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Legendary alternative rockers R.E.M. have pencilled in March 4 for the release of their newest album, Collapse Into Now. A small taster of the album is available now with Discoverer available to download through remhq.com. The album features guest spots from Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Peaches, Eddie Vedder and more, and it set to be a corker!
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Following a sold out album tour for his latest release, I Will Love You At All, indie folk troubadour Darren Hanlon is heading out on tour to celebrate his new digital EP, Butterfly Bones. The third single from the album, Butterfly Bones will be released on iTunes on February 18 with three extra tracks. See him at the Fly By Night on Saturday, March 5. Tickets from the venue.
RETURN OF LAW
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Southern California’s favourite punk rockers, Unwritten Law are returning to our shores. On the brink of releasing their sixth studio album, Swan, the songsters are bringing their hard-hitting live show to our town to celebrate. As a lovely gesture to fans, the band is offering Starships, their first single from the new record, free with every ticket sold. Pretty damn cool, as Starships hasn’t been released anywhere in the world and will the first taste of the group’s new material. The boys hit Perth on Thursday, March 17, at Capitol. Tickets are on sale now from moshtix. com.au and heatseeker.com.au.
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Eddie Vedder, the infamous frontman of American rock group Pearl Jam, is hitting up Perth for not one but two shows. Late last year, Vedder announced that he would be touring Australia but lovely WA wasn’t on the touring schedule but alas, we are fortunate now to have been included. Vedder will be performing songs from his solo collection, including work from his debut album Into The Wild as well as Pearl Jam favourites and covers. His shows around the country have already sold out so you may want jump on board quickly with this one. Tickets go on sale next Thursday, January 20. Hop onto Ticketek to get your hands on these bad boys.
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After attending Summadayze over the weekend, I have to complain about the lack of toilet facilities around the place. While the place wasn’t overly crowded and it seemed quite easy to get a drink without waiting too long, I couldn’t find myself a port-a-potty within an earshot of the music. I found this particularly tough when trance god Armin van Buuren was doing his two hour set at sundown. Without wanting to miss a minute at what was arguably one of the finest DJ sets I’ve ever seen, I looked around the crowd and all I could see was scantily clad ravers, but no plastic fortresses of solitude where I could relieve my bladder from the pressure the alcohol I’d consumed was causing. I was left with no choice but to derobe (slightly), squat, drop my dacks and piddle while people danced around me. Despite urine being known for being filtered through one’s kidneys (especially when compared to semen, excrement, spit and blood), people (approximately 25,000 of them) on the internet seem to have caught wind of my move and labelled me a ‘dirty bitch’. For shame Perth – how do you think underground raves used to run in the ‘90s? We were so preoccupied with the music that a little bit of piss on one’s shoe was par for the course.
Finally the dullsville tag has been shaken from Perth this year! If punters are still not happy about what they can go to and are waiting for the Kazakhstan Kazakh State Kurmangazy Orchestra to tour than I guess some tastes just can’t be satisfied! While we have had many excellent bands, we have also had some that, just like boxers, don’t understand the word retirement. Well other than those geriatric performers we also have been treated to some seriously red hot bands. My vote for gig of 2010 here in dullsville would have to be Muse! This band is just plowing their way through the world and their live performance matches the dramatic sound. We have been privileged to see the uprising of Muse in 2010 just may have filled the supermassive black hole.
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The official Big Day Out mobile app has arrived. Check out who’s playing in your city on what stage, what time and then create your own personalised schedule for the day. It’s free to download and is full of great features, such as artist bios, photos, videos and festival news. Download now to also go in the running for you and a friend to win a trip to Lallopalooza 2011 in Chicago. To celebrate the app’s launch X-Press Magazine have some prizes up for grabs. We have one major prize pack to giveaway that consists of a double pass to the Perth Big Day Out and a CD pack of various albums which are by 2011 Big Day Out artists (about 20 in total). We also have four double pass tickets to the Perth Big Day Out to giveaway. So get your entries in now as this is a fabulous prize to win! Mobile App
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Canadian maestro of shimmering pop delights, Owen Pallet, will grace our shores this January. We have two double passes up for grabs for his Saturday, January 22, show at the Fly By Night. Owen Pallett transforms into a one man orchestra turning his densely polyphonic pop treasures into an intensely compelling live show that shouldn’t be missed
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Kicking off the New Year with a slam, Wild Energy 2011 is a three disc compilation filled with this summer’s biggest hits. Get ready to shake those balmy nights and blistering days away with exclusive banging mixes of tracks such as Cooler Than Me, Barbra Streisand, Bromance, Whip My Hair and many more. We have five copies up for grabs, so get your entries in!
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The Burlesque Lounge has its best days behind it. Tess (Cher), a retired dancer and owner of the venue, struggles to keep the aging theatre alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges. With the Lounge’s troupe members becoming increasingly distracted by personal problems and a threat coming from a wealthy businessman’s quest to buy the spot from Tess, the good fortune seems to have abandoned the club altogether. Meanwhile, the life of Ali (Christina Aguilera), a small-town girl from Iowa, is about to change dramatically. Hired by Tess as a waitress at the Lounge, Ali escapes a hollow past and quickly falls in love with the art of burlesque. Things take a dramatic turn though both of their lives, so get your entries in to win a double pass.
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Get your entries in to win a double pass to this documentary that is unlike anything you have seen. Surely destined to be known as the other Facebook movie, Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost’s Catfish was a big hit at this year’s Sundance. When New York photographer Nev Schulman receives a painting of one of his photos from eight-year-old Abby, his brother Ariel and filmmaking buddy Henry Joost see the child prodigy as a subject for a documentary. What starts out as an online friendship with a young fan becomes something more when Nev falls for the kid’s 19-year-old sister, and finds out that Abby and her family may not be what they seem. Get your entries in now!
BURSWOOD COMEDY
Vulture Culture and Movies by Burswood present a special one hour stand-up comedy show featuring comedians Ben Darsow (South Australia), John Robertson (Western Australia) plus supports. The laughs will then continue with a screening of all-time Australian comedy film classic The Castle. The fun happens on Thursday, January 20, at Movies By Burswood. We have five double passes up for grabs so get your entries in fast.
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If you noggin’ is packed full of knowledge, facts and figures busting to get out, then it’s time to drain your brain at RTRFM’s annual quiz at the Charles Hotel. Set to take over The Charles on Saturday, January 29, the quiz is always a barrel of laughs; with questions you might actually know the answers to, hoorah! Covering topics such as music, pop culture and RTRFM, the quiz will see DJ sets from Diger Rokwell, with Peter Barr on MC duties. There are plenty of prizes on offer so grab your smartest mates (or your iPhones… no, cheating is not allowed!) and make a bee-line for The Charles. Bookings can be made at RTRFM or by calling (08) 9260 9200. Tickets are $20 for RTRFM subscribers and $25 for the general populus.
FRESH ART IN FREO
Every couple of months the team at the picturesque Fremantle Arts Centre welcomes a new group of artists through its doors to exhibit across its many gallery spaces, and on Friday, January 28, five stellar new exhibitions will open for our viewing pleasure. First off the rank are two superb Perth International Arts Festival shows, Nathalie Daoust’s Frozen In Time and Maschi Fontana’s Rising Lotus. Add to that Moya McKenna’s Sowing Parts For Uncertain Meetings, Maria Fernanda Cardoso’s Masters Of Disguise and Alistair Morrison’s PTO Drawings, and you’ve got one heck of a jam packed gallery space! We suggest taking an afternoon to peruse all five, which remain on show until Sunday, March 20.
With eight albums and a swag of accolades to his name after two decades of performing, blues man Lloyd Speigel is returning to WA with a new album, Tangled Brew, in tow. The tour kicks off at Geraldton’s Freemasons Hotel on Saturday, January 22; before hitting Redcliffe On The Murray on Sunday, January 23; the Perth Blues Club at the Charles Hotel on Tuesday, January 25; Mojo’s on Wednesday, January 26; Rockingham Hotel on Friday, January 28; Settlers Tavern on Saturday, January 29; and the Indi Bar on Sunday, January 30. The Havknotz
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All the way over in Sydney, the band that is pushing new boundaries right now is hip hop group The Havknotz. There’s MC Losty on vocals, Waza on bass and beats and guests as diverse as Ill Bill (LA Coka Nostra), DJ Kilmer and Rob Hirst from Midnight Oil on drums. These beat makers have supported everyone from Koolism to The Prodigy. They’re embarking on a national tour straight after their EP MusicLife-Pain is released next Friday, January 21. Supporting major US player HED P.E on his Australian tour, the boys will be joined by Necro, Kottonmouth Kings, Redman and Method man as well as Raekwon. They’ll be hitting Perth on Wednesday, February 2, at Amplifier. Tickets are available from moshtix.com.au and heatseeker.com.au.
HOT SUMMER NIGHTS
On hot summer nights when the Fremantle Doctor is blowing, there’s no finer place to kick back with some international sounds and a beverage in hand than Kulcha. Mosey on in to Kulcha on Friday, January 14, at 8pm to catch African guitar virtuoso Mahamoud Selimane as he steps into the spotlight to give Perth a taste of his superb Congolese Rumba guitar. Support on the night comes from Grace Barbe Afro Kreol, Askari Afrobeat Orchestra and Shagara Jive, making for one heck of an awesome line-up. Head in to Kulcha on Saturday, January 15, at 8pm to catch Paul ‘Pax’ Andrews and his eight piece Pax Assembly who combine funk, jazz and many other genres to create a musical conversation that will have toes tapping and heads bopping. Tickets for both shows are available on the door for $15.
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IT’S YOUR PARTY
Once again the hottest ticket in town with plenty of shows selling out in advance, the Beck’s Music Box is the place to be this February and March. But you don’t even need to buy tickets to enjoy the festivities with the After Parties and Sunday Sundowners offering free entertainment every night from 10pm. Kicking off the After Parties is Sampology along with Charlie Bucket after Roy Ayers on Saturday, February 12; Sydney singer/songwriter Catherine Traicos heads the first Sunday Sundowner on Sunday, February 13; Grand Salvo and DJ Gemma Pike play on Wednesday, February 16; Stoney Joe play after Lloyd Cole on Thursday, February 17; the Summer-Shine Dance Party featuring Rex Monsoon, Dressed As Grrrl and Voltaire Twins takes place on Friday, February 18; The Leap Year hit the stage before Swervedriver on Sunday, February 20; San Cisco play post Tunng on Thursday, February 24; and New Zealander Lawrence Arabia and locals Ghostdrums play alongside The Bats on Friday, February 25. Norman Jay MBE spins following Public Opinion Afro Orchestra on Saturday, February 26; Rusty Pinto plays solo and with his band before and after Imelda May on Sunday, February 27; Nikki Dagostino and DJ Adam Trainer play post Joanna Newsom on Wednesday, March 2; DJKL plays a multimedia show with NASA footage on Thursday, March 3; Lewis Floyd Henry, Felicity Groom, Diger Rokwell. Seams and Rok Riley bring the party on the Best Coast-West Coast Cool Perth Nights night on Friday, March 4; while Lewis Floyd Henry does the same again on the final nights. Head to perthfestival.com.au for the full schedule and ticketing information.
BACK TO HIS ROOTS
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu fans listen up! The ARIA Award winning indigenous artist has just confirmed that he will release a brand new album on April 8, promising tracks that delve deep into his Aboriginal identity. Entitled Rrakala, the album is named after a sub-group of folk within the Gumatj clan, and gets its first public airing in P-town when Gurrumul takes to the stage of the West Coast Blues ‘n’ Roots Festival on Sunday, April 17, at Fremantle Park. Tickets are on sale now from Moshtix.
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A TASTE OF MILLEN
Scandinavian folk rocker Nikola Sarcevic, best known for his work as the frontman of Swedish punk/alternative rock band Millencolin, is coming to town. That’s right folks; Sarcevic launched his own solo career back in 2003 whilst still performing as the extroverted lead singer for Millencolin. His solo work reveals a different side of the frontman, a more sensitive, introverted persona. His albums Lock-Sport-Krock and Roll Roll and Flee are both stark, devotional folk ballads. Joining Sarcevic will be Jimmy and Steve from Perth’s favourite pioneering punk band, Kerb. The boys will be coming out of the woodwork to perform a special acoustic set, performing songs from their albums Nobody Here But Us Walruses and Chords And The Truth. It’s all happening on Sunday, March 6, at the Rosemount Hotel. Doors open 5.30pm. Tickets from oztix.com.au, Mills, Planet and 78’s.
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The wait is finally over everyone. The first official Big Day Out mobile app has arrived. It’s got all you need to maximise your BDO experience before, during and way after the festival has left Perth. It has all the latest BDO news, line-up info, artist bios, videos and photos and, wait for it… an animated virtual lighter so you can show your appreciation for the epic live music moments when the sun goes down. You can even create your own personalised schedule for the day so you won’t miss out on your favourite acts. Oh and FYI, the app is free to download. Woohoo. To celebrate the app’s release, BDO is giving you and a friend the chance to win a trip to Lollapalooza 2011 in Chicago. All you have to do is attend one of the BDO festivals and take photos at the event via the app (photos will be saved automatically to the Facebook album). Post event, enter the Big Day Out Lollapalooza Competition at the BDO official Facebook page. Choose your picture that best captures the spirit of the day and upload it. There are heaps of prizes on offer. Head to iTunes App store for iPhone and bigdayout. com for the Android version.
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BARN STORM
Former Cold Chisel frontman and reformed rock’n’roll monster Jimmy Barnes is hitting the tiles again – albeit in a slightly more refrained fashion. It’s been a while between drinks indeed, and Barnes and his band are heading back to WA for two very special shows on Saturday, March 26, at Elmars In The Valley and Sunday, March 27, at Drakewood Hotel in Waroona. He’ll be playing all of his Chisel and solo classics, and tickets are on-sale now through bocsticketing.com.au.
LOOK AFTER YOUR HEALTH
If you got a bit too merry on the food and alcohol front this festive season fear not because Health are headed to Perth tomorrow night, Friday, January 14, to restore you to your former glory. Hot on the heels of the release of their remix album DISCO2, Health will raise heart rates when they take to the stage with rapid-fire drums and screaming guitars to help you work off that Christmas weight. Doors open 8pm, tickets are on sale now from Planet, 78 and Mills.
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Just when you thought Albany was missing out on all the festival fun this year, along comes the Strawberry Jam Music Festival. Taking place on Easter Sunday, April 24, and dual public holiday Anzac Day/Easter Monday, April 25, at the Handasyde Strawberry Farm, there are five artists announced so far. Canadian pop/rock band Article One will appear alongside the classic ’80s band Petra, hard rock’s Oh Sleeper, rock hip hoppers Rapture Ruckus and electro rockers The Smart. Head to strawberryjam.net.au for tickets and accommodation information.
GREEN MACHINE
Fresh from recording in the mountains of Madrid, the Sunshine Brothers return to their home town this month to kick off a series of Sunday sessions the likes of which Perth has never seen before. Every Sunday during January and February, the always affable Sunshine Brothers will welcome punters into the Railway Hotel’s plush beer garden for Dub On The Green, an afternoon of reggae, dub and all round good times. Kicking off at 6pm every Sunday, Dub On The Green will feature plenty of performances from special guest acts, including Mister & Sunbird on January 9, The Brow on January 16 and The Crux on January 23. Entry is $10.
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PERTH PRIDE
It is with absolute pleasure that we announce that local filmmakers, and all round nice guys, Henry & Aaron have secured the funds to turn their dream of making a Perth sitcom into a reality! During the Movie Extra WebFest competition Henry & Aaron’s pilot attracted a whopping 24,367 votes, scoring the boys $50k to make their seven part series. Judged by Movie Extra’s Christopher Barry, Underbelly’s Gyton Grantley and Triple J film critic Marc Fennell, the competition had 15 finalists, which Henry & Aaron beat to ground to take out the grand title. Great work boys, we can’t wait to see what you do with the $50k!
