botanic Gardens from Friday, January 7, ’til Saturday, February 5. Booking can be made through BOCS.
Beauty Getting A Tattoo by Settai Komura
Inked, Gallery East, 94 Stirling Highway, North Fremantle. The Japanese tattoo as a traditional expression of art using the human skin as a canvas has now become world famous and remains unequalled in its technique, form and variety of representations. With its origins in antiquity, it was with the rise of the wealthy townspeople of Edo, Osaka and Kyoto in the 17th – 19th Centuries that voluntary tattooing developed and flourished, notwithstanding that it was officially banned from 1811-1945. Exhibition opens on Sunday, January 16, and runs ’til Sunday, February 6. My Bicycle Loves You, Regal Theatre, Hay Street, Subiaco. Named after one of the great films used in the show, My Bicycle Loves You is an uplifting cabaret of vaudeville, acrobatics, a little magic and rambunctious piano hall music. The early 1900s were the golden age of travelling entertainment. Among the top acts touring Australia and the world were The Corrick Family, comprised of mum, dad, seven daughters and one son, who amazed onlookers with a mystical new medium known as ‘moving pictures’. Season opens on Tuesday, February 22, and runs ’til Saturday, Februar y 26. Bookings can be made via perthfestival.com.au. Australia’s highest circulating Street Press
MUSIC Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, January 13 Rosemount Hotel; bookings through BOCS. Kenny Rogers With WASO, January 29 Lake Karrinyup Country Club; bookings through waso.com.au. Roy Ayers, February 12 Beck ’s Music Box; bookings through PerthFestival.com.au. The Unthanks, February 13 Beck ’s Music Box; bookings through PerthFestival.com.au.
From the power-coupling of ’90s heartthrobs Leo and Claire in Baz Luhrman’s smash-hit movie Romeo + Juliet, to Such Twe e t S o r r ow , t h e R o y a l S h a k e s p e a r e Company’s retelling of the Romeo & Juliet story on Twitter, Shakespeare’s infamous tale of star-crossed young lovers is undoubtedly the most continuously reinvented of all his works - but as Paige Newmark, the artistic director of Shakespeare WA attests: a balance must be struck between these newer iterations and theatrical productions evoking yesteryear. “Although audiences from the Elizabethan Age to the present cherish Romeo & Juliet as one of the most beloved plays of all time, there are always some people who will argue that Shakespeare’s original texts aren’t relevant today, and there are others who argue that modernising his stories is not ‘real Shakespeare’. Deciding how to stage one of Shakespeare’s plays is a tenuous venture – either way, it’s a losing battle.” A f t e r l a s t y e a r ’s p s y c h e d e l i c ‘60s-soaked radical retelling of The Taming Of The Shrew, this summer’s annual Shakespeare In The Park p ro d u c t i o n h a s fo u n d t h e international Shakespearean tackling the eternally popular romance of the young Romeo and his Juliet in a more traditional manner. Staged in its original Renaissance setting of Italy in 1600, the hot blood is set to stir in Newmark’s dark revival of The Bard’s tricky tragedy of flirty, street-fighting teenagers disastrously caught up in the double trauma of real love and their parents’ murderous small-town rivalries. “Although there is a perception that audiences are more apt to modern retellings, I think there is a place for all different adaptations. I see the newer interpretations as important in changing people’s attitudes towards Shakespeare; because of the widespread popularity of some of these modern adaptations, for a lot of people [watching Shakespearean theatre] is no longer an i n t i m i d a t i n g o r s c a r y e x p e r i e n ce, b u t
“I SEE THE NEWER INTERPRETATIONS AS IMPORTANT IN CHANGING PEOPLE’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS SHAKESPEARE; BECAUSE OF THE WIDESPREAD POPULARITY OF SOME OF THESE MODERN ADAPTATIONS, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE [WATCHING SHAKESPEAREAN THEATRE] IS NO LONGER AN INTIMIDATING OR SCARY EXPERIENCE, BUT INSTEAD SOMETHING THAT ENCOURAGES THEM TO COME AND SEE THE LIVE PRODUCTIONS IN THEIR TRADITIONAL FORMS.” instead something that encourages them to come and see the live productions in their traditional forms,” Newmark explains. “As with everything else, there is a balance to be struck, and I felt the time was right to stage a more conventional play. I received a lot of positive feedback following our production of The Taming Of The Shew and I can only hope that the people of Perth will be just as willing to embrace this year’s more traditional production.” Celebrating authentic Renaissance costume in combination with melodious verse speaking and expertly-choreographed fight sequences, Newmark promises that this is truly Shakespeare as Shakespeare intended: “Quite simply, it will be gorgeous to watch.” _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD 27
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More Than Club Music 2010 was a banner year for Berlin electronic duo Booka Shade, with their fourth album More earning unanimous critical acclaim – not to mention a tour schedule packed with headlining slots at major festivals and sold out shows worldwide. JOSHUA HAYES speaks with Arno Kammermeier about the year that’s been. After spending most of 2010 touring, beginning with a headlining slot at Future Music Festival, Booka Shade travelled through Europe, the States and Asia. Now, they’re coming back to wrap up a year on the road at Big Day Out. “It was a very rewarding year, a very successful year, I’m very happy now,” says Kammermeier, who plays drums in the duo and is joined by keyboardist Walter Merziger. “It’s the end of the year, so you look back a little bit and you reflect on what happened, and it couldn’t be better.” A high point was the May release of More, an album 16 months in the making. “It wasn’t like we were in the studio for 16 months of course,” Kammermeier says.“We always write songs, we constantly work on music, we have a portable studio with us based on a laptop. A lot of the songs were written somewhere on this planet in a hotel room or backstage.”
Using this technique, Booka Shade have started working on their next album, although Kammermeier says it won’t be released before 2012 but there will be a few EPs and singles to whet fans’ appetites. “Some of the stuff you may hear at Big Day Out may be ideas of what’s coming out as a single later on, this is what we use the DJing for, to check out which tracks work and then release them as a single,” Kammermeier reveals. While their live show has received considerable praise (rated fifth best live act in a reader’s poll conducted by Resident Advisor magazine), Kammermeier is sure punters will enjoy their DJ set.“We have a lot of special remixes for the DJ show, remixes we can’t play,” he says. “We just finished preparing a lot of our own remixes and special mixes of Mandarine Girl, Body Language and In White Rooms for Big Day Out. This is interesting for us because it gives us the opportunity to again try out something new with our songs and push them forward and always come up with a new angle or bring out new colours of the songs.” And, while Kammermeier describes their upcoming performance as a DJ show, the term is a tad misleading. In addition to the requisite turntables and laptop, Merziger will be manning a range of synthesisers and effects pads along with a visual show set to the music. “It wouldn’t be enough for us to just mix two tracks, there’s got to be more for us, and more to explore,” Kammermeier says of the show. When they were last in town it was for a live performance, which consisted of Kammermeier on drums and Merziger on keyboards. It’s a lineup that has been in place since the pair first started collaborating 25 years ago. “We met a school band 25 years ago or so when we were kids, and we realised that we wanted to do something together as musicians,” Kammermeier says. Continued on page 30
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GO OFF THE RAILS Mary J Blige
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DEFECTORS (UP-STAIRS)
FRIDAYS
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Jason Creek
SUMMADAYZE HEATS UP Just when you thought the lineup couldn’t get any better, more ridiculously talented DJ masters have been announced to get your party feet moving at this year’s Summadayze Festival. RTRFM’s Full Frequency host, Micah, will be making an appearance as part of the local lineup announced for this weekend’s Summadayze festival (and P.S- aren’t we glad it’s on a Saturday!). Judging by Micah’s disgustingly good set at Breakfest on Boxing Day, you can expect great things from this bad boy. Kenny L and Darren J will also be spinning some beats along with Bombs Away and Mind Electric. Winner of this year’s PDMA Best Trance DJ, Jason Creek, will be bringing the progressive beats alongside Junior, Craig Hollywood and Philly Blunt. It is going to be a super hot day, filled with good party music, up and coming tracks and glorious talent from around the world. Don’t miss this dancing treat. If you haven’t already jumped on the disco bandwagon, head to ticketmaster.com.au for tickets and futureentertainment.com.au/summadayze for more info regarding set times and general event details.
