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The Living End

SEVEN NIGHT STAND The Amity Affliction

GHOSTBUSTERS

The Flaming Lips

WE’LL C U WHEN U GET THERE

It’s six months to the day that Southbound returns to its home of Sir Stewart Bovell Park in Busselton and the first seven acts of the festival have just been announced. Heading up the festival is none other than The Flaming Lips. Last seen in WA for the Big Day Out in 2004, you could say that their return trip is well overdue, but welcome nonetheless as they are one of the best live bands in the world. Add Wayne Coyne and company to Beach House, Hipster Runoff besties Best Coast, 50x ARIA Award winners Boy & Bear, SBTRKT, The Vaccines, and mister Gangta’s Paradise himself, Coolio, and you’ve got a great first announcement. It all happens on Friday, January 4, and Saturday, January 5, and we’ll let you know all of the details as they come to hand.

Aussie metalcore/post hardcore outfit The Amity Affliction are about to embark on their biggest national tour in support of the release of their forthcoming record Chasing Ghosts - that’s the one with the cover that has divided people the country over. The lads will be bringing California’s metallic hardcore kings The Ghost Inside, Brighton’s modern metal lords Architects and local juggernauts Buried In Verona along for the ride. It’s all happening on Sunday, October 7 and Monday, October 8, at Metropolis Fremantle. The Monday night show is an all ages show. Hit up Heatseeker, 78s, Mills and Planet for tickets.

How’s this for an ambitious tour? The Living End have been laying pretty low in 2012, but they certainly are looking to pick things up at the end of the year. Chris Cheaney and the chaps are embarking on The Retrospective Tour. They’ll be playing not one, but all six of their albums back to back over seven nights in five cities across the country. In Perth, it all goes down over one week at the Rosemount Hotel. See State Of Emergency live on Thursday, November 1; Modern Artillery on Friday, November 2; The End Is Just The Beginning Repeating on Saturday, November 3; Roll On on Sunday, November 4; The Living End on Monday, November 5, and Tuesday, November 6; and White Noise on Wednesday, November 7. Is this the most ambitious tour in Australian history? Probably.

Tickets go on sale from thelivingend.oztix.com. au from Monday, July 16, while The Big Red Ticket, which gives you access to all seven shows is on sale Thursday, July 19.

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KEYS TO ROCK

Birds Of Tokyo

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Reactions/ Comp Thing

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Flesh

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Music: The Bamboos

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Music: Twin Shadow/ Expatriate

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Music: Hot Chelle Rae/ House Of Shem

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Music: The Decline/ Hush

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New Noise

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Eye4 Cover: Get Your Shorts On

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Eye4 News/ Movies: Get Your Shorts On/ Buff

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Eye4 Movies: Marley

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Eye4 Arts List/ Arts Stories

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Salt Cover Story: The Substance

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Salt: K21

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Salt: Club Manual/ Scenery/ Club Scene: Speakeasy 1st Birthday/ Nocturnal Ball

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Scene: Live

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Cover: The Bamboos play The Bakery this Friday, July 6

Salt Cover: The Substance play Villa on Saturday,

As if The Black Keys weren’t enough of a draw card to get you up to Arena Joondalup for Rock It on Sunday, October 28, the remaining acts have been revealed. Making their long awaited return to the stage, Birds Of Tokyo head up the new additions with The John Butler Trio, The Panics, Lanie Lane, Last Dinosaurs, San Cisco and Abbe May; plus Royal Headache, Graveyard Train, Brothers Grim, The Toot Toot Toots, The Kill Devil Hills and Emperors will hit up Kong’s Rock And Roll Shack – an installation stage away from the main arena. Tickets are $99 and go on sale this Friday, July 6, and we have no doubt that the festival will sell out, so don’t delay, be ready to hit up Heatseeker.com.au!

Mumford & Sons

Sigh no more, British folk-rockers Mumford & Sons are coming to town! The lads have had a huge couple of years since releasing their debut studio record Sigh No More in 2009. They were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, a bunch of Grammys, and a swag of other awards. Now, fans can get prepared as their highly anticipated sophomore record is set for release in September. The lads play Belvoir Amphitheatre on Saturday, October 13. Joining them will be American indie folk ensemble Edward Shape & The Magnetic Zeros and American singer-songwriter Willy Mason. Hit up Ticketmaster for tickets now.

Anthony Jeselnik

FEST ON THE ‘NEST

He’s made jokes about suicide in the suicide capital of the world, regularly forges his dad’s signature on his brother’s sick notes, has roasted Charlie Sheen and Donald Trump, and this September he’ll make his way to WA to headline Rottofest… that’s right folks, US comedian Anthony Jeselnik is coming to town.

Making his Australian debut at Rottofest over the weekend of Saturday, September 8, and Sunday, September 9, Jeselnik will join the likes of Tim Ferguson, Chris ‘The Bloke’ Franklin, Triple J’s Mel Buttle, Raw Comedy winner Dayne Rathbone, Nick Cody, Matt Dyktynski and WA’s best stand up comics. If you need more than laughs to get you across the sea, fear not because music makers Millions from Brisbane, Tomàs Ford, Stillwater Giants, Sonpsilo Circus, Sam Perry, Anton Franc, Morgan Bain, Turin Robinson, Patient Little Sister, Cow Parade Cow, The Flower Drums, and a whole bunch of local DJs will take to the stage at Hotel Rottnest during the Rottofest celebrations to weave some aural delights. Add that to short films, and the fact that you’re on Perth’s own island paradise, and you’ve got yourself a deal.

Early Bird Weekend Passes are on sale now for $189, which includes ferry, accommodation and access to all events. Don’t delay, hit up rottofest. com.au to lock down your tickets.

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JOHN CARTER

From Academy Award winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes John Carter, a sweeping actionadventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). We have three newly released DVDs up for the taking so get in now for your chance to snag a copy.

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SWERVE

Pulsing with menace, writer-director Craig Lahiff’s Swerve reorients the noir tradition, setting it within the quiet menace of the South Australian outback.Want to win a double pass? Then get in quick as we have five to giveaway.

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Celebrating its 15th birthday, this year’s Spanish Film Festival will warm your winter with a rich selection of contemporary Spanish language cinema. The festival will run from Thursday, July 19, until Thursday, July 26, at Cinema Paradiso and we have 10 double passes up for grabs! Enter now for your chance to win.

HOUSE OF SHEM

This July, House of Shem - one of New Zealand’s premier reggae bands - land on Australian shores to embark on their debut nationwide headlining tour. They take to the road with a selection of favourites from their debut album Keep Rising and 2011’s Island Vibration. The guys check into the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, July 14, and we have five double passes up for grabs. Get in now to be in the running to win.

Australian bluesman Ash Grunwald releases his brand new album Trouble’s Door this month.

The follow-up to his 2010 award-winning release Hot Mama Vibes, this record captures the changes that have occurred in Grunwald’s life over the last two years. To celebrate the release of this anticipated album we have two copies up for grabs. Enter now to be in the running to score one.

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One of the world’s most popular characters is back on the big screen as a new chapter in the Spiderman legacy is revealed in The Amazing Spiderman. To celebrate the release of this highly anticipated film, we have five Amazing Spiderman prize packs to giveaway! Each pack includes an in season double pass, t-shirt, cap, glasses case and a notebook! Get your entries in now to win this awesome prize.

NINE SONS OF DAN

To celebrate the release of the new EP The New Kids from Gold Coast band Nine Sons Of Dan, we have three copies to giveaway. Their highlyanticipated new single Diamond Skin has been making waves on radio and follows up the hit single She’s So Fine from the debut EP Landslide.

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A massive night of high voltage rock’n’roll, this free event features the mighty Devil Rides Out fresh from an east coast tour, Will Stoker & The Embers, Melbourne two-piece Jackson Firebird, garage heroes Cal Peck & The Tramps and gritty rockers Loose Lips. To add to the awesomeness, there’ll also be concert ticket giveaways, drink specials, and it’s free entry. We are giving you the chance to win one of two bar cards to spend on the night valued at $50 each. Get in now for your chance to win.

GOOD FOOD & WINE SHOW

The Perth Convention centre will be home to the Good Food & Wine Show from July 13-15. Here you will find innovative shopping ideas, highly sought after master classes, brand new attractions and of course, food and wine tasting galore. Visiting chefs include French favourite Manu Feildel and household name George Calombaris. If this tantalises your taste buds, enter now as we have 10 double passes up for grabs.

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I first got into Gotye when he released Heart’s A Mess, and I guess in retrospect that even though he was referring to somebody else’s heart being all messed up, it was him all along. And Somebody That I Used To Know? I guess we never truly knew Wally de Backer.

Rest in peace, Gotye.

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BUSBY MAROU

Busby Marou has experienced an amazing year since the release of their debut self-titled album and now they’re set to make it even better with their I Still Don’t Believe tour. The tour comes off the back of their first shows in the US and Canada and coincides with the deluxe repackage of the album. Busby Marou checks into Perth’s Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, July 7, and The Newport on Sunday, July 8, and we have tickets up for grabs. Enter now for your chance to win and don’t forget to mention your preferred venue.

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FEEL IT IN MY BONES

SPY KIDS

Grammy Award winning hip hop legends Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone from Bone Thugs N Harmony are returning down under. With 20 sold out Aussie shows under their belt and over 30 million albums sold worldwide, this next tour is set to be a ripper with the lads whipping out all their BTNH classics and some fresh material. The dudes hit Metro City on Saturday, September 15. If you’re keen to see some legends of the hip hop scene, hit up Moshtix to snatch tickets at once.

Sydney soul/punk three-piece Fait Acompli is heading our way on a massive national tour to promote new EP Spies. They’ll play the Rosemount Hotel on Thursday, July 12, with Will Stoker & The Embers, The Love Junkies, Frozen Ocean and Wash; Ya Ya’s on Friday, July 13, with Shock Octopus and The Disappointed; and the Railway Hotel on Saturday, July 14, with Jackson Firebird, The Disappointed and Misty Mountain. Tickets to all three shows are $10 on the door.

BOOM SHAKE THE ROOM

Chet Faker

THAT BEARDED BLOKE

The one and only Chet Faker is coming to town.

The Melbourne singer-songwriter and beatmaker is bringing his deliciously soulful and acousticelectronica over west for his very first Perth show.

Having covered Blackstreet’s tune No Diggity last year and taking out Bon Iver on Hype Machine, Chet Faker (otherwise known as Nick Murphy), released his debut EP Thinking In Textures earlier this year and was one of the most talked-about artists at SXSW this year. Now, the sexy, bearded youngster will play The Bakery on Friday, August 3.

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DROPPING IN

Celebrating 20 years of dedicated delivery and following their successful performances at Good Viberations in 2009, California’s Imani and Bootie Brown of The Pharcyde are coming black.

Bringing their original, idiosyncratic style of hip hop with a fresh audio/visual show, the lads play Capitol on Saturday, August 25. If you’ve heard Oh Shit, Otha Fish or Passing Me By, then you’ll know these guys are up there. Tickets are on sale now from 78 Records, Heatseeker, Mills and Planet. Get on it.

NORTH WEST HOODS

Just added to perform alongside Hilltop Hoods, The Living End and The Cat Empire for the North West Festival are Regurgitator, Dead Letter Circus and Perth’s very own San Cisco. North West Festival hits the Port Hedland Turf Club on Saturday, August 18. Tickets are $129 plus booking fee and camping is included in the price. Hit up northwestfestival. com.au for all the info. Speaking of the Hilltop Hoods, extra tickets have just been released for hteir show on Friday, August 17, at Challenge Stadium. Head to hilltophoods.com for all the info.

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Formerly known as French & McCarthy, Mining Boom are a former Perth band currently living in Melbourne. In honour of their new tape, Dining Room, they’re back in town for a show at the Rosemount Hotel this Friday, July 6. Support comes from Doctopus and The Support Band.

JOIN THE CLUB

The Bakery will play host to more experimental music acts that you can poke a glockenspiel at next week when Club Zho 101 returns for another night of multidimensional entertainment. Make a bee-line for The Bakery on Tuesday, July 10, to catch yls, Air Mutande and Trilby & Guests as they step into the spotlight for the City of Perth’s Winter Arts Season.

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CHEWING THE FAT

It’s Friday afternoon and the weekend has begun.

Where do you go? Where do you go? Fat Shan Records and Ya Yas team up to give you the first instalment of Fat Free Fridays. Kicking off this Friday, July 6, at 5pm, local sensations Foam, Blackmilk, and Thee Gold Blooms kick off the weekly event. Come for the bands, stay for the specials on low carb beers and cocktails. Free entry!

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

GETTING JICKY WITH IT

Last seen in Perth to do Wave Rock Weekender and a sideshow in 2009, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks are returning to our shores in 2012 to do the same thing again. Since the last time, Malkmus toured with the world with a reunited Pavement and released one of the best Jicks albums yet in last year’s Mirror Traffic, and now you’ll get to hear it live. See them at the Rosemount Hotel on Friday, September 28 (tickets from Heatseeker, Mills, 78s, Planet and Star), and at the Wave Rock Weekender on Saturday, September 29 (tickets from soulhighway.com.au). More on that one soon.

Jackson Firebird

PONTIAC FIREBIRD

Mia Dyson

STUCK IN A MOMENT

Having just released her first single in four years, Mia Dyson is plotting her return trip to WA. After relocating to the US for the adventuire of a lifetime, she’s just dropped When The Moment Comes, the first single off her new album The Moment, which is released on Friday. She’s heading over for a show at Mojos on Thursday, November 8; and on Friday, November 9, she checks into the Bridgetown Blues Festival, which we hear will be a very big deal this year. But more on that later.

TU PLANG CLAN

In addition to being one of the latest acts announced to appear at the inaugural North West Festival, Regurgitator are bringing a show like no other to the Astor Theatre on Sunday, October 7. You saw them do Unit in full at Southbound to kick off the year. No see them do Unit and Tu Plang back to back on one night only. That’s Black Bugs, Kong Foo Sing, Miffy Simplicity, Modern Life, and I Suck A Lot Of Cock To Get Where I Am all in the same night. Fun for the whole family! Tickets are on sale now from Bocs and regurgitator.oztix.com.au.

Previously announced as the special interstate guest at free Night Of The Living Dead - An X-Press Readers Party at the Hyde Park Hotel on Friday, July 13, alongside The Devil Rides Out, Will Stoker & The Embers, Cal Peck & The Tramps, and Loose Lips, Melbourne rockers Jackson Firebird have added a second show to their tour. See them at the Railway Hotel on Saturday, July 14.

LET THE SUN SHINE

Melbourne DIY punk heroes The Smith Street Band played a ripper set when they supported legend Frank Turner earlier in the year and they’re set to impress once again when they take their sophomore album Sunshine And Technology (out August 24) on the road. Catch ‘em playing their new tunes on Friday, August 31, at the Rosemount Hotel.Tickets will be available on the door.

MISS INDEPENDENT

Yes, we all know she’s done a shitload since Miss Independent. In fact, American pop lass Kelly Clarkson’s latest record Stronger debuted at #2 on the ARIA Album Chart and went platinum. Clarkson is coming down under for a massive national arena tour to showcase all her hits since bursting onto the scene somewhat 10 years ago when she won American Idol back in 2002. Catch Clarkson on Friday, October 5, at Challenge Stadium. She’ll be supported by The Fray and flaming-haired singer-songwriter Sarah De Bono (FYI smashed it on The Voice). Tickets are on sale today, hit up Ticketmaster to grab yours.

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THE BAMBOOS

“When you look at the tracklist of this record and see that it’s featuring this guy and this guy - I guess I worry that it’ll come across that I told my manager to get me these people, but it’s really not a case of that.

Every song and collaboration has had its own little evolution,” comments guitarist Lance Ferguson.

One early hit from the album is the brilliant bluesy I Got Burned, featuring You Am I’s Tim Rogers singing a soulful falsetto. Ferguson sheds some light on how that collaboration came about.

“I met Tim when I was playing guitar for Fresh from releasing their fifth LP Medicine Megan Washington on a Big Day Out tour and we hit it off. We talked about doing some sort of collaboration Man, funk band The Bamboos are feeling but at that time I didn’t feel like I had the right song for him.” Ferguson continues,“I Got Burned materialised fit and fine and ready to deliver a healthy about three quarters of the way through recording dose of their tunes on a national tour. Medicine Man, when I felt like it was missing something. I it fairly quickly, basically one night between studio TOM VARIAN had a chat with guitarist, wrote sessions, and as soon as it rolled out I felt this was the bandleader and brain trust of the band, right song for Timmy.” adds laughing, “His voice is great, Lance Ferguson, ahead of their show at it’s like someFerguson kind of fucked up fusion of Curtis Mayfield, the Stones and Tom Waits.”

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Ferguson does a great deal in The Bamboos, Melbourne based funk, blues, lounge, whatever but his mainstay is the guitar and Medicine Man features you want to name it, nine piece band The some silky smooth solos, especially the smokey blues of I Bamboos have never been one to shy away Got Burned.“Yeah I Got Burned seems to be coming from a from shifting through genres or a collaboration swampy, dark, blues place so I wanted to give it a bit of BB King-esque quality,” he says, thinking back.“But that whole with a guest vocalist.

Their latest release, Medicine Man, holds song, apart from the drums and the vocals, I demoed it up that tradition strong with vocalists as varied as in one night at my house. It’s that classic story of playing Tim Rogers, Aloe Blacc and Megan Washington everything in two hours, taking it into the studio and just lending their pipes to the band and a sound that redoing the drums and adding some vocals and horns on top. Sometimes that can definitely work out!” changes from track to track.

