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ISSUE 1251 03.02.11

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The Chemical Brothers are the masterminds behind an iconic list of anthems including ‘Hey Boy, Hey Girl’, ‘Galvanize’ and ‘Block Rockin Beats’. The lads have released several best-selling albums – the most recent of which, ‘Further’, is noted as their best in a decade. Every industry has a benchmark, and in the world of electronic music, The Chemical Brothers are it.

Pendulum are Australian electronic music’s biggest export. The explosive trio’s blend of Rock and Drum & Bass has seen them captivate the planet’s hearts and minds. With countless dancefloor weapons including ‘Tarantula’, ‘Fasten Your Seatbelt, ‘Granite’ and ‘Propane Nightmares’, plus famous remixes of Voodoo People and the ABC theme(!) they are renowned for their high impact, high octane live shows.

KE$HA (USA)

LEFTFIELD (UK)

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US singer songwriter, Ke$ha is a dynamic young talent that topped the planet’s charts with her debut single ‘Tik Tok’ in 2009 before following up with album ‘Animal’. Having featured on singles with superstars Flo Rida and Pitbull, Ke$ha is a 23-year old party-girl pop phenomenon whose well on her way to global dominance.

Regarded as one of the most influential acts in dance music history, Leftfeild’s discography features anthems like ‘Phat Planet’, ‘Open Up’, ‘Release The Pressure’ and ‘Afrika Shox’. Recently reforming for 2010’s Creamfields festival, Leftfield are back with a vengeance, bringing their hallmark blend of House, Dub, Progressive and blissful Electronica.

In the world of Grime, names don’t come any bigger than UK superstar, Dizzee Rascal. A veteran of top selling albums and countless barnstorming singles including ‘Bonkers’, ‘Holiday’ and ‘Dance Wiv Me’, Dizzee’s eclectic sampling, infectious beats and trademark, in your face “machine gun” vocal style have seen him take the world by storm.

A stalwart of the Techno scene and pioneer of the Minimal genre, Richie Hawtin has been pushing the envelope of electronic sounds for well over 20 years now. With tunes like ‘Krakpot’, ‘Plastique’, ‘Musik’ and ‘Sickness’, his Plus 8 label (founded in 1990) is one of Techno’s premier imprints, and his Plastikman live show is the stuff of legend.

STEVE AOKI (USA)

LOCO DICE (GER)

DON DIABLO (NLD)

THE SUBS (BEL)

SOUND OF STEREO (BEL)

JAMES HOLROYD (UK)

BINARY FINARY (UK)

STAFFORD BROTHERS (AUS)

TyDi (AUS)

With his party antics, legendary mash-up sets and celebrity status, Steve Aoki is a dominant and inimitable force in the Electro and Fidget House scenes. His energetic, chaotic and eclectic sets see him remix the stuff of legends - from Michael Jackson to Duran Duran to Bloc Party, the list of musical royalty he’s been affiliated with reads like a copy of Rolling Stone.

The Subs hit Europe with 'Kiss My Trance' - a punk/trance-juggernaut of a single. 'Kiss My Trance' entered both commercial charts and DJ-lists. Come late 2009, another favorite ‘Mitsubitchi’, was picked up very quickly by The Crookers, Mixhell, Boris Dlugosh and The Bloody Beetroots who later on did a remix of the track. ‘Mitsubitchi’ has now travelled the globe, becoming an Australian club and festival smash!

Binary Finary has been a legendary name in the realms of Trance, worldwide. The geniuses behind Trance anthem ‘1998’ and a swag of dancefloor bombs including ‘Zapya’, ‘About Time’ and ‘Niterider’, Binary Finary hold a special place in the hearts of an entire generation of glowstick punters.

Loco Dice is a lauded underground Techno, Minimal and Tech House DJ and Production force to be reckoned with. An iconic fixture at Ibiza’s DC10 party night, Loco Dice is the genius behind subterranean bombs ‘City Lights’ and ‘Carthago’– not to mention remixes for artists like Timo Maas, Mousse T and M.O.R.D. Easy to see why this electronic music champion is a regular feature on the planet’s biggest underground lineups.

At the end of 2009 Sound Of Stereo’s ‘Zipper’ EP was released on Lektroluv Records and was immediately supported by Tiga, Brodinski, Steve Aoki, Jack Beats, Djedjotronic, Riva Starr, MSTRKRFT and so on and so on. Speaking of Steve Aoki, Sound of Stereo just released their “Flatland EP” on Aoki’s Dim Mak label. Check them out at Future Music to see what all the fuss is about!

Featuring the talents of siblings Chris and Matt Stafford, this dynamic duo have toured extensively worldwide tearing up dance floors tunes 'Give Love', 'I Can See', and 'More Than A Feeling'. If their countless Ministry of Sound compilations weren’t enough in 2011 you can catch them as the stars of their very own reality TV show on Foxtel!

Don Diablo is on the path to greatness.

Renowned for writing tunes that top charts and lauded for remixing enormous artists like Public Enemy, Kraak & Smaak and Laidback Luke; this Dutchman is currently producing part of UK rapper Example’s new album in between rocking gigs all over the planet and concentrating on his next album for Sony/BMG worldwide.

Known for his unique style and cheeky personality, James Holroyd dominated the Club nights across the UK before hooking up with the Chemical Brothers. Tom and Ed were so impressed with Holroyd's style that they invited him to tour with them, a stint which lead the boys request James as their support artist for their Australian Tour this year.

A rare musical talent , TyDi’s Trance tunes are signed to some of the world’s biggest labels.

His tracks are spun regularly by Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto, Markus Schulz and Paul Van Dyk. The mastermind behind epic tunes ‘Is It Cold?’, ‘Under The Stars’ and ‘Calling’, this humble Aussie has seemingly done it all. Catch TyDi while you can, because he’s fast becoming a household name in Trance, worldwide.

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MARK RONSON & THE BUSINESS (USA)

THE PRESETS (AUS)

STEVE ANGELLO (SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA) (SWE)

SVEN VATH (GER)

SANDER VAN DOORN (NED)

COSMIC GATE (GER)

ZANE LOWE (UK)

ZOWIE (NZ)

ART VS SCIENCE (AUS)

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OPTAMUS (DOWNSYDE - AUS)

TAI (GER)

SHAZAM (AUS)

THE BROW HORN ORCHESTRA (AUS)

MGMT (USA)

Out of Brooklyn, New York MGMT have established themselves as one of the planet’s most sought-after, captivating and innovative bands. Their chart-topping hits, including ‘Kids’, ‘Electric Feel’ and ‘Time To Pretend’ quickly became anthems and forged the soundtrack for an entire generation of music lovers, worldwide.

Swedish House Mafia’s Steve Angello is unstoppable. Having set the pace with a globe-straddling remix of Moby’s ‘Raining Again’, Sebastian Ingrosso’s ‘Tell Me Why’ soon followed and continued to impress! By the time he got his hands on the Pharell Williams’ collaboration ‘One’ there was no turning back, and his place in history with the Swedish House Mafia is assured.

Constantly evolving with the ever-changing soundscape, the trance heavyweight’s last album ‘Sign Of The Times’ provided 13 tracks of upfront and innovative cuts illustrating why they will always be ahead of the game. In fact, their blood-pumping remixing is about as popular as their own work and reads like a who’s who of trance! Prepare to be whipped into a frenzy‌

Sydney trio, Art vs. Science have enjoyed a steady rise to prominence with hits ‘Flippers’, ‘Parlez Vous Francais?’ and ‘Magic Fountain’. The three time ARIA nominees have scored plenty of tunes iconic Triple J Hot 100, while the UK’s XFM show named Art vs. Science as ‘one of the bands to watch in 2010’ – how right they were.

Since dropping his first tune ‘Lyposuct’ back in 2009, this talented DJ/Producer has captivated the hearts, minds and ears of punters with massive tracks like ‘Fit’, ‘Army Of Men’, ‘Rocking The Set’ and ‘Powerchords’. Collaborations with icons like Boys Noize, Felix Da Housecat and Tommie Sunshine will testify this one-man party producer is due for massive things in 2011.

Musician, DJ and record producer, Mark Ronson is a musical professional whose talent knows no bound. He’s produced songs by Lilly Allen, Robbie Williams and Amy Winehouse.

Plus the man himself has topped charts with tunes ‘Stop Me’ and ‘Valerie’. Most recently known as ‘Mark Ronson and The Business’, the apt name clearly sums things up!

Germany’s King of Techno, Sven Vath is one of the genuine driving forces behind modern electronic music, his albums ‘Accident in Paradise’ and ‘The Harlequin, The Robot, & The Ballet Dancer’ literally paved the way for contemporary Techno. Renowned for delivering marathon sets with his off-the-wall antics, Sven is an inimitable force who continues to break musical ground and reshape EDM as we know it – long live the King!

Presenting his own show on BBC Radio 1 four nights a week, Zane is a tastemaker whose reputation for breaking hot new acts or the next big single is second to none. His track record of awarding his ‘Fresh Meat Award’ is testament to this, with previous winners including household names like Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, Kasabian and Kaiser Chiefs.

Professor Green is a prodigious rapper who’s got more than the skills to pay the bills. He’s toured with megastars Lily Allen and The Game, dropped a debut ‘Alive Till I’m Dead’ on Virgin Records and captivated Hip Hop fans around the globe with singles ‘I Need You Tonight’ and ‘Just Be Good To Green’. Word up: Hip Hop master class 101 is in session ‌

Establishing a name for himself as a remixer of choice for the likes of Calvin Harris, Muscles, Empire of the Sun and The Tough Alliance, this gifted studio wizard has dropped dancefloor killers on labels like Kitsune, Modular and Ministry of Sound and casually topped the Beatport charts with his debut EP ‘Pool Party’.

Shazam is well on his way to superstardom.

The Presets are one of the world’s freshest and most dynamic electronic combinations.

Notorious album ‘Apocalypso’ featured chart topping hits ‘My People’, ‘This Boy’s In Love’ and ‘Talk Like That’. Purveyors of some of the planet’s finest Electro sounds, The Presets really are set to drop their highly anticipated new album in 2011.

Dutch Tech Trance superstar, Sander Van Doorn has developed a cult following worldwide.

Currently ranked #10 in the world, Sander is a veteran of countless top tunes like ‘Loaded’, ‘Riff’ and ‘Grasshopper’ and remixes for artists the ilk of Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren and The Killers. This flying Dutchman is on track for total sonic domination in the years ahead.

Blending the best of Rap, Progressive Rock, Hip Hop and Electronica to craft a rhythmic sound that’s all her very own, this eclectic electric young lady has quickly made a name for herself. Check out singles ‘Broken Machine’, ‘Love Demolition’ and ‘Bite Back’ and you’ll see Zowie is a unique talent that’s simply not to be missed.

Optamus (known as member of Downsyde) went from strength to strength with the releases 'Land of The Giants’, ‘When The Dust Settles’ and ‘All City’. As well as being a skilled MC, Optamus is known to produce beats for Downsyde, Drapht, Graphic and Bitter Belief and has just completed his solo album ‘Forever & A Day’, completely self produced, with Imposta adding melody and arrangement talents to many of the songs.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Award Winning afro-electro, hip-hop, dub, ska and pop juggernaut The Brow Horn Orchestra The eight-piece have officially taken their fans by storm. From the humble beginnings as a Fremantle busking duo to a summer festival near you, don’t miss your chance to see what all the fuss is about and keep all eyes and ears locked as the debut EP comes out early 2011.

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Well what do you know‌ Muslims want freedom too. If you were to believe the hype over the past decade, the free world was under attack by a hate-mongering horde of lunatics heaven-bent on blowing freedom to oblivion; and all for measly romp with a couple of virgins and a pitiful patch of paradise. Haven’t they heard of the market economy? Talk about selling yourself cheap‌ But alas, we’ve been fooled again!

First Vietnam goes and gets all ‘modern economy’ on our arse (we’ll get you next time, Uncle Ho), then the Berlin Wall topples over (turns out those eastern Europeans didn’t drink babies’ blood after all) and now the Tunisians and Egyptians go and hit the streets demanding freedom? Oh, but it gets worse: now the Algerians, Yemenis, Palestinians, Syrians, Jordanians and even the Omanis are all demanding a greater piece of the freedom pie.

Huh? Where are the severed heads and burning effigies? Who do they think they are to go and mess with our stereotypes?

What are we supposed to do now – declare all human kind unified in the pursuit of freedom and a better life? But then who’s going to play the bad guy? Duh, haven’t you seen James Bond? There always has to be a baddie! Confucius even told us so – y’know, yin and yang – before he went and became a raging communist.

Oh well, you know what they say: a change is better than a holiday. In fact, I’m feeling refreshed already‌ _JULIAN TOMPKIN

The line-up has been dropped for regional WA’s biggest one day festival of the year, Groovin The Moo. Vintage hip hoppers House Of Pain head up the international contingent alongside indie pop scenester Darwin Deez, The Drums, UK party fiends The Go! Team, UNKLE live, AC Slater and Liverpool’s finest export of recent times The Wombats. Heading up the Australian contingent is locals Birds Of Tokyo, Gyroscope, Drapht and Tim & Jean, with Architecture In Helsinki, Art Vs Science, The Aston Shuffle, Bliss N Eso, Cut Copy, Gotye, The Holidays, Horrorshow, Sampology, Washington and Triple J’s Nina Las Vegas rounding out the first announcement. Plus there’re more local bands and Triple J Unearthed artists to be added! It hits Hay Park in Bunbury on Saturday, May 14. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, February 15, from Moshtix.

The Drums, playing Groovin’ The Moo

BOY-UP

Recognised as one of the top four country music festivals in Australia, the Boyup Brook Country Music Festival boasts four days of live country music from over 100 artists including Troy Cassar-Daley and Felicity Urquhart. With hundreds of musicians, this hoedown touches down from Wednesday, February 16, to Sunday, February 20. The festival incorporates many activities including the Boyup Ute & Truck Muster, art awards and exhibition, one of Australia’s largest Bush Poets Breakfasts and WA Bush Poet Awards, massively entertaining street carnival and markets. Tickets are available online at countrymusicwa.com.au.

Troy Cassar-Daley, playing Boyup Brook Country Music Festival

JEBS ALIVE

Jebediah have come full circle it seems. After a disjointed yet extended hiatus, one of the stalwarts of Australian rock will go back to where it all began; Murdoch University. Back in ’95 the band represented the uni at the Australian National Campus Bands Competition and will return on Friday, February 11, for the University Guild Festival. The day will run from 9am at the Murdoch University South Street Campus and will probably be the last time punters will be able to catch the Jebs before their first album launch and tour in seven years.

Don’t miss this, and stay tuned for more new on the pending album.

Cover: Fringe World kicks off this Friday, February 4 at the Spiegeltent, Perth Cultural Centre.

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Rose Tattoo

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Bearded rock legends ZZ Top are grooming in preparation for their return to WA in April. And from lots of hair to none at all, the legendary Texan trio will be joined by our own hard rock kings in Rose Tattoo, headed by the unmistakeable voice of Angry Anderson. This legendary line-up will be playing Perth Motorplex, Kwinana Beach on Saturday, April 23, with tickets on-sale now through Ticketmaster. Rock on.

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Maybe that ’s it. The collec tive disappointment following Bogan Bianca’s noshow was, frankly, quite absurd. Do you people Dear X-Press, want your roofs ripped off? Pets sucked into the Thank you for restoring the faith in the breaks vortex of a cyclone? It’s only fun until it actually happens. Maybe we should all take a day-trip up scene Stanton Warriors.

After so many people telling us (breaks to Queensland. fans) that breaks is dead, we did not know what to expect at Villa last Tuesday night, but you Hurricane Rueben Via email exceeded our expectations.

Perhaps we need to see break beats in Perth as a rare gem, we don’t see it very often, GEEK SPEAK but when we do damn does it shine!

For me, it won’t be the Skyworks that Dear X-Press, made my Australia Day, it is you guys.

It’s nice to see the odd video game review now Julie and then in your magazine. After reading this Via email weeks review of Little Big Planet 2, I feel that I have to update Tom Varian on a small point: games developers hiring people who modify or APPETITE FOR create game content is nothing new at all and DESTRUCTION has been going on for quite a few years now.

Some examples include Jorge “Oscuro” Dear X-Press, Salgado, who made the popular Oscuro’s Oblivion Overhaul and went on to be hired by Bethesda I’ve come to the conclusion that we Perthites Softworks to work on the Fallout: New Vegas title; have a morbid fascination with destruction. the self-funded Trauma studios whose popular While we experienced the boot-quaking terror Desert Combat mod of Battlefield: 1942 saw them that was the ‘Perth Storm’ we rarely ever get to hired by Digital Illusions to work on Battlefield 2, see nature in all her fury. and of course the guys who made Counter Strike,

a mod of Half Life, who were hired by Valve to create an official release of their mod.

I don’t really like platform-bashing, but this stuff has been going on in the world of PC gaming for at least a decade and it’s no wonder that it’s finally made its way to the console crowd. This can only be a good thing!

While I’m waving my nerd stick, I have to say I take issue with game reviews being under the heading of “Counter Culture”. I’m not sure how you guys arrived at this point of view when the video game industry is bigger than the film industry and games retailers are easy to find.

But anyway, it’s nice to find a token gaming section in pop media, if only to remind me that people are slowly becoming less embarrassed about video games – everyone knows at least one person who plays games, and some will even admit to playing them in front of girls at gigs.

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Get your entries in to win one of five double passes up for grabs for his knock out show at Metro City on Saturday, February 5.

DE LA SOUL

This is a once in a life time opportunity to see one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time recreated live in concert. Peace Music and Metro City are proud to present De La Soul, Prince Paul and special international guests perform De La Soul Is Dead, at Metro City on Saturday, February 12. We have five double passes up for grabs!

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TRIPOD VERSUS THE DRAGON

Get your entries in now to win one of five double passes to the opening night of Tripod Vs The Dragon, on Tuesday, February 15 at the Astor Theatre. Fresh from shows at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival and across London, Australia’s award-winning musical comedy trio Tripod are back in Perth, bringing with them their trademark blend of gorgeous harmonies and dysfunctional relationships, the guys prepare to embark on yet another epic journey: travelling to Perth with their brand new musical.

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OL’ 78

Fifteen years together and Saab 78 are just starting to hit their indie-rock straps. One of those much-loved bands who have never seemed to garner the recognition they deserve, these Sydneysiders are set for a nation-wide tour to support their newest album, Good Fortune.

Spearheading this release is the beautiful track Warm Jets, which is going to generate superlatives like ‘euphoric’ ‘poignant’ and ‘anthemic’. Warm Jets will be released digitally on February 14, and you can catch Saab 78 on Friday, April 29, at Mojo’s in Freo or Saturday, April 30, at The Bird in Northbridge. Give them some love.

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There aren’t many movies that garner the sort of wild and messy audience participation that The Rocky Horror Picture Show does. Amazingly, the movie ran for over five years in the ’80s at the old Liberty Theatre on Barrack Street, which can mean only one thing: Perthites like to dress up in tights and throw rice at people. Head down to this special fundraiser for the homeless kids of Perth at Movies By Burswood on Friday, February 18, with gates opening at 10.30pm for a midnight screening.

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The good people who brought you the awesome Coopers Sunday Green series last summer figured it was time to take it to the next level: so please be upstanding for Cooper Barefoot Bowls! It’s a pretty simple concept: bands, beats, bowls and booze. Glenn Richards (Augie March) and Dan Luscombe (The Drones) play the inaugural show on Saturday, March 26, at The Sportsman Bowls Club in Mount Lawley, and tickets are only $29 for early birds and $35 thereafter. The first roll of the bowl is at 7pm, so start practising!

Evidently Carpathian are looking to seize the Guns ‘N Roses’ record for most line-up changes in a decade, but despite their best efforts they remain indestructible. Not only that, they’ve returned from a sabbatical with a brand new 7” EP, Wanderlust. Before they wander off to brutalise Europe on an extensive tour this quintet of sturdy lads will be playing two shows in Perth; the first at Amplifier on Friday, February 4, the second an all-ages show at YMCA HQ in Leederville on Saturday, February 5. Tickets are only $15 on the door, so don’t be tardy.

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Nathan Followill obviously doesn’t warm up before gigs then. The highly anticipated Kings Of Leon tour has been postponed until November after the drummer needed surgery on a torn labrum and bicep, and doctors have advised that at least three months will be required to recover. Ouch. “Sorry to all the fans in Australia and South Africa. My bum wing needs more time to heal but we’ll be back again later this year,” Nathan says For updates on a new tour itinerary and Followill’s ‘bum wing’ keep tabs on frontiertouring.com.

