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BLACK SABBATH LAST TOUR

C’ARN THE IRONS

After nearly 50 years Black Sabbath has finally decided to step off the heavy metal throne by announcing their huge farewell world tour, THE END. Kicking off and in the US Sabbath will land on Australian shores in April of next year, with what is promised to be their ‘most mesmerising production ever’. The band features Ozzy Osbourne, Tommy Iommi and Geezer Butler and regardless of their age this tour is sure to be massive. Black Sabbath will play Perth Arena, on Friday, April 15, 2016. Pre-sale tickets are now available through Telstra Thanks (telstra.com.music) until 2pm, Friday September 18, and through My Live Nation and ticket agent sales at 2pm Friday, September 18, until 5pm Sunday, September 20. General tickets go on sale from 10am on Monday, September 21, via blacksabbath.com and livenation.com

Rock legends Iron Maiden, whose new studio double album, The Book of Souls, just debuted at #2 in Australia will make a massively anticipated return in May on their enormous Boeing 747-700 jumbo jet, Ed Force One. On their first Aussie tour since 2011, the band will play five big shows across the country before winding the tour up at Perth Arena on Saturday, May 14, 2016. General tickets go on sale on Thursday September 24, via Ticketek.com.au. There’s also an exclusive pre-sale for fan club members via Ironmaiden.com, where you can go into the draw to be ‘First To The Barrier’.

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Iron Maiden, jetting to a Perth Arena near you

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MURLOC’N’ROLL

It’s been a big year for artist Alex Lloyd with the continued promotion of his most recent album, Urban Wilderness, some five years on from his last solo effort, and he’s hitting the stage at the Rosemount Hotel on Friday October 9. The four-time ARIA-winner has finally come home to Australia after 5 years of life and work in London. Lloyd is venturing to Perth for a special acoustic performance of a well overdue and much anticipated new album. Tickets are $20 from rosemounthotel.com.au.

Melbourne psych-rock heroes The Murlocs have dropped their much anticipated new single, Rolling On, from their forthcoming LP set to be released in 2016 via Flightless/Remote Control Records and announced a huge national tour to accompany it. After considerable support slots touring with heavyweights such as Ty Segall and Mac DeMarco last year, and travelling the rather insane Gizzfest circuit earlier this year, The Murlocs will be filling Mojos Bar, alongside Geelong mates Orb, on Friday, October 23.. Tickets and full details on from Oztix.com get them quick and don’t miss out!

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NICO & VINCZ

Our very own Troye Sivan has debuted his new critically acclaimed mini-album WILD at #1 on iTunes in 57 and top 10 on iTunes in 80 countries, placing at #51 on the ARIA Album Chart, #5 in the US and UK and #3 in NZ. Praise has been flowing in from all over the world, including voiced praise from Taylor Swift and Sam Smith. The poignant video for WILD, this first in the Blue Neighbourhood trilogy, has already garnered over three million views this week since its release. This new mini album is a six-track showcase of Sivan’s dark, infectious and organic musical vision. And we know this is just the beginning.

Norwegian duo, Nico & Vinz, have announced their first tour of Australia and New Zealand with official dates being confirmed throughout November. Hailing from Oslo, the duo showed off their hit writing chops with their 2013 debut, Am I Wrong, which dominated the European and US charts receiving platinum in Europe and double platinum in the US and consequentially resulted in the incredible opportunity to play at The Nobel Peace Prize that same year. Their new single, That’s How You Know (Ft. Kid Ink and Bebe Rexha) has further exhibited their talent with a different, more stripped back approach to production and writing. Nico & Vinz will be paying at Villa Nightclub in Northbridge on Monday, November 9. Tickets are on sale now via nicoandvinz.com and livenation.com.

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Nico & Vinz

South Australian drone metal titans Space Bong have announced they will bring their gargantuan sound across Australia and South East Asia with their biggest tour yet in support of their latest LP, Deadwood To Worms. The six-piece will play three dates in Perth, first being The Rosemount Hotel, on Friday, October 30, (with Drowning Horse, Craig McElhinney and Alzabo); Mojos on Saturday, October 31, (with Drowning Horse, Foxes and Self Harm) and Westcoast Blastfest at the Railway Hotel on Saturday, November 1, with Captain Cleanoff (SA/VIC/NSW) and The Kill (VIC). Tickets will be available at the door on the night.

Japanese post-rock kings MONO have announced an Australian and New Zealand tour in December this year in support of 2014’s The Last Dawn and Rays Of Darkness Being. Compared to contemporaries like Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky and Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Mono have been praised endlessly for their extraterrestrial and intense doomsday instrumentals, with Kerrang! labelling them as ‘One of the most consistently perfect bands in post-rock’ and NME dubbing them ‘music for the gods.’ Seeing these guys in the flesh has been quoted as exhausting, hypnotising, crushing and emotionally draining. So if that interests you catch them at the Rosemount Hotel on Friday, December 4. Tickets on sale now from lifeisnoise.com and Oztix.com.

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SIVAN TAKES THE WORLD BY STORM

WALK THE MOON TOUR Ohio indie pop stars, Walk The Moon, have confirmed their return to Australian shores in January, 2016. The four-piece will play all the capitals kicking it off right here at the Astor Theatre. Supporting will be Sydney darlings The Griswolds, following the release of their debut album, Be Impressive, to much critical acclaim and BOY & BEAR ON THE WIRE an extensive North American tour with Walk The Just a few weeks out from the release of their Moon over October and November. Walk The third studio album, Limit Of Love, Boy & Bear have Moon’s upbeat anthem, Shut Up and Dance, from delivered a whacky video clip for the single, Walk their third album, Talking Is Hard, has been one The Wire, alongside the announcement of national of the biggest hits of this year, breaking triple Limit Of Love tour in early 2016. Last year the platinum in the US and double in Australia. The band played a massive 170 shows across three band has been praised for their high-energy live performances and big sound, and will be sure to continents, and they’re back at it. Joining Boy & Bear on tour will be triple please crowds across the country. Walk The Moon and The Griswolds j faves Art Of Sleeping and Montaigne. They all head to Red Hill Auditorium on Saturday, January will be playing at the Astor Theatre (all-ages) on Thursday, January 21. Tickets are on sale now via 30, 2016. Tickets available from Oztix.com.au. astortheatreperth.com. Boy & Bear

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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE The Central Institute of Technology presents Where The Wild Things Are, a student showcase of four young and talented local bands from Central TAFE. The line-up consists of the indie pop-punk sounds of Fly The Flag, pop-rock band East Of Eden, the acoustic folk pleasantries of Federico and The Feds and prog rock five-piece, Occasional Symmetry. This little festival is on at the Rosemount Hotel on Wednesday, September 16, and they invite you come down, check it out and have a Rosie’s (in)famous rump steak special. $5 entry, doors open at 7pm 4

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LEARNING TO DRIVE As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other’s company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel. Starring Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley, we have 10 double passes to Learning To Drive to give away via the X-Press App. Learning To Drive

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“I wanted to more freely illustrate points and emotions and really all you can get across with screaming is anger —anger and desperation.”

BRING ME THE HORIZON Team Spirit Though Bring Me The Horizon have always been known as the quintessential metalcore band, the quintet have slowly been shedding the genre’s stamp from album to album. But as frontman Oli Sykes tells UPASANA CHATTERJEE, the move in the direction of more indie rock sensibilities on their new album, That’s The Spirit has “so much more to offer” than their heavier past. Sounding sort of reserved at first, it’s clear when Oli Sykes starts talking about his work, there’s no stopping him. The passion in his voice is indubitable, and he regularly litters his prose with “you know what I mean?” as he retracts words and corrects himself to better expand on his insights on the band’s philosophy. “I guess there are just so many things that keep you up every day... you’re scared about it leaking, obviously,” he says of the lead up to the release of the band’s new album, That’s The Spirit. “A leak is imminent, so every day you wake up and that’s the first thing I do: ‘Has it leaked yet?’ Also, there’s no pressure... but from the label’s point of view, it’s one of their biggest priorities of the year so they’re really hoping to top the charts or at least get really high. Again, every day is like, ‘How has it been in the charts? How is it selling?’” Arguably the most nerve-racking thing for Sykes and the rest of the band is pondering upon the reaction to That’s The Spirit. With the album’s production undertaken by Sykes and keys/vocalist Jordan Fish themselves, it’s much more alt-rock and pop rock focussed than ever before — not that Sykes is resentful of this fact at all.

“I fully believe this is the best record we’ve wrote by miles; every single song on the record is perfect, in my opinion. We worked on it so hard, there’s not one bit we’d change about it. And yeah, it’s a lot softer but it’s got so much more to offer than any record we’ve done before. “It’s more melodic because that’s what felt natural, we’re not doing it for any other reason other than that’s what came out. We tried to write some heavier stuff for it and it just sounded so forced, it didn’t fit in whatsoever. At the end of the day, we couldn’t have wrote anything else other than this record if we wanted it to be genuine, you know what I mean? This record could tank, it could bomb, but we’ll never go back to what we used to do. No matter how it gets received, we’ll push on,” Sykes concedes. One of Sykes’ most distinguishable talents — his raucous throat vocals — is all but gone on the new album. When Sykes accepted the band’s ‘Album Of The Year’ award for Sempiternal at the Alternative Press Music Awards in 2014 he came clean about his addiction to ketamine, telling the crowd that once he’d left rehab, he didn’t want to scream anymore, but ‘sing from the fucking rooftops’. The curious part is, he seems to have meant it quite literally. Ever since he left rehab, Sykes seems to have so much more to say and so many more ways to say it. “Before Sempiternal, when I was writing with Jordan and stuff, I said to him, ‘I kind of want to sing because I’ve taken screaming as far as I can and there’s only so much you can convey with it’. Only a single note, and a single voice, you know? I wanted to more freely illustrate points and emotions and really all you can get across with screaming is anger —anger and desperation. You can’t get across sarcasm, you can’t get across vulnerability, you can’t get across even boredom! All that stuff for this album, it was so important that we could. “The first track, Doomed — I think it’s very interesting because a lot of people will be expecting a really heavy opener with a title like that, but the title is actually sung in a falsetto. It’s that contrast to get this point across. Me screaming ‘I think we’re doomed’, yeah it might sound cool but it’s not bringing anything new to the table, it’s not giving you any new emotions. “When you’re saying something that hopeless, in the nicest Disney-like voice you can sing it, it really gets across what depression is to me and when you allow yourself to feel antibodies and happiness rush up and combat that sadness. It’s this weird euphoric feeling — it was just so important to get across those deeper emotions rather than just anger and desperation.” Full statement below... Statement on behalf of Andrew McManus 1. Andrew McManus will strenuously defend the charges that have been brought against him. 2. Contrary to some media reports, the police have not alleged that Mr McManus has been involved in any drug syndicate, drug importation or money laundering.

MCMANUS RESPONDS TO PRESS ALLEGATIONS Following reports by Fairfax of an arrest at Melbourne Airport late last week on charges relating to drug-running and money laundering, music promoter Andrew McManus this week issued a media statement, denying the allegations and stating that will strenuously defend the charges.

3. Contrary to some media reports, Mr McManus was never a party to any proceedings in the Supreme Court nor has the Supreme Court ruled against him in relation to this matter.

TOBY’S HOMEWARD BOUND Forever on the road, WA musician Toby released her current album, Nobody Told Me, in Australia earlier this and has since toured through Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada and the US. She’s all ours once again in WA, however, with a run of home dates spanning the rest of the year. Catch Toby on Tuesday, September 22, at Ellington Jazz Club; Saturday, October 10, at the Indi Bar; Friday, October 23, at the Kalbarri Hotel; Saturday, October 24, at Bootenal Tavern, Geraldton; Tuesday, October 27, at the Perth Blues Club (Charles Hotel); Friday-Sunday, November 1315, at the Blues At Bridgetown Festival and Saturday, December 12, at Quarry Amphitheatre, City Beach. Toby

1. Xavier Rudd – 50 Cent: In Da Club “Love his sampling, and his lyrical style. Proper NYC hip hop.” 2. Bobby Alu – Toto: Africa “Because seriously, who doesn’t want to scream the chorus out whilst the sun is setting?” 3. Chris Lane – Kelly Joe Phelps: Lead Me On Epic slide guitar and beautiful voice, lotsa soul 8

Shaping up to be a killer festival, what with Foals, Disclosure, Birds Of Tokyo and some more awesome acts in the festival’s second artist announcement, Southbound 2016 have now enlisted the help of Fremantle over-achievers San Cisco as well as Perth producer/musician TaKu to round up the already solid bill in their third announcement. San Cisco have been slaying crowds the world over as of late and released their second fulllength Gracetown earlier this year, which picked up a #2 on the ARIA Charts. Ta-Ku is a man of many talents — he’s a barber and barbershop owner, photographer, filmmaker and of course, musician — releasing EPs Songs To Break Up To and Songs To Make Up To recently, which he’ll perform in full Southbound 2016 hits Busselton from Friday-Sunday, January 8-10, at Sir Stewart Bovell Park. For more details head to southboundfestival.com.au. San Cisco, all lined up for Southbound | Pic: Rachael Barrett

THE SEED FUND From Boy and Bear to Emma Lousie, The Veronicas and Holy Holy, The Seed Fund has played a major role in fostering a strong and vibrant Australian music industry. Founded by co-directors John Butler and Danielle Caruana, the not-for-profit fund has helped more than 400 budding artists transition to self-sustained professionals. Now for the first time The Seed Fund has kicked off its very first Pozible campaign. Artists that have offered their support include Tame Impala, Little May, Marlon Williams and more, donating a range of goodies including contributions to the Seedy Mixed Tape. To find out more about the donations and the incredibly cool line-up to the sold-out fundraising drive performance, head to theseedfund.org. Seed Fun co-directors John Butler and Danielle Caruana

5. Mr McManus has been cooperative with the police at all times in relation to this matter. He had previously agreed with the police that, should they wish to arrest and charge him, this would be done with notice and by appointment. 6. The Def Leppard/LIVE tour is not in jeopardy and will still go ahead in November, 2015.

PHILADELPHIA! Aussie trio, Philadelphia Grand Jury, have announced a national tour with new single, Crashing & Burning Pt II, and album, Summer Of Doom out on Friday, October 2. Featuring its original line-up, the band are back on tour with the support of High-Tails, hitting Amplifier on Saturday, November 7. Get your tickets now from Oztix.com.au. Philadelphia Grand Jury

While concerned Kiss fans around the country feared over the weekend that the band’s Australian tour next month was endangered, a Facebook post today on the 1 World Entertainment (McManus’ touring company who will also bring out Def Leppard and LIVE later this year) depicts a photo of Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons with the caption ‘19 DAYS UNTIL THE KISS TOUR!!!’ It appears the tour will go ahead as planned.

