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THEY’RE COMING BACK After two years, Husky are back for a capital city headline tour ahead of the release of their new single, I’m Not Coming Back. The tour will see them play at the Rosemount Hotel on Thursday, July 24, and Mojos Bar on Friday, July 25. Husky will be joined by drummer Arron Light to play songs from their hit debut Forever So, along with brand new material from their forthcoming second LP, due in spring. Perth’s own Runner will provide quality support at the WA shows. Husky
IN THE NICK OF TIME FLEETING HILARIOUS Australian comedian Greg Fleet will be returning to WA for a live stand up show at The Upstairs Bar, Steel Blue Oval, on Saturday, July 5. Hailed as ‘the fastest thinking stand up around’ Fleet will provide surefire laughs alongside MC Mike G and other special guests. Tickets are $30 and are available from Oztix.com.au, the venue or on the door (if available).
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Melbourne nine-piece Saskwatch are in the midst of their Nose Dive national tour coinciding with their sophomore album release of the same name. The 13-date tour comes our way this week kicking off on Friday, June 27, at Settlers Tavern, Margaret River; Saturday, June 28, at Amplifier, and Sunday, June 29,at Mojo’s Bar. Fresh off a string of festival shows and the release of their latest single, Born To Break Your Heart, the band are ready to rock out some indie-soul grooves. Tickets are available at Oztix.com.au for $25.
The inaugural Winter Bluesfest at the Northshore Tavern has been officially announced with 13 acts spread across two huge stages on Sunday, July 27. Headed by one of WA’s biggest international artists Dave Hole, the line-up also features the incredible likes of Old Blood, Vdelli, On The Level, Rick Steele, Andrew Winton Two, Awesome Wells, Chelsea J. Gibson Duo and many more! Tickets are $35 online at oztix.com.au and heateeker.com.au or $40 at the door.
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Nick Cave is visiting Australia and New Zealand this summer for a set of solo shows alongside a small ensemble of musicians. Cave will be playing numerous songs from his incredible musical catalogue including some from the acclaimed 2013 release, Push The Sky Away. The tour will begin at the Fremantle Arts Centre on Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28, with tickets available at heatseeker.com.au. Nick Cave Pic: J-F-Foto
LIVE RILEY After spending the last six months in the US, Riley Pearce has returned to Australian shores and will mark it with a show called Sand For Snow. Pearce has recently visited SxSW in Austin and performed in Montana during March following the success of his 2013 debut release, We Are Fools. “It gave me a chance to really understand who I am, who I want to be and where I want my music to take me,” Pearce told X-Press this week. “Montana gave me that time to breathe and just be in those moments - I have never been so inspired. The plan from here is to channel that inspiration towards a sophomore EP release for early 2015.” Having toured with artists such as Josh Pyke, Lisa Mitchell and Kim Churchill, Pearce can put on a mean show and will be bringing the action to the Astor Lounge this Saturday, June 28, with Indigo and Kat Wilson & Band in support. $10 tickets are available at the door, from 8pm. Riley Pearce Pic: Tanya Voltchanskaya
A SONG IS A CITY IS A TOUR
BLUES MEMORIAL SHOWCASE
Eskimo Joe’s Kav Temperley will be performing a set of intimate acoustic shows throughout Australia from July to September to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Eskimo Joe’s classic second album, A Song Is A City. Performing the album’s hits whilst also discussing their stories, Temperley’s show will be one Eskimo Joe fans won’t want to miss. Catch him on Friday, August 29, at the Fly By Nigh; Saturday, August 30, at Settlers Tavern, Margaret River; Friday, September 5, at Players Bar, Mandurah; Saturday, September 6, at Prince Of Wales, Bunbury; Sunday, September 7, at Rumours, Albany, and Friday, September 12, at Divers Tavern, Broome. Tickets are on sale on from kavtemperley. com.au or from the venue. Ticket buyers will receive an EP on arrival at the gig, featuring a selection of cover songs Kav has recorded which influenced A Song Is A City.
A Rhythm And Blues Variety Revue, The Perth Blues Club’s 11th annual memorial showcase in support of Australian war veterans’ charity, Legacy, happens again this Saturday, June 28, at the Astor Theatre, from 7.30pm to 11.30pm. “I am personally very pleased that this showcase of talent can help such a great cause which is close to my heart,” PBC President Rick Steele, says. “This is the club’s biggest annual event and we pull out all the stops to make sure it is a memorable one.” Joining Steele himself will be Dave Hole, Matt Taylor, Peter Dee and special guests, The Universal Blues Band from Singapore (featuring Trevor Jalla and Danny Loong). T i c k e t s a r e $ 4 5 , av a i l a b l e f r o m showticketing.com.au and the Astor Theatre box office.
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A KISS FROM AN APE Fresh back from a tour of Europe in support of a selftitled 2013 album release, Tex Perkin’s new outfit, The Ape, is set to rock WA for the very first time. Featuring Raul Sanchez (Magic Dirt), Gus Agars (The Dark Horses) and the stylish Pat Bourke (bass/piano), the outfit is led by long-time ape enthusiast Perkins, who straps on a rarely-before seen electric guitar for some sonic grunt-and-swing. Joining The Ape for the tour will be local rock’n’roll glittertati, KISStake, mainly because it makes for a fascinating gig poster. The foursome are re-imagined as Gene Simian, Paul Panzee, Ape Frehley and Cheeta Criss for these shows, which will also star The Painkillers. Catch The Ape, KISStake and The Painkillers (plus a special opening guest each night) on Friday, August 22, at the Astor Lounge, and Saturday, August 23, at Mojo’s. Tickets are $25 (plus booking fee) from Liveattheastor.com.au and Mojosbar.com.au. Tex Perkins & The Ape, eminently Kissable
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Over the years we have become accustomed to seeing Grinspoon own the stage in front of huge crowds at Big Day Out, Groovin’ The Moo, Vans Warped and Rock-It – remember when Blink 182 cancelled and Grinner’s stepped up to headline? Now for the first time, frontman Phil Jamieson will be touring the country solo. He plays Northshore Tavern, Thursday, June 26 and we have five tickets to give away. Simply email win@xpressmag.com.au for your chance to win.
Burlesque meets couture at Perth International Burlesque Festival’s night of nights. Lalla Rookh Bar & Eating House hosts this year’s festival launch party, where burlesque inspired wearable art takes the stage along with headlining artistes, touring and local performers. Brush shoulders with festival artistes in sumptuous surrounds, and get your finest glad rags on – there are prizes for best dressed, so come in your most outrageous ensemble, opulent evening wear or wildest wearable art. Think Haute couture catwalk, Venetian ball, dapper dandies, luscious latex, headwear, corsetry and custom designs – let your imagination run wild as we kick off the festival in style. Email win@xpressmag.com.au to win a double pass to opening night, Thursday, July 10.
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TELEVISION ADDICT Victimised 1970’s Perth band The Victims were pioneers of punk music not only here but nationally and eventually around the world. Original members Dave Faulkner and James Baker are teaming up with Hard-Ons bassist, Ray Ahn, as Television Addict (the band’s best-known track), to perform the songs of The Victims at the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, August 9, with guests The Homicides, Helter Skelter and Legs Electric. BOB GORDON sat down with Faulkner and Baker to talk about those times. Here is the first installment. In 1975 through ‘76 Perth drummer James Baker went overseas on a trip that took him to London and New York. He arrived at these places at a time when punk rock was emerging as a voice for disenfranchised youth. It was also simply fun to play loud and smash shit up (let’s not get academic). By being in these places at these times he was in close proximity to the likes of The Sex Pistols and The Clash, The Heartbreakers and The Ramones. Then he came home to sleepy Perth, with work to be done. Bands such as The Cheap Nasties and The Geeks were in existence, but gigs were few - and fewer in between - and any notion of a ‘scene’ was less than nascent. He formed The Victims with vocalist/guitarist, Dave ‘Flick’ Faulkner (later of The Hoodoo Gurus) and Rudolph V (aka Dave Cardwell). “There wasn’t any original bands in Perth in 1977,” Baker recalls over a beer at the Rosemount Hotel. “Dave Warner... and The Cheap Nasties perhaps,
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so there was no alternative scene, whatsoever. Only what was created by us and The Cheap Nasties. Some other bands started in that period but none were really serious. None of them ever made records or got past doing the odd gig, really.” “Even The Victims were lucky to put a record out, to be honest,” adds Faulkner. “It’s just that we had a fan whose parents had a bit of money!” Crowd-funding at its earliest, then? “It was indeed,” Faulkner laughs. “If only we’d kept doing it since!” In typical punk fashion, the members of The Victims were railing against normality. Equally, it seems, they were rallying towards the music. “The main thing was that we were all reading about this music, then finally getting to hear it, but it was always months after the event because you had to wait until the magazines arrived via ship,” Faulkner recalls. “And the same with the albums; the earliest you’d get it was like about eight weeks after a record came out. On top of that feeling of being isolated just physically, you were literally isolated because you were out of synch a couple of months with anything you wanted to hear; and knowing there was no other way of finding out because no on else in Australia was paying the least bit of interest in it. “No thi ng was i n the newspap ers. Countdown had the music you watched, but they only had the Pistols on once and Molly was laughing about them. “It was a secret society, in a funny way, because no on else cared. We were forced to be a secret.” “And we also didn’t like any of the other bands,” Baker notes. “We were rebelling against them as well... against what we thought was mediocrity.” The cover band scene of the time was lucrative enough, but uninspiring to an emerging generation of punks. “If you wanted to make money you didn’t play punk rock,” Faulkner notes, “that was the last thing you’d do. But making money was the last thing we were thinking about.” Besides that, the clothes were awful. “We just felt like aliens at the time,” Faulkner says. Lepers (laughs). We were listening to music that other people felt made no sense to them or that it was stupid, or horrible, or whatever. The way you looked was insulting to them, cause you didn’t wear Hawaiian shorts or pastel colours.
HUSBAND Big Splash Heat #3 Winner Answered by Michael Paolino How did you feel about your set on Tuesday night? The guys played great! The last few shows have just been myself and Anneke (piano) doing a chilled out duo sort of thing. So to be able to play the tracks with the full band, as they are on the album, is so satisfying! What acts caught your ear/eye? I met some of the guys from Indigo before they played and they were hilarious. I also got the chance to chat to Stu Orchard, who seemed really passionate and driven.
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“We stuck in their craw, so to speak. And we tried to. We actually revelled in it. We felt superior, I guess. We were snotty about it - we knew what was good and what was cool and they didn’t.” The Victims would eventually find a home of sorts at the infamous Hernando’s Hideaway in East Perth, as well as the Governor Broome Hotel, plus other simpatico shows in halls and various odd venues. An early show at the Kewdale Hotel resulted in a media splash that Faulkner, echoing The Sex Pistols’ infamous BBC talk show scandal, remembers as The Victims own ‘Grundy event’. “After the first two songs the guy turned the PA off,” Baker says. “We kept on playing, because for some reason the stage power was still on. There was all these truckers there walking out giving us the finger. I remember going home and phoning up (Perth music journalist) Ray Purvis and telling him that they’d kicked us out of the Kewdale Hotel. He managed to get that in the Sunday Independent. “It was exactly what we wanted - Punk Band Kicked Out Of Kewdale Hotel (laughs). It was perfect.” To be continued...
What are your plans, at this stage, for the rest of 2014? I’m really excited about our single launch for the song, Caught, on Friday, July 4, at The Odd Fellow. We have David Craft and The Lammas Tide supporting - should be fun! After that I suppose we’ll focus on the release of the album, set for later in the year. I’m still writing… so hopefully I’ll get some funds together to record a second album soon. The Big Splash continues with Heat #5 on Tuesday, July 1, at Mojo’s, featuring Chance Waters, Finders, Iceage Sugar and Pat Chow. Tickets are $5 at the door from 8pm.
NOTHIN’ MORE RTR THAN WINTER IN FREO RTR FM’s Fremantle Winter Music Festival is on again this Saturday, June 28, from 7pm to late. Presale tickets are available from rtrfm.com.au ($15 – Subscribers, $20 – General Public; free entry for Gold Subscribers) and there’ll be door sales on the night. The line-up goes like this... Railway Hotel – Psychedelic & Rock 7.30-8.10pm Aborted Tortoise 8.25-9.05pm Electric Toad 9.20-10.00pm Methyl Ethel 10.15-10.55pm SpaceManAntics 11.10-11.50pm The Love Junkies
BEC LAUGHTON Speed Date Bec Laughton plays this Friday, June 27,
Mojo’s – Electronic & Beats 8 -8.40pm D-Jeong 9-9.40pm Hugo Gerani 10-10.40pm The Boost Hero Man 11-11.40pm Basic Mind 12am-12.40am Diger Rokwell
at The Odd Fellow; Saturday, June 28, at Settlers Tavern, Margaret River, and Sunday, June 29, at The Aviary Rooftop Sessions. Special guest for all shows will be Anna O. What do you look for in a band? My music sounds like peanut butter and cheese. You may never have tried it before, but once you do, you won’t want to eat anything else. Or maybe it sounds more like Frank Ocean or Pharrell Williams with curves and red hair. I like long walks on the beach or around the park with Jill Scott. Or just a day sweating it up on the drum kit. I look for fans who have red hair. Then we can make a cult called Gingerlicious. Best gig ever? Best gig I’ve ever played was main stage at Easterfest [in Toowoomba] this year. We had a hip hop dance crew onstage with us, as well as aerial acrobats. It’s so cool to see people choreograph routines to your music. Worst show ever would be our first show in Adelaide; 40 degree heat and then the venue air conditioning shut down! On top of that, we were staying at the world’s dodgiest backpackers where they served us out-of-date UHT milk. Out-of-date long life milk?
Who else in the Big Splash heats are you keen to get a look at? I’d like to check out Dream Rimmy. I met the guys at my heat and they were really funny. I think they’re playing with us at our semi, which will be cool!
Mojo’s Courtyard – Trainwreck Takeover 7-11pm | Aarom Wilson, Declan Doherty, Craig Hollywood, Viv Gauntlett, PussyMittens, Dr Gonzo (Back To Back To Back Set) Tunes you can’t stay away from? I’ve just picked up my Selah Sue record again – an amazing singer from Belgium who I first saw singing at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Europe. [She’s a] skinny little white girl who learnt English off old Bob Marley records and sounds Rastafarian. I’m loving Jordan Rakei, an amazing young talent rising out of Brisbane at the moment. I’ve just discovered that I love San Cisco. And I went to see the incredible Noah Slee live recently, whose mixtape lives in my car. Your ultimate rider? My ultimate rider would include frozen yoghurt with dark chocolate and berries, homemade Italian lasagne, a never-ending massage, a live reenactment of Community featuring the entire cast, a live ‘getting ready’ soundtrack by André 3000, a sound check drum solo from Tony Royster Jr and a pre-show service from any gospel church in Harlem. I think I’d better update my current rider.
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Swan Hotel Lounge – Folk & Alt-Country 7.30-8.10pm Ruby Boots 8.20-9pm Stu Orchard 9.10-9.50pm Childsaint 10-10.50pm David Craft 11-11.50pm Ben Witt Swan Basement – The Dub/Reggae Cave 7-8pm DJ Jonny Hopper 8-9pm DJ Corby 9.15-10pm Crucial Rockers 10-10.55pm KBI Sound System DJs 10.55-11.50pm Earthlink Sound North Freo Bowls Club – Surf, Psychobilly & Rockabilly 7.30-8.10pm The Honourable Schoolboys 8.25-9.05pm Shotdown from Sugartown 9.20-10pm Tenderhooks 10.15-10.55pm The Insinnerators 11.10-11.50pm Thee Gold Blooms
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THE CRIMSON PROJEKCT Well Red The Crimson ProjeKCt bring their threehour prog rock extravaganza to the Fly By Night next Wednesday, July 2. PETER HODGSON reports. The Crimson ProjeKCt is a King Crimson offshoot featuring three current members of that historic, nay, iconic band – Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto – along with Julie Slick, Tobias Ralph and Markus Reuter. And a typical Crimson ProjeKCt concert is a marathon of musical might which shifts through many moods and configurations. “What happens is this: Stick Men (Levin, Mastelotto and Reuter) play a set of their music - which includes a Crimson track or two - then the Power Trio (Belew, Slick, Ralph) plays a set of my music, which also includes a Crimson track. Then Tony and Pat and I play a Crimson song as yet another trio, and then comes the big finale – both trios play more than an hour’s-worth of Crimson music as a double trio.” Belew explains. “It’s a helluva show! “To me it’s a celebration of all the things that we’ve done in King Crimson, all the things I’ve been a part of for the past 30-plus years,” explains Belew, who in addition to an extensive Crimson tenure has also worked with the likes of Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Talking Heads and Nine Inch Nails. “But also there’s improvising so the show is fresh for us as well. It’s the closest you’ll have at this point to King Crimson, at least for the moment. As a six-piece band we play about an hour-and-a-half of Crimson music and we cover everything, one era to the next. So it’s a lot of fun. It’s part of my legacy and I really enjoy doing it.”