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Fooken ‘ell! Former bassist for The Stone Roses and current member of psychedelic rock stalwarts Primal Scream, Gary Manny ‘Mani’ Mounfield is going to be doing his own BDO warm up party at The Flying Scotsman this Saturday, February 5… for free! This is going to be an indie-britpop-rave mashup that no music lover should miss, and will run from 7pm to 1am. FYI: Mani is really, really good at darts and loves Manchester United, just in case you get down early and want to strike up conversation with a legend.

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What is it about the seemingly idyllic Byron Bay which produces the brutality of bands like 50 Lions and Parkway Drive? Chicks in string bikinis and massive waves don’t agree with everyone, it seems. Anyway, 50 Lions are now a staple in Aussie hardcore scene, building their reputation on an insane live presence which has seen them share stages with metal-mongers Carpathian, Parkway Drive, Terror, Madball and Down To Nothing. The trio hit Amplifier on Friday, February 18, plus Bunbury on Saturday, February 19, and conclude at YMCA HQ on Sunday, February 20. Heavy shit.

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Gimme Shelter, the annual fundraiser for the homeless at Fremantle Arts Centre, returns on Saturday, February 19, with another stellar line-up. Hugely popular hip hop/R&B outfit The Last Kinection (Newcastle, NSW) are flying over to help the cause, and Dom Mariani, Perth’s godfather of pop, is hitting the stage with his new outfit Dom Mariani & The Rippled Souls.

Also performing is Brave And The Bird – a supergroup of sorts whose identity remains a mystery – and more. Tickets are dirt cheap at $25 (+bf) in advance or $35 on the door. Head to heatseeker.com.au. Gates open at 5.30pm.

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The Per th Theatre Company has just announced its season one program for 2011 in the new State Theatre. Beginning with the explosive German satire The Ugly One, which takes a close look at the contemporary obsession with beauty, audiences will have the pleasure of watching WA model and international superstar Gemma Ward make her debut in the Perth Theatre Company. The Ugly Ones will be followed by the deeply moving Africa and the funny, surreal world of The Pride starring Adrian Daff, Brendan Ewing and Russell Leonard. For the full list of dates, ticket prices, booking and more visit perththeatre.com. au. Tickets are on-sale now. New theatre, new talent, new works: do it.

Melbourne-based quartet, Heirs are poised to hit Perth with their brand of devastatingly dark, ear-splitting instrumentals. Word is they have the ability to “drag you into something comparable to a drug-induced death trip or a slow descent into a Lovecraftian netherworld”.

Intriguing. With a brand new album, Fowl, to unleash on your little eardrums, Heirs are playing Saturday, March 26, at The Bakery and tickets are only $15 from lifeisnoise.com or the usual outlets.

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Program two for Luna Outdoor summer movie sessions is kicking off on Thursday, February 17, with the ‘other Facebook movie’ Catfish. Catfish was a big hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and screens at 8pm from Thursday, February 17, ‘til Sunday, February 20. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest will also be screened as part of the program – this highly anticipated film adaptation of the best-selling trilogy screens on Thursday, March 3. General tickets are $15.50 or $11.50 for concession. Head to lunapalace.com. au for tickets and more info on the full season ahead. Luna Outdoor is located in the courtyard of Luna Cinemas in Leederville. What better way to spend a lazy summer night than watching a good ol’ flick!

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Over the past five years it’s worked its way up to becoming Australia’s most prestigious music prize and now The Amp Award has named the shortlist for its sixth award. In the running for $30,000 in prize money are the following albums: Cloud Control’s Bliss Release; The Holidays’ Post Paradise; Dan Kelly’s Dan Kelly’s Dream; Sally Seltmann’s Heart That’s Pounding; Gareth Liddiard’s Strange Tourist; Pikelet’s Stem; Eddy Current Suppression Ring’s Rush To Relax; Richard In Your Mind’s My Volcano and Triple J’s album of the year award winner Tame Impala’s Innerspeaker (bearing in mind that no one has ever won the J Award and AMP Award in the same year). The winner is announced on March 3 in Sydney.

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SCULPTURES BY THE SEA RETURNS

That ’s right ever yone, Per th’s largest free outdoor art exhibition is returning to Cottesloe again for its seventh year.

Every year, more than 140,000 visitors attend the exhibition which contains all sorts of random artwork from local and internationally acclaimed artists.

They are bizarre, creative and extremely experimental and at the same time, quirky and fun. This year’s exhibition will feature 18 international ar tists – works from Japan, Denmark, New Zealand, India and the US. Distinguished English sculptor Sir Anthony Caro (arguably the world’s greatest living sculptor) will exhibit his work Erl King at the exhibition after receiving enthusiastic responses from crowds at Bondi early this year. Sculptures

By The Sea runs from Thursday, March 3, ‘til Tuesday, March 22, at Cottesloe Beach.

Fremantle Arts Centre has announced the next instalment of Soft Soft Loud, WA’s premier chamber music series. FYI Soft Soft Loud is a unique music series which blurs the boundaries between classical, contemporary, electronic, jazz, blues and pop music. This year will see Soft Soft Loud feature the world premiere of acclaimed WA composer Iain Grandage’s new composition Indian Ocean Suite. Thursday, March 17, sees Brisbane based duo Clocked Out combine forces with WA percussionists, bringing a sonic playground of piano, percussion and toy instruments to life. The following Thursday will see Lives Of Nine and the final Thursday will see the Australian Brass Quintet return to the stage. Tickets are $35 for general and $25 for concession. They are available from FAC – visit fac.org.au. Doors open 7pm for an 8pm start.

Diesel

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Fresh from securing an invitation to the prestigious South By Southwest festival in Texas, Dom Mariani has put together a new band The Rippled Souls and together they’ve recorded an album entitled Rewind And Play. Released as part of the Liberation Blue series, it features 12 reworked Mariani songs and a cover of Them’s classic, Here Comes The Night. See Dom Mariani & The Rippled Souls in action at Cape Mentelle’s Movies In The Vineyard on Saturday, February 12; the Gimme Shelter benefit concert at Fremantle Arts Centre on Saturday, February 19; the Mustang Bar on Thursday, February 24; Clancy’s Freo on Friday, February 25; Settlers Tavern on Saturday, February 26; and Freo Arts Centre on Sunday, February 27.

One of Australia’s most accomplished axe-men, Diesel, is also the brother-in-law of Jimmy Barnes and a genius in his own right. Now isn’t that a family teeming with talent. The man who got this name from pumping fuel as a youngster is releasing an EP which pays homage to the artists which have inspired him over the past few decades. A nationwide tour will accompany The 7 Axes EP release, which includes tracks from Hendrix, Neil Young and Otis Redding. He touches down at The Fly By Night on Saturday, March 26.

GET STRANGLED “The group was responsible for music that may have been ugly and might have been crude – but it was never, ever boring,” a music critic once said of UK punk pioneers The Stranglers. And now former Stranglers front man Hugh Cornwell will tour Australia in April this year, the show featuring two sets – the first a collection of Stranglers hits and classic solo material and the second featuring The Stranglers’ seminal debut album Rattus Norvegicus IV performed in its entirety, for the first time in Australia. Cornwell will electrify The Charles Hotel on Sunday, May 8.

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DON MCLEAN American Guy

Don McLean has never been cheap on words.As any karaoke wunderkind would attest, remembering the words – in the correct order – to his sprawling 1971 hit American Pie is perhaps the greatest triumph of them all! But phoning into X-Press, the Songwriters’ Hall Of Fame luminary is somewhat terser than his musical bequest would suggest: “I quit – I am not doing it any more!” He plays Burswood Theatre on Wednesday, February 9.

Don McLean was a pop star when a pop star truly meant something. Finally releasing his debut album, Tapestry, in 1970 after being rejected by 34 record labels, McLean was quietly laying the foundation for the mega-stardom which would suddenly befall him with the release of his 1971 recording, American Pie. Few albums have made such an impact on popular culture. Spearheaded by the infallible title track, American Pie sit besides Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Exile On Main Street, Back In Black, Born In The USA and Thriller as generation-defining recordings. For many, it is the classic American record.

And in a universe where music was the most significant medium of them all, that made McLean a genuine mega-star. But he was having none of it. A student of the great musical doyen of American activism Pete Seeger, McLean turned his back on stardom – documented in such songs as The Pride Parade, from his third self-titled album – and in turn would dedicate his life to challenging the global hegemony of his country and its seemingly insatiable appetite for war.

But today, polishing off a bottle of wine, McLean is declaring defeat on one battleground: that of declining record sales.

Having seen his last recording, 2009’s Addicted To Black, barely shift a unit he’s declared, somewhat bitterly, that it’ll be his final album – the bookend to a recording career that has offered more than 20 albums and many memorable hits, including And I Love You So and Vincent.

However, while he may be retiring as a recording artist McLean declares he’s far from done. In a world plagued by white noise, he says he still has an important job to do: inspiring the next generation of protest singers and revolutionaries. For a man who defined easy listening, McLean – it appears – is refusing to go quietly!

By JULIAN TOMPKIN

In 1969, with his hero Pete Seeger

I won’t take up too much of your time so you can get back to the business of drinking wine, but Addicted To Black was your first batch of original compositions in a number of years – do you write specifically for an album, or purely wait until you’ve catalogued enough good songs to constitute a longplayer?

I am not going to make any more albums of my own songs, so this is the last one for a variety of reasons. The first reason is that there is no more music business left; I am just not interested in what people do now. I might write a song or this or that sometime, but as far as a project like that of new songs I am just not going to do it any more, I don’t think. So it’s kind of the end, that one. It’s just time to say that now, I feel. I am at an age, and in a position because of my age and because of the way the music industry is, to say this is all there is.

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But is there such a thing as retirement for a songwriter?

Well, you know when I started out I was young and everything was an unknown.

Now I am like a guy who has been married four times, you know what I mean – I am using this as an analogy, as you are asking me if I believe in romance. You’ve just got to find other things that are interesting; that are new – and this isn’t new to me any more. I know a lot about this business – every bit of it, upside, downside, inside out. And I truly wrote these songs and made these albums from a completely artistic and idealistic viewpoint, and I’m not sure I could do that any more and be honest – so that’s why I am calling it a day, as far as that goes.

Is that the overarching memory you have of recording Tapestry back in 1969; the romantic and optimistic – if not naive – songwriter?

I was like that all the way through, until you get to this point that you realise the music business… you could go into a studio with wonderful musicians and make something that was new and exciting, and they just don’t make records that way anymore. And they don’t have record companies that put them out, and they don’t have record shops where you can go and look at them… they don’t have anything! And you download it on the internet… and that’s just not what I’m about. There’s plenty of me out there you can download, so I quit – I am not doing it any more!

I am going to keep performing. I am 65 years old, isn’t it amazing I have been around for 40 years, more than 40 years, and I still fill these concert halls everywhere I go and they have me at festivals for thousands and thousands of people?

And it’s not for one song either… believe me. I do a two-hour show. So it’s just amazing; but I have standards and I want to be inspired and interested – if someone asked me to write a song for a movie or something, that would be great. But just to do it and put it out there and nobody take an interest in it, just something else you can download… I don’t know, it just doesn’t do it for me.

Does the fact you still fill those concert halls give you faith in the strength of music still, as an artform?

Well, the only music that we care about – and ask yourself the same question – is the music we quit writing in the ’80s sometime. I can’t think of anybody who’s doing anything that, you know, matters that much. Just think of the big groups, they all did everything in the ’70s and ’80s, or with The Stones the ’60s. Has Satisfaction gotten any older? No, it’s young! But nobody’s replaced it.

Music was the most powerful and popular artform of the 20th Century. In your mind, has its reign come to an end?

Yes! Absolutely! Because radio is done.

Radio is something that relies on your imagination and now you’ve got video and everyone all staring at screens; all of these different screens. They are starting now younger and younger to stare at screens and they don’t even see the sunset, they don’t even see the sunrise, they don’t even see the moon… they see a god-damn screen! I just don’t want to be part of it; it just doesn’t interest me.

And what do you think your great mentor Pete Seeger would think of this predicament?

Well I think he’d think that probably the communists have a good chance at taking over, since that’s what he is.

The world’s changed that much?

You bet.

Does that also excite you? Does the fact the world is in such a state of upheaval rattle your revolutionary bones?

I think you’ve said something there – that does excite me. To be here and watch what’s happening; it’s not necessary for me to be in the business everyone paying attention to. What’s interesting is being around and watch what’s happening.

On that point, you have been involved in politics for much of your life and have always been rather vocal with your opinions. What are your thoughts on the state of the US and its place in a changing world?

Well, America is in a state of decline from every conceivable measurement – its population, its obligations, its economics, its resources, its will. Of course the other nations are having their

Don McLean

“I TRULY WROTE THESE SONGS AND MADE THESE ALBUMS FROM A COMPLETELY ARTISTIC AND IDEALISTIC VIEWPOINT, AND I’M NOT SURE I COULD DO THAT ANY MORE AND BE HONEST – SO THAT’S WHY I AM CALLING IT A DAY.” chance now, which is right – they should have their chance, as we’ve been sucking all of the oxygen out of the room for a lot of years and taking all of the resources and squandering them. So now we are going to have to basically realise that we have got to take another position that isn’t quite exalted.

We’re going to have to pull in our hordes and we’re going to have to stop living like it’s the roaring ’20s, which we’ve been doing.

But people have long memories; they want justice for a lot of things that have happened in the past. Just because we say it’s over doesn’t mean it’s over. Doesn’t mean that people are going to forget and say ‘oh, okay it’s over now so we’re not mad at America’. That’s not true!

Speaking of your arsenal, when you’re on stage do you still recognise the power of those songs?

What I like the best is when I’ve put a show together, and I do a different show every night, I know thousands of songs and have written hundreds of songs and have recorded hundreds of songs. I have maybe eight or 10 everyone wants to hear, and I make sure I do those with sufficient reverence because I care about them; I like them and the audience likes them, and I like the audience so I wouldn’t do anything to disrespect the audience and the money they spend and the effort they make to come and see me sing. This is my responsibility as a professional and as an artist to my audience.

This is why they keep coming to hear me sing.

But what I like is when the show comes together and things happen you didn’t expect. And that’s because I’m an artist; I am not a machine that goes out and does the same set and says the same things. Roy Orbison, rest his soul, was an artist but he did the same thing every night – he never said a word between the songs and he played exactly 60 minutes, and I think it was because he was very insecure. He just wasn’t very loose.

You’ve also always made a point of playing other people’s songs, namely those of your heroes such as Pete Seeger. Have you always felt that as part of your responsibility as a performer; to keep these songs alive?

Well, as I get older I realise I am probably one of the only few people who even And America is still very much at war… cares about these songs (laughs). And they really Yeah, but we start most of them. We mean a lot to me, so they are as much a part of start most of them for whatever reason we my history and my biography and the songs I want. We’ve got this ridiculous idiot we had have written. as President called George Bush who said ‘anybody we think might be wanting to attack As a final point, the thing I have always found us, we can attack’. I mean, what does that remarkably interesting about you is you were make other people want to do? Arm of course very much offered ultimate pop stardom on (laughs)! Right? a platter and resolutely rejected it. Have you always felt a bit of a maverick?

But how do you, Don McLean, fight that Well, I am a maverick in one sense without songs – how do you fight it in laying and that’s why I want to remain free and down your weapon; your guitar? unencumbered by responsibilities that I don’t No, I have my songs – I have my intend to take on. And people who embrace arsenal of songs, but I also have my stage where major stardom, some of them love it and are I can say what I think. I have interviews like this perfectly suited for it and others would kill for one; I consider this to be part of my art, giving it, and kill to keep it, and others such as myself an interview. I am not reading the phone book see it as a burden I don’t want to have because to you here; I am not passing the time of day. If it means I can’t be free. Now free to be what? some of what I said managed to get in the paper Well, free to do what I want rather than always like I said it then I am going to have someone be subject to the image that you’ve created. It’s read it, so it’s very important – that’s why I do it. I a kind of a hell in my opinion. probably reach people in a more personal way in an interview than making another album, which Especially today, in a universe truly bewitched they probably won’t ever hear or buy so it’s quite by fame. important in that sense.

Yeah, but I don’t think that fame today And the other thing to remember is anywhere near what it was in the 1950s or ’60s is that you never know who you are going to or ’70s because you have so many outlets and influence – something any artist might do on there’s so much distraction that it’s very difficult, stage or song or write or say might be the one even for a guy like Bruce Springsteen – who is thing that takes a young mind and changes determined to be the biggest thing that ever that person’s life, and makes them want to do was all the time – he’s still somewhat irrelevant something else with their life besides work for because there’s so much other stuff happening Phillips Petroleum, or something. They might all the time. The minute the guy is not around want to say ‘I think I want to be a writer or do he disappears. Believe you me, when The Beatles something that’s going to… I have these ideas and played Shea Stadium in New York they weren’t these goals and I want to change the world a little forgotten for years. If you were number one, bit’. And who knows where that might lead. This baby… you were number one! I am telling you… is a pivotal point; so you’re out there doing that You were branded into the psyche, and that is and that’s what I like. That’s the reason I keep why the audience never, ever, ever forget them.

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TOOL Hell Of A Handyman With 20 years under their belt, millions of fans, but only four studio albums, Tool have always been a bit of an enigma within the music industry. ALASTAIR COLLINS catches up with one of the men behind the myth, guitarist Adam Jones, ahead of the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Day Out appearance this Sunday, February 6, at Claremont Showground.

From the stories that circulate both in the media and online, you could be forgiven for thinking that Tool has constructed the enigma around themselves intentionally, but as guitarist Adam Jones puts it, Tool are perhaps a little more off the cuff than everybody thinks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just kinda roll with the punches, you know?â&#x20AC;? Jones points out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And it works.â&#x20AC;? The addition of Tool to the Big Day Out line-up was a bit of a surprise to a lot of the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fans, since they typically tour in the wake of an album release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always that we write, we record and we put out an album, then we tour on it for two or three years, then we take some time off before someone says â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hey, do you want to go back into the studio?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. â&#x20AC;?

The good news, however, is that album #5 is on the way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a loose startingâ&#x20AC;?

Jones reports. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a bunch of little potential songs brewing and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good.â&#x20AC;?

Perhaps one of the more remarkable things about Tool, as a band, is that over the 20 years they have been producing music, their dynamic has remained relatively unchanged.

However, each time they produce an album, no matter what the current state of the alternative

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;OUR AIM HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT WE WANT PEOPLE WHO DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T LIKE OUR BAND TO WALK AWAY GOING â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;WOW, THAT WAS PRETTY COOLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

THATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ALWAYS BEEN THE RULE IN OUR BAND.â&#x20AC;?

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metal scene, the album has proved a critical and commercial success. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never worried about that; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reflective processs,â&#x20AC;? Jones muses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We go in, we make music and we all walk out of the studio when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re done going â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;god damn, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really good, I like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what people appreciate. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really in to it, if you really like it, someone out thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got to like it. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been the approach.â&#x20AC;?

That approach also applies to their live shows: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our aim has always been that we want people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like our band to walk away going â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;wow, that was pretty coolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been the rule in our band.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfortunate that the Big Day Out tour doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow for the kind of onstage spectacle that Tool shows have become notorious for, with their practical restrictions on time and staging. However, Jones says that wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop them trying a few things. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to ship over as much groovy-ness as possible,â&#x20AC;? he explains.

Coming to Australia always seems to generate a certain enthusiasm from international acts and Tool is no different. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Australian fans are very passionate and have been since the beginning. We really appreciate that.â&#x20AC;? Although Jones jokingly points out that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just the fans heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excited for: â&#x20AC;&#x153;How cool is it going to Australia in your summer? I like the hot weather.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the guy who never complains when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hot.â&#x20AC;?

Of course, with Tool actively touring again and with another album on the way, the question of a more comprehensive Australian tour is at the forefront of a lot of their fansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; minds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would hope so,â&#x20AC;? Jones laughs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not the touring guys that we used to be, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the guy who will tour any time. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be happy to come on down; so never say never.â&#x20AC;? But as he points out, each member of the band has other projects and interests that always makes organising tours a tricky prospect. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is hard, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been like that. You just work around it, what can you do about it?â&#x20AC;?

Tool have never been a band to rush anything, nor plan anything out according to Jones; but the news that the new album is in the works, as well as their newest touring dates being announced, means that 2011 looks to be a mighty big year for Tool fans.

