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PURPLE LADS SNEAKING OUR WAY

Those crazy party cats the Purple Sneaker DJs are launching their very own singles label. Having started throwing parties around the country back in 2005, the lads went on to release compilations and host bands and DJs. Martin Novosel (PhDJ, one half of Purple Sneakers) has been involved in A&R for Clubfeet, Sparkadia and Philadelphia Grand Jury, so it makes sense for Purple Sneakers to launch a singles label. They’re also turning their focus to original production, releasing their first original single, Last One Standing. To celebrate the release of their fresh, first tune, the lads are embarking on a tour. They’ll play Republic this Saturday, October 6. Hit up Oztix for tickets.

HUNTER: FOR THE RECORD Gypsy And The Cat

RETURN TO GILGAMESH

Melbourne indie outfit Gypsy And The Cat graced our ears with their debut album, Gilgamesh, in 2010, and are gearing up to impress again with second offering, The Late Blue, which will be released midOctober. Of course, new records go hand in hand with touring, and this one is no different – Gypsy And The Cat will be bringing their melodic, dreamy ballads to this side of the country later this year. The duo will perform at Capitol on Friday, November 2, with supports still to be announced. Grab your tickets through Heatseeker.

GETTIN’ GRANEY Dave Graney And The MistLY are bringing their flash, bounce and wit to town in celebration of the release of their latest record You’ve Been In My Mind. With roots in the non-traditional post-punk scene, these guys will be bringing the filthy boogie for a super jam session to Clancy’s Fish Pub this Thursday, October 4; Clancy’s Fish Pub in Dunsborough on Friday, October 5; The Bird on Saturday, October 6; and Mojo’s on Sunday, October 7. For more info, hit up thedavegraneyshow.com.

BLUE PARTY Those Bluejuice boys sure know how to put on a ripper show. They put on an epic show at Frat House Fridays just before their appearance at Groovin’ The Moo earlier this year and now, they’re coming back because we just can’t get enough. The lads will be once again getting your booty shaking down on the d-floor at Metro Freo when they play Frat House Fridays this Friday, October 5. If you haven’t got your ticket yet, best get in quick now – head to Oztix, Heatseeker or Moshtix to get your mittens on the $15 cheap as chip tickets now.

Robert Hunter was a pioneer of Australian hip hop and founding member of the influential Syllabolix (SBX) crew and first hip hop artist to be inducted into the prestigious WAMi Hall Of Fame. Now, Periscope Pictures have raised $20,000 from the Australian hip hop community to complete Hunter: For The Record, a documentary about Hunter which features interviews with the Hilltop Hoods, Drapht, Urthboy, Optamus and Dazastah (Downsyde) and previously unseen interviews and live footage of Hunter himself. You can catch Hunter: For The Record on Thursday, November 1, at 7pm, at Luna Cinemas in Leederville. There will be a Q&A with producers Alice Ross and Kai McGuiness, plus Optamus and DJ Defyre.

THIRD TIME LUCKY

The late, great John Lee Hooker

HOOKER & THE WOLF

The classic hooks and howls of two defining blues icons will be on the agenda as the Perth Blues Club celebrates John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf. Hooker’s classic guitar-stomp numbers, together with the Wolf’s distinctive harmonica refrains, will continue the Club’s 20th birthday celebrations. indigenous blues guitarist, Patrick Woodley, and sidekick, David Milroy, take on Hooker’s repertoire, while Dave Billings, on harmonica, and Dave Brewer hit up Howlin’ Wolf. Bridging the two, new young talent, Tayo, and veteran bluesman, Ivan Zar, take the middle slot to mix it all up. Get your measure of Hooker and the Wolf at the Charles Hotel on Tuesday, October 9, from 8pm. Members $10, non-members $15.

We brought you the first and second Soundwave announcements, and by golly there’s still more – strap yourselves in folks, ‘cause it’s a heavy one. Joining the already massive lineup of bands is: Killswitch Engage, The Vandals, Orange Goblin, The Sword, Chelsea Grin, The Chariot, Sharks, Northlane, O’Brother, Dr.Acula, and Milestones. It’s all a’happening on Monday, March 4, but if you’ve yet to get your ticket we’re sorry to be the bearers of bad news but the festival is all sold out! There’s always 2014…

Dro Carey

THE DRO CAREY SHOW

This Is Nowhere is less than two weeks away now. Unfortunately, Salva had to pull out of the lineup because he was invited to collaborate with Kanye West. We’re happy for him. The one and only 19-year-old Sydney producer Dro Carey will be stepping in on the line-up to bring his dark, experimental rap, juke and tripped out R&B beats to the table. Compared to the likes of Hype Williams, Carey’s productions have taken over the blogosphere recently, good stuff for a lad who’s just finished high school. Catch him at This Is Nowhere on Sunday, October 14, at the Dolphin Theatre and Lawrence Jackson Court, UWA. Hit up lifeisnoise.com.au, thisisnowhere.com.au, Heatseeker, Oztix, Mills, 78s and Planet for tickets.

FLY LIKE AN EAGLE

Eagles’ founding member Glenn Frey will be coming to town for one show only next year. With six number one albums, a bunch of esteemed music awards, and writing credits on some of the greatest California classics to date, Frey has done it all – and wants to share it with you. Performing with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra at the always-lovely Kings Park, Frey will play from a set list of iconic West Coast hits, plus tunes from his new solo record After Hours. Tickets for this one are on sale Friday, October 12, and the show itself is Sunday, February 24. Don’t miss out on this one.

THE TRUTH ABOUT P!NK

American singer-songwriter P!nk is back! Renowned around the world as one of the most dynamic live performers of her generation, P!nk’s Funhouse Tour in 2009 was one of the biggest Australia tours ever. Starting off as a 20 show run, the demand was so overwhelming that P!nk ended up selling out 58 shows, showcasing the phenomenal show to more than 670,000 fans. Now, the sassy lass is returning for her The Truth About Love Tour which hits Perth Arena on Tuesday, June 25, and Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Wednesday, October 17, from livenation.com.au.

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Music: Tim Rogers/ Stillwater Giants

Music: The Black Keys

Music: Reverse Grip/ Gomez

We missed out this time around, but never fear, Dublin lads The Script will be hitting Perth big-time in 2013. Playing the brand new Perth Arena, the unstoppable chart-topping trio will be serenading audiences around the country with those massive anthems that have won hearts worldwide. Catch the action on Wednesday, April 3, at the Perth Arena. Tickets are on sale this Thursday, October 4, from Ticketek and are likely to sell out fast – so get in quick!

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Eye4 Cover: Italian Film Festival Eye 4 Movies: Italian Film Festival/ Looper/ Lifestyle

Eye4 Movies: Mental

Eye4 Art Stories: Marney McQueen/ Romeo & Juliet

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Salt: Slugabed/ Monkey Safari

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Tour Trails

Gig Guide

Volume

Cover: The Black Keys play Rock-It on Sunday, October 28, at Arena Joondalup

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Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra

GRAND THEFT AUTO

Dresden Doll, Kickstarter entrepreneur and allround awesome gal Amanda ‘Fucking’ Palmer is headed down under in early 2013 to showcase tunes from her brand-spanking-new album, Theatre Is Evil, with her new backing band the Grand Theft Orchestra. Palmer recently caused a stir when the offer to have fans play as a part of her Grand Theft Orchestra in return for beers, hugs, and the chance to perform on stage with Palmer didn’t go down so well in the eyes of certain musical peers, but she has since agreed that a monetary reward would be a better way to repay the fans. It’s not yet known whether fans will be allowed to join her for these dates in Australia. Palmer plays the Astor Theatre on Thursday, February 14. Tickets through frontiertouring.com/amandapalmer. 5

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Hel: Usher sucks! Sam: Did he still get paid? Harold: Definitely a forced apology. Rick: When you play the corporate music game ya gotta play by corporate music rules. Don’t care for Usher, Green Day or Justine Bieber. I like what I like, not what a corporation tells me to like.

Lewis: Usher is shit. I would have done the same thing in his position sober.

A look at love through the eyes of five interconnected couples experiencing the thrills and surprises of having a baby, and ultimately coming to understand the universal truth that no matter what you plan for, life doesn’t always deliver what’s expected. Want to win a copy of the newly released DVD? Get in now as we have five up for grabs.

THE BEACH BOYS GREATEST HITS

We asked our Facebook fans whether it was fair enough for Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day to crack the shits on stage at the I Heart Radio Music Festival recently because the organisers cut their set short to make room for Usher. Here’s what they had to say…

Kaitlyn: Fuck Usher!... at least Green Day have musical skill beyond grunting and degrading women.

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Their classic songs epitomize the spirit of the California lifestyle and The Beach Boys have become an American icon to a worldwide audience. To celebrate the release of their newly released Greatest Hits album, we have five copies to giveaway.

A Yorkshire hill farmer on a visit to Liverpool finds a homeless boy on the streets. He takes him home to live as part of his family on the isolated Yorkshire moors where the boy forges an obsessive relationship with the farmer’s daughter. Get your entries in now to win one of five double passes we have up for grabs.

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Romeo & Juliet

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Following its 2011 world premiere, Graeme Murphy’s Romeo & Juliet is set to sweep audiences off their feet in Perth on the last stop of its national tour. We have a double pass to what is sure to be a performance to remember on Thursday, October 11, at the Crown Theatre. Get in now to avoid disappointment.

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The Words

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THE WORDS

A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man’s work. Bradley Cooper leads an all-star cast in an epic journey that winds from post-war Paris to contemporary New York. We have 10 double passes to giveaway.

SNAP!

Boomtick’s throwing the biggest ‘90s dressup party of the year and they’re bringing the biggest dance act from the ‘90s, Snap! If this sounds like your type of party, get in now to win a double pass to Villa on Saturday, November 3, and start dusting off your Reebok Pumps, Cosby sweaters and double-denim.

The Room

THE ROOM

Bring your friends and join in once again as Wiseau returns to the big screen at Luna Leederville on Sunday, October 7, for another night of this cult phenomenon that’s so bad, it’s good. The Room is a love triangle set in a San Francisco apartment building but it’s filled with sub-plots that go nowhere, dodgy green-screen skylines, lots of un-sexy sex scenes and acting that wouldn’t pass muster on a soft-focus soapie. Want to win a double pass to this special screening? Get in quick as we have five to giveaway.

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GILDED Autumnal Existence

We All Want To

INVISIBLE INC.

Brisbane-based indie supergroup We All Want To are heading out on tour over the next few months to show off their new record, Come Up Invisible, which was released in August. Boasting members from some of the country’s most revered indie bands (including Screamfeeder), the sickeningly talented outfit also put on a stunning live show – journeying through sweet indie-folk, gritty bluesy tunes and a bit of pop punk for good measure. Be sure not to miss this ever-revered group of indie darlings - head to the Prince of Wales in Bunbury on Thursday, October 18, The Bird on Friday, October 19, or Indi Bar on Saturday, October 20.

HEDGEHOGGIN’ IT

Chinese indie-rock trio Hedgehog will be touching down at The Astor Theatre on Sunday, October 7, alongside Regurgitator. Celebrating the release of their latest album SUN FUN GUN, Hedgehog are one of the most talked about underground bands in China. They’re rock’n’roll animals who put on an out of control pop frenzy of a show. Percussionist and vocalist Atom is a tiny girl who barely peeps over the top of her drum kit but, don’t mistake her, she’s a badass who knows how to put on a great show. These guys have played at CMJ and have toured America; you’d be silly to miss their powerful live show. Hit up liveatheastor.com.au for tickets.

YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT

Sydney rockers Sound Of Seasons have just released their much-anticipated debut EP Make Believe, and are already out on the road hitting up venues around the country. The EP promises to reveal a bigger, louder and more polished musical journey for the quartet, and is surely one to get your hot little hands on. The band will be gracing the West Coast for three shows on their Make Believe Tour in a few weeks. Catch them at C5 in Freo on Friday, October 12, Amplifier on Saturday, October 13, and at their all-ages gig at YMCA HQ in Leederville on Sunday, October 14.

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LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR Charles Jenkins and his band the Zhivagos released new record Love Your Crooked Neighbour With Your Crooked Heart last week, and Jenkins is gearing up to head out on tour – sometimes with his band, sometimes solo. The record exhibits Jenkins’ gift for producing gilt-edged pop and razor sharp lyrics, and we’re sure to get a taste for it when he heads to WA for two shows. Catch him solo at The Norfolk Basement on Thursday, October 25, or with Suzannah Espie at The Velvet Lounge on Friday, October 26.

IN THE CAN

George Michael and Gladys Knight can be added to the ever growing list of artists who won’t be heading our way in the near future. Knight was set to play alongside Marcia Hines at the Kings Park Botanic Gardens on Saturday, February 10, while Michael will be replaced by Elton John as the first act to open the newly constructed Perth Arena on Saturday, November 10. Ticket holders are invited to seek refunds to both shows; however ticket holders for George Michael’s show also have the option to use their existing tickets for the Elton John performance.

Gilded is an experimental duo that brings together Adam Trainer and Matt Rösner. Both have a lot of experience at different ends of the musical spectrum and it’s been interesting to learn how their approaches have come to work in unison. “We joke that Matt is the minimalist who wants to strip everything back and I’m the maximalist who wants to rock out,” Adam Trainer laughs, “but I think we find a nice push and pull between the two. Not that there’s any rocking out on the record, or in our live show, but there’s some noise and texture, as well as a very restrained and hopefully patient playing style, which is definitely Matt’s influence. “At the start of the recording process it was often me playing and Matt recording, arranging and processing, but as it went on we both felt more comfortable doing a bit of both. Playing live in a room together has been a great way to find a sense of synchronicity as well – to find a balance between our styles that works as its own thing. Their debut album, Terrane, was conceived

SHOW YOUR COLOURS

Pridefest WA has just announced its highly anticipated and exciting program showcasing the arts, culture, politics and rich history of WA’s diverse sexuality and gender community. The 2012 festival will run from this Saturday, October 6, ‘til Saturday, November 3, and is set to feature a wide range of large-scale events, performances, exhibitions and activities that will thrill and dazzle audiences including the illustrious Pride Parade. Hit up pridefestwa.com.au for the full list of events.

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in “two consecutive autumns’. It’s suitably autumnal as a result. “I think so,” Trainer concurs. “A lot of the field recordings we used have a light and warmness to them that I associate with our very mild West Australian autumns. And I think often autumn is a reflective kind of season – things are in a state of flux – and I think there’s a pensive, almost hesitant feeling to a lot of the tracks on this record, and in particular the playing and instrumentation. “At times we were using instruments we weren’t particularly familiar with, so I think you can hear that reservation in the playing. But there are also moments that are a little more ebullient and joyous – the recording process was a very inspiring time for us really enjoyable, so hopefully that translates too.” Gilded launch Terrane this Sunday, October 7, at The Bird, with help from Benoît Pioulard, Chris & Stina and Kynan Tan playing & Cycle~440. _ BOB GORDON

DOWN JORDIE LANE

Homegrown singer-songwriter Jordie Lane is set to release much-anticipated new single Fool For Love next week, and has just announced a full national tour to celebrate. The single, taken from his upcoming third full-length, is a bluesy psych-folk tune and was recorded in LA with Grammy award winning producer Tom Biller. Lane will be doing one solo show only in WA, so get in quick – check out the boy wonder at Ya Ya’s on Sunday, November 4. Head to jordielane.com now to get a free download of Lane’s new single, and to grab tickets to the show. Supports TBC.

TIM ROGERS Working Class Act Touring in support of his new album, Rogers Sings Rogerstein, Tim Rogers performs at Clancy’s Dunsborough next Thursday, October 11; the Fly By Night Club on Friday, October 12, and the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, October 13. Sometimes talking about yourself gets old. Tim Rogers knows this all too well. For two decades he has headed up You Am I, released numerous solo albums, collaborated with Tex Perkins and The Bamboos plus many others, composed for the theatre, acted in film and television and been the face for the AFL finals series. One reason he’s had to do so many interviews is because he does so much damn work, which in turns cranks up the publicists and in turn the amount of interviews to be done. Fame or infamy has long been something he’s been used to, or had to put up with. For Tim Rogers it’s all about the work. And therein lies the joy. By BOB GORDON In all the interviews I’ve seen with you since the release of Rogers Sings Rogerstein there seems to be a lovely warmth that people are interviewing you with... (Laughs) Not this morning! Really? What happened? Oh you know, when you get told by blokes, ‘gee it’s a really relaxed, comfortable sounding record, Tim’. Nothing irks me more than that. I can’t expect people to listen to things and kind of get it; but there’s nothing relaxed or comfortable about it. So unfortunately I’ve been cranky and trying to remember and remind myself that not everyone listens or has an interest in what you do and sometimes you have to spell things out. I was talking with a guy just then, a young kid from Adelaide, and he said, ‘Tim, do you think you need to be answerable for your art?’ There’s a part of me that thinks ‘well, no’, but I look at myself and think ‘I’m an ugly guy whose done extremely well for himself making music. Yes, I should be answerable!’ I should have to answer for that good fortune (laughs). And if you’re answering, who are you answerable to, would be the other point... I don’t know... you’re capable of getting lost in your own chutzpah. Getting asked about all the other crap I do as if I’ve betraying the good cause of rock’n’roll or something... I’m trying to keep my good humour about things. But as I say, I’ve just noticed a certain warmth recently, be it in print or filmed interviews on news websites or television, whether people are educated about your work or not. Is it something you’ve noticed or am I just wishing this for you? Well, you get asked three to four hours a day about things and now with this footy stuff being asked about, it just gets a little confusing sometimes, you know? I sometimes don’t know what I’m doing. Good days, bad days, blah blah. Well I s’pose people are inevitably going to ask about this elusive Shiel Rogerstein... Well I certainly wish he’d do a lot more (laughs). I can dedicate a record to him and he goes about his daily business 15,000 miles away. Does one interview (laughs). He keeps sending me through suggestions about composers I should listen to. It’s like, ‘hey bud, you wrote a couple of lines on this record and I’m brandishing your name everywhere. Jump on board here you gigantic flake’.

So what is giving you joy at the moment? Well look, this morning? Nothing. But I’m loving the tour we’re doing at the moment and the guys I’m playing with. It’s enormously joyful and we’re really just enjoying that. It’s pretty difficult in that you drive or fly somewhere, soundcheck, drink, show, try and remember where you’re sleeping, wake up, move to the next town. The same old stuff I’ve been doing for 25 years, really, but the shows have been wonderful. There’s been time to listen to what’s going on and not just get completely lost in movement and noise. That all kind of happens, but there’s moments of respite where we’re actually really making the notes, the chords, the sounds and all that. All that stuff. I look forward to that each morning. If there’s not a gig that night and I wake up that’s when the trouble starts. Your long-time friend Shane O’Mara is playing with you. What’s it like having him as a foil, given there’s this band of guys that you’ve also had and Shane is a character in your life that you draw from and give to, musically and otherwise? That’s true. I think we’re good for each other. We’re enormously close, in a way that we can almost forget each other’s presence some times and not really regard it, or we’ll just be out having a coffee together or walking along or talking about a book, listening to music together in a van, drinking brandy together. We’ve known each other for 12-13 years and been through a bit together. There’ll be these nights he’ll do something musical when I’m onstage or in the studio that just dazzle me. I’m blown away that he would want to play with me. I don’t know, really, what he gets from me. We’ve got our friendship, sure, but also something else in there. We want to get better at what we’re doing. We listen to a lot of stuff during the day and we want to surpass what we listen to. Not just replicate it, surpass it.