FRINGE FESTIVITIES
This February Fringe World will hit town, bringing with it a slew of crazy, kooky and creative performers to our shores for a month of left-of-centre entertainment and fun. During the festivities a rather special Fringe World Summit will take place, featuring discussions about arts, performance and everything in between. Taking place over four days, from Monday, February 7, ’til Thursday, February 10, the Summit boasts 11 different sessions that range from Milking Your Fringe to Fringe Australia. If you’re interested in heading along to any of the sessions, be sure to preregister online at fringeworld.com.au. 11
JOHN WATERS Everything Flows The ever-popular John Waters returns with his celebration of the life and music of John Lennon, Looking Through A Glass Onion, at the Regal Theatre this Friday-Saturday, January 1415. Bookings available through Ticketek. Not many people have more first-hand experience of the enduring legacy of John Lennon than John Waters. In 1992 he and musician Stewart D’Arrietta created Looking Through A Glass Onion, a two-man show paying homage to Lennon for a five-week run in a cabaret room at the Tilbury Hotel in Woolloomooloo. By 1994 it had toured theatre venues nationally and went on to a three-week run in London’s West End. It has since toured Australia again in 2000-01 and 2004. It’s been six years between drinks, but Waters is now enjoying a return to the show, which began its current run six weeks ago at the Sydney Opera House. He clearly has deep respect for Lennon and for the show itself, given that it now has a near-20 year history but its theatrical runs are sporadic. This is also due in part to the constant demand for Waters’ acting talents. From the time he arrived in Australia from England in the early-‘70s, he has been a constant presence on our screens from Play School to Rush (the ABC-TV’s bushranger show, not 10’s current overwrought cop drama), Homicide to Breaker Morant, All The Rivers Run to All Saints, and a full CV of heater work betwixt and between. He currently features in Network 10’s lovelorn series, Offspring, which films its second series next month. Waters also has an autobiography due out this year, as well as a new album of original material, Cloudland. As ever, music is never far away and certainly not that of John Lennon’s.
(laughs). Those boxed sets; I guess the mono ones are for purists. And the timing of the releases on iTunes, that’s all music publishers’ decision-making, but it’s prompted by the constant knowledge-seeking about The Beatles and Lennon; they’re responding to the feelings and trends out there. They have this idea that every few years there’s a new generation of teenagers or 18 year-olds that are intrigued by the music and want to know more. And I find that when I do the show. So yeah, I think these things are motivated by other things, but it works both ways. It’s a strange phenomenon that The Beatles are always going to be an important part of what makes up contemporary music and people want to know more about it. Going back to when you first collaborated on the show with Stewart D’Arrietta, I’m not imagining that you were thinking that it would still have legs approaching two decades later? Oh, no way (laughs).
Has there been a shift in how you approach it or are the core values still the same? I think the intensity of the show and the integrity of everything that surrounds it remains intact. That’s one of the beautiful things about it. It’s six years since we last performed it and in spite of all the anniversaries and everything, I had a feeling – in my waters, as it were (laughs) – I just knew that I was going to be doing the show again sometime. The guys in the band have all played the show By BOB GORDON before; luckily we can always reassemble the same musicians. It’s the same crew, same Going into a run of Looking Through A Glass lighting and sound; it’s like a family. We got to Onion must be quite poignant at the best the Opera House a couple of weeks ago and all of times, but given that recent months embraced each other and said, ‘it’s great to be have marked John Lennon’s 70th birthday back again’. And it is, you know? It genuinely is. and the 30th anniversary of his passing, is it I’m very glad to be on the road with the show especially so doing it now? again. I think there is a bit of a special I’m glad to be going back to the feeling in the air. There’s an awareness out there Regal in Subi, too. I mean the Regal is one of in the world of what we lost when we lost John the homes that the show has found. It’s one Lennon; it seems to have peaked. So it feels like of the venues that broke the show, on the a good time to be doing a show, to be reliving national front. I think when we first did the certain memories. Regal we had a four-week season of packed We’ve had a great reception so far. I’m out houses. You know people hear about finding a lot of new people are coming to the these things, they get to know about it. We’re show. I get a lot of feedback when we bring the on more of a whistle-stop tour now, these show back - there’s quite a few return people; isolated gigs. We won’t be doing a long stay there’s always new people, of course, but I do this time, but it’s good to go back. think there’s a newer, younger demographic that is really keen on the idea of knowing more Do you think people appreciate the show about John Lennon, people who are really because it’s not something that you’ve been intrigued by the music and the man behind it. out flogging every six months… although I guess it would be possible if you had been There are so many things regarding Lennon prepared to compromise? and The Beatles that allow that discovery, Yeah, it could probably get a residency aside from the quality and the timelessness in a casino and run non-stop, but that’s not of the music itself. The Love remixes a few what the show’s about. That would kill it, in my years back; the 2009 Beatles remasters; the mind. Therefore it would be impossible to do. recent Lennon remasters… We have to do it fresh again. We don’t change And the release on iTunes of The the show, so we have to be fresh to do it and as Beatles’ music… I say, there are a significant number of people who may only have been, say, 14, when we last Indeed. They may be commercially-based did it and they didn’t want to come and see it, gestures, but they are welcome and worthy. but now they’re 20 and they do want to come Do you notice how these opportunities to and see it. So it’s going to be a new experience discover The Beatles’ music impacts on the for my audience and that makes it new for me. show’s audiences? Certainly. The slow, staggering out Is doing the show like catching up with an of these new things – the remasters and the old friend? whole anthology that was reissued in mono It is. It’s a celebration for us, we all and stereo… why the hell anyone would go off and do other things. I mean I do a buy them in mono I don’t know, but anyway series for Channel 10 called Offspring and I’ll
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be shooting that in February-March while I’m doing more gigs with Glass Onion. I’ll be in Melbourne three-quarters of the week and off on weekends doing Glass Onion. I’ll be coming off work and I’ll be fairly knackered, but I’ll be celebrating something that I find very hard to leave forever.
pretty versatile; I’m involved in all forms of being an entertainer. I do live stage work; I do music and recording; I do guest appearances; I do straight acting in guest roles on film and television. I knew that I had to be versatile, had to be busy in order to survive in this industry and nothing seems to have changed.
I recall seeing a documentary about Cirque de Soleil’s Love performances where Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison stopped by to see the work-in-progress and were very protective and vocal about what they thought wasn’t appropriate. I believe you gained Yoko’s approval for your show; what was that process like? Yeah we had dealings with Yoko. The copyright issues were different in those days; it was different in one territory to another. We spoke in London to Yoko through our promoter, Michael White, and found she was very accepting of what we were doing. I think we probably passed muster in terms of being playful and dignified. Her job is to protect John Lennon’s memory and I think she does a very good job of that. Luckily we passed muster on that occasion.
Do you enjoy your Offspring role because the character, D’Arcy, is also musical? Yeah, I like that aspect to it, including the fact that D’Arcy is a musician. We worked out that he probably was in a band years ago that had one record that was #28 on the charts and he was on Countdown once and was interviewed by Molly Meldrum. He never had a full career but music still remains his love even though he’s found out his charm works in real estate.
You were in the TV series, All Saints, which was cancelled in 2009 after more than a decade on-air. By 2010 you were working on Offspring, starring in the Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of The Singing Club as well as working on your soon-to-be released album, Cloudland. You must be well-used to that scenario of one door closing and another opening… That’s all part of being a jobbing actor. I mean, I’d just been with All Saints for three-anda-half years of the show, which even that is a long time for me to be doing one show. It’s the longest-running job I’ve ever had, actually. When it finished I just resumed my normal jobbing around activities, which I’ve always done. I’m
It’s a good series isn’t it? Kind of like an older Secret Life Of Us… Yeah, it is. Well John Edwards is the producer of both and he does do a great job with these stories that are about groups of people – in this case the family and the people who surround that family. It’s a great cast and the writing is really responsible and with the concept of seeing what Nina (Asher Keddie) fantasises about; it’s a lot of fun to be involved with. With the character of D’Arcy he’s a very eager, willing, charming, happy man who looks at the positive side of life and I’ve always played rather dark and depressing characters on television before. So I really like the fact that D’Arcy is a departure from that, he’s someone who always puts a positive spin on everything because it makes life easier that way. That said, the New Year looks busy for you, what’s your philosophy going into it? (Laughs) To use the words of Bob Dylan, ‘may you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung; and may you stay forever young’. www.xpressmag.com.au
TOO SOLID Desert Songs
The Too Solid Music Festival hits Supreme Court Gardens for the definitive Australia Day celebrations to complement the Skyworks on Wednesday, January 26 – a free event starring such indigenous luminaries as Christine Anu, The Last Kinection and the Gya Ngoop Kobori Dance Group, as well as fresh Too Solid discovery John Bennett. JULIAN TOMPKIN joins in the celebrations. Like all good ideas, Too Solid began in a backyard conversation. The brainchild of WA indigenous arts workers Jade Masters and Phil Bartlett, the concept germinated from Bartlett’s position as the Indigenous Music Officer for WAM, and a joint desire to develop indigenous music in WA. The inaugural Too Solid Music Awards would finally be launched, in conjunction with WAM, in 2009 – commending the top Aboriginal artists from around the state for their talent. While a significant leap forward for WA, Too Solid were already planning the next major stages of the organisation – a music festival and an indigenous record label. The inaugural Too Solid Music Festival – in conjunction with Abmusic and Noongar Radio – took place on Australia Day 2010 in front of a 10,000 strong crowd, and featured many of WA’s established and up-and-coming indigenous artists, as well as a number of non-indigenous artists. 2011’s festival takes another great leap forward, having secured the reigning queen of contemporary indigenous music, Christine Anu, as well as a full program of indigenous and nonindigenous talent. A successor to the national Survival Festival Concerts, which have taken place around Australia since 1988, Masters says Too Solid – slang for awesome or great – is all about celebrating talent and promoting the positive message of reconciliation. “My belief is the bid to reconciliation is through music,” he explains. “At the end of the day we’re all Australian and it’s Australia Day, so it belongs to everyone in my opinion. We are now a multicultural country. I guess in a black fella sense it is ‘invasion day’, which is why I have included the white fellas [on the line-up]. In order to be powerful I believe that indigenous organisations need to come out and do events like this and include the white fella because that’s where we’re going to move forward as one.” While both the festival and the Too Solid Awards – with the next scheduled for 2011 – may have finally filled a void in celebrating indigenous music in Western Australia, Too Solid’s work was far from complete. With the assistance of significant funding from the Australia Council, Too Solid Records was founded in 2010. Its mission was clear: to uncover local indigenous talent, record their music professionally and have it distributed nationally – and potentially internationally – as a commercial product. Assembling a panel of five local experts – headed by long time music industry operative Pete Carroll and also featuring X-Press’ Bob Gordon, as well as acclaimed indigenous playwright David Milroy – Too Solid set about sifting through hundreds of applications; unanimously settling on John Bennett, from the Bidyadanga Community near Broome, as its debut artist. With his album now recorded and set for release in April this year, with distribution and promotion through Skinnyfish Music – the label responsible for global indigenous sensation Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – panel chairman Pete Carroll (former Sony state manager, Offworld Sounds record label founder and manager of The Panics and Tim & Jean) admits that uncovering John Bennett has been
one of the most fulfilling things of his long, international career. “What Too Solid is trying to do is deliver all of the tools that any other artist would expect to have, which would give those aboriginal artists the opportunity to go national,” Carroll explains. “John Bennett’s music really stood out. The fact that he comes from a very small community near Broome makes it even sweeter in that it’s a label that really does reach throughout the entire state, and this is clearly a guy who may not have had the opportunity to be heard in a broader sense if it wasn’t for the label – and not to just to deliver his music, but help him make a great record. And I think it is a great record – it’s really something quite special. Certainly for me, it’s one of the most fulfilling projects that I have ever been involved with. “[Indigenous ar tists] have got something unique to say,” Carroll concludes. “They have a story that’s uniquely Australian and unique to this country. They have a story
to tell and that’s very different what from white Australian bands have got to say – which essentially is not that much different from what and English or American band has to say. It is truly one of the most exciting projects I have been involved in.”
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THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION Still Number One It’s been six years since the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion last toured Australia. But after a year spent reissuing their ‘90s catalogue the legendary dirty shirt rock’n’rollers are back… on the stage at least. MATTHEW HOGAN chats to the manic frontman himself ahead of their show tonight, Thursday, January 13, at The Rosemount. “In 2010 we reissued the back catalogue, which were all out of print, so we began to play a series of concerts to mark the reissues. We started playing in the spring of 2010 and continued through the summer and the fall. Now here we in 2011 and we’ve just started this tour of New Zealand and Australia.”
With the scene perfectly set, Jon Spencer informs us just what he’s been up to recently. While the Blues Explosion has not been as prolific as they were in the ‘90s, when they brought out no less than six albums and swag of remixes EPs and compilations, they’ve just unleashed seven collections of tunes featuring a whopping 239 tracks in total. “We did one compilation, the Dirty Shirt Rock’n’Roll compilation, to kick off this reissue series,” Spencer says. “There were six reissues and those were all reissues of proper albums we’d done back in the ‘90s, but all of them were greatly expanded to include a lot of extra material – most of which had never been released before. A couple of years ago, prior to all this, we did have another compilation on In The Red Records of singles that we’d done on that label, that was the Jukebox [Explosion Rockin’ Mid-90s Punkers] compilation.” Out now through Shout Records, Spencer says the band had their work cut out for them sourcing their old unused material.“The band owns everything, but trying to find it was not the easiest thing,” he says. “It was a big job and we’d spent a long time working on everything – on this reissue project, and locating all of the materials was part of that and then figuring out what was what – because some things weren’t properly labelled. A lot of the stuff I don’t remember because I have trouble recalling specific sessions and dates and information and things like that. It was a big project.
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“A good example is for the album Orange; there was a song that we’d totally forgotten about that we recorded in the studio and then just scrapped – we’d never finished it,” he continues.“So we’d discovered a song called Haircut. It was listed on the track sheets for the multi-track reels but I had no memory of what this thing was, nor did anyone else. Not Judah [Bauer] or Russell [Simins] or the engineer that we did the session with. So I took the tape to the studio and first I had to bake it. Some of these analogue tapes, you have to bake in order to be able to play them again. The magnetic tape; these old analogue tapes don’t age very well – they get a bit sticky at the back end of the magnetic tape – it’s gotten sticky over the years so
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if you just put it in a low oven for a little bit, it dries it out and it can play again fine. So we took this reel tape and baked it and did a mix with this lost song.” Don’t expect too many of these recently uncovered gems at tonight’s show, as Spencer admits the band’s not playing them. “Well no, we’re not,” he concedes. “Currently we’re playing songs from all the albums, you know. Not just the reissues but also the albums that came after these six albums from the ’90s. So we’ll play songs from the whole band’s history. We’re doing some with new arrangements. We’re also playing some new songs. I think after some new songs, I think with me – I really wanted to play some new stuff so we’ve started to write some new songs.” While guitarist Bauer has been busy in recent years with Cat Power & The Dirty Delta Blues and drummer Simins has been busy working with Dan The Automator in Men Without Pants, the frontman has been busy with Matt Verta-Ray in Heavy Trash, who played their first Australian show at Devilles Pad just over a year ago (“That’s a crazy venue. Who could forget that place?”). While he’s not promising any new material from JSBX of Heavy Trash, he hints at some new material from his band he’s had for 20 years with his wife, Cristina Martinez, Boss Hog.
“SOME OF THESE ANALOGUE TAPES, YOU HAVE TO BAKE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PLAY THEM AGAIN. THE MAGNETIC TAPE; THESE OLD ANALOGUE TAPES DON’T AGE VERY WELL – THEY GET A BIT STICKY AT THE BACK END OF THE MAGNETIC TAPE – IT’S GOTTEN STICKY OVER THE YEARS SO IF YOU JUST PUT IT IN A LOW OVEN FOR A LITTLE BIT, IT DRIES IT OUT AND IT CAN PLAY AGAIN FINE.” “ We played last August at the Amphetamine Reptile 25th anniversary,” he says. “This was out in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. It was the last time we’ve played. We’ve played a show here and there over the past couple of years. It’s been nice. It’s funny, I’ve just been emailing today with all the members of Boss Hog – somebody found a YouTube clip of a band covering a Boss Hog song, so we’re all writing to each other about and we’ve started writing to each other, ‘oh we should make another album…’.”
