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NICHOLAS ALLBROOK ANNOUNCES NEW SINGLE + TOUR Nicholas Allbrook has shared a taste of his latest solo work Advance via Spinning Top Records, available on Friday, March 11. Allbrook earned a devoted following with the release of his debut LP Ganough, Wallis And Fatuna. Since then he has appeared at Sydney’s At First Sight festival and accompanied revered indie outfit Unknown Mortal Orchestra on their sold-out Australian shows. Now the Perth talent is bringing an intimate live show to a range of venues across the country, with the WA show taking place Friday, April 1, at The Oddfellow in Fremantle. Nicholas Allbrook

ED KUEPPER ANNOUNCES NATIONAL TOUR Australian music legend Ed Kuepper has added Perth to his upcoming slate of tour dates. The Perth gig will take place Saturday, April 9, at the Fly By Night Club. The tour is in support of his latest solo/electric album release, Lost Cities. Kuepper says of the album, “When I was a kid I always processed recordings as a kind of singular whole, so when I started to play the guitar I wanted my playing to be the entire orchestra/band rather than just the guy strumming in the corner. A good example would be when I played Nights In Venice on the first Saints LP. Lost Cities continues that approach but also moves into the tonal opposite of what I started.’ For ticket info, check out flybynight.org. Ed Kuepper

LUKA BLOOM AUSTRALIAN TOUR

From April 21 to May 1, Cinema Paradiso will be showcasing a wealth of Spanish films, from comedies, to dramas, romances, and thrillers. Some of the films include: Spanish Affair 2, Isla Bonita, Truman, Sidetracked, Nothing In Return, Innocent Killers, and The Clan. For more information, head to spanishfilmfestival.com or lunapalace.com.au.

One of Ireland’s most well-respected musicians – with the heart of a poet and the soul of a rock star - Luka Bloom has produced twenty albums since the ‘70s and continues to push the boundaries. Luka returns to Australia for his 2016 tour, the WA leg of his tour will take place at the Fly By Night Musician’s Club in Perth on Tuesday-Wednesday, March 22-23. Luka’s live performance can be summed up in his own words - “Every gig is precious. Whether the Spa in Lisdoonvarna, or the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, the privilege is the same, as is the commitment to the gig.” Tickets available via flybynight.org.

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SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT

MT. HAWTHORN STREET AND LANEWAYS FESTIVAL The Mt. Hawthorn Streets And Laneways Festival will return on Sunday, May 1, after a successful debut last year. Thanks to major sponsor the City Of Vincent, the boutique village-style street festival will again take over the streets and laneways of Mt. Hawthorn from 11am – 7pm with food, live music, market stalls, entertainment stages, pop-up street bars, street food, roving performers, and family fun. “The locals of Mt. Hawthorn came together last year to put on an awesome street festival which gave a great taste of everything unique about this neighbourhood, and are looking forward to another great event on May 1,” says City of Vincent Mayor, John Carey. 4 6 8 10

Newsdesk Win Flesh Music Matt Corby, The 1975, Moxie New Noise

Culture Hub Cover: Triple 9 The Hitlist, Lifestyle, John Cleese The Lady In The Van, Miles Ahead Feature: What’s On Feature: ETC

Scene Cover: Cold War Kids Local News, Boombox Cartel Live: Sufjan Stevens, Natalie Prass, Iveyi

X-Press Guide

THE ANGELS ANNOUNCE TOUR

Having just wrapped up a great run at the Laneway Festival, Violent Soho have announced a tour in May in support of their latest album, WACO. The acclaimed rockers hit Metro City on Friday, May 20. Book via oztix.com.au.

Iconic Australian rockers The Angels are bringing the best of rock ‘n’ roll for their national tour. The WA leg of their tour will be taking place at the Charles Hotel in Perth on Saturday, July 30. The Angels, formed in 1974, have been notching up milestones in recent years, with the release of their latest in 2014 Talk The Talk which garnered them a new generation of fans, which coincided with their 40th anniversary sold-out tour around Australia and slaying with an incredibly successful European tour the following year. For tickets, hit up oztix.com.au.

Violent Soho

The Angels

VIOLENT SOHO ANNOUNCE WACO TOUR

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Front Cover: Matt Corby releases his debut LP, Telluric on Monday, March 11, and will perform on Thursday, May 5, at the Riverside Theatre. Scene Cover: Cold War Kids hit Metro City on Sunday, March 20.

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FREEHELD Based on an inspiring true story, Freeheld stars Julianne Moore and Ellen Page as a couple who, in their darkest hour, take on the biggest fight of their lives. When long-serving police detective Laurel Hester (Moore) is diagnosed with cancer, she must battle against discrimination in order to leave her pension to her partner, Stacie Andree (Page). Featuring powerful, intimate performances, Freeheld is a moving love story and a stirring tribute to Laurel and Stacie’s heartfelt quest for justice and equality. Available to own on Digital March 4, and on DVD March 16, we have five copies to give away.

Continuing to spread the message of the late, great Bob Marley, The Wailers are performing at the Astor Theatre on Monday, March 21. We have two double passes to give away.

TONIGHT ALIVE

A BIGGER SPLASH The vacation of a famous rock star and a filmmaker is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter. A Bigger Splash stars Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts and Tilda Swinton. We have five double passes to give away.

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL Once again a fantastic sampler of contemporary French cinema comes our way courtesy of Luna Palace Cinemas and Alliance Francaise. Titles this year include A Perfect Man, Love At First Child, Marguerite, Mon Roi, First Growth, Taj Mahal, Un Plus Une and Valley Of Love. Also, for the first time the festival will be screening the first two episodes of some of France’s most popular television shows, including Baron Noir, Un Village Francais, The Bureau and Call My Agent!. It runs at Cinema Paradiso, Windsor Cinema and Luna on SX from Wednesday, March 16, until Thursday, April 7. We have five double passes to give away.

A Perfect Man

KINGDOM: SEASON 2 The second season of the compelling MMA drama starring Frank Grillo and Nick Jonas. It’s available on DVD and Digital on March 16. We have five DVD copies to give

THE RUNNER On March 16 Defiant Screen Entertainment will release The Runner on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital. Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage delivers a powerful performance in this political thriller. Set amid the aftermath of the devastating 2010 BP oil spill, Cage plays an idealistic, yet flawed, congressman who is forced to confront his demons after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal. We have five DVD copies to give away. 6

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Tonight Alive released their highly anticipated forthcoming album Limitless, on Friday, March 4, through Sony Music. Limitless was recorded and mixed at The House Of Loud in New Jersey and produced by the renowned David Bendeth (Paramore, Bring Me The Horizon, Breaking Benjamin), and is the follow up to their 2013 album The Other Side, which debuted at #5 on the ARIA Albums Chart. We have five copies to give away.

JEFF BUCKLEY On Friday March 11, Columbia/Legacy Recordings/Sony Music will release You And I, the very first studio recordings made by Jeff Buckley for Columbia Records. These 10 tracks (most of them cut in Steve Addabbo’s Shelter Island Sound studio in February, 1993) have gone virtually unheard for more than two decades. We have five copies to give away. PRINT & DIGITAL EDITIONS Publisher/Manager Joe Cipriani EDITORIAL - 9213 2888 MANAGING EDITOR Bob Gordon: editor@xpressmag.com.au GIG & EVENT GUIDES CO-ORDINATOR guide@xpressmag.com.au COMPETITIONS win@xpressmag.com.au For band gigs & launches: plugyourgig@xpressmag.com.au ADVERTISING - 9213 2888 LIFESTYLE STRATEGY MANAGER – AGENCY / DIRECT Jennifer Groves: advertising@xpressmag.com.au ENTERTAINMENT STRATEGY MANAGER ENTERTAINMENT / VENUES / LIVE AND DANCE MUSIC PROMOTERS / RECORD LABELS Zac Nichols: entertainment@xpressmag.com.au CLASSIFIEDS LINAGE classifieds@xpressmag.com.au PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT - 9213 2854 ART & CONTENT COORDINATOR Anthony Jackson: art@xpressmag.com.au DESIGN & PRODUCTION Anthony Jackson, Andy Quilty PRINTING Rural Press Printing Mandurah DISTRIBUTION - 9213 2853: distribution@xpressmag.com.au ADMIN / ACCOUNTS - 9213 2888 Lillian Buckley: accounts@xpressmag.com.au EDITORIAL DEADLINES General: Friday 5pm, Eye4 Arts: Thursday 10am, WIN: Friday 5pm, Salt Clubs: Monday 5pm , Local Scene: Monday Noon, Gig Guide: Monday 5pm ADVERTISING DEADLINES Cancellations: Monday 5pm, Ads to be set: Monday Noon Supplied Bookings / Copy: Tuesday 12 Noon, Classifieds: Monday 4pm Published by: Columbia Press Pty.Ltd. A.C.N. 066 570 803 Registered by Australia Post. Publication No PP600110.00006 Suite 55/102 Railway Street, City West Business Centre, West Perth, WA 6005 Locked Bag 31, West Perth, WA 6872 Phone: (08) 9213 2888 Fax: (08) 9213 2882 Website: http://www.xpressmag.com.au WARRANTY AND INDEMNITY Advertisers and/or their agents by lodging an advertisment shall indemnify the publisher, and its agents, against all liability claims or proceedings whatsoever arising from the publication. Advertisers and/or their representatives indemnify the publisher in relation to defamation, slander, breach of copyright, infringement of trademarks of name of publication titles, unfair competition or trade practices, royalties or violation of rights or privacy and warrant that the material complies with revelant laws and regulations and that its publication will not give rise to any rights against or liabilities in the publisher, its servants or agents. Any material supplied to X-Press is at the contributor’s risk.