“Rock’n’roll is never not gonna be my first love. Anyone I’ve ever met on stage, or in any form of art, people want to know what it’s like being in a rock band... There’s nothing better and there’s nothing worse, sometimes.

Tim Rogers You mentioned the soundcheck-drink-show cycle that you’ve known for 25 years, but you’ve also been busy with your theatre work and I’m sure that has its own cycle, different to the rock’n’roll one. Do you think there’s a perspective it’s given you about what you’ve done for so long, or do you prefer not to examine it in terms of one and the other? That’s interesting. I think it’s just made me try to give up having a perspective on it and to enjoy the motion of it. If I really think about it too much it just baffles me a bit. A lot. So I really just want to roll with it at the moment. I’ve got ambitions for a lot, but I don’t want to confuse that just with ambitions of success. That does gets confused. I’ve got friends, very dear to me, very close to me, and I’ve been very disappointed in their ambitions. I thought they would have artistic ambitions but it gets thwarted by separating that from other kinds of success. And it’s tempting and seductive to me; there’s times I think, ‘I wanna make decisions just to be more successful than the next guy or the next woman and get higher on the pedestal’. You can get lost in that for days. I was stuck in this wonderful conversation last night with John Saffran, Paul Capsis and Uncle Jack Charles at a theatre opening I was emceeing and I thought, ‘hang on, I need to get back to work and get back to writing and not get lost in other surrounding crap’. It was like, ‘take yourself away from this party and shaking this hand, wanting to get this role, wanting to charm this person to get a play higher on their festival and get back to writing and researching and working’. Keep that as the rule, each day. You can do whatever during the night and put your 150 per cent into each show and really want to walk out exhausted and hopefully make some sort of connection with either yourself or some of the people there definitely with my bandmates - and then wake up the next morning however you’re feeling and fucking get to work again. And just try and do better that night. I find it’s quite easy to go from, whether it’s TV work I’m doing at the moment, to film, or theatre, or fiction writing, or music. Get in there and fucking work man, that’s where the enjoyment is. And

do it for the work. And for the research and for the art. Then you’ll be alright; I think you’ll be a decent person. The times I’ve been at my worst is when I’ve lost that goal of wanting to be a better writer and a better performer than I was last night. It seems funny that people find it surprising that someone who has written evocative, emotional songs for almost a quarter of a century, would start doing theatre work. Like you have to be a one trick pony. Anyone you know might be great at guitar or driving, but they also might make model aeroplanes or be an aspiring chocolatier or something. Everyone has levels... (Laughs) Yeah, that’s true. I guess that’s frustrating in a little way, but it also indicates that people feel incredibly passionate about rock’n’roll music. Or music. If it appears that someone’s saying (affects posh accent) ‘Well that was fine at the time but now I’m going to move on’ I can understand that the reaction might be, ‘fuck you! What, playing in a rock’n’roll band ain’t good enough for ya?’ It’s not right, but I can understand that because I’ve felt that way myself towards other people in the past. Perhaps that comment about people close to me - and I cannot understand why they make the decisions they make - perhaps I’m getting it wrong as well, with regards to them. I don’t feel I need to explain for myself. It’s just sharing information. Why I do all the other stuff is that I need to work. I can’t tour with You Am I 365 nights a year, we just can’t do it. People will not come and see us play and we’ll kill each other because we have too much fun. When someone offers me a job I feel I can’t do - like playing an out of body character onstage or a very grounded character on a TV show or something like that - I think, ‘that’s gonna be real difficult. So fuck yeah I’m gonna do it’. I’ll do the absolute best job I can because someone’s put trust in me. It’s work and it’s putting on costumes and it’s fun. Rock’n’roll is never not gonna be my first love. Anyone I’ve ever met on stage, or in any form of art, people want to know what it’s like being in a rock band (laughs). There’s nothing better and there’s nothing worse, sometimes.

STILLWATER GIANTS Radar Detectors

Local indie rockers Stillwater Giants have been surfing the zeitgeist (as well as the waves) with their catchy sound and with the release of sophomore EP Fly Under The Radar they’re set to continue riding the wave of success which has seen them carve out a large following on the local live circuit. JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD chatted with vocalist Henry Clarke ahead of their EP launch at Villa Nightclub on Friday, October 5. As Stillwater Giants vocalist Henry Clarke attests the last couple of years have been “fairly busy” for his band. It’s something of an understatement given the fact that since getting together what seems like five minutes ago (in actuality the origins of the band date back to 2010), the local indie four-piece have played everywhere from festivals like Groovin’ The Moo and Future Music to heaving, sweaty clubs. It’s not hard to understand Stillwater Giants appeal – they synthesise just about every trend in circa-now indie rock into one bright, peppy package – lo-fi clangor, glo-fi harmonies, punchy retro-garage 10

concision, and never-out-of-style rock songcraft. As to be expected there is some beachy, surfy essence to the tunes contained on Fly Under the Radar, but it’s suffused with twanging guitars of another pop era and geographical space entirely. “It’s hard to put a finger on a direct influence to this EP. Some of our favourite music – from The Strokes, Queens Of The Stone Age and Radiohead – were always going to play a part. I think Gotye’s success [also] sparked some inspiration,” Clarke says. “We were also open to trying new and fun ideas – like whipping Tom with a belt to enhance a slight country and western feel to More Ways Than One.”

Stillwater Giants The product of extensive jam sessions in Margaret River, Clarke says the band were working with the aim of expanding upon the sonic textures found on their self-titled debut EP without straying too far from their signature sound. “While keeping to our original surf-rock-pop sound, I guess we also wanted to continue to try reach out to diverse genres in this EP alone (indie-pop, rock, alt rock, etc) – all six songs are very different I their own way. After releasing the first EP, we knew we could refine our songs and our approach.” As Clarke attests, producer Dave Parkin “played a significant role in this stage in the studio” but that didn’t stop the Blackbird Studios owner from

whipping up a little mischief to keep the boys on their toes. “A while back, Tom (guitarist) decided to play a prank on Angus (drummer) by advertising for a new drummer in X-Press. Dave Parkin and Adam Livingston (Emperors vocalist) got wind of this and Adam gave Angus a call asking about the position. Obviously Angus had no idea what was going on. The conversation escalated to Adam abusing Angus – ‘What’s your fuckin’ gig mate?!’. I happened to be sitting right next to Angus when he got the call [and] I had vague idea what was going on [but] it wasn’t until Dave sent us the video of Adam making the call [that we put two and two together] – hilarious.” X-Press – First on the street, Wednesdays

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THE BLACK KEYS Hitfreakness

The Black Keys headline Rock-It on Sunday, October 28, at Arena Joondalup.TOM VARIAN takes a look at their rise to the zeitgeist. Blues rock duo The Black Keys have broken out into the mega-mainstream this year, partly thanks to giving us one of the best albums of the year, but perhaps largely thanks to that infamous, one-shot music video featuring an old black man dancing. But fans of the Keys have been preaching their talents for a decade now, and with a near constant, tireless touring schedule, their success couldn’t be more deserving. X-Press first spoke to the Keys back in 2003, on the back of their thickfreakness release. The lads were gearing up for their first Australian tour, playing a quaint gig at the Charles Hotel with locals Dom Mariani and Kill Devil Hills. Frontman, Dan Auerbach, shared his excitement with us about the idea of touring the world. “A year ago we would never have thought that we were going to be doing this and here it is. It’s definitely surreal.

“We’re not going to go opening stores in the mall [selling] kids Black Keys t-shirts or something like that,” the young Auerbach continued. “But as long as we’re playing shows we don’t need a whole crew of fuckin’ people; we just have a little drum kit and a little amplifier - it couldn’t be simpler.” An electrifying and intense live performance gave these guys a reputation that would never leave them. They didn’t care if they were playing to 10 people or a thousand, you got every ounce of what they had. These guys were the real deal. Their second album, thickfreakness, was famously recorded in a single 14-hour long session. Though more out of necessity, as the boys had spent their small advance on rent. Their albums have a garage rock feel that laughs at the idea of digital multi tracking - it’s truly a sound that could have come out 60 years ago. It’s a testament that a band’s equipment is almost inconsequential compared

Pat Carney and Dan Auerbach, The Black Keys

The Black Keys have proven from day one their commitment to music, playing every little bar and club they could get their hands on. Certainly, they have visited Perth for nearly every major tour, sometimes playing multiple shows, which, as we know, is a rare thing for our small city. to a person’s ears and raw talent, like fellow modern blues player Jack White tries to prove. But that’s how they chose to record; with minimal equipment in a basement. Even several albums later, and with success affording them more equipment, recording themselves was part of the fun. We spoke to drummer/producer, Pat Carney, in 2006 about their recording process. “We know what we want. We know it when we play together, when we write, and when we record. We’ve played together a long time, and we know what we both like and what works. We know how The Black Keys sounds, so it’s really not that difficult to record it.We don’t do layer after layer, we know what the song needs, so we go in, set the mics up and hit record (laughs).” True music fans can generally smell bullshit out. A musician who gets in to music to become famous or to make an image may find success, but only with pre-teen or naive markets - as Carney shared with us in 2006. “The music industry is always going to be full of those bands though, and people are always going to buy records put out by those bands. It’s not really something I feel outraged about, or want to fight... I just have nothing to do with it,” he commented. The Black Keys have proven from day one their commitment to music, and not just touring the US and Europe, but playing every little bar and club they could get their hands on. Certainly, they have visited Perth for nearly every major tour, sometimes playing multiple shows, which, as we know, is a rare thing for our small city. It wasn’t until the band’s fifth LP that they decided to step into a proper studio and use a producer with 2008’s Attack & Release. They were working with producer, Danger Mouse, on a new album for music legend Ike Turner when he unexpectedly passed away. Staying together, the trio spent just 11 days in the studio and pumped out Attack & Release. “We have a lot of similar ideas about music and about recording,” Auerbach commented on Danger Mouse back in 2008.“We just really got on well. When he suggested it, when he said that he wanted to do it, it was a no-brainer. We had absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain.” Attack & Release wasn’t the monster hit that it could have been, and with increasing tension between them (a Yoko Ono situation, apparently), Auerbach and Carney went their separate ways. But bless the blues gods because, after Yoko left the picture, the boys got back together and gave us the aptly titled Brothers. While they have always had a large and loyal fanbase, thanks to almost continuous touring schedule since their formation, it wasn’t until Brothers that the Keys had true commercial success. Following up with this year’s El Camino gave the boys their first monster hit, Lonely Boy. We last spoke to Auerbach in 2008 about their constant presence in Australia. “Well, you guys seem to really like us (laughs), which is great, because we really like you too!” And though a young Auerbach thought they’d be sticking to small clubs and no crew forever, El Camino has given the duo their first arena tour, and an ever increasing number of band members and equipment to help fill the sound out. Here’s to another decade of blues revival. 12

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GOMEZ

Mind Games British alt-rock exponents Gomez play at Fremantle’s Fly By Night Club on Wednesday, October 10, and The Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, October 12. TRAVIS JOHNSON speaks with bass player, Paul Blackburn. Don’t worry we’re used to it. When Gomez’s Australian tour dates were initially announced, nobody was really surprised to learn that Perth had been left off the list. The - almost entirely erroneous, by the way - notion that international acts rarely head West is more than a truism, it’s an entrenched part of Perth music folklore. Luckily for us, Gomez themselves decided that not playing Perth was something of a glaring omission.

Gomez “We were a bit confused ourselves,” explains bassist Paul Blackburn. “It had somehow gone astray for a bit, and then it was picked up. We went, ‘We should be playing in Perth. What’s going on here?’ So now it’s all back on track.” And so, Perth fans get to hear the boys showcase their latest album, Whatever’s On Your Mind, as well as a broad selection of earlier material. Just to keep things interesting, though, the band are letting their fans have a say in what gets included in each gig’s setlist. “It’ll be a good spread of material,” Blackburn tells us. “We’re doing the voting thing fans get to vote for the songs. So 10 of the songs will be selected by the crowd. Anyone can go to the tour

website and vote. That’ll provide a bit of variation, and then we’ll be playing a number of tracks from the new record, and then we play for quite a while, and so we’ll be playing plenty of old stuff as well.” Of course, he does admit that leaving a good chunk of the setlist in the lap of the gods, so to speak, can be a little hair-raising. “We usually see the results on the day of the gig, just before soundcheck.” he says. “It can be a bit of a clenched-bottom time, in case there’s any completely odd tracks that people have somehow voted for, and we’re like, ‘How do you play that? Does anyone remember? Is that us? What’s going on?’” But the selection of songs is always a fluid process, with the list of contenders winnowed down through a combination of experience and context working out what flies with what crowd, and which songs are better off being relegated to album-only status, rather than being trotted out at a live show. “The thing is, sometimes we’ll play two nights in a place,” Blackburn says. “And we like to mix it up a bit between the two nights. But generally it’s pretty lively. I mean, we’ll still stick a few quieter ones in there to keep it mixed up, and keep it varied. It’s funny, because certain things please certain crowds, depending on what the atmosphere’s like at the show. Sometimes you can play a show where everyone’s completely hammered, and they’re just up for a party, and when you play a more quiet, ballad-type thing, the song gets lost in the cheering and shouting. “I’m not complaining, but obviously there are certain platforms for certain songs that work better.”

Reverse Grip

REVERSE GRIP

Have Rock, Will Travel Canadian hard rockers, Reverse Grip, hit the Rocket Room on Friday, October 5, with support from The Sure Fire Midnights, Stone Circle and Nymph Honey. BOB GORDON reports. Sleazy Canadian rock outfit, Reverse Grip, are living the dream. They’re on tour in Japan and loving it. “It’s been our dream to play music in Japan,” says drummer Dylan Broda. “After watching all those crazy Live at the Budokan type videos when we were young, we always wanted that insane, completely culturally different concert experience.” “We might not be playing the Budokan just yet,” adds lead guitarist Sean Broda, “but the people appreciate good music and when you show you’re passionate about what you are doing they always respond and treat you like a rock star. They have so much respect for people living their dream.” While born and bred “on the mean streets of Toronto, Canada,” Reverse Grip had its origins here in Australia. “Sean and I were living in Australia for a few years,” says vocalist Dru Broda. “I was in Surfers Paradise and every weekend Sean would come up from Coolangatta and bring a bag of goon and his cheap Les Paul knock-off. We’d drink the bag and write some blues tunes, blow the bag up and use it as Sean’s pillow for the night! “While not on tour we live in Toronto all together,” says Sean. “It’s our Motherland, but that country doesn’t ‘get’ rock’n’roll these days, which is why we are in Japan and on our way to a hotbed for legendary rock bands, Australia.” The three Broda brothers are joined by bass player, Kramer White. He’s starting to feel like one of the family. “It’s for sure an experience,” he laughs. “They treat me like a brother, which takes some getting used to because they have lived together since they were born, and to jump into the hurricane now is tough but I think Garth (Wayne’s World) said it best, ‘it’s like buying a new pair of underwear. At first it’s constrictive, but then it becomes a part of you!’” Reverse Grip have followed their two EP releases with a debut album, Hunger For Chaos. The band are well pleased about the statement it makes as to what Reverse Grip are right now. “Our first ever EP was back in 2010 and we are happy not many have heard it,” laughs Dru.“ The Nasty Reputation EP from last year was a great step for us. We finally got Dylan in the band and helping the writing. We were in a very Motley Crue vibe then. “With this album we feel like our natural influences came out and we wrote an album that for us, we want to listen to over and over. We love Whitesnake, Aerosmith and of course GN’R, and that’s where we wanted to go with our music all along. We can’t wait to write the next one.” They could be pressed for time, given that the band’s touring schedule just keeps getting busier. They wouldn’t have it any other way. “Well, in November this year we should be off to Europe, to continue our world tour,” says Dylan.“So next year we want to do South America in the winter, we can hit Europe in the Summer, and again we will be in Japan in September and I’m sure we will get back to Oz again too. Between all that craziness, we might just fire out another album.”

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REGURGITATOR Pre-digested Pop

Regurgitator perform their Tu-Plang and Unit albums this Sunday, October 7, at the Astor Theatre. Vocalist/guitarist Quan Yeomans speaks to SABIAN WILDE about old stuff being new.

Cannibal Corpse

CANNIBAL CORPSE

Permission To Shine Cannibal Corpse has been at the forefront of the death metal scene for almost a quarter of a century. JESSICA WILLOUGHBY reports ahead of their show on Tuesday, October 9, at Capitol.

Back when huge Australian festivals were rare, the pop/punk pranksters that were Regurgitator stood high in our musical landscape, heroes of irreverence, sonic allsorts and deeply sarcastic song titles. Two of their best serves were their albums Tu-Plang [1996] and Unit [1997], which they are now touring back-to-back. “We decided to do two records because our records are so damn short... we could probably do three,” Quan Yeoman laughs. “This is actually the longest set we’ve ever played; an hour and 50 minutes, which is pretty intense for us. It’s kind of... professional... in a weird way, because it’s scheduled, no changing the set-list, each album start to finish and then an encore. If people ask for it.” Regurgitator were among the last crop of Australian bands able to take the DIY punk advantages of new recording technology and combine it with the declining might of major label distribution. “Technology has a habit of changing people’s vocations overnight. It happened to graphic designers who learnt how to do everything before

computers, and to some extent it happened to us,” Yeomans says. “We had all this experience on a major label, but none of it seemed to fit anymore. We’re over it now, back into just making what we want and putting it out there - that’s the thing that matters now, the bottom line.” Perhaps ironically, Yeomans has no nostalgic love of the good old days. The flash-in-the-pan-shortattention-span of techno-consumerism suits him just fine. “The whole idea of music as a commodity has changed, the same with movies and a lot of other things as well. It’s now very easy to think of the world as a library - or at least I do - and I love that,” he says. “The only reason we still work on albums is because that’s what motivates us to get it fucking done.We need the deadline, I guess. If we could just work on singles we would, because that’s how I listen to music now. I don’t listen to an album now, ever, unless it’s an old favourite.” And that’s the crux of the thing, really. Ask anyone what music they keep going back to most and it will usually be something irrevocably tied to their youth. “Yeah, Regurgitator probably does fill

Regurgitator that space for a few people... and I apologise for that profusely, but there’s not much I can do about that,” Yeomans laughs. “It should have been Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix or... punk records... something like that. “I know for a fact that a lot of people are into the nostalgia trip when they come. I’ve seen a lot of friends from that era, even high school friends, turning up and saying how integral the music is with certain parts of their history. But its not personally that strong for me,” he admits. “I still like a lot of the lyrical content. It’s cool... and really funny to see where my headspace was at that time. Some of the songs are so fucking ‘90s that it’s almost impossible to play them without bursting out laughing because they’re so ridiculously stuck in that era, the whole heavy/soft, quiet/loud thing. “I can look back and be proud of it because it is just such ridiculous shit - that we could make a living from it, and sustain it for so long... I can’t believe the universe has been so kind to us.”

