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TELSTRA PERTH FASHION FESTIVAL 2014 It’s that time of year again, the Telstra Perth Fashion Festival is back from next Wednesday, September 17, until Monday, September 22.

With a new home at Fashion Paramount (Perth Concert Hall), plus special events, forums, parades and exhibitions all around Perth, it’s set to be a another great showcase of local, national and international talent. Head to our Eye4 section on page 13 for our interview with founder/director, Mariella Harvey-Hanrahan, plus a look at some of the emerging designers featured this year.

X-Press will feature more about the Telstra Perth Fashion Festival next week. For details/ bookings, head to telstraperthfashionfestival.com.au.

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RUN AWAY TO JOIN THE CIRCUS Dead Letter Circus are heading out on a national tour in December before going back into studio to record their third album. Also along for the ride are Sleepmakewaves and Voyager. Dead Letter Circus will be performing at Capitol on Friday, December 12, and at Bunbury’s Prince Of Wales on Saturday, December 13. Tickets go on sale this Thursday, September 11, from Oztix.com.au.

FAITH THE MUSIC Enigmatic English songstress Paloma Faith’s soulfully sweet timbre will resonate around Australia for the first time in 2015. Her worldwide single hit, Only Love Can Hurt Like This, has created a highly anticipated tour which will land in Perth on Saturday, May 16, at the Perth Concert Hall. Tickets are released to the public at 9am this Friday, September 12. For complete tour and ticketing information, visit livenation.com.au.

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British soul up-and-comer Sam Smith will be loping around Australia and New Zealand in April/May, 2015. His soulful voice has captured the world with 400 million views on YouTube where he featured on Naughty Boy’s hot single, La La La. Following on from his acclaimed EP, Nirvana, his debut album, In The Lonely Hour, went Platinum in the UK and Gold in Australia and New Zealand. Perth fans can catch Smith at HBF Stadium on Monday, May 4, 2015.

Tickets are available via Ticketmaster.com.au.

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Equal parts eccentric and creative guitarist Devin Townsend is travelling across the country in association with Thump Music to provide a series of guitar clinics. Townsend is set to release his 30th LP, a double album called Z, on Monday, October 27.

Wanting to inspire more artists in musical diversity, the clinics will offer the opportunity to learn a range of techniques and styles developed by Townsend himself. His Perth guitar workshop will take place in the John Inverarity Theatre at Hale School. For tickets, visit thumpmusic.com.au.

HAIL KIM Kim of The Presets is coming to Metropolis Fremantle for a solo show. An impressively prodigious artist, he’s released several EPs, a compilation and produced and/ or remixed Beni, Jack Ladder, Kirin J Callinan, Kings Of Leon, Beni, Sarah Blasko, Toni Toni Lee, Architecture In Helsinki and Kylie Minogue. Very limited VIP tickets are available for the Saturday, September 20, show, which sees Kim joined by Motorik Vibe Council and Linda Marigliano. Book through Oztix.com.au.

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THE SKINNY Coming together in New Orleans in 2009, swing/ jazz/blues darlings Tuba Skinny are headed our way.

Catch them on Wednesday, September 24, ate the Fly By Night; Thursday, September 25, at Jazz Cellar, Mt Hawthorn; at the Wave Rock Weekender, Hyden, on the weekend of Friday-Saturday, September 2627, and Clancys Fish Pub, Dunsborough, on Sunday, September 28. Tickets via venues, Oztix.com.au and APPETISING! To celebrate our current blitzkrieg on the digital soulhighway.com.au (for the Wave Rock Weekender). realm - i.e. the new X-Press Magazine App - we’re giving away tickets to the new YA sci-fi thriller, Maze Tuba Skinny Runner, as well as Denzel Washington’s The Equalizer, a new, hyper-violent riff on the old ‘80s TV series of the same name.

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LIDDIARD LICKS Acclaimed contemporary musician and creative force behind The Drones, Gareth Liddiard, is gearing up for an intimate show at the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, September 20. This rare solo appearance in Perth is a must-see. Tickets are $30 (plus booking fee) from Oztix.com.au.

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BROODING 20 YEARS OF AMBIENCE RTRFM are celebrating 20 years of the Ambient Zone show with a special celebration called AZ20.

Since 1994 Ambient Zone has been RTRFM’s Sunday night wind-down, encouraging listeners to lie back and chill-out to the many sounds and textures of ambient, electronic and experimental music. AZ20 will showcase the celestial noise constructions and experimental animated projections of Furchick, the organic textures and harmonic noise of Sacred Flower Union and the ominous, atmospheric dronescapes of Craig McElhinney. Ambient Zone DJs and Strasarbs will also bring their noise, ranging from drone-pieces, minimal electronica with roots in house and techno, to intergalactic beats. There will also be night snackin’ food from Lil Tortilla Boi. AZ20 is on at The Bird on Sunday, September 21, from 6-10pm. Tickets $10 subscribers, $15 general from rtrfm.com.au and at the door.

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ROCKIN’ ROD After a spectacular summer of sold-out concerts, plus opening the Commonwealth Games before a worldwide audience of more than 1.5 billion viewers, Rod Stewart has announced he is bringing his Hits Tour to Australia and New Zealand in March, with James Reyne along for the ride in support.

Rod Stewart will be performing at Perth Arena on Saturday, March 21, 2015. Frontier Members pre-sale runs from Thursday, September 11, until Friday, September 12. General tickets go on sale Tuesday, September 16, from noon. Head to frontiertouring.com for more.

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After sold out national and international tour dates New Zealand sibling duo Broods are coming to Australia in November. Their breakthrough single, Bridges, last year got more than 700,000 hits on YouTube. Broods will be touring in support of their ARIA top five debut album, Evergreen. Supported

by Mansionair, Broods will be performing at Capitol on Friday, November 28. Tickets are available from Thursday, September 11, from Livenation.com.au.

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RODRIGUEZ IS PERFORMING THIRD AND FINAL SHOW Legendary singer/songwriter Rodriguez’ first two shows in Perth sold out in record time. In response to the overwhelming demand, promoters are announcing a third and final show in Kings Park & Botanic Garden on Thursday, November 6. Tickets go on sale this Thursday, September 11 from Ticketmaster.com.au

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STEREOSONIC Stereosonic has definitely earned its place at the pinnacle of Australian dance festivals, and in 2014 it’s even bigger - they’ve split an enormous lineup across two days. Stereosonic is back at Claremont Showgrounds on Saturday and Sunday, November 29 and 30, and features sets from Alesso, Tiesto, Diplo, Calvin Harris, Oliver Heldens, DVBBS, Carl Cox, Disclosure, Timmy Trumpet, Steve Aoki, Showtek, DJ Snake, and many, many, many others. If you’d like to win a double pass, hit us up at win@xpressmag.com.au.

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MORE THAN A DAME Frank Miller’s 2005 neonoir thriller was an aesthetic left-hook - Sin City took the gloss and grit of comic book stylisation to film for the first time and did it with aplomb. We’re finally seeing a Sin City sequel - in the same year as the follow-up to 300, another adaption of Miller’s blood-drenched material. Codirected by Planet Terror’s Robert Rodriguez, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For returns to the multi-story format, blood spillage and all-star cast of the first instalment, and features Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and, believe it or not, Lady Gaga. It’s in cinemas from September 18, and if you’d be keen for a double pass, get in touch at win@xpressmag.com.au.

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BOUNCE Australian bass, the Melbourne sound - it’s an exciting time for Australian EDM. Child of psy-trance, electro and progressive house, Melbourne bounce has been making huge waves internationally, and with recent recognition from the likes of Laidback Luke and Calvin Harris, it’s about time Onelove released another Melbourne compilation. Mixed by rising star Chris Bullen, Melbourne Bounce 2 showcases 25 of the biggest tracks and names in the genre, including work from Will Sparks, Uberjak’d, Joel Fletcher and Timmy Trumpet (plus two exclusive tracks from JDG and Zoolandia with digital download). If you’d like to win a copy, drop us a line at win@xpressmag.com.au.

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BIFFY CLYRO HOPE FLOATS YOUR BOAT Australian designer Dina Ochwada’s jewellery label, One Luv, have been making beautiful pieces in the spirit of French giants like Chopard since 2004. Ochwada’s work is intricate and playful, featuring whimsical origami, babushka, and harmonica-inspired collections, necklaces based on Yves Saint Laurent’s trademark spectacles, and maritime pieces. One Luv just released their Hope Floats collection, a series of pendants featuring crystals trapped in glass chambers. We’ve got a piece from the Hope Floats collection to give away, so drop us a line at win@xpressmag.com.au. If you’re keen to check out OneLuv’s entire collection, head to oneluv.com.au, and use the promotional code LUVXPRESS for 25% off.

Scottish alt-rock legends Biffy Clyro are playing a show at Metro City next Friday, September 12. It’s fresh off the back of some promised new material (B-sides from Opposites, their chart-topping 2013 album), We’ve got some double passes to give away, so drop us a line at win@xpressmag.com.au.

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THIS IS THE ANTHEM Jersey boys The Gaslight Anthem have released their fifth album, Get Hurt. Leader Brian Fallon’s promised an album “completely different to anything we had ever done before”, and for all its experiments in pop, metal and folk, The Gaslight Anthem are still bringing the big Americana ballads. It’s a little Dylan, a little Bon Jovi, and a lot of Springsteen. If you’d like to win a copy of Get Hurt, get in touch at win@xpressmag.com.au.

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SONGREADER Presenting 20 new songs as sheet music was a bold move for experimental pop musician Beck, but his 2012 Song Reader project has finally borne recorded fruit. With friends like Norah Jones, Laura Marling, Jarvis Cocker and Jack White, the recently released Song Reader album is a chance to see Beck in action as a straight-up songwriter. An 8/10 rating from NME ain’t bad. If you’d like to win a copy of the new album, drop us a line at win@xpressmag.com.au.

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STEVE NIEVE The Costello Show Renowned piano player and Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame member, Steve Nieve, has a significant body of work as a solo artist, but is best known for his long-term position as collaborator with Elvis Costello. Nieve will be in Australia to put a very different slant on the tunes of Costello as he offers new instrumental interpretations of songs that span the whole Costello back catalogue.

Nieve performs at the Fly By Night next Wednesday, September 17. CHRIS HAVERCROFT reports The idea of Steve Nieve doing a run of intimate shows where the songs of Elvis Costello were stripped back to piano-only pieces came from Nieve’s partner (French writer and director Muriel Téodori) who initially spoke to him about doing a bunch of CDs where Nieve would interpret the music of artists that he loves.

“It seemed like the easiest place to start was with Elvis because I know his music so well,” says a matter of fact Nieve when talking about how these versions materialised. “Having said that, it has proved to be more difficult than I thought to play his music like

that so my plan now is to do this concert - the one in Brisbane will be the first time I have performed one of these concerts - and to record all of them and to make this album partly live performance and partly studio stuff. I think it will be a stronger album by doing it that way.”

To put these shows together Nieve has had to unpack and relearn a group of songs that he has been connected to for up to three decades in some instances. He has attempted to do all of the songs in a way that differs from the original. In some cases the tunes have dictated that they should stay true to the known versions, while others have launched Nieve off into new directions that he couldn’t plan for.

“When you hear these tunes on the piano, I think the words, although they are not being sung, do come into your mind. It makes it possible for the music to be a little more reflective than it is when it accompanies a strong lyric. When I did the concerts previously that were just Elvis and myself, the songs were so stripped back. There is another layer of stripping back going on when I do them this way.”

With this series of concerts, it is not the intention of Nieve to lay claim to Elvis’ songs, even though he has featured on many of them for so long.

Nieve declares that he is just another person who has decided that Costello’s works are things of beauty and wonder and he wished to explore them, and try to do that in the most respectful and yet investigative way.

“It is interesting to work with someone who is so generous with freedom,” Nieve offers of Costello. “I have worked with other artists that have a real decision about what they want and they give you a score and say play that. Elvis presents the song and allows you the freedom to do something with it. I am very proud of the fact that I have worked with Elvis all that length of time and that we have had all those adventures together.

People that come to the shows will hear me share some of those stories and they could be part of the recording that eventually turns into the album.”

When he is in Australia, Nieve is hoping that he will be able to continue discussions about bringing the play Original Version that was written by Téodori to the strong arts festival circuit down under. Nieve was responsible for the music that accompanies the theatre piece and released it under the name It’s Raining Somewhere.

“It’s a play for an actor and actress and a pianist, so there are three people on stage and the pianist keeps interrupting the actors during the play.

It is about improvisation. The play is people discussing love together so it would be interesting to do with two male actors, or two female actors and different pianists.”

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MERCURIAL Thirsty Merc’s new Acoustic Anniversary Album marks 10 long years since their debut double platinum LP. Coined AAA, the album features acoustic renditions of favourites 20 Good Reasons and In The Summertime which will no doubt go over a storm on the band’s just-announced national tour. Their WA visit kicks off at Friends Restaurant on Wednesday, November 12; Rivendell Winery, Yallingup, on Thursday, November 13; the New Centurion Hotel, Midland, on Friday, November 14; the Charles Hotel on Saturday, November 15, and the Ravenswood Hotel on Sunday, November 16.

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AMBERDOWN The High Life Amberdown launch their debut EP, Miss Mediocrity, this Saturday, September 13, at The Causeway, with guests Valdaway, September Sun and Daniel Roby.

AARON BRYANS reports.

Local rockers Amberdown have had a hard-working and progressive last 12 months, performing their powerful-yet-fun sets night after night, but things have stepped up a notch wit the release and launch of their debut EP, Miss Mediocrity, this weekend.

“We’re so excited, smiling from ear to ear,” vocalist Daniel Connell exclaims.

“It’s finally here. We can’t wait to get up there and have heaps of fun. The day can’t come any sooner. We’re trying to saviour the excitement and hype because we don’t want it go by in a flash! There’s been so much lead up to it and it’s going to be a whole load of fun to see everyone there that’s been counting on us for this release.”

The band has been on a reboot since 2013, with a revamped line-up and a new direction. With the joy of playing live music on their mind, the band has let nothing stand in their way, not even sleep.

“Re-birthing wasn’t easy,” Connell reveals.

“Ryan, one of the founding members of Amberdown moved to Melbourne and replacing him was tough; but we had to get back on the horse and found something fresh and a great balance. We have found that now with the guys in the band.

“Getting in to play awesome shows, getting up four hours later to go to work. Those are our favourite moments. Then all that hard work seems like nothing because of the sense of support we are feeling and getting to play with a whole bunch of other bands and to new crowds.”

Miss Mediocrity was recorded at Revolver Sound Studios with the production split between Ben Glatzer and his son, Amberdown guitarist, Jason Glatzer, giving the father/son duo a chance to recreate

Amberdown’s live atmosphere into an all-out rock CD. “ Wo r k i n g w i t h d ad h a s b e e n a n unforgettable experience,” Jason Glatzer says. “He is not like any other producer or engineer I’ve worked with or seen before, and I’m not saying this just for Amberdown’s sake but for his legacy also. His attention to detail is immaculate to say the least. He’s not one of those hot shot producers that watches the clock, he has a true passion to get the most out of you as a band and as individual musicians no matter how long it takes. The patience lesson was a big learning curve for all of us. And despite all that life threw at us, marriages, divorces, funerals - we never gave up on the project.”

“Glatzer was a great mentor,” Connell adds.

“Watching Jason produce and engineer this in his own right was truly special. Revolver gave us a real home feel to recording which made everything comfortable.

We go in, get done what we have to and have a chill and a laugh along the way.

“It feels awesome to share something we created in a smelly room drinking beers and laughing our asses off. We have so much fun doing this and it’s a great feeling knowing people are hearing it.”

The momentum won’t stop there, however, with the band set for an interstate tour in midNovember.

“Playing live is worth all the sleepless nights and the hours we put in after work,” Connell says. “Hopefully we can keep on playing until our fingers bleed and we can’t walk anymore. There’s a long road ahead for us. There is a lot more writing to do to get the next release out. We couldn’t be more excited!”

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FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE ANNOUNCES SONIC SESSIONS PROGRAM Fremantle Arts Centre has announced this year’s Sonic Sessions program. Lucky Oceans will return for this intimate concert series that blends music and conversation. Singer/songwriter and ex-Little Birdy frontwoman Katy Steele is the first artist to join Oceans on Friday, November 7; Vikki Thorn & Donna Simpson from The Waifs/Stray Sisters will take you though their ups and downs on Thursday, November 20. Doors at all Sonic Sessions acts will open at 7pm in the inner courtyard. Tickets from Oztix.com.au.

