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Making his maiden trip to Australia, Bratislavian drum ‘n’ bass prodigy B-Complex gets REUBEN ADAMS excited about his upcoming demolition job for Mayhem Festival. As a nightmarishly hyperactive child Matus Lenicky somehow discovered that music was the only thing that could calm him down. Receiving his first music-making software from his parents at 12 years old, he laughs, “Originally I was happy if the sounds I was forcing my computer to create were related to music at all.” While he discovered drum ‘n’ bass in 2002 when he heard the more techy approach of artists like Ed Rush & Optical, Lenicky believes that a small but vibrant local scene has been instrumental in shaping his melodic,
high-energy sound. “The Bratislavian scene is small but alive,” he explains. “We have several clubs in which drum ‘n’ bass gigs are held and our fans are able to see most of the big DJs. There is a tradition of drum ‘n’ bass here from about 1996 so there are few generations of people who prefer different sounds. It’s a good thing because if you are opening minded you can pick whatever you like from it,” Lenicky adds. In 2009, his slick productions were far superior
to any noise he created as a 12 year old but Lenicky was encountering an interesting problem in his attempts to find a label to release his music. “As much as liked melodies, I also liked the energy and heaviness of drum ‘n’ bass, so my music was often too hard for some and too melodic for others,” he says of record company’s prerogative to represent a certain sound. Enter drum ‘n’ bass behemoth Hospital Records and their motto to put out “good, optimistic music.”
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NOVEMBER IN NORTHBRIDGE
We don’t know about you, but we were pretty confounded to read the ‘report’ in WA’s Sunday paper about a growth in assaults in the city directly linked to the advent of small bars. To quote the article by Sunday Times police reporter Nicole Cox: “Police say the touted plan for ‘low-key, relaxed, lounge-chair bars’ is a farce, with profit-driven small venues packing in patrons and contributing to alcohol-fuelled violence.” The story goes on to say that nondomestic assaults in the city have risen by around 50 per year since 2007, comparing that with Northbridge which has seen no increase in violence (let’s see if you stick to that line next time you do a special report on ‘out-of-control’ Northbridge). Now, forgive us for stating the obvious, but if we think back to 2007 – and we admit our memories are a little rusty – Perth City pretty much had zilch in the way of bars. Save for daytime boozers for office schmoozers, and bleak hotel lobby bars for those lost in transit, Perth city was about as attractive for weekend revellers as a wild night on the town in Bagdad under curfew. Ah, the sweet serenity of apocalyptic nullity. Head to the city any night of the week in 2010 and it’s a vastly different predicament indeed. There’s life! Places to eat; places to drink; things to do; people to mingle with and bodies with which to cavort. Thousands and thousands of people choose to get their fix in the city
Firing up, Ezra Pound-style (Photo: VJ Zoo) these days over Northbridge – as opposed to nil a couple of years back. Eureka – it appears we’ve just stumbled upon the equation behind the increase in violence in the city! Dickheads + booze = occasional violence. Take that Einstein! For in every throng of revellers there are going to be a handful of dimwits with few brains and heavy fists. But they are by far the minority. History will prove small bars a boon to Perth. Any frequenter to one of the many small bars popping up around greater Perth will attest that the atmosphere is different to the beer barns of old – the testosteronesophistication scale has tilted towards the latter. Loud, obnoxious, violent drongos are simply not as tolerated in these smaller, more relaxed environs. If the police want to truly go some way to solving alcohol-fuelled violence on Perth’s streets they have two options: ban booze altogether or completely redefine our drinking culture. And small bars are certainly redefining the way we booze, for the better – savouring rather than guzzling; mingling rather than rampaging. But, of course, it’ll take time. History has well-and-truly proven that suppression only forces the problem underground. To turn on the small bars is to turn on the only viable solution to redefining social etiquette when it comes to hittin’ the town in Perth.
The streets of Northbridge will be warming up this November when the Northbridge Festival returns for another year to entice punters into the heart of the city for food, culture and a whole lot more. Running from Sunday, November 14, to Sunday, November 21, the festival will take in all corners of Northbridge for live performances, markets plus film screenings and best of all, most of the action is totally free! Some of Australia’s favourite bands will play gigs in Northbridge to celebrate the occasion, with acts such as Blue King Brown, Operator Please, Miami Horror, Urthboy, The Basics, The Holidays, Jonathon Boulet, Sampology and Skipping Girl Vinegar all set to perform at various locations across Northbridge. Local acts will also get in on the fun, with sets from Young Revelry, The Joe Kings, Split Seconds, The Brow Horn Orchestra, Boom Bap Pow, Carl Fox, Timothy Nelson & The Infidels, plus plenty more. Emerging bands will get their time in the spotlight come Thursday, November 18, when 15 acts will battle it out for a spot on the opening night line-up at the Piazza on Saturday, November 20. There’s simply too much on for us to list it all, to get the full rundown on what’s on and when make a bee-line for northbridgefestival.com.au.
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Sometimes on the Lord’s day of rest I like to take a leisurely stroll down the Swan River with a hamper of meat sausages. I like to sip chilled wine, read Playboy and have a grilled banger. Unfortunately as I approach the public BBQ area my heart sinks, as I see a swarm of pseudoreligious folk encircling the hot plates. Armed with several plastic bags of chops, burgers and rissoles, they have enough meat to satisfy Cory Bernardi. As the sun casts an amber shadow over the Swan, the pious blighters are still there eight hours later. This is not a one-off; every weekend Margaret Court and several other cults monopolise public BBQs for the whole day. Why don’t the council enforce an hour rule on barbie use? The humble BBQ – the copestone of Aussie culture – is in danger of being forced to fry sausages for only the religiously demented. This situation maybe good for my cholesterol, but is bad for my morale.
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WAH WAHS AT YA YA’S
Get yer ya-ya’s out, get ready to twist and shout! Brand spankin’ new music venue Ya Ya’s is a safe local dive that will let a whole new generation of young Perth bands test it out live. There’s jive in the dive, too, by way of indie dance night Panic and the return of ’50s and’60s night Twist!. The Official Opening Party, Blast Off, at Ya Ya’s next Thursday sees Melbourne-based fuzz-folk duo French & McCarthy returning to their hometown, set to drop girls’ and boys’ jaws with their frenetic garage rock. Also on the cards are supersonic locals Sonspilo Circus, who have been the talk of the town lately, consistently blasting speakers and blowing away crowds at their live shows. These bighaired babes will impress more than a few when they whip out their Steppenwolfinspired searing guitar solos at Ya Ya’s. Grimy punk band The Spitfires will continue the teenage kicks right through the night in the company of young working-class Freo mods Hurricane Fighter Plane, with tidal waves of terrific tunes coming from the turntables of Agent 85. Blast Off takes place on Thursday, October 28, at Ya Ya’s, corner of James and Lake St, Northbridge (formerly Impact Bar). Doors open 8pm for $10.
DIGITAL DISCUSSION
If you’re a bit of a digital media nut, look no further than Think Tank v.2.0, a forum coming to Perth that will witness a panel of experts from new media industries, allowing the digital and creative industries in Perth to come together and share ideas. This year’s panel will feature movie website Quickflix managing director Stephen Langsford, Chris Winter, who works for the ABC’s Innovation Division, Kristen Vang, principal strategist at Thinq Digital in Perth, and Murdoch University’s Digital Media team head Tim Elleston. The event will be officially opened by Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi with an overview of the upcoming X|Media|Lab event from Department of Culture and the Arts Deputy Director General Jacqui Allen. The forum will take place at Perth Town Hall on Wednesday, November 3, at 5.15pm, followed by networking drinks from 7pm. City of Perth Think Tank v.2.0 is a free event however participants must register to attend at rsvp@screenwest.wa.gov.au prior to Wednesday, October 27.
To Leonard Cohen, one time Columbia Records chief Walter Yetnikoff critiqued:“Look, Leonard, we know you’re great, but we don’t know if you’re any good.” Cohen would go on to redeem himself tenfold with some of the greatest albums of his career, but Yetnikoff’s words seem appropriate for that other Canadian songsmith Rufus Wainwright. Perth Concert Hall resembled a tomb as a less-than-capacity audience patiently watched Wainwright parade onto stage clad in a rather overzealous frock, complete with a fivemetre train. We were instructed not to applaud for the first half of the set as Wainwright worked through the movements of his latest album All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu – a lamentation on his beloved mother’s passing (hence the frock). Accompanied only by a grand piano and some rather distracting visuals of the human eye, Wainwright indulged us in vignettes of his family life, and the lead-up to the death of his mother – sometimes moving, but more often gruelling. While dazzling with his musical aptitude and supreme vocal range, Wainwright again reinforced the greatest critique of his career: he’s an amazing musician, but a rather uninspiring songwriter. When the funeral procession was done the audience was invited to breathe again, as the celebrated New York resident returned to tickle the ivories through some of his death-free and more flamboyant material – including Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk and Poses, plus his beloved acquisition Hallelujah (penned by the aforementioned Cohen). A slightly voyeuristic look into the bleak human soul, it was a night with Rufus Wainwright none will forget – but probably for all the wrong reasons. _JULIAN TOMPKIN
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The quiet town of York will be infiltrated by a slew of talented musicians come Friday, October 22, for the launch of the York Jazz Soul Funk Festival. Set to take over The Imperial Hotel in York, the launch will feature performances from a range of WA’s finest jazz soloists and bands, including the likes of Boom Bap Pow, Prita and Razor Jack DJ. As if that wasn’t already enough, the beautiful babes at Sugar Blue Burlesque will be there on the night to tease and tantalise their way into your heart. Doors open at 7pm, tickets are $30 and are available from (08) 9641 1255.
One of Perth’s favourite cult songwriters, Rob Snarksi, is set to play two intimate shows at the Velvet Lounge on Friday, November 26, and Mojo’s on Sunday, November 28. The Blackeyed Susans’ singer has enjoyed a successful career that stretches back to the early ’90s when he won his first WAMi. Special guests at the Velvet Lounge will be Felicity Groom and The Jayco Brothers, while support at Mojo’s will be provided by Jill & Alsy (The Triffids) and Adrian Hoffman (The Morning Night). Tickets are $15 and available only at the door (no pre-sale). Australia’s highest circulating Street Press
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The month-long Beach To Bush Festival is a celebration of the City Of Wanneroo’s unique lifestyle and heritage. There’re plenty of fun events on the cards, including a concert from Australian Idol singing sensation Jessica Mauboy; a concert that will be family friendly with a bouncy castle and free face painting before the show, and free to all. Enjoy a day of competitions and activities with your dog at Dog’s Breakfast at Alexander Heights Park, and check out the cabaret shows at the Amphitheatre, complete with singing, dancing, comedy, mimes and circus acrobats. Hit up the City’s website at wanneroo.wa.gov.au for all the details. The festival kicks off on Sunday, October 30, with the Jessica Mauboy concert taking place on Saturday, November 20.
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The founder of one of Perth’s first punk bands, The Cheap Nasties, before moving onto grunge project The Scientists, Kim Salmon is not only a legend around these parts but a master musician on the international circuit. After departing from the lo-fi psychedelic antics of the Scientists, Salmon moved on to a solo career in 1998 with his backing band The Business, where he sported a suit and some soulful, power pop harmonies. Fresh from performing at All Tomorrows Parties in New York alongside Mudhoney and The Stooges, Salmon will perform two shows in Perth, accompanied by a full band, playing at The Norfolk Basement on Friday, December 17, and then at The Bakery on Saturday, December 18. Tickets available from heatseaker.com.au, Mills and Planet for $20 plus booking fee.
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Forget about Santa roasting his chestnuts and emptying his sacks, the crazies at X-Press and The Rosemount Hotel are teaming-up to stage the best Xmas party ever – A Not So Silent Night. The show’s line-up is bulging with some of the best local and national bands around; including Sugar Army, Cabins (NSW), Young Revelry, Coerce (SA), Grim Fandango, The Ghost Hotel, The Tim McMillain Band (VIC), Goodnight Tiger and The Caballeros. The yuletide bash is on Saturday, December 11, at The Rosemount Hotel. Doors open 4pm until late and tickets ($25) are available from Planet Video, Mills Records, Star Perth and heatseeker.com.au.
It’s that time of year when the Northbridge streets come alive with giant floats, performances, dancing, streamers, music and singing - the 2010 Gay Pride Parade! Members of Perth’s gay and lesbian community will take to the streets to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Pride Parade, costuming up in accordance with the theme ‘Looking Through The Keyhole’. PrideWA Media Liaison, Mark Hamer, said the Committee has plans to take this year’s parade to a spectacular new level. “We are particularly encouraging local community groups to come on board and be part of this year’s parade,” Hamer says. The Parade kicks off at the Brisbane St/William St intersection, running all the way down into James St and Russell Square. Parade participants love to see an enthusiastic crowd, so bring along balloons, flags, streamers, or anything in the colours of the Rainbow Flag! The official Pride Party will be held at Connections Nightclub – doors open straight after the parade. Get involved for a night that’s sure to be full of surprises!
POOR BOYS One of Australia’s greatest rock exports of the 1990s, The Poor are returning to WA to wow audiences with their brand of no bullshit rock’n’roll (to quote them). Best known for their #1 most added song to American radio More Wine Waiter Please, The Poor will play The Pace Road Tavern on Friday, December 3, and The Charles Hotel on Saturday, December 4. Tickets available now through BOCS and from the venues.
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Pop darling Joppy will debut his new album Plastic Disease For The Lonely at The Norfolk Basement on Saturday, October 23. The Melbourne artist has recently played shows in UK, USA and Europe, both on his own and fronting rock outfit The Happy Endings. Highlights of the tour included sharing the main stage of European Positivus Festival with Moby, Ting Tings, James Blunt and Pete Doherty, as well as a set at the famous Viper Room in Los Angeles. Joppy mixes catchy melodies with some snarlin’ guitar. Tickets are available now from Moshtix.
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Black Swan State Theatre has just announced its program for 2011 and it’s a doozy! Made up of five mainstage productions and two studio productions, the Swan is serving up three world premieres from West Australian playwrights; including Tim Winton’s first ever play (Rising Water) and two stories from Reg Cribb (Boundary Street, The Damned). Other highlights include the classic Shakespeare comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Tennessee Williams’ classic Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (who can forget the character of Big Daddy, an obese Southern boor). General tickets go on sale on Monday, November 8, from bocsticketing. com.au.
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JESSI MOLONEY A Model Citizen
Born and bred in the small town of Harvey in our state’s south west, Jessi Moloney shot to fame earlier this year when she was cast as a contestant on cycle six of Australia’s Next Top Model. Making it all the way through to the final four, Moloney earned a place in the hearts of viewers around the nation with her down-to-earth personality, which resulted in her being awarded the title of Australia’s Favourite Model at the live finale. Though she’s modeled professionally for close to seven years now, Australia’s Next Top Model has taken Moloney’s career to the next level and she’s excited about what lies ahead. Regular readers of X-Press Fashion may recognise Moloney as the cover star of the Altitude Autumn 2010 edition, which paid tribute to her beauty long before the folks at Australia’s Next Top Model cottoned on. While in Perth on a short break before temporarily relocating to Sydney, Moloney caught up with X-Press to chat about modeling, reality TV and life in front of the lens
By EMMA BERGMEIER When did you start modeling? I did grooming and deportment classes when I was in year two, which was a long while ago! Sitting up straight seemed to be the most important thing (laughs). It’s been a long time in the making and I don’t know if it will go on much longer but that’s the excitement of it I think. I won a competition and was represented by Spiers back in the day. I’ve done bits and pieces around Perth but it never really took off so Top Model was great in the sense that I made a lot of really good contacts and now I’m not so scared of Sydney anymore because I have friends there. When I was young I never really thought that I would grow up and become a model and now I don’t really think that way either because I know this isn’t going to last forever; when I grow up it’s going to have to be something a little more substantial. What made you want to apply for Australia’s Next Top Model? It was my Mum! Mum told me to apply and I do what mum says. I’d just gotten off the plane early that morning from Cambodia on a humanitarian mission and I was literally still in my pyjamas when I rolled into the city for the auditions. My best friend and my boyfriend were physically pushing me onto the stage and I thought to myself ‘oh no, this is not good! I’m in my PJs and all the other girls have woken up and done their hair and have put on heels!’.
It was really strange going from helping out children living in a rubbish tip to a world of selfishness! It helped with perspective a lot. You can really get caught up in Top Model world when you don’t have a bigger picture in the back of your mind.
“WHEN I WAS YOUNG I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT THAT I WOULD GROW UP AND BECOME A MODEL AND NOW I DON’T REALLY THINK THAT WAY EITHER BECAUSE I KNOW THIS ISN’T GOING TO LAST FOREVER; WHEN I GROW UP IT’S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE SUBSTANTIAL.” Do you remember what it felt like the first time you stepped in front of a professional photographer’s lens? I was really lucky, Nicole Bentley shot it and she’s just so kind and so lovely, so I wasn’t as scared as I could have been but I was still petrified! I had no idea what to do – I was standing there in front of the lens unsure of whether I should move or what. It took me a long time to understand that you need to move in front of the camera and try different things and Top Model has given me the confidence to try new things as well. Have you ever been asked to do something you weren’t comfortable with on a photoshoot? I think wearing fur on the show was difficult especially because it all happened so quickly, I didn’t have time to think about it. If
When we were given our brief, Josh (Flinn, model mentor) did say ‘it’s your decision but just remember, clients don’t like models who say no’ and that was a pretty intense point to make. I knew that if I’d said yes I would have been told off and if I’d said no, I would have been told off for that as well. It’s just one of those things that could have gone either way. People got so up in arms about it but I just thought ‘it’s vintage fur, it’s not an advertising campaign; I’m not giving fur two thumbs up’; but at the end of the day, it’s better to have the issue on the table and have discussion about it. Everyone has their opinion, I just think it’s a shame that it wasn’t advertised that a lot of the fur was fake or was ethically farmed and it was vintage; if people knew that I think it would have helped!