For those of you who have been a bit tied up with the whole Christmas and New Year affair, take a step back and breathe. And now think: what’s coming up? Raggamuffin, that’s what. Raggamuffin is a feast of reggae music, a day of live funk, dub, hip hop and soul. It’s been awfully successful for the last three years, enthralling fans across Australia and New Zealand. 2011 marks its fourth year and it is going to be like no other. Mary J Blige is on the impressive bill alongside Jimmy Cliff and Sean Paul. There are too many fantastic artists to mention so just know this: it’s going to be a great show and you want to be part of it. It’s all happening on Australia day, Wednesday, January 26, at Fremantle Oval. Tickets are on sale now through ticketmaster.com.au. Get your dreadlocks ready to rock, roll, sway and bop.
Not literally. We mean, get on down to the Railway Hotel and witness what is going to be an amazing spectacle of hip hop talent. Off The Rails is a pure hip hop event which will showcase WA’s best up and coming MCs and beat makers. There’s no better time to check out who is going to be big in the hip hop scene for 2011 than getting your bum down to join in the mayhem that will ensue when these party starters hit the stage. Dazastah from Downsyde is also on the impressive bill. For those not in the know, Dazastah is a producer and prominent local performer and is also a member of WA Hip Hop Crew, Syllabolix. Many tracks he has collaborated on have made it on Aussie hip hop compilations too. Dazastah will be joined by Layla and Porsah Laine and the SBX Crew. Chekid and Cortext from Sound Magnetiks Affiliation will also be making an appearance as well as Bitter Belief and Creed Birch and Complete from The Psych Ward Crew. So much talent. You have no excuses. Tickets are $15 from moshtix.com.au. Do it.
ANDY C IS NOT FAR AWAY
Andy C
It’s getting closer and closer. That’s right people. The time has come to get excited about Andy C, aka The Executioner. That’s not the violent typehe’s the English DJ who is well renowned for his pioneering role in the drum’n’bass scene. Andy C has collaborated with the best of the best in drum’n’bass and is an accomplished producer. His record label Ram Records consists of DJs and producers, including Sub Focus. Its most popular releases of recent times have been Noisia’s Façade and Chase And Status’ Pieces along with Sub Focus’ Time Warp and Airplane. If you don’t know much about Andy C, now is the time to get your learning cap on. It’s all happening on Tuesday, January 25, at Metro City. Tickets are $75 plus booking fee. Go and get your drum’n’bass dancing and head beating on. Yeow!
HOUSEMEISTER AND DJ EDIJOTRONIC Are you ready to rock out on Australia day? Are you that excited about it that you want to party before hand? Well, here’s just the thing for you if so. On the back of a sold out Halloween party at Villa, Boys Noize records is heading back down under to warp minds and blow speakers at Ambar. Joining them with be two of the best DJs on the BNR label: Housemeister and DJ Edjotronic. Oozing electro and techno beats, the boys will be electrifying the joint alongside Perth’s own electro wizards Defeat, Robot Skream and the Time Travel Agent boys. Housemeister’s coming all the way from Berlin to bring you his music which fills the gaps between techno, electro and punk. DJ Edjotronic will be bringing the Parisian vibe to get your booty on the dance floor. It’s all happening on Tuesday, January 25, at Ambar. Tickets are $20 plus booking fee for the first release. The final release tickets will be $25 plus booking fee. You can grab them from moshtix.com.au, Planet and Mills. Doors open at 10pm. This will be big.
FREE ENTRY BACK TO MONO is all about anthems. From David Bowie to Danny Byrd, the Rolling Stones to Rusko, The Beatles to the Beastie Boys, Soft Cell to Sub Focus and heaps more cool stuff you wanna hear! Some of Perth’s finest DJ’s including Anton and Andrei Maz, DJack, Burmuda Rockers and Maz1 will get the party started right each and every Friday, with a playlist spanning all genres and all decades; dance, electro, indie, rock, dubstep, funk, soul and hip hop classics. It’s just like a house party but you don’t need to clean up afterwards!
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BOOKA SHADE “The funny thing is if you would see pictures of us at the age of 16/17, when we started to play in groups, basically it’s the same set up that we have today; I play the drums, Walter plays the keyboard, and of course it looks a bit different nowadays but it is basically the same idea, the idea from the very beginning seemed to work, it just took a long time over the years to get to the festival stages and to make it a really big show.” The years the group spent working together enabled them to develop a unique sound that disregards fickle club trends. ”We simply can’t do it any different,” Kammermeier says.“Walter and I, we both said it seems like we managed to create our own sound universe, and we live in this own universe and it’s sometimes even a little bit detached from what happens in the clubs but we don’t mind as long as people hear the music and they realise in which context they can hear it, be it at home or in the car. “It gives them the feeling of club music but many times it’s much more than club music, you know? It has the feeling of the club but it adds a lot of levels many times, emotional levels, and this is what we want to continue, and I think this is a trademark of Booka Shade.” Kammermeier adds that the duo debated releasing songs like Body Language and Mandarine Girl, which proved to be two of their biggest hits, concerned that they would
Booka Shade be too difficult for DJs to play. “We’re not the greatest A&Rs when it comes to our own music but you can only do what you think is right and what you love and then hopefully some people will join in and like the same thing,” he say. 2011 will see the group taking a well deserved breather from touring, although, speaking from Berlin as the pre-Christmas blizzards froze Europe, Kammermeier still sounds very keen to hit the road. “I’m so much
looking forward to coming to Australia, it’s always great if you leave cold and freezing Europe and then you come to this warm place with a lot of friendly people.” BOOKA SHADE BIG DAY OUT SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6 @ CLAREMONT SHOWGROUNDS www.xpressmag.com.au
AEROPLANE KITE FLYING
ARMIN VAN BUUREN NO MIRAGE
Despite having amicably parted with partner-in-crime Stephen Fasano, Vito Deluca is still a pilot-in-command. His essential disco sound is as lush and fluid as it is blissful and it’s nice to know that the good sound is around to be enjoyed despite the split. RK talks to Deluca about plans past and present and his imminent return to Australia for Summadayze.
Armin van Buuren is now a bona fide, global trance music phenomenon. There is no disputing it. He has won more awards, sold more records, played to more people and broken more hearts than probably any DJ on earth, save the odd outlier (Tiesto). But make no mistake, this man is a machine; an institution. RK talks to him on the eve of his return to Australia.