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American funk and soul singer Aloe Blacc also lent his talent to the cause, adding his trademark vocals over tune Where Does The Time Go?, a track that would sound at home on any Aloe album. “The first time I worked with Aloe was on my first solo album, with Quantic as well, and that was very much an online based collaboration,” The Bamboos mastermind remarks.“But ultimately I like to work with someone in the studio because you can obviously give immediate specific details and make changes quickly. So I was lucky to get Aloe in the studio this time when he was here touring, but then the instrumental aspects of that track sort of evolved and changed later.”

But of course, laying down tracks in a studio and then touring the songs are two separate beasts.

With regular lead singer Kylie Auldist taking the main brunt of the vocal work live, Lance reveals some of the challenges of adapting songs for the live show.

“One of the great logistical nightmares of involving a bunch of high profile guests on an album is that it’s not as if Aloe Blacc is going to join The Bamboos for a year,” chuckles Ferguson. “So we have to look at the album and think what the best way to present them live is. Kylie Auldist has really done a great job of making some of these songs her own on stage; I really appreciate and admire what she’s done.

We’ve actually enlisted a new member, Ella Thompson who has some tracks on Medicine Man, and she’ll be covering that other vocal spectrum, away from Kylie’s sound.

“My management won’t let me really talk about it, but there will be some special guests on the tour. Unfortunately I’ve got to be mysterious about that,” he adds, with a well bitten tongue.

Based in Melbourne, The Bamboos don’t always manage to get out to WA on tours, something Ferguson hopes to change. ”We don’t get out to WA much and a big aspect is simply that we have a 10-piece band and getting everyone to Perth is expensive at times to get,” he answers. “We did Southbound which was great, and if we can get a few festival gigs on the board and a chance to come out we do it. The crowds are always really great in WA and I actually really like the places, like Fremantle and Margaret River.”

Medicine Man comes after lots of hard work and studio time with co-producer John Castle, and with two years passing since their last LP, the well received album 4, there are lots of expectations. “It’s always a confronting scenario, when your musical baby is born and thrown out into the world after being with you for so long,” says Ferguson.“The main thing for me is that I’m happy with it, we’re happy with it and that it’s coming from a sincere and genuine place. I hope people like it as much as we do, I suppose!”

“I Got Burned materialised about three quarters of the way through recording Medicine Man, when I felt like it was missing something. I wrote it fairly quickly, basically one night between studio sessions, and as soon as it rolled out I felt this was the right song for Timmy.”

With 10 years down and five LPs cut, Ferguson considers the future of The Bamboos an open ended story and a place for constant growth.

“The life cycle of a band is a weird thing, but as long as I’m inspired to do it I don’t see why we won’t. The main aspiration for me is to make each album different and be a progression musically or develop things production wise. Also, I can’t really do anything else so I have no choice!”

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TWIN SHADOW

have ambition, emotionally and artistically, to stand out from the crowd. It’s a potent combination which Dominican-born New Yorker George Lewis Jr., whose performs under the moniker Twin Shadow, has in spades.

With a pompadour, moustache and flair for showmanship, Lewis knows what it’s like being on the tips of the tongues of those in the scene and the headphones of those in the know – his debut album Forget had critics and music lovers worldwide falling headlong in love with his intimate synth-pop when it released back in 2010. Having spent the last two After his debut, Forget, surfaced in was years circling the globe to promote his last album, 2010 to blogosphere acclaim George Lewis Jr. has finally managed to find a few months knuckle down and record a new album, Confess.

Lewis Jr. spent years touring the to “I felt pressure but I tried not to look into myself too globe. But, as JENNIFER PETERSON- much,” Lewis Jr. says of the recording process. “It was different this time around. I learned a lot and WARD learnt, he finally found time to very evolved.”

When speaking to X-Press in anticipation of record a sophomore release under his his the Laneway set, Lewis Jr. spoke of his “exhaustion” musical alias of Twin Shadow. Confess from constant touring and the effect that was having his creativity (“It’s hard to stay interested and hits shelves this Friday, July 6 thorugh on passionate about something when you’re doing 4AD/Remote Control. something every day. The desire slips away,” he said), but six months later he says he’s in a much better One of the ways indie music has made the headspace. “I relax as much as life will allow me. I mainstream is by asserting that pop doesn’t have often find it hard to swallow,” he says. “It always takes me making a record to relax. I really refreshed myself to be a three-letter word.

Of course, writing a catchy chorus is no making this record.”

Still, Lewis Jr. hasn’t let emotional guarantee of success in today’s iTunes-and-blogs music world, and it’s certainly harder than ever to complexities get in the way of expanding his sound.

Confess is an acknowledgment of the emotional make an album that will stand the test of time.

To get as far as they do, bands have to effect of memorable lyrics and a nostalgic look

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toward the ‘80s, pop’s last great decade. “I did [have a vision for how I wanted the album to sound], but it never turns out the way you want it to be. I can’t control what comes out,” he says. “I wouldn’t put it out if I wasn’t happy with the final product.”

As Lewis Jr. attests his hopes for what the record will achieve are simple: “My real hope is that fans feel good about it and more people start listening to my music.”

Expatriate

EXPATRIATE Homeward bound

True to their name, ARIA-nominated indie rock quartet Expatriate left their hometown of Sydney for greener pastures in Europe way back in 2008, but with the upcoming release of a long awaited sophomore LP they’re ready to reassert themselves into our collective consciousness once more.

JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD chats to keyboardist/guitarist Damian Press ahead of the release of Hyper/Hearts this Friday, July 6, through Dew Process.

After solidifying their place in the local musical landscape with the release of their ARIAnominated debut album In The Midst of This in 2007, the four members of rock outfit Expatriate became expatriates when they relocated to Berlin in the winter of 2008.

“It was just too good to say no to,” explains Damian Press.“I thought we’d be over there for eight or nine months, maybe a year, but we ended up being there for three years.”

Although Press says the band were ready to record a new album in 2009, a European re-release of In The Midst Of This meant there was a gap of more than a year before they would head back into the recording studio.“Releasing the first album again and re-touring it was a Groundhog Day experience,” he says.

In conjunction with this re-release, the band embarked on a massive touring campaign, playing some of Europe’s largest rock festivals as well as picking up the main support for a Placebo’s arena tour across seven countries. “We were the exotic creatures – we were ‘that band from down under’,” Press says.“After the Placebo tour we found audiences were really supportive – particularly in France. We’ve ended up with more fans in France than we have here in Australia.”

Finally, after a short summer European festival run in 2010, the band headed to the famous Monnow Valley Studios in Wales to embark on the long awaited recording of their second studio album.

“Our first record was this big budget experience – it was made when the music industry wasn’t completely dire and lacking funds. Working on the new album was a markedly different experience,” Press says.

Although the band began working on the album themselves, they eventually decided to enlist British producer Andy Savours to help finish off the record.“The reason we went with him in the end was because he seemed like a creative, fun person to be around,” Press says.“He’s actually more known for his mixing – he’s mixed everyone from Pnau to PJ Harvey to Placebo and The Killers. These days working with a famous producer is a talking point [when promoting an album] as much as a necessary part of the process.”

As Press attests, Expatriate are in need of such “talking points” having dropped off the radar in Australia years ago.“We vanished for three years. Our support network just isn’t as strong as it once was.

The radio stations that used to support us don’t play us anymore – things have changed a bit. Now we just have to work to rekindle the flame.”

However, with a massive national tour in the pipeline for late 2012, as well as plans to release more new material before the year comes to a close, it’s not hard to predict the name Expatriate will become familiar to local indie rock lovers once again.“We’re definitely not waiting another five years between albums,” Press concludes. “We’re hoping to release another EP this side of 2012 and another album in 2013. We’ve got so much material just waiting to be released. We’ve just dropped off the radar so we’ve just got to remind people we still exist.”

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HOT CHELLE RAE Whatever It Takes

Hot Chelle Rae

If you managed to catch the support act at Taylor Swift’s show earlier in the year and wondered who those immaculately dressed long-fringed boys were, wonder no more – they’re called Hot Chelle Rae and they’re smashing it on the pop scene right now. JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD embraces her inner tweenager with drummer Jamie Follese head of their performance at Challenge Stadium on Thursday, November 1.

If you’re neither a girl hovering around her early teens nor the parent of one, the name Hot Chelle Rae may mean little.

Yet in the past year Hot Chelle Rae, four charming, aggressively hair-styled twentysomething musicians from Nashville, Tennessee, transformed from a middling tween-focused band into one of the world’s most significant pop juggernauts.

They’ve had a hit album (Whatever, released last November), toured the world with two of pop’s biggest young songstresses (Taylor Swift and Demi Lovato) and joined Pitbull, Ke$ha and Justin Bieber to play at the 2011 incarnation of iconic televised concert Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. Yet as drummer Jamie Follese attests, the biggest coup of all for the young outfit has been their unprecedented success on the mainstream charts. “Having [singles] Tonight Tonight and I Like It Like That go platinum and then double platinum was a dream of ours since we started making music,” he says.

It’s not hard to understand the appeal - with the release of their sophomore album, the quartet perfected their crowd-pleasing blueprint of anthemic rock and just-about-pop. Current single Honestly has also been making waves – largely due to the fact that the accompanying video clip features a cameo appearance by tween it girl Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars), who plays a crazy ex-girlfriend trying to get revenge on her former boyfriend. “If you listen to our record most of the messages are pretty positive but with that song we wanted to put a different spin on breaking-up,”

Follese says. “We’re fans of the show and we needed someone who would help us out. It’s crazy because we’re not part of that acting world but she’s a true professional.”

The band announced themselves as a force to be reckoned with as the support act for Taylor Swift’s sold out national tour earlier this year, and now they’re heading our way once again for a headlining tour to promote new single Whatever. “Whatever is a song for our fans – it’s got a similar meaning to Tonight Tonight.

Whenever we play the song we ask our fans to put three [fingers] in the air and make a ‘W’,” Follese says.

Joining the boys on the tour will be X-Factor UK star Cher Lloyd. “She’s like the white Nicki Minaj, which I love,” Follese says.

With their all-male line-up and catchy upbeat tunes, Hot Chelle Rae have increasingly been drawing comparisons with fast-rising boy band One Direction, although Follese says he doesn’t “get the comparison”.

“I think that certain people don’t even know we play instruments. We don’t do synchronised dancing,” he concludes.“I’m not hating on One Direction – I love them. I’m fine with the comparison – they’re killing it at the moment.”

House Of Shem

HOUSE OF SHEM Family Ties

Carl Perkins has a warm voice and a big laugh. The long standing Maori reggae icon and now frontman for new band House Of Shem chats to HENRY ANDERSEN ahead of the band’s shows at Wanneroo Tavern on Thursday, July 12; Bunbury’s Eliot Street Bar on Friday, July 13; Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, July 14; and Rockingham’s Leisure Inn on Sunday6, July 15.

For Carl Perkins, music is the family business.

Perkins has long been a visible figure in New Zealand music, playing with bands like Herbs, Mana and now House Of Shem. He learned his love of music early, from a family where music was a big part of life. “My dad’s generation was on that brink where Maori culture was really threatened, but it was also the same time that The Beatles were putting out LPs, so I think mine was just another family who loved playing music,” he says. “My dad was in a band called The Commodores. On my mother’s side was a band called The Delle Rockers. They were all rocking it in those days.

I think it was just a love of music.”

Now, Perkins is continuing the family tradition by passing on his own experience in music to his children. Joining him in House Of Shem, are two of Perkin’s sons, Te Omeka and Isaiah. “It’s a challenge, obviously” says Perkins, “for father and sons to work together. Dealing with music is another thing too because it’s so close to the heart. It’s what I know though. It’s something I take seriously, but I like to have fun with it too because it’s so close to my heart and my mind.”

For Perkins the family connections run deeper still, spreading into his religious notions about universal connectedness. I ask him about why it is that New Zealand has such a thriving reggae scene, given the genre’s strongly Jamaican origin. “I think there are a few reasons. I know for us, we come from a Maori church called Rãtana Movement. In that movement, there is a genealogy that can be traced back to Adam and Eve. To cut a long story short, there is a spiritual connection that flows through us as Polynesian Maori. Spiritually, not religiously, but spiritually, we are connected to Jamaica by being descendants of the House Of Shem. I can’t speak for [fellow NZ reggae bands] The Black Seeds or Katchafire, but I think Reggae has an ability to transcend culture and spread the message of peace, love and freedom.”

For their most recent album, Island Vibrations, House Of Shem worked with Errol Brown, one of the godfathers of Jamaican reggae. Brown has produced for Reggae greats including Bob Marley, Lauren Hill and Burning Spear. “He is a true Jamaican,” laughs Perkins,“It’s awesome to hear those frequencies that we have always wanted. Gone are the days when we thought that reggae was all about turning the bass up and the treble down.”

July will see the House Of Shem tour this album across Australia. “We have a lot of family that are buried over in Australia too,” laughs Perkins.“It’s just another part of home now.”

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THE DECLINE

Stefan Wegner’s New Favourite Band Perth punks The Decline released a video last week for their song $hit Yeah!. This week they’re kicking off their national Disas-Tour with a show at YMCA HQ on Friday, July 6.The tour continues to Prince Of Wales, Bunbury on Saturday, July 14, and culminates on Wednesday, August 1, at the Rosemount Hotel. BEN WATSON spoke to guitarist Nathan Cooper.

Stacy Gougoulis at Guildford Grammar Chapel

HUSH: AN EVENING OF QUIET MUSIT Quiet, Please

Lower your voices and leave your earplugs at home, boutique music event Hush: An Evening Of Quiet Music is set to softly land at the Guildford School Chapel this Saturday, July 7.

Made up of local acts that share a common goal of emotional, vibrant and low volume music, this is one local gig that won’t leave your ears ringing.

JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD reports.

Things are really starting to look up for The Decline.

Seven years into their career, the young band have released two albums in two years. The latest one, 2011’s Are You Gonna Eat That?, has seen them really hit their stride, and now, with their latest video having attracted around 2,500 hits in the five days since it was published to YouTube, they’re about to embark on their second tour of the year.

The Decline are fortunate enough to have a film-maker in the band. Guitarist Nathan Cooper revealed that he whacked the $hit Yeah! video together himself. An in-house job, if you will. “You can probably tell,” he quips when X-Press asks him about the DIY nature of the project. While this response is excessively modest, the video’s premise is its major selling point.

For this video, the band surreptitiously purchased on eBay the childhood wrestling figurine

collection belonging to their manager, Ross Butson, and proceeded to trash it: setting the toys on fire, torturing them with drill bits, shooting them out of a potato gun, melting them with home-made flame throwers… and handing the results to Butson, who appears suitably unimpressed.

Cooper reveals that Butson’s real life reaction wasn’t quite as painful as it appears on camera. “He kinda laughed,” Cooper explains. “Because he knew we were up to something. We sent it to my girlfriend’s house - we put that address down. Somehow he knew.

He recognised the number or something. So he knew that we bought his toys, but he didn’t know what we were gonna do. It wasn’t totally soul destroying for him.”

It should be mentioned that the song itself is catchy as hell, as indeed are many of the tracks on the new album. The Decline have really stepped up in

The Decline this regard, and where the last album showed promise, this one is close to being a genuine corker.

“Yeah, I think the general consensus is that our new one’s better than our old one,” Cooper says.

“We had a couple of people say that the new one’s not as thrashy as the old one. I think the old one’s more all over the place, and some people like that.

“But we knew what we were doing more when we did this one. We knew what we wanted.

Songwriting wise, we were trying to be a bit more melodic and catchy, I think. That’s how the deal was. I think people are really rapt.”

And as they gear up for another jaunt around the country, punk fans around the world are also starting to take note. Cooper reveals that the cover art, which features a couple of vultures eyeing off a crucified Jesus, has attracted them positive attention.

“Lots of people have commented on the cover,” he says.

“We even had one fan in Germany – Stefan Wegner – who only caught onto us cause he saw it posted on a punk blog or something. He saw the cover, so he downloaded it and now he’s like our biggest fan, and his Facebook profile’s got pictures of us on his ‘cover’.

It’s pretty funny.”

Calming, soothing, and relaxing are not words commonly associated with the local music scene but the inaugural incarnation of boutique music event Hush is set to change all that.

The antithesis of gigs set in traditional pub-style venues, the event is aiming to gather music fans young and old and prove that the most tranquil music can pack the mightiest punches.

“I don’t really have a beef with people making a ruckus at rock shows, but when you go and watch someone like Sarah Blasko or Justin Townes Earle – people who play really intimate or slow tunes – and people are jabbering away during quiet moments I find it excruciatingly annoying,” explains event co-organiser David Craddock. “I’m that guy who turns around in a concert hall and gives you the evils while you’re talking through Rufus Wainwright’s best piano part. Stacy and I also play music around town so we know what it feels like from a performer’s points of view. So I guess Hush is our attempt to create a dream environment for people who like to listen at gigs but also for performers who like listeners.”

Craddock and co-organiser Stacey Gougoulis have assembled a bevy of excellent acts – some who ordinarily keep things on the muted end of the audio spectrum, and some who certainly don’t – who have all agreed to turn down the volume knob for two full nights. Appearing on the evening will be Felicity Groom, Runner, Rabbit Island, Timothy Nelson, Benedict Moleta, Davey Craddock & The Spectacles, and Moustache.

“We drafted up a dream line-up a few months ago and miraculously no one said no.