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DAVEY CRADDOCK

DANIEL CHAMPAGNE Road Warrior Now based in Nashville, Daniel Champagne performs at Mojos on Wednesday, March 9; Settlers Tavern, Margaret River, on Thursday, March 10; York’s Palace Hotel on Friday, March 11, and the Prince of Wales, Bunbury, on Saturday, March 12. It sounds as though there was never a chance that you would do anything other than play music. Can you recall the very first time you picked up a guitar and the feelings you felt for it? I’m not sure when I picked it up but my first memory of anything was watching my Dad’s band rehearse when I was about four. He was up the front singing and playing the guitar and I thought it looked like the most powerful point in the room and I always wondered what that would feel like. By 18 you hit those long and dusty roads. How important was doing this in terms of becoming the artist and performer you are today? It was vital. I started out playing in

the corner of rural pubs all around Australia surrounded by TV screens showing the footy. Nobody was there to watch me so I had to learn to make them listen. Which meant really performing and connecting to convince them that this was something worth the attention. I probably played a thousand of those shows and that’s not exaggerating - so now any theatre or festival stage feels pretty Daniel Champagne safe. What was it like moving to Nashville and carving your own presence there? Nashville is an incredible scene. And the prospect of moving there was both exiting and a little intimidating. Everyone knows that America can be tough for Australian musicians but I really do believe in what I’m doing here and I’m lucky to have some amazing people working around me that feel the same. I never thought I would be living in Nashville and touring so much all over North America, but it’s something I’m very thankful for.

musical styles on the album, the songs are all about very local, Australian things. Americana can be a useful umbrella to bunch together Davey Craddock launches his like-minded fans or musicians, but as an debut album, City West, at Rada Australian songwriter the word is kind of Studios on Saturday, March problematic.” 12, with support from Timothy The songs on City West are very Nelson. BOB GORDON reports. much Craddock’s friends, many having travelled with him through solo gigs, Where better to interview Davey Craddock demos, band shows and various versions about his debut album, City West, than the and recordings. Their evolution is at the cultural hub of City West itself? very fabric of what Craddock - who will “Was this deliberate?” Craddock tour nationally this year in both solo and laughs. “That’s quite funny. It’s a good shtick.” band guises - and his outfit The Spectacles Camped amongst prams and represent. schoolkids visiting Scitech, however, it should “The earliest song, Rolling River, is a be pointed out that the title has a meaning song from 2004,” he notes. “I didn’t want to beyond being a mere homage to Harvey put it on the album at all, but Todd (Pickett, Norman... original drummer) really likes that song and “They actually paid for the whole he actually covers it in his solo sets. He album,” Craddock jokes. “Can you include a almost insisted on including it. Luke (Dux, logo? guitar) really likes playing that song, he does “No, what it is, is that I wanted to this really weird gypsy-sounding guitar solo somehow evoke Perth and Western Australia,” on it. So that’s why it’s on there. he offers. “I thought about it a lot, both “Other songs, like Girls Light Fires, musically and the themes of the album, are that was written with the band in mind. I

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about the country colliding with the city. In terms of the music, I’m not from America, obviously, but a lot of the sounds are very American and country, blues, New Orleans, soul - it’s very American as a sonic palette. “Theme-wise, I grew up in regional WA (Bunbury). It started being written when I moved here, a couple of the songs are very old. So it really is about the collision of the city and the country. Craddock says his arrival in Perth “wasn’t a violent collision, just an awkwardness. It wasn’t like City Slickers. “But also a lot of those songs were written at the start of the boom in Perth. I wanted to evoke Perth somehow and I really didn’t want people to read that and think of it as a country album. I don’t think of it as a country music, so I really like the word ‘city’ being there. It’s a nice middle ground, being kind of a country-sounding album and an urban, cosmopolitan-sounding album. I just like the words.” One word that Craddock is not so comfortable with is the use of the catch-all ‘Americana’ to describe his music. “I’m a little uneasy about the word ‘Americana’ because, while it’s useful to describe some of the actual sounds and 8

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never could have written that song four years ago because I didn’t have Luke Dux in the band, or Mo Wilson (keys). It’s like, I know I have this palette, and these sounds to deal with, so now I can write that song.” For a solo guy getting a band around and behind him, Craddock could never have once imagined the calibre and community assembled within The Spectacles. All band members literally love The Band, and echo that group’s lively call-and-responseto-action as they drive through the songs onstage. “That’s been such a blessing. Todd recorded the album, but he’s no longer playing with us so Bryn Stanford (Mathas, Mei Saraswati) is, and he’s a fantastic drummer as well. It’s always been about friends, not design. I’ve been so lucky to have all the pieces fall together like that.”

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MATT CORBY Starting Over For Australian solo artist, Matt Corby, the prospect of a debut album was a far-away vision that is now finally ready to come to life with the release of Telluric on Monday, March 11. Corby speaks with AARON BRYANS about trials, errors and avoiding clichés ahead of his performance on Thursday, May 5, at the Riverside Theatre. With two ARIA songs of the year to his name, Sydney-born solo artist Matt Corby has made a name for himself through five slick and captivating EPs; however the creating of his debut album, Telluric, has been nothing short of a mission. “For a long time I didn’t really know what to do,” Corby reveals. “You get caught up in your own head a little bit too much sometimes if you wait a bit too long between drinks, which I definitely have. The last thing I released was a while ago. I’ve definitely felt nervous about it.” For Corby, the failure of his first attempt at recording a full LP was in his mind the result of a greater outside influence shifting him from the music he wanted to generate. As a result, his second crack at a long-player revolved largely around his friend

THE 1975 Horses For Courses

and producer Mocky, who kept Corby focused on a sound he would be happy with. “There were too many cooks,” Corby recalls of his first album attempt. “I fell into it without choosing to do it and I got almost through to the end and was like ‘what am I doing, what am I writing?’ I was just doing it because I had to. When I heard it at the end I didn’t think it was very good. It was a no-brainer not to release it. It wasn’t me or the music that I like; so I went back to the drawing board to start again. “Mocky was the guy that I always wanted to do it with. I think my record label, they didn’t see his value as much as I did, he was pushing me to do something more credible. Mocky’s a pretty real dude and he’s an amazing character, he’s got a brain on him and I love the guy. I think he’s really good for people that are struggling to figure out what to do. He’s good for the mental tools to do what you should as well. He’s a real inspiring character.”

Despite writing a large majority of every layer within Telluric, Corby says the process was an enjoyable one that continued to surprise and entertain him during its twoyear development.

and fun and sex to songs about post-natal depression and death, d’you know what I mean? It’s horses for courses depending on how I feel on the day.”

“Rhythm and syncopation transcends any kind of stylistic elements. An infectious groove can exist within traditional funk music, pop music, modern hip hop — I

Despite the myriad of genres the quartet has tapped into, Healy maintains that rhythm has always been a “paramount” focus and this has always helped their fans connect with their music.

think the relatability of it comes from the music itself. “I think we represent a generation with iPods that are so full of different things, and because we have this idea of

“It’s kind of fun. Sometimes you hear this thing in your head and you get 20 minutes down the road and it’s different to

The 1975 are well aware that the title of their new album, I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It, might be a little bit creepy. UPPY CHATTERJEE reports. “It is quite creepy!” frontman for The 1975, Matt Healy, laughs. “It wasn’t not supposed to be creepy! “I like the fact that it’s pretentious and creepy at the same time because I don’t think there’s enough pretentious and creepy album titles out there. I think the sentiment of that statement doesn’t represent the album very well, but then again, I don’t think anything could represent this album very well. It’s ridiculously emo, it’s ridiculously over-romantic and sentimental... a bit like me.” Healy is quiet, self-reflective and well-spoken, having woken up in London to assess the damage his eight-week old bull mastiff puppy Allen may have inflicted on the house overnight. Boasting a melting pot of genres and instruments (funk, gospel, brooding electronica, a theremin, cowbells, acoustic guitar, you name it), Healy says it’s difficult to pinpoint a highlight nor a consistent theme on their new album, I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It. “It’s such a dynamic record, it’s really difficult to pick,” he says, his voice curling into a yawn. Finally succumbing to the early morning blues, he continues, “y’know, because it goes from songs about frivolity 10

what you had in mind. It’s a really fun exercise you never get what you want out of it, which I think is beautiful because you surprise yourself in what you create. You need to be patient with yourself and not get too upset if things sound shit. “It’s easy to rattle off a couple of clichés, talk about time and how it wastes away or some bullshit, which is fine, that’s been said a million times and there is some deep thought in that; but if you take you cues from the people who are doing well they’re all talking about things as honestly and philosophically as they can, which is probably what people need now.”

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creating the way that we consume. I think that kids understand our references because they consume music the same way that we create it.” Anyone that has attended the Manchester-bred band’s show can testify that Healy is an uncontrollable force on stage, tossing his unruly curls about as a saxophonist pours out a sleazy solo. Then when you get past the screaming of a thousand girls, one will note Healy has taken to donning the brightest make-up he can find. Healy has a refreshing attitude on it. “I mean, make-up is merely an accessory for an outfit. I wince at the idea of people thinking that I think that if I go out wearing make-up I’m being, like, controversial or y’know, people like saying stuff about gender roles. I mean, it’s wearing make-up in 2016... I just like makeup sometimes! Sometimes I like looking like a girl, sometimes I like looking like a boy, that’s kind of it,” he finishes. The band made waves late last year when overnight, their socials disappeared off the face of the internet. Most had a panic attack, thinking the band had called it quits, others wondered if the band had been hacked. The 1975 just enjoy the chase, though. “I’ve always believed in the idea that desirability is far more potent than obtaining something. Once you’ve got something, you’ve got it. I like the idea of taking things away as opposed to putting things there, so we just removed everything so people started talking about the fact that we weren’t there instead of that something new was there.

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NEW NOISE

LORETTA LYNN

JEFF BUCKLEY

Full Circle Sony

You And I Sony

Loretta Lynn returns to her roots to reinterpret some of her previous hits with the help of John Carter Cash at Cash Cabin Studio. As if to drive the point home, Lynn starts things off with the first song she ever wrote, Whispering Sea, showing a voice as sharp as ever. Lynn also delves into some country standards. Traditional favourite, In The Pines, is given way more twang than The Triffids mustered all those years ago, and sings of a land further away than the Somerville Auditorium. Always On My Mind is handed an extra helping of ache as Lynn slows things down to give the song plenty of room to breathe. Full Circle doesn’t break any new ground for Lynn, but it does show why she is one of the greats.

Next year it will be 20 years since the vastly talented Jeff Buckley left this world at the age of 30. There have been regular posthumous releases of rarities, live shows and outtakes but the focus of You And I is on Buckley the interpreter. Included are covers of Led Zeppelin, The Smiths, Bob Dylan and Sly Stone in his inimitable emotive and ethereal style, plus an unreleased original in Dream Of You And I, which came to him in a dream. It’s only a fragment of a song with interspersed commentary from Buckley yet it gives an interesting insight into his writing process. Though essentially for the completists, this is still a compelling reminder of the singer’s prodigious vocal abilities.

HUSSY HICKS

THE 1975

Lucky Joe’s Wine & Other Tales From Dog River Foghorn

I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It Sony Music

Hussy Hicks are a folk outfit with a penchant for quirky tunes. Like The Waifs, Julz Parker and Leesa Gentz cross a few genres from their country roots to a swamp-like blues style. If anything they are unpredictable in their approach. Flying sets up the album with an emotive lyric that perfectly suits the drawn-out vocal style of Gentz and Parker. The raw edge of their approach is best read on That Old Heartache, which sees both of them harmonising and creating a dramatic emotional sense of outpouring. All ‘round it’s a short but well achieved album.

Manchester’s The 1975 have had success with their upbeat songs about youthful sex, love and fear where they balance their message around bouncy melodies. They’ve previously stated that they are influenced by both Talking Heads and Michael Jackson, and continue this tradition with their mix of guitars and synth pop. There are more samples present and a leaning towards the funky on The Sound and UGH!, but it is the ballad, Change Of Heart, that is their finest evolution. That first glimpse of brash excitement has given way to a more polished and measured performance, but there is still plenty to like about I Like It When You Sleep...

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MOXIE The Lads From Limerick Fans of Irish music will be excited to learn that Moxie will be touring Australia for the first time. Ahead of their gig at the Fly By Night Club on Friday, March 25, TIM MAYNE speaks to guitarist and founding member, Ted Kelly. Moxie guitarist, Ted Kelly, is one of two talented brothers who have teamed up with three other Irish musicians to form a band that is quickly gaining a lot of attention, particularly in the UK and Europe. Since forming Moxie in 2011, the band’s star has risen quickly, making sure the five-member group have been kept busy in the past couple of years. Moxie was the brainchild of brothers Ted and Jos Kelly, who later met drummer Paddy Hazelton through school when the three formed a school band. “The three of us won prestigious school competitions when we were in a band called Spree and following that Jos, myself and Paddy went to college to study music,” Kelly says. “We formed a Celtic funk band but our underlying rhythm was funk and jazz. We toured that band for about two-and-a-half-years before we decided to form Moxie with the two lads from Limerick we met at the summer school festival in Country Clare.” 12

After forming Moxie, the band released a four-track EP in 2012, and then released the vaunted Planted album in 2014. Kelly says the band’s main focus at the moment is on its live performances with plans to record in the future, but he insists that when it comes to studio time the band is concentrating on quality, not quantity.