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Shifting The Gaul Posts Modern French electro-rockers, Phoenix, ooze everything hip, arty, fashionable, fun and spontaneous. Formed at the beginning of the noughties, the four-piece have been slowly on the rise,having released four diversely different albums and Live! Thirty Days Ago, a record released a mere 30 days after touring across three continents in 2005. Phoenix are heading back to our shores for Good Vibrations on Sunday, February 20, at Claremont Showground. Bassist Deck d’Arcy talks to ANNABEL MACLEAN. “We’ve been on the road for like two years but you know we are French so we try to make the tours not too intense,” d’Arcy begins.

“So basically, we’ve been touring two weeks and then having two weeks off all the time, we like to take time you know?” This relaxed attitude seeps through into d’Arcy’s beautifully thick, casual and soft voice as he takes his time to carefully choose words to describe the band’s music, their vision, where they see themselves in their career and their recent trip to South America.

“We did some shows in Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo last week; the crowds in South America are really amazing,” d’Arcy continues before adding, “it’s almost as good as Australia you know; it was a lot of fun.”

Phoenix have shot to stardom since the release of Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. The album’s first single 1901, a tribute to Paris, became a worldwide hit and a frenzy of anticipation ensued as fans both old and new jumped on the bandwagon. But d’Arcy says the band’s phenomenal rise to fame didn’t just happen overnight. “It’s been a very slow progression,” he says. “We never really saw any kind of a big difference; we never really felt that we were getting so much bigger.

“So now with Amadeus, it seemed pretty natural I guess. We’ve been in France now for quite a long time and we never really felt it, which is good in a way. Last year has been pretty good. I

Phoenix

think 10 years ago we would not have been able to play these things, we have been very lucky, it’s been very progressive.”

Mirroring their slow rise to fame is the band’s writing and recording process, a development which is improvisational and can’t be forced according to d’Arcy. “We don’t really control what we do,” he says. “When we write songs, we just experiment you know. We always look for something interesting and everything that is interesting always comes from something random, or errors or mistakes – that’s just how the magic happens.

“Your brain can’t always be so creative.

You need some thing different, something else on

top of it [creativity]. And I guess it’s luck and this is why we take such a long time… anyone can write songs and beautiful music, like writing it from paper, but we are exactly the opposite of that. We record everything we do and then sometimes we find a few seconds of something we like. It takes a while because we have to listen back to things and, you know, you have to wait and then we listen and one moment it can be really crappy and then the other way round. Sometimes the magic happens and there’s no shit and ‘ah yeah, there might be something here’.”

The boys have had a bit of luck swing their way. The unexpected overdose of love and lust from mad fans when smash hit Lisztomania exploded on the world saw the group move onto the grand platform of stardom. Lisztomania featured on several movie trailers, TV show episodes and talk shows across the US and UK. “It was funny, we were talking with Chris [guitarist], the song now has different chords, different melodies, it’s been changing slowly, it’s a complicated song,” d’Arcy offers.

“You never know what is going to be a single at all; it’s really hard to define. It’s funny with this album – we released 1901 on the internet for free two months before the album came out and it was never meant to be a single, and it happened to be the big one in the US. It was chosen by the people you know; we never really [chose it]. We’re really bad at choosing things.”

“WHEN WE WRITE SONGS, WE JUST EXPERIMENT YOU KNOW. WE ALWAYS LOOK FOR SOMETHING INTERESTING AND EVERYTHING THAT IS INTERESTING ALWAYS COMES FROM SOMETHING RANDOM, OR ERRORS OR MISTAKES – THAT’S JUST HOW THE MAGIC HAPPENS.” But d’Arcy is adamant that Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is just another stepping stone in the band’s career. “For us, everything has been a turning point in a way,” he says. “We did this album in Paris, we were working a lot in Paris. The previous one was in Versailles and LA and I guess we had been away for a while on tour and stuff and we came back and we thought about Paris.

We didn’t do it on purpose but we are French and everything, it was cool.”

With such strong French ties, singing in English as opposed to their mother-tongue is something that d’Arcy feels strongly about.“We try our best you know, but I think for us it’s the only way in a way because the language is different,” he says.“We like everything that has a second kind of meaning. We like to hide things; we like to stay a bit blurry in what we say so that people can find their own meaning too. When we were growing up listening to our own music, we always preferred our own meaning… this is what we are trying to recreate.”

And that’s exactly what the boys will be doing when they take to the stage at Good Vibrations shortly.“Honestly, the Australian crowds are amazing, it’s always been really really good,” d’Arcy concludes excitedly. “I guess the show is very different now from what it was. It’s always changing. Last time [in Australia] was a year ago so the show is going to be very different.”

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ROB ZOMBIE S-Witching Sides

The Salem witch trials, werewolves on wheels and replotting the cinematics of horror. JESSICA WILLOUGHBY gets a little insight into the powerhouse that is Rob Zombie ahead of his spot at Soundwave on Monday, March 7.

The systematic dehumanisation of cool.

A nice, neat line tagged to the elongated title of Rob Zombie’s recent release, Hellbilly Deluxe 2, has a bit of a hidden agenda behind it.

“It kind of serves notice that, after 25 years, I don’t really have any personal expectations anymore,” the auspicious frontman tells of the reasoning behind the name. “Which is kind of sad, but that’s the nature of the music industry. I always know that you’re going to sell less albums than the one before. All I ever wanted was for some of our new songs to work their way into our regular live rotation; the rest easily get forgotten.”

Strong words from a man that seems to have the golden touch. His tainted vision of the world – filled with a love of feminine whiles, b-grade horror and more than its fair share of gore – has seen him successfully venture from art and design, to music and, in more recent times, the world

of film. Though Zombie points to his latest project as the one that gave him more satisfaction, as a musician, than ever before.

“When I did the original Hellbilly Deluxe I didn’t have a full band,” he explains. “I mean Tommy Lee did drums. I just had so many musicians who worked on it and it took so long to record because it was my first solo record, I wanted to get it right. “ The second Hellbilly instalment was the first time I’d worked with a full band since White Zombie. And it was a very easy decision. I always wanted to work with a full band, but it’s really fucking hard to keep a band together. Even now, when we finished HD2, our drummer [Tommy Clufetos] just left; with no warning. And he’d been with us for five years. Now we have Joey [Jordison], who says he’s committed. But obviously he’s with Slipknot too, so that’s gotta clash sometime.

But at least now we have four people who are on the same page. I’ve never had that before, not even with White Zombie.”

Rob Zombie

“IT KIND OF SERVES NOTICE THAT, AFTER 25 YEARS, I DON’T REALLY HAVE ANY PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS ANYMORE. WHICH IS KIND OF SAD, BUT THAT’S THE NATURE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. I ALWAYS KNOW THAT YOU’RE GOING TO SELL LESS ALBUMS THAN THE ONE BEFORE. ALL I EVER WANTED WAS FOR SOME OF OUR NEW SONGS TO WORK THEIR WAY INTO OUR REGULAR LIVE ROTATION; THE REST EASILY GET FORGOTTEN.” Heading to Australia for the first time since 1995, though apologetic, Zombie says fans down under were not the only ones to be neglected by his constant need for creativity in the past decade. “I really haven’t been much of anywhere, but the US, in a long time,” he says. “When I started making movies, that really impacted my touring. As soon as I get off the Australian tour I’m going into pre-production for my new film, Lords Of Salem. I grew up in Massachusetts, which is shrouded in the history of the Salem witch trials. This film will play on the fact that some of those people were innocent.”

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ALOE BLACC Brand New Old Soul 2010 was a busy year indeed for soul star Aloe Blacc. His latestalbumGoodThingswent gold in Germany and France and lead single I Need A Dollar was heard by thousands when it was selected as the theme song for indie TV series How To Make It In America; and as if that wasn’t already enough, he also had the pleasure of performing alongside the likes of music royalty Sir Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello and Neil Diamond.This week Blacc is headed our way for a show at The Bakery on Saturday, February 5, but before he could board the plane for the long flight to the great land down under, he caught up with EMMA BERGMEIER to chat about the year that was.

“The response [to Good Things] has been really good,” he shares when asked how the world reacted to his most recent musical offering.

“Internationally I’ve had the chance to play on some really big TV shows which is always an indicator that things are going well. It’s such a good way to make your music more visual to the general population. So yeah, it’s had a really good response.”

Full of catchy hooks, infectious bass lines, and some incredible vocal work, Good Things is a testament to Blacc’s musical abilities and marks a slightly new direction in sound for the artist.

“I wanted to work on an album that

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sounded like classic soul,” Blacc reveals of Good Things.“I like to call it ‘brand new old soul’ because it’s got the sound of the classic social and political soul era of the late ’60s and early ’70s but it’s abated with influences from my life and current social events and political events. The producers that I worked with usually make traditional soul music and that’s definitely what I had in mind.”

Packed full of songs about love, life and the hardships that it brings, Good Things is a reflection of the path Blacc’s trodden to get to where he is today.

“Hold My Hand is definitely a personal tale where I’ve combined my reverence for my mother and my grandmother in one song. A song like Loving You Is Killing Me is something I gleamed from people around me in relationships that were ending in divorce, friends that I had who married young and divorced in a couple of years. I Need A Dollar is a bit autobiographical, I sing about losing my job, which is something that happened to me before I decided to pursue music full time. So some of it’s personal.”

And what exactly did Blacc do before deciding to focus on music? “I was a business consultant.” Sounds soul destroying... “Yes, it was!,” he laughs.

Known for his energetic live shows that have everyone up and dancing, Blacc is promising a great night out for all who venture to his Bakery gig.

“I’m definitely focusing on the songs from the album. I feel like the album is really good to listen to at home or in the car and I add energy to the show by introducing some other more funkier sounding songs that aren’t necessarily on the album. We’ll just jam and make them up on stage. My goal is to have a fun, energetic show, I don’t just want to stand there and sing the songs the way they are on the album. With I Need A Dollar I like to turn it into a bit of a reggae/salsa tune, give it more life than what’s on the album.”

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ALOE BLACC Brand New Old Soul 2010 was a busy year indeed for soul star Aloe Blacc. His latestalbumGoodThingswent gold in Germany and France and lead single I Need A Dollar was heard by thousands when it was selected as the theme song for indie TV series How To Make It In America; and as if that wasn’t already enough, he also had the pleasure of performing alongside the likes of music royalty Sir Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello and Neil Diamond.This week Blacc is headed our way for a show at The Bakery on Saturday, February 5, but before he could board the plane for the long flight to the great land down under, he caught up with EMMA BERGMEIER to chat about the year that was.

“The response [to Good Things] has been really good,” he shares when asked how the world reacted to his most recent musical offering.

“Internationally I’ve had the chance to play on some really big TV shows which is always an indicator that things are going well. It’s such a good way to make your music more visual to the general population. So yeah, it’s had a really good response.”

Full of catchy hooks, infectious bass lines, and some incredible vocal work, Good Things is a testament to Blacc’s musical abilities and marks a slightly new direction in sound for the artist.

“I wanted to work on an album that

Aloe Blacc

sounded like classic soul,” Blacc reveals of Good Things.“I like to call it ‘brand new old soul’ because it’s got the sound of the classic social and political soul era of the late ’60s and early ’70s but it’s abated with influences from my life and current social events and political events. The producers that I worked with usually make traditional soul music and that’s definitely what I had in mind.”

Packed full of songs about love, life and the hardships that it brings, Good Things is a reflection of the path Blacc’s trodden to get to where he is today.

“Hold My Hand is definitely a personal tale where I’ve combined my reverence for my mother and my grandmother in one song. A song like Loving You Is Killing Me is something I gleamed from people around me in relationships that were ending in divorce, friends that I had who married young and divorced in a couple of years. I Need A Dollar is a bit autobiographical, I sing about losing my job, which is something that happened to me before I decided to pursue music full time. So some of it’s personal.”

And what exactly did Blacc do before deciding to focus on music? “I was a business consultant.” Sounds soul destroying... “Yes, it was!,” he laughs.

Known for his energetic live shows that have everyone up and dancing, Blacc is promising a great night out for all who venture to his Bakery gig.

“I’m definitely focusing on the songs from the album. I feel like the album is really good to listen to at home or in the car and I add energy to the show by introducing some other more funkier sounding songs that aren’t necessarily on the album. We’ll just jam and make them up on stage. My goal is to have a fun, energetic show, I don’t just want to stand there and sing the songs the way they are on the album. With I Need A Dollar I like to turn it into a bit of a reggae/salsa tune, give it more life than what’s on the album.”

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DEAR TIME’S WASTE History Never Repeats

Taking their name from a Shakespearean sonnet, Dear Time’s Waste claim to be born out of the disillusionment with the leafy suburbs of Auckland. But their dreamy music is at times at odds with this image. CHRIS HAVERCROFT speaks to Claire Duncan – the woman responsible for Dear Time’s Waste and the debut album Spells.

Dear Time’s Waste

Duncan works as a writer for a New Zealand history magazine where she finds herself doing a great deal of fossicking through books, libraries and photo albums. As a history major it is something that she has a passion in, and it is people’s stories and histories that influence her songs. But she is by no means a rock music nerd.

“Surprisingly not,” Duncan claims of the suggestion that she’s well versed in music history. “I have an interest in New Zealand rock history purely for the fact that it is undocumented. There is a lack of documentation done in New Zealand music, so that is something that I am quite interested in.”

The genesis of Dear Time’s Waste can be traced back to an early age. Duncan’s father was a pianist of note, but could pretty much play everything he put his hand to

“I HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE WRITTEN WORD, BUT I ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN GHOSTS AND HISTORY AND ANCESTRY AND THINGS THAT EXIST IN THE WORLD THAT YOU CAN’T REALLY SEE IN A SPIRITUAL AND ALSO A HISTORICAL STORYTELLING SENSE. I THINK IT IS AMAZING HOW STORIES ARE TOLD AND RETOLD, WHICH LEADS INTO A LOT OF CONTENT OF THE RECORD IN DIFFERENT APPROPRIATIONS OR RE-WORKINGS OF STORIES THAT I HAVE HEARD OR READ.” other than guitar. It was this alone that made Duncan wish to pick the stringed instrument up; but it is singing that has long been her passion.

“As a child I demanded that my parents make backing tracks so as I could enter into talent quests. It has always been something that I wanted to do. When I was young I wanted to be Kylie Minogue, but these days I don’t want to be Kylie Minogue anymore.”

D e a r T i m e’s Wa s te b e g a n i n a backwards way to how most bands usually start out. It didn’t evolve from jamming or playing live with a group of people; it was just Duncan and the songs she had written.

Over time, Dear Time’s Waste wanted to involve a lot of Duncan’s friends who she claims are all amazing musicians in their own right.

“I wanted to really take advantage of that, and asked people to come in and do what they thought was best for the song,” she explains. “In that way it was collaborative, and I tend to be a person who can be controlling so it has been challenging, but a really good thing for me to do.”

Duncan recalls that the naming of the album was one of the most difficult decisions to be made during the project.

Eventually she came up with the moniker Spells as a way to link the album to her curiosity for the written word, and not primarily as a reference to the magical in the way some may expect.

“I have an interest in the written word, but I also have an interest in ghosts and history and ancestry and things that exist in the world that you can’t really see in a spiritual and also a historical storytelling sense. I think it is amazing how stories are told and retold, which leads into a lot of content of the record in different appropriations or re-workings of stories that I have heard or read.”

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SUMMER CAMP Sound The Trumpets

English duo Summer Camp have escaped from anonymity to release their debut EP Young. CHRIS HAVERCROFT spoke to Elizabeth Sankey about her first ever musical project and how a little joke with one of your mates can turn into a whole lot of fun.

When well credentialed solo artist Jeremy Warmsley and Elizabeth Sankey were mucking around with a cover of I Only Have Eyes For You by The Flamingos, they took the idea one step further by putting it on MySpace. Thinking it was something they would look back on 12 months later and laugh at, they were shocked to find themselves one of the most talked about new bands.

“We never thought that anyone would hear what we were doing,” the still bemused Sankey claims. “We only did that one cover and then, after people started to listen to it, we thought we’d try out writing a song ourselves. After that it just kept going and going and it got to a point where it was too hard to work out how we were going to say who we are.”

It was quite an impressive ‘lie’ that the duo were leading, too. Their MySpace page said Summer Camp were from the UK, although rumours were that they were indeed from Chicago; but most people had the duo pegged as being Swedish. Sankey admits that Summer Camp did little to rebut this, even using an internet translator to reply to emails in Swedish.

“Eventually a magazine found out who we were and they wrote about it and that was it. That was probably the best way that it could happen, because we didn’t know how to end the lie. It was pretty scary to be honest.”

Summer Camp have been thrown in with the current trend of bands who embrace lo-fi nostalgia pop. In the case of this London duo, they have a strong connection to the ’80s, with John Hughes films being a huge inspiration. In fact any teen flick from the era is spoken of pretty highly by Sankey, but the bands known passion for the era does have its drawbacks.

“We played this gig recently where I

“WE PLAYED THIS GIG RECENTLY WHERE I HAD BEEN JOKING THAT I WAS WEARING THESE MC HAMMER TROUSERS AND THIS GUY CAME UP TO ME AFTERWARDS AND SAID ‘YOU DON’T HAVE TO RECREATE EVERYTHING FROM THE ’80S, THAT DOESN’T LOOK COOL’.

IT WAS AS IF I HAVE DEDICATED MY LIFE TO BRING EVERYTHING BACK FROM THE ’80S…” Summer Camp

had been joking that I was wearing these MC Hammer trousers and this guy came up to me afterwards and said ‘you don’t have to recreate everything from the ’80s, that doesn’t look cool’.

It was as if I have dedicated my life to bring everything back from the ’80s, and Jeremy and I are just desperate to live in this fictional world that is just a John Hughes film with us just pasted in.”

Sankey had spent some time training to be an actress so had experience with singing,

but Summer Camp is her first soiree into making music. She is not totally removed from the industry though, as before Summer Camp she had landed a role as a journalist with NME. She is well aware that the band’s trajectory is not the typical one that has been taken by artists throughout history, but is well versed in the power of current trends like Facebook and Twitter.

“It is not the standard way to be discovered, but I think it is a pretty modern

way and I think it is happening to a lot of bands to be honest,” she explains. “I think that new bands are the focus of the industry, so I think it is easier to be a band that is new than to be one that has been around for two or three years. You can’t change how these things happen and we are lucky that we like working under pressure, and we like to have deadlines to work to. Because there is just the two of us we can be really focussed on what we are doing.”

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Just as he did with country starlett Loretta Lynn’s Van Lear Rose in 2004, Jack White has teamed up with The Queen Of Rockabilly, Wanda Jackson, for her first album in five years in The Party Ain’t Over – a title which references her 1960 hit Let’s Have A Party.

In addition to the rockabilly on display through tracks like Bob Dylan cover Thunder On The Mountain and Nervous Breakdown, there’s a diverse cross-section of genres on offer here, with straight- up rock’n’roll shown on opener Shakin’ All Over, a cover of the song from Johnny Kidd & The Pirates – which shows how young the 73 year old’s voice sounds. Plus Busted shows off Jackson’s country chops and we even get a calypso treat on Rum And Coca Cola. Jackson even shows she has more life in her than Amy Winehouse through a spirited run through of You Know I’m No Good. Jack White’s screaming guitar and the highly impressive Third Man House Band provide flawless accompaniment throughout.

The best album you’re likely to hear from a seventysomething this year, The Party Ain’t Over is only the tip of the iceberg; check out her recent appearances on Letterman and Conan to see just how much Elvis’ former girlfriend still has it.

H i s s o l o wo r k i s a l l the more mellow and sweeter sounds of the band he fronts, Super Furry Animals, so if you’ll like their brand of laid-back stoner pop then you’ll dig the new one from Gruff Rhys, Hotel Shampoo.

The opening track Shark Ridden Waters is one of the few rock tunes out of the 13 tracks on the album, while the rest is a mix of horns, strings and creative percussion accompanied by guitars and those typically abstract laptop samples. Sensations In The Dark is like a Casio keyboard on auto-mode and it sounds almost cabaret. Cool, relaxed vocals come through in Space Dust #2 as well as yet more polished production. Towards the end of the album the psychedelic rock meanderings kick back into gear through tracks like Patterns Of Power.

The title of the album comes from a piece of conceptual art that Rhys constructed from cardboard, glue… and a whole lot of those complimentary shampoos and soaps and toothbrushes that one might collect (steal) from hotel bathrooms whilst touring around the world in a rock band. Like anything that’s not tied down at a hotel, this record is definitely worth adding to your collection.