For Cannibal Corpse’s 12th album, Torture, bassist/ songwriter Alex Webster decided to let the rest of the band step-up on songwriting duties. “I found that my songwriting for the band peaked on Evisceration Plague [2009],” Webster explains. “So I made a conscious decision to scale it back a bit and let the other guys shine.” As one of the only remaining members of the infamous New York outfit, Webster knows what it takes to bring longevity to death metal. Gearing up to celebrate 25 years under the Cannibal Corpse moniker next year, the veteran musician and main songwriter decided to take a little time to breathe and let his band mates hold the reigns for the latest effort, Torture. Released earlier this year, the album sees guitarists Patrick O’Brien and Rob Barrett stepping to the forefront and penning some “rippers” – according to Webster. “When I ended up writing seven and a half songs for Evisceration Plague, I knew I wanted to scale it back for the follow-up,” he says.“I write really fast and always have. I guess that’s why I’ve always ended up doing a lot of the ‘Corpse material. And once I get into the flow of it, that’s it. So I really had to rein myself in on this one, which was a huge challenge. Rob and Pat write more slowly, so this allowed them the time to get everything down pat. “To be honest, I think it’s one of the best decisions I’ve made because I think their songs are the best on the album. Rob’s got some absolute rippers on this LP. So does Pat. They just needed the time to shine. This album made me realise that when you’ve got a bunch of really creative people in a band, you’ve got to give them the room to work at their pace. That gets the best results. It’s a lesson learnt that I will take on board from now on.” Recorded once again by Erik Rutan, this time between studios in Texas, Webster says their 2012 offering does not stray too far from the formula the band has always worked with. But it does have some interesting new elements. “There’s definitely a few things here and there,” he says. “We added some thrashier pickings on some songs. Like Rabid; that has a Slayer-like feel to it. We are okay with adding some small elements, as long as it’s still dark and evil-as-fuck.That’s what we’re aiming for. But we generally try to keep to straight death metal, by just pushing the boundaries a bit. I guess the challenge is to still keep it interesting, for both us and our fans. “Of course, I like to experiment musically. But if it isn’t something that’s appropriate for Cannibal Corpse – I’ll be the first to shoot it down. I’ll use it for another project. It’s about knowing what’s right for the band and I think we’ve got that set-in-stone now.”

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THE KILLERS Battle Born

VARIOUS ARTISTS Obesecity 2

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Obese Records

Ten years ago when Aussie The four-year wait between hip hop was still struggling Killers albums has ended, to be heard, Obese Records with the release of the Las did something pretty cool: Vegas sextet’s fourth studio they released Obesecity, a record, Battle Born. compilation featuring tracks The stadia-quaking electro-rock sound from MCs and producers from across the country of Flesh And Bone offers a mature opening, and it’s who. The compilation gave way to a bunch of hip really the most pop-influenced track on the album, hop heavyweights who are today recognised as true with a bright, fun intro that sounds somewhat akin pioneers of the flourishing hip hop scene. to an ‘80s video game. It’s followed by the album’s To celebrate its anniversary, Obese Records first single, Runaways, which is as rootsy and have released Obesecity 2, a dual-disco compilation American as Springsteen himself, with powerful featuring fresh hip hop artists in the Aussie scene. vocals and guitar riffs that hark back to 2006’s Sydney’s Bingethinkers kick off disc one with the When You Were Young – but whether or not it’s an slow-burning Cannibals, with its fiery vocals and neverinnovative track for the band is debatable. ending build up which eventuates into the abyss. The album houses a solid selection of The jazzy piano warms the party limbs on rock’n’roll, country numbers and big power ballads, Psychosis by Never Settle and Ciecmate brings humour including Here With Me, featuring a heartstring- to his rhymes about one night stands and wingtugging cinematic ballad with a Tom Petty/ manning on Bags Not. Female MC Class A brings her Depeche Mode feel, and the multi-layered gigantic sexy, sassy vocals to The View and you certainly can’t chorus and vocal climax of Miss Atomic Bomb – a ignore the euphoric Fire Brand by Spit & Mac. titular ode to the links it shares with their classic, Mr. Disc 2 brings a ridiculous amount of talent Brightside. The closing title track cranks things back from the likes of Johnny Row, Death Stars, Raven, up to another epic stadium number with another Bigfoot, J Point, In Good Company and more. DVS of those banging choruses that they do so well – a brings some serious attitude on Dandenong Hip Hop, climatic end, with Queen-esque harmonies. popular MC One Sixth’s tune Nonsense is reminiscent of Battle Born sees The Killers complete their darker themes explored on Plan B’s Ill Manors and Kid transition from electro synth-pop to Springsteen Selzy’s tune Here I Am is a nasty piece of work. stadium anthems – so if you’re a fan of their earlier There are some glorious gems in this sound, you may find yourself disappointed. collection, so it’s definitely worth checking out if you’re into your hip hop. _ CARLA PAVEZ _ ANNABEL MACLEAN

FABULOUS DIAMONDS Commercial Music

MUMFORD & SONS Babel

Chapter Music

Dew Process

The prevailing feeling on Commercial Music, the third LP from Melbourne duo Fabulous Diamonds, is of something half-remembered or just out of reach. Fabulous Diamonds have a sound built around the kind of mesmeric, hypnotic (even transcendent) affect that comes from hearing repeated patterns play out in long, slow planes. Though the album’s tectonic pacing will doubtlessly infuriate some listeners, for those prepared to submit to the sound (I recommend headphones and a comfy beanbag) offers a deeply immersive experience. The first track, Inverted Vamp, is a slow descent into the group’s mercurial dreamscape, with a low synth drone gradually splitting apart under some centrifugal force. From here the descent pretty much carries on to the album’s conclusion, each track inducing the listener into a trance. Lothario is a definite highlight with bleary vocals and lethargic tom-toms. German composer, Karlheinz Stockhausen, used to say that music with such heavy repetition acted on the listener like taking a drug.He meant it as a criticism but on Commercial Music, the music’s narcotic quality is its greatest strength. This is the first Fabulous Diamonds album to include track names but one wonders why they felt that names where necessary. Even the division between tracks seems arbitrary and the album works best when treated as a single experience. _ HENRY ANDERSEN

_ JEN WILSON

BOOMGATES Double Natural Bedroom Suck

The last couple of years have seen small, Australian independent labels in full bloom and one of the most prolific ones is Bedroom Suck. Their latest offering comes in shape of vinyl LP and CD by newish Melbourne band, Boomgates. Consisting of members of the Twerps, Dick Diver and most notably Brendan of Eddy Current Suppression Ring, this does not sound like a bunch of friends jamming up while their main bands are having a lunch break. On the contrary, Boomgates sound mature and focused in their songwriting, where every part seems carefully crafted, arranged and played. The music is basically indie pop-rock, with equal dose of jangly pop and intense punkish bits. It’s nothing we haven’t heard before in terms of style, but yet again this record stands out in the crowd due to the actual quality of the songs on it. As many other great records it grows bigger with every listening and after a while it is really hard to find any fillers on it. Whispering And Singing is, however, a true standout track and to these ears the best Australian pop song since Johnny & Dee Dee. Brendan does most of the vocals and even though he is not a ‘singer’ it is noticeable that this music suits his voice slightly better than ECSR. But it is the combination of his vocal duties with Steph Hughs that works so well for the Boomgates and here’s hoping this is not just one-off masterpiece by these bunch of talented young people. _ PREDRAG DELIBASICH 16

Mumford & Sons brought the music world to its knees with their debut release of 2009, Sigh No More, and look set to do it all again with follow-up, Babel. Deftly side-stepping that awkward second-album questionability, the folk rock troubadours stay true to their sound while recording in such a way it often feels the band are right there, rocking out with you in your lounge room (some tracks were recorded live). Album opener and title track, Babel, welcomes listeners back to the Mumford fold with open arms, its instantly epic sound saturating every inch of the air from start to finish. It’s definitely one of the standout tracks on the album and just the beginning of a journey where true song craft and musical brilliance carry each foot forward. At its end, Not With Haste rings of inner fulfillment and triumphantly speaks straight to the heart:“I am what I am/I leave no ties for a cynic’s mind.” The perfect closer. This band has absolutely nailed the art of the climactic build. In songs such as Lovers Eyes, Broken Crown and Below My Feet, the listener is guided gently from acoustic strums beneath frontman Marcus Mumford’s raspy, earning vocals, only minutes later to be swept up in an urgent flurry of banjos, guitars and percussion. Wether it’s acoustic, full-bodied or somewhere in between, Babel is an utterly addictive album and shows a band in its prime with plenty left in the tank. The only challenge they face now is playing enough shows for us all in December.

OF MONSTERS AND MEN My Head Is An Animal Island

After winning an Icelandic national battle of the bands, Of Monsters And Men look set to conquer the cardigan-clad portions of the world on the back of their debut LP, My Head Is An Animal. The group inhabit that very particular nexus between indie folk and childhood nostalgia (think Spike Jonze’s film adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are). There are definite nods here to the other giants of the big indie sing-along (Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros) and, believe it or not, My Head Is An Animal may actually feature more handclaps, shout-along ‘heys!’, glockenspiels and horns than releases from those bands. With any band in this game though, the real money-shot is the anthemic chorus – the drums get louder, the horns start up, the vocals jump up a register and everyone’s spirits lift. At times, the boundless optimism of the choruses gets a little exhausting and predictable. It’s like ‘the drop’ in dubstep, you know it’s coming and that the rest of the track is basically just fodder around that one key moment. As an album to surprise you, there isn’t much here, but as an album to comfort and bring that warm childhood familiarity, My Head Is An Animal easily manages the task. Coming to an iPhone ad near you... _ HENRY ANDERSEN X-Press – First on the street, Wednesdays

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Covering the whole gamut of Italian cinema, from whimsical light comedy, to social realist drama, to documentary, the 2012 Lavazza Italian Film Festival runs at Cinema Paradiso and Luna on SX from Thursday, October 11, until Wednesday, October 24. Ticket are available from the venues, or online from lunapalace.com.au. TRAVIS JOHNSON reports.

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You don’t have to be a major movie aficionado to grasp the vast influence that Italy has had on the art of film. Anyone with even a passing interest in the medium has brushed up against Italian neo-realism. Or Spaghetti Westerns. Or giallo horror. Hell, gladiator movies. A list of the biggest directors from Italy is a list of some of the most acclaimed filmmakers of all time: Leone, Fellini, Rossellini, Antonioni, Bertolucci, Zeffirelli. According to Benjamin Zeccola, Executive Director of Australian distribution and exhibition company Palace Films and one of the driving forces behind the festival, the average Australian cinema punter has a strong and growing appreciation for Italian film. “It certainly seems that way to us, with so many people coming to see it,” he explains, chalking up at least some of the appeal to what he calls “The ‘espresso experience.’ Lavazza is the main sponsor, and they provide very nice coffee. There are some Italian wine varietals as well, and the best 30 films that have been produced in Italy in the last 12 months. I think that what people really enjoy is that sense of escapism. You go to see a foreign film - in this case, Italian - and you’re truly transported to somewhere else in the world. “Somewhere, perhaps, that you’d like to visit more frequently, but some people might only get to Italy maybe once in their lives. It’s like an opportunity to go back and see some of your favourite places. I find that sense of escapism really refreshing.” The process of selecting those 30-odd films out of the vast number that are released is a pretty large one. However, Zeccola admits that such a daunting undertaking is not without its perks.

Looper Welcome To The North “There are hundreds of films produced every year in Italy,” he tells us. “And we have a team of people who have the appalling job every year of travelling to Rome, and Venice, and the Cannes Film Festival, and to watch six or seven films a day during those film markets, to try and select the films. Once you’ve got an idea of the films that you’re going to chase, it’s about pursuing the producers and the sales agents to acquire the films for the festival. So there’s always a big argument over what price needs to be put on bringing an Italian film over to Australia, and some of them are more expensive than others. So that’s the process - watching all of them, selecting the best, and then negotiating to get them into the festival.” It’s a job that has grown considerably from the festival’s more humble beginnings. “It has been running for 13 years now,” Zeccola reflects. “We started it out of a hobby and a sense of love for Italian cinema. We [Palace] obviously have a group of cinemas that show quality films around Australia, and we knew there was some interest in Italian films, but we were surprised by how much interest there is. So the festival has grown from far fewer films to now having over 30 films in it, and over a thousand screenings through the nation. “It was only a couple of years ago that we had only 300 screenings throughout the whole country, and when it started, it was less than 100 screenings. It has grown exponentially because people are voting with their feet - they’re really loving, and they’re coming along to experience more than the film.”

Perhaps the standout film this year is the hard-hitting pseudo-documentary Death To Caesar by filmmaking legends Polo and Vittorio Traviani. Described by Zeccola as “a shock” and “deeply touching,” it’s a look at a production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar by the inmates of the maximum security Rebibbia Prison. For those who want something lighter, Woody Allen delivers up his 42nd directorial project, To Rome With Love. The third in a loose travelogue trilogy that includes Vicki Cristina Barcelona and Midnight In Paris, the all-star portmanteau film features turns from the likes of Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Jesse Eisenberg, Ellen Page and Roberto Begnini. Opening night feature Welcome To The North follows on from director Luca Miniero’s previous comedic hit, Welcome To The South, following the continuing adventures of Claudia Bisio’s hapless postal worker. The film tore up the Italian box office, and so should find more than a few fans hereabouts. Meanwhile, those looking for a little more whimsy will be well served by Ferzan Ozpetek’s Magnificent Presence, which sees a hopelessly romantic gay man [Elio Germano] discovering that his beloved new apartment is haunted by an entire World War II era stage acting troupe who need him to deal with some unfinished business on their behalf. With a range like that, there’s sure to be something to satisfy any cinematic tastes at this year’s festival.

LOOPER Time Bandits Directed by Rian Johnson Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Noah Segan, Jeff Daniels Following on from his audacious debut, Brick, and the dapper and deceptive caper flick, The Brothers Bloom, director Rian Johnson paints on a much larger canvas with this thoughtful time travel thriller. Joe [Joseph Gordon-Levitt] is a ‘looper’ - a specialised assassin who disposes of victims sent back in time by a crime ring in the future. Every looper knows that, at some point, they have to ‘close their loop’ - by killing their future self. On completion of that final assignment, they get a huge golden parachute to carry them into retirement, until they’re eventually sent back to be executed. Of course, things go awry when the older version of Joe [Bruce Willis] is sent back, and Young Joe must hunt down Old Joe while evading the forces of his employer, Abe [Jeff Daniels]. Thinking about the logistics of the film’s take on time travel will only send the viewer cross-eyed, and though they have some fun with the implications - at one point an escaped target watches his body parts disappear as a mob doctor vivisects his younger self - Johnson has his characters explicitly tell the viewer not to get too bent out of shape trying to decipher the temporal physics. He’s much more interested in examining the emotional implications of the setup. Much will be made of Gordon-Levitt’s remarkable impersonation of Willis - a performance

bolstered by subtle but effective prosthetic makeup - but what really impresses is the way that both actors manage to make the character recognisably the same man, but at different stages of his life. While Gordon-Levitt’s Joe is cold, detached, and almost nihilistic, Willis’ version is burdened with both wisdom and regret, having lived long enough to understand the repercussions of the choices that Young Joe is still in the process of making. Looper is also that rarest of beasts, a sci-fi film that doesn’t look like a knock off of Blade Runner. Being set in Kansas City and its surrounding environs, much of the action takes place in rural fields and remote farmhouses. It’s depiction of an economically devastated America owes a lot to Depression-era fare like The Grapes Of Wrath, and the latter half, where Young Joe has to help protect Sara, a young farm owner [Emily Blunt] and her child-prodigy son, Cid [Pierce Gagnon], resembles nothing so much as a fresh riff on the classic western, Shane. All up, Looper is a smart, taut, thoughtful thriller that uses its sci-fi set-up as a framework to meditate on notions of destiny and choice, while never disappearing up its own subtext. Although Johnson’s influences are fairly obvious in addition to the above, there are elements of The Terminator here, as well as a dash of Willis’s earlier Twelve Monkeys - he manages to combine the old ingredients in a new way. Anyone who likes their action grounded in intelligent plotting and robust characterisation is going to love this one. _TRAVIS JOHNSON

PERTH FASHION FESTIVAL 2012 Over And Out

After a week of runway shows, champagnes at the Fashion Bar and hours spent agonising over what to wear each day and night, models, stylists, backstage troops and the fashion faithful can finally rest their weary feet and tired eyes, with the 2012 edition of the Perth Fashion Festival now over and out. The sartorial brainchild of Daniel Romanin and Nikolina Ergic, One Fell Swoop kicked off the 14th annual Perth Fashion Festival with a sombre and moody solo show, mixing pieces from their S/S and A/W collections, highlighting their love of drapery and garment manipulation with elegant and avant garde results. The tone changed considerably on day two of PFF when iconic West Australian label Morrison took centre stage at Fashion Paramount at the Museum, sending their modern and minimalist take on a resort collection down the runway. Later that evening it was time for four of WA’s most exciting upand-coming labels to shine at Designer Capsule #1, with Zsadar, The Butcher + The Crow, Lisa Marjanovich and Daniella Caputi all showcasing their latest ranges. Props to Zsadar designer Shane Newton who stole the show with his effortlessly chic menswear range, which was accessorised to perfection with octopus inspired prosthetics and facial jewellery by Alister Yiap. On to day three and those with a ticket were looking forward to the all important (and sold out) WA Designer Collections showcase, featuring 13 early-career designers who call Perth home. In group shows of this nature the difference between a memorable collection and something people forget about as soon as the garments leave the runway usually comes down to the styling. Top marks go to Alushia Sanchia, Peppermint Milk, and Wild Horses, who accessorised their amazing collections to perfection, leaving a lasting impression after a long show. Next up that evening a trio of more established labels got their time in the spotlight during the second Designer Capsule show, which highlighted the talents of Garth Cook, Steph Audino and Kim Barton. Captivating from start to finish thanks to Kim Barton’s bright colour blocking, Garth Cook’s chic knits and sleek metallics, plus Steph Audino’s gorgeous gowns - Designer Capsule #2 was a standout show in the 2012 PFF calendar. 20

Empire Rose at Perth Fashion Festival (Photo: Emma Bergmeier) The following evening saw established local labels Breathless and Empire Rose join newcomers Nikki Loueza for the most elegant Designer Capsule of this year’s festival; followed by the National Showcase, featuring Limedrop, Kuwaii and House of Wilde. Though most were expecting Limedrop to be the standout on day four, it was Empire Rose who reigned supreme with their daring digital prints and tribal accessories styled by Behind The Monkey. On to day five and a weary fashion pack returned to Fashion Paramount for Student Runway, an effervescent showcase by young designers unconstrained by commercial limitations. Prefacing Student Runway was a presentation by The Carton designers (winners of a studio residency at last year’s Student Runway), including moody menswear by Sam Donaldson, feathered frocks by Jess Hogg and ancient, Oriental-esque garb by Nicole Marrington. A standout event on the social calendar year after year, PFF continues to improve with each edition and is a constant reminder of the amazing wealth of design talent that calls WA home. _EMMA BERGMEIER X-Press – First on the street, Wednesdays

Mental

MENTAL Normal Isn’t So Crazy Directed by P.J. Hogan Starring Toni Collette, Anthony LaPaglia, Rebecca Gibney, Deborah Mailman, Liev Schreiber Chances are, if you liked Muriel’s Wedding, My Best Friend’s Wedding or Confessions Of A Shopaholic, you’ll be all over Mental, award-winning director P.J.Hogan’s new film which challenges the concept of what’s socially accepted as normal in this modern day and age. Somewhat based on a true story from P.J.Hogan’s childhood, Mental is about the Moochmores; a suburban family of five girls who have an absent father [Anthony LaPaglia] and a mother [Rebecca Gibney] who, by all neighbour accounts, is considered crazy. Then, not long after their mother goes “on holiday in Wollongong” (she’s actually been taken to a mental health facility), the girls find themselves under the ‘care’ of Shaz [Toni Collette], a knife-carrying, pot-smoking, hitch-hiking hippie whom philandering politician and father, Barry Moochmore, picks up one day in town. Shaz is a no-bullshit woman; she hits the hard-truths of life on the head and doesn’t beat around the bush. She sets the girls about cleaning and cooking in their house and changing their views of themselves as ‘freaks’ or ‘crazy’ by getting them to take a good, long hard look at their neighbours. There’s Nancy [Kerry Fox], who cleans her drive-in with a toothbrush, washes her bins every day and makes the odd racist remark and then there’s Manda and Kay, the two bitchy café waitresses who pick on the girls and force their ‘crazy’ mother to eat doughnuts.