“When we played in the States we had a huge reaction - we were asked back - but at the moment we are working on material and we probably have enough for four or five albums. “We want to do an album the right way, we won’t be pushed into recording. We are not planning on

“Particularly in Ireland we have a really good following and when we play a show in Dublin or one of the big cities we generally sell out.

releasing anything until we are ready - we plan to release new material after the summer, it will probably be a couple of tracks - singles.

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Kelly says when it comes to describing the unique sound Moxie produces it can be difficult. Sure, it is Irish, but the music is also a blend of many influences. “It’s always quite difficult to explain because it is very original and has an Irish backbone but it has world influences such as jazz. “I don’t like to name genres because I don’t feel genres do that much to fuse music - at the moment music is such a force in the world especially with multiculturalism and the media and technology has helped that explode. “What we are doing is promoting Irish culture and we do it to a world beat, with an Irish flavour, but it has a serious world beat and has quite a good spicing to it.”

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TRIPLE 9

Wide Open Roads

in the week, Affleck attended the LA Actor, Casey Affleck, chats premiere of his latest film, Triple 9. “It was with BRYGET CHRISFIELD about the John Hillcoat-directed Triple 9. nice to see everybody again,” he enthuses. As soon as this scribe greets Casey Affleck, he can’t resist the urge to practice his Australian accent: “Alright, mate. How’s it gaarn?” When told we hope he won’t be cast as an Aussie any time soon, he laughs his head off and says, “Uh-oh!” Earlier

When asked how he found the experience of watching the film for the very first time, Affleck reveals, “I don’t like to watch the movies all the time, because it’s better just to remember the old experience — not have it tainted by whatever feelings you’re going to have watching the film. Do you know what I mean?”

According to Affleck, Triple 9 has been in his life for “about six years”. “I read the script, met with John (Hillcoat, director) and then he went off and did another movie (Lawless). And then came back to Triple 9,” he recalls. Before filming, Hillcoat distributed a book of visual references, essentially collating all the research over the years into a neat package. Affleck admits he found this reference book “very helpful. It gives

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you a sort of sense of, ‘Oh, this is what the world’s gonna look like in the film’. And, you know, the world never looks exactly as it does; so even the grittiest, most naturalistic things are flattened, put into a rectangle and you’re only seeing a very small piece of what’s around.” Continued on page 18...

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MISSY MOOS GOURMET BURGER BAR With two locations - Mt Hawthorn and Fremantle - you can get a burger fix no matter what side of the river you’re on. Every burger on the menu is $10 on Tuesday evenings, too.

NETFLIX THIS Everyone knows the big names like Orange Is the New Black, House Of Cards and Making A Murderer, but what else is hidden in the hub? A few random choices that turn out to be a terrible mistake (cough, Shadowhunters) can make anyone wary of spinning the Netflix roulette wheel. But don’t worry: we’ve got your back. Love a gritty, quality procedural sure to haunt you? Best bets are probably River (Stellan Skarsgård ftw) and Broadchurch (yes it’s the guy from Dr. Who). Kooky, sure-to-be-cult films that might have slipped past include Kung Fury and John Dies At The End. Netflix offers

SKIN Pick-Me-Ups Did the recent run of heatwaves and humidity mess with your face and body complexion? Sweating, epic beach time, and days spent in air-conditioning can all dry out skin. Adding a newbie product or even a classic fave to the beauty stash might help.

NO MAFIA Southern Italian cuisine complimented by an excellent wine selection make this Northbridge restaurant worth your time.

SIDE DOOR BBQ American-style barbecue continues its seemingly unstoppable rise to dining prominence with the opening of this new Beaufort Street joint.

CHILLI ORANGE Modern Asian fusion in the Angove St precinct. 16

For after-sun care, Jurlique’s After Sun Replenishing Moisturising Lotion helps nourish an overcooked complexion. On the daily moisturising front, the really, really ridiculously good-looking will enjoy Kiehls’ limited edition Zoolander skincare sets, available for both women (The Ridiculously Youthful Collection Zoolander Ultra Facial Cream Limited Edition Set) and men (The “Blue Kiehl” Men’s Collection Zoolander Facial Fuel Limited Edition Set). The box even has a shot of Derek Zoolander on the cover, for those who want

POTUS FEVER Whether it’s #imwithher or #feelthebern, the US of A’s election process has enthralled Australia. US election fever has spread across the country - and the social media of Aussies - like wildfire: Facebook newsfeed brims with Trump memes and heated Hillary vs. Bernie arguments. On Twitter it’s links to breakdowns of the latest #DemDebate and retweets of hilarious political commentary. Closely following the electing of a new POTUS has become normal. And while who ends up leading America is a huge deal, this doesn’t explain why I can outline the concept of Super Delegates to the person behind me at the supermarket checkout. Possibly too much West Wing as a child (or “The Walking Show” as my mum calls it)? Or too much House Of Cards as an adult?

a lot of movies, in every genre and multiple languages – too many to mention. Why not consider a classic, like Cinema Paradiso, or Metropolis? For the musically inclined, Artifact the tale of 30 Seconds To Mars’ legal battle with EMI - will instil a fear of contracts. Grateful Dead fans, or even just appreciators, can enjoy The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip Of Bob Weir. In a man vs. myth vein, the miniseries Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All is a trip (of a different kind). Other miniseries standouts are The Heavy Water War (think WWII, nuclear bomb, and water sabotage) and BBC’s North & South (social commentary slash romance slash industrial revolution). On the hunt for a series? Narcos and Bloodline are on my to-watch list; people keep praising them. Continuum is a cleverly written sci-fi outing, while spooksters might dig American Horror Story. Animation-wise, if you’ve never caught Archer,

here is your chance. Rooster Teeth’s gaming parody Red Vs. Blue is also cool. Anime newbies might like The Philip K. Dick-esque dystopia of Psycho-Pass. For thought-provoking presentations, search TED. (Maybe start with TEDTalks: Head Games?) Speaking of speaking (ha!) Netflix is a stand-up comedy goldmine with dozens of performances to choose from, depending on your sense of humour. Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive and Chelsea Peretti: One Of The Greats come to mind - but to each their own! In terms of teen-marketed television, Japanese production, Good Morning Call, is sweet-as, but still on a week-to weekepisode release. At the other end of the spectrum is Pretty Little Liars, with murder and melodrama - not to mention interesting gender subtext.

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JOHN CLEESE

VISUAL ARTS

Breaking Glass

things will go wrong in this kind of show - and that’s what the audience seems to want. They don’t want a beautiful John Cleese talks to MARK performance presented to them in a glass NEILSEN about breaking case anymore, they want some kind of the glass case of beautiful authenticity. And if you break up or forget performances alongside Eric Idle the words or something, they seem to like ahead of their appearances at the it even better than if you get it right.” Riverside Theatre on WednesdaySuch a statement echoes an incident that occurred to Cleese during Thursday, March 9-10. Monty Python’s reunion shows in 2014. Annoyed that he’d stuffed up a line in a During his time at Cambridge University in the early ‘60s, John Cleese came across sketch, he confided this to Eddie Izzard, many similarly talented people in the field whom he bumped into backstage. “John, they’ve seen you do these sketches of comedy. right many times. It’s more special for There was his soon to be main them when you get them wrong,” Cleese writing partner, Graham Chapman, as well as future Goodies Tim Brooke-Taylor, recalled of the incident in his book. “He was quite right,” Cleese Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. Cleese states now. “It’s all very different from also recalls in his autobiography So, what I was aiming at in the late ‘60s. Very Anyway… about first meeting another different. And it’s more enjoyable. And person at the Pembroke College Smokers Eric and I say we wouldn’t want to play - shows that were a mix of stand up John Cleese

Titanic The Exhibition: Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre Titanic The Exhibition, which tells the most recognisable story of maritime accomplishment and disaster, arrives for the first time ever in Australia at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre. Originally here for a limited engagement, the run has been extended until March 20. The story of Titanic’s first and final voyage is told through dramatic room re-creations and 100-year-old artefacts. Tickets from ticketek.com.au. PICA Jan-July Program Perth Institute Of Contemporary Arts (PICA) has released its guide for the next six months up to July. Exhibitions, performances, resident artists and education dominate the scene, providing a landscape for wide community to enjoy, including pieces such as Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg’s The Secret Garden, the always massive Revelation Film Festival, PVI Collective’s blackmarket, and more. For the full program, head to pica.org.au. 2016 Stations Of The Cross Art Exhibition Wesley Uniting Church in the City, one of Perth’s oldest and most iconic churches, is once again presenting the Stations Of the Cross Art Exhibition this Easter. Fifteen Western Australian visual artists have been invited to participate in this year’s event which will feature newly created artworks, specially commissioned for the show. The artists have each been challenged to draw on their own personal understanding of the meaning of Easter and share their thoughts and ideas in a newly created artwork. The exhibition is open daily from 9am to 5pm and runs from Saturday, March 19, to Monday March 28. Entry is free.

THEATRE/DANCE/ PERFORMANCE

comedy and sketches. “I was also introduced to Eric Idle, who proved to be extremely funny and who treated me with remarkable respect. Well, I was four years older…” And so began a relationship that has lasted 53 years, with a new show Cleese and Idle are performing called Together At Last… For The Very First Time. The show, which they first did together in America at the end of last year, mixes scripted material and improvisation with storytelling, musical numbers, footage and an audience Q&A. And all this will make each show completely different, meaning the audience is seeing it for the very first… oh, you guessed? Cleese describes this stage show he’s doing with Idle as “the most enjoyable stage thing I’ve done. Because he and I get on very well together and it’s very loose and I don’t have the usual feelings I’ve got to turn in a perfect performance, which can put pressure on you. I accept there’s going to be a few things happening, some

two-and-a-half thousand on our own. The two of us together, we get some weird confidence and we just go out. There are moments on stage where we don’t know what’s going to happen next, which is kind of fun, because we’ve been there now. We don’t tighten up. “You get a moment now and you’re not sure what’s happening next and instead of panicking, it’s like, ‘Well, something will crop up in a moment’. So that’s fun, I like doing that.”