_MATTHEW HOGAN

_DANIEL PARKINSON

BRAIDS Native Speaker

ATHEIST Jupiter

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When four high school friends decided to sk ip university, lock themselves in a garage and rehearse until their hands were sore, Braids was born. A quick move across their Canadian country to Montreal and their self recorded and produced Native Speaker appears.

While Braids never reach breakneck speed on any of the seven tunes on their debut, there is very little respite for the listener as they introduce new ideas and layers of sounds at will to add to the drones and loops that work as the music’s foundations.

Raphaelle Standell-Preston comes across a dirtier version of Kate Bush or Bjork as her reverb soaked vocals sing of the malaise of suburban relationships during Lemonade.

Most of the tunes clock in between six and eight minutes in length but Plath Heart reduces the bands tendency for obtuse and obscure arrangements with a more pop oriented approach. The percussive Same Mum is where Braids excel with spritely guitar work and Standell-Preston chirping away emphatically.

With Native Speaker, Braids have delivered a sweeping and unique release that gives more to the listener with each listen.

Musicians and bands this young should not be making music this good. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT

Forming in 1984, Atheist released their first album Piece Of Time in 1989 and then broke up after the release of 1991’s Unquestionable Presence – only to reform in 1993 to release Elements to fulfil their contractual requirements. In 2006 Atheist reformed and started touring again with most of the original line-up. Then in 2010, over 17 years since their last release, Jupiter was dropped – thank the great spaghetti monster in the sky.

Jupiter’s sound doesn’t break from Atheist’s original thrash and prog sound with the exception of the record’s higher production values. Missing also is some of the rawness that defined the band as death metal in the start of their career. Regardless, Jupiter is still a heavy, sonic experience blended with pieces of simplicity and manic off-kilter shred sessions.

For the most part repetitive riffs dominate the album with founding drummer Steve Flynn pounding the skins with devastating precision, but it’s the jazz inspired diversions that set the band apart.

Fellow founder Kelly Shaefer gives a strong performance but only glimpses of the past power of his voice with some pretty obvious fudging when it comes to his screams.

Since Elements many genres have risen and fallen or become obsolete, but Atheist’s sound has shown surprising resilience without bowing to the styles of their modern counterparts. _BRENDAN HOLBEN

AMANDA PALMER Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under

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There are fewer musical creations more maligned than the concept album - the potential for clever planning and admirable execution is great, but the likelihood of getting it wrong is huge.

While, in the hands of any other artist, the notion of an Australian-themed album is a horrifying, cringe-worthy and/or a downright offensive prospect, fortunately this isn’t any second-rate hack, this is Amanda ‘Fucking’ Palmer – now breathe easy and enjoy.

Bound together by Palmer’s voice and a thematic underbelly, most of the 12 short songs (each under the three-minute mark) were recorded live in Australia, her bittersweet piano and ukulele melodies painting mini-portraits of our nation – from the turmoil of housewives in suburban Melbourne to the impossibility of loving a man who eats Vegemite.

For the most part, Palmer serves up noisy, schlock-and-roll straight out of the Dresden Doll’s recording studio; however she does experiment a little, as on the trippy, Bowieinfluenced On An Unknown Beach where she laments her foreigner status as “a pale intruder”.

Finishing up in an unexpectedly beautiful manner, Palmer puts her vocal chords to excellent use on a stunning, minimalist rendition of Nick Cave’s classic The Ship Song. Admittedly, it doesn’t better the original, but one can’t suppose that was Palmer’s intention. Instead, it is her version, and she wears it with pride.

Eight years is a damn long time between riffs. A lifetime for some bands. But, thankfully, The Greenhornes’ brand of vintage rock is going nowhere fast. Indeed, the titans – and archetypes – of retro rock’n’roll are back after an extended sabbatical, slipping seamlessly into the mould they so brashly defined a decade ago with their now collectoritem three records; Gun For You (1999), The Greenhornes (2001) and Dual Mono (2002).

While revisiting a genre that has become de rigueur on alternative airwaves over the past decade, the simple fact-ofthe-matter is this: few do it as good as The Greenhornes. Incongruously, it’s the fact the record feels so familiar that makes it so damn fine. Crankin’ straight into the ball-tearing Saying Goodbye, you could genuinely believe the wall of noise was coming straight outta Detroit’s Grande Ballroom circa 1968. But a one-trick pony this trio ain’t; Better Off Without It is more than a reverential nod to R&B engine room Stax, while Cave Drawings is a deliciously primitive Hammond B-3 psychedelic headfuck.

Clocking in at 42 minutes, these 14 rock’n’roll gems are just that and that alone – hardly essential in a genre defined by megaliths such as The Who, The Stones and The MC5, but well and truly worth the dosh anyhow. Bring on the noise. _JULIAN TOMPKIN

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David Gordon Kirkpatrick became known to all of Australia as the icon that is Slim Dusty. Over the course of 100 plus albums he was a shining light on the country music landscape for 50 years. To commemorate the opening of The Slim Dusty Centre in the singer’s hometown of Kempsey, The Very Best Of Slim Dusty has been repolished and rereleased.

Culling Dusty’s career to 25 songs is a difficult task but mega hit Pub With No Beer (that hit the #1 spot for six months on some charts) is a no brainer, as are Lights On The Hill, Duncan and the version of Waltzing Matilda that he performed at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Also included in the package is a DVD with Dusty’s 1999 studio performance for ABC’s Studio 22 where some of his better known tunes can be seen performed by the man on the setting he was most comfortable – the stage. Not only did this performance feature Slim with his crack line-up of The Travelling Country Band, but it is also the last concert performance captured before Dusty’s passing in 2003.

With the bonus live performance, The Very Best Of Slim Dusty is a must have for those with even a passing interest in Australian country and should have been blaring from almost everyone’s stereo on Australia Day.

No, not the tennis p l aye r. Th i s J a m e s Blake is a British artist and producer who describes his music as “dub, grime and melodramatic love song.” Listen to his remake of Fiest’s Limit To Your Love and marvel and the originality and sentiment behind every word he sings. Oh, was it mentioned that he sings as well? This guy is so talented it makes you want to scream “Come oooorn!”

Late last year Zane Lowe, professional talker on BBC’s Radio 1, proclaimed Limit To Your Love to be his Hottest Track In The World.

Blake has also found himself at the pointy end of a number of very important and weighty music polls, including Sound Of 2011, which highlights the year’s most promising musicians.

His relative anonymity in Australia is going to change very soon with the release of his self-titled debut album set to hit shelves very soon, spearheaded by Limit To Your Love and new single Wilhelm’s Scream. This wielder of gospel vocal infused bass music is going to have a biggie in 2011. Watch this space.

Key Track: Limit To Your Love _RUEBEN ADAMS

_CHRIS HAVERCROFT

IIGGY GGY & THE STOOGES Raw Power

JENNY & JOHNNY I’m Having Fun Now Warner Bros

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Currently music’s hottest girl-boy duo (not named She & Him) Jenny Lewis and Johnny Rice have been creatively and romantically involved for half a decade; the lady (best known as the frontwoman of Rilo Kiley), one of indie’s most successful chanteuses, is the bigger star.

Rice quite obviously plays second fiddle in their homage to easy listening, country, and ‘70s beach vibes, taking his cue building sonic worlds around the roles Lewis’ brassy singing voice invokes, adding airy strings, slide guitar, banjo, plenty of rolling electric guitar and piano plunking, tambourine, and whistles.

It is perhaps this dissonance which leads to the feeling that this project, though light-hearted, has some of the prickliness of a real relationship.

The title may be I’m Having Fun Now, but a recurring message through the album seems to be that relationships can be a messy business, even for indie rock power couples.

“God, it makes me queasy when you smile,” Rice spits out during opener Scissor Runner,“I’ll forgive you, if I outlive you,” Lewis fires back a few verses later.

But this reviewer can’t help but feel it’s just a feint – pretty much all Jenny and Johnny do on their album is big-up their own sweet love, their public displays of affection so unabashed that they transcend ickiness. Nawww, young love. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

VARIOUS ARTISTS Merry ‘Rock Against Bullshit’ Christmas Volume 5 Independent

Melbourne based music fan Maria Sokratis has been celebrating the festive period with a DIY compilation that features a wealth of Aussie talent putting their spin on the season of tinsel and shiny balls. This year Merry ‘Rock Against Bullshit’ Christmas reaches its fifth volume.

These aren’t all your average sugar coated odes to the holidays as The Wellingtons show when their Guess It’s Christmas tells of the perils of cooking for one albeit wrapped up in a shiny power pop parcel. Astrid Macfarlane gets all lo-fi on us with a keyboard sounding like it was recorded on a boom-box for the cute as a button Santa Clause Ain’t Coming To Town.

There is a healthy representation of Perth musicians thrown into the stocking with new comers Zombie Western Baby recording under the name The Delas’s for their ‘60s inspired Psychotic Summer. Summer Suns offer appropriate jangle and charm, while Joe Algeri again plants his tongue firmly in cheek without sacrificing any of his usual quality on All I Want For Xmas (Is Cindy Brady). Jeff Baker again shows why he is a class above when he is joined by The Lazy Birds with Paperhats.

Taking the glitter and glamour out of the most commercial period on the calendar is done to great effect by all who contribute to this tidy compilation. Chase yours down via myspace. com/rockagainstbullshit. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT

A true drawcard in a r a t h e r c o nv o l u t e d festival season this year is Iggy & The Stooges at the Big Day Out this weekend and unlike their previous BDO appearance, they’ll be drawing heavily from their classic 1973 album Raw Power.

Opening with the thunderous Search & Destroy, the track is the ultimate protopunk song and it’s a perfect example James Williamson’s aggressive yet intricate guitar style all the while Iggy waxes lyrical about his thoughts on an article about the Vietnam War he read in Time magazine.

But it’s not all fire and brimstone, Gimme Danger showcases Iggy’s poetic pick-up lines to a slow groove, while I Need Somebody is another attempt at a Stooges ballad and this time it sounds as though Iggy is singing through a megaphone.

Do not miss your opportunity this Sunday to see one of the real masters at work.

Key track: Search & Destroy _MATTHEW HOGAN

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Three films are out this week that were made for new life on Blu-ray. If you’ve never seen Disney’s seminal alt-musical, you’ve missed something special. Released in the middle of World War II, Fantasia skirted the lines between documentary, classical musical education, short story collection and experimental animation – it still defies easy description.

The brainchild of Walt Disney himself, it ushered in and cemented several conventions and techniques we still see in movies in general, not just animation. The 2000 sequel/update (with section intros from Hollywood stars) was less distinctive but is still a pleasure to watch, and together they take you the closest to seeing the brushstrokes you’ll ever see on film.

An early entry in the comic-book movie and the godfather of the cyberpunk movement is Alex Proyas’ The Crow, the prophetic film that took Brandon Lee’s life and remains the masterwork of both his and Proyas’ career. The action, visuals, music and sheer presence of the 1993 classic have yet to be rivalled. Even with no extras it’d be worth it.

Out this week The Extra Man – Roadshow Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 (Blu-ray) – Disney You Again – Disney The Crow (Blu-ray) – Roadshow _DREW TURNEY

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THE TALK OF NEW YORK Expect to hear quite a few American accents in the Perth Cultural Centre this week, as a handful of New York’s brightest performers and creative thinkers touch down in Perth for the fun and frivolity of Fringe World.

In addition to acts from NYC such as The Wau Wau Sisters and David Calvitto, co-founder and producing artistic director of New York’s International Fringe Festival Elena K. Holy will hit up Perth to participate in the Fringe World Summit, a gathering of the brightest minds from various Fringe organisations across the globe.

“I climbed over a snow bank today to get summer clothes out of storage, I can’t wait to experience Perth for the first time (and during the summer, no less),” Holy gushes when asked about her impending arrival in the great land down under. “I’ve never been to Australia - but I did fall in love with Mark and Renee Storen, Tim Watts, Shane Adamczack and Thomas Papathanassiou (wonderful artists from Perth) when they participated in FringeNYC ‘09. If the rest of the folks in Perth are like those folks, it should be a wonderful time. And it’s so exciting that Artrage and The Blue Room are cultivating a Perth Fringe the way that they are. I’m proud to have been invited to watch it bloom into fruition!”

Featuring discussions about the future of fringe, how performers and promoters can get the most out of their festivals and plenty of other juicy topics, the Fringe World Summit takes place between Monday, February 7, and Thursday,

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February 10, so you’ll need to hop to it if you want to head along.

While in town for the Summit. Holy (and Perth audiences) will be able to catch performances from a range of local and international acts, including one by fellow New Yorker David Calvitto when he takes to the stage of the PICA performance space to present audiences with The Event. A thoughtful and humorous analysis of the human condition, The Event will see Calvitto perform the penultimate magic trick – disappearing while remaining in full view of the audience.

“I’m excited and honoured to have been asked to participate in Fringe World,” Calvitto responds when questioned about his upcoming season of performance. “It’s such a privilege to be asked to be part of ‘the best of’ a world arts phenomenon. The chance to leave NY during a winter which has piled up the largest ever recorded amount of snowfall helps too!”

Renowned for creating madness and mayhem everywhere they go, yankee gals The Wau Wau Sisters will take centre stage at the Spiegeltent next week with their bawdy show that comes direct to P-town from the Edinburgh Fringe. The Wau Wau Sisters’ Last Supper promises to be outlandish, audacious and downright blasphemous, so leave your religious sensibilities at home!

For the full run down on all the Fringe World goodness on show over the next few weeks, hit up fringeworld.com.au.

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AMIINA Totally Krútt Amiina take to the stage at Beck’s Music Box on Thursday, March 3. Bookings can be made online at perthfestival.com.au.

There’s a band comprised of four little women and two genteel fellows who play no traditional pop instruments at all, have no words to their music, their releases are titled entirely in Icelandic; and yet, they have still managed to capture the hearts of thousands.

Th o s e a b ro a d w h o fo l l ow t h e Icelandic art scene may, in the last couple of years, have heard a strange word that crops up in discussion more and more often.

Spoken with a wry smile and a Björk-like wrinkling of the nose, ‘Krútt’ is what the Icelandic media coins this ethereal style of pop music melodious, yes, but somehow bordering on the twee.

With predilection for tea, crumpets and knitting needles, the six members of Amiina seem to typify the term even before one encounters their gorgeously unique brand of music - a shimmering melodic mix of strings, glasses, zithers, and harps, conjuring up fairytale-esque mysticism and moments of magic.

Star ting their pop career as a touring string quartet in support of Sigur Rós (widely recognised as the forefathers of Krútt) did nothing to deter the typecasting, and with the release of their own delicate, ponderously paced records – 2007’s Kurr (Icelandic for ‘Coo’, as in the tender purring of a dove or a love pigeon) and 2010’s Puzzle – the label seems to have taken a firm hold on the six-piece.

“It has always a bit weird to label music like that. Many people label our music as Krútt but no one really knows what that means. Sometimes people need to pigeonhole things in order to speak about them – as just a useful tag or conversational tool, and there’s nothing wrong with that; but labeling music like that can be repellent to o t h e r p e o p l e a n d t h a t ’s a s h a m e, ” frontwoman Maria Sigfúsdóttir attests.

However, while Amiina lead the way in rejecting generational labels and second-hand catchwords to pursue their own individual and often highly eccentric style, Maria admits the diminutive term may be the result of Iceland’s isolation and small population working to foster, rather than stifle, artistic creativity.

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“For a long time there was no music coming out of Iceland, so we haven’t had the culture of pop music business, so I value that there has been a lot more happening in recent times. While it is difficult because of the size of the country, I think the music scene is starting to naturally evolve, and so many different genres and styles are now being introduced,” she says, adding that there is a tendency to characterize music coming out of Iceland.

“For me, it’s so weird to be hearing people talk about ‘pure Icelandic music’ because that doesn’t really make sense. There is the old, traditional music connected to the country and nature, but that’s not what the popular bands of today – like Sigur Rós – are playing. We are living in the city, not sitting in caves listening to glaciers, you know?” _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD www.xpressmag.com.au

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BDO SAFETY AND GENERAL TIPS Remember to bring ID, your ticket, important phone numbers, sun block, a watch, any medication you may need, a hat, charged mobile phone, pen, vitamins & still camera if you want plus enough cash for the day. If you have any chronic conditions or illness (ie epilepsy, diabetes, asthma) be sure to carry information regarding your condition & emergency contact number on your person at all times. Making a list isn’t a bad idea.

Allow enough time to get to & into the show. Presume around 30minutes to get through the gates & security checks depending on the time of day.

Dress for the day & weather. Wear sensible shoes & clothes and bring a rain coat if need. Avoid wearing jewellry that could potentially harm yourself or others.

Bringing a bag or pack is handy but remember that it will take longer to get into the show & if you want to check it in it will add two more cues to your day.

You can bring into the show an unopened bottle of water (no glass) & reasonable amounts of food without problems. Fruit is highly recommended but don’t throw it at the bands.

Don’t presume that the laws of the real world don’t apply to the Big Day Out. Anyone caught holding or dealing illegal substances will be treated the same way as anywhere else. It is highly likely that Police will be at the festival entrances throughout Australia with drug sniffer dogs.

Don’t turn up drunk or out of it as you may be refused entry or will probably pass out before you see any of the bands you paid to see.

If you intend to meet up with you friend outside the show remember how big the show is & choose a specific spot & time especially if they have your ticket. There are no pass outs at the show so come with everything you need for the day.

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RHYS WAKEFIELD Underwater World Sanctum is Australian actor Rhys Wakefield’s ticket to Hollywood.

“It’s my last night in Melbourne,” says Wakefield, out stumping his role in the 3D nautical thriller. “It’s very bittersweet. It feels a little strange and sad. I’m excited though. I’ve gone to LA before, but this is the longest amount of time I’ll have spent there.”

The Queensland born actor had heard about the big-budget thriller, executive produced

by James Cameron, through his agent, and decided it was worth a shot. Wakefield and a mate put an audition on video.

“When [director] Alister [Grierson] called me and said that Jim [Cameron] had responded to my test … that was quite surreal,” says the Aliens and Terminator fan. “I’ve always loved Jim’s imaginative movies… they are always such a cool journey. The prospect of working with him was… well, I have no words”.

But would it all be fun and games? On Jim Cameron’s own The Abyss, the cast were said to have gone near crazy from all the time they were forced to spend in underwater tanks. While Wakefield admits there were trying times, neither he nor co-stars Richard Roxburgh or Ioan Gruffudd never started to go all Jack Torrance.

“It was intense. All the underwater stuff was physically exhausting. Incredibly tiring. But it wasn’t too bad and it makes the movie better”,says the actor, who plays Roxburgh’s son in the picture.

Wakefield says that leading up to the shoot he “was going to the gym five times a week and I was going two hours of swim training a day.

And then there was rock-climbing as well” so by film’s completion he was ready for a good siesta.

Not only did the actor have to look the part, he had to act the part. Wakefield says he was determined to not only hold his own against esteemed actor Roxburgh but convincingly play the actor’s son.

“We were lucky that, in one regard, we somewhat shot the film in order. We got to know each other and the relationship grew, just as it does for the father and son in the movie.”

It works… as does another aspect of the film: the 3D. Like most of us, Wakefield is skeptical when it comes to 3D movies but believes Sanctum is one of the few that makes good use of the technology.

Sanctum

above. An attempt to quickly exit the caves Directed by Alister Grierson Starring Richard Roxburgh, Rhys Wakefield, through the entrance proves unsuccessful (it’s Ioan Gruffudd blocked with water) and a plan to navigate the waters within is quickly initiated.

Like an old commodore that’s carrying a shiny Lik e any good (or bad) ‘stuck new caravan, Sanctum comes with something somewhere’ thriller there’s a lot of loss along rather striking but up front, it’s the same old the way, with few ultimately finding their way vehicle. out. In terms of Sanctum, I think you’ll all be able Director Alister Grierson’s underwater to guess whose oxygen craps out and whose thriller is just like every other underwater thriller, remains in steady supply by film’s end? only difference between this one and say The The 3D here is amazing – it offers depth, Poseidon Adventure or Daylight (yep, I went there) is that this one has been filmed in 3D, giving the beauty and, if the film had embodied a stronger film more of a striking look than its predecessors. story, would’ve really sucked you into the picture.

Very loosely inspired by co-writer The cameras, as the marketing materials tell us Andrew Wight’s near-death experience leading (over and over again), are the same ones James a diving team into underwater caves a few years Cameron used to film Avatar.

