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STATE OF THE ART

Now in its fourth year, Artbar brings four nights of international and national acts to the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Opening the 2012 season on Thursday, July 5, will be acclaimed singer/songwriter Tim Finn, founding member of iconic New Zealand band Split Enz and one time member of Crowded House. Thursday, August 16, sees Triple J favourite Owl Eyes performing songs from her newest release Crystalised. Showcasing on Thursday, October 11, will be award winning star of stage and screen Paul Capsis, who will take listeners on a journey with rock and pop songs from David Bowie, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Prince and more. Closing the season on Thursday, November 8, outside on the Gallery wetlands stage, will be modern-day storyteller Josh Pyke.

Starting later this year to coincide with Picasso To Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters, all Artbar ticket holders can enjoy entry into the exhibition prior to the main performance of the night. Tickets through Ticketek.

Tim Finn

Julia Stone

LIKE A STONE

GAME CHANGER

Julia Stone has announced Australian tour dates for this September on the back of the release of her new album By the Horns, which was released last week. This new album is her second after The Memory Machine in 2010, before her highly successful album Down The Way was released with her brother Angus, which claimed triple platinum success and an ARIA for Album Of The Year. Miss Stone will be beguiling punters at the Astor Theatre on Friday, September 28. Tickets the show go on sale on Friday, June 15, with an exclusive fan-only pre-sale the day before. For further information click on over to juliastonemusic.com.

The always provocative Rufus Wainwright is set to return to Australia. He’ll be bringing his full band back, including songwriter Krystle Warren, who will also perform support sets for the tour.

Wainwright will be showcasing tunes from his recently released Mark Ronson-produced seventh album Out Of This Game which challenges the boundaries between pop and soul, with a touch of jazz. The contemporary artist will finish up the national tour with a one-off WA show at the Riverside Theatre on Wednesday, September 18.

Tickets for the show go on sale at 9am on Tuesday, June 5, from Ticketek. Get in quick!

Russian Circles

CIRCLE OF LIFE

Everclear

AFTERGLOW

Nineties post-grunge band Everclear are the latest group from that era to be coming to Perth. The band’s 1995 album Sparkle And Fade spawned such hits as Santa Monica and Heroin Girl, and their success continued with 1997’s So Much For The Afterglow, which produced singles Everything To Everyone, I Will Buy You A New Life, and Father Of Mine. You’ll hear these tunes and more when Art Alexakis and his gang hit the stage at Capitol on Sunday, October 14. Tickets through Oztix.

Hailing from the windy city of Chicago, Russian Circles have been making their mark on the international underground since 2004, with their instrumental, sprawling music which runs the gamut of heavy discordant metal, to soft delicate passages. After an earth-shattering performance marking their first time in Perth last year, the trio will again be gracing our shores in 2012 - this time with another critically acclaimed release to their name, Empros. They’ll be showcasing tunes from the new record at The Bakery on Sunday, September 30. Support comes from Salt Lake City sludge metal duo Eagle Twin and local powerhouse Drowning Horse. Tickets are $35 plus BF from lifeisnoise.com, Heatseeker, Oztix and nowbaking.com.au.

Rufus Wainwright

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Joe Bonamassa

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AXE ATTACK

One of the most highly regarded blues guitarists in the world today, hard-touring American axe slinger Joe Bonamassa has clearly come to realise that Australian audiences are amongst the most fervent supporters of his kind of music going around as he recently announced his return to Australia for the third time in under three years. The live shows that he and his band have delivered over the past few years have been truly stunning so don’t miss them when they appear at the Perth Concert Hall on Monday, October 1.

Tickets are on sale now through Bocs.

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Cover: Abbe May plays State Of The Art on Sunday, June 3, at Perth Concert Hall

Salt Cover: DJ Craze plays Ambar on Saturday, June 2

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THE GAME OF LIFE

Every year it waves bye bye to the colder months and kicks off a long hot summer of festival awesomeness, it’s Parklife and it returns to Wellington Square in 2012. After a couple of years of taking place on Sunday, it returns to the Queens Birthday public holiday, Monday, October 1. Now in it’s sixth year at Wellington Square, the festival has brought us the likes of Duck Sauce, Death From Above 1979, Empire Of The Sun’s debut shows, Missy Elliott and a whole swag more over the years - who will they bring out this year?

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WAMI SHOWCASE

The WAMi Festival Showcase is all about celebrating Perth’s party starters. The line-up is the crème de la crème of the local beats, disco, dub and hip hop scenes, all rolled into one genre we like to call party!

Featuring Empty Cup (single launch), Sunshine, Brothers, Bastian’s Happy Flight and Sam Perry, The Bakery will be the place to be this Thursday, May 31. We have three double passes up for grabs to this awesome event so get in now as you don’t want to miss this one.

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THE TEA PARTY

Australian fans of The Tea Party can rejoice at the news that the iconic rock trio will hit Australia to tour nationally in July 2012. The multi-platinum selling Canadian band has had a long history and love affair with Australian audiences and they are set to bring the house down with their first tour in eight years. The guys will check into Perth’s Metro City on Thursday, July 26, as a part of their Reformation Tour and we have a double pass up for grabs. Get in quick as this is sure to be killer show!

Get To The Gringo

GET THE GRINGO

A career criminal (Mel Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a nineyear-old boy. Want to win get tickets? Get in now as we have five doubles to giveaway.

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With five super-charged instalments under its belt, the Raw series has built a solid reputation for delivering when it comes to the latest club bangers and dance radio crossover smashes.

Raw 2012 delivers another essential collection of sounds that are tearing apart the nation’s dance floors and setting airwaves buzzing including tracks by Tonite Only, Afrojack, Example, Skrillex, Bombs Away, Kaskade, Laurent Wery and more. Get in now for your chance to win one of five CDs we have up for the taking.

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Careless Love tells the story of Linh, a Vietnamese Australian university student who secretly starts part-time work as an escort.

She develops a close rapport with one of her clients, an enigmatic American art dealer, who books her on a regular basis. For a time she manages to keep her two lives in separate compartments. Enter now for your chance to win a double pass to see this intriguing film.

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CARELESS LOVE

Mine Theatre Show

MINE THEATRE SHOW

The Western Australian Youth Theatre Company is putting 16 of Perth’s hottest young talent on stage in the remarkable play Mine by Jane Bodie.

Set in the near future, Mine sees a group of young people find themselves thrown together by forces beyond their control. We have three double passes to see this amazing production on Thursday, June 7, at the Subiaco Arts Centre. Get in now for your chance to win.

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ERNIE BALL COBALT STRINGS

Ernie Ball Cobalt Strings are a new spin on Ernie Ball’s best selling set of strings which have been played by the likes of Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Steve Vai and many more. Engineered to maximize output and clarity, Ernie Ball Cobalt Slinky Guitar Strings are the latest innovation in string technology. Seeking to provide guitarists and bassists with a new voice, Cobalt strings provide an extended dynamic range, incredible harmonic response, increased low end, and crisp, clear highs. Thanks to our friends at CMC Music, we are giving you the chance to win a packet of these strings to try out for yourself. Enter now to be in the running.

When Delicious opened their doors in May 2011 they tapped into a huge market that women had been craving. Namely a bar dedicated only to women and girls out on the town. They have created that Delicious blend of everything that a girl could ever want all wrapped up into their Saturday nights. On Sunday, June 3, it’s their 1st Birthday and you’re all invited to celebrate with them in style! Featuring a night of fun adult entertainment and a plenty of prizes, we have a bunch of double passes up for grabs.

Simply email in with ‘Delicious’ in the subject line.

NOT HER CALLING Dear X-Press, I went to Catcall on Saturday night at Amplifier and I was pretty surprised at the lack of people there. I thought she was a lot more popular?

But then, she came on stage. It was just batshit boring. I literally fell asleep.

We almost got kicked out because they thought I was drunk and had fallen asleep but literally – it was so boring, I fell asleep.

Catcall almost puts Gossling to shame. Her music is the same as every other young lass out there. Everyone ‘watching’ was just waiting to get inside Capitol. Waste of a night really.

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Thy Art Is Murder

MURDEROUS INTENT

For years Sydney death metal group Thy Art Is Murder have been a driving force in Australia’s technical deathcore scene. Their gore-filled themes, evil vocals and astonishing eight-string guitar assault has helped them become successful across the world and play many packed shows across Australia. Fresh off the plane from their hugely successful European tour and recording their album in the USA, the outfit are heading our way to launch Amplifier’s new night The Academy on Wednesday, June 6. Support comes from local heroes Mandalay Victory and Ammend. For more info click on over to theacademyperth.com.

THE BEST HOUSE GUEST

Founding former member of ‘80s British acts The Housemartins and The Beautiful South, Paul Heaton, has announced Australian dates for his 50/50 solo tour. Performing songs from his most recent collections of tunes, including third album released in 2010 Acid Country, Heaton will perform at the Fly

By Night on Sunday, October 21. Tickets are available from flybynight.org.

CORPSE PARTY

Perth’s very own Entrails Eradicated has been announced as one of the main supports for Cannibal Corpse’s upcoming national tour. Also along for the ride is Brisbane’s Disentomb, who describe themselves as “the most devastating and heaviest band in the country”. All three outfits play Capitol on Tuesday, October 9. Tickets are on sale now from Moshtix. Do your best not to tell too many church groups about this tour.

BEST IN THE (NORTH) WEST

With Hilltop Hoods, The Living End and The Cat Empire all locked in, music lovers won’t want to miss out on tickets to this year’s inaugural North West Festival which are on sale now from Moshtix. It happens on Saturday, August 18, at Port Hedland Turf Club.’

EXTRA FLIGHTS

Kiwi comic masterminds Flight Of The Conchords have added a third Perth show to their highly anticipated tour. Challenge Stadium will again host them on Friday, July 20, as the two prior stadium shows have both sold out. Tickets go on sale from 9am this Friday, June 1, through Ticketmaster.

GET ON DOWN

A massive show very suited to Freo,TheWinterGetDown Festival takes place at the Fly By Night on Saturday,June 30, and sees some of the state’s finest roots, funk, blues and reggae talent joining forces. See Blue Shaddy, Toby, Funk Club House Band, Grace Barbe, Matt Gresham, Simon Kelly, The Augustuines, Mitch Becker, and Dilip & The Davs taking to the stages of the Fly. Grab your $40 presales from the venue.

X RATED

With core members hailing from local Perth bands who have relocated to Melbourne (including Phill Leggett from The Joe Kings), eclectic ensemble RedX contains some of the finest musicians from this side of the pond.

Catch them supporting roots troubadour Ash Grunwald tonight, Wednesday, May 30, at the Indi Bar; as well as performing headlining sets at the Mustang Bar on Thursday, May 31; the Hyde Park Hotel on Friday, June 1; and Settlers Tavern on Saturday, June 1.

THE FRAT BELLEEZ

The Potbelleez

Fresh from their APRA Award win this week for Best Dance Music Song, dance sensations The Potbelleez are set to bring their legendary live show to Frat House Fridays at Metropolis Fremantle on Friday, June 15. Having toured with Usher and on the Good Vibrations, Future Music Festival and Stereosonic tours in the past, The Potbelleez know how to rock a crowd.

Tickets are a mere $15 plus BF and are available from Moshtix, Oztix and Heatseeker.

POINT X TO POINT V

The Molly Meldrums of tomorrow are heading to Sydney soon to battle it out in the Channel [V] Presenter Search 2012. With over 5,000 entries, a mere three people from WA have made the cut and will be heading to Sydney to battle it our for a place in the Top 4, which will be announced on [V] show The Riff on Saturday, June 16. We can’t remember the other two local finalists, but we do know that our very own Annabel Maclean is one of them, and she needs your vote, so head along to vmusic.com.au and vote for Annabel and you will go into the draw to win $5,000.

HAVE A BALL

Every year the WA Nightclub Association throws the most eagerly awaited industry bash in Perth. In 2012, Metro City will transform into a mythical playground on Monday, July 2, for the 16th annual Nocturnal Ball. This year’s theme is “Myths and Legends”. Keep your eyes peeled because we’ll be announcing the entertainment and line-up in the coming weeks, as well as ways to win tickets to the event. Full event details are available at nocturnalball.com.au, with tickets available at Moshtix, 78 Records and Mills Records.

This Saturday, June 2, rockers The Volcanics hit the Indi Bar for what promises to be a massive show. This week they’ve begun recording their second album at Yo Yo Studios with none other than Radio Birdman legend Rob Younger producing. Perhaps he’ll be in attendance on Saturday night, along with support acts The Chevelles, The Wishers, and Kenny Watt.

A new monthly musical evening dedicated to heavy dub is Rubadub at the Newport Hotel. Kicking off on Thursday, June 7, curators The Weapon Is Sound will bring in DJs and guest performers on the first Thursday of every month. The free event kicks off at 7pm.

Fresh from a triumphant South American tour, local rock gods Stone Circle return to the local stage this Friday, June 1, with a gig at Amplifier.

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The band known last week as Sleeping Giant are now called Damage Kings, and they’re just wrapped up recording and have handed their new album over to long-time collaborator Forrester Savell to mix. See them in action this Thursday, May 31, at Black Bettys.

The only Perth band that contains a member of Turbonegro is The Stanleys and ahead of a massive US/Canada tour that will see them take in The Viper Room, Toronto’s NXNE, Milwaukee’s Summerfest and more, they launch their new Always EP next Saturday, June 9, at the Hyde Park Hotel.

Support comes from Lacey and Loads.

Mezzanine are just about to become known to a lot of people with the release of their second EP Vile Horizons. Featuring the epic single Someone To Abuse, the fuzzy indie rockers launch it at the Rosemount on Friday, June 22, with The Love Junkies, Trigger Jackets, Dead Owls, and Foam.

With the notoriety of being the lastever band to play in the original Hyde Park Hotel, experimental overlords Brown are set to launch their debut album Various Shades Of... at The Bakery on Saturday, June 30. Support at the launch comes from rarely seen Injured Ninja side project GILGAMESH.The side project earned its caps lock after their massive gig at the Beck’s Music Box with HEALTH a couple of years back.

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ABBE MAY State Of Origin

Known for her rock swagger and inscrutability on and off stage, Abbe May’s refusal to be categorised is her greatest strength. Ahead of her performance at State Of The Art this Sunday, June 3, JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD talks to May about her new album, reacting to award nominations and the challenges of being provocative in 2012.

Abbe May (Photo: Libby Edwards)

From her early days fronting Bunbury pub rockers The Fuzz to her moody blues-inspired solo projects, Abbe May is carving one of the most unique careers in West Australian noise.

Image-wise, she’s thrillingly intriguing, too, both live – where she tears up the stage – and in photographs (including those snapped at our exclusive cover shoot) where her arty cool comes through.

Last year was a big one for May, with the release of her third LP Design Desire in July – which sparked an album launch tour – as well as a national tour supporting electro wunderkids Art Vs. Science in September. The good times just kept rolling, as her year was then topped off with the honour of being asked to join the Straight To You: Triple J’s Tribute To Nick Cave tour. “It was really flattering to be invited to do that, but I found doing his covers really terrifying.

It’s really important to know when someone’s done their song so well that it’s beyond most people to attempt it, but we did anyway,” she laughs.

Currently on a break from touring following a whirlwind national Big Day Out tour earlier this year, May reveals she has spent the last few months putting together a new band.

“This has been a great few months for finding the right band for the music… on a personal level it’s a really great thing to meet musicians who I have such an affinity with. I’ve always had great friends in the bands I’ve had, but this group has been a lot of fun.”

May has also been using the downtime to begin work on her next studio album, Kiss My Apocalypse, a collection of tunes which she says will have a few surprises in store for listeners. “It’s coming along very slowly mainly because I’m working on some very different music. There’s not a lot of guitars in it. It’s more beat-based and melody-based. It’s going to be a very dirty pop record,” she says, adding that she’s not anxious her new direction will alienate existing fans. “I never worry too much [about what people will think]. I just make sure that I like the music and I’m really liking this new stuff. It feels like a very natural progression. I think you can’t ever base a creative work on what other people will think…

After four albums and two EPs I’ve learnt that you can’t write for other people, especially if you’re writing about personal experience – you’ve got to be writing for you. And then if other people like it that’s fantastic.”

“[The album] is coming along very slowly mainly because I’m working on some very different music.

There’s not a lot of guitars in it. It’s more beat-based and melody-based.”

With plans to release a new single and accompanying video clip in August, May predicts the album will hit shelves “either at the end of this year or very early into next year.”

While Kiss My Apocalypse will be May’s main focus over the next few months, she reveals she’ll be taking a night off to attend the WAMi Awards Ceremony next Saturday evening – where she’s up for seven of the night’s biggest awards.

This is not the only critical recognition May has received this year. Back in March, May was shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize for her 2011 album Design Desire in what was a year of controversy for the prize, with prominent music figureheads across the country asserting the shortlist did not reflect the breadth or quality of Australian music released in 2011.

“It was an odd year and there was a lot of controversy surrounding the AMP but I chose to not be a part of it and just be grateful I was nominated,” she says. “There’s always a lot of bitching in any awards. So it was lovely but there was a point where [I] had to disconnect from it all, as the negative press was pretty weird.”

For now though, May says she’s gearing up to play alongside some of WA’s biggest homegrown stars at the State Of The Art festival this Sunday. “It’s going to be a lot of fun. It looks like a pretty stellar line-up and the Concert Hall is an amazing venue. I think we’re playing at night so [punters can expect] some frantic and grinding rock‘n’roll,” she says, pointing out that this set is likely to be one of only a handful of performances in 2012.

“We just don’t play that much anymore.

We have to be careful how much we play because people will get bored if you play too much, so we try to keep it kinda minimal,” she concludes.

“We’re going to take good long while to work really hard on developing the live setup for the new material. It’s a really different setup.

There’s lots of triggers and samples and synths – we want to make it a really big production, so we’re working on that quite intently. It’s going to be a really big year.

“I [also] hope to slip a few love affairs in there, and a bit of travel too – I’m going to go to Greece for some valium-fuelled fun times in the pool.”

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STATE OF THE ART Perthonality Test

WA Day makes its debut on the public holiday calendar this year and State Of The Art rings it in this Sunday, June 3, at the Perth Concert Hall and surrounds. We put some of the artists through the X-Press Perthonality Test.

The Brow Horn Orchestra Nicholas Owen

Drapht

Hoodoo Gurus Dave Faulkner

Which local bands did you grow up listening to?