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7. Ant Aggs – Andrea Boccelli: Time to Say Goodbye “He’s an incredible singer and his singing on this is dope as F$#K!”

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4. Contrary to some media reports, Mr McManus has never been the subject of any extradition application nor is there any basis to suggest that Andrew McManus with Kiss during their 2013 Australian tour he will be in the future.

8. Uncle Tio – Nick Cave: The Needle “It’s a very emotional song, and I love listening to it often to remember great musicians who have passed.”

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4. Alicia Mellor – J Cole: Nobody’s Perfect “I’m secretly a thug gangsta. J Cole’s one of my favourite rappers and my favourite album is Cole world, I’d be able to sing it word for word, it’s a great album for road trips.”

9. Xavier Rudd – Lisa Lowe: Stay “I remember this song really touched me when I heard it years ago. Don’t know if she ever had any other songs, but I have always loved this one.”

5. Xavier Rudd – Pachelbel’s Canon: “I’ve always loved this piece of music. It’s understandable why it’s so popular and used so often. Has a unique ability to make anyone drift away.”

10. Ant Aggs – Jai Paul: Jasmine “Super dope track by a rad producer and vocalist.”

6. Alinta McGrady – Kendrick Lamar: Mortal Man “The whole To Pimp A Butterfly album is genius and this song in particular is awesome because it has one of the last interviews with Tupac before he passed at the end of the song.”

Xavier Rudd & The United Nations’ Flag tour hits Belvoir Amphitheatre on Saturday, September 26, with support from Bobby Alu. Xavier Rudd & The United Nations

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Front Cover: Bring Me The Horizon have just released their new album, That’s The Spirit. Scene Cover: The Syllabolix collective will bring The Crowd Pleasers Tour to the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, September 19.

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SEBASTIAN BACH The Good Book Former Skid Row singer and acclaimed solo star, Sebastian Bach, brings his 18 And Life tour to the Astor Theatre on Sunday, September 27, for a show that promises to be as raucous as any we’ve recently encountered. SHANE PINNEGAR has the story. I barely have time to introduce myself down the phone line to Sebastian Bach, before he regales me with a story about former Perth girl Cheryl Rixon (the 1981 Penthouse Pet Of The Year who now owns a chain of jewellery stores in Japan) who put Bach up in her Beverley Hills mansion for two years after he lost his home to floods five years ago. It’s a bizarre connection and a cool story – but we’re really here to talk about the upcoming tour. “We’ve been on the road for seven weeks

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here in America,” he says, “we’re very tight as a band, it’s not like I’m just hiring some fucking dudes to play the old tunes. This is a real band. It’s the same drummer I brought to Australia last time, Bobby Jarzombek, and Rob De Luca on bass, Brent Woods on guitar. We’re just very well rehearsed.” With so much material to choose from between his three studio albums with his former band and three solo records, it’s no surprise that Bach plays a different setlist most nights. “There’s five songs or maybe six that I have to do every show, that the fans expect,” he explains. “It’s my hit songs, so I play all the hit songs. Other than that, whatever songs we play depend on the venue that we’re playing in, the temperature and how hot it is, how long our set is. We play so many shows that it’s boring to do the same thing every night. We need to keep it interesting.” Bach slows down for one thoughtful moment when asked if he has a favourite song from his repertoire which he hasn’t been able to make work in the live arena. When I suggest that the constant media questioning when or if he’ll reunite with his former band mates in Skid Row must be annoying, far from decrying the pestering for something that finished 20 years ago, it sounds very much like Bach welcomes the prospect. “It’s very easy for me to walk on the stage and sing the same songs that I already sing every night,” he says by way of explanation. “It’s not hard, so I don’t understand what the hold up is. You’d have to ask them.” While we’re talking about Skid Row, lots of Bach’s stories are likely to be spilt in a new autobiography he has written for March, 2016, release, to be titled 18 And Life On Skid Row. Bach promises to get down to the nitty gritty in the book, guaranteeing it will be, “pretty heavy on the sex, pretty heavy on the drugs, and very heavy on the rock n’ roll. “I don’t really know if I should tell the dirtiest things that I could, because I’m still wrestling with the fact that I have kids, and I don’t want my daughter reading something that I haven’t told her that I actually did. There’s kids to think about, here. “It’s a wild book. I don’t want to give any spoiler alerts away, but... I’d say the photos are going to be cool. They’re from my own personal scrapbook: the Bon Jovi New Jersey tour, Aerosmith’s Pump tour, Motley Crue Dr. Feelgood, Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion, we opened up all those tours. There’s a lot of pictures that you’ve never seen before from my own personal collection.”

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FIDLAR Against The Grain FIDLAR might stand for ‘Fuck It Dog, Life’s A Risk’, but frontman Zac Carper tells STEVE BELL that sometimes taking a career gamble ain’t so easy. You definitely got the impression from their 2013 eponymous debut full-length that the members of party-loving skate-punks FIDLAR lived life on the edge, but not to the extent that their hometown of Highland Park, Los Angeles, resembles a warzone. “I’m doing well, there was a drive-by shooting two nights ago and a stray bullet came into our house, but other than that we’re doing fine,” laughs frontman Zac Carper. “Unfortunately we live in a kinda rough neighbourhood, so it’s the price you pay. I’m just glad nobody got hurt.” Carper is on the promo trail for FIDLAR’s second album, Too, and given the stylistic shift away from the brazen balls-out punk of their debut into more diverse terrain he’s aware that he might have his job cut out for him. “I have a feeling that this new record is gonna go either way — people are going to love it or they’re going to just absolutely fucking hate it,” he admits. “When you’re under the gun to make a record it’s kinda a weird pressure thing, and it’s hard... Especially for our kinda genre — the garage-y, punk kinda stuff — I think you get it in your head that some people expect a certain thing

from you and you want to deliver and make them happy, but at the same time, fuck that! There was definitely some weird vibes about where we should go, but we wanted to try something different — that’s what it really boils down to. “We’re not the kind of people who can just make the same album again and again — we were fucking two decisions away from making like a full-on hip hop album! That would have been awesome, like a total left-field thing. When things become just ‘standard’ it’s weird — once we went on tour and when we came home all of a sudden there was this ‘garage rock scene’ and a ‘punk scene’. When we started those scenes weren’t around, it was indie rock and art-punk and all this stuff, so when what we were doing became standard we were like, ‘What the fuck?’ — I felt like I wanted to fight it. I always like going against the grain.” Carper explains that they didn’t know where they wanted to take Too, just that it was somewhere new. “A lot of it was kinda written in my head on this road trip, when I put my surfboard in my car and slept in my car for a couple of weeks and just went surfing,” he tells. “A lot of the melodies and lyrics were formulating in my head and I was writing stuff down and singing stuff into my phone — I wrote 30 songs for this new record, but the first 20 songs were just absolute garbage because I had it in my head that ‘I need to write a FIDLAR record’ instead of ‘I just need to write music, that’s the bottom line’. “When I learned that all I needed to do was write songs and not worry about things like, ‘How do I make this a punk, garage-y kind of song?’ it all came together.”

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STEREOPHONICS Nine And Counting Having joined an elite list of artists who have achieved five consecutive UK number one albums, British rockers Stereophonics have showed no signs of slowing down with their just-released ninth album, Keep The Village Alive. Bassist, Richard Jones, speaks with AARON BRYANS about the group’s future and incentive to keep releasing music. Following the huge success of their eighth studio LP Graffiti On The Train, Stereophonics had a bucketload of recorded material and no plans to leave any behind. With extra songs being written, the idea of a trilogy album became more and more of a possibility until a late decision to put the music first changed plans. “The trilogy came about when we recorded songs during the Graffiti On The Train session,” Jones reveals. “We recorded about 30 songs and we felt strongly about them. We wanted to try and release them as soon as possible but in today’s markets with downloads and streams and people picking their favourite songs we thought a lot of the songs would be overlooked so it was probably the right decision.” Keep The Village Alive will be the group’s ninth studio album with vocalist Kelly Jones and Richard Jones performing and writing on all of them. Their longevity together hasn’t altered the group’s writing style however with song developments maintaining their individual influences. “It’s always been the same,” Jones explains. “James writes all the lyrics and the melodies. Our influence is our own personal instrumentation. Usually it comes together out of respect for the song. The song is always the boss of what we do and whatever 10

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is needed on that song it dictates what’s needed. Sometimes it might not necessarily need the bass guitar or electric guitar; we don’t muscle away on every song. You have to be diplomatic when it comes to doing best for the songs.” Their newest album will be the first to fully feature the group’s new drummer, Jamie Morrison, who joined the group during the production of Graffiti on the Train. “Jamie’s such a versatile drummer, I think he’s inspired us to do whatever we need to do when it comes to writing songs. If you feel a certain way about the atmosphere or path, having musicians around you that can d all types of sounds it doesn’t hold you back in any way shape or form and Jamie’s good at doing that.” Despite selling millions of albums and performing at many of UK’s and Ireland’s top music festivals, the group has shown no signs of slowing down with the impressive honour of being the eighth group to achieve five consecutive UK number one albums alongside The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, ABBA, Oasis and U2. “Those are the bands that inspired us when we were kids and to be mentioned in the same sentence is an honour, it’s very humbling. They worked their nuts off and we’re doing that as well, it’s good company to be in.” “We got into a band to write music for the love of music, we never got into it for monetary rewards or stardom. We always loved bands like Bob Dylan and David Bowie and Rolling Stones, those were the kind of people that inspired us, they were always changing their styles and trying to push themselves as much as they can. That’s what we try and do, we write music for everyday situations so if people are feeling down hopefully one of our songs can get them through one of those times. Keep The Village Alive was released, September 11, through Stylus/Ignition Records and will hopefully encourage the group to appear down under next year. “We’re going to be in Australia in the early part or second part of next year. Late summer for you we’ll be coming over.”

Touring in support of their new album, Psychedelicatessen, Tijuana Cartel will hit Mojos on Thursday, October 22; Clancy’s Fish Pub, Dunsborough, on Friday, October 23, and the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, October 24. CLAUDIA NATHAN reports. The Gold Coast’s Tijuana Cartel are a band embodied by multicultural psychedelic sounds that are like nothing we’ve heard before, and it’s pretty damn great. The duo’s new album, Psychedelicatessen, has veered from their renowned Middle-Eastern sound as they explore music inspired by Australian indie-rock and a ‘70s Double J psychedelic road trip segment. Tijuana Cartel continue to surprise us with their changes in sound and style, and Psychedelicatessen has been their best surprise yet. We spoke to Paul George about the band, their inspirations and everything in between. “I started a band with a guy (Carey O’Sullivan) I went to high school with and we’ve been playing together since we were 12. When we first started we were just kind of getting into electronic music and using some Middle Eastern sounds that we’d been listening to, so yeah that’s really how it started, quite a few years ago. Our sound’s really hard to describe… I think psychedelic is probably a good name for it; it’s like psychedelic with some kind of electronic influence. “However, we’ve come to the conclusion that we’re going to try and make every album different. We would just try and make sure each album runs as one piece of work, but we actually want to change it all as much as we can.” George is effusive about the cultural influences behind their interesting and incredibly original sound and how they it comes through in their music. “Even when we were teenagers we liked those sort of exotic scales, they were really fun to work with and they created a certain sort of feel. When I was younger I went to India for about a year, so I did sitar and really got into that kind of

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music. With our new album I don’t think its as much Middle Eastern sounding, there’s still that in there because it’s almost second nature now, but there’s also influences from a lot of bands we grew up with, Australian bands, actually. Even a few ‘90s bands like Regurgitator, the Chemical Brothers and Stone Roses. But I guess if I had an album on playing in the background during the time we were writing it, that’s our version of ‘influence’. It’s just in the small details, stuff like the slide guitar and whatnot.” George and O’Sullivan create music lost across borders, in more ways than one. The pair are constantly travelling, rarely in the same place at once. He agrees that it influences the way their sound is created. “We start just making noise really, whether it’s on a guitar or synthesiser, and once we like a sound we’ll just start working on that. A lot of the time Carey and I write stuff in different states so there’s a lot of emailing ideas and little parts, and eventually it sounds like a song. “Psychedelicatessen was a little harder because we had the idea of a concept album with the radio play. For a while I was living in Bali so I’d spend all day just working on parts, and bits of it that I liked I would upload and send to Carey and if he liked that he would leave it in or sometimes take it out and then do the same kind of thing over there. It worked well, both playing different parts in that way. We’ve always sort of done it separately in a sense, and then we would come together and work on it all. It doesn’t change the flow too much. For some reason I like it, it creates a good energy. I’m pretty happy in a studio by myself quite often, what I do in there is up to me.”

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SOILWORK Enjoy The Ride Swedish melodic metallers Soilwork overcame great personal tragedy to write their latest album, The Ride Majestic. JESSICA WILLOUGHBY chatted to drummer Dirk Verbeuren ahead of their Australian tour which hits the Rosemount Hotel on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. Death is something that impacts every single one of us. And it is in the depths of this unavoidable experience that we can find great strength. It’s true that Soilwork went through some pretty tough times while writing their 10th album, The Ride Majestic. With several members of the Swedish death metal outfit dealing with tragedies in their personal lives, they were times when they didn’t know if the album was ever going to eventuate. But, through the darkness, they saw a light – one that allowed them to use this record to purge their emotions. The result is a release that reveals the raw emotion of this period in a refreshingly positive perspective. “It was hard to focus on the album at various times because of some of these things that happened - these people passing and unfortunate events,” drummer Dirk Verbeuen tells X-Press. “Of course, they take over when they happen and the record doesn’t matter in that moment. At the same

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time, you have to keep working on it because you’re in that process. To that extent, it was definitely cathartic. “It kind of made us wonder how people deal with things like that. What is the right way to deal with these things? It’s going to vary from personto-person. We realised that we can’t escape this stuff. We tried to use those emotions and thoughts that came up and turn that into a release. Releasing that darkness into something that was somehow still positive in the end. That’s the whole idea behind The Ride Majestic – we’re going to die and everyone around us is as well, but it’s a reminder to really not take anything for granted and enjoy every moment.” Recorded at Ghost Ward Studios, the six-piece decided to do things a little differently this time around. Taking advice from Jen Bogren, who has mixed and mastered their last few releases, they enlisted the help of David Castillio on production duties. “We worked with him (Jens) on our last few albums and he’s now collaborating full-time with David,” Verbeuen says. “It turned out to be really good because David was on the same wavelength as us. He was really aiming for the same kind of sound that we wanted to achieve. So that really made the process, which was complicated for a lot of other reasons, easier. “What we wanted for this record was something that sounded a little bit more live and dry. I think they (Jens and David) definitely achieved that. You always try to get good, raw sounds on your recording. This time around, they put extra focus into that – making sure it was something that didn’t need lots of processing. Just the minimum; as close as to what we really sound like. “For me, that translated because I had little bit more time to do this album – just because there was less songs. I did full takes of the songs as much as possible. For a majority of the songs, I just played through them from start to finish and we pretty much kept them like that. The Living Infinite (2013), due to time pressure, was a lot more recorded bit-bybit. The current album was a lot more of an organic process and it was a lot of fun.” Verbeuen also says he used this record to further himself dramatically as musicians. “As a drummer, I’m always trying to get better,” he says. “Since I record myself a lot in my home studio, I always do a lot of session work for people when I’m not busy with Soilwork. I think that really helped me this time around; just being more focused and spending less time getting a good result – I just got really used to doing it.”