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Shaz takes the girls round to Nancy’s for an involuntary cuppa, managing to trash the place and infuriate Nancy’s O.C.D tendencies and Manda and Kay get what they deserve too. Shaz also manages to visit the girls’ mother Shirley in “Wollongong”, taking along Shirley’s sister Doris and forcing her to apologise to Shirley for being a bad sister, not to mention cutting off Shirley’s daughter Jane’s luscious red locks to use for her Queen Elizabeth I’s porcelain doll collection. It’s a crazy comedy which makes dramatic twists and turns, confronting and challenging the notion of ‘normal’. Accompanied by a stellar cast, it is Toni Collette who shines in this well-written and produced film. We get to see the softer side to her tough-skinned character and learn a few valuable lessons along the way. She’s thoroughly entertaining, mesmerising and exciting to watch on screen and she absolutely nails Shaz. There’s no doubt about it, this role was made for Collette. Even Anthony LaPaglia brings his A-game to the film as Barry, the absent father. He finally manages to get his daughters’ names right and tackle their family issues and relationship with his wife Shirley head on. Without giving too much away, Mental is not just some family comedy. It’s got something which any family, or any ‘normal’ human, can relate to: crazy times, embarrassment, growing up, facing the truth, playing games on the neighbours and standing up for yourself. It asks ‘what’s normal?’ and leaves it up to the audience to make up their minds. A completely original and brilliantly entertaining film, definitely one of the best released this year and well worth checking out once, if not twice or more. _ ANNABEL MACLEAN

Marney McQueen as Rosa The Russian Beautician

MARNEY MCQUEEN For The Love Of Cabaret

Musical theatre star, actress, comedian and cabaret darling Marney McQueen returns to Perth with her fresh show Rump Steak At A Vegan Barbeque, a cabaret show in which McQueen tells tales from her days as the only single girl when she starred in hit musicals Hairspray, Priscilla and more recently, Moonshadow. McQueen plays the Octagon Theatre at UWA on Thursday, October 11. Tickets through marneymcqueen.com. There is no doubt that when you’re in a room and Marney McQueen is performing, you are paying attention... or rolling on the floor laughing. She’s an acting, singing and dancing sensation. Having studied at NIDA in Sydney, McQueen had the opportunity to work with the one and only Barry Humphries in her third year at the well-renowned drama school, and after travelling to New York with him, watching his shows and indulging in lots of “lunches and dinners” with him, McQueen decided she was going to give character comedy a crack.

She did much more than that with her character comedy and cabaret show Sunburnt Country which saw her character Rosa The Russian Beautician, a leopard skin body-suit wearing sassy lass who loves to help folks get their back, sac and crack waxed, become famous. Now, McQueen is bringing Rosa back in her new show Rump Steak At A Vegan Barbeque. “I tried to keep it [the show] all in the theme of finding love,” she says down the line from Melbourne, having just arrived for the Grand Final. “Rosa is actually a match-maker. She’s bought together many of the world’s high profile couples and she may or may not also do a little bit of match making on the night so don’t sit near the front (laughs).” Rump Steak At A Vegan Barbeque is a show about McQueen’s experiences as the only single girl when she starred in hit musicals Priscilla, Hairspray and Moonshadow. “I was working in the theatre every night from Tuesday to Sunday, there were a few straight guys in the show and involved in the production but most of them were married or had been pounced on by other desperate single women in the theatre before I got to them,” she says of the experience. “I found that working these sort of theatre hours meant it was a lot easier to socialise with your cast members and a whole lot of fun - as opposed to it being really hard to catch up with anyone who works nine to five. So I found that we were often out at gay nightclubs, I just slipped into this gay world. “If I did happen to meet somebody who asked me out on a date, my one night of the week that I was free to go on a date was Monday and of course, that’s a very big night, she jokingly adds. “I was having a great time but at the same time feeling a bit rejected and I rang my friend… and I whinged about it to him and that was where the title of the show came up because he said ‘Marney, you are like a rump steak at a vegan barbeque’.” Rump Steak At Vegan Barbeque is also the first show which McQueen is playing herself but, she says she’s relaxed into it and is looking forward to delving out some of Rosa’s antics in the show too. “I’ve had some of the most bizarre things happen, [it’s] amazing what people will tell you,” she says. “In a room full of people and you ask them a question and often, people will start off really quite shy and then – I picked on this old lady and I thought ‘oh this is a bit of a gamble’ because she was really dressed up, she looked a million dollars and she would’ve been pushing 80. She had the manicure and her hair was all blow-dried, she looked amazing. As Rosa I asked her if she’d ever had a fanicure and she said ‘yes I have and I’ve had my bum-crack shaved too. I’ve had it all done darl; nothing fazes me’. Sometimes people in the audience outwit me and I just have to hand it over to them. I love it.” _ANNABEL MACLEAN

Madeline Eastoe and Kevin Jackson in Graeme Murphy’s Romeo & Juliet

ROMEO & JULIET Written In The Stars

The arts world has been abuzz with praise for Graeme Murphy’s visionary new production of Romeo & Juliet for The Australian Ballet, and now Perth audiences can experience the thrill of the greatest love story ever told when the production touches down at the Crown Perth Theatre, running from Wednesday, October 10, ‘til Sunday, October 14. Tickets are on sale now from Ticketek. Australian Ballet Principal Artist Madeleine Eastoe has had a long and impressive career. Moving from Perth when she was 15 to pursue her career in Melbourne, she is renowned for her fearless and self-assured style. Now, while wrapping up the Australian Ballet’s 50th anniversary celebratory performances of Swan Lake, Eastoe is looking forward to returning home to perform the role of Juliet in the Perth leg of the ballet company’s production of Romeo & Juliet. “It will be nice to get back to the [Romeo & Juliet] ballet again... this is not the premier, it began last year, so we’re just getting around to all the other places,” Eastoe begins. The story of Romeo & Juliet has been told countless times. Two star-crossed lovers meet and are torn apart by a long-bitter feud between their families, to their ultimate demise and destruction. It is a timeless and universal tale that transcends culture and continent. This notion of universalism captured choreographer Graeme Murphy. Famous for his innovative work with groups such as the Sydney

Dance Company, Murphy has transplanted this timeless story into settings from around the world. “The Romeo & Juliet characters remain the same – their love is the central story – with everything revolving around that... it starts out looking like Verona, with the Montagues and the Capulets, then it quickly changes,” says Eastoe. “There’s a scene where it’s an Indian bazaar!” Visually, this production has spared no detail. In what has been described as a “wild ride” of costumery and design, the show moves from bicycle riding young French lovers, to an intimidating Lady Capulet dressed in gladiator chic. Whilst this has meant some narky comments from Romeo & Juliet purists, the glitz, glamour, and curiosity of Murphy’s production has meant that audiences have flocked to the show in droves. “I guess the message behind it is that love is universal, and it doesn’t matter where it is, love stories happen, and I guess they really want to tap into that and make it a visual feast,” says Eastoe. “I think the love story is still the same scene, and most of the same characters, but it’s definitely a twist on any ballet version of Romeo & Juliet that people would have scene before... it’s quite a lavish production!” The excitement of this production is made particularly intense for Eastoe as she prepares to perform in front of a home crowd. Murphy’s choreography and design has received much critical and audience acclaim, and Eastoe hopes the same will happen as the production travels to Western Australia. “It’s lovely particularly for myself and Kevin [Jackson, Eastoe’s Romeo] to be bringing it to Perth [because] we’re both from there,” she concludes. “It’s always a buzz to bring something home like this.” _LEAH BLANKENDAAL

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Ng Sz Kiat: A Natural History: Kulcha, Fremantle A Natural History is a series that explores the macro and microcosms of the natural world, and seeks to uncover the connectivity between them. Runs ‘til Oct 31. Edge Of Centre: Through The Wall: Heathcoate Museum & Gallery In their joint exhibition Anne Duff and Jane King have explored the past life of a small corner shop on the city fringe. Runs ‘til Nov 4. FAC Print Award: Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle Regarded as Australia’s most prominent national award for prints and artists’ books, this year’s Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award showcases the best and latest in Australian printmaking. Runs ‘til Nov 8.

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VISUAL ARTS FRAME: The Bird, Northbridge An insight into the world of creative driven skaters that love op-shoping, and take their cameras everywhere they travel, capturing the cities they skate and the scenes that encompass their lives and friendships. Runs ’til Oct 17. Here & Now: Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Nedlands Here & Now is the Lawrence Wilson Gallery’s inaugural annual exhibition of early-career, contemporary Western Australian artists. Runs ’til Oct 6.

Big Winners: Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle Includes large format and multiple sheet artworks that track the progress of the FAC Print Award and the expansion of digital media and emerging technologies involved in printmaking in Australia. Runs ‘til Nov 8. Performprint: Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle Melbourne-based artists Joel Gailer and Michael Meneghetti work with aspects of masculinity, ego and signifiers of social communication presenting print and multi-media installations. Runs ‘til Nov 8.

THEATRE/DANCE Tinkertown: Blue Room Theatre, Northbridge Fresh from its Melbourne debut, Perth playwright Nathaniel Moncrieff’s black comedy is a heart-warming tale of murder, car chases, alcoholism, bad parenting and yaks, and features a musical score by local songstress Felicity Groom. Season runs Sep 27-Oct 13. Bookings via blueroom.org.au. Crave: Subiaco Arts Centre, Subiaco Directed by Adelaide Buchanan, the debut show by Umbrellaco Theatre Company, Crave is a wild, wicked and beautiful ride through human emotions and thought processes. Season runs Oct 10-19. Bookings via ticketek.com.au. The Warrior And The Princess: Blue Room Theatre, Northbridge Incorporating performance, shadow play, puppetry, and live piano, The Warrior And The Princess tells the story of a chance meeting between a child refugee and a Japanese diplomat in the wake of the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland. Season runs Oct 2-20. Bookings via blueroom.org.au.

2012 Photographic Commissions Exhibition: Council House Foyer, Perth Mine Own Executioner: Mundaring Arts Centre, Toni Wilkinson and Juha Tolonen’s photographs capture Mundaring Mundaring Arts Centre’s annual exhibition of the essence of our city at a particular moment in time. Runs ‘til Nov 30. contemporary WA self portraiture. Runs ‘til Nov 11.

Barefaced Battle: The Bird, Northbridge Preparing to don swords and sandals, Barefaced Stories is gearing up for their second StoryBATTLE, with heats kicking off at The Bird on Tuesday, October 9. Armed only with true life tales, storytellers will face off over four big weeks to claim the title of Perth’s best raconteur. Battle registrations are open now at barefaced.com.au. Romeo & Juliet: Crown Theatre, Romeo & Juliet is perhaps the greatest love story ever told – but it hasn’t been told by one of Australia’s greatest storytellers. Until now. Graeme Murphy (Swan Lake, Nutcracker) adds another ballet classic to his list of audacious reinventions with this tale of a feisty girl and a feisty boy who are willing to take a stand for their love. Season runs Oct 10-14. Bookings via Ticketek. Art In Action: Art Gallery Of WA, Northbridge See the art of the Picasso To Warhol: 14 Modern Masters exhibition brought to life through drama, comedy, music and movement. Season runs Oct 10-Nov 7. Picasso To Warhol: 14 Modern Masters: Art Gallery Of WA, Northbridge Showcases over 120 works by 14 of modern art’s most iconic artists including Matisse, Picasso, Pollock and Warhol. Runs ’til Dec 3.

There Is No Grey: Mossenson Galleries, Subiaco An exhibition exploring the dichotomous power between positive and negative, dark and light, black and white. Runs ‘til Oct 9. Chris Edmund: Kurb Gallery, Northbridge Internationally renowned theatre director and writer Chris Edmund unleashes his passion and obsession in his first exhibition of paintings. Runs ‘til Oct 11. Spinifex: People Of The Sun And Shadow: John Curtin Gallery, Bentley This exhibition celebrates the 15th anniversary of the Spinifex Arts Project, Runs ’til Oct 12. Pictures Of The Floating World: Melody Smith Gallery, Carlisle Suspended in pigment and linseed oil, Woody Mellor’s large scale atmospheric paintings are exploration of mark making and abstract materiality as much as that of light, depth and movement. Runs ’til Oct 13. Chasing Shadows: Turner Galleries, Northbridge An exhibition of new prints by Kati Thamo, which are the result of travel and research the spectral past of her migrant Transylvanian parent’s homeland in 2010. Runs ’til Oct 20. The Method: Turner Galleries, Northbridge Two distinct new bodies of work by acclaimed Melbourne artist Alasdair McLuckie, who has previously had his work acquired by MONA, Artbank and Art & Australia among others. Runs ’til Oct 20. Look Both Ways: Turner Galleries, Northbridge Holly Story’s current exhibition has grown from an intense forest experience during a nine-week residency she undertook in King’s Wood, England in 2011. Runs ’til Oct 20. Yonder: PICA, Northbridge Yonder is an exhibition brings together an Australian and international group of 14 artists who share the wistful desire to know “what’s over there.” Runs ’til Oct 21. Not The Way Home: Buratti Fine Arts, North Fremantle A group exhibition featuring the works of 13 of Australia’s best contemporary artists who travelled together into the Australian desert and created artworks in response to the landscape around them. Exhibition runs from Sep 28 ’til Oct 25.

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In terms of superstar DJs, they don’t come much bigger than Paul Oakenfold. He’s been there, he’s done that, and he did it all first. Not far off his 50th, he’s showing no signs of slowing down. This year has seen him tour with Madonna as well as embark on his own extensive DJ tour. ALFRED GORMAN catches him during a rare break in his schedule where he’s in London catching some of the Olympics, before heading down under for his fresh tour. “I’ve been touring my Four Seasons release and concentrating on Las Vegas which has been my residency for a few years now, and working on my artist album which is coming out next year, so yeah I’ve been very busy,” Oakenfold begins. Suggesting he’s been “very busy” for about 30 years invokes a hearty chuckle. “Yeah you could say that but that’s what’s wonderful about the electronic world, you progress, you develop… I mean, years ago I never thought I’d be scoring movies and from there having a residency in Las Vegas.” Despite spending much of his formative years in the UK, Oakenfold’s currently based in LA, where he relocated around 10 ago to try and crack the American market and focus on producing movie soundtracks. Since then, he’s worked on the soundtracks for Swordfish, Matrix Reloaded, The Bourne Identity and Collateral, and he also gives us a scoop that he is starring, as himself, in an upcoming Christian Bale film.

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Paul Oakenfold Oakenfold was instrumental in breaking dance music in America, starting a wave that has now built to epic proportions. As well as having an extensive knowledge of music, he works hard and is an astute businessman. Oakey, as he’s affectionately known, has always been in the right place at the right time. Since his early years, his story is tightly woven into the fabric and evolution of dance music, taking DJs out of the underground clubs and onto the worldwide stage. Travelling to NYC in the ‘80s, the young lad witnessed the birth of hip hop, which profoundly affected him, consolidating his passion for music and inspiring him to dive headlong into the music industry. Very soon, he was back in London working as an A&R rep for Champion Records and was in fact responsible for signing Salt-N-Pepa, as well as a little known hip hop act by the name of DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, aka Will Smith – who went on to do alright for himself. Later on, he travelled to Ibiza and was responsible for bringing the Balearic house style to the UK, pivotal in the rise of Madchester scene alongside The Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses. He toured with acts like U2 and Madonna back then, was nominated for Grammys and became the first DJ to ever play the main stage at Glastonbury. But enough about his past, as Oakey himself says, he’s always focused on the future, and right now he’s focused on his residency in Las Vegas, which he calls the Ibiza of America.