Of course Jedediah was one of the big ones during high school, John Butler, Sleepy Jackson, Eskimo Joe, you know the obvious choices!

Downsyde were single handily my biggest local influence, them Fatty Lumpkin, Dave and also album wise Hole.

Hunter and Dazastah’s Done DL.

What’s the first local release you bought?

Ooh toughie, either a John Butler or Sunshine Brothers LP.

DownsydeEpinonimous.

Karnivool or Birds Of Tokyo?

Karnivool

The Vool, legendary lads.

Tame Impala or Pond?

Sunshine Brothers - Cheeky Rust, Yummy Fur,Pink Fluffy Bunnies, T-Roll, Prawns With Horns, The Glummens, Thou Gideon, Cinema Prague..

Steve Parkin

Sugar Army - Pat Mclaughlin

Boom! Bap! Pow! Novac Bull

San Cisco - Jordi Davieson

Cinema Prague. Pink Fluffy Bunnies. Circus Murders.

Adam Said Galore, Beaverloop. Turnstyle, Ammonia.

Anodyne 500, The Tigers, Beaverloop, Waifs, John Butler, Rhibosome, Jebediah, The Willows Way/Orange, B and the Steele siblings.

Movie Heroes.

It was a vinyl album, a best of Clarion Records I got given a Cinema (can’t remember the Prague Cassette exact title).

Do Hoodoo Gurus count? Mars Needs Guitars.

Beaverloop - Ecopax.

Jebediah - Slightly Oddway.

Lighthouse by The Waifs.

Karnivool

Karnivool

Vool

Karnivool

Karnivool for ever!

Birds Of Tokyo

Hard call but Pond is Impala, more a bit more whack and Tame Nick’s a great frontman legendary lads.

Tame Impala

Both

Tame

Tame Impala

Tame Impala

Tame Impala

Luke Steele or Katy Steele?

Jake Steele!

Katy Steele is a looker.

Remington Steele

Midalia Steel

Katy

Jake Steele

Jake Steele

Luke Steele

Bon Scott/ACDC or Dave McComb/Triffids?

Triffids

Bon Scott

Why choose - you can Bon enjoy both?

Accadacca

McComb

Bon Scott

Bon Scott

Vee or V Capri?

When it comes to parties, I am the colonel!

Or

There’s a difference?

You’re Haunting Me

Fuck off.

I don’t know either of those.

What?

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Eagles or Dockers?

Dockers

Eagles, all day.

Swan Districts

West Perth Falcons

Dockers 4 EVA

Eagles

Carn the Dockers

Eagles

Chicken Treat or Red Rooster?

Nandos, COME ON!

Chicken Treat chips ftw. Snapper & chips.

River Rooster

Chicken Treat

Chicken Treat

Ewwwww

Red Rooster

Shoot me now

Creatures

Little Creatures

Emu Export mate

Little Creatures Pale Ale

Tim Tams

Winton

Tim Winton

Tim Winton - Lockie Leonard rulz!

Both!

Whoever came up with these questions will soon be at centrelink

Midland Centrelink 4 eva

Centrelink

Decadence or Poverty? ...

Tim Winton or Tim Minchin?

Tim Minchin (but a tough call)

Little Creatures, only because I drunk myself Emu Export to hate Swan Draught as a kid.

I was told to tell you to ask Cheeky from The Let them duke it out.

Sunshine Brothers?

Fly-In-Fly-Out or Centrelink?

Hello, musician / ex student here.

Centrelink haha!

Centrelink, the fuel behind my first album!

Emu Export or Swan Draught or Little Creatures Creatures Pale Ale?

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WAMI AWARDS

We Predict A Riot!

band in the running who actually have released an album. Not only are they popular locally, but they also are experiencing international success, as proven by their appearance on the cover of NME last week and accompanying story which dubbed them “the hottest new band in the world”. That doesn’t happen to local bands very often!

The elephant in the room: Where are the usual suspects who can pack out venues like the Astor and Metro Freo and Metro City? Eskimo Joe, Jebediah, etc...

It is one of the West Australian Music Industry’s night of nights - the WAMi MOST POPULAR LIVE ACT a pretty similar bunch of names as the last Awards. Putting their guesstimation With award, The Growl, Split Seconds, Pond and Abbe May caps on, MATTHEW HOGAN and are in the running for flour, eggs and whatever else goes into cake here.

JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD make Who will win: Abbe May. their predictions ahead of the Who should win: We’re hoping cover star Abbe May and her band win here as their live show continues ceremony at The Bakery this Saturday, to get better and better and her album launch last year at the Astor Theatre was undoubtedly the best June 2. local show of the year.

MOST POPULAR GROUP

Split Seconds

This X-Press presented award is the biggest public voted award of the night and sees San Cisco, The Growl, Split Seconds, and Pond battling for the crown cake.

Who will win: Split Seconds.

Who should win: Pond should win because they are the only

The elephant in the room: Jebediah, Birds Of Tokyo - those bands that packed out countless large venues across the country last year.

MOST POPULAR SOLO ARTIST

Sam Perry, Felicity Groom, Abbe May, and Rabbit Island ditch the bands and are in the running for solo awards this year.

Who will win: Felicity Groom.

Who should win: Sam Perry because he is the only nominee who actually performs solo regularly.

The elephant in the room: Joe McKee, Tomas Ford, Grace Woodroofe, Andrew Sinclair - this town has its fair share o’ one person bands.

2012 BREAKTHROUGH ACT San Cisco, Rainy Day Women, Sonpsilo Circus, and Runner are the bands that broke through in the last year, according to the WAMi Award nominations.

Who will win: San Cisco because they were robbed last year by Split Seconds in the same category.

Who will win next year: San Cisco.

MOST POPULAR MUSIC VENUE

Mojos, Rosemount Hotel, The Bakery, and The Bird each have the WAMi Award nomination seal of approval this year.

Who will win: The Bakery because they’re hosting the WAMi Awards and we often find ourselves passed out on their lawn couches.

Who should win: They all bring us live and local music every week so they all have a special place in our hearts.

The elephant in the room: The Astor Theatre went from being an out of work cinema to filling a void that Perth had for a while. It has excellent sound, bands always look great on the massive stage with splendid lighting, and it’s the most comfortable place in Perth to watch bands. They also serve popcorn.

MOST POPULAR SINGLE

Mathas’ White Sugar; Voltaire Twins’ Animalia; San Cisco’s Awkward; and Abbe May’s Design Desire fight it out for the popular voted WAM Song Of The Year award.

Who will win: Awkward - a no brainer.

The Elephant In The Room: Drapht was the only WA artist to get multiple songs in the Triple J Hottest 100, but we guess national success doesn’t always equate to local acknowledgement.

MOST POPULAR MUSIC VIDEO

Tomas Ford’s I Feel Dirty; Voltaire Twins’ Animalia; Felicity Groom’s Siren Song; and San Cisco’s Awkward are battling it out for the WAMi Award equivalent of the Best Picture Oscar.

Who will twin: Voltaire wins!

MOST POPULAR ALBUM/EP

San Cisco’s second EP Awkward; Felicity Groom’s long awaited debut album Gossamar; Abbe May’s third album Design Desire; Usurper Of Modern Medicine’s debut EP Acid Chess are up for this massive award previous won by Snowman, Eskimo Joe, Gyroscope and more.

Who will win: San Cisco - we think their popularity among young fans more likely to vote for them will get them over the line.

Who should win: Abbe May. The AMP Award nominated Design Desire was one of the great Australian albums of the last 12 months.

The elephant room in the room: It would be nice if this category was split into two. There’s a big difference in the amount of work that goes into an album when compared to an EP.

MOST POPULAR MUSIC EVENT

In The Pines and Southbound battle it out against national touring giants Future Music Festival and St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival.

Who will win: Given the hipster-heavy nominations so far you would think that St. Jerome’s is a shoe-in.

Who should win: In The Pines for being the most WA music-heavy music event in the whole West Australian Music Industry Award category.

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Emperors for Rock Act Of The Year, but they may have to blow a tranquilizer dart into Abbe May’s neck (though we’re sure that won’t stop her).

Split Seconds for Pop Act Of The Year.

Grim Fandango for Most Popular Hardcore Punk Emo Screamo Skate Punk Cowpunk Riot Grrrl Taqwacore Psychobilly Queercore Rapcore Oi! Act Of The Year Voyager for Metal Act Of The Year.

Ruby Boots for Folk Act Of The Year.

The Seals for Bluegrass Acoustic Roots Act of The Year Split Seconds for Media Award.

Split Seconds for all the instrument awards.

A brawl between power couple Allbrook/ Avery for Male Vocalist Of The Year.

Flick Groom for Female Vocalist Of The Year, but where’s Vee? ShockOne for Electronic Producer Of The Year.

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THE JEZABELS Amp It Up

Having released their debut record Prisoner to critical acclaim last September, The Jezabels have been on the road ever since. ANNABEL MACLEAN chats with guitarist Sam Lockwood about the controversy surrounding their 2012 AMP win and being star-struck before their show at Metro City on Tuesday, June 5.

Sam Sparro

SAM SPARRO

“From our perspective it is a bit offensive saying that award standards are going down when we win it and I don’t think that’s true,” Sam Lockwood says down the line from London in a friendly, casual manner, talking of The Jezabels’ controversial win of this year’s Australian Music Prize.

The AMP is awarded to an Australian band annually and is voted for by the nation’s top critics.

This year, some media industry folk and musicians didn’t see eye-to-eye with the outcome and it got everyone talking about the politics surrounding the prize. “We talked so much about it because we were involved with it obviously and we were sort of put off by it,” he says.

“It came out that some of the people who were critical of us winning said they didn’t want to personally attack us, they were talking about what the AMP should be and I see where they’re coming

from - apparently we’re ‘too successful to win it’ is sort of what they were saying. I still don’t know what I think about that.

“I think there should be more avenues for up-and-coming underground bands to win that money to make them move forward. I think just the tendency of some critics to always want things to be special and no one else to know about them. I think it should always be on merit, I think musicians are the ones who can judge that and everyone can judge that, that’s why [the AMP] is so awesome.”

But the band has acquired a few fans along the way despite the “two people that were complaining” as Lockwood says. “Peter Garrett he got asked about it because it was such a controversy and he said that he was so happy that we won and so we know that Peter Garrett listens to our music and that’s cool,” he says.

Peter Garrett isn’t the only star which the band admires, having smashed the festival circuit over the last year playing the likes of Falls Festival, Southbound and Big Day Out, they’ve managed to meet and share stages with some of their all-time favourite musicians. “At Falls, we played after Missy Higgins and before Fleet Foxes… we all like Fleet Foxes and Missy Higgins - especially for Hayley [Mary, vocalist] and Heather [Shannon, keyboard/piano] they grew up listening to her.

“I’ve got Josh Pyke’s number in my phone and I’ve always loved him too and he’s so nice as well.

I’m always star-struck… last year at Falls we met The National backstage - me and my drummer Nik Kaloper both like them - we were having a chat and going ‘we should just go talk to them and introduce ourselves’ and

we walked over and I didn’t say one word the whole conversation (laughs).”

The band are now dealing with their own fans and punters being star-struck around them but they’re not letting that distract them. With plans to start recording their second record next year and tours locked in until October, they’re excited to play Metro City next week. “This time we’re just taking around a big lighting show and we’ve got all of our songs ready.

I think the show now is much stronger, I don’t want to jinx myself but it’ll be a seamless experience.”

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Return To Paradise LA-based singer-songwriter Sam Sparro has spent the last two years working seriously on his forthcoming sophomore record Return To Paradise.

ANNABEL MACLEAN chats with Sparro about the making of the record and what’s in store for the suave musician this year. Return To Paradise is out this Friday, June 1, through EMI. Australian ex-pat Sam Sparro is at a radio station in LA eating banana bread when this interview takes place.

Known for his pop-soul smatterings and electro beats, Sparro took over the airwaves down under and around the world when he released his 2008 debut self-titled record and the album’s second single Black And Gold became a worldwide hit. Since spring 2009, he’s been working on Return To Paradise, the upbeat soul and funk fuelled follow-up inspired by vocalists of the ‘70s and ‘80s.

“I actually can’t wait for the whole thing to be out, I think with this record, I really made an album and I feel it’s really, really good as a body of work all together so I’m really looking forward to it being available in its entirety rather than just the songs so people can hear the whole thing,” he says in his now soft, chic American accent.

Although the record is predominantly upbeat, Shades Of Grey and I Wish I Never Met You bring a touch of sadness to the record. Ironically, the track Happiness was written during a period of sadness which Sparro experienced. “I actually was in London when I wrote that song,”he reveals.“I needed to get out of LA. I went on a writing trip over there to see some of my bands because a lot of my bands live there and at the time I had a different manager and he managed Amy Winehouse so she had been renting the writing studio that she wasn’t using at the time so he said ‘go into Amy’s writing room and use it as much as you want and just do some writing’.

I went in there with Charlie my keyboard player and we wrote Happiness in a day.”

The music video for Happiness is filled with cabaret routines and I Wish I Never Met You sees Sparro taking on board some of Michael Jackson’s dance moves and playing an old school gangster.“I grew up listening to him and emulating him as a child,” he says of Michael Jackson.“[I started] going back through my record collection and started to collect records again, remembering my passion for soul music and funk and disco and the great vocalists of the ‘70s and ‘80s that I really love listening to. I think I was kind of coming out of a heartbreak and listening to those records got me through that so that really inspired the record – artists like Donny Hathaway, Nina Simone, Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer.”

Return To Paradise was the result of narrowing down 60 recorded songs and will see Sparro on the road for the remainder of this year. With a European tour, a trip to Japan and down under all in the works, he’ll be shooting a couple of music videos for other songs on the record in between as well as starting work on his third record.“[I want to get] back into the studio right away because I don’t want to spend another three years making the next album, I want to do it really quickly,” he says. “I’ve already started it. I started it a couple of months ago.”

He says fans can get pumped about a remix album of Return To Paradise which is already in the works but, he’s more excited about being on the road this year.“I’m doing a festival with Chic and with Grace Jones in London,” he says. “I’m a really big fan. I’m going to stand on the side of the stage and watch that!” www.xpressmag.com.au

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JULIA STONE She’s All Okay Julia Stone has just wrapped up the European leg of the preview tour for her new album By The Horns, and is revelling in the Parisian romantic air. She chats to CORAL HUCKSTEP ahead of her Astor Theatre show on Friday, September 28.

By The Horns is a continuation of Julia Stone’s musings on love and life.

If there’s one thing she’s learned along the way it’s that she can’t plan the way her life will unravel.

“I used to think that for me, success was going to be being a good wife and a good mother and I really did think by now I was going to be married,” Stone says.

“I’m pretty amazed at where I am and what I’m doing. I didn’t expect it to look like this and I think a lot of songs I write reflect this.”

One such song is It’s All Okay. “The whole idea of [It’s All Okay] is the man I thought I was going to marry is married and has kids now,” Stone says. “Any plans I’ve made haven’t unfolded the way I thought they would. Not that it’s bad, it’s been great, but I’d be delusional to think I have a plan because anytime I have, it’s been blown to smithereens.”

By The Horns, like Stone’s solo debut The Memory Machine, reveals a girl flitting between

infatuation and heartbreak. Stone’s lovelorn lyrics are bruised by her girlish voice and coupled with haunting piano and strings. It’s a departure from the folksy feel of her duo with Angus Stone.

Stone tells X-Press most of her earlier music, from Chocolates And Cigarettes to Down The Way, was about her long-term boyfriend, who was also the drummer for the band. “I was only thinking the other day just how difficult this must have been for him,” she says. “I had never thought what it would be like to be somebody who the songs are about. Every night he would be on stage and listening to me singing about us and him. It’s a weird cycle that you can’t get out of. It did, and it can, become quite difficult. Ultimately that’s why he left the band and that’s why we’re not together now.”

The set-lists of Stone’s tour have included some of those songs. “It would be weird not to play Angus and me songs,” she says. “I feel like we always

Julia Stone wrote our songs separately and even though we collaborated in the studio together, there were always ‘his songs’ and ‘my songs’. I do And The Boys and I did For You the other night because a girl asked for it.”

The shows were at intimate venues in Rotterdam, Paris, London, Amsterdam and Berlin. Next, she’ll play a party show in NYC and then the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles –“it’s really amazing there and so creepy,” Stone says. Later, she’s heading for Sydney to wrap up the tour and have family downtime.

“After Sydney I think I might head back to New York for a while. Thomas [Bartlett] and I were sort of half-joking, half-talking about making some dance tracks. I don’t know if it’s going to happen but it’s in our minds to start working on some more electronic stuff, just for fun,” Stone says.

Stone will then tour Australia, Europe and the USA in the final months of 2012.“That’s a plan, right,” she asks doubtfully. “I don’t know what the year will be like in the emotional landscape of my life, though.”

Tijuana Cartel

TIJUANA CARTEL No Sleep

The lads from Gold Coast group Tijuana Cartel have been working hard lately, and are looking to get even busier through 2012. Frontman Paul George speaks to CHLOE PAPAS about touring, tunes, and a new album.

Tijuana Cartel are becoming known as the band who never sleeps.

In less than a year they’ve released fulllength record M1, dominated a 32-date city and regional album tour, released a new single, and are on another Australian tour right now. They are also about to head off on their first international tour, with dates and festivals through Europe and the US. Frontman Paul George tells X-Press that he is most excited for Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert.

“That’s going to be crazy,” he says.“It’s been on my bucket list for years, it’s going to be pretty cool.

It’s just going to be a week of naked hippies in the desert I think. We don’t really know what to expect, everyone says that you can’t really describe what it’s like.”

As fans will know, Tijuana Cartel’s brand of music can’t really be boxed in, but it does have significant influences from all round the world; the band have even just added a Middle Eastern percussionist to the mix. When discussing the transition of the band’s music from recording to live performance, George explains that it never translates perfectly, but they don’t aim for it to.

“Some bands like the idea of playing everything perfectly,” he says.“But even when I was a kid, I always liked Jimi Hendrix and bands that – every time they played – it sounded completely different.

I liked that idea. It’s like telling a story; you don’t tell a story exactly the same each time. You might exaggerate one part, or leave another bit out. I think music should be like that.”

The band dropped a new single earlier this month, and it sways a little from the usual Tijuana vibe. “That’s probably the closest we’ve ever got to writing a ballad. It’s also the first love song I think I’ve ever written. Usually I write about people I’ve split up with and things like that. We tried not to make it too cheesy, but it does have that feel. We just wanted to have a big ending in it, and give it that ‘60s psychedelic vibe,” George explains.