Everyone was really into the idea – especially people like Felicity Groom or Benedict Moleta who are used to trying to battle a crowd with quiet tunes when they play solo,” Craddock says. “We encouraged people to go as elaborate as they liked with the concept and Runner in particular have really taken to it like a duck to water – they’re bringing a six-piece choir and string section! Stacy has also been busy training a 10-piece choir [for his band Moustache]. I don’t think there have ever been so many choristers at a local gig.”

Craddock and Gougoulis have found the perfect setting for their intimate evening within the cavernous, echoey and beautiful Guildford Grammar School Chapel.“Regardless of your religious persuasion I think there’s something about places of worship – mosques, temples, churches whatever – that just inspire awe and reverence when you walk in,” Craddock says.

“The chapel is nearly 100 years old and is quite grand and when you’re in the room you really feel a weight of history. The acoustics are incredible as well. Stacy and I have played a few songs in there and everything just sounds epic and grand as it bounces around the room.

“I think it will be nice and refreshing for anyone who goes out and sees plenty of local music in town. The scene is so strong and healthy at the moment and because of that I think there’s room for shows like this that are a little bit different,” he concludes.“I love going to pubs and watching bands as much as the next man, but sometimes it’s nice get a change from the sticky carpet and grimey floor boards and to watch music somewhere a bit more lush and comfortable. I’m not elderly but I’m beginning to think that watching a good gig whilst sitting down is one of life’s true pleasures.” www.xpressmag.com.au

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JONATHAN BOULET We Keep The Beat, Found The Sound, See The Need, Start The Heart

TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS Trouble Polydor

Modular / Universal

Don’t let the freaky-deeky cover art for Jonathan Boulet’s sophomore LP turn you off, this 12 track “garage band” album (literally – it was recorded in his parent’s garage) is one of the year’s best Australian releases.

Despite his work in other east coast outfits (most notably the highly lauded Parades), Boulet has embraced singer-songwriter craft wholeheartedly. What makes We Keep The Beat… such a success is that we get an even keener sense of what a Jonathan Boulet song sounds like and what that means.

The same dark energy that set Boulet’s selftitled debut LP in motion can be heard here in varying forms, whether in the enormous chorus of You’re A Animal (a head-bangers delight), the wheelie-popping solo that slices through FM AM CB TV, or the sweaty, shivering verses of Keep Away You Feral Son Of A Bitch.

Though We Keep The Beat… rarely takes a direct route, the thrill becomes much more about the ride from start to finish, than the speed or force of impact.

We Keep The Beat… is filled with such rich, breathtaking moments, and Boulet, who plays every instrument here, sounds as though he’s savoring every part of process.

It sounds like he’s having a blast, excited with every sound and riff he finds, even as he slows down to zoom in on the details.

22 year old UK DJ and producer Orlando H i g g i n b o t to m h a s j u s t released his debut record Trouble. Having released tracks on Joe Goddard’s (Hot Chip) Greco Roman imprint, it’s been only a matter of time until Higginbottom’s work reached the mainstream.

Championed by the likes of Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw, Trouble is a bunch of minimal electropop tunes with dreamy synths and melancholic melodies. It’s playful and flighty. If you’re a fan of the Junior Boys or Soul Clap, even Chromeo or Bag Raiders, you may enjoy this. But, if you’re into anything that doesn’t ‘induce sleep’ then this might not be for you.

Title track Trouble is a disco house tune with a synthy reverb penetrating its poppy melody.

Higginbottom’s vocals “oooh you make me happy” float throughout the bopping track. Shimmer is just that – shimmering synths. But, the highlights of this mostly two dimensional record goes to Household Goods with its stadium, anthemic bass-ridden chorus which would please Calvin Harris fans and Your Love with its catchy, upbeat melody.

All up, it’s a clever record which will bring a smile to any electro-pop lover’s face but it’s not as fancy as some fans might be expecting.

Higginbottom’s dinosaur headpiece might just be cooler than his music.

_JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

_ANNABEL MACLEAN

THE DANDY WARHOLS This Machine

FUTURE ISLANDS On the Water

Inertia

Thrill Jockey

Future Island frontman Sam Herring might have one of the most invigorating voices on earth; akin to Kermit the Frog doing a Scott Walker impression, his gargling croon is as arresting as it is potentially completely alienating.

For better or worse, it sets his band apart from the pack plying spacious, melodramatic synthpawp. His New Romantic death croak lends On the Water a sense of magisterial sadness, imbuing his rote sub-McCulloch poetry with the drama and passion it requires to be more than notebook scribble scrabble.

For the most part, his band has one mode-stately, keyboard-led melancholy anchored by thick, rolling basslines. Occasionally they detour into elongated ambient passages, but they don’t dally long between backbeats. Imagine Wild Beasts without the lingering threat of being assaulted by a de Sade-toting English aristocrat and you’re near it. When they hit their stride, the results are irrepressible; the title track swaggers and rises in a manner befitting Herring going to town on the Eucharist imagery.

Future Islands started off as an electronic project associated with Dan Deacon and the folks at Wham City, and it shows in the impeccable tonal colouring of these songs; it’s all clean, clear and clever, like a buffet of soft fabrics. Though the record tapers off towards the end, the band make it all work, by force of conviction and Herring’s muppetry. Competency like this is nothing to write home about, but it’s something to put on while you write your letters.

Returning with their eighth studio album, released i n d e p e n d e n t l y, t h e prosperous Dandy Warhols rock on into their psychedelic sunset years. While the Dandy’s have never attempted to reinvent the wheel, or even update it with flashy rims, they give it a coat of technicolour.

Established and comfortable now in their sound and recording process (having built their own home studio complex, The Odditorium, in Portland) they breeze through this album; not always hitting the mark, but it’s a fun and familiar ride. The man with the most ludicrous hyphenated surname in rock, Courtney Taylor-Taylor is at his indulgent, Bowie-esque finest, singing, snarling and crooning his way through.

Enjoy Yourself is about as catchy and classic a Dandy’s ditty as you’ll ever hear. Alternative Power To The People is one of their leftfield instrumental experiments that frankly kicks ass - a scorching synth riff that’s cut up over the top of a driving rhythm section.

At times they wallow in the mire with weaker efforts like I Am Free with its trite lyrics, “I am free, there is music deep inside of me”, with some tracks coming across like a bland tribute of themselves.

Don’t Shoot She Cried and Slide finish off the album in more classic laidback Dandy’s style hazy guitar instrumental excursions with washes of feedback, reminiscent of their influential Velvet Underground. There’s something affirming about having the Dandy’s round, still doing their thing.

_ALEX GRIFFIN

_ALFRED GORMAN

THE MEN Open Your Heart

RUMER Boys Don’t Cry

Spunk

Atlantic / Warner Music

New York band The Men (not all of them are, as it goes) approach punk music in the way that it should be attacked. They play whatever the hell they want when they want regardless of genre. The quintet appears to constantly record and release songs on a plethora of record labels. Open You Heart is their third full length effort.

The Men throw together a collection of love songs as told by sweaty shirtless men with too much energy. Grizzly-voiced frontman Nick Chiericozzi is at his most hook-friendly during Turn It Around, while being comfortable to get down and get dirty for the carnal swagger of Animal before the title track makes you feel like you’ve walked into The Buzzcocks rehearsal room.

The Men have rowdy straight ahead rock covered with ease, so it is the loping and almost droning instrumental Country Song and the mind bending space rock of Oscillation that are the albums high points. There is a break from the Sonic Youth like experimentation as acoustic guitars come out for catchy as the dose Candy.

The Men aren’t breaking any ground, but with Open Your Heart they manage to wrap a whole heap of old ideas into a tidy new package.

Rumer, real name Sarah Joyce, has had an unfortunate life and her sadness has helped her create sad, soulful songs.

Both of her parents passed away and Rumer had to deal with breakdowns before getting her life back in order. Her debut album, Seasons Of My Soul was released in 2010 and reached number three in the UK Albums Chart. Her music has also been supported by industry heavyweights Elton John, Jools Holland and Burt Bacharach.

In this, her second album she has decided to solely cover the songs of the male artists from the ‘70s.

Despite the name she has not covered the song Boys Don’t Cry or any of The Cure’s songs. Some of the artists she has covered include Jimmy Webb, Isaac Hayes, Hall & Oates and Gilbert O’Sullivan.

Rumer’s dreamy, soulful voice floats above slow paced acoustic guitar and piano arrangements for much of the album. The album rarely reaches any great pace with most songs gently rolling along.

Highlights of the album include Isaac Hayes’s Soulsville that creates splendid jazzy textures. The cover of the Hall & Oates song Sarah Smile ventures into the realms of pop whilst maintaining a soulful edge.

Most of the songs have a strong sense of sadness and melancholy. The cover of Stephen Bishop’s The Same Old Tears On A New Background exemplifies the gloominess.

Overall the album has a dreamy but slightly boring feel to it.

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Fremantle Festival

FESTIVAL FUN IN FREO

Attracting over 60,000 entertainment hungry punters each year, the Fremantle Festival is Australia’s oldest celebration of art, music, food, drink, fashion and culture. Organisers of the 2012 festival, which is set to take place from October 28-November 11, are on the hunt for artists, performers, organisations and collectives to propose exhibitions, shows and other events for this year’s festivities. If you’re interested in getting involved hit up fremantle.wa.gov.au/festivals.

Buff

BUFF

Film Fanatics Forever

LOCAL CROPS

In a bid to connect creative individuals with organisations and other like minded people, the awesome team at OnWilliam has just launched Creative Crops, a networking website designed specifically for WA’s creative community. A database and directory for people who work in art, film, music, fashion and everything in between, Creative Crops also features sections for jobs, grants and other opportunities; making it a must-visit for anyone based in Perth with creative tendencies. Check it out at creativecrops.com.au.

Directed by Gavin Bond and Ian Abercromby Starring Gavin Bond, David Stratton, Margaret Pomeranz, Jack Sargeant, Richard Sowada

EISTEDDFOD ANNIVERSARY

Bringing together performers of all ages and from all backgrounds, the Joondalup Eisteddfod will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year with what promises to be a stellar season at the recently opened RNDM Performing Arts Centre at Sacred Heart College.

Since its inception the Joondalup Eisteddfod has helped launch the careers of countless performers, and this year’s event will be no different, so if you’re an aspiring performer looking to share your talents with the local community then look no further.

The Joondalup Eisteddfod season runs from August 4-26 and performers can win up to $1000 in prize money just by getting involved. Entries close on July 7, so don’t delay, hit up (08) 9400 4927 or visit joondalup.wa.gov.au.

CULTURE CLASH

A Doctor of Music Studies with a passion for unique and exotic sounds, USA based drummer Daniel Susnjar will take centre stage at the Ellington Jazz Club this weekend, promising to create infectious rhythms and grooves by combining musical styles from a variety of cultures. Joined on stage by a group of highly respected musicians, including trumpeter Mat Jodrell, Perth born Susnjar will weave his unique blend of Afro-Peruvian Jazz at the Ellington this Sunday, July 8, at 6pm. Bookings can be made via ellingtonjazz.com.au.

SNAP HAPPY

If you’re a photographer who wants to score a share of over $4000 in cash and prizes then you won’t want to miss out on entering the 2012 IRIS Award. An initiative of the Perth Centre For Photography, the IRIS Award recognises excellence in portraiture photography, celebrating unique and engaging images.

Entries close on July 26 at 10am. Download an entry form from pcp.org.au.

Gavin Bond and Ian Abercromby spent many years casting a critical eye over whatever films came their way as part of the Flicktease team on Access 31.

Now they’ve jumped behind the camera, although in choosing the subject of their first documentary, they’ve not strayed far from their usual wheelhouse: Buff is a film about film buffs.

Using Bond’s own self-admitted lifelong obsession with cinema as a jumping off point, Buff tries - in a loose and conversational way - to find the common ground shared by all cinema obsessives - the formative experiences that shift a person from casual filmgoer to full-on film freak. A Perth production, it mainly consists of talking head interviews with a number of figures who loom large in the local film community - including Mark Naglazas of The West Australian and Simon Miraudo of Quickflix - discussing what led them to their chosen field.

The directors also took the opportunity afforded them by last year’s Revelation Film Festival to cast their net wider, securing talk time with festival founder Richard Sowada, festival curator Jack Sargeant, and, in a real coup, perhaps Australia’s most beloved film critics, David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz.

It’s a gentle and unprovocative film, warmly entertaining rather than fiercely engaging.

The common thread uncovered seems to be an early, formative, cinema-going experience, coupled with an attention to detail that might otherwise have been applied to bird-watching or writing manifestos. But

it’s the former that is more important - that seminal, emotional connection with the screen that sets the course of a life.

There are some fun revelations to be had along the way, too, as various cineastes reveal some surprising peccadilloes. Stratton admits to having a secret soft spot for Paul Verhoeven’s trash classic Showgirls, while Naglazas admits he can’t resist the Naked Gun series, and Miraudo swears his lifelong allegiance to Die Hard.

Buff is by no means perfect, though. It’s a zero-budget effort by a couple of first-time filmmakers, and it shows; the film is very rough around the edges, with some odd editing choices, and a perhaps unavoidably repetitious visual style. Unwisely, Bond and Abercromby chose to break up that monotony by inserting footage of improvised re-enactments of classic film scenes, a series of skits that range from the fitfully amusing to the painfully unfunny.You also have to wonder about the wide appeal of such a project; it’s very much a film about movie geeks, by movie geeks, and for movie geeks - a kind of closed circle of production and consumption.

No matter, though; if you, by chance, are a film buff, you’ll enjoy this. What Buff manages to do more than anything else is highlight the sense of community and shared emotion that exists in the film-going fraternity, and that’s something worth celebrating.

Buff screens as part of the Revelation Perth International Film Festival at the Astor Theatre on Sunday, July 15. Find out more at revelationfilmfest.org. _TRAVIS JOHNSON

POLARISED

Directed By Steve Fleming The school holidays spent with Grandma mean one thing for Beth and her younger brother Michael – the freedom to run amok. But the preteen Beth no longer wants to play childish games, she has one thing on her mind and one thing only, boys! Obsessed with a 20-something windsurfing dreamboat, she abandons her brother and instead spends all of her time gazing at the object of her affections through the polarised hues of her sunglasses. However, when Beth realises that the love of her life has a girlfriend the stakes are raised and in a last ditch effort to snare her man Beth must employ the help of her brother and the family dog in a series of escalating pranks. A remarkably fresh and natural film, mischief as well as melancholy radiates in Polarised.

GET YOUR SHORTS ON! Who Likes Short Shorts?

Get Your Shorts On! is back in fabulous form with a fantastic line up of short films celebrating the unique and vibrant storytelling talents from WA’s emerging filmmakers. X-Press takes a look at this year’s program of films ahead of the Get Your Shorts On! screening at the Astor Theatre on Thursday, July 12. Tickets through BOCS.

What A Debacle, Freddy Farkle

WHAT A DEBACLE, FREDDY FARKLE!

Perished

PERISHED

Written/Directed/Produced By Aaron McCann and Stefan A Radanovich Zombie movies are harder to make than you might think. If you don’t get the makeup and atmosphere right, your dramatic story of the undead attacking can turn into a comedy. But this short zombie film written, directed and produced

by Aaron McCann (of Henry & Aaron fame) and Stefan A Radanovich ticks all the right boxes: it’s a nicely put together movie that presents some scary images without looking crappy and clichéd.

The story is a familiar one – amidst a zombie outbreak a broken man on the run seeks refuge in a shed and accidentally locks himself inside.

Isolated, alone and low on supplies, he is quickly stripped of all his humanity as he struggles to survive. As the days go by the deteriorated man must rebuild his inner strength to escape and finally confront his ultimate fear. With its accomplished acting, superior cinematography and fleshed-out story line Perished is an absolute must for local horror buffs.

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Directed By Jesse Emmerson There are some works of animation that are notable for their realism, for conjuring imaginary worlds whose inhabitants move in more or less plausible ways through fantastical settings. Others rewrite the laws of physics and the conventions of physiology to suit their own fanciful requirements. What A Debacle, Freddy Farkle surely belongs in the second category. Director Jesse Emmerson has created a universe of sheer impossibility, where size, proportion and balance are ruled by the whims of his peculiar imagination. A tour de force of ink-washed mischief and unlikely sublimity, the film charts the trials and tribulations of Freddy Farkle, whose poor time management threatens more than just his job, forcing him to strive for order and reliability as he attempts to impress his boss and sort out his life.

Featuring narration by Barry Humphries, What A Debacle, Freddy Farkle is an odd, delightful charmer.

WADUMBAH

WALK TALL, STAY STRONG

Written/Directed By James T Webb For many years Noongar man James T Webb has been helping people understand and enjoy Aboriginal culture through his traditional music, dance and storytelling from the beautiful South West of Western Australia. Webb’s drive to share a passion for the colour, mystery and movement of Noongar culture with people from all over the world has taken him on a journey ranging from intimate performances in outback schools, to taking the stage before a crowd of thousands in Beijing, China, to performing before the Prime Minister of Australia.

He continues to spread his message in Wadumbah, an uplifting and hectic look at one day in the life of the Wadumbah Aboriginal Dance Group. In this colorful documentary Webb reveals the captivating qualities of this ancient form of dancing, and his film is a touching story of hope, vitality and art rising from the bleakest conditions.