JACK WHITE 18 Quarantine The enigmatic Jack White recently released his new solo album, Lazaretto. JAYMZ CLEMENTS investigates. Jack White’s position in pop culture is a complicated one. Few artists are as feted, yet so strangely opaque and confusingly contradictory, as the man born John Gillis in Detroit, Michigan. Having successfully reinvented himself as a solo artist on 2012’s Blunderbuss – “I think I’ve been sort of like… not allowing myself to call an album ‘Jack White’ from when we started,” he notes – White toured his debut outing with two bands (the all-female Peacocks and the all-male Buzzards) for the next two years. Eventually he settled back into Nashville to write and record, all the while dealing with a divorce from then-wife, Karen Elson. As a result, Lazaretto (an old term for quarantine hospitals) is a very different record – bigger, more unrelentingly in-your-face. The overall feeling is one of deeper, darker reflection, if not resentment. It also sounds far more expansive than the characteristic, somewhat sparse, Jack White we’ve come to know. This approach came about through the use of something White had never had before: time. Lazaretto is the record that the 38-year-old father-oftwo has spent the longest working on – 18 months – in his entire career; a move made, he says, for family reasons. “When we finished touring at the end of the last record, I wanted to take a whole year off to be with my kids,” he says. “A couple of years before that, I did take ten or 11 months off when my son was born to be with him as much as I could. 12
“And I thought, ‘Well, since I’m doing that anyway, why don’t I – for the first time in my life – work at an album for a really long time? What would that be like?’ I’ve never done that. But this, I was working on it for a whole year. Sometimes I really liked it, sometimes I didn’t like it at all - it was a lot of new things I’ve learned by doing. I’m glad about that and I’m glad I’ve learned so many good things.” No stranger to taking odd approaches to writing, White’s material on Lazaretto stems directly from his finding and using stories, poems and the like written by his 19-year-old self. “I thought about my younger self, and to be an experienced person now and an inexperienced person then – what can I tell myself, or where can I take myself to turn into something new? You know, I wrote a lot of things back then,” he says. “It wasn’t a scenario like, ‘Oh, I don’t have any ideas… thank God I found all these ideas!’” he laughs. “It wasn’t like that. These were ideas for something like a one-act play. A one-act play or a poem. They had nothing to do with music at all. To take that, rip it apart, and change into some other new things, or new songs – that was the idea. The music was all completely brand new as well. So it was interesting.” He’s also adamant he’s not revealing as much as about himself on Lazaretto as people might believe. “I don’t think it says too much about me, personally, but it does say a lot about me as a songwriter and a producer. Because there’s definitely things I’ve never done before. So when I look at it or when I hear it, I go, ‘Wow! That’s not Jack White from The Raconteurs or that’s not Jack White from The White Stripes’. This is Jack White from 2014, and I feel good about that. “You know, in some ways, if I’m feeling, ‘Oh, it just sounds like I made another White Stripes record’ – I wouldn’t release it if I felt that way about it.” PIC: MARY ELLEN MATTHEWS
HAILMARY Like A Sunrise Hailmary launch their new EP, Navigate The Sunrise, this Friday, June 27, at the Rosemount Hotel (with This Other Eden and Bayou), and Saturday June 28, at the Prince of Wales, Bunbury, (with Hundred Acre Wood). BOB GORDON reports. Hailmary released their debut album, Choice Path Consequence Solution, back in late 2012. The band didn’t want to wait too long to put out another release and support that new material on the road. Hence the release of two EPs for this year. “The plan for 2014 was and is to release an album’s worth of material over two EPs,” explains vocalist, Kevin Curran. “The first being Navigate The Sunrise which we released in May and have been touring across May and June and we’ll kick off work in the studio on the second EP in July. “Our schedule for 2014 was really tight and such we wouldn’t have had the time to record once in again in the States. So, given our drummer Vas (Shevstov) had recently built a studio at his house - aptly named Vasectomy Studio - we thought we’d give the engineering side a go this time around. It was certainly trial and error, but we are stoked with the result.” Given the songs on Choice Path Consequence Solution are this point some several years old, the chance to perform new material that has been released is a must for any touring band. It’s certainly how Curran sees it. “I feel they are a step above the songs on the last record,” he notes, “certainly we have a clear ‘Hailmary’ sound now and there is no doubt they are super fun to play live. They are a fair bit
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Belew says that at this point there’s no particular need to take liberties with the material or put it into a new context. “These are comfortable shoes for me now,” he says. “I just put them on and I’m ready to run. But that’s not so much what it’s about. It’s not about the invention of something. It’s a celebration of this music. But I will say it’s different night to night. “Different things happen that will surprise me. I might know the music so innately after all these years but there’s always going to be something that happens that I’ve never heard before. It’s music that you have to really concentrate on even if you know it really well. You can’t just be looking around. It’s really complicated and everything has to be really connected if you want it to work right. Especially in a band with two drummers and two bass players.” Curious listeners who might not be wellversed in the Crimson lexicon but would still like to have a jumping off point to appreciate the show should know that the band has explored many different styles, from the vaguely hippy-ish psychedelia of Moonchild to the prototypical progressive rock of 21st Century Schizoid Man to the more recognisably prog Dinosaur and the angular math-rock of Thrak. But Belew has a suggestion for a suitable kick-start. “If you want to start with the Crimson that I’ve been a part of that started in 1981, I would start right there with the first record that we did, myself, Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford and Tony Levin. That was called Discipline, and even to this day the Discipline record is something that people still talk about a lot as being something that was kind of unique. Nothing ever sounded like that before. “I think if you heard that record you would know right away if that was something you’d be interested in, and strangely I think it still sounds ahead of its time despite being over 30 years old.”
more grittier and have been received really well.” Navigate The Sunrise was co-produced by Curran and Vassya along with famed us producer Jeff Tomei (Jerry Cantrell, Smashing Pumpkins, Skid Row), who is by now a long-time Hailmary mentor and collaborator. “This is the third release that Jeff has worked with us on now,” Curran notes, “so we have infinite trust in Jeff and the part that he plays in the Hailmary sound. It’s very much a team effort in delivering the final product, despite being located in two countries, the process worked really well.” With former bass player, Nairn McKay, departing before the recording, Karnivool’s Jon Stockman stepped into the studio to help out the band. “It was pretty amazing to be honest, and he certainly blew our minds in the studio,” Curran recalls. “Jon is a super nice guy and it really awesome to have him play on this EP. His bass is like another arm in the way he plays and he really brought some awesome stuff to this record.” Melbourne bassist, Mick Quee (Dead City Ruins), has stepped into the bass boots for this tour and it sounds like a good fit. “He’s a killer player and has bought such a strong dynamic to the band,” Curran says, “both onstage and off... he’s a funny bugger. He’s roadhardened after multiple tours through Europe with his own band and we’ve really enjoyed playing with him.” Hailmary head back over East for some shows at the end of this month, before hitting the studio the record the forthcoming second EP for 2014. That release will itself take the band across the country late in the year, with Europe beckoning in 2014. In the meantime, it’s all about finishing off the national Navigate The Sunrise tour here at home. “It’s been amazing,” Curran enthuses, “14 shows done so far across five states and we just finished the Victorian leg last weekend on a massive high with our best show of the tour at the Rock N’ Load Festival at The Espy. The energy and support that has been coming from the punters has blown us away.”
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Ned Collette has always been true to his musical visions. Having developed a tidy underground following in Australia, he moved to Berlin for a change of scenery. This musical purist laments the age where CDs are only opened once to be ripped into computer files before becoming landfill. Collette has made the decision to make his fifth album, Networking In Purgatory, available only digitally and on vinyl. Collette isn’t renowned for shiny happy lyrics and Network In Purgatory is no different as he laments the age of the internet and social media where communication is often networking for the sake of it, instead of engaging with people and art in a meaningful way. It sounds as if Collette has immersed himself in Beatles records as songs such as Bird feature classic pop tones and choruses that are hard to shift. The pop/folk moments are more accessible than ever and the experimental pieces are weirder and more obtuse as Collette and his band push the boundaries like the university music graduates they are. Echoes Toes drones with atmospheric electronics while Collette shows his deeper, almost spoken timbre to highlight he isn’t so easy to define. Ned Collette isn’t likely to break through the airwaves, but his cerebral approach to music has meant he will continue to garner a loyal following. Networking In Purgatory is an easier listen than former outings.
Hard to believe, but it has been 10 years since Howling Bells emerged from the ashes of Waikiki, and what a journey it has been. Still based in London, the Sydneyborn outfit now sports a local bass player in Gary Daines. What it has retained throughout is that almost-too-cool attitude that oozes from frontwoman Juanita Stein and into every punchy guitar riff and creeping bassline. Not many other bands can pull it off. Howling Bells have held true to their droolinducing indie sensibilities, which combine elements of alt-country, ambient pop, rock and blues. And Gigwise was right in 2009 – Stein really is one of the sexiest women in rock, and her voice is code word for addiction. The album kicks off the rollercoaster with one of its most commercial-sounding tracks, Paris, before taking things up a notch with the jarring juxtaposition of Possessed. Keeping the listener on their toes, Your Love coasts along with an ode to the sensual rhythm of the Wild West, while Slowburn is definitely a highlight. While it doesn’t break the mould of what we’ve come to know and love from Howling Bells, Heartstrings reads deeper into what they’re capable of. Juanita calls? You will definitely answer. JEN WILSON
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THE BAKERSFIELD GLEE CLUB The Bakersfield Glee Club Independent Melbourne good ol’ boys, The Bakersfield Glee Club, have come out with a self-titled album that shuffles more than the disenfranchised hordes of dust-bowl era Okies it tips its hat to. The album, a 15-track homage to Nashville’s great historical country music rival, is an obvious emulation of the likes of Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, and their rootin’ tootin’ ilk. Backed by a chugging rhythm section and competent, yet understated guitar work (check out Remington Ride and Workin’ Man’s Blues), the tracks flow well. The songwriting aims true at the grand country tradition of narrative lyricism and, after the first couple of tracks, the album shows intelligent song placement, with each succeeding tune stylistically different and engaging. That said, the vocal style doesn’t quite hit the level of emotional engagement that epitomises great country music, making the album tick all the right boxes superficially, but lacking a little in depth. Ultimately, the band has made a solid historically retrospective work that feels a little unoriginal, but plays fantastically well to its strengths. Not to mention, it’s catchy as hell.
Sporting perhaps the least imaginative album title and cover ever, Kasabian’s fifth album serves up more of the electro-infused arena rock they’ve become known for. It’s a formula that’s showing signs of getting tired here, but a handful of tracks are as catchy as anything they’ve done this decade. Bumblebee is the kind of upbeat, chant-along rocker destined for prime airing in their festival setlist, while Stevie is the highlight of the album, a brooding force that manages to get away with a chorus (‘All the kids say, / Live to fight another day’) destined for use in a Hollywood blockbuster. Penultimate track, Bow, is another stadium-filling anthem that plays to the band’s strengths, but outside of these three 48:13 is largely uninspiring. Lyrically, the album is dominated by the sort of vague arena rock platitudes about inequality and the wrongs of the world today that suggest a half-hearted aim to be a ‘serious band’. The worst offenders here are Eez-eh and Glass, which closes with a lengthy and incongruous call to arms from spoken-word artist, Suli Breaks. On 48:13, Kasabian have bolstered their live setlist with a few genuinely good singles, but most of the rest of the album will quickly be forgotten. KEIRON COSTELLO
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With the amount of records that he releases, it would be a brave person who’d suggest that Willie Nelson gets writer’s block. That may not be the whole truth, Mia Dyson has an amazing voice. Think a little bit but Nelson says he has been on a bit of a ‘writing Patti Smith, if Smith sang country rock, mixed with kick’ of late. As such, this latest release contains his Joan Jett. Dyson is absolutely gripping, and you feel first batch of predominantly new original material in what she feels, elation or despair. She takes you close to two decades. with her. Being the outlaw country artist that even This release is much more country-driven your mum and dad like, there some things that are than her previous, rockier album, The Moment. It still known when it comes to a Nelson album. You are sure has some wild, belt-your-heart out-anthems, though to get numerous tunes about the ladies that he has – in particular Idyllwild and Crazy Horse, which she affection for, a love song for his guitar, a fair sprinkling recorded previously with the trio Dyson, Stringer & of pedal steel all wrapped up in a voice as calming as Cloher. a pot of chamomile tea. Many of these tracks reflect on the passage Band Of Brothers is the most personal and of time, and it sounds like things are getting better: introspective of Nelson’s albums for some time in ‘Maybe we don’t have to make it / Maybe we have no small part due to the nine songs that he penned it made / I’m learning to live, darlin’ / In my own himself. The different flavours of Nelson are displayed, skin’ (Growing Up). Made From The Same Clay is a with Send Me A Picture is delicately delivered and beautiful call to compassion. Dyson wrote it after Wives And Girlfriends is a more rollicking affair. being confronted with “rampant and very visible It has been a big year for Nelson, who was homelessness” when she moved to Los Angeles, inducted into the inaugural class of the Austin City Limits reminding us that ‘We are made from the same clay / Hall Of Fame and continued to tour constantly. He has I could be you on a different day’. Based On Your Eyes now capped it off with a batch of new songs that makes is the surprise track – it’s more soul and gospel than Band Of Brothers his best effort for some time - and anything else and beautiful to boot. that’s no mean feat for a chap of his standing. MEG CRAWFORD
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Perth supergroup Potato Stars are back to launch their Feedback Stoner Concerto EP at Ya Ya’s this Thursday, June 26, with support from D’ix and Like Junk. BOB GORDON checks in with frontman, Brian Dunne. Brian Dunne, aka The Artist Formerly Known As Prozac Boy (although maybe he still is, somewhere in the world) has for many years honchoed the Potato Stars, a re-appearing animal, and evolving beast of a band. “Potato Stars is indeed a beast,” he notes, “one which can evolve from minute to minute, like some sort of mutant amoeba. “There have been 79 members up until this minute, but that number may well have increased by showtime. This line-up will pretty much rock out with certain parts of our anatomy out, as it features, ahem, members of Beaverloop and Beasts Of Bourbon, as well as other strays.” For the last decade or so, Dunne has been working throughout Asia as a teacher. While that might seem limiting for a supposedly Perthbased band, he maintains that it has only flavoured the experience. “Oh, that’s been the best thing of all about this band,” he says. “I’ve had the good fortune to play and record all over Asia, So far we’ve recorded in South Korea, Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, and toured through several other countries along the way. “There has been chaos and craziness in Cambodia, secret underground gigs in Myanmar and we played at a festival a few years ago in Indonesia that turned into a riot, though PotStars can’t take all the credit for that. A couple of thousand punks crashed down the fences of the field and ran amuck. And by amuck, I might add that the word is one of the few Indonesian words in the English language, so they know how to do amuck.” Potato Stars return to the stage this week to launch Feedback Stoner Concerto, which was actually first released 10 years ago this week,
VOYAGER V Has Ways With their fifth album, V, just released and garnering excellent reviews around the world, Voyager guitarist, Simone Dow, chats to SHANE PINNEGAR about Voyager’s forthcoming national tour next month, which culminates in a homecoming show at Amplifier Bar on Saturday, July 26, with Eastern Staters Caligula’s Horse and Orsome Welles. Voyager guitarist Simone Dow is justifiably happy with the response to the band’s new album, V, which was largely financed by a crowd-funding campaign through Kickstarter. “Absolutely, a really great response,” the flame-haired guitarist says, excitedly. “We’re really proud of this album and we want to really put the pedal to the metal and actually get it out there to as many places as possible because we knew we had something pretty special with the record.” The band’s Kickstarter campaign aimed to raise $10,000 to part-finance the record, a goal they reached in just three days, eventually ending up with almost double that figure. “Yeah!” Dow says, “That was another thing that just blew us away. We wanted to give it a go because most people should know by now that working in original music is not exactly paying the bills for a lot of us out there. Everything we’ve done in the past has all been from our own pockets and it’s hard sometimes - you work full-time jobs as well trying to do all of this and it’s a lot of money.
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but was never properly promoted. The EP features the single, Be Kind To The Animals, as well as a cover of Supernaut’s 1977 hit, I Like It Both Ways. “Be Kind is by far the best song we’ve ever done,” Dunne says. “I can say that without fear of sounding like a dick as I had very little to do with the song myself. It was written, and is sung, by our foxy former guitarist, Evil E. In my not-so-humble opinion it is hands down one of the greatest rock songs ever in the history of ever. “I Like It Both Ways was the first s o n g by a We s t A u s t r a l i a n ba n d to re ac h number one in Australia. It was always a crowd favourite when we played it in the past, but I’m not sure if that was because of my pink netball skirt, or if it’s just such a sexy tune.” Potato Stars will record Thursday’s nights launch for possible release, with more international chapter also afoot. “If that launch recording turns out okay I’ll inflict it on the unsuspecting public in the not too distant future,” Dunne says. “We’ve got a split CD with a band called - I shit you not - Monkey Motherfucker & The Bagan Tigers, coming out on an Italian label soon. I’m also busy putting together an Indonesian chapter of the Spuds to gig and record in Medan, Sumatra, where I now live. “So I can safely say, much to the chagrin of music lovers worldwide, that there’s no end in sight for Potato Stars anytime soon.” POTATO STARS
“We thought, ‘well, let’s give it a shot’. We thought we could epically fail and get $10 or something like that, but at least we gave it a go. We’re just so lucky that we have such a loyal fan base - they’d do anything for us. We try to do as much as possible, throw a concert with them and chat away with them on Facebook and things like that as well. “We didn’t think that in three days we would have that much money pledged and it actually ended up nearly being double what we asked for. We’re just forever grateful to our fans for doing that.” Not that that was enough to cover the full cost of the album... “It covered a lot of it, though. It covered pretty much most of the actual CD portion of it and actually getting it produced and mastered and the CDs pressed. That side of it was covered, and a little bit of the primary cost, but yeah, we’re still at thousands that we’re paying out of our own pockets. There’s still a lot to pay for but it helped a huge amount.” Musically speaking, Dow says V is a definite progression for the already-progressive metal band. “I think that with the last album, The Meaning Of I, we really took a bit of a change in direction. It became a lot heavier, and was a lot darker. It still had some old school sort of elements in it, but there were a few songs that were really taking a lot of the new modern metal influences as well. “This time round, basically the whole band wrote this whole album, rather than it being Danny (Estrin, vocals/keyboards) coming in with 80 per cent of the tracks and then us adding some pieces to it. This time ‘round most of it was actually written in the jam room. “All of us have got such an eclectic mix and taste in music that it’s just turned out a lot different from what we’ve done in the past. It’s still got these poppy, synth elements to it, it still sounds like Voyager. I think it’s a natural progression from the last album but I think it’s quite a bit more polished and heavier and it’s a lot more focused than our previous albums.” 13
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C L A S S O F 2 013 With designers like Jaime Lee, Zhivago and Dyspnea hailing from our side of the country, there seems to be something in the water in WA‌ and it’s coming directly from our fashion schools! We go ahead and take a look at the most promising fashion design talent in WA, with our XF Gradmate Award, recognising the top 2013 graduates from Central Institute, Polytechnic Institute, Edith Cowan University and Curtin University.
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FASHIONABLE FELLAS With the fashion world currently in a Men’s Fashion Week collections haze, we are who are not in London, Paris or Milan can still get online and check out all the street style action. Word on the street is hats are cool, experiment with colour, layer smartly and don’t underestimate the power of perfectly tailor pants.
EDITOR’S LETTER Hurrah it’s winter! You might be thinking, ‘Why so cheerful? It’s freezing out there!’ Which it is, but winter also brings so much more than just the cold. It brings endless styling and layering possibilities, a whole new palette of colours to work with and lots of warm and luxurious fabrics to wrap yourself in! Which should be reason enough for all you stylish readers to get excited for what we have in store for you. This time we take a walk on the dark side as we try on a multi-textured and moody monochrome palette, with hints of glimmer in our latest editorial, Layered Effects, which features international Givenchy model, Frankie Galati. Want to inject some colour into your wardrobe? We’ll show you how to alleviate those chilly thoughts, with our cool Winter Blues curiosities pages, featuring some key tonal must-haves for the season. You’ll need to make sure to show some love to your hair this winter and our Beauty Page dedicated to keeping those locks lush. If you are really inspired by fresh ideas and innovative fashions, our Graduates feature is for you. These 2013 graduates from the top fashion courses in WA were hand picked by us as the ones-to-watch, with huge futures ahead of them. They let us have a play with their collections which resulted in a fabulous, plastic and glitter, cut and paste editorial. Whatever the weather is like, be it rain, hail or shine, we hope you enjoy your winter and stay rugged up in your warmest and most stylish attire. See you in Spring! Monica Morales – Fashion Editor
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BURLESQUE BABY Burlesque meets couture at this year’s Perth International Burlesque Festival’s night of nights! Think Haute Couture catwalk, Venetian ball, dapper dandies, luscious latex, headwear, corsetry and custom designs – let your imagination run wild as this festival gets kicked off in style! Held at Lalla Rokh Bar & Eating House, the launch party, appropriately named Corsets And Couture, will be where burlesque inspired wearable art takes the stage along with fabulous headlining acts, plus touring and local performers. Brush shoulders with festival artistes in sumptuous surrounds and come in your most outrageous ensemble, opulent eveningwear or wildest, wearable art. Happening on Thursday, July 10, this glamorous night is definitely not to be missed. www.perthburlesquefestival.com
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WINTER WORKSHOPS As the cold weather sets in, MANY 6160 is getting ready to shake things up with the Winter Weekends series, offering new hours, new shops and an exciting program of creative workshops. However the jewel in the Winter Weekends crown is Studio Bomba’s Skillsmithery workshop series. From flower arranging to leather craft, woodwork to screen printing, terrarium making to knitting, the Skillsmithery series has something for just about everyone. Workshops are taking place every Saturday and Sunday over winter so that residents of Perth and Fremantle can skill up, find a new hobby or discover a new avenue for creative expression. During winter MANY 6160 will be open Friday to Sunday, from 10am to 5pm. For more information on MANY 6160 or the Skillsmithery series, head to many6160.com
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MODEL LILY MCAULIFFE @ VIVIENS MODEL MANAGEMENT | PHOTOS BY DHYAN & BENJAMIN | STYLING BY MONICA MORALES | HAIR & MAKEUP BY ASHLEY BROCKMAN USING M.A.C | ACCESSORIES FOUND AT ATLAS DIVINE, LEEDERVILLE AND VARGA GIRL, LEEDERVILLE..