The group chose to work with producer Scott Horscroft (Presets, Empire Of The Sun) on Offer Yourself, rather than self-produce as is their usual style.

George gives us a little insight into the sudden switch.

“I think we were starting to feel a bit stagnant. We thought it would be good to get some more creative input. And also, I’ve been writing the same, with Carey, since we were like 12 so I think we just felt we needed to add to what we were doing to progress it. And working with a great producer like Scott, we particularly know now that it’s really worth it. Because you can kind of see what you’re doing from another angle and suggest things, and it’s good to have another head to bounce off.”

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Laura

LAURA Proud To Be Loud

Melbourne’s Laura released their latest album Twelve Hundred Times late last year, which found their sound moving further into its own distinctive space. Ahead of their performances at The Bakery on Saturday, June 9; and Mojos Bar on Sunday, June 10, JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD gets a peak behind Laura’s self-described “wall of noise” with bassist Andrew Yardley.

Pop at its most straightforward offers the rush of a good chorus, and makes you shiver with an unexpected key change.

But sometimes it’s nice to hear something messing with the formula, something that could easily be defined as “a bit of a racket”. This is where Melbournian five-piece experimental outfit Laura comes in. “We love it when music is so loud it affects you physically,” bassist Andrew Yardley attests.“We call it our ‘wall of noise’.”

Laura’s unique sound is a strangely captivating mix of percussive beats, ear-splitting synth sirens that seems to go on for ages and droning guitar riffs. Lyrically it’s what one might call minimal and abstract, with vocalist Andrew Chalmers mumbling his vocals as the songs veers off in myriad directions almost simultaneously. An acquired taste perhaps, but thrillingly so.

“First and foremost it’s pretty dark,” says Yardley of his band’s sound. “Our vision is to make music that we want to listen to, I guess. At the end of the day we’re still a rock‘n’roll band, we just use different elements to create our songs.”

As Yardley attests, the live arena affords his outfit the opportunity to showcase their dramatic and, at times, chaotic dynamics. “When playing live we like to control the album,” he explains. “When you buy a CD and take it home you can play it as loud as you like, but live we like to play it loud. Really, really loud. That’s how our songs work best. When we play, we like to just go pretty much full pelt and not really have much ambience or lower moments.”

Although Laura have been playing shows for more than 12 years, and have even previously

embarked on an extensive tour of Japan, the postrockers haven’t yet graced local audiences with their presence. When they bring their alluring musical wares to Perth and Fremantle later this month it will be their first visit to the west coast.

Although Yardley says they’ll mainly be playing tunes from their critically acclaimed third LP, Twelve Hundred Times – which hit shelves more than six months ago and has already been extensively toured across the east coast – he promises their live show is far from stale.

“I don’t think it has run its course yet.

We don’t really play together that often so it is still enjoyable. I guess we really just want to give this album a good crack before we move on to the next one,” he says, offering one final word of advice for music lovers planning on trekking down to either of their intense live shows:“Bring your earplugs.”

Make Them Suffer

MAKE THEM SUFFER In Bloom

Perth metallers Make Them Suffer have been making waves. With their debut full length released last week, Neverbloom also sees the band making their major label debut on Roadrunner Records. JESSICA WILLOUGHBY talked to vocalist Sean Harmanis before their launch shows at Amplifier on Saturday, June 2; and YMCA HQ on Sunday, June 3.

Make Them Suffer have taken the opportunity of a lifetime. They were snapped up by a major label to release their debut full length.

Last week saw this sextet launch Neverbloom on Roadrunner Records. The culmination of more than 10 months of negotiations and dedicated writing, their first album garnered attention after label executives caught wind of the band’s earlier material and a well-placed ‘SignMeTo’ webpage. Although frontman Sean Harmanis hoped their 2010 EP, Lord Of Woe, would prick some ears – he never guessed it would gain interest for this prestigious signing. “The EP ended up on Roadrunner’s A&R desk and I guessed he like the artwork or something because he gave it a listen,” Harmanis says. “He checked us out a bit and gave us some really good ratings on our SignMeTo page. Then he went about getting us to sign to Roadrunner. It came as a huge surprise to us. Of all the labels, we were like ‘whoa, what the hell?’. It was kind of unexpected. There have been a lot of Roadrunner bands that have influenced us. They also recently snatched up Gojira, which are one of my favourite bands at the moment. We are excited to be part of it.”

The signing sparked a transitional period for the band. Feeling the pressure, main songwriter and bassist Chris Arias-Real quit his job to spend six-months writing in his bedroom. With no second guitarist or keyboardist in sight, the group used the Roadrunner bid as drawcard – pulling Craig Buckingham and Louisa Burton in respectively. Also experiencing issues in the recording department, they made do with the circumstances and tracked the album in Harmanis and Arias-Real’s rental in West Leederville. “Originally, Roland (Lim, producer) had a studio booked,” Harmanis says.“He was going to buy one to share with a mate, but something happened with the lease and that fell through. So we ended up having to do exactly what we did with the EP and record in our living room for a full month straight. We had complaints from the council and our neighbours. It was a pretty stressful time for me and Chris, who both lived in the house. Being 3am in the morning, surrounded by unrelenting blastbeats. It was kind of tough. But it didn’t compromise the sound of the album at all.”

But the vocalist points to the outfit’s choice to work with Roland Lim (Birds Of Tokyo) again, as they did on their EP, as the right decision.

“It was a massive thing for us that we’d worked with him before,” he says. “We’re really comfortable with him. We also understand that he’s ever improving as an engineer, like we are as a band. It is kinda nice to establish that relationship were we can both grow together.”

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MYSTERY JETS Radlands

KYNAN TAN Rætina

Rough Trade

Listen / Hear

THE FLAMING LIPS The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends Warner Music

Just how do Wayne Coyne and his merry miscreants do it?

After a quarter of a century, the band that was once the world’s most unlikely major label signing continues to release music that bring together the old with the new, the traditional with the fucked up to create something even more fucked up. Heady Fwends is a collaboration album like no other.

Kicking off with 2012, the result sounds every bit like the apocalypse with it’s chainsaw guitars, merry handclaps and Ke$ha musing on acid intake. That’s right, Ke$ha is involved on what should be a national anthem for the year now.

Side two of the double record features Kevin Parker of Tame Impala lending a monster riff to campfire sing-along Children Of The Moon, Jim James of My Morning Jacket turns evil on That Ain’t My Trip, and Nick Cave lends some of his Grinderman grandstanding to his spoken word contribution to You, Man Human. Soul queen Erykah Badu also makes an appearance to lead a deconstructed reading of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, a song made famous by Roberta Flack.

A labour of love, The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends is proof that the Lips are still one of the most exciting bands out there.

THE WALKMEN Heaven Inertia

There is a decidedly digital logic at play on Rætina, the debut album from local composer/producer Kynan Tan. Once sound becomes digital it becomes data and thus endlessly repeatable and malleable.

Tan revels in this sound world, using selfprogrammed patches to pull apart his sampled material and reconstruct it into a glitchy, digital sheen. There are three distinct threads of material on Rætina; a delicate, Fenneszian guitar riff that first surfaces is the opening track; the snakelike Rhodes piano line of the album’s Skeletal triptych and the drawling, filtered voices that emerge in track three (woken / under streams).

Throughout the album, Tan shifts form and context so that each thread is drawn out and interwoven with the others. For example, track two’s Rhodes riff reappears in track five amid some abrasive, digital noise and then again in track six where it is split up into a multitude of gently pulsing tones. The result is that whilst the album’s first half seems a little unfocused, by the end each thread of material has returned several times and there is a far stronger sense of cohesion and space.

If you take a peek at Mystery Jets’ album art for Radlands you’ll see it’s full of holiday snaps from their time in Austin, where most of the album was recorded. From the photos of their wooden house, Lucky Charm cereal, cactus and guns, you know this album is their American record.

The songs are the musical equivalent of a Texan drawl with the twang of the guitar replicating a mid-western sound throughout. Even the lyrics are full of bibles, desert tracks and flies.

It’s a definite departure from the British indie-pop of their previous three albums, yet Radlands reads like a storybook. The band introduces the concept for the album as a drunken “lonestar” finding his way on the road and lamenting the loss of a lover.

Standouts include Take Me Where The Roses Grow, a light ballad about falling in love, with added vocals by Sophie Rose Harper. And Someone Purer, which is a belter – “So deliver me from sin and give me rock and roll” vocalist Blaine Harrison shouts. Coincidentally, the least-American sounding of the lot is Lost In Austin. Perhaps it’s the strong English accent shining through. Radlands is ultimately a love story with a place.

Heaven might just be The Walkmen’s best record yet. Yes, you read that right: Heaven isn’t just the equal of the band’s critically acclaimed 2004 record, Bows + Arrows, it might be better.

There are several moments here where the five-piece exhibit an infectious immediacy that’s presented in parallel with some genuine ingenuity, and the effect on the listener is to stop what they’re doing, focus fully on what’s unfolding, and then rewind to hear it over again.

The Love You Love harks back in production tonality to the scratchy lo-fi charm of Bows + Arrows, but flexes significantly developed melodic muscles compared to eight years ago. That classic Walkmen aesthetic is also tenable on We Can’t Be Beat, which features harmonies from Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold.

Truly, there’s so much to love about Heaven that picking it apart seems as ridiculous as dissecting an expensive tray of chocolates, setting fillings aside from their delicious casings. They, like this record, taste far better with everything properly combined – and with all five members contributing, in harmony, The Walkmen have here upped their own ante like nobody could have foreseen. Except for the band members themselves, of course. Prepare to be smitten anew.

_HENRY ANDERSEN

_CORAL HUCKSTEP

_JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

_MATTHEW HOGAN

GOSSIP A Joyful Noise Sony

Since Standing In the Way Of Control pushed Gossip out of punk clubs on to NME covers, the band has been caught between their countercultural roots and the pressure to build on their success. Music For Men was a decent compromise, but A Joyful Noise might be the point where the run stops.

Even though the band hinges on Beth Ditto’s explosive, brassy voice, she is muted from the start here, barely registering on the lurching, stolid opener Melody Emergency. If that wasn’t ominous enough, her lyrics increasingly have the depth of a frying pan (“I know it’s hard/But you gotta try try try”, anybody?).

Before, this hadn’t been such an issue, since her band played with an urgency that always suggested something urgent was at stake. However, this album is a trawl through dry, often featureless disco stomps, devoid of verve, hooks or belief. By watering down Ditto’s hollering and amping up the dance-pop, Gossip are presumably shooting for the commercial soundz of yr K-Perrys and Ke$has (check the pitch shift on Get A Job), but they don’t have the songwriting chops to pull it off. What they don’t realise is that Ke$ha and her ilk are fascinating because of the inescapable persona each projects on the material they’re dealt. Perry is an apple-pie bimbo, Ke$ha an errant wildcard. In lieu of asserting herself, Ditto retreats, repeating the earnest, hopeful messages that won them adoration, but with a distressing lack of heft.

Though Move In The Right Direction is propulsive as heck, and the house piano on Get Lost is a nice touch, amongst such lachrymose, dispirited company, they stick out like the proverbial dick at the lesbian bar. _ALEX GRIFFIN

LISA MITCHELL Spiritus Warner Music Australia

Lisa Mitchell is one of the great survivors from Australian Idol, the show that has turned into career suicide for most people who were involved. Instead of shitting in her own nest, she has taken time to find an audience and is all the better for the gestation.

Spiritus is the first new music from the folk savvy pipsqueak since 2009. The title of the lead track is translated into “life force” and is certainly the most uplifting and dynamic recording that Mitchell has made to date. Bringing percussion and technology to her previously organic sound should silence those who have been sceptical of Mitchell’s talents.

Having toured regularly with a stable band, Mitchell has changed tack and gone back to basics for the majority of Spiritus. Mitchell has been steadily making the transition from acoustic folker to piano bound chanteuse and Diamond In The Rough continues the metamorphosis. The things that have led to Mitchell’s appeal have not totally been discarded as I Am A Traveller has the singer adopting her most child like voice and resisting the urge to hide the significant amount of ‘fret buzz’ on this acoustic haunt.

Having entered the industry as a caterpillar, Mitchell is rapidly breaking out of her cocoon, and by signing off her artwork with thanks to the Sun, Yoga and You, she has officially become the female version of Ben Lee. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT www.xpressmag.com.au

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Les Affreux is on show during the Winter Arts Season

WINTER WONDERLAND

Next time you overhear someone moaning that ‘nothing ever happens in Perth’, grab a program for the City of Perth’s Winter Arts Season and slap them silly with it! Running from June 1-August 31, the Winter Arts Season boasts over 150 different events, from 60 local arts organisations, businesses and independent artists, which means there is plenty of awesome stuff set to go down around town in the coming weeks. From theatre to dance, cabaret to comedy, music to visual arts, film to literature, there’s something for everyone in the Winter Arts Season, and best of all, there’s an abundance of free, family-friendly options. Find out everything that’s on offer by picking up a program, or visiting perthwinterarts.com.au.

Perth cinephiles will get the chance to check out some of this year’s hottest short films next week thanks to 1Up Microcinema’s festival of Oscar-nominated shorts. A small cinema with a huge personality, 1Up loves unique films, and can seat groups of between eight and 20 people, so you’re always guaranteed an intimate viewing experience. From June 6-10, 1Up will showcase each of the five films nominated for the Live Action Short category at the recent Oscars, including Tuba Atlantic (Norway), Time Freak (US), The Shore (Ireland), Raju (Germany/India) and Pentecost (Ireland). Screenings are set to go down nightly at 7.45pm and entry is $15. Seating is limited so get down early to avoid Tuba Atlantic screens disappointment. at 1Up Microcinema

LIFE LESSONS

He’s been called a “spoken word genius” by the man who discovered Oasis, and his fans include everyone from Bob Geldoff to the Mayor of Freo, so you know Belowsky’s upcoming show at the Little Creatures Loft is bound to be top notch! Taking over the Loft on Friday, June 8, from 8pm, A Lesson In Belowskyology combines standup with spoken word and musical parodies with hilarious results. If you’re interested in finding out exactly what a one-man Belowsky show involves, hit up Heatseeker today to get your tickets.

CAL’S COMING

The inaugural Perth International Comedy Festival may be done and dusted for 2012 but that doesn’t mean that Perth’s comedy fans will be left wanting.

Thankfully, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow 2012 will head to WA as part of its two month tour, offering up comedians such as Cal Wilson, Joel Creasey, Marina Franklin, David Quirk, Smart Casual and Hayley Breen.

The tour stops at His Majesty’s Theatre from June 20-24.

For more details visit comedyfestival. c o m . a u / roadshow.

Bel Ami

BEL AMI

Lover To Lover Cal Wilson heads to Perth on the Comedy Festival Roadshow

Directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod Starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristen Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, Colm Meaney, Philip Glenister There’s a scene in The Addams Family where Wednesday Addams attends summer camp and is forced to smile. The result is a menacing grin. This is exactly the alarming expression Robert Pattinson employs for much of his role as Georges Duroy in Bel Ami, an adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s novel of the same name.

Set in late nineteenth century France, this dark film follows ex-soldier Georges as he sleeps his way through Paris’ leading ladies in a bid to carve a name for himself in the city’s elite circles. Paris is rotting with filth and money and filled with loose-moralled women bored with their influential husbands. Georges is one of the lucky people whose lack of any talent is equalled with incredible good fortune and handsome looks.

While at a carnival-esque club, Georges happens upon his former army officer-turned-political editor Charles Forestier (Philip Glenister) who sets him up with a column at the newspaper La Vie Francaise. The newspaper is on the verge of something big: uncovering an imminent French-Moroccan war, although this acts as a mere subplot because Georges couldn’t care less about his new job because he’s pursuing Forestier’s wife Madeleine (Uma Thurman) and Clotilde (Christina Ricci).

However, it becomes more evident as the film progresses that Georges will never love the women who name him their Bel Ami because he is so obssessed with himself.

This is directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod’s debut in filmmaking after many years in the theatre, and it is clear the film’s redeeming qualities stem from their stage history. The sets of the rich Parisian houses are beautifully elegant, especially Madeleine’s house, which is detailed right down to the aqua wallpaper matching her eye colour. The costumes also are wonderful — all corsets and dapper suits.

But the film can’t get by on looks alone, and neither can Robert Pattinson.

Aside from his Wednesday Addams impersonation, Pattinson assumes two other facial expressions: blank disinterest and sneering repugnance, and neither possess the charm that Georges needs to convincingly seduce Paris’ most influential women — Madeleine, Virginie (Kristen Scott Thomas) and Clotilde. Georges is supposed to be a repulsive callous character at heart but Pattinson’s lack of charisma renders the whole plot entirely unbelievable. If the Parisian wives are as powerful as Madeleine proclaims they are at the beginning, they could surely do better than the greasyhaired Georges.

The three actresses outdo Pattinson’s performance by far. Thurman, as Madeleine, possesses the right amount of feist but her pairing with Pattinson is poorly matched, and he appears awkward in the majority of their shared scenes.

Scott Thomas is delightful as Virginie, the uptight wife turned girlish fool, a character far removed from her usual roles.

Overall, the film is a lacklustre adaptation with Rachel Bennette’s screenplay lacking oopmh and Pattinson’s performance far from as seductive and shocking as it could have been. _CORAL HUCKSTEP

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Adrian Grunberg directing Mel Gibson on the set of Get The Gringo

The Woman In Black

THE WOMAN IN BLACK Ghosts By Gaslight

Directed by James Watkins Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer, Liz White From renowned British horror factory Hammer Films comes this classy and atmospheric slice of gothic melodrama that pits Hogwarts alumnus Daniel Radcliffe against the forces of darkness.

Set in England in the early twentieth century, the film follows solicitor Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe), a widower devoted to his young son, who is dispatched to the distant hamlet of Crythin Gifford to oversee the estate of the recently deceased Alice Drablow, a reclusive widow. On arriving, he makes friends with the wealthy landowner Sam Daily (Ciaran Hinds) and his wife, Elizabeth (Janet McTeer) but gets the cold shoulder from the other villagers, who appear to be hiding, as is almost always the case in these sorts of things, A Dark Secret. It’s not too long before Kipps is seeing visions of the eponymous Woman in Black (Liz White), a spectre whose manifestation presages the death of children, and becomes determined to uncover the mystery of the haunting.