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OWEN PALLETT Yes He Can Speaking over the phone from Toronto, Owen Pallett laments the chores of the day: “It’s so boring,” he sighs, exasperated. “I’m just doing some scoring for some short films that are being put together by the New York Times.They’re just short films… today I did Natalie Portman and when I get off the phone I’ll do Matt Damon.” He plays The Fly By Night on Saturday, January 22. AMELIA SCHMIDT reports. That does sound terrible. I’d surely hate to live my life in Toronto, one of the most liveable cities in the world, writing film scores for the world’s top publication and celebrity actors and directors, or scoring music for the likes of Grizzly Bear and The National, in between touring and writing complex, beautiful music that is largely applauded by critics around the globe. Not for me. No thank you! “I try to be very selective when I’m doing the film scoring stuff,” Pallett continues.“I try to do stuff with either directors I really like or with very well paid gigs, and this is kind of a combination of both. I mean, it’s not the best money but considering it’s just someone taking me a week to score movies and then I’m going to go to Prague to conduct it; it’s a pretty fun gig really.” He’s talking about Fourteen Actors Acting, directed by Solve Sundsbo and featuring some of the top Hollywood talent (Tilda Swinton, Jesse Eisenberg, James Franco and more are also included on the bill along with Portman and Damon) performing one-minute long narratives, with Pallett’s score to be performed by the Czech Symphony Strings. For Pallett, this is one of a myriad of projects he’s turned his talented hand to over the last few months, including orchestral scores for some little musical groups that some of you may have heard of. “I did that for a couple of years just because the offers kept coming in and I’d just take on different things,” he says. “I just did a little something for Grizzly Bear about a month ago, and I also did something for The National a little while ago – I used to just sort of keep my door wide open and I’d take any gig that came along. I still tried to maintain a do-what-you-can policy with my clients, because I’m more interested in making good records than a pile of cash.” And good records he sure is making – both for others and for himself, with his latest album, Heartland, flooring audiences with its complexity and stunning orchestral beauty. But having your fingers in as many pies as Pallett means having to prioritise. “I found getting to work on Heartland was delayed by a year just because of all the gigs I had as a scorer,” he laments,“and I kind of vowed that I wouldn’t get so involved with it until I put out a few more records.” So as a result, Heartland has taken a while to properly formulate and produce – although the result has been worth it. “I sort of conceived the idea in mid 2006, but I didn’t really start to knuckle down and write anything for it until March 2008, which was quite annoying, as I did make a mention of it on my message board at one point, being like ‘what do you think of this as a title for a record?’. But a weekly paper in Toronto picked up on that post and decided that that it would be out very soon, like 2007! And of course I didn’t even start writing it until the year after then, and not even recording it until late 2008, so yeah… it was kind of a long process. But the reason it took so long was because the record itself was pretty ambitious, and most of the time when people get involved with [a project so large] they sort of have a team assembled – they have a personal assistant, a producer, an engineer and all that kind of stuff. But I didn’t really have anybody.” The project was complicated because of the scope of the concept, which, to summarise,
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is an album-length narrative of a protagonist in a Dungeons And Dragons-type universe ruled by a god-figure called, naturally, Owen.“I embraced the theory behind Dungeons And Dragons as my own fate,” he explains, “just to approach a songwriter’s voice, because I was interested in writing from the position of a theist, and singing songs that I felt were perspective of someone who did believe in afterlife and higher power.” The majority of media attention, however, has been focused on the D&D side of things, which Pallett seems to resent a little.“I kind of used the imagery of Dungeons And Dragons as a metaphor because I thought that it would be entertaining,” he admits.“But that was a very small factor of the making of that record and tended to be kind of written off as the Dungeons And Dragons record. People can talk about it however they want – I mean the concept. I think I spent much more time working on it [than they give me credit for], but I don’t feel like I have to have a slideshow demonstrating all the different working parts.” Much like a fantasy book without a map, Heartland is missing some explanation, for sure. But that hasn’t stopped the praise – although Pallett is also quite wary and cynical about music reviewing and criticism, too. “I really respect Pitchfork and I think they have some very good writers,” he says, “but I don’t have any interest in the rating system as I don’t think it reflects the way I personally listen to music. I kind of listen to an album or don’t listen to an album, and I typically feel that most music is quite equal because it’s not like Kayne [West] worked any harder than I did on my record or then M.I.A. worked on hers.”
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ABBIE CARDWELL The Bare Bones Sessions
Tapemodern
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After the commercial disaster of their last effor t Red Carpet Massacre, Duran Duran have taken a look in the mirror and decided that rejuvenating their classic ‘80s sound is the answer to their prayers. They’re partially correct – producer Mark Ronson has a sympathetic ear and the band coat these songs with many of the features that marked their golden-era music: Nick Rhodes’ distinctive synths, John Taylor’s slinky bass lines and the classic dance-rock hybrid that DD may not have created, but certainly perfected. Their skill at swelling, atmospheric ballads continues with Leave A Light On and they partially revive the spooky synth minimalism of key Rio track The Chauffeur in two outstanding tunes, closing track Before The Rain and the Kelis-featuring The Man Who Stole A Leopard. But it’s the up-tempo sing-alongs that keep the fans coming back, and these are delivered with panache in the form of lead single and title track All You Need Is Now, the nervy Being Followed and the propulsive Blame The Machines. The rapturous reception the record is receiving is partially a warm reaction to the return of the classic Duran Duran sound – despite many strong moments, the album isn’t quite the triumph many are trumpeting.
When former Unearthed performer Abbie Cardwell entered the studio with her band (brother Jed and drummer Ashley Davies) to record The Bare Bones Session, she stipulated that it would capture the band totally live with no overdubs and no edits. The authenticity of this approach shines through on The Bare Bones Sessions with Cardwell’s earthy voice serving the blues infused tunes like 52 Pickup and Candystore admirably. Cardwell is an artist who loves life on the road and has learnt much of her craft in between long drives in the tour van. As such the songs here give a feeling of being well and truly road hardened. The shining moment of The Bare Bones Sessions comes at the hand of a cover of Ryan Adam’s Come Pick Me Up. While it is one of those songs you would be hard pressed to ruin, Cardwell gives a breathy and fragile performance here. Cardwell undoes any of her good work though with a cover of Timbuk 3’s appalling Future’s So Bright You’ve Got To Wear Shades. What would possess anyone to try and impart any life into that rotten corpse? Cardwell refers to her music as rootsyrockabilly-twang and that would be fitting, it is just the quality that is variable. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT
_MATT THROWER
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After an outstanding debut, followed by a couple of fairly average full-length releases, Brooklyn-based shoegazers Asobi Seksu have finally hit the ground running with fourth LP Fluorescence, on which their colour-saturated soundscapes burn even brighter and their many shades shift with each passing song. Dizzyingly energetic one moment, loopy and surreal the next, Asobi Seksu’s bouncy, fill-heavy drumming, soft-focus guitars and brute syncopated grooves envelop extremely floaty reverb-drenched vocals, shrouding melodies too shimmering for bare sight. With a demeanour built upon antagonistic relationships, electric and alternating, the band, like the instruments they so masterfully employ, are apt to prove noise and un-noise are of one cut. Dream-like and ephemeral, the album as a whole fights the twelfth, as dull throbbing grows from resolute aching to buzzing, twitching cacophony. While it’s easy to admire the transitive conviction that propels the album forward, it is Asobi Seksu’s ability to remain surprisingly grounded and catchy which really showcases their strong song-writing skills and connectedness with time and place. Full of mirth and majesty – the kind which swells in chests and puts warmth into tired, frozen minds – for indie-rock lovers, disconnecting will be all but impossible. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD
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It’s a bit strange that British music critic Kris Needs has his name plastered on the front of this compilation. After all, a bit of internet searching makes it look like he was just in the right place at the right time when punk broke in 1976… while further research shows he was directly responsible for some of the worst techno imaginable in the early ‘90s. Despite this though, he has managed to piece together a very impressive compilation of pre-punk nuggets. ‘Nuggets’ being a key word here as the title track, Dirty Water by The Standells, was featured on the greatest rock’n’roll compilation of all time in Nuggets long before this compilation. So what makes this two-disc set so great? In just 33 songs they feature true protopunks in The Stooges, New York Dolls and MC5 beside the civil rights pushers of proto-hip hop outfit The Last Poets, electronic pioneers Suicide, Krautrockers Can, glam rock of T. Rex, Jamaican ska pioneers Culture and Aussie heroes The Saints. These are just some of the discoveries you’ll make on this highly impressive gathering of artists. If you’re in a punk band that never wants to be mentioned in the same sentence as current Aussie ‘punks’ Short Stack, Dirty Water is essential listening. _MATTHEW HOGAN
SLEEPWALKER Living Dead
LOCRIAN The Crystal World
Firestarter Distribution
Utech Records / Land Of Decay
Fresh from impressing many at their Linkin’ Park support, guitar-driven outfit Sleepwalker have a debut EP that bolts out from the blocks. Blistering title track Living Dead is an impressive, flashy, punk opener laden with duelling guitars and heavy and catchy hooks. It’s not unnecessary to say that Sleepwalker are classy as hell, they are a professional outfit. George Green’s vocals sound straight off a stage at a Soundwave tour, while the guitars effortlessly weave in and out of an unshakable and heavy back section. The recording is carefully produced but I’ve no doubt they reproduce it live. Living Dead is some very impressive stuff. As all half-decent bands should, Sleepwalker have put a lot of time and talent into their debut release. It’s dense, listenable, tight and thoughtful. Within the broad ‘heavy music’ category, these guys’ influences are evident; Paper Faith and Sleepers Beware are built on distinct At The Drive-In foundations. But, by track four, Televisionaries, Sleepwalker have defined their own sound; a loud and brash mesh of mainstream heavy rock but with all the good things that come with being technically spot-on heavy music aficionados. _DANIEL PARKINSON
D e s p a i r. T h e r e i s no emotion better encapsulated in Locrian’s third full-length, The Crystal World. And it is all-consuming. Taking on a clear literary concept, straight from the novel of the same name by J.G Ballard (1966), the Chicago-based duo Andre Foisy and Terence Hannum have once again broken self-imposed barriers in their journey to blur the lines between drone and doom, black metal and the ‘post’. Building on their ensemble with the addition of Steven Hess (On, Ural Umbo) in the percussion/electronic department, the emphasis of this two-disc set is not on crushing devastation – a trait from their previous releases – but on subtle and growing desolation. Taking a page right from Ballard’s novel itself, The Crystal World hangs as a musical replica of the dystopian tale – whereby a doctor and researcher of leprosy travels deep into the African jungle to investigate a bizarre phenomenon, a virus which is slowly crystallising the entire area and causing life to wane. This feeling of foreboding is pressed into each track, from the looping drums of the title piece to the violin, accordion and acoustic guitar lines of Elevations And Depths and the 53-minute career-defining epic Extinction – the sole offering from disc two. Beautiful and mesmerizing, an essential pick for those looking for intrigue in a sea of post-metal releases. _JESSICA WILLOUGHBY
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DEAR TIME’S WASTE Spells
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Adding to the rich tapestry of NZ music, Auckland-based chanteuse Claire Duncan – aka Dear Time’s Waste – has more than proved she is one of her country’s most adventurous and accomplished songwriters with debut LP Spells. Highly literate and darkly romantic, Duncan’s models come from the sophisticated end of popular music, matching her sublime chirp with grounded glories, which make melodic bounds and skin-prickling changes evocative of the best of Kate Bush. Duncan’s talent for soul-baring would be frightening were it not so ingenuous; she writes from a well of fantasy and feeling with a patina of experience, her concerns universal and womanly, embracing love, sex, creativity and freedom as experience, with all the emotional complications they entail. The romantic cuts, such as they are, remain bleak and doubting, but utterly moving, with show-stopping single And So I Was Returning, proving the type of honest, uncertain, but strong love song pop music could certainly use more of. Whilst, with a voice so eerie, it may have been once difficult to imagine Dear Time’s Waste as a popular taste, on a pop scene dominated by Florences and Marinas, it’s not difficult to imagine great things in store for this promising new talent. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD
BRAD PAISLEY Hits Alive Arista / Sony Music
There are no shortage of ‘Country Music S u p e r s t a r s’ f l o a t i n g around the sizeable stadiums of the United States but that is not to say that they are any good. Luckily for all the Tim McGraws, Kid Rocks and the rest, there is at least the odd Brad Paisley. While your average Joe may not buy a Brad Paisley album, when presented with a greatest hits collection like Hits Alive, you can’t help but reassess that stance. The West Virginian who looks more natural out of his ten gallon hat than most of his peers, has no shortage of chart bothering moments and the wholesome Little Moments is probably the best of them. Paisley doesn’t mind planting his tongue firmly in cheek and throwing in a pop culture reference or two, which he does with ease during Celebrity and Online. Paisley has a well honed voice, considerable skill on the guitar and is well adept at the country tradition of duets. He is joined here by Dolly Parton and Alison Krauss on When I Get Where I’m Going and Whiskey Lullaby respectively. Hits Alive is evidence that in country music circles Paisley never went out of fashion.
One of the most hotly tipped outfits for 2011 is Los Angeles based babyfaced hip hop collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. Featuring 10 artists and headed up by Tyler (The Creator) and Earl Sweatshirt, Odd Future already has at least half a dozen releases under their belt, all of which are available for free from their website. And they’ve already made it inside such mags as The Fader, Thrasher and Dazed & Confused and ranked on year end lists on XXL. An instant head-turner is Sweatshirt’s (who has recently gone ‘missing’ or been ‘incarcerated’ a la Ol’ Dirty Bastard when he was alive) title track Earl. With the same delivery as Eminem’s breakthrough, My Name Is, Earl is dirty, highly offensive and features a video where the entire collective appear to die horrible deaths following some skating accidents and drug cocktails. A seemingly bottomless pit of beats and rhymes, you better start thinking about your Odd Future today. Key track: Earl Sweatshirt – Earl _MATTHEW HOGAN
SSLEATER-KINNEY L The Woods www.sleater-kinney.com
One of the best releases of the 2000s was from Portland, Oregon’s finest three-piece SleaterK inney. Their 2005 swansong and debut on influential indie label Sub Pop, The Woods is an aural assault on the eardrums. Simply one of the heaviest rock albums of the decade, the album kicks off with The Fox – a retelling of one of Aesop’s Fables except with the added bonus of duelling Les Pauls, pounding drums and the one-two punch of Corin Tucker’s wailing vibrato and Carrie Brownstein’s powerful howl. Drawing on Zeppelin and Hendrix for inspiration, there are few albums from this century with as much raw power. Since the break-up of the riot grrrl supergroup, Tucker released her debut solo album last year, drummer Janet Weiss has been busy in Quasi, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks and Wild Flag, while Brownstein’s turned to comedy and is writing and starring in a new sitcom with Saturday Night Live star Fred Armisen called Portlandia debuting later this month. Of course. Key track: Entertain _MATTHEW HOGAN
_CHRIS HAVERCROFT
KID ROCK Born Free Top Dog / Atlantic
Occasionally you see someone’s tattoo and think, “That’s going to be hard to explain when you’re old.” Spare a thought for Kid Rock, whose entire career is a tattoo he didn’t think through, something stuck on his skin even though he’s not that guy any more. Born Free is his middle-aged attempt at grabbing a handful of authenticity, rejecting his rap-rock days in favour of hiring Rick Rubin as producer and doing his best Bon Jovi impersonation. Yes, Kid Rock is honestly trying to grow old gracefully. The guitars are electric, but they’re playing Nashville twang and they’re underscored by some sensitive piano and Kid Rock singing about how he’s, “Deep like the grandest canyon / Wild like an untamed stallion.” This is a soundtrack for the fist-pumping, guncollecting American fratboys to settle down and put on some serious weight too. Sometimes it veers away from Bon Jovi and into George Thorogood’s boot-wearing, whiskey-drinking territory, but even then he’s singing, “Today’s the day I’m gonna take things slow.” Laser surgery has removed almost every trace of the old posterboy for Parental Warning stickers Kid Rock used to be, although he does get T.I. in for an out-of-place guest verse, and he’s succeeded in becoming every bit as blandly middle-of-the-road and middle-America as he’d like to be. _JODY MACGREGOR Australia’s highest circulating Street Press
Regular readers will know the small, clever, risky movies versus the big, lumbering, homogenised tent poles is an enduring theme in this column, and this week brings a classic example. I n o n e c o r n e r we h ave L i s a Chodolenko’s talky, urbane comic drama The Kids Are All Right, where Julianne Moore and Annette Bening play a middle aged gay couple quite happy with their lot. But when their kids want to contact and befriend their biological father (Mark Ruffalo), it’s going to throw their ironically conservative lives into a little bit of turmoil, and questions about acceptance and morality collide as a result. In the other we have The Last Airbender, another $150m behemoth aided by the marketing muscle of a big studio and a big name. Unfortunately, neither helped the critical pillorying of M Night Shyamalan’s adaptation of the popular cartoon. It tells the story of a quasi-Eastern world of countries cast in the images of the four elements of antiquity, some people born with the gift of controlling their element to battle enemies. Don’t listen to the bagging too much - you’ve seen most of this sort of stuff before, but it’s less an awful move than a predictable one.
The Last Airbender – Paramount Life After People – Magna Pacific Boy – Paramount The Kids Are All Right – Hopscotch _DREW TURNEY 19
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The Blue Room Theatre will heat up this Saturday, January 15, when the Northbridge venue hosts an afternoon of sensual erotic fiction presented by the Red Rabbit Collective and Propel Youth Arts WA. Set to kick off at 1pm, An Introduction To Erotic Fiction will create an environment where young people can engage in a dialogue about erotica, led by facilitator and spoken word artist Dosh Luckwell. Material generated during the workshop may be used by Perth writer/ director Jessica Craig-Piper, who is currently working on an original erotic script. To find out more or to reserve your spot, email redrabbitcollective@gmail.com.