After playing shows in both the UK and Canada the OKA crew are back and ready to play on Australian soil again. In WA they’ll be performing at Mojos on Wednesday, September 24; in Bunbury at the Prince Of Wales on Thursday, September 25; Settlers Tavern, Margaret River, on Friday, September 26; the Indi Bar on Saturday, September 27, and the Railway Hotel on Sunday, September 28.

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10% WEIRD ALL OVER AGAIN Savage Aussie punk-pop band, The Meanies, were regular visitors to Perth back in the ‘90s. The band are back and gearing up for their 25 Years Young And Relevant Silver Jubilee tour, heading our way on Friday, October 3, at the Rosemount Hotel. Tickets are available now through Oztix.com.au. A seven-inch release has been minted for the occasion, head to themeanies.net to find out more.

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Regarded globally by young and old as an Australasian rock legend Neil Finn will perform with indie pop songstress Megan Washington and the everextraordinary ARIA Award-winning Gurrumul on Saturday, November 22, at Sandalford Estate. The event coincides with the Margaret River Gourmet Escape Weekend and it’s a food, wine and musical experience under the stars and a stunning night not to be missed.

General admission is $95, premium admission $150 and Hamper & Show for $299.

Sandalford has announced it will donate all net profits generated from the venue income of the concert to Telethon. Tickets are on sale through Ticketek.com. au.

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Newsdesk Win Flesh Music Joe Bonamassa The New Pornographers, Shihad Royal Blood, Ty Segall New Noise Eye4 Cover: Telstra Perth Fashion Festival Sin City 2, TMNT Wish I Was Here, Kostroma The Hit List, Fashion, Arts Listings ETC Education & Training Feature Scene Cover: Adam Port + &Me EDM News, Tchami Chet Faker, Earthcore Live: Kanye West, The Love Junkies, Armageddoom, Alison Wonderland Local Scene: The Caballeros/The Gig For Mic X-Press Guide Social Pics, Volume

FRONT COVER: The Telstra Perth Fashion Festival

is back from next Wednesday, September 17, until Monday, September 22.

Model: Caitlin Lomax Photographer: Simon Lekias Stylist: Mark Vassallo Garth Cook dress, Arcane visor Richard Woldendorp landscape Pink Lake, NorthWest of Esperance, WA SCENE COVER: Adam Port and &Me hit East End

Bar & Lounge on Friday, September 12.

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JOE BONAMASSA Nomad Skills Guitarist supreme, Joe Bonamassa, performs at the Perth Concert Hall on Sunday, September 21. ADAM NORRIS reports..

Who doesn’t enjoy a serenade? When X-Press speaks with Joe Bonamassa he is kicking back on his patio, answering scores of questions with the amused patience of someone who has long grown accustomed to the inevitable media dredge that accompanies a new album.

While his focus is chiefly on the interview, every now and again his attention wavers to the Gibson guitar he consistently plays and conversation will pause while a particular run of notes are teased out. It’s an oddly interactive soundtrack, and may lead us to insist that every future interview now be similarly adorned.

When we think of the blues, the prevailing image seems to be of a dim-lit figure sitting on a fireescape in some New York City back alley, wearing

sunglasses in the middle of the night and smoking crumpled cigarettes while a lonesome blues melody drifts from the street below. Their heart is broken, their coat is torn, instrument in hock; the tried and true ingredients. For Bonamassa, however, the reality is not quite so despairing.

“Well, I can only speak for myself, and I don’t really get out much,” he happily admits. “But I’m a guitar nerd. Right now I’m wearing a Fender shirt, playing a Gibson Les Paul, and on the computer screen in front of me I’m on a guitar site looking to buy something. That’s basically me in a nutshell. It’s not exactly Hollywood.

Though I am meeting my keyboardist later and the drummer from Kiss, my guitar tech, and we’re all going to the Rainbow.

THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS The Brill The New Pornographers are back with a new album, Brill Bruisers. PAUL MCBRIDE speaks with singer/songwriter, A.C. Newman.

With their new album Brill Bruisers, The New Pornographers are keen to celebrate their return after a four-year absence, says frontman and songwriter, A.C. Newman.

“With this record, I just wanted to make a rock’n’roll record, or what I thought was a rock’n’roll record,” he says. “It was fun to do because it was the first record on which we ever used a vocoder and we’d never used arpeggiators very much; it was fun to try all those things. It happened that all the songs I was writing lent themselves to that kind of arrangement, so it all worked out. It’s scary and exciting to know that a lot of people are going to be hearing it, but I feel confident in it.”

Four years may seem like a long time between albums, but Newman hasn’t been idle.

“I put out a solo album in there, so that took up some time,” he says. “I also had a kid; I’ve got a twoand-a-half-year-old son. Kids take up a lot of time, and time just flies, you know? Sometimes you don’t even notice that it’s been four years between albums. I knew my solo record should be a lot more subdued. I wanted it to be a lot more singer/songwriter; a lot more personal.”

The Canadian eight-piece – featuring Neko Case and Destroyer frontman Dan Bejar, among others – are often labelled a supergroup; something Newman doesn’t take too seriously.

“It’s definitely a bit of fun,” he says. “People called us a supergroup when we began, and we weren’t a supergroup. Now I look at us and I think, ‘sure, we’re a supergroup’. Why not, you know? I don’t fight it; I’ve just accepted it. Now, I think if we’re a 10

supergroup, we’re a supergroup; that’s just the way it is.”

With eight members involved in their own separate projects, Newman admits it can be hard to bring them all together come tour time, but the end result is worth it.

“It’s an endless hassle,” he says. “It always has been, but it’s just the way it is. There’s nothing we can do about it. It’s the weird part of our band. It’s our greatest strength and our greatest weakness, you know?

“Touring is fun to come back to. When we played a few songs recently it made me think, ‘wow, we’re a good band’. I forgot we’re a good band. We’ve done about four of the new songs live, and that’s been very cool. In this day and age you don’t want to play all of your songs too early because then they all end up on the internet. The new songs feel like they belong in our set; they don’t feel weird. They went down well, which is always a good sign. Sometimes when you play new songs people are looking at each other like, ‘when are they going to stop playing new songs and play the old songs?’ But I feel like they fit in very seamlessly.”

So, will Australia be featuring on the Pornographers’ tour schedule any time soon?

“We want to but it won’t be until next year,” he says. “We’ll have to figure it out.

“We’ve always loved playing in Australia, so I’m looking forward to it. The most exciting thing that ever happened was the first time we played in Sydney in 2006, and Dave Faulkner from the Hoodoo Gurus was at our show in Sydney. We met him and I remember we were really excited because we were massive Hoodoo Gurus fans. That really jumped out as an exciting thing to have happen the first time we went to Australia – to have one of our favourite Australian musicians be there.”

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We’re going to sit there with other pretend rock stars, and we’re going to pretend that we’re pretend rock stars. It’s kind of a third-tier thing. There’s actual rock stars, then the pretend rock stars who hang out at the Rainbow, and then there’s us. But that’s it! After that we’ll all come back to the house and geek out. No fire escape.”

As guitar geeks go, Bonamassa would have to be sitting pretty close to the top. Counting live releases he now has 22 albums under his belt, and 125 guitars.

Of those, there are some which are played once and then never venture out from their case again. Others are played everyday. Like many guitarists, the impression you have of their relationship to their instrument is as an extension of themselves, like a detachable limb.

“Most people want to romanticise performing, make it deeper than it really is. I’m often asked what I’m thinking when I’m on stage playing, and half the time I’m thinking about where I want to go to lunch the next day, and the other half I’m thinking about what guitar shops I’m going to hit if we have time off.

I mean, there’s a deep music meaning to a lot of this stuff, but a lot of it is ingrained into your DNA, so your focus when you’re up on stage, or writing or recording,

SHIHAD The Jazman 5 New Zealanders Shihad have dropped a bomb with album number nine, FVEY, a bristling, shouting, angry, heavy, dark slab of rock’n’ roll that threatens to destroy all in its path. Lead guitarist, Phil Knight, speaks to SHANE PINNEGAR in the lead up to their show at the Rosemount Hotel, Saturday November 1.

There’s nothing light or ‘pop’ about Shihad’s mighty new album: from the title on down they’re tackling some weighty issues head on.

“Well, it’s called FVEY,” he says, “it’s actually an acronym for The Five Eyes, which is an intelligencegathering alliance between five countries - Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UK and the US. They abbreviate FVEY, Five Eyes. I would say Five Eye. “I guess as far as the songs go, there is a general overarching theme of paranoia about the use of surveillance, the collection of metadata, people listening and tracking what we do.”

Knight says that some of the lyrics on FVEY were influenced by singer, Jon Toogood, marrying his partner Dana in her homeland of the Sudan midway through recording the album.

“Jon went and got married in Khartoum. That was sort of in-between the recording of the album and him laying down the vocal tracks. Seeing that side of life and how people live over there, that definitely had an

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well, your mind can wander, just like in anything else.

It’s amazing what muscle memory can do, you know?” he laughs.

While he has been chalking up the accolades for years now (including 12 #1 Billboard Blues Albums, which happens to be more than anybody else – Clapton, Vaughan and BB King included), Bonamassa only found himself with his first Grammy nomination last year for his second album recorded with Beth Hart, Seesaw.

“Well, the whole thing was a real honour.

We lost to Charlie Musselwhite and Ben Harper, and both of those guys are just legends at what they do so that wasn’t a problem at all. The winner gets the Grammy, but everyone who is nominated is sent this really nice Tiffany medal of honour that says, ‘Congratulations, you’ve lost to somebody who is better and whose star shines brighter than yours!’ he laughs.

“It’s really cool, but the thing that I was mostly thrilled about was the fact it was great for Beth Hart, who has been criminally underrated her entire career, and it’s her first Grammy nomination too. We didn’t win, but, we didn’t go down without a fight.

“Though I also knew that Ben and Charlie were going to playing on the night, so I thought, ‘Nope, not moving aaaanything off the mantlepiece just yet. Keep that little Fender catalogue right where it is’.”

He breaks off to play another riff, and X-Press is content just to listen; there is never the sense of Bonamassa being guarded about his music, or cagey about his inspirations and processes on whatever magic makes it all work. In the end, he just seems like a guy who has found a way to keep doing what he loves.

“I don’t have any fears about what I do because I’m really just a musical nomad.” He thinks for a moment. “ I don’t fear that whatever reputation I have now will be tarnished if I decide to throw a curve ball, because I’ve already been throwing curve balls my whole career. It only ever matters to me, to what I think. The fans, you know, the fans basically will tell you very quickly if they like your work or not.

I mean, you’re always going to get the token asshole who’s going to dislike everything you do, and always be that constant contradiction to anything you have to say. If the sun is shining, it’s actually raining. That kind of thing.

“But you’ll always get an immediate reaction from the fans whether they like something or not. You always have to please yourself, but I have to think about them as well. You never want to be that artist who’s up there lamenting, ‘Oh, if only they knew the real me’. Well, this is the real me. Fender shirt, playing a nice guitar. I’m a nerd who plays blues. And that’s okay.”

impact on his lyric writing when he got back, for sure.”

Touted as their most uncompromising album since their debut, Churn, recorded a surprising 20 years ago, FVEY sees the band working with producer Jaz Coleman (Killing Joke) for the first time in those two decades. Was he the same kind of guy to work with all those years later?

“In some ways, but in some ways not,” Knight says. “He was 20 years younger then! He was still drinking and stuff back then - he gave up drinking 10 years ago. So did I, we sort of clicked on that, we’re sort of simpatico on that level. We both sort of mellowed out a little bit. Both have been easier to work with. But he’s still the same passionate, opinionated sort of old punk rocker guy that we worked with back in ’93.

“He’s just been an amazing energy to be around, very energetic with what he brings to the mix as a producer and an orchestrator. He’s got this whole punk rock thing where he also knows how to… he was standing in the middle of the room sort of conducting us as we were playing,” the guitarist laughs.

Live is where Shihad have always excelled, and they’ll be touring the album around the country in October-November. Knight feels like they’ve captured the band’s live essence on FVEY. “I think we have, definitely with this album,” he affirms.

“Definitely more than on the previous albums. I mean, we’ve played together for so long as a band, and having Jaz there, we always knew that we could record live and get it down, but especially over the last couple of albums we just found ourselves just getting caught up.

Because Tom (Larkin, drums) owns his own recording studio and we just found ourselves spending months overdubbing guitar after guitar after guitar, just trying to make everything perfect. We can play a great live show, we can record great live tunes. But, yeah, we just got lost in the whole production of things.”

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Their first two albums saw Interpol emerge as the big player of the New York scene with a swag of snags that had their statuesque live shows sold out the world over. Following a three-year hiatus, Interpol have had to reinvent themselves somewhat for their fifth album, El Pintor.

After their last, self-titled album, bassist Carlos Dengler departed the band, leaving frontman Paul Banks to take over bass duties. With Interpol stripped down to a trio for El Pintor, touring member Brandon Curtis has been brought in to add keyboards to the lion’s share of the album. Each of the tunes starts with a stark single instrument and builds into the kind of cascading wall of gloom that is expected from Interpol, as shown with ease on Ancient Ways.

Banks spent some of the past few years dabbling in rap, yet luckily there is no evidence of that within the confines of the Interpol trio. Banks has developed a falsetto that offers a point of difference to his usual unaffected timbre, and is put to great use during the albums high point of Blue Supreme.

Interpol may not have the amount of listeners as they used to, but with El Pintor being their most solid effort for some time, it should arrest any slide in popularity. El Pintor is as delightfully dark as any of Interpol’s post-punk highs.

After a laptop harbouring all their recorded material was stolen, The Murlocs had to go back to square one and record everything all over again... and it’s turned out well after all. The Murlocs bring the tangy guitars of the late ‘60s/early ‘70s back, as psychedelic glitter shines though the LP with Ambrose KennySmith’s intense, yet laidback bluesy vocals and a floating harmonica. Loopholes is resplendent with T-Rex vibes.

Kenny-Smith sings the opening song, Control Freak, line-by-line in rhythm with the instruments, giving them space to roam free in-between his vocals. The harmonica gives the song a bluesy uplift, working in perfect harmony with everything else that’s going on in the song. It’s rich, yet simple. Even so, Kenny-Smith delivers a voice full of cracks and whiskey, and while sounding like he’s from way back when, if you listen closely you sense his lyrics being more modern than you first thought. Especially when he sings of ‘A lifestyle lenient enough to carry out my unplanned strategy’ in Paranoid Joy. Loopholes is a record that keeps surprising after continued plays IDA C JOHANNESSEN

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UK duo Royal Blood’s self-titled debut album recently entered the British charts at #1. AUGUSTUS WELBY reports.

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JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE Single Mothers Vagrant Records As the son of Steve Earle it could be argued that Justin Townes Earle was always destined to make music and be susceptible to substance abuse. After a brief stint in rehab in 2010, the young Earle has been sober and last year saw him take his nuptials. Single Mothers is his first record after wedded bliss.

He will never free himself from the country tag completely, but Earle does glide on the Memphis soul sound that was introduced on his previous album. On Midnight At The Movies, Earle sung of the impulsiveness that he received from his father and the clarity that he received from being raised by his mother.

He revisits this sentiment on the title track where he again pays homage to his mother and takes a swipe at absent fathers in a soulful manner.

There is some added class this trip out with some slick arrangements, yet Earle is at his finest when things are pulled back to their bare minimum. Picture In A Drawer is a snail-paced ache that makes the most of Earle’s drawl and sounds so intimate that your teary eyes will be checking the porch for a singer lurking in the shadows.

With an ode to Billie Holiday and some raw heartbreakers, Single Mothers is a broad collection that shows the many sides of Earle. Even supplement free, his undoubted talent shines.

Listen is a radical departure from the indie-pop The Kooks have built their career on. So different, in fact, they could have renamed the band. According to The Kooks, that is.

In reality, the differences between this album and their back catalogue are superficial. The Kooks are an indie-pop band, and this is still a pop album. That’s not an insult either – as a band they helped revive Britpop in all its catchy glory. Listen tries way too hard to escape the label, unsuccessfully.

At first, tracks such as Down do sound different to classic Kooks. Luke Pritchard teamed up with hip hop producer Inflo, and the result is decidedly R&B. Pritchard even uses the word ‘diggy’. But beneath these ‘new’ influences lies the same familiar subject matter (chasing girls, hurtful rumours) and catchy hooks (plenty of ‘la-la-las’). Tracks that embrace indie-pop with an R&B twist actually work well, like up tempo Are We Electric? or the slow piano ballad, See Me Now. But then there are others that crumple into annoying cliches, such as the gospelinspired Forgive And Forget. If only we could.