It’s a wonderfully evocative and oldfashioned story. The script, adapted from Susan Hill’s novel by Jane Goldman (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class) is unhurried and deliberate, drawing out the suspense and giving up its secrets slowly. Director

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James Watkins (Eden Lake) wisely puts the focus on atmosphere rather than shock tactics, although he knows when to drop in the occasional jump scare to keep the audience on their toes, and his sumptuous, layered production design and well-chosen locations contribute to a mood of chilly isolation and eerie otherworldliness. The film’s key location, Eel Marsh House, a decaying mansion located on a tiny spit of land that is frequently cut off from the mainland by the tide, is particularly evocative.

But perhaps the most pertinent question is how Radcliffe acquits himself in the film,and the answer is: quite well. As an actor, he’s going to have a difficult time getting out from under Harry Potter’s shadow, but his restrained and committed performance here indicates that he should be able to forge a career outside of the wizarding world. In any case, it could have been much worse; the last time an actor trying to transition from teen heartthrob status played an English lawyer forced to confront an occult threat, it was Keanu Reeves in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Radcliffe, at least, has the accent down pat, and he holds his own in the company of veterans like Hinds and McTeer.

The Woman In Black lacks the shocks and splatter of most modern horror offerings, and though that’s largely to its benefit, some horror aficionados may be disappointed by the absence of latex and corn syrup. Chiefly an exercise in mood and sustained tension, the film is a refreshing change of pace after a long period wherein reboots, sequels, and low budget found footage flicks have dominated the genre, and discerning fright fans should have a lot of fun with this deliciously chilling yarn. _TRAVIS JOHNSON

ADRIAN GRUNBERG Managing Mel

A veteran Assistant Director with over 20 credits to his name, Adrian Grunberg makes his directorial debut with the Mel Gibson starring Get The Gringo.

You may not know Adrian Grunberg’s name, but you’ve certainly seen at least a few of the films he’s worked on. Amongst the movies he’s helped usher into being in his role as Assistant Director are such notable works as Master And Commander: The Far Side Of the World, Traffic, Man On Fire, and Apocalypto. But like so many below the line crew members, Grunberg harboured a desire to call the shots himself.

“I‘ve always wanted to direct,” he admits.

“But I hadn’t gotten the chance for whatever reason.

Having said that, it was a case of being in the right place at the right time, hard work, and a lot of luck.”

The chance finally presented itself in the form of Get The Gringo – also known as How I Spent My Summer Vacation – a gritty crime thriller that sees Mel Gibson’s titular criminal plotting to escape a Mexican prison.

“Mel came up with the idea,” Grunberg tells us. “Mel had this idea of an American in a foreign prison, and he wanted me to direct it. So it was sort of logical that it be in Mexico, because I live in Mexico. So then we got together and started talking about it, about what the ideas were. Then (co-screenwriter) Stacy Perskie and I went off and did the research, and came up with El Pueblito. The writing process went for almost a year and half

before we got to a point where we were happy to start shooting the script.”

Shooting took place in the actual El Pueblito prison itself, a notorious place with its own rules and bizarre black market economy, where the families of prisoners often lived with their incarcerated loved ones.

“There’s this misconception that the government partially emptied the prison for us to shoot in, which is not the case.” Gruberg points out. “When we scouted this prison, it was an actual prison, but the government was in the process of relocating everybody, so when we got it, it was empty. It was actually great, because it was like being in a studio lot, but with a lot of presence.

You’re looking at these four walls, so it kind of feels like you’re in a studio. The downside is that there’s a lot of heat and these four walls don’t allow any air to circulate, so it just became this really humid, damp place. The prison became one of the main characters, but the prison itself presented no challenges.”

And though the film deals with some dark subject matter, Grunberg realised early on that it needed to be leavened with humour to make it palatable for a wide audience.

“We had discussions about this from early on,” he says.“Mel is really good at planting that tone.

It was important that we make a fun movie. In order for that to happen, you need to have some comic relief. You need some moments where the audience can breathe and laugh. It allows the other parts to be more tolerable.” _TRAVIS JOHNSON

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HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING Fake It Til You Make It

How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying is on show at the Regal Theatre from Friday, June 15, ’til Saturday, June 23. Bookings can be made via Ticketek.

Not your average musical, WAAPA’s forthcoming production of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying ticks all the boxes, combining singing, dancing and comedy in a conniving office environment where you gotta fake it ’til you make it.

Ahead of the show’s opening at the Regal Theatre, X-Press caught up with Sydney based guest director Jason Langley to find out why How To Succeed In Business Without Really is still being staged 51 years after it first took Broadway by storm.

“For starters it’s a Pulitzer Prize winning musical and there are not many musicals that have won the Pulitzer Prize for drama,” the director says of the show’s longevity. “The musicals that win Pulitzer Prizes are usually groundbreaking and I think How To Succeed In Business was quite ground-breaking for the time. It was incredibly bold for the writers to put on a big Broadway musical but attack what was sacred to everything the US stood for – corporations and big business.

It hasn’t lost any relevancy either, which is why it’s still being performed and embraced today. It’s also just a bloody good musical – it has a terrific score, fantastic songs and it’s very funny but it’s also quite meaty and people recognise themselves in it.”

For those who aren’t familiar with the text, How To Succeed In Business charts the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, a starry-eyed window-washer who manages to climb the corporate ladder just by being in the right place at the right time.

“It’s based on a novel that was written

by Shepherd Mead and he wrote it in the time of all those how-to books such as How To Win Friends And Influence People, and he wrote this satirical book on how to rise to the top of a big corporation by doing very little. It’s a very good read and you look at it and go ‘people could have read that back in those days and probably followed all the steps in it and actually risen quite high in an office scenario’.

How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Photo: Donna Ferreri) “The musical is about a young window washer in New York City who gets a hold of this book and he follows the book step by step and finds a corporation that is so big that nobody knows what anyone else is actually doing and he rises to the top without doing very much. It’s about bullshitting and looking like you know what you’re doing and that’s what the young hero of this piece does because that’s what the book tells him to do, and he gets ahead. It’s not a typical old fashioned musical. It sounds like an unlikely premise but you don’t have to dig deep to find those stories in reality.

“I read something recently by a contemporary writer called Stanley Bing who is a business journalist and was employed by a big corporation to write a speech for the CEO. He came to the office and found this beautiful corner office in the building that nobody was using so he just plonked himself there and used it while writing the speech. People in the office saw him in there and gave him other work and once the speech was written he just kept coming in and doing work for people and eventually human resources found out and said ‘we can’t have someone coming in here working for nothing so we have to put him on the payroll or kick him out’. So they put him on the pay roll in a junior management position and he had this top management office that he kept. There’s a million stories like that.” _EMMA BERGMEIER

of immigration within, without and around Australia, Runs Jun 7-24. concepts of crossing over, adaption, culture shock and Ghosts And Atmospheres: Linton and Kay how skills are judged. Runs Jun 1-9.

Contemporary, Subiaco Ghosts And Atmospheres highlights the skill of Zach I Can’t Tell You Now What I Could Have Told You Freshwater, a versatile and dedicated artist who Then: Free Range Gallery, Perth began painting seriously at the age of 24. Every A response to artist Andrea Wood’s time spent in piece in the exhibition represents many months of ZWaldemar Kolbusz: Greenhill Galleries, Claremont residence drawing and photographing zoological Waldemar Kolbusz’ paintings have similarities in specimens at the University Of WA, and a meditation intensive labour for Freshwater who applies hundreds structure to works produced by some mid 20th on a photograph the artist took more than 20 years of layers of pearlescent inks using very fine brushes. century abstract expressionists, and are somewhat ago at Grasmere, I Can’t Tell You Now What I Could Runs Jun 21-Jul 5. reminiscent of early multi-form works by Mark Have Told You Then revisits places or importance to Through Tulip’s Eye: Kulcha, Fremantle Rothko. There is an automatism about them as they reflect on the artist’s changing relationship to nature. The intricate beauty of the ancient art of paper cutting is brought to life by the energy and creative are clearly de-formed and accidental, yet there is also Runs Jun 2-17. joy of Pakistani self-taught artist, jeweller, and 3D a careful construction to them. They are a type of CAD/CAM designer Tusif Ahmad. Each delicately intellectual de-construction of formlessness. Playing The M Word: Elements Art Gallery, Dalkeith with perspective through the use of opaque and thin Some of us have large families. Some decide on the hand cut from a single sheet of paper, his artworks films of paint, Kolbusz has a personal language. His polar opposite. Many desire a family but struggle to are influenced by traditional Islamic patterns and paintings have a warped, deconstructed, un-rooted, conceive. Today families are often blended. Regardless symbols, yet Tusif takes a unique and personal path organic and accidental feel, with vibrant slabs of of the circumstances, the Mother word and many other in his storytelling imagery, exploring the dynamic colour and unexpected miscellany. Runs ’til Jun 9.

M words shape and define our identity. Artist and opposing forces that shape our personal trials and academic Lyndall Adams has a large blended family. triumphs in life, love and beauty. Runs Jun 10-30.

Looking Through Windows: Smart Space Gallery, Fellow artist, academic Brooke Zeligman has chosen Northbridge a different path. Throughout the creative process, Shaun Tan: Suburban Odyssey: Fremantle Arts Featuring work by emerging artists, Looking Through both artists have been collaborating, exploring and Centre, Fremantle Windows deals with visual explorations on the theme responding to conversations surrounding The M Word. Shaun Tan has won the world’s most prestigious prizes – an Academy Award for his short film The Lost Thing, and the Astrid Lindgren Award for his work as a children’s illustrator, but he describes Kaleidoscope: himself as ‘a painter who fell into illustration and Claremont Quarter, book publishing’. Fremantle Arts Centre is delighted Claremont to present for the first time a collection of Tan’s never A self-taught artist, before seen paintings along with original drawings David Bromley and preparatory sketches for the film The Lost Thing. h a s e m e rg e d a s Exhibited together, these works create a vision of one of the most Shaun Tan as an artist whose work across genres is recognisable and built on close observation of the real world through innovative painters painting and drawing. Runs ’til Jul 15. in Australia. He has fostered Projektet, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle widespread acclaim Imagine the complexity of the human immune and notoriety both system. There are millions of tiny soldiers inside each nationally and of us, who process intruders and decide friends from internationally and foe. They are our warriors and our guard dogs, our has been a finalist filters which protect us from outside influences. Now in the prestigious apply this model to society, and culture. Researchers Archibald Prize six and artists Ola Johansson and Amanda Newall, based times. With a view to seeing the world in Sweden, examine the uncanny way our immune through different system has influenced the way we interact with eyes, the exclusive others. In a joint residency between Fremantle Arts Western Australian Centre and SymbioticA, the biological arts facility at exhibition titled the University of Western Australia, Johansson and Kaleidoscope Newall have undertaken a series of academic and encapsulates a fun, artistic pursuits to investigate the similarities between joyous and playful our internal and external immune processes. The pair vibe. Runs Jun 12have orchestrated performances, where cells from Jul 12.

Hillary by David Bromley the body are acted out by members of the local performing arts community. Runs ’til Jul 15.

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Beer Bong by Andy Quilty Red Led: 140 William, Perth In his new exhibition at 140 William, artist Andy Quilty asks men: if the beers run out, how can we relate? An exploration of masculinity and how men define themselves, Red Led is primarily comprised of large scale works created with ball point pens – Quilty’s signature style. Runs May 31-Jun 7.

THEATRE/DANCE Hello My Name Is: The Blue Room Theatre, Northbridge Hello My Name Is is a project that combines a live performance with a companion online documentation and exchange project. The performance uses subtle humour, vulnerability and sophistication to subvert the simple idea of a conversation in a community centre by creating a different kind of experience for the audience: more active, more complex. The performed conversation will transform into something intricate, sublime and unexpected: transforming the world as it is to the world as it could be. This new work asks essential questions about what we value and what that says about who we are and how we are. Runs June 1430. Bookings can be made via blueroom.org.au.

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Field Notes From Tabekistan Ara (Photo: Cameron Etchells)

ARA Transforming humble washers and strips of hand dyed jersey into eye-catching, geometric necklaces, ARA finds beauty in overlooked objects, something which the label’s designer – Sarah Eastcott – is passionate about.

“I have always been fascinated with op shops and verge collections and using found objects or materials,” the young designer explains of her love for unusual treasures. “I wanted to be able to incorporate metal and fabrics, so I rummaged around until I found an effective kind of metal object I could use. I love the patterns they create when tied together and the effects created from the matte or shiny types of metal.”

A graduate of Curtin University’s fashion and textiles course, Eastcott experimented with jewellery design during her studies but never planned to launch an accessories focused label.

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“ARA was born from a long lost uni assignment that came back to life earlier this year. I had made a few pieces in a jewellery unit as part of my fashion course at Curtin and had always wanted to take my idea further. Finally this year I dug them out and ARA was made a reality. My vision is to create unique, one-off pieces that incorporate the use of fabric, metals and found objects.”

Combining hard and soft materials with beautiful results, ARA caters to lovers of off-beat, one-of-a-kind statement jewellery.

“My aesthetic incorporates beautiful, feminine colours and soft fabrics while at the same time being edgy and striking. ARA appeals to anyone who likes to wear bold, statement pieces that are versatile and comfortable to wear, while at the same time being totally unique.”

See more ARA designs and find your closest stockist at Facebook.com/aralovedesign.

FIELD NOTES FROM TABEKISTAN

Venture down to Tu in Northbridge during June and you’ll be teleported to Tabekistan, a fictional, far-away country dreamt up by Helena Bogucki, a local jeweller with a keen interest in social and historical research.

“Field Notes From Tabekistan is a playful form of self-analysis of the way I work when I am making jewellery,” Bogucki explains of the concept behind the inventive exhibition.“In this show I have created the country of Tabekistan, a country in which I practiced all of my normal techniques for collecting historical data and fabricated the species of insects that populate the country; the voyage to Tabekistan; the landscape and the tools that I use to collect the information. All of these false histories are presented in the form of wearable contemporary jewellery.”

Never one to rest on her laurels, Bogucki issued herself a challenge while constructing

pieces for the Field Notes From Tabekistan exhibition – vowing to make-do and only use materials she had on hand in her studio.

“Before I began making the work for this exhibition I gave myself one rule after fabricating the main pendants in brass: I was only authorised to use components I had in the studio. I always enjoy using found and vintage components in my work and I have accumulated a lot in my collection. These snippets of chain and brass and glass beads from exotic locations have a lot of secret histories stored in them, I imagine a lot of them have travelled all over the world and have many more stories to tell than I ever will.”

Field Notes From Tabekistan is on show at Tu – 218A William Street, Northbridge – until Sunday, June 17. _EMMA BERGMEIER

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Miami producer and highly decorated turntablist Aristh Delgado, aka DJ Craze, is bringing his Slow Roast sound back to Perth this weekend, along with upcoming New Yorker Codes. He chats with JOSHUA HAYES about turntablism, moombahton and working as Kanye West’s DJ. Nicaragua-born Delgado first made his name by claiming three consecutive DMC World DJ Championship trophies between 1998 and 2000 when turntablism was reaching the peak of its popularity. In recent years it has become a more insular art form although Delgado thinks it has potential to be as big as it once was.

“For a while a lot of people were saying – and including myself – we were all saying that turntablism was kinda dead, ‘cause nothing was really coming out it, but I kind of take that back now because the skill level is so crazy right now,” he says. “There’s kids that are 15 years old that are scratching way better than me, and there’s kids doing beat juggles that are crazy right now.

“I think what was missing was the way that the [Invisibl Skratch] Pixlz and X-Men and my crew, The Allies, the way that we used to make it more accessible to everybody. When we were our routines we would use big tunes and we would use music that people knew, instead of how they’re doing it now where kids are making records for their routines, so it kind of loses people ‘cause they don’t know what they’re listening to; they just know that somebody’s up there doing some crazy shit to this weird song.”

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However, the response to two turntable routine videos he made using Traktor Scratch Pro changed his mind. “When I did those two Traktor routine videos, like, people really started feeling it, and I was like ‘wow, I thought turntablism was dead and both of those videos are hitting three million [views] already’,” he says. “So I’m like, people have interest in it, I think you’ve just got to… make it more accessible to people.”

While earning accolades for his turntablism, Delgado was simultaneously making his name as a producer. He now has his own label, Slow Roast Records, with Kill The Noise, and has dabbled in drum’n’bass, house and hip hop. Most recently, though, he has been caught up in moombahton.

When his friend Dave Nada first started sending him moombahton tunes, Delgado says that he didn’t initially get into it as he thought it sounded too much like reggaeton. However, as more and more artists began dabbling in the sound, he became inspired. “I was like ‘woah, this is some real dope, fresh vibes in it’,” Delgado says. “I got into it, and for me it has a real Latin vibe to it so I felt right at home with it; I was like ‘yeah, this is some shit that I could play; I could go back to Nicaragua and play this and people would go off to this’.”

Lately Delgado has been busy in the studio working on a number of projects. “I’m just trying to stay at home and trying to stay in the studio as much as I can; I got that production bug right now so I want to make the most out of it,” he says.

One of the biggest influences on his approach to music has been Kanye West, who he toured with in 2008 as DJ on the Glow In The Dark tour.“It was amazing to watch that guy work because he’s one of my fucking heroes,” he says.“Being on tour with him made me realise what it takes to be that big, and it takes a lot of hard work, a lot of commitment and a lot of dedication to what you’re doing. This guy was just amazing to watch work; he would not party, he would not do anything, he was always focused.”

Although he enjoyed the experience, Delgado felt his own career was suffering. “It was taking away from my time and I just felt like, it wasn’t like I was shining how A-Trak was shining when he was touring with Kanye; I was just part of the band, I wasn’t doing my thing, so I just felt like I had to get away from that and do my own thing.”

Delgado is currently touring with Codes, who he recently collaborated on the new Slow Roast single, Beeper.“We made it at my house when he came down for a show to Miami, and the first thing that we both said to each other was ‘let’s do something different than what everyone else is doing’,” he says. “We both come from a drum’n’bass background, and we both

DJ Craze love liquid drum’n’bass, so we were like ‘why don’t we make a liquid-y kind of house tune’, that’s kind of where we were going with that song.”

He has high praise for Codes as a performer.

“Codes kills it, like, that’s the reason why I asked to tour with him,” Delgado says.“He’s a good DJ; he’s not just a producer. Nowadays it just gets kind of boring; guys go up there and mess around with the knobs for a minute, but they’re not really doing nothing. Codes is actually a really good DJ, so he’s gonna push me and I’m gonna push him for sure.