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MARGARET RIVER MOVIES
During the summer holidays thousands of Perth families flock south in search of surf, great food and good times and in addition to the many wonderful beaches, restaurants and wineries on offer in the south west, Margaret River now boasts its very own outdoor cinema. Running from January right through ’til mid February, Movies In The Vineyard takes over Cape Mentelle Winery at 331 Wallcliffe Road in Margaret River for screenings of recent blockbusters and old classics. Cinema goers can indulge in catering from Gnarabar or pre-order a delicious picnic basket from The Larder. To find out what’s on and when, check out lunapalace.com.au.
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Tom Fisher And The Layabouts
MUM’S THE WORD
Since being diagnosed with thyroid cancer in March of last year, Perth mum Jema Ritchie has battled to beat the affliction and after months of struggle she’s finally in remission. At present one out of every seven Australians suffers from thyroid illness, and women are five times more likely to develop a thyroid related sickness, so it’s crucial that we find a cure. To raise awareness and funds to support the work of the Australian Thyroid Foundation and the Fremantle Hospital’s radiation rooms, Ritchie has organised a special night of music on Saturday, February 12, at Fremantle’s Fly By Night Club. with sets from Mo Wilson, Sean Lillico, Wasamba and Tom Fisher And The Layabouts, the fundraiser will be hosted by Big Brother evictee Bree Amer. Tickets for this special show are on sale now from flybynight.org and (08) 9430 5976.
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Journey down to Cottesloe Beach on Australia Day and you’re likely to discover a lot more than just surf and sand, with Havaianas once again hosting the always colourful and fun Australia Day Thong Challenge. A nation-wide competition that pits state against state, the Challenge sees beach goers float end-to-end with Havaianas inflatable thongs, and the state with the longest line of floaters wins. In 2010 WA took out the title with 1301 participants, so the pressure is on to up that number in 2011. If you’re keen to take part, hit up havaianasthongchallenge.com. au; the event gets underway at 10am on Wednesday, January 26. Float on Perth!
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If there’s an old truck gathering dust at your place then the folks at The Butcher Shop want to hear from you. During the William Street Festival on Sunday, March 20, a slew of talented Perth artists will makeover a truck, covering all surfaces with original artworks, thereby creating a moving art gallery. If you’re interested in getting involved email info@thebutchershop.com.au or phone (08) 9328 8082.
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Todd Solondz’s ‘quasi-sequel’ to his emotionally raw cult masterpiece Happiness resurrects themes of suburban discontent, taboos and family dysfunctionality with generous doses of deadpan humour and sympathy. His best work yet.
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AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY The Man in Black
Tangled
Directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard a bumbling ne’er-do-well who thinks he’s a Starring Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna dashing thief. The standard issue bad guy tavern is packed with dreamers who want to pursue Murphy, Ron Perlman careers in the arts; and most entertainingly, As certain as the rising of the moon and the Flynn’s dogged pursuer is not the captain of shifting of the tide, here’s another Disney the guard, but rather his iron-willed horse, animated movie based on a classic fairytale. Maximus, a character who gets the lion’s share And why not? If it ain’t broke, so the saying of the laughs. It’s changeups like these that will goes, don’t fix it. Except this time something was keep the adults in the audience from shifting broken, or at least slightly off-kilter; worried that uncomfortably in their seats. Which isn’t to say that all the usual they were skewing too far from the young male demographic, the house of the mouse ditched Disney elements aren’t present and correct; the original title, Rapunzel, and plugged in the it wouldn’t be a Disney movie without a few more gender-neutral name Tangled. Not that it musical numbers, a lesson or two about true matters; no matter how you slice it, this is still a love and believing in yourself, and the faint suspicion that, in a boardroom somewhere, Disney Princess film. Not that there’s anything wrong with there’s a committee ticking items off a list. And, that. Disney have a formula that works for the of course, the animation is gorgeous, rendered in most part, and what’s remarkable is how their a painterly style that harkens back to traditional movies generally still manage to be fresh and pen and ink work while utilising modern CGI and entertaining within the constraints of that 3D effects to really pop. And yet the film falls slightly short formula. Here, the basic framework of the story of expectations. Tangled is the 50th Disney - girl with magical long hair (Moore) is trapped in a tower by an evil witch (Murphy) until rescued theatrical animated film, and although it’s a by handsome prince (Levi, sort of ) - is intact, perfectly good little movie, it’s hard not to feel but has been given a modern, brash ‘n’ sassy that it falls far short of instant classic status; makeover to make it more appealing to the certainly it’s no game changer like Beauty And The Beast, and one would think that Disney jaded eight year olds of today. Thanks to films would at least strive for something of that like the Shrek series that’s pretty much par for calibre to mark such an important milestone. the course these days, but what keeps Tangled No matter; Tangled is still a solid and endearing interesting is the way it doesn’t go for the cheap family entertainment, and anyone who still has laughs, but rather subverts its inherent fairytale a place in their heart for the Disney ethos will tropes in new and interesting ways. be charmed by it. I n s te a d o f t h e s t a n d a rd i s s u e handsome hero, we get Levi’s Flynn Rider, _TRAVIS JOHNSON
American: The Bill Hicks Story
Directed by Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas Starring Bill Hicks, Steve Hicks, Kevin Booth, Dwight Slade The legend of Bill Hicks has been threatening to burst out of the underground and into the mainstream for a few years now. Knowledge of Hicks’ work used to be like a secret handshake amongst comedy fans; if someone knew his name, you could tell they took their laughs seriously. All that’s changing now, and this documentary, which has already won acclaim on the festival circuit, could, and quite frankly should, be the final push needed to put Hick’s legacy in the cultural spotlight. Even if you haven’t been exposed to Hicks’ work, you’ve felt his influence; the man casts a long shadow. Comedians such as Patton Oswalt and Lewis Black owe him a great debt, and bands as diverse as Radiohead and Tool have dedicated
albums to the man’s memory. Hicks’ purview was the comedy of anger, and he mined comic gold from whatever target drew his ire, be it religion, big government, pro-lifers, the war on drugs, censorship or plain old-fashioned hypocrisy. Hicks was never satisfied with making his audience laugh; he had a desperate need to make them think as well. A controversial but exhilarating figure, he was on the very brink of widespread fame when he was cut down by pancreatic cancer at the age of 32. British filmmakers Paul Thomas and Matt Harlock have spent a good four years putting together a film that is both a biography and a tribute, spending countless hours interviewing Hicks’ family, friends and colleagues, and countless more assembling a vast array of archival material, including bootleg video footage that will make Hicks obsessives drool. American is rich in detail, charting Hick’s rise from his suburban roots to his place as comedy’s premier agent provocateur, but we also get to see the downside; although Hicks was an ardent anti-prohibitionist, he himself felt the negative effects of substance abuse, and his problems with drugs and alcohol hampered his career and ultimately contributed to his early death. Eschewing the usual talking head and archival footage route that most documentaries follow, Harlock and Thomas have presented Hicks’ story in a cunningly animated form, using cut and paste techniques to create a kind of moving photo montage. It’s fitting that the filmmakers have stretched themselves in presenting the story of a man that always tried to push the envelope in his own art, and in doing so they’ve given the film an unexpected and pleasing visual palette that’s well above the usual stylings of the genre. American is by no means exhaustive, steering clear of some of the darker and more controversial areas of Hicks’ life. It’s an obvious failing, albeit a minor one. All up, the film is a remarkable and ambitious piece of work. Whether you’re already a fully paid up member of the Church of Bill or a newcomer to the congregation, this is a worthy primer on the life of a groundbreaking comedian who remains a hero and an inspiration to many. American: The Bill Hicks Story screens at Luna Outdoor on Monday, January 17, and Tuesday, January 18. Bookings can be made through lunapalace.com.au. _TRAVIS JOHNSON
FRESHLY BAKED VINTAGE Vintage enthusiasts gathered at The Bakery on Sunday to snap up bargains care of local vintage masterminds Liz Power and Tara Fox of Awoke Vintage and The Ginger Fox. The girls joined forces to bring thousands of second hand delights to the newly reopened hub of all things fabulous, The Bakery, on James Street in Northbridge. With everything priced under $50 there were plenty of bargains to be had, so most left the sale with big smiles and even bigger bags.
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PERTH FESTIVAL VISUAL ARTS In The Eye Of The Beholder The Perth Festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Visual Arts program includes a variety of exhibitions on show at various locations from Saturday, January 29, to Friday, April 8. Find out more about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on, when and where at perthfestival.com.au/ events/visual-arts. Contrary to its classifying name, Visual Arts should not only entertain the eyes but also serve as a feast for all senses while framing an interactive and stimulating environment that incites thought and reflection. Margaret Moore, the curator of the visual arts program for Perth International Arts Festival, has developed an incredibly diverse yet cohesive array of works that incorporates all manner of Visual Arts subsidiaries, be they photographic, installation, film or otherwise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the works are very different and all the artists are very different but I wanted to bring some form of continuous energy throughout the program,â&#x20AC;? Moore reflects. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If people get to more than one or two exhibitions they should start to see that there are some connections. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a theme around environment and public art and working in and with the landscape and then the second layer of the program is much more to do with human condition and emotion and gender.â&#x20AC;? An exciting component in the program is the innovative structural work of esteemed artist Tomas Saraceno. His creation of Cloud City for PIAF will mark his artistic debut in Australia though his inspiring, forwardthinking works have long been met with much international acclaim and commendation. The final product will be enriching not only for Moore who has worked extensively on this pursuit but also for the audience who will be treated to something truly revolutionary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a long journey of working very closely with Tomas, from when I pursued him from my experience of his work in Venice nearly two years ago to seeing him in France early last year. Since then heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been here for site visits so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a real journey together to create something quite new. Seeing that come to fruition will be incredibly rewarding and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exciting to be able to share it,â&#x20AC;? Moore reveals. Cloud City proposes an empowering and poetic use of space that explores possible visions of a superior world and society by
Cloud City by Tomas Saraceno runs from Saturday, February 19, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;til Sunday, February 27, at Langley Park West End
generating utopian habitual ideas, all while defying traditional notions of space, time, gravity and perception. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes you into that realm of fantasy, but at the base of it has a serious hint at the way we move around and inhabit our world and the way we touch the earth, along with environmental futures like solar energy, so it has a fantastical nature at one level but who knows it may become real in the years to come.â&#x20AC;? At the opposite aesthetic end, yet no less interactive, are the photographic exhibitions. Jesse Burkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Low presents touching portraits of homeless men punctuated with studies of plants, each displayed against dominant black backgrounds. These images not only poignantly encapsulate the vulnerability of masculinity but also function to shed a light of nobility on the unique, ostracised subjects. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t often expect to see images of homeless men down on their luck in a more heroic pose, situated in a gallery, and you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but be drawn into the faces and the emotions and the emancipationâ&#x20AC;Ś itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quite powerful and very beautiful.â&#x20AC;? Moore remarks.
The striking contrast between the brightly illuminated physical form and the dark, sleek backdrop is dramatic and prepossessing. Showcasing a different interpretation of beauty are the beguiling, delicately handcoloured photographs presented by Nathalie Daoust in her exhibit Frozen In Time, which are testament to her days spent in Switzerland and her response to the magnificence of the surrounding landscape. An entirely different perceptible experience is in John Gerrardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s self-dubbed â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;virtual sculpturesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, through which he employs video game technology, Real Time 3D to present slow moving images of vast American landscapes. â&#x20AC;&#x153; The way heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s using gaming technology is extraordinarily interesting and intriguing - how itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made and what it does to your nature of time. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure there are a lot of people that have used xboxes or PlayStations that will think â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;wow, this artist is using that kind of technology in a really unusual way!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;.â&#x20AC;? Gerrard photographs each site from a full 360-degree radius before employing Real Time
3D technology, digital scanning and animation to transform the photographic stills into mesmerizingly seamless, cinematic panning shots. Another highlight is Genevieve Thauvetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibition Beheld, on display at the Perth Centre For Photography, which features self portraits of the artist in the guises of important women from history. With many more exhibitions in store the Visual Arts program is entirely comprehensive and artfully conceived with events to suit any age, penchant and inclination. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The program isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t alienating for anyoneâ&#x20AC;Ś It will be really stimulating but also enjoyable for people that arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily art followers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really mind what that response is, even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a negative response as it means theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve engaged with the work, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping that it will enter peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives and make them think.â&#x20AC;? _JESSICA DONOVAN
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In the United States alone, 20 million surgeries are conducted each year on anesthetised patients. Shockingly, up to 40,000 of those patients experience anesthesia awareness, a phenomenon where patients wake up during surgery but are unable to communicate the fact that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re no longer unconscious. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this horrifying notion of having no control over oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own body that forms the basis for a collaborative exhibition by local painter Matt Doust and musician Will Stoker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Imagine going in to hospital for hip surgery or something and they prep you and they gas you and you feel dozy, then you wake up while theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing surgery,â&#x20AC;? Doust contemplates.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were fascinated by the idea of being trapped in this vessel and the agony and the pain people go through is unlike anything Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever heard of. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working on the layering process and Reins I suppose comes from the idea of when you take hold of the reins youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in control and when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re put under on general anesthetic you lose control, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in somebody elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hands.â&#x20AC;? After occupying the same share house for a few months in 2010, Doust and Stoker developed a connection as both friends and as artists, and decided to work together on a project unlike anything either had tried their hand at. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We bonded and became friendly with each other before I knew anything about his art and he knew anything about my music,â&#x20AC;? Stoker shares of the collaboration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We started hanging out then developed an admiration for each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had been writing new music for a solo record in his studio and we just decided we should do something together, exploit each other of sorts. We wanted to do something fresh that we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t used to.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on a similar level but we create different kinds of artwork,â&#x20AC;? Doust elaborates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So the challenge here was to fuse and submerge the two art forms and come up with a show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just started off with us being detached â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we were in the same space but were detached from each other. Slowly what happened is that I felt my brush kind of flowing to the tune of his music and then one day we came up with the idea to make a few paintings based on his music.â&#x20AC;? Featuring five oil paintings inspired by Stoker â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music and two video works by Doust that Stoker has created a score for, Reins also boasts an opening night performance that will see both artists step into the spotlight. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come up with this performance piece where Will plays music and I paint,â&#x20AC;? Doust reveals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was originally going to paint on a canvas but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve decided that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to make anything decent in 20 minutes so thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no point in really painting on canvas so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve decided to paint on a human. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be painting a human live â&#x20AC;&#x201C; sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very excited to be tortured by my brush! For the music Will has worked at creating a [score that resembles a] dreamlike state, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very toned down and sparse sounding.â&#x20AC;? _EMMA BERGMEIER www.xpressmag.com.au
VISUAL ARTS Insider Art – Recent Work By WA Prisoners, Prison Gallery, Gatehouse of Fremantle Prison, Fremantle. Featuring work by current WA inmates, Insider Art features contemporary artworks produced by prisoners from across the state, including Roebourne, Broome, Bunbury, Karnet, Hakea, Acacia and Casuarina and has a strong representation of Aboriginal art. The exhibition also features pieces created and crafted in the various prison industries workshops around the State. Exhibition runs ’til Sunday, January 30. Peggy Guggenheim: A Collection In Venice, Art Gallery Of WA, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth. In Peggy Guggenheim: A Collection In Venice, art fans can gain a rare insight into Guggenheim’s love of art, in particular her strong affinity for two key artistic movements of 20th century modern art: Surrealism and Abstraction. Also on display will be personal photos and items which belonged to Peggy, such as a pair of her famous sunglasses. The exhibition will present the vitality created by the combination of European and American ar tists that transformed Modernist art throughout the world, and will feature works by Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Piet Mondrian, Constantin Brancusi, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock. Exhibition runs ’til Monday, January 31. 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 17 th – 19 th 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.
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.
Exhibition 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 The Quod Project, Heathcote Museum and as part of the Perth International Arts Festival’s Gallery, Duncraig Road, Applecross. Visual Arts program. The Quod Project is a multidisciplinary art Exhibition opens on Saturday, February exhibition by painter Tania Ferrier about The 12, and runs ’til Saturday, March 12. Quod – a building that is now known as the Rottnest Lodge. Prior to becoming a luxury Frozen In Time, Fremantle Arts Centre, 1 tourist resort, The Quod housed many individuals Finnerty Street, Fremantle. imprisoned on the island, and during its operation Canadian artist Nathalie Daoust presents a series it became the largest deaths in custody site of delicately hand-coloured photographs from in Australia. In collaboration with Aboriginal the picturesque Alps in her Perth International elders representing Wadjemup/Rottnest and Arts Festival exhibition. Frozen In Time is a photographer James Kerr, The Quod Project record of the artist’s response to the landscape exposes hidden history and holds up a mirror to during a six-month residency in Switzerland. ourselves; are we responsible for our ignorance? Offset by the perfect whitewashed backdrops,
luminescent figures appear in awkward and unexpected places, creating a landscape that drifts between dream and reality. Exhibition opens on Saturday, January 29, and runs ’til Sunday, March 20.
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.