Fans will always love The Kooks for the pop band they can be at their best. It’s a shame they’re too naive to see it.

Royal Blood is two heavyset English blokes. One of them sings and plays bass and the other guy smashes the shit out of a drumkit.

That’s right, main man Mike Kerr plays a bass, not a six-string. Royal Blood’s brief sell-out Australian tour a couple of months ago proved that the thunderous sound of breakthrough singles Out Of The Black and Little Monster aren’t the product of studio trickery. A lot of the clamour comes from Kerr’s masterfully handled distorted bass work. So, upon the release of the band’s debut LP, it seems appropriate to find out what led to adopting the four-string as his primary tool.

“ I j u s t p i c ke d i t u p o n e d ay o u t of curiosity and plugged in a few pedals and that developed over time until I had my own thing, which is something I always wanted – my ow n s o u n d . I t j u s t fe l t ve r y n at u r a l .”

2014’s been a mammoth year for Royal Blood. They’ve sold out shows all over the world, supported Arctic Monkeys, The Pixies and Interpol and appeared on the main stage at just about every UK and European summer festival. It’s remarkable to think that 12 months ago the band was basically unknown. If we look back one year further than that, Kerr was actually living in Australia and music wasn’t his number one vocation.

“I was mainly working as a chef on the Gold Coast. I somehow ended up on the Gold Coast amongst my travels. I didn’t do that much music, really. It was mostly leisure and work.”

Soon upon arriving back in his hometown of Brighton in Southern England, he teamed up with his old mate Ben Thatcher and the pair got to work on Royal Blood. While Kerr had conceived of the idea for the band when living in Australia, Thatcher’s ballsy drumming was integral in bringing his vision to life.

“I certainly had my sound kind of developed, but the band didn’t really start until Benjamin joined up. There were ideas I had floating around, but we did so much songwriting when I got back. It was almost like I’d already cut my teeth and we had better and bigger things to do.”

Royal Blood’s rise to prominence began last November when their debut single Out Of The Black (and its B-side, Come On Over) invaded radio playlists around the globe. The public fervour grew more intense with the release of their second single, Little Monster, this February. T h e ba n d ’s r a p i d ascent to widespread popularity means the album had to be pieced together during momentary gaps in the touring schedule. Even so, Kerr says they were fully prepared before jumping into the touring circus. “ We s p e n t a b o u t s i x o r s e v e n months writing before we went out and did shows. We’ve only really been on the road for six to eight months. We dedicated a long period to writing before we got out there.”

Much like Royal Blood’s high-intensity live show, the 30-minute LP doesn’t outstay its welcome. Kerr says the primary aim was to make it a no-nonsense declaration of what they’re about.

“This record didn’t have a running theme.

We weren’t trying to make OK Computer. We were just trying to accurately capture the sound of the band and establish who we are. We didn’t want to contrive it in any way. The whole idea was just for the record to be the best, strongest 10 songs that we could write.”

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TY SEGALL Workaholic’s Eponymous Ty Segall’s heading to The Bakery on Thursday, December 11.

DAVID JAMES YOUNG checks in with him.

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Quickly rising up the Perth music scene, Amberdown have been nailing their thunderously catchy rock tunes all around town alongside the likes of Kids Since he took Australia by storm with his number In Glass Houses, September Sun and I Said The one hit Riptide, James Keogh, AKA Vance Joy’s debut Sparrow.

Now, after a reboot, the five-piece have album has been a highly anticipated peace of work.

Keogh’s incredibly talented musicianship released their debut EP cramming their powerful showcased through his powerful lyrics and pleasant live show into a tightly recorded mix. Title track Miss folk tunes is an enjoyable listen for a broad range Mediocrity kicks things off with a groovy bass-driven of listeners, but fails to really push any boundaries. verse and a soaring chorus highlighted by Daniel There are some weak spots on the album but a lot of positives, leaving a lot to listeners. The placement Connell’s vocals. The track itself is a superb example of opening track, Winds Of Change, which abruptly of what follows - punchy chords, complementary starts and never really kicks off is a poor one, while drums and finger-lickin lead riffs. Disaster proves the latest radio single, Mess is Mine, is one of the to be Connell’s strongest track, taking his vocal range strongest tracks on the album, with strong builds, to clear heights, while Lost Your Way will have Aussie moving snare fills and a well placed violin inclusion. guitarists frothing. Finishing strong, Inside 2009 is Riptide is a masterpiece of fun, alongside the great the most entertaining track of the album providing a combination of Georgia and Red Eye towards album’s smooth combination of addictive drum fills, backing end with hauntingly beautiful vocals in both choruses.

All interpretations aside, the album is full of vocals and attitude.

There’s a huge future for the Perth boys as strong instrumentation and is an enjoyable listen for they continue the fight to prove that rock isn’t dead. a lazy Sunday afternoon.

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2012 was a fairly insane year when it came to the productivity levels of San Fran psych rocker, Ty Segall.

It began in April with the release of Hair, a collaborative album with White Fence. Segall followed this a mere two months later with another full-length, Slaughterhouse, this time recorded with his backing band. Finally, a solo album, Twins, was released in early October.

Lately, however, things have been comparatively slow – 2013 and 2014 have each seen the release of a mere one LP from Segall; Sleeper and Manipulator respectively. What gives? Is he getting mellow on us at the ripe old age of 27?

“Are you disappointed?” teases Segall with a laugh. “I don’t know if I can do it anymore, man. I’m running out of ideas! The crazy thing about it was that most of it was collaborations with other people. I didn’t write 30 songs – I wrote the 12 that are on Twins, and I wrote a couple that were on the Hair record. I wrote the rest of the material with the people I was collaborating with on that particular record. It felt like a sleight-ofhand sort of thing, where there appeared to be way more than there actually was. It wasn’t nearly as a crazy as people thought it was.”

Regardless of how many records one gets from Segall in a year, one can always anticipate top quality from each of them. Naturally, Manipulator – Segall’s eighth solo effort overall – is no exception. It’s another collection of hazy, wild-eyed rock’n’roll that’s sprung out of the garage and into the fire. Unlike many other acts who will have an army of musicians and

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producers behind them, a Ty Segall solo record is literally a solo record: what you hear is all from the mind, the mouth, the fingers, the hands and the feet of the man whose name is on the cover. With such liberal freedom in songwriting and creation, it’s an approach of ‘anything goes’ that gets things done in the world of the one-manband.

“I don’t like repeating stuff,” says Segall on the creative process. “I do like improving on ideas I’ve already worked on previously, but I’m thinking a lot about seeing what I can do differently this time around. Sometimes I’ll just record a drumbeat and base a song around that; sometimes I’ll be playing the guitar and a melody will come to me. I might just mumble over a guitar part until I can find words to fit what I’ve written. Sometimes I’ll even write a song that just starts with bass. It’s really all over the place, y’know?”

The band will end the year with a longoverdue return to Australia for the first time in threeand-a-half years. Along with an appearance at Meredith Music Festival, Segall and co. will also be doing a run of headlining shows around the traps. It’s a hotly anticipated return, both from Segall’s fan base Down Under and from the man himself.

“I’m so excited, man!” he says. “Can’t even wait. I don’t know why it’s been so long. It should be really good fun. Last time was amazing, so we’re really looking forward to coming back. Charles was playing bass last time we were here, and we were touring as a three-piece. That was about two months before Mikal (Cronin) joined the band. So this will be his first time, and we’re all super-stoked.”

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The Telstra Perth Fashion Festival is back from next Wednesday, September 17, until Monday, September 22. BOB GORDON checks in with founder/director, Mariella Harvey-Hanrahan.

It’s the eve of the fashion. The Telstra Perth Fashion Festival is about to begin and founder/director, Mariella Harvey-Hanrahan, has the perfect word to describe the state of play.

“Frenetic,” she states, “13-hour days, dresses from one end of the office to the other, non-stop meetings, constantly trying to do what I have to do. People think that this job is so glamorous, but nothing could be further from the truth (laughs). And I’ve got one ear on listening to all the music with the project managers because I am a presentation Nazi I always want to be across every little bit of it.”

It’s a lot to take on, constantly, right up to the staging of the festival each year and continuing into it. Though HarveyHanrahan wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I don’t think so,” she says, “because it’s kind of like my baby. When we feature such a vast array of WA designers I want to

make sure that we celebrate what is uniquely WA. That’s my whole mantra.

“Like this year, even if you look at the campaign we shot with gorgeous Caitlin Lomax - who’s not even based here anymore - I love that, then teaming up with Richard Woldendorp, we’ve used all his Australian landscapes, it’s just beautiful. He’s a leader in landscape photography and Caitlin is one of our leading WA models.

“It’s shaping up to be the most inspiring and engaging fashion experience to date.”

A key element in Harvey-Hanrahan’s passion for the Telstra Perth Fashion Festival, now in its 16th year, is forging more paths forward for WA creatives. It’s not only about exposure, but opportunity.

“It is important to celebrate these people and recognise their outstanding talent” she notes, “to understand and know that we do have innovation and business success for WA creatives and we need to keep harnessing that.”

“We’ve got lots of Australian designers and indeed international designers showing this year. We want an inspiring line-up and a new breed of fashion-forward and globally relevant designers all showing their collections at the Telstra Perth Fashion Festival. I think that helps, because I’ve stayed true to our vision to

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be uniquely WA, first and foremost, but we have to do something different.

“I’m so excited about Opening Night (International Runway - Beyond Imagination) as the gateway to Asia (WA label Ae’lkemi will be featured, along with two of FIDé Fashion Week’s leading Asian couture and high-fashion designers, Sebastian Gunawan and Michael Cinco), because that’s really where the growth is for the future. And I do believe if we get that aspect of it right we will have more and more Australian designers wanting to show in Perth.”

Harvey-Hanrahan agrees that Perth has, in general, become more of a confident city in terms of identity and culture.

It’s a confidence reflected in the WA fashion industry.

“I definitely think that the confidence of the local industry has increased. We’ve produced more and more design stars and we show that we do have diversity in the creative sector and yes, mainly it’s in the creative arts, but fashion is recognised as an artistically inspired way for people to express themselves. Even as a city, we’re changing.”

Clearly (and importantly) Harvey-Hanrahan’s vision for the Telstra Perth Fashion Festival has evolved over the years as both the industry and the festival itself has grown.

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“Just like fashion designers review, renew and revamp their range each year or season, so do we at the festival,” she explains. “This is why we’ve changed the venue (Fashion Paramount, Perth Concert Hall), because I think you have to keep it fresh, dynamic and vibrant. And I love that; I love the fact that we can take Perth fashion across all these different destinations which will be abuzz with style and activity, I think that’s really cool.

“Certainly when I founded the festival I wasn’t looking to go international immediately.

Whereas now, I know that if you want to make it, you cannot discount doing business in the Asia Pacific region. Being the gateway to Asia is very important.

“There’s lots of challenges, but with that comes opportunity. In the ideal world we would have more money so we could have more staff (laughs). But we’re getting there; this is the biggest team we’ve ever had in the history of the festival. I think that because we’re getting bigger and we are recognised as a leader in our industry, we are the leading fashion event for the state - with that comes more pressure. You’ve got to do it bigger and better.

You’ve got to keep on topping your highest track record.”

This year’s festival will feature a recollection and celebration of the life and work of Ruth Tarvydas, who tragically passed away in May. Tarvydas is today remembered as a WA icon beyond the fashion industry which adored her so much. Ruth Tarvydas - A Celebration will take place on Friday, September 19, at Ascot Racecourse.

“Look, you know, it’s bittersweet,” HarveyHanrahan ponders about the remembrance planned for her friend and colleague. “It’s fantastic that we will be doing Ruth’s journey about showstopping dresses. There were many (laughs)... she designed hundreds of really amazing gowns that have graced red carpet premieres, school balls and glittery parties and it will be nice to see some of them, like the Opera House she designed for Rachel Finch (2009 Miss Australia), certainly fabulous things that you’ll see on the runway and we’re doing an exhibition of her iconic dresses way back to the vintage... but you know, it’s going to be a tough and emotional evening.

“But I would have it any other way. There’s no way I wouldn’t have a component of the Telstra Perth Fashion Festival that is dedicated to Ruth, because she was such a giver. She gave so much. I think it’s really important to celebrate and recognise her beautiful, artistic contributions.”

In the midst of the maelstrom, HarveyHanrahan is looking forwarf to not only the week of fashion ahead, but what that week can do in terms of the future of WA fashion.

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blogs, outside of magazines. It communicates with all walks of life and for those that I have not been able to reach just yet, it is my hope that TPFF can introduce us.

BRUUG, showing at WA Designer Runway

BRUUG Natasha Butler How do you describe your design aesthetic?

Elegant, wearable, effortless.

What makes your label stand out from others on the market?

I think our label speaks to women in a way that they can relate to, which is where I believe our strength comes from. We create garments that women can see themselves wearing, that they don’t feel intimidated to buy but will still make them feel powerful and womanly.

Mariella Harvey-Hanrahan

“I think we have an inspiring line-up of Australia’s new breed of fashion-forward designers and indeed global designers. I hope that that translates to what the public thinks when they come and see it. I hope that translates to what people like yourself think of the showcase, what will be the industry commentary. I hope we generate sales for industry. I hope we absolutely make the cash registers ring for retail, the much-needed support that the retailers need. I want to tick all those boxes.

“I hope, most of all, that around the world they will be seeing lots of fantastic WA fashion photos. Having Telstra on board is fantastic, as it will allow us to grow our audience. That’ll help elevate the profile of the festival and also hopefully increase visitation, both locally and nationally.”

For full details head to telstraperthfashionfestival.com.au.

Describe the customer you have in mind when designing…

I design for my girlfriends, my Mum, the women I meet everyday, but what makes the bruuggirl is her confidence, someone who doesn’t take herself too seriously. This is what I try to give to each one of my customers a little bit of wearable confidence.

What inspired your collection for Telstra Perth Fashion Festival?

The collection we are showing at TPFF is our Spring/Summer and it is centred around a town I fell in love with in the South of France called Antibes and their sophisticated, yet laid back culture - perfect for WA don’t you think? Muted pastels, fluted hemlines alongside bolds and brights all reflecting the sights of the region, in a collection of cottons, linens and chiffons.

What opportunities do you hope TPFF creates for your label?

I hope it expands my audience. The great thing about TPFF is that it communicates with an audience that exists outside of our industry, outside of

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What can people expect from your TPFF runway showcase?

Our TPFF runway showcase collection and styling will be a little bit of a departure from our normal shows. Being part of a group show has challenged our creativity and taken us in a more editorial direction, which has been a challenge. So whilst our showing will still centre around our ready to wear pieces, there will be a couple of bold architectural runway statements thrown into the styling mix to create the drama - which is BRUUG to a tee.

EMILY MUCO How do you describe your design aesthetic?

My design aesthetic is vibrant, colourful and fun.

What makes your label stand out from others on the market?

My label stands out because I have control over the complete design process. From the original idea to creating my own fabrics and sewing all the items myself, each step reflects my personality and artistic outlook. I pride myself in creating products of a very high standard.

Describe the customer you have in mind when designing...

I design for young-at-heart women who like to have a bit of fun with what they wear. They love colour, interesting textile and aren’t afraid to stand out from the crowd. They are looking for something special and unique.

What inspired your collection for Telstra Perth Fashion Festival?

My favourite aspect of designing is working with print and textiles. During the design phase my interest in painting was rekindled and many of the motifs I created were inspired by my love of animals.

These motifs have been digitally printed onto fabrics to be used for the collection.

What opportunities do you hope TPFF creates for your label?

I am really excited to be a part of Telstra Perth Fashion Festival. It is such a great experience for my young label. Over the last few months I’ve learnt an enormous amount, met many great people and continued to develop my skills. I am really proud to be involved with such a high level event and professional organisation.

What can people expect from your TPFF runway showcase?

The collection is unique and appealing and uplifting. I hope it will make you smile. It is very wearable and suitable for all occasions. I’ve developed a whole range of products including clothing, bathers, hats, bags and jewellery.

Emily Muco, showing at WA Designer Installation Pic: Samantha Hughes

MONSTER ALPHABETS Sarah Watanabe How do you describe your design aesthetic?

Shape making in the dark.

What makes your label stand out from others on the market?

I consciously do my own thing and don’t follow trends.

Describe the customer you have in mind when designing...

Someone who isn’t afraid to redefine what beauty means.

What inspired your collection for Telstra Perth Fashion Festival?

This is the first collection that I had a specific concept, Nocturnal Creatures... bats. I researched horror stories and myths that are often associated with bats.

What opportunities do you hope TPFF creates for your label?