The story goes that Stephen Fasano and Vito Deluca, the Italian/Belgium duo that created Aeroplane met when Deluca had a record store in Belgium years ago. Deluca was producing music at the time and didn’t have any contacts. When the boys met, they both knew they could help each other out. And indeed, coming from Belgium has its benefits. It is the perfect place for immersing oneself in electronic music. Deluca is in total agreement. “Belgium is a great place for this music,” the Italian chimes. “The music that inspires me the most is probably nu-beat. It has a slightly slower BPM and those catchy bass lines. It’s funny too, there are lot of people like Soulwax and other people from Belgium that I didn’t know were from Belgium.” Deluca is also inspired and influenced by music which he categorises as “pretty old” but then elaborates to say it’s mainly ‘70s and ‘80s stuff. “Since I was six, I’ve had keyboards and things,” he adds. “I’ve been at music all my life.” But recently, there have been some shifts in the musical direction of Aeroplane. A difficult period six months ago saw the boys go their separate ways. Despite this, Deluca wanted to continue with the outfit. “As long as we’re [Deluca and Fasano] doing the dance music thing, we bring the whole structure and that sort of thing but when we started working on the album, Stefan couldn’t find his place anymore as I was playing a lot of instruments and I didn’t want to do that on my own,” Deluca says.“So we basically realised we wanted different things. I kept Aeroplane because mainly I wrote the record and he went on to start something new.” Deluca is now on the back foot and is taking some time to promote the record, We Can’t Fly, until March next year.“I’m working on a new EP but also I’m not going to work on as many remixes as I have in the past,” he reveals. “I really keep only the vocals and build around them so for me a remix is like a whole new track. I figured out in the end I would rather do something for myself. So around mid 2011, I’ll do more Aeroplane stuff.” And Deluca has already got a bit of an
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Aeroplane idea about what this new record will entail. “The new album is going to be what I’ve done already,” he says. “I don’t wake in the morning and think ‘I’m going to do this or that’. Something or nothing can come out; something hip hop or pop comes and sometimes disco or whatever. I’m actually more comfortable with stuff that isn’t dance music, it’s a specific skill. I’m more of a composer than a producer so I’m trying to make the music secondary. If it’s a good song, it’s still a good song. I write a good song.” But for now, it will be about dance music when he hits Perth this weekend for Summadayze. “I’ve got my record collection ready and I’m doing some tracks and edits, some old disco stuff and anything really that is really danceable,” he says. “I know I’ll be playing to some pretty big crowds so ultimately my DJ set has to appeal to a lot of people. I hope the fans enjoy it.” AEROPLANE SUMMADAYZE SATURDAY, JANUARY 8 @ THE ESPLANADE
Armin van Buuren has been voted #1 in DJ Magazine’s annual Top 100 list of the most popular DJs in the world for the last four years in a row. But the man himself hasn’t let stardom get to him.“It’s very simple really,” Buuren says of his art.“It might not be the romantic answer that you are looking for but for me, music is just like hearing that one record. It makes you go wow and then it becomes about sharing that wow feeling. In every sense, we are all DJs. I don’t know, though if you hear a song on the radio that you haven’t heard before and ask about the track in the record store, then buy the album, you possess those DJ elements. And then a friend comes around and you relay that enthusiasm.” And that’s what it’s always been about for Buuren, being happy and making sure others are having a good time. “That is the essence of what I do, maintaining that enthusiasm,” he says. “The most important thing for me is to continue having fun in what I do; I don’t care too much about being successful although I know how lucky I have been. I actually have a law degree so I knew I could always stop this and do something else. I’m not here to be the world’s number one DJ, that isn’t my main goal. Of course you strive to do well and I think I can prove that by saying when I did Blue Fear in 1996, I didn’t jump on any bandwagons. I just did what I enjoyed.” Currently, Buuren is getting ready to bring his equipment back to Australia for some selected dates around the country (including a nine hour set in Melbourne on New Year’s Eve) which means you can expect to hear everything that’s worth listening to in the EDM space right now. Likewise, you can bet the Dutch master is amped. “Playing for Australian crowds pumps the adrenaline right up,” he says. “I know it’s not particularly healthy and I wouldn’t recommend anyone trying it – especially some of the longer sets! Even my doctor recommended against it for me but before you know it, the day or the night is gone.” And with various dates around the country, including festival and special performance
Armin van Buuren dates, the true master of the decks says he has plenty of music up his sleeve. “I have to say, there is no such thing as a typical performance,” he says. “It really depends on the crowd I have to say. “I can easily play uplifting trance if that’s what people want me to do or I can play progressive or techno. It depends on the crowd and where they want me to go. A lot of people want to know what’s going to happen but I can’t really say right now.” Indeed, YouTube clips from any number of Buuren gigs are wonderfully impressive. Expect an uplifting and satisfying show that will possess incredible amounts of energy. “If I see an uplifting record doesn’t work, I’ll try something else,” he says. “Everyone at the event who bought a ticket needs to go home satisfied. I think that’s very important and that is my goal.” ARMIN VAN BUUREN SUMMADAYZE SATURDAY, JANUARY 8 @ THE ESPLANADE
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YUKSEK FAR AWAY Pierre-Alexandre Busson is a softly spoken Frenchman with undisputed talent. A practicing musician from an early age, the man is living his dream. “Actually I was writing music when I was young. I was part of a music school from the ages of six to 17 and was involved in various bands and other rock and electronic projects. Now I’ve arrived at Yuksek which is somewhere in between all of that – it is more of a pop influence and a vocal influence - things like that.” RK talks to the man himself. The producer, remixer and DJ has been incredibly busy since the release of his debut album So Far Away From The Sea, and although not entirely filtering down into the mainstream Australian electronic house scene, most fans of pop culture would known the famous single Tonight from the album. Playing mainly live shows and a few DJ sets throughout the year, Busson has finished up a tour and is now straight into the summer DJ set scene while working on a new album. Phew. And just when you think that’s all, he goes on to mention the collaborations currently on the go. Indeed, Busson is known for his collaborations that you could safely term ‘outsidethe-square.’ He has worked with The Killers, Invaders, Lady Gaga and even U-God from the Wu-Tang Clan.“Actually, the U-God remix was quite fun,” Busson says. “It was actually a track that didn’t exist from U-God. He never got the sample cleared and they kept the vocal and they asked a few producers to work on the release so it ended up basically being an original so it was quite fun. I like sometimes to make a non-existent track into something. What we’ve done before is choose for
example, 10 producers and choose some sounds and all make different tracks from that.” Busson goes on to say that his new album won’t feature as many hard-hitting tracks as So Far Away From The Sea showcased. “The next album is going to be something different because I don’t like to make the same thing twice,” Busson explains. “There are no club tracks on it at the moment. There are tracks like on the first album So Far Away From The Sea but the big banger tracks almost have disappeared. I am also singing on all of the tracks myself, some of the tracks were previously sung by other guys so this time I decided to sing by myself. It was a really cool experience; I write songs before I think about the productions so it is a natural flow for me. “When I play, I start to build my set as a growing sound. I don’t know if that means something but not quite slow or groovy, I go up and up. I try not to do those things; I feel like I’m more of a musician than a DJ. It is also a lot of fun to DJ and while I try to be professional, I try to keep it fun and give the crowd what I really like rather than just following the sound of the moment. I respect the bigger sounds but I don’t have time
to follow, I want to lead.” Finally, he adds that he hasn’t been to Australia for a DJ set before: “I’ve always played live,” he says. “There are a lot of cool guys on tour with me this time too. Some of them are friends so I think we’re going to have a lot of fun and I’ll do my best to play a lot of the new tracks I finished and see what’s going on.”
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BACK TO ITS ORIGIN
SPOR / CHASE AND STATUS / SUBFOCUS / NERO / BREAKAGE and more Belvoir Amphitheatre Friday, December 31, 2010 At quarter to seven the line to get into the Belvoir grounds was long but moving quickly. Everyone had the right idea; get there as the sun was going down and the shadows were lengthening. It was a sold out festival with no sales on the door, but there was still ample room inside to move. Everyone was looking pretty chilled as Muller played a crisp clean set on the top stage, but it appeared that the sound was only good if you stood close. If you were too far away it was taken by the wind and tunes appeared muffled, less punchy. The sound in the bowl, however, was phenomenal all night, and only got better as the sound was steadily turned up. Flight delays had led to a last minute re-shuffle of set times, but it definitely wasn’t something that was going to ruin anyone’s night. As Evol Intent hit the top stage to a gathering crowd, a slightly lacklustre start meant that it took a while for him to whip anyone into frenzy. Playing In The Middle Of the Night and Dead On Arrival back to back got the punters cheering though. A sure-fire winner. The sound in the amphitheatre was insane. After the flaccid sound at Breakfest Knowledge had bought their system in for the event and the difference was immediately apparent. 16 Bit’s opus Chainsaw Calligraphy never sounded as brutal as it did in the beautiful surrounds on the amphitheatre as the last rays of sun disappeared over the horizon. Nothing could prepare you for the amazing vibe that High Contrast created in the bowl though. People ran down those steps like they were on a mission as he launched into Danny Byrd’s Ill Behaviour. Kito was playing a fabulous set up top but High Contrast was playing epic tune after epic tune, setting the scene for some fabulous sets to come (and some very sore and sorry punters the next day). As Nero sauntered onto the main stage it was clear that they had a lot to live up to. Launching immediately into a straight-beat electro banger followed by their own brand of commercial dub step, it was clear that they were throwing everything they could at the hungry crowd. Seamless mixing, great energy flow, variation and some mind-blowing double-drops made this the set of the day for many.