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Drawing inspiration from vintage v a s e s a n d tex t u r a l p e o n i e s , Charissa’s final collection titled, Flourish, was all about discovering charms in quirky treasures but then giving it an opulent twist. She mixes delicate gold trim with beautiful blooms and vintage style polka dots all in exaggerated feminine silhouettes leaving every piece looking like a mixture of Marie Antoinette meets Nanna’s Closet. Not a stickler for rules or taking fashion too seriously Charissa’s collection has a super fun and light hearted approach, with just enough detail and handy work for it to look high end.
Having been taught sewing by her grandmother, Meg has dabbled in dressmaking and textiles all through her youth and her experience and knowledge shows. Her graduate collection, Niesko, took influence from the scenic landscapes of Mount Niesko in Japan but was done in a very subtle way, with Meg using textures, tones and images to tell the story. The showstopper in the collection was an amazingly grey mix woollen dress, with lengths of fabric, interesting pleat work and a snow-like hand- embroidered embellishment at the hem of the dress. The discrete details in this subdued collection, gave it an almost ethereal quality, making it a stand out from the pack.
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KEZIA SOEDJONO E ve r h ad o ne o f t ho s e dreams that feel so real even though something ridiculous is transpiring? This is exactly what Jessica Wang’s graduate collection, Lucid Dreaming, centres around a state where the mind is awake and where dreams are like reality. Colours pulse unexpectedly n through her garments like brain es waves on interesting textures za, such as PVC and sheer organza, but then small hints of grey rey o all add a calming effect to the action. What kept this collection fresh was Jessica’s unexpected experimentation of shapes and movement, creating new and daring silhouettes which you can imagine easily being rocked at fashion week by the likes of Susie Bubble or some other effortlessly cool but OTT blogger.
Curtin University Kezia may only be 20 but her knowledge and love of couture finishes makes her work feel like she has been in the industry for a very, very long time. She has an interesting vision, with her final year collection a presentation of beautiful but unconventional wedding-like dresses in avantgarde textures, featuring threedimensional forms and innovative fabric manipulations. We were frothing over her sheer mesh panels, dramatic organza folds, dense hand beading and delicate appliqués, but the best thing about Kezia’s pieces was the movement, with all dresses bouncing ever so lightly. Definitely keep an eye on this girl, g he as we are dubbing her echevski. the next Matechevski.
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100 strokes before bed may be a bit old hat, but a good brushing will distribute oils, invigorate the scalp and stimulate hair growth, so don’t be without the most basic tool of the trade. Hairbrush, $20 at Kit Cosmetics.
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FRANKIE WEARS Grey shirt, $210, Ricarda; Rascals black basketball shirt, $89.95, RVLT trousers, $135, Three animals shirt (worn around waist), $225, Vanishing Elephant shoes, $230, Pigeonhole; Braces, $75, Varga Girl; Silver necklace, $129, Father.
FRANKIE WEARS Nique Coat, $299, Gram shoes, $120, Atlas Divine; Rollas trade overalls, $149.95, Blue scarf, $59.95, Pigeonhole; Jumper, $149.95, Witchery Man; Whyred colin shirt (worn around waist), $199, silver necklace, $129, silver ring, Father;
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EBONY WEARS Silver tinsel bralette, $95, Poppy Lissiman; stripe roll-up shirt, $190, Mok Theorem vest, $600, Billie & Rose; Shakuhachi leather overalls, $420, Pigeonhole; Large earrings, $85, Rummage; large stone ring, $12.95, Colette.
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EBONY WEARS Alexander Wang dress, $565, crew neck top $185, navy leggings, $150, long silver chain, $525, Ricarda. Black tinsel bralette $85, Poppy Lissiman; Cameo shirt (worn around waist), $129.95, large stone ring, $32, Pigeonhole; Mesh jacket (worn around waist), $79.95, Mosman. Bling earrings, $139, Varga Girl; Mania Mania crystal ring, $150, The Annex; Senso ankle boots, $295, Peachy.
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EBONY WEARS Eska Alikai long leather short, $295, Peachy; stripe top, $24.95, Cardigan, $119.95, black studded belt, $59.95; white crop top $240, Black Beret; A+C vest, $229, A + C corsage, $75, Varga Girl; knit jumper (worn around waist), $169, Gorman; DiamantĂŠ brooch, $45, Pigeonhole; Senso black croc points, $150, The Annex; Diamante drop earrings, $12.95, Colette.
FRANKIE WEARS Black jeans, $99, leather vest, $349, Atlas Divine; Neuw heritage cardigan, $149.95, Wood Wood shirt (worn around waist), $225, Pigeonhole; Baseball Tee (worn around waist), $55, The Riffle Club; Mesh jacket (worn around waist), $79.95, Mossman.
EBONY WEARS Nanushka grey jumper $665, Ixiah sequin dress, $320, Peachy; Hansel & Gretel pants, $200, Billie & Rose; Black roll neck crop, $165, Mezi earrings, $199, Black Beret. PVC raincoat (worn around waist), $170, Pigeonhole; DiamantĂŠ necklace, $19.95, large stone ring, $12.95 Colette.
EBONY WEARS Hologram dress, $430, Antipodium; Black knit dress, $129.95, metallic loafers, $149.95, Witchery; Long coat, $795, Billie & Rose; stripe shirt (worn around waist), $239, The Annex; Tom Binns earrings, $345, Ricarda; Pearl stone necklace, $16.95, multi bracelet, $14.95 each, Colette; Fan bracelet, $350, Varga Girl.
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YVES SAINT LAURENT WINE ME, DINE ME The 2014 Perth Good Food & Wine Show is just around the corner. From July 11 - 13, The Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre will be packed to the rafters with delicious food and dizzying beverages, product demonstrations and stalls, plus appearances from such celebrity chefs as Matt Moran, Matt Stone, Miguel Maestre, Maggie Beer, Antonio Carluccio, Alastair McLeod and George Calombaris. For more information and ticketing options, go to goodfoodshow.com.au. Miguel Maestre, appearing at the 2014 Perth Good Food & Wine Show
ECHOES OF AFGHANISTAN John Curtin Gallery will be hosting two exhibitions in tandem that each look at the conflict in Afghanistan. Commissioned under the Official War Art Scheme and presented as part of the Australian War Memorial’s Travelling Exhibition Program, Ben Quilty: After Afghanistan presents 16 sketches on paper the artist made while attached to the ADF in 2011, along with 21 paintings he made after his return from the field. Shaun Gladwell, Afghanistan features photographs, video works and paintings that Gladwell created after being attached to the ADF in 2009. The exhibition runs from August 2 September 14. Go to curtin.edu.au for more.
Dedicated Follower of Fashion THE OLD MAN AND THE THREE Luna Palace Cinemas have been bringing some exceptional plays to the big screen over the last few years with their British National Theatre screenings. That tradition continues this weekend with an encore presentation of King Lear. Starring stage veteran Simon Russell Beale under the direction of Bond ruiner Sam Mendes, the play sees tragedy befall a kingdom when it is divided between three sisters by their aged father. It’s on for only two sessions on Saturday, June 28, and Sunday, June 29. Go to lunapalace.com.au for session times bad ticketing. The British National Theatre’s King Lear
GET SET TO EXPLODE Hailing from Melbourne, Marcel Cousins is Turner Galleries’ mid-year artist in residence. Running from Friday, July 4, until Saturday, August 7, his exhibition, Exploded Diagram, brings together a disparate array of works created using a variety of materials and techniques, including painting, airbrushing, resin and fibreglass sculpture and laser-cut acrylic. Drawing on pop culture, consumerism and Japanese design aesthetics, Cousins’ work forges traditional elements into something very fresh and contemporary. For full information, go to turnergalleries.com.au.
Directed by Jalil Lespert Starring Pierre Niney, Guillaume Gallienne The first off the rack of two competing biopics about the great fashion designer to grace our screens this year, Yves Saint Laurent is a lavish production telling of this icon’s rise to greatness in the fashion industry and his battle with health issues and substance abuse, all told through the eyes of his life and business partner, Pierre Berger. The film follows Yves Saint Laurent’s (Pierre Niney) professional life, from his early associations with Christian Dior, to the establishment of his own fashion house and beyond to his reclusive later years. We also get us an insight into the man’s personal life, especially his long and occasionally tempestuous relationship with Pierre Berger (Guillaume Gallienne), whose business acumen handled the market side of YSL, freeing Saint Laurent to pursue his design vision. P i e r re N i n e y g i ve s a n i n t r i g u i n g performance as an enigmatic character. Given little to work with besides an almost clichéd template of a tortured genius, he manages to breathe life into the character with subtlety and restraint. In this he is matched by Gallienne, and the scenes between these two actors bring an intensity and believability to the relationship. As such the first part of this movie is captivating, exploring the growth of their love, at the
same time as we see the young artist (and company) find his standing. Yet somewhere in the third act this film peters out and gives up on story telling. As Saint Laurent’s mental health issues become more pronounced, aggravated by drugs and alcohol, he becomes more and more reclusive and withdrawn. Yves Saint Laurent leaves us with little narrative thread to cover this era, so the few snippets we are given seem disjointed. In fact without a detailed knowledge of Saint Laurent’s life (or the period) the significance of certain characters seems somewhat lost on the audience. By the show-stopping catwalk finale, all is bereft of context and so the operatic styling of this climactic scene appears overblown and ultimately hollow. For all its strong production values, nuanced acting, and beautiful fashion, perhaps that is exactly what this film is: hollow. Purely art for art’s sake, lacking in any drive or attempted understanding. It sees Saint Laurent as a tortured artist and gives little, save a few hints, to try and expand beyond that caricature. Still the fashion is stunning, and the multiple catwalk scenes showcasing the historical progression of YSL’s collection will appeal to the fashionista although with such a breadth of significant collections it was obviously impossible to cover all of them, so even they may be left wanting more in this regard. DAVID O’CONNELL
2 ONE ANOTHER His Majesty’s Theatre Wednesday, June 18, 2014 The crowd was wowed by the graceful performance of Sydney Dance Company’s 2 One Another last week. Photos by Matt Jelonek
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SUPANOVA POP CULTURE EXPO Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre Friday, June 20 - Sunday, June 22 Comics fans, anime kids, gamers, geeks, SF aficionados and fantasy fans all came together in vast numbers to celebrate their pet obsessions this past weekend, and a good time was had by all. Photos by Matt Jelonek
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Metal Fatigue Directed by Michael Bay Starring Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, Titus Welliver Michael Bay is not the most beloved filmmaker of our time, to put it delicately, but the truth of the matter is that we are being robbed of better Michael Bay films by his continued involvement in the increasingly dire Transformers film franchise. Sequences such as a convoy of Autobots rolling through Monument Valley and shots like the one of Titus Welliver, gun in hand, framed against a dilapidated Hong Kong apartment building, demonstrate that he is a visual stylist of considerable skill. It’s just that Bay has as little interest in expending his talents on the titular robots in disguise as screenwriter Ehren Kruger, and so we get the horrible mess that is Transformers: Age Of Extinction. Following the events of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, in which Chicago was pretty much flattened, a black ops task force headed by CIA Agent Attinger (Kelsey Grammer) and his right hand murderer, Savoy (Titus Welliver) is hunting down and killing both Autobots and Decepticons and shipping their carcasses off to billionaire Joshua Joyce (Stanley Tucci), who wants to develop his own Transformers. Meanwhile, struggling single father/farmer/amateur roboticist (!) Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) salvages a truck that turns out to be Optimus Prime, badly wounded and laying low. All that follows is noise, thunder and the occasional ill-judged and heavy handed emotional beat. Oh, and the Dinobots - they show up too, and it’s a hard not to appreciate a
sword-wielding Optimus riding a robot T-rex, no matter what insane narrative gymnastics it’s taken to get to that point. And you had better believe that those gymnastics are impressive. Parts of Kruger’s script feel like they’ve been run through two or three translation programs, they’re so clunky and unnatural - the dénouement, which seems to hint at Optimus Prime actually going off to fight God, is just a giant non sequitur. The film also suffers from an abundance of the usual Bay-isms, including a love of Americana that is either hopelessly sentimental or incredibly cynical, on interest in hardware and machinery over character and a leading lady who clearly was selected for attributes other than her acting ability. While we’re at it, although the film never approaches the racist nadir of Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, the presence of cod-samurai Autobot Drift (a character created with considerably more sensitivity - by Perth writer Shane McCarthy) does no one any favours. Still, there’s an audience for this stuff, even if that audience will complain loudly after seeing the film when they should have known what they were in for when they bought their tickets. And, to be fair, there are moments that just sing. The problem is that they’re buried in a misshapen, underwritten mess of a movie. Perhaps the worst thing about Age Of Extinction is that it’s clearly designed to lead into a sequel or two, which means we’ve got more of these things looming in our future. TRAVIS JOHNSON
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EAT AT: PLEASED TO MEET YOU From the minds behind La Cholita, this Northbridge mess hall offers a great range of food to share in a relaxed, informal setting. Pleased To Meet You
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SHOP AT: STEAM The Steam Summer Sale has started! Pick up great computer games at stupidly low prices until June 30 at steampowered.com. Steam
DRINK AT: BAR LAFAYETTE This Brookfield Place institution specialises in artisanal cocktails, but also offers a great range of boutique beers and a refined yet low-key atmosphere. Bar Lafayette
GO TO: WINTER SUPPER CLUB This Friday, June 27, marks the first Winter Supper Cub of the season at the Perth Town Hall undercroft. Get down there between 4pm and 8pm for some great street food. Winter Supper Club 26
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“I guess that would be a fear I have, to be considered really boring; I could be called rubbish, but boring’s not very flattering.” It’s a calm Sunday afternoon as Benjamin Witt, former The Chemist frontman, talks about what drives him to create music, ahead of RTR FM’s Fremantle Winter Music Festival this Saturday, June 28, across Railway Hotel, Mojo’s Bar, Swan Hotel and the North Fremantle Bowls Club. After calling it quits and playing their final show at The Bakery late last year, the boys from iconic Perth rock band, The Chemist, made an amicable separation and have gone on to bigger and better things. For brooding frontman, Benjamin Witt, the split has been a springboard to launch his eponymous solo outing, as well as working on a cavalcade of projects with other bands, including Sean O’Neill and Kučka, playing session guitar for the likes of Empire Of The Sun and being the zen master of astral synth, alongside Tame Impala frontman, Kevin Parker, in the Perth band, Kevin Spacey (aka AAA Aardvark Getdown Services). Now, with an EP on the way and a tasty slot on the RTR FM Winter Music Festival line-up, Witt opens his imaginarium to the public and discusses writing and his plan for the show. “It’s just to kind of exorcise these creative ideas I have, that are kind of like leeches on the brain,” Witt says of the mysterious new EP. “It’s just a kind of lo-fi, trippy folk thing… I tried to record something galactic over the top to subvert the aesthetic. So they’re just simple songs recorded intimately and provided with an element that kind of de-normalises it.” The EP, which Witt says draws heavily from the influences of Beck’s One Foot In The Grave and the works of Daniel Johnston, was largely recorded at home with a nylon string guitar and microphone, before being shipped off to The Panda Band’s Damian Crosby for tweaking. “He’s just gonna tweak the mixes. I’ve got about 15 tracks, but I’m sort of just carving a bunch of them off; it might just end up being 10 songs” There’s a sense of experimentality that radiates while he talks. Whether it’s trying out subversive DIY recording techniques or learning and incorporating African rhythms into his guitar work, Witt has an almost manic erraticism in his approach to music. “It’s still me; it’s sort of just forcing myself to start from a different place and pushing myself doing something I haven’t explored or done before. “In terms of the rhythm, it’s like the maths of it; thinking how notes would fall on a page and using that to break away from pretty catatonic white boy rhythms.” Despite this year being largely about songwriting for Witt, he’s performing at the RTR FM Fremantle Winter Music Festival – a gig that The Chemist also played way back in 2011. When talking about the setlist, Witt still seems a little unsure. “I’ve been working on a bunch of different projects, so I’ve got all these different songs. I’m thinking about just doing a 30-minute kraut rock jam with some loop pedals and a drum machine, or something. I’m still undecided; I might end up doing a bit of both.” At the moment, Witt isn’t taking things too seriously. It might sound unusual for the frontman of a band as popular as The Chemist, but there seems to be a conscious effort to keep things simple and maybe a hint of some of the factors that led to his old band breaking up. “When you’re touring and you’re working with labels and management and stuff it can get a bit tedious. I’m just trying to get back into the pure zone and enjoy the actual process without having anyone else to worry about. For now I’m just sort of indulging in the process, really.” SHAUN COWE
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VISUAL ARTS Stay Safe: Ruck Rover General Store Curated by Kate-Anna St Valentine, this is a charity exhibition to raise money for SAFE, an organisation dedicated to saving animals from euthanasia. Featured artists include Kyle HughesOdgers, Sean Morris, Mel Stringer, Rose Skinner, Maddy Young, Jessica Horrocks, Chiara Hunwick, Elizabeth Murraffo, Matt Moore and Leonei Brialey. It runs from July 1 - 31. Go to ruckrover.com.au for more info. Ukiyo-E - Japanese Prints Of The Floating World: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery An exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints from the collection of Ronald and Catherine Berndt. It runs until June 28. Head over to lwgallery.uwa.edu. au for details. Dinosaur Discovery - Lost Creatures Of The Cretaceous: WA Museum Combining life-size moving models and 3D augmented reality technology, this world-class exhibition brings the unfathomably distant past to life. There will also be fossils and specimens on display, interactive activities and more. It runs until August 3. Go to museum.wa.gov.au for more information.