It was actually really awkward because I was standing right next to Kelsey’s family. At the start I was hugging them and I was so happy for them but then disaster struck – that was awful for everyone. Afterwards when we went out, Amanda was really concerned for Kelsey and her family but she handled it so well. I hate to think of what I would have done if I was up there! People keep asking ‘was it put on?’ and I’d like to see what would happen to anyone who did something like that to Sarah Murdoch – she’s such a strong and kind woman, I think she would have just slapped them in the face! She handled it so well – if it had been me I would have just gone with Kelsey and congratulated her on a good job! Afterwards I felt really sorry for Amanda because everyone was How did it feel watching the show when it aired like ‘congratulations but oh, poor Kelsey!’. and hearing the judges’ criticisms? I loved it – that was the part I was A model’s greatest asset is their body, what do waiting for the whole series! You don’t ever get you do to keep in shape? In the past I’ve been pretty lazy because to hear the judges’ criticisms during filming and they’re never keen to give out their real opinion on I have good genetics; I stay fairly slim with very anyone because that’s giving away so much of the minimal effort. Now that I’ve grown up a bit I’m game. Watching it back was really funny – I loved better, I know it’s more than just about how you hearing what people were saying in their rooms look, it’s about how you feel and your energy when nobody was listening.That was the best part. levels and keeping fit. I hate going to the gym, I think it’s the most mundane, torturous thing you can do to yourself so I go swimming or do yoga, and I also walk a lot – lots of nana exercises. There’s a fair amount of controversy about what age is appropriate for girls to start modeling, what’s your take on the issue? I think I have to be really careful with this question because it’s so difficult to say that ‘16 is the right age’ because every person is different. I was lucky that I’ve come from a really strong family with strong morals. I started doing little jobs here and there when I was 13 and there was a lot of time for things to go wrong; I’m lucky that they didn’t but I know a lot of people aren’t that lucky and I think it’s only just now, being 20, that I have the self confidence and strength to say no if I need to. There are so many girls travelling off when they’re so young and I worry about them and hope that they have a chaperone to look after them. Even agencies sometimes ask girls to do things that they think are fine but the girl’s parents might not be very impressed with. At the time when you’re young you might think it’s a great idea but you don’t have the mental strength to ask yourself ‘in five years time am I going regret this?’.
Jessi Moloney (Photo: Jez Smith) © FOXTEL
What were you doing over in Cambodia before the auditions? I went to Cambodia in January with a group of volunteers to work at orphanages and help out disadvantaged children. There were some really gruesome things there that I saw and experienced. That and helping my sister through a time when she had a kidney transplant have made me want to get into psychology because there are so many kids in the world who have nobody to talk to and that gives you a shaky foundation for life. 14
someone asked me today I definitely would have chosen differently but at the time, when all the pressure was on, I just went with it. It’s disappointing that so many people took it the wrong way – the fur I was wearing was ethically farmed and was vintage as well. There are difficult things that come up all the time but at the end of the day, you need to make the decision that’s right for that time – you can’t always say yes or no to something, it doesn’t work that way. Unfortunately not everything is that black and white.
What advice would you offer aspiring models? I wish I’d known I could say no. Never be afraid to say no, even if there’s a big bunch of people telling you it’s not a big deal because at the end of the day it’s your life and your future that you need to be thinking about.
My dad was a little unimpressed with Alex Perry though – at the after party my Dad was like ‘where’s that Alex Perry?!’, it was all in good fun though. Mum and Dad were concerned that Alex said I wasn’t pretty enough but I know he didn’t mean it that way – he’s a really lovely guy and is really down to earth.
Are you relocating to the eastern states to capitalise on the exposure from Australia’s Next Top Model? I’m with Priscilla’s but I don’t like to say I’m moving to Sydney because I don’t think I can cope with that yet! I will be going to Sydney for a while but I’ll be coming back to Perth very frequently because all my friends and family are What was it like being there at the live finale here and I hate the thought of being away from when Sarah Murdoch accidently announced Perth. I miss it so much when I’m away for home, Kelsey as the winner, then realised that it was when I get back here I breathe such a sigh of relief to be home again. actually Amanda who had won? www.xpressmag.com.au
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ICE CUBE
The Cubist Epoch
The legendary Ice Cube returns to Perth, playing Metro City on Friday, October 29. HUGH ROBERTSON gets a rare moment with the great man on the eve of his performance. There are few careers that have been so bewildering to the public eye as that of O’Shea Jackson. At the same time as starring in banal family comedies like Are We Done Yet? and his latest The Lottery Ticket, Jackson has also played part in far more weighty matter - like Three Kings, Barbershop and Boyz In The Hood. And through all of that, he has simultaneously existed as Ice Cube; a career that began in the mid-‘80s, when a 17-year-old Jackson started performing at parties hosted by Andre ‘Dr Dre’ Young. As Ice Cube, and a member of the iconic NWA, Jackson has been perhaps the standard-bearer for the aggressive, hyper-masculine world of gangsta rap. It’s a fascinating dichotomy. If few actors can survive any public lifestyle considered to be even remotely ‘anti-family’, even fewer rappers have been able to do anything without ‘realness’; the appearance of living the lifestyle you rap about. Yet as the first superstars of hip-hop enter their middle age, the world that they spawned seems to be more and more forgiving of their pantheon, who are writing rhymes based around a lifestyle that they haven’t lived
for many, many years. Outside of being a successful actor for instance, Jackson’s been married to the same woman since 1992, and they have four children together. A happy family seems a world away from Fuck Tha Police, a record so visceral in its rage that the members of NWA were rumoured to be on the LAPD’s ‘Most Wanted’ list for a time. Jackson never goes quite so far as to say he was simply acting the part of a militant, disaffected Compton teenager, but suggests instead that both his goofy mugging for the cameras in AWTY?, and lyrics like “Today was a good day/Didn’t even have to use my AK”, come from different aspects of his own personality. “I don’t really consider myself a persona,” he begins. “I just be me. And people didn’t realise that when I was doing NWA... I could still laugh with the best of them.” Instead, Jackson suggests tracking his essential self through his solo records, on which “you kind of get to be yourself”. And indeed, the Ice Cube oeuvre is all of a type - full of macho swagger and a reductive worldview that prioritises violence over almost everything. It is, unquestionably,
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badass, and Cube is a damn fine MC - even when you can see a rhyme coming, he can still shock you with the sheer intensity of his delivery. “The records are... thorny”, he says, enjoying the sound of the word. “That’s what they’re made to be.” That business of making a record has changed profoundly since Jackson got in the game, and he has a fairly bleak view
of the current climate - which he talks about with an air of resignation. “Now, getting an album is damn near like getting a soda out of the refrigerator,” he says, ruefully. “It’s anti-climactic. I remember when people used to skip work, or skip school, and they were standing in line at the record stores – and it was an event to get a new record.” I suggest that albums leaking before their release date certainly can’t help; and it’s something that seems to especially occur in hip-hop with alarming frequency. “Yeah,” he agrees, “and that hurts. But... the biggest problem in the industry is the fact that people think music is free. And music is becoming worthless.” There have been countless models and theories floated as a means to counteract this, but Jackson’s own approach catches me by surprise. “You gotta stick with your true fans and just satisfy them, because those are the ones that are going to come to the show,” he says. “So I don’t concern myself with hiphop fans no more; I concern myself with Ice Cube fans. And I do records for Ice Cube fans. And as long as they satisfied, I’m satisfied.” Ice Cube’s most recent record, I Am The West, was released just a month ago – and Jackson is coming to Perth this week to show it off live. He assures me that, as with any artist with a back-catalogue like his, there’s going to be plenty of old stuff too, for those rusted-on Ice Cube fans. It’s going to be “that hardcore hip-hop”, declares Jackson. “No band. Two turntables. Me and my man Dub C. And then 20 years of hip-hop, from Straight Outta Compton to I Am The West, and everything in between.”
“I MEAN, YOU DON’T WANT MICK JAGGER TO STOP, SO WHY THE FUCK SHOULD ICE CUBE. IF PAUL MCCARTNEY DON’T HAVE TO STOP, WHY DOES DR. DRE?” Considering that hip-hop has always been very much a young man’s game, does it seem at all odd to Jackson that, at 41 years, he’s still going? It does, he says, but it’s nothing new. “I mean, you don’t want Mick Jagger to stop, so why the fuck should Ice Cube?” he exclaims. “If Paul McCartney don’t have to stop, why does Dr Dre? So, it’s basically, yeah, you’re right... But you still have fans from back in the day who are now in their 50s or 60s. They are still B-boys. They aren’t giving it up. “And you run into Afrika Bambaataa, and see what he talking about. Y’know what I mean? He talkin’ bout hip-hop, and some B-boy shit, but with grey hair coming out,” he laughs. “Retirement is something that old men do, and I’m a young man.”
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MANIC STREET PREACHERS Baton Twirl Touring in support of their new album,Postcards From A Young Man,Manic Street Preachers perform at Metropolis Fremantle on Monday, November 22. BOB GORDON reports. Manic Street Preachers drummer Sean Moore sits in a London office, on the eve of yet another album release. After 10 albums, he’s well used to this, but can’t help but feel a little nervously hopeful. “You do hope it’ll be a success,” he says. “To work on something for a year-and-a-half only to have it fall flat on its face at the first hurdle would be...” A bit deflating? “Exactly,” he laughs. The Manics’ new album, Postcards From A Young Man, comes at an interesting time in their existence, arriving as it does on the heels of 2009’s Journal For Plague Lovers, an album written using the previously abandoned lyrics of former member Richey Edwards, who disappeared in 1995 and was pronounced ‘presumably dead’ a few years back. It was seen as a watershed moment and one that would have a heavy influence on what the band did next. “I think it was just a lot of people supposing it would be like that,” Moore clarifies. “Whatever we did after Journal For Plague Lovers,
I think that was going to be assumed. After 10 albums you’ve pretty much covered most of the bases. “That’s the importance of that mass communication thing that Nicky said, throw everything at it, the kitchen sink. Try and do the radio, do the TV, do all the media coverage and hopefully it would propel us all into the next era of Manic Street Preachers. And I think the next album, if we get to the next album, will be nothing like Postcards or Journey. It will be a totally different Manics, whether it be avant garde or experimental. We’ll just decide what direction we want to go in.” Manic Street Preachers are a band that certainly has its polar opposite sides. Their albums run the gamut, from raw and emotional, to avant garde, to pop, to polished – they’ve set big boundaries to work within. “That’s right,” Moore says, “we can go anywhere we want. We can and I don’t think anybody’s gonna be surprised about where we go, just because that’s what we always have done. Maybe we have a band sound, journos think the band’s music is drawn in pop but I really don’t
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know. Maybe we should do a dance album, given its popularity. I really don’t know. On the other hand maybe we should take a leaf out of AC/DC’s book and give everyone the same album for 30 years! I enjoy it, though. That’s the thing, when I hear that sound I think, ‘yeah that’s Angus. That’s rock’. It’s the definition of rock music for me.” Was there a mindset that Postcards From A Young Man would be like it is or did it organically go the way it did? “We have a mindset for every album to be honest with you,” Moore explains. “It may turn out a little different, but say for this one the strings idea was there from the start. We wanted to make it enjoyable for people’s ears.” The album is also marked by the presence of three guest luminaries in John Cale (Velvet Underground and solo mastermind), Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses/Velvet Revolver) and Ian
McCulloch (Echo & The Bunnymen). “John Cale is our mate,” Moore says with some pride, “so we chased him down in LA and sent him the files and it was a bit of wait-and-see. James [Dean Bradfield, guitar/vocals] had worked with him a few years back so he knew how he was to work with and also he’s a big influence on us, being the first Welsh alternative rock star, hanging out with Andy Warhol and all that. For us he was like a big inspiration, because if someone from our hometown could rub shoulders with the intelligentsia pop art world of New York then we can do it, so to speak. And when it came back it had this sort of Phillip Glass feel to it... to me, anyway. I really enjoyed listening to what he did, although you probably can’t hear it very well in the mix. “Duff McKagan presented us with a Mojo Magazine ‘Maverick’ Award. He joined us onstage when we played [Guns N’ Roses song] It’s So Easy at the Hammersmith Odeon, he definitely shined with that Appetite For Destruction bass sound. So from that experience we sent him some tapes also to LA and when we got them back we were pleasantly surprised. Then with Ian McCulloch, Echo & The Bunnymen were the first band that me, Richey and James went to see live. He came to our studio in Cardiff and he was the brightest light. It was like watching Bing Crosby and David Bowie doing a tune together in the room. It’s so great that you can pick up a phone and say, ‘do you wanna do this? Okay? Let’s do it’.” It certainly seems like a concept more aligned to hip hop than to the rock world, having three major guests on the one album.
“MAYBE WE SHOULD DO A DANCE ALBUM, GIVEN ITS POPULARITY. I REALLY DON’T KNOW. ON THE OTHER HAND MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE A LEAF OUT OF AC/DC’S BOOK AND GIVE EVERYONE THE SAME ALBUM FOR 30 YEARS! I ENJOY IT, THOUGH. THAT’S THE THING, WHEN I HEAR THAT SOUND I THINK, ‘YEAH THAT’S ANGUS. THAT’S ROCK’. IT’S THE DEFINITION OF ROCK MUSIC FOR ME.” “That had never really occurred to us,” Moore says, “though we had been talking about the UK Top 10 and how every track features somebody.” Then again, the Manics have always had a field day with off-kilter ideas, mad cover versions, big statements and changes in direction. As ever, they are masters of their own destiny. “We’ve never been ones to be pigeonholed anyway,” Moore says. “We just throw ideas into the mix and see what comes out of it. We’ve pretty much been left by the record company to do our own thing. We don’t get it right every time and we don’t profess to, but all you can do is just do what you feel, put it out there and hopefully it takes the baton on a little further.”
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BAD RELIGION Deities Of Punk American punk rock behemoths Bad Religion recently pumped out their 15th album in 30 years, entitled The Dissent Of Man. BEN WATSON talked to drummer Brooks Wakerman. acoustic guitar. But there are other, perhaps unexpected, influences at play. Wackerman reveals that he recently fathered twin boys, and he’s not the only one.When asked to compare the concept and attitude of the new album with that of, say, 2004’s colossal political monument The Empire Strikes First, Wackerman recognises that family may have influenced the writers. “I think some of the past albums have had a theme to it,” he says.“Such as Empire was a dedication to our disappointment with the Bush administration. So I don’t think this album was as thematic as some of the other ones, but with Brett having a little girl this year, I think his songs are definitely more personal and introspective. And, y’know, kinda have more of a human quality to it. Bad Religion
At 33 years of age, Brooks Wackerman is far and away the baby of Bad Religion. At the time of the band’s first show in 1980, he was a three-year-old child. But I have a theory that there’s a point one gets to in life where all people simply become fellow adults, and when Wackerman talks it’s with the kind of empathy and comprehension of a life-time member. He is clearly in the right band. In certain circles, Bad Religion are nothing short of royalty. Trailblazers in the Los Angeles hardcore punk scene before they’d
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even left high school, a lengthy and fractured apprenticeship through the 1980s finally manifested into one of the most eloquent, cryptically literate and downright verbose acts to ever master the power chord. Fuelled by the formidable songwriting duo of Epitaph Records founder Brett Gurewitz and UCLA professor Greg Graffin, and punctuated throughout by the band’s distinctive three-part harmonies, Wackerman agrees that while the new album is unmistakably Bad Religion, there’s a return to a mellower vibe than on the band’s previous couple of releases. “Yeah, I think a part of it is; I guess, more singer-songwritery,” he says. “But there’s also a portion of the record that is more aggressive, and more of the classic Bad Religion sound. But yeah, I think the more folky numbers are something new for us, even though Bad Religion has always had a fast, folky side to us. The songwriting has definitely evolved on this record. So there’s many facets on The Dissent Of Man.” Individually though, the members have been no strangers to influences well beyond the standard punk rock canon. Graffin now has two solo albums up his sleeve, and in 2008 he accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award at Harvard University by sitting down in a lecture theatre and playing Bad Religion songs on an
“ON THIS PARTICULAR RECORD WE WANTED MORE OF A WARMER SOUND. THE LAST COUPLE OF RECORDS DEFINITELY HAD THAT BAD RELIGION PUNCH TO IT. BUT I THINK THE PRODUCTION ON THIS ONE DEFINITELY HAS A WARMTH TO IT THAT THE LAST ONE DIDN’T HAVE AS MUCH. SO I LIKE THE OVERALL PRODUCTION BETTER.” “But there are some songs that deal with ecology and news related topics. But overall I think it definitely has a human element to it, and the songs are more general, as opposed to a concept record, if you will. “On this particular record we wanted
more of a warmer sound. The last couple of records definitely had that Bad Religion punch to it. But I think the production on this one definitely has a warmth to it that the last one didn’t have as much. So I like the overall production better. “It was put together pretty quick, too. We didn’t have that much pre-production, as far as rehearsals, which kinda made it interesting and confrontational at times; at least for me. By not hearing the songs, that much gave a spontaneity to it; where the last two records we had more time to prepare, which can bring an exciting element.” It’s worth mentioning that while all this was going on Greg Graffin was busy writing a book, Anarchy Evolution, which was released concurrently with the album. “It’s more or less memoirs of his academic career as a professor, and his life in Bad Religion as a punk singer,” Wackerman explains. But does the band ever worry that their writers’ uncompromisingly intelligent approach might result in their message being lost? “Well, if anything, it’ll inspire people to pick up a dictionary,” he laughs. “I mean, that’s what I did before I joined the band. There were so many words I did not understand that Greg was singing about; I just picked up a dictionary, and then a thesaurus! “You know, there’s some lyrics that are esoteric, where the meaning might get a little twisted. But I know there’s songs that I love where I misinterpreted what the song was about. So I think however the consumer feels about it, if they have an emotion that’s different than what the literal meaning is about, then that’s okay too. “But I know that there’s a lot of people that have questions on what Brett and Greg write about, including myself. There’s some songs where I thought it meant one thing, and I asked them what the song’s about and it was completely different. So it’s kinda cool that there’s a mystery there, too. “It makes the person think, as opposed to ‘I love this girl, and I’m really into her’. I mean, that’s a pretty simple message, there. With Bad Religion we’ve always been about questioning, and thought-provoking material. So I think that’s a pretty honest representation of the band there.”