Chase And Status (photo: Glen Canning) Unfortunately Chase And Status (or just Saul as it were) couldn’t keep the energy going, despite high expectations. Clearly, with a backcatalogue like these guys have, people are going to be vibin’ whatever you do, but Saul’s over-use of the rewind just served to destroy any flow that he’d built up. Meanwhile, Breakage was killing it on the top stage. Dressed in shirt and tie with a cigarette hanging from the side of his mouth, he dropped the seminal Benga and Coki classic Night to a smaller but appreciative crowd. The bass was definitely heavier than it had been earlier, but artists were still imploring the sound guys to ‘turn them up’. Many people aren’t sold on the live drum and bass set in general, but Subfocus, complete with home-made light show and an impressive back catalogue of hits, changed the opinions of many naysayers with a polished and entertaining performance. From Rock It, to a Deadmau5 remix, to This Could Be Real... the crowd started to flag, not because it was bad, but because people had been dancing furiously for almost five hours. Closing off the main stage was Spor. The Lifted prodigy rarely puts a foot wrong, and tonight was no exception, although dropping Innocence was a little unnecessary (as it had already been played a dozen times). Heavy and bandsaw brutal, it was a set that capped off the night perfectly. The move back to its origins was a great move for Knowledge. After utilising a diverse range of acts over the last couple of years, a return to Belvoir as well as keeping it drum and bass and dubstep specific was exactly what was needed to bring in the New Year. Here’s hoping the formula remains the same for next time. _REUBEN ADAMS 32
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KID KENOBI AND MC SHURESHOCK THE ODD COUPLE
Having just torn the house down at Breakfest, Kid Kenobi and MC Shureshock are currently celebrating 10 years together as the nation’s favourite DJ/MC duo. Are they really great mates or, after all these years touring and performing, are they sick of the sight of each other? ANDREW NELSON dishes the dirt. It seems like Jesse Desenberg (Kid Kenobi) and Cameron Brown (MC Shureshock) have been around on the scene for ages. With countless tours and mix CDs including the seminal Ministry Of Sound Breaks and Kid Kenobi Sessions, the pair have an obvious chemistry. They first hooked up together in 2000 and from the start it was clear they were going to get along. “We were introduced through a mutual friend of ours who was our manager for many years,” Desenberg says. “We all went on tour one time down the snow and also had a huge party. That night we ended up talking in the snow with our shirts off ‘til six or seven in the morning bonding, as it does go sometimes when you’re partying in the snow. We just became friends and really hit it off I guess.” From this first initial friendship, a working relationship then evolved. Desenberg says Brown would come down from Brisbane to Sydney and do some gigs at a night the two were running at the time and then he would go up to Brisbane. He was then offered the Ministry Of Sound compilation which ended up being a big break for the duo. “They wanted me to put all the big tracks at the time on there,” Desenberg says.“It was going to be quite an obvious CD so I thought one way to make this a bit more interesting was to have an MC on it. I thought of Cameron and off the back of that we toured and we have been ever since”. It’s clearly a partnership that works well, which Brown reaffirms. “I think that firstly a good friendship and a common musical bond is one thing and a very common vision as to what we we’re trying to present and what we believe in as far as music goes [is another],” he says of the relationship. And Desenberg is, of course, in agreement with Brown and even goes on to describe the changes he has witnessed in Brown’s performance over their years working together. “He’s become really good at knowing how to step
around the places not to perform,” Desenberg says.“There are some MCs who just flat-line it and go ‘drrr’ [makes drilling noise] without listening to the track but Cam has become very good at stepping around the track and working it at a particular moment. He knows the tracks inside out so he knows what’s going to happen. It’s more like he’s being part of the song rather than MCing over the track. It just works.” This mutual love all sounds a bit like an American rom-com, surely they must piss each other off sometimes? “He has this really annoying habit where he scratches his balls and sniffs it, that’s disgusting but generally he leaves that to the hotel room,” Brown jokingly reveals (I think). Desenberg is a bit more tactful with his response. “There was a period where we used to fight a lot and get into each other’s faces,” he says. “I think as time goes by, we realised what kind of buttons to avoid pressing that annoyed the other person. You learn that particularly fast when your touring with someone and you’re not sleeping and probably drinking a lot the night before, then you’re hungover the next day and on a plane or in a car somewhere else and you could easily get annoyed with each other. I think we’ve become pretty good at it lately.” Plenty of partnerships encounter deceit these days and Desenberg reveals that the duo have cheated on each other. “There have been a few moments where I’ll be doing a solo gig and an MC turns up and it’s interesting,” he says. “You have to learn how to work with someone else. Cam’s not usually too upset about it because he thinks he’s better than anyone else [laughs]. We do a lot of own solo work as well so it works really well. We both realise that’s a much stronger position to be in because we’re both bringing our individual projects of work to the table rather than being in each other pockets all the time.” That’s exactly what has happened with the recently released EP entitled Ten, which
Kid Kenobi and MC Shureshock amazingly is the first time the pair have produced a track together. “It’s an EP that’s encapsulated everything we’ve been doing over the last ten years, there’s a dub-step/jungle track called Safe Sounds, then we did a retro acid break beats tune [Acid Breaks] and then a dub track,” Desenberg reveals. The vocals on Safe Sounds are a tribute to Brown’s three month old daughter, India. Desenberg’s partner is expecting too so both the boys’ lives will be changing dramatically over the next 18 months or so which begs the question: does this fatherhood signal the end of an era? “The next 12 months is about sustaining income and supporting family and trying to put down a couple of records and not putting
ourselves under too much pressure,” Brown replies. “I was hoping to release my debut solo album next year but I’ve recently had to relegate my studio to a baby room but we intend to continue a strong body of releases.” Anniversaries, affairs and now babiesthe pair sound like a proper nuclear family and from the sounds of what’s to come; it may just get rowdy at Big Day Out, especially if Desenberg brings his hotel room habit out onto the stage. KID KENOBI AND MC SHURESHOCK BIG DAY OUT SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6 @ CLAREMONT SHOWGROUNDS
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THURSDAY 06/01
Woodvale Tavern – D J Melvin Li uid Nightclub – DJ Buda / Villa – OziSerbs - Serbian DJ Nino Brown Xmas Eve Party One of Australia’s most promising Hip Hop and R‘n’B deck masters, DJ Nino Brown FRIDAY 07/01 will join forces with DJ Buda Railway Hotel – Off The Rails tonight to raise the roof – Dazastah/Layle & Porsah at Liquid. A master of the Laine/Chekid & Cortext/ turntables, Brown has been B i t t e r R e l i e f & C re e d / performing for 15 odd years Complete now, so he certainly knows Make a bee-line for the how to get a dancefloor Railway Hotel to soak up the pumping! sea breeze with help from rapper/hip hop artist Porsah Broken Hill Hotel – Fixed Laine this Friday. A Perth girl Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) – born and bred, Porsah has DJ Righteous worked with artists such as Club Bayview –Hush- Sox Downsyde and Drapht, so you Draw / Maxwell know she’ll put on a dope Club Marakesh – DJ Simon show. Doors open 8pm, entry Cottesloe Hotel – DJ Shots / is $15 on the door. DJ Andy M Dolce – Maxwell/Damian John/Hippo Club Eve – DJ Tony Allen Flying Scotsman (DEFECTORS) – Cowboys / Indi Kids Flying Scotsman (Main Room) – Pasha’s Kitchen Leopold Hotel – DJ Riki / Off The Rails Roger Smart Manhattan’s – The Wishers/ Dux n Downtown Amplifier – Jamie Mac Mustang – DJ James Bar Open – Boutique Fridays MacArthur Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Newport – Mills DJs Niche Bar – Flaunt / Johnni P Alexander Capitol – DJs all night / Feminem N i c h e - J o h n n i P / R o b Carine Glades Tavern - DJ Abstar Blandford Oxford Hotel – Johnny Taylor Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) Paddy Hannans – Dr Bogus DJ Jimmy-Mac Como Hotel – DJ Gazz / Crazy Craig D ev i l l e’s – + D J s R u s s Swinging Pig – DJ Simon The Deen – DJ Flex/ DJ Nano/ Dewbury / Charlie Bucket Flying Scotsman (Main DJ Surge/ DJ Don Migi Room) – Time Tunnel - DJ The East End - DJ Midfield Rok Riley/ Joe 19 The Queens – Kapitol P The Whistling Kite - DJ Funk Club – DJ Charlie Bucket Gareth High Wycombe – Fill In Da The Shed – DJ Andyy Toucan Club -Shut Up & Gap Hipe Club – DJ E-Funk Dance – DJ PK Wolfe Lane – Soul Purpose - Liquid Nightclub – DJ Klar55 / DJ Jewel / DJ Stevie M DJ Jimmy Mac
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SATURDAY 08/01 Esplanade & Supreme Court Gardens – Summadayze feat David Guetta/ Armin Van Buuren/ N*E*R*D/ Chromeo/ B oys Noize/ Erol Alkan/ Art Vs Science/ Miami Horror/ Claude Von Stroke/ Tinie Tempah/ PVT/ Breakbot/ Yuksek/ Aeroplane/ Riva Starr/ Zombie Disco Squad/ Nervo/ Stafford Brothers. Get your dancing shoes ready because this Saturday Summadayze hits Perth for a steaming hot afternoon and evening of the latest and greatest elec tronic sounds. With sets from triple j favourites Art Vs Science, electro gods Chromeo, bad asses N*E*R*D and PVT, this festival is set to be off the hook! Don’t forget to slip, slop and slap before you brave the elements party people! It’s also worth downloading the Summadayze iPhone app to stay up to date with set times etc. Tickets are on sale now from Ticketmaster.