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BUCKCHERRY Woodwork Sleaze rock champions Buckcherry are back with another slab of fast’n’furious hard rock’n’roll on the does-exactly-whatit-says-on-the-tin, Rock ‘n’ Roll, out now. SHANE PINNEGAR corners singer, Josh Todd, for the inside story. For their seventh album Buckcherry found themselves beholden to no-one but themselves, and chose to deliver a record that was short, sharp and trimmed of every ounce of fat. “I’m a fan of music, man,” singer Josh Todd explains, “but it doesn’t matter what artist or how much I love ‘em, I’ve got about 40-45 minutes tops of listening to one album anyways. People make records that are, like, 12 song records with bonus tracks and we never wanted to do that, but we had to do that to satisfy the record label. Now, we have our own record label, F-Bomb Records, and we get to call the shots - these are the type of records we want to make! It’s just enough to get right into and if you want more, you go back and put it on again! “I think it’s one of our best, we had a lot of fun making it and it’s a 10-song record which was something that we all wanted to do and it’s just fun from beginning to end. That’s the big challenge getting a record that you can put on and leave on. That’s what we strived for in the record.” Ticking pretty much every box that we’ve come to know and love from Buckcherry,

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Rock ‘n’ Roll could be considered the quintessential Buckcherry record. “We wanted a well-rounded record,” says the singer, “we wanted slow songs and mid-tempo songs, and hard rock songs. Those were always the records that we were huge fans of when we were kids, we had rock records that had a lot dynamics and all of our records had that so that’s our formula and we stick with it.” Stylistically, the album covers a lot of ground, too. Tight Pants, for example, could sit comfortably on a Lenny Kravitz album. “Yeah, I listen to a lot of old school funk,” Todd enthuses. “and I went through another major James Brown phase while we were writing, and there is not a lot of soul and not a lot of faith in rock anymore. That song was so much fun to write and it really came quickly because it’s fun and it’s a lot of fun to perform and sing. We have a great video which is basically a day in the life of a girl’s ass. You’ve got to see the Tight Pants video, it’s fucking awesome.” Elsewhere there is the back-to-basics erection-lauding Wood. In a world overrun by political correctness, it’s kind of reassuring to know that a band like Buckcherry can still be a bunch of priapic, sex-obsessed school boys, mentally. “Yes! I’ve got to write that down, that is a great line!” he laughs. “Yes, we are. I’m a horny toad, I’m always going to be a horny toad, and Wood actually was an idea laying around from the Confessions record. Originally it was going to be Seven Sins, and Four Elements or whatever and wood is an element, right? (err, no – Ed) How am I going to capture wood in a song - I was writing about my hard on. Then when we were starting to write for this album I said, ‘we got to get Wood happening, I’m telling you - it’s gonna be great’. So we went back to the song, we rewrote it a little bit, and it’s a lot of fun.”

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Melbourne’s indie-folk outfit The Paper Kites took an unconventional approach to their second album. The band are aware that strange things happen during the time of the night that was considered prime time in the twilight sags. Frontman Sam Bentley reversed his sleep patterns so as he could write the tunes for Twelvefour between midnight and when the nightclubs close their doors. This period of the night is said to be when creative types are at their peak and the tunes on Twelvefour are driven by that hours’ sense of melancholy. Whilst not truly a concept album, the writing has a strong focus on when selfishness and love collide. Taking a trip to America to work with super cool producer Phil Ek (Father John Misty, Fleet Foxes) and a stint in Death Cab For Cutie’s Chris Walla’s studio were instrumental in shaping the sound of the album. The dreamy state of the tunes is captured in the acoustic nature of the songs, and the moderate pacing of even the most engaging of the tunes like the spoken word delivery of Bleed Confusion. Bentley has managed to walk into the territory of Fleetwood Mac without blatantly pulling on their sound during the most upbeat moment of Revelator Eyes. With an overwhelming amount of folk bands putting out records over the past decade, The Paper Kites have give themselves the best chance of standing out. Twelvefour is a crisp sounding record with a classy set of tunes.

Independent Perth musician Benjamin Witt is on a mission. He claims to have multiple records capturing different approaches in the works; however, the songs on this frustratingly-titled album are already incredibly varied. Lost recalls The Velvet Underground with its three-chord garage rock simplicity and wiggly guitar solo, while Wait On Rain sounds like it could’ve been a Bernard Fanning track if it were slightly less psychedelic, and Sunday Morning Coming Down is reminiscent of a hungover Tom Waits piano ballad. There are too many sketches here to make it an easy listen, but that doesn’t make it any less rewarding.

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DATURA4 Demon Blues Alive Records Dom Mariani channels the headshaking, heavy boogie of the Aussie rockers he grew up on with his latest outfit – and that means monolithic riffs and peals of distorted guitars, à la Buffalo, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs and Lobby Lloyd’s Coloured Balls. Teaming up with old compadre Greg Hitchcock (The Go Starts, The Neptunes) has made for a rather large wall of guitar noise, expertly backed up by the rhythm section of Warren Hall (The Drones, M-16s, The Volcanics) and Stu Loasby (Jack & The Beanstalk, Burton Cool Suit, 6s & 7s, Majestic Kelp) who are so firmly in the pocket from the word go that you’d assumed these cats had been playing together since birth. Whilst at first listen it may seem like Demon Blues is a rifferamic hard rockin’ boogie assault from start to finish, there’s nothing onedimensional about the album at all – like an backroad rally there are wild careers off the beaten track into Hawkwind-ey space-psych (Another Planet), instrumental drag-race-guitar-duels (Hoonsville) and sludgey proto-metal-meets-TRex stomps (the title track), just to name a few. The guitar is king in Datura4’s world, and fellow worshippers of the six-stringed god will find that in reaching back to their deep, formative, cult-rock past, they have fashioned something fresh and resolutely now – not to mention essential.

Deadtime Stories is the debut album from Melbourne surf-punks Going Swimming. As far as first albums go, this is a pretty solid effort. The band blends surf rock with garage punk in a style that’s definitively Australian - think the Atlantics meets Cosmic Psychos. Despite the album having a great vibe, it never truly feels like Going Swimming have found their own voice. What could have been an original take on a classic style feels a bit more like an indulgence - a band paying tribute rather than creating something new and original. But with that all said and done, the SHANE PINNEGAR record is pretty fun. The music is all expertly played, and vocalist Nick Leggatt gives every line 110 per cent. I think with a bit more time we could see these guys really come into their own and create something special. Until then, fans of Aussie garage will enjoy what these boys are doing, but that’s probably about it.

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TOKYO FIVE

DAVE MULLINS

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With 2009’s Scream now thankfully a distant memory, Chris Cornell has made a distinctly organic return in Higher Truth. Drawing inspiration from his recent acoustic tours, Higher Truth pulls back to a simplistic nature and shifts the focus onto Cornell’s biggest strength in songwriting. While there are still some tracks, such as album o pener Nearly Forgot M y B ro ke n H e a r t a n d O u r T i m e I n T h e Universe, t h at g o h e av y i n to p ro d u c t i o n with a disjointed result, Josephine, Dead Wishes and Circling uphold the alt-folk basis of the record much to the listening pleasure of Soundgarden and Cornell fans alike.

To say that local act Tokyo Five slide under the radar would be an understatement. They haven’t played a gig since the Pliocene age, and release their CDs without fanfare. Moving To Red Shift is the latest full-length to appear as if out of thin air, and is light on football references by these overt Dockers fans standards. These are pop songs that don’t bolt out of the gates, but aren’t in a hurry to hit the finishing line either. With many clocking in at around the five-minute mark, they are stayers with subtle melodies that strangle you like a Ross Lyon game plan. Tokyo Five have always relied heavily on guitars, but as their second generation of musicians come through the band, they are given a sonic injection via the use of keyboards. Careful is a slow burn with programmed beats in the intro before the more familiar swirling guitars kick in, Maybe is the signature bold chorus from the band, but it is the spacious and melancholic Friday that gets the votes. Moving To Red Shift is tidy little surprise packet that will continue to make Tokyo Five Perth’s best kept secret. You suspect that they wouldn’t have it any other way… they may have to venture outside the studio for that.

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2.5 OUT OF 5

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Melbourne based actor and comedian Matt Dyktynski is back home in Perth for Black Swan State Theatre Company’s next production, Extinction by Hannie Rayson. He plays Harry Jewell, a mining CEO, whose consciousness is raised to the plight of the endangered tiger quoll after accidentally hitting one on the road, prompting him to fund a research project to save the animal from extinction. We speak with Matt Dyktynski about his latest involvement with BSSTC. “It’s really good to be doing a play about something that matters, you know? It’s coming along at a very zeitgeisty moment certainly in Western civilisation. It’s a red hot topic here.” Dyktynski, a comedian, finds himself in a show that deals with some very serious topics. “There are a few jokes in it, and I’m milking every last laugh

I can out of them,” he says. You can’t just be hitting people over the head with message, you’ve gotta give them a laugh because human beings are funny the way we take sides and hold on to our opinions. Everybody’s right, you know?” Dyktynski finds sympathy with his character, despite his character’s unique position in relation to the Australian environment. “You can’t get much more destructive to the environment than coal mining. But of course, like everyone else in the Western world, I enjoy a nice standard of living and I enjoy all of my electrical appliances. My character makes that point constantly, “What do you want? Do you want the lights to go out?” “The other characters proffer the other side of the argument: what about solar, wind, tidal?” and his point of view is, “Yeah, that would be great, but I live in the real world, and people want coal,” Dyktynski says. “That’s what the play does well, it puts both sides of the argument to the audience. We’re currently in a situation that’s black and white and no progress can ever be made because both sides see each others’ arguments as completely ridiculous. The message of the play is, how do we move forward with compromise, with both sides giving a little? Surely that’s the only way we can work towards a better future.”

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His character has been through some troubles on the home front, so Dyktynski explains, “...in some ways the death of this quoll is a symbolic death of his former life, and I think that’s what drives him to wanting to change and to see the world slightly differently. That’s the loss that he’s enduring.” Dyktynski did a little extra field research in preparing for the play. He went to the Otway Ranges and the Conservation Ecology Centre that works to protect the tiger quoll, which also serves as the inspiration for the play. “I’ve seen the tiger quoll a couple of times now. They’re a brilliant animal. It surprises me, maybe it’s the name, that they haven’t garnered the popularity the Tasmanian Devils do in the Australian consciousness. They need a cartoon and they need a tougher name I think. They need marketing on board.” Perhaps Extinction is just the PR boost the tiger quoll needs to give these unique Australian creatures their big break and the attention they need to keep them from going the way of the thylacine. CICELY BINFORD

Extinction runs from Saturday, September 19, until Sunday, October 4, at the State Theatre Centre. Book via Ticketek.

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HENRY SAW Coffee Up You’ve probably heard the buzz: popular new espresso bar Henry Saw has fast become a city hotspot.

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What fans don’t know is the place originally had a different name during the inspiration and design phase, according to co-owner Toby Brown. (The other owner is Jimmy The Exploder.) “...but something about the name we were using just didn’t feel right. We were searching for something that would be memorable, get people interested in us, but also have connection to the past.” Brown says the name Henry Saw came about by sheer accident. “After visiting the site one day with our builder, we were walking towards St George’s Terrace through Murray Street mall when we paused for a moment to discuss some finer detail of the plan. At that point, I looked down at the ground and staring me back in the face was a plaque set in the pavement reading ‘Henry Saw roasted coffee here - first time in the colony 1852’. It was meant to be. Henry Saw was born, again.” For those who don’t know, Henry Saw is located in Grand Lane in the city. Brown’s directions: “Walk down Murray Street Mall and turn left just before you hit Barrack St. Look for the bright repurposed milk crate chairs under the fire escape.”