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is inspired by country lasses and the fashions of yesteryear, perfect for tea parties and sunny summer afternoons. “Birds, farm girls, blazing American midwest summers and Aztec imagery were all inspiration behind the Summer collection. There are a lot of dreamy, floaty shapes evocative of birds in flight, some sweet girly homestyle detailing like cross stitch, ruffles and ric-rac, and a beautiful sun-bleached colour palette. There are some great mens pieces to complement as well, like soft washed out tees and chino shorts and farm boy plaid shirts.” Stocked at Planet Clothing, Urban Depot, Jack Clothing (Subiaco), Red Tiger, Rolling Trading Co, Indi and Em, Attic Home Wares, Fi and Co and Cite, Friends Of Couture is taking the WA fashion industry by storm, leaving hordes of well dressed lads and lasses in its wake. To keep up to date on all things Friends Of Couture, head to friendsofcouture.com.au. _EMMA BERGMEIER
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This Is Slowcore Minnesota indie darlings Low have kept a modest profile of late – but with the promise of a new album the three-piece return to dust off the cobwebs. CHRIS HAVERCROFT spoke to band leader Alan Sparhawk about the musicians busy schedule. Low play The Bakery on Saturday, October 23. When X-Press last spoke to Sparhawk at the beginning of the year he was well entrenched in the promoting of his bombastic rock side project Retribution Gospel Choir, and even floating the idea of a possible Australian tour. Some short months later he concedes that the complicated politics of being offered shows can make it difficult for a band like Retribution Gospel Choir to reach our shores, but he is thrilled to have no such problems with getting Low on the road. There may not have been any recorded output from Low since 2007’s Drums And Guns, but the husband and wife lead outfit have had plenty of opportunity to work on their chops. For the past year-and-a-half Sparhawk and his wife Mimi Parker have been involved with choreographer Morgan Thorson and a contemporary dance piece, which offered very little in the form of music that they could officially release. “It was very involving and took as
much work as it would have done to make an album and then to tour it,” Sparhawk claims of the pair’s efforts in contemporary dance. “It is a loose medium, and it can be spontaneous. The piece that we were doing had us performing and also as part of the dance piece as figures. There were vast sections where it was completely improvised. It could be very loose or very tight, and we happened to find a happy medium that was very engaging and challenging.” Some of Sparhawk’s favourite musical moments are where the parameters are rather loose, so working in the realm of dance was one of his ultimate musical experiences. Sparhawk feels that his love for improvisation may not be evident to many viewers of Low as the performances and records are pretty structured. So there may not be a massive amount of improvisation in the Low set, but Sparhawk is not closed to the idea of incorporating some contemporary dance. “Nothing is planned, but if we can
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find a few crazy people we would be happy to accommodate,” Sparhawk offers of the incorporating the new found skills into the stage act. “We often grapple with the idea of how to make a show more visually engaging. It is something we have always struggled with, but as conscience as we have been with it there is very little we have done over the years. “It is not so much a selfish thing that people should be focussed on us and not the slow motion eagle in the background – it’s more just letting the sound have all the room that it needs. If there is anything too distracting our music loses its place with the audience. It would
not take too much visual to distract people from what we are doing at times.” They may not be incorporating dance into the live show anytime soon, but there has been plenty that Low have been able to take out of the experience of working with Thorson. The dance piece saw Sparhawk and Parker experiment with looping vocals and the use of a pump organ – both ideas that have found their way on the soon to be completed Low album. “The dance piece really opened up new ideas for vocals for us, and gave us the opportunity to try some things that we weren’t really able to do with recordings before,” he continues. “It is kind of early stages, so we will see how it all ends up in the mix. We are experimenting with vocals and layers more now because of that. It was nice to be in a place where Mimi [Parker] had the opportunity to be improvisatory, because she was playing some of the keyboards and stuff that she doesn’t get a chance to do in Low.” Low’s previous studio album, Drums And Guns was inspired in part by the war in Iraq which saw Sparhawk move away from his more common writings on the problems of the human condition to focus more on the relevant concerns for ‘the American condition’. With a change in political climate since Drums And Guns, Sparhawk feels the next record will likely have a different focus.
“THERE WAS A BLIP WHEN OBAMA CAME INTO OFFICE THAT THERE WAS THIS HOPE, BUT EVERYBODY IS NOW BACK TO A CERTAIN REALITY. PEOPLE ARE BITCHING ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND PEOPLE ARE DIVIDING MORE AND MORE. IT IS A LOT MORE AMORPHOUS, BUT FOR SOME REASON I FEEL LIKE IT IS TURNING ME MORE INWARD AND THE SONGS ARE LOOKING MORE INWARD.” “There was a blip when Obama came into office that there was this hope, but everybody is now back to a certain reality,” he concludes. “People are bitching about the economy and people are dividing more and more. It is a lot more amorphous, but for some reason I feel like it is turning me more inward and the songs are looking more inward. I don’t know if that is boring or revisionist, but I guess I always knew that the answer belonged within of the human condition and the human problem. “Having done Drums And Guns it is moving back to the human condition and what we are doing. There are more love songs for some reason and I am hearing a little bit of joy, but it feels like this one is heading towards a more relationship type record.”
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“WHEN YOU PLAY DRUMS, ONE HAND NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO DO ONE THING; THE OTHER HAND NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO DO THE OTHER... GUITAR IS NOT THAT WAY BECAUSE ONE HAND IS FRETTING, THE OTHER HAND IS STRUMMING, AND TOGETHER YOU MAKE A SOUND. BEING A DRUMMER FOR SO LONG ALLOWED ME TO APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND HOW MY LEFT HAND CAN DO ONE THING AND MY RIGHT CAN DO ANOTHER, AND THAT FREED UP A LOT, AS FAR AS MY GUITAR PLAYING IS CONCERNED.”
KAKI KING The New Green
New York guitarist extraordinaire Katherine King, aka Kaki King, is back in town next month, playing at Fly By Night in Fremantle on Sunday, November 21. She speaks with JOSHUA HAYES. T h e d i m i n u t i ve g u i t a r i s t h a s a b i g reputation, having been named one of the New Guitar Gods by Rolling Stone magazine, working with artists as diverse as indie rock darlings The Mountain Goats, super producer Timbaland and playing on the Twilight soundtrack. She has also shown an affinity for Australia, visiting our shores regularly (most recently in December 2009), starting a side project, Daysleeper, in Sydney and guesting on the Foo Fighter’s Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners in 2006. Her upcoming tour is to promote her latest album Junior, released earlier this year. The album was a step in a new direction for King, working with a live band in the studio for the first time. The band, made up of King, drummer Jordan Perlman and multi instrumentalist Dan Brantigan, recorded Junior in a matter of days in November last year. “It was much faster,” King laughs, who on earlier albums would often play each instrument herself. King was introduced to the guitar at a young age but soon decided to focus on the drums, playing in bands as a teenager and throughout university. “ The guitar is a ver y special instrument for me, ” she explains. “But typically not in a social setting, normally I’d play drums or bass with friends.” However, she kept playing guitar, busking in the New York subway. In 2002 she began handing out a home made demos of acoustic guitar arrangements, which came to the attention of Velour Records and was
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released as Everybody Loves You in 2003. This was followed a year later by another album of mainly instrumental, acoustic numbers, Legs To Make Us Longer, before she began to expand her sound. 2006’s …Until We Felt Red and 2008’s Dreaming Of Revenge saw King incorporating overdubbing into her albums and playing numerous instruments herself. But it is her guitar playing that has garnered the most acclaim. Her unique style draws influence from iconic guitarists Preston Reed and Leo Kottke, and can also be attributed to her multi-instrumental background. “When you play drums, one hand needs to be able to do one thing; the other hand needs to be able to do the other,” she explains. “Guitar is not that way because one hand is fretting, the other hand is strumming, and together you make a sound. Being a drummer for so long allowed me to appreciate and understand how my left hand can do one thing and my right can do another, and that freed up a lot, as far as my guitar playing is concerned.”
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CONCRETE BLONDE Blood In, Blood Out
want stuff done right. That’s the only reason people do care about us today, is because we fought really hard to get things right, and I can’t get behind something that’s full of sloppy mistakes.” Sloppy or not, the reissue is out and the US tour was a success, which begs the question: why Australia? The answer, according to Napolitano, is simple – Australia loves Concrete Blonde, and she knows exactly why.
Concrete Blonde
Concrete Blonde’s 1990 album Bloodletting was a high-water mark for gothic rock – even if the band never fully subscribed to the style. The band celebrates the 20th anniversary reissue of Bloodletting, playing The Astor on Saturday, October 23. Johnette Napolitano speaks with LIAM DUCEY.
with our wonder ful mining overlords making sure the State Government’s economy kept ticking. It’s easy to forget the GFC was a massive problem for the rest of the world, and in particular US touring bands. It’s something Napolitano is keenly aware of after the band’s first tour in six years. “In this economy I was completely shocked at how well we did,” Napolitano says on the phone from her home in Joshua Tree. “There were a lot of artists who thought they were going to do well touring this year and they didn’t, they had to cancel shows. You try and figure that stuff out on paper, the agents and managers try and figure it out, and somebody bombs and everyone is scratching their heads wondering why, so I The Global Financial Crisis seemed like never take that for granted, ever.” barely a blip on the radar in Perth, what Speaking to Napolitano, you get
the feeling she wishes Shout! Factory, the label that put out the 20th anniversary reissue, had the same amount of care she obviously does. The reissue was put out without the blessing of Napolitano, and without her input or the input of guitarist James Mankey or current drummer Gabriel Ramirez. To put it mildly, Napolitano is slightly pissed about the situation. “ We didn’t k now about it and nobody asked us about it,” Napolitano says with obvious displeasure. “They didn’t even use the right pictures - the great Paul Thompson is the drummer on that album. I really wanted to endorse it and be a part of it but when I saw the record I was really disappointed that all they had to do was ask and they didn’t even bother, so fuck it. “Anyone who knows me or knows this band knows that I really, really fucking
“ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME OR KNOWS THIS BAND KNOWS THAT I REALLY, REALLY FUCKING WANT STUFF DONE RIGHT. THAT’S THE ONLY REASON PEOPLE DO CARE ABOUT US TODAY, IS BECAUSE WE FOUGHT REALLY HARD TO GET THINGS RIGHT, AND I CAN’T GET BEHIND SOMETHING THAT’S FULL OF SLOPPY MISTAKES.” “I have a theor y about this; in Australia it’s very much a pub circuit of playing live,” she explains. “At the time we were around, you had bands like INXS and it was not a problem for them to come over to the States and kick holy ass because they’d been playing pubs every night for a million years. So when you play Australia you really have to be good or those pub crowds will see straight through you. You have to prove yourself, hard, and we always prided ourselves on playing our asses of, we value the musicianship and soul and Australia does too. It’s a match made in heaven.”
OUCH MY FACE Block Rockin’ Beats
Ouch My Face are a chugging, riff heavy punk band from Melbourne with a staunchly DIY ethos and attitude to spare; and a lot of that attitude is down solely to the vocals of diminutive singer/guitarist Celeste Potter. Ahead of their first WA tour, with shows at Manhattans on Friday, October 22, and Mojo’s on Sunday, October 24, Potter spoke to LIAM DUCEY. Potter’s vocal style and lyrics leave nothing to the imagination, dropping bizarre nonsequiturs at a range usually reserved for pop singers over chaotically aggressive, metallic punk rock. Talking to Potter on the phone she is currently working on tracks destined to appear on the full-length debut from Ouch My Face - it’s instantly apparent that her unique, scattergun vocal style is almost an absolute replication of her personality. While she tries valiantly to stay on track it’s ultimately a futile effort – her brain clearly runs at a-mile-a-minute, and she’s breathlessly enthusiastic about everything she talks about. It’s part of what makes Potter, and indeed Ouch My Face, instantly appealing – there are no boundaries, and they’re going to do what they’re going top do, like it or not.
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While there are no boundaries, Potter says the full length won’t be a major departure from their debut, self-titled EP released late last year, with one notable exception. “To tell you the truth, at the moment I can’t stop listening to hip hop,” Potter says with more than a slight sense of exasperation. “I think it’s going to be a lot more… well you know how my vocal style is sort of jagged, and sort of stop-start-y and rhythmic, and we want a lot more of that and just really big beats. Big, big, fat hip hop beats. That’s how I feel at the moment anyway. “I’ve been listening to a lot of Public Enemy, and I’m fucking in love with Die Antwoord at the moment. I think they’re amazing. I love them. They’re just ridiculous and awesome and I think there are some parallels because Ouch are pretty ridiculous. Another thing that comes across, sonically, is pure aggression. The combination of a massive, chugging rhythm section and Potter’s razor-sharp guitar work – not to mention her banshee wails – has the potential to be mind-blowing. The aggression, however, is purely natural, according to Potter. “I think the thing is that metal and everything, just going to extremes, is really fun and that’s why we do it,” Potter says with complete honesty. “It feels good to break shit, and get needlessly angry. For five days a week we have to be responsible and then for an hour or so on a Saturday night you can just go crazy and chuck a tanty. It’s awesome; you’re basically getting in touch with your inner toddler.”
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THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Come Together Drawing their membership from a swag of other groups, Canada’s The New Pornographers sure know their way around a pop song. CHRIS HAVERCROFT chatted with AC Newman about the outfit’s fifth album Together and their impending Perth performance at The Rosemount Hotel on Tuesday, November 16. It can be quite a cumbersome effort to get all members of the Vancouver eightpiece to put their other projects on hold to tour with The New Pornographers, but Newman has ensured that he is able to put a touring party together for most occasions. Dan Bejar is not a great fan of playing live, but the enlisting of Kathryn Calder has ensured that the band can hit the road even when indie chanteuse Neko Case is unavailable. “ I t ’s we i rd, b e c a u s e N e k o w a s meant to come with us,” Newman offers, regarding the previous Australian tour. “She had to cancel because she was working on a record, but she is not working on a record this time so it appears that Neko will be with us. Sometimes in our world things do change at the last minute, but I was just talking to Neko and she loves Australia and was bummed that she couldn’t go on the last tour that we did, so I think is going to be cool.” Pop aficionados the world over have been keen to heap praise on the way that Newman is able to toy with the genre without ever sacrificing melody. The initial New Pornographers albums were chock full of saccharine power pop, but of late there has been a more diverse structure to their records. With these subtle changes, Newman has also penned some more personal and emotional material. “ I wo u l d h o p e t h a t o u r m u s i c would cheer people up,” he offers. “We are trying to find that balance between being a party band but also being something that people can listen to when they are by themselves. I think if you are writing songs that are quiet they just lend themselves to being more personal. I like loud upbeat rock songs, and it doesn’t make sense if the lyrics are sad. Sometimes the medium has to match the message. “In as much as I lik e to screw around with the pop song format that is one thing that I try and stick with. If the song is mellow then it is more kind of personal, and if it is a rock song it is usually more oblique or surreal or just dumb. Looking back, I think that may have been part of our initial success in that we embraced things that were dumb. But I think we did it in a smart way.”
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INSTITUT POLAIRE Make Your Own Mayflower
GOLD PANDA Lucky Shiner Spunk / EMI
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Although their decision to abandon our smalltown local music scene for the bright lights of the big city struck a sore note with indie-pop lovers across WA, with the release of debut LP Make Your Own Mayflower the time has come to forgive the actions of much-loved former Perth outfit Institut Polaire. A compatible follow-up to the their amorphous 2007 EP The Fauna And The Flora, their debut finds the now Melbourne-based nine-member clique further pushing the boundaries of indie pop, crafting an intriguing first full-length statement which speaks to both the growing collective’s divergent passions and united vision. This spacey, melodic effort has an ambiance that is childlike but not childish, and caters to the outfit’s artsy and self-indulgent whims, but never in an elitist, overbearing or hipper-than-thou way. Representing the work of minds that celebrate melody, thoughtful song writing and brevity – which is no small list to scoff at – Make Your Own Mayflower shows Institut Polaire to be a band of great moments more than great songs.
Gold Panda’s journey to becoming a recording artist was from behind the counter of record stores and adult bookshops. When not giving the punters their goods for aural or oral pleasure, he was busy building up an eclectic collection of electronic music that he eventually used to leak remixes to those who matter. After tackling songs by Bloc Party and HEALTH, Gold Panda started to create his own music, with his latest Lucky Shiner being recorded in two relatively short sessions from his relative’s house in Essex. Although recorded in the leafy green surrounds, part of Lucky Shiner’s genesis is from further afield and borrows sounds from Gold Panda’s eastern travels. I’m With You But I’m Lonely and Marriage show that Gold Panda is adept at mixing both melody and beats. The acoustic strum of Parents is at odds with the remainder of Lucky Shiner, but then this is not an album that has any shortage of good ideas. Lucky Shiner is the blissful type of electronica that you can immerse yourself in to find that when you immerge, half the day has already gone. There are far worse ways to waste your time.
_JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD
_CHRIS HAVERCROFT
AVRIL LAVIGNE Essential Mixes
EDWYN COLLINS Losing Sleep
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The Canadian pseudo punk pop princess has been slaying the charts over the course of three albums, but with there being relative silence from the Lavigne camp of late the Essential Mixes collection is trying to fill the void. The two mixes of Girlfriend move the song away from Rubinoos-esque power pop playfulness and towards the glistening lights of the roller disco. They have some novelty value, but are not a patch on the original version that was deservedly a worldwide smash. Of the mixes here, Hot is the one that is done with the greatest effect. The usually ordinary tune is given a new lease of life when unleashed in a mode that is more suited to club dancefloors. Amongst the mixes are half a dozen acoustic versions of songs such as Sk8er Boi, He Wasn’t and When You’re Gone. While showing the singer in a different light, when the songs are stripped down they severely lack energy. Essential Mixes is anything but what its title suggests. You would be better served to track down the Almost Alice Soundtrack as it contains at least one great Lavigne tune - the dark and brooding Alice. _CHRIS HAVERCROFT
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“I’ve been a fan of Low for a long time. That whole spook element. Monkey is such a great song I don’t think I could write anything half as good as that”. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
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KINGS OF LEON Come Around Sundown
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The My Disco that released the 2004 EP Language In Numbers wouldn’t recognise itself as the same band on their new album, Little Joy. There are similar elements in the discordant guitars and the crushingly tight rhythm section, but the elements of mathcore that marked their debut are gone completely. So are the wordyyet ambiguous lyrics, having been replaced by simple, repetitive mantras for the entirety of the album - an album that is deceiving in its seeming simplicity. The beauty of Little Joy lies in its sense of minimalism, but the minimalism is in the structure, and not the textures. It’s an album that needs to be listened to, uninterrupted, from start to finish to truly appreciate those textures and the incredibly musicianship, particularly from drummer Rohan Rebeiro, who anchors the album and provides a seemingly endless array of variation. Little Joy is an album from a band at the absolute pinnacle of their powers. I’m not sure where they will go from here, but I can’t wait to find out. _LIAM DUCEY
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To ignore the extent to which the title of Edwyn Collins’ new LP Losing Sleep should be placed in the context of the artist’s personal life would not only be impossible and disingenuous, but also completely disrespectful to the hardships this brave man has endured. In early 2005 the Scottish indie-pop rocker - best known for landing the mid-‘90s hit A Girl Like You - suffered a double brain haemorrhage which left him in a wheelchair, unable to speak, write and eat unaided. That said, it’s impossible to listen to Losing Sleep with a dry eye, or without hearing an ominous subtext to every song. It has been a hard, long road to recovery for Collins, which is reflected in absorbing lyrics full of references to loss of pride and self-doubt. Revealing to listeners that he’s been “losing dignity” and wondering “what is my role?”, these 12 tracks are elegant and aching soul-pop sucker-punches from an artist who is still fiercely determined to succeed, despite encouragement from his doctors to try and “live within the limitations”. A deeply affecting release, Losing Sleep stands as a quiet celebration to the miracle that Collins is still making music.