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 Click, Kurb Gallery, 312A William Street, Northbridge. to form their own club. For a night they can Perth artists Sigrid Ranze and Stella Fraser have combined their talents to present Click - a experience rare happy times singing, dancing photographic exhibition of eclectic snapshots from around the world. Click showcases a mix of and with a little luck... find romance! Forty years vibrant abstract and landscape images, from street art in Chili, sidewalks in America, to icebergs in on, as the club faces demolition, our three Antarctica. characters stage a musical reunion in protest. Exhibition opens on Saturday, January 22, and runs ’til Friday, January 28. 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.
MUSIC 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.
Cloud City, Langley Park, Riverside Drive, Perth. Presenting his visionary art for the first time in Australia, distinguished artist Tomas Saraceno creates Cloud City for the people of Perth. The work is an ambitious massed form of white modules encapsulating the architectural
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The Unthanks, February 13 Beck’s Music Box; bookings through PerthFestival.com.au.
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With a Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) of 96, Liz Palmer had the highest mature-age score for the University of Western Australia last year. Now studying for a Bachelor’s degree with the support of a cash award from UWA, Palmer believes her success was due to her second chance at education provided by Cyril Jackson Senior Campus. At the age of 16, she was unhappy with school. After dropping out and working for a while, she heard about Cyril Jackson, a senior campus which catered for people returning to education. So began the first of many steps in what turned out to be a momentous decision – she enrolled and started year 11 again. Things didn’t go entirely smoothly at first but with the support of Cyril Jackson staff, Palmer jumped on the success train. By the age of 19, Palmer was enjoying the challenge of studying and had moved into student housing next to the school campus. “Cyril Jackson is good for students who don’t fit in,” Palmer says. “People would be surprised how many young people don’t fit into the system. At Cyril Jackson, you are treated as an adult even when
Creating a buzz within the digital media world, Qantm College, one of Australia’s leading creative digital media educators, has announced the launch of two fully accredited degree courses from its new campus which is opening in February. Qantm College will offer a Bachelor of Creative Media (majoring in Interactive Media) and a Bachelor of Interactive Entertainment (majoring in Animation) made available through its partner college SAE Institute. Since its formation in 1996, Qantm College has fast become one of Australia’s most successful and innovative creative digital media educators, providing specialist courses in animation, games design, games programming, interactive digital media, graphic design and digital video production. The Qantm College Bachelor of Creative Media (majoring in interactive media) teaches students to design and develop
you’re not acting like one. You become how you are treated. “ Palmer says that several factors at Cyril Jackson that contributed towards her success as a student. “The teachers at Cyril Jackson are fantastic,” she says.“They’re patient and supportive even when you’re not doing your best. They’re very friendly and interested in all the students and the smaller classes make it easier to get involved. The free tutoring in the library is also fantastic.” Cyril Jackson continues to support Palmer’s university studies by allowing her to remain in student housing. “It was great to meet such a variety of people,” she says. “It broke down a lot of the stereotypes, it is so diverse, I love it.” Her decision to continue her education at Cyril Jackson has certainly paid off. Her excellent results at the end of year 12, her enrolment at UWA and a financial award towards her studies. Not bad for a student who dropped out at the age of 16. Of course, it all comes down to her motivation and persistence. To find out more about courses at Cyril Jackson, head to cyriljackson.wa.edu.au.
at FTI into second year university. If your interest is specifically for documentary film making, the popular Certificate IV in Screen & Media (Documentary) is an intensive part-time 16 week course that can fit around your existing commitments, while feeding your passion for film. For those that see themselves in front of the camera, the Diploma Of Screen Acting is a unique full time course focusing on the specific skills you will need to work on the screen. Based around Strasberg Method acting techniques, the intensive program also teaches you skills you will need to survive in this competitive industry. FTI’s courses not only will get you the skills to work in the industry, but offer many opportunities to develop networks that can get you employed on graduation. For more information or to book an audition, contact FTI on (08) 9431 6719 or email training@fti.asn.au.
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ATAR a bit short of the mark? Want to Study at Curtin University? Didn’t take Year 12? Canning College offers a Diploma of Commerce (Curtin Stream) and Pre-Diploma (Certificate IV) in Commerce that can place you on a pathway to success at university. Over 85% of our Diploma students succeed and go straight into the second year of a Commerce degree at university. Canning College is adjacent to Curtin University.
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KICKSTART YOUR FILM CAREER AT FTI Hands On Training Fremantle’s Film & Television Institute has emerged as an exciting centre for full time film training. Intakes for the institute’s diploma courses, starting in March, are now open. Experienced teachers lead courses in documentary filmmaking, screen acting and digital production, in a dynamic environment. If you are looking at getting behind the camera, a Diploma of Screen & Media (Digital Production) at FTI is a great way to immerse yourself in the process of creating film. This full time, 30 week course has a practical approach to developing the skills you need to break into the industry, including camera operation, sound recording, non-linear editing, script development and interpretation and project management. While standing as a recognised qualification, the course has also recently been recognised as a fast track entry into ECU’s Bachelor Of Communication degree, meaning students will go straight from a year of training
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UNDERSTANDING MUSIC SEMINAR Learn To Play That Instrument The Understanding Music Seminar is coming to Perth for the first time. Every year, thousands of Perth residents make determined New Year’s resolutions to finally learn to play that instrument they’ve always wanted to or make some sort of musical goal. Some will succeed but many will find their enthusiasm waning as they struggle from white notes to the more difficult black notes (the sharps and flats), as endless hours of major and minor scales drag on, not to say mention those squashed black ant marks on lines of paper called ‘written music’. For some in Perth, a visiting Bostonian will be a godsend. Duncan Lorien, is coming to our town this February to show aspiring musicians how to tell their middle C from their middle finger, how to play sharps, flats, scales and chords with aplomb and even how to decipher that secret code called the musical score. Lorien’s revolutionary approach to teaching music, which he developed free from the constraints of traditional teaching methods, is one which he forged himself with surprising results. He teaches every note on the keyboard in a matter of minutes, as opposed to the weeks the traditionalists say it will take. What he does with teaching scales and chords in a few hours has been known to make those who spent months learning them the traditional way, break down in tears. Sounds amazingly insane doesn’t it? Written music is tackled with similar gusto and by the end of his three day weekend seminar, even someone who has never even touched a keyboard will be sitting at one. In front of them will be a piece of sheet music from no lesser luminary than Johann Sebastian Bach. And they will, Lorian guarantees, not only be able to read it and understand it but play it with both hands together. They won’t be lightening fast but they will understand what they are doing. Lorien’s credentials are up there with the best. He became the Deputy Head Chorister at the Royal College of Church Music in London before embarking on a ‘new age’ musical career which culminated in #1 albums in the UK charts
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in the ‘80s. He has worked as a songwriter, recording artist and producer with Polygram, EMI and BMG Publishing. He has been travelling the world delivering his Understanding Music Seminar since 1991 and regularly takes in cities ranging from his hometown in Boston to London, New York, Moscow, Budapest, Stuttgart, Berlin, Prague and the home of Western Music, Vienna, where the Austrian government currently pays its State music teachers to do the seminar. Lorien will be in Perth from Friday, February 18, until Sunday, February 20, for his seminar. For a free info pack on the seminar, email ums@netspace.net.au or call/text 0417 038 741 with your name, address and contact details. You can also visit understandingmusicseminar. com.au. Do it!
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Smashing The System As they prepare the Death Crew for another assault on Australia, Bob Rifo of the Beetroots takes some time out to chat to ALFRED GORMAN ahead of their Boiler Room appearance at the Big Day Out. As the main man behind Italian electro-punks, The Bloody Beetroots, Bob Rifo, or Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo as he is also known, has a dual love of comics and anarchistic punk mayhem. And in the last few years, he has taken the world by storm with his new take on the scorching, synthy, glitchy, Justice style electro. They established a solid reputation on the DJ circuit and gained a lot of attention with their 2009 debut album, Romborama. Pursuing his vision of a full live show, to deliver an immersive, extreme sensory experience to the audience, he realised this goal, creating a stadium spectacular: the mighty Death Crew 77 – a chaotic, audio-visual explosion, which includes drums and guitars. Rifo and co have been destroying festival stages the world over and the man himself has enjoyed the opportunity to play these big rock shows, alongside some of his (non-super) heroes. “I love it. We started playing crossover festivals this summer in Europe,” he says. “I once played with Iggy Pop & The Stooges in Belgium and it was great.” Although the movie Spiderman 3 was a bit lame, the character of Venom, a fan favourite was introduced and proved to be popular, not in a small part thanks to the awareness created by The Bloody Beetroots donning their trademark Venom masks during their performances. “Maybe the sales of the mask have increased because of us,” Rifo laughs. Now it has been announced they are restarting the Spiderman movie series and doing a Venom movie too. The prospect of a more faithful adaptation and the possibility of an epic clash between Venom and Carnage excites Rifo. “Yes, I am looking forward to the movie. I am a big fan of the comics,” he says. “I like all the layers of meaning that lie behind a mask.” Rifo has also been busy working as Bobermann, his alter-ego that has seen him release a swag of cool remixes. This pseudonym is something of a creative outlet for him and he is only too happy to reveal a little secret about the side-project. “Bobermann is a pseudonym I use to produce remixes I like for free. So now you know. I have never been paid as Bobermann,” he laughs. “I would like to develop Bobermann, but I’m currently very focused on The Bloody Beetroots. I’ve met a lot of interesting people and it’s time to find some words for what has never been said.”
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Ashley Jones. Who? Those kids in the know would have already tapped into this pot of gold. Ashley Jones is the one and only Treasure Fingers and he is coming back to our shores baby. The man responsible for one of 2009’s biggest hits Cross The Dancefloor, is resuming his love affair with Australia. Hailing from America, Treasure Fingers is bringing his disco house and funk on a national club tour. Treasure Fingers has already stolen the hearts of everyone; from rock groups Snowden to Miike Snow and even house legends Romanthony and Roy David JR. He’s also toured and played gigs with Fake Blood, A-Trak, Chromeo, Laidback Luke, Fred Falke, Felix Da Housecat and Benny Benassi. Pretty damn cool. Don’t miss this cool cat hit the decks with Pase Rock and Van She Tech as well as support from Lightsteed and Meow as well. Get your dancing shoes out on Saturday, February 5, at Villa. Get tickets from moshtix.com.au, Planet, or Mills. It’s gonna be a big night out.
A grand moment in history is about to take place. The 20th Anniversary of De La Soul Is Dead, is happening. That’s right everyone. De La Soul, the world’s most influential hip hop masters are hitting Perth for a special concert to celebrate their album De La Soul Is Dead, a record that changed the cultural landscape of hip hop upon its release. Their 2009 tour sold out around the country so jump on board quickly with this one. It’s all happening on Saturday, February 12, at Metro City. Tickets on sale now from moshtix.com.au.
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RESET! ROLLING INTO PERTH They’ve shared stages with Digitalism, Rusko and Erol Alkan. They’ve played alongside Justice and at Pacha Ibiza. They are Reset!. Formed in Milan in 2007, this electro, house and disco party starter collective shot to stardom when they remixed Cassius’ Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes. The Crookers and A-Trak were both thoroughly impressed and the remix remained on Beatport’s Indie Dance Top 10 for several weeks. The Italian stallions were then in demand for countless remixes by the likes of Audio Bullys, Robyn, Fatboy Slim, Fenech Soler and of course, Cassius. The boys are bringing their turbo funk to Perth on Friday, February 4, at Ambar. Doors open 10pm. Watch this space for updates on tickets. Disco disco disco. Yeow.
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FLAUNT IT WITH SEANY B Disco jammer, house singer, rapper and MC, the one and only Seany B is heading for Perth. Best known for writing and performing the Australian hit Flaunt It, the two time ARIA award winner and APRA award winner is bringing his husky voice to our town for a live performance on Wednesday, January 19, at the Newport Hotel. There will be no TV Rock, but you can bet there will be some dancing and sexy dancing at that. And it’s free dudes. Get down from 8pm.
Listen up everybody. Sydney MC Undertow is hitting up Perth. After releasing his debut album Minds Believing last year and touring successfully on the east coast, Undertow is bringing his hip hop beats to the west. He’ll be supported by local hip hop masters Chekid and Cortext, DJ Jamu, Bryte MC, Dazastah and DJ Armee. You’ve got two options: Friday, January 21, at the Swan Basement in Freo, or Saturday, January 22, at the Civic Hotel. The latter won’t feature Dazastah but not to worry because there will be plenty of surprises in store. Doors open 8pm for both nights and tickets are $15 on the door. Do it yo.
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Did you witness the marvellous spectacle that was Breakfest? Yes? No? Well if you didn’t, you are in for a treat. One half of British electro duo Freestylers, Aston Harvey, is making a special appearance at Japan 4, Ambar’s night of insane dancing mayhem. FYI the Freestylers are responsible for quite a few of the dancing tracks you would have been shuffling to over the last few years. Their track Push Up really got the party started and the boys have been busy recording, getting a new studio sorted and of course, touring our lovely land. They also collaborated with our very own Pendulum and Harvey recently gave us a bit of a lowdown on how Pendulum was back then: “It was like Rob in his bedroom at home, loads of Coke cans everywhere and quite student-y.” Interesting? Check out this hot shot along with fDel, Tee El, Philly Blunt and Wish on Friday, January 28, at Ambar. Doors open 10pm. Tickets $15 on door or $10 for loyalty. Sick.
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Bristol breakbeat icons Stanton Warriors are bringing their punter pleasing DJ set to Villa on Australia Day Eve to promote their new album Warriors. JOSHUA HAYES speaks with one half of the duo, Melbourne’s electronic duo Vandalism are taking on the world, quickly Dominic Butler. but definitely not quietly. YASMIN SHERIFF chats to one half of the duo, Andy Van, about the explosion of electro into the mainstream and the Ever the hard workers, Dominic Butler and Mark Yardley, better known as the Stanton Warriors, fusion based journey electro is about to embark on.
somehow manage to meet the competing demands of running their own record label, a relentless touring schedule, numerous A-list artist remix requests and long hours in the studio working on their new album. Having both grown up in West Country attending warehouse parties and illegal raves, the boys crossed paths in London where Butler was working as a record label A&R and Yardley as a sound engineer. They combined their talents and, after a number of popular underground releases, secured their reputation as one of breakbeat’s biggest acts in 2000 with their acclaimed single Da Virus. Since then, the Stanton Warriors have received praise for developing a unique sound that blends genres such as UK Garage, breakbeat, electro and hip hop. Butler attributes this to the duo’s background of warehouse parties and raves where DJs used to mix all genres together. “We’re maintaining that ethos, if you like,” he says. “We make music with all the ingredients we like.” The duo’s new album Warriors will be released later this month and Butler says it will be something special. “We’ve pushed ourselves and challenged ourselves and on a lot of tracks we tried different kinds of sounds,” he explains. “We wanted to make it a bit more ‘album-y’, if you like, tracks you can listen to and bump at home and bump in the car and also work well when we perform live. We’ve definitely got some more challenging tracks on there as opposed to just club bangers.” Their new single Get Up has been energising dance floors over the last few months and features British singer Ruby Goe and Chicago hip hop artist Hollywood Holt – two upcoming acts the Stanton Warriors collaborate with extensively on the new album. “We’ve always been good at finding artists to work with who are super-talented but maybe not super big yet,” Butler says. “We used The Streets, for example, back in 2000 on The Stanton Session before he was heard of and signed up and everything.