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SUNDAY 09/01 The Saint – DJ Anaru Spend Sunday arvo at The Saint this week with DJ Anaru, who sure knows how to mix up a storm behind the decks. Spinning plenty of old school tracks plus the latest dancefloor favourites, DJ Anaru is almost good enough to make you forget about work on Monday morning! Entry is free, head on in from 4pm. Captain Stirling – DJ Jay Clink – DJ Tony Allen Club Bayview – DJ Pete Euro Bar – DJ Flex Eve – DJ Birdie Flying Scotsman (Main Room)- Nathan J / Chris Wright / The Nisbit
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WEDNESDAY 12/01 Basement On Broadway – Damien John/Angry Buda/ Maxwell/Headayke Captain Stirling – WhiteLabel Clancy’s (Applecross) – Upbeat – DJ Andy Connections – DJs Joby / JJ / Rueben Dusk – Blackbelt/ Aswon Eurobar – Wild Wednesdays DJ iPod/Ben Pettit Eve – DJ Don Migi / Skooby Gold – Slick/ Adroc Hipe Club – DJ Roger Smart Manhattan’s – Place of Indigo / Killer Bee Mustang – DJ Giles Newport – DJ Tony Allen / DJ Tom / The Chad Niche - DJ Frankie Button The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen – DJ Zelimer / DJ Viper & DJ Benny T– Zone 1 The Queens – Wriggle on
Off The Rails feat Dazastah/Layle & Porsah Laine/Chekid & Cortext/ Bitter Relief & Creed/ Complete Friday, January 7 @ The Railway Hotel
Andy C / MC GQ / Blockhead / MC Cowqui Tuesday, January 25 @ Metro City
Summadayze 2011 feat. Erol Alkan/Chromeo/ Armin Van Buuren/David Guetta/N.E.R.D/Wolfgang Gartner/Rivastarr/ Miami Horror/Yuksek/ Aeroplane + more Saturday, January 8 @ Supreme Court Gardens
Raggamuffin 2011 ( Mary J Blige, Jimmy Cliff, Maxi Priest, Sean Paul, The Original Wailers, The Black Seeds, Ky-Mani Marley , The Red Eyes + More Wednesday, January 26 @ Perth Fremantle Oval
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Good Vibrations 2011 feat. Faithless /Phoenix/ Sasha/ Nas/ Damian Marley/ Cee Lo Green/ Kelis/ Ludacris/ Erykah Badu/ Friendly Fires/ Miike Snow/ Fake Blood/ Rusko/ Sidney Samson/ Janelle Monae/ Mike Posner/ Yolanda Be Cool + more Sunday, February 20 @ Claremont Showgrounds
Juicy Music Tour feat Willie Morales/David Solano/Tony Puccio/ Sebastian Morxx. Friday, January 14 @ Metro City Netsky Saturday, January 15 @ Villa Sets On The Beach – Volume 2 Sunday, Januar y 16 @ Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre Mos Def Saturday, January 15 @ Metro City Kaskade Saturday, January 22 @ Villa DJEDJOTRONIC/ Housemeister Tuesday, January 25 @ Ambar
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THE SAINT AUSTRALIA DAY EVE BIKINIS & BOARDIES PARTY
FLY BY Electronic dance fans flocked to The Bakery to ring in the New Year with help from Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, The Gaslamp Killer, Harmonic 313 and Dam Funk. As the clock neared midnight the dancefloor swelled with punters partying their way into 2011. Photographs by Joel Dunbar
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Fresh back from playing Southbound, The Scotch Of Saint James bring their rockin’ tunes to the Indi Bar this Friday, January 7. Matt Gresham is back once more after a bangin’ New Year’s Eve show, and after a successful stint in Dubai, Tahnee is in full band mode on Sunday, January 9! Last but not least, the acoustic night brings songs from Matt Cal and Heddy Fraze.
Tim Rogers, one of A u s t r a l i a ’s g r e a t e s t songwriters, slips into town for a one-off up close and personal solo performance in Fremantle in between a couple of You Am I festival dates at Rottnest Island and Palandri Winery. Catch Tim playing his classic solo material from the last 10 years Friday, January 28, at the Norfolk Basement. Very limited tickets fom BOCS, 78’s Mills and Planet.
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MOJO’S BAR
Friday, January 7, Fisherman Style returns to Mojo’s with Nature headlining. Hailing all the way from Jamaica, Nature specialises in roots and culture. Playing big tunes on the night will be Earthlink, Sabata, Sensi and DJ Sorted. Entry is $10 from 9pm. Saturday, January 8, sees the debut album from young Perth act Dylan Ollivierre & The TNs launched at Mojo’s Bar. Come party in the New Year with Dylan Ollivierre & the TNs, A Beggars Second, Rachel & Henry Climb A Hill and Art In Algebra. Entry is $15 from 8pm.
THE MUSTANG BAR
The Mustang Bar continues its support of original music on Thursdays - and the first offering for the New Year is the globe-trotting Rocket To Memphis! Having just returned from recording an album in New York and once again leaving Toyko in a state of disarray, this smokin’ outfit has all guns a-blazing and hips a-swingin! Supported by two of Perth’s most exciting local bands – the amped-up rockabilly of Blazin’ Entrails and knockout all gal pop-punk of Pigeon – expect a night of killer, catchy tunes, frenzied dancefloor shenanigans and plenty of hot, voodoo action tonight, Thursday, January 6!
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Friday, January 7, sees Fear Of Comedy, the Bible Bashers, Blood Diamonds, Hollywood Graves and Manhattan Project take in the Vic Park bar. Entry is 10 from 8pm. On Sunday, January 9, Speckled Eggs is happening at Manhattan’s! This show features Fall Electric, Salamander, Andrew Sinclair and Goat Faction playing with Blue Tongue DJing. The theme of this night is to present the arguably speckled. Entry is $6 from 6pm or free entry for those in speckled or polka dot clothing.