They say it can get pretty lonely at the top of the mountain. Af ter the monolithic success of 2008’s Only By The Night, Kings Of Leon were hastily bundled upon the express train to certified rock stardom, where they’ve dwelled uneasily ever since (regularly ambushed by tabloid columns and pigeon poop). Now, after a couple of years at the top, the four blokes from Franklin, Tennessee just want to go home. A lamentation on their new-found fame, Come Around Sundown– the band’s fourth studio release – is bundled with nostalgia for “going back down south”. “I ain’t got a home,” Caleb Followill pines solemnly on The End. “I’ll forever roam.” Exactly how a bunch of goofball southerners, who launched their career on the coattails of rock’s great revival of the early 2000s, metamorphosed into the oh-so-serious stadium rockers of today remains somewhat of a mystery. That aside, Come Around Sundown again employs the über-produced, straight-laced formula of Only By The Night, with mirroring results: okay songs, big choruses, gob-smacking production. If not a trifle dull, Come Around Sunshine is a decent radio-friendly slab of quasi-anthemic rock’n’roll which will reaffirm KOL’s tenure as ‘the biggest band in the world’. Let’s just hope they can reinvigorate the KOL brand for album #5, as this could get really boring really quickly. _JULIAN TOMPKIN
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Before Jose Gonzalez was a solo sensation, he was in a little threepiece in Sweden called Junip. With Gonzalez finding greater success than he ever imagined Junip never found the opportunity to record an album. Fields sees Gonzalez return to his roots for the outfits’ debut. There is no doubting that the first time you hear Gonzalez’ voice or see him play, he is mesmerising but sadly his spell hasn’t lasted the test of time. The reality is that his better moments have come when he has been singing other people’s songs (The Knife, Massive Attack, Kylie Minogue) and Fields does little to dispel this belief. Junip certainly sound like a ‘band’ and not just some famous chap with a few anonymous mates, as the songs are more heavy handed and even embrace the odd moment of distortion. If you are an unashamed fan of Gonzalez, then Fields will tick the right boxes. If you are not one to fawn over his every word then Fields is likely to be far too passive a listen. Sure Fields may be more muscular and aggressive than Gonzalez solo work, but it’s about as threatening as if a four year old suggested you meet him in the carpark, now.
In some ways it’s a shame that Best Coast are responsible for mak ing fuzzed-out guitar-based pop cool again, because there are heaps of bands in the US that have been doing this forever, without resorting to totally vapid lyrics. The Ettes are one such band. They’ve been going since 2004, and while there is no great mystery to what they do – it’s essentially straight ahead garage pop-rock – it’s executed so well that you can’t help but be drawn in. Lindsay Hames’ vocals play a massive part in this, equally beguiling and urgent, while the four on floor backing the gets is crisp and clean – well, as crisp and clean as you can get from a band that lists fuzz pedals as a major influence. Last year’s Do You Want Power is a good place to start, and if you can track down earlier releases, they’re well worth it – if a bit rougher, which ain’t always a bad thing. Key Track: Red In Tooth And Claw _LIAM DUCEY
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“You’re my favourite d a y d r e a m / I ’m y o u r famous nightmare” – these are the lyrics which will haunt you on Castles In The Snow, the first single from pompadoured indie-rock troubadour Twin Shadow. They’re also the 8 words you’ll hear on the lips of every hipster kid around the globe by the end of the year – guaranteed! Far from a potential one-hit-wonder situation, virtually every track on Twin Shadow’s outstanding debut effort Forget is driven by a feeling of impotence with the world around it, and it is this realisation which makes the entire record both age-defining and a genuine treat to listen to. Crafting his 11 superb tunes with towering lyrical ambition and musical exploration, Twin Shadow vividly articulates both the dreams and anxieties of one man without ever considering sacrifice or surrender. A pitch-perfect, unfalteringly accurate expression of 21st century anxiety, backed with music not only of extraordinary grace and melody, but also of experimental clarity and vision. Forget is certainly the greatest indie record 2010 has thrown us thus far.
As the ’80s came to a close Morrissey sensed a turning point in his career. With his legacy as ‘that bloke from The Smiths’ relegated to a decade now passed, 1990 would be a year the perturbed pop poet would attempt a reinvention of sorts in releasing a swag of single only tracks, with plans for a separate longplayer of new material to be released shortly after. However, Morrissey soon accepted even he wasn’t capable of such a feat, and decided to bundle these singles – as well as a bunch of other odds and sods – into what would become his legendary second solo release, Bona Drag. While largely recognised as a compilation album, it would be embraced as the definitive Morrissey album by many – packed with many of his finest moments, such as Piccadilly Palare, November Spawned A Monster and The Last Of The Famous International Playboys. EMI has now reissued the original album with six bonus tracks and updated artwork.
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SHIHAD Ingnite Roadrunner
Shihad have always been better live than they have on record. Indisputable fact. That’s not to say they haven’t put out some absolutely ripping albums – it’s merely a testament to how unstoppably badass these four Kiwis are onstage. Times, though, have not been kind to Shihad. The massive mistake they made in changing their name in search of US audience clearly hurt them, and there’s no doubt Ignite is an attempt to right the wrongs. The elements that make Shihad great are all here. Jon Toogood has the vocals to match his last name and the riffs are inventive and fresh, like they’ve been reinvigorated. There’s a heaviness in the groove that has been lacking for several years. In short, Shihad are back, large and in charge. The great thing about Shihad is that beneath the bluff and bluster, they are a fantastic pop band in the true sense of the word – hooks and melodies that embed themselves in your brain and stay there. Rather than try to reject this, Ignite has them embrace it. Let’s forget the silly name change and rejoice in this return to form.
Jay Baruchel is in cinemas right now in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, playing the student to Nicolas Cage’s hairy wizard. Only a few weeks back he was in She’s Out of My League, a good movie that was cast with unknowns but which had both a smart mouth and a heart. Baruchel has a lanky Woody Allen appeal, an average guy who isn’t superhumanly confident - you could probably beat him in a fight and get a hotter girlfriend. It’s those qualities that make him so likeable, and he gives the character of unlikely hero Hiccup a similar feeling despite only providing the voice in Dreamworks’ 3D animated epic How to Train Your Dragon. He plays a kid growing up in a Norse township under constant attack by dragons, trying to please elders who can’t understand why he’s so hopeless learning to fight them. But when he inadvertently brings one down and befriends it in secret, it might be Hiccup who shows everyone else how it’s done. Another star of a movie this week that’s as hidden as Baruchel is visible is UK graffiti artist Banksy. He’s either the subject of or the perpetrator behind documentary Exit Through the Giftshop, which may be a mockumentary about a French filmmaker trying to plumb the depths of the illegal underground street art world.
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Put the tequila on ice, grab a beautiful senor or senorita and get on down to Cinema Paradiso for the Hola Mexico Film Festival. Running from Thursday, November 18, ’til Wednesday, November 24, the festival will showcase the best contemporary flicks Mexico has to offer, including Revolucion, Leap Year, The Crime Of The Father, Northless, Sins Of My Father and Presumed Guilty.To kick off the festival in style, a Mexican themed opening night party will be held following the screening of Revolucion, boasting tasty treats and traditional entertainment. To find out what’s screening and when, head to lunapalace.com.au.
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Cinephiles will gather en masse at The Moon come Sunday, October 24, when Cinema In A Cave takes over the venue for a special screening of The Beaver Trilogy starring Sean Penn and Crispin Glover. Featuring three separate vignettes, the documentary was set to be released in 2001, following its successful debut at the Sundance Film Festival, but was pulled from the mainstream cinema circuit due to copyright issues raised by Penn. Following the ups and downs of a curious chap named Groovin’ Gary, the documentary series makes for a riveting watch, so be sure to get down to The Moon at 8pm for this free screening.
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Save yourself (and Father Christmas) a whole lot of time and worry this year by getting all your Christmas shopping done in one place at the Fremantle Arts Centre’s annual Bazaar. Setting up shop from Friday, December 3, ’til Sunday, December 5, the Bazaar is a magical marketplace where shoppers can find the perfect presents for their loved ones, with wares on offer from local artists and designers. Over 50 stalls will pop up in the FAC courtyard, dishing up textiles, homewares, papercrafts, glass, fashion, jewellery, cards, skincare and everything in between. For the first time in the Bazaar’s history, a special night market will be held on Friday, December 3, allowing punters to shop ‘til they drop under the starry sky from 5pm ’til 10pm. Entry to the Bazaar is $2, kids under 12 get in free. The FAC is located at 1 Finnerty Street, Fremantle.
The sweet sounds of Portugal will emanate from the Ellington Jazz Club this November when Lisbon born songstress Sara Serpa takes to the stage to enchant WA audiences. A graduate of Portugal’s Hot Clube Jazz School, Serpa has played jazz for most of her life and is an acclaimed vocalist and composer. Catch this young performer doing what she does best when she takes to the stage of The Ellington on Friday, November 5, and Saturday, November 6. Bookings can be made online at ellingtonjazz.com.au.
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Vegetarians, vegans and animal lovers take note: the Animal Rights Advocates’ Cruelty Free Festival is set to take over the Earthwise Community Centre on Saturday, October 30. Boasting information stalls, cruelty free products and food, cooking demonstrations and lots of live entertainment, the Festival will raise awareness about cruelty free living from 10am-2pm at 315 Bagot Road in Subiaco. Entry is free and pets are welcome. Find out more at ara.org.au.
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MINOR MAJOR MARLENE Suitcase Songs
Minor Major Marlene
Ali Bodycoat concludes her run of the acclaimed Minor Major Marlene – her one woman cabaret on the life of the great Marlene Dietrich – at The Ellington tonight, Thursday, October 21. Tickets are $30 for seating or $25 for standing and available through ellingtonjazz.com.au. Reinvention is inked in today’s ‘how to stay famous’ handbook. A day in the life of Lady Gaga is a lifetime for most, with her seemingly insatiable appetite for style overhauls and ‘shock’ reinventions. But decades before it became a tool for survival in stardom, reinvention was a revelation. And nobody did it quite like Marlene Dietrich. A by-product of both her quest for unimpeded exploration and a veil to shroud her many demons, Dietrich was Hollywood’s first great female chameleon. But it was a life underwritten by an almost unimaginable sadness. Perth’s leading jazz songstress, Ali Bodycoat has been a lifetime fan of Dietrich’s work – both on screen and on record. But it wasn’t until 2010 that an opportunity arose to transpose her private admiration onto the stage, as part of Downstairs At The Maj’s Cabaret Soiree - a run of dates that would quickly sell out. But now Minor Major Marlene returns for one last show at The Ellington. “I think she is probably one of the most powerful presences,” Bodycoat begins, of her admiration for Dietrich. “Just from having watched so many Marlene movies she doesn’t even have to open her mouth. She has an enigmatic quality which I think is lost now in movie stars; that era was just so much more powerful from a cinematographic aspect. “She is stunning but very androgynous at the same time, which I find fascinating. I think, just immediately to look at her, she was a chameleon – over her movie career she went from this young little innocent, wide-eyed ingénue to being recreated into this absolute siren. I really believe no one today in cinema has that power, and is able to captivate you in that way that we don’t understand why we want to watch more.” Born in the closing days or 1901, “Lene” – as she would be known affectionately by those close to her – showed an early love of music and poetry; a passion which would soon manifest itself as she found work as a chorus girl around the backstreet theatres of Berlin. Bit parts in films and various cabaret shows throughout Europe would follow, but it was her unforgettable role as Lola-Lola in 1930’s The Blue Angel which would propel the little known German amateur to Hollywood, and into immortality. Dietrich couldn’t have known she was, in effect, leaving Germany for good when she set sail for Hollywood. In 1930 a marginal political party trading as the National Socialist 34
German Workers’ Party would win 18.3 per cent of the vote in the Reichstag – and would double that in the 1932 elections. By 1933 the party’s leader, Adolf Hitler, would be declared the Chancellor of Germany. As Hitler began to implement his campaign for a pure and formidable Germania, Dietrich was rapidly becoming Hollywood’s leading lady thanks to Joseph von Sternberg’s master ful works Morocco, Dishonoured, Shanghai Express, Blonde Venus, The Scarlet Empress and The Devil Is A Woman. Dietrich’s sensual but guttural voice would also find its way onto recordings, with many of the theme songs from her films becoming certified hit records – and she would remain a musical force well into the 1960s, working with masters such as Mitch Miller and Burt Bacharach. But fame and for tune couldn’t masquerade the fact the world was headed for war, and in 1939 Dietrich’s worst nightmare would roll camera – her adopted United States of America was now at war with her native Germany. Dietrich would be forced to make the toughest decision of her life, choosing to renounce her homeland and stay in the US, where she became a citizen. She would even go further, volunteering to travel to the gruelling frontlines of Europe to entertain American troops – with reports that, as well as contracting many of the illnesses rife on the battlefield, she would sleep with many of the soldiers to give them what little comfort she could in the face of almost certain death. Now a traitor to her ancient homeland and a hero to the new world, Dietrich’s life and soul would be ripped in two during the course of World War II – a torment from which she’d never truly recover, and is harrowingly documented in the song Ich Habe Noch Einen Koffer In Berlin (I Still Have A Suitcase In Berlin). “What she gave on that level – the conditions she put herself into – she had a massive heart,” Bodycoat says of Dietrich’s war effort. “There is a tragic element to her most definitely, but I think that was partially created. She wanted people to believe in the fantasy and she didn’t want anyone to know about the reality. She went to major efforts to disguise anything that wasn’t uppermost perfection, right down to the way that she managed the lighting and makeup – whereas now you just stick a needle of Botox into your face. “She died virtually alone and was a recluse, but that was her choice. She cut herself right off from the world as such. I think she just didn’t want people to see her beyond what she wanted people to remember about the perfection and fantasy of the Marlene Dietrich, which is why she is still so powerful. She is immortal, and she created that immortality herself.” _JULIAN TOMPKIN www.xpressmag.com.au
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THE SOCIAL NETWORK
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in tow, who have an idea to create an exclusive Directed by David Fincher Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, social network for students of Harvard. After agreeing to write the code needed Armie Hammer, Justin Timberlake to make the trio’s social network website concept With over 500 million members worldwide, a reality, Zuckerberg has second thoughts, and Facebook is an unstoppable phenomenon that begins work on his own version of the site, has infiltrated most cities and countries across the graciously funded by his cashed up buddy world. Though most of us use the site on a daily Eduardo. It doesn’t take long for team Winklevoss basis, few are aware of how Facebook came to be, to realise that Zuckerberg isn’t living up to his which is where The Social Network steps in. end of the bargain, and within the blink of an eye, Directed by David Fincher (The Curious Zuckerberg is being sued by numerous parties, Case Of Benjamin Button, Fight Club) and written having screwed over his elite clients and his best by Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network tells the sordid friend. true-story of how Facebook came in to existence, Fast paced, funny and extremely well focusing on the ups and downs of (disputed) executed, The Social Network is easily one of the creator Mark Zuckerberg. best films of 2010, and Jesse Eisenberg excels at Jesse Eisenberg stars as Zuckerberg, an bringing the ‘character’ of Zuckerberg to life on the arrogant, fast-talking, quick-witted geek who is too big screen. intelligent for his own good. After being dumped Eisenberg depicts Zuckerberg as brash by his girlfriend one night, Zuckerberg has a few and abrasive but despite his character’s arrogance too many beers and starts blogging about his ex, and condescending attitude, he’s a compelling while simultaneously creating a website called creature to observe. Whether disputing charges FaceMash (with help from his roommate Eduardo, in the court room, partying with Napster founder played by Andrew Garfield), which allows students Sean Parker (Justin Timberlake), or writing code in to rate the hotness of female undergraduates at his dorm room, Eisenberg is incredibly entertaining Harvard University. Attracting 22,000 odd hits in as the anti-hero in The Social Network. two hours, FaceMash crashes the Harvard servers, Though this film may make you want and Zuckerberg is put on six months academic to temporarily boycott the world’s largest social probation. networking site, it’s definitely worth the price of It’s during this probation that Zuckerberg admission, with stellar performances and direction is approached by the devilishly rich and handsome from a talented cast of creatives. Like. Winklevoss twins (played by a perfectly cast Armie Hammer), with their buddy Divya (Max Minghella) _EMMA BERGMEIER
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THE TOWN Boston Bandits
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Directed by Ben Affleck Starring Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jeremy Renner, John Hamm, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper Boston, insofar as can be told from the recent spate of films set there, is populated almost entirely by working class Irish-American gangs and the cops out to stop them. After Mystic River, The Departed, and Affleck’s own Gone Baby Gone, it’s apparent that only gun-toting criminals with Southie accents are safe to walk the streets, and even then only for the two or so hours of running time it takes for the heavy hand of the law to come crashing down on them. This cinematic trend continues with The Town, Affleck’s sophomore directorial effort, a down to earth, robust thriller that does nothing to dispel the notion that Beantown is a free fire zone. Indeed, in an opening scroll, we are told that Charlestown, the suburb where the film is set, is the bank robbery capital of the world. It’s a familiar tale, laden with tropes as old as the crime genre itself. Affleck is Doug MacCray, the career criminal who wants out of the life after one more score. Renner is Jem, his hair trigger childhood friend whose violent tendencies are becoming a problem, Hall is Claire, the former hostage that Doug is falling for, and Mad Men’s Hamm is the dogged FBI agent bent on collaring MacCray and company. Assessing the film purely at a plot level, it’s a story we’ve seen a thousand times before. But plot isn’t everything. Where Affleck excels as a director is in the details. “Write what you know”, the old saying goes, and Bostonian
Affleck has thus far heeded the advice, setting all his films in his home town. As a result, The Town displays a remarkable sense of verisimilitude, and we watch the proceedings unfold through a native eye that is capable if picking out the tiny elements that contribute to an extremely effective overall feeling of reality. It’s in the low-rent fashions worn by the crims, the broad accents and the local slang, the cheap houses and shabby furnishings, even the body language of the characters. It’s clear that Affleck both knows, and has an abiding affection for, these people and places. All that would be for nothing if the film didn’t also work as a thriller, and it’s here that Affleck shows his maturing technical flair, handling the action and chase sequences with a confidence and aplomb that belies his rookie status. Although the big actions beats are fast paced and frenetic, Affleck never falls back on the confusing handheld camera work that is the mark of an action journeyman; his fight scenes are extremely well orchestrated, each with its own structure and flavour, culminating in a final heist scene and shootout that is one the best in recent memory. While nowhere near as good as Michael Mann’s magisterial Heat - an obvious influence The Town is a taut, solid thriller. After this and Gone Baby Gone, it’s become apparent that Affleck is a natural behind the camera, and one hopes we won’t have to wait long for his next directorial effort. _TRAVIS JOHNSON
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RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE Evil Incarnate
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Directed by Paul W.S Anderson Starring Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller, Kim Coates Like a dull-eyed stray cat that’s wandered into your yard with self-seeking impetus, the Resident Evil franchise has been welcomed with open arms by quite a few. But surely, with the waning entertainment value of these films, even the suckers have started feeling like the victim of a poor scratch-and-run incident? Based on the video-game of the same name, Resident Evil was a fairly entertaining visuals-first jaunt about an iniquitous organisation that’s responsible for a zombie plague. The hero of the film – and its three sequels – is a leggy lass named Alice (Milla Jovovich); the villains remain that same corporation. ‘My name is Alice. I had worked for the Umbrella Corporation. Five years ago, the T-Virus escaped, and everybody died. Trouble was... they didn’t stay dead.’ Alice is still on the hunt for zombie-free land in Resident Evil: Afterlife. She’s also still trying to take down the evil Umbrella Corporation responsible for the outbreak. Joining her in her mission to scratch both off her to-do list are a
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small team of survivors (some new, some old) including old friend Claire Redfield (Ali Larter), who now has a rare form of amnesia. The gang – also including Claire’s brother Chris (Prison Break’s Wentworth Miller proving he does a great Michael Scofield... and only Michael Scofield) – hear of a ship that’s zombie free. Being atop of a Los Angeles building that’s surrounded by a zillion coffin dodgers, and without a flying fox, means getting to said vessel is going be a task. And not that exciting. You know how there’s different varieties of chicken potato chips in the confectionary aisle at the supermarket, and yet they all pretty much taste the same? Same deal with the Resident Evil films, you’ll be hard pressed telling them apart. For all intents and purposes, each of the films replays the same Alice vs. Zombies fight. The only thing being pushed forward in these films is the restless, butt-sore audience member. Granted, there is one thing that sets director Paul W.S Anderson’s Resident Evil: Afterlife apart from the series’ other instalments - 3D. And maybe if this were 2007, that would actually mean something to audiences. Considering the gimmick’s slapped onto every second film these days, the 3D applied to the frames of this video game, er, movie likely won’t even raise an eyebrow. Pity, because this one’s been shot on the same 3D cameras that James Cameron used for Avatar and looks rather slick – at the same time, as most filmmakers will agree, 3D has to compliment a story, not ‘be’ the story. Good group of actors in this thing – in addition to Jovovich and Larter (TVs Heroes) there’s the usually-dependable Kim Coates (Black Hawk Dawn), Boris Kodjoe (from the promising new series Undercovers), Sienna Guillory (reprising her Resident Evil 3 role, Jill Valentine), and character actor Fulvio Cecere (Cinderella Man) – but clearly they’re all just here for the paycheque, because most of their performances borderline on having Xanax play sponsor. Kids might enjoy the film’s well-staged fight sequences, some will likely even relish the chance to see Milla Jovovich back in tight shorts again, but ask them at the end of the day ‘what movie did you see today?’ and they’ll likely forget they even saw one (some might argue they didn’t). We’re still all rooting for the zombies.