PUMPING PARK BEATS Parklife ft Plan B/ Robyn/ The Presets/ Hermitude/ Chiddy Bang and more Monday, October 1, 2012 Wellington Square Anyone wandering the Perth streets around lunch time on Monday would have surely encountered countless shirtless dudes, random girls sobbing on the side of the road, crazy kids in full morph-suits, and possibly even a man carrying around his pet wooden duck - the Parklife punters were out in all their glory, and boy was it a great day for it. Sydney producer Flume kicked off proceedings on the Atoll Stage at the far side of the festival, warming up the already overheated crowd with his chilled out experimental productions and drawing a considerable number of punters considering his early timeslot. Sydney-Adelaide boys Parachute Youth put on a lively, synth and keyboard filled party. Considering this year has seen the lads embark on their first live national tour, it was super to see them both owning their stage presence, oozing confidence as they won the crowd over with their hit tune Can’t Get Better Than This. Blue Mountains hip hop duo Hermitude got the early crowd warmed up quick smart. Luke Dubs and Elgusto are one of the most underrated hip hop duos in Australia but the head-bopping and kneejerking group of punters on the frontline didn’t seem to think so as the lads launched into a predominantly HyperParadise filled set. Catchy, bop-throbbing tune Get In My Life saw all hands in the air and a communal sing-a-long to sampled vocals “baby baby” during All Of You was the perfect, shimmering, synth-heavy addition to a perfectly sunny afternoon. Title track HyperParadise went down a treat and all hands were in the air for their smash hit track Speak Of The Devil. But, it was the boys’ rendition of The Lion Sleeps Tonight from The Lion King which was a real highlight. South-African born electro-pop artist St. Lucia, aka Jean Phillip Grobler, was an unexpected highlight, showcasing raw indie pop talent and a smooth vocal ability. The Brookyln-based musician and his backing band sang some sweet harmonies and played some excellent pop and were definitely one of the more underrated acts of the day. 26

“My residency was at The Palms, but now I’ve moved to playing Pool Parties at The Hard Rock. Three years ago I started playing Vegas – they weren’t even into electronic music then but I really worked at it and now it’s become what Ibiza is to Europe – it’s the focus point for electronic music now. Especially in the last year, it’s become really big. America has finally caught up with the rest of the world,” he wryly comments. His current Full On Fluoro club tour is on the back of his mix series Four Seasons. Each of the four mixes is based on the seasons in terms of tone and sound. “The whole idea of this tour is to go back to the roots of what electronic music is all about and play some familiar songs with a different touch, as well as cutting edge new music - and it’s accompanied by a minimal, but very compelling visual show,” he says. While he may be going back to his roots for this tour, one thing that will be different to 20 years ago is he won’t be playing vinyl – though having this as a foundation for his mixing skills like many of the veteran DJs gives him an intangible edge lacking in many of the new generation. While technology has definitely done amazing things for dance music, DJs don’t have to practice for hours on end on their 1200s to develop vinyl mixing skills. “It’s a lot easier now,” he says, matterof-factly. “Technology has made it much easier for people to DJ and make music. The production levels, the sounds that you use need to be original and a lot of people are copying everyone else at the moment, which is a shame ‘cause it’s getting very repetitive out there – everyone just seems to be playing the same music.” His new artist album, tentatively titled Pop Killer, is coming out next year and features some big name collaborations - including the likes of Infected Mushroom and Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as a range of international vocalists singing in different languages - but for now he’s back doing what he loves most, with a total of 200 gigs scheduled in 2012. “I wanted to focus on playing more underground music this year,” he says. “I’ve really gotten back into DJing of late and am really enjoying it!”

» PAUL OAKENFOLD » SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 @ VILLA

PDMA 2011 (Photo by Ari Yeung, Sistymatic Photography)

PERTH DANCE MUSIC AWARDS SUBMISSIONS OPEN

The Perth Dance Music Awards are back again for another year and they’re calling out for all photographers – professional or amateur – to send in their entries for this year’s Best Scene Photograph award. You can submit up to five of your best photos from any EDM club night or festival between October 2011 and Wednesday, October 10, 2012. The Best Scene Flyer award is also back this year; Perth designers – this is your chance to send in artwork that you’ve created for local EDM gigs or festivals over the last year. And, if that’s not enough, there’s a Soundcloud available for all local music producers who would like to submit their favourite tracks for everyone to vote in the Best Local Tune award. Submissions for these three categories close on Wednesday, October 10. Hit up perthdancemusicawards.org for a full list of guidelines. Can’t wait!

NO BIG DADDY

If you’d planned on checking out Big Daddy Kane next Thursday, October 11, at The Rosemount Hotel, you’ll no longer be going because he’s temporarily postponed his tour. The tour dates are currently being rescheduled across the country and will be officially announced by the man himself via video super soon. If you bought tickets, hit up the ticketing agency you used to purchase tickets to grab your refunds.

DOUSTING MAD TIME

French DJ and producer Douster is coming to town. Boomtick saw him smash out a thumping set of house, bass, electro, world ghetto and rave at Coachella and decided to bring him out here. He’s released tracks on Mad Decent and done remixes for Yolanda Be Cool, Crookers, Rusko and more. His tracks have got all sorts of indigenous percussion, Chilean pan flutes and swagger. Douster will be smashing out beats on Friday, October 26, at Ambar. Lightsteed, Oli and Audageous will be on support. Tickets are $20 on the door or guarantee your ticket with a $15 presale from the Boomtick Shop.

without the aid of substances would recognise his distinct lack of vocal ability, repetitive stage banter (“Yeah, Perth!”) and an overall set that was simply lacking in entertainment. A questionable haze settled over the crowd as local lads Tame Impala performed just after sundown, putting on their usual seemingly effortless, solid set. But there was no room for this sort of behaviour when UK bass music duo Nero took to the stage with an epic live show accompanied by an incredible amount of changing, colourful lights and vocalist Alana Watson. Running through all their big hits from their 2011 record Welcome Reality, the crowd loved it. But, their set was no different to their performance at Big Day Out earlier this year, which was a bit of a disappointment. Passion Pit drew a huge crowd, kicking off their set with new tune Take A Walk, the band delivered a mostly Manners filled performance, Hermitude complete with streamers. The Presets dominated on the Sahara Chiddy Bang hit the stage next. Stage, mixing up old tunes as new instrumentals Though Chiddy (“he’s pretty much a big deal”) to keep things fresh. But, it was their new tunes can’t exactly carry a tune, and gains the from new record Pacifica which got the crowd most recognition from messing with other pumping. Smoke, screens and Julian Hamilton peoples tunes, the crowd seemed impressed – nailing the vocals during Ghosts was enough to particularly when he did a freestyle rap which give you chills down your spine and confirm that included the words “love them young asses” then The Presets are well and truly back. Meanwhile, Swedish superstar Robyn announced to the world that he is the “new Ray closed proceedings on the far side of the festival, Charles”. The high and mighty UK rapper Plan B was up straight after Chiddy, and the crowd’s reaction indicated that they’d be talking about his set for days. Plan B, aka Ben Drew, boasts talent that isn’t always seen in his genre of choice, and has the ability to switch between political hip-hop, rock, soul, and even dubstep. Kicking off with She Said and running through most of his better-known tunes, Drew and his full backing band performed effortlessly, with a few surprises - including a hilarious dubstep version of Seal’s Kiss From A Rose. Chairlift hit the stage mid-afternoon, showing off their cutesy brand of synth-pop and front-lady Caroline Polachek’s vocal prowess. The crowd lapped up much-loved single Bruises, and a merry little time was had by all, the crowd in good spirits just in time for the next act Wiley. Wiley took to the Atoll stage wearing a backpack (two straps, not one) for no apparent reason, and wandered around for most of his set wearing it while dropping his grimey beats. Though the crowd lapped up Numbers In Action and Money In My Pocket, anyone listening

Zeke

SEVEN YEARS DEEP

Highs and Lows has just turned seven years old and now, they’re having a birthday party to mark the special occasion. They’ve got a line-up that’ll get your butt down on the d-floor and your brain melting. Parisian hip hop producer Onra will be bringing some exotic instrumentals and Detroit’s own 14KT will be bringing his soul-sampled boom-bap he’s become known to rock faces with. Local lads Cosmo Gets will also be smashing out a set and Knoe FM and Ta-Ku, Zeke and Kit Pop will also be there in fine form. It’s all happening on Saturday, October 13, at The Bakery. Tickets are $30 plus booking fee and are available from nowbaking.com.au and Highs and Lows in store.

Robyn and was the hands-down standout for the day the lady is phenomenal. From her perfectly formed pop songs and stunning vocal ability to her superspunky dance moves and awesome outfit, the set was faultless. Robyn’s brand of pop and dedication to entertaining and connecting with the crowd isn’t something we often see. Her hour-long set boasted tracks like Indestructible, Call Your Girlfriend and Dancing On My Own, at which the crowd absolutely lost whatever inhibitions they had left. Photos by Guang Hui-Chuan

» CHLOE PAPAS & ANNABEL MACLEAN

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MONKEY SAFARI FUNNY BUSINESS

Hailing from Halle, a small city south of Berlin, DJ and producer duo Monkey Safari are total purveyors of club culture, running the legendary Charles Bronson club. ANNABEL MACLEAN chats with the housetechno ambassadors – Sven Fröhlich and Lars Rühlemann - ahead of their tour down under.

Slugabed

SLUGABED

Monkey Safari have had their fair share of ups and downs. Having started the legendary Charles Bronson club in their hometown of Halle, Germany, three years ago, to introduce their town to electronic music and throw some brilliant parties, it’s been a rollercoaster of a time. Last September, the lads had to temporarily close the club because some folk decided to ruin the fun. “[Last year] in the July summer-break we build a lot of new stuff, deco, etc,” Fröhlich begins. “At the beginning of September 2011, some nasty guys or girls - nobody knows - broke in, stole technical [equipment] and committed arson. [There was] big fire damage, all of our work was [gone] and we had to motivate ourselves to start again.”

But, with all the good memories which Charles Bronson has bought the lads, they’re motivated to keep the good times rolling. “[In] 2010, we [put on] a big festival in the club, too big for Halle. We booked people like Feadz, Oliver Huntemann, Zombie Disco Squad, Round Table Knights and a lot of more great but expensive artists,” Rühlemann says, reminiscing. “We put a lot of energy in but the people from Halle won’t pay much money so made a big [dent] on our bank accounts.” Responsible for bookings and the artcentred part of Charles Bronson, Fröhlich says it was Halle’s lack of music and club culture available which sparked the decision to start a club. “Halle is a small city in the south of Berlin,” Fröhlich continues.“230,000 people live there. We’ve got 35,000 students and a famous art university so it’s a small city but there are a lot of music interested people from all over the world. We’ve love music our whole life and started to make illegal parties for a long time. A lot of people are interested in electronic music but we never had a fixed club in Halle.” Other than running Charles Bronson, the duo founded What! What! Records four years ago and started up their Mambo imprint last year which is going strong. “With Mambo, we build up our own Monkey playground,” Rühlemann says. “We release only Monkey [Safari] stuff on it and are free from other artists or timelines. What! What! is a little family of different artists from Halle. We release the music [which] shows the world what’s going on in this small city.” The duo are excited to be returning down under shortly, having done a lightning three-week visit last year in May.“It was great and very impressive,”

Monkey Safari Fröhlich says of the tour. “This time we also come to cities, we didn’t the last time. We’re very happy about seeing more and more of Australia.” Rühlemann says punters can expect to hear “a lot of unreleased stuff” in the duo’s upcoming shows down under. And, as for collaborations, original productions and remixes, the boys have got a fair bit coming up. “At the moment, we made a remix for Zombie Disco Squad on Made To Play and released our Hi Life EP on Super Flu’s imprint Monaberry,” Fröhlich says.“In October we release on Strictly Rhythm another Monkey Remix and at the end of the year maybe our next Mambo release. Our first album [has been] out since April, we think one album per year is enough (laughs).”

» MONKEY SAFARI » HABITAT » FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 @ GEISHA

THAT SWING

Any producer working today is able to sample from any point in the recorded history of music. Add to that the yet-unheard worlds made possible through synthesis and you’ve got a pretty deep pool of sounds to draw on. Ninja Tune luminary, Slugabed, makes music which is an intoxicating blend of sounds from a huge array of sources. He chats to HENRY ANDERSEN ahead of his appearance at This Is Nowhere. Duke Ellington used to let people know that “it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.” Some decades later, Slugabed claims that “if music hasn’t got that ‘oomph’ that makes you want to shake something, then it’s not worth a whole lot.” ‘Oomph’ is a difficult characteristic to pinpoint in music but an impossible one to deny. It’s that visceral quality of sound that moves dancefloors and nods heads. In Slugabed’s music, it’s the way the beat staggers and lurches, it’s the stacked lines of sub bass that crawl through the tracks’ low end; it’s the way the side-chained kick drum pulls the rest of the tracks around it like a cloak. Slugabed (Greg Feldwick by day) is a producer based in Brighton and signed to the illustrious Ninja Tune label. As is to be expected from any Ninja Tune act, Slugabed’s music is a maximal mash of sounds from any number of different sources – there is the studied shuffle of hip hop producers like J Dilla and Flying Lotus, the shuddering low end of UK dubstep and endless folds of 8 bit game-boy synthesizers. Slugabed’s great skill as a producer is to pull all of these influences together with a sense of joy and abandon. His debut album, Time Team, creates a kind of all embracing logic where it feels like any sound or influence could surface at any moment. Feldwick describes the album as dealing with “deep feelings about mostly inexpressible things - like when I’m gazing out of a window of a train and everything is whizzing past real quick and I’m not thinking about anything in particular. I don’t necessarily feel happy or sad I just feel a wave of stuff that isn’t really attached to anything.” Musically the same frantic pacing courses through Slugabed’s tunes, waves of sound that aren’t necessarily connected to one another, each spilling into the next and overflowing to heady effect. It is often said that electronic music, with its endless possibility of sound and its remove from the concrete world, is especially adept at conjuring abstract moods such as the ones Slugabed describes. Feldwick insists, however, that the construction of the music is more key than the choice of sounds in creating mood. “What really conveys the most complex and abstract emotions is the composition,” he says. “The melodies, harmonies and rhythms are what’s most important and that’s something that is ubiquitous across all genres.” Listen closely to Slugabed’s music and you’ll hear that oomph in every element of the composition. It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.

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THE COURT

The Carine Tavern – Punchy & Juicy/ Little Nicky The Causeway – Jaymie Franchina 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 Whale & Ale – Josh Tilley The Whistling Kite - DJ Gareth Tiger Lils – Paul Malone/ Adam Kelly Toucan – Disco Inferno ft DJ Misschief Mel Velvet Lounge – Descent Woodvale Tavern – DJ Melvin

FRIDAY 05/10

Seth Sentry

WEDNESDAY 03/10

THURSDAY 04/10

Blvd Tavern – Dub Step Captain Stirling – Lockie Shaw 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 Llama Bar – Jo 19 Metro Freo - Rapture Mustang – DJ Giles Newport – Newport Wednesdays Sovereign Arms – Jordan Scott The Deen - DJ Zelimer/ DJ Viper/ DJ Benny/ T– Zone 1 The Queens – Wriggle on YaYa’s – DJ Paul Burgess

Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Wrighteous Claremont Hotel- DJ Fiveo/ Jimmy Thorne Club Marakesh – DJ Simon Cottesloe Hotel – DJ Shots/ DJ Andy M Empire Bar – Halo/ DJ Bojan/ DJ Ben Sebastian Eve Nightclub – DJ Tony Allen Flying Scotsman – Cowboys & Indie Kids DJs Leopold Hotel – DJ Riki/ Roger Smart Library - Dorcia Llama Bar – Danni Boi/ Charlie Bucket Mint Nightclub – DJ Simon Barwood Mt Henry Tavern - DJ Matty J Mullaloo Beach Hotel - DJ John Paul/ DJ Slick Mustang – DJ James Newport - Urban Swagga Paramount – DJ Johnny Boi/ DJ Jordan Players Bar – MASH South St – DJ Castasia/ Dpad Swinging Pig – DJ Simon The Avenue – Jon Ee

Ambar – Get Weird Launch ft Punks Jump Up Bar 120 - TZU Amplifier – DJ Jamie Mac Bar 459 - DJ Smurf Blvd Tavern – DJ Andy Boheme Bar - DJ Majiika Boulevard Tavern – DJ Andyy Broken Hill Hotel – DJ Nick Alexander Brooklands Tavern - DJ Misschief Mel Capitol (Upstairs) – I Love ‘90s Carine Tavern – Greg Packer/ MC Assassin Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Boogie Claremont Hotel – Jon Ee Club Bayview – Amnesia ft Fendi/ Axon/ Fellis Como Hotel – DJ Gazz Eastern Hotel – DJ Munch Empire Bar – Lockie Shaw Eve Nightclub – Mind Electric Flawless – DJ Ryan Flying Scotsman – DJs Jo19/ Rok Riley/ Armee Flying Scotsman (Defectors) - Back To Mono DJs Geisha - Habitat ft Monkey Safari Ginger Nightclub – Rondevoo Fridayz Gosnells Club – DJ Now Hipe Club - DJ E-Funk Honey Lounge – DJ Curlee/ Drew Green Lakers Tavern – Fresh Fridays - DJ Dooey Left Bank – DJ Frankie Button Library – DJ Sneaky Little Creatures Loft – Marine Beats Llama Bar – Jim Pearson/ Jehan/ Ben Edit/ DJ Cee Matches Bar - Hatchling Merriwa Tavern – DJ Real McCoy Metro City (Solace Bar) – DJ Slick Metro Freo - Frat House Friday Mint Nightclub – Club Retro ft Chris McPhee Mullaloo Beach Hotel - DJ John Paul Mustang – Swing DJ/ DJ James MacArthur Norma Jean’s –DJ Waz Paddy Hannans – Crazy Craig Paramount - DJ Johnny Boi/ DJ Jordan Players Bar – Miss Football Queens Tav – DJ Rueben Rocket Room – Extreme Aggression ft DJ Cain Sail & Anchor - Balcony Beatz/ DJ J-MAC

FRAT HOUSE FRIDAYS

METRO FREO

Shape – The Switch Sovereign Arms – Dylan Hammond The Avenue – Dale Ingvarson The Carine – Mind Electric/ Little Nicky/ Az-T The Causeway – Jus Haus? The East End Bar – Az-T The Generous Squire - DJ Anaru The Queens – DJ Rueben The Saint - DJ Emmanuel The Shed – DJ Glenn 20 The Whale & Ale – Josh Tilley Tiger Lils – Paul Malone/ Adam Kelly The Vic - DJ Giles The Wembley Hotel – Abstar Windsor – DJ Riki and Ray Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Giles Villa – Metric DJs/ Lewis McKirdy DJ set Ya-Ya’s – Hero DJs ft Pup