Written/Directed By Dean Daley-Jones There’s a lot of stigma placed on the issues faced by Australia’s Indigenous communities but little has been done to really explore and understand where these issues stem from. Recent award winning Indigenous films such as Mad Bastards, Bran Nue Dae and Samson And Delilah have helped to shed light on the realities faced by these communities – and now Walk Tall, Stay Strong, aims to do the same. Dean Daley-Jones (who coincidentally starred in Mad Bastards) makes his directorial debut with Walk Tall, Stay Strong. The short documentary explores the importance of Indigenous tradition through sharing the thoughts, regrets and dreams of Aboriginal men who have been confined to prison. Letting audiences into the lives of group of prisoners at Casuarina Prison, Walk Tall, Stand Strong takes a raw look at the lives of some deeply troubled Indigenous characters and their continuous struggle with violence, drug addiction and broken families. A poised and meaningful slice of Australian cinema.

Crosshairs

CROSSHAIRS

Directed By Mike Hoath A first-rate thriller, Crosshairs tells the strange, seemingly impossible story of Beau and Jamie, two brothers from a rural Western Australian town who are caught poaching a lamb from a neighbouring property. When Beau refuses to go quietly his younger brother becomes a pawn in a violent showdown. Crosshairs picked up top honours at the Clare Valley Film Festival in South Australia earlier this year and has been selected to be shown at the European Independent Film Festival and Rome Independent Film Festival and it’s not hard to see why – there is no doubting director Mike Hoath’s talent for creating a believable world on screen. He has a great eye for composition, he directs action with skill, and is fully in command of many of the elements that make a tasty thriller. And his performers deliver, particularly Luke Ledger (cousin of Heath), who gives a tremendously brave performance as the young Jamie.

Gemma &WARD Jess _JENNIFER PETERSON X-Press – First on the street, Wednesdays

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MARLEY

Bringing Back Bob Directed by Kevin Macdonald Starring Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley, Cedella Marley, Bunny Wailer, Jimmy Cliff Though he is now perhaps better known for such acclaimed films as The Last King Of Scotland and State Of Play, director Kevin Macdonald has a solid background in documentary filmmaking, as evidenced by the excellent Touching The Void and One Day In September. Here he revisits his earlier discipline with an examination of the life and cultural impact of reggae icon Bob Marley.

Given that reggae and roots culture is arguably even more prevalent today than it was in Marley’s heyday, it’s surprising that this is the first major film about the singer’s life. His incredible influence, both musically and politically, coupled with the tragedy of his death at the height of his fame, makes for a life rich in cinematic possibility, and Macdonald mines it to good effect. With the full approval of the Marley family, he assembled hundreds of hours of archival footage and countless photos, as well as interviewed seemingly everyone connected with Marley’s life and work, in order to create a fascinating collage portrait of the man.

The film traces Marley’s rise from the poverty of Trenchtown, Jamaica where, as the son of a black woman and a white man, he was somewhat ostracised by both communities. With music always an important part of his world, he sought and found

early success reinterpreting contemporary hits for a Jamaican audience before finding his own voice with The Wailers. Along the way, he adopted the Rastafarian creed, tried to heal the political schisms in his homeland (and was almost assassinated for his troubles), found cult but lasting success abroad, fathered eleven children by various mothers, and died of cancer at the age of 36.

The success of the film lies in Macdonald’s ability to weave together the various firsthand accounts in a way that puts Marley in his historical context while at the same time allowing the story to breathe and pulse with immediacy and life. While the social pressures and constraints that shaped Marley and his world are examined, it’s never in so heavyhanded a way that it robs the live performances - of which we see many - of their electrifying power.

But while Macdonald generally avoids the trap of fawning hagiography, there is still occasionally the sense that some details are being held back, and that the party line is being toed. It is hard to imagine, for example, that Marley’s complex family life was free of conflict, but if such difficulties existed, they are largely glossed over.

No matter, this is still an invigorating and important film. Being a reggae fan is no requirement here - anyone with even the vaguest interest in music of any stripe will find Marley a wholly captivating viewing pleasure. Those who are already converts, however, are in for something akin to a religious experience. This is one of the best music documentaries we’ve seen in some time. _TRAVIS JOHNSON Originally quilled by Moliere in 17th Century France, The School For Wives is the story of Arnolde (John Adam), a 42 year old, rich, and somewhat dodgy character, consumed with possessing the ideal wife. He finds a young charge, Agnes (Harriet Dyer), and has her sheltered in a nunnery, convinced that with the correct Bell Shakespeare’s School For Wives is showing influence, she will be raised to be too ignorant to be at the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia’s unfaithful to him. When Agnes reaches 17, he takes Heath Ledger Theatre from July 11-14. Bookings her into his home. It’s then that Horace (insert Meyne) son of Arnolde’s friend Laurence (Mark Jones), visits can be made through BOCS. and falls in love with Agnes, and she with him.

The hilarity ensues when Horace unwittingly Meyne Wyatt is something of a trail blazer. After taking Aboriginal Theatre at WAAPA, he went confides his feelings and intentions to Arnolde, and straight into acting school at NIDA, and now at the Arnolde, naive to the possibility of young love prevailing, ripe age of 22, he’s about to catapult into a school contriving to out-scheme his young competitor.

Meyne laughs,“The second scene of the play of a different kind. In Bell Shakespeare’s adaptation of Moliere’s classic, The School For Wives, he takes on is really entertaining- I’m pretty much paying out the guy the role of Horace, a key player in a far flung farcical I’m talking to and I have no idea - the lengths of watching love triangle. On the road again, mid commute to Arnolde’s demise are really fun to play with...the guy is rehearsals, Meyne takes a moment out of his busy clearly trying to hold back from hurting me.”

Director Lee Lewis and writer Justin Fleming schedule to charm X-Press with news of his latest have adapted the play to resonate with contemporary work.

There’s no doubt that he’s accrued audiences, and immersed the story in a 1920s Parisian some enviable roles. But even with back to back setting, complete with jigs and jives to accent the productions in Griffin Theatre Company‘s The experience.

“I think Lee has a strong vision, she definitely Brothers Size and Silent Disco, Sydney Theatre Company ’s Bloodland, Belvoir Theatre’s co- wanted it to be contemporary and put in a lot of modern production with Urban Theatre and Sydney Festival, mannerisms instead of making it just (he puts on a posh The Buried City, and most recently, an appearance English accent) ‘old ways of speaking’.”

“It was really different for me this time, comedy in The Sapphires (the Aussie flick which recently received critical acclaim at Cannes), Meyne admits involves such a technical way of working, with the serious stuff, you’re working with naturalism. Working with a part of him was enterprising for more diversity.

“Most of the plays I’ve done have been extremes, you get to have fun making things absurd. I serious roles, there’s been a unique twist to each of just want people to enjoy themselves and be entertained them, but this role was something I really wanted - we’re working with ridiculous parameters.” to play with - the comedy was one of the big hooks _EMMA D’ORAZIO in this.”

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Self Sufficient Success Comedian, TV host, writer, podcaster and allround funny bloke Wil Anderson is bringing his latest show Wilarious to the Octagon Theatre at UWA, from Thursday, July 12 ‘til Sunday, July 15. X-Press chats with the lad who John Cleese has named as “one of comedy’s hottest acts”.

Bookings through BOCS. Wil Anderson accidently met the Queen. Having recently performed shows in the UK during the awkward weekend when “250,000 other people came to town to see the Jubilee concert”, Anderson managed to catch a glimpse of the Queen. “I saw her by accident actually because my show is on the Thames, it’s actually under the Millennium Wheel so right on the banks of the river,” he says down the line from London. “When I was opening I thought ‘well I should have a practice walk’ down to my venue and just make sure what streets aren’t blocked off and ee however long it was going to take me to get there.

“I stumbled upon this little place – an area they were keeping clear for security reasons.

I asked the guy for advice ‘where can I get through, blah blah blah’ and literally as I was doing that, the Queen drove by in her car because they were doing the parade that day. I gave her a little wave, she gave me a little wave and then she fucked off.”

Seeing the Queen by accident was one such highlight on Anderson’s most recent UK tour but finding out that punters were coming to his shows because of his podcast TOFOP or Thirty Odd Foot Of Podcast that he and good mate, actor and filmmaker Charlie Clausen host, was a grand surprise.

“I had people come to my show because they were like ‘yeah we came because we love your podcast’,” he says, almost still in awe. “I was in America the other day in Seattle and I had some people at the show who had come to the gig in Seattle because the like the podcast. And I thought ‘fuck, they’ve never heard of The Gruen Transfer or Triple J or The Glass House’ or anything like that.”

Anderson is not a fan of media which “bloats your brain” and says he’s trying to build a world which is a bit more self sufficient. “I have my podcasts and I have my touring and I don’t have to sort of rely on the gate keepers,” he says. “So much of what we see in public entertainment is so watered down and I think what I like to do more is just be in charge of your own stuff.” www.xpressmag.com.au

Wil Anderson Wilarious is “going to be the funniest shit I can think of, said in a row,” he says. “It’s a new show; I guess that’s what it’s about. I would hate for people to come and see me because of what the show’s about. I’ve spent 18 years working towards that idea of what people want to see - which is new stuff. I just make sure that every time I come back to somewhere with a new show.”

Anderson is also bringing along one of his favourite comedians for the ride, Aussie comedian Justin Hamilton, a regular on tour with Anderson.“I think he’s one of those people that no enough people have heard of how wonderful he is so when I tour with him,” he says. “People not only get my show, they also get to see this guy who I think is world class in his own right. It’s exciting for me as much as it is for the audience.”

Aside from touring Wilarious around nationally, Anderson will be spending the next three months filming Gruen Planet before heading back overseas and then buckling down in December for his three month writing period for a new show. “The thing that matters to me is that people have responded to this show better than they have to previous shows,” he says. “When you have a show that people like, all you do is look forward to doing it because you’ve worked really hard on it and people like hearing it.” _ANNABEL MACLEAN

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Among Other Things: Perth Galleries, North Fremantle In Among Other Things, Angela Stewart ’s second solo exhibition at Perth Galleries, she continues her exploration of the genre of portraiture. In these delicately painted portrait fragments and sumptuous floral and lace motifs, she combines Paradise Falls: Venn Gallery, Perth Kate McMillan is a local artist upholding a position at delicate painting with stenciled acrylic and the forefront of Australia’s contemporary art sphere. layered opaque oil paint. Runs ’til Jul 22.

In her latest series, Paradise Falls, McMillan presents a significant body of works produced as a culmination Picasso To Warhol: 14 Modern Masters: Art of her 2011 six-month residency as a guest of the Gallery Of WA, Northbridge renowned Christoph Merian Stiftung Foundation in Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters is Basel, Switzerland. Paradise Falls showcases the artist’s the exciting launch exhibition of the Australian dexterity with a diverse range of media, including exclusive partnership between AGWA and MoMA. painting, drawing, photography, film and sculpture. Featuring over 120 works by fourteen of modern With a focus on island sites and places that exist in art’s most iconic artists including Matisse, Picasso, isolation, McMillan has situated her solitary subjects Pollock and Warhol, this exhibition presents amid the natural beauty that is Germany’s Black Forest, a world-class introduction to the figures who Wadjemup (Rottnest Island) and the winter landscapes redefined the very idea of art. Runs ’til Dec 3. of Switzerland. Runs ’til Jul 20.

The World Is Everything That Is The Case: John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Bentley Six Australian artists come together to explore the space that embodies the transformation of cultural practice occurring across states, borders and demarcation zones. In this exhibition, the ‘globite’ suitcase, synonymous with travel, transportation and distribution, becomes a metaphor for the distribution of data. When unpacked, the contents become the materialisation of the artists practice. Curated

by Sean Cubitt, Vince Dziekan and Paul Thomas, the exhibition features the work of artists

VISUAL ARTS

Karen Casey, Mark Cypher, Tina Gonsalves, Mark Guglielmetti, Nigel Helyer and Mitchell Whitelaw.

Runs ’til Aug 5.

Light Locker Art Space: Grand Lane, Perth Located within Grand Lane off Murray Street Mall and viewable from Barrack Street, the Light Locker Art Space can be accessed 24/7 but is best viewed at sundown when the lights turn on. Since launching in June 2011, the space has supported and commissioned new works from 21 young artists, with many more to come! This exhibition is the fourth in a year-long program of peer curation, resulting in an organic approach to mapping out artist networks and commonalities. For this latest exhibition, Joe Matthiessen, Dale Buckley, Kenya Bedford Armstrong, Stephen Genovese and Lyle Branson created new 2D and 3D artworks. Runs ’til Aug 31.

THEATRE/DANCE The Fremantle Candidate: Deckchair Theatre, Fremantle Get to know the real man before he was Prime Minister - before he was the war-time hero, and back when he was fighting for his political career and for his personal life at home in Perth. In this new political thriller by multi-award winning WA playwright Ingle Knight (Taking Liberty), Jack Curtin is returned from Canberra a broken man, his hopes and spirit crushed.

His Labor seat is lost and his chances of re-election are slim - he has turned to drink and is struggling with depression. Season runs Jul 19-Aug 5. Bookings via deckchairtheatre.com.au.

Signs Of Life (Photo: Robert Frith) Signs Of Life: Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre, Northbridge The Dirt Music story continues… Alone in her farmhouse on the riverbank one night, Georgie Jutland hears noises out on the highway – car doors, voices, weeping. She’s recently widowed and a little spooked. It’s not just her – the entire world feels wrong, as if the land beneath her feet is dying. It hasn’t rained for years. The river has dried up and the olive grove is beginning to wither around her. Signs of Life is a story about people with uncertain futures navigating with only shreds of the past to guide them. It’s about the mutual incomprehension between white and black – the anxiously safe and the pragmatic dispossessed – in country where nobody is really sure they belong anymore, and where everyone’s fate seems to have been determined by those who came before. Runs Jul 21-Aug 18. Bookings via BOCS.

Around Inagaki, Tsugaru-shi by Ichiro Kojima (1960) Tohoku – Through The Eyes Of Japanese Photographers: Council House, Perth The Consulate-General of Japan has partnered with the City Of Perth to present Tohoku – Through The Eyes Of Japanese Photographers, consisting of works by nine photographers and one group of photographers which together portray the past, present and future of the people and culture of the Tohoku Region in northern Japan. Works ranging from photographs taken in the 1940s to those taken in recent years will be on display, and the exhibition aims to give people throughout the world a feel for the enduring fascination of Tohoku. Runs Jul 9-27.

At Her Majesty’s Pleasure 2011: Turner Galleries, Northbridge Debra Dawes has earned the reputation as one of Australia’s finest contemporary abstract painters. On the surface it appears that her new series of paintings have taken a sharp change of direction, gone are the hard edge patterns of recent years, replaced by carefully reproduced excerpts from hand written letters. Yet Debra’s paintings have always conveyed more than their mere surface suggests. Her new series, At Her Majesty’s Pleasure 2011, is based on a series of letters received from a young man incarcerated for 18 months. Runs ’til Jul 21.

Dark Lights: Greenhill Galleries, Claremont In his forthcoming exhibition at Greenhill Galleries, Stormie Mills continues his exploration into the characteristics that define humanity. By shining a light into the darkness his work seeks to uncover what lies beneath in each of us. Dark Lights explores the idea that a villain in society can still possess a captivating human quality when the light is shined within them. Runs Jul 13-26.

The Darkness In My Heart by Anya Brock The Longing/An Aperture: Moore’s Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle The Longing/An Aperture is the highly anticipated exhibition of new works by West Australian artists Anya Brock and Sara Winfield. This visually stimulating show encapsulates the two artist’s signature styles of complex line work and bright bold colours in a kaleidoscopic onslaught of detailed pattern work, featuring sensual female forms and flora and fauna. Conceptually the work deals with notions of desire and yearning and attempts to expose the often hidden and surreal world beneath the façade. Runs Jul 13-29. www.xpressmag.com.au

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Perth bass music trio The Su Substance ubs bsta tanc anc nce ce pl p pla played layed ay their first proper gig to a sold-out Villa last stt y yea year ear wh ea w when he en n they launched their debut record Sugar Disco Sex Attack Attack. Now Now, just over a year later, late terr tthey’re he hey’re preparing to annihilate the sound sound-system system at Vil Villa illa la on once nce again when they release their forthcoming EP Audio Bushido. ANNABEL MACLEAN chats with Brock Carter ahead of the showcase.

Brothers Brock and Steele Carter (production) lived together in a unit in Como and started messing around with music programs and began laying down tracks some three years ago. Their friend, Turei Haronga (MC), better known as 2Ray, was “doing some hip hop stuff around town” and, with all three lads already bring friends, the creation of The Substance came about quite organically according to Brock Carter.“We were just friends anyway so we were just partying and doing whatever together and we just got him [2Ray] in and started making some tracks,” he says, casually.

“It just went from dabbling around to showing friends and sitting round and just having drinks and playing a bit of it and friends really liking it and saying we should do something with it. One day we said ‘righto, let’s do something’. Once we started getting into it, it’s just an addiction.”

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AJAX NOT SO QUIET

The Substance Since releasing their debut record Sugar Disco Sex Attack and launching it at a sold-out gig (their first proper gig) at Villa last year, the lads have played Parklife and Breakfest, supporting the likes of Netsky, Flux Pavilion, Feed Me, Nero and more.

Now, just over a year later, the trio have put together their forthcoming EP Audio Bushido which will be launched at Villa as part of The Substance Showcase.

“We’ve made 15 tracks, maybe more, since our last album,” he says.