Red
Directed by Robert Schwentke Starring Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Mary-Lousie Parker, Karl Urban
It is officially The Year Of The Tough Old Bastard. A dearth of modern action icons has opened the gate for the previous generation to take a stab at reclaiming the throne, evidenced by the spate of nostalgia-tinged action vehicles released over the last couple of years. The Expendables is the most obvious example, but it’s only the latest instalment of Stallone’s weird late-career renaissance. The A-Team is mostly populated by the young, but it’s anchored by Liam Neeson, who was recently ‘scene’ burning Paris to the ground in Taken. Even towards the more ‘serious’ end of the spectrum, we’ve had Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino, Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, and Michael Caine in Harry Brown. The culture is speaking: old guys are just plain cooler. Which is whole raison d’être for Red, a film that throws retired black ops bad-ass Frank Moses (Willis) and his team of pensionable killing machines up against the might of the CIA. Right from the get-go, we’re left in no doubt that the CIA hasn’t got a chance against these guys; an army of highly trained spies with a multi-billiondollar budget has no chance against a well-aged slab of beef like Willis, let alone Malkovich’s deranged weapons expert or Mirren’s gracious assassin. It’s a weird kind of reverse ageism, where the older and more grizzled you are, the more arse you can kick. Thankfully, the combined charisma of _CLINT MORRIS the cast, combined with director Schwentke’s
light touch, means that the premise just scrapes over the suspension of disbelief threshold. The cast, which also includes veterans such as Richard Dreyfuss, Ernest Borgnine and Brian Cox, are clearly having a ball, and the feeling of fun is infectious. Much has been made of Mirren’s turn as the machine-gun wielding grand old dame of the group, but top marks must go to Malkovich as the unhinged Boggs, a paranoid survivalist with an inordinate fondness for a toy stuffed pig. Freeman also enjoys himself as the lecherous operator Matheson, and only Willis seems to come off short changed in his role as the group’s straight man, although he does get to deploy his trademark smirk here and there. The film falls down structurally, though. Although spry and charming, there’s never any sense of danger or rising stakes, and the story just lopes along from setpiece to setpiece without ramping up the tension, until it arrives at a decidedly undercooked climax. Indeed, such is the lack of effective drama that even a major character death is glossed over as if it were of no consequence. It’s indicative of a lack of intent at the heart of the proceedings, which results in the film not lingering for long in the memory. All up, Red is a confection; sweet, light and enjoyable, with a hint of decadent indulgence, but with no real weight or value. Although the cast has a grand old time proving they’ve still got what it takes, it takes more than this to make the action classic all involved are capable of. _TRAVIS JOHNSON
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STILLS FROM LIFE Oiled Up Painter Steve Makse explores human identity Makse has given his vanitas paintings and materialism in his debut solo exhibition a 21st century bent, dotting them with iPods, fast Stills From Life at Linton & Kay Contemporary food and designer clothes. It’s visually jolting and a - Back Space Gallery, 123 Hay Street, from clever twist on the Dutch originals. Saturday, October 23, ’til Friday, November 5. Makse’s paintings are rendered in thick daubs of oil, giving his art a gravitas normally For Steve Makse, the material world is an unreliable reserved for historical works. It is an appropriate narrator, a spurious reflection that distorts our self- medium that reinforces the theme of time and image and worth. He flouts flat screen TVs and mortality. gossip magazines, finding refuge in his art and the “I love the traditional style of oil esoteric paintings of 16th century Holland. painting,” he muses. “The background in Vanitas “Maybe we’re not as free as we think we MMVIII has more than 30 layers of thin glazes; I are,” Makse says.“We tend to be drawn to material spent about 150 hours in total on that piece. Only goods to represent ourselves. We think we’re oils can give you the deep richness and subtle independent but are drawn to certain brands of changes in tone. I stayed in London for a couple clothing, financial wealth and status. Maybe w e of years and loved looking at the oil paintings in rely on that too much instead of shaping our own the portrait and national galleries. I’m really into image and identity.” the work of Goya, Claesz and the chiaroscuro of This ethos has influenced Makse’s art Caravaggio’s work.” and he draws on the 16th century vanitas genre Makse, 37, graduated from Curtin in of still-life painting, where skulls and spent candles 1994 with a BA in Graphic Design. After working mingle with gold coins. for several magazines and ad agencies, he “Vanitas pits powerful images of returned to education at Edith Cowan University, mortality with material goods. It suggests that undertaking a MA in Visual Arts in 2008. As part of pursuing material happiness is necessarily not his masters, he wrote a thesis, The Paradox Of Self, that satisfying and fruitful. People seem to work that rekindled his passion for philosophy and led so much to buy shit they don’t need to impress to his debut solo exhibition Stills From Life. people they don’t know.” “This exhibition would be quite
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different if I hadn’t discovered the works of Sartre and Camus during my masters. It changed my perspective on things and influenced my art. I try to apply some of the theories to my everyday life.” In addition to more traditional styled oil paintings, Stills From Life will include several mixed-media screen prints in a series of portraits called Facespace. “People seem to be obsessed with Facebook and constructing their self-image
online. But is the result always a true reflection of the individual? It’s an interesting concept.” Steve Makse refuses to follow the herd and is intent on creating art and living life by his own rules. “I’ve always been conscious of trends and trying to avoid them. I still haven’t bought a flat screen - I’m quite happy with my old crappy TV…”
that one of our male dancers from Broome is going to do some indigenous Australian dance. So we’re combining Australian indigenous dance with contemporary dance and Indonesian dance together. “What’s been really revealing, this week in particular, are the similarities of movement between indigenous Australian and Indonesian dance. Indonesian and indigenous dance is very earthed whereas in contemporary there is a lot of jumping. Rather than blending the two we’re highlighting the differences and similarities.” Parrot said another choreographic difference was discovered in the Indonesian duet between the female and male dancers who don’t have a lot of contact with their bodies. The movements can be close together but the dancers don’t actually touch and so she has incorporated some of that into the western contemporary. However, throughout the whole process Parrott is continuously checking the protocol so as not to disrespect the cultures. Adding to the performance will also
be the component of live gamelan music from local gamelan musicians. Parrott says this element adds a colour and exuberance to Satu Langit that matches the heart of Indonesian culture with its unique rhythmic patterns. “The exuberance and joy of hearing the gamelan live, which is a very beautiful instrument, and all the cultures and performances together are just so special. I just want the audience to smile because it’s a celebration. That’s what’s so enjoyable because it’s not something that’s too deep and meaningful, it’s about three different cultures coming together and performing under one roof on the night,” she shares. “The name of the piece stems from the initial project. When I was over there I sat down and asked them what the translation was for something that meant ‘canopy’ or ‘one sky’ or ‘umbrella’ or something like that. They gave me satu langit which I thought just sounded so beautiful. It symbolises that we all live under the same sky.” _TANYA MACNAUGHTON
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Kulcha’s Satu Langit Indonesian Festival will be showing at UWA’s Dolphin Theatre on Saturday, October 23, with performances at 2pm and 8pm. There will also be a show at Mandurah Performing Arts Centre on Sunday, October 24, starting at 6pm. Tickets through BOCS Ticketing. Between 1992 and 1994,renowned choreographer
and artistic director Chrissie Parrott and her dance company were part of a cultural exchange program with East Java city Surabaya, Perth’s sister city. The sister state relationship included a dance exchange program with Parrott and her dancers flying across to Surabaya and resulted in the production, Satu Langit. Since then, Parrott has continued adding to her choreographic repertoire of over 60 works until last month when she received a call from Kulcha’s Jon Cope asking if she would remount Satu Langit for the 20th anniversary of the multicultural arts organisation. For the latest production she has collaborated with Indonesian dance master and international Javanese dancer Didik Nini Thowork. The piece also features guest artist Agung Tri Yulianto and leading WA dancers. “What I’ve done is integrated the traditional dance from these two guest artists into our evening as well. It’s been quite a frantic and complicated process with long rehearsals but we’re all very excited about it,” Parrott says. “We’ve also been fortunate enough
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Turning 21 years of age is a milestone – selfreflection and future planning are a big part of moving in to the second phase of life. In 2010, PrideWA acknowledges the 21st anniversary of the historic rally of gay and lesbian Western Australians on the steps of Parliament House, and they’ve planned three weeks of events around the theme of ‘looking through the keyhole’ to celebrate their coming of age with a Festival including films, theatre, comedy, and the Parade. In recent years a noticeable downward trend in attendees to Pride events, dwindling membership numbers and a major financial crisis has seen PrideWA reassess its position and relevance in the contemporary Western Australian community. PrideWA, as with many memberfunded organisations, has a constant struggle for financial sustainability and infrastructure funding. With less members and attendees to events, where will the support required to put on the Pride Festival come from? The 2010 committee have held several community forums as well as special general meetings, and as a result have reoriented their focus towards the youth in
the GBLT community, who may have not been previously been included in PrideWA’s focus but are the key to the future sustainability of the organisation in it’s twenties and beyond. Other changes implemented include cover charges for events such as Fairday, and shortening the Festival to three weeks. Female Co-President Sharlene Dixon says this allows the Festival to present a more focused and higher quality calendar of events. “We will continue to showcase local and interstate artists, and PrideWA looks forward to local community groups presenting their events as part of this year’s Festival.” Spokesperson Mark Hamer says he expects the 2010 Pride Festival to rejuvenate the community spirit for PrideWA. “The Pride Festival provides an opportunity for all lesbian, gay, transgender, intersex, queer and other same-sex attracted people to stand up and be counted as proud members of the local community,”. The Parade is the biggest public event in the Festival calendar, with all facets of the community marching through the streets of Northbridge. The Pride party continues post-Parade at Connections Nightclub, where the official Neon Ballroom afterparty will be held. One of the oldest gay and lesbian friendly venues in the southern hemisphere, and Australia’s longest standing, Connections will be open until the break of dawn with four different party spaces spanning out in to car park with four bars, two dance floors, and two performance stages. _DAVID GEOFFREY HALL www.xpressmag.com.au
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PERFORMANCE
Print Nation, These Days Gallery, 454 William Street, Northbridge. The folks at These Days Gallery have gathered print works from a variety of national and international artists for Print Nation, a survey of the medium in all its forms. Featuring works by Gala Bent, Pedro Matos, Karl Kwasny, Justin Nelson, Bec Winnel, Murray Smoker, Sara McNeil, Roge One, Vitco Ngai, Martin E Wills, Kaitlin Beckett, Charmaine Olivia, Aramas, Beth Josey and Jason Galea, Print Nation is comprised of numerous limited edition prints, priced affordably so that art fans can take home a piece of the exhibition. Exhibition runs ’til Saturday, October 30.
The Trial, Subiaco Arts Centre, Hamersley Road, Subiaco. A co-production between ThinIce, Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre and the Sydney Theatre Company, The Trial is the story of Joseph K, who on this 30th Birthday is arrested for no explicit reason. He knows he is accused of being guilty, but just what his ‘guilt’ is, seems to grow more and more ambiguous every day. Directed by Matthew Lutton, The Trial features an outstanding cast, including John Gaden, Belinda McClory, Hamish Michael, Rita Kalnejaias and Igor Sas. Season opens on Friday, October 22, and runs ’til Saturday, October 30. Bookings can be made through BOCS.
Mowanjum Artists – New Works In Ochre, Japingka Indigenous Fine Art Gallery, 47 High Street, Fremantle. The painters of Mowanjum have a long tradition of painting in ochres. They paint on bodies for dance and ceremony, on bark, and for at least 18,500 years, they have been painting on the rock faces and caves of their west Kimberley home country. Sacred cave shelters are still repainted ceremonially in some areas of the Kimberley. The ochre paintings in this exhibition are infused with the spirit of these powerful rock art sites belonging to the three groups that own this country, the Worrorra, Ngarinyin and Wunumbal peoples. Exhibition runs ’til Wednesday, November 17.
Ruby Moon, Victoria Hall, 179 High Street, Fremantle. Ruby Moon, written by Matt Cameron, follows two parents when an empty investigation leads them to take matters into their own hands. Bringing to life suburbia’s dark soul, Ruby Moon takes audiences into the realm of subconscious hopes and fears, and society’s grim fascination with real stories of disappearance. Season runs ’til Saturday, October 30, Bookings can be made on 1300 314 151 or deckchairtheatre.com.au.
Gather Round Me And I’ll Draw You A Story, John Curtin Gallery, Building 200, Curtin University, Bentley. Lee Mansbridge’s Gather Round Me And I’ll Draw You A Story draws on the subjective and intimate gathering and recording of unofficial narratives to develop a personal system of storytelling. This two-part body of work, depicted through paintings and sculptural works, is the story of the Maori people of Parihaka, who resisted the invasion of their settlement by Europeans in the 1800s and the tragedy that ensued. Exhibition runs ’til Friday, December 10.
Madagascar, Playhouse Theatre, Pier Street, Perth. Madagascar is the haunting story of a mysterious disappearance that changes three lives forever. At three different points in time, three people find themselves in the same hotel room overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome: June, a young woman who works as a tour guide of the city’s ancient ruins; Lilian, her wealthy and elegant jet-setting mother; and Nathan, an awkward university economist and the best friend of Lilian’s deceased husband. Slowly, their individual stories unfold: their relationship to each other, what this room means to them, and why they have been called to it slowly reveal themselves. Season opens on Saturday, October 23, and runs ’til Sunday, November 7. Bookings can be made through BOCS.
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State Of The Arts, The Claremont Hotel, BayView Terrace, Claremont. Raising funds for Lifeline WA, State Of The Arts is a platform designed to promote Western Australia’s home grown artistic talent base. The inaugural State Of The Arts exhibition will feature work from a range of artists and designers, showcasing a variety of contemporary styles. Exhibition opens at 7pm on Friday, October 22, and runs ’til midday on Saturday, October 23.
MUSIC Waiting For The Miracle, Turner Galleries, 470 William Street, Northbridge. G r a h a m M i l l e r ’s e x h i b i t i o n o f n e w photographs, Waiting For The Miracle, is named after a Leonard Cohen song in which an aging man laments the time he has wasted waiting for the miraculous, transformative relationship that will finally make him feel connected, to feel loved. Alone, he lives with the vague regret that he was blinded to the possibilities available to him earlier in his life. A sense of yearning, loneliness and time passing, is evident in many of Graham’s photographs of people, landscapes and homes. Exhibition runs ’til Saturday, November 13.
Concrete Blonde, October 23 Astor Theatre; bookings through BOCS. Keyed Up! Concert 4, October 23 Octagon Theatre; bookings through BOCS. Victoria Newton, October 29 Ellington Jazz Club; bookings via ellingtonjazz. com.au. The Cruel Sea, October 30 Astor Theatre; bookings through BOCS. Beethoven’s World, October 31 Perth Concert Hall; bookings through BOCS. Renee Geyer, November 6 Charles Hotel; bookings through BOCS.
Jasper by Graham Miller
THE CAT’S OUTTA THE BAG The WA Museum in the Perth Cultural Centre was abuzz with activity on Wednesday, October 13, when the performance community gathered for the launch of Black Swan State Theatre Company’s 2011season. Boasting productions such as Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Boundary Street and Rising Water, the coming season promises to excite and entertain all who seek it out. For the full rundown on what’s on offer, head to bsstc.com.au.
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With the spring racing season fast approaching, many ladies are on the hunt for the perfect hat or fascinator to adorn their noggin’, and WA designer Kathryn Bell has just made the process of finding the right headpiece a whole lot easier with the launch of her millinery label, Blake And Bell. A graduate of Curtin University, Bell has designed a selection of bold, bright and beautiful fascinators just in time for racing season, that are made right here in WA. Featuring sumptuously soft velvet, florals, beading and gold chains, Blake And Bell creations are quite unlike anything that’s currently available, calling on untraditional silhouettes and high quality materials to ensure that the wearer stands out from the crowd. When asked about her love of millinery, Bell reveals that she is intrigued by the concept of garments beyond the body, a topic which she explores in her installation at Beyond Garment, which is on display at the WA Maritime Museum until Sunday, November 28. Bridging the barrier between ornament and garment, Bell’s creations are elegant with a hint of macabre, suitable for days at the races or nights of debaucherous fun. To view the full Blake And Bell collection, head to blakeandbell.com.au.