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He says the space was offered by the owner of the building who wanted to see it used for something community focused before the building’s redevelopment in late 2016. “We were able to secure the lease for us, and our roomies the Museum of Perth, who will be using the space behind the café to showcase exhibitions about Perth’s social, cultural, and architectural history. “We jumped at the opportunity to be involved, as Perth needs more exciting offers in its underutilised urban areas, and this project provided a unique opportunity to be able be urban, on-trend and educational all at once. The laneway graffiti provides endless opportunities for foodies and coffee lovers to Instagram our products in exciting ways, and the history of the building helps our narrative along.” In terms of menu faves, “We’re constantly selling out of our Loving Hut vegan pies, vegan doughnuts from Roe’s Vegan Delights, and our raw gluten free salads and sweets from Raw by Chris,” enthuses Brown. “People are coming from all over

the city to this tiny little espresso bar and loving the fact we’re serving up healthy and ethical food choices that just happen to taste amazing.” When asked what he thinks are key elements that turn one-time visitors into regulars, he replies, “There are three things that people seem to be coming back for again and again. Firstly, our coffee is simply divine. We’re brewing coffee from Blacklist Coffee Roasters, who are doing some amazing things in the Perth roasting scene. We’re running a range of blends for our milk-based coffees and also always have a single origin in the grinder for our black coffees and cold brew. “The other two things that people are coming back for are Niña and Cameron. It’s not often you can get two hospo superstars working so well together in a six metre square space. We’re so lucky to have them! “And our doughnuts. Seriously, the vegan doughnuts are the laneway’s new crack.”

danced and went home feeling enriched with new experiences,” says Doremus, who describes their new concept event as a fun alternative to the common after-works. The six workshops on offer at the first Arty P’Arty night include how to draw a caricature (Sketch my Event with Ricky Adams), French etiquette dos and don’ts (French Topics & Co) mobile photography tips & tricks (Shoot Photography Workshops) hair floral design (Flowers Design School), bachata dance (Kevin & Camila), and juggling (Circus WA). When describing the night’s diversity, Doremus says, “You can either put your dancing shoes on and try on Bachata dance, get around a dining table to learn how to behave as a French lady/gentlemen, try to draw the caricature of your friends with the help of a professional caricaturist, or even try your skills and ability with Circus WA if you’re the adventurous kind.” She emphasises there are two major purposes associated with Arty P’Arty. “One is to party differently, party for a purpose. The other is to promote local businesses and artists in the CBD for free. Any business, artists, organisation, or academy can create a mini hands-on workshop and participate in Arty P’Arty to promote their name.” Interested companies, organisations, or

individuals can register online at the Arty P’Arty website FOR inclusion in a future event. Examples Doremus offers of potential workshops include a local painter offering “How to paint flowers,” a fashion blogger presenting “How to style a rock-star,” a winery offering “How to define fruit in wine,” or a beauty salon outlining “How to master a back massage.” “And restaurants and chefs can propose a cooking demonstration during the event,” she points out. “Really, the possibilities are endless. Almost everyone could prepare a mini workshop relating to their business.” A ticket to the pilot event covers two drinks, tapas, and access to the workshops. In terms of future plans, Doremus says, “We hope Arty P’Arty will be a success, and we’ll continue to produce the event in Perth every two months. We’re also planning on launching Arty P’Arty in Sydney and Melbourne next year.”

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Looking for something different to do after work? This could be your scene. The creators of Arty P’Arty are Alvina Doremus from Paris and Sophia Davidson from Los Angeles, both now based in Fremantle, who wanted to create an after-work occasion that offered more than just the chance for a few drinks. Sure, cocktail parties can be cool but imagine how much more interesting the evening could be with the addition of a broad range of activities. “Here is the twist: a cocktail party where friends and colleagues can enjoy a drink while trying all sorts of original and fun stuff,” says Event Designer Alvina Doremus of Arty P’Arty. Unlike classes, where you sit through a single informative session, Arty P’Arty offers a range of hands-on mini-workshops, meaning guests can move from workshop to workshop as they like. Let’s face it; learning is more fun when great music, lounge areas, and a bar are involved. “We wanted a night out where we learned new things, met interesting people, laughed,

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LUNCH LADIES Eating healthy at work is a hassle - if you don’t plan ahead, you’re pretty much stuck with whatever fast food is available nearby - often a dire selection. Enter the Lunch Ladies, Perth’s new healthy delivery alternative, aka owner/ driver Sara Dean and chef Daisy Jarvis, who are offering a far more palatable alternative. We chat to Sara.

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sunshine or go workout or do yoga or do boring stuff like wait in a line at the post office. I was also sick of hearing my husband complain about the lack of affordable healthy food options in Subiaco.

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What’s the Lunch Ladies story? Lunch Ladies was one of those lightning bolt ideas. In my experience lunch is always such a talked about thing in the work place, I wanted to bring something exciting and different to peoples desks and give them options with what to do in their lunch break. Rather than having to wait for their lunch to be made, Lunch Ladies is delivered so people can take it to the park to eat in the

What’s your background? We both have a strong hospitality background, but the Lunch Ladies boutique service is different to anything we’ve done before. I have two young boys at home so fussy eaters are kind of my speciality. Daisy is a qualified chef and personal trainer so she’s in charge of designing and creating the healthy menu. We test and try to perfect her new creations every month or so. What’s your food philosophy? Our philosophy is YOLO (you only lunch once) because, let’s face it, lunch is the best part of most people’s day. Work might be same shit different day, but lunch doesn’t have to be! Daisy loves to take common recipes and put a healthy spin on them. For example, the Lunch Ladies Chicken Caesar Salad, replacing the croutons with roasted chickpeas and cos lettuce with kale. She loves to be creative with flavours. The menu changes daily and is based on seasonal ingredients. We try to provide a variety of options for everyone. Vegan, gluten intolerant, dairy free and so on. We do our very best to cater to everyone. What’s your delivery range? Currently we deliver to East and West Perth and Subiaco. These locations were based around where we started the business at City Farm,

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we’ve recently moved to Wembley with plans to expand into areas like Osborne Park very soon. What are your future plans? We’d love to make lunch for the entire city, so more kitchen staff and more delivery drivers are on the cards. We’ve started stocking more than just lunch, like the sneaky range of bliss balls -which is Daisy’s own raw treat business- they’re healthy and delicious! Healthy beverages is next on the list. Head to lunchladies.com.au to see what they’ve got to offer.

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LIFE Photographic Memory Directed by Anton Corbijn Starring Robert Pattinson, Dane DeHaan, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley In 1955 struggling photographer Dennis Stock (Robert Pattinson) meets upcoming actor James Dean (Dane DeHaan). Dean is on the cusp of stardom with East Of Eden just about to premiere and is working on obtaining a role in the upcoming Rebel Without A Cause. Stock sees something in the young aloof, awkward and intellectual actor that is different from his studio compatriots, something that speaks of an emerging youth culture. With a lot of moxy (and a few lies) Stock prompts Life magazine to publish an article based on his photographs, photos that he has yet to convince the enigmatic young star to do. Neither realise that in a few months Dean would be dead, and these images would be part of a legend. This is an attempt to unwrap an icon, but unfortunately the core premise of Life is flawed. No mater how hard it tries, it really is impossible to overcome that. It seeks to strip away the layers of a star renowned for being an enigma. The problem becomes what are we left with after? It is an issue the film wrestles with as it simultaneously attempts strip away Dean’s mystique. All while retaining the romanticism. Ultimately the audience is never given a satisfactory insight into the screen icon, leaving the

whole exercise feeling protracted and pointless. At its worst Life feels like a historical check-list of events and people being ticked off as Dean interacts with them. Dane DeHaan’s performance also falls prey to this. No matter how good he is, how in the moment he can be, in portraying such a well known and beloved figure he comes across at times as just doing an impersonation. This is no slight to DeHaan; rather, it is an impossible task. Some gesture or expression will take the audience out of the moment, as you are reminded of the exact scene where the genuine article did the exact same thing. Due to our familiarity with the subject we can see behind the curtain and know how the magician performs his tricks. That wonder is gone, and it seems somewhat shabby by comparison. All of which is a pity. There is no denying the effort and artistry that has gone into this project. The details captured here as each picture comes to life, are staggering. Each set is entirely of the period, and an utterly believable recreation. Both Pattinson and DeHaan do well enough with what they are given, but rather ironically, just lack the spark to bring the film to life. Ben Kingsley, on the other hand, steals every scene he’s in with a gleeful bit part as Jack Warner. Pitched somewhere between an avuncular showman and stern executive, there is just a whiff of brimstone about him as he offers Dean a contract. A brave and beautifully executed attempt that comes across as slow and ultimately pointless. Such is Life. DAVID O’CONNELL

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VISUAL ARTS They Dreamt Themselves A Garden: Gullotti Galleries This exhibition of paintings by Janine Daddo runs until Thursday, September 17, Head over to gulottigalleries.com.au for additional info. Cratelitspace: Free Range Gallery This new collection of works by Liezl WatermeyerCollins takes its inspiration from the support structures found on building and construction sites. The exhibition runs until Sunday, September 20. Head over to freerange.org.au for further information. Bloke: Paper Mountain Wade Taylor looks at the rituals and ceremonies associated with Australian masculinity in this exhibition of large oil paintings, small collage and ceramics. It runs until Sunday, September 27. Go to papermountain.org.au for more. Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award: Fremantle Arts Centre Australia’s most prestigious print award, which awards a total prize pool of $22,000, is in its 40th anniversary year. The exhibition runs from Friday, September 25, until Sunday, November 15. Go to fac.org.au for more info. Treasure Ships - Art In The Age Of Spices: The Art Gallery Of Western Australia A collaboration between AGWA and the Art Gallery Of South Australia, this exhibition features the spectacular and exotic art produced for global markets from the 1500s to the early 1800s. Included are a selection of artifacts retrieved from the wrecks of the Batavia and the Gilt Dragon. The exhibition runs from Saturday, October 10, until Sunday, January 31. Go to artgallery.wa.gov.au for full details.

PIXELS Do You Want To Play A Game? Directed by Chris Columbus Starring Adam Sandler, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Monaghan Aliens invade the earth once again, but this time there’s a twist. Instead of tentacled xenomorphs, gleaming metal war machines, and that booming note from Inception, get ready for Galaga, eight bit graphics and the sounds of a midi synthesiser in Pixels. After a message containing footage of an ‘80s video games competition is misinterpreted as a martial challenge by an advanced alien society, earth comes under attack. As the world struggles to work out why Arkanoid blew up the Taj Mahal, an elite team of retro video game players is formed to meet the threat. Lead by Brenner (Adam Sandler), a former video game savant but current real life underachiever, the Arcaders are fighting back from two lives down. Ripping it off quick like a band-aid is probably the kindest approach. No matter what metric you use, Pixels is just a failure in film making. The plot is as cumbersome and unbelievable as it seems. Maybe this is not surprising for a story about aliens shaped as video game characters invading the planet, but even by its own internal logic it seems clumsily wedged together, as if by a monkey playing

Tetris. Many threads go absolutely nowhere in the narrative, while others are quickly and randomly resolved. The chemistry between Sandler and Michele Monaghan is completely lifeless, with the dialogue continuing to shovel dirt over the corpse. In hindsight the nostalgia factor of retro-gaming is probably not a strong enough draw card to base a movie on. Beyond the characters of Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, you find yourself in some pretty unfamiliar territory (fortunately kids love Qbert and Duck Hunt.....right?!). Pixels just seems like an illconceived and muddleheaded disaster. Yet... Somewhere along the line, this film actually becomes an enjoyable experience. As a person stuck in a sensory deprivation tank will often hallucinate in a desperate attempt to manufacture stimuli, so to the audience soon settles into the groove Pixels has dug itself. Jokes start to land, scenes are actually riotously funny, and that whole ‘80s Revenge Of The Nerds theme finds its mark. Dinklage performs his own impersonation of Pacman on the scenery, as his character, Eddie “Fire Blaster”, steals every scene. Josh Gad also follows suit and delivers some screamingly funny sequences that seem out of place and completely unrelated to the rest of the movie. It’s still a disastrous mess, but director Chris Columbus fills it with enough ‘80s retro charm and film references, to make audiences not really care. Well, almost. A bug-riddled glitch of a movie, Pixels tunnels right through to the other side, hitting the “so bad it’s good” Goldilocks zone. Given time and distance, this may develop a cult following, or may just fade into obscurity. It really is too close to call. DAVID O’CONNELL

Futile Labor: John Curtin Gallery Ionat Zurr, Chris Salter and Oron Catts have created a multi-sensory art installation that explores the growing phenomenon of the manipulation and engineering of life. It’s on display from Friday, October 2, until Sunday, November 8. Go to johncurtingallery.curtin.edu.au for more. THEATRE/DANCE/PERFORMANCE Cirque Du Soleil - Totem: Belmont Racecourse The latest show from the renowned circus troupe traces the evolution of the human species from our distant amphibian state to our ultimate desire to fly, drawing inspiration from numerous creation myths along the way. It runs until Sunday, September 20. Go to cirquedusoleil.com/totem for full details.

Two Bees: The Blue Room Theatre Bastard Theatre Company’s latest offering is an absurd, horror movie-inspired take on the problem of declining global bee populations. It runs from Tuesday, September 15, until Saturday, October 3. Hit up blueroom.org.au for tickets and session times. Extinction: State Theatre Centre Black Swan State Theatre Company presents Hannie Rayson’s environmental drama about a conservation biologist’s complicated relationship with the mining CEO funding her work. It runs from Saturday, September 19, until Sunday, October 4. Go to bsstc.com.au for tickets and session times. Back To The Future Live In Concert: Riverside Theatre The Western Australian Symphony Orchestra plays Alan Silvestri’s awesome score for the classic scifi comedy as the film plays on the big screen! It happens on Friday, November 14, and Saturday, November 15. Book via Ticketek. Stephen Fry - Telling Tales: Riverside Theatre Actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, director and raconteur Stephen Fry does his thing on Tuesday, November 17, and Wednesday, November 18. Book via Ticketek.

FESTIVALS Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2015 From Thursday, September 24, until Wednesday, October 14, Cinema Paradiso and Luna on SX play host to some of the best cinema that Italy has to offer. Opening night film God Willing, from director Edoardo Falcone, is a raucous comedy that shattered the Italian box office, while the rest of the festival includes such gems as The Dinner, Fracnisco Munzi’s Black Souls and Do You See Me? For tickets and session times, go to lunapalace.com.au. Expresstival The highlight event of Anti-Poverty Week WA 2015 takes place in Forest Place on Saturday, October 17. It’s a full day of music, art and interactive activities, plus a host of food stalls. All proceeds will be donated to Manna and The Smith Family. Go to expresstival.com for details.

Between Solar Systems: The Blue Room Theatre In the depths of space, the last survivor of the human race grapples with his identity and sense of the world, his only companion his spaceship’s artificial intelligence. This allegorical science fiction story, written, produced and directed by Scott McArdle, runs until Saturday, September 26. Go to blueroom.org.au for tickets and session times. Coppelia: His Majesty’s Theatre West Australian Ballet and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra come together to present this beloved ballet, originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Leon with music by Leo Delibes, this production shifts the setting of the venerable work to a small, ethnically German settlement in 1800s South Australia, where a young man falls in love with a clockwork girl created by the titular inventor. It runs until Saturday, September 26. Book via Ticketek or waballet.com.au.

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MARKET MADNESS Markets have been a staple of Perth weekends for generations now, with Fremantle and Subiaco (until recently) being home to the most famous. Still, lately it seems that neat, niche suburban markets are popping up everywhere, offering local produce, crafts and giftware, street food and live entertainment. Here are some you should go out of your way to check out.