SATURDAY 06/10 Ambar – Japan 4 ft Buda/ Tee EL/ Marty McFly/ Marko Paulo/ Bezwun Amplifier – TZU Amplifier - Pure Pop ft Eddie Electric Basement On Broadway – DJ Ricky Boheme Bar – Carte Blanche DJs Broken Hill Tavern – DJ Roger Smart/ Matt Richards/ Ben Dallin Capitol (Upstairs) – Cream Of The ‘80s ft DJ Ryan Capitol – Death Disco Clancy’s (Canning Bridge) - DJ Dood Claremont Hotel – Fiveo/ J.V.R Club Bay View – Fiveo Eastern Hotel – DJ Munch Empire Bar – DJ James Ess Eurobar – Roger Smart/ DJ Raci Eve Nightclub – DJ Crazy Craig/ DJ Don Migi Flying Scotsman - Under The Influence DJs Flying Scotsman (Defectors) - Fore DJs High Road Hotel – DJ Simon High Wycombe – DJ Matt Hipe Club – DJ E-Funk Honey Lounge – DJ Saxon/ Sardi Library – MKT ft DJ Riki/ DJ Vicktor and more Little Creatures Loft – Marine Beats Liquid Nightclub - DJ Klar55/ DJ Stevie M Llama Bar – DJ Reuben/ DJ Melvin Malt Super Club – Fiveo Metro City - DJ Matty S/ DJ Makka/ DJ Angry Buda/ DJ Kenny L Metro City (Climax) - DJ Francesco/ DJ Don Migi/ DJ Slick Metro City (R&B Lounge) - DJ Soso/ DJ Ruthless/ DJ Brett Costello Metro Freo – DJ Tuck/ Ben Carter/ DJ Wazz Mint Nightclub – Pop Life ft DJ Aaron/ AJ Mullaloo Beach Hotel – DJ Danny Mustang – Rockabilly DJ/ DJ James MacArthur Niche – Frankie Button/ Cee/ Jonny Zimber Norma Jeans – DJ Phat Daz Oxford Hotel – DJ Sequeria Paramount- DJ Cornflake / DJ Jordan/ DJ Johnny Boi Players Bar - Luxe

TZU Queens Tav - Gareth Richardson Republic - Purple Sneaker DJs Rocket Room – DJ Perry South St Ale House – DJ Jay Sovereign Arms – Rockwell The Avenue – Jon Ee The Boheme – DJ Sneakee The Brighton (Upstairs) – Micah/ Kill Dyl/ eSQue The Causeway – Rhys Johnson The Clink –Az-T The Cornerstone – Dylan Hammond The Craftsman – DJ Shortz The Deen - DJ Birdie/ DJ JJ/ DJ Tony Allen The East End Bar - Fiveo The Generous Squire – On Tap ft James Nutley The Honey Lounge – Steffi The Rosemount Hotel - Seth Sentry The Saint – DJ Anaru The Shed –DJ Andyy The Wembley – Lokie Shaw The Whistling Kite - DJ Craig The Vic – DJ Kristian Tiger Lils – DJ Bojan/ DJ Ben Sebastian Toucan – DJ Hages Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin Villa - Paul Oakenfold Windsor – DJ Ray Woodvale Tavern – DJ Real McCoy Ya-Ya’s – Hero DJs ft Pup

SUNDAY 07/10 Captain Stirling – DJ Jay Claremont Hotel – DJ Double Dee Clink – DJ Tony Allen Empire Bar – CB3/ DJ Riki/ DJ Vicktor

Euro Bar – DJ Flex 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 – Lucky Charm Rocket Room – Coyote Ugly Sovereign Arms – Dylan Hammond The Avenue – Az-T The Causeway – Lukas Wimmler The Cott – Cott Sessions The Kiosk – DJ Cinder The Norfolk Hotel - Seth Sentry The Saint - DJ Anaru The Shed – DJ Tony Dee

MONDAY 08/10 Bar Orient - DJ White Label Broken Hill Tavern - DJ Mario Tavelli The Deen – Plastic Max/ The Token Gesture The Den (Civic Hotel) - MC Lars The Paddo – DJ John Paul The Shed – DJ Andyy

TUESDAY 09/10 Bar Orient - DJ Lyndon Eastern Hotel – Jon Edwards High Road Hotel – DJ Matty J High Wycombe – DJ Ricky Hipe Club – DJ Roger Smart Players Bar (Norma Jeans Bar) – Stevie M Victoria Park Hotel – DJ Melvin

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METRO CITY

PARKLIFE

NEWPORT

IN THE THIS WEEK TZU Friday, October 5 @ Bar 120 Habitat ft Monkey Safari Friday, October 5 @ Geisha Get Weird Launch ft Punks Jump Up Friday, October 5 @ Ambar

Seven Years Deep ft Onra/ 14KT/ Ta-Ku/ Zeke/ Kit Pop/ Cosmo Gets and more Saturday, October 13 @ The Bakery This Is Nowhere ft Jimmy Edgar/ Ikonika/ Slugabed/ Dro Carey/ D’eon/ James Ireland/ Move Crew/ Rok Riley/ Travis Doom/ Jo Lettenmaier Sunday, October 14 @ Dolphin Theatre & Lawrence Jackson Court, UWA

Purple Sneaker DJs Saturday, October 6 @ Villa Nightclub Nadia Ali/ Jason Creek/ DJ Kenny L Friday, October 19 @ Metro City TZU Saturday, October 6 @ Amplifier Micky Slim Friday, October 19 @ Ambar Seth Sentry Saturday, October 6 @ The Japan 4 ft Nick Thayer Rosemount Hotel Saturday, October 20 @ Ambar Paul Oakenfold Saturday, October 6 @ Villa Seth Sentry Sunday, October 7 @ The Norfolk Hotel

Matrix & Futurebound/ Smooth/ Phetsta Saturday, October 20 @ Villa THEESatisfaction Saturday, October 20 @ The Bakery

COMING UP

Jay Sean Thursday, October 25 @ Eve Nightclub

Rudimental Thursday, October 11 @ Ambar

Douster Friday, October 26 @ Ambar

The Aston Shuffle Can’t Stop Now Tour Friday, October 12 @ Villa

Madlib Medicine Show ft Madlib/ J Rocc/ Egon Saturday, October 27 @ The Bakery

Sampology (DJ set) Friday, October 12 @ The Manor

Into The Limelight DJ Competition Saturday, October 27 @ Villa

Downlink Friday, October 12 @ Shape

Challenger Ready: Halloween Dress-Up Party ft FTW v Benny P/ Blend v DNGRFLD/ Marty McFly v Tee EL/ Black & Blunt/ Marko Paulo v Oli Saturday, October 27 @ Ambar

Fresh Produce: Double Trouble ft Lemon Lime n Love Town/ Benny P & Genga/ 4by4/ The Tapeheads/ CK RUCKUS v StrangerThanDigital Halloween ft Swanky Friday, October 12 @ Ambar Tunes Wednesday, October 31 @ Villa Bombs Away Friday, October 12 @ Eve Nightclub Heavyweight Sounds ft London Elektricity/ Dynamite MC/ Xilent and more Emalkay Friday, November 2 @ Metro City Saturday, October 13 @ Shape

‘90s Party ft Snap! Saturday, November 3 @ Villa The Court Street Party ft Wynter Gordon/ Kitty Glitter/ Nino Brown/ Skarlett Saramore/ Dan Murphy Saturday, November 3 @ The Court Smoke DZA/ LV/ Jesse Boykins III/ Shigeto/ Melo X/ Raaghe/ Savior/ Zeke/ Rok Riley Saturday, November 9 @ The Bakery Prefuse 73/ Teebs Saturday, November 17 @ The Bakery Floating Points/ Fatima/ Alexander Nut Thursday, November 22 @ Ambar Stereosonic ft Tiësto/ Avicii/ Calvin Harris/ Example/ Carl Cox/ Major Lazer/ Laidback Luke/ Martin Solveig/ Dash Berlin/ Markus Schulz/ Diplo/ Sander van Doorn/ Infected Mushroom/ Chuckie/ Flux Pavilion/ Mr Oizo/ Porter Robinson/ Loco Dice/ Bassnectar/ JFK MSTRKRFT/ Excision/ Adam Beyer/ Aly & Fila/ Caspa/ Datsik/ Joris Voorn/ Bingo Players/ Tommy Trash/ Simon Patterson/ Gesaffelstein/ Ørjan Nilsen/ Dillon Francis/ Foreign Beggars/ Zedd/ Brodinski/ Krewella/ Nina Kraviz/ Van She/ Alvin Risk/ Destructo/ MaRLo/ Treasure Fingers/ Bart B More and more Sunday, November 25 @ Claremont Showground (TBC) Trus’me Wednesday, November 28 @ The Bird The Knocks Sunday, December 2 @ Venue TBC

Sets On The Beach ft lineup TBC Sunday, December 2 @ Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre Perth Dance Music Awards Sunday, December 2 @ The Court Mr Grevis Wednesday, December 12 @ Mojos Breakfest ft Krafty Kuts/ A.Skillz/ DJ Yoda/ Lady Waks/ The Nextmen/ Jaguar Skills/ Specimen A/ Pyramid/ Marten Hørger/ High Contrast/ Spy/ Camo & Krooked/ MC Wrec Wednesday, December 26 @ Belvoir Amphitheatre Origin NYE ft Chase & Status (DJ Set)/ Knife Party/ Gaslamp Killer/ ShockOne/ Pearson Sound/ DMZ (Coki & Mala)/ Goldie/ Brookes Brothers/ Ed Rush/ Wilkinson/ Dillinja/ Marky & Stamina/ Sigma/ Delta Heavy/ Metrik/ DC Breaks/ Skism/ Gemini/ Inspector Dubplate/ Jakes/ Mensah/ Dodge & Fuski/ Bar9/ Distance/ Dark Sky/ Ben Ufo/ New York Transit Authority/ Pariah/ XXXY/ Om Unit and more TBC Sunday, December 30 & Monday, December 31 @ Fairbridge Village, Pinjara Cuban Club ft Cuban Brothers/ Yacht Club DJs/ Russ Dewbury/ Death Disco DJs and more Tuesday, January 1 @ The Flying Squadron Yacht Club, Dalkeith Summadayze ft Chemical Brothers (DJ Set)/ M.I.A/ Fedde Le Grand/ Mark Ronson (DJ Set)/ Kimbra/ Booka Shade (live)/ Eddie Halliwell/ AN21 & Max Vangeli/ Carl Craig 69 (live)/ Maya Jane Coles/ Disclosure Live/ Adrian Lux/ Erol Alkan/ Breakbot (live)/ Fake Blood/ Hudson Mohawke/ Araabmusik/ Icona Pop/ Scuba/ Aeroplane/ Jesse Rose/ Danny Daze/ AC Slater/ Stafford Brothers & Timmy Trumpet/ Bombs Away and more TBC Sunday, January 6 @ Patersons Stadium Sets On The Beach ft lineup TBC Sunday, January 13 @ Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre ESG Sunday, January 20 @ The Bakery

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Big Day Out ft The Bloody Beetroots/ Crystal Castles/ Kaskade/ Pretty Lights/ Nicky Romero/ Morgan Page/ Sampology and more Monday, January 28 @ Claremont Showground Above & Beyond Friday, February 1 @ Metro City

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Sets On The Beach ft lineup TBC Sunday, March 17 @ Scarborough Beach Amphitheatre

REPTILE YOUTH LIZARDS OF LOVE

There’s something rotten in the state of Denmark; something rotten and scaly, with cold reptilian eyes and a forked tongue. It’s Copenhagen electro-pop terrors Reptile Youth, and watch out because they’re about to conquer the world. MORGAN RICHARDS chats with Mads Damsgaard Kristiansen and Esben Valløe about their debut album and relentless live shows. The first thing you might notice about Reptile Youth is that they make a hell of a lot of noise for just two people. Mads Damsgaard Kristiansen recalls how the pair first met, back in 2009. “The first time I saw Esben was in a squatted building,” he says. “Some friends of mine were having a party there. Esben was playing a concert. It was just him on stage. It was really messy and pretty weird but there was something to it. It had a special vibe - reckless in a calm way. “Less then a year later we decided to start making music together. I told Esben that I was going to be a big star one day, and that I would like to be it with him. At first he was kind of reluctant but it didn’t take long to convince him.” From there, the duo hooked up with nu-disco producer and fellow Dane, Kasper Bjørke. “Kasper saw a show a couple of years ago,” Esben says. “[He] has believed in us from the first day. In the beginning he was just helping out, as the kind human being he is. But in time, he got more and more involved. Now he is a big part of us. He is a dear friend and we feel blessed to have him in the family. He is a very talented person on every level and the one who always calms us down when we are about to panic.” This talk of panic is perhaps wellwarranted. With their eponymous debut album out now through Hamburg label hfn Music, Reptile Youth are ready to explode. First single Speeddance is like some terrifying new drug; from the tight

Reptile Youth bass groove and chain-gated guitar compression to the ridiculously catchy falsetto chorus consisting of little more than “doo doo doo”, it’s three minutes of high-energy mayhem. “Dance, dance as if your hands were on fire,” implores Mads Damsgaard Kristiansen. The production is immaculate but from the first listen you know that this is music meant for the moshpit. Indeed, the duo are notorious for their wild live antics - just check out the video for Speeddance for a taste. “I would think that the most crazy things we’ve done are things we can’t remember,” Mads admits. “Or even things we have chosen not to remember - destroyed stuff mainly. When you want something that much, you sometimes accidentally go too far. I truly believe that the most interesting state is a state with no control. Everything is free just there; even when it means ruining things sometimes. It’s just like love. “And talking about love - last month we played a show in Norway where a guy in the audience was very aggressive towards me. I was actually a bit afraid of the situation and ended up kissing with him. This kiss entirely changed the vibe. Love and aggression are just to close sometimes.” So how exactly do Reptile Youth intend to take over the world? “We are karma kids,” Mads responds. “Karma is the universal police. So we will be conquering the world with love.” So lock up your daughters (and your sons) because the lizard-men are coming!

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RUSSIAN CIRCLES Eagle Twin / Drowning Horse The Bakery Sunday, September 30, 2012

Imagination is a gift that every human possesses. Yet the ability to unlock this trait to its full extent is often fraught with personal trials and tribulations. This emotional rollercoaster, from the raw and bleeding lows to the ecstatic highs, is what instrumental outfit Russian Circles set out to document. With each album, this Chicago-based trio have reinvented the dynamics between the ‘light’ and the ‘dark’ in each and every one of us. Back in Perth for the second time in a year off the back of their fourth LP Empros, audiences were once again treated to a rare insight into the twists and turns of the human psyche. And it was glorious. Drowning Horse could not have been a better-suited local support for this evening. Another act that has learnt to tread the line between crescendos, the bang of a single tom drum can be as deafening as the distortion-laden roar of their guitars’ at their peak. Fresh off the back of their recent debut self-titled double LP release, they used time as their guide. Like pistons on a slow-moving train, their movements were meant for their world alone. Eyes averted, bodies angled away from the crowd with only drummer James Wills commanding the orchestration til their close. Stepping away from the earlier mood set, Eagle Twin gave a taste of Utah sludge at its finest. It could be so easy to pick at the inconsistencies of this guitar-drummer duo’s set. The slightly off lengthy guitar instrumental passages courtesy of frontman Gentry Densley or the timing at points between the

pair. But, in all honesty, this was also their greatest attribute. It felt like we were sitting in their lounge room and they were just going balls-out. What could not be awesome about that? Working a mix between their two releases, including the 2012 offering The Feather Tipped The Serpent’s Scale, it was hard not to be taken in by their sheer sincerity and dirtiness – like a thorn in the side of a bevy of over-polished acts today. Humble is a word that Russian Circles exemplify. Leaving room to breathe after their fellow American’s performance, light electronics filtered through the air. A stark white light threw shadows across the stage, laying the perfect groundwork for the band that appeared behind their instruments without offering any recognition to the audience that awaited them. Lurching straight into 309, the first track off their latest, what registered was the sheer heaviness. The whole night immediately took on a darker tone, like the three-piece were guiding us willingly down through the nine circles of hell – only to receive glimpses of the saving light that awaits us just a few strums away. Working a heavy portion from their fourth full-length, touching moments like the soaring Schiphol gained an excited sigh from their devotees while older picks like Carpe and Youngblood did not go untouched. It will be some time before we see this trio on our shores again, as they now go to write their next album, but this performance left the senses sated. For now. _JESSICA WILLOUGHBY

Stephen Malkmus (Photo: Dan Grant)

STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS Split Seconds The Rosemount Hotel Friday, September 28, 2012 It has been a strong couple of years for Stephen Malkmus. As well as his knack for being indie-rock’s Benjamin Button, he has navigated a successful Pavement reunion that didn’t outstay its welcome and delivered arguably his best Jicks album to date Mirror Traffic. When someone as revered as Stephen Malkmus comes to town, even if it is Grand Final eve you can be sure that people will come out of the woodwork. The year’s ‘most likely to’ band Split Seconds may have moved to Melbourne a few months ago for greener pastures but their relocation has had next to no effect on how regularly they have been hitting Perth stages. The five-piece were peddling tunes from their stellar debut album, but it was the older tune What A Week that stood out for the early part of the set. The gig hardened band are a now a louder and tighter proposition than when they were local darlings. Pollard sung about his imaginary friend Oliver as the band added grunt and texture with Golby pulling shapes and smiling profusely, and radio numbers Top Floor and All You Gotta Do were as usual, as catchy as the dose. Split Seconds again played their high quality cerebral pop tunes in a manner that made them worth the price of admission alone. Some tidy guitar riffing from Mike Clark alerted people that Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks were in the building, as they hit the ground running with the anthemic Baby C’mon.The ageless front man was in much finer form than his reputation suggests as he joked with the punters near the stage and asked for his vocals to be turned lower in the mix due to his knack of singing a lot louder during a ‘concert’ than the sound check. The focus of the evening was on tunes from the most recent Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks album. The more melodic moments of Tigers and Stick Figures In Love acted as bookends for the 10 minute psychedelic rock out of Real Emotional Trash that saw Malkmus almost lose himself on the side of stage as he noodled innocuously. Asking Price was given more muscle, whereas Jenny And The Ess Dog was stripped down to its bare essentials as Malkmus stood on the fold back wedges and serenaded the crowd. Speaking of older tunes, Pavement’s Speak See Remember got a low key airing too and almost went unnoticed. Jake Morris had massive shoes to fill as the drummer than followed on from John Moen and Janet Weiss and did so in grand style with a porn moustache and tasty chops. He took on lead vocals as the band added a swag of covers to their set as is their norm. They dragged out seventies one hit wonders Looking Glass’ Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl) and a reggae meets Radio Birdman version of Down Under to end the night on a flippant note. Malkmus, possibly unaware of the stage door, departed through the crowd where he shook hands and posed for photos for those lucky enough to have their mobile phones handy before disappearing with a wave out the rarely used rear door of the venue. With a day that had been filled with sombre news nationally, Malkmus was just the tonic. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT

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HAPPY 13TH BIRTHDAY Mustang Bar Sunday, September 30, 2012 All punters were down on the d-floor celebrating last Sunday night as The Mustang partied the night away, celebrating its 13th birthday. Pete Busher and the Lone Rangers and Easy Tiger were entertaining the troupes and DJs Rockin’ Rhys and James Macarthur were behind the decks. Happy 13th birthday Mustang! Photos by Stefan Caramia

MUSTANG BAR

Support original music this Thursday, October 4, with Jake & The Cowboys.The Fremantle-based foursome has led a promising career since its formation in late 2009, due in no small part to the band’s upbeat poprock songs that have drawn acclaim like metal to a loadstone. Support comes from special guests and DJ James MacArthur.