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Jasper Jones: State Theatre Centre Barking Gecko Theatre Company presents a stage adaptation of Craig Silvey’s acclaimed novel, written for the stage by Kate Mulvany and directed by John Sheedy. It runs from July 17 - August 9. Go to barkinggecko.com.au for more information. Henry V: State Theatre Centre Bell Shakespeare views the classic tale of courage, military valour and political intrigue through the lens of war-wracked 1941 Britain. It runs from July 23 - 26. Book through Ticketek Patyegarang: State Theatre Centre This new production from Bangarra Dance Theatre tells the story of the eponymous Aboriginal woman who taught her language to Lieutenant William Dawes of the Colonial Fleet. It runs from July 30 - August 2 for five performances only. Tickets are available via Ticketek.
2014 Perth International Burlesque Festival More than 60 national, international and local performers will be strutting their stuff from June 28 - July 13, including Germany’s Lada Redstar, US star Coco Lectric, Italy’s Cleo Viper and Australia’s own Bella De Jac and Raven. Go to perthburlesquefestival. com for full details, show times and ticketing. Revelation Film Festival From July 3 - 13, treat yourself to some of the best in edgy, underground and outré films from across the country and around the globe. For full info, go to revelationfilmfest.org. The Scandinavian Film Festival The first ever Scandinavian Film Festival brings together the best cinema from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland. It runs at Cinema Paradiso from July 24 - 30. Go to scandinavianfilmfestival.com or lunapalace.com.au for details.
FESTIVALS 2014 Perth Winter Arts Season This seasonal celebration of art and culture is back once again, showcasing a dazzling array of performance, visual arts, film, literature, fashion, food and more. It runs until August 31. Go to perthwinterarts.com.au to start planning your winter.
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Giving Up The Ghosts: The Blue Room Theatre This new work by Perth theatre tearaway Joe Lui tells the story of Steve and Ruth, two lost souls who find each other, with tragic consequences. It runs until July 12. Shoot over to blueoom.org.au for more details. Tomás Ford - The Final Chase: Rockingham Arts Centre Cabaret king Tomás Ford’s latest show sees the audience-attacking auteur enter the world of international espionage and deadly intrigue. It runs in conjunction with Liz Ford’s exhibition, Embellishment Is Not A Crime, from June 25 - July 5. Tickets are available through ticketbooth.com.au. Eight Gigabytes Of Hardcore Pornography: State Theatre Centre Written be Declan Greene, Eight Gigabytes is a funny, dirty, frequently cringe-worthy (in the best possible way) look at love, sex, loneliness and relationships. Starring Andrea Gibbs and Steve Rogers and featuring music by the acclaimed Rachael Dease, it runs from July 2 - 12. Go to perthhteatre.com.au for tickets and session times.
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JOE SATRIANI Can’t Stop The Music Joe Satriani has made many trips Down Under since he first visited in 1988 as part of Mick Jagger’s solo band. SHANE PINNEGAR reports that the famed guitarist is coming back for another opportunity for fans of ‘strange, beautiful music’ to see him perform at the Astor Theatre on Tuesday, November 11. Joe Satriani’s forthcoming Australian visit will mark the end of his Unstoppable Momentum tour, a jaunt which will have taken him far and wide for many months by the time he touches down in Perth. “I’m looking forward to it. The cool thing is that it’s going to be the wrap-up leg of the tour, so we will be in a very celebratory state of mind.” In between legs of the tour the New Yorker kept riding the momentum – unstoppable, see – by compiling a box set of his extensive solo work (14 albums, plus rarities), which also comes in a deluxe package - a life-sized chrome sculpture of Satriani’s head, with removable sunglasses that house two USB drives featuring all the music. As if that wasn’t enough, the man sometimes known as Satch also collaborated with author, Jake Brown, on a 320 page retrospective book - titled Strange Beautiful Music after his 2002 album of that name – which tells the story of his career song-by-song. “It’s funny,” he laughs, “when we started those two projects, they were not linked. One thing led to another. It’s great to have the book - although I can’t really look at it! The pictures kind of freak me out, you know what I mean? With long hair and the clothes; all the funny things I was wearing. The book had lots of embarrassing photos that people could get pleasure out of.” Satriani’s music has always been extremely forward thinking – in a sense it has evolved with him, and takes his audience on a journey from song to song, and from album to album. You never know what you’re going to get exactly. He agrees that looking backward is a very different thing to get used to. “It is hard. It’s one of those things that just doesn’t feel like a natural thing for a musician who’s always trying to write the next song and working on a new piece. Of course, so much of my life is playing the music, and re-interpreting it on stage. So to have 28
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to go back to the original versions - which I never listen to - that was hard enough. It’s weird – it’s like having to stare at polaroids from a party where you misbehaved!” With the box set and book wrapping up his solo career to date, once the Unstoppable Momentum tour stops, that career has effectively had a line drawn under it. One wonders if Satriani feels that it will give him the freedom to move on to do something different. “I’ll tell you, one thing I learned from doing the book is that I’ve always been free,” he says, excitedly, “although I may not have noticed it. The book details the 14 studio albums and the trials and tribulations and the triumphs that are behind each project. When you review the stuff like that you begin to realise that chances were taken. Crazy things were tried. In the end, it was all for good. It was good that we pushed ourselves to the edge.
“The book details the 14 studio albums and the trials and tribulations and the triumphs that are behind each project. When you review the stuff like that you begin to realise that chances were taken. Crazy things were tried. In the end, it was all for good. It was good that we pushed ourselves to the edge.” “I keep thinking - as you suggested - I’ve sort of drawn that line and said, ‘that was then. Now I’m stepping right into the now’. I’ve been moving forward. The other week I sent a full record’s worth of demos off to Sam, Mike and Chad (Hagar, Anthony, Smith) from Chickenfoot, and I’ve been working on, of all things, a digital animation series based on characters from my art book from 2013. “So every day we’ve been very busy writing a script, I’ve been writing and recording lots of music at home that accompanies the show – so, I have been moving forward into crazy places. If anything, every once in a while I go, ‘what am I doing? This is insane!’” There’s no denying that Joe Satriani is one dude who is walking the road less travelled into some amazing areas. “Yeah!” he says with gusto. “That’s the way it should be. I always think that when you get to the end of the line, you should exhale and say, ‘I did it: I tried everything I could’. Go out with a smile on your face.” Live Nation pre-sale tickets for Joe Satriani are now available at livenation.com.au. General sales are available from noon AWST this Friday, June 27. PIC: CHAPMAN BAEHLER
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The City of Fremantle’s Hidden Treasures Winter Music Series returns on Thursdays from July 3-31, at venues such as the Fremantle Workers Club, The Buffalo Club, The Navy Club and PS Art Space. On Thursday, July 24, Ghetto Crystals join Jodie Tes & The Popular Front at The Navy Club. BOB GORDON finds out more about this new-yet-strangely-familiar outfit. Doug May, aka KT Rumble, and San Cisco’s Scarlett Stevens have known each other a long time, but have only recently collaborated as a two-piece outfit known as the Ghetto Crystals, a musical venture without limits. He has played in The Fuzz and The Fags/Loose Lips, but is perhaps more generally known as his sister Abbe May’s guitar player, a role he held until lat last year. “Since leaving Abbe’s band, I have been busy setting up a home studio and writing songs,” May says. “I started playing some solo shows and was aware this new project needed some good players to come on board to flesh out the tunes. “I’ve known Scarlett since we both played at Rock-It in 2005, I remember thinking my band (The Fuzz) just got schooled in how to play a festival by The Flairz, and I’ve been a fan ever since. “Ghetto Crystals was quite spontaneous. I had a song I was working on called Shake A Badonkadonk and got Scarlett to have a
listen. I guess she could hear the sound I was going for and we decided to work together.” As for the music itself, at this stage it seems to be more about feel than intent. “We have been consciously trying to make music that is upbeat and danceable, and at the same time, is bad ass!” May explains. “A lot of the songs start with an idea rather than a melody, not necessarily written while playing guitar like I usually do, but I might work on it in my head or on an iPad. Scarlett comes along with ideas and we work on them together.” The two-piece structure is always an interesting one. May says he’s finding more liberties than limitations with it. “We have a very big sound for a two-piece,” he notes. “I use a lot of octave effects with my guitar and we are starting to incorporate samples into the live show, so sonically it’s quite a full sound.
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“Playing live as a two-piece can free you up to jam songs. If Scarlett puts a stop in, I can go with it, or we can extend an outro. You can shake things up like that.” With May and Stevens both being Fremantle enthusiasts not to mention identities - Hidden Treasures is a more than appropriate way to unveil their new wares. The future is bright, but as yet unknown. “We are an evolving project,” May says, “right now we want to keep writing songs. We hope to put an album out by the end of the year, the working title is I Want To Believe. We will be playing more shows and possibly expanding the live line-up to include some special guests. It’s an exciting time getting to play new songs, with a new band and a new sound.” For more about Hidden Treasures, head to fremantle.wa.gov.au/festivals.
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THE KITE STRING TANGLE ANNOUNCES NATIONAL TOUR
WILLOW BEATS SIGN TO PILERATS, ANNOUNCE TOUR
The Kite String Tangle is the solo project of alternative electronic artist and producer, Danny Harley. In 2013 Harley thrilled many with his gorgeous breakout single Given The Chance. To celebrate the release of Vessel EP Harley is touring Australia. Arcadia, the first single of the new EP, sees Harley continue to discover and trademark his own new sounds while further exploring traditional themes such as love (and loss). Harley says Arcadia represents an unobtainable ideal that we all create in certain situations.“In this case it focuses on a post-relationship situation where you want to go back to that comfortable space that the relationship represented, but things have changed and that place doesn’t exist anymore,” Harley says. “It doesn’t stop us from striving for it even though it might be out of reach.” Check out The Kite String Tangle, Friday, August 22 at Amplifier Bar.
Fresh off the back of being signed to Perth label Pilerats, Melbourne-based Willow Beats have dropped new single Merewif and announced a single tour. Stooped in fantasy, mystery, and the stories of Hare Krishna folklore, Merewif breaks out with soul, love, and light. The caramel vocal chords of the beautiful and commanding Kalyani Mumtaz that are wrapped around Narayana Johnson’s electronica are full of shadows and dust, with twisting starlight synths and heart-beat baselines. Five days after dropping Merewif on the Willow Beats Soundcloud, the single has had over 59,000 plays with fans and Australian and international media outlets delightedly praising the duo’s return. Perth, you can see Willow Beats, Friday, August 1 at Mondo. Tickets from oztix.com.au.
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THE HIVE LAUNCHES CLUB NIGHT Perth is getting a shiny new club night called The Hive. Rigby’s Bar will come alive Friday, July 4 as they roll out the red carpet to launch the Friday night club night with exceptional deep city grooves chopped, dropped and delivered by Tizer, Lynx Fx, Axeman, NVS and Alex K in the spectacular Forrest Centre garden atrium. Entry is free. Tizer
ALISON WONDERLAND The Wunderkind One of the biggest names in the Australian club scene is Alison Wonderland. She’s just finished a nation-wide warehouse tour rocking the industrial districts of our major cities, but not content to just smash out bangers on the dance floor, she’s releasing her first EP, Calm Down, on June 27. SIMON DONNES spoke with Alison about her roots and her rise to fame ahead of her Rural Juror Tourour, at Fitzgerald’s, Bunbury, Friday, July 4 and the Toucan Club, Mandurah, Saturday, July 5. Amongst a fierce competition, one name has risen to the fore of Australian DJs. Alison Wonderland is a force to be reckoned with on the decks, and, having teased singles on her soundcloud, is dropping her first EP in a matter of days. “I’d been writing a lot of songs for a long time and that EP all came to me in a week, I wrote all of those songs in a week. I had this huge burst of creativity, got really inspired and just wrote them all. There’s a few tracks I’ve done in collaboration, there’s a few with Lido, he’s Norwegian, and Djemba Djemba from L.A.” Regarding her success, “Maybe cause I’ve kept it real: I think I’ve always been honest with what I do, and I think when people are doing it for the right reasons that it maybe communicates a little bit better. I’ve been writing music for a long time, production I got into around 2008. I was producing under a different name and when I got signed to EMI it all merged into the one moniker. I’m a classically trained cellist so I’ve always dabbled in song writing.” The Warehouse Tour – sneaky, secret and fresh, brought an energy to the scene that hasn’t been seen in a long time. “I wanted to do something where people have more of an experience than just being at a club, and everyone has been so nice to me, it was like my way of saying thanks, like, thanks everyone, let’s have a party.” “The warehouse party was probably my favourite tour ever, without being biased. It was really cool because I had some friends with me, Wave Racer and Young Franco, and we had a great time together 30
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just nerding out - we had a lot of good experiences together.” Despite the hectic schedule, watching Alison mix is mesmerising. Hitting every beat, she puts it down to one thing. “I practice, a lot. I think practice is key, that and you have to really know your tracks – where they build and where they drop so you don’t have to plan it so much. If you understand what your songs are going to do you can play it off the crowd a bit more, and if they’re going in a certain direction then I’ll take them there. That’s probably the most important thing, to really know your tracks.” The new record is a blinding crash course through a changing sound scape, but with one core lineage: “The Knife, The Knife, The Knife - OH MY GOD - The Knife. They were the reason I bought myself a computer: I worked at a telemarketing center to buy a laptop so I could produce music because of The Knife record Silent Shout.” Alison, a classically trained cellist, even sneaks a little of the unwieldy instrument into the new EP. “I like the thought of having something organic in the mix occasionally, like, why not?” On the changing tides for Australian producers, Alison’s glad to see a burgeoning scene here at home. “Since I started I’ve definitely noticed that Australians are supporting Australian musicians much more than they used to, it’s really cool to see: with the time I’ve spent overseas, I’ve learnt the Americans are definitely looking to us as beat makers at the moment, so it’s nice to have this home-grown support. I’m happy for my peers who are getting recognised for their work.” On the EDM trends of the current nightlife, Alison’s not going to judge. “I think a lot of half time beats are quite in, I love that kind of stuff. I don’t want to judge it too harshly because I’m happy where it is, obviously there’s shit music out there: there’s heaps of shit electronic music, there’s heaps of shit music of every genre out there – I’m focused on the music that really speaks to me no matter where it’s from.” One of Alison’s many charms is her unadulterated online presence. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are pure Wonderland, where her followers are led through a world of over-sized novelty shirts, bad puns and nuggets of wisdom.“I’m usually updating it when I’m drunk, and then the next day my manager gets on me about it – like ‘nice job idiot’. Oh well, YOLO. I’m not going to be all weird and robotic and PR-like, no-one wants that.”
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DJ Q ESSENTIAL GARAGE DJ Q is a cornerstone of the UK Dance scene. From humble beginnings in 1997 to a weekly DJ set at Ministry Of Sound Radio, Pan-European tours and a long awaited debut album earlier this year, Q has come a long way. Heading past the equator, DJ Q is heading to CIRCO on Saturday, June 28, as part of his first Australian tour. SIMON DONNES spoke with Q about his background, his record label, and the UK scene at large. The UK scene is a different beast. Far removed from the trap and electro of America and what some are calling the ‘vinyl revival’ sound coming from our own shores, the British Isles are a land of garage, bassline and grime. DJ Q, a mainstay of the scene, is at his all-time best: you don’t hang around for over a decade unless you’re doing something special.
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“I just love music so much that it was sort of bound to happen [laughs]. I grew up with drum and bass and jungle being big influences. So I got obsessed buying records and that led to playing with them and DJing them and it went from there. The production came a few years later and I think that’s what really set me apart was that not many people made the jump successfully.” A rock of the UK scene, DJ Q has watched the tides change for himself and his peers. “It’s changed dramatically since I started. Before you had to be a wicked DJ, like you had to be the very best to get recognized but now it’s a lot more DJ focused, producers aren’t getting as much attention - it’s easier to get noticed being on the decks. It’s good and it’s bad because there’s more opportunity but some producers can’t DJ so they’re stuffed.” A long-time radio host, Q hosted a weekly broadcast on the BBC’s 1Xtra station. The youngest DJ to ever take the mantle, DJ Q found mainstream success in the exposure and stayed there for eight years. Now he plays a monthly show on Ministry Of Sound Radio, called Essential Garage. “I’ve been on Ministry of Sound Radio for about a year and a half, that’s been really good. It’s so different to 1Xtra because I’ve got a lot more free reign to play what I want: it’s my show basically whereas before it was a show by BBC 1Xtra that I played for them.” DJ Q also manages his own personal label, Q Recordings. “It started off years back just releasing my own tracks, relaunched it last year to
start promoting tracks and producers that I like and respect. I get a lot of music sent to me, half of it never comes out because it doesn’t get picked up by a bigger label so I thought I’d help put some of this good music out there that otherwise wouldn’t be heard. I’m looking to bring out a bunch more remixes and singles of my own on there in the next 12 months or so, it’s going to be pretty exciting.”