LITTLE MARKET PLACE IV On Sunday, September 20, get yourself to the Fremantle Town Hall to see what some of the best local designers, and boutiques have to offer. With a focus on pre-loved designer clothing, Little Market Place, is the ideal opportunity to pick up a chic bargain. From 11am until 3pm. Little Market Place

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Season Two of this market kicks off at Scarborough Beach on Saturday, October 10. A new initiative by DY.o events, supported by MRA and the City Of Stirling, Feed Box aims to cater to all walks of life, with multiple precincts to explore. Head for the lower grass area of The Esplanade to explore what’s on offer from 9am to 1pm, every Saturday until the end of May, 2016.

VCM Perth is coming to the historic town of Guildford - specifically, Kings Meadow - The Perth Polo Club, on Sunday, October 18. There’s heaps to do and see for all the family, including fashion shows, gourmet food trucks, children’s entertainment and more. It runs from 11am to 4pm.

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ROTTOFEST The seventh annual celebration of comedy and music takes place on Rottnest, Perth’s favourite island, this Saturday, September 19. Running across four venues from 11am, to 11pm, this year sees comedy champions Matt Okine, Dave callan, Fiona O’Loughlin, Eddie Ifft, Al Dene Bene, Sami Shah, Rebecca De Unamuno and Chris Wainhouse do their thing, with tunes courtesy of Art Vs Science, Jackie Onassis, Coin Banks, Lilt, Our Man In Berlin, Angus Dawson, Dianas and Jacob Diamond. Micah, Genga and NDORSE will be on the decks, plus if you’re really keen, Tomás Ford’s Crap Music Rave Party will be kicking things off early on Friday night. For tickets and deets, kick over to rottofest.com.au.

CITY OF JOONDALUP TWILIGHT MARKETS The Twilight Markets kick off again from Friday, November 20. Joondalup’s Central Walk will be thronging with people keen to investigate the stalls and entertainment on offer, with over 40 vendors plying their trade.

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A weekly artisanal food event, TruckStop celebrates local WA food, beer and wine. From Friday, October 30, every Friday and Saturday the Cultural Centre will be home to a retro roadhouse event packed to the gills with street food, craft beer and cider, local wine, live music, DJs, and art displays. There’ll also be a satellite event at Whitford Nodes in Hillarys from Sunday, November 15.

Meet The Maker exists to encourage “Makers, Creators, Movers & Shakers” to step outside the now de rigueur online marketing world and into meatspace once more, allowing customers to meet the people behind the brands and foster a greater level of engagement and loyalty. A pop-up environment, it’s happening at MosArts At Camelot in Mosman Park on Saturday, September 26, from 10am to 4pm.

Saturday, September 19, it’s the French Australian Quiz Night, held at the Wembley Community Centre from 7pm. Questions will be in both French and English, so don’t worry if your Gallic is a little rusty. There are plenty of prizes up for grabs, and a cash bar will be on hand - food is BYO. Tickets are $12 from Alliance Francaise members and students, $16 for non-members -book via afperth.sslsvc.com

Esther Povitsky, aka Little Esther, is best known for her cult podcast, Weird Adults With Little Esther, but now she’s treating us to her stand up show to Perth audiences. Catch her at Mt Hawthorn’s Misspelt Youth Comedy Club on Monday, September 21. Tickets from misspeltyouth.com.au

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ECU Film Students Create An Impact The WA Screen Academy is situated in the School of Communications and Arts at Edit Cowan University.

Behind the scenes - filming Godots Clinic on a rooftop in Fremantle

SAE Creative Media Students Ready To Hit The Ground Running SAE Creative Media Institute in Perth continues to lead the charge in delivering hands-on education, offering students the chance to work with key industry players and ensuring they graduate with portfolios to wow prospective employers.

The academy select students for programs involving Producing, Directing, Screenwriting, Cinematography, Sound, Production Design and Editing and has a unique relationship with renowned performance school, WAAPA. The WA Screen Academy now presents IMPACT; a gala screening at Luna Cinemas of six short drama films hosted by WAAPA graduate, Luke Arnold (Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS, Black Sails, Winners And Losers) that will showcase the fantastic works of the 2015 graduating students. The short drama films set to premier on the night are: Tryptophan – Chocolate is one hell of a drug. True Colours – An increasingly desolate schoolboy creates a coded language using paint colour sample cards to express his secret feelings for the object of his affection. Life In A Library – Power, jealousy and chickens push the staff of a local library over the edge. Splendours Of A Mind – A childhood tragedy leaves a young woman trapped in the shadow of twin sister’s identity. Gadot’s Clinic – A writer struggles, trapped in a labyrinth of absurdity. To The End – What happened that night? Why doesn’t Jason remember? WA Screen Academy Director, Dr Cathy Henkel, has said this year’s theme is about crafting dramatic stories with conflict that will hopefully resonate and have an impact on the audience. One of 54 SAE campuses located in 28 countries, SAE Perth offers government-approved certificates, diplomas and bachelor degrees in five disciplines – audio, animation, design, film and games. Flagship audio courses include the Bachelor of Audio, Diploma of Sound Production (Studio Production), Diploma of Sound Production (Live Sound) and Diploma of Sound Production (Electronic Music Production). SAE is renowned for setting benchmarks in creative media education since 1976. Attracting students of all ages with a passion for creativity and project-based learning, the institute boasts stateof-the-art facilities that reflect real-world working environments including: • Digital and analog recording studios including TLA, C24 Pro-Tools and Studer 2”inch tape machine • Premium industry consoles including the Neve Custom Series 75 • Industry-standard film and infinity screen studio

Behind the scenes - filming True Colours at Mt Lawley Senior High School

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“We have three comedies this year, two dramas and a surrealist piece exploring some of the more absurd aspects of human nature,” Dr Henkel exlains. The films have all been written, produced, filmed, directed and edited by WA Screen Academy students in collaboration with WAAPA acting, music, sound and lighting students. As part of a sponsorship deal by the network, Channel 9 Perth will broadcast the six student films. David Mott, managing director of Nine Perth said, “Students will have a unique opportunity to have their films showcased in a television special that will be seen by thousands of people, who will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite WA

Screen Academy film online.” Ten student awards sponsored by Channel 9 will also be presented on the night, including Best Actor and Actress, Best Director, Writer and Producer. The WA Screen Academy IMPACT gala screening will take place at Luna Cinemas in Leederville on Thursday, September 24, from 7pm. You can get your tickets to experience IMPACT for yourself from WAAPA’s website at $25 for general admission and $20 for concessions and friends. For more information about studying film or any of ECU’s more than 320 other courses, head over to reachyourpotential.com.au.

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Dedicated post-production editing suites Huge film studio and cyclorama room Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset for 3D gaming • Cutting-edge design and animation equipment, including Wacom graphic tablets. Perth Campus Manager, Dean Pearson, said key elements of the SAE two-year degree programs included industry internships and the opportunity for students to collaborate on creative projects with students from other disciplines. “We’re all about simulating a professional working environment so our students graduate with the skills and experience to hit the ground running,” he said. The creative industries sector is one of the fastest-growing, most dynamic segments of the national economy – and is driving employment growth globally. SAE is in the process of relocating its Perth campus to the vibrant arts, cultural and

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entertainment hub of Northbridge - just down the road from some of the city’s best live music venues. Stay tuned for more details. SAE offers three study intakes per year, with the next intake commencing on Monday, September 21. For more information and updates about the new campus, visit sae.edu.au/perth or call 1800 723 338.

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world. You can customise your degree to suit your career needs by choosing to major in two separate areas and in many cases, it doesn’t add extra time to your degree. THINK REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE

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MURDOCH UNIVERSITY Keep It Real. Think Murdoch. Murdoch University will link your learning directly to relevant, real-world experience so you graduate career-ready. They’re looking for the brightest students to join a wide range of programs including Arts, Business & Management, Engineering & IT, Law, Nursing and Veterinary & Life Sciences, to name a few. With the support of their national awardwinning Student Advisor Team and teaching staff (Australian Government’s Office for Learning & Teaching Awards, 2014), your experience at Murdoch will give you the edge you need to land a job in the real world. Learn how you can double your competitive advantage with their double majors, explore international study opportunities, hear from current students and find out how to apply now for 2016 at guide.murdoch.edu.au

Murdoch provides you with the real-world experience needed to graduate career-ready. Learn the craft of broadcast in industry-standard TV and radio studios, hone your law skills in a purpose-built courtroom or through overseas internships, undertake the only Veterinary Science course in WA in their community veterinary hospital and on-campus-farm, gain handson instrumentation and control experience at their state-of-the-art engineering pilot plant and practice nursing in the state’s newest health precinct, located right on Murdoch’s doorstep.

Murdoch’s entry requirement for school leavers is an ATAR of 70 and above. There are several alternative pathways available for entry including our intensive, four-week OnTrack Sprint program, offered to Year 12 students who may have just missed out on the ATAR needed to get into Murdoch and are looking to up-skill quickly. A free, 14-week university program, OnTrack, is also available to assist people to qualify for entry who may have completed school some time ago or simply don’t meet Murdoch’s entry requirements. For more information, get along to their Alternative Pathways Evening from 6pm on Wednesday, September 23, to learn how you can start your university journey. Visit murdoch.edu.au for details. Choose a university that provides you with real-world experience. To start your journey with Murdoch University, apply now for 2016 entry at murdoch.edu.au or call 1300 MURDOCH.

THINK DOUBLE MAJORS Murdoch offers many double major combinations to increase the depth and breadth of your knowledge to give you an edge in an increasingly competitive

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“This program provides them with an opportunity to enter a TAFE course. “Once a student has finished the course they are able to apply for any course that has a Certificate II entry requirement. “That includes a huge range of study areas including IT, business, fashion, building and construction, horticulture and a wide range of other trades. “It really is a fantastic option for students that want to start working towards their future, and the great news is that students don’t have to wait until 2016 to get started; the next program commences in October this year. “That means that students can complete the program by the end of 2015 and be ready to apply to start an industry specific course in semester one, 2016.” Enrolments are now open for the next program, which starts on Monday, October 12. Interested students should contact Polytechnic West on (08) 9267 7500 or info. centre@polytechnic.wa.edu.au. More information can be found at polytechnic.wa.edu.au.

Step-Up To Your Future Polytechnic West recently launched a new course to provide young people with a pathway to further training. The Step-Up Program is a Certificate II qualification primarily aimed at 15-18 years olds looking to gain entry to further study or improve their job prospects. The course has an emphasis on practical work experience and prepares students to take on another qualification in a range of different areas including business, IT, fashion, building and construction or a variety of trades. It also covers important foundation skills such as maths and English. Polytechnic West Portfolio Manager for Education and Foundation Skills Jenni Branigan said the course is aimed at young people eager for an opportunity to take on further training. “Many students are not able to enter into their chosen field as they have not completed a Certificate II or graduated from school,” she said.

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“We’ve always tried to promote a positive culture with what we do.” PIC: DJP PHOTOGRAPHY

Syllabolix will bring The Crowd Pleasers Tour to the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, September 19, supported by The Stoops, OMAC & LsTreet, LSD, Lower Class Kings, Altty and Lfire. Scott Griffiths AKA Optamus talks to JAI CHOUHAN about the evolution of Australian hip hop and his role throughout the decades. Like any genre of music, hip hop has seen some major transformations over the years. Originating as somewhat of an industry joke in this country, it has now grown into a trendsetting juggernaut thanks to its identifiability with all walks of life. As an active participant in

its evolution, Optamus has become one of the country’s more qualified MCs, even using his skill as an educational tool in remote communities. Although it was the ‘golden era’ in America, the mid-’90s was a tumultuous time for rappers in Australia, receiving hostile receptions from the bogan, pub-rock culture that pervaded live music. Seeking a form of self-expression, Optamus and his Downsyde crew would often travel to Fremantle when the ships came in to wax lyrical with the sailors in a judgement-free zone. “They were the only dudes who had really good skills because they were all from New York and Oakland and the Deep South,” he recalls. “We just didn’t know where to find hip-hop culture in Perth.” Now one of the biggest genres of music worldwide, hip hop evolved in this country through collaboration and a desire to make it more than another American fad that managed to make its way across the Pacific. Even seminal West Australian artists such as Drapht took some

convincing before taking to the mic. “A lot of other artists like Drapht were just friends that hung around with us and didn’t actually rap at all,” Optamus says. “Downsyde’s first underground single was Battle Me and Drapht’s dad produced that before he even picked up a mic. I think he was still roof tiling at the time. We’ve always tried to promote a positive culture with what we do.” Thanks to guys like Drapht and Hilltop Hoods, hip hop was able to break into the mainstream in Australia, giving it credibility and a platform to reach the masses. But heavyweights like these didn’t piggyback rap music alone. Optamus believes that there are innumerate artists that were paramount in the genre’s rise. But at the end of the day, it’s all relative. “Looking at artists that have made a difference, it’s hard to see it in the moment. Looking back I could give you a lift of 15 acts that I’d put up there. But my viewpoint is probably different to one of my other band members.”

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Now heavily invested in educating Indigenous and African youth, the Perth MC still finds time to take to the stage and perform around the state and country. Bringing the Syllabolix collective back to one of their favorite stomping grounds in the Rosemount Hotel, Optamus and his fellow MCs - Dazastah, Bitter Belief, Mortar, Emjay and Rob Shaker - will be putting on a conceptual live show as part of The Crowd Pleasers Tour. Drawing on hip-hop’s freestyle culture, the performance will be unlike any other date on the tour, playing homage to some classics with a few surprises up their sleeve. “Rather than play individual songs although we do a little bit of that - we get a lot of popular old school classics like Pink Floyd and chop them up live with two samplers and decks and all of us throwing down verses between breaks. “It’s got a bit of an improv-jam ethos, but knitted with guys dropping 16s and verses to fill in the gap.”