The old saying goes ‘the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach’ and if you’re a single lass desperate to snag prince charming, then a trip to Kustom Cupcakes is definitely a must. Whether you’re lusting after a knight in shining armor, or just want to wrap your lips around a superbly crafted cupcake, the folks at Kustom Cupcakes can satisfy your appetite. Baked and decorated right here in WA, Kustom Cupcakes come in a range of delicious flavours, including classics like vanilla and chocolate, through to the more daring peppermint crisp, strawberry sherbert and lemon meringue. The folks at Kustom Cupcakes have just opened their first flagship store at 31/103 Francis Street in Northbridge (sharing the space with Frisk Espresso) so next time you want to spoil someone special with some tasty treats, look no further than Kustom. For the full list of flavours, decorations and ingredients available, head to kustomcupcakes.com.au.
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Established in 2008 by friends in fashion Jo Matheson and Nicole Donegan, the Friends Of Couture label became a fast favourite of women around Australia who fell in love with the label’s unapologetically feminine aesthetic. “[We wanted] to bring a little sweet old fashioned style to the modern marketplace, reinterpreting vintage classics into a fresh collection with playful current references and nostalgic details,” Donegan responds when asked about the vision for the Friends Of Couture label, which was launched straight out of art school. “Ladies and fellas across the nation have been falling head over heels for Friends Of Couture; fashionistas get frenzied and nannas go dotty for our sweet sweaters and frivolous frocks. Our customers are pretty diverse and have their own unique and individual style; we are always surprised and impressed with how our crafty devotees bring their looks together with our pieces.” Featuring an abundance of cute cardigans, party frocks and frilly skirts, Friends Of Couture’s latest collection, Birds Of A Feather,
is inspired by country lasses and the fashions of yesteryear, perfect for tea parties and sunny summer afternoons. “Birds, farm girls, blazing American midwest summers and Aztec imagery were all inspiration behind the Summer collection. There are a lot of dreamy, floaty shapes evocative of birds in flight, some sweet girly homestyle detailing like cross stitch, ruffles and ric-rac, and a beautiful sun-bleached colour palette. There are some great mens pieces to complement as well, like soft washed out tees and chino shorts and farm boy plaid shirts.” Stocked at Planet Clothing, Urban Depot, Jack Clothing (Subiaco), Red Tiger, Rolling Trading Co, Indi and Em, Attic Home Wares, Fi and Co and Cite, Friends Of Couture is taking the WA fashion industry by storm, leaving hordes of well dressed lads and lasses in its wake. To keep up to date on all things Friends Of Couture, head to friendsofcouture.com.au. _EMMA BERGMEIER
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Making his maiden trip to Australia, Bratislavian drum ‘n’ bass prodigy B-Complex gets REUBEN ADAMS excited about his upcoming demolition job for Mayhem Festival. As a nightmarishly hyperactive child Matus Lenicky somehow discovered that music was the only thing that could calm him down. Receiving his first music-making software from his parents at 12 years old, he laughs, “Originally I was happy if the sounds I was forcing my computer to create were related to music at all.” While he discovered drum ‘n’ bass in 2002 when he heard the more techy approach of artists like Ed Rush & Optical, Lenicky believes that a small but vibrant local scene has been instrumental in shaping his melodic,
high-energy sound. “The Bratislavian scene is small but alive,” he explains. “We have several clubs in which drum ‘n’ bass gigs are held and our fans are able to see most of the big DJs. There is a tradition of drum ‘n’ bass here from about 1996 so there are few generations of people who prefer different sounds. It’s a good thing because if you are opening minded you can pick whatever you like from it,” Lenicky adds. In 2009, his slick productions were far superior
to any noise he created as a 12 year old but Lenicky was encountering an interesting problem in his attempts to find a label to release his music. “As much as liked melodies, I also liked the energy and heaviness of drum ‘n’ bass, so my music was often too hard for some and too melodic for others,” he says of record company’s prerogative to represent a certain sound. Enter drum ‘n’ bass behemoth Hospital Records and their motto to put out “good, optimistic music.”
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The Transients
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Perth’s essential pre club night for discerning music lovers bringing you indie, electro, rock, punk & club classics with Andrei Maz 8pm Free Entry
SUNDAY
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After scooping the pool at last year’s Musicoz Awards (Best Dance/Electronica Artist and Artist Of The Year), Perth electro-pop duo The Transients have been enjoying an east coast jaunt, playing lives shows in support of their latest single, Hey You!. They celebrate their homecoming with a show as a live four-piece at the Llama Bar, on Thursday, October 21, with support from new kids on the Perth dance scene, Bastian’s Happy Flight, and King Tito legend Fkn Midas. Don’t miss your chance to see these local talents, who’ve supported the likes of Sia, Van She and Grafton Primary in the past. Doors open 7.30pm for $10.
If Monday is the stench of decaying genres, Tuesday the taste of stale DJs and lifeless clubs, then you know Wednesday is when the vibe changes and everything starts to look pretty darn rosy. Capture all that midweek freshness and optimism and you’ve got The Hump Day Project – Sydney’s bootleg and mashup troublemakers. The Hump Day Project are Steve Lind (aka Spenda C) and Heath Jansson (aka Athson), stalwart members of Sydney’s dance music scene. The duo got together in 2007 and have since produced numerous bootlegs, remixes and original work; in addition to their productions they regularly perform around the country, are the driving force behind netlabel Troublemakers Music, and generally create musical mayhem wherever they go. Catch them at Ambar on Saturday, October 30, with support from Micah, Philly Blunt, Prizzy and Tee El. Tickets $15 on the door from 10pm, or presales from boomtick.com.au.
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DAWN UPRISAL To celebrate the release of Concord Dawn’s latest album, The Enemy Within, they’re heading on a nationwide tour to showcase the new tracks. The New Zealand drum ‘n’ bass stars feature a whole bunch of notorious acts on the album, including Bulletproof, Cern, and vocalists Nina McSweeney and Rikki Morris. Matt plays at Shape on Wednesday, October 27, with support from Phetsta, Mullet, Sempy and Deflo. Tickets are $20 on the door, from 8pm.
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The independent Future Shorts Film Festival witnesses new and innovative short films screened at individually produced multiarts and multi-fun events world-wide. Perth is getting in on the fun, with a set of eight films screening as part of a party atmosphere that includes entertainment from local DJs Rex Monsoon, Ben Taaffe and P.C.J.; with live performances from the dreamy Rabbit Island, local skinny-boy hip-hop pranksters The Good Boys and special guests, the current pride of the Melbourne party scene, World’s End Press. This is going to be a real quality night all round – head to the Bakery, Northbridge on Saturday, November 6, for all the action. For more information on the films check out futureshorts.com.
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GET YOUR FREAK ON Live! Kwinana is a series of events taking place in the township of Kwinana, a series of music, art and dancing events that is set to kickstart your life and reignite your obsession for all things fun. The first of the Live! Kwinana series sounds to be a right riot – Freakfest will feature skate competitions (scooter and BMX) local and upcoming bands, hip hop dancers and drumbeat performances, not to mention a performance from hip-hop act Optamus (of Downsyde). There’s even a silent disco, an art auction and crazy hair competitions! Freakfest will be held from 9am to 3pm on Saturday, October 30, at Calista Oval in Kwinana. For more info, check out livekwinana.com.au.
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Knowledge music is returning us to our roots and taking their infamous New Years’ Eve party, Origin, back to Belvoir. Knowledge will be bringing back bass culture this NYE in an event that will be unrivalled by its peers, featuring a line up of the hottest dubstep and drum ‘n’ bass stars in their respective scenes right now, including Chase & Status, High Contrast, Nero, Evol Intent, Spor and more. The early birds have already sold out (they sold in a week!) but first release tickets are now on sale for $109 plus booking fee, from theorigin.com.au, moshtix. com.au and ticketmaster.com.au. Make sure you get onto these before they sell out too! Friday, December 31, at Belvoir Ampitheatre.
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SUNDAY SWINDLE The boys from the Paper Chain collective have taken over Sunday afternoons at the Bakery! Check out the newly refurbished venue while you enjoy some innovative art and music events care of the Collective. Taking place on Sunday, October 24, is Swindled, a collaboration between beat-makers and filmmakers. Beat-makers pair up with filmmakers with a $30 limit between each pair to acquire records, tapes, toys whatever they need to get some tracks down and do it, with the results shared on Sunday at the Bakery, as well as the following Sunday, October 31, which will see the outdoor area transformed into a half court for a three on three comp. And a Sunday grill! Paper Chain Sundays go from 5pm – 10pm this Sunday and next.
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It’s another dazzling edition of Future Music Festival set to go ahead in March 2011, we already announced a few weeks ago upfront that the likes of The Chemical Brothers and Dizzee Rascal would be entertaining us, but things are set to get even better (onwards and upwards) with five more big names added to the bill. Steve Angello, Etienne de Crecy, Don Diablo, The Subs and Sound Of Stereo are their names, don’t wear them out! They join Pendulum, MGMT Mark Ronson, Ke$ha, The Presets, Leftfield, Richie Hawtin and more on Sunday, March 6, at Arena Joondalup. Tickets now on sale from ticketmaster.com.au.
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B-COMPLEX LITTLE ORANGES “When I made Beautiful Lies I was trying to find a good home for it so I sent demos to several labels. The track has special meaning for me and I wanted it to be heard,” explains Lenicky. “I had a very solid offer for a vinyl release but while I was waiting for the confirmation, Tony got in touch and asked me to hold the track for them as they were just preparing the Sick Music compilation.” The response to Beautiful Lies was overwhelming. The exciting juxtaposition between gorgeous melody and the twisted, almost distorted vocal line got everyone’s attention because it was fresh and different. His motivation for all his music was, and still is, pretty simple: life. He explains. “As a producer you eventually get to a point where it is no longer about how to tweak your synth to get certain sound, or what key to use to express what emotion. You already know your tools and what you can do with them,” Lenicky muses. “For me it’s important to experience life, to have some emotions that drive this technical potential to the end result.” “When I make a song that has this kind of background it’s like it has being written on its own,” he continues. “You don’t have to think, you just go with the flow. I think it’s easily understood that girls are best when it comes to experiencing emotions, especially certain ones,” he mysteriously adds. His kooky song titles are an extension of his ability to meld life experience into his tunes. “There is a girl who is very influential in my music, and Salad is OK is kind of an innuendo that we created,” Lenicky says. “Little Oranges...” He pauses in thought. “Well, one day my good mate Inso was high. He was holding some mandarins and examining them with a very serious face, wondering why these oranges were so small,” Lenicky laughs. “Later Little Oranges was a term we were using for something that was strange or different, and that’s something that came to my mind when I made that song.” How pertinent. The B-Complex sound isn’t exactly strange or different, but he does have the uncanny ability to meld disparate elements together into his music and his sets. Not many drum and bass artists
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would have the gonads to pull off John Lennon’s Imagine at UK club Matter, for example. “I try to mix varied flavours of drum Edinburgh’s Hostage has carving ‘n’ bass but also some other genres here and quite a niche for himself with there,” Lenicky explains. “I like to combine the musicality of liquid with energy of neuro, his unique style of electro-bassbecause I like when people can both dance boogie party tunes, and he’s to the music but enjoy it musically as well.” heading our way for the first time “When I see the audience is on a similar vibe to me I like to do some little next Friday, October 29, for a set at jokes in between,” he adds. “The audience the Bakery that is sure to blow the is very important to me. When you see that joint up. ALFRED GORMAN catches the crowd is enjoying your show, it motivates you to play even more, and they can squeeze up with the man as he does some something out of you that even you did not last minute packing. expect,” concludes Lenicky with a parting reference to this penchant for dropping “Yeah, I’m actually finishing packing right now. incongruous tunes mid-flight. I fly out tomorrow!” he says excitedly. “I came to Australia once before, but didn’t make it to Perth. I played at the Espy in Melbourne. It was absolutely wild – people were stage diving! It felt like a metal gig.” Back in his younger backpacking days, Alan (as he’s known to his mum) actually lived in Australia, “Yeah, I lived in St Kilda for about nine months and used to go to the Espy all the time, so to go back and actually play, in what is really a mad rock venue, was really cool.” “I know a few Australian DJs. I’ve released stuff on Sweat It Out - some remixes of Oh Snap! and I always look forward to playing in Australia because I know you like it pretty hard and wild, which suits my playing style,” he chuckles. Hostage has gaining a reputation as a prolific producer. He’s remixed artists as diverse as La Roux, Aerotronic, Pharoah Monch and AC Slater, released stuff on Jason Forrest’s Nightshifters label, and his latest EP, Versatile Sound, is out now on JFK from MSTRKRFT’s Teenage Riot records. “Yeah I probably do about one new track a week,” he says.“About 60-70 per cent of the material in my sets is either my own productions or remixes.” His productions take on many influences ranging from house, breaks, dubstep, electro, Baltimore funk, and always a huge B-Complex amount of bass. He recently released a few tracks under the alias, Wira. “Wira is for slightly more abstract stuff - a lot of sub-bass, a lot dubbier, B-COMPLEX a bit more experimental - it’s been really well SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 @ MAYHEM, received.” SCARBOROUGH BEACH AMPITHEATRE While he’s been active since the ‘90s,
it’s only in recent years Hostage has taken things to the next level, thanks to a little help from his friends and scoring crucial Radio 1 support, completing an Essential Mix earlier this year. “Yeah, a lot of it’s thanks to support from some people that I look up to and am lucky enough to consider my peers, people like Annie Mac, Crookers and DJ Touche, who’s now known as Fake Blood.” He also got to fulfil a dream earlier this year, headlining a stage at perhaps the world’s most famous festival. “I got to headline the Arcadia Stage at Glastonbury. I was shitting myself! The DJ booth’s about 60ft in the air, only one person can fit in it, you’ve got to wear a safety harness, and when you get to the top there are these 20ft bursts of flames flying out! So yeah, having thousands of people gathered around me, while I was above them, in this thing that looks like this giant metal spider, spewing out flames, playing banging bass music… it’s something I’m never gonna forget!” While he hasn’t toured WA, the “almost translucent” gingernut has been to Perth before, and this time he says he’ll be more wary, “When I arrived in Perth, I went straight to Cottesloe Beach, and got the worst sunburn of my entire life! I spent most of the next two weeks in bed every time I got up the room spun! As soon as I felt better, like the idiot I am, I went straight back out drinking in the sun! But this time I’m gonna be more careful.”
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With the second Godskitchen installment for 2010 now successfully confined to the history books, we can now pay attention to the biggest news to hit regarding the 2010/2011 Perth summer lineup. Following the announcement in last month’s column, I am now happy to announce that current world number 10 DJ, Sander Van Doorn will be appearing in Perth at Future Music Festival on Sunday, March 6. Since he was last here for Godskitchen, Sander has been busy in the studio as well performing all over the world. While known for tracks such as Back By Demand and Riff, his recent productions, including Ninety and Reach Out, have proven to be just as popular with artists and fans outside of the trance genre. Having produced the last ever Trance Energy anthem Renegade, as well as headlining major European festivals including Global Gathering, Perth crowds are sure to be in for a treat when Sander arrives in March. Promoters Mellen Events and Future Entertainment didn’t stop just there, they decided to also include last year’s Godskitchen headliners Cosmic Gate to the already massive Future Music Festival lineup. No strangers to Perth, duo Nic Chagall and Bossi have been busy filling airwaves worldwide with their productions since they were last here. Under his own alias, Nic’s collaboration with Rank1 and Wippenberg titled 100 has been one of the biggest tracks for 2010. With a range of other acts outside of the trance genre also appearing at the summer ending event, Future Music Festival 2011 is sure to end the summer festival season with a bang. For more information regarding tickets and the event, please visit futuremusicfestival.com.au. In world news, the prestigious and highly regarded DJ Mag Top 100 poll is to be announced later this month on Wednesday, October 27. While no leaks as to who has won have occurred yet, there is a lot of speculation that commercial DJ David Guetta will knock current world number one Armin Van Buuren off the number one spot. Other big movers expected in this year’s poll include Gareth Emery, John O’Callaghan, and a new entry from the Swedish House Mafia. Whatever the outcome is, it is sure to be a date to save in anticipation for one of the closest polls in recent years.
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Sander Van Doorn One artist who continues to push the boundaries through their use of interesting chord progressions and energetic percussion is Breakfast. This month’s tune of the month is a recent remix of Breakfast’s stunning track The Horizon by Juventa. Appearing on the upcoming Ferry Corsten mix compilation Once Upon A Night volume 2, Juventa creates a stunning remix that features only subtle changes to the original track that help create an incredible sounding remix. Those wanting to listen to The Horizon and more of the latest trance and progressive tracks can download The Jason Creek Podcast from iTunes or from jasoncreek.net.
SUPERPITCHER Kilimanjaro
ICE CUBE I Am The West
[Kompakt/Stomp]
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Aksel Schaufler, the man otherwise known as Superpitcher, is a pretty reclusive type, having released only one album, one mix compilation and a handful of 12-inch singles over the past decade. Rumours of a second Superpitcher album have been spreading for some time, and they finally come true this month, with the release of a brand new fulllength, Kilimanjaro. Recent releases on the Kompakt label have tended towards vocal-led pop, and Kilimanjaro continues this trend, with Schaufler singing on just every track. The songs themselves are meticulouslyproduced minimal techno, each one building slowly but irresistibly towards the kind of peaks that only Schaufler can create. Kilimanjaro comprises eleven tracks, with few lasting more than seven minutes, but all earn their running times – in fact, Country Boy, with its subtly shifting drum loops, and Black Magic, with its hypnotic synth pulses, make you wish that all songs could go for that long. Depeche Mode were clearly a big influence on the sound of Kilimanjaro, and the glamorous, downbeat Give Me My Heart Back and the sinister, snarling Friday both resemble the band at their gloomy late ‘80s best. As long as the wait was, Kilimanjaro was definitely worth it.
Rappers have two reactions to the notion of East Coast/West Coast rap wars.The first is to deny such a thing ever existed, decrying it as a media beat-up. The second is to release an entire album declaring allegiance to their own coast. Ice Cube has chosen the latter as the theme for this, his ninth album. There are less of his trademark narratives and more boasting, but “Google me, bitch” is about as good as a boast gets – there’s no point going halfway with these things. Tracks like Drink The Kool-Aid, with its repeated ‘Do you know who you fuckin’ wit?’ and Your Money Or Your Life (‘I’m spiritual nigga, like Jesus Christ is’) are the sound of Cube chasing all these young brats off his lawn, rifle over his shoulder. The latter track has some weird circus clown menace, but most of the production on I Am The West is forgettably anonymous. There’s no Dr. Dre here. As well as WC, who remains Cube’s BFF and hype man of choice, his sons Doughboy and OMG guest on a few tracks, but for an album about how west coast he is, the rest of the scene are notable by their absence. JODY MACGREGOR 3.5/5
ALASDAIR DUNCAN 4/5
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SUPER8 & TAB
A Detroit techno legend, at the forefront of the city’s ‘second wave’, Stacey Pullen has gained an enviable reputation; one that has almost overtaken that of his mentor, Motor City pioneer, Derrick May. ALFRED GORMAN catches him at home in Detroit.