Monster Alphabets has become a niche brand and we are lucky enough to have small but very dedicated supporters. Being part of TPFF gives us an opportunity to expose the label to more people in Perth.

What can people expect from your TPFF runway showcase?

Expect to immerse yourself into the darkness!

APATE

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Dale Buckley How do you describe your design aesthetic?

Apate remixes and manufactures new and existing uniform designs to create clothing for theoretical professions, sports and religions. We make tribalist clothing for you, so you don’t have to think too hard about carefully constructing your own identity.

What makes your label stand out from others on the market?

A collective of visual artists have designed the garments, most of whom have never created clothing before. Some of the artists have been deliberately selected because they are antagonistic to the idea of fashion in general.

We’ve approached garment design from our background as contemporary artists. Contemporary art is always looking backward at history, and inward at itself. It endlessly questions its own status as art, and feels a need to justify its own existence. As a result, the collection of clothing has an uncomfortable presence within TPFF. Describe the customer you have in mind when designing...

Apate is designed for reformed and current members of religious, financial and athletic cults. Apate is for people who are deeply uncomfortable with their sexuality, and also for tradesmen who want to experience sexual harassment. Apate is clothing for people to hide drugs in, to take drugs in, and to sell drugs in.

Sara Winfield | Swim, showing at WA Designer Runway

SARA WINFIELD | SWIM How do you describe your design aesthetic?

My design aesthetic is not complicated or over-thought. It is responsive to environment and habitat and generally a little nonchalant. It’s whatever works best at the time, fills me with happiness and feels ‘right.’

What makes your label stand out from others on the market?

I started Sara Winfield | Swim with the intention of filling what I felt was ‘a gap in the market’.

Swimwear is Australia is big business, but was seeming to be dominated by young, trend-focussed labels. My label encourages considered, design-based swimwear that is wearable and functional. It focuses on high quality finishings and placement printing ensuring each What inspired your collection for Telstra Perth garment is the same. I focus the design process around Fashion Festival? the prints I’ve created, working in simple, flattering cuts Spring/Summer 14-15 explores an that everyday women can wear. archaeology of the present. We’re looking at the present as if we were anthropologists from the Describe the customer you have in mind when future, trying to piece together the way our culture designing... operates in the 21st century by looking at the way Sara Winfield Swim should belong to we dress. This collection treats history, and the idea women who make considered choices when selecting of history, as a playground to be explored. swimwear. She would be an everyday woman, who is realistic and at ease with her body. Someone who What opportunities do you hope TPFF creates for your label?

Through actively engaging with the broader audience, market potential and publicity network available to the fashion and retail industries, Apate intends to leverage this economic potential to sustain young and emerging creative practice in the local visual arts.

What can people expect from your TPFF runway showcase?

Lots of noise and smoke and mirrors.

Deception, trickery, and something a little different.

Monster Alphabets, showing at WA Designer Installation

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favours considered design over trend, and who is looking for investment swimwear, rather than a quick fix.

What inspired your collection for Telstra Perth Fashion Festival?

My debut collection titled SEROTINY is my interpretation of our beautiful Australian landscape.

The prints explore native flora in an illustrative way, celebrating earthy tones of greens, plums and browns.

While producing this collection, I was also studying the lithographs of naturalist, Ernst Haekel, which feature briefly in the prints. At the time of design, I just wanted to celebrate my immediate surrounds and all their beauty.

What opportunities do you hope TPFF creates for your label?

Being my debut collection, TPFF will no doubt create a large public and industry awareness to my label in general. It’s an amazing opportunity and platform for future media and stockists.

What can people expect from your TPFF runway showcase?

They can expect a modern, sophisticated approach to ‘Australiana’ and a celebration of our beautiful landscape in a swimwear form!

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Headliners is the newest improvisational comedy night to hit P-Town. Every Thursday in September at Lazy Susan’s comedy Den a crack team of Perth comics will tackle the preceding week’s news headlines. Created

by Ben Sutton (last seen being decidedly unfunny in These Final Hours) it promises to be topical, quirky and fun. What more would you expect from the mob behind The Big HOO-HAA!? Entry is a mere $10 on the door from 7pm.

FREMANTLE FESTIVAL APPROACHES

GHIBLI COMES TO TOWN Japanese Animation House Studio Ghibli presents The Tale Of Studio Ghibli Showcase: Celebrating The Genius Of Hayao Miyazaki And Isao Takahata- A collaboration of four masterpiece films. The film makers, renowned for their works The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya and The Wind Rises will also pair this recent release with two documentaries offering a behind- the-scenes insight on these award wining films. Showings will take place at Luna Leederville from November 6 to 19 go to lunapalace.com.au for more info.

Australia’s oldest running festival is into its 109th year and is continuing to expand. New to this year’s already diverse display of acts is the addition of the 18th Japanese Film Festival, showcasing the best in Japanese cinema.

Site-specific theatre, the blessing of the fleets, live music performances, the Children’s Fiesta, street parades, Latin and belly-dancing workshops and a fireworks display, are all pretty good reasons this years festival is not one to be missed. The Fremantle Festival will be running from October 6 until November 9. For more information head to fremantle.wa.gov.au

BLACKADDER IS BACK!

STEP LIVELY Based on Hitchcock’s classic thriller, Patrick Barlow’s stage adaptation of The 39 Steps is a lightning-quick comedy that sees four actors play over 100 characters between them. Packed with intrigue, murder, derringdo and doublecrosses, it’s on at the Subiaco Arts Centre from September 19 - 20. Book through Ticketek.

Comic Book Pulp Directed by Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez Starring Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin

The Tale Of Princess Kaguya

Based on the BBC sitcom, the stage production Blackadder The Third is is coming to the Old Mill Theatre. The hilarious and successful third TV series first aired in 1987 and won a BAFTA award for best comedy series. Set in 18th Century England, Mr E Blackadder and his unlucky drudge Baldrick are in service to Prince George. From the perspective of Blackadder, it describes the butler’s struggle in keeping himself sane amongst the fads and crazes of the times and the Prince’s many strange subjects. Blackadder The Third runs from Wednesday, October 1, until Saturday, October 11.

For more information visit serialproductions.com.au.

Tickets are available through trybooking.com.

SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR

A STAR IS BORN This Thursday, September 11, from 6.30, The Swallow Bar is putting on a fundraiser night for the very unique Malya Yuturringu: Be A Star Film Festival held in the Karlamilyi National Park. $10 from every dinner special and $5 from every cocktail special will be donated to the foundation. A live performance

by Jessie Gordon, great food and cocktails will be sure to make it a successful night. For more info visit malyayuturringu.com.

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In 2005, Sin City burst onto the screen. It was a brash reworking of the noir genre, using the emerging technology of virtual sets to give audiences a comic book that has literally come to life. Sure, other films had tried it in the past (Tank Girl, or Ang Lee’s The Hulk spring to mind), but none had pulled it off to the same degree or consistency that this black and white film does, with its splashes of colour, narration bubbles, panels, and heavy line drawings. Skip forward almost 10 years and we are once again invited to walk the dark alleyways of Frank Miller’s Basin City.

This series of vignettes sees the return of favourite characters Marv (Mickey Rourke), Miho (Jamie Chung), Gail (Rosario Dawson), and Manute (Dennis Haysbert), as well as the introduction of new characters, such as the cocksure gambler Johnny (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and the femme fatale Ava (Eva Green). The centrepiece story is A Dame To Kill For, an origin tale (of sorts) for Dwight (Josh Brolin) as he falls for the wrong woman and blood, betrayal and mayhem follows. It also continues the Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba) story from the first film, following her as she plots revenge on the murderously corrupt Senator Roark.

As always, Sin City is a violent and sexy mix of film noir and comics, filtered through the mind of the teenage boy that is apparently Frank Miller. It is

misogynistic, bloody, graphic and deeply worrying to any attempt to analyse it from a feminist perspective - yet at the same time it is strangely liberating and vibrant. Like the best noir it realises its pulpiness and relishes it, gleefully carrying over all the baggage from the ‘40s. Sure, the woman are hookers, strippers and femme fatales, but they are willing to be masters of their own fate, and kick more arse than super-mums or manic pixie dream girls. Sure, the heroes are all borderline psychotics, but they are willing to stand up for what is right and just. It is a world of cartoon physics and morality which, if you don’t over analyse it, can be rewarding.

This time around, though, it lacks some of the freshness of the original, not being the slick, lean, sexy beast of the first. It’s a little like the lights have come on at your favourite dive bar, and you start to notice the stains and the cracks. In part this could be due to the cinematic style being much imitated in the last ten years, or the fact that the comic material left seems a little b-grade by comparison (even with two new tales written for this film) making the pacing drag a little. However ,by the time Marv smashes through the windscreen of a moving police car, with all the self preservation instinct of a Terminator, it’s easy to again get caught up in the cartoon violence and the smoky sultriness of Sin City, just for old times sake.

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Wish I Was Here

WISH I WAS HERE The World’s Oldest Teenager Directed by Zach Braff Starring Zach Braff, Mandy Patinkin, Kate Hudson, Josh Gad A full decade after his first and, until now, only feature film as director, Zach Braff returns to familiar themes of doubt, regret and emotional redemption in Wish I Was Here. Yet while the strengths of his first film, Garden State, are still evident, even amplified, so too are the weaknesses, resulting in a film packed with strong moments and excellent performances that fails to soar.

Braff is Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor in his mid-30s who is committed to following his dream, even at the expense of his family, including wife Sarah (Kate Hudson) and children Tucker (Pierce Gagnon) and Grace (Joey King). He can more or less keep things in balance as long as Sarah holds down an office gig and his father, Gabe (Mandy Patinkin) keeps paying for the kids to attend private school (a Jewish private school - the film is quite strong when exploring contemporary American Jewish culture, incidentally) but when the spectre of terminal cancer forces Gabe to divert his funds to treatment, Aidan has to face the possibility that the clock has run out on his aspirations.

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The film’s biggest problem is that it is just so ill-disciplined. Throughout his career as both an actor and director, Braff has worked to combine whimsy with earnest sentiment, but that’s a trick that requires an acute understanding of tone which he has apparently forgotten. Wish I Was Here switches gears so frequently and abruptly that it results in emotional whiplash. Braff and his co-writer (and brother) Adam take what could have been a strong ensemble comedy-drama and pepper it with ill-considered fantasy sequences and comedic non-sequiturs. An aged rabbi rides a Segway because, why not? The love interest of brilliant but shiftless brother Noah (Josh Gad) is into cosplay - isn’t that just delightful?

Uh, no - not really.

For all that, there are elements that are just sublime - Mandy Patinkin’s turns as the dying, regretful family patriarch comes immediately to mind.

There are little moments of humanity here and there that ring absolutely true and Braff’s ear for snappy, funny dialogue is finely tuned. If only there had been another voice in the creative mix to draw out these qualities and curb his more indulgent sensibilities.

Braff is coming from such a personal, earnest place with this one that it’s hard to take him to task too harshly, but the experience of watching the film is akin to reading a high schooler’s poetry journal - at times it’s almost too embarrassingly personal and raw. Your capacity for to tolerate or empathise with that kind of mawkishness will go a long way to determining how you feel about Wish I Was Here.

Oh, and The Shins are on the soundtrack, but that should surprise no one.

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Sewage Directed by Jonathan Liebesman Starring Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Whoopi Goldberg There’s actually a perfectly serviceable, quite charming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon airing on Nickelodeon at the moment, and presumably its popularity is the reason why the amphibian heroes are getting another cinematic outing (their fifth, if you’re counting) . However, it is painfully clear that the key motivation behind this latest film is entirely financial, rather than creative.

Director Jonathan Liebesman (the war criminal who gave us Battle: Los Angeles and Wrath Of The Titans) and his team of screenwriters (three are credited) keep the broad strokes of the familiar TMNT origin while jettisoning anything that anyone who isn’t under 10 could enjoy. The film makes the bizarre decision to tell its story largely from the point of view of April O’Neill (Megan Fox, not actually too bad), the ambitious reporter who thinks that exposing the mysterious vigilantes fighting the evil Foot Clan (who have inexplicably been changed from ninja to fairly generic terrorists) will be her ticket to the big time.

Of course, it’s the Ninja Turtles, and April and her cameraman, Vernon (a slumming Will Arnett) are drawn into...

Oh, who really cares? It’s a painful slog through the most obvious rote points of Origin Stories 101, complete with all the “small universe” crap that characterises current screenwriting trends. The revelation that the Turtles’ origins are tied up with the disappearance of April’s scientist

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KOSTROMA Maria Veshkina Kostroma is a dance spectacular revelling in the history and culture of the Russian people. We asked producer and tour organiser Maria Veshkina to take some time out of her busy schedule and tell us a bit about what the show was about and what it takes to stage such a mammoth production.

father years ago will elicit more groans than gasps, and the surprise that William Fichtner’s business mogul is a bad egg is simply no surprise at all - he’s William Fichtner, for crying out loud.

It’s also a relentlessly ugly movie: badly designed, shoddily shot and littered with poor action sequences - it’s a good bet that the Foot have guns this time out because shootouts are easier to choreograph than martial arts fights. The Turtles themselves are just hideous - hulking, ugly, six-foot-plus monsters that look like guys in suits even though they’re mocap CGI creations. There are a couple of interesting design choices made to differentiate the four mutants, but they’re lost in a sea of blergh.

There are a couple of decent character beats in the mix - Michelangelo and Raphael fare the best out of the four Turtles, although the latter veers into obnoxiousness more than once - and the occasional moment that’s actually funny or edges right up to the point of almost being cool, but it’s not enough to overcome the sheer, lazy inertia of the proceedings. It is abundantly clear that no one involved really gave half a damn about the property they were working and seeing talented performers - Arnett, Fichtner and three scene wonder Whoopi Goldberg - yawn their way to a paycheque is just disheartening. Kids might dig it, but adults - and adult fans of the franchise in particular - are going to be somewhere on the spectrum between bored and mortified.

Oh, and the 3D is terrible.

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“Kostroma is a very ancient city where we are located (where we were born as a company) and it’s the cradle of the Romanov dynasty – where they were crowned for the first time. It’s very beautiful, very traditional, very Russian and that’s what the show is about. The name represents the mysterious Russian soul and the spirit of Russia, and people remember the name very well. We want to talk about the Russian people, Russian tradition and Russian culture itself and that is why it is the very best name for the show.”

Using various forms of dance, Kostroma gives the audience a whistle stop tour of Russian history and geography. “We try to introduce the atmosphere of certain epochs and regions of Russia to the audience without the need to read text books. The first half gives you the feeling for the different stages that Russia went through to become the country it is now. Starting in the 9th century with the arrival of the Orthodox religion, we go through medieval times, the Cossacks, the Soviet era, and finish in the 21st century. The second part represents the geographical and cultural diversity within Russia.”

This is conveyed through a variety of dance forms. “A little classical ballet but the whole show is based on folk dancing. However it is in a brand new way that was created by our artistic director. It is something new, more than just folk dancing.”

Since it’s humble beginning in ‘91 - ‘92 with a small group of professional dancers, Kostroma has grown to a stage show involving 50 dancers, a dance company and an affiliated choreographic college. It is estimated that approximately 900,000 people have seen the show during its run. “Now we give 100 shows every summer in Moscow.”

The shows are elaborately costumed with hand made regional costumes, even drawing the praise of Pierre Cardin during it’s Paris tour. “We go through a lot of costume changes, in one dance we even change costume 3 times. A lot of work goes into costumes as they are all hand made.”

Yet the dancing is where the real effort goes in, 100s of hours of rehearsal even while on tour, the performers are so practised they can actually do their routines with their eyes closed, as they discovered during a power outage in Moscow.

“The whole lights went off and the dancers kept on dancing. The could do that because of the rehearsals and their muscles remembered. After 15 seconds in darkness, the lights went on again and they kept on dancing like nothing ever happened.”

DAVID O’CONNELL

Kostroma is on at Crown Theatre for one night only on Wednesday, October 8. Book through Ticketek.

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Letters Home: The Blue Room Theatre Joe Lui’s autobiographical show centres on his decision to flee his native Singapore to avoid compulsory military service and how that decision has affected his relationship with his parents, his culture and himself. It runs from September 16 - October 4.

Go to blueroom.org.au for more.

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King Hit: State Theatre Centre Yirra Yaakin’s production of Geoffrey Narkle and David Milroy’s play, based on the life of the former, dramatises the plight of the Stolen Generation via the lens of boxing. It runs from September 18 - October 4. Head to yirrayaakin.con.au for more info.

Falling Through Clouds: PICA Performance Space The latest production from The Last Great Hunt is a sumptuous visual feast that details the relationship between a captive crane - the last of his kind - and the scientist studying him. Incorporating puppetry, animation, live performance plus a soundtrack from Ashley Gibson Grieg, it runs from September 22 October 11. Go to pica.org.au for session times and tickets.