Now it’s hard to say whether Cameron’s back, Sanctum tells of a band of divers – including father-and-son team (Richard Roxburgh and Rhys executive producer credit on the film is something Wakefield), as well as a cocksure Yankee (Ioan he asked for in return for lending his state of the Gruffudd) – who find themselves trapped in some art equipment, or whether he was taken with the colossal underground caves after a freak storm based-on-real events story. But one thing’s for blocks the entrance. certain: Sanctum is no Avatar.

The film begins with young explorer A bit of a cinematic Melissa Tkautz, Josh McGuire (Rhys Wakefield of The Black Balloon) the Aussie thriller looks sexy but lacks the boarding a chopper to South Pacific’s Esa- performance skills to impress. While Roxburgh ala Caves, which Josh’s father Frank McGuire and Wakefield try their best, they’re let down (Roxburgh, showing off muscles we never knew he had), a legend among explorers (we’re reminded by, well the script, but also the rest of their cast and reminded again), has been exploring for – namely Brit actor Ioan Gruffudd (Mr Fantastic months. Piloting the chopper is exploration from the Fantastic Four movies) who, in addition financier Carl Hurley (Brit actor Gruffudd, sporting to sporting one of the worst American accents a dreadful American accent), a show pony who’s ever to grace a digital print, gives a performance not so much coming along for the panorama as more wooden than the stuff that’s been used to build Camp David. he is the chance to get some good press.

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“They haven’t used it as some kind of gimmick [here]”,says the actor.“So many films have just jumped on the bandwagon and so many add 3D in post –because they think people don’t know. That’s what’s surprising though, audiences do know… they can now spot what films were conceived and shot in 3D and what films were converted in post.

“Sanctum is a good example of true enhanced storytelling through the 3D medium.”

Wakefield admits he’s had easier co-stars though than the Cameron/Pace Fusion 3D Camera System.

“They were a bit temperamental at times,” laughs Wakefield,“like any new technology there are some glitches with them that still need to be ironed out. You could be four takes, five takes into a shot and then the camera dies and so you’d have to stop for an hour or two hours while the camera is fixed. That could be pretty frustrating.”

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FASTER Rock Bottom

WALTZING THE WILARRA Full Moon Rising Waltzing The Wilarra is presented by Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company as part of the Perth International Arts Festival, from Thursday, February 3, ’til Sunday, March 6, at the Subiaco Arts Centre. Bookings through BOCS.

Faster

Directed by George Tillman, Jr. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Moon Bloodgood, Maggie Grace It’s okay to feel sorry for Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. He tries so hard, but he never seems to be able to capitalise on his natural charisma and imposing screen presence - the roles he’s being fed simply won’t allow it. The metatextual scene in The Rundown in which Schwarzenegger passed the metaphorical torch to the former wrestler was a long time ago, and the best that can be said about this latest offering is that at least he’s not being forced to wear fairy wings.

It’s a shame, because Faster has the potential to be a stripped down, nihilistic action classic. In a setup that obviously owes a great debt to Walter Hill’s 1978 existential thriller The Driver, Johnson is the nameless Driver, just out of prison, with only a hot car, a large gun, and list of people who need killing to his name. Thorton is The Cop, who needs to stop The Driver’s roaring rampage of revenge. And it’s on.

Except it isn’t. Ironically for a film called Faster, this flick is ponderously slow; after a strong opening, the story grinds to a halt as more and more extraneous characters are introduced.

Spending time with The Cop’s partner (Gugino) and his ex-junkie wife (Bloodgood) and a tubby dork of a kid adds nothing to the narrative, and indeed robs it of much-needed momentum.

The most extraneous addition is The Killer (Jackson-Cohen), an eccentric and relentlessly self-improving hired assassin who

is charged with stopping The Driver’s clock.

Ostensibly a major character, in truth he brings nothing new to the story, and serves only to pad out the film’s meagre running time. We don’t need him, and we certainly don’t need to spend any screentime with his completely unnecessary girlfriend (Grace).

If anything, the film serves as a useful illustration of the old adage that less is more. If the filmmakers had stuck by their guns and just delivered a down and dirty revenge thriller, Faster might have been passable. Unfortunately, they attempt to layer in meditations on the nature of vengeance and the price of redemption, heady concepts that are beyond the meagre powers of screenwriters Tony and Joe Gayton. Like every other needless complication, these thematic conceits serve only to slow the story down, and by the time the film arrives at its hackneyed conclusion, you’ll be desperate to get out of the theatre, convinced you’ve wandered into a screening of Warhol’s Empire State by mistake.

Faster is reminiscent of the spate of Tarantino knockoffs we got back in the mid to late ‘90s; soulless attempts to weld old noir tropes to pop-culture references and modern sensibilities, without any artistry or depth. While the most undiscerning action aficionados might find a few elements worth appreciating, everyone is well advised to avoid this clunker; while the bodywork is impressive and the chrome gleams, there’s just nothing under the hood.

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Finding another level of forgiveness is at the heart and soul of Waltzing The Wilarra, a musical written by David Milroy for the Perth-based indigenous Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company. Premiering at this year’s Perth International Arts Festival, the star-studded musical is set to feature the talents of Ernie Dingo, in his first stage performance since Bran Nue Dae 18 years ago, as well as highprofile indigenous actors Trevor Jamieson, Kelton Pell and Ursula Yovich.

The first half of Wilarra, which means full moon, is set at the Coolbaroo Dance Club in the 1940s; in the second act the building that housed the club is about to be demolished, and the main characters come back together after 50 years to argue about how events and relationships played out.

“The post-war period of the ‘40s was such an interesting time in Australian history.

There was this need for change and there were also people pushing for that change, but political stalwarts were stopping that from happening,” writer David Milroy explains.

“The second act is set in the present time and deals with issues – such as political correctness, and the need for reconciliation – that are particularly relevant today, but also inherently connected with the attitudes present right from the beginning of the story.”

The original music score, also written

by Milroy, reflects upon the cabaret styles found in many such music clubs of the 1940s and ’50s era, utilising light jazz and swing styles, with a dash of country blues, right through to contemporary rock and roll, and will be performed live by a band of five musicians doubling as the club house band while also providing musical accompaniment to the other strands of the play.

“WALTZING THE WILARRA IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE HISTORY OF RACIAL POLITICS IN WA. THE MAIN THRUST OF THIS PLAY IS ABOUT PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND THE UNIVERSALITY OF THE NOTIONS OF ‘WHAT IS FAMILY?’ AND ‘WHAT IS LOVE?’. IS IT JUST BLACK? IS IT JUST WHITE? CAN YOU CALL SOMEONE YOUR BROTHER EVEN IF HIS SKIN IS A DIFFERENT COLOUR TO YOU?”

“I wanted to create music for a band rather than traditional theatre musicians. A lot of the play is based in a pub-type setting, so I wanted to enlist musicians who were actually out there playing regular gigs in pubs and clubs around town,” Milroy says.

For Dar win-born actress Ursula Yovich, Waltzing The Wilarra tackles issues she’s very interested in. Best known for her appearances in the Belvoir Street Theatre smash The Sapphires, the acclaimed film Jindabyne, and Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, Yovich has built her career work ing in Aboriginal theatre, and has relished the opportunity to deal practically with racism and questioning how Australians confront the past.

The first production of its size for this Indigenous theatre company to produce, Waltzing The Wilarra uniquely involves Indigenous representation across all levels of the production process – from the writer, to actors to stage direction.

“When I first found out who was writing, directing and acting in the play I just knew it was going to be such a special experience and I was desperate to come on board. It is a signature milestone for the company, and to achieve this is quite different.

I’m just so proud to be involved,” Yovich says.

“The play struck a chord with me from the moment I first read the script. I felt such a connection to the characters and the story. You don’t come across such wellwritten stories like this very often, so this was something I really wanted to be involved in.”

Yovich stars in Waltzing the Wilarra as Elsa, a young Aboriginal cabaret singer whose husband and singing partner are arrested after a brawl at the local dance club.

Moving between the past and present, using various genres of music and dance, old loves, enemies and past secrets create a present where nothing is simply black or white.

“Elsa’s always searching for love. She thinks she’s missed out on it but she’s actually so well loved by the people around her,” Yovich explains. “I think she’s such a relatable character because we all want to be loved in one way or another. Whether that’s being intimate or showering people with love or – as in Elsa’s case – wanting the love of a mother, we all always crave love. It has been so wonderful to explore these emotions. I’ve been having such a wonderful time playing her.”

While Waltzing The Wilarra focuses on the personal repercussions of interracial relationships and a racist culture, Yovich is keen to point out that audiences should expect a positive performance where people will laugh and have a good time.

“I think everyone will take away something different,” Yovich asserts, “Yes, there is quite a strong political voice, but I hope the audience will connect to it more on a human level. It’s about living your life with dignity and speaking the truth, without being apologetic.”

To which Milroy agrees, adding: “Waltzing The Wilarra is not just about the history of racial politics in WA. The main thrust of this play is about personal relationships and the universality of the notions of ‘what is family?’ and ‘what is love?’. Is it just black? Is it just white? Can you call someone your brother even if his skin is a different colour to you?

“The bottom line is that we’re all humans.” _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

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Ballet At The Quarry, Quarry Amphitheatre, Oceanic Drive, City Beach.

On show as part of the Perth International Arts Festival, this year’s Ballet At The Quarry season features performances choreographed by artists such as Jirí Kylián, Ivan Cavallari and Maria Callas. World-renowned choreographer Jirí Kylián refers to Un Ballo as ‘a dance to music, nothing more - an exercise in musicality and sensitivity between male and female partners’.

Created while Kylián was Artistic Director of Nederlands Dans Theater, this beautiful staple of the contemporary ballet repertoire is presented for the first time in Australia by West Australian Ballet as the Quarry Amphitheatre awakens to another gorgeous season under the stars.

Season opens on Friday, February 11, and runs ’til Saturday, March 5. Bookings can be made through Ticketmaster.

VISUAL ARTS Retrocognitions In Blue, Free Range Gallery, 339 Wellington Street, Perth.

A body of work by Glen Stewart, Retrocognitions In Blue saturates the viewer in a sequence of eerie, transient blue imagery that traverses the boundaries between the real and the illusory, the natural and the supernatural. This effect was achieved by filming a seventeenth-century ceiling fresco through a vessel of agitated water that was then digitally manipulated and altered in order to exacerbate the illusory effects of the underlying imagery.

Exhibition runs ’til Monday, February 14.

Genevieve Thauvette: Beheld, Perth Centre For Photography, 91 Brisbane Street, Northbridge.

Genevieve Thauvette presents self-portraits in the guises of important women artists of the 20th century – all of whom were eclipsed at times by the men they inspired. From Georgia O’Keefe to Frida Kahlo, the series is an assertive yet enigmatic portrayal of women artists and artistic developments by women throughout the century. Genevieve Thauvette: Beheld is on display as part of the Perth International Arts Festival’s visual arts program.

Exhibition opens on Saturday, February 12, and runs ’til Saturday, March 12.

Sowing Par ts For Uncer tain Meetings, Fremantle Arts Centre, 1 Finnerty Street, Fremantle.

Part of the next crop of exciting young Australian artists, Moya McKenna turns her focus to landscapes at once familiar and disorienting.

Using an intriguing range of subject matter, McKenna displays a confidence that’s bold and refreshing. In the whorls of thick oil paint fragments of the Great Wall of China, everyday objects from the artist’s studio, cultural and religious icons engage with the environment and the natural world. Her perspective is tilted on its axis to reveal odd angles and unbalancing views of the world in which they live.

Exhibition opens on Saturday, January 29, and runs ’til Sunday, March 20.

Masters Of Disguise, Fremantle Arts Centre, 1 Finnerty Street, Fremantle.

Masters Of Disguise is an exhibition of video and photography that continues the curious observations of nature by Australian-Columbian artist Maria Fernanda Cardoso. In the same vein as her performance-based project Cardoso Flea Circus, the artist once again employs insect specimens as her subjects.

Exhibition opens on Saturday, January 29, and runs ’til Sunday, March 20.

Jesper Just, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley.

On display as part of the Perth International Arts Festival’s visual arts program, Jesper Just features work by the Danish film artist of the same name, exploring notions of gender and sexual and racial politics. This Sunday, February 13, fans can get up close and personal with Just when he conducts an artist floor talk with Gallery Director Chris Malcolm.

Exhibition opens on Friday, February 11, and runs ’til Friday, April 8.

Year 12 Perspectives, Art Gallery Of WA, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth.

Year 12 Perspectives 2010 is your yearly taste of art by the best, brightest and most talented graduating high school artists in the State.

An annual barometer of what our youth are thinking and feeling, it is also a rich celebration of the role of the arts in the development of individual identities. As can be seen in this dynamic exhibition, the visual arts are a medium through which thought, inspiration and intellectual inquiry is given striking form.

Exhibition runs ’til Friday, July 15.

Behind Closed Doors

by Zoe Keogh

Behind Closed Doors, Artspace Gallery, 4/192 Hampden Road, Nedlands.

Illustrator and mixed media artist Zoe Keogh returns to her hometown of Perth this month to present Behind Closed Doors, an exhibition of contemporary works based on personal identity and gender.

Now based in Berlin, Keogh’s creations are intricate, detailed and colourful, drawing the viewer in.

Exhibition opens on Saturday, February 12, and runs ’til Saturday, February 26.

Buildings, Birds & Trees, Kurb Gallery, 310 William Street, Northbridge.

Buildings, Birds & Trees is a collection of 30 paintings by local artist Frans Bisschops.

The exhibition explores the relationship between the manmade and natural worlds, as well as the present and the past. Two years in the making after his first sold out show, these paintings capture a range of unusual scenes - including fish swimming past buildings on Charles Street, haunting suburban scenes, and a neon tree scape of Hyde Park.

Exhibition opens on Saturday, February 12, and runs ’til Friday, February 18.

The Red Shoes, Octagon Theatre, University Of WA, Nedlands.

How far would you go to stop dancing? A young girl tricks her blind stepmother into buying her a pair of risqué red shoes. After dancing, spinning and revelling wildly in the freedom of her sensual new prize, she is horrified to discover the shoes won’t come off ... or stop dancing. Luckily one man has the chops to provide a solution. This dark, witty and highly original take on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story presented as part of the Perth International Arts Festival sees a wonderfully warped cast dipping into music, mime, dance and devilishness to entertain while reminding us of life’s precariousness.

Season opens on Friday, February 11, and runs ’til Saturday, February 19. Bookings can be made at PerthFestival.com.au.

My Bicycle Loves You, Regal Theatre, Hay Street, Subiaco.

Named after one of the great films used in the show, My Bicycle Loves You is an uplifting cabaret of vaudeville, acrobatics, a little magic and rambunctious piano hall music. The early 1900s were the golden age of travelling entertainment. Among the top acts touring Australia and the world were The Corrick Family, comprised of mum, dad, seven daughters and one son, who amazed onlookers with a mystical new medium known as ‘moving pictures’.

Season opens on Tuesday, February 22, and runs ’til Saturday, February 26. Bookings can be made via perthfestival.com.au.

MUSIC Marnie Kent Quintet, February 5 The Ellington Jazz Club; bookings via ellingtonjazz.com.au.

Roy Ayers, February 12 Beck’s Music Box; bookings through PerthFestival.com.au.

The Unthanks, February 13 Beck’s Music Box; bookings through PerthFestival.com.au.

De Ness Jazz Kabaret, February 13 The Ellington Jazz Club; bookings via ellingtonjazz.com.au.

Buildings, Birds & Trees

by Frans Bisschops

PERFORMANCE Hamlet, Old Mill Theatre, Mends Street, South Perth.

Directed by the experienced and well-known John Milson, Hamlet is set in the kingdom of Denmark and tells the story of Prince Hamlet gaining revenge on his uncle Claudius for murdering the king – Hamlet’s father and Claudius’ brother – after he gains the throne and marries the widowed queen. Starring Paul ‘Werzel’ Montague who is best known for his stand up on the Perth comedy circuit, Hamlet sees the experienced comic depict a ghost, a gravedigger and Fortinbras, the prince of Norway.

Season opens on Friday, February 4, and runs ’til Saturday, February 19. Bookings can bemade on (08) 9367 8719 or oldmilltheatre@iinet.net.au.

Doc Neeson Band, February 26 Charles Hotel; bookings through BOCS. Imelda May, February 26 Howard Park Winery (Denmark); bookings through BOCS. Sounds In The Valley, February 26 Elmar’s In The Valley; bookings through BOCS.

GLEAMING FUTURE FOR NEW THEATRE Perth Theatre Company Season One Launch State Theatre Of Western Australia Monday, February 31, 2011 All thespians, artists and general theatre-lovers and goers were down at WA’s new State Theatre Company last Monday night for the launch of the Perth Theatre Company’s opening season for 2011. In the slick, new venue, fans gathered to celebrate the continuation of Perth’s growing world of the arts. Kicking off PTC’s season one program will be the explosive German satire The Ugly One featuring WA beauty Gemma Ward.

Perth, there is a lot to look forward to.

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The Grand Improviser One of the most innovative and fascinating names within contemporary electronica, Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet, has spent the last decade creating some of the most intricate, complex and inventive electronic music that the world has heard. Reflecting on his most successful year to date, Hebden speaks to TYSON WRAY about how 2010 unfolded and the continual expansion and development of his music.

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Kieran Hebden is an experimentalist. The abstract, improvisational electronic artist has released seven studio albums under his Four Tet moniker. Last year saw the release of There Is Love In You, arguably Hebden’s most critically acclaimed album to date and his show at Beck’s Music Box alongside multi-talented musician Caribou, is part of the final burst of shows that Australia and New Zealand will witness that are specifically related to Hebden’s latest offering.

Although the fundamentals remained the same on There Is Love In You, Hebden says the ways in which he goes about creating these so called fundamentals or perhaps musical vision results in diversely different sounds on each of his records.“I still make music entirely on a computer, although there are kind of two different ways that I end up coming up with tracks,” Hebden begins.

“One is when I can really imagine something in my mind and I’m trying to make that piece of music and turn it into something, otherwise, I experiment with just little ideas like just messing around with sounds and such. Out of that come more little ideas that I then build upon and it eventually

turns into a finished piece of music.”

It sounds easy enough but as Hebden continues, it is clear that there is more to experimenting with “sounds and such. People associate electronic music with the sounds of synthesizers and drum machines and all that but that’s not really my realm,” he says. “My interest in electronic music is more about editing and testing new things, taking a sound that could be a recording of anything and manipulating it to the point where it’s the sound I need, that could be slowing it down, speeding it up, reversing it or putting echoes throughout it. All of my music is made from this editing of sounds.”

Underpinning Hebden’s status as one of today’s most meticulous artists is his widely renowned live performances, encompassing a lifetime of musical influences, constantly evolving and progressing.“The production side of things I feel is the more technical side that I need to know and feel so I can make finished pieces of music that people can listen to, “ Hebden says.

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Myles and Jesse Desenberg The Weapon Is Sound will perform a DJ set at Come Together Nick Skitz

RUN TO PARADISE WITH SKITZ Megamixer, DJ and producer Nick Skitz played a big part in the early techno and Euro dance music era back in the ‘90s. Skitz is a specialist in audio mastering and has worked on dance compilations for MOS and Wild. His track The Ultimate reached #2 on the UK dance chart and opened the gateway to Europe where his club bangin’ hits began smashing dancefloors. With an array of successful singles (some of which have reached the Top 20 on the ARIA charts) such as Slave To The Music, Run To Paradise and Excalibur, Skitz is bringing his hardcore electronica to all screaming dancefloor fans.

The show goes down this Friday, February 4, at Players Bar, Smart Street Mall, Mandurah. Doors open 9pm. Tickets are $20 on the door.

COME TOGETHER PEOPLE One half of the Death Disco DJs, the mighty fine Anton Maz, has organised a flood relief fundraiser called Come Together. A bunch of local musicians are getting together to perform across all three rooms at The Flying Scotsman. Reggae/dub boys The Weapon Is Sound will be popping in to make some deep, dubby sounds as part of their DJ set for the evening. Alongside the Death Disco DJs, DJs Fang, Maz1, Blokemon and others will be battling it out as part of the Death Disco DJs Vs Back To Mono All Stars comp and DJ Louis Moncrieff will be spinning some eclectic beats in the Velvet Lounge. There’s a heap of non club bangin’ musicians too so make sure you join in the festivities next Friday, February 11, at The Flying Scotsman. Entry is $10 on the door. Do it peeps.