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BABYJANE Do Ya Think They’re Sexy? Hard rock trio Babjane launch their new single, Do Ya - which they recorder with Guns ‘n’ Roses veteran Gilby Clarke - at the Velvet Lounge on Friday, September 25, with support from Maverick and Foulplay. We catch up with singer Andy Smith and drummer Nik Kats. What’s the Babyjane story? Nik: We’d all actually played together in one way or another with two different bands over the years - different guys moving between bands. When those bands ended somebody suggested taking four songs from each band and having a jam. All the songs sounded way better than they had with previous bands. From recording with Michael Wagener in Nashville, having Dead Daisies singer John Corabi singing on one of our songs, Gilby Clarke singing back-ups and even some guitar duties on our latest single Do Ya, Keith Olsen coming to the Whiskey in LA to watch our show, it’s been a fun ride so far and I’m sure it’s going to continue that way. We don’t take any of it for granted. How did your American tour go? Nik: The tour was awesome. We did it old school everybody in one room, bumming rides, turning up in cities without accommodation booked, no back up guitars - so God help us if we broke a string on-stage. It was definitely character-building.

darker than normal. I won’t go too much into it as I’m sure everyone will have their own interpretation. As far as the music goes it’s razor-sharp riffy. I actually pulled the pre-chorus riff from a song I had written in high school but it works really well. It’s been getting a great response at our shows - we used it to open every show in the States. There’s a music video too, yeah? Nik: We just finished filming on the weekend and I have no idea what to expect but it’s gonna be out there. We gave the director a blank canvas and license to do whatever he felt and he had some wild ideas. We knew we wanted lots of shadows and darkness but I don’t know what to expect from the final edit. It certainly won’t be dull. Rakib, the director, has gotten lots of attention for his short films. How was working with Gilby Clarke? Andy: Gilby was very chilled and supportive. Totally down to earth, considering who he’s played with - from GNR to Michael Jackson. The whole experience was a pleasure. We actually weren’t even intending to record on this tour but it just happened. Before you knew it we had a new song in the can. He sat with Nik and worked on the drum groove, which was a big change for him. It was a huge learning curve. When he said “You need to find the groove before we hit record.” we finally understood what Slash, Duff and Steve Adler were talking about in past interviews. The end result speaks for itself. What’s up next for you guys? Nik: We’re releasing an EP. We want to do an album but right now finances are tight, so to keep the momentum going we thought we’d get one out there. The new material is sounding really strong, and much more mature than usual. Next year we’ll be going to the States to record our third album with the producer of Whitesnake’s 1987 album. When exactly is hard to say, but 2016 for sure.

Tell us about Do Ya. Andy: It’s not your usual Babyjane song, lyrically. Generally, I keep song topics pretty light, but Do Ya is a little Babyjane

GET EVELATED The Joy Evelation kick off their Rocking Around Oz Tour this week, at the Mitchell Creek rock And Blues Festival (QLD) on Sunday, September 20, followed by 10 show around the country. Perth fans can catch them when they return at the Herdsman Tavern on Saturday, September 26, with support from The Guitar Pit, Midnight Boulevard and Scout. Tickets are $10 presale from thejoyevelation.com. The Joy Evelation

NELSON COMES ALIVE He’s played with The Infidels, High Horse, and The Kill Devil Hills, but now fro about town Timothy Nelson is going solo - albeit with some of Perth’s best musos on hand to help him. Catch him as part of his WA regional tour at Mojos Bar on Thursday, September 17, alongside Jacob Diamond, Golden String, and Davey Craddock. Entry is $10 from 8pm. Timothy Nelson

RICHMOND STREET RECORDS LABEL LAUNCH Hit The Bird on Tuesday, September 22, for launch of the Central Institute Of Technology’s Richmond Street Records for 2015. this is your chance to check out some of the best young acts emerging from CIT’s music program, with The Shallows, Wabisabi, Soapy Cactus, 404, Bad Habit and Occasional Symmetry playing live on the night. Plus there’ll be Richmond St promo bags, a sausage sizzle in the courtyard, and raffles through the night. Doors open at 6pm, entry is free. Soapy Cactus

DURONG RONG RONG RONG Laid back lads The Durongs hit the Rosemount Hotel this Thursday, September 17. The boys will be joined by The Plastic Attraction, The Apollo Mission plus grungers Goodnight Moon - not a bad line up for $8. Doors open at 8pm. The Durongs

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Hootenanny, Kitchen People and Chief Richards are all on the same bill at Babushka, this Friday, September 19. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $10.

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The Moon Cafe gets a little louder than usual on Sunday, September 20, when SpaceManAntics hit the floor. Also up for some fun are the wonderfully named Mum Lotion. Entry is free as ever (although, you know, eat something), and the noise begins at 8pm.

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THE DISAPPOINTED At The End Of Their Rope The Disappointed loose their new single, Find A Rope, at The Boston this Saturday, September 19, with help from Rag N’ Bone, Celery and Ursula. Guitarist Mark Neal fills us in.

How’s the year been for you guys so far? what have the highlights been? Swell! We got the opportunity to play our first support slot for an international act, The Matches (US) earlier in the year, which was sensational. They were lovely guys, I have a soft spot for quirky pop-punk, and we got to feel what it was like to be a band people adored. Then we went fairly quiet, stopped gigging as frequently, and focused on the songwriting for EP numero three. Tell us about Find A Rope. It’s the first single off our new EP, Disappear, which we will be putting out in 2016. It’s our heaviest song so far. Mick, the drummer describes it as a “ball tearer”. I think the lyrics are all brooding metaphors about discovering one’s inner self, or it’s a bunch of rhyming word gibberish - either way, it’s probably our catchiest song ever. How’s the rest of Disappear shaping up? When can we expect a release? It’s coming out in 2016, probably around March. We launched the first two EPs really quickly which I thought I would be good thing, I thought it would make us look super efficient and hard working, but I think it actually resulted in the second EP not getting as much attention due to the launches being too close together. So we’ve taken our time with this one, spread it out a bit, might drop a new single before the end of the year. What’s the rest of the year hold in store for you? Gonna gig a bit more. Visit the countryside. Plan some east coast touring. Sit around and hope people like our music enough to give us gigs.

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16/09

Edde Self Titled EP Launch @ Jimmy’s Den

18/09

Intrusive Thoughts Self Titled Album Launch @ Babushka

19/09

The Disappointed Find A Rope Single Launch @ The Boston

19/09

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Marmalade March Video Launch @ The Bird

26/09

Erasers Stem Together Album Launch @ The Bird

04/10

Owen Rabbit Holy Holy Single Launch @ The Astor

21/10

Pool Boy Self Titled Album Launch @ The Bird

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GANG OF YOUTHS Gang Of Youths - Photo by Rachael Barrett

Fait, GRRL PAl Capitol Thursday, September 10, 2014

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The Rosemount Hotel Friday, September 12, 2015 The National Campus Band Competition is drawing to a close, with finalists being decided on all around the country. The WA final took place at the Rosemount Hotel, with five bands shooting it out for a place in the grand final later in the month. Indie six-piece, Raksha, opened up the night with a solid set of soulful and energetic pop tunes. The songs are driven by interweaving basslines and busy vocal harmonies that show off just how talented these guys are. Being the opening act of the night they had their work cut out for them, but they did a great job of pulling some big cheers from the small crowd. Sly Withers were up next and set the tone straight away. These guys knew their way around a stage and nailed a set of radio-friendly rock. Their songs were short and catchy – simple rock songs that were easy to enjoy, and even easier to dance to. The response from the crowd was massive, and one has to wonder why these guys aren’t out touring the country already. Next up was King’s Justice, led by the impressive Jack Young. Young has incredible control over his voice, utilising some advanced techniques that aren’t so common in modern rock bands. While all the members of the band were talented, it seemed that Young was taking front and centre, and a lack of presence from the rest of the band might be holding them back from a bigger audience

response. Great Gable had been getting cheers at the very mention of the name from early in the night, so when they took the stage it was with some degree of expectation. A large crowd gathered at the front of the stage and within moments fans were singing along and crowd surfing. Great Gable mixes reggae, blues and rock that might draw comparisons to bands like the Drones, but while you can find some familiar elements, their music always maintains a degree originality. Alex Whiteman, their unassuming frontman gave a powerful performance that resonated really well with the crowd. It was always going to be hard to follow an act like Great Gable, but Young Robin gave it their best shot. The five piece played a set of mellow indie-pop that, while admirably performed, might have slightly underwhelmed following the high-energy sets of their rivals. The response from the crowd was extremely positive, with a fair few people dancing along to their songs. While the scores were tallied up the crowd played a game of ‘real life Tinder’ which was a confusing reminder to the fact that this was a crowd full of uni students. Say what you will, but these kids know how to have fun. Taking the competition and going on to represent the state at the grand final was Great Gable, with Sly Withers coming in second and Kings Justice in third place. The night closed out with another set from Great Gable. Good luck in the grand final guys! DAVID MULLINS

Sydney indie rockers, Gang of Youths have hit the Australian scene hard and fast, and since the release of their debut LP, The Positions, in April this year, they’re looking set to capitalise on that initial heat. The group, loved for their vibrant music and gregarious, if professedly immature, demeanour sold out across the nation on their last tour. This time around they have managed to pull strong numbers yet again, as evidenced by their show last Thursday at Capitol. Starting off the night’s support slot was local instrumental dream rock group, Fait. Essentially the live act for songwriter and frontperson Elise Higgins, the four piece was an odd booking choice, compared to the vivacious latter acts. Their introverted stage presence, tangled hair shielding their faces and somnambulist nodding fitted well amongst Higgins’ atmospheric songs, though it may not have been what Gang Of Youths’ fans were expecting early in the night. The songs featured big dynamic movements, powered by the listless, quaver-based, rhythmic pulse of guitarist Robert Stephens while drummer Darrell Sundai added textured, tom-based beats. Driven by Higgins’ guitar melodies in lieu of vocals, the band had a washy, reverberated sound that engulfed Capitol. GRRL PAL were next up and decidedly more in line with the night’s dancing, rocking mentality. The electro pop group was performing as a trio with the help of Jacob Sawyer. Frontperson Jay LeKat rocked the stage, singing birdsong melodies over Danny K’s infectious, Latin-inspired rhythms in songs like Radar and Paradise.

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The first half of the set saw GRRL PAL do their take on the SBTRKT’s hit, Wildfire, which loosened up and energised the thus far reluctant crowd. With a strong focus on rhythm, founded on stripped-back harmonic structures that were rich in electronic samples and growling bass lines, the group channelled their fervent energy into the crowd, not just through performance, but through their unabashed dancing and stage presence. Finally, the rambunctious Gang of Youths made it onto the stage. The long-haired Dave Le’aupepe jumped and gyrated onstage, being the main proprietor of the band’s antics during their opening song Restraint & Release. The group quickly moved into their ballads with Knuckles White Dry. Le’aupepe hushing down the crowd to narrate the story of his ex-partner’s battle with cancer – an inspiration for much of his work in The Positions. There was a feeling on the night of Le’aupepe trying to recreate the classic rock concert, too rarely seen nowadays. Clad in a leather jacket, trying to narrate the night for the crowd while feeding off their energy and leaping into the crowd during the night’s peak, all the revivalist elements were there. One of the clear revelations of the night was how unprepared Gang Of Youths are for their newfound fame. Le’aupepe is still in the shock stage of his success and the stumbles of naivety are still commonplace within the band’s performance. It was chaotic, imperfect and occasionally irresponsible, but painstakingly honest. Hell, if the performance is anything to go by, the band aren’t even sick of their hits Magnolias and Radioface yet. Evidently, the training wheels have barely been removed. SHAUN THOMAS COWE

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POSTMODERN JUKEBOX The Astor Theatre Friday, September 11, 2015 In last week’s X-Press Magazine, Postmodern Jukebox band-leader Scott Bradlee promised that his live show would be entertainment in the style of the classic music hall or variety show. For the first time in a while, Perth was treated to a leader that delivered on his promises. He even managed to stay band leader for the entire show. The show was hosted by the ‘immaculately’ dressed Mykal Kilgore, just one of five singers PMJ had brought to Australia for the tour, the others being the ‘naughty’ chanteuse Ariana Savalas, the devastating Maiya Sykes, baby-doll voiced Haley Reinhart and the surprising soul stylings of blonde will-o-the-wisp Morgan James. PMJ is all about the mash up of style and content, and for the most part, Friday night’s performance was a faithful rendition for the internet faithful, clearly happy to be logging some IRL time with these great musicians. A particular highlight for many was the inclusion of tap-dancer Sarah Reich, who got off to a great start with her own percussion solo taking in Salt’n’Pepa, the Sugarhill Gang and 19th century composer Edvard Grieg. It was that sort of night. In between renditions of crowd favourites such as Creep [Radiohead] and a soaring rendition of Take Me To Church feat. Morgan James, Scott Bradlee took a little solo time to explain how his improvised mash-ups were the result of blowing of steam as a piano man playing in restaurants to crowds of eight. He then called for suggestions from the audience, resulting in a completely improvised mash-

up of Suicide Is Painless [Theme from M*A*S*H], Bohemian Rhapsody, Man Eater, Can You Feel The Love Tonight and the early works of respected 21st century composer, Rihanna. It was that sort of night. For a band that specialises in turning ‘that song you hate’ into your new favourite track of all time, the full PMJ experience translates very well into a 90-plus minute variety show, with plenty of time for stage banter – including Ariana Savalas channelling Mae West – instrumental solos that seemed to seamlessly blend musicianship, self-aware humour and sheer entertainment. Still, a personal favourite came near the end with Maiya Sykes motown-fused rendition of Such Great Heights – a song that is almost always brilliant in any format, but never so jump-up-andboogie joyous as interpreted by PMJ – and even moreso live. Covering Tay-Tay’s Shake It Off, the PMJ band managed to make it a perfectly stagemanaged exposition of each performer’s talent, bringing the house down in time to create that always-surprising demand for an encore. Kilgore and Sykes teamed up to destroy Katy Perry’s Roar, before another all-hands-ondeck cover of All About That (Upright) Bass… the eventual substitution of Karen Morgan for the amazing recorded vocalist/performer Kate Davis raising an eyebrow or two around the room. P M J h ave p ro m i s e d to re t u r n i n 2 0 1 6 . P ro m i s e s , p ro m i s e s , p ro m i s e s . PMJ – the party you can trust. SABIAN WILDE

The Smith Street Band are an odd beast. Redoubting themselves somewhere in the no man’s land between folk rock and punk, the band owe their popularity to strong songwriting and simple melodies played with an iconic, abrasive conviction. SHAUN COWE chats to drummer, Chris Cowburn, ahead of their show at Metropolis Fremantle on Friday, September 18, supported by Lucy Wilson. Having just returned from finishing their European tour with a show at Leeds Festival in the UK, The Smith Street Band returned to be the headline act for the Poison City Weekender. Drummer, Chris Cowburn, sees the band owing a lot of loyalty to the Poison City Records label and is quick to pump up their merits. “Andy Hayden (owner/founder) and Poison City is just perfect for us,” he says. “Just the way he operates things and the attitude he has to music he releases. While it’s a small operation, it’s perfect for us. “We certainly did have offers with other Australian labels. That was quite a while ago now, before the second album. And there was a time where we did think we did want to go to a bigger label. Then I guess we just woke up to ourselves and were like this is the perfect situation for us.” Of course, Poison City are probably quite happy with their clients too. The Smith Street Band’s EP Wipe That Shit Eating Grin Off Your Punchable Face was seen as the encapsulation of alternative Australia’s angst with the current government - and now ex-Prime Minister - and