NINA LAS VEGAS BOW DOWN Not only is she a well-known radio ambassador, producer and DJ, Nina Las Vegas is unquestionably one of our finest proponents of forward thinking music. And as testament to her success, she is everything a performer should be – driven, talented, determined and selfless. From the community work she’s done to her ability to seemingly blur her musical output across genres, the lady stands in good stead for the next phase of her career. RK talks to one of Australia’s favourite daughter ahead of her gig at Circo, Saturday, June 28 at Claremont Showgrounds. Just back from a three-month stint overseas, Nina has a new perspective on things and is feeling recharged and committed to taking things to the next level. “A whole lot has changed in the time I’ve been away,” she says. “I’ve backed down from house music in some ways and I’m showcasing what I like more. I think it’s a really exciting time for dance music right now too. It’s a big wide world out there and it’s a positive thing to be listening to a lot of different stuff, important even.” Indeed, whether it’s house, progressive or something more urban, Nina has the wherewithal to present her wares in a splendid fashion – music layered amongst a sea of groove and rhythm. And with her involvement with triple j, her name continues to remain up in lights for all the right reasons. Her mixes and updated web page are sure to excite, so be sure to check them out. She adds this: “I’m always wanting to keep the mixes exclusive and to use them to showcase different movements. I think it’s important to be showcasing in other directions musically too – as I said, it feels like a really exciting time in music and it’s great to be a part of it.” In other news, Nina says she attended the Coachella Festival in the United States – an event where she describes everyone as ‘super lovely’ and ‘without pretension’. “For such a massive festival, everyone is just so friendly and wanting to have a good time. The festival itself is massive. Skrillex is in this massive spaceship and it’s just on! It’s amazing just how much energy goes into the show. It’s huge over there.” Likewise, she describes the scene in the UK as one that is burgeoning. The almost ubiquitous sounds of house and techno flood the scene and very few DJs stick with one sound or style. “The whole scene overseas is different. It’s amazing how it evolves; just when you think things have settled they change up again. It’s pretty remarkable.” Finally, Nina describes how pumped she is to be hosting a stage at the upcoming Circo Festival in Perth. “It’s a great festival in a lot of ways and there are acts pushing new and different sounds so I’m really looking forward to being a part of it,” she chimes. And perhaps in jest, adds: “at the festival, I will be showcasing the new clothes I bought and a new hair colour I’m sporting – but really, I’m very excited. I have a lot of new music. I look forward to seeing the people there!” WWW. XP RE SS MAG.COM. AU
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EARTH Craig McElhinney And Chris Cobilis/ Rachael Dease The Rosemount Hotel Wednesday, June 18, 2014 For over two decades, Earth has slowly built a collection of albums which allow the listener to experience an aural journey that Dylan Carson has methodically laid out. Touring in support of their upcoming eighth studio album, Dylan, Adrienne and Karl offered those who attended Wednesdays show at The Rosemount an early glimpse of what is to come on the soon to be released Primitive And Deadly Early fans were treated to the improvisational stylings of Craig McElhinney And Chris Cobilis. Armed with two laptops, a guitar and a microphone, they slowly built up an industrial soundscape of white noise, atonal chords and snatches of distorted vocals. The first 15 minutes meandered a little until finally the two musicians seemed to find synchronicity. What followed was a set of tight rhythmic noise built from synth loops and heavy guitar feedback. Up next was former Schvendes front woman Rachael Dease, backed by a small band consisting of guitars and drums. Probably one of Perth’s most hard working musicians, it’s a wonder how she finds time to put together yet another band between interstate and international tours, not
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to mention working on a production with the Perth Theatre Company. Dease coupled her funeral dirgestyled, slow bluesy sound with an incredible stage presence. Even when she is simply standing behind her synthesizer swaying in time to the music, it feels like she is singing her tales of failed love, loneliness and despair directly to you. After a quick change over, Earth (stripped down to a touring threesome) took to the stage. Opening with the 20 minute epic Badgers Bane/Even Hell has its heroes off their upcoming new record. This new track harks back to their earlier ‘90s period, which has me excited to hear the rest of this release. With most songs being 15+ minutes in length, there was only so much material that could be covered in the 90 minute set. They switched between older, more drone and distortion laden tracks and the modern cuts which sounded like an Ennio Morricone record, slowed down and thrown through a fuzz pedal. The thing you notice about Earth is that everything is incredibly deliberate. Each strum of the guitar, strike of a cymbal or drum is perfectly timed. It’s hard to believe that slow tracks, which grind almost to a halt, are able to lurch on, falling into each other, yet whip back at neck-snap speed into perfect synch. Its like watching slow motion chaos. As the sonic barrage finally subsided and the tinnitus hum began ringing in my ears, I left quite happy. Although there was a small turnout, Life Is Noise had put on a hugely successful gig with just the right support. SEAN DRILL
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THE COMMUNITY 10 BIRTHDAY The Bakery Saturday, June 21, 2014 Local collective The Community celebrated 10 years of “independence through collaboration” over the weekend. The loose group of like-minded DJs, MCs, musicians, producers and visual artists have a lot to celebrate, being a real local success story of how to do it right. Starting as a two person street art project, they’ve grown to encompass over 30 artists all producing boundary pushing, underground music and arts and to celebrate, the crew took over The Bakery for one big party featuring just about all the artists in their roster. Sibalance warmed up the main room on this cold night, before one of The Community’s founding members, Maxy Bills, delivered a lush set of instrumental magic. YLEM dished out a heavy set of experimental leftfield electronica as the room began to fill, and had things nicely primed for Mathas to step up around 10. On the other stage, FG was getting going. He made his rise to prominence in the Perth scene as a rapper, but a focus on the musical aspect of the game has produced some amazing work. Breathy pads and deep, multi-tonal bass lines were built as the perfect foundation for sparkling leads. While many tracks were hemmed with a melancholy edge, there was no absence of funky and soulful moments from one of Perth’s most talented sonic wizards. Mathas has gone from strength to strength. Forget that infantile bogan shit, this is real Aussie
hip hop. His style is fresh and his conscious lyrics cleverly deconstruct modern society with a truly local perspective. Kicking off with Doctorshopping, it was an engaging and entertaining set, Mathas stepping down from the stage to wander around the crowd and deliver his smooth and concise raps. White Sugar is a great tune, and he finished with Nourishment, his breakthrough track about Australia’s lack of cultural food identity. Wisdom2th is long in the tooth when it comes to the Perth hip hop scene, with some of his earliest hip hop releases appearing on the small label Green & Gold almost a decade ago. Wisdom2th never fails to catch the crowd with his off-kilter imagery into which he always manages to weave elements of intelligent observation and conscious lyricism. I hazard to mention a poorly worded joke in between tracks, which used a nasty concept to generate some cheap and nervous laughter, but hopefully it’s an error he doesn’t feel the need to repeat. Vishnu played a cracking set of intelligent dub and old school drum ‘n’ bass, and was helped out by an MC. In the current landscape of Perth’s hip hop scene, almost no event is complete without Empty. One of the masterminds of the vibrant Empty Bars improvisation night at The Moon Cafe, Empty is the complete package, with a sensationally musical production style which he consistently laces with his thoughtful lyrical intentions. This performance not only served to reignite excitement about his relatively long-awaited release Lowlights, but also to give the man
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the opportunity to fill the stage with his personal and energetic presence. S e t v i ce we re u p n e x t w i t h s o m e outrageously cool instrumental music, combining hip hop with a synth-driven and an almost shoegaze style to build something that was hard not to get lost in. Heavy drum breaks drove the music along while subtle vocal samples and heavily processed synth lines painted a masterful collage of sound. Some wicked slap bass added an entirely visceral element to the performance, and all musicians seemed absorbed in the work while they crafted the vibe. A lush, future funk extravaganza with creamy guitar tones? These keys are worth keeping an eye on. Naik was launching his new 7” as well as debuting his Stellations visual show, which he crowdfunded to bring the impressive concept to life. It’s great to see local fans getting behind an idea like this. Stellations utilises 3D projection mapping, made notable by such artists as Amon Tobin, where projections are cast onto 3D objects, in synch with the music, to create vivid and dynamic imagery. Two big icosahedrons either side of stage, like giant 20-sided dice, were lit up to great effect. Naik’s live guitar, button mashing, looping and tweaking of sounds was supported by Brody Simpson on drums. The single Solar Temples sounded great, but they finished on older track, Masakela, with its shoegaze guitar and syncopated beats. The Boost Hero Man is an enigmatic sort of fellow. Decked out in crazy headgear, this masked man unleashed his unique brand of glitchy beats and bass, and sparkling melodies on an unsuspecting crowd. DJ Silence is another incredibly prolific and active member of Perth’s hip hop scene and on this night the audience were privy to the brand new creations from his fresh, In The Shadows EP. Joined by Perth’s premier MCs and vocalists, Silence has a crispy drum sound that immediately draws comparison to some of the finest classic hip hop known to man. When laced with the altogether lovely tones of the inimitable Odette Mercy, this was nothing short of magic. Off the back of this solid release, It’s hard to think that Silence has anywhere to go but up, and his time as the go to DJ for many of The Community’s lyricists will now have to be split with a focus on his own bright and rising star. Diger Rockwell is an underground Perth legend and one of the founders of The Community. His music encompasses all sorts of rare grooves, from deep beats and atmospherics to jungle and more exotic sounds, like on Dharma Drums. Mathas got on the mic to thank Diger for “starting this shit 10 years ago.” There’s so much love, respect and camaraderie between this crew that was shared by the crowd, and there was a great vibe throughout the night. As the night grew chill and the booze continued to flow, the second stage began to get hot and heavy with the arrival of Yarhkob. Yarhkob proves
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with energetic glee that he needs lean on no one as his sound speaks, or rather screams, for itself. Drawing on elements of glitch hop, dubstep and trap, his tightly crafted and crunchy basslines wobbled and spun over the cracking drums, forcing bodies into momentum by the sheer weight of sound. Ravers and producers alike from the heavy side of things best take notice. Up next, providing some big heavy bass sound, was Arms In Motion, who had the crowd throwing themselves around the dancefloor, before a special appearance from Melbourne’s Able8, part of The Community’s extended family. The hip hop beat maker used to be an MC but is now a quality producer. He belted out a solid set of dope beats that had hips shaking and heads nodding, including new cuts Rat Cage and the glitchy Nintendo. Closing the second stage with a continuation of the throbbing heaviness was Lowaski. It seems logical to assume that his name refers to the undulating sub-100hz blitzkrieg that smashed the floor in every track - this was easily the loosest music of the evening. Displaying a well honed technicality and a squelchy, organic sound, this music would not have been out of place under the stars off a highway near Armadale. While this was a powerful and well considered sound, it at times fell prey to the classic tear-out trope of sounding a little much like high frequency fight music. A great night all round. This is what the local scene should be all about. Original, like-minded folk who love what they do, putting on a show striving to be different original. Happy birthday boys, and here’s to the next 10 years! ALFRED GORMAN AND JAMES HANLON
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SEPTEMBER IN JUNE
Lanark
HARK! IT’S LANARK! Lanark will be plying their trade in The Rosemount Hotel’s snug Four5Nine Bar this Friday. Support comes from The Eloise Ashton Trio, Odlaw and Sam Wylde. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $10.
Alt-rock outfit September Sun will be tearing it up down at the Newport Hotel this Sunday, June 29, alongside fellow hard travellers Valdaway, Triangle Fight and Nevsky Prospekt. Doors open at 6pm, entry is free.
ALL HAIL HAILMARY Perth metal legends Hailmary have already given the rest of Australia a taste of their new EP, Navigate The Sunrise, and now it’s our turn. Get down to The Rosemount Hotel for a dose of seriously symphonic noise from our headlining heroes, with support coming from This Other Eden, Bayou, and Ol’ Bouginvillea. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $12 or $20 with EP.
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THE MOON’S A BALLOON Brother and sister musical duo Joni In The Moon launch their eagerly awaited new single, Woman On Fire, taken from the album Sorrow Trees, at The Bird this Saturday, June 28. It’ll be a night of electro-folk goodness, with Catlips and Mind Canary also along for the ride. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $5.
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NOW EAR THIS All Ears presents a midweek feast of awesome sounds at The Rosemount Hotel this Wednesday, June 25. Catch Mudlark - recently returned from an eastern sojourn - Leaving, Inner Pieces and Ermine Coat from 8pm for $5.
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THE MEANING OF The Georgians/This Other Eden/Opia Amplifier Bar Friday, June 20, 2014 Fresh from their victory a few days ago at the Perth heat of the Battle Of The Bands competition, The Georgians stepped in at short notice, after a member of original opening act, Arkayan, unfortunately fell ill. But their loss was our gain, as the band took to the stage with all the bounce and enthusiasm of a litter of hyperactive Labrador puppies, and didn’t let up for the whole 30 minutes. For a band relatively new to the circuit, they looked completely at home on stage, and it was easy to see why they have made it to the battle of the bands final in Sydney. I predicted that we will be seeing a lot more of these boys. This Other Eden were next up. The band both look and sound dangerous, with heavy, powerful riffs interwoven with melodic. They raged through a strong repertoire of songs, driven by the relentless rhythm section and thrashing guitars, while vocalist John Kelly has the perfect voice to carry off the variety of styles required to complete this quintet. Opia play a brand of progressive alt rock which is slightly more serious and a little less, well, bouncy, than others performing here tonight. I’ve listened to these guys on CD, and really enjoyed their intricate music and progressive arrangements. 34
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However, I did feel that at times, this finesse was lost in the mix, especially at the beginning of the set. The vocals were often drowned by the guitar, and in turn the guitar was overly distorted, or too up in the mix. It was a shame, as Opia’s set was full of strong, well thought out songs that never fail to impress on record. For a threesome, they certainly produce an intense and complex musical experience. I do look forward to seeing them live again in the future. Here to celebrate the release of their We Are The Fire, We Are The Earth EP, The Meaning Of began, or rather didn’t begin, with a technical hitch for their bass player. After 15 minutes or so of frustration, changed leads and borrowed basses, the show finally got underway and was worth the wait. These 18 year veterans know how to put on a good show with deceptive ease. Synchronous stage movement messes together with the heavy stuttering guitar and bass riffs almost hypnotically. Vocalist/percussionist Mike Sukys is a charismatic front man, enjoying banter and asides with the enthusiastically dancing crowd The Meaning Of are borderline undefinable without using a dictionary full of adjectives. With a bongo-playing vocalist, a didgeridoo player and the superb use of childish, chanted backing tape interludes to occasionally mix things up, they are in a class of their own. Their professionalism and years of developed stage craft are clearly evident. Sadly it has been announced the band will be parting ways after 18 years andthe upcoming album is to be their last. My advice would be to get along to see these guys before it’s too late. Real Australian rock at its best. PHIL TENNANT
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A QUICKIE WITH... HUGE MAGNET Bluesy rock trio Huge Magnet launch their debut LP, Self Service, at Mojos this Friday, June 27, with support from Boom! Bap! Pow!, Ofa Fotu and Blind Tiger Blues Box, then at The Rosemount Hotel’s Four5Nine Bar on Saturday June 28, with Day Of The Dead and Flyball Gov’nor. We caught up with drummer and vocalist, Paul Sloan. What’s the Huge Magnet story? Basically, Bretski (Bret Hearn) and I have been playing together in the Sunshine Brothers for eight years and we had a hankering to do some no-frills garage boogie that was focussed on touring and playing live to develop a direct relationship with people rather than worrying too much about things like Triple J, the music “business” and the internet. We had used Jay Bale from Sneaky Weasel Gang to fill in on bass for the Sunshine Brothers for a few shows and his core and ethics were just right to complete the group. The result was Huge Magnet – a garage boogie band based in blues and rock, always on a mission to make a night out as worthwhile as possible for everyone involved in it. What’s your sound? It’s a 2014 take on boogie blues rock. Think early AC/DC, early ZZ Top, Canned Heat, John Lee Hooker - that kind of thing. You just got back from a Spanish tour. How did that treat you?
Incredible. We played three shows in Madrid plus Barcelona, San Sebastian, Andorra, A Coruna and Pontevedra. Spain loves rock ‘n’ roll and we love Spain so it’s a good fit. Driving through a north west coastal city called Boiro at 6am with the publican of the venue charged up on all sorts of gear in his convertible was the most memorable single moment. He played Carmen on the stereo full blast while he stood on the driver’s seat singing and driving with one foot – and sometimes with his whole body out of the car while I reached across to steer. Where did you record the LP? With Dan Carroll at Rada Recordings (formerly Loop) live to eight track one inch tape over two nights. What’s up next for your guys? Gearing up for another recording, playing as many shows as possible, including touring the north west and Melbourne and Sydney in winter ,and returning to Europe in 2015.
The Hard Aches
YAYA’S Oak Tree Suite
ROSEMOUNT HOTEL This Wednesday, June 25, sees Oak Tree Suite, King’s Justice, Oakland and Riley Pearce hitting the stage. Thursday catch The Crossbars, The Monicans, Ohayo, Midflight Parasite and Tarp On The Shed Floor. Friday sees Hailmary launch their new EP with help from This Other Eden, Bi-Lo and Ol’ Bouginvillea, while Saturday it’s Manifest, featuring The Midnight Mules, Rag N’ Bone, Paradise Motor Inn, Limpin’ Dave Foley And The Straight Legged Freaks, White Avenue, Della Fern, Pandaphobia, Childlike Empress, Tell The Shaman and The Devil In Miss Jones.
Local alt supergroup, Potato Stars, launch their EP, Feedback Stoner Concerto, this Thursday with help from fellow groups d’ix and Like Junk. Friday then sees Adelaide’s own punk rock legends The Hard Aches take to the stage for a huge party with Them Sharks, The Bob Gordons, Lionizer and Being Beta in tow! Finally, Saturday plays host to hip hop superstar Daniel Ray as he releases his highly anticipated debut album, The Balance.
RAILWAY HOTEL This Friday night catch Eschaton Hive, The Damned Humans, Tears For Atlantis and The Dead White Males hitting the stage. Doors open 8pm and entry is $8. Saturday the Railway is part of the massive annual RTR-FM Fremantle Winter Music Festival, hosting The Love Junkies, SpaceManAntics, Methyl Ethel, Electric Toad and Aborted Tortoise. Doors open 7.30pm, tickets from rtrfm.com.au..
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For the first time Phil Jamieson will play a series of solo acoustic shows in Perth and regional Western Australia this month. Phil’s live solo performance will feature re-worked Grinspoon classics, some solo work, plus a few ring-in tunes arranged in true ‘Jamo’ style-just for the fun of it. Catch him and special guests at the Northshore this Thursday, June 26. Doors open at 8pm.
The Kingston Shakers hit Swallow Bar on Thursday night with a selection of originals and classic ska, rocksteady and calypso numbers to stave off the winter weather and get your hips a-swinging! Saturday night, Charlie Bucket will be dancing and spinning his fabulous soul, funk and disco vinyl. Sunday Sessions welcomes back Steel Guts - a fantastic and lively jazz/Latin guitar duo - kicking off at 5pm.