John Cleese And Eric Idle - Together Again At Last... For The Very First Time: Riverside Theatre Monty Python founding members John Cleese and Eric Idle will be bringing their brand new stage show to eager Australian audiences in 2016, and that includes Perth. Featuring scripted skits, improv, storytelling, musical numbers, exclusive footage and audience Q&As, with no two shows being the same. The Britcom elders hit the Riverside Theatre on Wednesday, March 9, book via ticketek. com.au. Tommy Tiernan - Out Of The Whirlwind: Riverside Theatre Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan has announced his Out Of The Whirlwind tour, coming to Australia in April. Tiernan rounds out the visit at Riverside Theatre on Monday, April 25. The satirist remains as edgy, seductively malevolent, and breathlessly funny as his debut in 1992, being praised for bringing “his vision to life with empathic comic power.” For more details, check out tommytiernan.com. Danny Bhoy: Perth Concert Hall Fringe World veteran Danny Bhoy is back in the country through March and April, touring his new show Please Untick This Box. His unique brand of storytelling and sharp wit has seen him perform tours of record-breaking shows for well over

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10 years, and he’ll be bringing his best to Perth Concert Hall from March 13-15. Grab your tickets from ticketmaster.com.au. Mary Black - The Last Call: Astor Theatre Irish folk singer Mary Black has announced her next Australian tour will be her last. The tour will begin at the Astor Theatre on Sunday, March 6, 2016. Black has remained a prolific artist for over 25 years, with 11 of her studio albums becoming platinum hits. She’s shared the stage with some of the most revered performers of all time, and has been credited for an ever growing global appreciation for Irish music. . For more information, check out: theticketgroup.com.au

Microbe & Gasoline, screening at the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival

FESTIVALS Fairbridge Festival A stellar lineup was announced last week for the upcoming Fairbridge Festival - leading the list of names, which span across folk, country, Americana and world music include Things Of Stone & Wood, Neil Murray, Bullhorn, Tinpan Orange, Los Kumbia Killers, and Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin. The event takes place over three days from April 15-17, with early bird tickets available until February 19 from Moshtix. For more info, head to fairbridgefestival.com.au. Fremantle Street Arts Festival The Fremantle Street Arts Festival returns in full force for the 2016 Easter Long Weekend - Saturday, March 26, to Monday, March 28. Performers from around the globe will invade the streets, spreading across Market Street, South Terrace, High Street, Esplanade Reserve, Fremantle Prison and Victoria Quay, turning them into stages to amuse, astound and amaze. The festival will showcase the world of busking, street theatre, comedy, circus, cabaret and lots more. Get involved in the action and witness first class acts right on your doorstep. Best of all, the whole thing’s free. Alliance Francaise French Film Festival:Luna Palace Cinemas Once again a fantastic sampler of contemporary French cinema comes our way courtesy of Luna Palace Cinemas and Alliance Francaise. Titles this year include A Perfect Man, Love At First Child, Marguerite, Mon Roi, First Growth, Taj Mahal, Un Plus Une and Valley Of Love. Also, for the first time the festival will be screening the first two episodes of some of France’s most popular television shows, including Baron Noir, Un Village Francais, The Bureau and Call My Agent!. It runs at Cinema Tommy Tiernan Paradiso, Windsor Cinema and Luna on SX from Wednesday, March 16 Thursday, April 7, 2016. For full details, go to lunapalace.com.au.

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He’s got a lot of films, plus a TV series, coming out this year so we ask if Affleck could please list these in order. He This book Hillcoat supplied also illuminated makes a noise like a malfunctioning drainage certain themes that Affleck could tell “were system while he thinks and then concludes, really interesting to John,” specifically “the “It was Triple 9, The Finest Hours, Manchester kind of militarisation of the culture. I knew By The Sea and then Lewis And Clark.” On that was something he was after ‘cause whether it’s hard to schedule juggling so there were a lot of pictures of that kinda stuff - tanks going through streets, you know, many projects at once, Affleck chuckles, “I wish there were downtown areas of Casey Affleck and Teresa Palmer in Triple 9 that many, but American cities and usually when people things like that.” ask if I’m available Triple the answer is, 9 boasts an ‘I’m wiiiiiide open’.” extraordinary Now that he’s ensemble cast a dad, we wonder including Chiwetel whether Affleck Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, chooses his roles Anthony Mackie, more carefully. The Woody Harrelson and actor tries out his Aaron Paul to name Aussie accent again, a few. It’s pretty “Yeeeeah, mate... exciting to imagine I had kids.” He’s them all hanging a funny bastard, out together waiting alright, but we to be called to the remind Affleck set, but Affleck that we now have his pitiful attempts at an enlightens, “By and large the only people Australian accent recorded to dictaphone. So I saw were Mackie and Woody and Teresa who knows where it’ll end up?! “Oh, nooooo!” Palmer.” So just the people who were in his he laughs before returning to his normal actual scenes then? “Yeah, pretty much. I speaking voice and actually answering the mean, I saw Chiwetel a bit; he liked to hang question. “It really, really has... I’ve become out at college bars, which is weird.” much more aware of the choices I make and We wonder whether this may have what they contribute to the world that my been because more fans would come up and kids are in.” say ‘hi’ in such establishments, but Affleck counters, “I don’t think so. I think he just thought that it was an amusing - I don’t know why.” Cheap drinks, perhaps? “Yeah, he’s got some money,” Affleck chuckles.

MILES AHEAD The Man With The Horn Directed by Don Cheadle Starring Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi For his directorial debut Don Cheadle sets himself the ambitious task of presenting a rather different take on the life of jazz legend Miles Davis. It is the late ‘70s and Miles Davis (Cheadle) has fallen to his own success. Now a musical recluse with a drug habit and a failed marriage, Davis finds himself bothered by a Rolling Stone reporter (Ewan McGregor) in search of a story. As Davis’ recalls his past, the present threatens to embroil them in drugs, violence, and crime. Miles Ahead is a strange meshing of genres, slapping together the biopic with what is extensively a nod to the blaxploitation films of the ‘70s. It is a quirky and somewhat enjoyable combination, but the film really works its best when it is in the more traditional realm of biography. The streets of 1979 New York lurch towards parody, even if it does show the later life of Davis. Instead his past looms larger, with Cheadle using his music as a gateway back in time. Here it links the jazz, the man and history in an almost effortless way. A few riffs gives gives the audience more insight into Miles and his ex-wife Frances’ (Emayatzy

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Corinealdi ) relationship than the framing story ever does. Although the framing device is entertaining in its own right, it does make you wonder what could have been achieved with a more straightforward approach. It seems appropriate that music is the high point for the film. Granting a comprehensive retrospective of Davis’ work Miles Ahead is littered with jazz classics, using it to its advantage. Editing to the rhythm, the film finds a natural flow and expressiveness, complimenting the soundtrack. When sound and vision are in harmony, Miles Ahead is a transcendent experience. Cheadle as the softly spoken jazz great dominates here with screen presence. He carries himself with swagger, but allows the regret and the self doubt to peek through. By comparison McGregor is almost cartoonish as the Rolling Stone reporter. The resulting pairing often plays like a buddy cop comedy, but in its quiet moments allows for some genuine reflection on life and music. Miles Ahead certainly obeys Davis’ tenent of ‘come with some attitude’. The result is quirky, different and entertaining. An ambitious effort that fails to fully capture the life of the man, but it is hard to imagine what, beyond his music, could. DAVID O’CONNELL

Miles Ahead screens at UWA’s Somerville Auditorium until Sunday, March 13, and ECU’s Joondalup Pines from Tuesday, March 15, to Sunday, March 20, as part of the Perth International Arts Festival’s Lotterywest Festival Films season.

THE LADY IN THE VAN

downtrodden, self reflective, and dryly comical as we have come to expect from the man. This of course plays against Maggie Smith’s Queen of shabby chic. A Study In Yellow Despite her situation Smith’s Directed by Nicholas Hytner Miss Shepard Starring Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim is one with an Broadbent almost regal air about her, quite Director Nicholas Hytner seems to have a very personal relationship with Alan Bennett’s at odds with her impoverished work, with The Lady In The Van marking his station. As such third collaboration with the writer (starting Miss Shepard often commands a situation, with The Madness Of King George in 1994). allowing her irascible nature to work for her. Writer Alan Bennett (Alex Jennings) She is full of character and humour, despite is fascinated by a local transient in Camden being of often sharp and vile temper, and town. As the van of Miss Shepard (Maggie having a long litany of odious smells that Smith), splutters into Bennett’s newly she is known by. Smith has honed the role in acquired neighbourhood of Gloucester multiple portrayals of the character on radio Crescent, he finds himself offering his and stage, and it pays handsomely here. driveway as a parking space. Little did he The result is an intriguing character realise that this temporary arrangement with study that says as much and more about the an irascible old woman would last for 15 author as it does about the central subject. It years, or form the basis of his first novel. also says a little about the changing nature of Perhaps the single best decision this England at the time; the rise of social services, film makes is to split the character of Alan the gentrification of London suburbs (filmed Bennett into two respective voices. By dividing at the actual Gloucester Crescent address), him into a personal voice and an authorial the growing acceptance of homosexuality. All voice it creates the opportunity for a narrative adds character to this delightfully told tale. beyond that of the disembodied narrator. It An easy book to judge by the also highlights the struggle between the writer cover, but it does give you just a little more and the character, allowing for a discourse than expected. into the craft, as well as an examination of the DAVID O’CONNELL psyche of the writer. As a theatrical device it is something that could come across as twee, but Alex Jennings manages to sell the two performances. His version of Bennett is as

THE RUBENS hit92.9 World Famous Rooftop Friday, March 4, 2016

The Rubens played a bunch of favourites including Hoops, Hold Me Back and My Gun. They’ll be back in Perth when their national Hold Me Back Tour hits Metro City on Saturday, June 18. The gig was the second World Famous Rooftop installment by hit92.9 for 2016. Photography by William Buck

Over 1500 punters rocked up to see The Rubens play on hit92.9’s World Famous Rooftop last Friday night. The event, held at Embargo Bar, Elizabeth Quay, was filled with fans wanting an up close and intimate look at the Australian rockers. The crowd even taking part in singing Happy Birthday in unison to keyboardist, Elliot Margin.

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SEVENDUST Flawless Victory Grammy nominated metal band Sevendust return to play Capitol on Sunday, 13 April, for their first Australian tour in six years. SHANE PINNEGAR catches up with dreadlocked singer Lajon ‘LJ’ Witherspoon. There’s no disguising Witherspoon’s excitement at the prospect of getting back down under. “We cannot wait,” he enthuses, “it’s been too long. We cannot wait to get there and rock out with everyone. I count the days, man.” Make no mistake, though – this will be far from a holiday for the band, who narrowly missed out on a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for their track Thank You on February 15. Sevendust play seven shows in nine nights, and there’s a fair amount of travel on the schedule in that time. I ask LJ how he maintains his body and voice in good shape over such a gruelling schedule. “I pray every day to the Lord and thank him, and you know, I rest,” he declares. “I believe in a lot of rest, staying healthy. That’s what we try to do. Keeping healthy and hitting the gym. I’m 43 years old now, so we got to try to stay in shape.” With their tenth album Kill The Flaw striking all the right notes with fan and critics alike, LJ is admirably humble with the place Sevendust are in right now. “I tell you what, it’s been incredible.