Only five years have passed since Miike (Super8) and Janne (Tab) joined forces, rapidly becoming one of the most exciting trance partnerships in the industry today. With their first album Empire released only weeks ago GLEN CANNING caught up with Janne.
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Those fortunate enough to witness Pullen at Shape about a year ago, will recall the night fondly, where Stacey wound his way through an amazing mix of deep, fluid, tribal techno for over five hours, ‘til he was dragged out of the booth at sunrise.This time he’s playing the more intimate confines of Geisha. “Yeah man, it’s a long way, but I love coming out there!,” shares Pullen,“I get a chance to do what I do and it’s always received really well. I like the smaller venues ‘cause you get the chance to touch people, get close to them and really take them on a journey.The big gigs/festivals they serve their purpose. It’s great to see all those people, raising their hands in the air, but it’s a shorter set. So when I come all that way, I wanna make it worth my while.” Always the innovator, Stacey seeks out new sounds the world over, differentiating himself from many US DJs who are more insular and focus more on the past. Pullen however is focused on the future, as has always been the ideology of the Detroit techno scene. A scene born of an industrial city, using technology to create futuristic sounds, mechanical beats, as Pullen explains. “Yeah it’s always been about techno for me, but I don’t not like minimal or tech-house or anything. I really like Stimming from Germany. I’ve always said that a good track is a good track regardless of what genre it is.” Pullen is of fine pedigree, having been surrounded by music from his early days - watching dad play in ‘70s Motown band, The Capitals, drumming in his high school band, through to his first exposure to techno courtesy of the influential ‘Belleville Three’, Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson. Pullen established a particularly close relationship with May, who took him under his wing – the pair even living together
Stacey Pullen in Amsterdam for awhile. Since then Pullen has gone from strength to strength, keeping busy on the production front these days, with a few new interesting projects in the works. “I’m putting the finishing touches on a new release coming out mid-Nov, called Get Up. It’s gonna be on my label Black Flag. Early next year I got some more stuff coming out. I’m doing a remix for Desolat – Loco Dice’s label. “I’ve known Nic for a long time, even before he got big. Around eight years ago I played with him in Liverpool. We hung out at the after party, had a few beers and a good time y’know? So we’ve always had this respect for one another. I gave him a promo of my track that’s coming out in November that I’ve only given to a few selected DJs. He really liked it so he said,‘Hey, let’s do a track together!’, so I was like,‘Let’s do it!’ ” Pullen’s bringing a swag of fresh tunes for us, “Yeah when I used to come out there I’d bring all my vinyl. Now all I need is my laptop and hard drive!” But these things can be fraught with danger, as Stacey explains, “I was playing this big, outdoor gig in Detroit. I get there and I’m having a good time, drinking with friends, it’s 30 mins ‘til I’m on, and I’m hooking up my Traktor… and then I realise I haven’t got my hard drive with all my music on it! It’s just one of those OMG moments, like, I can’t believe this is happening! I don’t have my music! Everyone’s anticipating this moment and I’m freaking out, thinking what am I gonna do?! “Suddenly I realise I have a bunch of music in the trash on my laptop! So I pull those 30 tracks out of the trash and those were my bombs for that night!”He assures us he wont be forgetting his hard drive when he comes to Perth. STACEY PULLEN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 @ GEISHA, NORTHBRIDGE
Super8 & Tab were quickly snapped up by iconic label Anjunabeats when Paavo and Jono from Above & Beyond just happened to be looking around Helsinki for a studio and stumbled across the talented duo back in 2005. Five years on and they are Anjunabeats second most successful artist behind Above & Beyond but with the release of Empire, the floodgates have not only been opened but ripped clean away from the hinges. Janne reflects on where the Empire journey began. “We had our first thoughts to do an album around two and a half years ago now and we didn’t really know that it was so hard and such a long process. The first year we spent just finding the right artists to work with,” continues Janne. “After the year spent looking for the vocalists it was quite straight forward just producing the tracks.” Featuring 11 original tracks, Empire is an exquisite tour de force from start to finish and showcases an incredible depth of their musical prowess in not only production quality but in their innate ability to utilise a varying kaleidoscope of sounds for an impressive end result. Janne reflects on the opportunities the aptly named Empire presented them. “The album really gave us the opportunity to do something different, not just 138 bpm of uplifting trance.” Different could be somewhat of an understatement as Super8 and Tab have delved headlong into the unknown with this release, experimenting with an array of production techniques and compositions, most notable being the use of
several different vocalists. As Janne explains, “it was something that we hadn’t done before and it was really interesting, especially when you’re working with such talented vocalists. Jan Burton, Betsie Larkin, Julie Thompson and Alyna bring a whole new level to the tracks enabling us to produce something so unique.” A tantalising taste of Empire was released several months ago courtesy of Above & Beyond featuring the subtle, rolling melodies of Black Is The New Yellow and the powerfully uplifting vocals of Mercy on their recent Anjunabeats compilation. With these two tracks spurning some serious chatter in the industry it’s no surprise this has skyrocketed since Empire’s release. As Janne shares, he couldn’t be happier. “It’s great that people are talking about it! It’s not just Anjunabeats fans that like it, we’ve had other labels and other DJs that aren’t normally Super8 & Tab fans sending great feedback. It’s opening doors for us and we couldn’t be happier.” And with several comparisons already being made to Above & Beyond’s breakthrough artist album Tri-State back in 2006, it’s not hard to join the excitement. An absolutely brilliant album from two impressive producers. Hapantua se jalkeilla! (translation: ‘turn it up!’).
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CYPRESS HILL RISING UP
CYPRESS HILL / Spit Syndicate Metro City - Northbridge Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Legendary Latino hip hop outfit Cypress Hill headed back into Perth recently to perform to a packed house at Metro City to promote their eighth studio album Rise Up. Support was provided by Sydney duo Spit Syndicate, who have been touring regularly since they released their second album Exile earlier this year. Their set also drew from their 2008 debut Towards The Light, with Lost Boys and Weapon of Choice being particularly well received. At times the young rappers Nick Lupi and Just Enuf struggled to translate their nimble and complex flow – which sounds fantastic on CD – to their live show, but the crowd didn’t seem to mind as they finished their set with current single Starry Eyed. After a short break, Cypress Hill took to the stage with a level of intensity that was impressive for a group that has been active for two decades (and for that matter, a group that has spent a good part of those two decades rhyming about getting stoned). B-Real appeared first, barking out his verse from the high energy Get ‘Em Up in his distinct nasal tone before Sen Dog arrived and kicked his verse. They were joined onstage by percussionist Eric Bobo and iconic Californian DJ Julio G. As the set started, a foolhardy fan lit up a joint in the middle of the dance floor and waved it in the air. Security had no trouble zeroing in on the smoke signal and the punter was soon shown the exit. Despite most of the crowd seeing security’s swift response, he wouldn’t be the last person to be kicked out. A number of songs from Rise Up, such as Armada Latina and the Pete Rock produced Light It Up, were mixed with older crowd favourites such as When The Shit Goes Gown and How I Could Just Kill A Man early on. The crowd was ecstatic when Cypress Hill launched into their classic Insane In The Membrane, but the cheers got even louder when the song finished and B-Real lit up (what looked like) a very large joint and proceeded to perform a medley of songs dedicated to their favourite 48
Cypress Hill (Images: Stuart Sevastos) herb, from I Wanna Get High to Hits From The Bong and Dr Greenthumb. The spotlight was then put on Julio G and Eric Bobo to show off their turntable and percussion chops over an 80’s electro funk beat. Julio’s scratching left a bit to be desired but he made up for it with an outstanding beat juggling display, while Bobo earned loud cheers as he manically played his congas, bongos and djembe. Cypress Hill kept the energy up with mid-90’s bangers Throw Your Set In The Air and Cock The Hammer, as well as the humorous Pigs before Julio G asked if Cypress Hill can “do some gangsta shit” and played the rowdy A to the K. After a short break, the group returned for a raucous encore, starting with We Ain’t Going Out Like That and the Tom Morello produced Rise Up, before ending with Rock Superstar - complete with Sen Dog diving into the crowd. JOSHUA HAYES www.xpressmag.com.au
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SATURDAY 23/10 VILLA SNOB SCRILLA WAAPA’s arts management students have organised an exclusive show with indie/hip hop master Snob Scrilla. A California born, Aussie-based artist Scrilla’s toured with some of Australia’s most prestigious festivals, such as Homebake and Parklife, and has supported Matisyahu and Phrase in the past. Snob Scrilla will be supported by Micah, Zina and Mireyleese. Tickets are $15 on the door from 8pm. MOJOS GRACE BARBÉ The WAMi award-winning singer Grace Barbé and her band are back after a long break from touring the Indian Ocean islands of Reunion and Mauritius, and recording their second album with the first single to be released later this year. They bring their own brand of world music to the world stage, a sound described as Afro-Kreol. Support tonight comes from Mozambican guitar legend Mahamoud Selimane, who has
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Eastern Hotel – Adam Morris The Deen – Plastic Max / The Token Gesture The Paddo - DJ John Paul The Shed – DJ Andyy
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D-Funk Friday, October 22 @ Ambar
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Circo Loco feat. Davide Squillace/ Jamie Jones Friday, October 22 @ Villa
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HERE COMES THE SUN The Indi Bar Saturday, October 16, 2010 Guys and gals lapped up the cool sea breeze at the Indi Bar last week as summer finally descended on Perth. As the waves lapped on the beach, guests got down to live tunes courtesy of Bex’s Open Mic Night. Photographs by David Chong
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Head down to the Velvet Lounge this Monday, October 25, for Arcade Velvet, a weekly showcase of old-school gaming delights. Come down and get your game on!
RAILWAY HOTEL
Dam Few,The Origin Of, Heytesburg and Moonfolk hit the Railway Hotel this Friday, October 22. Doors open 8pm, entry is $5.
NEWPORT
This Thursday, October 21, Culture Clash at the Newport Hotel offers a free BBQ, ping pong, dirt cheap Absolut Vodka infusions and pints of Carlsberg while you catch local indie sensation Young Revelry with support from Wolves at the Door and The Love Junkies. Entry is $10. A limited number of free tickets are available via request on the Culture Clash Facebook page.
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Local bluesy rockers Indiana will launch their debut EP Remember When We Held It Together this Friday, October 22, at the Rocket Room. Hand Stands for Ants will play in support with their funky, experimental pop tunes that will have you dancing and Laced Affair will open the night with their spacey blues infused tunes. This will be one of their last shows under the Laced Affair moniker so get on down!
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Next Tuesday, exit off Manning Road and you will This Saturday, October 23, get jiggy in the jungle to find a deal that will satisfy your hunger, quench raise funds for the beautiful Orangutans of Borneo. your thirst and keep that budget in tact with a $5 Then on Sunday, October 24, Vocal Evolution invite Scotch fillet and chips with a purchase of a pint. you to join them as they perform and celebrate the release of their long–awaited debut CD.
AMPLIFIER
Get ready to show everyone what you’ve got from midnight on Friday night as Eddie Electric will be Don’t miss the weekly lineup of local bands playing spinning the best indie tunes to get you moving each Wednesday at the Paddo. On Wednesday, on the Amplifier dancefloor. Amplifier is the place October 27, come see Astro, Papertrail,Trav, Jay and to be! Jess. As always, it’s free entry.
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JB O’Reilly’s are celebrating Halloween eve on Saturday, October 30, like only JB’s can! They are throwing a spooky dress up party - with free entry, drink specials, prizes and Halloween games with music provided by The Limerick Lads.
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The Rosemount hosts a fundraiser for CIT photography students this Friday, October 22, featuring Boys! Boys! Boys!, Umpire, Minute 36 and Shimmergloom. Doors open at 8pm and tickets are $10 at the door.
Perth’s hottest party girls competition kicks off this Friday, October 22, at Harry’s Bar Northbridge. The comp starts 8.30pm with DJ Tiny Tim and Franky J mixing the hottest RnB tunes and top party mixes in the town. Get down early to avoid disappointment.
MUSTANG BAR
This Thursday, October 21, the Mustang welcomes five-piece pop-rock band Ghost Hotel, with special guests, from 9pm - boasting a mixture of rough and ready guitar noise, acoustic twang and pop sensibility.
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AHEAD OF THE PACK MILES AWAY CD LAUNCH Headquarters Youth Centre, Leederville. Sunday, October 17, 2010 There are few more telling signs of a music scene’s true health, than a vibrant and active all ages fan-base. Especially in hardcore, the kids are the lifeblood and the heart and soul of what is going down. The young crew are absolutely committed. On Sunday they were out in force, on a gorgeous sunny day, to celebrate the release of the first new Miles Away album in three years. Local mob Lost For Words had a bit of a ‘new band’ vibe going on when they took to the stage. Sonically solid, there was a strong tough-guy feel to the set—especially in the deceptively fearsome appearance of frontman Lenny. A stocky tattooed guy built like a brick shit-house, he nonetheless addressed the audience in a friendly way, constantly requesting that they ‘give it up’ for all of the other bands involved. The audience obliged with polite applause. Lost For Words are a good band, but they’re not outstanding at this stage. Equally as sonically punishing, but kicking off with a bit more of a groovy vibe, stalwarts Bridge The Gap delivered a surprisingly short set of chugging metalcore. The first tentative signs of audience dance action began to appear, with a couple of young fellas wind-milling around in the crowd. But for the most part, the audience, which was probably at this stage about half capacity, simply bobbed along and applauded politely. It was going to take something really serious to truly bring this growing crowd of (mostly) young bucks out of their shell, but the
Canberra-based I Exist—whilst they certainly did exist—didn’t quite have the magic to truly excite. They did pull off a strong set though, and they helped to highlight once again the complete staunchness of hardcore crowds. Seriously, these kids will watch every single song of every band. There’s no beer garden slackingoff. It’s entirely about the music and mutual support. I Exist impressed many and no doubt won some friends, but the real excitement was just around the corner. The tension was palpable in the leadup to Miles Away’s set. The audience was already in place as the band went through the routine of sound-check, and photographers and kids alike steadied themselves in the front row for what they knew would be an absolute onslaught. And so it was, as once the band got down to business, the crowd went completely batshit crazy. Miles Away really are a damn good band. Whilst not quite as exciting on this particular occasion as they have been in the past, they are still miles ahead of the pack on almost all counts; and frontman Nick Horsnell is always a joy to watch. What this band has, and it’s something you don’t tend to find in hardcore that much, is charisma. They put on a smashing live show. The kids know the words to every single song, and will readily grab the mic to join in and invade the stage to launch themselves out into the seething mêlée of fans. Today’s set was no different, and the mountain of kids had a whale of a time. Some dudes were crowd surfing with a freakin’ bodyboard. That says it all, really. Totally rad. Miles Away (Photo: Denis Radacic)
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EVERYTHING IS FINN LOUNGE IN THE VALLEY TIM FINN/Old Man River Houghton Winery Saturday, October 16, 2010 Spring In The Valley was quickly becoming a weekend for party-buses full of boozy, badly costumed revellers who would descend onto some of the best wineries the state has to offer and attempt to empty their cellars. 2010’s new format hoped to spread the increasing numbers - 50,000 to 70,000 over two days, according to organisers - over a month to reduce the pressure on locals and fix the festival’s image. Lounge In The Valley has always made strides to distance itself from the pub-crawl element of festival, and the beautiful grounds of
Houghton Winery made for a welcoming sight. Old Man River took to the stage as the day reached its hottest, setting just the right tone for the relaxed atmosphere of the day. The crowd was mostly unmoved for the performance thanks largely to a winning mixture of shade and wine, which was unfortunate given the fantastic tunes being belt out on stage. Without much fanfare Tim Finn and band appeared on stage to play a range of songs from his illustrious history, taking in work from Split Enz, Crowded House, solo albums and his recent collaboration with brother Neil. Oddly the volume for Finn’s set was lower than Old Man River’s but as those familiar songs washed over it was easy to forgive. It took a few songs for Finn to hit his stride, but from the get-go he was hitting all the high notes his music is so well known for. My Mistake from early in the Split Enz
discography was played in a mellow style, as was Six Months In A Leaky Boat to the first signs of life from the crowd all day. Won’t Give In from Everyone Is Here was dedicated to the freshly plucked Chilean miners in one of a few Finn Brothers songs. The dancing throng on the grass left picnic blankets empty as the memorable introduction to Crowded House’s Weather With You rang out, followed by the equally appreciated It’s Only Natural. Throughout the set Finn was energetic and moved around the stage with the grace of a master showman. The success of this event shouldn’t really be evaluated in terms of numbers but in the experience it offers; anyone could come along and enjoy themselves in a relaxed atmosphere and not feel intimidated by the negative side of Spring In The Valley. Tim Finn (Photo: Julius Pang)
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KICK OUT THE JAM(S) PAUL WELLER Metropolis Fremantle Thursday, October 14, 2010
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Paul Weller in 2010 is an intriguing proposition – musically relevant or musical cipher? Over the last 20 years the Modfather has enjoyed a colourful solo career, with 1990’s Wild Wood cementing his position as one of Blighty’s favourite songwriters. But then he lost his way with the Gallagher brothers, discovered the power chord, and ended up in a musical cul-de-sac somewhere in Cool Britannia. Recently he’s rediscovered his muse and the 2010 double-album, Wake Up The Nation, has received critical acclaim, so omens were good ahead of his Metropolis gig. Decked out in a no-frills black tee and charcoal denims, Weller jogged on stage and launched straight into action. Armed with a cherry-red Gibson, the svelte 52-year-old still looked the part, snarling and stomping around the stage with intent. A barrage of ‘60s inspired songs from Wake Up The Nation kick-started the night, with Weller’s voice drenched in a swirl of distorted guitars and Hammond organ. Early on the sound was muddy and Weller’s voice struggled to pierce through a reverberating fog. But his physical antics – spasmodic jerks and jolts - compensated for the sound and keep the expectant crowd bobbing. Befitting of a man who abhors self-indulgence, most songs were under four minutes and there was little chitchat between numbers. Midway through the set, a brief pang of nostalgia whisked us back to 1984 with Weller tearing into The Style Council hit Shout To The top. The song was greeted with a raucous cheer and was a reminder of how well Style Council crammed rock, soul and jazz into a three-minute pop song. After a few gulps
of water and sparking up a Marlboro, Weller was rocking back-and-forth again, ploughing through The Jam’s What You Give Is What You Get - a punk classic that conjures up images of miners’ picketing in late ‘70s Britain. The ciggies have robbed the voice of some of its punch and the bob is now cinder grey, but Weller’s energy levels still eclipse that of artists 20 years his junior. The finer moments dwelled in the quieter songs, when Weller plonked himself behind a Fender Rhodes piano and smooched You Do Something To Me and Broken Stones – two gems from his 1999 album Stanley Road. During these ballads the instrumentation was stripped back and Weller’s soulful rasp was allowed to shine, a voice that has befriended three or four Marlboro factories over the years. For most of the night the supporting band members were mobile shadows that lurked in the wings. Long time guitarist Steve Craddock (ex-Ocean Colour Scene) served up some tasty licks while bassist Andy Lewis, drummer Steve Pilgrim and pianist Andy Crofts were workmanlike. After a brief round of hand clapping, Weller emerged from the wings to play a series of encores that climaxed in the cathartic The Changingman, a blues-rocker from Stanley Road. After a brief salute, Weller galloped off-stage and it was all over. I t was a slightly disappointing night where a heavy guitar sound hindered a songwriter who is currently experiencing a creative revival. But the intent and energy are still there – the Modfather still has it. _STEPHEN POLLOCK www.xpressmag.com.au
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Young Revelry
BOISTEROUS FESTIVITY
If you missed Young Revelry at the One Movement For Music Festival, well we can’t really blame you. Which is to say we can, and will, unless you make amends on Thursday, October 21, when Young Revelry play the Newport’s Culture Clash night. There are a limited number of double passes available upon request at the Culture Clash Facebook page, otherwise tickets are $10 at the door.