The Glass Menagerie: The Old Mill Theatre Directed by Susie Conte, this production of Tennessee Williams’ meditation on family and fate runs until September 20. For tickets and session times, go to oldmilltheatre.com.au.

EAT AT: ALFRED’S KITCHEN This Guilford institution is still the best late night burger joint in town, hands down.

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FESTIVALS Little Big Shots Film Festival For Kids Coming to the Fremantle Arts Centre inner courtyard from October 7 - 9 is this family friendly showcase of short cinema, which features sessions suitable for everyone from toddlers to teens (two years to 15, to be precise). Go to fac.org.au for tickets and session times.

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VISUAL ARTS This Is How I Feel: The Gallows Gallery Vivid contemporary artist David Spencer is commemorating 10 years of growth and change in his work with his 10 th solo exhibition- This Is How I Feel. This showcase will run until September 14.

DRINK AT: WHIPPER SNAPPER DISTILLERY Perth now has a world class whiskey distillery. Hook into some Crazy Uncle Moonshine at their opening party on Saturday, September 13, with music from The Rumble, The Regular Hunters, Jordan McRobbie and more.

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Adjustment: Emerge Art Space Felicity Sivewright’s new exhibition explores the changing face of WA in the name of “progress.”

It runs until September 20. emerge-art.com.au has more details.

Boundaries Of Beige: Fremantle Arts Centre Marzena Topka uses textiles such as office clothing and string in striking ways to investigate how organisational structures interact with our daily lives. It runs until September 20. Go to fac. org.au for more.

Fremantle Arts Centre Student Exhibition: Fremantle Arts Centre T h i s h u g e s h owc a s e o f wo r k p ro d u ce d by students who have undertaken various creative courses at the FAC runs until September 21. Go to fac.org.au for details.

Weight of Painting: Paper Mountain An exhibition by Lauren McCartney which explores the form of ‘action painting’ and feminism in an often male- dominated medium.

McCartney interweaves performance, paint and media together while utilising her body as an instrument. Her works will be displayed until September 21. More info at papermountain.org.au

SHOP AT: SILVER SURFER COLLECTIBLES This big kids’ toyshop is Geeky Nirvana. Check out their Wangara store or hit them up online at silversurfercollectibles.com Silver Surfer Collectibles

Le Vol: Turner Galleries Melbourne artist Valerie Sparks creates large-scale works in the style of 19th century French scenic wallpapers, conflating multiple perspectives and locations into one landscape. The exhibition runs until September 27. Go to turnergalleries.com. au for more.

Afghanistan - Hidden Treasures From The National Museum Kabul: The Western Australian Museum Once thought lost or destroyed under the Taliban regime, these 230+ pieces illustrate the complexity and variety of Afghani history. The exhibition runs until November 16 - go to museum.wa.gov.au for further information.

Richard Avedon People: The Art Gallery Of Western Australia This collection of images by the famed photographer Richard Avedon spans his career from 1949 to 2002 and includes portraits of such notable figures as Truman Capote, Elizabeth Taylor, Twiggy, Malcolm X and Bob Dylan. It runs until November 17. Go to artgallery.wa.gov.au for more information.

The 2014 Light Up Leederville Carnival The City of Vincent and Leederville Connect are lighting up Leederville for another year of entertainment and attractions. Wander along Oxford Street adorned in lights offering a vast array of food, music, bars, fashion, art and children’s entertainment. This free family friendly event will take place on Sunday December 7 from 12- 8pm.

Visit leedervillecarnival.com.au for more information.

THEATRE/DANCE/ PERFORMANCE Beer Drinking Woman: His Majesty’s Theatre Accompanied by pianist Leonie Wilson, Christa Hughes presents a paean to dipsomania as part of the Downstairs At The Maj season. It runs from September 11 - 13. Book via Ticketek.

The Brain From Planet X: Phoenix Theatre Dark Psychic Productions present an off-the-wall musical spoof of 1950s alien horror movies, written

by Dabid Wechter and Bruce Kimmel and directed

by Ryan S. McNally. It runs from September 11 - 27.

Book through TAZTix.com.au.

Spike Heels: Melville Theatre A contemporary comedy of manners that delves into the mix-ups and misunderstandings inherent in a four-sided love triangle (quadrilateral?).

Written by Theresa Rebeck and directed by Trevor Dhu, it runs from September 12 - 27. Hit up meltheco.org.au for tickets and session times.

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WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT OPENING NIGHT The State Theatre Centre Tuesday, September 2, 2014

The opening night of Nassim Soleimanpour’s one man play saw Perth comedian and actor Sam Longley take to the stage, the first of a number of players to tackle the material. Subsequent nights saw Alicia Osyka, Hayley McElhinney, Kyle Morrison and Scott Ludlam step up, with further performance - and performersscheduled this week until Saturday, September 13.

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MURDOCH UNIVERSITY School Of Veterinary And Life Sciences The world is changing and your education should change with it. Careers that didn’t exist 10 years ago are now in high demand and problems we had once never heard of are in need of being solved.

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At the same time, more students around the world are getting a university education.

The best way to stand out is to get a unique education-one that focuses on solving these issue and gives you a broad area of expertise. Many educators are recommending students combine majors to become uniquely employable.

At Murdoch University, combining majors is not only possible, it’s encouraged.

Murdoch Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching for Veterinary and Life Sciences, Professor John Bailey, said it was worthwhile combining majors such as Animal Health with Environmental Science; Environmental Science with Marine Science or Marine Science with Japanese.

“Careers aren’t as obvious as they once were and neither are the pathways for reaching them,” he said. “We know the demand’s there, because employers tell us it is.”

There are plenty of unexpected career areas for future science graduates and at Murdoch there are many double major combinations that can give you a unique edge.

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Murdoch’s Professors are quick to point out international food shortage as a hot area with increasing opportunities. Trying to balance human needs with nature is another continually evolving field with plenty of career demand.

Professor Bailey also said the big resource companies were constantly seeking out environmental scientists.

“This is regardless of the amount of new projects on the horizon; restoration of the environment often comes into play after work is completed,” he said.

Discover Science at Murdoch University. To explore Murdoch’s degrees and for advice on applying to university through TISC to start in Semester 1, head to murdoch.edu.au or call 1300 MURDOCH. Right now, its TISC preference time. If you’re still not quite sure what course you’d most like to do, come along to Murdoch’s Open Night and talk to our friendly academic staff from one of our eight Schools including the School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, South St Campus, Wednesday, September 17, from 6.30pm.

ALEX BARRY Alex Barry’s gearing up for yet another competition - as an ECU Motorsport student and extra-curricular get-goer, he’s seen the world (and the Red Bull Racing Factory) with his team and their self-built racecars.

Right now, Alex is taking a break from a late afternoon fairy bread session. The ECU Motorsport Team are more than a project group - they’re mates, supporttive enough to not shake their heads at one member’s hankering for hundreds and thousands.

“I’m lucky enough to drive the car, but that’s not really the fun part about it - there’s a lot of pressure when I go to do that,” says Alex. “The fun is when you go away with 20 people in a team and work towards a goal. It’s about how everyone gels together. I didn’t really do that at school or anything. It’s quite good fun to build a team, raise a team effort, and as a team work towards a goal.

It sounds a bit corny, but it’s really enjoyable that there’s a group of us now hanging about.”

Alex moved from Sydney five years ago to study ECU’s Bachelor of Technology and Motorsport. It’s a niche field, but a broad degree, and although he’s now dedicated himself to a career in racing, it certainly wasn’t his only option.

“At school, I wanted to do engineering.

Whether or not I’d get into motorsport after I left school I wasn’t sure. A lot of people ask what we can do after uni, but what we walk away with is a Bachelor of Technology - it is fairly broad what we can do. A couple of people have made it into motorsport - three people in V8 supercars, a couple of people started their own business, stuff like that.”

The ECU Motorsport Team have just returned from a UK competition and are preparing for a national one. It’s an optional part of the Motosport educational experience, but one Alex says is invaluable. He and his team members have striven to make the program as accessible as possible. “ When we went to the UK there were about 20 of us - there’s about ten core members and then people who came along for the ride. We want to make it open, though. It’s not exclusive, otherwise you’d have the problem of people not getting involved. When we’re back, we try to get everyone together to experience it. We’re getting ready for the Australian comp, so we’re just finding people who want to go. We’re trying to expand it.

“When we go to competition, it’s not a race. It’s an engineering competition. They look at how you market the car, how you engineer the car. It’s not about how it races. That only makes 22

“At school, I wanted to do engineering.

Whether or not I’d get into motorsport after I left school I wasn’t sure. A lot of people ask what we can do after uni, but what we walk away with is a Bachelor of Technology - it is fairly broad what we can do. A couple of people have made it into motorsport three people in V8 supercars, a couple of people started their own business, stuff like that.” up half the points you could possibly get for the comp. It’s a fake engineering company simulation, that’s what the competition’s about. I did the marketing, the design and cost presentations.

That’s where you get your experience from everyone has a go at you’re doing all these things, so when you come to graduate, you have a very well-rounded knowledge. It’s funny; we obviously work with other people in uni - groupwork and all that - and a lot of that basic stuff other students don’t bring into play. There’s definitely upsides to getting involved - you learn a lot.”

That learning experience has given Alex a glimpse into the surrealist aspects of the racing industry. It’s about precision, speed, endless work - and corporate sponsorship.

“The sheer amount of money spent on these things - you can look at a part and go, ‘Wow, that’s really impressive’ - everything’s done to the last degree, even if it doesn’t need to be, but they can afford to. Seeing that really put it into perspective - like how much testing is done.

Money is huge.

“We’ve been lucky enough to do tours of the Red Bull Factory and stuff like that. That was really cool. They’ve got Danny Ricciardo, who’s a West Australian driver doing very well.

Alex Barry with Emma, the ECU Motorsport Team’s latest creation.

That’s how we got in - a friend of a friend knew him, really really cool to go through. A lot of it was secret - we weren’t allowed to take pictures, stuff like that. Everyone really enjoyed that, and it broke up a stressful competition week - there’s very little sleep.”

The corporate world’s interaction with high-powered motoring has given passionate engineers enormous opportunities for creativity, experiment, and motosport wish-fulfillment. It’s an industry that celebrates innovation.

“We say to every new person involved in the compeition, don’t ever say anything bad about someone else’s car - they’ve spent just as much time making it as we have, they’ve probably had less money, and you get so used to your own car,” says Alex. “There’s thousands of millions of ways to skin a cat. You’ve got four wheels, but

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within that boundary, you’re only limited by your imagination. It’s really cool being able to see what people do and how you’ve could’ve done it - that’s an important part of our education.”

It’s something Alex says you’ve got to have a passion for (although the Bachelor of Technology is also a great way to test the engineering waters).

“My dad was a mechanic, and from a very young age that heightened my love for cars. When I saw the course, it was like, ‘Yep. That’s something up my alley.’ I had a passion for anything that moved, and that passion leant towards engineering, and that’s why I ran with it.

I’ve always had a bit of a passion for motorsport - I enjoyed watching it on TV, and now that I’m doing the course, I’m very keen to work in that industry. “

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SURABHI GUPTA Curtin Student Ambassador Surabhi Gupta’s had an unusual uni pathway, but the goal’s as clear as ever: she’s gone from two years in medicine at UWA to a Multidisciplinary Science degree at Curtin, which is leading her to surgery and medical research. Surabhi’s clearly enjoyed her time here - when she’s not mired down in extensive research projects, volunteering or playing social sport, she visits high schools to discuss uni options as a Curtin student ambassador.

Multidisciplinary Science is one of the freest degrees in the field - units are “extremely flexible, and there’s a lot of variety”. It also has the potential to be knife-sharp specific when you have a clear goal: for Surabhi, that’s thorough-going medical research.

“It allows you to do the specific you want to do. I did a lot of public health units, stastics, mathematics and research units.

“I sat the UMAT, and I did two years of medicine before switching over to Curtin. So I am in my fourth year of study. Within medicine, they did push research, and a lot of people they admit to surgery worked in the research area. I’ve spoken to a lot of doctors and professionals about having research early on, and they all say it’s vital to studying surgery.”

“Multidisciplinary Science allows me to do anything I want to do. With most medical research units, you do ethics and you do procedure, but you giv your analysis to someone else - a statistician will do it. I wanted to do all my research myself - I didn’t want to have to rely on other people for my research. I wanted to make sure I could potentially be involved in every step of the process. I’ve actually had a research paper published - I applied my statistical knowledge to someone else’s research, and I’ve actually had that published.”

Considering that this is her fourth year of study - and, in fact, only her second year of a Bachelor of Science - published research is an incredible achievement. It’s the support she gets from her supervisors that makes it possible, she says.

“My supervisors were very encouraging and always gave me opportunites for stuff I can do. They’d have great ideas for what employers would look for in vacation work, and they are very passionate about what they do - they’ve really helped me achieve my goal. The work-life balance here is great - when you’re doing a lot of research, it’s important to maintain a good balance, and Curtin has some excellent support services, and there’s a lot of social support - I play volleyball and

indoor soccer at the moment.”

The biggest research project of the degree for Surabhi has been a placement over east, with CSIRO. “They have a Health Education scholarship.

Supervisors at Curtin are always looking out for scholarship opportunities and helping students, and my supervisor mentioned it to me and said it was something I should probably consider doing. I did it last year - they relocated me to Brisbane and I did research at the e-Health centre attached to a Brisbane children’s hospital. We did research looking at how people learn using simulator games, and how to make simulator games that could be more efficient in brain training in different areas. We didn’t really touch on the psychology side of it - we were more focussed on signal processing of brain waves.”

The project Surabhi worked on was focused on learning simulators and improving performance in memory tasks. It ties into her ultimate research goal using neurosurgery to treat and prevent some of the most debilitating and under researched neurological conditions.

“One of the major research areas I’ve wanted to look at is Alzheimer’s disease. There are two different types - there’s a genetic early onset form of the disease, which can be pretty scary when you’re 20 and losing your memory, as well as lateonset that can sometimes be managed. There’s so much debate on how to treat it, but with mental health, there’s so little we know about how that system works. I really want to maybe eventually help patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia.

“Ultimately, I want to do something in neuroscience. Probably something to do with Parkinson’s, ALS, dementia, or motor-neurone control. If I could do my surgery alongside research, that’d be incredible.”

All up, Surabhi has an intense workload, but she maintains that the uni’s made it that much easier.

“Uni life is wonderful,” she says. “Curtin has a really strong Guild - during exams, for example, they’ll have a de-stress petting zoo just to help you relax.

They’ll do stuff like that every semester - we’ve had weekly flash mobs, a lot of social sports at Curtin Stadium, there’s always encouragement at the start of semester to join clubs and a lot of club events. There’s a real sense that it’s a vibrant place to be - there’s always something happening. One of the things I’m doing this year is Relay For Life to raise money for the Cancer Council, and there’s a really big drive for the World’s Greatest Shave. There’s a lot of charity work, and there’s always something happening. It makes you want to get up in the morning and go to class.”

Behind the scenes at Student Runway 2013 Photography by Stefan Gosatti

FUTURE RUNWAY Fashionable Futures With the best of the best in West Australian fashion on show across one week of runway shows, workshops and installations, is it any wonder the Telstra Perth Fashion Festival is one of the most hyped up events on Perth’s design calendar? This year the festival continues to wow audiences with its program of style, including delectable taste of things to come now known as Future

“Future Runway is great platform for fledgling designers to showcase their designs on a professional runway.

Their designs will be seen by established designers, buyers and other industry professionals.”

Runway. PENNY LANE reports.

The 2014 Future Runway is the revamped edition of the former Student Runway, an event that shines a light on the future of West Australian fashion.

Sixty of Perth’s top fashion students f ro m C e n t r a l I n s t i t u te , C u r t i n U n i ve r s i t y, Polytechnic West, WAAPA and Edith Cowan University will take their designs to the stage next Sunday for the extravaganza, presenting their unique clothing creations to the public, and – more importantly – to WA’s fashion elites.

“Future Runway is great platform for fledgling designers to showcase their designs on a professional runway,” says TPFF Cultural Program Project Manager, Renee Glastonbury. “Their designs will be seen by established designers, buyers and other industry professionals.”

Glastonbury says the newest crop

of WA’s leading fashion design students have designed exciting and original pieces that fit into six main categories – Ready to Wear Women’s, Ready to Wear Men’s, Eco Design, Contemporary Eveningwear, Costume Design and the new, highly anticipated Hi-Vis Fashion.