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SOME LIKE IT HOT SOUTHBOUND Sir Stewart Bovell Park Saturday, January 1 – Monday, January 3, 2011 A full three days of music in the scorching heat of a mostly shadeless field was never going to be a comfortable task, but since 2005 Southbound has been the only way to start the year for thousands of festival lovers across WA. 2011’s edition was the most ambitious yet, and apart from a few camping problems, the festival succeeded. Sally Seltmann’s rendition of Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain kicked off the weekend with style in the big top before local rockers Young Revelry put on a heavy and aggressive set to match the weather on the smaller Scissors Stage. Kitty Daisy & Lewis was the freshest international act of the day playing old timey rockabilly and bringing plenty of style to the big top. Their version of Going Up The Country was a fitting track for the festival at hand with many punters no doubt choosing to “Stay drunk all the time”. As the Wasamba percussion crew marched through the camping area, they were a worthy and colourful distraction for those seeking refuge from the Stone siblings whispering back at the camp site. The opening night twilight set of Hot Hot Heat seemed out of place despite the band’s name. Opening with their only hit Bandages, this reviewer was left pessimistic as to whether that indie dancefloor classic of 2003 is even that good nearly a decade later. A band that would struggle to get even a pm slot at most any other festival, Hot Hot Heat’s key timeslot should have been used on someone more relevant. Ladyhawke managed to lift spirits with the one-two succession of her modern pop classics Paris Is Burning and My Delirium before Interpol headlined opening night with a new look line-up and frontman Paul Banks sporting a new do and a stage energy not seen in the band before. Their first ever festival appearance in WA saw them revisit their monotone hits including Evil, Barricade and PDA. The second day began at the crack of dawn for us campers with the temperature making tents uncomfortable as early as 7am. This is when the obvious cuts in camping at the event this year became apparent. A line stretching hundreds of metres was formed for punters wishing to escape the shadeless
The National (photo: Mike Wylie)
camping area for the beach; the ridiculous rule preventing people from accessing their cars meant thousands had to stand waiting in the blistering sun for hours longer than necessary, while the base camp was practically null and void this year losing is exclusivity for campers and failing to cater to the campers’ needs. But thankfully the music helped us forget the discomfort with The Cold War Kids proving to be a dark horse of the festival. With so many radio hits in their repertoire, the fourpiece had the main stage pumping and it was rare to see such a band of notoriety playing cheap guitars in Squires and Epiphones. A refreshing new addition to the festival this year was the comedy on the Scissors Stage, which The Bedroom Philosopher headed up on the Saturday. With Josh Earl MCing and paying out on every one from U2 to that pesky photographer in the sailor’s cap, the main act couldn’t help but have another swipe at the Prince Of Wales Hote. As the weather went from bad to worse thanks to some nearby fires, Birds Of Tokyo’s set had that rare feeling in the air as the sky lit red for their sundowner set on the main stage with Plans proving a crowd favourite. The most anticipated and most loved band at the festival was The National who had one of the biggest albums of last year in High Violet. They had the big top jam-packed and from the moment frontman Matt Berninger smashed his full red wine glass on his microphone as an introduction, we were in for a hell of a show. The crowd was hanging on every word of Anyone’s Ghost and Bloodbuzz Ohio through to Terrible Love in a highly memorable set. After about 40 minutes of hype which was becoming increasingly harder to believe, hip hop legends Public Enemy finally took the stage to perform Fear Of A Black Planet. With such classics as Fight The Power and 911 Is A Joke on offer, Chuck D and Flavor Flav looked like they were having fun playing their 20-year old material to a bunch of 20-year-old white kids. Also reeling in the years was Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, who looked and sounded much younger than they are with an energetic set opening with Bad Reputation and Cherry Bomb before I Love Rock’N’Roll and Crimson & Clover brought an end to a long, 42.5 degree day. A calming sea breeze occupied Sir Stewart Bovell Park making the final day a refreshingly pleasant experience. After The Chemist kicked off what should be a strong year for them on the Scissors Stage highlighted with a cover of John Lennon’s How Do You Sleep, it was time for some chilled hip hop in the big top with The Cool Kids, who last played a blue tent in WA at Parklife in 2009 with similar sound problems as that made it real difficult to hear the rapping. Marina & The Diamonds also brought their quirky Kate Bush-styled pop to the main stage and it proved as much a hit as Santigold on the same stage a few years back, but it was little warning for what was to come. Sleigh Bells’ main stage set will go down as a memorable highlight of the 2011 Southbound. Hitting the stage to an explosion of samples, the two piece launched immediately into Tell ‘Em and with Derek E. Miller riffing on his Jackson guitar, usually reserved for metal and hardcore bands, in front of a wall of Marshall stacks and Alexis Krauss proving to be a vivacious frontwoman, the crowd, and this reviewer, were left flabbergasted with high energy heavy dance rock show. Paul Kelly followed and was also a top pick as kids of all ages sung along to just about every word of his set consisting of classic Australian chestnuts. Peaches DJ Show was also a hoot,
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as the always entertaining performer grabbed the microphone for a rendition of Tina Turner’s Private Dancer. It was almost time for the show to end when The Rapture took to the big top stage. Not seen in WA since they played a similar set in a similar tent at Parklife 2009, the four-piece promised the crowd a Slayer show, and while it wasn’t quite that heavy, a new track was dropped in as was a slightly different version of No Sex For Ben – which still produced one of the biggest sing-alongs of the weekend, and strengthening the band’s reputation for being a killer party band. Whereas people over the age of 18 can appreciate The Rapture, it’s the kids who dig the cheesy rave of the Klaxons, who’s ADDinfluenced helium-voiced space pop proved a headache for those preparing for camp. It certainly wasn’t an easy three days of sun, dirt and music, but there were plenty of worthy distractions on the stages to make you forget about the real world, if only for a weekend. _MATTHEW HOGAN
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JOHANNES LUEBBERS DECTET The Corpse Lives With his new album The Exquisite Corpse Of Beethoven launching next week, it marks the next step in a lifelong musical journey for 25-year-old composer Johannes Luebbers. Since he began playing piano in primary school and moving on to writing music in high school, it was in his final year of school that things really started to take off. “In year 12 I had the opportunity to participate in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Young Composers Program’, which was fantastic, allowing me to write and record a piece for the orchestra,” Luebbers recalls. Soon after that he studied jazz at WAAPA, formed his ten-piece band (or ‘Dectet’ if you will) and they recorded their first album Make Some Noise, which won ‘Best Australian Jazz Song of the Year’ at the 2009 Jazz ‘Bell’ Awards. While the title of their latest album might sound a bit morbid, Luebbers says that’s not the case. “The title track of the album is named after the compositional process behind the piece, rather than Beethoven’s actual corpse,” he clarifies. “Dada and surrealist artists used to play a game
called the ‘Exquisite Corpse’ game, where they would each contribute parts of a picture or story without seeing the other’s contribution, creating some pretty crazy results. I applied that same process to a number of Beethoven sonatas resulting in his exquisite corpse!” A cover of Leonard Cohen’s Halleujah also appears on the album, but the composer says his version, with Aaron Malone of local rockers Village Kid on vocals, is far different to the versions you might see on certain television talent shows. “Hallelujah has been recorded by heaps of artists, but most of the versions I’ve heard are very similar,” he says. “I think the version we’ve created on this album is quite unique and reinvents the song in a way that hasn’t been done before. I arranged it for a gig we did a while ago with Aaron Malone and I thought Aaron would sound amazing singing such a poetic, beautiful song. The recorded version also features Simon Jeans on guitar, which adds a whole new dimension to it.” Luebbers has previously arranged for Sinead O’Connor, Dan Sultan, The Panics and he always welcomes the experience. “It’s
always a huge thrill to hear something I’ve arranged being performed by them,” he says. “Each project presents different challenges but often the biggest challenge is finding a balance between fulfilling the brief of the arrangement (which can be very specific) and being creative within that. I’m often working from an existing recording, so I love any job where I can be more creative and put my own stamp on it. Dan Sultan was probably the most fun to write, as I had the freedom to put my own spin on things. Part of the fun of arranging is finding ways of being creative within the constraints of the song.” After a massive 2010, Luebbers is hoping for a more relaxed 2011, but he does have some exciting things in the pipeline. “Current projects include writing music for a new musical and writing the ‘run on’ theme for the Waratahs rugby team,” he reveals. “I also co-run the Listen/Hear Collective, which has a number of new albums coming out, and I hope to do a few smaller original recording projects of my own. On top of that the Dectet has been nominated as one of the Australian entries to the European Jazz Competition which, if
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successful, will send us to Europe! So maybe it won’t be so relaxed after all!” The Johannes Luebbers Dectet launch The Exquisite Corpse Of Beethoven at the Ellington this Tuesday, January 11, and Wednesday, January 12. _MATTHEW HOGAN
BDO LOCAL ROLL CALL RUBY BOOTS
What was the first Big Day Out you went to? Bit of a latecomer! 2002... seeing Magic Dirt for the first time, HELL YEAH! Dancing my butt off New Order’s Blue Monday and generally spending the day in a whirlwind... leaving site very, very content! Favourite BDO memory? There are so many! Finishing the night off with Paul Kelly in 2008 has always stuck too... for obvious reasons! Legend of Australian music. Who’s your hot tip for the 2011 BDO? Sia, any chance to see her should be taken; The Black Keys’ new album Brothers is the bomb, so looking forward to seeing them again! Locally most of my favourite local Perth bands are on the bill to so keep an eye out. Not seen Nick Cave live yet, pretty pumped about Grinderman!