“We’ve sort of cut some [tracks] out, put some in, played some live, put some others out and I suppose we got serious with the ones we were sticking to over the past eight months. Plus, we were just trying to keep the live show interesting at the same time. Because we were doing all original stuff, we want to be giving all the friends and fans that we’re playing to, a different show every time.”

Audio Bushido is sonically heavier than their previous output. “We’ve been using a lot of hardware equipment, stuff we were using before as well, just delving deeper into the technical side of things,” he explains. “It’s just programming and everything, just spending a bit more time on the nitty gritty end of it, getting right down to the core of it and doing some manipulation there and getting some good bass sounds… we’ve stripped back the amount of sounds we’re using in a track and instead of layering, we’re focusing more on specific sounds and really making them huge and we’ve found that that’s just given us a whole new clarity and enabled us to push sounds that we’re loving really hard.”

The process of putting together Audio Bushido has been a lot more relaxed and “stress free” than that of Sugar Disco Sex Attack. This week the EP will be mastered in the UK and, in the meantime, the lads are working on their new live show which will be unleashed at the showcase. “[We’re] just sorting out

how we’re going to arrange the songs and putting in heaps of new samples,” he says.“This’ll be our best live show yet. We can’t wait for it to tell you the truth.

We’ve got more additions to the set up. We’ve also got the stuff that we’re releasing to play live that also isn’t on the EP.” Carter says that punters can “most certainly” expect to have a boogie at Villa when Audio Bushido is unleashed on the masses. “It’s just going to be what we’ve been working so hard on the last few months,” he says of the live show.“We recluse ourselves from our friends to do this and then when you get to these shows and release it to everyone who doesn’t know what you’ve been doing apart from that, it’s a surprise to everyone and then you can just have a week where you have a bit of time off.”

But, taking time off isn’t exactly on these boys’ radars. With another EP following Audio Bushido already in the pipeline and plans to tour, there’s no stopping these dudes. “If we set ourselves a goal going ‘yeah we’re going to do a single’, we find we get nothing done. We have to set ourselves targets of doing an EP or doing an album and then working towards that and putting the pressure on. That seems to work for us.

“We’ll get this EP out and then, through our management, we’re just going to be really pushing for a booking agent just to get us on the right path for doing that [touring], whether it be nationally or internationally. We’re just going to be happy to get out on the road and play outside of Perth and have some fun. We don’t want to take any time off. We just want to keep pushing. We love it, we live for it.”

» THE SUBSTANCE » THE SUBSTANCE SHOWCASE » SATURDAY, JULY 14 @ VILLA

You might know Adrian Thomas better as Ajax or as the head honcho of label Sweat It Out, or as a former member of Twinsy, or as one of the founding members of Bang Gang.

As you can probably tell by now, he’s not one for keeping out of the spotlight... so why has he been so quiet for the past 12 months? TARA LLOYD gets the lowdown.

“Lots of folk have been asking why I’ve been so quiet lately,” he says. “For the past 12 months I’ve been working on and with Parachute Youth and Twinsy, both as an A&R and as executive producer. There were a few issues with Twinsy between members. Unfortunately Guy [Chappell-Lawrence, Yacht Club DJs] and I had serious issues with each other so I’ve moved away from both projects and am just handling their A&R.” However, that doesn’t mean that things are going to settle down for Thomas anytime soon.

Over the next few months he’s not only releasing Ajax remixes of Parachute Youth, Twinsy and Lumi but also working hard to bring us some brand new tracks. “You can expect new singles from Parachute [Run Away] and Twinsy [Back Of My Car] in the near future,” Thomas reveals. “The issues with Guy will hopefully be resolved soon, so stay tuned for more Twinsy goodness including the long awaited video, remixes and a new single... maybe.

“I’ve also been helping a super new act called Caseno - think Metronomy or Cut Copy but with Ian Curtis on vocals - and setting up the new and sparkling Yolanda Be Cool album.”

While all the work sounds insane, it doesn’t mean that Thomas doesn’t have the time to put on a few performances around Australia next month, and it sounds like he’s bringing a pretty solid sound with him.

“You can expect lots of swampy re-edited ghetto tech, valiumed out booty jazz with a sprinking of acid and a large serving of fun,” he says.

“Nearly every track I play has been re-edited to make it uniquely jaxxin’, so stuff you have heard before but not heard before.”

Sounds intriguing from the man who cut his DJ teeth on a little something called the Ministry of Sound’s Mashed series; a disc which he’s still proud of today.

Dirtyphonics

DIRTYPHONICS FRENCH REVOLUTION

Hailing from France - the epicentre of filtered house - the bass music of Dirtyphonics has a lot more in common with the other side of the channel. But, for the past few years, the live performances and tunes of these four producers/DJs have been making waves worldwide. ANDREW NELSON gets the lowdown from one member of the crew, Charly.

There are many stereotypes thrown up about the French, not all of them flattering. In terms of the EDM world, the biggest of these is that all French music is similar to that pioneered by Daft Punk – house beats with plenty of use of the filter and other effects.

So it’s refreshing that the four Parisians known as Dirtyphonics have burst onto the scene in the last few years with killer tracks such as Quarks and The Vandals, showcasing a sound that’s evolved from drum’n’bass though to dubstep and bass music.

“The drum’n’bass scene had a hard time getting recognition from the other genres,” Charly says, when quizzed on how local audiences recieved their brand of beats. “We feel lucky that it happened naturally for us. We make music that people can relate to and with the growth of the bass it just blew up even more. You can even hear a lot of electro DJs playing some dubstep now, wait ‘til they play drum’n’bass.

The fun thing is that lots of people still think we’re American or English.”

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It’s also been said (not by this writer) that the French are rude and may not be the best people to get along with but for Dirtyphonics, this is used to their advantage when producing tracks.“If we all agreed all the time it would be boring,” he says, talking of the group’s occasional tiffs. “It’s because we disagree that our music sounds rich. We all write together. We have a bunch of ideas and sit down to talk about them, then the whole development of the track happens with the four of us, fighting, laughing and making music that makes us bounce.”

With a short working week and early retirement age, another uncomplimentary assumption about the nation is that they never work. Well, that’s certainly not true for these guys, there never seems to be any down time. “Studio is whenever we’re not Alex Smoke on the road,” Charly says. “We actually have a portable studio setup that we plug in every hotel room or plane we’re in. We’re almost done writing our debut album [and] we’ve just finished remixes for Excision & Datsik, Krewella, Marilyn Manson and there are some sick collabs on the way. No time to rest, and lots to come!”

The French are also known for their style, so it’s no surprise that the band have recently started producing their own fashion label.“We’re in the middle of re-designing a brand new line to go with our new Alex Menzies, or Alex Smoke as he is identity which should be ready before the end of the [European] summer,” he says.“What’s cool - Radii shoes, best known, has his fingers in a lot handcuffs, blue pants, having a Dirtyphonics tattoo of pies. HENRY ANDERSEN talks to (laughs).”

The final theory of the French is that they’re the electronic wunderkind/budding romantic and judging by the passion that’s they’ve classical composer ahead of Menzies’ been showing at some of their live shows, there’s going Perth appearance shortly with side to be a lot whole lot of love at The Rosemount on the night of their DJ show.“We have a bunch of new music project Wraetlic. to play out and we can’t wait to come and party with you guys, get really dirty and make memories for life.” ‘Classically trained.’ It’s a nice, vague, little phrase that crops up in press statements for musicians of any genre. “Yeah,” says Menzie. “It’s one of those classic biog lines and then you find out » DIRTYPHONICS they played recorder until they were seven!.” » THURSDAY, JULY 5 @ THE ROSEMOUNT HOTEL For Menzies however ‘classically trained’ is not

ALEX SMOKE

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Ajax “Funnily enough, in a roundabout way I would say my sound has cycled back to that earlier sound,” he says. “It’s more about the booty acid house, earlier electro vibe, glitched tech rather than brotech. I guess it’s all cyclical... hopefully my skills are better as it was some time ago.”

Thomas has improved his DJ and production skills at his fair share of crazy gigs. “One was playing in the back of a speedboat that was anchored in a small dam,” he recalls. “Another time I played in a barn, complete with scared goats. “And I played on one fuck off tower in Perth during Daft Punk and had a great view of all the fence jumpers.”

For such an acclaimed performer, and now such a driving force behind the scenes of the industry, Thomas is pretty humble. And his plans for the rest of the year are just as down to earth.“I would like Pav from Modular to buy me lunch by the end of the year,” he says.

» AJAX » FRIDAY, JULY 13 @ AMBAR some token bid for musical legitimacy, but a very prominent part of his life and musical thinking. “I played cello for 16 years, and piano and drums.

I sang full time in a choir for five years. Singing in the choir, you are aware of the other parts, the way that they interact and the way that harmonies play off each other. For me, even at the very start of my production career, I knew that was what I had to bring to the table.”

As a teenager, Menzies gravitated from classical music into dance culture and electronic sound. “I first discovered Detroit techno and hip hop off the radio, as well as all those big albums like Leftfield’s Leftism and Daft Punk’s Homework,” he says. “Once I had my first computer I realised there was nothing stopping me from just ploughing in there and making it myself.”

This is exactly what Menzies did. Using a computer bought for him by his grandmother, he taught himself to use software working eight hour days at his craft. Menzies has released three full-length albums under his Alex Smoke alias, Incommunicado (2005), Paradoelia (2006) and Lux (2010). On Lux, particularly, Smoke’s compositional prowess is evident. The album is gorgeously introverted techno, with clockwork percussion and subtly shifting harmonies.

In particular there is a fascination with microsound; those tiny, digital clicks and pops created by clipping various waveforms.

“It’s something totally new to someone whose background is entirely classical,” he says. “It is a refreshing way of looking at sound and music, where the parts that would traditionally be thrown out are now centre stage. The joy of error!”

In 2008, Menzies was offered a chance to reacquaint himself with the classical world, receiving a commission to write a piece for the prominent string ensemble, The Scottish Ensemble. “I’ve never been more nervous than the first performance because you feel that you’re walking in someone else’s field and that maybe you’ll make a fool of yourself,” he says.

Classical music though, is just as much Menzies’ field as electronics are. “If you listen to a lot of minimal classical composers like Reich and Glass, you could well believe that they wrote with a sequencer,” he says. “Ironically my background in classical music was more traditional so my writing is not as technically taxing as many modern composers. I still love strong melodies and flowing passages as well as the more sequencer-lead ideas of repetition and looping.”

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WON’T STOP Adelaide raised MC Adrian MussoGonzalez, otherwise known as K21, has produced for and featured on works of the Hilltop Hoods, Funkoars and Clandestein. Having recently released his debut record Single Minded Civilian independently, K21 tells ANNABEL MACLEAN that punters can expect a “hectic” show when he hits town tomorrow.

Single Minded Civilian is the debut record from Adelaide MC K21 and the title for the record comes from a rhyme which Musso-Gonzalez laid down on a Funkoars song. “I ended up carrying that on with my debut album and that became the concept around it,” he says down the line from hometown Adelaide.

“The single minded, solo, independent team goes along with the branding of my music and who I am as a person.”

Single Minded Civilian indeed features the Funkoars, Vents, Brad Strut and Realizm as guests and sees Musso-Gonzalez on production along with the likes of Trials, Setsa, Vampts and more. “Funkoars and Trials and Vents and Realizm are all friends,” he says, speaking of how the collaborations came together.

“Brad Strut is a friend from Melbourne and I met him mutually through a person called DJ Cancel. I hooked up with him a couple of years ago, just sending him beats on the internet and he ended up wanting to collab for a few songs so that’s how that one came about. Everyone else was locally and they’re all friends of mine.”

Indeed, Musso-Gonzalez has been friends with Trials from the Funkoars for years. “I ended up becoming good friends with Mr Trials from the Funkoars,” he says, touching on the topic of how he got involved in the hip hop scene. “He was a heavy influence for me when I was younger. He used to live a street away from my school and I used to wag Year 12 and get drunk with him a lot. He taught me how to make beats and I’ve basically run with what he taught me and that’s what I do today.”

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K21 All this knowledge which Trials and the other lads from the Funkoars have taught MussoGonzalez is evident on Single Minded Civilian. “Being my debut, I just wanted to make something wellversed as possible, something that was personal, something that was completely independent but was going to be accepted by people who were into good music,” he says. “I think many things have influenced me along the way which I’ve incorporated into my production, it’s basically a summary of everything I’ve learnt and everything that’s influenced me and whether I’ve liked it or I haven’t liked it, I’ve channelled it into my music and it’s all a progression.”

Single Minded Civilian was released independently and it’s a choice Musso-Gonzalez says he’s very happy with. “Basically I just wanted to get it out as quick as possible,” he says, justifying the independent release. “I was thinking about getting a distribution deal through a couple of people but ended up putting it out completely by myself because I didn’t want to release it to a schedule or a date. I just wanted to get it out there.”

As for his performance at Launch tomorrow night alongside Ruckus Napalm, Twin MCs The New Breed, Mr Grevis and Knowledge Bones, MussoGonzalez says to expect a “hectic” show. “I hung with Charly from The New Breed a couple of months ago, he’s a really good dude, he showed me all his tunes.

I think his stuff is really dope. Grevis is a good dude.

I haven’t met him yet but I’ve spoke to him through the net and I can’t wait to see him play.”

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WEDNESDAY 04/07 Captain Stirling – Fiveo Clancy’s (Applecross) – Upbeat – DJ Andy Connections – DJs Joby /JJ /Rueben Eurobar – Wild Wednesdays - DJ iPod/ Ben Pettit Flying Scotsman – UniQue DJs/ DJ Bones/ DJ Moflow Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Beaufort Bop ft DJ Anton Maz 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 05/07 Blvd Tavern – DJ Andy Capitol - Van She Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Wrighteous Claremont Hotel- DJ Double Dee/ Jimmy Thorne/ Matt & Millie Club Marakesh – DJ Simon Cottesloe Hotel – DJ Shots/ DJ Andy M Empire Bar – Halo/ DJ Bojan/ DJ Ben Sebastian Eve – DJ Tony Allen 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 Paramount – DJ Johnny Boi/ DJ Jordan Players Bar – MASH South St – DJ Castasia/ Dpad Swinging Pig – DJ Simon The Avenue – Jon Ee 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 Az-T The Queens – Kapitol The Rosemount Hotel – Dirtyphoni The Velvet Lounge – Hexx ft Chris

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Cobilis The Whale & Ale – Josh Tilley The Whistling Kite - DJ Gareth Tiger Lils – Paul Malone/ Adam Kelly Woodvale Tavern – DJ Melvin

The Avenue – Fiveo The Carine – Mind Electric/ Little Nicky/ Az-T The Causeway – Sun City The Court - Sebastien Drums The East End Bar – Funk Fridays The Generous Squire - DJ Anaru The Queens – DJ Rueben The Saint - DJ Jordan Ambar – District ft Zeke/ Get More/ The Shed – DJ Glenn 20 Philly Blunt v Meet Mark/ Riot Class/ The Whale & Ale – Josh Tilley Genga/ Benny P Tiger Lils – Paul Malone/ Adam Kelly Amplifier – Cowboys & Indie Kids The Vic - DJ Giles Bar 459 - DJ Smurf The Wembley Hotel – Lokie Shaw Boheme Bar - DJ Majiika Windsor – DJ Riki and Ray Boulevard Tavern – DJ Andyy Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Giles Broken Hill Hotel – DJ Nick Alexander Villa – Addicted To Bass ft Bombs Brooklands Tavern - DJ Misschief Mel Away/ Kid Kenobi Capitol – Retro Mash YaYa’s – Junk ft DJ Whoa!

Capitol (Upstairs) – I Love ‘90s Carine Tavern – Greg Packer/ MC Assassin Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Boogie Ambar – Japan 4 ft Bezwun/ Blend/ Claremont Hotel – DJ Pasha Hayat Micah/ Marty McFly/ Nightcrawlaz Club Bayview – Amnesia ft Fendi/ Amplifier – Pure Pop ft Eddie Electric Axon/ Fellis Basement On Broadway – DJ Ricky Como Hotel – DJ Gazz Boheme Bar – Carte Blanche DJs Eastern Hotel – DJ Munch Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Roger Empire Bar – Josh Tilly Smart/ Matt Richards/ Ben Dallin Eve – DJ Don Migi/ DJ Danny Boi Capitol – Death Disco DJs Flawless – DJ Ryan Capitol (Upstairs) – Cream Of The Flying Scotsman – DJs Jo19/ Rok ‘80s ft DJ Ryan Riley/ Armee Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Flying Scotsman (Defectors) - Back Dood To Mono DJs Claremont Hotel – Jon Ee/ Fiveo Ginger Nightclub – Rondevoo Fridayz Club Bay View – Little Nicky Gosnells Club – DJ Now Empire Bar – DJ James Ess Hipe Club - DJ E-Funk Eurobar – Roger Smart/ DJ Raci Lakers Tavern – Fresh Fridays - DJ East End Bar - Fiveo Dooey Eve Nightclub – Go Wild, Go Gaga Left Bank – DJ Frankie Button After Party Library – Dorcia Flawless – Offset/ Jackness/ Travis Little Creatures Loft – Marine Beats LeBrun Llama Bar – DJ Reuben/ DJ Morris Flying Scotsman - Under The Malt Super Club - Fiveo Influence DJs Merriwa Tavern – DJ Real McCoy Flying Scotsman (Defectors) - Fore Metro City (Solace Bar) – DJ Slick DJs Metro Freo – Frat House Fridays ft Geisha - Alex Smoke Death Disco DJs High Road Hotel – DJ Simon Mint Nightclub – Club Retro ft Chris High Wycombe – DJ Matt McPhee Mojos – Fisherman Style ft DJ Deruki/ Hipe Club – DJ E-Funk Library – MKT ft DJ Riki/ DJ Richie G/ Corby/ One Peso/ BushaD/ Kritical/ DJ Vicktor DJ Sorted Mullaloo Beach Hotel - DJ John Paul Little Creatures Loft – Marine Beats Liquid Nightclub - DJ Klar55/ DJ Mustang – Swing DJ/ DJ James Stevie M MacArthur Llama Bar – DJ Reuben/ DJ Melvin Paddy Hannans – Crazy Craig Malt Super Club – Fiveo Paramount - DJ Johnny Boi/ DJ Metro City - Seven Deadly Sins ft DJ Jordan Angry Buda/DJ Matty S/DJ Makka/ Players Bar – Sugar DJ Kenny L Queens Tav – DJ Rueben Metro City (R&B Lounge) - DJ Slick/ Rocket Room – DJ Brett Rowe/ DJ DJ Ruthless/DJ Soso/DJ Brett Costello Cain Metro Freo – DTuck/ Darren Briais/ Sail & Anchor - Balcony Beatz/ DJ DJ Wazz J-MAC Mint Nightclub – Pop Life ft DJ Shape – Logistics Aaron/ AJ Sovereign Arms – Dylan Hammond

FRIDAY 06/07

SATURDAY 07/07

THE SHED

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 – Jus Haus?