“I just love showing up to a club an hour before and trying to read the vibe, and I go from there. I’m going to play some of my tunes, some of Codes’ tunes, that’s for sure, but the rest is up to the people; I want to see where they’re at.”

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Tantrum Desire

THROW A TANTRUM

That’s what you’ll want to do – in a good way – with this news: south east London based duo Tantrum Desire are heading down under for the next instalment of Inhibit. Having met back in 2004, Jay Faleye and Devin Smith got together as Tantrum Desire and started smashing out drum’n’bass. The lads signed to Technique Recordings a few years back and shit just got wild from there with their debut 12” Xenomorph and Last Stand setting their benchmark in the scene. The lads will be joined

by Auckland drum’n’bass duo State Of Mind who are prolific producers and run their own label SOM Music. It’s all happening on Saturday, June 30, at Villa. Tickets are $30 plus booking fee.

Snatch them up from Moshtix now.

MADAK IN THE HOUSE

Bee Mask is an electro-acoustic composer from Philadelphia and he’s bringing his graceful drones and synthy compositions to town oh so soon for the first time in celebration of the release of his record Vaporware/Scanops. He’s been likened to the pioneering avant-garde composer La Monte Young – expect pulsing waves, haunting melodies with echoes and fresh beats when he plays Pica Bar on Saturday, June 16, from 4pm ‘til 8pm. Tickets are $10 on the door only. Open your mind peeps!

The Loops Of Fury

BEATS OF FURY

London based Brisbane lads The Loops Of Fury are venturing back down under this weekend to celebrate Foundation Day long weekend in superb style at the home of underground, aka Ambar. These guys are off the chain. Put is this way – Moby and Knife Party are playing their remixes in their own sets. Insane. These guys will be bringing an electro-techno manifesto this Sunday, June 3, at Ambar. Tickets are $15 on the door and make sure you get on down early because due to WA Sunday trading regulations, Ambar will be closing at 2am. If you saw these guys at Breakfest last year, you’ll know they bring the party.

Logistics

SWEET DREAMS

It was a fond farewell last Saturday night at The Velvet Lounge, with fans and friends gathering for the final monthly Lucid Dreaming party. The local techno label has been hosting their nights for several years now, carving out a niche for themselves as purveyors of fine parties for the more discerning clubber, with a fun and friendly house party vibe. Recently celebrating their fourth birthday, they’ve decided it’s time to focus more on their record label, as well as their boutique/ international parties. The night was seen out in style by LD residents, including Aarin F, James A, Nathan Francis and the UK’s Lee M Kelsall provided a banging headline house set - there was a lot of love in the room. Shouts out to the LD crew for all the good times, here’s to the future!

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FEAR NOT

Fear not because UK drum’n’bass producer Logistics is bringing his mayhem down under as part of his Fear Not album tour. Having grown up on a self-prescribed musical diet of Rage Against The Machine and down tempo efforts from labels like Mo’ Wax, Logistics is the younger brother of Dan Nu:Tone. And, if you known Nu:Tone, you know drum’n’bass. He’s on Hospital Records – that says it all. Logistics plays Shape on Friday, July 6.

Tickets are $25 plus booking fee and are available from shapebar.com.au or risk it on the door for $30. Check it.

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NEONLIGHT

DJ SLICK

Jakob Thomser and Tobias Jakubczyk are putting their home town of Leipzig in Germany on the map. RK chats with one half of the drum’n’bass duo, Tobias Jakubczyk, about how they came to be ahead of their first trip down under.

Local R&B, urban and dance-party producer and DJ Slick, aka John Fraser, has shared the stage with De La Soul, Ice Cube,The Game, Fatman Scoop and more. He also played alongside Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes and Nelly at Supfest 2011.

ANNABEL MACLEAN chats with young gun about what’s keeping him busy.

URBAN SWAGGA

SHINING BRIGHTLY

Jakubczyk’s father was a musician and so his musical interests began right from the get go however, electronic music wasn’t exactly what his dad thought his son would take to back then.

“I think because my father was a musician - a drummer - he kind of understood my interest,” he says. “I basically grew up in musical surroundings and for me it came around the time of The Prodigy.

They were probably the most influential group for me I think.

“Later on, I met some DJs and started being interested in picking it up. After I met Jakob [Thomser], my partner, he introduced me to drum’n’bass. I didn’t understand the music at first but then when I understood it, the melodies and rhythms really appealed to me.”

With their profile growing and philosophy cemented, Thomser and Jakubczyk began playing drum’n’bass gigs and releasing a bunch of tunes on various labels including Ammunition Recordings, Trust In Music and Red Light. “The jungle sound wasn’t really for me,” Jakubczyk says, talking about how the duo got started in drum’n’bass. Although he describes jungle as a genre which developed into a “jump up sound” with a fair bit of associated hype, he realised that being in the EDM scene was where his heart lay.

“Guys like Pendulum and RAM Records were doing amazing things; there were the Therapy Sessions a few years later,” he says. “From that, we were inspired to use a lot of phat bass lines and things – maybe not so much like what we’re doing now because as we’ve gotten older the music has moved so fast in its development and our music has had to change with it. The melodies and the music are still phat though and that’s the way we like it.”

Neonlight And Jakubczyk makes no apologies for keeping up with trends and the current EDM scene, acknowledging the change in drum’n’bass in recent times. “We still definitely do our production within the more original and traditional drum’n’bass style that is what we use as the basis for our tunes,” he says.

“Dubstep music is quite interesting, but when were producing, we are more about keeping it interesting and keeping the original vibe going. We’ll start with the bass line and work out a beat, some samples or melodies and really build it into a song.

“I think the inspiration for us comes from Don & Roland, Andy C, Phaze and Noisia – guys like that. Especially in the production arena, they are really big names in the scene but they are also doing very forward thinking music. It’s also the music we like to play when we do a live show and its music we listen to as fans and as producers.

Sometimes it sounds older, newer, more influenced by this or that – it doesn’t really matter. We are about rocking the dance floor.”

And you can expect just that when the lads hit Metro City this weekend. “Yes, it’s the first time I’ve come to Australia; this time, I’m coming alone but it’s really good for Neonlight,” he says.

“The gig should be amazing; the lineup is rocking and I can’t wait. I’ll be working on three CDJs and working them on heavy rotation. There should be a fair bit going on. I hope people enjoy it.”

» NEONLIGHT » BAD TASTE RECORDINGS TOUR » FRIDAY, JUNE 1 @ METRO CITY

Ice Cube. That’s who was the overriding influence for John Fraser when he took a liking to hip hop and urban music back in his teens. “I really loved hip hop when I was in high school,” he says. “I had all of the Ice Cube albums on cassettes. Regulate by Warren G and Nate Dogg was the first 12” I bought.”

Although his musical palette has increased in size over the years, urban and R&B is where he’s at.

Holding down numerous residencies around town including We Love Wednesdays at the Leederville Hotel, Wet & Wild at Geisha on Wednesdays, Solace at Metro City on Fridays, Rhythym & Dance and R&B Lounge at Metro City on Saturdays and Mullaloo Sunday Sesh at Mullaloo Beach Hotel on Sundays, Fraser is a busy man. But, he’s not one to make a big deal; he’s all about getting the job done. “I make it work,” he says, down-playing his hectic lifestyle. “I think any DJ would love to be able to say that they had too much work. I am very fortunate to have the residencies and opportunities that I have. Some nights I find myself rushing around, but it’s all good fun. My lifestyle is different to most people; I live a bit like a vampire (laughs).”

Having recently played the Supafest Offical Afterparty at Eve Nightclub (“[That] was a great experience – the Supafest artists were partying to my music in the VIP section”), Fraser has been organising SHAKE Under 18 Dance Parties and is hoping to host a few more over the course of this year. He’s also the official DJ for On Point Promotions, one of Australia’s largest urban touring companies. “I am constantly remixing and

DJ Slick mashing up urban music with different genres,” he says, talking of his sets. “I particularly like to mash urban music with electro and Caribbean music.

Also, I like to put out mix tapes as often as I can.”

Having played a part in urban radio show R&B Bounce on 96FM which received #1 ratings, Fraser says punters can expect to “the best urban party anthems played by a great DJ lineup” at this weekend’s Bling Bling Ball at Eve Nightclub. “Drake, Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, Nicki Minaj, Tyga, Lil Wayne, Big Sean and J. Cole are all dominating my sets at the moment,” he says. “I am really looking forward to it as I really enjoy playing at Eve nightclub. At the moment, I am passionate for mashing ‘girly’ R&B vocals with crunk-gangsta beats so the crowd can expect to hear their favourite R&B songs with a gangsta twist.”

Aside from the upcoming Bling Bling Ball, Fraser hopes to get behind the decks overseas in the near future, and having already conquered Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, he’s got bigger goals in mind.“Like most DJs, my ultimate dream is to play in Las Vegas, Miami and Ibiza at the biggest and best nightclubs in the world!”

» DJ SLICK » BLING BLING BALL » SUNDAY, JUNE 3 @ EVE NIGHTCLUB

GETTING FRAT Frat House Fridays Metro Freo Friday, May 25, 2012 Triple J’s Deacon Rose was down on the decks last Friday night at Frat House Fridays, smashing out a bunch of killer tunes to get the party cranking. Get on down to Frat House Fridays next Friday, June 8, for an X-Press Readers Party. Big ups for the red cups!

Club Scene photos (photos by Caitlin Bayliss)

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WEDNESDAY 30/05 Captain Stirling – Fiveo Clancy’s (Applecross) – Upbeat – DJ Andy Connections – DJs Joby /JJ /Rueben Double Lucky – Last Wednesday Eurobar – Wild Wednesdays - DJ iPod/ Ben Pettit Eve – DJ Don Migi/ Skooby Flying Scotsman – UniQue DJs/ Devo/ Chris Wheeldon Gold Bar–DJ Adroc Hipe Club – DJ Roger Smart Leederville Hotel – We Love Wednesdays ft DJ Slick Metro Freo - Rapture Mustang – DJ Giles Newport – Newport Wednesdays Sovereign Arms – Lokie Shaw The Deen - DJ Zelimer/ DJ Viper/ DJ Benny/ T– Zone 1 The Queens – Wriggle on YaYa’s - DJ Agent 85/ Dr Zaius

THURSDAY 31/05 Blvd Tavern – DJ Andy Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Wrighteous Club Marakesh – DJ Simon Cottesloe Hotel – DJ Shots/ DJ Andy M Empire Bar – Halo/ DJ Bojan/ DJ Ben Sebastian Eve – DJ Tony Allen

AMPLIFIER/ CAPITOL

EMPIRE BAR

METRO CITY

Flawless - DJ Zelimir/ DJ Minna/ Flying Scotsman – Cowboys & Indie Kids DJs Leopold Hotel – DJ Riki/ Roger Smart Library - Dorcia Llama Bar – DJ Maxwell/ EMAS/ Lukas Wimler Mint Nightclub – DJ Simon Barwood Mt Henry Tavern - DJ Matty J Mullaloo Beach Hotel - DJ John Paul/ DJ Slick Mustang – DJ James Newport – Culture Clash ft Tom Drummond/ Git Go Paramount – DJ Johnny Boi/ DJ Jordan Players Bar – MASH South St – DJ Castasia/ Dpad Swinging Pig – DJ Simon The Avenue – Jon Ee The Bakery - The JumpClimb Party Showcase ft The Empty Cup/ Sunshine Brothers/ Bastian’s Happy Flight/ Sam Perry The Carine Tavern – Punchy & Juicy/ Little Nicky The Causeway – EMAS DJs The Craftsman – Roger Smart The Deen – DJ Flex/ DJ Nano/ DJ Surge/ DJ Don Migi The East End Bar - The Prestige ft Fiveo/ Az-T The Queens – Kapitol The Whale & Ale – Josh Tilley The Whistling Kite - DJ Gareth Tiger Lils – Paul Malone/ Adam Kelly Woodvale Tavern – DJ Melvin

FRIDAY 01/06 Ambar – Meat Katie Amplifier – Cowboys & Indie Kids Bar 459 - DJ Smurf Beat Nightclub - Play Boheme Bar - DJ Majiika Boulevard Tavern – DJ Andyy Broken Hill Hotel – DJ Nick Alexander Brooklands Tavern - DJ Jayden Capitol – Retro Mash Capitol (Upstairs) – I Love ‘90s Carine Tavern – Greg Packer/ MC Assassin Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Boogie Claremont Hotel – DJ Nick Sheppard/ DJ Max Club Bayview – Amnesia ft Fendi/ Axon/ Fellis Como Hotel – DJ Gazz Eastern Hotel – DJ Munch Empire Bar – DJs Halo/ Bojan/ Ben Sebastian Eve – DJ Don Migi/ DJ Danny Boi Flawless – DJ Ryan Flying Scotsman – DJs Jo19/ Rok Riley/ Armee Flying Scotsman (Defectors) - Back To Mono DJs Ginger Nightclub – Rondevoo Fridayz Gosnells Club – DJ Now Hipe Club - DJ E-Funk Lakers Tavern – Fresh Fridays - DJ Dooey Left Bank – DJ Frankie Button

Library – Dorcia Little Creatures Loft – Marine Beats Llama Bar – DJ Reuben/ DJ Morris Malt Super Club - Fiveo Merriwa Tavern – DJ Real McCoy Metro City - Bad Taste Recordings ft Prolix/ Aeph/ Blokhe4d/ Neonlight Metro City (Solace Bar) – DJ Slick Metro Freo – Frat House Fridays ft Deacon Rose Mint Nightclub – Club Retro ft Chris McPhee Mullaloo Beach Hotel - DJ John Paul Mustang – Swing DJ/ DJ James MacArthur Paddy Hannans – Crazy Craig Paramount - DJ Johnny Boi/ DJ Jordan Players Bar – Sugar Queens Tav – DJ Rueben Rocket Room – DJ Brett Rowe/ DJ Cain Sail & Anchor - Balcony Beatz/ DJ J-MAC Shape - JD4D (JesusDied4Dubstep) label launch ft F3tch/ J.Nitrous/ Killafoe/ J Switch/ Get More/ Jaydee Fordee Sovereign Arms – Dylan Hammond The Avenue – JMC The Carine – Mind Electric/ Little Nicky/ Az-T The Causeway – 4by4 DJs The East End Bar – Funk Fridays The Generous Squire - DJ Anaru The Queens – DJ Rueben The Saint - DJ Jordan The Shed – DJ Glenn 20 The Whale & Ale – Josh Tilley Tiger Lils – Paul Malone/ Adam Kelly The Vic - DJ Giles The Wembley Hotel – Funky Bottoms/ Jon Ee Windsor – DJ Riki and Ray Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Giles YaYa’s – Junk ft DJ Whoa!

SATURDAY 02/06

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Ambar – Japan 4 ft Challenger Ready Amplifier – Pure Pop ft Eddie Electric Basement On Broadway – DJ Ricky Boheme Bar – Carte Blanche DJs Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Nick Alexander/ James Wilson Capitol – Deacon Rose Capitol (Upstairs) – Cream Of The ‘80s ft DJ Ryan Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Dood Claremont Hotel – DJ Tone Def Club Bay View – Little Nicky Empire Bar – DJ James Ess Eurobar – Roger Smart/ DJ Raci East End Bar - Fiveo Eve Nightclub – DJ Don Migi/ DJ Stevie M Flawless – Offset/ Jackness/ Travis LeBrun Flying Scotsman - Under The Influence DJs Flying Scotsman (Defectors) - Fore DJs Gilkisons - Nick Skitz/ MC James Spy High Road Hotel – DJ Simon

High Wycombe – DJ Matt Hipe Club – DJ E-Funk Library – MKT ft DJ Riki/ DJ Richie G/ DJ Vicktor Little Creatures Loft – Marine Beats Liquid Nightclub - DJ Klar55/ DJ Stevie M Llama Bar – DJ Reuben/ DJ Melvin Malt Super Club – Fiveo Metro City (R&B Lounge) - DJ Slick/ DJ Ruthless/ DJ Soso Metro Freo – DTuck/ Darren Briais Mint Nightclub – Pop Life ft DJ Aaron/ AJ Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Danny Mustang – Rockabilly DJ/ DJ James MacArthur Niche – Frankie Button/ Cee/ Jonny Zimber Norma Jeans – DJ Darren Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequeria Paramount- DJ Cornflake / DJ Jordan/ DJ Johnny Boi Players Bar – Embrace Queens Tav - Gareth Richardson Rocket Room – Delicious (Ladies Only) ft DJ Brett Rowe South St Ale House – DJ Jay Sovereign Arms – Rockwell The Avenue – Jon Ee The Brighton (Upstairs) – Micah/ Kill Dyl/ eSQue The Boheme – DJ Sneakee The Causeway – Sun City DJs The Clink – Az-T The Cornerstone – Tammy Stevens The Craftsman – Tammy Stevens The Deen - DJ Birdie/ DJ JJ/ DJ Tony Allen The Generous Squire – On Tap ft James Nutley The Saint – DJ Anaru The Shed –DJ Glenn 20 The Wembley – Az-T The Whistling Kite - DJ Craig The Vic – DJ Kristian Tiger Lil’s – DJ Bojan/ DJ Ben Sebastian Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin Villa – DJ Craze & Codes Windsor – DJ Ray Woodvale Tavern – DJ Real McCoy YaYa’s – Saturday Social ft The Kings Of Cheese DJs

Ambar - The Loops Of Fury Amplifier - Crissy Criss Bakery - Jacques Renault/ Bastian’s Happy Flight/ Scenic and more Beat Nightclub - Moosh/ Johnny Tan / Gareth Bird Capitol - Stafford Brothers/ Starkillers Captain Stirling – DJ Jay Claremont Hotel – DJ Double Dee Clink – DJ Tony Allen Club Bay View – Fiveo Empire Bar – CB3/ DJ Riki/ DJ Vicktor Euro Bar – DJ Flex Eve Nightclub – Bling Bling Ball ft Angry Buda/ Slick/ Birdie/ MC Bsyde Flying Scotsman – Nathan J/ Nizbet/ Pasha/ Chris Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Eclectic Picnic Metro Freo - Rap City ft Ghostface Killah/ DOOM/ Chino XL/ Mr Grevis/ Rob Shaker Mint - Chris McPhee Mustang – DJ Rockin Rhys Paramount – Glo/ DJ Slick/ DJ Benny C/ DJ Matty S Players Bar – Electro House Battle Rocket Room – Coyote Ugly Sovereign Arms – Josh Tilley The Avenue – Az-T The Causeway – Lukas Wimmler The Cott – Cott Sessions The Kiosk – DJ Cinder The Saint - DJ Anaru The Shed – DJ Andyy Villa - Tydi