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What does your band have in store for 2011? We are playing a bunch of rad festivals, a few South West road trips/ tours (with monopoly deal in tow) and back into the studio to record the next EP mid year, once again at Ampersonic Studios, and just generally being excited about everything coming our way! The Big Day Out takes in Claremont Showgrounds on Sunday, February 6, and Ruby Boots play the Hot Produce stage at 1pm.
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THE FREEWHEELIN’ DYLAN
2011 is shaping up to be a massive year for young roots/pop rockers Dylan Ollivierre & The TNs and they plan to kick off in style with the release of their debut album Lighthouse. Featuring the catchy debut single Find Your Truth, the band has already played West Coast Blues ‘N’ Roots and One Movement in their debut year. See the album launched at Mojo’s this Saturday, January 8.
RAVE ON
Wrapping up their monthly Velvet Lounge residency this Friday, January 7, is Stereoflower. With their debut album named one of the top 10 indie releases by Brisbane’s Rave Magazine, Stereoflower are joined by The Moonlight Wranglers and Diges this week.
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DON’T FEAR THE REAPER
After the release of their self-tiled demo in 2009, metalheads Reapers Riddle are set to launch their hotly anticipated A Touch Of Death EP at Amplifier this Friday, January 7. With 2011 promising to be the year of the Reaper, the band is joined by Gates Of Perdition, Ill Vision and the might Malignant Monster at their launch.
MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
Since releasing their debut full length album last September, Minute 36 have been keeping busy scoring support slots for Karnivool and playing at the WAM Song Of The Year Awards and the Northbridge Festival. This week they team up with Melbourne band BoyRed and play at the White Star Hotel in Albany on Friday, January 7, and at the X-Wray Café on Saturday, January 8.
With an appearance at the Cygnet Folk Festival in Tasmania scheduled for a week’s time with his Folk Machine, Justin Walshe is preparing a with a bunch of gigs in Freo. See him with Mitch Becker in support this Friday, January 7, at Clancy’s; the Newport on Sunday, January 9; and with Becker again at Mojo’s on Wednesday, January 12.
ROCKIN’ IN MEMPHIS
Continuing its commitment to supporting original music on Thursdays, the Mustang Bar hosts the globe-trotting Rocket To Memphis tonight, Thursday, January 6. Fresh from recording an album in New York and playing shows in Tokyo, the wild garage / swampabilly outfit have enlisted Blazin’ Entrails and Pigeon to support.
SAM I AM
With debut EP, Sam, all set to be released on February 12, and launched at Amplifier on February 19, Emperors have another big year ahead of them. They play their first show of 2011 at The Den this Saturday, January 8, with Grim Fandango, Goodnight Tiger and Cellebrator.
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MANHATTAN’S Fear Of Comedy The Bible Bashers Blood Diamonds Hollywood Graves Manhattan Project MERRIWA TAVERN Blaze MOON & SIXPENCE Sonic MOONDYNE JOES The Happy Cannibals MOUNT HENRY TAVERN Full Circle MUNDARING WEIR HOTEL Daryl Braithwaite Cotton Keays Morris MUSTANG The Damien Cripps Band Marco & The Rhythm Kings NORFOLK BASEMENT Wayne Green’s Company Of Men Blackhart& Strangelove Seth Rowe NEWPORT Millhouse NOVOTEL VINES RESORT Acoustic Nights OLD BAILEY TAVERN Zenburger PADDO Greg Carter, Entourage PADDY HANNAN’S Blue Gene Crazy Craig PADDY MAGUIRE’S Brocken Stones PLAYERS BAR (Mandurah) Damien Cripps Band PRINCIPAL MICRO BREWERY Glen Davies Acoustic Duo ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Writhe Sounds Like Bears The Red Lights Pigeon ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Northbridge) Blue Gene ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Freo) Spice SAIL & ANCHOR Switch Back SETTLERS TAVERN Nick Barker & Band Coby Grant SEVENTH AVE BAR Mia & Good Company SUBIACO HOTEL Empire Groove SOUTH ST ALEHOUSE Robbie King Karaoke STAMFORD ARMS The Midnight Collective STEVES BAR Adrian Wilson SWINGING PIG Neil Colliss SWAN BASEMENT My Daytime Drama Feat Of Giants Deth Traktor Nevsky Prospekt SWAN LOUNGE Junkspacer Diode The Gulls Maurice Flavell
THE BALMORAL Shawne & Luc THE BOAT Mod Squad THE DEEN James Wilson THE EASTERN MIDLAND The Damien Cripps Band THE GATE Better Days The Other Guys THE SAINT Threeplay THE SHED Kickstart THE VIC Karin Page Duo UNIVERSAL Nightmoves VELVET LOUNGE Stereoflower Moonlight Wranglers Diges VIC PARK HOTEL Ivan Ribic WOODVALE TAVERN Mod Squad
SATURDAY 08.01 AMPLIFIER Thee Oh Sees Sabre Tooth Tigers Astral Travel BALMORAL The Recliners BALLYS BAR Steve Hepple BAR ORIENT Better Days BAR 120 Flyte BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ Chris Murphy BENTLEY HOTEL James Wilson BLACK BETTY’S Red Star BROKEN HILL HOTEL The Other Guys COMO HOTEL Tip Top Sound DEVILLES PAD Marco & The Rhythm Kings DIXON RESERVE (Hurford Street Hamilton Hill) Hell’s Bells ELEPHANT & WHEELBARROW Timeout ELLINGTTON JAZZ CLUB Penny King Quintet Rachel Claudio ESS BAR Double Take FENIANS Shanks Pony GREENWOOD HOTEL Baby Piranhas HIGH ROAD HOTEL Fit Swimmers INDI BAR Matt Gresham INDIAN OCEAN BREWING COMPANY Rhyme & Reason KARDINYA TAVERN Hot Suga KINGSLEY TAVERN Dizzy Miss Lizzy KINGSWAY TAVERN Good Karma JB O’REILLY’S Dr Fish LEOPOLD HOTEL Greg Carter MANHATTAN’S The Escape Artists
DOORS OPEN 8PM DINNER AVAILABLE FROM 6PM
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THIS WEEK
THURS 6 JAN
Open Mic Night Contact Nick 0438 451 215 7.30pm. Free Entry