The Clink – Az-T The Cornerstone – Dylan Hammond 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 Tony Dee The Wembley – Lokie Shaw The Whistling Kite - DJ Craig The Vic – DJ Kristian Tiger Lil’s – DJ Bojan/ DJ Ben Sebastian Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin Windsor – DJ Ray Woodvale Tavern – DJ Real McCoy YaYa’s – Saturday Social ft The Kings Of Cheese DJs

SUNDAY 08/07 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 – Go Wild, Go Gaga After Party Flying Scotsman – Nathan J/ Nizbet/ Pasha/ Chris Flying Scotsman (Defectors) – Eclectic Picnic 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 Tony Dee

MONDAY 09/07

TUESDAY 10/07

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

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

IN THE THIS WEEK Dirtyphonics Thursday, July 5 @ The Rosemount Hotel Van She Thursday, July 5 @ Capitol Fisherman Style ft DJ Deruki/ Corby/ One Peso/ BushaD/ Kritical/ DJ Sorted Friday, July 6 @ Mojos Addicted To Bass ft Bombs Away/ Kid Kenobi Friday, July 6 @ Villa Logistics Friday, July 6 @ Shape

The Big Ape Tour ft Joker/ Skream/ Sgt Pokes/ Plastician Wednesday, July 18 @ Villa Bootleg ft Mind Electric/ Joe Revell/ Tapeheads/ The Bootleg Brothers/ DNGRFLD Friday, July 20 @ Ambar TWERK ft Nebula/ Kit Pop/ SaussBauss/ Oni Cash/ RobiHusslin/ Boy P Friday, July 20 @ The Bakery Brookes Brothers/ BARE Friday, July 20 @ Villa Major Bass ft Rennie

District ft Zeke/ Get More/ Pilgrem/ Cutline/ Nick Philly Blunt v Meet Mark/ Thayer Riot Class/ Genga/ Benny P Saturday, July 21 @ Villa Friday, July 6 @ Ambar Alex Smoke Saturday, July 7 @ Geisha

Yuksek (live)/Clubfeet/ Audageous/ Paper Planes/ Metric DJs Friday, July 27 @ Villa

COMING UP

Lee Coombs Friday, July 27 @ Ambar

C&C Music Factory Friday, July 13 @ Metro City Doorly Sunday, July 29 @ The Ajax Bakery Friday, July 13 @ Ambar Snowbreeze Dance Party Friday, July 13 @ Villa

Zombie Crawl Friday, August 3 @ Villa

The Substance Showcase ft The Substance/ Phetsta and more Saturday, July 14 @ Villa

Chet Faker Friday, August 3 @ The Bakeru

Wooshie/ Rainbow Chan/ Outerwaves/ Andras Fox/ James Ireland and more Saturday, July 14 @ The Bakery

Mental Powers/ Holy Balm Saturday, August 11 @ PICA Bar Hilltop Hoods Friday, August 17 @ Challenge Stadium The Pharcyde Saturday, August 25 @ Capitol Krayzie Bone/ Wish Bone (Bone Thugs N Harmony) Saturday, September 15 @ Metro City Parklife ft Chairlift/ Modestep/ The Presets/ Nero (live)/ Passion Pit/ Plan B/ Justice (DJ set)/ Robyn/ Benga (live)/ Rusko/ Wiley/ Labrinth/ DJ Fresh (live)/ Flume/ Alison Wonderland/ Lee Foss/ Jack Beats (live) and more Monday, October 1 @ Wellington Square This Is Nowhere ft dance lineup TBC Sunday, October 14 @ Dolphin Theatre & Lawrence Jackson Court, UWA Stereosonic ft Tiesto/ Destructo/ Dillon Francis/ Gesaffelstein and more TBC Sunday, November 25, at venue TBC

Sets On The Beach ft lineup TBC Jungle Shakedown ft Sunday, December Franktik and more Friday, August 3 @ Ambar 2 @ Scarborough BeachAmphitheatre Scarborough Beach Z-Trip Saturday, August 11 @ The Bakery

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EAST END BAR

CAPITOL

FRAT HOUSE FRIDAYS

GETTING NOCTURNAL

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

The 16th Annual Nocturnal Ball Metro City Monday, July 2, 2012

Electro-pop lovers and indie dudes and goddesses frolicked down to Villa last Friday night to celebrate one year since Metric Promotions launched their superb night Speakeasy. Over the last year, Speakeasy has seen the likes of San Cisco, Stonefield, Owl Eyes, Flight Facilities, Oscar + Martin, Bleeding Knees Club, Strange Talk and more cause dancefloor mayhem at Villa. Sydney’s Flume was behind the decks bringing the party last Friday. Happy birthday Speakeasy, here’s to another year!

The 16th Annual Nocturnal Ball is the biggest industry night of the year for all those peeps in the hospitality and entertainment industry and it went down a treat last Monday night with everyone dressing up to the myths and legends theme. One of our readers even got to arrive in a limo, true rock star style. It was a grand night indeed.

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Speakeasy 1st Birthday Villa Friday, June 29, 2012

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Damo Suzuki & Pond (Photo: Dan Grant)

DAMO SUZUKI & PONDthe band’s previous drummer Kevin Parker, Usurper Sonpsilo Circus

The Bakery Thursday, June 20, 2012 The chaps of Pond had their dreams come true on Thursday night as they led legendary globe-trotting improviser Damo Suzuki through an exploration of sounds that made many a Can fan cream.

But first, Sonpsilo Circus had the honour of showing off their highly touted psych sound.

They’ve upgraded to a four-piece now, but it’s still the guitar theatrics of Pete Gowers that leads the way. Effortlessly, he balances on his wah wah pedal, hangs off his whammy bar, and fires feedback every which way while his out-of-key singing rounds it out.

It was already a notable day for the Pond extended family with side-project Tame Impala releasing a YouTube video preview of their forthcoming album earlier in the day, and to finish off the day we were treated to a Pond not like the one that’s been taking over the world for the past few months. Gone were Allbrook/Avery, and in was

Of Modern Medicine man Cameron George putting his prized Moog to the test, and the percussion beast best known for destroying rooms with Cease, and regular hometown Pond member, Nick Odell on borrowed bongos.

The people there to see Pond play Pond songs quickly reared their heads as they headed towards the exit sign early on, for this was no Pond show. This was all about roaming lunatic Damo Suzuki lead an improvised jam. It was a marvellous set to behold. Suzuki barely turned his head away from audience as he went from doing his Cookie Monster impression to his spoken word parts, what words were they? We’ll never know. What we do know is that they had the room looking on in awe.

The joy of watching a band play an improvised set with their hero made this one of the top gigs of the year. As they chopped and changed their way through jams influenced by Suzuki’s former band, you couldn’t help but feel this was something special.

Forget the rest of the world, Perth does alright. _MATTHEW HOGAN

CHAINSAW HOOKERS Worst Possible Outcome/Leeches/Lucille/The Shakeys/Blunt Force Trauma The Rocket Room Friday, June 29, 2012 The Rocket Room was like an angry red womb, protecting the small but enthusiastic crowd from the cold and the wind outside. It was a packed night of hardcore punk action, and the punters - mostly known to each other, mostly friends of the bands - loved every minute of it.

Punk relies on its speed and its fury, so no one should be surprised that the first two sets only clocked in at around 15 minutes each. Worst Possible Outcome was the first cab off the rank, making their live debut. Combining insistent instrumentation with aggressive lyrics, they managed to cram a lot into their truncated stage time. Singer Adam Hall wasted no time getting off the stage and into the faces of the audience, and a few issues with the bass amp did little to mar what was an impressive opening salvo.

Leeches were up next, and if the three piece act didn’t quite match WPO in terms of intensity, it wasn’t for lack of effort. There’s a definite ‘80s thrash edge to their work that shows in the more complex musicianship and a willingness to experiment a little, as evidenced by their dropping a few chords from Are You Gonna Be My Girl? into the mix - this is punk rock with a wink.

The Shakeys, the all-female garage band fronted by Claire Hodgson, mixed things up a bit by mining a more classic vein of punk rock - think The Ramones, The Stooges, and, yes, The Sure Fire Midnights. Comparisons with the latter are inevitable,

THE WINE DARK SEA Little Lovers / Umpire The Rosemount Hotel Friday, July 29, 2012 Since murmurings of a band forming in a shed in the back yard of Morley with former members of The Stickfigures and Kill Teen Angst in tow, punters have been keen to get their hands on some recorded output.

With only a hand full of gigs behind them The Dark Wine Sea obliged fans with the launch of Stories Better Never Told. The night was a bit of a throwback to Perth gigs of yesteryear with its casual approach ensuring a good time vibe with pretension left at the door.

Umpire gave us one of the better albums of last year and then promptly disappeared underground.

The launch of their good friend’s debut saw them awoken from their recent hibernation with a batch of familiar songs containing more meat on their bones.

Corner An Owl In An Alcove had extra guitar crunch for good measure in a set had the four-piece grinning and swapping jokes amidst their riff heavy melodic flourishes. With tracks from the album aired the song that placed them all over national radio in Streamers lost none of its punch and pulled dancers in for the first time in the evening. With next to no rehearsals under their belt, Umpire still delivered to their cracking level rewarding early arriving punters and ensuring they were as always a hard act to follow.

Sydney via Brisbane power trio Little Lovers made the long trek across the Nullarbor for the first time with a strong pedigree at their disposal.The bands 31

and regrettable; it’s a small town, and defining your own musical identity is tough enough all by itself. In any case, The Shakeys’ sound is raw, aggressive, and authentic, and tracks like Chump Change are both viscerally immediate and reverential to their roots, which is a neat trick.

Lucille brought more than a hint of rockabilly twang to the proceedings, with vocalist Johnny Ajax sounding like an unmedicated Mojo Nixon at times. Their big, fast, and guttural sound, perhaps best evidenced by the standout track I Feel Evil, was the perfect introduction to the object of tonight’s exercise...

Chainsaw Hookers. What’s left to say about them at this stage of the game? Seeing them play a venue like this is both joyous and discomforting; a joint like The Rocket Room is pretty much their natural habitat, but still, after the successes of the last year or two, you have to wonder when they’re finally gonna break loose and go large. Tracks like Texas Is Hell and Death Proof are ready made for radio play and a wider audience - hopefully it’s only a matter of time. Their set was typically great - now we just need them to move beyond the typical.

Closing act Blunt Force Trauma took the crowd - by now somewhat thinner - out with a dose of intense, hardcore metal, ending the night on an energetic high. It was a pretty great night, but still there’s that niggling feeling that the Hookers fingertips are just brushing the next level of success. Hopefully they’ll grasp it soon.

Break Even play their final show at YMCA HQ on Sunday, July 1 (Photo: Denis Radacic)

BREAK EVEN Miles Away Amplifier Saturday, June 30, 2012 To put it simply, tonight was not your ordinary hardcore show. Break Even first announced their intentions to disband back on the Soundwave tour earlier this year, and based on the line spewing out into Murray Street this evening the people of Perth did not want to miss their last 18+ show - Sunday’s all ages show at YMCA HQ being their last ever performance.

Miles Away are a band who are at the top of the worldwide hardcore heap, and tonight they displayed exactly what hard-work and determination gets you in the form of an unrelenting and devastating set. More importantly, just by returning to the stage tonight they showed their respect and appreciation for a group of friends who they have shared the stage and tour-trails with the world over.

The buzz around Amplifier was electric leading up until Break Even came out. There was an intensity that has rarely filled that room, heavy with the contrasting emotions felt by those about to see Break Even for one last time. Many people had mentioned that they were saddened by the bands’ break up, but it is hard to look at all that Break Even have achieved and feel anything other than pride. We are lucky to be right at the heart of such a strong local music scene, and its bands like Break Even that we have to thank for that.

From the outset frontman Mark Bawden did exactly what he does best – he interacted with his audience. The one endearing quality that Break Even has always showcased is the ability to involve the crowd and make people smile, and tonight was a shining example of that. There must have been close to 100 people stage-diving throughout the set, and true to form Bawden proclaimed “this is your stage, but look after each other”.

It was evident on Break Even’s faces that tonight was bitter-sweet. You could tell they were having the time of their lives, but were also emotional that their journey was drawing to an end. This is a band that has been through the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. In 2008 founding guitarist Rowan Willoughby took his own life, and following his death the band wrote and released The Bright Side.

As Bawden spoke of Rowan tonight, it was hard not to get emotional. You knew just how much Rowan and the band meant to each one of the Break Even members, and all of their emotions were put into delivering an unforgettable set.

As much as it is sad to see a band like Break Even go, it was great to be able to see their swan song and appreciate just how hard this band worked, and just how important the band was to not only its members, but to our music scene. While most of the crowd probably didn’t realise it at the time, its nights like these that the hardcore community will look back on with a smile on their face. _GEORGE GREEN

_TRAVIS JOHNSON front-man Wintah Thompson is the son of the Custard and Go-Betweens drummer, and has a penchant for the lo-fi Brisbane sound that was the signature of outfits like Cunningham and Biro. When playing to their strengths like the opener Title Track, Little Lovers were charming and full of foot tapping goodness, but too often they relied heavily on novelty value like their faux country noir moment or the half finished piece on first world problems. It was a lackluster effort from a band who could have delivered so much more had they delved into the material of their recorded EPs. It was then time for the belle of the ball to quietly make their appearance as the size of the crowd swelled to the nights biggest point. The CD being launched starts with the tune Sunday Suit and that is the way that The Wine Dark Sea also kicked off the set. That tune and many others have the band treading similar territory to that of the Cowboy Junkies.

Mid tempo tunes were the order of this evening as the band showcased Tracey Read’s charismatic voice and made great use of space.

Fairground Heart added some messy character to the set at just the right time with its shift in tempos and engagingly chaotic arrangement. The Wine Dark Sea added a fresh take on Daniel Johnston’s True Love Will Find You In The End with Read showing off a childlike timbre and the band playing with relaxed appreciation. Some unexpected fuzz crept into proceedings with Softly being the only song not to start with acoustic guitar. Up until now The Wine Dark Sea have been like a best kept secret, on tonight’s showing that should be about to change as people get their hands on Stories Better Never Told. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT X-Press – First on the street, Wednesdays

GETTING DOWN IN FREO TOWN Fly By Night Saturday, June 30, 2012 On a cold winter’s night last week punters found a warm refuge at the Fly By Night with The Get Down, a cosy celebration of music in the heart of Freo. During the evening Blue Shaddy, Toby, the Funk Club House Band, Grace Barbe, Matt Gresham, Simon Kelly, The Augustines, Mitch Becker and Dilip And The Davs took to the stage, getting the crowd up and dancing with a diverse selection of sounds.

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RTRFM LIVE WIRE FRESH

Got an album, single or video ready you want to share with the world but don’t have the cash to fund a launch? The RTRFM Live Wire Fresh program is giving local performers the chance to receive thousands of dollars to promote an upcoming release. JENNIFER PETERSONWARD gets the lowdown from RTRFM’s Office Manager Chris Wheeldon.

What is the Live Wire Fresh program? Live Wire Fresh is designed to give WA artists the chance to receive up to $2000 worth of promotion through both RTR FM and X-Press. It is very hard for local bands to find the money to promote their music so we do it for them.The program also allows them to work with the Program coordinator on the best way to promote themselves.

Often in WA bands, especially younger bands have very little know how on the best ways to push their music through the media. By teaming up with RTR FM we give them a little bit of insight in how best to do this.

Recent Live Wire Fresh grant recipients Minky G and Rosco are set to launch their new EP at The Ellington on Friday, July 15. recognition. We have also had WAYJO who contained a collection of jazz musicians who are now playing in national and international orchestras. The list of WAMI award winners that have had the promotion over the years is immense and something we are very proud of.

Tell us a little about the “Alcohol. Think Again” message… It is a great initiative that instead of telling people not to drink it asks them just to think about it.