We didn’t know what to expect but we knew when we took off a year and did the whole acoustic thing [culminating in 2014’s Time Travellers & Bonfires album] that once we got back in the studio we were ready to hit it hard and give it our all. The feeling we had, we knew something good was going to happen but we didn’t know exactly what was going to happen. The reception has been great, and like I said, we just can’t wait. Before all the other good things, like the Grammy nomination and all that stuff came about, what we were excited about was getting back to New Zealand and coming to Australia. It was one of the most important things to us, to build that relationship up, brother.” LJ says this tour will be Sevendust at their loud ‘n’ proud heavy best, but they might yet surprise audiences with some quieter moments. “With that being said, being able

to come to New Zealand and Australia, we might be able to bring something [acoustic] out because that’s something that you guys

in and be the band that we are. To sit down and look at each other and say, ‘what have you got today?’, and just start playing. That’s what it was like. It was like that every day from 12 noon until 12 midnight, Monday through Sunday. We only take off Saturdays. When we get to work it’s like a big beehive, and that’s how we like to get down.” Having played with his bandmates for more than twenty years (apart from a few years where guitarist Clint Lowery took time out). Are they still as tight as brothers as they were when they started? “I think we’re even closer as brothers now, man. Yeah, we said that one day we would have our kids on stage and have our families on our tour bus, and we have that now. It’s been great, man. We’re closer - we’re actually closer. As older men, we have a lot in common as we’ve grown up together. It’s incredible.”

have not ever seen from us. Who knows if we might bring an acoustic guitar out and do a couple songs from Black Out The Sun.” LJ goes on to explain that there was no science to making the latest album – in fact, little forward planning at all. “Actually what we did was we went in the studio and we just wanted to go in without any music at all. We wanted to go

JIMMY BARNES

settle on doing the same thing over and over, for his 2014 album 30-30 Hindsight he reinterpreted many of his older hits as duets with the likes of The Living End and Baby Animals, Steven Van Zandt, Joe Bonamassa, John Farnham and Tina Turner. It seems he is constantly looking for new ways to present Soul Survivor himself and his music. “Well, you know, it’s not boredom,” he SHANE PINNEGAR has a chat to says with a chuckle. “The thing is, I know there the undisputed king of Australian are a lot of acts out there who get out, and they classic rock n’ roll frontmen sort of begrudgingly play their hits and they Jimmy Barnes in advance of rearrange them. If I’m going to play the songs, his show on Rottnest Island on I want them to sound as good and as like the Sunday, March 13, and finds that record as possible. I don’t try to change them around too much.” instead of sliding slowly into Barnes plays Rottnest with former retirement as many of his age do (he turns 60 in April), he is busier Noiseworks singer and old mate Jon Stevens in support, and fans can expect them to get up than ever. and have a bash together during the show. “Yeah, Jon and I are good ole mates,” Speaking down the line from Bangkok, where he says, “I think there’s a good chance of that: he performed a for the Hands Across The Water we do every time we get together. I love singing Charity Fundraiser after a family holiday in with John, he’s fantastic.” Japan, Barnesy reveals he knows Rottnest well. In addition to the 30-30 Hindsight “Yeah, I have visited - I’ve never played album, Barnes also released the Cold Chisel there,” he says. “I’ve been there fishing and album The Perfect Crime last year, and toured swimming and hanging out in trees, running as both a solo act and with Chisel. Does he around chasing quokkas and all that sort of envisage a time when he’ll slow down or – God stuff. It’s very beautiful. I haven’t played there, so I’m really looking forward to doing the show forbid – retire? “I don’t think so,” says Barnes. “In there.” the last 12 months I’ve made two records. I’ve Barnes says his set lists nowadays got a soul record that’s coming out this year, in mostly consist of the songs everyone wants to July or something like that, which I made last hear, but he tries to mix it up. year. I made the Cold Chisel record. I wrote “You don’t want it to be too sort of, seven or eight kid’s books that are going to get ‘one – two - three - the end,’ and everybody just knows what’s coming. It’s good to challenge published. I’ve written a memoir that’s coming out. I’ve done three or four major tours. I don’t people a bit and challenge the band, and see it slowing down - I enjoy work, if the work challenge yourself a bit. But it’s essentially is good. If I can pick it out and I’ll do interesting the greatest hits tour, and the songs choose things and bring new things to the audience themselves.” and broaden my horizons, then I’m going to be Barnes is no stranger to challenging as busy as ever.” himself and his audience. Never content to 20

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BEYOND SKATE

DUX NUTS QUIZZES

After almost 15 years in the business, skate shop Beyond Skate is undergoing a process of transformation, becoming not just a retail space but WA’s premiere skate culture hub. The basement of the chain’s flagship North Perth store, located on Charles Street, is being turned into the largest indoor skate park in the state. The space will accommodate skating clinics, demonstrations and competitions, as well as facilities for film screenings and live music. There will also be a modern gallery space, intended to showcase both established and emerging artists. For more info, head to beyondskate.com.au

ARALUEN’S FREMANTLE CHILLI FESTIVAL ATHENA MUSIC FESTIVAL Curtin Student Union is organising Australia’s first female-centric music festival. Taking place at Curtin University Bentley’s South Edinburgh Oval on Friday, March 11, Athena Music Festival features performances from Asta, Tired Lion, Nicole Millar, Abbe May, Mosquito Coast, Bad Ezzy and more. A dollar from every ticket sold goes to the Patricia Giles Centre, which offers emergency accommodation and counselling to women and children affected by domestic violence. Tickets are $20 plus booking fee for university students, $35 plus booking fee for the general public, via Ticketbooth.com.

Fremantle’s Esplanade Reserve once again plays host to the hottest event on the foodie calendar! Get down on Saturday, March 12, and Sunday, March 13, to sample culinary delights from over 100 exhibitors, plus local talent on three stages. Tickets are $20 on the gate, with under 18s free when accompanied by an adult.

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Quiz masters Dux Nuts are expanding, with two new regular nights now added to their calendar. Test your brainpower and win great prizes at Fremantle’s Bar Orient every Tuesday and Mt Lawley’s The Flying Scotsman every Thursday, both nights kicking off at 7pm. entry is free.

SHAKESPEARE AND CHEKHOV IN WAAPA PERFORMANCE CALENDAR Shakespeare’s Roman tragedy Coriolanus and Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters are among the works being brought to life by WAAPA Acting students this year, thanks to generous support from the Minderoo Foundation. Noted English actor and director Michael Jenn will be ushering Coriolanus into existence, while theatre maker Bagryana Popov, no stranger to Chekhov, is directing Three Sisters. Both plays run at Edith Cowan University Mount Lawley from Friday, March 11, until Thursday, March 17. Book via waapa.ecu.edu. au or the WAAPA Box Office on (08) 9370 6895. WAAPA

JOONDALUP FESTIVAL

ROMANCE WAS BORN AT 2016 URBAN COUTURE The City Of Joondalup has named cutting edge fashion house Romance Was Born as the program ambassador for Urban Couture 2016. For the past six years Urban Couture has reigned as a fashion program that promotes and inspires the Western Australian fashion industry, drawing designers, photographers artists and entrepreneurs to the north. Running at various locations throughout Joondalup from Saturday, February 20, until Sunday, March 20, Urban Couture will feature work by emerging artists and designers currently studying at Central TAFE, Curtin University, Edith Cowan University and Polytechnic West, and culminates in the Emerging And Graduate Capsule Runway Showcase, which features work from such brilliant young fashion designers as Base By Ben and students Courtnet Makins, Lauren Willems, Elle Campbell, Rose Church, Rebecca Grime, Shannon Malone and Tamara Loo. For more information, go to joondalup.wa.gov.au.

Joondalup’s biggest cultural event takes over the City Centre on Saturday, March 19, and Sunday, March 20 for a huge weekend of family fun. This year the action is spread across three performance spaces - The Commonwealth Cube, The Great Place and The Gold Digger - with the theme being the Suessian “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” Acts and events include the Australian debut by international marionette comapny Di Filippo Marionette, The Community Choral Project performing The Beatle’s A Hard Day’s Night, The Twilight Lantern Parade and more, all punctuated by a 7pm fireworks display on Sunday. For full details, go to joondalup.wa.gov.au

Urban Couture - photo by Daniel Boud

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CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Career Change Sounds Good

Rosie Antonas

The thought of abandoning one career for a completely fresh start in another is a daunting prospect. Conversely, not taking the chance to pursue your passion is can lead to nagging regret. Rosie Antonas is one of an increasing number of people who are choosing to re-skill and make the big change. Rosie came to Central Institute of Technology in 2014 and has since completed a Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Sound Production. This has already led to work on a number of high profile events as she starts to make a name for herself in her new career. Previously, Rosie had worked for a community newspaper, but soon realised journalism wasn’t for her. After careful consideration, she decided on a career change into the world of sound production. She chose to study at Central, partly because of its blend of theoretical and practical learning, and partly because of the opportunities to gain work experience. “I enjoyed studying at Central because I could learn from people still active in the music industry and use their industry

“Everyone was really encouraging and supportive with the path I wanted to take, and they helped make it possible”, she said. Since completing her studies, Rosie has gone on to work on several high profile WA events. Earlier this year, Rosie managed the Noodle Palace’s Bok Choy Ballroom for the 2016 Perth Fringe Festival. This included orchestrating the sound and light for all 84 shows at the venue, over the duration of the festival. Last year, she prepared the sound and lighting for the Aboriginal event Desert

Feet - a West Australian based music project, using the arts to create educational and musical opportunities in remote communities. Rosie’s involvement included recording, mixing and mastering the anthem Bombers Flying High, in the Desert Feet Truck Studio in Warralong for the Western Desert football League. For those, like Rosie, thinking of changing their tune to a new career, retraining may be just what you need.

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links to work with different people outside of CIT on a voluntary basis, to gain more experience before graduating”, Rosie said. Central is experienced in transitioning people into new careers; it has the industry links and support structures in place to ensure that those changing career can do so smoothly. Rosie found her lecturers knew exactly how to get the best out of her so she could reach her potential.

The City Of Perth International Student Party is on once again on Saturday, March 12, from 11am to 3pm in the Perth Cultural Centre. It’s day of fun and entertainment where current and incoming international students can gather together to check out information on Perth’s lifestyle and attractions. Deputy Lord Mayor James Limnios will acknowledge the contribution international student continue to make International to our city, and exhibitors Student include City Of Perth, Party Aussie Wanderer, Curtin University, Surfing WA, WA Police, Student Uni Travel, Urban Indigenous, CIT and UWA. Plus there’ll be live performances from Boys Boys Boys!, Grace Barbe, The Brow, Afrotronic, Tropical Funk Crew and the CCC Lion Dancers. For more info, hit up studyperth.com.au.

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COLD WAR KIDS Spontaneous Combustion Nathan Willett of Cold War Kids chats to KATE KINGSMILL about the opportunities popularity affords them and wanting to become one of those ‘big rock bands’. They perform at Metro City on Sunday, March 20. After nearly 12 years, five albums and incessant gigging, Cold War Kids had their first big hit in the

US last year when the track, First, went to #1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. It has made them feel like a brand new band says lead singer, guitarist and head songwriter, Nathan Willett. “I don’t think I ever knew that that kind of thing happened, that success can make people… that you’re a different band, but it’s true. It’s weird. It’s been great, it’s been amazing.” The Cold War Kids have, for a long time, struggled with a perception problem. Adored by

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bloggers and micro-analysed by earnest indie media, they always worked hard and had a great live reputation. But Willett said he’s not sure people know what to do with the Cold War Kids. “We’re not like, a musically super-complicated, complex band. But I do think that it’s hard for people to characterise us, they don’t quite know where to put us.” Continued on page 26...