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Stanton Warriors “It’s nice to get some raw new talent, as opposed to a lot of albums where there’s a load of big artists on there, big names that don’t always try as hard as they can because they’re big names anyway. I like the fresh raw new talent.” Having wrapped up the album, the group’s studio time is currently committed to working on remixes for the likes of M.I.A., Black Eyed Peas and Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke. Butler says their upcoming DJ set at Villa will be very “off the cuff, on the fly” with Yardley and himself remixing tracks live. “We’ve got a lot of album tracks and music we’ve been working on, club tracks that didn’t make the album, tracks by people who we consider are doing good and fresh things,” he says. “We’re coming with something slightly different, our sound’s evolved a bit and it’s a bit more exciting.” STANTON WARRIORS TUESDAY, JANUARY 25 @ VILLA
Husband and wife smash duo Cassie and Andy Van are making waves internationally, having teamed up with some of the hottest acts around. Already accustomed to the rigors of touring (Andy as one part of Madison Avenue and Cassie as a back up dancer), the duo are in hot pursuit of the overseas market, including collaborations with pop princesses and a hectic schedule ahead of them. But before the mayhem starts, they’ve been taking some well deserved time off over the Christmas, spending time on the Victorian coast before jumping into yet another international tour. And that’s the norm for the pair, averaging four international tours a year. This rigorous schedule looks only to get more intense as their singles jump up the charts and demands for their remixes increase. “All the dominoes have fallen at the same time,” Andy Van says.“Everything has happened with some really great timing and then we put the media pressure on and everything has been falling into place really beautifully.” Their dedicated effort to break into the finicky US market is paying off. “We’ve done a lot of tours and the perception of the band is a lot stronger,” he says. “It’s a great opportunity for an Australian artist to have people in Miami wanting to book you. These are aspirations that you could have, but if no-one wants to see you, you can want but not have.” In addition to touring, Vandalism have been hot on the remix trail. They recently remixed Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream, which sky rocketed on the charts and landed the #1 spot on the Billboard Club Play Chart. “Katy is great because she is embracing the dance music scene,” Van says. “She personally approves the remixes of her tracks and asked us to do her next single.” As excited as they are about this, finding time to take the project on board will be a struggle with their tight schedule. Katy Perry isn’t the only pop star breaking down the barriers between pop and dance music, Jay Z and Kanye West are rumoured to have recently been recording with Connie Mitchell of Sneaky Sound System and Van is only
Vandalism too happy to share his thoughts on the movement. “We’ve had two hip hop artists approach us [for remixes], I can’t mention who,” he says. “Electro is really exploding in America. It’s kinda like they are looking and going; ‘We can’t look in America for dance artists, we have to go to Australia and Europe’. It’s good news for Australian artists who have been breaking the scene for years.” Not surprisingly, Vandalism recently teamed up with American producer and DJ Static Revenger to give us the heavy pop tune Vegas which is slowly creeping up the charts. Not only this, they’ve also just finished a remix for Flo Rida. But Andy Van says Vandalism isn’t all about working with just the US heavy hitters. “We are really open to working with anyone who truly embraces dance music,” he says. Van then goes on to reveal the duo’s crush on Lady Gaga. “We’d love to work with her,” Van says. “She is definitely someone who is embracing the club scene on a big level.” VANDALISM SATURDAY, JANUARY 29 @ METRO CITY
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THE BLOODY BEETROOTSS With their music and live show, The Bloody Beetroots have taken things to the next level. DJ and Ed Banger label head honcho, Busy P, was in fact quoted as saying that the sort of stuff they’re doing ‘isn’t dance music anymore’ and Rifo agrees. “I thank him for reiterating the concept,” he says. “I don’t think it’s ever been ‘dance’. I believe that this new electro wave has attracted many labels, there was a lot of confusion about how to describe it. “Ninety per cent of the people who produce this kind of unlabeled music used to be punks, rockers and blah blah blah. For me it was a way to merge what I thought/felt with what could be done with modern machines.” Growing up, Rifo had varied tastes in music, with diverse influences and you can see how the Beetroots flavour evolved. “My three biggest influences are classical music, punk and old school electro,” Rifo explains. But he also admires the more adventurous music makers pushing boundaries today. “I think Diplo is one of the best producers on this scene,” he adds. While a few years ago there seemed to be a lot of attention on French electro music, there now seems to be a spotlight on Italy with a lot of fresh, new sounds coming out and The Bloody Beetroots appear to be at the forefront of that new wave. The scene is thriving at the moment, with acts like Crookers blowing up big time and new and exciting artists emerging
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The Bloody Beetroots every month. This prolific wave of enthusiasm and energy can be attributed to what Rifo views as a general unrest in society and lust for change. “Many things are happening in Italy, I think every level of society is having a revolution,” he says. “Every time I come home I see the chaos. People are tired and are looking for new ways to rebel. There are some great acts coming out of Italy. Congo-rock is rockin’ the world.” While on the surface it may seem like hedonistic, extreme party music, Rifo’s motivations are quite subversive: he started as a guitarist in a punk band and that punk ethos is still intrinsic in his music, which has at times got him into trouble. With this anti-establishment, anarchistic mentality, it is interesting to hear
what he thinks about the whole WikiLeaks scandal. Is it dangerous and playing with fire or is it just exposing the lies inherent in the system? “I am not alone,” he says in reply. “Many people need change. ‘Fuck off’ is always a good word to say when things are not as they should be. Assange is the example of modern rebellion. People are tired of lies, we need content and truth. Know, learn and destroy.”
Willie Morales is a busy man. Alongside DJing and producing all over the globe, Morales is heavily involved with Juicy Music On Tour alongside good friend and well renowned DJ, Robbie Rivera. He also manages one of the biggest independent dance music labels in the US, Juicy Music. ANNABEL MACLEAN chats to Morales about bringing Juicy Music to Australia for the first time and why he’s at the point where he’d be happy to give his music out for free.
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Responsible for some of the world’s biggest parties in Miami and Ibiza, party starters Juicy Music are bringing their dance music flavour to our shores. Performing alongside Morales for the national club tour is Columbian born DJ and producer David Solano, Florida’s Tony Puccio and Melbourne’s Sebastian Morxx. Morales is enthusiastic on the other end of the phoneline in Melbourne, with only positive things to say about the clubbing scene and reception Juicy Music On Tour has received so far. “It’s been great,” he says. “People always tell us when we travel, ‘oh I don’t know if people are going to like the music as much, they’re used to hearing you guys play underground and really hard’ and it seems like when we play there’s no problem. Everyone loves it. But Morales has noticed a few differences between the US and Australia with regards to the clubbing scene. “It’s not as much about bringing the bigger DJs here,” he says.“Every night in the US, the clubs bring an international DJ. I notice here there is more local DJs playing.” Rivera and Morales met in a record store in Miami over 15 years ago, a time which Morales describes as “right when it started changing over from guys being DJs to the only way you could get work was if you were in production.” He says he was lucky enough to get involved with production while there was still money to be made in music. “Nowadays, all you need is a laptop and one piece of software and that’s it, you can make a song.” Although the advancement of technology might sound positive, it does have negative effects on the industry and artists themselves. “A lot of people don’t realise, you put in a lot of work into putting out music,” he says. “Nowadays, a track has a shelf life of two or three weeks and then everybody has forgotten it. There’s so much music floating in the market, good and bad. It’s almost like a race to see who can put out the most music to get the gigs because that’s what it’s all about now; you produce to get your gig. “I feel it is almost at a point where producers are just going to make their music and just keep it for themselves. If there’s not money in music then why bother putting it out? I’m at the point where I would just want to put it out for free because it happens anyway so I might as well give it away free and be the pioneer.” And a pioneer he is, declaring his New Year’s resolution at the end of the interview: “My goal is do more collaborations with people. Since we’ve been in Australia, we’ve already done three tracks together. When I get back to Miami, I’m going to pull out all my contacts and see who wants to work together. It’s fun working with other artists because one: you learn new things and two: they bring something to the song that maybe you didn’t.” WILLIE MORALES JUICY ON TOUR FRIDAY, JANUARY 14 @ METRO CITY
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SUMMADAYZE: TRASH AND TREASURE DAVID GUETTA / ARMIN VAN BUUREN / N.E.R.D / CHROMEO / many more The Esplanade Saturday, January 8, 2011 Summadayze 2011 made the switch from the usual Sunday to the Saturday, which meant it fell a week later than it normally would, but why the low attendance? As one approached the Esplanade, it became obvious that the police were out in force, cracking down on heathen gangs of youths walking down the street. Despite an unusually moderate temperature of 31 degrees, the crowd was very slow to arrive and as 4pm passed there was still an abundance of standing room everywhere you went. Where in the past artists like Armin van Buuren and Ian Carey have graced the 3pm time slot, there was seemingly nothing to entice the punters in early this year. Unfortunately somebody forgot to tell Boys Noize on the main stage. His unbridled enthusiasm behind the deck was infectious as he dropped a jaw-smashing array of funky ass beats to a steadily growing audience. Some of the crowd were unfortunately indifferent to his efforts but this didn’t stop him laying it down in an impressive hour of power. By 5pm, the imposing Future Music tent was sparsely populated as Breakbot attempted to bust out some phat beats to yet another disinterested crowd. Although the tracks were insanely heavy and worth a boogie, Breakbot had his head stuck in his laptop the whole time and by not engaging the crowd, people rightfully lost interest and moved on. Back on the main stage, the predictably irritating hip hop crew N.E.R.D brilliantly demonstrated why hip hop acts do not belong at a dance music festival. As 2 Live Crew bombed at Breakfest, today was N.E.R.D’s time with the biggest applause being when they finished. One of the most disruptive influences that affected the main stage was the seemingly haphazard way the artists were arranged. There was no flow of artists or their differing styles and there was a 10 to 15 minute break changing over each artist from early in the day. This lack of fluency in timing or styles was a definite dampener on proceedings. As 6pm approached it became clear who the drawcards were for the day and from the outset one could feel that Armin van Buuren was about to unleash something special on the hopeful and unsuspecting alike. His mixing was seamless, his track selection nothing short of perfection from the timeless such as Communication to the brilliant Alex M.O.R.P.H remix of Broken Tonight which sent the dance floor into low earth orbit when the build up finally dropped. Buuren delivered a breathtaking performance which was by far his most impressive festival set played in Perth. Canadian electrofunk duo Chromeo delivered an entertaining set, featuring all the crowd pleasers from recent album Business Casual. The biggest build up and subsequent disappointment of the day has to go to David Guetta. The vast majority of those in attendance had swarmed to the main stage in eager anticipation yet if starting 15 minutes late wasn’t bad enough, the crowd was then subjected to what can only be described as wholesale desecration of his once powerful tracks. His most identifiable songs were rendered almost unrecognisable by his cringe worthy “mixing” and it wasn’t long before a good proportion of the crowd showed their disdain and headed over to the other stages leaving Guetta to perhaps wonder where he went wrong. There is no doubt the man is a talented and forward thinking producer but this doesn’t automatically transcend into shit hot live performer. Sometimes less is more, this not only applies in the studio but also on stage. Art vs Science managed to fill the Future Tent for the first time all day and despite being another questionable addition to the lineup, the crowd appeared to relish in their unique sound as they closed out the evening. Beginning with a rather modest crowd, Riva Starr shone brightly enticing many disenchanted punters to stay a while longer and get on down to the dance floor which by the end was considerably impressive. Covering an extensive array of varying house hybrids, the beats kept rolling in what was an entertaining not to mention funky way to end the night. In a testament to the promoters, Summadayze 2011 could’ve been a complete disaster but due to the professionalism and resourcefulness, the day was still an absolute spanker and thoroughly enjoyed by the majority of those who attended. Toilet, drink and food queues were minimal, there was little to no sound clashes despite all being crammed into the Esplanade and the staff were all very helpful and friendly. 2011 appears to be the year when the envelope was perhaps pushed a bit too far in relation to the diversity of acts on the lineup and the proof was undeniably obvious. Perhaps what is needed is a return to the core roots of what made Summadayze such an amazing event in the past; dance music. Hip hop, pop and rock have their place but it sure ain’t at Summadayze. Four to the floor! _GLEN CANNING Australia’s highest circulating Street Press
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bringing the bigger DJs here. Every night in the US, the clubs bring an international DJ. I notice here there is more local DJs playing,” he says. Juicy Music On Tour is run by Morales and his long time friend and famous DJ Robbie Rivera and this tour’s lineup is not to be missed. Melbourne up and coming dancefloor starter Sebastian Morxx is also joining the tour. Don’t miss this one. If you haven’t already got tickets, head to moshtix.com.au. Doors open 9pm. Get juicy with the crew peeps.
Bird - Rooflight / Pickles/ Clunk/ Boy Prince/ Vishnu Broken Hill Hotel – Fixed Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Righteous Club Bayview –Hush- Sox Draw / Maxwell Club Marakesh –DJ Simon Cottesloe Hotel – DJ Shots / DJ Andy M Dolce – Maxwell/Damian John/ Hippo Club Eve – DJ Tony Allen Leopold Hotel – DJ Riki / Roger Smart Mustang – DJ James MacArthur Newport – Mills DJs Amplifier – Jamie Mac Niche Bar – Flaunt / Johnni P / Feminem Niche - Johnni P/ Rob Blandford Oxford Hotel – Johnny Taylor Paddy Hannans – Dr Bogus / Crazy Craig Swinging Pig – DJ Simon The Deen – DJ Flex/ DJ Nano/ DJ Surge/ DJ Don Migi The East End - DJ Midfield David Solano The Queens – Kapitol P The Whistling Kite - DJ Gareth The Shed – DJ Andyy Toucan Club -Shut Up & Dance - DJ PK Wolfe Lane – Soul Purpose - DJ Jimmy Mac Woodvale Tavern – DJ Melvin
FRIDAY 14/01 Metro City - Juicy Music Tour Willie Morales/David Solano/ Tony Puccio/ Sebastian Morxx. If you know anything about the party and clubbing scene in Miami, then you would be familiar with the likes of Juicy Music. These guys put on major parties throughout the year in Miami and are well known in Ibiza for the dancing mayhem that ensues at their events. It is Juicy Music On Tour’s first time to Australia and Willie Morales says the reception on the east coast so far has been great. We talked to him earlier in the week and he even gave us the lowdown on the differences between the US and Australia in terms of the clubbing scene. “It’s not as much about
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SATURDAY 15/01 Metro City - Mos Def Guess what peeps? In case you haven’t already heard, long time American rapper, MC and actor Mos Def is hitting
Deville’s – Johnny Nandez Hammond Explosion / DJ JO 19 Double Lucky – Saxon / Sardi Eurobar – Roger Smart/ DJ Raci Eve – DJ Don Migi / Guest DJ’s Webb / Richard Lee /Kid Deep / Carl Drake /VJ Martino High Road Hotel – DJ Simon High Wycombe – DJ Matt Hipe Club – DJ E-Funk Leederville Hotel - Julius Lutero Library - Nes /DJ Jimmy Phatz /DJ Victor Liquid Nightclub - DJ Klar55 / DJ Stevie M Mint – Pop Life – Darren Briais Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Danny Mustang – DJ Rockabilly / DJ James MacArthur Niche – Frankie Button / Cee / Jonny Zimber Norma Jeans – DJ Darren Onyx - DJ Kayper Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequeria Paramount –DJ Meezy / DJ Jordan Queens Tav - Gareth Richardson Rubix – Kenny L/ Delaney South St Ale House – DJ Jay Soverign – DJ Jinx Tiger Lil’s –Adam Kelly/ Charlie Bucket The Brighton (Upstairs) – Micah/ Kill Dyl/ eSQue The Deen - DJ Birdie/ DJ JJ/ DJ Tony Allen The Generous Squire –Late Night Sessions - iG Music The Saint – DJ Anaru The Shed –DJ Andyy Mos Def The Whistling Kite - DJ Craig The Vic – DJ Benny Chill Wembley – DJ Ben Amplifier – Eddie Electric Basement On Broadway – DJ Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin Windsor – DJ Ray Ricky Bakery – The Buddy System – Woodvale Tavern – DJ Real McCoy Allbrook/ Avery & Co/Pentagram Fullblood/Rabbit Island / Bastian’s Happy Flight / DJ Kiosk SUNDAY 16/01 Par Coeur Vs DJ Douche Unit Scarborough Beach Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Amphitheatre – Sets On Alexander The Beach Vol 2 – Midnight Capitol –Death Disco DJ’s Juggernaughts / Canyons / The Capitol (Upstairs) – DJ Ryan Revenge / Knightlife / Jus Haus Captain Stirling - DJ Dano If you didn’t witness the Clink – DJ Cheese amazing spectacle that was Club Bay View – VIP Saturdays Sets On The Beach Vol 1 with – DJ Ryan Bag Raiders, Tim and Jean and
Flight Facilities, then now is your chance to be part of the action. Sets On The Beach is an awesome event which features the latest and greatest, it’s a great summer arvo and you can laze about watching the acts from the amphitheatre or you can get your toes sandy on the beach and dance the afternoon away. Whatever you choose, throw beach balls about rather than sand throughout the day. No one like leaving with ears ringing from great music but a bung eye for the next couple of days. The Midnight Juggernauts are back in full force this Sunday but make sure you don’t rock up late because you won’t want to miss Knightlife. These bad boys hail from Melbourne and are influenced by NYC disco. Their track Crusader received great praise from JJJ’s Nina Las Vegas and they are the talk of Melbourne town. They’ve played at Parklife and are releasing 12 inches at the moment. Tickets for this gig are pretty much drained for this event so make sure you suss it out quick smart on moshtix. com.au. It’s gonna be a scorcher. Happy partying everyone!
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up Perth. Mos Def started his career in a hip hop group called Urban Thermo Dynamics and has collaborated with De La Soul and Talib Kweli. The legend has also worked with the famous Kanye West on the track Two Words from the album The College Dropout as well as two tracks from West’s third album Graduation. The man is huge, there simply isn’t enough room to delightfully regurgitate his CV on this miniscule piece of paper. Know this: he cancelled a couple of years ago and fans were mega disappointed about the whole affair. That was intended to be his first trip to Perth so now this weekend marks his debut visit to our town. Time to go and join in the celebrations! Get your mittens on tickets quick ly because they are selling expectedly fast. Head to moshtix.com.au to grab them. There will be no regrets here.