INDI BAR

This month’s Ladies Night brings a stellar line-up of Mama Boots, Vive Oldham, Natasha Shanks, and Eagle And The Worm’s not-so-lady-like Grizzly Jim Lawrie joining the bill as part of his West Coast tour. Toby is back on Saturday, October 6, with her rockin’ acoustic blues tunes and Sunday, October 7, sees Tin Can Radio return to WA shores to play their only Perth show in celebration of their latest release Open Ears, Open Minds.

KIDOGO ARTHOUSE

It’s been a while since singer-songwriter, Loren Kate graced our Western shores so make sure you check out her out at Kidogo Arthouse in Fremantle with renowned cellist, Mel Robinson and infamous Fremantle multi-instrumentalist, Charlie Mgee on Sunday, October 7. Enchantingly beautiful, downto-earth and simply heart-warming, Loren Kate has cast a sublime spell over her audiences around the country with her unique and unforgettable sound and soul for the good part of a decade.

INGLEWOOD HOTEL

Inglewood Hotel is celebrating Oktoberfest exclusively on their veranda bar this year. They will be having a German Sausage sizzle, festive music, games and there will be great prizes to be won! Tickets are on sale now at only $30 each – call (08) 9370 5511 to purchase them. Kicks off at 12pm so get your tickets fast!

SONIC VELVET

This Friday, October 5, at the Velvet Lounge it’s a Sonic Velvet night with twist. Catch the usually heavy-hitting Red Sky, Law Of Attraction, Carthasy, This Other Eden and Nevsky Prospekt all playing stripped-back acoustic sets! Doors open 8pm and entry is $10.

THE SAINT

The Saint has a smorgasbord of killer live entertainment this month! Starting Thursday, October 5, is Huge from 9pm and every Friday and Saturday sees Retrofit in the beer garden from 5.30pm. Don’t miss the super Sunday session with the Howie Morgan Trio from 4pm this Sunday, October 7. 32

ROSEMOUNT HOTEL

This Friday, October 5, catch Sugar Army launching their new album Summertime Heavy with special guests Red Jezebel, Usurper Of Modern Medicine and Leure. Doors open 8pm, tickets from Heatseeker. To win a double pass to this show email win@rosemounthotel.com.au with‘Win’in the subject line.

RAILWAY HOTEL

Friday, October 5, catch Naked Flame, Michael Triscari (with band) and Mat Cammarano. Saturday, October 6, it’s a night of female-fronted punk-rock courtesy of Sickly Sweet, The Crooked Cats, The Shakeys and Coastal Kicks.

YA YA’S

The first week of October is the launch of two very big things at Ya Ya’s. Firstly on Saturday, October 6, they launch Day Tripper Summer and what better way to celebrate than with some live music from 12-5pm! Sunday, October 7, sees the launch of Jammin #3, their new local band comp kicking off from 1pm. Support local acts in their bid to win some great prizes!

THE BROKEN HILL HOTEL

Sunday, October 7, from noon ‘til late dress up in your Oktoberfest outfit for a day of fun and games, including competitions, live music, food stalls and much more. Tickets available now from Moshtix or the venue.

MOONDYNE JOES

C’mon down to Moondye Joes, Fremantle on Friday, October 5, and Friday, October 12, to witness something special. With a huge following, Vdelli are a unique three piece band from Perth. The group features Michael Vdelli, whose vocal diversity ranges from smooth, soulful, bluestones to the voice of a rock‘n’roll madman about to explode!

VOODOO LOUNGE

This Friday, October 6, Voodoo Lounge is hosting the second week of Foxy Boxing, in which two girls face off with giant, over-sized boxing gloves and not much else. Each bout is decided by “popular vocal decision” or TKO (which you’ll have to attend to learn exactly what that means in Foxy Boxing). This is bound to be a fantastic, fun loving night for guys and girls. Please remember Voodoo Lounge promotes a strict “no dickheads” policy – and encourages everyone simply to have a great time! The first match bell rings at 10pm, entry is $15. X-Press – First on the street, Wednesdays

BAMODI

Scratch & Sniff Bamodi have been absent on the local scene of late but as JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD learnt they’ve clearly not spent the downtime mellowing. In 2012 they return from hiatus with a pair of new band members and releases: their second LP Smell Heaven and a split 7” EP with Tokyo’s Mekare-Kare which they’re gearing up to launch on Sunday, October 7, at The Bakery. It may have been more than four years in the making and feature a somewhat different line-up, but with their sophomore LP Smell Heaven muchadmired local punk outfit Bamodi have been able to parlay the success of their 2008 debut into a second effort. It’s inevitable that any change in an outfit’s line-up will, in some way or another, affect the music that outfit strives to make. With new bassist Wil Hooper (Water Temple) and drummer Matt Bairstow (smRts) at the helm, vocalist/guitarist Kenta McGrath says the Bamodi sound has subsequently evolved, with their change in direction particularly evident on new LP Smell Heaven. “There are a lot more faster, punkier songs on this record than on our previous releases which I think is mainly to do with having a new drummer who likes playing fast and simply,” he explains. “Mostly we just try and capture a kind of energy or mood that we felt and try and translate that musically. Sometimes it’s another piece of music, a scene from a film, an anecdote you heard, a dickhead

Emerald City (Photo: Guang-Hui Chuan)

EMERALD CITY Black Betty’s Sunday, September 30, 2012 Emerald City kick-started Perth’s new hard rock scene way back in ‘07, bursting onto the scene with dynamic live shows and a 2009 EP that garnered worldwide recognition. Fast forward five years and they’ve only added one more single to their discography, but finally they’re showcasing new songs and gearing up for some proper touring, starting with their annual Queens Birthday long weekend blast at Black Betty’s. Room At The Reser voir opened proceedings with a short but solid set that showcased their potential and varied influences – a touch of psychedelic classic rock here, an indie flourish there. Sleepfreak stepped in at the last minute to deliver a hard rocking set that meshed classic rock influences (Deep Purple, Free) with the ferocity of modern metal (Metallica, Soundgarden). Clearly relishing being on the big stage, they pulled out all the stops and turned on some new fans, their set culminating in WAM Song Of The Year-nominated Sleazebag. Ragdoll have gone from strength to strength over the past couple of years, not least of which with the experience of a recent U.S. tour under their belts. Their melodic rock assault has never sounded more confident and assured, from Cam Barrett’s powerhouse backbone, through Leon Todd’s guitar heroism to Ryan Rafferty’s soulful and bluesy vocals and bass playing. They’re incapable of putting a foot wrong as they run through tracks from their Ragdoll Rock and Here Today EPs. It was Emerald City’s night though, and the headliners knew exactly how to rock a big stage, working the audience into a frenzy as they mixed up favourite tracks from their 2009 Unleashed EP (She’s A Lover, Our Little Secret, Not Ready For Love), their 2011 single Show And Tell and newer songs like Foolscap Tommy, Gotta Get High and Ain’t Gonna Get Nothin’. A raucous cover of Twisted Sister’s mighty anthem I Wanna Rock gave singer Sal Abate the opportunity to lead the throng in a party rock singalong, and with a voice perfect for this sort of hard rock style, he strutted the stage like he owned it. Likewise, guitarists Nick Rossetti and Joe Sabatino launched solos and riffs from the stage as if Black Betty’s was a 5000 seater, and the Simon Hallet/Frank LiCastro rhythm section was tailor made for stadiums. Emerald City are playing as good as they ever have, and with this new flurry of activity we can only hope they get some of these new songs recorded and deliver their Aussie-tinged sleazy brand of hard rock to a wider audience. _SHANE PINNEGAR www.xpressmag.com.au

Bamodi you met, the way a shop attendant looked at you as you paid for your milk. The West Coast Eagles and Melbourne hip-hop extraordinaire R.A.E.D. probably snuck their way into more songs than we’d like to admit. As for the album’s evocative title, McGrath says Smell Heaven comes from a number of places.“Recently when I was trying to describe a durian to a friend, I googled it and saw an apt description of the fruit that read, ‘smells like hell, tastes like heaven’. I liked how that sounded and used it as one of our song titles; we also wrote another song called Tastes Like Hell, Smells Like Heaven. The photo I took for the front cover, in front of a waterfall in Argentina, looks quite ambiguous but most would agree that it could well be a man sniffing his wife’s armpits as they fuck in heaven. I also adopted a greyhound recently, which features on the record insert alongside Wil and Matt’s dogs. As we know one of the main ways in which a dog enjoys its time on earth is to smell anything and everything, and spread its own smell anywhere and everywhere. While Smell Heaven would have been enough to satiate the fans hungry for more Bamodi, the trio is also gifting listeners with a split 7” with Tokyo’s Mekare-Kare who are making the trip over for an epic launch this Sunday at The Bakery. “We met Mekare-Kare through Bariken, another Tokyo band with whom we released a split album – and toured together – back in 2008. Mekare-Kare wanted to tour Australia a couple of years ago so we helped them out by organising some shows, finding floors for them to sleep on, etc. We’ve since become good buddies; when I went to Tokyo earlier this year they spoiled me rotten and now we have to return the favour and fatten them up and give them suntans,” McGrath concludes. “Those who didn’t see them the last time they visited Perth are in for a real treat. They’re a kind of band that you rarely get a chance to see in Australia, very intense, entertaining and virtuosos on their instruments. They’ll do what many great Japanese bands do which is to amaze you, entertain you and charm you with their broken English.”

BE VERY AFRAID

After a busy past 12 months of live shows including performances alongside acts such as The Tallest Man On Earth, Holly Throsby and Eskimo Joe, Amanda Merdzan is ready to launch her new single Afraid. Hear the new tune, as well as sets from Timothy Nelson & The Infidels, Bedouin Sea and David And Nathalie (Big Old Bears) this Saturday, October 6, at the Norfolk Basement.

TAKE OUT THE TRASH

So The New Pollution hasn’t released their new album yet (boo) but that doesn’t mean you can’t indulge in their new tunes (yay). They’ll play the record live, in full, at a special pre-release listening party this Friday, October 5, at The Bakery. Support comes from Doctopus, Mayor Dadi and Gunns. Entry is $5 from 8pm.

GOLDEN BOYS

After impressing with their self-titled EP released earlier this year, alt-rock five-piece Frighteners are back and ready to set tongues wagging with new single Golden Tongue. Don’t miss their single launch this Saturday, October 6, at Ya Ya’s, with Further Earth, Bishi Bashi and Stunning In Red. And keep your ears peeled for a forthcoming EP in early 2013.

RAIN RAIN COME AGAIN

As a first offering off their upcoming EP Friends, Rainy Day Women are gearing up to release new single Runaway on Saturday, October 6, at Mojos with special guests Runner, The Flower Drums and Mat Cammarano. Pre-sale tickets are available now through Moshtix.

CATCH HER DRIFT

Ever-so-lovely local lass Helen Shanahan has been hard at work writing her debut album Driftwood and is ready to showcase her efforts at the album launch on Friday, October 5, at the Fly By Night. Pre-sale tickets are $26 from flybynight.org

DEGENERATION

Modern death metal five-peice Befallen will showcase their modern take on the death metal genre at the launch for their first studio release Degeneration at Amplifier this Friday, October 5. With Sensory Amusia, I Am Eternal and Inanimacy in support prepare yourself for a sonically punishing, aural assault. 33

Loren Kate, October 7, Kidogo Arthouse

Cannibal Corpse, October 9, Capitol

The Rubens, October 5, Capitol & Newport Hotel, October 7

ROCK IT (The Black Keys, JOHN WILLIAMSON Timmy Trumpet, Bombs Away & More) John Butler Trio, Birds Of 30 Quarry Amphitheatre 6 Patersons Stadium Subiaco Tokyo, The Panics, Lanie THE SAINTS SANDI THOM Lane, Last Dinosaurs, 30 Fly By Nightclub 10 Fly By Night Royal Headache, 3 Amplifier 9 Capitol NIGHTWISH Graveyard Train, Brothers 4 YMCA HQ DECEMBER 20 Metropolis Fremantle Grim, The Toot Toot Toots, ESG JOHN WILLIAMSON and more) OCTOBER DAVE GRANEY & THE 20 The Bakery 28 Joondalup Arena 1 Quarry Amphitheatre STEEL PANTHER/ THE ART HARRY JAMES ANGUS MISTLY WEEZER JUSTINE CLARKE 11 Metro City 23 Perth Arena 4 Clancy’s Fish Pub 28 Fremantle Arts Centre 1 Astor Theatre PAUL CAPSIS THURSTON MOORE Fremantle NATURAL NEW ZEALAND JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD 11 Artbar 27 Mojos 30 Rosemount Hotel MUSIC FESTIVAL ( 5 Clancy’s Dunsborough BIG DADDY KANE Shapeshifter, Kora, Ladi6, BIG DAY OUT (Red Hot 6 The Bird 11 Rosemount Hotel Chili Peppers, The Killers, Trinity Roots, David 7 Mojos Bar TIM ROGERS NOVEMBER Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire 11 Clancy’s Dunsborough HOT CHELLE RAE / CHER Dallas, P-Money & More) Weekend, Band Of Horses, 1 Red Hill Auditorium 12 Fly By Nightclub Kaskade, Animal Collective, LLOYD OH MERCY RUSSELL BRAND 13 The Rosemount Against Me!, 360, Foals, 1 Astor Theatre 2 Perth Arena 4 Settlers Tavern THE DECLINE B.O.B, Sleigh Bells, Jeff KARMA COUNTY THE KNOCKS 5 Norfolk Basement 12 Civic Hotel (The Den) 1 Clancy’s Fish Pub The Brotherhood, Off!, 2 Venue TBA MUMFORD & SONS / 6 The Bakery Fremantle Grinspoon, Jagwar Ma, SIMPLE MINDS / DEVO / Delta Spirit, Everytime I EDWARD SHARPE & THE GYPSY & THE CAT THE CHURCH / MODELS Die, House Vs Hurricane, MAGNETIC ZEROS / WILLY 2 Capitol SETH SENTRY 4 Kings Park & Botanical MASON BILLY BRAGG Alabama Shakes, and more) 4 Studio 146 Albany Garden 12 & 13 Belvoir 2 Astor Theatre 28 Claremont Showgrounds 5 Prince Of Wales Amphitheatre KASEY CHAMBERS/ CARUS THOMPSON 6 Rosemount Hotel SOUND OF SEASONS SHANE NICHOLSON 2 Indi Bar 12 Metropolis Fremantle 7 Norfolk Hotel 5 Albany Entertainment FEBRUARY 3 Norfolk Basement 13 Amplifier Centre AT THE GATES ST. JEROME’S LANEWAY 14 YMCA HQ 6 Civic Centre Esperance 3 Capitol FESTIVAL 2013 (Alpine, TIN CAN RADIO DAVE WARNER’S FROM ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT 7 Goldfields Arts Centre Alt-J, Bat For Lashes, Chet 4 Prince Of Wales THE SUBURBS 3 Metro City 8 Mundaring Weir Hotel Faker, Cloud Nothings, 13 Charles Hotel 5 Settlers Tavern JORDIE LANE Divine Fits, El-P, Flume, JLO COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA 4 YaYa’s 6 White Star Henry Wagons & The 6 Perth Arena 14 Perth Concert Hall THE LIVING END 7 Indi Bar LAGWAGON/ THE SMITH Unwelcome Company, EVERCLEAR 1-7 Rosemount Hotel High Highs, Holy Other, STREET BAND 14 Capitol EMMYLOU HARRIS Japandroids, Jessie Ware, 5 Prince Of Wales KELLY CLARKSON / DON WALKER 6 Perth Concert Hall Julia Holter, Kings Of 6 The Rosemount THE FRAY 14 Fremantle Arts Centre JOE LONGTHORNE / Convenience, The Men, Ms MISSY HIGGINS THIS IS NOWHERE 5 Challenge Stadium MELISSA MANCHESTER 8 Fremantle Arts Centre Mr, The Neighbourhood, (Tortoise, Xiu Xiu, Grails, 7 Regal Theatre Nicolas Jaar, Nite Jewel, Of NICKI MINAJ / TYGA The Bank Holidays, HTRK, JOSH PYKE Monsters & Men, Perfume 8 Perth Arena REVERSE GRIP 8 Artbar Puro Instinct, High Tea, Genius, Polica, Pond, PRIMAL SCREAM 5 Rocket Room CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE New War and more) Real Estate, The Rubens, 11 Astor Theatre 14 Somerville Auditorium BAND Shlohmo, Snakadaktal, PARKWAY DRIVE 8 Fly By Night and surrounds Twerps, Yeasayer) LOREN KATE 19 Challenge Stadium TRIPOD MARGINS 9 Venue TBC 5 Red Mill Store Bunbury 14 DaDa Garage REGINA SPEKTOR 9 Quarry Amphitheatre GLADYS KNIGHT/ MARCIA 7 Kidogo Arthouse 19 Belvoir Amphitheatre REFUSED 15 Rosemount Hotel HINES (Postponed) JEFF MARTIN Fremantle 9 Metropolis Fremantle KARISE EDEN 10 Kings Park Botanic Garden 21 Clancy’s Dunsborough AMANDA PALMER 16 & 17 St Joseph’s Church JOHN WAITE 22 Mojos Bar 9 Metro City 14 Astor Theatre THE RUBENS/ NEW Subiaco GEORGE MICHAEL 23 Indi Bar TIGERTOWN CELTIC THUNDER GODS 10 Perth Arena EVAN DANDO / JULIANA 16 Perth Arena 18 Ya Ya’s 5 Capitol PROGFEST (Ne HATFIELD 19 Norfolk Basement DAVID HASSLEHOFF 6 Prince Of Wales Obliviscaris, and more 22 The Rosemount TODD MCKENNEY 17 Capitol 7 Newport Hotel TBA) 18 & 19 Astor Theatre ED SHEERAN/ PASSENGER 10 Civic Hotel WE ALL WANT TO Challenge Stadium DAN SULTAN / LEAH JANUARY 2013 23 18 Prince Of Wales CLIFF RICHARDS TZU FLANAGAN CUBAN CLUB (Cuban 19 The Bird 23 Sandalford Estate 5 Bar 120 10 The Bakery Brothers, Yacht Club DJs, 20 Indi Bar GLENN FREY 6 Amplifier 11 Fly By Night Russ Dewbury, Still Water 24 Kings Park & Botanical CLARE BOWDITCH 7 Prince Of Wales MATCHBOX TWENTY Giants, Death Disco DJs & El Garden 20 Astor Theatre 11 Perth Arena Ginger Mojito) PAUL HEATON NORAH JONES SWAMP THING 1 The Flying Squadron Yacht 24 Riverside Theatre 21 Fly By Night GOMEZ 11 Fremantle Arts Centre Club, Dalkeith SHELLAC 6 Fly By Nightclub ELTON JOHN SOUTHBOUND (The 25 Rosemount Hotel 12 Perth Arena 7 Rosemount Hotel MARCH Flaming Lips, SBTRKT, Best TINPAN ORANGE SIGUR ROS Coast, Beach House, Boy & SOUNDWAVE 2013 25 Bakery 13 Belvoir Amphitheatre Bear, Coolio, The Vaccines, (Metallica, Linkin Park, 26 Fly By Night AWESOME 2012 SILVERSUN PICKUPS/ THE Bombay Bicycle Club, First Blink-182, A Perfect Circle, CHARLES JENKINS (Holly Throsby & DANDY WARHOLS Aid Kit, Hilltop Hoods, The Offspring, Paramore, 25 Norfolk Basement more TBA) 13 Fremantle Arts Centre Hot Chip, Maximo Park, Garbage, Slayer, Cypress 26 The Velvet Lounge 6-19 Perth Cultural BEN FOLDS FIVE Millions, Totally Enormous Hill, Bullet For My LEB I SOL 14 Fremantle Arts Centre Centre Extinct Dinosaurs, Angus Valentine, and more) 26 Chares Hotel THE BEARDS / THE Stone, Ball Park Music, 4 Claremont Showgrounds SUZANNAH ESPIE SNOWDROPPERS Cosmo Jarvis, Django GLENN SHORROCK/ 26 The Velvet Lounge HYPERFEST 15 Prince Of Wales Django, The Hives, Jinjo WENDY MATTHEWS/ LISA MITCHELL (Bluejuice, Seth 16 Settlers Tavern Safari, Lisa Mitchell, Matt DOUG PARKINSON Sentry, Grey Ghost, 26 Astor Theatre 17 Rosemount Hotel 14 & 15 Quarry Corby, Sharon Van Etten, 27 Prince Of Wales 18 Indi Bar and more TBA) Amphitheatre Two Door Cinema Club ) BASTARDFEST (Astriaal, WASHINGTON 7 Midland Oval THE CIVIL WARS 4 & 5 Sir Stewart Bovell Park Fuck I’m Dead, Desecrator, 16 & 17 Quarry Busselton 15 St Joseph’s Subiaco and more) Amphitheatre REGURGITATOR / 27 Civic Hotel NICKELBACK / JACKSON 65 DAYS OF STATIC 5 The Bakery ALL FRUITS RIPE (Easy HEDGEHOG FIREBIRD APRIL SUMMADAYZE (M.I.A, Star All Stars, Blue King 17 Perth Arena 7 The Astor Fedde Le Grand, Mark THE SCRIPT Brown, Tomorrow People) PREFUSE 73 & TEEBS Ronson DJ Set, Kimbra, 3 Perth Arena 27 Fremantle Arts Centre 17 Bakery BENOIT PIOULARD THE LIGHTHOUSE TRIO JEFF MARTIN Booka Shade Live, Eddie 7 The Bird Halliwell, AN21 & Max 27 & 28 The Ellington 22 Friends Restaurant JUNE Vangeli, Carl Craig, 69 Live, SMASH MOUTH DEEP SEA ARCADE Maya Jane Coles, Disclosure PINK 27 & 28 Metropolis 23 The Rosemount THE AMITY Live, Erol Alkan, Fake Blood, 25 Perth Arena 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WEDNESDAY 03.10 AMPLIFIER Defeater Blacklisted The Others Only Hope BALMORAL Andrew Winton BAR 120 Felix BRASS MONKEY Sugar Blue Burlesque CLAREMONT HOTEL Open Mic Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB The Collaboratory Ben Vanderwal Simon Jeans Marcio Mendes GREENWOOD Bernardine GROOVE BAR (CROWN CASINO) 5 Shots HALE ROAD TAVERN Fenton Wilde INDI BAR Mama Boots Vive Oldham Natasha Shanks Grizzly Jim Lawrie LUCKY SHAG Howie Morgan MOJOS BAR Daniel Champagne Ali Penny & The Moneymakers Nathan Kaye MUSTANG Blue Gene PADDO Nat Ripepi Rose Parker Annabelle Harvey ROSEMOUNT Tikdoff Mattress Security Suburban & Coke Paper Plains Latch Key Kids ROSIE O’GRADY’S (NORTHBRIDGE) David Fyffe