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inspired to spend more time working on ideas before he brings them to the table. “I think great songs can come many For the last 10 years they have lurked in ways and I think you can lean on spontaneity a world somewhere between small-time and hoping that kind of combustion just indie-rock and arena big hitters. The success happens. of First seems to have tipped the scale But I love that craft side of it, and though, and for Willett, it’s an exciting taking time to find those great melodies and position to be in. “Of course, I would love great chords and just those great words that to be elevated to that stage of the big rock are still surprising to me. So that’s my job, is band, like The Black Keys or Arctic Monkeys, My Morning Jacket, these bands that just have to kind of dig a little more than ever before. “The Pitchforks of the world, they a legacy of, like, a great live band with lots can only report so much on another band of hits and with a lot of records and a million fans. Of course that’s what I want, you know?” Admitting ambition is a strange new thing for Willett, who is anti the Kurt Cobain school of thought: “the idea of just being totally sceptical about success and fame, and very kind of dark and angry look at the system and success on any big scale.” To Cold War Kids him, having success with First, “You get to kind of go, ‘Oh, from Brooklyn that’s put a record out on a you know, this could be a platform to do more label that no one’s ever heard of at this point. with it’… to surprise ourselves and to surprise Because like, they’re realising, oh, our fans and to make great music.” people need a narrative that is more, just Willett’s new drive has changed his bigger, and not afraid to be ambitious.” approach. He says early Cold War Kids relied on the raw, spontaneous energy of getting together, trusting that something would explode out of it. But Willett has been

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just the scene but the music and the artists which was refreshing to see. If you could fault any part of this

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Since blowing up in 2015 Boombox Cartel can be described vaguely as a sombrero-sporting monster that has continued to spit straight fire with collaborations from the likes of NGHTMRE, Jackal and Bro Safari. To say that Perth bass-fiends were looking forward to their return would also be a large understatement. Working real hard down in the sweatshop on Saturday night were the Mexican bred Trap/ Electro/Dubstep duo that, from the get-go, were running a wild fiesta! Opening with a remix of It’s Strange by Louis The Child ft. K.Flay was a surprisingly kind and gentle introduction but quickly after shook down the house as party-goers latched onto the booth and waved their clammy little claws in the air. The club was heaving, the artists were sweating one song in and there were heavy wubs for days. The duo worked seamlessly through some crowd favourites – Jack Ü’s 7/11, Skrillex & Zomboys Ragga Bomb and NGHTMRE’s Street but brought in totally unexpected pizzazz and spice by adding a little a bit of mariachi here and a little bit Latin-American there. Congregated in the lounge area danced a little tag team of rinsers matching their two-step with the beat and provided something of entertainment, while the less usual crowd showed a heavy interest in not WWW. XP RE SS MAG.COM. AU

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set it would have to be its never-ending energy, just when you thought it was a great opportunity for a toilet break or some fresh air, they laid down even more alien sounds and loud noises that made you pause for a second and rhetorically ask yourself ‘whaaaaaaat?’ They treated us with a few new tracks and made us beg just a little before they blew the speakers up. For their last track they started with an almost painstaking piano solo that gratefully brought in B2U and had the whole club singing along. For the encore they snuck in their most recent track Dancing With Fire that wrapped it up on an ultimate high. By the end of the set, the boys had thrown everything from hip hop to traditional Mexican to some heavy dub wubs and it had us believing in the famous Old El Paso proverb, ‘Why don’t we have both?’ Music shouldn’t be restricted or synonymous but rather explored and boundaries pushed and Boombox Cartel are the masters of this. MIA CAMPBELL-FOULKES

YOUNG ROBIN SEVER THE TETHER Having spent a chunk of time polishing their live chops, Perth indie rock quintet Young robin are finally ready to give their debut EP, Tether, to a waiting world. Catch them at Jimmy’s Den on Friday, March 18, where they’ll be joined by Oakland, Great Gable and Iceage Sugar in support. Limited EPs will be on hand for $10 a pop and t-shirts for $25. Doors open at 8pm, tickets are $10 on the door.

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The quite wonderfully named Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have been hunkered down in the studio putting the finishing touches on their new album, High Visceral (Part 1), and we finally get an earful on Saturday, March 19, when they hit the stage at The Bird, preceded by erstwhile fellow travellers Moistoyster and The Drools. Entry is $10 on the door from 8pm. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

THE DEVIL’S DUE It’s been a long time coming, but In On Under Near Water, the fourth album from dirty country supergroup The Kill Devil Hills, is nearly upon us. In point of fact, it’s being launched at Fremantle’s Fly By Night Musician’s Club on Friday, February 18, with support from Rachael Dease (+ band). Doors open at 8pm, tickets are $28.50 via flybynight.org, $33.50 on the door. The Kill Devil Hills

AH, MUSIC Ah Trees have a single they’d like you to hear, and they’re launching it at The Bird on Thursday, March 17. Chippy is being ushered into this world by dutiful midwives Shy Panther, Segue Safari and Leopard Lake, who are making their live debut. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $5. Ah Trees - photo by Rachael Barrett

MOON MADNESS Grunge rockers Goodnight Moon head a conga line of terrific local talent at the Rosemount Hotel this Sunday, March 13, including Raksha, The Methamphetaqueens and Buffalo Club. Doors open at 6pm, entry is $8. Goodnight Moon

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of last year, capturing the attention of the crowd with his gentle finger-picking guitar and distinct, restrained vocals. Should Have Known Better led to a crowd clap-along, and All Of Me Wants All Of

beautifully, it was hard to find a dry eye in the venue, as he hit a perfect harmony with Landes. Some moments felt like they should have had more impact - the final few tracks could have benefitted from some Sufjan Stevens Pic: Luke Baker more volume to give it a triumphant oomph. Though he finished strong with two big guns from his breakout album of 2005 Illinois – first the title track, then finishing with the wonderful Chicago as the crowd sang along, “All things go”. He parted bidding a heartfelt “I love you very much” to the audience who shared this very special evening with him, and it was clear they loved him back very much as well.

those musicians whose songs sounds better live and take on a whole new life. They returned after a short break to play some older songs. He broke out the banjo and dedicated The Dress Looks Nice On

Red Hill Auditorium Wednesday, March 2, 2016 As the sun set, the lights went up. Star on the rise, Papua New Guinean- Australian Ngaiire had the honours opening the night for the early crowd, with her deep grooves and enchanting, soulful voice. As a former vocalist for Blue King Brown, Paul Mac and Chet Faker, she’s got the chops, and with her second album out, is also now building up a solid repertoire. After a short break, the crowd took their places, scattered around the giant concrete steps of the large auditorium, and seated at the tables placed at the bottom. Before long, the lights went down and the moody chords of Redford introduced the arrival of our main act. Casually dressed in a yellow t-shirt and green trucker’s cap, Sufjan Stevens looks like a fairly standard dude, but his modest appearance belies this mystical, musical shaman. With a beautiful backdrop, and a capable backing band of multiinstrumentalists, he dove straight into the opening track, Death With Dignity, from his acclaimed seventh album, Carrie And Lowell,

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You completed the opening trifecta from the new album – which he ended up playing most of, not quite in order. Highlights were The Only Thing and the gorgeous Fourth Of July which really took off at the end. He is one of

You to his lovely backing singer and “MVP”, Dawn Landes. The opening strains of “murder ballad” John Wayne Gacy Jr. drew immediate applause from the crowd, delivered

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NATALIE PRASS Chevron Festival Gardens Tuesday March 1, 2016 Natalie Prass isn’t your typical modern artist. She first started playing music amongst a vibrant punk scene in Virginia where her songs that are heavily influenced by yesteryear stood out. She also has tertiary training in the art of composition. It is this background that means her songs are anything but tossed off. Prass’ obvious passion for the Brill Building artists came through strongly on set opener, Your Fool, where she also showed off her crisp voice. This was only the second show that her band had accompanied her for, and they were tight and unobtrusive, letting Prass draw the attention with her elegant delivery. The heartbreak songs ran thick and fast with the band drawing off the debut album before they threw in a sped up and slightly funky take on Simon & Garfunkel’s Sound Of Silence. It was not in the evening’s better moments, but it did serve to offer a different flavour to the rest of the set. Prass spent many years living in Nashville, but claims that she wasn’t a fan of country music beforehand. In fact, she claims that it was this change in location that

first introduced her to the music of Dolly Parton. It made the appropriate impression and lead to her writing the song, Christy. The shimmering quality of the album was given more grunt from the stage, with Bird Of Prey being the main beneficiary. Dispensing with the rhythm section, Prass was able to show off her pristine voice and expert songwriting during Violently. The song that first made people’s ears prick up Natalie Prass Pic: Toni Wilkinson

to the talents of Prass was My Baby Don’t Understand Me, and with its long refrain of ‘our love is a long goodbye’ it was the sorrowful highlight you would expect it to be. The band then changed pace with a faithful take of Vanilla Fudge’s You Keep Me Hanging On to end things on a high. Prass burned through the hour she had been allocated to play with poise and a set of fine tunes. CHRIS HAVERCROFT

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IBEYI Chevron Festival Gardens Friday, March 4, 2016 The theme of the last couple of weeks has been of singers paying tribute to their loved ones in song. William Fitzsimmons had a set of songs about his deceased grandmother, Sufjan Steven about the passing of his parents and Ibeyi played songs from their debut album which pays tribute to their father and sister who were both killed. It is eerie subject matter for the twins sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz who make up Ibeyi, but they package them up in delicious vocals and energetic beats. Walking onto the stage, the duo faced each other as they sang Eleggua - an a capella tune in Yoruba, the Nigerian language their ancestors spoke before they were brought to Cuba. Modern electronica is added to the traditional sounds of the French/Cuba duet, with Lisa taking the lead role behind the piano but it is impossible to separate which of the talented duo is blessed with the finest voice. The pair may be seated whilst they play their instruments but they take every opportunity to stand and dance during the songs to make the spectacle engaging for the crowd who would be excused for just letting the divine harmonies take all of their attention. Naomi plays traditional Spanish/ Cuban percussion instruments cajón and Batá

drum, but on Mama Says she also slaps her legs, clicks fingers and beats her chest in a more tribal take on the art of hamboning. The jazz infused Stranger/Lover may have been downbeat in its tempo, but it delivered the most winsome chorus of the evening. The lion’s share of the songs came from the self-titled album and were all given more grunt with the driving and dynamic percussion, but they did go off script a couple of times with a new song titled Fly that is more straightforward in its delivery and a clever take on rapper Jay Electronica’s Better In Tune With The Infinite.