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and songwriter, Seany B has co-produced a solo album. He’s got quite the interesting background as well; his mother is from New York and his father is Czech. He’s all about making people happy and keeping himself happy too through music. Don’t miss this sensually enticing sensation hit up the Norfolk. Get down for some tasty pizzas from 7.30pm. And guess what else is awesome? It’s free. Yippeeeeee.
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Ashton Harvey Friday, January 28 @ Ambar
Mickey Avalon Thursday, March 3 @ Villa
J u i c y M u s i c To u r f e a t Wi l l i e M o ra l e s / D av i d S o l a n o / To n y P u c c i o / Sebastian Morxx Friday, January 14 @ Metro City
Undertow MC / DJ Armee Friday, Januray 21 @ Swan Basement
Raggamuffin 2011 feat. 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
Treasure Fingers/Pase Rock/Van She Tech Saturday, February 5 @ Villa
Sets On The Beach – Volume 2 feat Midnight Juggernaughts / Canons / The Revenge / Knightlife / Jus Haus S u n d ay, J a n u a r y 1 6 @ Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre Mos Def Saturday, January 15 @ Metro City
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Kaskade Saturday, January 22 @ Villa DJEDJOTRONIC/ Housemeister Tuesday, Januar y 25 @ Ambar Andy C / MC GQ / Blockhead / MC Cowqui Tuesday, Januar y 25 @ Metro City Stanton Warriors Tuesday, January 25 @ Villa
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, Februar y 20 @ Claremont Showgrounds
K i d Ke n o b i : D u b s t e p Invasion Saturday, March 5 @ Ambar Future Music Festival feat. The Chemical Brothers/ MGMT/Mark Ronson/ Pendulum/Dizzee Rascal/ Leftfield + more Sunday, March 6 @ Arena Joondalup JS1/ Rhazel/ Super Nat Friday, April 8 @ Villa
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WEDNESDAY 19/01 Newport- Seany B That’s right everyone. Seany B, the famous husky voice that features on Australian smash hit from TV Rock, Flaunt It, is heading for Perth. Hailing from Melbourne, this bad boy has been on the scene for years. Flaunt It topped the ARIA charts for five weeks and went on to scoop up two ARIA awards for Best Dance Single. As well as establishing a solo career as a performer, rapper
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SUN AND SURF SUNDAYS The Ocean Beach Hotel Sunday, January 8, 2011 Enjoy the refreshing sea breeze overlooking the beaches of Cottesloe, at the Ocean Beach Hotel. There is no better place in Perth to sit and watch the sunset enjoying a refreshing beverage and a light meal. Renowened for their popular Sunday Sessions in the beer garden, the OBH delivers a great day of food, entertainment and boundless options of beverages to whet you palette. Open Each and every Sunday from 11am to 10pm, get down and enjoy the live band, Proof while kicking back with a $10 wood fired pizza available inthe beer garden.
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Get down to the Leederville Hotel this Australia Day Eve, Tuesday, January 25, for Perth’s biggest and best early Australia Day party. Showcasing the best of Aussie rock and pop, their resident DJs will pump the floor from 7pm. Party Aussie style with babes, beer and a free Aussie barbeque. There will also be prizes for the best dressed Australiana guy and girl. Entry is free.
FLY BY NIGHT
This Friday, January 14, an exhibition of striking photographs by Richard Davy comes to the Fly By Night marking the launch of Richard’s debut book, The Sympathetic Cow Murderer, a collection of photographs and written word by the farmerturned-author.
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This week local rockers The Volcanics tear the house down with supports from The Wishers and Kenny Watt of The M16s. Andrew Winton plays his roots driven tunes on Sunday and Wednesday prepared to be Hypnotised with Matthew Hale, tickets only $10!
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Friday, January 14 sees Rocket Room re-open for 2011 with Michael Swann & The Fox Fantasy holding their Seriously launch party. They are supported by Seams, Art In Algebra and Dave. Doors open at 8pm and the entertainment continues late into the night with resident band SideFX playing a host of covers to keep people dancing till the early hours.
THE CIVIC HOTEL
It’s double trouble this Friday at The Civic with both band rooms live and pumping. Check out Kill Teen Angst, The Benedict Moleta Band and more in The Den or The Shape Of Perth To Come compilation launch in the Bandroom. Don’t forget Friday’s free barbeque between 6.30pm and 7.30pm – or for something a bit bigger, try the $15 pizza and pint special, which runs everyday until 8.30pm. Saturday, January 15, won’t disappoint with DNA Damage in The Den: Vespers Descent, The Ascent, Desolate and Bend The Sky for all you keen metal fans.
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This Friday, January 14, an exhibition of striking photographs by Richard Davy comes to the Fly By Night marking the launch of Richard’s debut book, The Sympathetic Cow Murderer, a collection of photographs and written word by the farmerturned-author.
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DNA Damage in The Den Vespers Descent, The Ascent, Desolate, Bend The Sky…. 8pm $12
JANUARY FRI 14 JAN
2Fast4Love Presents Punk/Rock Compilation feat. Lungs, Chainsaw Hookers, Battletruk, Bible Bashers & Blazin Entrails
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MC Undertow: Minds Believing Tour feat. DJ Armee, Escape Artist & more 8pm $15
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Crowned Kings feat. Born Into Suffering, Afraid of Heights, Refrain, Resistance & First and Ten…. 730pm $10
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MIDDLING METAL
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DARKEST HOUR / Carnifex / Gallows For Grace / Make Them Suffer
GRIM FANDANGO / Emperors / Goodnight Tiger
Amplifier Bar Sunday, January 9, 2011 Well, to tell you the truth, it was a pretty average gig. That’s not the fault of the musical talent involved, though; the bands are blameless. No, if we’re going point the finger at anyone, it has to be the crowd. Perth’s metal scene has always had a reputation for attracting the most enthusiastic and committed of punters, a veritable army of the black clad, long haired and disenfranchised. Judging by the turnout on Sunday night, that’s no longer the case. By the time the headliners mounted the Amp’s tiny stage, there were only a hundred or so in attendance, maybe less. Coupled with lengthy delays between sets, it robbed the night of much of its power and energy. Local talent Make Them Suffer and Gallows For Grace managed to wring some appreciation out of the early crowd, but that’s hardly surprising considering it seemed to be mostly comprised of their friends and supporters. It’s a damn shame; a prestigious support slot like this should mean exposure to a wider audience, and they both deserve it. Gallows For Grace, in particular, have the musical muscle to take it to the next level. They’ve got the rare mix of precision and passion that is essential to the true metal sound, and with a bit of work on their stage presence they could make some real waves in the scene. At the moment, though, it’s jarring to hear vocalist Blake Simpson’s polite, boyish voice bantering with the crowd before switching back to the standard issue death-growl for another aural assault. A bit more attention to showmanship should work wonders. Carnifex mounted the stage ready to bring the noise in no uncertain terms, with frontman Scott Lewis doing his damnedest to whip the crowd into a frenzy. Powering through a set that drew heavily from recent album Hell Chose Me, the band refused to let the small stage limit the ferocity of their performance, delivering a dose of speed, aggression and noise that finally got the punters going. Special props go to the guy busting capoiera moves in the mosh pit; definitely something you don’t see everyday.
Darkest Hour (photo: Matthew Hogan)
The Den Saturday January 8, 2011 Forty-five minutes walk from Wellington Street Station, through the wall-crumblingly run-down Northbridge area, continuing past the glossy, glitzy city bars of the Mt Lawley cultural nexus, lies The Den. Home to an increasing number of club nights and gigs since its opening last April, it retains the essence of a great Australian music venue – the beer is throat-icingly cold, the sunken dance floor endearingly small, and, most pertinent of all, the music is top notch. Here tonight, on the first weekend proper of the New Year, in front of a crowd boasting more flat caps and sleeve tatts than a Tommy Lee convention, WA’s (arguably) mostloved punk-rockabilly quartet Grim Fandango welcomed a new year of music with their first headlining show of 2011. Af ter a whirlwind year, which culminated in an invitation to take to the stage at last week’s Southbound festival, Goodnight Tiger’s short support performance tonight proved the lovely indie-pop duo remain committed to form in 2011, delivering a knockout performance which expertly worked the territory between folk and pop. Cool and clever without being contrived, their sharp, commercially astute pop music ebbed and flowed to the rhythm of a very human pulse, which is sure to keep pounding for a good time to come. Channelling the weirder darkness of acts like Smashing Pumpkins, Autolux and Silversun Pickups, local rock faves Emperors’ 45-minute set came off as something of an aural spiderweb: glinty, silvery, and vaguely treacherous,
entrapping punters with their polish-to-shine modern rock mix of clever lyrics, endearingly cracked vocals and treble-gutted riffs. Although it has been nearly five years since local intellipunks Grim Fandango first set to work spreading their secret hardcorerockabilly brew, tonight’s glow-burstingly fun-filled performance stood testament to the enigmatic ensemble’s omnipresent ability to get the crowd toasting the contents of their frosty glasses into the air like booze-spurting geysers. Duly dispensing with older fan favourites before the show got to pint-refill point, for the most part the enigmatic ensemble concentrated on rolling out tunes from latest LP Birthmark Blues with shots of adrenalin that burnt like whiskey on an empty stomach. Removing hands from pockets and feet from floor, their seared vocals, choppy guitars, and pounding rhythm section proved prime moshpit material, particularly when hauling out the sociopathic blasting of Life, In The Absence Of and happy goon stampede of countrified punkjam Horseland, which saw the talented quartet confidently soar above the trappings of their hardcore roots. Only time will tell whether the brilliant band continues down the more daring path and completely leave hardcore in their dirty rear view mirror, or play it safe by returning to the midtempo punk-rock tracks that have built audience loyalty locally. Either way, Grim Fandango is a band capable of displaying all that a dedicated underground local band can do – for that, we should all raise a glass.
Finally, Darkest Hour finished off the night with a concentrated burst of explosive savagery, barely pausing between songs as they struggled to jam as much as they could into what felt like a truncated slot. Singer John Henry alternately prowled and leapt about the stage, accusatory finger pointed skyward, as he exhorted us to “Get fuckin’ rowdy, Perth!” The band has always brought a sense of the epic to their sound, intricate melody paralleled with _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD hardcore grind, and their ferocious presence filled the sparsely populated room. But there was sense that they were racing the clock, desperate to cram in all they could before the midnight deadline. Sadly, that meant no encore. In the end it was a good night, but not a great one. It’s always great when international acts of this calibre deign to grace THEE OH SEES / Sabre Tooth Tigers / Astral Travel us with our presence, but in this instance the Dwyer, who pulled his signature fuzzed out riffs question remains: metalheads of Perth, where Amplifier Bar Saturday, January 8, 2011 with his instrument wrapped around his ears. the hell were you? The other focal point of the evening _TRAVIS JOHNSON Every now and again a band lobs into our was Brigid Dawson who stood side-on to the fare city without too much fanfare. Leading crowd and sung her lungs out she punished a gent of Thee Oh Sees, John Dwyer has been tambourine, shook her curly locks and played a regular on the San Francisco music scene in the odd bit of keyboard throughout the set. one form or another, but his most unassuming Even more impressive than all of this was that outfit – the one he originally intended to be a early on in the piece she even managed to turn solo outfit is probably his best known. After sleigh bells into an instrument for punk rock. close to a dozen albums in not many years the With their hybrid of garage, surf and ludicrously prolific Thee Oh Sees brought their punk, Thee Oh Sees tread the line between The fervent show to town. Fall and The Cramps and did so with gusto on Before the international guests were the rapid fire delivery of I Was Denied and Tidal to hit the stage local youngsters Astral Travel Wave. Dwyer took no care of his instruments as warmed the early attendees with a short he swapped guitars in a frenzied manner all the selection of their mix of surf psych punk. while sticking his tongue out and poking faces. The logical choice for the other opening Thee Oh Sees managed to cram what slot went to none others than post punkers others achieve in a whole gig into one song. Sabre Tooth Tigers. Chris Cobilis has dabbled in With an unassuming and melodic introduction, most formats of underground music during his Warm Slime turned into 13 minutes of quality sizeable tenure on the local scene, but few of his showmanship. The tune ebbed and flowed with an outfits have been more at home in the live arena. unrelenting riff, some impressive harmonies, many The noisy and somewhat chaotic nature of the timing shifts and a drum solo that didn’t make Sabre Tooth Tigers was as always high on energy you want to leave the room. Dwyer then took his with a slice of comedic value for good measure. guitar and microphone into the crowd to perform They played their role to perfection as the warm amongst the passionate throng who had sweated up act for what was to follow. every bit as much as the band during the frenetic People deserted the beer garden at set, before the quartet made their exit. the first hint of a sound from Thee Oh Sees There may have been no bass player to be greeted by the San Francisco four-piece and no encore, but Thee Oh Sees put on the assembled intimately across the front of the type of set that is sure to win over new fans stage. The enigmatic Dwyer was a unique with each gig. The next time they come to this presence as his face was covered by a lengthy town will be with a lot more fanfare, you can be long fringe with a chin resembling Brendan assured of that. Fevola’s protruding prominently. Few front men would have played their guitar as high as _CHRIS HAVERCROFT
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THE SHAPE OF PERTH TO COME Short, fast, proud
This week sees the launch of a compilation featuring a staggering 33 bands entitled The Shape Of Punk To Come. Known around town for being a promoter, band manager, co-owner of the Rest In Punk label and frontman of The Creeps, Adam Hall compiled the compilation to raise awareness of Perth’s thriving punk and hardcore scene. “We get a fair few crew coming to local shows but nowhere near as many as when big acts come to town,” Hall explains. “My aim is to get this CD into those people’s hands and hopefully they will hear something they like and we’ll start seeing some new faces at shows.” The cover art, and title for that matter, is very reminiscent of Swedish hardcore heroes Refused’s classic album The Shape Of Punk To Come except with one minor exception – all of the pictures appear to have been taken at the Hyde Park Hotel, which closed its doors just over a year ago. “There are always places to play but they are never the same as the Hydey,” Hall reflects. “I think everyone remembers the first time they played there, and it just had such a good vibe. It’s hard to explain but it was like Perth’s CBGBs you know – it was a bit of a dump but we loved it; everyone has heaps of memories and saw so many bands growing up.” While the compilation features bands still on the up and up like Blazin’ Entrails, Chainsaw Hookers and The Decline, it also has a few tracks of bands from Perth’s past like PC Thug, Homicides and Standard Deviants. “A big part of punk for me has always been the history behind it so I thought it would be good to have some iconic Perth bands on there to show the younger crew where a lot of the bands around today started out.” The Shape Of Punk To Come will be launched at Oh Snap at Black Bettys tonight, Thursday, January 13, with The Creeps, The Reptilians and The Proletariate; and at the Civic Hotel tomorrow, Friday, January 14, with The Lungs, Chainsaw Hookers, Battletruk, Bible Bashers and Blazin’ Entrails. Hall has also started work on The Shape Of Perth To Come Volume 2 and interested bands can email him at 2fast4lovemusic@mail.com. _MATTHEW HOGAN
KARMA COUNTY
Alternative rock trio Karma FX are proud to be releasing their debut EP, Destined Illusions, at the Rosemount Hotel this Friday, January 14. With Project Mayhem, Thursdays Page, Blackwater Station and the Aztech Suns in support, the EP comes barely six months on from the band’s first of many live shows. Karma FX
GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH
With their debut album set for release in April and a Big Day Out appearance just around the corner, The Fags are gearing up for a massive 2011. They play the Norfolk Basement this Saturday, January 15, with Sugarpuss and the debut of Loose Lips featuring members of the Beasts Of Bourbon, Abbe May and The Fags.
The Volcanics
READY TO ERUPT
Preparing to release their new five-track CD Shakedown in 2011, white hot rock’n’rollers The Volcanics kick off their year at the Indi Bar this Saturday, January 15. With specials guests The Wishers featuring Paul McCarthy and Kenny ‘Killer’ Wyatt, you best get down early as Volcanics shows always sell-out!
NEW AZTECHNOLOGY
This Saturday, January 15, at the Rocket Room in Northbridge, Aztech Suns launch their long awaited debut. With the EP and merch available on the night, support comes from Valhalla Nights and Still Frame Mind.
LOSING HIS HEAD
Having set aside April to head into the studio and record album number six, Benedict Moleta Band will be giving some of their new songs their first workouts on Friday, January 14, at The Den in Inglewood. Headlining the night is Kill Teen Angst, who have their long-awaited debut album coming out soon, while Bill Darby, formerly of Harry Smith and O!, and Hang On Saint Christopher’s Sean O’Neill open the night.
ALL SHINE ON
The Railway Hotel becomes the home of The Sunshine Brothers’ legendary Sunday session every weekend in January and February. Kicking off at 6pm every Sunday, the boys will be playing dub, reggae, ska and soul with ripping guests and DJs every week. This Sunday, January 16, The Brow Horn Orchestra support.