Have a few beers but think again before having the 5th What kind of things do you look out for when sifting or 6th pint. through applicants? Firstly, [we] look to see if the band is suitable for both RTR FM and the “Alcohol. Think Any tips for applicants as to how to put together Again” message – if the band has a reputation for being a good application? Be truthful, be fun and start drunk on stage then that will be looked at. We also look promoting yourself in the application. You are talking at whether the band will benefit from the promotion. In to industry people who let us know who you are. the past it was very much up-and-coming bands that we looked to help but as Perth has grown and with the For more information and Live Wire Fresh application increased number of local gigs weekly we feel it is pretty forms hit up rtrfm.com.au/livewire. important to support all local bands, whether they have been around for 10 years or 10 minutes. We look at the venue, the support bands and have a listen to the band recordings. If all of this checks out and indicates that RTR FM is currently giving people the chance to win they will put on a good show then they are in with a a double pass to the Fremantle Winter Music Festival chance. All local bands are eligible to apply as long as on Saturday, July 21, as well as a RTR FM merchandise pack. All you have to do is email comp@rtrfm.com. they are creating original music. au with the subject line “have no more then two Who are some of the musicians who have been standard drinks on any day”. involved with the Live Wire Fresh program? This year so far we have had The Wine Darkn Sea which is poprock,The Disappointed which is rock and we started the Hot on the heels of some solid national supports, program this year with the Human Xerox Compilation, melodic hardcore quintet Cabin Fever headline a which was a collection of local bands covering another massive night on punk this Friday, July 6, at The Den. local musician which was very exciting. Split Seconds Playing the show also will be 10 Past 6, Blindspot, and Emperors are also two bands which have had Listening For Triggers and The Deniros. the promotion recently and have gone onto national

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SHY PANTHER On Cloud Nine

The mark of, if not a great, then at least an interesting artist is that when they emerge blinking into the public eye, they have a sound that’s already, unmistakably, their own. Local quarter Shy Panther have managed to establish themselves on their debut EP Dozen Clouds Wide which they’re set to launch at The Bakery this Saturday, July 7. JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD chats to vocalist Dan Fragomeni.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: four-piece band makes hazy, but surprisingly sturdy, pop-influenced indie rock with mild psychadelic flourishes. How this sort of music became a cliché in the space of just the past year or so speaks to the speed and density of the Internet. And yet local quartet Shy Panther’s debut EP Dozen Clouds Wide manages to still sound fresh and exciting.

“I think it’s the sort of record you’d want to listen to if you took the kids on a family vacation to the moon… or the type of record you’d want to be playing in the background of a date with a beautiful Alien on Mars,” explains vocalist Dan Fragomeni. “It’s all entirely homemade and made from scratch - we pieced it together in the living room of one of the guy’s parents’ place. That was the key basis for us with Dozen Clouds Wide – to set ourselves an ambitious challenge to create something completely on our own, on a budget of diddly-squat. There’s more chance of there being lumps in the mash-potatoes if it’s homemade, but I think that’s what we like about it. We’ve made a five-track EP that enforces our signature groove and beats that we hope swallows the listener and makes them feel like their at disco at the bottom of the ocean! It’s a dreamyatmospheric-galactic ride through space, without many pit-stops.”

With Shy Panther receiving some love from the kind folk over at Triple J and recently etching their name softly onto the wall of the 2012 Parklife festival, it’s all stations go for the youngsters.

BROWN The Bakery Saturday, July 30, 2012

The question most likely to run through one’s head whilst watching I.nojaq would probably go along the lines of “how is this noise happening,” and you’d be excused for wondering; sitting at the base of a wooden pyramid, a pair of hands appear to deftly and deliberately touch certain planks. Maybe I wasn’t standing close enough to see. Sort of like a post-human equivalent of the comedians television studios send out to warm up live audiences before a taping of something, the set initially occurred as raw noise - scabrous, clanging data - but it was built into something room transforming, as separate strains converged and thrummed together.

Frozen Ocean have played about 4000 gigs in the last few years, but their set in the middle of The Bakery floor might have been the best I’ve seen yet. The band began teasingly, with Macka at the kit doggedly refusing to let Pete rip, ratcheting up an engrossing tension for minutes on end. After all that foreplay, Drivin’ eventually smacked with the force of a glass motorboat, and it was a parade therein. Like watching an eagle swoop up a sheep and drop it off a cliff, it was a simultaneous study in control and savagery, and proof that they haven’t run out of ways to impress yet.

The first time I saw Fur Chick was at Scitech a few years ago, as she transformed the act of cutting paper into a swarm of mechanical insects. This time, her set included a real time haircut, trimming someone’s raven locks for the purposes of sound manipulation. Her set was a good example of the success of splitting the staging across the Bakery floor and the beer garden; having Fur Chick play the latter, where people could amble around drinking in a brightly lit space, meant she could function as a sound producer providing ambience, not as a performer, shedding all that rigid audience/performer nonsense.

After that, Gilgamesh was resurrected on a smaller scale- just three drummers- to perform a relentless, powerful set of windswept gut punching. Though it’s a primarily physical experience, the seamlessness of the pieces they performed made yer brain nod in time with yer feet, which is probably the point.

There’s only so much to be said for expecting the unexpected when it’s a habit, but Brown always find a way of conjuring something new, which is what makes them important.

Brown are about looking at the mundane with fresh eyes, whether building an orchestra out of household objects, or still making them sound fresh, new and exciting after playing with them a thousand times. They began slowly and permitted things to drift for a while, sliding around a drifting rattle before Adam let his tin cans take him for a walk (it’s a hard thing to explain so you should probably go see it), as they went on to clack into something more rigid. Eventually, though, it all faded back into space. _ALEX GRIFFIN

The Morning Night are backing up the release of their debut album Otis with their most ambitious east coast tour yet – playing nine shows in four short days. Head along to the Railway Hotel this Saturday, July 7, to help them raise funds for their trip at a send off party of epic proportions, featuring a massive line-up including Lanark, Chloe McGrath & Natalie Pavlovic, Shaun Corlson, Moana Lutton and She And Them and of course, The Morning Night themselves in red-hot form. www.xpressmag.com.au

“It’s been a nice little treat getting a bit of surprise lovin’ from those kind peeps at Triple J… It sort of came from nowhere, but we’ll take it!” Fragomeni says.“Radio stations like Triple J are an incredible source and a priceless tool for us and for all musicians… They are like some sort of performance enhancing drug that makes your arms reach a lot further, so you hug a lot more people at once! The few plays we’ve had on Triple J have extended the reach of our music to people who wouldn’t have the slightest clue in hell, what all this Panther business is about; and we’ve gained a few fans from over east, because of the airplay. Triple J is the man!”

After packing out The Bird for a video launch several Fridays ago, the talented quartet are set to beguile local audiences once again when they launch their new album at The Bakery alongside support acts Kucka, Sugarpuss, Ben Witt and Leure. “We’ve been recommending to people to bring a large appetite to the gig, because the buffet of incredible artists on the bill is better than any Sizzler feast you would’ve ever eaten – and they’re all artists that will make you wanna come back for another plate of cheesy bread!” Fragomeni says.

“The live performance thing, is something we pride ourselves on; and if we’re putting on a party, we feel it’s our responsibility to make sure everybody at the show feels like each one of their pennies was well spent. We want people to walk away with a sweet taste in their ears, eyes and mouths, and for them to spend the rest of their night, looking for their brain… So we’re going to turn up to the gig with a back of tricks… In the bag, will be two drummers, some sort of visual bollocks, freshly picked new tracks, and a shiny-polished performance… and I might even bring some shoes for the occasion too. It’s shaping up to be quite the blast…

We’re getting pretty excited – it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!”

DOUBLE DOSE

Gilgamesh/ Fur Chick Frozen Ocean/ I.nojaq

NIGHT TRAVELLERS

Shy Panther

So, when is one night of Acca Dacca not enough? When you have five bands all wanting to pay tribute to Bon Scott in their own way at the Pace Road Tavern in Medina this coming Friday, July 6, and Saturday, July 7. Combine heavyweight tribute act Hells Bells with the prowess of The Sure Fire Midnights, the vivacious ladies of Vamp, the steely blues of Waiting 4 Andy and the quirky-ness of Gombo over two nights for the price of one and you have a double dose of Bon. All funds raised will go to the Strike A Chord charity foundation.

Pre-sale tickets are $15 and available from the venue and Heatseeker.

DIET DELIGHT

There’s not much left in this world that you don’t have to pay through the nose for, Luckily, the fine folks from Fat Shan Records are bringing three amazing bands to Ya Yas each month for absolutely free! This Friday, July 6, catch Blackmilk, Thee Gold Blooms and FOAM from 8pm. What a bargain!

TALENTED TROUBADOR

2012’s been a busy one for talented wunderkind Morgan Bain – he’s supported Cold Chisel, Ash Grunwald and Kim Churchill, and showcased his tunes to punters during this year’s WAMi Festival.

Having recently secured a spot on this year’s Parklife line-up, Bain will return to the Indi Bar this Sunday, July 8, to play a set of his beguiling pop gems.

BETTER HALF

Husband make thoughtful, melancholy rock in the spirit of Joy Division or The National. Catch them with young guns Patient Little Sister and 44th Sunset this Thursday, July 5, at the Mustang Bar.

MAC AND SQUEEZE

Soul/funk diva Megan McInerney is set to blast into Devilles Pad this Friday, July 6, trading in funk and soul licks patented decades ago with the avowed aim to party like it’s 1969. Performing with an eight-piece band under the moniker Meg Mac & the Squeeze, the soulstress will perform soul hits from Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Aloe Blacc and The Poets of Rhythm as well as older classics from the Stax and Motown eras.

STRANGE LOVERS

Blues-rockers The Joe Kings left a gaping hole in the local scene when they jumped ship to Melbourne. Forgive them their sins and indulge in tunes from their new album, Strange Individuals, when they hit Fremantle’s Fly By Night on Thursday, July 5; Albany’s White Star Hotel on Friday, July 6; and Settlers Tavern on Saturday, July 7.

DIMMING OF THE DAY

Young, brutally intense, unrelenting and outright savage, blackened symphonic death metal purveyors Advent Sorrow have been making waves on the local scene with their unique blend of haunting melodies and doom undertones. They’re set to launch their debut EP Before The Dimming Light this Friday, July 6, at Amplifier.

Support comes from Forstora, Coldfate and Sensory Amusia.

SISTER ACT

Sisterly duo Blanche DuBois return to The Ellington on Thursday, July 5, for a special show with their full live band. Don’t miss your chance to catch the girls live before they take a brief hiatus and hibernate for the winter. Support comes from local songstress Jessica Morhall.

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TOMMY EMMANUEL 12 Perth Concert Hall NASUM / DYSCARNATE 15 Amplifier CEREMONY TRANSIT 4 YMCA HQ 15 YMCA HQ 16 Amplifier Bar THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS MENTAL AS 15 Prince Of Wales ANYTHING 16 Settlers Tavern 4 Friends Restaurant 17 & 18 Fly By Night 5 Elmars In The Valley STONEFIELD 6 Charles Hotel 16 Newport 7 Atrium Hotel OWL EYES Mandurha 16 Artbar HUNTING GROUNDS 16 Prince Of Wales TIM FINN 17 Amplifier 5 Artbar HILLTOP HOODS 17 Challenge Stadium VAN SHE OWL EYES / 5 Capitol STONEFIELD 17 Settlers Tavern 18 Studio 146 Albany THE JOE KINGS GEORGE GARZONE 5 Fly By Night 18 & 19 The Ellington 6 Whitestar Hotel NORTH WEST FESTIVAL 7 Settlers Tavern (Hilltop Hoods, The Living End, The Cat DIESEL Empire, Regurgitator, 5 Friends Restaurant Dead Letter Circus, and more) 6 Drakesbrook Hotel 18 Port Hedland Turf Waroona Club 7 Boulevard Tavern KENNY ROGERS / GLEN Joondalup CAMPBELL 8 Icon Restaurant 21 Riverside Theatre Karratha ADAM PAGE AUGUST 21 The Ellington THE BAMBOOS MARK GARDENER 23 Albany Entertainment 6 The Bakery Centre 1 Fly By Nightclub DENI HINES / MONIQUE BURNING LOVE 22 The Den BUSBY MAROU / MONTEZ HERMITS LEADER CHEETAH 2 Bunbury Entertainment HERMAN’S 22 Friends Restaurant Centre / THE HELLO PASSENGER CHILDREN COLLIDE 22 Rosemount Hotel MORNING / DUNE RATS / BAD PITBULL / TAIO CRUZ 6 Prince Of Wales DREEMS / HAVANA BROWN / 7 Rosemount Hotel 2 Prince Of Wales TIMOMATIC 8 Newport 3 & 4 Amplifier Bar 23 Burswood Dome EMPRA DANIEL GASSIN 3 Rocket Room JONATHAN 23 The Ellington 4 Prince Of Wales BOULET ALPINE SNAKADAKTAL 23 Newport Hotel 7 Amplifier 4 Astor Theatre 24 Prince Of Wales THE BRIDE 25 The Bakery LADY GAGA 4 C5 Metropolis BONNIWELLS 7 & 8 Burswood Dome Fremantle 24 Velvet Lounge 5 YMCA HQ 25 Dada Records ED SHEERAN 26 Mojos Bar JULY HETTY KATE SAY ANYTHING / THE 6 Riverside Theatre 25 The Ellington TIM BARRY / JOSH GETAWAY PLAN THE PHARCYDE SMALL 11 Amplifier 25 Capitol 8 The Den TERROR PENNYWISE / THE JINJA SAFARI / 12 Amplifier MENZINGERS / SHARKS OPOSSOM / WHITE FAIT ACCOMPLI 29 Metropolis Fremantle ARROWS 12 Rosemount Hotel SLASH FEAT. MYLES 8 Astor Theatre 13 Ya Ya’s KENNEDY & THE 14 Railway Hotel BELL BIV DEVOE / CONSPIRATORS HOUSE OF SHEM GINUWINE 30 Metro City 12 Wanneroo Tavern 9 Astor Theatre ILLY 13 Elliot Bar Bunbury BOB BARRETT 31 Metropolis Fremantle 14 Rosemount Hotel 9 The Ellington TIM HART 15 Leisure Inn EVEN / THE FAUVES 31 The Ellington Rockingham 9 Prince Of Wales THE SMITH STREET JACKSON FIREBIRD 10 Rosemount Hotel BAND 13 Hyde Park Hotel 11 Mojos 31 Rosemount Hotel 14 Railway Hotel 12 Indi Bar SET SAIL HOUSE VS HURRICANE 13 Rosemount Hotel SEPTEMBER 14 Melville Youth Centre / CONFESSION / IN ILLY HEARTS WAKE 14 Mojos 1 Capitol 15 Clancy’s Dunsborough 10 Prince Of Wales THE ENGLISH BEAT 11 Amplifier FLIGHT OF THE 1 Astor Theatre 12 YMCA HQ CONCHORDS HOWARD JONES KATE MILLER-HEIDKE / 18-20 Challenge Stadium 5 Astor Theatre THE BEARDS TROY ROBERTS JOSE FELICIANO 11 Astor Theatre 19 The Ellington 5 Regal Theatre HOLY BALM DOC NEESON THE BEACH BOYS 19 Friends Restaurant 11 Pica Bar 6 Burswood Dome

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MELISSA ETHERIDGE 20 Riverside Theatre HEROES FOR HIRE 20 The Den 21 YMCA HQ KID MAC 20 Mojos 21 Settlers Tavern BAND OF SKULLS 23 The Bakery LADYHAWKE 24 The Bakery ROSETTA 25 Rosemount Hotel DARYL BRAITHWAITE 25 Friends Restaurant THE TEA PARTY 26 Metro City THE SMASHING PUMPKINS 26 Challenge Stadium CLUBFEET 27 Villa KARNIVOOL / REDCOATS / SLEEPMAKESWAVES 27-29 Rosemount Hotel NARISSA CAMPBELL 27 & 28 The Ellington EIFFEL 65 / N-TRANCE 28 Metropolis Fremantle KIM SALMON 27 Hidden Treasures FTI 28 The Bakery LOADED DICE 28 & 29 Charles Hotel

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Jonathan Boulet, July 7, Amplifier