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There are enough artists who push the boundaries of taste, but Ibeyi bring something new to the traditional sounds of their roots. The fact they do it in such a polite fashion and with voices of the gods makes them a delightful proposition. CHRIS HAVERCROFT

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TO UR S THIS FORTNIGHT DANIEL CHAMPAGNE 9 Mojo’s Bar 10 Settlers Tavern 11 York Palace Hotel 12 Prince of Wales SONGHOY BLUES 9 Astor Theatre FREDDIE GIBBS 10 Jack Rabbit Slim’s THE BEARDS 11 Bar Indigo 12 Rosemount Hotel 13 Wintersun Hotel STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES 11 Astor Theatre PALMS 12 Jack Rabbit Slim’s SUNDOWN SESSIONS ft. ST GERMAIN, JONES JNR, SADAR BAHAR, OISIMA & HUGO MENDEZ 12 Port Beach, Fremantle STRUNG OUT & PEARS 12 Amplifier 13 Prince of Wales TOM JONES 13 Kings Park & Botanic Gardens SEVENDUST 13 Capitol SETS ON THE BEACH ft. CARMADA, NINA LAS VEGAS, ELK ROAD, PACES, SET MO, TCTS & more 13 Port Beach, Fremantle CALEXICO 16 Fremantle Arts Centre THE CHARLATANS 16 Capitol MIA DYSON 16 Mojo’s Bar YEO 18 Settlers Tavern 19 Jack Rabbit Slim’s WILLIAM SINGE 18 Amplifier PEKING DUK 18 Metro City ASH 19 Rosemount Hotel BUCKCHERRY 19 Metropolis Fremantle DALLAS CRANE 17 Prince of Wales 18 Indi Bar 19 Amplifier IAN MOSS 19 Astor Theatre PATRICK JAMES 19 Jimmy’s Den A DAY ON THE GREEN ft. HOODOO GURUS, SUNNYBOYS, VIOLENT FEMMES, DIED PRETTY & RATCAT 19 Kings Park & Botanic Garden COLD WAR KIDS 20 Metropolis Fremantle KASEY CHAMBERS 20 Ravenswood Hotel THE WAILERS 21 Astor Theare BRYAN ADAMS 21 Kings Park & Botanic Gardens 30

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LUKA BLOOM 22 Fly by Night THE SELECTOR 22 Rosemount Hotel WILEY 22 Capitol MARCH 2016 LUKA BLOOM 23 Fly by Night THE BUZZCOCKS 23 Rosemount Hotel GYPSY & THE CAT 27 Jack Rabbit Slim’s STIFF LITTLE FINGERS 29 Capitol EAGLES OF DEATH METAL 29 Metropolis Fremantle CITY & COLOUR 30 Red Hill Auditorium DON MCLEAN 30 Riverside Theatre ENDLESS BOOGIE 31 Mojo’s Bar APRIL 2016 ENDLESS BOOGIE & THE MURLOCS 1 Rosemount Hotel MELISSA ETHERIDGE 1 Riverside Theatre NICHOLAS ALLBROOK 1 The Odd Fellow NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 1 Crown Theatre THE BENNIES 2 Amplifier OFF WITH THEIR HEADS 2 Amplifier 3 Prince of Wales TAJ MAHAL 3 Astor Theatre LOW 5 Mojo’s Bar GRAHAM BONNET 6 Amplifier SARAH MILLICAN 6 & 7 Octagon Theatre BRIAN WILSON 7 Riverside Theatre OPIUO 8 Jack Rabbit Slim’s CALIGULA’S HORSE 9 Amplifier ED KUEPPER 9 Fly by Night JAMIE LAWSON 9 Astor Theatre JIM JEFFERIES 9 Perth Arena TRIVIUM 10 Metropolis Fremantle THE UNDERACHIEVERS 12 Jack Rabbit Slim’s NICO & VINZ 13 Villa ASKING ALEXANDRIA 13 Astor Theatre THE PROCLAIMERS 13 Perth Concert Hall BLACK SABBATH with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH 15 Perth Arena THINGS OF STONE & WOOD 15 Mojo’s Bar CITY CALM DOWN 15 Jimmy’s Den 16 Mojo’s Bar DAMIEN LEITH 15 Astor Theatre

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TYGA 15 HBF Stadium GANG OF YOUTHS 16 Astor Theatre GANG OF FOUR 18 Astor Theatre TUKA 22 Capitol THE STRANGLERS 23 Metropolis Fremantle DILLON FRANCIS 23 Belvoir Amphitheatre JAUZ & MIJA 24 Villa TOMMY TIERNAN 25 Riverside Theatre MILLENCOLIN 26 Metropolis Fremantle SARAH BLASKO 30 Astor Theatre HILLTOP HOODS 30 Perth Arena THE DRONES 30 Rosemount Hotel RUFUS 30 Red Hill Auditorium MAY 2016 MUTEMATH 4 Rosemount Hotel MS MR 5 Rosemount Hotel RATATAT 5 Metro City VIC MENSA 5 Villa TWENTY ONE PILOTS 5 Astor Theatre CELTIC THUNDER 5 Albany Entertainment Centre 7 Perth Arena 8 Bunbury Entertainment Centre GROOVIN THE MOO ft. ALISON WONDERLAND, BOO SEEKA, BOY & BEAR, BRITISH INDIA, DRAPHT, MS MR & more 7 Bunbury DANNY BROWN 8 Metro City HINDS 9 Rosemount Hotel COHEED & CAMBRIA 13 Capitol L7 13 Metropolis Fremantle IRON MAIDEN 14 Perth Arena THE SCREAMING JETS 14 Charles Hotel THE WONDER YEARS 14 Amplifier ELUVEITIE 17 Capitol A WILHELM SCREAM 19 Rosemount Hotel VIOLENT SOHO 20 Metro City APIA GOOD TIMES ft. DARYL BRAITHWAITE, KATE CEBERANO, JOHN PAUL YOUNG & JON STEVENS 21 Perth Concert Hall 22 Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre TINASHE 26 Metro City BASEMENT 31 Amplifier JUNE 2016 CHERIE CURRIE 1 Rosemount Hotel IAN MOSS 2 Mandurah Performing Arts

Centre 4 Albany Entertainment Centre 5 Bunbury Entertainment Centre FEAR FACTORY 8 Metropolis Fremantle NORTHLANE & IN HEARTS WAKE 10 Metro City RICHARD MARX 15 Astor Theatre BIG COUNTRY 18 Rosemount Hotel THE RUBENS 18 Metro City BLACK STONE CHERRY 29 Capitol WES CARR 30 Albany Entertainment Centre JULY 2016 WES CARR 2 Heath Ledger Theatre RUSSELL HOWARD 15 Riverside Theatre AUGUST 2016 MACKELMORE & RYAN LEWIS 11 Perth Arena ROLLING THUNDER VIETNAM 17 – 20 Crown Theatre SEPTEMBER 2016 PAM ANN 5 Regal Theatre THE WHITLAMS 8 Rosemount Hotel BRING ME THE HORIZON 14 HBF Stadium FROM THE JAM 17 Capitol MARINA PRIOR & MARK VINCENT 23 Perth Concert Hall HENRY ROLLINS 23 & 24 Regal Theatre 25 Margaret River Cultural Centre COG 24 Metro City OCTOBER 2016 FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS 5 Metropolis Fremante THE LEVELLERS 12 Capitol ELLIE GOULDING 12 Perth Arena NOVEMBER 2016 ANDRE RIEU 3 Perth Arena THE MISSION 16 Capitol BEN HARPER & THE INNOCENT CRIMINALS 29 Kings Park & Botanic Garden

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WE E K LY WEDNESDAY 9/03 ASTOR THEATRE Songhoy Blues BABUSHKA Open Mic ft. FOAM DJs BIRD Spaceman Silver Hills Dougals Casino CARINE Jam Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB The Once GEISHA ATTIC GOOD SHEPHERD Batter Up Waffle Club Laneway Pop-Up MOJO’S BAR Daniel Champagne Josh Cashman MOON CAFÉ Hayley Beth Sam Blitvich RAFFLES HOTEL Raffles Wednesday 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Club Zho ft. Djuna Lee Ben Leeming Dan O’Connor & more ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Rock ‘n Roll Karaoke with Magnus Danger Magnus ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) Student Night ft. DJ Anton Maz SETTLERS TAVERN Open Mic UNIVERSAL BAR What’s The Fuss THURSDAY 10/03 AMPLIFIER Last Night’s Broke Ass Disco ft. Cursed Earth Justice for the Damned Conform BABUSHKA Majumba QITO Little Bird Grace Sanders BIRD Hip Hop Kara”Yo!”Ke Throwback THE BOSTON The Bellfuries CLANCY’S FREMANTLE The Writer’s Block ft. Dave Hyams Matthew de la Hunty Helen Townsend Leah Miche Dilip Parekh Elk Bell DEFECTORS BAR Songwriters Club ft. Michael Savage Deb Stitt Bernardine Sascha Seabourne ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Ricki & Luke Play Some Jazz Night Cap Sessions HERDSMAN LAKE TAVERN Open Mic ft. Nadene Burchell Ben Swain Argh Bees JACK RABBIT SLIM’S Freddie Gibbs Aslan Sleepyhead LEOPOLD HOTEL Chill Thursdays MOJO’S BAR Hussy Hicks Black Rabbit George Minnie Marks NEWPORT HOTEL Record Club – Billy Joel ft. The Real Estate Novelists QUARRY AMPHITHEATRE Live at the Quarry ft. Kate Ceberano Howie Morgan Band Trevor Jalla 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Tell the Shaman The Rumble Howling Bones Jonathan Bramfield

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ROSEMOUNT HOTEL The Desert Sonnes Luke August The Plastic Attraction Vorsen ROSIE O’GRADY’S FREMANTLE Clayton Bolger SETTLERS TAVERN Daniel Champagne SWAN HOTEL Tahlia Coby Skylark3r Daniel Hoy Skye UNIVERSAL BAR Off The Record FRIDAY 11/03 AMBAR Fresh Produce AMPLIFIER The Brow Marksman Lloyd Alex Ford Nodes NDORSE ASTOR THEATRE Steve Earle & the Dukes The Mastersons BABUSHKA Havoc Advocates Aspirations The Light The Dark Losing Grip IMPALER CROSSJOINT BAILEY BAR & BISTRO Hi-NRG BASSENDEAN HOTEL Basso Fridays ft. The Community Chest The Witches Tenderhooks Todd Griffiths BIRD Karli White Erasers Pool boy Akioka THE BOSTON Lydia Schubert The Durongs The Littlest Fox Curtis McEntee CIVIC HOTEL Dawn of Metal ft. Bayview Suspect Drown the Faith Owed to Damnation Aviscerus Worlds Apart CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Steve Parkin CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Steve Hensby Band CURTIN UNIVERSITY Athena Music Festival ft. Asta Tired Lion Nicole Millar Abbe May Mosquito Coast Bad Ezzy & more ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Kristin Berardi The Villains FLYRITE Inversion FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE Defying Gravity & guests GEISHA Sonny Fodera Shift K3Y INDI BAR Hussy Hicks JACK RABBIT SLIM’S Syndicate ft. ETC!ETC! Midnight Tyrannosaurus METRO CITY 90s Mania ft. Corona Culture Beat Snap! & more MOJO’S BAR DT Vic the Bitter Mr Shadow THE MONASTERY Regression Fridays QUARRY AMPHITHEATRE Live at the Quarry ft. Kate Ceberano Howie Morgan Band Trevor Jalla