SO FRESH, TOO FRESH PERHAPS Two brothers playing the freshest tunes that are smashing stereos and clubs around the country are returning to Perth to deliver a crackin’ show. Kid Kenobi aka Jesse Desenberg and Hugga Thugg aka Myles Desenberg are hitting up Perth yo! Since their last sold-out gig in Perth, Hugga has been in London town and Kenobi has been hanging out in Australia. But their loving project Two Fresh has still been moving along. The boys have been tinkering away in their cyber studios, making SoundCloud and Sendspace their new best friends. Now they’re ready to show you what they’ve got after spending NYE in Osaka.

Prepare yourselves for some ‘90s rave music with freakishly beautiful acid house synths, big beats and some hip hop on Saturday, February 5, at Ambar. Supporting the boys will be DJs Buda, Ben Mac, Marty McFly and Tee El. Doors open 10pm. Tickets $15 on the door. Fresh and delicious.

Lady Waks

RUSSIAN FLAVOURED BEATS Lady Waks is probably one of the best things to come out of Russia since Smirnoff. Initially a hip hop radio host, she’s been the driving force behind the phenomenal success of In Beats We Trust, one of Russia’s massive breakbeat club nights. She is also the brains behind Breaks Arena – one of Europe’s biggest breakbeat festivals. For those who saw Lady Waks indulge crazy breaks fans as Breakfest 2009, you will know that she is here to mess shit up with her hot to trot beats. Get down and celebrate Ambar’s birthday weekend with Lady Waks on Friday, February 18. Tickets are $15 on the door but best to guarantee your place on the door by indulging in pre-sales available from the Boomtick Shop. Shake it.

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Three of hip hop’s most respected players – Ill Bill, DJ Esclipse and Sabac Red – are coming together to tour Australia for the first time. All you need to do is Google Ill Bill and you’ll find out he’s a hardcore dude. And he seems to approach his work ethic in the same manner.

He’s collaborated with Necro and was the cofounder of the death metal band Injustice. The Brooklyn rapper is also the producer, founder and CEO of the label Uncle Howie Records AND was part of the seminal rap group Non Phixion. And now he’s got his own solo gig happening. His first album What’s Wrong With Bill and second album The Hour Of Reprisal are hailed as classics of the genre. He’s aggressive, wild and is pissed off about the world around him and he’s going to be here to tell everyone about it. Fellow Non Phixion rep DJ Eclipse and political MC Sabar Red will be joining him. A venue for the Perth gig is yet to be confirmed.

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Paddy Hannans – Dr Bogus / Crazy Craig Principal Micro Brewery - DJ Simon S Swinging Pig – DJ Simon The Deen – DJ Flex/ DJ Nano/ DJ Surge/ DJ Don Migi The East End - DJ Midfield 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

Flawless – DJ Oliver Twizt Everyone listen up. Perth has a new state of the art nightclub.

It’s called Flawless. Built on st yle and sophistication, Flawless combines architectural excellence with the latest digital experiences from Europe. Modern style and timeless class have been the prime focus for the designers behind the scenes preparing Perth’s newest club experience.

Flawless is going to be catering to all crowds, with a night that will suit everyone. And this Thursday night is the big one, the first of three big launch nights. International and national acts will be the flavour for Thursdays at Flawless and this Thursday night will see the decks light up as DJ Oliver Twizt gets the party started.

Twizt is one to watch this year, having already taken the world by storm with Gangsterdam on Laidback Luke’s Mighty Mixmash. He’s already got Reset Mr Luke and David Guetta talking about him and has just signed some tracks to Sneakerz FRIDAY 04/02 Muzik. Get down from 9pm to Ambar – Reset! / Philly Blunt/ Flawless – 298 Hay St, Subiaco, to see what all the fuss is about. Mono Lisa/ Kill Dyl/ Oli / Sean Morrison Do it y’all.

If you like to party, this is without doubt the place to Broken Hill Hotel – Fixed Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ be. Italian stallions Reset! are bringing their party beats to Righteous Club Bayview –Hush- Sox Perth baby! Known for their disgustingly outrageous and Draw / Maxwell infamous parties/festivties/ Club Marakesh –DJ Simon Cottesloe Hotel – DJ Shots / c e l e b r a t i o n s / e ve n t s, t h e collective of DJs, producers DJ Andy M Dolce – Maxwell/Damian John/ and remix masters are bringing their funk-fuelled electro beats Hippo Club to Ambar. The boys started Eve – DJ Tony Allen Flying Scotsman (Defectors) - working together way before they were hosting parties but DJ’s Cowboys / Indie Kids Leopold Hotel – DJ Riki / it wasn’t until their parties reached high proportions Roger Smart M u s t a n g – D J J a m e s of fame in Milan that the collective would really solidly MacArthur start working on some of their Newport – Mills DJs Niche Bar – Flaunt / Johnni P music for release. They found themselves playing alongside / Feminem N i c h e - J o h n n i P / R o b French house duo Cassius at one of their own parties and Blandford Oxford Hotel – Johnny Taylor Cassius took such a liking to

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Reset!’s work that the boys were asked to remix his famous distorted electro track Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes.

Then the remix work began flowing- Fatboy Slim and Swedish disco queen Robyn and more requested remixes from the boys. Releasing EPs, starting work on an album and continuing more remixing work, the boys have been busy and are pretty excited to share their work with Australia. Get on down for some juicy party goodness from 10pm. Tickets are $15 on the door.

Amplifier – Jamie Mac Bar 120 - HongKong Palace DJs / Andrei Maz / Wombat Bar Open- Boutique Fridays Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander Capitol – DJs all night Carine Glades Tavern - DJ Abstar Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Boogie Como Hotel – DJ Gazz Deville’s - The Mondo Inferno DJ’s Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Death Disco DJs Funk Club – DJ Charlie Bucket High Wycombe – Fill In Da Gap Hipe Club - DJ E-Funk Library –Adroc / Masterdash / Angry Buda /Moe Streez Maxwell /Kastel /Paul Scott / Selekt /Karl Blue /Dazz K Little Creatures Loft - DJ Andy M Liquid Nightclub - DJ Klar55 / DJ Jewel / DJ Stevie M Lakers Tavern – Fresh Fridays - DJ Dooey Merriwa Tavern – DJ Real McCoy Mojo’s – Nature/ Earthlink/ Busha D/ Ras Movements/ DJ Sorted Moon & Sixpence - DJ Sneakee Mint – Club Retro – Chris McPhee Mustang- Swing DJ / DJ James MacArthur Norfolk - Perth’s Best DJs NormaJeans–DJ Phil Oxford Hotel – Recliners Paddy Hannans – Crazy Craig

Paramount - Flyte /DJ Morgan/ DJ Jordan Principal Micro Brewery – DJ Simon Queens Tav – DJ Rueben Rubix – Gene Bourne/ Kenny/ Riki Rocket Room- DJ Brett Rowe Sail & Anchor - Balcony Beatz / DJ J-MAC. Sapphire Bar – SuperFly The Clink – DJ Jin The Deen – DJs Birdie / DJ Surge / DJ Nano The Eastern – DJ Midfield The Generous Squire - DJ Anaru The Saint - DJ Jordan The Queens – DJ Rueben The Shed – DJ Glenn 20 Tiger Lils – Paul Malone / Joby / Alex K The Vic - DJ Durra We m b l ey H o t e l – D J Funk ybottoms / DJ Dean Charles Windsor – DJ Riki and Ray Woodvale Tavern – Dr Bogus Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin

SATURDAY 05/02 Ambar – Two Fresh / Buda/ Ben Mac/ Marty McFly/ Tee El So fresh it’s ridiculous. Kid Kenobi aka Jesse Desenberg is joining forces with his brother Hugga Thugg aka Myles Desenberg to bring you some hip hop, ‘90s rave flavour, big beats, filter sweeps and freakishly beautiful acid house synths this weekend.

Dudes and lovely ladies, you are in for some seriously fresh tunes. Since their last sell out show in Perth, Myles has been in London hittin’ that shit up and Kenobi has been blissfully loving and living in our lovely country, performing around the joint- including last year at Breakfest with MC Shureshock, his partner in crime, delivering an absolutely top shop set.

Myles and Jesse have been tinkering along with their project Too Fresh. And they’ve got some madness in store for you all so make sure you get

on down to witness what will were way more tame than without be an insane night of those out Midwest because apparently, those out Midwest mayhem and grand music. don’t have the same sort of Mojo’s - The Empty Cup/ parties or something (maybe Diger Rokwell/ Mathas/ they don’t have any which is why they go crazy when Stoop Fresh/ Speakeasy Mojo’s is putting on a night of Treasure Fingers is in town). local new wave hip hop talent He is part of the drum’n’bass and the very best in the scene project Evol Intent but this will be there to show you how group doesn’t influence his it’s done. Join heavyweight hip electro-techno beats for his hop master The Empty Cup, own individual project Treasure along with world-influenced Fingers. Make sure you get m u s i c o f D i g e r R o k w e l l . some to see Jones work his Mathas, Speakeasy and the magic at Big Night Out this bleep-driven hip hop of Stoop Saturday night. Doors open Fresh also k nown as The 10pm. You may be luck y Stoops. Stoop Fresh showcase enough to get tickets on the four MCs: Roc Wallabi, Coin, door, but we warn you – get Pronto and J Large with a new the hell down there early! addition – soulstress Nat Alley on vocals and Arms In Motion Amplifier – Eddie Electric on the decks. Stoop Fresh’s Bakery – Aloe Blancc & The EP has been heard on RTRFM Grand Scheme / Benji B and JJJ. They won the 2010 Basement On Broadway – DJ West Australian Music Business Ricky Award and were nominated for Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick the West Australian Music Best Alexander Song Contest for 2010. Don’t Capitol –Death Disco DJs miss this sick as lineup. Get Capitol (Upstairs) – DJ Ryan down form 8pm. Tickets $10 on Captain Stirling - DJ Dano Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ the door. Yeah peeps.

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Villa - Treasure Fingers/ Pase Rock/ Van She Tech Ashley Jones, aka Treasure Fingers, graced our shores for the likes of Field Day and Summadayze when he was last over here in Australia.

The American drum’n’bass producer and DJ has recently been touring around the States.

When we talked to him, he was just about to play in Las Vegas and said that the crowds there

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SINNED UP Sin Carnivale Bar Open Saturday, January 29, 2011 Hot off the back of the Sinners Ball, Sin Club reopened for 2011 at its new home, Bar Open, last Saturday night. Across two dance floors, fashion focused peeps, burlesque girls, dancers and punters hit up the gothic, industrial, ‘80s inspired night of music. To top this off, there was a live performance by dramatic, dark electronic duo Shiv-R and DJ sets from the Sin crew.

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MONDAY 07/02 Eastern Hotel – Adam Morris Toucan Club – Sunset Monday -DJ Lee Stevens The Deen – Plastic Max / The Token Gesture The Paddo – DJ John Paul The Shed – DJ Andyy

TUESDAY 08/02 Bar Orient - DJ Lyndon Eastern Hotel – Jon Edwards High Road Hotel – DJ Matty J High Wycombe – DJ Ricky Hipe Club – DJ Roger Smart The Cott (Upstairs) –Maxwell/ DJ Jus Haus/ Damian John Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin

WEDNESDAY 09/02 Basement On Broadway – Damien John/Angry Buda/ Maxwell/Headayke Captain Stirling – WhiteLabel C l a n c y ’s ( Ap p l e c ro s s ) – Upbeat – DJ Andy Connections – DJs Joby / JJ / Rueben Dusk – Blackbelt/ Aswon Eurobar – Wild Wednesdays DJ iPod/Ben Pettit Eve – DJ Don Migi / Skooby Gold – Slick/ Adroc Hipe Club – DJ Roger Smart Mustang – DJ Giles Newport - Chiardi / DJ Tom / the Chad The Clink – DJ Jinx The Deen- DJ Zelimer / DJ Viper and DJ Benny T– Zone 1 The Queens – Wriggle on

THIS WEEK Jpop and kpop Electro Thursday, February 3 @ The Bird Reset! feat Philly Blunt/ Mono Lisa/ Kill Dyl/ Oli/ Sean Morrison Friday, February 4 @ Ambar Nick Skitz Friday, February 4 @ Players Bar, Smart Street Mall, Mandurah DJ Cxl/ Sam Perry EP Launch Saturday, February 5 @ The Rosemount Treasure Fingers Saturday, February 4 @ Villa Bob Marley Birthday Celebration ft Jam Down Kings/ The Sunshine Brothers/ The Empressions/ Danny Pashionfruit/ DJ Ray/ General J u s t i c e / Tu t o m a t h / T h e Isolites/ Simba + more Sunday, Februar y 6 @ The Railway Hotel Big Day Out Feat –Tool/ Rammstein/ Bloody Beetroots DC77/ Iggy & The Stooges/ Wolfmother/John Butler Trio/ Deftones/ MIA/ Pnau/ LCD Soundsystem/ Bliss N Eso/ Lupe Fiasco/ Grinderman/ Operator Please/ Primal Scream/ Birds Of Tokyo/Plan B/ Jim Jones Revue/ Booka Shade/Children Collide/ Angus & Julia Stone/ Die Antwoord/ Gyroscope/Kid Kenobi & MC Shureshock/ Dead Letter Circus/Little Red/ Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros/ Gypsy & The Cat/ The Naked & Famous/ Vitalic/Sampology/ Lowrider/ Andrew WK/ CSS/Kids Of 88/Ratatat/Airbourne/Blue King Brown/ Will Styles/ Matt & Kim/ Sia/The Greenhornes/ Washington/ Black Milk/Reggfie Watts/ Wunmi/ Ed Bacteria Vacuum/ The Baloonatic/ The UV R ace/Barbarion, V Dentatas and more Sunday, February 6 @ Claremont Showgrounds

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Marko La Kulcha / Mo Fly / Ez Pz / Beatsmack & Props Box Friday, February 11 @ Ambar Come To gether fe at Th e Weapon Is Sound DJ set/ Death Disco DJs/ DJ Louis Moncrieff Friday, February 11 @ The Flying Scotsman Butch Friday, February 11 @ Geisha Carl Fox Friday, Februar y 11 @ The Norfolk Basement Cutters Records Night feat.

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Faithless /Phoenix/ Sasha/ Nas/ Damian Marley/ Cee Lo Green/ Kelis/ Ludacris/ Erykah Badu/ Friendly Fires/ Miike Snow/ Fake Blood/ R u s ko / S i d n ey S a m s o n / Janelle Monae/ Mike Posner/ Yolanda Be Cool + more S u n d a y, F e b r u a r y 2 0 @ Claremont Showgrounds Midnight Juggernaughts DJ Set Thursday, February 24 @ The Newport BoomBox Boat Party feat DJS Sirius B/ Chiari/ Nathan Francis/ Aaron Richards Friday, February 25 @ Pier 4, Barrack St Jetty

Future Music Festival feat. The Chemical Brothers/MGMT/ Mark Ronson/Pendulum/ Dizzee Rascal/Leftfield + more Sunday, March 6 @ Arena Joondalup Calvin Harris DJ Set Friday, March 11 @ Metro Freo Bassnectar Wednesday, March 16 @ Shape Sam La More Wednesday, March 16 @ The Newport Clubbers Guide To 2011 Tour ft Tom Piper/Goodwill Saturday, March 26 @ Villa MF Doom Friday, March 25 @ Metro City

Cooly G/ Pickles/ Ben Taaffe/ Clunk/ DYP/ Sleephead Sunday, February 27 @ Ya Ya’s

JS1/ Rhazel/ Super Nat Friday, April 8 @ Villa

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LCD SOUNDSYSTEM THE PERSONAL PROJECT

ZOWIE HOT TO TROT

This is actually happening. LCD Soundsystem are hitting up Australia as part of the Big Day Out tour and as much as excitement is running through the veins of all fans of the electronic band, there is tinge of sadness attached as well. This will most likely be the final batch of shows LCD Soundsystem will perform, ever. ANDREW WEAVER talks to drummer Patrick Mahoney about the demise of the group.

If you don’t mind some electronic music laced with a little pop and punk, then Zoe Fleury, or better known as Zowie, is going to be right up your alley. Her new single and video Bite Back has done the rounds – even Perez Hilton has had his say: “So fierce, deluxe”. And this isn’t an unreasonable description given the amount of time Fleury has spent being surrounded by music. So as breakthrough artists go, Fleury could definitely be one to watch. RK talks to her about life in New Zealand, designing clothes and touring with the hottest property in electronic music right now.

Patrick Mahoney says LCD Soundsystem is only around because of James Murphy. And it’s true.

The American producer, singer/song-writer and brainchild of production house DFA, created LCD Soundsystem and is the frontman of the popular electronica group.“[LCD Soundsystem] is his project,” explains Mahoney.“The band mainly exists to do it live. The songs are written with the intent of doing them live, so the band is included in the content as well.”

I n t h e e a r l y n o u g h t i e s , LC D Soundsystem attracted attention with their first single Losing My Edge, a relatively long track that analysed the meaning of ‘being cool’ over a harsh, underground beat. The track became a club dancing favourite and the ball began rolling from there. In 2005, the band released their double disc self-titled debut album and the first single from the record Daft Punk Is Playing At My House became a worldwide hit.

The group, consisting of musicians who have played in Les Savy Fav, Hot Chip, !!! and more, have been together for the best part of eight years and there is now simply a feeling they all share: time to call it a day. “We’ve been talking

surprise to anyone,” he reveals.

Mahoney says it was a desire for ‘down time’ and new projects that sparked the decision. “We’ve had a really good time at it, but also people need time to do their own thing or something different,” he says. “If we had said eight years ago that we were only going to do it for eight years then that would be very silly but, given that we’ve been able to do the things that we wanted to do when we set out – we’ve got to play in front of a lot of people, we’ve made videos that were interesting that we liked, we’ve made records that we’ve liked – there is other things that everyone wants to do, including James.”

But, Mahoney reveals their latest album This Is Happening probably won’t be the last time you hear the band, but rather the last time that they’ll do it the “old fashioned way – release a record, do a big tour, go home, collect the shattered pieces of your life and then turn around and do it all over again,” he says. For now, though, they are looking forward to playing down under.

“I think we do best in the English-speaking world because James’ songcraft, while I don’t think it’s literary, I do think it’s very playful,” he says.

LCD Soundsystem “I think we have a special place in the about it for a long time,” Mahoney recalls. He hearts of the English, the Irish, the Scottish, the believes their 2007 release Sound Of Silver could Australians, and our fellow countrymen.” easily have been their swansong record. “We LCD SOUNDSYSTEM thought that was possibly going to be the last BIG DAY OUT one, but the band – particularly me and James SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6 @ CLAREMONT and Nancy [Whang] are all close friends so we’re SHOWGROUND constantly in conversation and it wasn’t really a

MOS DEFINITELY WAS HERE MOS DEF/ Armee/ Adroc/ Kitpop/ Zeke Metro City Thursday, January 27, 2011 Finally! After many years and failed attempts Dante Smith, known to most as Mos Def, was standing in front of us, onstage in Perth. There was great disappointment after his NYE 2008/2009 Origin no show, so the news late last year that he was actually going to be in town as part of his The Ecstatic Tour, was greeted with excitement, but this turned to apprehension when the tour had to be postponed due to the floods in Queensland. But true to his word, he still made it, a couple weeks later, to deliver a long awaited performance for WA fans of real hip hop.

Warm up for the evening’s festivities were provided by some of the cream of local hip hop talent, including Armee, Adroc and Kitpop, with each DJ getting half an hour to mix up some party joints. By the time Mos Def was scheduled to appear at 10.30pm, the dancefloor was packed, the temperature had risen and things started to get hot and sweaty. Zeke worked the room with a fine selection of bass heavy jams, scratching up a storm as the excitement levels grew to fever pitch.

The DJ took his place behind the decks, and then, there he was; Mos Def the man himself. Dressed modestly in a plain white shirt, sleeves rolled up, tucked into trousers - he strolled out on stage, all smiles, greeting the crowd with his vintage

microphone grasped in one hand, apologising for taking so long to get here.

Starting with two tracks from his latest offering The Ecstatic; Supermagic and Twilite Speedball, he signalled his intention to focus on the new material. Those curious as to what the drum kit was to be used for had their question answered as Mos Def stepped up to beat out an interlude.

The Ecstatic hit Auditorium, was greeted with cheers. Slick Rick’s voice boomed through the speakers, delivering his killer verse with the crowd singing along “What It Is!” Punters were treated to a show stripped back like original hip hop, focusing purely on the artist himself, who captivated the room with his unique rapping/singing style, conscious, poetic lyrics and funky dancing grooves.