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made music headlines around the nation. Their newest single however, I Scare Myself Sometimes, featuring Lucy Wilson, has a decidedly more introspective tone. “I guess when you look at a lot of our back catalogue and a lot of the music Wil (Wagner) writes, it’s very introspective, it’s very inward. I suppose the Tony Abbott song - while Wil often touches on political themes quite often in his lyrics the way we released that and went about it, I guess the decision of putting his face on the cover and making it a benefit single, that’s a pretty outwards way of releasing something. “I would call I Scare Myself Sometimes, while the actual audio and the style of the music itself is stripped back, it’s back to Wil’s style of songwriting. With anything we release, there’s no conscious decision to release it in that way. The song gets written, it wasn’t a conscious decision to write a political song and it wasn’t a conscious decision to write a duet. They were just the songs Wil thought were better.” While Wagner’s ballsy vocals are easily identifiable in I Scare Myself Sometimes, even fans would have a hard time considering it a punk tune. When asked about whether the band considered itself punk, Cowburn was fairly ambivalent about the nomenclature. “It’s such a broad and ambiguous term these days. I guess if you want to think of it in the sense of a punk band being The Clash or Ramones or even someone like Billy Brag. You know, punk in the honest way, in the sense that you’re right and you’re not going to harm other people, you stand up for what you believe in and you’re not afraid to say it. Then yes, I would call us a punk band,” he says. “But in terms of musical style, punk is such a difficult style to capture these days. All these genres as a whole in music are a bit irrelevant these days. There’s so many blended styles and bands. It becomes its own Frankenstein thing.” The Smith Street Band

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TOURS THIS FORTNIGHT THE RUBENS 16 Prince of Wales 17 Settlers Tavern 18 Astor Theatre THE WAIFS 16 Queens Park Theatre 17 Carnarvon Civic Centre 20 Roebuck Bay Hotel THE SMITH STREET BAND 18 Metropolis Fremantle TUMBLEWEED 18 Rosemount Hotel SAFIA 19 & 21 Amplifier 20 Mojos ROTTOFEST 2015 ft. ART VS SCIENCE, JACKIE ONASSIS, COIN BANKS, LILT & more 19 Rottnest Island TKAY MAIDZA 19 Capitol AS IT IS 22 YMCA HQ XAVIER RUDD & THE UNITED NATIONS 23 Goldfields Arts Centre 24 Esperance Civic Centre 25 Albany Entertainment Centre 26 Belvoir Amphitheatre 27 Three Oceans Winery, Margaret River SLEEPING WITH SIRENS 24 Astor Theatre THE TEN SOPRANOS 25 Astor Theatre CELTIC WOMAN 25 Perth Arena BAHAMAS 25 Mojos 26 Wave Rock Weekender BRITISH INDIA 26 Capitol LISTEN OUT 2015 ft. CHILDISH GAMBINO, JOEY BADA$$, ALISON WONDERLAND, ODESZA, HAYDEN JAMES, CLIENT LIAISON & many more 27 Ozone Reserve SEBASTIAN BACH 27 Astor Theatre BEHEMOTH 29 Capitol SEPTEMBER 2015 JOAN BAEZ 30 Perth Concert Hall CODE ORANGE 30 Amplifier OCTOBER 2015 PENNYWISE with ANTIFLAG 1 Metropolis Fremantle TIGERLILY 1 HBF Stadium WIZ KHALIFA 2 Red Hill Auditorium THE SNOWDROPPERS 2 Prince of Wales 3 The Boston 4 Newport Hotel BURIED IN VERONA 3 Amplifier KISS 3 Perth Arena TONY MCALPINE 3 John Inverarity Music & Drama Centre NEEL KOLHATKAR 3 Astor Lounge MONTAIGNE 3 Jimmy’s Den 4 Mandurah Performing Arts Centre 28

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I KNOW LEOPARD 4 Margaret River Cultural Centre 8 Matt Dann Theatre & Cinema 10 Geraldton Foreshore SICK OF IT ALL 6 Amplifier JOHN MCLAUGHLIN 6 Perth Concert Hall ALEX LLOYD 9 Rosemount Hotel ROBBIE WILLIAMS 9 & 10 Perth Arena CONRAD SEWELL 10 & 11 Jimmy’s Den LIFEHOUSE 11 Metro City LEE KERNAGHAN 13 Albany Entertainment Centre 14 Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre 16 Queens Park Theatre 17 Regal Theatre THY ART IS MURDER 14 Amplifier GUY PEARCE & DARREN MIDDLETON 15 Art Bar 17 Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre LAURA MARLING 16 Astor Theatre MEGADETH 16 Red Hill Auditorium THE PAPER KITES 16 Amplifier BEN LEE 17 Astor Theatre RUFUS 17 Fremantle Arts Centre AIRLING 18 Aviary GLENN RICHARDS 18 Fremantle Arts Centre TESSERACT 18 Amplifier HELLOWEEN 20 Capitol SNOT 21 Amplifier EARTHLESS & ELDER 22 Rosemount Hotel TIJUANA CARTEL 22 Mojos 23 Clancy’s Dunsborough 24 Rosemount Hotel THE MURLOCS 23 Mojos ARJ BARKER 27 – 31 Regal Theatre AT THE GATES 28 Amplifier 10CC 28 Astor Theatre HOZIER 28 Belvoir Amphitheatre AT THE GATES 28 Amplifier SAN CISCO 29 ArtBar FLEETWOOD MAC with ANGUS & JULIA STONE 30 Domain Stadium SPACE BONG 30 Rosemount Hotel BAD//DREEMS 30 The Odd Fellow 31 Amplifier 31 Mojos ROCKWIZ LIVE! 31 Riverside Theatre THE RIPTIDE MOVEMENT 31 Astor Theatre NOVEMBER 2015 ANATHEMA 1 Rosemount Hotel SPACE BONG 1 Railway Hotel

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NORTHLANE 4 Metropolis Fremantle NAUGHTY BY NATURE 5 Astor Theatre FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 7 Perth Arena PETE MURRAY 7 Fremantle Arts Centre RUBBERBANDITS 7 Capitol MARLON WILLIAMS & THE YARRA BENDERS 7 Fly By Night PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY 7 Amplifier NICO & VINZ 9 Villa MARSHALL OKELL 10 Perth Blues Club 11 Indi Bar THE RUTS 12 Rosemount Hotel CW STONEKING 12 Settlers Tavern 13 Prince of Wales 14 Fremantle Arts Centre RUSSELL MORRIS 13 Charles Hotel TUKA 13 Amplifier 14 Mojos Bar COLD CHISEL with THE LIVING END 14 Perth Arena TAME IMPALA 14 & 15 Belvoir Amphitheatre THIRSTY MERC 14 Charles Hotel 14 Ravenswood Hotel NEIL DIAMOND 14 Sandalford Estate 16 Perth Arena STEPHEN FRY 17 & 18 Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre ODDISEE 20 Mojos Bar DEF LEPPARD with BABY ANIMALS & LIVE 21 Red Hill Auditorium THE BEACH BOYS 21 Kings Park THE GETAWAY PLAN 21 Mojos Bar NILE with UNEARTH, FEED HER TO THE SHARKS & WHORETOPSY 22 Capitol A DAY ON THE GREEN ft. JAMES REYNE, THE WHITLAMS, MARK SEYMOUR, DIESEL & MOVING PICTURES 22 Kings Park NERDLINGER 27 Amplifier 28 Camel Bar 29 Four5Nine Bar AC/DC 27 & 29 Domain Stadium UB40 28 Metropolis Fremantle SAM SMITH 28 Perth Arena STEREOSONIC ft. DIPLO, CLEAN BANDIT, ARMIN VAN BUUREN, MAJOR LAZER, PEKING DUK & more 29 Claremont Shwogrounds DECEMBER 2015 RUDIMENTAL 1 Metro City ED SHEERAN 2 NIB Stadium THE SCREAMING JETS 3 Prince of Wales 4 Settlers Tavern 5 Charles Hotel 6 Ravenswood Hotel CITIZEN KAY 5 Jack Rabbit Slim’s

CHRIS CORNELL 8 & 9 Perth Concert Hall TIM & ERIC 8 Astor Theatre YELAWOLF 11 Villa UNWRITTEN LAW with GRENADIERS 12 Capitol THE VANNS 12 Jack Rabbit Slim’s 12 White Star Hotel LUCINDA WILLIAMS with DAN SULTAN 13 Kings Park & Botanic Garden MISFITS 13 Rosemount Hotel THE AMITY AFFLICTION & A DAY TO REMEMBER 14 Perth Arena THE EXPLOITED 14 Capitol JANUARY 2016 ICEHOUSE 8 Castelli Estate, Denmark 10 Hotel Rottnest SOUTHBOUND ft. ALPINE, BIRDS OF TOKYO, BLOC PARTY. GARY CLARK JR., HILLTOP HOODS, JARRYD JAMES, SETH SENTRY, MEG MAC & more 8 – 10 Sir Stewart Bovell Park NIGHTWISH 15 Metropolis Fremantle WALK THE MOON 21 Astor Theatre THE 1975 23 HBF Stadium JAMES BAY 30 Fremantle Arts Centre BOY & BEAR 30 Red Hill Auditorium FEBRUARY 2016 NICK OFFERMAN & MEGAN MULLALLY 2 Astor Theatre SOILWORK 2 Rosemount Hotel KEVIN HART 3 Perth Arena SIMPLY RED 9 Kings Park & Botanic Garden WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE 11 Octagon Theatre, UWA FAT FREDDY’S DROP 13 Red Hill Auditorium 14 Clancy’s Dunsborough LANEWAY FESTIVAL 14 Esplanade Reserve, Fremantle MARCH 2016 DAWN FRENCH 1 & 2 Riverside Theatre APRIL 2016 BLACK SABBATH 15 Perth Arena THE STRANGLERS 23 Metropolis Fremantle MAY 2016 IRON MAIDEN 14 Perth Arena

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W E E K LY WEDNESDAY 16/09 AMBAR CACTUS WEDNESDAYS ASTOR LOUNGE Electroacoustic Music for One Percussionist ft. Louise Devenish Stuart James THE BIRD Nineties to Noughties Vol. 9 ft. Andrew Sinclair Aslan Bahasa Malay BRASS MONKEY Trump’d ft. DJ Grizzly DJ Lab Rat CHOO CHOO’S SMALL BAR Unamped Sessions CIVIC HOTEL Open Mic Night CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Songwriter’s Night ft. Simon Fasolo Darryn Foote CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Commander Cody’s Seaside Quiz CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Chet Leonard’s Bingoteque CLUB KAHUNA CHEEKburgers DEFECTORS BAR BLOW ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Jangoo Chapkhana Trio – The Sinatra Project Night Cap Sessions THE FLYING SCOTSMAN Sound Tracks HULA BULA BAR Island Nite INDI BAR Club Acoustica JIMMY’S DEN Edde (EP Launch) Kid Dingo METROPOLIS FREMANTLE NextGen MOJO’S BAR Sealamb Mitch McDonald Cunting Foxley Mai Cinq Puppet THE MOON CAFÉ Tunafish Jordan Zu MUSTANG BAR Wild Wednesday ft. Blue Gene DJ Giles NATIONAL HOTEL Comedy Night NEWPORT HOTEL Newport Wednesdays PRINCE OF WALES The Rubens Saskwatch Winterbourne RAFFLES HOTEL Raffles Wednesdays 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Bury The Heard Skygazer Just Numbers Cloak & Dagger ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Where the Wild Things Are ft. Fly the Flag East of Eden The Feds Occasional Symmetry ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) Student Night ft. DJ Anton Maz X-WRAY CAFÉ La Mezz Lite Mike Slade THURSDAY 17/09 AMPLIFIER Last Night — Sleepover Party ft. The Others Hidden World Apollo Zen ARCADE NIGHTCLUB Lowpitch THE BIRD Joni in the Moon Simone & Girlfunkle The Regular Hunters Leah Emily Grant BRASS MONKEY Open Deck Nights

CARNARVON CIVIC CENTRE The Waifs Sal Kimber DEFECTORS BAR Songwriters Club ft. Belle Harvey Steve Hensby Beau Torrance (Della Fern) Cyclone Tess DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Open Mic Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Fire Power Night Cap Sessions FIVE BAR NOLA Nights HULA BULA BAR Rhum Club INDI BAR Open Mic LLAMA BAR BUMP MALT SUPPER CLUB Playroom ft. Sassfras MOJO’S BAR Timothy Nelson Jacob Diamond Golden String Davey Craddock (solo) MUSTANG BAR Thumpin’ Thursday ft. Decoy James Mac NEWPORT HOTEL Record Club – Sex Pistols ft. The Flowers of Romance 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL The Volcanics The Devil in Miss Jones Cavalier ROSEMOUNT HOTEL The Durongs The Plastic Attraction Apollo Million Goodnight Moon SETTLERS TAVERN The Rubens Saskwatch SWALLOW BAR Peta Lee Almore James VELVET LOUNGE Doctopus Apples The Drools X-WRAY CAFÉ Same Old Song//No Shit Ones FRIDAY 18/09 AMBAR YUM CHA 1st Birthday AMPLIFIER Music Makers Club #1 ft. MOANA Angus Dawson The Drools A’tuin Oh White Mare I Love 80s & 90s ASTOR THEATRE The Rubens Saskwatch Winterbourne THE AVIARY DJ Samuel Spencer DJ Niel Viney NDorse BABUSHKA Intrusive Thoughts Tommy Hatchet Cause n Effect Ricky B. Soma THE BIRD Gunns Mei Saraswati Pool Boy CIVIC HOTEL Whoretopsy CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE DJ Boogie CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Diamond Dave & The Doodaddies CLUB KAHUNA GT Fridays ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Priscilla Gardner & Carl Mackey Hornography EVE Candy Fridays FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE Galloping Foxleys