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HAILMARY Navigate The Sunrise EP Launch @ The Rosemount
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JONI IN THE MOON Woman On Fire Single Launch @ The Bird
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MEZZANINE Mary Single Launch @ The Bird
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THE HIGH LEARYS Two To Match Video Launch @ The Bird
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HUSBAND Caught Single Launch @ The Odd Fellow
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TEMPEST RISING Devil In Me Single/Video Launch @ Amplifier
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USURPER OF MODERN MEDICINE Omniliberation Album Launch @ The Bakery
11/07
SHOCK OCTOPUS Self Titled Album Launch @ YaYa’s
12/07
THE BROWN STUDY BAND Imaginations Album Launch @ The Rosemount
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DRY DRY RIVER Who Single Launch @ YaYa’s
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TIMOTHY NELSON AND THE INFIDELS Terror Terror, Hide It Hide It Album Launch @ The Rosemount WWW. XP RE SS MAG.COM. AU
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SEEKAE 16 The Villa LADY GAGA 20 Perth Arena THE CRIMSON THIS WEEK KIDS IN GLASS PROJEKCT HOUSES SUPERSUCKERS 2 Fly By Night 21 Villa Nightclub 25 Astor Theatre VIOLENT SOHO THE DANDY COIN BANKS & SMITH STREET WARHOLS 27 Amplifier Bar BAND 21 & 22 Astor PHIL JAMIESON 2 & 3 The Bakery Theatre 26 The Northshore (SOLD OUT) TIM FREEDMAN Tavern THE AUDREYS 22 Ellington Jazz 27 Leisure Inn 4 Fly By Night Club Rockingham THE HIVE W/ NORTHWEST 28 Dunsborough PILBARA TIZER, LYNX FX Tavern WEEKENDER 4 Rigby’s Bar 29 The Prince Of 22 – 24 Port SOMETHING FOR Hedland Turf Club Wales Hotel KATE QUEEN + ADAM THE HARD ACHES 4 Astor Theatre AUGUST LAMBERT 27 YaYa’s PAUL DEMPSEY WILLOW BEATS 22 Perth Arena 28 Winston House (SOLO) 1 Mondo THE KITE STRING SASKWATCH 5 Fly By Night THE ANGELS TANGLE 27 Settlers Tavern, REMI 1 Wintersun Hotel, 22 Amplifier Bar Margaret River 4 The Bakery Geraldton JAMES REYNE LORDE 28 Amplifier Bar KATE MILLER23 Astor Theatre 5 Challenge Stadium HEIDKE 29 Mojos Bar THE ASTON BON BUT NOT KIWI SOUNDS 1 Astor Theatre SHUFFLE FORGOTTEN DAN SULTAN ft. Katchafire, 23 Amplifier Bar 1 Settlers Tavern, 5 Charles Hotel Salmonella Dub RUSSELL MORRIS Margaret River TINY RUINS 23 Regal Theatre Sound System, David 2 Astor Theatre MELODY POOL 5 Mojos Bar Dallas & Concord 16 Roebuck Hotel, 23 X-Wray Café BELL X1 Dawn Broome 24 Settlers Tavern, 6 Capitol 27 Metro City BURIED IN VERONA, Margaret River 18th ANNUAL BEC LAUGHTON ANTAGONIST AD, 26 Ellington Jazz NOCTURNAL BALL 27 The Odd Fellow STORIES Club 7 Metro City 28 Settlers Tavern 2 Amplifier KID INK JAMES MULLER 29 The Aviary 3 YMCA HQ 25 Villa THE GUTYO MONKS TRIO THE ANGELS ft. MAN IN BLACK: 9 Ellington Jazz Club OF TIBET THE JOHNNY CASH Dave Gleeson PURE TRANCE ft. 28 Toodyay STORY 2 Charles Hotel Giuseppe Ottaviani, 26-31 Regal Theatre Memorial Hall 3 The Ravenswood Solarstone and KING BUZZO Hotel CIRCÓ ft. Violent Sneijder 26 Astor Lounge KASABIAN Soho, Kele, Ryan 11 Metro City GEORGE GARZONE 5 Metro City Hemsworth, Onra, SPARTAK 28, 29, 30 Ellington NEUROSIS DJ Earl, Nina Las 11 The Bird Jazz Club 6 Capitol Vegas, Kite String POP WILL EAT CROOKED COLOURS I AM GIANT Tangle, Touch ITSELF 12 Amplifier 7 Amplifier Bar Sensitive & more. PAUL GRABOWSKY 31 Rosemount Hotel DEATH DISCO ft. 28 Claremont 7, 8, 9 Ellington Jazz JUST A GENT SEPTEMBER Showgrounds Club 12 Capitol DIEGO ELCIGALA RTRFM’S ROY ORBISON & HIGH ON FIRE 1 Regal Theatre TINIE TEMPAH 18 Rosemount Hotel DEL SHANNON ANBERLIN & THE 28 Metro City TRIBUTE GARETH EMERY GETAWAY PLAN INHIBIT PRESENTS 7 Albany 19 Metro City 3 Metropolis INSIDEINFO Entertainment METRONOMY Fremantle Centre 28 Villa 23 Astor KANYE WEST 9 Crown Theatre KEITH URBAN & 5 Perth Arena THE 1975 SLEEPMAKESWAVES MARINA PRIOR SHEPPARD 24 Capitol 8 Amplifier Bar 29 Perth Arena 5 Albany DECADE OF VIPER COURTNEY LOVE Entertainment ft. 13 Metro City Centre JULY Matrix & BOB DYLAN 6 Astor Theatre Futurebound, PHIL JAMIESON 13, 14 Riverside 7 Mandurah Brookes Brothers, 2 The Saint George Theatre Performing Arts The Prototypes 3 Wintersun Hotel KATY STEELE Centre 4 Divers Tavern & Rockwell + MC 13 & 17 Ellington THE WONDER Jazz Club YEARS BONJAH 7 Amplifier FEATURED GIG 14 Northshore CANNIBAL CORPSE Tavern 9 Capitol 15 Indi Bar ROBBIE WILLIAMS 16 Amplifier 11 Perth Arena 17 Dunsborough BIFFY CLYRO Tavern 12 Metro City HANSON CASEY DONOVAN 15 Metropolis 12 & 13 Ellington Fremantle Jazz Club SPIDERBAIT GRACE KNIGHT 15 Astor Theatre 19 & 20 Ellington TINA ARENA Jazz Club 15 Crown Theatre 360 TINIE TEMPAH BODYJAR 19 Metro City (18+) 15 Capitol 20 Astor Theatre METRO CITY BJÖRN AGAIN Perth (Licensed all SATURDAY, JUNE 28 16 Crown Theatre ages)
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Delon 25 Metro City THE WHITE ALBUM CONCERT TOUR ft. Chris Cheney, Phil Jameson, Josh Pyke & Tim Rogers 26 Riverside Theatre CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, WEEDEATER & LO! (CANCELLED) 26 Rosemount Hotel PELICAN 27 Rosemount Hotel THE ANGELS 31 Newport Hotel
JOE BONAMASSA 19 Perth Concert Hall GABRIEL IGLESIAS 23 Riverside Theatre ANDREA BOCELLI 24 Perth Arena INGRID MICHAELSON 24 Fly By Night Club BOY & BEAR 25 Albany Entertainment Centre 26 Bunbury Entertainment Centre 28 Fremantle Arts Centre THE CAT EMPIRE 27 Metro City WAVE ROCK WEEKENDER 27-28 Wave Rock Caravan Park VERUCA SALT 28 Rosemount Hotel LISTEN OUT ft. Flume, Chet Faker, ZHU and more 28 Ozone Reserve OCTOBER THE HIGH KINGS 1 Crown Theatre RICK SPRINGFIELD 7 Crown Theatre JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 8 Perth Arena CHRISTINE ANU 17 & 18 Ellington Jazz Club MILEY CYRUS 23 Perth Arena THE ROLLING STONES 29 Perth Arena NOVEMBER THE ROLLING STONES 1 Perth Arena KATY PERRY 7 & 8 Perth Arena TOXIC HOLOCAUST & IRON REAGAN 13 Rosemount Hotel NICK CAVE SOLO TOUR 27 & 28 Fremantle Arts Centre DECEMBER UB40 & BLUE KING BROWN 5 Red Hill Auditorium FEBRUARY 2015 PASSENGER 7 Red Hill Auditorium ROXETTE 14 Perth Arena THE EAGLES 18 Perth Arena ONE DIRECTION 20 Pattersons Stadium
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THE ALBION HOTEL Quiz Night AMPLIFIER BAR Academy Frat Party Storm The Sky Cupidfalls Finders Remember The South ASTOR THEATRE Supersuckers THE BIRD Chicken-n-Beer Good Company Catlips Sleepyhead Henry Maxwell BRASS MONKEY Sugar Blue Burlesque DJ Vicktor CAPITOL Harlem Wednesdays: Ekko and Sidetrack Genga Benny P Pussymittens BMB J.Yes Philly Blunt CAPTAIN STIRLING Lokie Shaw THE CARINE Open Mic Night Shaun Street CHARLES HOTEL Funky Bunch Trivia CITRO BAR Seasons Of Perth Jeanie Proude CLANCY’S CANNING Songwriter’s Night Little Bastard CLUB RED SEA Cheek CONSERVATORY ROOFTOP BAR Horseplay THE COURT Wicked Wednesdays ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Student Night Carl Mackey GOLD BAR Famous THE GOOD SHEPHERD Thinkfar THE GREENWOOD Bernardine GROOVE BAR (CROWN) 5 Shots HULA BULA BAR Island Nite INDI BAR Rock Scholars Luge Crash Cloning The Mammoth Road To Nowhere Uncle Jeffrey Running Out Of Batteries LLAMA BAR Akuna Club LANEWAY LOUNGE James Flynn Trio LANGFORD ALE HOUSE APL Poker
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LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN) Decoy Duo THE LUCKY SHAG Howie Morgan METRO FREO C5 Next Gen MOJOS BAR Agitated Borty Torty Shit Narnia Dennis Commetti THE MOON CAFE Going Solo ft. David Craft Moana MUSTANG BAR Wild Wednesday Easy Tigers DJ Giles Frenzy NEWPORT HOTEL Newport Wednesdays Student Night OCEAN ONE BAR Brazil Night ft. Xoxote 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Mudlark Leaving Inner Pieces Ermine Coat ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Oak Tree Suite King’s Justice Oakland Riley Pearce ROSIE O’GRADY’S NORTHBRIDGE Laugh Resort Comedy SOVEREIGN ARMS FIVE0 THE SWINGING PIG Open Mic Night Greg Carter UNIVERSAL BAR Retriofit THE VIC Trivia Night VILLAGE BAR Village People Wednesdays X-WRAY CAFE Singer Songwriters Showcase ft. Khin Myint Darren Foote YAYA’S Strictly DT A.Saxon Seasta Chani Jaks Hindley DJ Jamu THURSDAY 26/06 BAR ORIENT Acoustic Night THE BIRD Beat Lounge BRASS MONKEY Rhythm Bound Karaoke BRIGHTON Miss Chief Open Deck Night BROOKLANDS TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke CAPTAIN STIRLING Trivia Night
THE CAUSEWAY BAR Xport Thursdays CHARLES HOTEL Comedy Lounge THE CLAREMONT HOTEL Institution Thursdays CLUB RED SEA Thursday Night Revolution CONNECTIONS NIGHTCLUB Bingay Hosted by Veronica CRAFTSMAN FIVE0 DEVILLES PAD Rock’N’Roll Karaoke DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Open Mic Night Kris Buckle ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB The Seals FLY BY NIGHT Rock Scholars Deadly Rhythm THE GATE Greg Carter GOLD BAR OG Thursdays GRAND CENTRAL PARK Adrian Wilson HULA BULA BAR Hi-Fi Lounge INDI BAR Open Mic Night LAKERS TAVERN Howie Morgan LANEWAY LOUNGE Libby Hammer Trio LEISURE INN DJ Peta LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN) Jack & Jill LOST SOCIETY The Collective LUCKY SHAG James Wilson MARKET CITY TAVERN Robby Davies Anthony Smith Yully Elise And Daniel Kane Dodd Nathan Mayers MOJOS BAR Hunting Huxley Golden Slums Dust Daughtermelon MOON CAFÉ Yambeque MUSTANG BAR Little Bastard Three Apache John Martyr’s Ghost DJ James MacArthur NEWPORT HOTEL Open Mic NORTHSHORE TAVERN Phil Jamieson Buddy Phoenix OCEAN ONE BAR Turin’s Open Mic Night PEEL ALE HOUSE Open Mic ft. Danny Bau
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PRINCE OF WHALES (BUNBURY) Jetpack 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Bonekickers Necter Bad China Lauren Arthur ROSEMOUNT HOTEL The Crossbars The Monicans Ohayo Midflight Parasite Tarp On The Shed Floor SETTLERS TAVERN (MARGARET RIVER) Open Mic Night ft. Claire Warnock SWALLOW BAR Kingston Shakers UNIVERSAL BAR 21st Birthday Off The Record VERANDAH BAR Let’s Get Quizical X-WRAY CAFE Jack Doepel Jazz Quartet YAYA’S Potato Stars Like Junk D’ix FRIDAY 27/06 THE ALBION HOTEL Jen De Ness AMPLIFIER BAR Coin Banks Fridays At Amplifier DJ K-La THE AVIARY Troy Division Paradise Paul THE BAKERY Bakery Mini-Fest Gunns Mt. Mountain Apache Koi Child Sea Lamb Mitch McDonald Slums THE BALMORAL The Mojos THE BAYSWATER Mario Zuli BEAT NIGHTCLUB (DOWNSTAIRS) Play BEAT NIGHTCLUB (UPSTAIRS) Stereo Ohayo Surf Rabbits Iceage Sugar Kid XL DJ Jamie Mac BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ Mike Nayar THE BELMONT Siren & Assassin BEST DROP TAVERN Tandem THE BIRD Hot Towel Modesty Blaze Jack Doepel Bill Frank Basic Mind Willy Suede THE BOAT Ben Merito
THE BRASS MONKEY James Ess Green George THE BRIGHTON Ali Hill DJ Peta BROOKLANDS TAV Light Street CAPITOL (UPSTAIRS) Capitol Fridays: Retro Mash DJ Roger The Great RV THE CARINE J!mmy Beats CHASE BAR & BISTRO James Wilson CITRO BAR Seasons Of Perth Jeanie Proude CLANCY’S CANNING DJ Boogie CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Grace Barbé Trwa THE COMO Jon Ee THE CORNERSTONE Halo CRAFTSMAN Dazman CREATURES LOFT Naughty To Naughty Cabaret CRUISING YACHT CLUB Barry Gee DAILY PLANET Sundowner Sessions THE DEEN Student Night DEVILLE’S PAD Go-Go Fridays Thee Goldblooms DJ Moogy Seventh Son DJ Tyranny DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Cuddles EAST 150 BAR Adrian Wilson EDZ SPORTZ BAR Cornerstone ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Shameem Suite 191 presents. A tribute to Michael Janet and the Jackson Family EMPIRE BAR Howie Morgan EVE NIGHTCLUB Recharge Fridays FLAWLESS Monarch Fridays FLYING SCOTSMAN MattyTWall FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE Rachael Dease Amber Fresh THE GATE Chris Gibbs GEISHA BAR CULT M0t3k Es2 Nathaniel Andrews Luke Reti Rudy
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HUGO GERANI, JUNE 28
THE GEORGE NDORSE GINGER NIGHTCLUB Mondo Dance Party GOLD BAR Vanity THE GOOD SHEPHERD Bad Vacation GOSNELLS HOTEL Vanerty Bros THE GRAND Jay Mckay THE GREENWOOD Troy Nababan GREYHOUNDS (MANDURAH) Elemental HERDSMAN Shades Of Indigo HULA BULA BAR Shakin’ It HYDE PARK HOTEL (COURTYARD) Justin Cortorillo INDI BAR Vdelli KALAMUNDA HOTEL Two Frets Down KWINANA SOCIAL CLUB Just4Kix LAKERS TAVERN Koopz LANEWAY LOUNGE Summers Soul LANGFORD ALE HOUSE Koha Music DJ Illicit LEISURE INN Phil Jamieson Rob Walker LIBRARY Sneaky LOBBY LOUNGE Why Georgia? LONDON CAFÉ AND BAR G & G Acoustic Shenanigans MALT Nu Disco Hip Hop M ON THE POINT Retriofit MAHOGANY INN Alex Canion METRO CITY Kiwi Sounds Katchafire Salmonella
SASKWATCH, JUNE 29
Dub Sound System David Dallas Concord Dawn METRO FREO Frat House Fridays MINT Club Retro MOJOS BAR Huge Magnet Boom! Bap! Pow! Ofa Fotu Blind Tiger Blues Box MULLALOO BEACH HOTEL Flaunt Fridays MUSTANG BAR Oz Big Band Flash Nat & The Action Men DJ James MacArthur MY PLACE Karaoke NEWPORT HOTEL Karaoke Classic @ The Two Sparrows Bar NORMA JEANS COCKTAIL LOUNGE DJ Damo NORTHSHORE TAVERN Two Plus One Chalk N Cheese Fridays THE ODD FELLOW Bec Laughton THE PADDO Reilly Craig Flyte PARAMOUNT Paramount Party Crew PEEL ALE HOUSE Siren Song Enterprises PIRATE BAR Marcio Mendes PLAYERS BAR DJ Cookie PORT KENNEDY TAVERN Steve Spouse Duo PRINCE OF WHALES (BUNBURY) Nathan Gaunt Band THE PRINCIPAL Adam James Duo PUBLIC HOUSE Neil Viney QUARRIE BAR & BISTRO Back2Back
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THE QUEENS FIVE0 DJ Reuben RAILWAY HOTEL Eschaton Hive The Damned Humans Tears For Atlantis The Dead White Males RIGBY’S BAR & BISTRO Boylesque 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Lanark Sam Wylde Odlaw Eloise Ashton Trio ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Hailmary This Other Eden Beyou Ol’ Bouginvillea SAIL AND ANCHOR Howie Morgan Duo THE SAINT Britty SCARBOROUGH SPORTS CLUB Lions Band Marilyn Keller SETTLER’S TAVERN (MARGARET RIVER) Saskawatch Jim Lawrie THE SHED Crush DJ Glen SOUTH ST. ALEHOUSE Robbie King Karaoke SWINGING PIG Greg Carter UNIVERSAL BAR Soul Corporation VERNON ARMS TAVERN Greg Carter THE VIC Fleer Ultra WHALE & ALE Danny B WINTERSUN HOTEL Leon Tioke X-WRAY CAFÉ The Aunts Xave Brown Edward Leis YAYA’S The Hard Aches Them Sharks The Bob Gordons Being Beta Lionizer ACE @ YAYAS DJ Pup SATURDAY 28/06 AMPLIFIER BAR Saskwatch Pure Pop ft. Eddie Electric ASTOR LOUNGE Riley Pearce Indigo Kat Wilson AVENUE Lokie Shaw THE AVIARY Zel NDORSE Micah
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THE BAKERY Dazastah (Downsyde) Pimps Of Sound Bryte MC Selekt Few Wisdom 2th Lost And Found Jamahl Ryder Hip Hop Dance Collektiv THE BALMORAL Wire Birds BAR ORIENT The Reggae Club BEAT NIGHTCLUB (DOWNSTAIRS) House Party BEAT NIGHTCLUB (UPSTAIRS) Canvas THE BIRD Woman On Fire Single Launch Joni In The Moon Catlips Mind Canary BOAB TAVERN James Wilson BRASS MONKEY DJ Peta Grizzly THE BRIGHTON DJ Miss Chief CAMELOT THEATRE Worldy Winter Warmers CAPITOL (UPSTAIRS) Death Disco I Love 80’s Mezz The Great RV THE CARINE Adam James CIVIC HOTEL Red Descending Wrath Of Fenrir To Hell With Honour Peasant CLANCY’S CANNING Justin Burford THE CLAREMONT HOTEL Antics Grrl Pal CLAREMONT SHOWGROUNDS CIRCO Violent Soho Kele Ryan Hemsworth Onra DJ Earl Nina Las Vegas Kite String Tangle Touch Sensitive CORNERSTONE Danny B CRAFTSMAN Rock Candy CRUISING YACHT CLUB Replika THE DEEN Enhanced Sessions Estiva Juventa Aruna Will Holland DEVILLES PAD Black Magic Disco JO19 DJ Moogy DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Phil Jamieson Dallas Royal
GUNNS, JUNE 27
EAST END BAR Home ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Laura Bernay Beyonce tribute ft. Bindhu Holavanahalli Alcatraz FLAWLESS LQ Saturdays THE GATE Greg Carter GEISHA BAR Maiko Rob Sharp Luke P Darren J Carl Drake THE GENEROUS SQUIRE Defanutly GOLD BAR Pure Gold THE GOOD SHEPHERD Chocolate Jesus GOSNELLS HOTEL Third Gear GREENWOOD Passionworks GROOVE BAR (CROWN) Decoy HULA BULA BAR Sailor Saturdays HYDE PARK HOTEL Afterglo INDI BAR Blue Shaddy KALAMUNDA HOTEL Celebrations Karaoke LAKERS TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke LANEWAY LOUNGE Retriofit Astrid Ripepi Quartet LANGFORD ALE HOUSE Texas Country Music Club Freight Train LIBRARY MKT LONDON CAFÉ AND BAR Sax & Axe LOST SOCIETY Chalk M ON THE POINT Rhythm 22 MERRIWA TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke METRO CITY Clublife Launch ft. Tinie Tempah METRO FREO Metropolis Saturdays ft. DJ DTuck DJ Wazz Ben Carter METRO FREO C5 I Love 80’s And 90’s MUSTANG BAR Bang Bang Betty & The H-Bombs Milhouse DJ James MacArthur MOJOS BAR The Boost Hero Man Diger Rokwell Hugo Gerani D-Jeong Basic Mind
Declon Aarom Wilson Craig Hollywood Viv Gauntlett Pussymittens Dr Gonzo NEWPORT HOTEL Karaoke Classic @ The Two Sparrows Bar NORMA JEANS COCKTAIL LOUNGE DJ Daz NORTHSHORE TAVERN Howie Morgan Project THE PADDO Cheeky Monkeys PADDY MAGUIRES Madam Montage PARAMOUNT NIGHTCLUB Felix PEEL ALE HOUSE Byron O’Neil PLAYERS BAR Luxe ft. DJ Tito PORT KENNEDY TAVERN Stu Mckay QUARRIE BAR & BISTRO DJ Matty J THE QUEENS Jon Ee 3manuel RAILWAY HOTEL RTR-FM Fremantle Winter Music Festival ft. The Love Junkies SpaceManAntics Methyl Ethel Electric Toad Aborted Tortoise 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Huge Magnet Day Of The Dead Flyball Gov’nor ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Manifest ft. The Midnight Mules Rag n’ Bone Paradise Motor Inn Limpin’ Dave Foley & The Straight Legged Freaks White Avenue Della Fern Pandaphobia Childlike Empress Tell The Shaman The Devil In Miss Jones ROSIE O’GRADYS Flava SAIL AND ANCHOR The Gypsy Minions THE SAINT Crackers SETTLERS TAVERN (MARGARET RIVER) Bec Laughton Anna O THE SHED HUGE DJ Andyy SOVEREIGN ARMS DJ Atlus SPRINGS TAVERN Luke O’Connell