The Stafford Brothers

MONDAY 04/06 Bar Orient - DJ White Label Broken Hill Tavern - DJ Mario Tavelli The Deen – Plastic Max/ The Token Gesture The Paddo – DJ John Paul The Shed – DJ Andyy

SUNDAY 03/06

TUESDAY 05/06

Ghostface Killah

Bar Orient - DJ Lyndon Eastern Hotel – Jon Edwards High Road Hotel – DJ Matty J High Wycombe – DJ Ricky Hipe Club – DJ Roger Smart Players Bar (Norma Jeans Bar) – Stevie M Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin

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SHAPE

BIG APE

FLAWLESS

FRAT HOUSE FRIDAYS

METROS FREO

IN THE \ THIS WEEK

Nick Skitz/ MC James Spy Scenic and more Sunday, June 3 @ The Saturday, June 2 @ Bakery Gilkisons

The JumpClimb Party Showcase ft The Empty Cup/ Sunshine Brothers/ Bastian’s Happy Flight/ Sam Perry Thursday, May 31 @ The Bakery Bad Taste Recordings ft Prolix/ Aeph/ Blokhe4d/ Neonlight Friday, June 1 @ Metro City JD4D (JesusDied4Dubstep) label launch ft F3tch/ J.Nitrous/ Killafoe/ J Switch/ Get More/ Jaydee Fordee Friday, June 1 @ Shape Meat Katie Friday, June 1 @ Ambar Japan 4 ft Challenger Ready Saturday, June 2 @ Ambar

Crissy Criss Saturday, June 3 @ Amplifier

COMING UP

Rap City ft Ghostface Killah/ DOOM/ Chino XL/ Mr Grevis/ Rob Shaker Sunday, June 3 @ Metro Freo

Sebastien Drums Friday, June 8 @ The Court

tyDi Sunday, June 3 @ Villa Stafford Brothers/ Starkillers Sunday, June 3 @ Capitol Bling Bling Ball ft Angry Buda/ Slick/ Birdie/ MC Bsyde Sunday, June 3 @ Eve Nightclub The Loops Of Fury Sunday, June 3 @ Ambar

Slow Roast Records Tour ft Jacques Renault/ Craze & Codes Bastian’s Happy Flight/ Saturday, June 2 @ Villa

Break-A-Holics Anonymous ft Skool Of Thought Friday, June 8 @ Ambar Sampology’s Super Visual Apocolypse ft Sampology/ Sam Perry/ Charlie Bucket/ DJ NDorse Saturday, June 9 @ The Bakery Switch Saturday, June 9 @ Villa Force Majeure ft Dirty Loud Friday, June 15 @ Ambar

The Lick Friday, June 15 @ Shape Bee Mask Friday, June 16 @ Pica Bar Hype Williams Saturday, June 16 @ The Bakery Ian Carey Saturday, June 16 @ Villa 360/ Hermitude Friday, June 22 @ Villa MC Fashawn/ Exile/ Marksman ft Lenny/ Charlie Bucket/ Coin/ MT5k Friday, June 22 @ The Bakery 360 Saturday, June 23 @ The Astor 360 Sunday, June 24 @ The Astor Tantrum Desire & State Of Mind Saturday, June 30 @ Villa Dirtyphonics Thursday, July 5 @ The Rosemount Hotel Addicted To Bass ft Bombs Away/ Kid Kenobi Friday, July 6 @ Villa Logistics Friday, July 6 @ Shape Zombie Crawl Friday, August 3 @ Villa This Is Nowhere ft lineup TBC Sunday, October 14 @ Venue TBC

DJ Craze

DJ CRAZE/ CODES SATURDAY, JUNE 2 @ VILLA

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THE LOOPS OF FURY

LIVING THE LONDON LIFE London based Brisbane lads The Loops Of Fury are heading back down under this weekend (“Ambar is gonna get smashed!”). ANNABEL MACLEAN chats with one half of the party duo, Max Clarke, about living in London, recent gigs and upcoming collaborations.

The Loops Of Fury

them. They’re still very forward thinking musically speaking and very down to earth personally. Keep a look out for them this year; they’ve got some cool stuff planned.”

They’ve also managed to play in South 2ManyDJs, Armand Van Helden, Tiesto, Annie Mac and more recently Moby and Knife Party have played Korea – not something that was on the cards a few The Loops Of Fury’s remixes and productions in years back. “South Korea is great fun!,” Clarke says, their sets. It’s still something both Max Clarke and not without a hint of excitement. “Crowds there partner-in-crime Jimi Wall are getting used to. “It’s really love the music and go hard! Electro is quite big quite a strange feeling!,” Clarke says, in Berlin for the there at the moment but a few of the DJs we spoke weekend. “I was sitting in my flat with a nasty cold to said they’re working on diversifying a little and last year and I live down the road from Victoria Park introducing dubstep and bass music little by little.”

Having recently completed a Felix Cartel where a big festival was happening. I heard I Need booming out of the park which was quite surreal, remix and a Rebecca & Fiona remix, Clarke says they’ll especially as I was lying in bed with a blocked nose be focusing on originals for a while now. “However, there is one collab with a huge, huge name that we and a cup of Lemsip!”

Despite having the occasional flu, the can’t mention just yet though,” he adds.“We also have duo have been enjoying the London lifestyle and a compilation album coming out in a month or two soaking up the city’s grand music scene. “London is that we’re really excited about. There are a couple of great,” he says. “Expensive and a bit hectic at times new ones from us and some exclusives from other but it’s a really diverse and interesting place - not to names like Bart B More and The Sneekers so stay mention the sheer amount of quality acts playing tuned on that one too!”

Having spent a good deal of time travelling every weekend. It’s fantastic.”

Having based themselves in London over the last year or so, Clarke says Wall and himself for over a year now, the boys have since had the have become addicted to a bunch of television opportunity to play alongside UK DJ and producer shows while on the hop. “The Wire is a firm favourite Alex Metric, French popstars SomethingAlaMode, for both of us,” he says. “[We] must have watched the bass-driven warehouse DJ and producer Elite Force whole thing at least three times now. Also Generation and more. But, there’s one gig which really stands out Kill is really great.” As for this weekend, however, it’ll for them when it comes to epic nights – “I think one be all about their club tour. “Ambar is gonna get of the best shows we played was at a club in London smashed! Can’t wait to get down with you guys again, called The Nest,” Clarke says.“We played a Grand Hotel always a pleasure!” night with the Plump DJs. The energy in there was immense. Packed to the rafters, sweaty and the crowd was really into it. The Plumps are really great guys » THE LOOPS OF FURY and we had a really good night hanging out with » SUNDAY, JUNE 3 @ AMBAR

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Anti-Flag (Photo: Denis Radacic)

ANTI-FLAG

familiar. It’s hard to argue with a song like Showertime In The Slammer – it just gets inside yo’ head.

Kicking off with nought but a line check on what was a very busy Thursday evening, The Flatliners nonetheless sounded great. The Canadian band is traditionally associated with third wave ska, but they’ve evidently grown up a lot, both sonically and visually, cleverly mixing a range of influences into Amplifier a well-constructed sonic stew that sounds like rocky Thursday, May 24, 2012 hardcore punk with occasional ska seasoning. Sadly the First billed melodic punk outfit The Decline are going songs aren’t as anthemic as they could be and tended from strength to strength and sounded particularly to go on a bit, but all in all it was enjoyable enough. tight tonight. The sole local support, they had a decent Although Strike Anywhere’s music falls size crowd for such an early set, and their songs are a bit short, they are definitely a great band to watch. becoming both increasingly good, and increasingly From beginning to end, they exploded off the stage –

Strike Anywhere / The Flatliners / The Decline

THE OCEAN

Anthropocentric. Sprawling critiques of creationist Christianity, the orchestration on these full lengths were more layered than ever before. Calling for a certain amount of finesse in the live domain, all the band needed was for just one person to be off their game and the whole ideal comes tumbling down.

The Rosemount Hotel And so it was for their final show in Perth, despite Sunday, May 27, 2012 moments of redeeming glory.

Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving walk This was not the night for The Ocean. Spiraling to their own path. Playing the only support for the the end of an eight-date Australian tour, their first in night, a one-hour extended play, they used their the country, the polish this German-Swiss collective time to build. From bursts of trickling electronica are renowned for had worn a little thin. But it to the light roll of piano keys, they embraced was easy to see why. A string of crushing albums’ the opportunity afforded to work themselves behind them, 2010 signaled their most ambitious into an impenetrable wall of sound. Dynamic effort yet with the dual releases’ of Heliocentric and and pulsating, these four musicians drew heavily

Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving

jumping, leaping around – and the crowd responded in kind, tearing things up, stage diving and helping to shift the evening into high gear. Yet it seemed like every time the music stopped, vocalist Thomas Barnett would, very subtly, go about being a smarmy wanker. One of the first things he did was instruct the production crew to kill the strobe lights, which was a fair enough request, but didn’t really require the smarmy qualifier “…we’re a punk band” – as though the use of strobe lights is something that all punk bands should be opposed to in some way.

That being said, the guy’s energy and enthusiasm was admirable – when one of the guitars broke down toward the end of the set, he was the only member who kept going and kept giving it his all – but all these little things he would do between songs were just so annoying. from their rich debut – juggling the structure and melody of the droned-out Deep Rivers Run Quiet with ease. Ending off with samples from the Tiny Fragments EP, their attention to detail was their greatest draw card.

Five silhouettes’; their backlit bodies all moving frantically to their own rhythm. This set the scene for The Ocean. Each player was in their own world, working frantically to bring the collective’s music to life. With their latest releases revealing some intricate orchestration, from saxophone to strings, translating to a live setting was always going to be difficult. Cueing up these elements from laptop on the night proved to be their greatest downfall, with the spell broken every time the band were not in-sync. Leading to a constant stop-start play, it was

BIRTHDAY BASH

_BEN WATSON hard to expect that these musicians were at the top of their game.

Kicking off with the prelude to Heliocentric, Shamayim, the five-piece tore into the opener for the second album – title track Anthropocentric. But their dynamic was unusual. Between the deranged stage antics of guitarist Jona Nido and the more subdued tones of fellow stringsman, founder Robin Straps, stood newest addition, frontman Loic Rossetti. With vocals jumping powerful screams and the serene, his demeanour led him to sit back and let the others take the lead. Ending off with the Origin Of Species and the Origin Of God, maybe next time we will see a more energised ensemble on our shores. _JESSICA WILLOUGHBY

MUSTANG BAR

Thursday, May 31, Perth expats RedX play, with support from Eva McGowan and DJ James MacArthur on the decks.

Paddington Ale House Saturday, May 26, 2012 Last week end the Paddington Ale House, affectionately referred to as The Paddo by locals, celebrated its 80th birthday in grand style. One of Perth’s most iconic venues, the Paddo is a famous for live music, sport, friendly service and it’s Beer Hall Of Fame – the 141 Club.

To celebrate the momentous birthday the Paddo hosted a 1930s glamour themed party on Saturday night, with prizes galore for those who got into the spirit of the occasion and dressed up in their finest frocks and suits.

The birthday fun continues this long weekend with specials on selected pints and live music every day – so be sure to pop down and join in on the fun.

From all of us here at X-Press we thank the Paddo for 80 years worth of frosty cold pints and great live entertainment, here’s to another 80!

BEAT NIGHTCLUB

Catch The Coilguns on Wednesday, May 30, with support from Forstora, Kunz and Into The Sea. On Friday, June 1, catch the Gun Fever Showcase (see Local Scene for full lineup).

Ciara & Mairead Spoonful Of Sugar

ROSEMOUNT HOTEL

Victoria & Rebecca

Photographs by Matt Jelonek

Folksters Spoonful Of Sugar play their first hometown show after an East coast tour on Thursday, May 31. Also, this Saturday, June 2, help Emerald City celebrate their fifth birthday, with special guests Psychonaut, Nymph Honey and Sisters Doll. To win a double pass to this show email win@rosemounthotel.com.au with ‘Win’ in the subject line.

METROPOLIS FREMANTLE

Amanda & Iskra

We’re having an ‘80s rock party on Friday, June 8, at Frat House Fridays. Heaps of movie tickets to the new Tom Cruise movie Rock Of Ages will be given away and we have door spots up for grabs, simply email win@xpressmag.com.au with “Frat Party” in the subject line.

MOJOS BAR

On Sunday, June 3, Andrew Ewing launches his album For The Love Of Life with Rachael Dease and the Benedict Moleta Band. Mojo’s is giving away double passes to this show, simply email mojos@coolperthnights.com with “Love of Life” in the subject line. Then on Tuesday, June 5, catch an evening of local treats with Bears And Dolls, Nevada Pilot, Amanda Merzdan and 44th Sunset.

Kevin & Lee

Carla & David

METRO CITY

We have five double passes to give away to Metro City’s Seven Deadly Sins - simply email your name to win@xpressmag.com.au with “SINS” in the subject line.

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Let’s get one thing straight: Anti-Flag’s set kicked arse. Have you ever seen an entire crowd circle pit around that big pole in the middle of Amplifier while a couple of dudes balance themselves precariously above the chaos on the drinks ledger on said pole, while another bunch of dudes stage dive into the mêlée? That’s what A-F achieved tonight.

Nonetheless, they’re a conflicting band.

They always have been. Not so much for their politics, or even their sound, but they’re just… massive dorks. There they were, stylised as always, complete with matching shirts; frontman Justin Sane still rocking one of the worst haircuts in music.

A combed-up faux-hawk… Jesus. Has nobody sat him down and suggested that he get rid of that thing, or at least taught him how to cut it in properly?

Yet at the same time, the singer’s able to talk frankly and effectively with the audience about issues he cares about, without sounding preachy, which is hard to do. When he asked people to support an upcoming refugee rights rally in Perth, the crowd responded with a huge cheer. It was very cool.

Conversely, bass player Chris #2 was full of energy and ready to rant, but seemed to spend much of the set instructing people how to circle pit.

It’s such an obvious topic, but that’s A-F in a nutshell: often obvious, sometimes lame, occasionally cool and ultimately very endearing. Indeed, when drummer Pat Thetic moved his entire kit off stage into the audience for the band’s final number it left all of these quibbling trivialities in the dust: a great end to what was, ultimately, a kick-arse gig.

Wayne, Anthony & Joel

Wednesday, May 30, Ash Grunwald returns with good pal Fingers. On Friday, June 1, Melbournain Liz Stringer returns with Miche Suite and Van Walker in support.

DELICIOUS UPSTAIRS @ VOODOO

Delicious Ladies Night celebrates its first birthday this Sunday, June 3, with burlesque performances, free champagne and more.

INGLEWOOD HOTEL

Meat Mondays will start on Monday, June 4. Check out the menu at inglewoodhotel.com.au.

RAILWAY HOTEL

This Friday, June 1, catch Hello Colour Red, Instant Gratification, Southern Cross Band and Stay Dogs Of Athens. Saturday, June 2, catch hiphopper Kerser with support from Complete, 6.0 Crew, Omac and Dista.

HYDE PARK HOTEL

This Friday, June 1st, from 3pm ‘til 7pm receive a free platter of food and the first round of drinks for you and four of your mates. Bookings are essential.

EAST END BAR

This Thursday, May 31, is The Prestige – a night of house, funk and electro from 9pm.

THE BIRD

Alt rock four-piece Hostile Little Face will showcase their wares at The Bird on Saturday, May 2, at 3.20pm as part of the WAMi Saturday Spectacular.

YA YA’S

On Thursday, May 31, catch young pop-rockers 44th Sunset performing alongside Harlequin League, The Love Junkies and FOAM.

PADDO

Wednesday, May 30, Paddo POW presents Kim Louise, Delusions of Grandeur and Henry Clarke.

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THIS WEEK’S WAMI FESTIVAL EVENTS WEDNESDAY, MAY 30: > Lunchtime Mall Session Murray and Hay Street Malls, Perth CBD: Cody Osbourne (Lazy Siren), Stella Donnelly, Jarrad Bowls, Karin Page (Spoonful Of Sugar), Ellen Oosterbaan (Timothy Nelson And The Infidels), Adam Brown. > Northbridge Piazza Series Northbridge Piazza, Corner James and Lake Streets: Rae, Joshua Charles, Wisdom 2th. > The Bird Sundowner Sessions The William Street Bird: Adem K, Kevin Gillam; Death And A Cure. > Fairbridge Festival WAMi Festival Showcase The Bakery: Rachel & Henry Climb A Hill; Ensemble Formidable; Rhys Wood.

> Soundworks WAMi Festival Showcase Rocket Room: Nails Of Imposition, Reflections Of Ruin, Malignant Monster. > The Community WAMi Festival Showcase Ya Yas: James Ireland, Diger Rokwell, Assembly Line, The Boost Hero Man, Mostarsk, and Lowaski. > Gun Fever WAMi Festival Showcase The Beat Nightclub: Kill Teen Angst, Coveleski, El Horizonte, Times Up, Ex-Nuns, Grim Fanbanjo.

THURSDAY, MAY 31:

> Northbridge Saturday Spectacular The 2012 Northbridge Saturday Spectacular, will feature 56 local acts playing eight stages from midday to 6pm. There will be outdoor stages (Northbridge Piazza and Perth Cultural Centre Wetlands Stage), and six indoor venues (Ya Ya’s, The Mustang Bar, Universal Bar, The Court, Brass Monkey and The Bird). The WAMi Craft Awards will be presented at the various venues throughout the day, and RTRfm will be broadcasting live from the event. > WAMi Awards Ceremony It’s the local music industries night of nights, and will honour all the fantas tic achievements of the WA music scene from last year, with artist and industry alike all vying for the iconic WAMington cake prizes. The Awards Ceremony features a first class lineup of WA favourites including Eskimo Joe, John Butler & Mama Kin and legendary Stems and WAM Hall of Fame inductee Dom Mariani teaming up with Perth’s newest ‘60s-inspired beat combo Hurricane Fighter Plane.To host the 2012 WAMi Award Ceremony, Perth’s own comedy golden girl Claire Hooper (Good News Week) is set to take the stage with the effervescent, Aussie music spinning Dom Alessio (Triple J’s Home & Hosed). Purchasing pre-sale tickets is advised, as there are only limited tickets, $45 pre-sale or $50 door (if still available). Tickets are on sale now from nowbaking. com.au - don’t miss out! > WAMi Festival Closing Party San Cisco, The Chemist, Voltaire Twins, Sonpsilo Circus and Bastian’s Happy Flight DJs are promising to keep punters on the dance floor long into the night.