She says of the event: “Supporting and nurturing local young talent is extremely important and offers a unique place where the five TAFES and universities can unite and showcase their top student talent. Future Runway is an exceptional event within Telstra Perth Fashion Festival as the designers have the freedom to be as creative and innovative as they like, as there is no pressure for their garments to be saleable... yet!”

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works at the Festival were narrowed down from a shortlist of applicants.

“150 students submit a design concept board which includes fabric swatches, illustrations and inspiration then a judging panel consisting of fashion industry professionals Monica Morales (stylist and X-Press Fashion Editor), Wild Horses designer Natalie Donovan and fashion buyer Dale Emery from Method Clothing select the top 60 designers, which then go on to create their designs for the runway,” Glastonbury explains of the selection process.

D e s i g n e r s w h o we re pa r t o f pa s t Runway events have shown how the event can be an opportunity hot pot. This year’s judge Natalie Donovan, who graced the catwalk with her signature pieces back in 2010 – and is now a

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designer for Wild Horses – is living proof of the success of the event.

“Other standout student designers who are making waves in the fashion world are Tim Watson who now designs for Thom Browne in New York and Jeromy Lim who designs for Salvatore Ferragamo in London,” Renee says.

“It’s very exciting to have had these designers be part of Future Runway and witness their incredible talent before they had their big break.”

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Sailing under the helm of the Keinemusik label, DJ/producers Adam Port and &ME are famous for their driving techno/house tunes and eclectic music tastes. Grabbing &ME (André Boadu, taking some time off at the Baltic sea), while his partner in crime is away playing shows in Kyoto, SHAUN COWE chats about the pair’s music style and their relation to DIY label Keinemusik.

Adam Port and &ME will be playing at The East End Bar & Lounge on Friday, September 12, as part of their Keinemusik tour.

“When we DJ you will never hear just a three hour banging tech house set,” says Boadu.

“Depending on the party, we try to go in different directions, rather than firing the biggest bombs. On the production side we like to mix up genre we are into and make them work in the club. Some work - some don’t but it is always gripping checking out something new.”

Talking up the experience of his upcoming Perth show alongside long-time friend and fellow Berliner, Adam Port, Boadu seems pretty comfortable. Then again, why wouldn’t he be? With his latest EP, After Dark, scoring some solid points on the critic’s review scales and his partner-in-crime just releasing his latest EP, Shifter, there’s an expectant buzz generating about their show this week. Of course, it’s all made possible by their label, Keiemusik. When asked about his story behind signing up, Boadu is goes back into ancient history.

“I met Rampa [Gregor Sütterlin] and David [Mayer] in the studio where I was working when I moved to Berlin. We were totally on the same level and after partying for a couple of years we started to do our own parties. That is when I first met Adam and we all decided to push the name Keinemusik a little more with having our own label plus label nights. Now we are celebrating our fifth year.

“We started doing everything ourselves - from producing over to distribution [and] promotion – we even drove around the city to deliver the latest vinyl to all the record stores. So we spent a lot of time together and that is why every idea basically took shape while partying or barbecuing together. We still see each other very often – especially on the weekends – so the vibe of working on ideas is still the same.”

It’s been a long working relationship for the pair. Even when talking about their styles, they seem to draw from a lot of the same fonts of inspiration, though Boadu admits he’s the techbrained one.

“I would say that Adam is the raw kraut rock guy while I love the raw percussion. He loves percussion as well, as I love the kraut rocking part, but we both love long mixes and even longer build ups so that is the part where we fit together.

“Also, I am kind of a technical nerd, so whenever Adam is struggling with his computer I always try to help, but for production and DJing I guess you always get influenced by your partner without even thinking about it… When we play back-to-back it feels kind of natural because we have done it for so many years now… Plus traveling together always has the good old school trip vibe to it.”

Despite the shows, the pair’s biggest plans for Australia might be easier found steaming from a plastic cup - at least as far as Boadu is concerned.

“Adam and I are coffee junkies and I told him about the high standards in Melbourne.

First thing will be lots of espressos.”

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OLIVER KOLETZKI + NICO SCHWIND Rough Love have hosted a string of incredible house and tech events this year, and they’re closing 2014 with a bang (and an un-ss): they’ve announced the third festival in the Carnevale series, to be held at Perth’s Urban Orchard on Sunday, December 28.

The first lineup announcements for the two-stager have been made: Carenvale Open Air will feature Oliver Koletzki, the genre-flipping producer behind best-selling techno track Der Muckenschwarm.

Since his breakout 2005 hit, he’s gone on to found exploratory label Stil vor Talent, and signed Carnevale’s second announced guest, Nico Schwind. Pre-sale tickets available soon from roughlove.com.au.

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ANKLEPANTS Mondo just made a sneaky Facebook announcement regarding this Friday’s lineup: they’re hosting Berlinbased producer and performance artist Anklepants. If you aren’t familiar the man, Anklepants makes weird techno tracks with titles like [speak you little facehead], seethes through a vocoder, and performs wearing an animatronic penis mask. Anklepants has been hovering around the eastern states for a while now - his creator/ enactor/enabler, Reecard Farché/Josh Head, was born in Australia - but his Ginger Nightclub set this Friday, September 12, marks what may be his WA debut. $15 door sales.

Anklepants.

Oliver Koletzki.

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More surprise DJ sets: radio host, television provocateur and Fr. Bob Maguire’s buddy John Safran is playing his very third DJ set at the Good Shepherd next Friday, September 19. More in line with the “have a go” spirit than most Chocolate Jesus DJs, John will be spinning his favourite ‘80s hip hop with support from Ash Pederick, Ben Morrison, Sam Kuzich and Blake Kelleway. He’s touring with his true crime book Murder In Mississippi at Rottofest. Tickets are $15 + bf from Ticketbooth.

Empty (beatmaker, MC, and co-host of The Moon’s Colab night) is on a life-long mission to save the lost art of freestyling. As showcased by his Emptybeats mixtapes and now his Emptysounds EP, Empty resists easy categorisation and hip hop tropes - his instrumental work is less beat than minimalist soundscape. Empty uses violins, piano, accordion and percussion extensively - all samples played by himself. As well as launching Emptysounds at the Astor this Saturday, September 13, Empty will be screening the first episode of his documentary, In Search Of Freestyle. It’s a journey into the beating heart of underground NY hip hop - the kind of risky verse-dropping the big players don’t do anymore. Find out more at whoisempty.com. Tickets from liveattheastor.com.au.

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Hayden James, Pilerats DJs, Falcona DJs Villa Nightclub Saturday, September 6 The hype around female DJs is an unexplained phenomenon. Maybe the girls want to be her and the guys just want to do her. Either way, the fact that she is a girl behind the decks shouldn’t detract from the huge amount of talent that one Alison Wonderland possesses.

The weather of the night was mild and the venue was Villa. The line was running pretty efficiently and there seemed to be that high-strung tension in the air that predicted something pretty supreme was coming.

If you were an early bird and arrived at 10.30 your ear buds would have been politely welcomed by a pair from the Pilerat DJs collective.

It saw all participants limbering up for some pretty trancey whispers of general house. The boys slipped in a bit of newly created swing-step by up-and-coming Sydney producer Just A Gent, and created an overall jumping vibe while attendees got their drank on.

Hailing from Sydney, Hayden James took us into his own special paradise, convoluted with synthesizers and smooth vocals in a Flume-esque dreamland. He cooled our bodies down but seemed to heat up our insides with his stunning soulfulness.

When Alison appeared, I wasn’t anywhere near the stage, but the entire club turned into a jungle with animals scrambling over couches to get to the balcony to witness the physically meek

EARTHCORE DOOF DOOF UNSS Earthcore is one of Australia’s oldest outdoor dance music festivals – according to its founder Spiro Boursine, Earthcore even predates the term ‘bush doof’.

After last year’s critically lauded 20th anniversary event, Earthcore is preparing for a massive 2014 instalment from Thursday November 27 until Monday December 1. DENVER MAXX catches up with Boursine ahead of the Pyalong event.

With a vast array of artists covering psytrance, techno and other dance genres, Earthcore’s lineup is a who’s who of what’s jamming in underground electronic music at the moment. On the evidence of dance blogs and Earthcore’s own Facebook page, German minimal tech artist Boris Brejcha is the act that a lot of punters are getting excited about, but as Boursine explains, his festival’s ‘headline’ artist is still a relatively unknown quantity in Australia.

“I reckon the most underrated artist on the Earthcore lineup is Boris Brejcha by a mile,” says Boursine. “He is an absolute machine and Australia is just not onto it yet. You know what I have noticed – that the major Australian dance festivals, all the headliners have been to Australia between two and ten times because the Australian market knows who they are. I reckon an act needs to be brought out two or three times before people will really flock to see them.”

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yet stunningly simplistic Alison grace the stage.

Her oversized T and knee-high socks said, “Yes I’m cute, but I’m also pretty freaking rad”. She pushed us down into the rabbit hole with an incredibly fresh track unknown to me. It seemed to start a riot. Remixes of Hudson Mohawke’s Chimes (that trap song from the Apple stickers advertisement) turned the downstairs dance floor into a writhing mess of bodies. Alison brought in some very pretty Wave Racer (his mix of Always) and added some real girl power, her set crawling with filthy dubstep.

Her samples of the sensational Wildfire by SBTRTK, tributes to Dip and Latch set the wheels definitely in motion.

Her seductive trap-chick interaction with the audience saw her hand banging between her legs to her own works I Want You and Lies, the entire place exploding as much as the confetti cannons were. People were hanging from the barricades and trying to grasp any essence of her presence. The end of her set saw the majority of the crowd disperse, but for the strays it meant a plethora of floor space had opened up for the Falcona DJs. They carried out the night in style.

All in all, it was a fantastic example of Australian talent across all genres of EDM. Alison Wonderland, amazingly powerful, definitely kept it 100 for every clubber rinsing in that club.

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appears the passion and want for the German’s deep and compelling techno will see the fans queuing up to experience his sound at Earthcore. While this is a comforting thought for Boursine in 2014, he remembers a time that predated the internet, when arguably one of the biggest underground dance acts in the world still couldn’t sell out a festival.

“I brought Aphex Twin out in 1996 and sent him out into the desert at an event called Technofest,” says Boursine. “His set was something else, he played with a blender and would chuck the mic in the blender and sample that into his tunes, and we were all standing there watching like, ‘Who the fuck is this guy?’ He was totally out there. He had already released Come To Daddy and was massive overseas but it was still another 12 months until Australian audiences got it.”

Boursine sets out what he believes are the core principles of Earthcore: music and art. “Musically it’s mainly psytrance and techno, because I don’t spend a fortune on top-tier artists of the international festival circuit … I have more money spent on the event itself.

I can focus my energy on the other elements of the festival outside of the music because I usually have the acts booked up to a year in advance. I have a lot of time to be able to focus on the other elements of the event.

That’s my secret. It’s out!”

It seems fitting to end the interview by discussing the act that closed last year’s Earthcore, the 72-year-old Ronald Rothfield, who will be appearing again at this year’s event. The jazz-flute-trained psychedelic trance pioneer performs under both the moniker Raja Ram and as one half of lauded psytrance act Shpongle.

“He smashed it,” recalls Boursine. “He demolished the Hydra floor by playing for hours and keeping everyone dancing like crazy the whole time.

He had more vitality than most of the people there my age and most of the people 20 years younger than me.

It was a combination of awe for someone to command such a huge dancefloor and also a bit of jealousy that someone his age has so much energy.”

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TCHAMI Filled With The Spirit Mysterious man of the cloth, Tchami, has shot to acclaim this year, working for Pete Tong and Thump and remixing work by AlunaGeorge, A Tribe Called Quest, and Janet Jackson. Defying genre and oozing Parisian swag, this DJ/producer coolest dude in a dog collar since Brendan Gleeson’s turn in Calvary. Tchami plays Ambar next Friday, September 19. ZOE KILBOURN talks to Tchami before he plays Ambar.

Tchami’s one of those deliberately elusive, slightly elitist house producers who elevate the subtlety and weird timbral possibilities of the genre to high art. In priestly garb, pseudonymous, he’s a difficult man to pin down, even musically. His inspiration, “Beyond any genre and randomly,” comes from the likes of “Tom Yorke, DJ Premier, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Neil Young, Jacques Brel.”

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“Let’s make it clear,” he says. “A year ago I tagged my first tracks as ‘future house’ just for fun.

People made it up to what it is right now. You can download ‘future house’ sound banks. That’s the power of internet.”

His musical process, then, doesn’t come from genre expectations. “It’s totally empirical. If my ear is ringing it’s going to make it in a mix. I’m always looking for soul in music.”

Pseudonymity is clearly an important part of Tchami’s creative process. Aside from throwaway line in a Wikipedia article about the name’s origins in Africa, there’s no word anywhere about Tchami’s real or assumed name. He deflects a question about its origin (and the country in which it was bestowed upon him): “In my case, it’s a personal thing. But I believe that you could choose any name if you make good music people would accept it anyway.

“All I would like to say is travelling is one of the greatest gifts you can give to yourself. It makes you see things from a wider perspective. In Africa I heard a lot of traditional music. That’s what I was looking for.

I still have to go back to explore the electronic music scene. I love the South African vibe right now.”

His attraction to the traditional and esoteric is present in the kalimba stylings of a track like Untrue - as well as an interest in untranslatability and foreign language.

“I wanted to make a song that had a vocal melody but no understandable words in it,” Tchami says. “Like an universal language that anyone could feel and sing. Untrue didn’t reach any top chart and wasn’t number one, and I’m ok with that fact. My satisfaction comes from the song itself and by the way that people are reacting when I play it. It is the most personal record I’ve put out so far.”

His first Confessions mix features a wry snippet from what sounds like an American neo-noir film: “Your problem is that you have spent your whole life listening to shit and thinking that it’s good. It’s sad, but it’s not your fault.” Turns out, “It was part of Quentin Dupieux’s great movie Wrong Cops. You may also know him as Mr Oizo. I truly recommend this movie.” (Rotten Tomatoes begs to differ, although most critics agree the film is very hip.)

Tchami has a knack for finding soulful vocal samples, working with Kaleem Taylor on his Promesses EP (which also features bona fide banger, Shot Caller). As you might expect, though, Tchami is a (mostly) lone wolf.

“Most of the time I work alone. It’s the best way to stay in my zone and do my thing, but I like to be with other creative people in a studio. Those are not the times when work really gets done, but it’s really refreshing.”

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CHET FAKER Bomb Diggity Chet Faker is playing Listen Out at the Ozone Reserve on Sunday, September 28.

SHAUN COWE reports.

It’s been a couple of months since Chet Faker, aka Nick Murphy, announced in an interview he was considering leaving the music industry and, catching him on the phone in sunny Los Angeles, he admits that it was his way of venting steam. Between the hectic touring schedule and media frenzy since the release of his chart-topping debut album, Built on Glass, the bearded Melbournian has had little time to catch his breath.

“Usually the only time I think about quitting music is when I’m doing press, if that gives you an idea.

It depends, man. Depends on what kind of day I’m having,” Murphy says.

“It depends on the interviewer. Like, press can be easy breezy but sometimes it can be nasty. It depends if you get a journalist that’s just not interested in your answers or if they’ve already decided what the story’s gonna be about and they’re just trying to get you to say something with leading questions.

“It’s funny, sometimes you’ll do a really big name publication and they’ll have the worst interviewer ever and then you’ll do some tiny little blog with 50 followers and it will be one of the best journalists you’ve ever spoken to; like, mad research. It’s really hit-andmiss.”

With Drop the Game nearly omnipresent on the radio, it’s easy to paint a picture of the rock ‘n’ roll peaks that come with fame. For Murphy, however, the reality is a near-constant touring schedule and

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occasional bouts of home-sickness. He’s the first to admit he’s still new to all this.

“It’s all about a good balance between touring, time off and recording. Too much recording and you go crazy and too much touring and you go crazy, and at the moment I’m doing a lot of touring.

And everyone has their own good balance.” Murphy says. “You know, this is my first really intense year of touring, so I’m still finding where my balance is, in terms of how much touring I can do without going loco. And I’m learning a lot about myself, which is important.”

When asked about whether he has any tracks due to be released, Murphy’s a bit vague. He promises songs are in the works, but can’t put a time on when they’ll be released.

“I’m working on stuff but it’s just time. I don’t have time, which sucks because making music is the whole reason I’m doing this [touring], but it’s ironic that I’m doing so much now that I don’t have time to make music.”

As Murphy gets to talking about the tour, it becomes apparent that he’s keen on getting back to Australia. Doubly so, in fact, seeing as Chet Faker is billed to play the Listen Out music festival.