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RILEY PEARCE, JUNE 28
THE SWINGING PIG Frenzy SWALLOW BAR Charlie Bucket SWAN BASEMENT Fremantle Winter Music Festival Earthlink Sound Crucial Rockers DJ Corby The KBI Sound System TOODYAY MEMORIAL HALL The Gutyo Monks Of Tibet TOUCAN CLUB Potbelleez DJs UNIVERSAL BAR Nightmoves WHALE & ALE Sonny WINSTON HOUSE The Hard Aches The Decline Chilling Winston Silver Foxes X-WRAY CAFÉ Kenny & Dolly YAYA’S Daniel Ray ARCADIA @ YAYAS DJ Cookie SUNDAY 29/06 THE ALEXANDER Karaoke THE AVIARY Bec Laughton Anna O NDORSE Paradise Paul THE BALMORAL Andrew Winton THE BELMONT Jonny Dempsey THE BRIGHTON Steve Spouse BROKEN HILL HOTEL Justin Burford THE BROOK Kevin Curran BROOKLANDS TAVERN Steve Hepple THE CARINE Ryan Webb THE CAUSEWAY Acoustic Sunday CITRO BAR Seasons Of Perth Bernardine CIVIC HOTEL Dean Anderson CLANCYS CITY BEACH Sunday Brekky Sesh The Limelights Jazz Trio CLAREMONT HOTEL Sunday Driver CLUB BAY VIEW Lokie Shaw COMO HOTEL Two Frets Down DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Kris Buckle ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Hale School Jazz FLINDERZ HILLARYS Jarrad Wilson
THE GATE Mike Nayar HULA BULA BAR Tiki Time Sundays INDI BAR Matt Angell & Band James Wilson Tashi Hall INDIAN OCEAN BREW CO Retriofit KALAMUNDA HOTEL Shake And Bake LAKERS TAVERN Wesley Goodlet Jamboree Scouts LANGFORD ALE HOUSE Gerry Azor LAST DROP TAVERN Alan Stewart LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN) Thierryno MOJOS BAR Saskwatch Foam Jim Lawrie M ON THE POINT Nathan Gaunt MULLALOO BEACH HOTEL Sunday Sesh NEWPORT HOTEL Sunday Session NORTHBRIDGE PIAZZA Sunday Piazza Live Marilyn Keller Glen Walsh Quartet NORTHSHORE TAVERN Endless Summer Sessions OCEAN BREW CO. Retriofit PADDY MALONE’S Gary Fowlie PEEL ALE HOUSE Thierryno PERTH ARENA Keith Urban Sheppard PORT KENNEDY TAVERN Greg Carter PRINCE OF WALES (BUNBURY) Phil Jamieson Buddy Phoenix QUARIE BAR & BISTRO The Gypsy Minions THE QUEENS FIVE0 Sam Spencer RAILWAY HOTEL Gignition ft. India 9 Nine Apollo’s Attic Highway Breakdown Anti-Climax Sly Withers REDCLIFFE TAVERN Morgan Bain THE ROSE & CROWN HOTEL Alex Canion ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) The Get Down ft. Charlie Bucket Klean Kicks Nick Sheppard
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THE SAINT Howie Morgan Project Jon Ee Az-T SAIL AND ANCHOR (UPSTAIRS) Childs Play SEAVIEW TAVERN Jeanie Proude SETTLERS TAVERN (MARGARET RIVER) Acoustic Session ft. Dave Mann THE SHED Acoustic Royale SOUTH ST. ALEHOUSE Open Mic Night SWALLOW BAR Sunday Sessions Steel Guts SWANBROOK WINERY Elk Bell The Lord Street Band Jessica Morhall SWINGING PIG Siren & Assassin UNIVERSAL BAR Cartel VERNON ARMS TAVERN Sophie Jane WANNEROO TAVERN Matt Williams THE WINDSOR Adrian Wilson THE X-WRAY CAFÉ DJ Endangered Species MONDAY 30/06 THE DEEN Manic Mondays ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Chamber Jam FLY BY NIGHT Voicebox Fremantle Allan Padgett Murray Jennings Anne Elvey MOJOS BAR Wide Open Mic THE ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Bex & Turin’s Wide Open Mic YAYA’S Big Tommo’s Open Mic Variety Night
TUESDAY 01/07 BRASS MONKEY Open Mic Night Shaun Street THE CHARLES HOTEL Perth Blues Club Next Generation Blues Showcase Andy Newman Matty T Wall Zack Linton CONSERVATORY ROOFTOP BAR Rooftop Comedy ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Jeremy Trezona GROOVE BAR (CROWN) Jack & Jill LANEWAY LOUNGE Open Mic Night LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN) Hans Fiance LUCKY SHAG Ben Merito MERIDIAN ROOM Howie Morgan MERRIWA TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke MOJOS BAR Chance Waters Iceage Sugar Finders Pat Chow MUSTANG BAR Danza Loca Salsa Night NEWPORT HOTEL September Sun Valdaway Triangle Fight Nevsky Prospekt OCEAN ONE BAR Overgrowth Open Mic Night THE PADDO Quiz Meisters ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Bex ‘N’ Turin’s Open Mic Night SWINGING PIG Siren Song Enterprises YAYA’S Rock Scholars Citadel Turtle Island Unknown Soldiers
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MOJO HAND FX DEWDROP REVERB A compact, versatile reverb pedal, the Dewdrop has three control knobs: mix, dwell and tone. Mix controls the wet/dry levels, from a gentle undulating warmth, to a valvey, bright twang. Dwell gives us control of the delay effect, giving the option of little echoing stabs or adding long glowing tails to your playing. The tone is just that, providing a range of dark, subdued tones or treble heavy spark. This is probably the least efficacious of the effects; it took a substantial shift of the knob for any noticeable effect - subtle is good, but this is subtle. Nevertheless, a lovely sounding pedal that will set you back $210.
MOJO HAND FX ROOK ROYAL A dual overdrive and preamp which rather grandly styles itself as the “New Standard of Boutique Overdrives.” It is split into two channels: blue (which controls the boost) and red (which controls the overdrive). The boost, which also has treble control is a nice, fairly standard preamp package, but the red channel is what really impresses. Its four controls (bass, gain, volume and treble) gives the player a nearly endless palate of options. The natural setting (12 o’clock or thereabouts on all the knobs) will give you a nice lazy wash of fuzz, perfect for bluesy DJ SERVICES D J WA N T E D S e e k i n g D J 1 8 y r s & o v e r with exp and some equipment.Contact www.dancefloordjs.com.au 0416171883 FOR SALE HEADPHONES all brands & styles. 83 Wanneroo Road, Tuart Hill. Contact Headphonic 08 93886333 headphones.com.au MUSOS WANTED Band Members Wanted Looking for Keyboard Player, Male Vocalist, Guitarist, Female backup singer for a new band playing popular 60’s songs Tina 0449250337 Front Man Vocalist required to join Female Vocalist in top working corporate Band.Experience with commercial pop hits from 70’s - 80’s to 00’s essential - send details to russ@iinet.net.au or SMS details 0408915571 OPEN MIC NIGHT every Thursday night at Indi Bar. Email Trojan John at trojan_johnmusic@yahoo.com. au for spot Laneway Lounge Open Mic every Tuesday Night. If you’re keen for a spot text Josh on 0430313577 OPEN MIC NITE BAR ORIENT High St, Fremantle. Thurs 7.30pm - 12.00pm. Golden pic contest now running $500 cash prize. For bookings Joel 0414 239 319 or shadeyrock@live.com.au PRODUCTION SERVICES CD & DVD MANUFACTURE Check out our latest CD & DVD specials online at www.procopy.com.au 9375 3902 38
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rhythm playing. But jack up the treble and drop bass slightly (which, impressively, won’t thin out the sound on the Rook Royal) and you get a harder, more compact jolt. At $269, it’s not cheap, but it stands out as one of the more versatile and consistent overdrive pedals I’ve encountered.
FENDER AMERICAN STANDARD PRECISION FIVE STRING BASS V I’ve personally always been a little skeptical of five string basses. I can never shake the feeling that whatever you gain in versatility with a seemingly bottomless B string plonked on the end is undone by what you lose in intuitive playability. However I found a lot to like in the Precision Bass V, with its rich tones and straightforward control set up. There’s tone, volume and that’s it – the tone being regulated by a split single coil P-bass pickup, which give a nice spectrum of tones, from solid to bouncy. The fifth string gives you the ability to get very dark and muddy, but it never quite feels cohesive – the plummet from the E to the deep B always sticks out for me, giving the impression you haven’t quite tuned your bass correctly. It didn’t quite convert me to five strings, but if you are into them, or think you might be, I would point you in this direction. RRP $2049 DISK BANK Perth’s premier CD & DVD manufacturer, with options for all budgets. (08) 9388 0800. www.diskbank.com.au/specials. MATRIX PRODUCTIONS AUSTRALIA Lighting, staging, sound systems, smoke machines, night club FX, intelligent lighting, strobes & mirror balls, crowd barriers, video projectors. 9371 1551 RECORDING STUDIOS ALAN DAWSON’s WITZEND RECORDING STUDIO Prof quality albums or demos, large live room, experienced engineer, analog to digital transfers, mastering..Alan 0407 989 128 or Jeremy 0430638178 www.witzendstudios.com ANALOG MASTERING VINTAGE TAPE, TUBES & TRANSFORMERS with the latest state of the art digital converters. Clients include: Melody’s Echo Chamber, Pond, Gossling, Knife Party, Felicity Groom, The Floors, Jeff Martin & The Panics. World class facility, World class results. Www.poonshead. com. 9339 4791 ANDY’S STUDIO International multi award winning songwriter / producer. No band required. Broadcast quality. A songwriter’s paradise. Ph 9364 3178 GOLDDUST Production Mixing, recording and composition. Leederville $80 p/h. 0408 097 407 RECORDING MIXING MASTERING PRODUCING Fremantle location. Call Pete Kitchen Cooked Records. Ph 0407 363 764 / 9336 3764 R E V O LV E R S O U N D S T U D I O P h 9 2 7 2 7 5 0 5 . www.revolverstudio.com.au
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TAYLOR 456CE ACOUSTIC 12 STRING GUITAR I’m an absolute sucker for 12 strings, on the other hand, and the 456ce is my jangly dream. It has a Sitka spruce top with rosewood back and sides, lovely sustain, a glowing ring at the high end and a nice chunky grumble at the low. It plays as easily and clearly as any 12 string I’ve encountered with each note utterly distinct amidst the jumble. The pick-up system perfectly maintains the 456ce’s every radiant shimmer. As you might have picked up, I really liked this guitar. RRP: $ 3399 CHARLIE LEWIS
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KNOW YOUR OPTIONS So you want to gain mid year entry to university and start studying? Whether you want to study fashion design and follow in the footsteps of Jaime Lee Major or make like Don Draper and study advertising, Perth has got you covered. Shop around and find out what suits your needs.
CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Known For: Its hands-on approach which encourages students to forge industry connections while studying. FYI: Western Australia’s largest TAFE institution has five campuses in the heart of the Perth: Northbridge, East Perth. Nedlands, Mt Lawley and Leederville. Central offers more than 400 nationally recognised courses in areas including business, management, finance, creative art, digital, engineering, building, science, resources, english, health, sport, education, community, tourism and languages. Study Options: Full time, part time, flexible. More Information: central.wa.edu.au Mid year entry: Applications officially closed Friday, June 11. But they are accepting late applications, so get to it!
EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Known For: Engaging with the community. FYI: Awarded university status in 1991, ECU has developed innovative and practical courses across a wide range of disciplines, established a vibrant research culture and attracted a growing range of quality research partners and researchers. ECU has more than 23,300 students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Approximately 3,600 of these are international students originating from 104 countries. Study Options: full time, part time, on or off campus. More Information: ecu.edu.au. Mid year entry: Applications are still open.
SAE INSTITUTE Known For: Audio, film and tech education FYI: SAE is all about audio, film, design and games, covering all aspects of audio engineering, live sounds, post-production, mixing, acoustics, filmmaking, games design, animation and more. Study Options: Flexible. On campus, off campus. More Information: sae.edu.au. Mid year entry: Applications are open now.
MURDOCH UNIVERSITY Known For: A practicing vet clinic, fully equipped TV and radio studios, a purpose built courtroom, sports science performance labs and engineering pilot plant. Murdoch is where free thinkers from all over the world come together to make a difference. FYI: Murdoch currently has more than 22,000 students and 2,000 staff working together, exploring new ways of thinking and making discoveries. The university takes a flexible approach to learning, providing scholarships and a number of admission pathways, plus a range of internal and external study options to help students fit study around their work and lifestyle commitments. Study Options: Full time, part time. On or off campus. More Information: murdoch.edu.au. Mid-year entry: Applications are open now.
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LAUREN MOVICK Brand And Marketing Manager, ZU And Airflex Shoes Studied: Bachelor of Communications at Edith Cowan University Why did you chose that degree? It has a fantastic reputation and it provided me with invaluable and realistic insight into the Perth, Australian and international communications industry. What have you done since graduating? It had always been my dream throughout university to work for the West Coast Eagles Football Club; I was thrilled when I landed a position with them in my early career and worked with them for over five years in a number of roles including events, marketing and promotions. I then made a decision to move from the West Coast Eagles in search of new challenge and am currently the brand and marketing manager for ZU and Airflex, it has proved to be a fantastic role with a national retailer in the fashion industry. I am really enjoying this position and new challenge to enhance the brand and take it in a new direction.
ALEX BARRY Engineering And Technology Student Studying: Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Technology (Motorsport) at Edith Cowan University Tell us a bit about yourself... I was born in Perth (Joondalup) and moved to Sydney when I was about six. I finished year 12 and found a unique course that I was interested in and this happened to be offered at ECU, Joondalup. I feel weird that I have family interstate but I live five minutes from the hospital I was born at. I really enjoy the courses I studied and have met some awesome people. Have you been gaining any experience outside of studying? I have been very active in helping out with my knowledge on race teams within Perth. This is eye-opening for me too, as I have learnt a lot from others. These experiences, I feel, will help me to further my skills.
GABRIELA PASQUALON Business Development And Marketing Manager at Dash Digital/MBA Student Studied: Bachelor of Communications (Public Relations and Advertising)/Graduate Diploma of Business (Management)/Master in Business Administration (MBA) at Edith Cowan University Tell us a bit about yourself... I’m 26-years-old, born in Brazil, but also an Italian citizen. I first came to Australia in 2005 as an exchange student from Rotary International, to live and study in Mount Barker for a year. I started university in Brazil, in advertising for a year-and-a-half when I decided I needed more. Good friends and host families’ support in Australia made this move possible. I’m a very active person, social and ambitious. I have a very supportive partner, Ryan James, and the most adorable puppy, Franky. The two of them alone are pretty good reasons to stay in this beautiful country. What have you done since graduating? I never stop and I don’t like to waste time. Any experience is good as you live and learn. I have worked in hospitality, advertising, marketing, events, public relations, teaching, acting, modelling (a hobby of mine) and currently working as a business development and marketing manager for Dash Digital. How did ECU help to give you the skills needed to get ahead in the real world? ECU taught me to understand my priorities and organise my life. If I had to work while studying 45
How does ECU help to give you the skills needed to get ahead in the real world? While I haven’t yet graduated, ECU is very well connected and I’ve already had a lot of real world experience – especially while putting together our racing car for the Formula Student race at the Silverstone Circuit in England... the home of British motorsports! Being team leader of our Formula SAE team has taught me a lot. What’s it like in your industry at the moment? Motorsport is a tiny industry but I hope to break into it with all the practical real life experience that I am gaining. What’s the ultimate goal you’re hoping to achieve? Why is that your goal? I’m not sure yet. I hope to work for a highend motorsport team. I generally want to be happy and if that makes me happy I will be over the moon!
How did ECU help to give you the skills needed to get ahead in the real world? I’ve been really lucky to work for two high profile WA brands and since graduation from ECU my career has been full of growth and great opportunities. We had such great lecturers and tutors at ECU who were full of industry experience; I also made some lifelong friendships and have great memories from my time there. You can get a communications degree, too. ECU lets you choose from a number of majors within communications, whether you pine to follow the footsteps of Don Draper and get into advertising or the heady heights of journalism, ECU has got you covered. Check out ecu.edu.au to find out more.