DAMIEN LEITH ENTRAILS ERADICATED 7 Mandurah Performing 9 Capitol Arts Centre STEEL PANTHER 8 Astor Theatre 11 Metro City THE MEDICS PAUL CAPSIS 8 Amplifier 11 Artbar ROTTOFEST (Millions MUMFORD & SONS / and more) EDWARD SHARPE & 8 & 9 Rottnest Island THE MAGNETIC ZEROS / SUBHUMANS WILLY MASON 12 Amplifier 13 Belvoir Amphitheatre AMERICA THIS IS NOWHERE (line12 Perth Concert Hall up TBA) PATRICK WOLF 14 Somerville Auditorium 14 Fly By Night COUNT BASIE KATCHAFIRE ORCHESTRA 14 Astor Theatre 14 Perth Concert Hall 15 Settlers Tavern EVERCLEAR 16 Prince Of Wales 14 Capitol EARTH / MARGINS THIS IS NOWHERE 15 Rosemount Hotel (Tortoise, Xiu Xiu, Grails, RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Beach Fossils, The Bank 19 Riverside Theatre Holidays, HTRK, Puro WHEATUS Instinct, High Tea, and 20 Metropolis Fremantle more) GIAN SLATER 14 Somerville Auditorium 21 & 22 The Ellington and surrounds HANSON TODD MCKENNEY 22 Metropolis Fremantle 18 & 19 Astor Theatre GYROSCOPE PAUL HEATON 22 Rosemount Hotel 21 Fly By Night JULIA STONE BASTARDFEST(Astriaal, 28 Astor Theatre Fuck I’m Dead, and AARON GOLDBERG more) 28 & 29 The Ellington 27 Civic Hotel KATIE NOONAN & THE LIGHTHOUSE TRIO KARIN SCHAUPP 27 & 28 The Ellington 28 Winthrop Hall UWA ROCK IT (The Black 29 Mandurah Performing Keys, Royal Headache, Arts Centre John Butler Trio, Birds XAIVER RUDD Of Tokyo, The Panics 25 Goldfields Arts Centre Lanie Lane, Last Kalgoorlie Dinosaurs, Graveyard 26 Esperance Civic Train, Brothers Grim, Centre The Toot Toot Toots, 28 Albany Entertainment and more) Centre 28 Joondalup Arena 29 Fremantle Arts Centre 30 Caves House Yallingup NOVEMBER STEPHEN MALKMUS & HOT CHELLE RAE / THE JICKS CHER LLOYD 28 Rosemount Hotel 1 Challenge Stadium WAVE ROCK THE LIVING END WEEKENDER (Stephen 1-7 Rosemount Hotel Malkmus & The Jicks EMMYLOU HARRIS and more TBA) 6 Perth Concert Hall 29 - 30 Wave Rock JOSH PYKE Caravan Park 8 Artbar RUSSIAN CIRCLES / CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE EAGLE TWIN BAND 30 The Bakery 8 Fly By Night GEORGE MICHAEL 10 Perth Arena OCTOBER STEREOSONIC (line-up JOE BANAMASSA TBA) 1 Perth Concert Hall PARKLIFE (The Presets, 25 venue TBA Nero, Passion Pit, Plan B, Rusko, Tame Impala, DECEMBER Chiddy Bang, Robyn, and JUSTINE CLARKE more) 1 Astor Theatre 1 Wellington Square SIMPLE MINDS / DEVO / DEFEATER / THE CHURCH / MODELS BLACKLISTED 4 Kings Park & Botanical 3 Amplifier Garden 4 YMCA HQ MARTIKA 4 Metropolis Fremantle JANUARY 2013 KELLY CLARKSON / THE SOUTHBOUND (The FRAY Flaming Lips, SBTRKT, 5 Challenge Stadium Best Coast, Beach HYPERFEST (line-up House, Boy & Bear, TBA) Coolio, The Vaccines, 7 Midland Oval and more TBA) THE AMITY AFFLICTION 4 & 5 Sir Stewart Bovell / THE GHOST INSIDE / Park Busselton ARCHITECTS 7 & 8 Metropolis SEPTEMBER Fremantle ONE DIRECTION CANNIBAL CORPSE / DISENTOMB / 28 & 29 Perth Arena

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The Joe Kings, Thursday at Fly By Night

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WEDNESDAY 04.07 BALMORAL Nathan Gaunt BAR 120 Felix CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE David Knight Adrian Hoffman CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Chet Leonard’s Bingotheque CLAREMONT HOTEL Open Mic Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB The Collaboratory GREENWOOD Bernardine HALE ROAD TAVERN Fenton Wilde HYDE PARK HOTEL Rock Scholars INDI BAR Jane Azzopardi Natasha Shanks Amanda Merzdan LUCKY SHAG Christian Thompson MOJOS BAR Nathan Kaye Sanshi & Charlie McGee Jordan MUSTANG Kickstart PADDO Rob Walker Sophie Jane Chris Gibbs PADDY HANNANS 5 Shots ROSEMOUNT Dave Sugarpuss Foam Blue Lucy ROSIE O’GRADY’S (NORTHBRIDGE) David Fyffe

THE BROWN FOX Courtney Murphy THE MOON Mei Saraswati Rae Hyclass UNIVERSAL Strutt YAYA’S Wisdom2th DVS FG

THURSDAY 05.07 AMPLIFIER Basement BAKERY Abmusic Naidoc Showcase BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ Adam James BROOKLANDS TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke CAPITOL Van She COMO HOTEL Courtney Murphy DEVILLES PAD Rock ‘N’ Roll Karaoke ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Blanche DuBois FLY BY NIGHT CLUB The Joe Kings Hurricane Fighter Plane FRIENDS RESTAURANT Diesel FUSE BAR Howie Morgan HIGH WYCOMBE HOTEL Chris Murphy HYDE PARK HOTEL The Spitfires The Order Of The Black Werewolf INDI BAR Bex’s Open Mic Night INGLEWOOD HOTEL Easy Tigers

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LOBBY LOUNGE (BURSWOOD) John Sandosham LUCKY SHAG James Wilson MARKET CITY TAVERN Emily J Matt Burke Ebonnie Omnia Southern Cross MOJOS BAR Matt Gresham MUSTANG BAR Husband 44th Sunset Patient Little Sister NORFOLK BASEMENT The Aunts Zara Huts Tabasco OCEAN BEACH HOTEL Open Mic Night OXFORD HOTEL Johnny Taylor PADDY HANNANS Dr Bogus RIGBY’S Open Mic ROSEMOUNT Dirtyphonics Terrance & Phillip Ekko Sidetrack Dart Sardi ROSIE O’GRADY’S (FREMANTLE) Kevin Conway ROSIE O’GRADY’S (NORTHBRIDGE) Fenton Wilde SOVEREIGN ARMS David Fyffe THE BIRD Claude Mono The Foxman THE BOAT Jen De Ness THE BROOK Open Mic Night THE GATE One Trick Phonies THE SHED Shillelagh UNIVERSAL Off The Record WOODVALE Two Plus One YA YA’S Sean O’Neill Aaron’s Crusade Mel Hall Kate Gilbertson

FRIDAY 06.07 7th AVENUE Midnight Rambler AMPLIFIER Advent Sorrow Sensory Amusia Forstora Coldfate BAILEY BAR Mod Squad BAKERY The Bamboos BALLYS BAR Christian Thompson

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BALMORAL Dirty Scoundrels BELMONT TAVERN Everlong Acoustic BENNYS Faces BENTLY HOTEL Dove BLACK BETTYS Everlong BOAB TAVERN Blue Hornet BRASS MONKEY Bernadine CAPTAIN STIRLING Bluebottles CARLISLE HOTEL Reload CHASE BAR Chasing Calee CIVIC HOTEL Reflections Of Ruin Xenobiotic We Run With Wolves Alizarin Haze CIVIC HOTEL (THE DEN) 10 past 6 Blindspot Listening For Triggers The Deniros CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Bob Patient & Sue Bluck CLANCY’S DUNSBOROUGH Lightning Jack CLANCY’S FREMANTLE The Whistling Dogs Patient Little Sister COMO HOTEL Trevor Jalla CRAFTSMAN Nicki Rose DEVILLES PAD Meg Mac & The Squeeze DRAKESBROOK HOTEL Diesel EAST 150 Luke Dewing EASTERN HOTEL Matt Milford ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Simon Jeans Trio Ali Bodycoat Quintet Empire EMPIRE Howie Morgan FLY BY NIGHT CLUB Robert Zielinski FUSE BAR Groove Karaoke GREENWOOD Greg Carter HIGH ROAD HOTEL Damien Cripps Band HYDE PARK HOTEL Arkayan Gombo Mezzanine Nevsky Prospekt INDI BAR Vdelli INDIAN OCEAN BREW Ben Merito LAST DROP TAVERN Jason Ayres

LEGENDS BAR The Organ Grinders MERRIWA TAVERN Overload MOJOS BAR BushaD One Peso EarthLink Sound Kritical MOON & SIXPENCE Soul Corporation MUSTANG BAR Harry Deluxe Cheeky Monkeys NEWPORT Party Rockers NORFOLK BASEMENT Datura The Long Strides The High Rotations NORTH FREMANTLE BOWLS CLUB The Witness Sexy Robot Misty Mountain The Southwicks OXFORD HOTEL Recliners PACE ROAD TAVERN Hells Bells The Sure Fire Midnights Vamp Waiting 4 Andy Gombo PADDO Simon Kelly PADDY HANNANS Gun Shy Romeos PARAMOUNT Flyte PRINCESS ROAD TAVERN Free Radicals ROCKET ROOM Sabotage Brutus Born On The Bayou ROSE & CROWN Adam James ROSEMOUNT Mining Boom Doctopus The Support Band ROSEY O’GRADY’S (FREMANTLE) Spyce ROSEY O’GRADY’S (NORTHBRIDGE) Neil Colliss SAIL & ANCHOR Howie Morgan SOUTH ST ALE HOUSE Robbie King Karaoke SPRINGS TAVERN Greg Carter Karaoke SWAN LOUNGE Lilllium Stargazer Tuxedo Pig Fuzz Bucket WayneWright SWINGING PIG The Mojos Greg Carter THE BIRD Dark Sky THE BOAT The Organ Grinders THE GATE Smoking Section

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Meg Mac, Friday at Devilles Pad THE SHED Kickstart UNIVERSAL Nightmoves VELVET LOUNGE Navada Pilot The Lammas Tide Tim Gordon Anique & The Fireworks VICTORIA PARK HOTEL Ivan Ribic WANNEROO TAVERN Clayton Bolger WOODVALE TAVERN Dr Bogus YA YA’S Black Milk Thee Gold Blooms Foam

SATURDAY 07.07 AMPLIFIER Jonathon Boulet BAKERY Shy Panther BALLYS BAR Sophie Jane BALMORAL The Recliners BAILEY BAR The Damien Cripps Band BAR 120 Flyte BEAT NIGHTCLUB 90s Flashback BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ Howie Morgan BLACK BETTY’S J Babies BLVD TAVERN Diesel BURSWOOD (PRIZE DRAW STAGE) Hi NRG CIVIC HOTEL Red Descending Wrath Of Fenrir Empires Laid Waste The Ascent CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Justin Walshe Duo CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Mitch Becker Duo CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Mo Wilson & The Drivers Polly Medlen CLAREMONT HOTEL The Zydecats DEVILLES PAD Burger Kings Les Sataniques ELEPHANT & WHEELBARROW Gun Shy Romeos ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Bronwyn Sprogowski Trio Shameem Empire FLY BY NIGHT CLUB A Change Of Key GREENWOOD Pretty Fly HIGH ROAD HOTEL Switch

Friday Usurper Of Modern Friday Travisat Caudle Medicine, Saturday Mojos Travis Caudle FlyBy ByNight Night Bar Fly

INDI BAR Zarm LAKERS Midnight Ramblers LEOPOLD HOTEL Steve Hepple LOBBY LOUNGE (BURSWOOD) John & Shaun Sandosham METRO FREO Switch MIDLAND JUNCTION ARTS CENTRE The Hills Big Band MIGHTY QUINN Kontraband MOON & SIXPENCE Blaze M ON THE POINT Rhythm 22 MOJOS BAR Usurper Of Modern Medicine Shiny Joe Gum The New Pollution MUSTANG Johnny Law & The Pistol Packing Daddies Milhouse NEWPORT Kizzy Gravity NORFOLK BASEMENT Shouting At Camels Misty Mountain We Move Walls The Cabarets OSBORNE PARK HOTEL Nathan Gaunt PACE ROAD TAVERN Hells Bells The Sure Fire Midnights Vamp Waiting 4 Andy Gombo PADDY HANNAN’S Decoy PARAMOUNT Felix PEEL ALEHOUSE Overload QUARIE BAR Electrophobia RAILWAY HOTEL The Morning Night Jill & Alsy Richard Lane ROCKET ROOM Kickstart ROSEMOUNT Busby Marou The Hello Morning Leeder Cheetah ROSIE O’GRADY’S (FREMANTLE) Flavor ROSIE O’GRADY’S (NORTHBRIDGE) Blue Gene SAIL & ANCHOR Kickstart SEAVIEW Open Mic Night SOUTH ST ALEHOUSE Shawne & Luc SWAN LOUNGE Keegan Ross SWINGING PIG Tandem

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THE BOAT 11:11 THE GATE Dirty Scoundrels THE SHED Huge THE WHALE & ALE Everlong Acoustic TWO ROCKS TAVERN Nicki Gillis UNIVERSAL Soul Corporation WANNEROO TAVERN Greg Carter WOODVALE TAVERN Modsquad YAYA’S Yokohomos Hamjam Doctopus Loose Lips

Morgan Bain, Sunday at Indi Bar

MT HELENA TAVERN The Moonshine Trust MUSTANG BAR Peter Busher & The Lone Rangers NEWPORT Tim Nelson Busby Marou Leader Cheetah The Hello Morning OCEAN VIEW TAVERN Steve Hepple PINK DUCK Neil Colliss PRINCIPAL Luke Dewing ROSEY O’GRADY’S (NORTHBRIDGE) Jonathan Dempsey SAIL & ANCHOR Shawne & Luc SOUTH ST ALE SUNDAY 08.07 HOUSE TH Sean Scott 7 AVENUE SOVEREIGN ARMS Reckless Kelly Ivan Ribic BALLY’S BAR SWAN BASEMENT Greg Carter BALMORAL Cold Acre Cranky The Insinnerators BAR ORIENT Tall Poppy Syndrome Clayton Bolger Mat Cammarano BROKEN HILL HOTEL SWAN LOUNGE Chris Murphy The Basement Sea Trio CAPTAIN STIRLING THE BIRD Christian Parkinson Dianas Mining Boom CHASE BAR Dowdy One Trick Phonies THE GATE CLANCY’S Better Days DUNSBOROUGH Chris Gibbs Trio The Sunshine Brothers THE SAINT CLANCY’S Howie Morgan Project FREMANTLE THE SHED The Zydecats The Healy’s CLAREMONT HOTEL Blue Hornet Sunday Driver UNIVERSAL COMO HOTEL Retriofit Matt Midford VICTORIA PARK EAST 150 BAR HOTEL Jamie Powers Damien Cripps ELLINGTON JAZZ WOODVALE TAVERN CLUB Good Karma Daniel Susnjar Afro Peruvian Jazz Group EMPIRE CB3 FLY BY NIGHT CLUB Stage Fright Open Mic GEISHA BAR Mink Mussel Creek Gunns Fucking Teeth DJ Douche Unit HIGH RD Christian Thompson INDIAN OCEAN BREW CO Retriofit INDI BAR Morgan Bain Lucy Peach Logan Crawford LAKERS TAVERN Jamie Powers LAST DROP TAVERN Rick Twine M ON THE POINT Electrophobia MOJOS BAR (ARVO) Peter Bibby Jefferson Burrow Ringham Shiny Joe’s Citar show

MONDAY 09.07 BRASS MONKEY The Organ Grinders ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Paula P LOBBY LOUNGE (BURSWOOD) Courtney Murphy MOJOS BAR Wide Open Mic Night MUSTANG BAR Marco & The Alley Cats THE DEEN Plastic Max & The Token Gesture

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BON BUT NOT FORGOTTEN On what would have been Bon Scott’s 66th Birthday, Australian rockers Raise The Flag are set to pay tribute to the iconic rocker at the Bon But Not Forgotten celebrations on Friday, July 6, at Players in Mandurah and Saturday, July 7, at the Charles Hotel (support comes from local rockers Hailmary). Guitarist James Morley talks all things Acca Dacca with JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD. track, I’ve heard and played it a billion times, so I tend to block it out now. I would rather hear Back In Black or Highway To Hell as a starter then the rest of the albums, followed by absolutely no Kylie Minogue whatsoever.

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What instruments do you use to recreate the AC/ DC sound? For myself, I have a handmade guitar called a Grubisa. Bob Spencer from the Angels had bought a ’52 Gretsch in Memphis whilst we were recording at Ardent Studios. It just felt like the best neck I had ever played, so I had a well known Luthier in Sydney build it for me with genuine Gretsch pickups and it has been with me for 20 Raise The Flag years. It has the closest sound to “that” AC/DC sound I have ever heard. Malcolm Young himself has had What’s your favourite AC/DC song and why? My a play with it, and was quite impressed. fave all time AC/DC song is Gone Shootin’ from the Powerage album. It’s one of the few times that the What amplifier do you use to recreate the AC/ band has had a really funky bass sound and riff, but DC sound? Usually the old trusty Marshall JCM that track has everything. The solo is just out’n’out 800, however, Blackstar and Hughes & Kettner make feel, played on the fly. The rhythm guitar is Malcolm some great stuff I’ve used that can emulate the Young at his best, and he is the best. And vocally, sound nicely too.

Bon just oozes his innuendo and double entendres perfectly to suit a very sleazy seductive groove.

Will you only be performing AC/DC songs at the Bon But Not Forgotten concert? Yes, only songs What’s your favourite AC/DC song to perform performed by Bon with AC/DC, I think it will evolve live and why? Geez, I’m happy playing any of their into adding a couple of tunes from his Valentines songs live. If I have to pick one, I would have to say and Fraternity days to the set list eventually. I’m Problem Child from the Dirty Deeds album. Its just pretty sure we could rock up a couple of their ‘60s such a powerful song, There is this Anti Rhythm that style songs and give them a touch of ‘70s pub rock the guitars play against the drums and it just makes magic. every chord go BAM! It’s like being tag punched by Mike Tyson and Muhammed Ali. How do you think Bon Scott would feel to know he was being remembered in this way? With a In your experience, what song really gets the cheeky grin and a glint in his eye, he’d be having party started? Well, its usually You Shook Me All a chuckle at the bar getting ready for a matinee Night Long isn’t it? As much as I think it’s a great show with John Bonham, Paul Kosoff and The OX. X-Press – First on the street, Wednesdays

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