“I like the Listen Out lineup for sure. There are different types of dance music festivals; I like the boutique ones, like with the nicely curated lineup. I’m looking forward to it though, I haven’t been home since June.”

Exploring the subject of boutique festivals and talking about his favourite gigs on tour so far, Murphy becomes a little indecisive. For him, there’s a lot of boxes to tick to make a standout gig.

“You can have a good show for different reasons - that’s why there’s never really one standout gig. It’ll be a good gig because me and the band played really well, or because the crowd was insane, or because you were just in a good mood and maybe you made up something on the spot that went really well, or you liked the venue maybe. There’s just so many things.”

Since the drop of his cover of Blackstreet’s No Diggity in 2011, Murphy has been on a steady incline to chart-busting dance hits and pop stardom. When asked if there was any advice he’d like to go back and give himself before mainstream success, he admits there was something he would have liked to know early on.

“I guess I’d just tell myself – [laughs] it sounds like a Disney movie,” he says. “But just to trust my own gut instincts, you know? So many times over the last few years I’ve been convinced by someone telling me ‘no, this is how it’s done.’ There is no actual one way to do music – it’s not a science. If something doesn’t feel right it’s because it isn’t right. It’s that simple. I know that now but when you’re first starting there’s so many people around you it’s easy to think that they have your best interests at hand. You’ve gotta ask yourself what do they get paid to do and who’s paying them, you know?”

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Pusha T Perth Arena Friday, September 5, 2014 Following his GOOD Music label signing Pusha T’s support, Kanye’s entrance was dramatic with the orchestral tones of The Imperial March from Star Wars booming out of the speakers. All of a sudden it went dark, and there was a deafening howl of dogs barking and growling – referencing the video for Black Skinhead.

With an explosion West emerged from the stage, rising from a hidden platform, in a plume of smoke and red light – kind of like the reverse of in Star Wars, when Han Solo is lowered into the carbonite.

Wearing one of his custom, bejewelled masks he launched himself into new single, with its industrial drums and riffage, and from that moment on he had the crowd transfixed.

The monolithic LED screen at the back of stage exploded into life, providing an amazing visual backdrop – splashes of colour and Kanye’s silhouette.

He busted out Mercy and Cold, two cuts from the Cruel Summer compilation that also featured Clique, which made an appearance later on.

The show was tight, and his vocals on point, with tracks flowing together seamlessly. Some people might have expected a band or dancers – but apart from producer Mike Dean hidden up the back, adding live guitar and keyboard, it was essentially the Kanye show.

The giant stage and runway was his to indulge himself. He tore through his formidable back catalogue, commanding attention and radiating energy.

Can’t Tell Me Nothing had everyone singing along.

Heartless had to be abandoned due to tech problems with the auto-tune, but was quickly redeemed with a blinding rendition of old school favourite Jesus Walks.

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the crowd going. Unmasked, he finally addressed the crowd, “Hey Australia, how you feeling tonight?”

Blood On The Leaves was a definite highlight and the Daft Punk sampling Stronger proved it is still an epic track, before West left the stage.

Soon enough he popped up again out of the floor, illuminated in bright, white light and armed with an MPC, triggering off Runaway. Midway through he stopped, stating “This is the part of the show where I deal with frustration.” launching into one of his infamous rants. He talked of his fight for creative freedom and being misunderstood, “I just wanna make my shit!”

Then vented his anger at Nike, whom he’s parted ways with after disagreements over royalties and supply. He announced his new Yeezy partnership with Adidas; before his penchant for ridiculous statements came to the fore, “There’s only two times in history - before Yeezus and after… One day I want you to tell your kids about tonight.” When you see a Kanye show, you get to see him in his element, and somehow it all kinda makes more sense.

After his verse from Run This Town, he launched into a mighty finale sequence - Diamonds From Sierra Leone, All Of The Lights and fan favourite, Gold Digger killed it.

Ironically, the biggest cheer of the night was when West mentioned his wife when introducing Bound 2, like the crowd thought Kim might roll out on a motorcycle. Kanye performed the hit with a little help from “...the world famous Tony Williams” before leaving the stage. He returned for an impassioned reprise of Blood On The Leaves, as the giant red LED tower appeared to slowly sink into the stage, before another explosion signified the end.

There’s no one quite like Kanye and what he does next is anyone’s guess – but it’s Bound 2 be exciting to witness.

ALFRED GORMAN

THE LOVE JUNKIES Sprawl/Horror My Friend/Puck / Mt Mountain The Rosemount Hotel Saturday, September 6, 2014 There was no shortage of raucous musical oddities and curiosities down at the Rosemount on Saturday night to celebrate the launch of The Love Junkies’ new album Blowing On the Devil’s Strumpet. Five bands were crammed in over the space of five hours, playing to a heaving sell-out crowd and inspiring a mild dose of midtown madness in North Perth. It was pretty well all hits and no misses in the line-up: Sprawl, Horror My Friend, Puck, Mt. Mountain all paved a somewhat winding but scorching path to the evening’s headliners.

Up first was the nerdy but nice trio Sprawl, who don’t sound much like their name unless you want to make a tenuous connection between jangly metallic post-punk and dystopic suburban sprawl, but that’s probably too specious a comparison. There’s something a little bit arty about these three, with some elements of spoken word poetry mixed in with the explosive shouting from the lead singer, but their songs are still hooky enough to bring people to the front to dance.

After Sprawl came Adelaide band Horror My Friend, another post-punk outfit making the room buzz with a hornets’ nest of guitar over drums that are played with wild abandon. They picked up the pace from Sprawl with a sunny, optimistic surf sound that makes you long for summer.

They’re nicely placed before the much darker “dream doom stoner rock” trio Puck, whose more

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sprawling than Sprawl’s sounds took the evening well into the dark night. Puck uses rhythmic unison riffs across the guitar and bass that open out to a drone with sustained chords, the kind of stuff that you can let your heavy stoner thoughts wander to.

Fourth on the bill was Mt. Mountain, who carried on from the stoner rock feel established by Puck, shaking off the metal riffs and adding some echoey reverb to the sound. The Perth five-piece seem to have been on a long sojourn out in the Mojave desert, stopping off in the Mississippi Delta for an infusion of languid swampy blues.

At last, the tour of rock influences culminated with the entry of The Love Junkies to the Rosemount stage, whose pithy, catchy tunes incorporated hints of all the sounds that had preceded them on stage. Each track was a uniquely different experience, proving that the Junkies are adept at many different styles. But rather than giving the impression that they’re searching for a musical identity, they’re avoiding being pigeonholed and demonstrating what has made them rise to the fore.

They’re a tight, driven ensemble that draws a hugely enthusiastic response from the crowd, with shirtless fans rushing the stage and crowd-surfing in a kind of reckless, Freo good-vibe freakout. There is plenty of hard stuff to bang your head to, but it’s not mindless; there is some musical method behind the madness, intentional or not.

The result was a high energy set that had the power to knock the wind out of one particular asthmatic fan, and left the rest of the crowd considerably sweatier and more naked than when they came in.

CICELY BINFORD

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The Rosemount Hotel Friday, September 5, 2014 Friday night brought Perth’s purveyors of all things doom. sludge, stoner rock and metal down to the Rosemount hotel for the second instalment of Armageddoom.

Wizard Sleeve’s fuzzed out tunes warmed the Rosemount stage nicely. Their frontman’s had a captivating stage presence, with Brandon Will never staying still as they launched their loud and grungy sound which was well received by the denim jacket wearers.

Up next were Bayou. With them they brought the first taste of dirty sludge for the night.

Vocalist Dean Robertson’s face remained calm and almost expressionless as he unleashed his bloodcurdling screams. The five piece concluded the set with Magik Swamp Green, which brought a mix of clean vocals which was refreshing to my fried mind.

Chainsaw Hookers are no strangers to the scene, having been regularly gigging and making heavy rock since 2005. Fronted by three beards, they changed the tone, bringing a less sludgy but still roaring and heavy sound. They played a number of favourites and a new song titled New York Ripper which was received well. “This song is about pussy,” Andrew Rowcroft proclaimed as they launched into Party Man. They absolutely thundered through their set, taking great pride of their huge harmonies, fulminating vocals and infectious hooks.

Like the Hookers, The Devil Rides Out were not unfamiliar to the scene. Their doom-riddled riffs brought the crowd a little closer in to stage. Vocalist Joey K had a deathlike grip on the microphone as he unleashed the brutality of the band’s songs. His presence

was nothing short of captivating; absolutely oozing with confidence. In The Blood demonstrated they could do more than split eardrums with their heavy doom rock but they can also incorporate melodic rock. They relentlessly smashed out an impressive set that managed to completely keep my attention.

“Move forward or you are a target,” Anthony Von Grimm’s petrifying voice screamed over and over, creating fear as the crowd looked around trying to locate Ya nomamö’s lead singer. Obviously it worked as now the crowd was right up against the stage. Twenty seconds into the first song, a body accompanied by a foldback sailed off the stage, crashing to the floor. Self described as “sludge…ridden…doom” the four piece outfit thrashed around on stage, with Von Grimm jumping on the bar and screaming into people’s faces.

The crowd was now heaving; absolutely lapping up every second. Paul Attard’s base tone was so fucking sludgy perfectly contributing to the band’s sedulous bold sound. The Sydney outfit left a wrecked crowd desperately wanting more.

Armageddoom 2 marked three piece UK band Conan’s first show in Australia. Tone is everything, it is worshiped and lusted after, and Conan have found it. Chris Fielding’s bass tone was wonderfully thick, the guitar were riddled with distortion while Paul O’Neil’s delivered punishing blows to the drums.

The vocals were sparse but effective, acting more so a complementing sound to the music. The older metal heads finally got what they wanted, letting loose as they showed their appreciation for Conan’s suffocating heaviness. Each song was anywhere from six to fourteen minutes, despite their extended length punters remained engaged as their eardrums were torn apart by the excessive wall of sound.

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The first Bakery Box Social went down so well, they’ve decided to throw another one. This Saturday, December 13, sees dirty rock gods FOAM headlining a killer night that includes The Morning Night, Silver Hills, Ray Finkle and fresh faces Bi-Polar Bear.

Tickets are $10 on the door from 8pm.

The New Invincibles will be tearing it up at Swan Basement this Friday, September 12. The veteran rockers - they’re not really new any more, but we’ll let that slide - are joined on the night by The Emu Xperts, The Secret Buttons and Dennis Cometti.

Doors open at 8pm.

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Perth prog-metal cowboys Morphica will be taking a crack at performing Symphony X’s 20-odd minute epic track, The Divine Wings Of Tragedy, along with songs from their debut EP, Prequel, and a selection of prog covers, at The Civic Hotel this Friday, September 12, from 8pm. support comes from Skygazer, King Onion and Silent Knight.

Get a big dose of smoky, steel-stringed truth this Saturday at Bar Four5Nine when some of Perth’s best blues aficionados ply their trade for your delectation and commiseration. MattyTWall headlines, with the rest of the bill filled by Hunt For Dallas, The Daniel Firkin Trio and Filthy Apes. Doors open at 7.30pm, entry is $10.

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WAM Award-winning hard rock heroes Chainsaw Hookers bring the noise to Amplifier this Saturday, September 13. It’s sure to be a furious night of good old fashioned rock mayhem, with Legs Electric, The Bob Gordons, Them Sharks and Kaan also on hand.

Doors open at 8pm.

The Joy Evelation play The Railway Hotel this Saturday, September 13, along with Babyjane, Astropig and The Guitar Pit. Tickets are $10 if you hit up one of the bands, $15 on the door, which opens at 8pm.

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THE BARE TRUTH Bare Bones #4 is happening at the Swan Basement this Saturday, September 13, brining you best in local modern country, roots, indie and bluegrass. For this instalment, they’ve gathered together The Little Lord Street Band, Husband and Limbo, with DJ Primal Vinyl filling in the gaps. Doors open at 8.30pm.

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DRAWING STORIES The Bird Monday, September 6, 2014 Ashley Ramsey’s exhibition opening was heralded by live performances from Shit Narnia, Hayley Beth and Beige.

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GIG FOR MIC Keys To The City The Gig For Mic - Trilogy & Saracen Tribute Show takes place this Saturday, September 13, at the Charles Hotel with guests including John Meyer, Jamie Page, Peter Thompson, Mick Burn, Craig Pinkney, Donna & Graham Greene, Craig Skeleton and many more.

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THE CABALLEROS A Day In The Life Rock and roll five piece The Caballeros launch their latest single, Another Day, at Devilles Pad this Friday, September 12, with support from Boom! Bap! Pow! and Les Sataniques gogo dancers. We spoke with lead singer Jake “Dr Green” England.

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The infamous Friday nights at the City Hotel - now the Belgian Beer Café - with Saracen and later, Trilogy, rocking to a full house of denim and leather-sporting reprobates in the ‘80s, are to be celebrated this Saturday, by way of raising money for Mic O’Donnell, the talented graphic designer who worked with many local bands (and designed the cover of Trilogy’s lone album, Life On Earth) and is now battling bowel cancer.

As Trilogy guitarist, Jamie Page, says it’s all about helping a friend in need.

“Mic was always a good mate of everyone in the band, for many years,” Page explains. “When he got sick, everyone had reason to make an effort to do something.

“I rang John Meyer (guitarist with Saracen and later Rose Tattoo) and we put the word out to everyone that was involved back in the day to see who would get involved with it, including (bassist/singer/keys player of both bands) Jon Ryder. He basically said he didn’t want to do it. So we thought, we’ll just get a bunch of special guest artists to do all the vocals and keys and bass and everything else. We weren’t going to let it stop us, you know?”

Page says O’Donnell isn’t the only alumni of the bands who has fallen ill. Trilogy drummer, Ashley ‘Smashley’ Cooke, is “...not very well, unfortunately. He was invited, and he would have probably loved to have done it, but just the sheer physical pain of what he’s got to go through to play the drums is just not worth it.

“The same for Pete Thompson (another drummer who played with both Saracen and Trilogy),” Page sighs sadly, “he’s got arthritis. He’s hugely excited about doing what he’s going to do, but we’re going to have Mick Burn (Chain, True Colours, Nitro Zeppelin) playing drums through the whole thing and Thommo just getting up and doing as much as he physically can without hurting himself.”

With so many names from the old days and such a good cause, Page is looking forward to reliving that special time from his youth at this one-off event.

“What we were going for, is just to really transport people back to that time, with the excitement and the people. There’s going to be a lot of great people there and hopefully the vibe will be very similar to the old City Hotel days, I would hope. That’s the plan.

“The big thing really, in all honestly, is the amount of friends we’re seeing get sick. There’s a whole pile of people that we’re dedicating the gig to, apart from Mico, they’re all going through the same thing.

“At our age, I guess, you start to see a lot more of that. You’ve got to protect your own, so to speak. That’s the real reason for all of this.”

Tickets for the Gig For Mic - Trilogy & Saracen Tribute Show are available for $10 (plus booking fee) from Eventbrite.com.au or from the door at 8pm.

Who are The Caballeros?

Who are we? Well I gotta say The Caballeros are plain and simply a bunch of gentlemen addicted to music and having a good time all the time. We have been through a few member changes since the band started in 2009 and won a couple of awards, but all of that is just part of being in a band.

What’s your sound?

We have been calling ourselves “heartbreak rock and roll” but if you had to push me for what the hell that meant, I would say we are a bubbling mix of rock and roll, punk, garage and rhythm and blues. Sounds tough to swallow, I know, but it seems to get people dancing.

Some of our biggest influences would have to be The Rolling Stones, The Stooges and The Sonics. But of course you can chuck in guys like The Jim Jones Review, Danko Jones and Turbonegro too.

Tell us about the writing of Another Day. I wrote Another Day in two sections, which I had never done before. I had been seeing this girl and when she gave me the boot a lot of past relationship crap came flooding back and I noticed a lot of my previous flings had ended the same way. I wrote the lyrics one afternoon drowning my sorrows at a local drinking establishment and sort of just left it be.

A bit later I wrote the guitar parts and couldn’t get my head around any lyrics for it. The tune sat for a while gathering dust until I found the lyrics in a note pad. They just fit and the song was finished.

Where did you record?

We recorded it with the mighty Rob Grant at Poons Head in Fremantle. The man just gets sound, he has the best gear vintage amps, microphones and compressors. Gear that was used

by The Beatles and a compressor that he bought off The Rolling Stones.

What’s up next?

We put this thing out and see how it goes, if it does alright and people want to hear more we will give them more, If not, I am thinking about going and farming either cocoa in South America or maybe I will try and break a world record, something like man with world’s biggest hat crosses Russia in a monkey-powered rocket car in seven hours. Something like that anyway.