THE GAME SPORTS BAR DJ Skoob DJ DaveWave Wot Evs GEISHA Foreign Exchange ft. Morkel Naz Lee Smith Blackheart Ben Franc GINGER NIGHTCLUB Mondo Fridays GOLD BAR Fox Fridays HERDSMAN TAVERN St James Sirens Shred Factory Reckless Gypsy Roundabout Midnight HULA BULA BAR Friday Frendzee INDI BAR Morgan Bain Beach Aunty JACK RABBIT SLIM’S Sable THE LIBRARY DORCIA LLAMA BAR Honey METROPOLIS FREMANTLE The Smith Street Band Andrew Jackson Jihad (USA) The Sidekicks (USA) The Sugarcanes MOJO’S BAR West Coast Garage ft. Doctopus HAMJAM Kitchen People moist oyster Baby Teeth MUSTANG BAR Adam Hall & the Velvet Playboys Flash Nat & the Action Men NEWPORT HOTEL Live Band Karaoke 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Grenadiers (SA) PUCK Flowermouth ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Tumbleweed (NSW) Datura4 The Secret Buttons SETTLERS TAVERN Dilip N The Davs SWAN LOUNGE Frigid Digits Kraill Three for a Niner VELVET LOUNGE RESONANCE X-WRAY CAFÉ Luke Dux Soulfister SATURDAY 19/09 AMANI BAR EMBASSY AMBAR Japan 4 AMPLIFIER SAFIA Boo Seeka THE AVIARY Zel Klean Kicks B Fix BABUSHKA Hootenanny Kitchen People Chief Richards THE BIRD Psychedelic Porn Crumpets (Single & Video Launch) Dougal’s Casino Mugwump CAPITOL Tkay Maidza Willow Beats Porsches LK McKay CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Al & Drac’s Funk Duo CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Music Rocks Australia Michael Triscari Ben Lawrence (The Durongs) Abbey Hayes (The Acetones) COCONUT CLUB Coconut Club CONNECTIONS GOLD THE COURT International Talk Like a Pirate Day ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Jodie Tes Hornography FLYRITE Father

THE VOLCANICS,SATURDAY 19 FRAYED Frayed GOLD BAR Pure Gold THE GOOD SHEPHERD Chocolate Jesus HULA BULA BAR Sailor Saturdays JACK RABBIT SLIM’S FOAM Black Stone from the Sun The Drools JIMMY’S DEN 13 Circles The Jackson Roses Kurt MANTL THE LIBRARY Twist ft. Unkempt Dance LLAMA BAR TILT METRO CITY Anjunabeats Black & White Party ft. ilan Bluestone Grum METROPOLIS FREMANTLE Metropolis Saturdays MOJO’S BAR David Craft Band Mudlark Huge Magnet Long Lost Brothers Sam Atkin THE MONASTERY Remixed MUSTANG BAR Shotdown from Sugartown DJ Holly Doll NEWPORT HOTEL Talk Like a Pirate Day PRINCE OF WALES Grenadiers (SA) RAILWAY HOTEL Disciples of Death ft. Suffer in Rot Enforce Sheol of Abbadon Thirty3 Victims Remission ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Syllabolix Optamus Dazastah Bitter Belief Emjay Mortar Rob Shaker ROTTNEST ISLAND ROTTOFEST 2015 ft. Art vs Science Coin Banks Jackie Onassis Lilt Our Man In Berlin Angus Dawson Dianas Jacob Diamond & DJs SETTLERS TAVERN Timothy Nelson SWALLOW BAR Nick Sheppard SWAN BASEMENT Slick & The Oilys Tommy Gunn SWAN LOUNGE Orquestra Yambeque VELVET LOUNGE The Volcanics Dirtwater Bloom The Caballeros VILLA HAYWYRE Far Too Loud YMCA HQ Tkay Maidza Willow Beats Porsches LK McKay SUNDAY 20/09 BRASS MONKEY Sunday Sessions CLANCY’S CITY BEACH The Limelights Jazz CLANCY’S DUNSBOROUGH Timothy Nelson Band CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Dr. Fish DEFECTORS BAR Open Sesame – Open Mic Night FLYRITE MVMNT HULA BULA BAR Tropical Sundaze INDI BAR Rasta Blasta ft. Manaaki Oz Island Conscious One MOJO’S BAR SAFIA Boo Seeka Owen Rabbit

THE MOON CAFÉ Spacemanantics Mum Lotion NORFOLK HOTEL Steamboat Sundays NORTH FREMANTLE BOWLING CLUB Open Mic ROEBUCK HOTEL The Waifs Sal Kimber 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Cream of the Crop ft. Mai Cinq Puppet Racoo Charles with The Moke Folk Delilah Rose The Beers Red Gate ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) Get Down ft. Aslan Klean Kicks Good Company DJs Sleepyhead Beni Chill Jo Lettenmaier Tim King SETTLERS TAVERN Sunday Session ft. Helen Townsend SWALLOW BAR Jessie Gordon Duo SWAN LOUNGE Simon Astley X-WRAY CAFÉ Waterborne MONDAY 21/09 AMPLIFIER SAFIA Boo Seeka BRASS MONKEY Monday Madness CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Scotty’s Quiz Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Song Lounge ft. Ricky Green Kirsten Smith Holly Norman Tani Walker THE FLYING SCOTSMAN Infinite Jest MOJO’S BAR Wide Open Mic ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Comedy Trivia TUESDAY 22/09 THE BIRD Richmond Street Records Label Launch 2015 ft. The Shallows Wabisabi 404 Soapy Cactus Bad Habit Occasional Symmetry BRASS MONKEY Acoustic Open Mic CLANCY’S CITY BEACH From the Sea CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Quiz Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Toby HERDSMAN LAKE TAVERN The One Thing Music Quiz MOJO’S BAR DJ/Rap Battle NATIONAL HOTEL Open Mic Night NEWPORT HOTEL Quiz Show PERTH BLUES CLUB Big Bang Betty & the H-Bombs The Vibrolators with Peta Lee ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Bex & Turin’s Open Mic Night TORCH BAR Quiz Meisters VILLA Big K.R.I.T Coin Banks Aslan X-WRAY CAFÉ Racoo Charles & the Moke Folk & guests YMCA HQ As It Is WEDNESDAY 23/09 AMBAR CACTUS WEDNESDAYS THE BIRD Rok Riley Henry Sims Henry Maxwell Lain Mikey P DJ UFO

DAY OF THE DEAD, FRIDAY 25 BRASS MONKEY Trump’d ft. DJ Grizzly DJ Lab Rat CHOO CHOO’S SMALL BAR Unamped Sessions ft. Jesse Witney CIVIC HOTEL Open Mic Night CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Songwriter’s Night ft. Ricky Morris Rob Walker CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Commander Cody’s Seaside Quiz CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Chet Leonard’s Bingoteque CLUB KAHUNA CHEEK ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Pretzel Logic Night Cap Sessions THE FLYING SCOTSMAN Sound Tracks HULA BULA BAR Island Nite INDI BAR Club Acoustica ft. Simon Astley JACK RABBIT SLIM’S Pilerats present Star Slinger Tina Says Leon Osborn METROPOLIS FREMANTLE NextGen MOJO’S BAR Pick ‘n Mix ft. Bowzer Destroyer of Worlds Monroe Music pool boy Royal Tee Rex THE MOON CAFÉ Bernardine Timothy Nelson MUSTANG BAR Wild Wednesday ft. Blue Gene DJ Giles NATIONAL HOTEL Comedy Night NEWPORT HOTEL Newport Wednesdays PRINCE OF WALES Eddie Ifft RAFFLES HOTEL Raffles Wednesdays RED HILL AUDITORIUM Parkway Drive Suicide Silence Memphis May Fire The World Alive 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Fine Court Villain Bliss In Berlin Iceage Sugar ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Rock ‘n Roll Karaoke with Famous Sharron ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) Student Night ft. Anton Maz X-WRAY CAFÉ Wu-Yong Wizard THURSDAY 24/09 AMPLIFIER Last Night — Panic At The Disco ‘A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out’ 10 Year Anniversary ft. Calm Collected Dropbears (Single Launch) Vice Versa The Moment We Fall ARCADE NIGHTCLUB Lowpitch ASTOR THEATRE Sleeping with Sirens Storm The Sky THE BIRD Beat Lounge 27 BRASS MONKEY Open Deck Nights DEFECTORS BAR Songwriters Club ft. Jesse Witney DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN Open Mic Night FIVE BAR NOLA Nights HULA BULA BAR Rhum Club INDI BAR Open Mic JACK RABBIT SLIM’S Stormzy (UK) LLAMA BAR BUMP

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MALT SUPPER CLUB Playroom ft. Bronwyn Sprogowski Group MOJO’S BAR The Southern River Band Piano Donkey MUSTANG BAR Thumpin’ Thursday ft. Decoy James Mac NEWPORT HOTEL Record Club – Queen ft. Steve Hensby Elysia Murphy Brendan Tompsett Nick Dudman PRINCE OF WALES Born Lion 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Tashi Hall Josie Crosby Belle Harvey The Little Lord Street Band ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Divorce Party Mayor Dadi Yaqui Yeti QITO SETTLERS TAVERN Katchafire SWALLOW BAR Ezra Lee VELVET LOUNGE Doctopus Verge Collection Pool Boy X-WRAY CAFÉ Ricky Ponting & the Gentleman’s XI FRIDAY 25/09 AMBAR The XL ft. AC Slater ASTOR THEATRE The 10 Sopranos THE AVIARY DJ Samuel Spencer NDorse CAPITOL CLIQUE — The New Era CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE DJ Boogie CLANCY’S FREMANTLE The Zydecats CLUB KAHUNA GT Fridays EVE Candy Fridays GINGER NIGHTCLUB Mondo Fridays GOLD BAR Fox Fridays HULA BULA BAR Friday Frendzee JACK RABBIT SLIM’S Loefah Chunky JIMMY’S DEN Born Lion THE LIBRARY SNEAKY LLAMA BAR Honey METROPOLIS FREMANTE CARTEL MOJO’S BAR Bahamas DD Dumbo Fraser A. Gorman MUSTANG BAR Adam Hall & the Velvet Playboys Flash Nat & the Action Men NEWPORT HOTEL Live Band Karaoke PERTH ARENA Celtic Woman PRINCE OF WALES Ocean Drive Blindspot Speedball Crash Rat RAILWAY HOTEL Darkenium Suffer in Rot Brutonomy BloodKlot Fetus Fertiliser RESPAWN Space Jam Party 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Day of the Dead & guests ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Dirac Sea Bamodi The Reptilians Holy Measure Wound Culture SETTLERS TAVERN Fingers Mitchell Cullen SWAN LOUNGE Jesse Witney

VILLA Father Villa Takeover — Ballers & Cheerleaders ft. Victor Niglio (USA) Alizzz DJ Butcher X-WRAY CAFÉ Dave Johnson & guests YMCA HQ Sweet Oblivion ft. Last Lions Puzzle High Rise Estate Said The People SATURDAY 26/09 AMANI BAR EMBASSY AMBAR Japan 4 — Challenger Ready? AMPLIFIER Katchafire NBA Rastaz DJ ILLICIT THE AVIARY Zel NDorse Ben Renna THE BIRD Erasers (Album Launch) Rabbit Island Mudlark Mr. Sinclair THE BOSTON Hotel Tokyo (Single Launch) The Filthy Apes Spilt Cities Ah Trees CAPITOL British India & special guests CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Al & Drac’s Funk Duo CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Reef & The Riff Raff Dougal’s Casino Great Snakes The Drools COCONUT CLUB Coconut Club CONNECTIONS PREDATOR GILKISONS DANCE STUDIO BASSMENT #15 ft. Bukez Finezt (GER) Dinolife Slylies Equation Fat Al Elayche Tom Kennedy Dobz Grimlok Blank China Bonez FRAYED Frayed GOLD BAR Pure Gold THE GOOD SHEPHERD Chocolate Jesus HERDSMAN TAVERN Joy Evelation Midnight Boulevard Scout & The Guitar Pit HULA BULA BAR Sailor Saturdays JACK RABBIT SLIM’S Little May Golden String Luke Dux (The Floors) THE LIBRARY Twist ft. Unkempt Dance LLAMA BAR TILT METROPOLIS FREMANTLE Metropolis Saturdays MOJO’S BAR Grace Barbe Afro-Kreol Soukouss Internationale THE MONASTERY Remixed MOONDYNE JOES Little Sister MUSTANG BAR Shotdown from Sugartown DJ Holly Doll Milhouse PERTH CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTRE Kevin Smith Jason Mewes 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL SPEEDBALL Castle Bravo Blindspot Suburban & Coke Hope Street ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Kiasmos Basic Mind Rachael Claudio Feakes/Gioia/ Myburgh/Reid Craig Hollywood Hugo Gerani

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459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Mitchell Jones (EP Launch) Sophomore Agamous Betty Tom Mantle Brent Jones ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Get Down ft. Aslan Klean Kicks Pawel Good Company DJs Sleepyhead Beni Chill Jo Lettenmaier Tim King SETTLERS TAVERN Sunday Session ft. Michelle Spriggs Trio SWALLOW BAR The Limelights Jazz Trio SWANBROOK WINERY Matt Waring VILLA Listen Out Perth Official After Party ft. Ryan Hewmsworth Lido X-WRAY CAFÉ Waterborne MONDAY 28/09 THE BIRD Stainspotting Exhibition Launch BRASS MONKEY Monday Madness CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Scotty’s Quiz Night THE FLYING SCOTSMAN Infinite Jest MOJO’S BAR Los Coronas Firebird Trio Steve Miller Band Day of the Dead ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Comedy Trivia TUESDAY 29/09 THE BIRD Barefaced Stories – Bragging Rights BRASS MONKEY Acoustic Open Mic CAPITOL Behemoth Watain Bolzer CLANCY’S CITY BEACH From the Sea CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Quiz Night HERDSMAN LAKE TAVERN The One Thing Music Quiz MOJO’S BAR Collections NATIONAL HOTEL Open Mic Night NEWPORT HOTEL Quiz Show PERTH BLUES CLUB John Read Band Ezra Lee Band Andrew Morgan ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Bex & Turin’s Open Mic Night TORCH BAR Quiz Meisters X-WRAY CAFÉ James Dolin Jason Snook Duncan Strachan YMCA HQ Trophy Eyes One Last Thing Lowlight Nautical Mile

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