Presale tickets are $15 and available from nowbaking.com.au.

> Lunchtime Mall Session Murray and Hay Street Malls, Perth CBD: Tomas Ford, Waiting For Bliss, Ben Zabbia, Joel Barker, Blue Lucy, Dean Anthonisz. > Northbridge Piazza Series Northbridge Piazza, Corner James and Lake Streets: Andre Fuzz, Naik. > The Bird Sundowner Sessions The William Street Bird: Moustache, Elk Bell. > Jumpclimb Party WAMi Festival Showcase The Bakery: The Empty Cup, The Sunshine Brothers, Bastian’s Happy Flight, Sam Perry.

FRIDAY, JUNE 1: > Lunchtime Mall Session Murray and Hay Street Malls, Perth CBD: Tim Gordon ( The Tumblers), Tash Shanks, Tom Mantel, Codie Sundstrom, Caroline J Dale, Travis Gray. > Northbridge Piazza Series Northbridge Piazza, Corner James and Lake Streets: Mei Saraswati, YLEM. > The Bird Sundowner Sessions The William Street Bird: Anton Franc, Simone & Girlfunkle. > WAMi Music Business Conference The Bakery: This year’s conference will see local, interstate and international experts share their thoughts and experiences on a range of topics such as digital marketing, publishing, licensing, touring, management and much more. Presale tickets to the conference are available now from nowbaking.com.au. > The Wire Mag WAMi Festival Showcase The Bakery: Split Seconds, Emperors, Ruby Boots, Warning Birds.

SATURDAY, JUNE 2:

WARNING BIRDS Tell us a little bit about your new single: Sally is about a high school student and the relationship he has with a young graduate teacher named Sally. It is essentially a tragedy, and about how you’re blinded to the true cost of things when you’re young. Things go bad, the secret of their relationship getting out, but he can’t see the mess being made. He’s all “Sally I need ya” while her life is falling down around her. I guess Sally also represents the song that signalled a new direction for us, where things became more rock than folk, and really where Warning Birds began. Up till then it had been a solo project of mine with a few friends involved. You can hear in that song a kind of steadying, I think. A band cohering and becoming aware of what it is trying to do.

You’ve recently returned from the Music Matters conference in Singapore - how was that experience? Singapore really surprised all of us. We got the call only a few weeks out from Music Matters and were torn about whether or not to go. It is an expensive thing for a young band, and felt like a random move to go overseas when you’re at the bottom of the ladder in your home city. But someone said “screw it, let’s go” so we booked our flights and we were off. We are so happy we made that call.

The experience was an eye opener, and I got the impression that the music world was taking a very serious look at Asia. The biggest thing we noticed was the buzz amongst the young people there. You can see why bands like The Jezabels are making Asia a key part of their touring schedules. The music scene has a really good feeling about it, like it is about to take off.

Last year you won the WAM Song of the Year award for Sally - did you know that you were onto a winner when you wrote it? We knew Sally was an unusual story. In terms of whether we knew the song worked or not, I think you never really know as a songwriter. Ultimately I do think you need at the very least the song to do something for you as the writer. If it doesn’t move you in some way or make you feel something, I don’t know how you can expect it to have an impact on anyone else. But whether it does or not is out of your control.

On Friday June 1, Warning Birds launch their WAM Rock Song of the Year Award winning single Sally at the 2012 WAMi Festival with a blockbuster lineup at The Bakery, including Split Seconds, Emperors and Ruby Boots.

WAMI FESTIVAL OPENING PARTY Felicity Groom / Rainy Day Women / Sugarpuss / Cow Parade Cow / Mmhmm / Ben Witt / Tomàs Ford The Bakery Saturday, May 26, 2012 The 2012 WAMi Festival kicked off on Saturday evening, with an opening party at The Bakery which saw a slew of local acts (and friends) band together to provide a party that was pregnant with atmosphere and unifying crowd vibes.

After confrontational electro-punk cabaret evangelist Tomás Ford entertained punters with his infamous stage antics and a dark-tinged set of electro jams from The Chemist’s Ben Witt in new-found solo mode, Mmhmm single-handedly converted the crowd of strangers into future fans, with a jubilant set of stupidlyinfectious off-kilter tunes.

Cow Parade Cow took the early slot as a chance to preview a new direction.

While they once purported a naff as fuck Tropicana vibe (that whole Vampire Weekend thing has been done to death), their tunes now descend into a swarm of distortion, which makes their tunes infinitely better live. It’s murky, mysterious, and magnificent.

Sugarpuss pared the night back some in the shadow of Cow Parade Cow, if only because it was hard not to wish for them to step up to the plate of the outfit

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that preceded them. Although they peddled through a set of razor-sharp, fuzzed-up riffs and elastic rhythms with ease, for some reason it wasn’t particularly compelling, especially compared with the previous two acts.

Next up was young pop-rock outfit Rainy Day Women, who put up a set about as interesting as their name. Smooth, anodyne and almost offensively pleasant, there was so little to recommend in their engine-chugging niceness that their songs slipped by with an innocuousness that was almost commendable. While their bouncing melodies are one thing to listen to at home or while sitting in an ergonomic chair, tonight their lack of charisma meant that the manifold subtleties of their songs were lost.

There was no better headliner for the event than Felicity Groom – the beguiling folky songstress is nominated for no less than five WAMi Awards this year, and, having played around the traps consistently for the last few years, she has more than the cool measure of venues like The Bakery. The songs, the musicianship and Groom herself were faultless to the point of perfectionism. The only shortcoming of this fantastic headlining set was that, after just a handful of tunes, it was over too soon.

A line-up dominated by prominent locals meant that on paper this Opening Party seemed destined to succeed and by delivering on their promise of kicking off their week of festivities in style, WAM once again pinned the festival to punters “must do” events of the season. _JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

Felicity Groom (Photo: Daniel Grant)

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Hostile Little Face, Saturday at The Bird

WEDNESDAY 30.05 BALMORAL Nathan Gaunt BAR 120 Felix BEAT NIGHTCLUB Coilguns Forstora Into The Sea Kunz BLACK BETTY’S Blue Gene CLANCYS CANNING BRIDGE Dillip Parekh CLANCYS FREMANTLE Bingotheque CLAREMONT HOTEL Open Mic Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Bob Hurst HALE ROAD TAVERN Fenton Wilde HYDE PARK HOTEL Jeremy Thompson Luke Minness The Jeremy Trezona Band INDI BAR Ash Grunwald Red X LOBBY LOUNGE (BURSWOOD) Courtney Murphy LUCKY SHAG Leighton Keepa MOJOS BAR Mike Elrington The Daniel Firkin Trio MUSTANG The Damien Cripps Band NORTHBRIDGE PIAZZA Rae Joshua Charles Wisdom 2th PADDO Kim Louise Delusions Of Grandeur Henry Clarke PADDY HANNANS 5 Shots RIGBY’S The Rocky Horror Murder Show ROSEMOUNT Fliptop From The Dunes Easy Operator Monument Lucas Tan ROSIE O’GRADY’S

(NORTHBRIDGE) David Fyffe SWAN LOUNGE Keegan Ross THE BAKERY Rachel & Henry Climb A Hill Ensemble Formidable Rhys Wood THE BIRD Adem K Kevin Gillam Death And A Cure THE MOON Amanda Merzdan Jessica Morhall Adam Tatana UNIVERSAL Strutt YA YA’S Travis Collins Kallan Phillips Empty Pocket The MDC

THURSDAY 31.05 BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ Stu Harcourt BLVD TAVERN Midnight Escape Trio BOAB TAVERN Tom Jennis BROOKLANDS TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke COMO HOTEL Courtney Murphy DEVILLES PAD Rock ‘N’ Roll Karaoke ELEPHANT & WHEELBARROW Gun Shy Romeos ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Bob Hurst FLY TRAP Liz Stringer FUSE BAR Howie Morgan HIGH WYCOMBE HOTEL Chris Murphy HYDE PARK HOTEL Axe Girl Custom Royal INDI BAR Bex’s Open Mic Night LUCKY SHAG James Wilson MARKET CITY TAVERN Emily J Thomas Mantle Kayleigh Killick Don Jonome Rubbertime

Emerald City, Saturday at The Rosemount MERRIWA TAVERN Overload MOJOS BAR Stunning In Red Seams Cat Lips MUSTANG BAR RedX Eva McGowan NORTHBRIDGE PIAZZA Andre Fuzz Naik NORTHWOOD TAVERN Avenue Karaoke OCEAN BEACH HOTEL Open Mic Night OXFORD HOTEL Johnny Taylor PADDY HANNANS Dr Bogus RIGBY’S Open Mic ROSEMOUNT Sparks Vertigo The Loved Dead Spoonful Of Sugar Japanese Tongue Sisters ROSIE O’GRADY’S (FREMANTLE) Clayton Bolger ROSIE O’GRADY’S (NORTHBRIDGE) Bill Chidgzey SOVEREIGN ARMS Fenton Wilde SWAN LOUNGE Ben Wilson THE BAKERY The Empty Cup The Sunshine Brothers Bastian’s Happy Flight Sam Perry THE BIRD Moustache Elk Bell THE BOAT Jen De Ness THE BROOK Open Mic Night THE GATE The Mojos THE SHED Dirty Scoundrels UNIVERSAL Off The Record WOODVALE Two Plus One YA YA’S Harlequin League The Love Junkies 44th Sunset Foam

FRIDAY 01.06

Eskimo Joe

WAMI AWARDS

ESKIMO JOE JOHN BUTLER & MAMA KIN,DOM MARIANI, HURRICANE FIGHTER PLANE

SATURDAY,JUNE 2 THE BAKERY

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7th AVENUE Pop Candy AMPLIFIER Stone Circle BAILEY BAR Mod Squad BALLYS BAR Christian Thompson BALMORAL Dirty Scoundrels BEAT NIGHTCLUB Kill Teen Angst Coveleski El Horizonte Times Up Ex-Nuns Grim Fanbanjo BELMONT TAVERN Everlong Acoustic BENNYS Faces BENTLEY HOTEL Sophie Jane BLACK BETTYS Everlong BRASS MONKEY Bernadine CAPTAIN STIRLING Bluebottles CARLISLE HOTEL Reload

James Teague, Saturday at Northbridge Piazza

CIVIC HOTEL (THE DEN) Sulu Rich Widow Bonekickers Junior Jaws CLANCYS CITY BEACH The Limelights CLANCYS FREMANTLE The Domnicks CLAREMONT HOTEL Nick Sheppard COMO HOTEL Leighton Keepa CRAFTSMAN 5th Avenue DEVILLES PAD The Funk Club House Band Odette Mercy Donovan De Souza Fabulous Sky Tones EAST 150 Luke Dewing ELEPHANT & WHEELBARROW Daren Reid & The Soul City Groove ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB James Sandon Trio Elle Desalinised BUMP EMPIRE Halo FLY BY NIGHT Harry Manx FUSE BAR Groove Karaoke GREENWOOD Cargo Beat!

HALE ROAD TAVERN David Fyffe HIGH ROAD HOTEL Damien Cripps Band HYDE PARK HOTEL Nathan Gaunt RedX Lynda Smyth The Borrowed Few INDI BAR Liz Stringer Miche Suite Van Walker KALAMUNDA HOTEL Andrew Winton KULCHA Ensemble Formidable MARQUE HOTEL Dave Crosby METRO FREO REEF MERRIWA TAVERN Overload MOJOS BAR (NIGHT) Earthlink Sound New Dub City Lennox Dread Sorted Tutemath MOON & SIXPENCE Soul Corporation MUSTANG BAR Harry Deluxe Cheeky Monkeys NEWPORT Party Rockers NORFOLK BASEMENT Ruckus Napalm Rob Shaker Complete MX Axis LSD & Missus Soma Original Fortune The New Breed Dista NORTHBRIDGE PIAZZA Mei Saraswati YLEM OXFORD HOTEL Recliners PADDO Stu Harcourt PADDY HANNANS Gun Shy Romeos PARAMOUNT Flyte PRINCIPAL James Wilson

RAILWAY HOTEL Hello Colour Red Instant Gratification Southern Cross Band Stay Dogs Of Athens ROCKET ROOM Malignant Monster Nails Of Imposition Reflections Of Ruin ROSE & CROWN Stella Donnelly ROSEMOUNT Trigger Jackets The Vincent Gallows Thee Gold Blooms Elli Schoen ROSEY O’GRADY’S (FREMANTLE) Spyce ROSEY O’GRADY’S (NORTHBRIDGE) Neil Colliss SAIL & ANCHOR Howie Morgan Duo SOUTH ST ALE HOUSE Robbie King Karaoke SPRINGS TAVERN Greg Carter Karaoke STEVE’S BAR 2che STIRLING ARMS Dove SWAN BASEMENT The Littlest Fox The BeeZ Mike Podmore I Of Ra SWAN LOUNGE Tuxedo Pig 12 Bars Past Goodnight Insanitarium SWINGING PIG The Mojos Greg Carter THE BAKERY Split Seconds Emperors Ruby Boots Warning Birds THE BIRD Anton Franc Simone & Girlfunkle THE BOAT Deuce THE GATE Smoking Section THE SHED Kickstart TWO ROCKS TAVERN Lush UNIVERSAL Nightmoves UNIVERSITY CLUB OF W.A Peter Ashton VELVET LOUNGE Branson Tramps The Dark Woods Honeywheeler Misty Mountain VICTORIA PARK HOTEL Ivan Ribic WANNEROO TAVERN Clayton Bolger WOODVALE TAVERN Dr Bogus YA YA’S James Ireland Diger Rockwell Assembly Line The Boost Hero Man Lowaski

SATURDAY 02.06 7th AVENUE Karaoke AMPLIFIER Make The Suffer In Hearts Wake Sensory Amusia Temporal BALMORAL The Recliners BAILEY BAR Lush

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Umpire, Saturday at Ya Yas BAR 120 Flyte BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ Howie Morgan BLACK BETTY’S J Babies BLVD TAVERN 303 Trio BOAB TAVERN Craig Ballantyne BRASS MONKEY Timothy Nelson Jason Ayres Patient Little Sister Chris Matthews Joel Barker Morgan Bain Junior Bowles BURSWOOD (PRIZE DRAW STAGE) Hi NRG CIVIC HOTEL Lady Zeppelin Jac Dalton Band CIVIC HOTEL (THE DEN) The Workinghorse Irons Blazin’ Entrails The Bob Gordons Them Sharks Salty & The Lunar Sea CLANCYS CANNING BRIDGE Zarm Duo CLANCYS CITY BEACH The Urban Gypsies CLANCYS FREMANTLE Sugarpuss The Witness Deep River Collective CLAREMONT HOTEL The Zydecats COMO HOTEL Bernadine DEVILLES PAD Isolites Les Satanques ELEPHANT & WHEELBARROW Daren Reid & The Soul City Groove ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Allira Wilson Trio Josh Kyle Empire FLY BY NIGHT Eric Bogle & John Munro GREENWOOD Pretty Fly KULCHA Kreolozy HIGH ROAD HOTEL Switch HYDE PARK HOTEL The Painted Bird The Phonetics Japanese Tongue Sisters Joe Graham Duo INDIAN OCEAN BREW CO The Mojos INDI BAR The Volcanics The Chevelles The Wishers Kenny Watt LAKERS TAVERN Dr Bogus LEOPOLD HOTEL Steve Hepple LEISURE INN Rock A Fellas LOBBY LOUNGE (BURSWOOD) John & Shaun Sandosham MERRIWA TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke METRO FREO Karma MOON & SIXPENCE Blaze M ON THE POINT Rhythm 22 MOJOS BAR Lucy Peach The Sun Orchestra The Flower Drums Addison Three Hands One Hoof

MUSTANG Law of Attraction The Coalminers Sect The Love Junkies Stoney Joe The Seals Sugarpuss The Novocaines The Continentals Milhouse NEWPORT Kizzy Gravity NORTHBRIDGE PIAZZA The Autumn Isles Simon Kelly and The Big Bamboo Seams The Brow Horn Orchestra Runner James Teague The Stoops NORFOLK BASEMENT The Disappointed Wash Shock Octopus Geronimo NORTHWOOD TAVERN Keith Karaoke PADDY HANNAN’S Decoy PARAMOUNT Felix PERTH CULTURAL CENTRE Paulie P & Rocksteady Rocket To Memphis Sisters Doll The Morning Night The Siren Tower The Tumblers The Ghost Hotel QUARIE BAR Electrophobia RAILWAY HOTEL Kerser Complete 6.0 Crew Omac Dista RAVENSWOOD HOTEL Cardiac Arrest ROCKET ROOM Kickstart ROSEMOUNT Emerald City Psychonaut Nymph Honey Sisters Doll ROSIE O’GRADY’S (FREMANTLE) Flavor ROSIE O’GRADY’S (NORTHBRIDGE) Blue Gene SAIL & ANCHOR Kickstart SEAVIEW Open Mic Night SOUTH ST ALEHOUSE Acoustic Nights SWAN LOUNGE Apollos Attic Rotaxus The History Of SWINGING PIG Greg Carter THE BIRD Greyjoy 44th Sunset Husband Kit Pop Hostile Little Face Russian Winters Harlequin League THE BOAT 11:11 THE COURT Spoonful of Sugar Shimmergloom The Big Old Bears Boom! Bap! Pow! Mezzanine Palatial Digs Boys Boys Boys!