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Fall Electric, Sunday at Manhattans MOON & SIXPENCE Billy & The Broken Lines MOONDYNE JOES The Freo Mob MOJO’S Dylan Ollivierre & The TNs A Beggars Second Rachel & Henry Climb A Hill Art In Algebra MOUNT HELENA TAVERN Brett Hardwick MOUNT HENRY Aaron Woolley MUSTANG Marco & The Rhythm Kings The Damien Cripps Band NEWPORT Gravity PADDO Cheeky Monkeys PADDY HANNAN’S Decoy PADDY MAGUIRE’S Skinny Lane PARAMOUNT Felix PLAYERS BAR Air Bag PRINCE OF WALES (Bunbury) Hello Satellites PRINCIPAL MICRO BREWERY Glen Davies Duo RAILWAY HOTEL The Incinerators Ozmonaut Ol’ Bouglinvillea Oishii RAVENSWOOD HOTEL Mick Thomas Hotplate Heaven ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Break, Camo N’ Krooked ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Northbridge) Blue Gene ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Fremantle) Flavor SAIL & ANCHOR The Bluebottles STANFORD ARMS Parker Ave SUBIACO HOTEL Off The Record SOUTH STREET ALEHOUSE Paul Daly & The Heavy Hitters SWINGING PIG Zenburger SWAN BASEMENT The Clock Strikes Eddie & The Medicine Man Delusions Of Granduer Coronal Sky SWAN LOUNGE The Darlings The King And Sons Cape Town Lullaby The Naysayers THE BOAT Chris Murphy THE EASTERN MIDLAND Sketch THE GATE Ben Pettit THE MIGHTY QUINN Indigo Alley
Gallows For Grace, Sunday at Amplifier Bar
THE SAINT Threeplay THE SHED Huge THE WANNEROO Christian Thompson UNIVERSAL Soul Corporation WOODVALE TAVERN Mod Squad
SUNDAY 09.01 AMPLIFIER Darkest Hour Carnifex Gallows For Grace Make Them Suffer BALLY’S BAR Greg Carter BALMORAL Cranky BELMONT HOTEL Damien Cripps BENTLEY HOTEL Dove Lee BIRD Hello Satellites BROKEN HILL Nathan Gaunt BROOKLANDS TAVERN Dom Zurzolo CAPTAIN STIRLING Leighton Keepa COMO HOTEL Ivan Ribic Cherry Acoustic ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Helen Matthews Ray Walker GREENWOOD TAVERN Chris Gibbs Duo HIGH ROAD HOTEL Mike Nayar HALE ROAD HOTEL Flyte INDI BAR Tahnee Danni Steffanetti Lee Schneider INDIAN OCEAN BREWING CO Retriofit JB O’REILLY’S That Velvet Echo Kizzy KALAMUNDA HOTEL Sophie Jane KINGSLEY TAVERN Richard Roberts LAKERS TAVERN Jamie Powers OCEAN BEACH HOTEL Parker Ave MANHATTAN’S Fall Electric Salamander Andrew Sinclair Goat Faction MOJO’S The Tumblers Fat Jackal Fanta Copz Tim Gordon MOON & SIXPENCE Acoustic Inc NEWPORT The Justin Walsh Folk Machine PADDO John Read Band PADDY HANNANS Peace, Love & All That Stuff Crazy Craig PUBLICAN BAR Open Mic RAILWAY HOTEL The Sunshine Brothers
REDCLIFFE ON THE MURRAY Nick Barker & Band ROSIE O’GRADAY’S Big Ears SAIL & ANCHOR Other Guys SEVENTH AVE BAR Riddum Shack SOUTH STREET ALEHOUSE Anthony Nieves STAMFORD ARMS The Midnight Collective Random Sway SWINGING PIG Ivan Ribic Murder Mouse Band SWAN LOUNGE The Seals Pool Forth Chris Bodycoat Vincent Luke Murphy THE BOAT Kevin Conway THE EASTERN HOTEL The Bluebottles THE GATE Better Days The Other Guys THE SAINT Howie Morgan Project THE SHED The Healy’s Renegade THE SMALL CABIN BAR Gianni Unplugged Nicky T VICTORIA PARK HOTEL Neil Colliss VINES CAFÉ BAR Velvet & Stone WANNEROO TAVERN Damien Cripps WOODVALE TAVERN Reckless Kelly UNIVERSAL Retrofit
MONDAY 10.01 BAR ORIENT James Wilson MOJO’S Open Mic Night MUSTANG Marco & The Rhythm Kings SPICE LOUNGE Courtney Murphy
Justin Walshe Folk Machine, Wednesday at Mojo’s Bar THE DEEN Plastic Max And The Token Gesture THE SHED The Healy’s Blue Hornet
BLACK BETTY’S Audacity BENNYS Adrian Wilson BURSWOOD CASINO Hi-NRG ELLINGTON JAZZ TUESDAY 11.01 CLUB BAR ORIENT Johannes Luebbers Mick Nayar Dectet BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ HALE ROAD HOTEL Red Beret Fenton Wilde BENTLEY HOTEL INDI BAR Better Days Mat Cal Heddy Fraze BROOKLANDS INGLEWOOD HOTEL HOTEL Ella & Scott Bourne James Wilson JB O’REILLY’S CAPTAIN STIRLING Open Mic Night Prita Grearly KINGSLEY TAVERN COTTESLOE BEACH Michael Power HOTEL LEFT BANK The Mad Agents Will Udall Pounds Of Dave LUCKY SHAG ESS BAR Howie Morgan Norbert’s Karaoke MUSTANG ELLINGTON JAZZ Crave CLUB MOJO’S Johannes Luebbers Justin Walshe Folk Dectet Machine FENIANS Mitch Becker Chris Gibbs MOUNT HELENA IMPACT BAR Open Mic Night TAVERN KINGSLEY TAVERN Open Mic Night Connie Kis Andersen OLD BAILEY TAVERN LAKERS TAVERN Norbert’s Karaoke Jamie Powers PADDO MOJO’S Astro Little Day PADDY HANNANS Jasmine Riley & The Threeplay Distractions PADDY MAGUIRES Kismet Rattlin’ Bog MUSTANG ROSIE O’GRADY’S Danza Loca Salsa (Northbridge) ROSIE OGRADYS David Fyffe Big Ears ROSEMOUNT PADDO Auto Suggestion Rick Steele IChoRa SUBIACO HOTEL Sprunk Munkie Lady Penelope Midnight Boulevard SPICE LOUNGE SAIL & ANCHOR Courtney Murphy Songs In The Green THE SAINT Howie Morgan Project Adrian Wilson SETTLERS TAVERN VICTORIA PARK Open Mic Night HOTEL THE MOON Tip Top Sound WANNEROO TAVERN Adrian Hoffman Brendan Gaspari Keith McDonald Chloe McGrath WEDNESDAY 12.01 UNIVERSAL Strutt BALLY’S BAR Ses Sayer Greg Carter Karaoke
THRASHDANCE Battletruk, Lie Cycle, Refrain, Warthreat, Oskorei Hatecharge & Happy Families .... 730pm $10
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MC Undertow: Minds Believing Tour
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Kill Teen Angst + Benedict Moleta Band + Sean O’Neill (Hang on St. Christopher) & Bill Darby.... 8pm $10
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Book of Lilith, Caprycon, Beltane Fire & Seed of Eternity….. 8pm $10
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SAT 26 FEB
DNA Damage in The Den: Vespers Descent, The Ascent, Desolate, Bend The Sky.... 8pm $12
BATTLEFEST Metal Festival feat. Grotesque, Vespers Descent, Gallows for Grace, Claim the Throne, Prisoners of Faith, Shrapnel, Thirty3 Victims, Ill Vision, Devastator & Rising Tide…. 12pm til Midnight $20
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Crowned Kings feat. Born Into Suffering, Afraid of Heights, Refrain, Resistance & First and Ten.... 730pm $10
SAT 22 JAN
Project Mayhem, Chainsaw Hookers, Lucille & Strychnine Cowboys .... 8pm $7
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