WILEY COYOTES
After a massive year that saw their CD make the Rockpit Top 50, Pyramid Of The Coyote are playing the Railway Hotel this Friday, January 14. With a new bass player in tow, the band is dedicating their set to their fan Jayde Rutherford, who is tragically no longer with us. Stone Circle and Diamond Eye also play.
A CITY FALLS
After two albums, two EPs, six drummers and a decade of live shows across the country, Capital City will be calling it a day. They’ll be playing their final ever show at the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, March 5, but first you can see their second last ever show this Saturday, January 15, at The Bird. They’ll be joined by The Ghost Hotel and Grim Fanbanjo.
BIRTH NOW
This Friday, January 14, sees the world premier headlining appearance of Davey Craddock & The Spectacles at The Bird. A highly regarded scribe and musician, Craddock met both Todd Pickett and Sean Pollard by chance at gigs last year, fired his existing band, and formed a new one with the Split Seconds players. See them with Dux & Downtown and The Big Old Bears.
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A Beggars Second
BEGGING FOR MORE
Freshly back from a tour of Brisbane, A Beggars Second are touring the South West this weekend. Catch the lads at the Duckstein Brewery at 2pm on Saturday, January 15, before they take to Settlers Tavern later that night. Dylan Ollivierre & The TNs support both shows. They also play the Big Mix festival in Busselton on Sunday, January 16, at 2pm before playing Caves House in Yallingup at 5pm.
Fresh from launching their EP Servility at the Rosemount Hotel last weekend, the lads of heavy alternative rock band Writhe are set to launch it at the Prince Of Wales this Saturday, January 15. With a do-it-yourself punk rock attitude and an energetic live show, the lads will be giving away copies of the EP, which was produced by the late Shaun O’Callaghan. Support comes from Pigeon and Applebite The Beggars On Acid.
FURTHER DOWN THE SPIRAL
Launching their debut EP Kingdom, local rockers Further Earth are taking in the Prince Of Wales on Saturday, January 29. They’ve picked up support from I, Said The Sparrow.
SPIEGELTENT
With eight albums, a swag of accolades and 20 years of performing, writing and recording, Lloyd ECHO BEACH Spiegel has certainly squeezed more into 30 years The duo of Gabrielle Harter and Scott Nicholas, than many do in a lifetime. Taking his new album That Velvet Echo, have just released dates for a Tangled Brew around the state, he drops into 2011 tour to open the year that will take them Settlers Tavern on Saturday, January 29. from Perth to Albany and back before further performances in February and March that will take them to Nannup Festival. See them at the Swan Lounge on Thursday, January 13; X-Wray on Saturday, January 15; Pinjarra’s Redcliffe On The Murray on Sunday, January 16; Settlers Tavern on Thursday, January 20; Kulcha on Friday, January 21; Denmark Art Markets on Sunday, January 23; Gilberts Winery in Kendenup on Saturday, January 29; and the Ravenswood Hotel on Sunday, January 30. Nannup Music Festival takes place form Friday, March 4, til Monday, March 7, and features Broome icons The Pigram Brothers, ARIA Award winner Clare Bowditch, UK troubadour Passenger, Goanna legend Shane Howard and heaps more. You Am I
GHOST WITH THE MOST
Following their kickass Southbound appearance a couple of weeks back, The Ghost Hotel return to the South West with a show at Settlers Tavern this Friday, January 14. This free entry show will see them joined by Emperors frontman Adam James. Also head down to Margaret River’s finest establishment this week to see Heddy Fraze tonight, Thursday, January 13; and Timothy Nelson on Sunday, January 16. Australia’s highest circulating Street Press
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A DAY ON THE GREEN (INXS, Train, Baby Animals) 13 Rosemount 3 Kings Park SUFJAN STEVENS HEALTH 3 & 4 Regal Theatre 14 The Bakery AMANDA PALMER 4 Fly By Night KINGS OF THE ALOE BLANC & THE BLUES (Dave GRAND SCHEME Hole, Matt Taylor, 5 The Bakery GLENN SHORROCK / Sneekers, John WENDY MATTHEWS Meyer, Ivan Zar) 5 Mundaring Weir Hotel 15 Cunderdin Oval BIG DAY OUT (Tool, Rammstein, Bloody STEVE POLTZ Beetroots DC77, Iggy & 18 Manhattan’s The Stooges,Wolfmother, 19 Yo Yo Studio John Butler Trio, Deftones, MIA, Pnau, LCD Soundsystem, Bliss N Eso, Lupe Fiasco, STEVE POLTZ Grinderman, Operator 20 Mojo’s Bar Please, Primal Scream, OWEN PALLETT / JESSICA Birds Of Tokyo, Plan B, SAYS Jim Jones Revue, Booka 22 Fly By Night Shade, Children Collide, STING Angus & Julia Stone, Die 22 Sandalford Winery Antwoord, Gyroscope, DON WALKER & THE The Black Keys, Kid LUCKY STRIKES Kenobi & MC Shureshock, 22 Quindanning Tavern Dead Letter Circus, Little Red, Edward Sharpe & 23 Fremantle Arts Centre The Magnetic Zeros, THE RED EYES Gypsy & The Cat, The 23 Indi Bar Naked & Famous, Vitalic, CAT POWER Sampology, Lowrider, 24 & 25 Quarry Andrew WK, CSS, Kids Of Amphitheatre 88, Ratatat, Airbourne, WIRE Blue King Brown, Will 25 The Bakery Styles, Matt & Kim, RAGGAMUFFIN 2011 (Mary J Blige, Jimmy Cliff, Sia, The Greenhornes, Washington, Black Milk, Maxi Priest, Sean Paul, The Original Wailers, The Reggie Watts, Wunmi, Ed Bacteria Vacuum, The Black Seeds, Ky-Mani Baloonatic, The UV Race, Marley and more) Barbarion, V Dentatas 26 Fremantle Oval and more) YOU AM I 6 Claremont Showgrounds 26 Hotel Rottnest RATATAT 29 Palandri Winery 7 Capitol (Margaret River) DON MCLEAN THE NECKS 9 Burswood Dome 26 & 27 The Bakery RETURN TO FOREVER MARK SEYMOUR & 9 Riverside Theatre JAMES REYNE THE GETAWAY PLAN 27 – 30 Quarry 9 Capitol Amphitheatre ST JEROMES LANEWAY PAUL DEMPSEY FESTIVAL (The Antlers, 28 Fly By Night Beach House, Bear TIM ROGERS In Heaven, Blonde 28 Norfolk Basement Redhead, !!!, Cut Copy, KENNY ROGERS Djanimals, Deerhunter, 29 Lake Karrinyup Golf Foals, Gotye, Holy Fuck, Course Jenny & Jonny, Les Savy Fav, Local Natives,
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Imelda May, February 27, Beck’s Music Box Menomena, Two Door Cinema Club, Sherlock’s Daughter, Stornaway, The Holidays, Violent Soho, Warpaint, Cloud Control, PVT, World’s End Press, Yeasayer, Gareth Liddiard, The John Steel Singers and more) 12 Perth Cultural Centre DE LA SOUL 12 Metro City ROY AYERS 12 Beck’s Music Box THE UNTHANKS / CATHERINE TRAICOS 13 Beck’s Music Box TRICKY 14 Capitol GWILYM SIMCOCK TRIO 15 Beck’s Music Box THE BOOKS 16 Beck’s Music Box MAYER HAWTHORNE & THE COUNTRY 16 The Bakery CATHERINE TRAICOS 16 Malt Bar (Dunsborough) 20 White Star Hotel (Albany) 26 Rosemount LLOYD COLE 17 Beck’s Music Box DAVID HELFGOTT 19 Mundaring Weir Hotel CARIBOU / FOUR TET 19 Beck’s Music Box AN EVENING ON THE GREEN (Joe Cocker, George Thorogood, Diesel, The Dingoes) 19 Sir James Mitchell Park (South Perth) ROXY MUSIC, MONDO ROCK 19 & 20 Leeuwin Estate Winery KASEY CHAMBERS 19 Mandurah Performing Arts Centre 20 Bunbury Entertainment Centre 22 Albany Entertainment Centre 24 Esperance Civic Centre 26 Elmars In The Valley 27 Queens Park Theatre (Geraldton) GOOD VIBRATIONS (Faithless, Phoenix, Sasha, Nas & Damian Marley, Kelis, Ludacris, Erykah Badu, Friendly Fires, Miike Snow, Fake Blood, Rusko, Sidney Samson, Janelle Monae, Mike Posner, Yolanda Be Cool, Koolism, Kill The Noise, Fenech-Soler and more) 20 Claremont Showgrounds KOOL & THE GANG 20 Perth Zoo SWERVEDRIVER 20 Beck’s Music Box DOVES 21 Metro Freo MARTHA WAINWRIGHT 21 & 22 Beck’s Music Box JOE CAMILLERI 23 Friends Restaurant DOC NEESON 24 Friends Restaurant TUUNG 24 Beck’s Music Box KATIE NOONAN 24 Ellington 25 Kings Park
Rihanna, March 12, Burswood Dome THE PLATTERS / MONROE POWELL 24 & 25 Café Coast Wannanup BONJAH 24 Mojo’s 25 Settlers Tavern 26 Royal Palms Resort 27 Redcliffe On The Murray THE BATS / LAURENCE ARABIA 25 Beck’s Music Box LIOR 25 Fly By Night THE SEARCHERS 25 Friends Restaurant DAME KIRI TE KANAWA & WASO 25 Kings Park THE BLACK SORROWS, VIKA & LINDA BULL 26 Mundaring Weir Hotel THE PUBLIC OPINION AFRO ORCHESTRA 26 Beck’s Music Box JACK DEJOHNETTE 26 & 28 Astor Theatre IMELDA MAY 27 Beck’s Music Box KONSTANTIN LIFSCHITZ 27 Government House Ballroom
MARCH ARCHIE ROACH 1 Beck’s Music Box JOANNA NEWSOM 2 Beck’s Music Box BANG ON A CAN ALLSTARS 2 State Theatre Centre THE PLATTERS / MONROE POWELL 2 & 3 Friends Restaurant 5 Mundaring Weir Hotel DARREN HANLON 5 Fly By Night WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS / AMIINA 3 Beck’s Music Box MOUNT KIMBIE 4 Bakery BEST COAST 4 Beck’s Music Box MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS / BANG ON A CAN ALLSTARS 4 Bishops Garden NANNUP MUSIC FESTIVAL (The Pigram Brothers, Clare Bowditch, Passenger, Shane Howard, Kim Churchill, Oka, Rosie Burgess and more) 4 – 7 Nannup Amphitheatre TIM MINCHIN 4 & 5 Kings Park OLD MAN RIVER, PASSENGER 4 Amplifier 5 Mojo’s MICHAEL BUBLE, NATURALLY 7 4 & 5 Sandleford Winery, Swan Valley 6 Sandleford Winery, Margaret River OMAR SOULEYMAN 5 Beck’s Music Box THE WAIFS 5 Old Broadwater Farm (Busselton) 6 Castelli Estate (Denmark) 8 Performing Arts Centre (Mandurah) 9 Fremantle Arts Centre 10 Astor Theatre
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Stone Circle, Diamond Eye & Ben Blend (8pm, $5 entry)
Saturday January 15
The Latch Key Kids
The Clock Strikes, Montage Of Jesus & Fletcher Joyce (8pm, $5 entry)
Sunday January 16
The Sunshine Brothers
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Suicidal Tendencies, May 18, Capitol NIKOLA SARCEVIC (MILLENCOLIN) 6 Rosemount FUTURE MUSIC (The Chemical Brothers, Dizzee Rascal, Pendulum, MGMT, Mark Ronson & The Business Intl, Ke$ha, The Presets, Leftfield, Plastikman, Steve Angello, Sven Vath, Sander Van Doorn, Steve Aoki, Loco Dice, Don Diablo, Etienne De Crecy, Zane Lowe, Cosmic Gate, The Subs, Sound Of Stereo, James Holroyd and more) 6 Arena Joondalup OS MUTANTES 6 Beck’s Music Box OLD MAN RIVER 6 Indi Bar STEVE REICH’S 2X5, BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS 6 Perth Concert Hall SOUNDWAVE (Iron Maiden, Queens Of The Stone Age, Slayer, Primus, Slash, Social Distortion, Rob Zombie, Avenged Sevenfold, 30 Seconds To Mars, Stone Sour, Gang Of Four, New Found Glory, Pennywise, Sum 41, Anberlin, The Gaslight Anthem, Third Eye Blind, DevilDriver, Sevendust, Less Than Jake, The Bronx, Monster Magnet, Terror, MxPx, Protest The Hero, Melvins, 36 Crazyfists, Ill Nino, The Ataris, The Starting Line, Bayside, Mad Caddies, The Maine, Trash Talk, Mayday Parade, Foxy Shazam, Never Shout Never, The Blackout, Alesana, Asking Alexandria, All That Remains, High On Fire, Dommin, The Sword, Kylesa, A Skylit Drive, There For Tomorrow, Breathe Carolina, Taking
Swervedriver, February 20, Beck’s Music Box
Dawn, I See Stars, Rise To Remain, Nonpoint, Veara, Every Avenue, Sevendust, One Day As A Lion, Bullet For My Valentine, Bring Me The Horizon, Murderdolls, Dimmu Borgir, Millencolin, Coheed & Cambria, The Amity Affliction, Feeder, H20, The Rocket Summer, Saxon, Silverstein, Fucked Up, We The Kings and more) 7 Venue TBC KE$HA 7 Challenge Stadium GANG OF FOUR 8 The Bakery GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS 10 Mandurah Performing Arts Centre 11 Mundaring Weir Hotel MARY BLACK 10 Quarry Amphitheatre WAVVES / BLEEDING KNEES CLUB 11 The Bakery IAN MOSS 12 Mundaring Weir Hotel DEAD PREZ 12 Villa RIHANNA 12 Burswood Dome NEW ORLEANS 13 Perth Concert Hall SANTANA 13 Sandalford Estate USHER / TREY SONGZ 15 Burswood Dome CHRIS ISAAK 16 Kings Park STONE TEMPLE PILOTS / GRINSPOON 16 Challenge Stadium JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE 16 & 17 Mojo’s BJ THOMAS 16 Mandurah Performing Arts Centre 18 Regal Theatre UNWRITTEN LAW 17 Capitol
The Presets, March 6, Future Music Festival
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A travelling troubadour like no other, Canadianborn American singer/songwriter Steve Poltz is best known for his work fronting The Rugburns and also for penning the Jewel song You Were Meant For Me. Currently playing shows over east with Broken Social Scene members Jason Collette, he heads to Perth next week for three shows: Manhattan’s on Tuesday, January 18; the opening of Yo Yo Studio in Osborne Park on Wednesday, January 19; and Mojo’s Bar on Thursday, January 20.
THURSDAY
BEX’S OPEN MIC NIGHT
HEALTH
It was less than a year ago when Health made their debut appearance in Perth and their performance at the Beck’s Music Box left us all wanting more! A highly visual set of non stop effects, complicated drumming and more, the LA noise band is a band that has to be seen to be believed. Since their last stop, the four-piece has released their second remix album, Disco2, featuring the infectious single USA Boys. You will love each other – come see Health this Friday, January 14, at The Bakery with support from Injured Ninja and The Wednesday Society! Woo!
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FRIDAY 14.01 AMPLIFIER Sins Of The Father Psychonaut Claim The Throne Neverborn BAKERY Health BALLY’S BAR Copy Cat BALMORAL Kate Gilbertson BAR ORIENT Easy Tigers BASSENDEAN HOTEL Filtered Replay BELMONT TAVERN Good Karma BENNY’S Faces BENTLEY HOTEL Bernadine Grigson BLACK BETTYS J Babies BIRD Davey Craddock & The Spectacles Dux & Downtown Big Old Bears BUSWOOD CASINO Tod Johnston & Peace Love BURRENDAH TAVERN Keith McDonald COMO Tip Top Sound CAPTAIN STIRLING The Blue Bottles CARLISE HOTEL Blaze
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THE SHED Kickstart THE VIC Karin Page Duo UNIVERSAL Nightmoves VELVET LOUNGE Goose A Beggars Second Mat Cal & The Black Heart Sun Chloe VIC PARK HOTEL Ivan Ribic WOODVALE TAVERN Mod Squad XWRAY CAFÉ The Manikins Unhinged The Dublin Jazz Aunts Agnes Latscha
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Stereoflower, Sunday at the Bird
THE MIGHTY QUINN Indigo Alley THE SAINT Threeplay THE SHED Huge THE WANNEROO Christian Thompson UNIVERSAL Soul Corporation WOODVALE TAVERN Insideout X-WRAY CAFÉ That Velvet Echo Craig Sinclair
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