THE GATE Dirty Scoundrels

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Friday Friday Jason Smith, Tuesday at Travis Caudle Travis Caudle Charles Hotel FlyBy ByNight Night Fly THE SHED Huge THE VIC Chris Gibbs Duo THE WHALE & ALE Losing Julia TWO ROCKS TAVERN Keith McDonald UNIVERSAL The Gypsie Howls Littlest Fox Hang on St. Christopher Benedict Moleta Band Robbie Jalapeno & the Fabulous Band of Faceless Bureacrats Bastian’s Happy Flight Scenic WANNEROO TAVERN Greg Carter WOODVALE TAVERN Mod Squad YA YA’S Tusk The Community Chest Colour The Sky Place Of Indigo Stereoflower Arts Martial Umpire

SUNDAY 03.06 7TH AVENUE Good Karma BALLY’S BAR Greg Carter BALMORAL Cranky BAR ORIENT Clayton Bolger BLVD TAVERN Hostile Little Face Mill Servants Luke Jones Empty Pocket Midnight Escapade Jack & The Queen Annabelle Harvey Sarina Rachel Hocking Cambell Ellis Terry Davis BOAB TAVERN Parker Avenue BROKEN HILL HOTEL Switchback CAPTAIN STIRLING Christian Thompson CARINE Pop Candy CHASE BAR James Wilson CLANCYS DUNSBOROUGH Shangara Jive CLANCYS FREMANTLE The Zydecats CLAREMONT HOTEL Sunday Driver COMO HOTEL David Fyffe EAST 150 BAR Stu Harcourt ELEPHANT & WHEELBARROW Daren Reid & The Soul City Groove ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Sean Coffin JL & The Imagin8s EMPIRE CB3 FLY BY NIGHT Ash Grunwald HIGH WYCOMBE HOTEL The Organ Grinders HIGH RD Stella Donnelly INDIAN OCEAN BREW CO Retriofit INDI BAR The Sunshine Brothers KALAMUNDA HOTEL Berardine Bluebottles

44th Sunset, Tuesday at Mojos Bar

LAKERS TAVERN Jamie Powers LAST DROP TAVERN Rick Twine M ON THE POINT Electrophobia METRO FREO Ghostface Killah MOJOS BAR Andrew Ewing Rachael Dease Benedict Moleta Band MUSTANG BAR Peter Busher & The Lone Rangers The Party Rockers NEWPORT Tim Nelson The Workinghorse Irons Blazin’ Entrails Lucile Three Igniters OCEAN VIEW TAVERN Vanilla Fox PINK DUCK Paul Foster PRINCIPAL Sophie Jane RAVENSWOOD TAVERN Leather & Lace ROSEY O’GRADY’S (NORTHBRIDGE) Jonathan Dempsey SAIL & ANCHOR Shawne & Luc SOUTH ST ALE HOUSE Blackhart & Strangelove SOVEREIGN ARMS Ivan Ribic SPRINGS TAVERN Sophie Jane SWINGING PIG Adam James THE GATE Better Days Chris Gibbs Trio THE SAINT Howie Morgan Project THE SHED The Healy’s Renegade TWO ROCKS TAVERN Everlong Acoustic UNIVERSAL Retriofit VICTORIA PARK HOTEL Neil Colliss WOODVALE TAVERN Damien Cripps

YAYA’S The Dianas Thee Goldblooms The W*H*O*R*E*S YMCA HQ Make Them Suffer In Hearts Wake Sensory Amusia Anchored Common Bond

MONDAY 04.06 BRASS MONKEY The Organ Grinders ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Samuel Yirga Quartet LOBBY LOUNGE (BURSWOOD) Courtney Murphy MOJOS BAR Wide Open Mic Night MUSTANG BAR Johnny Law & The Pistol Packin’ Daddies THE DEEN Plastic Max & The Token Gesture

TUESDAY 05.06 CHARLES HOTEL Jason Smith & Friends ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Samuel Yirga Quartet LOBBY LOUNGE (BURSWOOD) John Sandosham LUCKY SHAG Ben Merito MOJOS BAR 44th Sunset Nevada Pilot Amanda Merzdan Bears And Dolls PADDO Simon Kelly PRINCE OF WALES Open Mic Night SETTLERS TAVERN Open Mic Night TWO ROCKS TAVERN Jump For Joy Karaoke X-WRAY CAFE Open Piano Night

San Cisco

WAMI FESTIVAL CLOSING PARTY

SAN CISCO,THE CHEMIST, VOLTAIRE TWINS, SONPSILO CIRCUS, BASTIAN’S HAPPY FLIGHT DJS

SATURDAY,JUNE 2 THE BAKERY

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Coilguns, May 30, The Beat Nightclub

Ash Grunwald, May 30-June 3

MAY 30 – JUNE 05 GHOSTFACE

BEE MASK 16 PICA Bar TREVOR WATTS/ VERYAN WESTON 19 The Ellington GUY SEBASTIAN 19 His Majesty’s Theatre 20 Mandurah Performing Arts Centre CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN 21 Astor Theatre CHARGE GROUP / JOE MCKEE 22 Mojos 23 Dadas 360 / GOSSLING / HERMITUDE / BAM BAM 22 & 23 Villa 23 & 24 Astor Theatre KARNIVOOL 22 & 23 Mermaid Hotel Dampier 27 Prince Of Wales BURIED IN VERONA 24 YMCA HQ (Day) / Amplifier (Night) DEXTER JONES 22 Settlers Tavern 23 White Star Albany 24 Newport 28 Breakers Bar Geraldton 29 Beat Nightclub NADIA ACKERMAN / BENNY LACKNER TRIO 28 The Ellington DAMO SUZUKI 28 The Bakery JUDITH DURHAM 30 Riverside Theatre

KILLAH / DOOM 30 The Beat Nightclub / CHINO XL / KILLAH PRIEST COILGUNS

BOB HIRST 30 & 31 The Ellington

3 Metropolis Fremantle

SAMUEL YIRGA ASH GRUNWALD / QUARTET RED X 4 & 5 The Ellington 30 Indi Bar

TIJUANA CARTEL 31 Prince Of Wales 1 Settlers Tavern 2 White Star

THE JEZABELS / LIGHTS 5 Metro City

JUNE

TIJUANA CARTEL 8 Divers Tavern 31 Mustang Bar Broome 1 Hyde Park Hotel 9 Hotel Kununurra 2 Settlers Tavern 15 The Bakery DAN POTTHAST Rosemount Hotel ASH GRUNWALD 6THY ART IS MURDER 31 Redcliffe On The 6 Amplifier Murray SILVERSTEIN / 1 Prince Of Wales SKYWAY 2 Karratha Tavern 7 Villa 3 Fly By Night EAST 17 7 Metropolis Fremantle LIZ STRINGER TINA ARENA 31 Fly By Night 8 Riverside Theatre 1 Indi Bar MANAIA 3 Redcliffe On The 9 Settlers Tavern Murray MAT MCHUGH 9 Mojos Bar MATT CORBY / HARRY MANX ALPINE 1 Fly By Night 9 & 10 Astor Theatre LAURA MISSY HIGGINS 9 Rosemount Hotel / BUTTERFLY 10 Mojos Bar BOUCHER THE MISSION IN 2 Astor Theatre MOTION 9 Amplifier ERIC BOGLE WITH 10 Newport DEF FX JOHN MUNRO 11 The Bakery 2 Fly By Night AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTET JOSH KYLE 11 Perth Concert Hall 2 The Ellington THICK AS BLOOD 13 YMCA HQ KIMBERLEY MOON 14 Villa THE SIREN TOWER EXPERIENCE The Prince Of Wales (Paul Kelly, Kasey 14 15 Amplifier Chambers, The FRENZAL RHOMB Black Sorrows and 14 Settlers Tavern more) 15 Prince Of Wales 2 Jim Hughes 16 Rosemount Hotel Amphitheatre Ord River THE BLACK SEEDS 14 The Bakery TIM FREEDMAN THE WORKING 14-16 The Ellington HORSE IRONS GASOLINE INC 2 The Den 15 Rocket Room 3 Newport LISA MITCHELL / GEORGIA FAIR 15 St Joseph’s Church, THE BUTTERFLY Subiaco EFFECT / NUMBERS RADIO / THE POTBELLEEZ 15 Metropolis GREENTHIEF Fremantle 2 Prince Of Wales DEEP SEA ARCADE / 3 Metro City THE CAIROS / WOE & FLUTTER SEAN COFFIN 15 Indi Bar 16 Amplifier 3 The Ellington 17 Mojos FRASCA STATE OF THE ART DALLAS Settlers Tavern (Drapht, Hoodoo 15 16 White Star Hotel Gurus, Eskimo Joe, 17 Clancy’s Fish Pub Jebediah, Steve Dunsborough Parkin and more) 22 Indi Bar 3 Perth Concert Hall & 23 Prince Of Wales Surrounds 24 Mojos

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Missy Higgins, June 2, Astor Theatre

METRIC 25 Capitol THE TEA PARTY 26 Metro City THE SMASHING PUMPKINS 26 Challenge Stadium KARNIVOOL 27-29 Rosemount Hotel NARISSA CAMPBELL 27 & 28 The Ellington EIFFEL 65 / N-TRANCE 28 Metropolis Fremantle KIM SALMON 28 The Bakery

AUGUST

MARK GARDENER 1 Fly By Nightclub CHILDREN COLLIDE 2 Prince Of Wales 3 Amplifier Bar EMPRA 3 Rocket Room 4 Prince Of Wales ED SHEERAN 6 Riverside Theatre TIM BARRY 8 The Den BELL BIV DEVOE / GINUWINE 9 Astor Theatre BOB BARRETT 9 The Ellington TOMMY EMMANUEL 12 Perth Concert Hall NASUM / PSYCROPTIC 15 Amplifier OWL EYES 16 Artbar HILLTOP HOODS 17 Challenge Stadium JULY NORTH WEST CEREMONY FESTIVAL (Hilltop 3 The Den Hoods, The Living 4 YMCA HQ End, The Cat Empire TIM FINN and more TBA) 5 Artbar 18 Port Hedland Turf THE BAMBOOS Club 6 The Bakery KENNY ROGERS / BUSBY MAROU / GLEN CAMPBELL LEADER CHEETAH 21 Riverside Theatre / THE HELLO BURNING LOVE MORNING 22 The Den 6 Prince Of Wales PITBULL / TAIO CRUZ 7 Rosemount Hotel / HAVANA BROWN / 8 Newport TIMOMATIC LADY GAGA 23 Burswood Dome 7 & 8 Burswood Dome PENNYWISE / THE SAY ANYTHING / THE MENZINGERS / GETAWAY PLAN SHARKS 11 Amplifier 29 Metropolis TERROR Fremantle 12 Amplifier SLASH FEAT. MYLES SET SAIL KENNEDY & THE 13 Rosemount Hotel CONSPIRATORS 14 Melville Youth 30 Metro City Centre 14 Mojos SEPTEMBER 15 Clancy’s THE ENGLISH BEAT Dunsborough 1 Astor Theatre FLIGHT OF THE HOWARD JONES CONCHORDS 5 Astor Theatre 18-20 Challenge JOSE FELICIANO Stadium 5 Regal Theatre TROY ROBERTS DAMIEN LEITH 19 The Ellington MELISSA ETHERIDGE 7 Mandurah Performing Arts 20 Riverside Theatre Centre KID MAC 8 Astor Theatre 20 Mojos SUBHUMANS 21 Settlers Tavern 12 Amplifier BAND OF SKULLS AMERICA 23 The Bakery 12 Perth Concert Hall LADYHAWKE PATRICK WOLF 24 The Bakery

14 Fly By Night EARTH / MARGINS 15 Rosemount Hotel RUFUS WAINWRIGHT 19 Riverside Theatre WHEATUS 20 Metropolis Fremantle HANSON 22 Metropolis Fremantle GYROSCOPE 22 Rosemount Hotel JULIA STONE 28 Astor Theatre KATIE NOONAN & KARIN SCHAUPP 28 Winthrop Hall UWA 29 Mandurah Performing Arts Centre XAVIER RUDD 25 Goldfields Arts Centre Kalgoorlie 26 Esperance Civic Centre 28 Albany Entertainment Centre 29 Fremantle Arts Centre 30 Caves House Yallingup RUSSIAN CIRCLES / EAGLE TWIN 30 The Bakery

OCTOBER JOE BANAMASSA 1 Perth Concert Hall PARKLIFE (line-up TBA) 1 Wellington Square HYPERFEST (line-up TBA) 7 Midland Oval CANNIBAL CORPSE / DISENTOMB / ENTRAILS ERADICATED 9 Capitol STEEL PANTHER 10 Metro City PAUL CAPSIS 11 Artbar THIS IS NOWHERE (line-up TBA) 14 venue TBA COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA 14 Perth Concert Hall EVERCLEAR 14 Capitol TODD MCKENNEY 18 & 19 Astor Theatre PAUL HEATON 21 Fly By Night BASTARDFEST (Astriaal, Fuck I’m Dead, and more) 27 Civic Hotel ROCK IT (The Black Keys, Royal Headache, and more TBA) 28 Joondalup Arena

NOVEMBER EMMYLOU HARRIS 6 Perth Concert Hall JOSH PYKE 8 Artbar GEORGE MICHAEL 10 Perth Arena STEREOSONIC (lineup TBA) 25 venue TBA

SEPTEMBER 2013 ONE DIRECTION 28 & 29 Perth Arena

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DBL KICK DRUMMER/SINGER WTH HARMONIES & MELODIES Wanted for big band in 2013. Inf Divine Heresy, White Chapel, Static X, Bleeding Through. Ph: 0401 491 398.

DRUMMER NEEDED Drummer required for Metal Band. Thir ty 3 Victims. Songs up on Facebook & Myspace. Call Nick: 0417 187 447.

EXPERIENCED GUITARIST WANTED 30+ for working original hard rock band. Recording & touring in plan. Ph: 0427 072 814 or 0435 825 090.

OPEN MIC NIGHT every Thursday night at Indi Bar. Just call Bex on 0404 917 632 OPEN MIC NIGHT Ever y Tuesday night at the Craigie Tavern 8-11pm.

Call Corey for bookings 0431 448 235 VOCALIST WANTED Alternative Band seek vocalist. Influences include Dredg, K atatonia & Cynic. Please contact Ben on 0431 974 587.

PHOTOGRAPHY P R O J E C T P H OTO G R A P H Y Pr o m o photography, studio, live, location.

Mike Wylie 0417 975 964 www projectphotography.com When its time to ice the cake...

PRODUCTION SERVICES CD & DVD MANUFACTURE Check out our latest CD & DVD specials online at www. procopy.com.au 9375 3902 MATRIX PRODUCTIONS AUSTRALIA Lighting, staging, sound systems, smoke machines, night club FX, intelligent lighting, strobes & mirror balls, crowd barriers, video projectors. 9371 1551 PA HIRE Vox P.A’s and Funktion-One concert systems. Beat any quote. 9307 8594/ mob 0404 410 020. perthconcertsound.com.au.

PA HIRE, PRO SYSTEM, FULL FOLD BACK Experienced operator. Optional light show.

Fidelity sound on 0404 331 320.

RECORDING STUDIOS ALAN DAWSON’s WITZEND RECORDING STUDIO Prof quality albums or demos, large live room, experienced engineer, analog to digital transfers, mastering..Alan 0407 989 128 or Jeremy 0430638178 www. witzendstudios.com ANDY’S STUDIO International multi award winning songwriter / producer. No band required. Broadcast quality. A songwriter’s paradise. Ph 9364 3178 AVALON STUDIOS BIBRA LAKE One of Perths best equipped studio. Record to analog tape or digital, Avalon pre amps, Neumann mics, the latest and best universal audio, plug in’s for digital recordings. All styles of music, $55 per hour call Tony 0411 118304 email avalonstudios@bigpond.com

BASE CAMP KUTZ Recording Rehearsing Graphics All Media Any Genre. Located in Yangebup 24/7 Ph: 9434 5889.

GOLDDUSTCONSTRUCTION.COM Production, mixing, recording and composition for your music. Unique award winning skills to take songs from ideas to finished mixes or to fulfill the potential in existing ones. Located in Subiaco. $60 p/h.

Andrew 0408 097 407 MOB-HANDED RECORDING & MUSIC PRODUCTION Professional multi-track recording for singer/songwriter, electro, hip hop, metal, pop, groove, all styles catered for. Services also offered: Audio editing, mastering, voice over recording etc.

PLUS: Unique & original orchestral string arrangements written and recorded for your songs. Ph Fabian: 0468 363 380 or E: fabianmalabello@gmail.com POONS HEAD MASTERING Analog mastering at its best. Clients include Mink Mussel Creek, Jeff Martin, The Panics, Pond + The Floors. World class facility. World class results. www.poonshead.com 9339 47 91 RECORDING MIXING MASTERING PRODUCING Fremantle location. Call Pete Kitchen Cooked Records. Ph 0407 363 764 / 9336 3764 REVOLVER SOUND STUDIO Ph 9272 7505. www.revolverstudio.com.au SONGWRITERS! - UNLOCK YOUR SONGS’ POTENTIAL +FREE BAND APPRAISALS. UK Producer, 40,000+ hours studio experience.

20 yrs in London with bands and songwriters.

Kicking arrangements, great studio and the ability to really listen will give your material the edge you need. Call Jerry on 0405 653 338 or visit www.jerichomusic.com.au

STUDIO RECORDING $35 per hr. Rates negotiable. Contact Ryan: 0429 617 353.

REHEARSAL STUDIOS AAA VHS REHEARSAL ROOMS Great facilities, great vibe & great price!!! Unit 5 /16 Peel Road, O’Connor. Phone 9418 5815 or 0413 732 885 BIGBEAT SOUND STUDIO Clean rooms, all new PA systems, air-con and good parking .

Willetton Ph: 0425 698 117.

LION MACHINE REHEARSAL STUDIO Professional rehearsal space. Wanneroo area.

Air-conditioned. Semi-rural setting. Mob: 0417 900 876.

PLATINUM SOUND ROOMS Professional rehearsal rooms, airconditioned, quality PAs mob 0418 944 722 STREAM STUDIOS The place to rehearse in Perth.. Phone: 0403 152 009 www. streamrehearsal.com.au TUITION ***GUITAR LESSONS*** The Guitar Specialist.

Beg-adv,all styles and levels including bass.Cliff Lynton Guitar Institute. Mt Lawley 9342 3484 / www.clifflynton.com BASS LESSONS Rock, funk & jazz. Tony Gibbs 9470 6131 DJTUITION Specialises in scratching & cutting.

Over 15 yrs experience. Beg-Adv welcome.

Potential gigs waiting. Ph DJ Munch: 0412 334 510.

DRUM LESSONS All styles, WAAPA prep.

Modern techniques, rudiments, soloing, favourite songs. Beg-Adv. Ph: Pascal 0413 172 817. Available 7 days & all holidays.

SINGING LESSONS Learn a technique that actually works! The method used by over 120 Grammy award winners.Certified Speech Level singing instructor. Call Simon 0431335495.

TATT’S ALL FOLKS The Voodoo Lounge Wednesday, May 23, 2012 This year’s Tattoo Ball was bigger and better than ever! An industry of inked individuals invaded the Rocket Room last Wednesday for a night packed with artists from all over the world, tattoo competitions and entertainment. Lindsay Wells rocked the house, and Charlie Taylor sported his 1955 body art. The tattoo machines echoed throughout the venue as the painted party rocked right through the night.

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