Life In Marvellous Times sounded great live - it’s rock-solid beat was the perfect foundation for Mos Def to wax lyrical about the bleak view out the window of the Bed-Stuy Brooklyn projects he grew up in. “Life is meant to be awesome,” he preached, advising the younger crew in the room to “pace yourself.”

While it didn’t phase him, the sound was really not up to scratch most of the evening.

The beats were muddy and Mos Def’s vocals were often unintelligible. He indulged in a cover of Flash’s classic, The Message, before taking his place behind the drums again to smash out an

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Mos Def Photo by James Gifford awesome live version of Quiet Dog Bite Hard.

Displaying his sense of humour, a hilarious, unexpected inclusion of Sexual Chocolate’s Coming To America went off and emerged into a great, but disappointingly short rendition of Umi Says, off his classic debut, Black On Both Sides. Many old-school fans were disappointed to not hear more from this album.

And then he was gone with no encore. Not a barnstorming stage show, but for fans, a long awaited, intimate live experience with a true renaissance man, whose pure class and charisma shone through. _ALFRED GORMAN

EXECUTION OF DRUM’N’BASS MAYHEM ANDY C/ Blokhead Metro City Tuesday, January 25, 2011 All fans of The Executioner were down to get dirty with some deep, heavy drum’n’bass on Australia Day Eve. The master of the decks who loves the nightlife hit the stage in the early hours of the morning as any English DJ/producer maestro would do. Powering through a solid set of hardcore beats, fans happily partied into the early hours of the morning

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The hot, pop punk goddess Zoe Fleury grew up in Auckland and was lucky enough to be surrounded by a family who loved and appreciated music.

Gravitating towards making music was a natural development that Fleury embraced. “My dad was involved in the industry and I was always in the studio, watching and learning and realising it was always what I wanted to do,” she begins.“Auckland is a sort of small place – well not that small – 1.5 million people, but I had learnt drumming which is what I wanted to do when I was about ten, and then went on to play in bands and jazz bands and then sort of accidently stumbled upon how to screech in a punk band. Later I started writing my own beats and it all went from there.”

Fleury’s first eclectic, pop orientated single Broken Machine has already achieved gold status in New Zealand where she has played with the likes of Peaches and The Kills. Last October, she was all the rage at the CMJ Festival in New York, at the time receiving praise from various publications, and now she is heading back later this year to the lovable city to perform at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. The Sydney Telegraph also nominated Fleury as an act to watch in 2011.

Indeed, things could be worse for the 23 year old.

The looks, skills and talent all seem to be in her corner. The next – and final step – is likely finding and cementing a niche and working it. And to that end, she is virtually there.“I’m not purposely trying to do a particular sound, but I love Nine Inch Nails and Gary Numan, that is the sort of thing I like,” she says.

“My song-writing though has evolved a fair bit over the times – even co-writing with other people and mixed in with their stuff just to make the sound a little bigger; I just reassure myself that I’m ready to really let it all loose. I just write what I want to write and write it full on. I think it all happened at the same time – the change to the Zowie name, I knew it was really time to change the world. I’ve morphed into like this terminator, it’s kind of funny but I’m really enjoying it.”

Likewise, the debut album isn’t too far away. She is hoping 2011 is the year for it. “On my recent trip, I was writing and recording for an album,” she says. “It looks like an album release, maybe mid this year; it’s in a mixing stage right now. It’s close and I’m feeling really proud about it I have to say. I feel like I haven’t had a day off in ages.

I am quite addicted to working on new concepts and ideas for the album.”

Not only does the idea of an album release excite Fleury but she is more than chuffed to be touring with English DJ, producer and musician Mark Ronson as well as taking time out to design her stage outfits which she says “is really a lot of fun”.“As for the tour, it goes backwards and forwards a bit with the Mark Ronson show. It is around the March time of year but playing with Mark was a nice surprise. I’m definitely a fan of his work; I think he’s very clever.”

We think you’re very clever too Miss Fleury.

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SAMPOLOGY

RESET! THE ITALIAN JOB

DJ and AV maestro Sampology, aka Sam Poggiolo, is bringing his scratching and turn-tabling skills to Big Day Out. ANNABEL MACLEAN talks to Poggiolo about DJing to audio visuals, striking that audio/ visual balance and what it’s like being an artist in Brisbane at the moment.

Italian dance music is going through a resurgence. Rivastarr, Crookers and The Bloody Beetroots have been making waves over the past couple of years, recalling eras such as the Moroder inspired Italo-disco days of the seventies. Joining the ranks of these luminaries may well be the infamous Milanese party crew Reset! – a loose collective of five producers, DJs and promoters who, since forming in 2007, have attracted enough attention from the likes of Justice and Herve to find themselves playing at Pacha, Ibiza and the HARD Festival in Los Angeles. ANDREW NELSON chats to Reset!’s Simone before the group bring their outrageous show of funk-fuelled electro tunes down under.

“You’ve reached Sam from Sampology. I’m unable to take your call at the moment due to the Brisbane floods.”

Putting gigs on hold due to a natural disaster is never fun for anyone involved. Luckily, for Poggiolo, living in Brisbane hasn’t had too much of an impact on his upcoming Big Day Out schedule. “We were fine, the bottom of our hill was flooded and people were pretty messed up, our area and the three suburbs all around me all got really messed up so it’s pretty hectic still here,” he says.

“I’ve got lots of stuff to put together for tours and so all of last week was kind of on hold because we lost electricity for a couple of days and I was out of contact and then we started cleaning up around my area.”

Known for his live DJ sets which include audio visuals, Poggiolo says the AV shows are completely different to his DJ gigs.

“I’ve been doing it for a little over two years now,” he says. “I hadn’t come from a visual background so it was a completely new thing for me. The show’s been building and building in terms of technicality of it and what I’m doing with content.”

Poggiolo says the AV shows started when he began manipulating snippets of video clips, movies and scratching straight content but the shows have developed into edited tracks rather than pre-made tunes. “I don’t like at all to just pre-make stuff for me to just press play, I like to pre-make lots and lots of pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and then put them back together live,” he explains. “Because me as a punter, I like to see a really good show but I also like to see someone working hard and putting a bit of skill into it as well, so it takes a lot more time to do it that way

R e s e t ! a re e s s e n t i a l l y p a r t y a n i m a l s talented, social creatures so to speak. The group began making a name for themselves by organising a series of parties in Milan but had initially come together way before these parties started gaining momentum and publicity. “We all come from individual careers,” Simone says. “When Zizzed came to Milan in 2006 and met Mace who already had some projects with A3C, we all joined our influences to experiment a lot and produce a big variety of music - from hip hop to rock and obviously electro.”

Coming from an eclectic background has directly influenced the musical direction and style of Reset! according to Simone who describes their sound as “turbo-funk, bouncy basslines, ‘70s funk flavour combined with bangin’ electro house beats.” It is this unique style which underpins the energetic party vibe generated at any of the boys’ festive events. But Simone says there isn’t a key ingredient to a successful party. “No big secret,” he says. “A good atmosphere, a proper balance between men and women and the right music.”

As these parties grew in fame, so did the interest in the collective and the boys were soon sharing a stage with French house producers Cassius at one of their own events.

Cassius were so impressed with Reset!’s show that the boys were then asked to remix his famous electro track Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes. This led to a plethora of remix work for the boys – including Fatboy Slim and Swedish disco-pop diva Robyn. Simone says the group share the same philosophy when it comes to creating a good remix:

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Sampology but it’s the best way to do it.”

Anyone who has watched Poggiolo’s visuals on Youtube would know that the likes of cartoon monkeys, Tom Hanks, Dr Dre and Peter Helliar are undoubtedly entertaining but, Poggiolo’s show isn’t all about merely watching the visuals. “It’s all about balance with everything, I don’t like it to be an arty show where people just stand there and watch,” he says. “And the other end of the spectrum – no one’s watching, they just forget that there are actually visuals up there. It’s a challenge to actually find the balance between the two. It’s something I really try to do.”

Poggiolo’s skills even attracted physical theatre/circus act, The Tom Tom Crew. They recruited him to create a live DJ soundscape for their crazy gymnastics show in 2009. Poggiolo was told of the gig three weeks before they were due to go on a three month tour overseas.

Ironically, Poggiolo says he relaxes by varying the work he’s doing. With an EP to be released in March and a national AV show tour coming up in April, it’s no wonder he’s looking forward to his DJ sets at Big Day Out. “Something that I’ve learnt over time is that especially with the music industry changing so much, there’s really no rules,” he says.

“If I didn’t have any gigs tomorrow, I’d still do music.”

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Reset! giving a personal perspective to another producer’s idea. “If you got inspired by the original track, it’s always great fun to remix, messing with sounds you wouldn’t use,” he says. “We love to twist vocal tracks. But doing an original track, there’s a bit more of personal involvement and no boundaries at all.”

The collective recently signed to Hervé’s record label Cheap Thrills, their second EP Prepare To Fight has just been released and more is on the way. “A string of new remixes, including a couple for Mad Decent, a re-issue of our first single If We Try and our next EP featuring the vocals of legendary Erick Sermon and hyperbolic toaster Daddy Freddy, and we’re already laying down demos for our album,” Simone says.

But, as for tomorrow night’s gig, Simone says fans can expect “a big mashup of styles that keeps the crowd bouncing, spreads good vibes and makes the ladies wanna show their tits!”

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SAMPOLOGY

RESET! THE ITALIAN JOB

DJ and AV maestro Sampology, aka Sam Poggiolo, is bringing his scratching and turn-tabling skills to Big Day Out. ANNABEL MACLEAN talks to Poggiolo about DJing to audio visuals, striking that audio/ visual balance and what it’s like being an artist in Brisbane at the moment.

Italian dance music is going through a resurgence. Rivastarr, Crookers and The Bloody Beetroots have been making waves over the past couple of years, recalling eras such as the Moroder inspired Italo-disco days of the seventies. Joining the ranks of these luminaries may well be the infamous Milanese party crew Reset! – a loose collective of five producers, DJs and promoters who, since forming in 2007, have attracted enough attention from the likes of Justice and Herve to find themselves playing at Pacha, Ibiza and the HARD Festival in Los Angeles. ANDREW NELSON chats to Reset!’s Simone before the group bring their outrageous show of funk-fuelled electro tunes down under.

“You’ve reached Sam from Sampology. I’m unable to take your call at the moment due to the Brisbane floods.”

Putting gigs on hold due to a natural disaster is never fun for anyone involved. Luckily, for Poggiolo, living in Brisbane hasn’t had too much of an impact on his upcoming Big Day Out schedule. “We were fine, the bottom of our hill was flooded and people were pretty messed up, our area and the three suburbs all around me all got really messed up so it’s pretty hectic still here,” he says.

“I’ve got lots of stuff to put together for tours and so all of last week was kind of on hold because we lost electricity for a couple of days and I was out of contact and then we started cleaning up around my area.”

Known for his live DJ sets which include audio visuals, Poggiolo says the AV shows are completely different to his DJ gigs.

“I’ve been doing it for a little over two years now,” he says. “I hadn’t come from a visual background so it was a completely new thing for me. The show’s been building and building in terms of technicality of it and what I’m doing with content.”

Poggiolo says the AV shows started when he began manipulating snippets of video clips, movies and scratching straight content but the shows have developed into edited tracks rather than pre-made tunes. “I don’t like at all to just pre-make stuff for me to just press play, I like to pre-make lots and lots of pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and then put them back together live,” he explains. “Because me as a punter, I like to see a really good show but I also like to see someone working hard and putting a bit of skill into it as well, so it takes a lot more time to do it that way

R e s e t ! a re e s s e n t i a l l y p a r t y a n i m a l s talented, social creatures so to speak. The group began making a name for themselves by organising a series of parties in Milan but had initially come together way before these parties started gaining momentum and publicity. “We all come from individual careers,” Simone says. “When Zizzed came to Milan in 2006 and met Mace who already had some projects with A3C, we all joined our influences to experiment a lot and produce a big variety of music - from hip hop to rock and obviously electro.”

Coming from an eclectic background has directly influenced the musical direction and style of Reset! according to Simone who describes their sound as “turbo-funk, bouncy basslines, ‘70s funk flavour combined with bangin’ electro house beats.” It is this unique style which underpins the energetic party vibe generated at any of the boys’ festive events. But Simone says there isn’t a key ingredient to a successful party. “No big secret,” he says. “A good atmosphere, a proper balance between men and women and the right music.”

As these parties grew in fame, so did the interest in the collective and the boys were soon sharing a stage with French house producers Cassius at one of their own events.

Cassius were so impressed with Reset!’s show that the boys were then asked to remix his famous electro track Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes. This led to a plethora of remix work for the boys – including Fatboy Slim and Swedish disco-pop diva Robyn. Simone says the group share the same philosophy when it comes to creating a good remix:

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Anyone who has watched Poggiolo’s visuals on Youtube would know that the likes of cartoon monkeys, Tom Hanks, Dr Dre and Peter Helliar are undoubtedly entertaining but, Poggiolo’s show isn’t all about merely watching the visuals. “It’s all about balance with everything, I don’t like it to be an arty show where people just stand there and watch,” he says. “And the other end of the spectrum – no one’s watching, they just forget that there are actually visuals up there. It’s a challenge to actually find the balance between the two. It’s something I really try to do.”

Poggiolo’s skills even attracted physical theatre/circus act, The Tom Tom Crew. They recruited him to create a live DJ soundscape for their crazy gymnastics show in 2009. Poggiolo was told of the gig three weeks before they were due to go on a three month tour overseas.

Ironically, Poggiolo says he relaxes by varying the work he’s doing. With an EP to be released in March and a national AV show tour coming up in April, it’s no wonder he’s looking forward to his DJ sets at Big Day Out. “Something that I’ve learnt over time is that especially with the music industry changing so much, there’s really no rules,” he says.

“If I didn’t have any gigs tomorrow, I’d still do music.”

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Reset! giving a personal perspective to another producer’s idea. “If you got inspired by the original track, it’s always great fun to remix, messing with sounds you wouldn’t use,” he says. “We love to twist vocal tracks. But doing an original track, there’s a bit more of personal involvement and no boundaries at all.”

The collective recently signed to Hervé’s record label Cheap Thrills, their second EP Prepare To Fight has just been released and more is on the way. “A string of new remixes, including a couple for Mad Decent, a re-issue of our first single If We Try and our next EP featuring the vocals of legendary Erick Sermon and hyperbolic toaster Daddy Freddy, and we’re already laying down demos for our album,” Simone says.

But, as for tomorrow night’s gig, Simone says fans can expect “a big mashup of styles that keeps the crowd bouncing, spreads good vibes and makes the ladies wanna show their tits!”

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FOUR TET “As a performer, it’s a more creative side where I’m coming up with fundamental ideas to make into music and I really enjoy both sides – it allows me fully to realise just what it is that I’m doing.”

Before There Is Love In You came about, Hebden was working with a drummer named Steve Reid, focusing on improvised music.

“After that it felt as if I entered a new realm in some way - using real time improvisation with samplers and instruments since it had been my focus for so long,” Hebden reflects.

“I feel very comfortable in that area. I’ve also been DJing quite a lot over the last couple of years and I’ve been learning about playing to a crowd and reacting to the response of the audience. I think what I’m doing now is trying to combine these two things and trying to create a communal type experience that you can have from a DJ set and also try and bring in the elements of improvisation - making up new ideas on the spot and trying to connect with the people in front of me. If the audience is reacting extremely well to something then I want to be able to extend that idea there and then and communicate with them in a very clear and direct way.”

On the eve of his long-awaited return to Australia, Hebden’s expectations and anticipations are at an all time high. Restraining his excitement about the upcoming tour, Hebden says he’s expecting each night to be completely different, a bit of everything so to speak. “I’m expecting there to be nights where everyone is completely drunk and they have no idea what’s going on and they’re flailing out of their minds, and I’m expecting their to be nights where it’s super intense and there are people analysing absolutely everything that’s going on musically,” he says.

“I’m sure night by night it’s going to be different but that’s good, I think that’s the thing that I like most. Things always seem to be varied and mixed up and in the end you leave with many different experiences playing for many different crowds. But I’m definitely really looking forward to it. I’ve heard a lot of things from Australia and people seem to be really excited about the tour. I haven’t been there in such a long time and I’m coming with Caribou who are such a fantastic band, it’s just going to be really nice.”

KID KENOBI AND GLOVECATS OneLove Presents: Dubstep Invasion

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Over the last ten years, Oakland alternative hip hop duo Zion I have built a loyal fan base with their unique sound and consistently acclaimed albums, yet they haven’t managed to reach the same level of popularity as Californian contemporaries like Lyrics Born or Jurassic 5.

Their latest release Atomic Clock is unlikely to change this. The group sticks to their well established formula – MC Zumbi delivers socially conscious, sometimes abstract rhymes over AmpLive’s hard hitting, futuristic beats – which will please fans after 2009’s hit and miss release The Takeover, but probably won’t win over new followers.

AmpLive utilises live musicians to add a new layer of warmth to his production.

One of the best examples of this is album opener Always, on which a sparse drum beat builds with spacey synths, booming horns and soloing guitars to compliment Zumbi’s chorus “love conquers always, gotta keep your head up”.

Other standouts include the reggae tinged Many Styles, and the uplifting The Sun Came Out. You probably won’t catch Zion I headlining festivals like Lyrics Born, but Atomic Clock will please fans of quality hip hop.

If you’re out to listen to something fresh, try this.

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Kid Kenobi, in collaboration with Glovecats, attempts to do for dubstep what his Ministry Of Sound Breaks compilation did for that scene back in ‘02, with the release of this compendium of subbass and beats presented by OneLove.

Both DJs have made selections that have veered towards the more commercial side of the scale. Tracks such as Blame’s On My Own and Hiero

by Flinch are packed full of ‘hands in the air’ old school piano breakdowns and helium vocals. But don’t worry, around almost every corner lurks the characteristic dubstep wobble and bass drop.There’s also more than a passing nod to close relative Grime; Doctor P and P Money show how well the genres can combine with their track Sweet Shop.

Each disc has big tunes aplenty, modern classics such as the rave-tastic Could This Be Real by Sub Focus, Joy Orbison’s ’09 tune Hyph Mngo and the excellent Tron by Joker which demonstrates the power and energy that this genre possesses.

If you’re new to dubstep or just curious as to what all the fuss is about, this is a great introductory compilation showcasing the most accessible tracks the scene can offer. If you’ve been into the genre for a while however, you probably already own the best of these tunes and may prefer something a little more underground.

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Music fans were treated to a mega local lineup of 25 bands on three separate stages, over two nights for SwanFest at The Swan Hotel, a mini festival aimed at raising funds for the QLD Flood Relief Appeal. There was all kinds of music going on over the two nights from punk, alternative, solo acoustic, circuit bending to experimental electro. There was nothing but quality music from acts such as Still Frame Mind, The Brown Study Band, Cavefire Cinema, Gombo, Ozmonaut, James Hall, Obscotch, Dave Robertson and The Proletariate.

Fans of Randa And The Soul Kingdom headed in droves to Deville’s on Saturday night to welcome the band home from an intense nine month European tour. With support from Soul Sides Disc Jockeys and the Les Sataniques Go Go Dancers, got the party started with punters dancing the night away.

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The Civic Hotel comes alive tonight, Thursday, February 3, for dance with Re-Vibe Music Presents A.W.O.L featuring Will Shepherd direct from the UK. It’s a 7pm start with the weekly Chase The Ace cash jackpot of $2,100 drawn at 9pm. Friday, February 4, sees Writhe, Buzz Kill Vamps, Applebite The Beggars On Acid and international guests Monica & The Explosions in The Den; while the Dead Walk Booking Launch takes in the Bandroom with Dyatlov, The Proletariate, Victoria’s Hallower, Statues, NSW’s Northlane from 7.30pm. Saturday, February 5 is Smell The Magic with 6’s & 7’s, American Novelist, Sensitive Drunks and The Wine Dark Sea from 8pm. A chilled out Sunday finishes off the weekend with a $15 pizza and pint special.

MANHATTAN’S BAR

Tonight, Thursday, February 3, Minute 36 are playing to raise funds as they’re hitting the road. This time, they’re leaving WA to attend the Fuse Festival in Adelaide. Minute 36 are stoked to announce Sam Carmody and his awesome new band are coming down to play some exciting new songs for you. Entry is only $10 from 7pm.

MOJO’S BAR

This Friday, February 4, at Fisherman Style, Nature plays Mojo’s. Hailing all the way from Jamaica, Nature specialises in roots and culture and will be singing on the night.