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CHILDSAINT Sick EP Launch @ The Bird

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JOSH JOHNSTONE Half A World Away EP Launch @ Indi Bar

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THE PAINKILLERS Garage Sale Girl EP Launch @ Mojos

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SKULLCAVE Acid Tone Single Launch @ Four5Nine

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THE LAMMAS TIDE Barefoot Electric Album Launch @ The Odd Fellow

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THE COURT Bianca Del Rio CRUISING YACHT CLUB Baby Piranhas DEVILLE’S PAD The Caballeros Boom Bap Pow! DJ Tyranny DJ Fang DIVERS TAVERN Kav Temperley EAST 150 BAR Adrian Wilson EAST END BAR & LOUNGE Adam Port &Me EDZ SPORTZ BAR 2 Tenors ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Blossom Time – Tribute to Blossom Dearie ft.

Ali Bodycoat

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Libby Hammer Music of James Brown ft.

Hornography EMPIRE BAR Howie Morgan EVE NIGHTCLUB Recharge Fridays FLY BY NIGHT Motown & Soul FLYRITE Deadweight! ft.

Sam Binga THE GATE Chris Gibbs GEISHA BAR 2014 Habitat DJ Comp. Heat #4 GILKISONS DANCE STUDIO Galtier Steezie Wonder GINGER NIGHTCLUB Mondo Fridays GOLD BAR Fox Friday’s THE GOOD SHEPHERD Holidayse ft.

Sake Midsole Yung Sly Mangoes GOSNELLS HOTEL The Gypsy Minions THE GREENWOOD Acoustic Aly GROOVE BAR (CROWN) Tod Johnston & Peace Love DJ Crazy Craig THE HERDSMAN Organ Grinders HULA BULA BAR Shakin’ It HYDE PARK HOTEL (COURTYARD) Kevin Curran INDI BAR Vdelli INDIAN OCEAN BREW CO. Ben Merito KALAMUNDA HOTEL Retriofit LAKERS TAVERN Grizzly LANEWAY LOUNGE Beto Quinteiro Alcatraz

DILIP N THE DAVES, SEPTEMBER 13

THE LEISURE INN DJ Peta LIBRARY Dorcia LLAMA BAR Honey THE LUCKY SHAG DJ Richie G MALT Nu Disco Hip Hop M ON THE POINT Retriofit MAHOGANY INN Justin Cortorillo METRO CITY Biffy Clyro METRO FREO C5 Frat House Fridays METROPOLIS FREMANTLE I Love 80s & 90s MINT Club Retro MOJOS BAR True Vibenation Macshane Optimystic Flex Webster MOON & SIXPENCE Soul Corporation MULLALOO BEACH HOTEL Jam Jar Friday’s Ladies Night MUSTANG BAR Oz Big Band Swing DJ Flash Nat & The Action Men MY PLACE Karaoke NEWPORT HOTEL FLUKE Fridays Madam Montage NORTHSHARE TAVERN Justin Burford THE ODD FELLOW The Amani Consort The Brow Jkash THE PADDO Craig Reilly FLYTE PADDY MAGUIRE’S Rock Candy PARAMOUNT Paramount Party Crew PARKER Stereosonic Launch Party

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PEEL ALE HOUSE Siren Song Enterprises PERTH ARENA Robbie Williams PIRATE BAR Marcio Mendes PLAYERS BAR Dune Rats PORT KENNEDY TAVERN Adam James Duo THE PRINCIPAL Blackbirds PUBLIC HOUSE Neil Viney QUARIE BAR & BISTRO Felony Duo RENDEZVOUS HOTEL (LOBBY BAR) Grant Hart ROLEYSTONE COUNTRY CLUB Leah Grant 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Scarlet Therapy Thee Gold Blooms Foreign Architects Mike Malone ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Dianas Methyl Ethel Aborted Tortoise Dream Rimmy Hayley Beth ROSIE O’GRADY’S FREMANTLE Gunshy Romeos SAIL & ANCHOR Howie Morgan Duo SETTLERS TAVERN Band of Frequencies SHAPE BAR BASSMENT vs.

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Bar9 Habstrakt THE SHED Crush DJ Glenn SOVEREIGN ARMS Thank God It’s…

Funky Lounge Fridays DJ Az-T THE SWAN BASEMENT The New Invincibles The Emu Xperts The Secret Buttons Dennis Cometti SWINGING PIG Greg Carter UNIVERSAL BAR Nightmoves VERNON ARMS TAVERN Greg Carter THE VIC Nathan Gaunt VILLA Origin DNB Launch Party ft.

Joe Ford VOODOO LOUNGE The Voodoo Lounge 10th Birthday Party WINTERSUN HOTEL Leon Tioke YAYA’S Cover-Rama: 90s Punk! ft.

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HORRORSHOW, SEPTEMBER 13

Pork Swords Huntwheel Munce The No Friends ACE Fridays DJ Ace SATURDAY 13/09 AMBAR Japan 4 ft Hydraulix AMPLIFIER Chainsaw Hookers Legs Electric The Bob Gordons Them Sharks!

Kaan Pure Pop Eddie Electric THE AVENUE Lokie Shaw THE AVIARY Paradise Paul Beni Chill Zel THE BAKERY The Bakery Box Social #2 ft.

FOAM The Morning Night Silver Hills Ray Finkle Bi-Polar Bear THE BALMORAL The Wire Birds BAR ORIENT Saturday Night Fever BAYSWATER HOTEL Acoustic Saturdays BEAT NIGHTCLUB (UPSTAIRS) CANVAS BEAT NIGHTCLUB (DOWNSTAIRS) VELOCITY THE BIRD DJ Strict Face Dellity Nebula Mandem Mitch DJ NSFW BOAB TAVERN James Wilson BRASS MONKEY DJ Dainjazone THE BRIGHTON DJ Misschief BROOKLANDS TAV Organ Grinders CAPITOL One Day Tour with HorrorShow Spit Syndicate Jackie Onassis Joyride CAPITOL (UPSTAIRS) Death Disco Cream Of The ‘80s THE CARINE Adam James CHASE BAR & BISTRO The Avenue CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Steve Parkin CLANCY’S DUNSBOROUGH Deep Sea Disco ft.

DJ Swami Adima THE CLAREMONT HOTEL Antics Tim from Tim & Jean

COCONUT CLUB Promnite THE CRAFTSMAN Madam Montage THE CRUISING YACHT CLUB Barry Gee DEVILLES PAD Black Magic Disco JO19 DUNSBOROUGH TAV Jonny Taylor Duo EAST END BAR & LOUNGE HOME ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Blossom Time – Tribute to Blossom Dearie ft.

Ali Bodycoat Libby Hammer Booty Jooce FLY BY NIGHT The Animals FLYRITE Father FREMANTLE WORKERS CLUB Boogie Nights #2 ft.

Dilip N The Davs Diva Rose Parker The Soul Train Sistas The Disco Kid THE GATE Greg Carter GEISHA BAR Element ft.

DannB Green George Jimi J JaFunk THE GENEROUS SQUIRE Defanutly GINGER NIGHTCLUB Saturdays @ Ginger GOLD BAR Pure Gold GOSNELLS HOTEL Chris Gibbs Band THE GRAND DJ Atlus THE GREENWOOD Supernova GROOVE BAR & LOUNGE (CROWN) Decoye DJ Cooki HULA BULA BAR Sailor Saturdays HYDE PARK HOTEL Wesley Goodlet Jamboree Scouts INDI BAR Little Bird KALAMUNDA HOTEL Celebrations Karaoke LAKERS TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke THE LAKES THEATRE, LAKELANDS Reece Mastin LANEWAY LOUNGE Retriofit Soothe LEISURE INN (BAR INDIGO) Pinked Cruise Control LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN) Juliana Areias Duo

THE NOVOCAINES, SEPTEMBER 13

LOST SOCIETY Chalk M ON THE POINT Rhythm 22 MERRIWA TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke METRO CITY Ultraglow #Repainted METROPOLIS FREMANTLE Can Do Cancun Saturdays METRO FREO C5 I Love ‘80s & ‘90s MOJOS BAR Cameron Avery Shiny Joe Ryan DJ Defs Worth-It MOON & SIXPENCE Damien Cripps Band MUSTANG BAR Shot Down From SugarTown DJ Holly Doll Milhouse DJ James MacArthur NICHE BAR Official Relaunch of Niche Bar NORTHSHORE TAVERN Howie Morgan Project THE ODD FELLOW The Novocaines White Oak Stuyvesant Fastlve Black Stone From the Sun THE PADDO Cheeky Monkeys PARAMOUNT Felix PARKER Parker Saturdays PEEL ALE HOUSE Ghostbuskers PORT KENNEDY TAVERN Kevin Curran RAILWAY HOTEL The Joy Evelation Babyjane AstroPig The Guitar Pit RENDEZVOUS HOTEL (LOBBY BAR) Domonic Zurzolo 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Hunt For Dallas MattyTWall Filthy Apes Dan Firkin Trio ROSEMOUNT HOTEL National Campus Bands WA Grand Final ft.

Mister Wolf St James Sirens Fuzz Bucket White venue They’re There Bears & Dolls ROSIE O’GRADY’S FREMANTLE Flava SAIL AND ANCHOR The Gypsy Minions THE SAINT FIVEO

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SCITECH After Dark in September SETTLERS TAVERN The Amani Consort THE SHED HUGE SWALLOW BAR Razor Jack THE SWAN HOTEL Mamma Jam DJ Jas the Master SWINGING PIG Frenzy UNIVERSAL BAR Soul Corporation VELVET LOUNGE Liquid Lounge ft.

Signal Fire Acomply Pegasus Samantics VILLA Rewind – Old School RnB Hip Hop Reunion THE WOODVALE Dr Bogus WONGAN HILLS HOTEL Third Gear YAYA’S Uncle Jed Daniel March ARCADIA AllNighter!

DJ Cookie SUNDAY 14/09 THE BALMORAL Andrew Winton THE BELMONT Acoustic Aly BENTLEY HOTEL Kizzy THE BRIGHTON Becs Scrivener Duo BROKEN HILL HOTEL Justin Burford BROOKLANDS TAVERN Frankie G THE CARINE Chris Gibbs THE CAUSEWAY Acoustic Sunday CIVIC HOTEL Troy Nababan CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Sunday Brekky Sesh The Limelights Jazz CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Breakfast Session Stielgutz Guitar Duo The Sesh Boom Bap Pow CLAREMONT HOTEL Sunday Session DJ Yujin Choong DJ Jordan Scott CLUB BAYVIEW Lokie Shaw COMO HOTEL Two Frets Down DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Kris Buckle ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Bollywood Bonanza FLINDERZ HILLARYS Matt Keesing

THE GATE Mike Nayar THE GREENWOOD Luke O’Connell HULA BULA BAR Tiki Time Sundays INDI BAR Uncle Jed INDIAN OCEAN BREW CO. Retriofit KALAMUNDA HOTEL The Joshua Trio LAKERS TAVERN Wesley Goodlet Jamboree Scouts LANEWAY LOUNGE Tara Tiba LAST DROP TAVERN Grant Hart LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN) Thierryno THE LUCKY SHAG DJ Richie G MOJOS BAR Doctopus Scum Of The Earth Dream Rimmy The Pissedcolas M ON THE POINT Nathan Gaunt MULLALOO BEACH HOTEL Sunday Sesh NEWPORT HOTEL New School ft.

Rich King Matthews Icarus Lives Kapacity Elkwood Agnes Emaraina Homeless OCEAN VIEW TAVERN Peter Ashton PEEL ALE HOUSE Chris Martin PIRATE BAR Sunday Jazz Session ft.

Libby Hammer PORT KENNEDY TAVERN Greg Carter THE PRINCIPAL Timothy Nelson QUARIE BAR & BISTRO The Gypsy Minions THE QUEENS DJ Five O Sam Spencer THE ROSE & CROWN HOTEL Blackbirds 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Don & Jon Damian Crosby KT Rumble ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Caravana Sun Joel Barker Jacob & The Rudeboys ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) One Day Sundays ft.

DJ Joyride DJ Adit DJ Raph Aslan

TIMOTHY NELSON, SEPTEMBER 14

ROSIE O’GRADY’S FREMANTLE Gang Of Three THE SAINT Sunday Funday DJ Dainjazone SETTLERS TAVERN Chief Monkey Sunday Sess THE SHED The Healys Blue Hornet SOUTH ST. ALEHOUSE Open Mic Night SWALLOW BAR Voudou Zazou SWINGING PIG Light Street UNIVERSAL BAR Retriofit VERNON ARMS TAVERN Kevin Curran WANNEROO TAVERN Matt Williams WHISTLING KITE James Wilson THE WINDSOR Howie Morgan THE WOODVALE Kevin Conway Rock ‘N Roll Sundays MONDAY 15/09 BRASS MONKEY Monday Madness Student & Industry Night CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Scotty’s Quiz Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Song Lounge KALAMUNDA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE Lior MOJOS BAR Wide Open Mic THE PADDO Gang of Three PARKER Manic Mondays ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Comedy Trivia YAYA’S Big Tommo’s Open Mic Night

TUESDAY 16/09 THE BIRD Open Mic ft.

Rae Sounds BRASS MONKEY Open Mic Night Shaun Street CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Quiz Night CONSERVATORY ROOFTOP BAR Rooftop Comedy ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Future Entity GROOVE BAR (CROWN) Flava Dee LANEWAY LOUNGE Open Mic Night Josh Terlick LOBBY LOUNGE (CROWN) Hans Fiance THE LUCKY SHAG Ben Merito MERRIWA TAVERN Celebrations Karaoke MOJOS BAR Necter Heavenly Creatures King Krime Bad China MUSTANG BAR Danza Loca Salsa Night OCEAN ONE BAR Overgrowth Open Mic Night THE PADDO Quiz Meisters Brian Dalton PERTH BLUES CLUB

Shot Down From Sugar Town On The Level Cuatro Tortillas ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Bex & Turin’s Wide Open Mic SWINGING PIG Siren Song Enterprises YAYA’S The Lifelike Project Nevsky Prospekt Rob Walker Kevin Curran

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GEARBOX Gear and tech reviews by Chris Gibbs IBANEZ TSA5TVR COMBO AMP The Ibanez Tube Screamer overdrive tone has been a long-revered sound amongst guitarists. In recent years the company has taken the Tube Screamer circuitry and placed it in a series of amplifiers. The most recent addition is the TSA5TVR combo amp.

The amp looks amazing and sounds even better.

Finished in cream and sea foam green vinyl, standing on old-school TV set legs and featuring a TV screen shaped speaker grill, it is a piece of equipment that certainly doubles as a conversation piece.

The TSA5TVR is an all-tube Class-A 5-watt amp with genuine Tube Screamer circuitry built into the front end. The Tube Screamer is switched on via the amp controls or via an optional footswitch, effectively making this amp more of a two-channel proposition. A 12AX7 preamp tube and a 6V6GT power tube compliment the Tube Screamer circuitry. The 8” speaker handles the tones perfectly and the built in reverb is wonderful. But if having an excellent-sounding amp purely for home use isn’t your thing, there’s even an external speaker output and a direct line out for playing bigger shows. The

obligatory headphone jack for amps of this size and design rounds out the included features. The clean channel is crisp yet rounded and the Tube Screamer delivers ‘that’ tone amazingly well.

An incredibly good sounding amp with enough additional features to cover numerous playing situations, the Ibanez TSA5TVR retails for $599.

Ibanez TSA5TVR Combo Amp

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ELECTRO-HARMONIX EAST RIVER DRIVE PEDAL

The Electro-Harmonix East River Drive is a serious contender for an affordable high-quality overdrive solution at a retail price of $125.

It would be fair to say that the ‘retro’ market for effects has made a massive comeback into the wider market. As well as seeking out original vintage releases of many famous effects pedals, guitarists now have access to many re-releases in addition to newer effects from companies that embrace the overall look and feel of a good old stomp box.

The Electro-Harmonix East River Drive pedal is a simple, sturdy little overdrive pedal that delivers high quality, responsive overdrive. The controls are simple: on/off, volume, drive, and tone. The overall sound design is based on the same circuitry that drives pedals like the Ibanez Tube Screamer and the Boss SD-1 Overdrive and the results are impressive. Dialed back, the drive is authentic and rich. Dialed up, the tone adds just the right amount of saturation and strength without getting uneven. Played through the Ibanez TSA5TVR combo amp with a Fender Stratocaster on a clean setting, this pedal nails a classic, creamy overdrive.

Electro-Harmonix East River Drive Pedal

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