Helen Shanahan, Friday at Fly By Night

SWAN LOUNGE Elk Bell Axe & Ness Jade Stevens Daisy Clover Julz Evans Siren Of Sound THE BROWN FOX Courtney Murphy THE MOON Leure Slums James Teague UNIVERSAL Strutt

THURSDAY 04.10 BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ Chasing Calee BRASS MONKEY Rhythm Bound Karaoke BRIGHTON Open Mic Night BROOKLANDS TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Dave Graney & The Mistly The Morning Night COMO HOTEL Courtney Murphy DEVILLES PAD Rock ‘N’ Roll Karaoke DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Open Mic Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Did You Hear About The Morgans FLY TRAP Open Mic Night GROOVE BAR (CROWN CASINO) Switch HIGH WYCOMBE HOTEL Chris Murphy INDI BAR Bex’s Open Mic Night

LEEDERVILLE HOTEL Leederville Lounge room Grizzly Jim Lawrie Daniel Champagne Tabas.co LUCKY SHAG James Wilson MOJOS BAR Matt Gresham Bryan Rice Dalton MUSTANG BAR Jake & The Cowboys NORFOLK The Aunts Bryan Rice Dalton DD Soul OXFORD HOTEL Johnny Taylor ROSEMOUNT Skull Drag Misty Mountain AbandonEarth Stray Dogs Of Athens The Georgians ROSIE O’GRADY’S (FREMANTLE) Clayton Bolger ROSIE O’GRADY’S (NORTHBRIDGE) Bill Chidgzey SETTLERS TAVERN Oh Mercy SOVEREIGN ARMS Fenton Wilde SWAN LOUNGE Broken Bones THE BOAT Jen De Ness THE BROOK Open Mic Night THE GATE One Trick Phonies UNIVERSAL Off The Record WOODVALE Two Plus One YA YA’S Jessika Lawrence Ebony Benzie Karin Page Mel Hall Mason Vellios YMCA HQ Defeater Blacklisted Vanity Mindless

FRIDAY 05.10

Befallen

BEFALLEN

SENSORY AMUSIA I AM ETERNAL IANIMACY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 AMPLIFIER

7th AVENUE Free Radicals ADMIRAL Steve Hepple AMPLIFIER Befallen BAILEY BAR Mod Squad BAKERY The New Pollution Gunns Mayor Dadi Doctopus BALLYS BAR Anderson BALMORAL Mike Nayar BELMONT TAVERN The Bluebottles BENTLEY HOTEL Dove BLACK BETTYS Everlong BRASS MONKEY Adrian Wilson BROKEN HILL HOTEL Matt Milford CAPTAIN STIRLING Carbon Taxi

Sugar Army, Friday at The Rosemount

CAPITOL The Rubens CARINE Pop Candy CARLISLE HOTEL Reload CHALLENGE STADIUM Kelly Clarkson The Fray CHASE BAR Chasing Calee CIVIC HOTEL (THE DEN) Blindspot 10 Past 6 Alex The Kid The Deniros Truce CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Our Latin Thing CLANCY’S DUNSBOROUGH Dave Graney & The Mistly Lucy Peach COMO HOTEL Trevor Jalla CORNERSTONE 5th Avenue CRAFTSMAN Nicki Rose Trio CROWN CASINO Decoy EAST 150 Chris Gibbs EDZ SPORTZ BAR Sugarfield ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Gabriel Fatin Trio James Flynn & The Fly Big Band Soothe EMPIRE Electrophobia FLY BY NIGHT CLUB Helen Shanahan GREENWOOD Greg Carter HERDSMAN One Trick Phonies HIGH ROAD HOTEL Clayton Bolger The Damien Cripps Band INDI BAR Toby INDIAN OCEAN BREW Ben Merito KALAMUNDA HOTEL Disrty Scoundrels M ON THE POINT Karin Page Duo METRO FREO Blueju!ce MOJOS BAR (ARVO) Captn K Simmo T MOJOS BAR (EVE) Earthlink Sound Rasta Fyah Papa George MOON & SIXPENCE Soul Corporation MUSTANG BAR Adam Hall & The Velvet Playboys Cheeky Monkeys NEWPORT Party Rockers NORFOLK BASEMENT Oh Mercy Millions The Split Seconds PADDO Simon Kelly PADDY HANNAN’S J Babies

PARAMOUNT Flyte PEEL ALEHOUSE Acoustic License PINK DUCK LOUNGE BAR Steve Hepple PRINCESS ROAD TAVERN Local Heroes PRINCIPAL B.O.B QUARIE BAR Jack & Jill RAILWAY HOTEL Naked Flame Michael Triscari Mat Cammarano ROCKET ROOM Reverse Grip Sure Fire Midnights Nymph Honey Graphic Fiction ROSE & CROWN Christian Thompson ROSEMOUNT Sugar Army Red Jezebel Usurper Of Modern Medicine Leure ROSIE O’GRADY’S (FREMANTLE) Spyce ROSEY O’GRADY’S (NORTHBRIDGE) Neil Colliss SAIL & ANCHOR The Bluebottles SOUTH ST ALE HOUSE Robbie King Karaoke SPRINGS TAVERN Greg Carter Karaoke SWINGING PIG Overload Greg Carter THE ALEXANDER Julius Lutero THE BOAT Deuce THE GATE Smoking Section THE SAINT Huge THE VIC Jen De Ness TIGER LILS Paul Malone Adam Kelly Alex Koresis UNIVERSAL Nightmoves VELVET LOUNGE Red Sky Law Of Attraction Carthasy This Other Eden Nevsky Prospekt VICTORIA PARK HOTEL Ivan Ribic VILLA Stillwater Giants Emperors Lewis McKirdy Metric DJs Paper Plane WOODVALE TAVERN Dr Bogus YA YA’S The Silent World Antelope Runner

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Rainy Day Women, Saturday at Mojos Bar

SATURDAY 06.10 ADMIRAL Pop candy AMPLIFIER Tzu BAKERY Oh Mercy BALLYS BAR Bernardine Dove BALMORAL The Mojos BAILEY BAR Switch BAR 120 Flyte BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ Mike Nayar BLACK BETTY’S J Babies BLVD TAVERN Sea Level Trio 303 Sketch CROWN CASINO (PRIZE DRAW STAGE) Switch CIVIC HOTEL (THE DEN) Define My Addiction Armada Vale This Other Eden COMO HOTEL Howie Morgan EASTERN HOTEL Wrongtown Figure 23 ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Jade-Lori Crompton Trio Tiaryn Empire With The Imperial Horns EMPIRE James Ess FLY BY NIGHT CLUB Gomez GREENWOOD Cargo Beat GROOVE BAR (CROWN CASINO) Hi NRG HIGH ROAD HOTEL Dr Bogus INDI BAR Matt Gresham KULCHA Fred Smith The Spooky Men Of The West LAKERS Carbon Taxi LANGFORD ALEHOUSE Die Hard Karaoke LEOPOLD HOTEL Steve Hepple LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN CASINO) John & Shaun Sandosham M ON THE POINT Rhythm 22 MERIDIAN ROOM (CROWN CASINO) Midnight Rambler MOJOS BAR Rainy Day Women Runner Flower Drums Mat Cammerano MOON & SIXPENCE Damien Cripps Band MUSTANG The Continentals Milhouse

Friday Friday Travis Caudle Amanda Merdzan, Saturday Travis Caudle FlyBasement ByNight Night at Norfolk Fly By

NEWPORT Kizzy Gravity NORFOLK BASEMENT Amanda Merdzan Timothy Nelson & The Infidels Bedouin Sea David & Nathalie PADDY HANNANS Decoy PARAMOUNT Felix PEEL ALEHOUSE Overload QUARIE BAR Electrophobia RAILWAY HOTEL The Crooked Cats The Shakeys Sickly Sweet Coastal Kicks ROCKET ROOM Kickstart ROSEMOUNT Seth Sentry Grey Ghost ROSIE O’GRADY’S (FREMANTLE) Flavor ROSIE O’GRADY’S (NORTHBRIDGE) Blue Gene SAIL & ANCHOR Better Days SEAVIEW HOTEL Open Mic Night SWAN BASEMENT Brutus Buzz Kill Vamps Paltiva Fear Of Comedy Carnies With Candy SWINGING PIG Greg Carter Rock-A-Fellas THE BIRD Dave Graney & The Mistly The Morning Night Ben Witt THE BOAT The Organ Grinders THE BROOK Retriofit THE GATE Dirty Scoundrels THE SAINT Retrofit UNIVERSAL Soul Corporation WHALE & ALE Everlong WOODVALE TAVERN Courtney Murphy & Murphy’s Lore YAYA’S (ARVO) Jacob Diamond Sidewalk Diamonds Timothy Nelson Nevada Pilot Dharshini Muru YAYA’S (EVE) Frighteners Stunning In Red Bishi Bashi Further Earth

SUNDAY 07.10 TH

7 AVENUE Good Karma ASTOR THEATRE Hedgehog Regurgitator BALLY’S BAR Greg Carter BALMORAL Chasing Calee

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BLVD TAVERN Annabelle Lunettes Duo BROKEN HILL HOTEL Matt Milford BROOKLANDS TAVERN Greg Carter CAPITOL Fear Factory CAPTAIN STIRLING Christian Parkinson CARINE Wesley Goodlet Jamboree Scouts CLAREMONT HOTEL Sunday Driver COMO HOTEL Adrian Wilson ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Sean Coffin EMPIRE CB3 FLY BY NIGHT CLUB Peter Combe HIGH ROAD HOTEL Glen Davies HIGH WYCOMBE HOTEL The Organ Grinders INDI BAR Tin Can Radio INDIAN OCEAN BREW CO Retrofit KIDOGO ARTHOUSE FREMANTLE Loren Kate LAKERS TAVERN Jamie Powers M ON THE POINT A Bit On The Side METRO FREO The Amity Affliction The Ghost Inside Architects MOJOS BAR (ARVO) Star Michelle Shiny Joe Ryan Bloke In Coats MOJOS BAR (EVE) Dave Graney & The MistLY Lucy Peach MUSTANG BAR Peter Busher & The Lone Rangers NEWPORT Tim Nelson The Rubens Rainy Day Women The New Gods NORFOLK BASEMENT Seth Sentry Grey Ghost OCEAN VIEW TAVERN Matt Milford PADDY HANNAN’S Flyte PADDY MAGUIRES Brett Hardwick PIG & WHISTLE Sugarfield PINK DUCK LOUNGE BAR Kevin Conway QUARIE BAR Gotham City QUEENS TAVERN Big Al & The Deacons ROSEMOUNT Gomez Cam Avery ROSEY O’GRADY’S (NORTHBRIDGE) Neil Colliss David Fyffe

Jacob Diamond, Saturday Arvo at Ya Ya’s

SAIL & ANCHOR Mike Nayar SOUTH ST ALE HOUSE Ryan Dillon SOVEREIGN ARMS Ivan Ribic SPRINGS TAVERN Sophie Jane STIRLING ARMS Dove SWINGING PIG Matt Angel Simon Kelly THE BIRD Benoit Pioulard THE GATE Better Days THE SAINT Howie Morgan Trio UNIVERSAL Retriofit VICTORIA PARK HOTEL Damien Cripps WOODVALE TAVERN Free Radicals YAYA’S Neutral Native Harlequin League

METRO FREO The Amity Affliction The Ghost Inside Architects MOJOS BAR Wide Open Mic Night MUSTANG BAR Marco & The Alley Cats THE DEEN Plastic Max & The Token Gesture YA YA’S Open Mic Night

TUESDAY 09.10

CAPITOL Cannibal Corpse Disentomb Entrails Eradicated ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB (MORNING) The Ellington For Kids Libby Hammer Quartet ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB (EVE) WAAPA Honors Recital Owen Evans Michael Chewter David Dower Moody MONDAY 08.10 Lewis LUCKY SHAG BRASS MONKEY Christian Thompson Nathan Gaunt MERRIWA TAVERN ELLINGTON JAZZ Celebrations Karaoke CLUB (MORNING) MOJOS BAR The Ellington For Kids Empty Libby Hammer Quartet Creed Birch ELLINGTON JAZZ Natalie Mae CLUB (EVE) RAVS WAAPA Graduation MUSTANG BAR Recital Danza Loca Ben Firkin PADDO Todd Byron-Carter Simon Kelly Ethan Darnell PRINCE OF WALES Megan McInerney Open Mic Night Callum Morrison SETTLERS TAVERN GROOVE BAR (CROWN Open Mic Night CASINO) THE BROOK Pop Candy Greg Carter Karaoke INDIAN OCEAN BREW TWO ROCKS TAVERN Jump For Joy Karaoke Jack & Jill

Frighteners

FRIGHTENERS

FURTHER EARTH BISHI BASHI STUNNING IN RED SATURDAY,OCTOBER 6

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WHAMMY PITCH-SHIFT GTR PEDAL W/MIDI Pedal To The Metal

The DigiTech Whammy Pitch-Shifting guitar effects pedal is the premier pitch-shifting pedal for any guitarist’s board, and it only gets better with time. This week Volume takes a look at the recently released fifth generation model which features the classic Whammy sound that guitarists have embraced for over 20 years, and moves to the next level by introducing chordal Whammy pitch-shifting, additional Whammy intervals, and true bypass. In 1989, DigiTech launched a pedal-based solution called the WH-1 Whammy, which offered players the same pitch altering capabilities of hardware systems, as well as additional harmony and detune effects, without any of the associated tuning hassles. For over two decades the Whammy pedal has been known as the ultimate pitch-shifting pedal in the world, used by everyone from Jimmy Page to Thom Yorke, and heard on songs like Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes and the Black Keys’ smash hit, Lonely Boy, just to name a few. Over 20 years later, and looking very much like the iconic original, the fifth version of the Whammy brings something new to the party – the unique chordal pitch-shifting. Like the original (which is still very much in demand despite its production run ending in 1993) the Whammy V features nine Harmony 2-note interval settings which allows for twin guitar goodness without needing to hire a second guitarist, and two Detune modes. In addition, the onboard vibrato or whammy effects have now been increased to 10 and are now offered in two distinct flavors. DigiTech has also included new pitchshifting technologies and algorithms that enable a player to bend entire chords up or down while keeping all the notes within the chord in tune. This allows users to create pitch shifts from subtle to extreme and dramatic musical effects not possible with any other pedal. Users can choose between classic and chordal modes via a toggle button on the front and individual settings are selected with a control knob, with an LED indicating which settings are active. 38 38

The new generation pedal also offers true bypass, which means that the signal from the guitar is completely unaffected by the Whammy when it’s switched off, maintaining all the purity of the guitar signal when the player doesn’t want anything altering his or her sound. The Whammy V also includes 1/4-inch inputs and outputs, a MIDI input that allows control of the pedal from an external MIDI device, and a 9-volt DC power input. The Whammy also is built to withstand the rigors of the road, with a rugged allmetal chassis, pedal and footswitch. The Whammy V is currently distributed in Australia through CMI Music & Audio. Click on over to cmi.com.au/digitech-dealers to find your nearest dealer.

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