Do you have any advice to students starting out in this industry? I feel that I made a great decision by suiting the perfect course to enter the motorsports industry and would advise others who embark on this course to get involved, it’s a great opportunity. It’s not every day that you get to build a race car! Are you a revhead? ECU Joondalup offers a Bachelor of Technology in Motorsports, it’s a three year course which will develop core problem-solving skills needed to thrive in the motorsports industry. I had to discipline myself to get all my readings and assignments done. It was so hard, but I had to do it. I learned that studying and working is a big responsibility and you need to be committed if you want to get somewhere. I love the interaction with other students, the debates, questions and just listening to experienced lecturers. I like that we can tailor our degree selecting different units, studying what interests me best. What’s it like in your industry at the moment? It isn’t easy, but opportunities are there. As they all say, you need the skills, the experience and also the connections. I have learned not to judge a book by its cover, practice empathic listening and seek new opportunities. I feel that every industry is tough, there will always be competition, it’s a matter of having enough confidence and self-respect to believe that, whichever industry you are in, you are good enough and you deserve a shot. If you don’t think you are good enough, then fix your problem, gain experience, study a new course, read more, and don’t feel sorry for yourself. What’s the ultimate goal you’re hoping to achieve? Why is that your goal? My ultimate goal is to become a CEO of a company that matches my personal values. Perhaps even have my own company. I want to help other businesses do well, I want to run a strong corporate social responsibility culture, and most importantly I want to have the financial power to help others in need. Wherever I work, whatever I’m doing, I always have time for charity work. Have you had any setbacks? Absolutely. I think everybody has. I think this is normal but the important thing here is how you deal with them. Your reaction, your mental and physical health, your ability to recognise mistakes and to stand out for yourself are all important aspects of rising up to the challenge. Check out ecu.edu.au to find out more about business degrees. WWW. XP RE SS MAG.COM. AU
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JAIME LEE MAJOR Fashion Designer Studied: Advanced Diploma of Art and Design (Fashion and Textile Design) at Central Institute of Technology
Jaime Lee Major, who graduated from Central in 2008, has had an amazing year of success and critical acclaim, most notably at the 2013 Perth Fashion Festival where she opened the event with her Light Magic collection. One critic called it “the best catwalk presentation in the event’s 15-year history.” In 2012 she was thrust onto the international stage with her collaboration with Kimbra across her European and US tours. Jamie Lee’s designs featured in music videos, on stage and on multiple television shows. Jaime kindly took some time out from her busy schedule to answer some questions about her very first steps into the fashion world. When did you first realise that fashion design was the career for you? Like most high school kids I wasn’t sure what I wanted to be when I ‘grew up’ but I knew it was in a creative field. I probably didn’t realise until I was studying that it was what I wanted to do, and I didn’t really realise it would be a profitable career for me until a few years ago.
How did you end up at Central? I applied straight from high school along with a few other courses and got accepted and heard it was hard to get into so I gave it a go. And I loved it! What were the most valuable skills and knowledge you took away from your time here? I think the best thing about Central is it’s
an environment for you to self-explore creatively. I think studying fashion is about finding out your own style and being guided by people who have industry experience, more so than learning skills. I definitely learnt skills and knowledge in areas like marketing etc. But generally it was just creative exploration that I wouldn’t have explored without a brief and a deadline. My favourite units were figure drawing and textiles. Whilst in my second year, I did a summer course in Milan at a pretty prestigious college and came home and really appreciated how hands on TAFE was. What I think is so special about Central is that we learnt the whole process from sketching the design, making our own textiles and then making and sewing the finished garment. Working in the industry, I feel like this has given me a greater advantage over other designers in a commercial environment as they are sometimes only taught to sketch. Would you say a Central Fashion Design course is a good springboard to getting started in the industry? Yes. I am more hands on with my approach, so going to university to study fashion wasn’t appropriate for me. Is there any advice you would give young budding designers just setting out?
I know everybody says it. But… go work for someone first. I started my label straight after leaving Central and then had the opportunity to design for a few different commercial labels. While they are totally different markets to the direction I want to go in, I learnt so much and gained so many contacts. Now that I am back doing my label full time I have a much greater understanding of how fashion business works in an international sense. Head to central.wa.edu.au to find out how to start your career in fashion.
RENAE WAUHOP Studied: Master of Fitness at Australian Institute of Fitness/ Diploma of Remedial Massage at Australian Institute of Fitness You’re about to open your own gym in West Perth, how did they come about? I’ve always been involved in sports and fitness. I grew up in Geraldton and there wasn’t much else to do other than play sports. I’ve been involved in martial arts for about eight years. Opening my own gym has always been a goal of mine. I think being in control of a business is important to me. The gym is only 420 square metres, one side is going to be personal training and the other will be for boxing and group training. Along with that, I am taking a real holistic approach, so it’s not just fitness, it’s about nutrition and remedial massage, too. What is it about fitness you find so rewarding? I find helping others reach their goals very rewarding. My ultimate goal is just to help my clients live their best lives possible through fitness and healthy eating. In recent years, fitness appears to have become a real lifestyle goal here in Perth, did that influence your dream of opening a gym? Yeah. I think fitness has become a part of Perth’s culture, so that did influence my decision. In Sydney and Melbourne, fitness has always been a part of life. Everyone has a personal trainer in Sydney, that’s just the way it is. So, I would like to cultivate that same attitude here, to get people living positive and balanced lives. How did the Australian Institute of Fitness help you to realise your goal? They have been really informative. Education is key to success, continuing that study, too, you have to be open to learning throughout your career. They opened my eyes to the industry and that has kept me motivated, kept me pumped. Renae will open Anarchy Training Centre in about three weeks. Keen to open your own gym too? Studying at the Australian Institute of Fitness in Perth will open the door to running outdoor boot camps, training clients in a gym or personal training studio to helping alleviate aches and pains through massage treatment. This could lead to you managing other trainers, owning a franchise or working with your favourite sports team. To find out more about the Australian Institute of Fitness head to fitness.edu.au. WWW. XP RE SS MAG.COM. AU
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JULIE SHUTTLEWORTH General Manager of Cloudbreak mine Studied: Extractive Metallurgy and Chemistry double major at Murdoch University
came in very useful during my career, particularly whilst in the company of geologists!
You studied extractive metallurgy at Murdoch. What was the course like? What were the best and worst aspects of the course? My week was full of classes, laboratory work and assignments, as I did a double major in Extractive Metallurgy and Chemistry. We learnt about hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, mineral processing, equipment, industrial chemistry, inorganic and organic chemistry – practical and theory. I enjoyed that I could study chemistry and combine it with practical aspects of metallurgy. (I really liked molecules at school but wanted a practical job to go with it!) Best aspects of the course were field trips to visit processing plants around WA and the opportunity to do well-paid vacation work on school holidays – where I got some fabulous hands-on learning in the field (and only then did I get a better understanding of what I might be doing when I graduated).
You’re a woman in the mining industry. How does that go down? There are many successful women in the mining industry these days. The key is to be confident in yourself and be recognised for the right reasons – and that’s because you’re good at your job, not because you’re a woman in the mining industry. The key thing as a leader is to establish trust and respect, be authentic, lead by example, recognise and develop others, and deliver results for the business.
How did doing that course help you get to where you are today? The course kick-started me into the gold mining industry and was the foundation in me getting a job as a graduate metallurgist. From there I worked my way up through various positions such as plant metallurgist, senior metallurgist, process superintendent, process manager and general manager. My job has taken me around the world.
What crazy things have you had to deal with? I have travelled to many countries for work related trips. The hosts on some of these trips thought I would delight in the experience of eating frozen cucumber with white worms in South Korea; or eating raw ox tongue and sea weed ice-cream in Japan; or singing Japanese love songs in a karaoke bar; or running from a sauna to jump into a 9 degree lake in Finland. The things you have to do!
Is there anything that you were expecting to learn in the course that you didn’t? The course covered all my expectations, including a solid foundation of geology and mineralogy, which
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In 2012, you were awarded the 2012 Telstra West Australian Business Woman Of The Year Award, was that a big honour? What does it mean for you? It certainly was a fabulous honour to be recognised across WA with the prestigious Telstra Business Women’s Award. For me it provides an opportunity to share my story and hopefully be an inspiration and role model to even more people.
JOEL CRANE Studied: Bachelor of Arts in Screen Production at Murdoch University How long was your course and did you study full-time or part-time? Were you working while studying? I studied three years full time, working on the side as much as I could. My lecturers were really great at getting me experience working on film sets and music videos and a few ads. From my very first semester I was searching out for more experience in any position I could manage. Tell us a little bit about how the course was structured in your own words. There are a number of practical classes that teach you how to use and operate the equipment, hands on sessions that group up students into small film crews to make at least one short film each year. There are also some theoretical classes that delve into the psychology of films and the history of some of its pioneers, leading group discussions and studies of past and current filmmakers and their works. What made you choose this course? Well I’ve wanted to work in film for many years, and I searched for the uni with the best staff and the best equipment I could find and allowed me to study
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Studied: Bachelor of Performing Arts (Production & Design) at WAAPA, Edith Cowan University Tell us a bit about yourself I’m a theatrical designer primarily working as a lighting designer, but also occasionally putting on a couple of hats as set and lighting designer. I started out working backstage at a little cabaret restaurant in my hometown of Wagga Wagga when I was 14. I pressed the button on a smoke machine when the Fairy Godmother appeared in a pantomime production of Cinderella. From there I started doing the lighting designs and by the time I was finishing at high school I had found my passion. What was your time at WAAPA like? It was a three year course majoring in lighting design for live performance, I minored in Stage and Production Management. I moved from Wagga to study at WAAPA because it is one of the elite performing arts institutions in the country and indeed recognised internationally as one of the best drama schools. The training at WAAPA is strongly grounded in the practical experiences of making the shows, so I worked on 20 odd productions alongside classes during the course, giving a great foundation for heading into the industry. You’re incredibly accomplished for someone your age, how have you achieved so much? Well I have a lot of people to thank. There has been a fair bit of trust put into me in the years since graduating. My first real start was in Black Swan’s emerging artists program, which was called The HotBed Ensemble. Once other people saw my work on those early shows, I was offered other larger projects. I’ve got great relationships with a number of artistic directors, including Kate Cherry, Wesley Enoch and John Sheedy; and they have been wonderfully supportive of my early career. What’s the highlight been thus far? It’s too difficult to name just one highlight so I’ll have to give you a few: Last year I designed the set and lighting for the world premiere of Tim Winton’s play Shrine. We started here in Perth, took it down to Albany and then we represented WA at the Centenary of Canberra Festival, this was my first big set and lighting commission. I was proud of the prestige of the project, of my contribution and the end result. I also collaborated with Wesley Enoch on I Am Eora, the centrepiece production of the Sydney Festival in 2012 which was a very significant undertaking and landmark production. I’ve just recently returned from a six week 43
exactly what I wanted and would assist me in getting new work. What advice would you like to share about the course for others thinking of embarking on the same path? Don’t wait until you’ve graduated to start looking for work. I’ve seen so many people come out of uni with no on-set experience, freaking out that they have no connections and no idea how to get onboard with any new projects. The skills you need for this work won’t come from uni anywhere near as much as actually working on films will. Use the lecturers and their connections and advice to kickstart your career as much as you can before leaving uni. Get out there as much as you can, and get your name known in the industry that people can trust to do a good job. What’s next on the cards for you personally and in your career? I’m working on several web-series and short films at the moment, and directing a few music videos. I’ve recently purchased my own cinema camera that has also opened up several doors for me. Where do you see yourself in 10 years time? My goal is working in New York as a director of photography on independent feature films. Got dreams of moving to NYC, too? Head to murdoch.edu.au/Courses/Photography to check out Murdoch’s sweet as degrees.
Studied: Masters of Science in Renewable Energy/Postgraduate Diploma in Energy and the Environment at Murdoch University development trip to London and New York with many of the world’s top lighting designers. I won an Australia Council for the arts creative professionals grant, which I felt verified my achievements so far and really inspired me to keep pushing myself. What goal are you working towards? Well it’s a cliché answer but the end goal has always been to win a Tony Award. They are the theatre industry’s Oscars and it has always seemed like the “big goal. More than that though I am looking forward to a challenging and rewarding career, full of adventurous and artful designs. Any advice for people starting out in your industry? I’d say - put yourself out there; meet people, tell them what you’re working on, show them pictures and keep plugging away at getting the gigs on the resume. I’ve always had a lot of difficulty saying no to projects; balance them all around as much as possible (without spreading yourself to thin!). Always devote all of your energy and attention to each design for the best possible outcome; beg and borrow equipment and materials to make that design the best it can be, because as the old saying goes: “You’re only as good as your last gig” so always push for it to be the best it can be. What setbacks have you had? Well I can’t say I’ve really had any devastatingly career changing set-backs, but now we’ve jinxed it. I’m merrily working away, enjoying all of the creative relationships and my time in Perth. I’m not sure where I’m off to next or when exactly that will happen, but let’s see what happens. Trent’s next project is the world premiere of Dust by award winning Australian playwright Suzie Miller, presented by Black Swan State Theatre Company, in Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA from Saturday, June 28 to Sunday, July 13. Go to waapa.ecu.edu.au to find out how to involved and study theatre.
Singapore Why did you decide to study these courses? My motivation to pursue my studies is to develop my passion for technology and the environment in a structured environment with well respected mentors. The course is intense but I enjoyed every moment of it. Not only did I gain valuable knowledge, the course helped hone soft skills valuable in my daily work. It has refine the way I view challenges and solutions. What were the best and worse parts about this course? Balancing work, studies and social engagements was the most challenging. Satisfaction comes from developing practical solutions for real life problems. What do you wish someone had told you about the course that you didn’t know beforehand? What didn’t you get out of the course that you were hoping to? I would not change anything as I went into this course with my eyes wide open and the experience was been more than what I expected. Was the course pretty practical? If so, what parts? The course used practical examples and case studies with every unit having at least one project that force us to deal with issues faced in our daily lives. Your chosen career path has taken you to some pretty interesting places, including the Shell Global Energy Forum 2012. What was that experience like? Where else has your chosen profession taken you? Having a global company like Shell recognise my efforts affirms that I have chosen the right path. Furthermore, the opportunity to present to an
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esteemed audience at the forum was a privilege that I am grateful for. What advice would you give to students finishing year 12 who’d like to study engineering/head down the same path you have? My advice is to firstly take a step back and evaluate if this is an area you have passion for than fully commit to it. What you take out of your studies depends on the level of commitment you put into it. Keen to follow in Marcus’ footsteps? Head to murdoch.edu.au to check out how Murdoch University can kick start your career in engineering.
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HAYDEN FORTESCUE Filmmaker/Co-owner of VCR Media
JAMES PENTECOST Director/ Co-owner of VCR Media Studied: Bachelor of Film Production (Screen) at SAE Perth. What compelled you to make films? Hayden: I’m originally a country boy from down south who moved to Perth to continue my studies and find work afterwards. I’ve more or less always known I wanted to be a filmmaker. I remember watching Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade when I was around 10 and wanting to be an archeologist. But when I found out they didn’t get to fight Nazis, I wanted to be Harrison Ford, and when someone told me the director was the one in charge, I wanted to be him. James: I’m also a country boy I suppose. I grew up in Cornwall, in the UK in a small fishing village called Padstow. My family immigrated to Perth when I was 12 and I’ve lived here ever since, save for a couple of years in London and one in Manchester. I’ve probably always been a little off beat and have always loved telling stories. I used to write full novels when I was a kid (not very good ones though I suspect, in hindsight). I got into acting young and enjoyed doing theatre and a few short films, always writing my own monologues and the like. When I quit acting I was asked to write the Acting Academy’s theatre productions and I started doing that. I wrote a few other stage plays for amateur theatre companies and began to direct a little too. Eventually I just drifted to film and started writing and directing my own shorts and web series, and now features too. What have you guys created since graduating? H: After graduating I worked on a bunch of short films and web series (my own and others) before cracking into the feature world. Over the last two years, I’ve managed to work on films like Twisted Minds, The Reckoning, Drive Hard and Kill Me Three Times with actors like John Cusack, Thomas Jane, Simon Pegg and Theresa Palmer among others. This year however I was able to produce my first feature film Broken Contract starring Christopher Morris and Esther Anderson.
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J: Since graduation I’ve written and directed three web series, two shorts, and two feature films. I produced a few of those also. I’ve directed actors such as John Howard, Christopher Morris, Esther Anderson and Kyle Morisson and had a real blast doing it. What’s the film industry like right now? H: Right now it’s a little dry in WA. Last year was massive and people were able to jump from film to film but as soon as 2014 turned over that stopped unfortunately. Luckily it looks like we’ll have another two or even three larger productions in the last half of the year so hopefully that’ll carry forward. With the budget cuts and things affecting Screen Australia however - we’ll have to wait and see. Either way I wouldn’t want to be doing anything else. J: There’s a lot more opportunity now than there’s ever been before. The cuts to Screen Australia are definitely going to hurt the industry though, no doubt. What’s your ultimate goal? H: One day I want to make a living from writing and directing my own feature films. I think I have some interesting things to say and ultimately just want to get that out in the world – if people respond to it then all the better (I hope they do because otherwise I won’t be doing it for long!). J: I’d like to be in a position to be making something new at least once a year on a larger budget, and to be able to experiment with feature films, TV and web series. Is this the path you expected your careers to take? H: Not really. For me, producing was always something I did out of necessity as opposed to the love. However the work kept presenting itself and I just had to give into it and follow wherever it took me. I always try and say yes to any opportunity because ultimately I will learn something from it that I didn’t know before and that’s how you grow and develop into something better. Right now I’m getting back into that creative
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zone but if necessary I’ll be more than happy to snap back into number crunching mode. Being as ridiculously organized as I am always helps! J: I think I’ve been really fortunate to have been able to do so much so soon. I worked hard for all of it, of course, but without the opportunities I’ve had, I don’t know where I’d be now. It sounds like you have both do it for the love of telling stories - have you had any setbacks? H: Dozens! Hundreds! Millions! Anyone who has achieved something worthwhile has. Filmmaking, and life I guess, is all about finding creative solutions to problems. Turning weaknesses into strengths and finding the good in the bad. That’s my favourite part of making movies – thinking of that clever solution. I would rather admit to failing 100 times than admit to sitting at home and thinking “What if?” J: What can I say to that but ‘ditto’!? Advice to young people starting out? H: When you start out be willing to work for free, be willing to do the worst possible jobs and always do it with a smile on your face. Too many people come in the industry these days thinking they deserve to be a director or a producer straight out of the gate.
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People work their whole lives trying to get there and don’t – so go out there willing to learn and put in the hard yards first. Also be willing to lose out on a lot of sleep. Filmmakers don’t get much sleep. J: Meet everybody you can and make them like you! More than that, pick a specialty area and stick to it. It’s OK to work outside that area - especially as an aspiring director or producer - but stay as close as you can to the position you want. Study it, absorb everything from everyone and always come back to it, no matter where else you might go. There are a few glamorous positions in filmmaking (or at least, it might look that way before you try it!), but there’s a wealth of other areas with a lot less competition that are integral to the film world and you might find you love those jobs too and can make your living in those areas. More than anything, just be prepared to work hard and persevere through everything. You’ll make it in the end. Interested in following a similar path to Hayden and James? You can study a Bachelor of Film, which will take you two years of full-time study to complete. Head to sae.edu.au to find out more or call SAE Perth on 6217 4100.
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