Playing big tunes on the night are Earthlink, Busha D, Ras Movements, and DJ Sorted.

Entry is $10 from 9pm. Saturday, February 5, sees The Empty Cup play Mojo’s Bar. Over the last few years, no-one can deny that local hip hop has flourished and changed dramatically.

This night is a celebration of new wave hip hop that Perth is coming to be known for.

So come and hear what’s been brewing in the melting pot! As well as Empty Cup, you can catch the best in local hip hop: namely: Diger Rokwell, Mathas, Stoop Fresh and Speakeasy in a very dope line-up. Entry is $10 from 8pm

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Don’t miss the weekly line-up of local bands playing each Wednesday at the Paddo. Next Wednesday, February 9, see the Chris Gibbs Trio, The Date and Hundred Acre Wood.

Bands start at 8pm and as always, it’s free entry!

FLY BY NIGHT

This Friday, February 4, the queen of punk cabaret, Amanda Palmer brings her latest offering as a solo artist, Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under to the Fly, presented by X-Press!

INDI BAR

Every Thursday punters flock and cue for the Indi Bar’s weekly open mic night, the bar is full without fail every week, this weeks sees the popular night team up with Cole Clark guitars, from here on in, every performer that plays Bex’s Open Mic night, will go into the running to win a Cole Clark Fat Lady acoustic guitar, there are three this year up for grabs! Don’t waste any time, book your spot now!

LEEDERVILLE HOTEL

Want to start your weekend with a bang?

Then get back into Friday nights at the Leedy. Catch all the best party anthems and dirty disco with DJ Reece on the decks. In the Arena, it’s a visual feast with trapeze, burlesque shows and the famous Leedy dance cages. And get ready to score hot prizes with the Red Bull Night Race Formula One Pit Stop Challenge. No one knows how to kick off a weekend quite like the Leedy.

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NEWPORT HOTEL

Every Sunday at the Newport Hotel sees the retractable roof above the courtyard rolled back for patrons to soak up some sun while they enjoy the weekly Corona specials. This Sunday, February 6, they’ll be opening early, 11am, so you can get ringside seats to UFC 126, which sees Silva versus Belfort on their big screens. Help yourself to the free BBQ and challenge your mates to a game of ping pong. Then in the evening, catch a live set from The Fancy Brothers. Entry is free.

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Goodnight Tiger enchant their audience with their contradictory yet elegant blend of foot-tapping pop and encapsulating dark folk melodies. Forceful yet considered, Perrin Date and Jill Chrisp will draw you in with their intoxicating vocal harmonies and choice guitar and percussive instrumental work. The Mustang Bar welcome them to their Original Music Thursdays from 9pm tonight, Thursday, February 3.

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AUSTRAL-JAH DAY RAGGAMUFFIN Fremantle Oval Wednesday, January 26, 2011 Festival season can bring with it a certain set of anxieties, namely worrying whether one is going find oneself in an altercation with some boozefuelled bogan who has had his fill of Nickelback and is now looking for entertainment in the form of aggro. Raggamuffin, now in its fourth year, is the perfect corrective for that kind of stress. It’s a completely hassle-free zone, a mellow, musical trip that’s the perfect way to while away a balmy January afternoon. There’s no chance of drama here, for the simple reason that the vast majority of the crowd is stoned to the gills.

There, we said it. Now on to the music.

Melbourne dub outfit The Red Eyes and New Zealand fusion group The Black Seeds drew the scheduling low card, having to make do with performing for a venue which was still only filling up by the time the Seeds had wrapped their set.

The situation wasn’t helped by a ticketing foul-up that saw many having to queue for up to an hour to get in through the gates, which meant both bands were playing to a much smaller crowd than they could have been.

It was inevitable that Bob Marley would cast a long shadow over the proceedings – it’s the

30th anniversary of his death, after all - and his presence was felt the most during the one-two punch of his son Ky-mani Marley followed by The Original Wailers. Both served up a healthy dose of their recent work, and the songs from Ky-mani’s upcoming album Evolution Of A Revolution have a heft and a rhythm reminiscent of the old man’s work, but the songs most warmly received were, predictably, those made famous by Bob, with No Woman No Cry, Redemption Song, and I Shot the Sherriff, among others, all getting an airing.

Dancehall exponent Sean Paul was a no-show, but the amazingly-haired Maxi Priest brought enough energy and soul to ensure the punters didn’t bemoan Paul’s absence. By this stage of the game the crowd was well and truly caught up in the vibe, and Priest worked them like a pro, conducting a vibrant and uplifting call and response on Wild World.

Elder statesman of reggae Jimmy Cliff, resplendent in an immaculate white suit, proved that age shall not weary him, rocking the crowd with a verve and power that is the envy of performers half his age. Once again, it was the classics that drew the most acclaim from the crowd, with I Can See Clearly Now and a drumheavy rendition of Rivers Of Babylon being greeted with roars of approval.

Jimmy Cliff (photo: Sammy Granville)

Mary J. Blige (photo: Sammy Granville)

R&B diva Mary J. Blige wrapped up the night with a routine that, while snappy and polished, seemed at odds with the rest of the day’s performers. After a solid eight or so hours of mostly old-school reggae, it was somewhat jarring to have the event capped by Blige’s more contemporary grooves, but the crowd didn’t seem to mind, lapping up a set that, really, was more sizzle and steak.

For a festival, Raggamuffin has a vibe more akin to a laidback backyard party. Cool, relaxed, and endlessly entertaining, if you missed it this year, make sure you don’t make the same mistake next time. _TRAVIS JOHNSON

SOMETHING FOR MATES PAUL DEMPSEY / Felicity Groom Fly By Night Friday January 28, 2011 With more than a decade of song-writing under his belt, a swag of ARIA-nominations and nearly 20 years experience performing live across the country, Paul Dempsey has become something of a fixture in the Australian music landscape. Yet it’s entirely possible to be unaware of either Dempsey or his (recent) calling card, the single Fast Friends, which has hung around the Australian artist charts since December. His harmony-driven acoustic folk material isn’t the kind of thing that embeds itself in the memory, even when it’s being played right there in front of you on a busy Friday evening at the Fly By Night.

Earlier in the evening, the inimitable Felicity Groom unleashed her devastating talent

upon the audience, effortlessly commanding the stage from the moment she parted her blood red lips. Akin to Nick Cave in her technical prowess and unique voice, she surveyed the room with heavy lids and launched into a sultry and seductive 30-minute set. A gorgeous rendition of Treasures showcased the deliciously slow vibrato of her lower register, while the brilliant 39 Ways To Leave Your Lover affirmed her accomplished song-writing talent, although it was a disappointment that the supremely fun crowd-favourite (and current single) Finders Keepers was missing from the mix.

Even if you’ve not heard the name Paul Dempsey, you’ve doubtless heard his music. As the singer and guitarist in iconic Aussie rock band Something For Kate, Dempsey has been dispensing laidback good cheer for 16 years, during which he’s become an amiable live

performer and inspired the kind of rabid fan base that ensured every single one of his tunes finished to rapturous applause.

Trading quips with admirers in an unusually expressive crowd, who never held back on shouting out requests, Dempsey appeared the quintessential Aussie troubadour, the kind of musician who just wants to chug out a few tunes with the hope that his light, pleasant voice and equally pleasant swag of songs will slip down easily enough with his self-professed “group of friends.”

During his relaxed performance Dempsey picked aggressively at his trusty Maton acoustic guitar and led the crowd in an early singalong on opener Bats, a song that has crawled, over the last 12 months, from throwaway demo to inescapable pop anthem. One of the most indelible

pop songs in recent years, the slow-building love ditty is one of the high points of Dempsey’s latest warm album, 2009’s Everything Is True, from which much of his set tonight was drawn.

Wise enough to know that a laid-back set of tunes doesn’t mean his performance should be uniformly, unwaveringly expressionless, Dempsey quickly shifted into higher gear when needed, as on the toe-tappingly delightful Ramona Was A Waitress, while proving that, when inclined, he can uncork a darker mood, clearly evident during Have You Fallen Out Of Love and an early-set Something For Kate trifecta of Stunt, Impossible and Beautiful Sharks. As tonight proved, watching Dempsey is a perfectly enjoyable way to spend an evening. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

THROUGH THE WIRE

LEST WE FORGET

WIRE / The Tigers / Bamodi

YOU AM I / The Novocaines

The Bakery Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Wire (photo: Lisa Businovski)

Those punters who made their way to The Bakery on the eve of Australia Day would have never considered that they would ever get the chance to see Wire. Thanks to the good folks at Life Is Noise, the London post punk outfit finally graced our city after 37 years of being at the cutting edge of their scene.

The night started in a fitting fashion as brazen noise makers Bamodi took no prisoners during their early set. With experimentation being the word that was most often thrown around in preparation for this evening, it is appropriate that The Tigers were chosen to 54

play before the headline act. The five local lads have evolved over the years and are able to fill their tunes easily with more ideas than Howard’s Storage World. Throughout their tight set, the band swung through moments of mariachi, pushed the keyboard to the fore and showed off abrasive guitars for songs like Marry Him Off. The highlight of the set though, always comes when Cobilis moves to the bass guitar to lead the band through the spectacularly melodic Beautiful Forest. The amount of time that The Tigers have spent around the scene may have left some punters becoming complacent and taking them for granted, but make no mistake, on nights like tonight they are still one of the better outfits this city has on offer.

Wire protest that they have always existed outside of the punk scene, but when Graham Lewis arrived to the stage he soon put an end to any low level anarchy that had unleashed itself in the crowd. “Who has my set list,” was how the burly bass player greeted the crowd. He then followed by giving the crowd a terse talking to about how Wire need the list so they know what songs to play to people, and it is not a souvenir so “Give it back”. When normalcy was restored guitars were cranked up and Smash signalled their intent.

As promised there wasn’t a great focus on the back catalogue of the band who have always looked forward instead of reflecting on their past. Instead there was ample opportunity for punters to become acquainted with the new album. Clay was a set highlight and the older Kidney Bingos is the type of skewed pop number that would have cemented Wire as Bob Pollard’s favourite band.

Over the course of an hour-and-a-half that included two encores, the band unleashed some blistering moments that had a large portion of the crowd’s hair shaking and fists pumping. Wire are certainly a band that excel in the studio and then try admirably to recreate it live, but Spent was particularly frenetic as was noisy closer Pink Flag.

For all of Wire’s standing as artists who have been unafraid to change their sound and style over the years, tonight was a pretty straight forward in your face rock show. In spite of highlighting the limitations of both vocalists, it was a pretty good one. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT

Hotel Rottnest Wednesday, January 26, 2011 While greater attention may have been on the explosions taking place on the Perth river foreshore, Rottnest Island was hosting an explosion of its very own this Australia Day – definitive Oz rock’n’rollers You Am I. The call of Perth’s little piece of paradise may not have been enough to tempt the throngs away from the bombastic annual lightshow, but the perfect Aussie weather and even more perfect Aussie entertainment certified Rotto the ideal destination to celebrate all things Australia.

Local raucous groovers The Novocaines perhaps ignited the fuse a little too early in the day, but never the less rattled out an arresting foot-to-the-floor rock assault which prepared the relaxed revellers for what was to come.

Clearly acknowledging the smaller-than-usual turnout for a You Am I show, frontman Tim Rogers was gracious in acknowledging his pleasure at playing for a crowd which boasted many unlikely You Am I regulars. And he didn’t let them down, ripping into a smokin’ set that pumped enough rock, roll, sass and soul into the afternoon to keep spirits high well after the boat sailed back out to sea.

Flush with new material from the band’s latest self-titled album such as We Hardly Knew You, You Am I also reached deep into their illustrious history with gems such as Purple Sneakers, Cathy’s Clown and Applecross Wing Commander. Between wringing the neck of his guitar and ripping out some of the greatest rock’n’roll swagger since Pete Townsend laid the foundations, Rogers paused to gaze out upon idyllic Thompson Bay before querying: “where the fuck are we… Mygodica?” It was a sentiment shared by the board short and bathers sporting revellers, toasting the national holiday with ale and cheer.

Rumble reignited exalted memories of the You Am I of yesteryear – the band that was set to become the biggest band in the country – while an explosive Thank God I’ve Hi`t The Bottom told the bitter tale of defeat; a band that has long since dropped out of a futile race to the top. But irrelevant You Am I are not. On the contrary, while contemporaries Powderfinger

You Am I (photo: Matthew Hogan) were bowing goodbye to the country late last year, You Am I were releasing perhaps their finest album yet – the only proof we need that Tim Rogers and Co. remain the country’s finest contemporary rock’n’roll band.

Similarly, whilst the rest of the state was bunkered up on the banks of the Swan River with new-found patriotism in flags and fandangle, it was the lucky few who got to enjoy perhaps the most definitive Australia Day celebrations of them all, on Rotto. Now that I am willing to salute!

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ADELAIDE 36ERS

Those talented kids in Minute 36 have a very busy weekend ahead with three big shows – their last show before heading to Adelaide for the Fuse Festival and Melbourne for some of their own shows. Tonight, Thursday, February 3, you can help them head east by heading to their fundraising show at Manhattan’s with Sam Carmody in support. Tomorrow night, Friday, February 4, they support Amanda Palmer at the Fly By Night; and on Saturday, February 5, they play at Lattitude 28 in Geraldton.

SAN CISCO Bye George

ONYA TIGER

Roaring into the new year with their first gig in the Perth metropolitan area tonight, Thursday, February 3, is One Tiger Down. After tearing up southern WA to massive crowds with massive hangovers, they’ve recruited Rachael & Henry Climb A Hill and Geraldine to support them at Mojo’s.

CROSS THIS PATH

After two hotly contested heats in recent weeks, the Path To Laneway final hits the Rosemount tomorrow, Friday, February 4, with the winner getting the chance to play at the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival on Saturday, February 12. Sam Perry, Simone & Girlfunkle, Like Junk and Hootenanny all battle it out for the spot. You too can be a winner with a double pass to the festival also up for grabs for punters.

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Playing a couple of big gigs this weekend is none other than Bassendean’s finest Weapons Of Mass Satisfaction. First they play the Indi Bar this Friday, February 4 before they take STINGPHONICITY to the Brookhampton Vineyard this Saturday, Guaranteed to be packed with full tilt rock’n’roll February 5, joining Aussie favourites The Black and crisp, shiny three minute blasts of summery Sorrows and ARIA winner Dan Sultan. pop, The Chevelles hit up Clancy’s Freo this Saturday, February 5. But that’s not all, as the band will also transform into their ‘60s garage GRAND NATIONAL rock surf band alter ego, The Stingrays for a set. Alternative rockers Apollo National are launch their debut EP this Saturday, February Beware as barbs will fly!

5, at The Bird. The EP was produced with Adam Round and recorded at Kingdom WIZARD OF GOZZ and Underground studios. They’ve recruited After the first two rounds went down a treat, support from I Said The Sparrrow, All Eyes Gozzy Rock continues tonight, Thursday, February On Saturn and Will Udall.

6, at Don Russell Performing Arts Centre in Thornlie. Here Come The Cavalry, Stillwater Giants, The Optimist and National Outrage will all battle it out for a spot in the Gozzy Rock grand final, which takes place on Saturday, February 26, at Pioneer Park Amphitheatre in Gosnells.

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Taking in the cavernous surrounds of the Norfolk Basement for their first show of 2011 this weekend is Blackmilk. With their new single Court Of The Bees and a debut album coming soon, they’ll be joined by Stereoflower and The Big Old Bears this Saturday, February 5.

LET THE FAT LADY SING

The lines keep growing bigger and bigger for Bex’s Open Mic night at the Indi Bar and now the artists who play the infamous night go into the running to win a Cole Clark Fat Lady acoustic guitar. Not a talent competition but a names in the hat draw, this guitar will allow the winner to know what a good stage sound is all about! Bex’s Open Night is free every Thursday!

ROCKS OFF

Back from a promo stint in Melbourne, The MDC hit the Rocket Room this Friday, February 4, to unleash rock on a whole new level. After being featured on SonicBids recently, they’ll play alongside Demi-Monde, One Thousand Years and Stella’s Kitchen.

The members of San Cisco have been in the eye of the WA gig-going public for quite some time despite their young ages. Until recently they were known as the pint-sized folkies King George and once their sound became more electric and started swinging towards indie pop, they opted for a name change referencing the capital city of peace, love and all that stuff with San Cisco.

The band is made of Jordi James, a WAM Song Of The Year winner in 2007 and two of his school buddies from CBC high school in Fremantle, singer/songwriter/guitarist Josh Biondillo and bassist Nick Gardner, along with the veteran of the band Scarlett Stevens, who’s been drumming around Perth for years, initially with tween rockers The Flairz. But forget everything you knew about their career before their name change, because as their Facebook page states: “Remember that band King George? We don’t.”

T h i s w e e k e n d, t h e fo u r - p i e c e release their much-anticipated debut EP in Golden Revolver. Featuring four original tracks showcasing their considerable songwriting talent, the EP is rounded out by a loose tongue-in-cheek cover of Tame Impala’s Solitude Is Bliss. The band recruited a member of another Perth band they admire to to help out with the EP, Little Birdy drummer Matt Chequer along with Steven Schram, who produced Little Birdy’s 2009 album Confetti – a favourite of San Cisco’s.

“Matt Chequer had showed interest in the band quite a while ago and he had wanted to get into producing music,” explains Stevens before Biondillo interjects: “He used to play drums in Little Birdy, so he’s kind of like new to the whole studio thing as a producer. So I think he just came along with Steve Schram to learn the ropes a bit more.”

Biondillo adds that the EP shows off the new side of the band – a side that was hidden when they were King George. “It’s the start of the electric side of San Cisco,” he says.

“We used to be more acoustic and more folky, but with the new tracks Golden Revolver and Girls Do Cry – it was more those songs that started the electric era of the band.”

Unfortunately it’s not full steam ahead for the band from here on in because while three quarters of the band turned 18 last year, James only starts his final year of high school this month. “I think we’re going to take it easy this year because Jordi is doing year 12

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and we’re starting uni,” says Stevens. “So we’re going to hold off a bit until next year.”

“That’s when we’re going to hit it hard,” adds Biondillo. “Between then and now, we’re going to try to get an EP recorded – another EP. And then probably an album is coming out. The thing is that we’re waiting for Jordi to finish school before we can do anything overly serious.

“Before Jordi goes to school, which is early February, we’re playing at Big Day Out and Laneway and we’re going on a trip to play the Fuse Festival in Adelaide and we’re supporting Stonefield in Melbourne. Before Jordi goes to school we’re playing as many gigs as we can.”

San Cisco launch their EP Golden Revolver this Friday, February 4, at the Norfolk Basement, with support from the Big Old Bears, Davey Craddock & The Spectacles, DJ Berryl and DJ Staxx. _MATTHEW HOGAN

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Tonight, Thursday, February 3, sees Allbrook, Avery & Co. get the ball rolling along with Orange Boom (starring Nathan Savage of These Shipwrecks and Jay Watson of Pond and Tame Impala) and DJ Rex Monsoon. Next Thursday, February 10, sees Young Revelry and Hootenanny step up to the plate; while Thursday, February 17, sees Bastian’s Happy Flight and Scenic bring the party; and Thursday, February 24, sees Pond play ahead of their MGMT east coast tour.

SPECIAL OCCASION Continuing the struggle to find the perfect balance point between Fleetwood Mac and Sebadoh, American Novelist aim to be the noisiest soft rock band around. With the release of their radio single Make It Special, they are set to play Smell The Magic – a show at The Den (Civic Hotel) with 6’s & 7’s, Sensitive Drunks and The Wine Dark Sea this Saturday, February 5.

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Solo hip hop MC and frontman of the renowned Crown City Rockers, the California based Raashan Ahmad is in town to launch his brand new album For What You’ve Lost released in Australia and New Zealand through Perth-based label Paper Chain. While he may or may not be dropping in on his buddy Aloe Blacc’s show at The Bakery on Saturday, February 5, you’ll have the rare opportunity to see him do what does best at The Bird this Friday, February 4.

One of the best things about the Big Day Out each year is that if you keep your ear to the ground you might be able to see some of the artist performing outside of Claremont Showground. Primal Scream are a band known to look for a party while in town – all you have to do is ask the DJ at the Rocket Room for his story – and this Saturday, February 5, Gary “Mani” Mounfield of Primal Scream (and the Stone Roses) will be hosting a massive and completely free BDO warm up party at the Flying Scotsman.

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