PALMS, SAT 12 @ JACK RABBIT SLIMS

459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Odlaw The Damn Spirits TEIJ Lionizer ROSEMOUNT HOTEL World’s Greatest Shave Fundraiser ft. Statues Ratking Surroundings Kites SETTLERS TAVERN Carus Thompson Band UNIVERSAL BAR Nightmoves VILLA Sublow ft. P. Money Royal-T WHITE STAR HOTEL Taming Sarah YMCA HQ Sweet Oblivion #17 ft. Mixed Signals Pacific Tide J.A.G. Pot Plant House Party SATURDAY 12/03 AMBAR Japan 4 ft. Bezwun Tee El DNGRFLD Invoker Jordan Scott AMPLIFIER Strung Out PEARS ASTOR THEATRE Gold: The Ultimate ABBA Show BABUSHKA Electric Lotus ft. Bedouin Sea Boytjie Rabbit’s Foot BIRD Nora Zion x Leon Osborn Sam Atkin Atripat THE BOSTON Amberdown Ragdoll St James Sirens The Silent Deeds CAPITOL L.K. McKay CIVIC HOTEL The Strays Little Pedro The Afterthoughts CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Justin Burford CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Michael Triscari Ricky Green Salt Tree ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Beans Buma’s Boys of Rhythm Marcio Mendes & Perth Samba Club FLYRITE Father FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE BareBEAT ft. Felix Zenger Greg Sheehan Joni Hogan FREMANTLE ESPLANADE Fremantle Street Arts Festival presents Araluen’s Chilli Festival GEISHA Fine Art GILKISONS DANCE STUDIO Infexious UV Cyber Party ft. Technikal Ikorus GOOD SHEPHERD Chocolate Jesus HERDSMAN LAKE TAVERN Tre Moon Delicious Biscuit Hibiscus JACK RABBIT SLIM’S Palms Kitchen People Thee Gold Blooms LOST SOCIETY Chalk METRO CITY Club Atlantis ft. Aly & Fila David Gravell Ferry Corsten Orjan Nilsen

MOJO’S BAR Sadar Bahar Hugo Mendez & guests MOON & SIXPENCE Hi-NRG PORT BEACH Sundown Sessions ft. St Germain Jones Jnr Sadar Bahar Oisima Hugo Mendez RADA STUDIOS Davey Craddock RAILWAY HOTEL Doctopus Pow! Negro & more 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Matthew Gudgeon The Southwicks Trio Pete & Em Luke August & more ROSEMOUNT HOTEL The Beards & guests SETTLERS TAVERN Grace Barbe UNIVERSAL BAR Soul Corporation VILLA DC Breaks Frankee Flowidus WHITE STAR HOTEL Kallidad SUNDAY 13/03 AMPLIFIER MVMNT ft. Josh Butler BABUSHKA Stella Donnelly Sly Withers The Shops Slick Monks BIRD All Fruits Ripe ft. Al Torcida Oh Gosh Summer Sound KZ the Boogieman Naughty B Henry Maxwell CAPITOL Sevendust CLANCY’S CITY BEACH Limelights Jazz DJ Boogie Salt Shaker Selectors CLANCY’S DUNSBOROUGH Kallidad ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB The Joyful Noise FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE Sunday Music ft. Village Vibes FREMANTLE ESPLANADE Fremantle Street Arts Festival presents Araluen’s Chilli Festival LAKERS TAVERN Wesley Goodlet Jamboree Scouts MOJO’S BAR Mind Your Health ft. Jon Cope Greg Hastings Focal Firkins Helen Townsend John Ralph Dilip ‘n the Davs PORT BEACH Sets on the Beach ft. Carmada Bondax Nina Las Vegas Elk Road Paces Set Mo TCTS Running Touch 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL The Honourable Schoolboys Steve Hensby The Jackson Roses ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Beer Battered Tunes ft. Goodnight Moon Raksha The Methamphetaqueens Buffalo Club ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) Get Down ft. Aslan Klean Kicks Pawel Good Company DJs Sleepyhead Beni Chill Jo Lettenmaier Tim King

TIMOTHY NELSON, WEDS 16 @ THE MOON

SETTLERS TAVERN Michael Triscari UNIVERSAL BAR Stylin Retrofit WHITE STAR HOTEL Isla Sheehan Bree Simpson MONDAY 14/03 CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Quiz Night CLANCY’S FREMANTLE Shanty Club ft. The Lost Quays MOJO’S BAR Wide Open Mic ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Comedy Trivia TUESDAY 15/03 BRASS MONKEY Open Mic ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB David Mercy, Billie Rogers & Friends MOJO’S BAR Brain Caramel ft. Speedball Social League Turtle Island Desert Sonnes PERTH BLUES CLUB Mini Marks Morgan Bain Band Hussy Hicks 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Jazz Tuesdays ft. Helium ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Lycra Tuesdays ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) Day of the Dead WEDNESDAY 16/03 AMBAR EMAS GETS SCHOOLED ASTOR THEATRE An Evening with Dr. Brian Greene BABUSHKA Open Mic ft. FOAM DJs BIRD Rotunda Media Showcase ft. Dream Rimmy Kitchen People Pool Boy Leafy Suburbs CAPITOL The Charlatans CARINE Jam Night ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB A Boy Named Cash FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE Calexico GEISHA ATTIC MOJO’S BAR Mia Dyson MOON CAFÉ Timothy Nelson Pippie Lemon RAFFLES HOTEL Raffles Wednesday 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Aw Snap ft. Bad Man Down Small Batch Audio The Space Between Triangle Fight ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Rock ‘n Roll Karaoke with Magnus Danger Magnus ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) Student Night ft. DJ Anton Maz SETTLERS TAVERN Open Mic ft. Red Engine Caves THURSDAY 17/03 AMPLIFIER Last Night – St Patrick’s Day & MCR Celebration Party ft. Branch Circus The Second Alternation Call Upon Crows ASTOR THEATRE Lisa Williams BABUSHKA Foreign Architects Fuzz Toads Uncle Jeffrey & more

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RACHAEL DEASE, FRI 18 @ FLY BY NIGHT

BIRD Ah Trees Shy Panther Segue Safari Leopard Lake DEFECTORS BAR Songwriters Club ft. Pro Amateur Jon Stapleton Jack Williamson Tanya Harper ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Coltrane Tribute ft. Jamie Oehlers LEOPOLD HOTEL Chill Thursdays MOJO’S BAR Leon Osborn Moist Oyster Nectar Alien Guirl The Body Boys MOON & SIXPENCE Wesley Goodlet Jamboree Scouts NEWPORT HOTEL Record Club – Rage Against The Machine ft. Rubble of Empire 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Elephant Isles Cloning the Mammoth Deli Days Buzz Aldrin & The Second Best ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Kilmister Applebite Heavylove Killing the Riff SETTLERS TAVERN St. Patrick’s Day ft. Crooked Brook FRIDAY 18/03 AMBAR Force Majeure ft. Jayceeoh & guests AMPLIFIER William Singe ARCADE Who Knows ft. Just A Gent Brooklyn BABUSHKA Drum & Bass Charity Event 002 BASSENDEAN HOTEL Basso Fridays ft. Mama Red & The Dark Blues Catzilla The Big Town Players BIRD Tobacco Rat Diger Rokwell Atripat THE BOSTON Choking Stanley The Rumble Them Sharks The Piscos CIVIC HOTEL Darkyra Sleepfreak F.T.G. Sciatika CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Steve Parkin CLANCY’S FREMANTLE The Zydecats CONNECTIONS A night at le Club ft. Soichi Terada Marcellus Pittman ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Allira Wilson Amy Amy Amy FLY BY NIGHT The Kill Devil Hills Rachael Dease FLYRITE OH GOSH Club THE GAME SPORTS BAR BRKLYN JACK RABBIT SLIM’S Pierce Brothers Morgan Bain JIMMY’S DEN Young Robin Oakland Great Gable Iceage Sugar METRO CITY Peking Duk MOJO’S BAR Gala DJs Willy Slade Leon Osborn Methods of Movement

SAN CISCO, SAT 19 @ J-SHED

THE ODD FELLOW Dylan McCoy 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Spilt Cities Childsaint Good Try Big Orange ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Jessie Gordon Trio DJ Holly Doll ROSIE O’GRADY’S Wesley Goodlet Jamboree Scouts SETTLERS TAVERN YEO WHITE STAR HOTEL Minnie Marks SATURDAY 19/03 AMPLIFIER Dallas Crane ASTOR THEATRE Ian Moss BABUSHKA Souljah Kaptivez Mutima Cera Kymarnia Lion Rezz DJ Corby General Justice BIRD Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Moistoyster The Drools THE BOSTON Oh White Mare Black Stone From the Sun Beach Aunty Michael Paolino Buddy Phoenix CENTRAL PARK, JOONDALUP Joondalup Festival 2016 ft. Viola Dana WA Youth Jazz Orchestra CIVIC HOTEL Just Numbers September Sun Valdaway Graphic Characters CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Justin Burford CLANCY’S FREMANTLE King of the Travellers The Southern River Band DEFECTORS BAR Commix ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Voudou Zazou Gypsy Jazz Adam Hall & the Soul Playboys FLYRITE Father GILKISONS DANCE STUDIO BASSMENT ft. Megalodon GOOD SHEPHERD Chocolate Jesus J-SHED, FREMANTLE San Cisco Gunns Mosquito Coast JACK RABBIT SLIM’S YEO Leon Osborn Jamyang Sun City DJs JIMMY’S DEN Patrick James Hein Cooper KINGS PARK & BOTANIC GARDEN Hoodoo Gurus Violent Femmes Sunnyboys Died Pretty LOST SOCIETY Chalk METRO CITY HYFR 21 METROPOLIS FREMANTLE Buckcherry MOJO’S BAR Grace Barbe DJ Charlie Bucket Earthlink SounD 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Scalphunter Bayou Snake Reviver Ohm Rune Naysayer B.C. ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Ash Dream Rimmy SETTLERS TAVERN Formidable Vegetable Sound System WHITE STAR HOTEL Justin Walshe The Galloping Foxleys

SUNDAY 20/03 AMPLIFIER MVMNT BABUSHKA Vorsen Palm Soma The Keeblers Dead Sea CENTRAL PARK, JOONDALUP Joondalup Festival 2016 ft. Benjamin & Me Hills Symphony Orchestra A Hard Day’s Night Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Twenty Feet Beat Ian Shaw FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE Sunday Music ft. Jodie Tes & the Popular Front HYDE PARK Summer Concert ft. The Sea of Tunes LAKERS TAVERN Wesley Goodlet Jamboree Scouts LOBBY LONGE Courtney Murphy METROPOLIS FREMANTLE Cold War Kids MOJO’S BAR Spencer P. Jones Dave Faulkner KISStake The Painkillers Beautiful Losers Midfield Legends & more MOON CAFÉ The Calendar Girls MT LAWLEY BOWLING CLUB Perth Folk & Roots ft. Steve Tallis Salt John McNair Keith Anthonisz ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Perth Homeless Support Group Fundraiser ft. The Bloody Ramblers Peta Lee The Vibrolators BTDC ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) Get Down ft. Aslan Klean Kicks Pawel Good Company DJs Sleepyhead Beni Chill Jo Lettenmaier Tim King SETTLERS TAVERN V12 Cadillacs WHITE STAR HOTEL Something Else MONDAY 21/03 ASTOR THEATRE The Wailers CLANCY’S CANNING BRIDGE Quiz Night MOJO’S BAR Wide Open Mic ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Comedy Trivia TUESDAY 22/03 ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB St. Stephen’s School Jazz MOJO’S BAR Bryte JPoint PERTH BLUES CLUB Pete Romano & Mark Constable Peaky Blinders Powertrain 459 ROSEMOUNT HOTEL Jazz Tuesdays ft. Penny King Tom O’Halloran ROSEMOUNT HOTEL The Selector The Mod Squad ROSEMOUNT HOTEL (BEER GARDEN) Day of the Dead