MORE GHOSTS
The Ghost Hotel have won the country section of the WAM Song Of The Year contact for their new, unreleased track Juliette. Well done! The band celebrate this Thursday, October 21, with a free show at the Mustang Bar in Northbridge, along with special guests The Jackards and Amanda Merdzan. If Ghost Drums is Casper, Ghost Hotel are definitely Patrick Swayze in Ghost. The action kicks off at 9pm.
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This Saturday, October 16, Cygnet Committee join The Spitfires, fresh from the release of the excellent Dead? Good! and Apollo National for a showcase of raw, energetic local rock at the Rocket Room. Doors open at 8pm and entry is $10.
This year’s Southbound Festival has one of the strongest lineups ever, and one lucky local band has a chance to make it stronger. Entries are still being accepted for Stagebound To Southbound, a band comp where the lucky winner receives $5000 from Jands and a day’s recording. Oh, and you get to play Southbound. To enter, check out the Sunset Events website at sunsetevents.com. au or send your band details to stagebound@ sunsetevents.com.au.
XPRESSIONS OF INTEREST The Perth music scene held its collective breath last week when it was revealed Manhattans had been hit by noise complaints, which forced the Town of Victoria Park to restrict the hours of live music from 7pm until 10pm. Obviously this was not an ideal situation, and noise complaints have been the death knell for many venues in Perth and across Australia, with the most notable local example being the legendary Grosvenor Back Room. However the local music community reacted as a community would, banding together last Saturday to hold a fundraising gig that raised several thousand dollars towards soundproofing the venue. We spoke to Abbe Gibson about the uphill battle the venue now faces, and how the Town of Victoria Park are working with the venue to ensure a good outcome for everyone involved. “Initially we thought we were looking at a figure of around $5000 to $10,000, but now looking at it the figure has grown to something like $20,000 to $30,000, so we really have an uphill battle ahead of us.” Gibson says. The owner of Manhattans since April, Gibson has transformed the venue into one of the few places live original music and independent art and fashion can gain a foothold south of the river. “One thing to point out is that the Town of Victoria Park are not the culprits here – no-one is to blame, but they have procedures they have to follow because their duty is to the residents. The mayor actually came down with his town planners to the venue this week, it was his first visit and he has been really supportive.” As a result of the visit, the restrictions on the venue have been lifted on Friday and Saturday, with bands now able to play until midnight. According to Gibson, this gives the venue a chance of winning this uphill battle. “Those restriction are lifted for a month, so during that time we’re doing as much fundraising as we can. We’ve got a lot of bands who are willing to support us, so we’ve organised a massive fundraising night for November 14, and we’re hoping to get as much support from the local music community as we can.” I can’t speak for everyone, but as one venue that doesn’t cater for the sports demographic in the suburbs, I’ll be at Manhattans on Sunday, November 14. 56
THE SPITFIRES Dead? Good!
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‘Maturity’ isn’t a word this critic often uses as a compliment, outside appreciation of fine cheeses and good booze, but The Spitfires’ sophomore EP is a gigantic leap forward. Dead? Good! maintains plenty of the snotty attitude that the band has become somewhat infamous for, but the targets: hipsters, thugs, domestic violence; are more universal and are simply critiqued better than ever before. The Spitfires are certainly on their way to realising their massive potential. The music itself is informed equally by English punk and British rock, energetic yet catchy with a complexity that gives the band an edge over their contemporaries. The absolute highlight of this CD is closer Ravensthorpe, with its bitter-sweet lamentation of life on the mines. Relevant, melancholic, and indignant; it’s six minutes of awesome. Good stuff. _BEN WATSON
HOOTENANNY Self Titled Independent
There’s a lot to be said for fuzzed-out rock and roll played with a shitload of attitude, and going on their self-titled EP, Hootenanny may be the best proponents in Perth right now. A two piece consisting of Jenny Aslett and Nanwyn Hunt, Hootenanny are bratty, snotty and make more racket than most four piece bands. There’s not a lot of skill involved outside of some nice time changes, but rock and roll isn’t about skill, it’s about attitude, and Aslett’s sneering, howling vocals during opener Fire In My Belly convey more attitude than most bands do on entire albums. Gritty, dirty and fundamentally awesome, this self-titled EP is simply four tracks of perfectly trashy rock and roll. _LIAM DUCEY www.xpressmag.com.au
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Brutus
BRUTUS Et tu, Brute? IT’S impossible to talk about Brutus without referencing Subtruck, which saw long-time compadres Phil Bradley and Rob Troup ride roughshod over the local heavy scene. They were bruising and clinical in their precision. While Brutus may resemble Subtruck on a superficial level, they’re a very different beast – especially with the addition of Phil’s son Jake on the drums. LIAM DUCEY spoke to Phil about the new, self titled album – launching this Friday, October 23, at the Rocket Room – and what it’s like working with your own flesh and blood. Subtruck’s demise four years ago, after a punishing six or so years dominating the local hard rock scene, wasn’t the end for brothers in arms Phil Bradley and Rob Troup. Rather it was a chance for a new beginning, and with his son Jake on drums, Phil said it was a chance to move in a different direction – which is immediately noticeable listening to the album, which is more fluid than Subtruck could ever hope to be. “When I first started I thought it was kind of like what we were doing with Subtruck, y’know,” Phil says. “Then I went through a phase of thinking wait, no it isn’t at all, and I’ve probably stuck to that line of thought… I think in some ways it has more dimensions to it, in many ways it’s not as belligerent and it’s a little more open, there are a couple of things happening there that as Subtruck, we would never have done. “In many ways we haven’t tried to edit things too much or control it too much, we just sort of let it happen and they are the songs. I
think in the last band there was, not that I want to spend lots of time talking about the last band because that’s four years old – although I understand those comparisons are going to happen – but it’s less controlled.” Control can be a funny thing in a band when you’ve got three extremely strong, forthright personalities working together. If you add into that the father and son relationship, well things are bound to get interesting. Phil maintains he loves playing in the band with his own flesh and blood, but it’s clear that Jake is very much his father’s son. “He has very strong opinions on how things are and how they should be,” Phil says, almost carefully, “We spent most of a year and even some of the recording process, not so much banging heads but coming to a halfway point. I’m pretty belligerent in the way I think things should be. One of the earlier conversations I had with him after we had a heated discussion one afternoon in a rehearsal room I said ”I’m old and belligerent enough to think that I’m right most of the time if not all the time, and it’s your job to understand that and it’s also your job to point it out the minute I’m wrong, and when that is, is all we have to decide between us.” So to answer your question, it’s awesome, it’s been challenging but I love the shit out of it.” Brutus launch their self-titled debut album on Saturday, October 23, at the Rocket Room with support from The Devil Rides Out, in their final show with bassist Brendan Ewing, Chainsaw Hookers and Blazin’ Entrails.
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If you were handing our awards to local bands for the most kick arse 2010, The Novocaines would just about beat every other band by a country mile. A Northam mile, if you will. This Saturday, October 23, the boys are launching their new EP Courtesy Eventually at Amplifier bar. It’s a ripper, so get down early and see what all the fuss is about.
GHOST PATROL
The one man band known as Ghost Drums, aka Peter Guazzelli, continues his residency at The Bird this Friday, October 22, at 6pm. Combining his drumkit with pedals, synths, loopers and other bits of junk he found lying around in his spare room, Ghost Drums is as whimsical as the name suggests. He’s more Casper than a full-on poltergeist. Ghost Drums
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Say what you will about their last couple of albums, but Metallica are still undoubtedly one of the biggest bands in the world. They set the benchmark for thrash metal when the genre was in its infancy, and with their self-titled fifth album they didn’t just redefine heavy music as we know it – they released an album that stands up to any other, heavy or not. They’ve had their ups and downs – hello, Napster and Some Kind Of Monster – but their punishing live show remains as vital as ever. Putting it simply, a Metallica show isn’t just a show – it’s an event in its own right. This weekend – Friday, October 22, and Saturday, October 23, - the Burswood Dome will damn near have its roof ripped off by one of the biggest bands of all time.
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Concrete Blonde
Concrete Blonde are damn near America’s answer to John Farnham – they’ve broken up three times now, officially, with each time being the absolute last time. However with the release of the 20th anniversary reissue of their classic album Bloodletting – a reissue the band had nothing to do with – Johnette Napolitano, James Mankey and current drummer Gabriel Ramirez have decided to set the record straight on stage. A kick-ass live band, Concrete Blonde play the Astor Theatre on Saturday, October 23.
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The Ghost Hotel, Thursday at The Mustang Bar
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PRINCE OF WALES (Bunbury) Jeff Martin ROSEMOUNT The Volcanics The Painkillers The Wishers ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Northbridge) Bill Chidgzey ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Fremantle) Clayton Bolger XWRAY CAFÉ The Jack Doepel Jazz Quartet SETTLERS TAVERN Nice Verdes SOVEREIGN ARMS David Fyffe SWAN LOUNGE Alan Bullet Credit UNIVERSAL BAR Off The Record VELVET LOUNGE Sidewalk Diamonds Helen Shanahan Alex Lewinski Andy Hopkins WANEROO TAVERN Keith McDonald
Schvendes, Friday at The Velvet lounge
PADDY MAGUIRE’S 43 Cambridge PARAMOUNT NIGHTCLUB Flyte PLAYERS BAR (Mandurah) J Babies PRINCIPAL MICRO BREWERY Chris Murphy RAVENSWOOD HOTEL Jeff Martin RAILWAY HOTEL The Frighteners AstroPig Head Full Of Steam Pigeon ROCKET ROOM Indiana CD Launch Hand Stands For Ants Laced Affair SideFX (Late) ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Northbridge) Clayton Bolger ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Freo) HI-NRG ROSEMOUNT Boys! Boys! Boys! Umpire Minute 36 Shimmergloom XWRAY CAFÉ SOL-R SAIL & ANCHOR Switchback SETTLERS TAVERN Sneaky Weasel Gang SEVENTH AVE BAR Midnight Rambler SUBIACO HOTEL Rhythm 22 SOUTH ST ALEHOUSE Robbie King Karaoke SWAN BASEMENT Jordan Azor CD Launch Pins & Ladles SWAN LOUNGE The New Sound Enfilade Ticket 4 Two Iafighter Jake & The Cowboys SWINGING PIG Three & A Half Men THE BOAT Lush THE DEEN Chris Murphy THE EASTERN MIDLAND The Damien Cripps Band THE GATE Mike Nayar THE SAINT Threeplay THE SHED Kickstart UNIVERSAL Funksta VANCOUVER ART CENTRE (Albany) Marshall & The Fro VELVET LOUNGE Schvendes Karin Page Boston & Chevy Stella Donnelly VICTORIA PARK HOTEL Ivan Ribic WOODVALE TAVERN Dr Bogus
SATURDAY 23.10 AMPLIFIER The Novocaines CD Launch The Decline Hunting Huxley ASTOR THEATRE Concrete Blonde BALMORAL Smoking Section BALLY’S BAR OTT Munich Swing BAR 120 Flyte BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ Chris Murphy Jamie Darlington BENNY’S Funksta BIRD Black Board Minds The Deep River Collective Tree BLACK BETTY’S Red Star BROKEN HILL HOTEL Trevor Jalla Trio BURSWOOD CASINO HI-NRG BURSWOOD DOME Metallica CHARLES HOTEL V-Capri CIVIC HOTEL (The Backroom) Revival Of Perth Idols Cosima Devito COMO HOTEL James Wilson DEVILLE’S PAD Soul Limbo Peek A Boo Review ELEPHANT & WHEELBARROW Gun Shy Romeos ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Sachal Vasandani Riyaana Harman Melissa Erpen ESS BAR Glen Oliver FENIANS Shanks Pony GREENWOOD HOTEL Riddum Shak HARRYS BAR Faces HIGH ROAD HOTEL Fuse INDI BAR Jeff Martin INDIAN OCEAN BREWING COMPANY Stella Donnelly JB O’REILLY’S The Limerick Lads KARDINYA TAVERN Hot Suga KINGSLEY TAVERN Dizzy Miss Lizzy LEFT BANK Raggi Man Mantra LEOPOLD HOTEL Greg Carter MANHATTANS Eliot Avery Tom Williamson The Silents The Growl METRO FREO Dr Bogus MOJO’S Grace Barbé AfroKreol Mahamoud Selimane Sabata Sound
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Tame Impala, Friday At Astor Theatre MOON & SIXPENCE Blaze MOONDYNE JOES The Freo Mob MOUNT HENRY Aaron Woolley MUSTANG Marco And The Rhythm Kings The Damien Cripps Band NORFOLK BASEMENT Joppy Waiting For Andy Coco & Co NEWPORT Gravity SideFX PADDO Cheeky Monkeys PADDY HANNAN’S Decoy PADDY MAGUIRE’S Gaffa PARAMOUNT Felix PLAYERS BAR Air Bag PRINCIPAL MICRO BREWERY Acoustic Inc RAILWAY HOTEL Dam Few The Origin Of Heytesburg Moonfolk RAVENSWOOD HOTEL Tornados ROCKINGHAM HOTEL Hells Bells ROCKET ROOM Brutus CD Launch Blazing Entrails Chainsaw Hookers The Devil Rides Out Stillfire (Late) Kickstart ROSEMOUNT French & McCarthy Handstands For Ants Jumpin’ Jack Williams ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Northbridge) Mod Squad ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Fremantle) Flavor SAIL & ANCHOR The Bluebottles SANDALFORD ESTATE Simply Red Marcia Hines SETTLERS TAVERN The Milkmen SOUTH ST ALEHOUSE Paul Daly & The Heavy Hitters STANFORD ARMS Zenburger SUBIACO HOTEL Off The Record The Luke Dewing Group SWAN BASEMENT Serial Killer Smile Silver Grenade Tedium Devour The Martyr SWAN LOUNGE Montage Of Jesus Ichora Desertship Simone SWINGING PIG Zenburger THE BAKERY Low
Tourist, Sunday at The Cott
THE BOAT Mod Squad THE EASTERN MIDLAND Justin Kutylowski THE GATE Ben Pettit Duo THE SAINT Threeplay THE SHED Huge THE WANNEROO Groovetime Tod Woodward UNIVERSAL Soul Corporation WOODVALE TAVERN Blue Gene
SUNDAY 24.10 BALLY’S BAR Greg Carter BALMORAL Cranky BELMONT HOTEL Damien Cripps BENTLEY HOTEL Adrian Wilson BROKEN HILL Nathan Gaunt BROOKLANDS TAVERN Dom Zurzolo CAPTAIN STIRLING Benjamin Glynn COMO HOTEL Chris Murphy COTTESLOE BEACH HOTEL Tourist CRAGIE TAVERN Aaron Wooley ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Johannes Luebbers Dectet FLY BY NIGHT Vocal Evolution CD Launch FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE The Brow Horn Orchestra FUSE BAR Helix Jazz Trio GOSNELLS HOTEL Chris Gibbs HIGH ROAD HOTEL Ali Towers INDI BAR A Beggars Second Leah Miche INDIAN OCEAN BREWING CO Retrofit JB O’REILLY’S Original Music Night MOON & SIXPENCE Oktoberfest KALAMUNDA HOTEL Karin Page LAKERS TAVERN Jamie Powers MANHATTAN’S Amanda Merzdan Paul McCarthy Luke Dux Big Old Bears MOJO’S Ouch My Face The Love Junkies Hootenanny MOONDYNE JOES Jook Joint Band MUSTANG Peter Busher And The Love Rangers NEWPORT Electromen The Groovesmiths Simon Kelly The Lonely Wives
OCEAN BEACH HOTEL Parker Avenue PADDY HANNANS Peace, Love & All That Stuff PADDO DJ Riki PRINCIPAL MICRO BREWERY Billy & The Broken Lines PUBLICAN BAR Open Mic REDCLIFFE ON THE MURRAY (Pinjarra) Marshall & The Fro ROSEMOUNT Open Mic SAIL & ANCHOR The Recliners SETTLERS TAVERN Cyclone Jason SEVENTH AVE BAR Mia & Good Company SOUTH STREET ALEHOUSE The Kirbens The Espys SOVEREIGN ARMS Ivan Ribic SUBIACO HOTEL Bernadine Grigson STAMFORD ARMS Kevin Conway SWAN LOUNGE The P-Whack Express The Seals Paper Thin Burn The Evidence SWINGING PIG Nat Ripepi Murder Mouse Band THE BOAT Glen Davies THE COURT HOTEL Funk Club House Band THE EASTERN HOTEL The Bluebottles THE GATE Better Days Ben Pettit THE SAINT Howie Morgan Project THE SHED The Healys Renegade UNIVERSAL Retrofit VICTORIA PARK HOTEL Clayton Bolger WANNEROO TAVERN Damien Cripps WOODVALE TAVERN Cherry Acoustic
A French Butler Called Smith, Wednesday at The Indi Bar
TUESDAY 26.10 CHARLES HOTEL Marshall & The Fro Ivan Zar Time Machine COTTESLOE BEACH HOTEL The Mad Agents Pounds Of Dave ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Kurt Elling ESS BAR Norbert’s Karaoke FENIANS Chris Gibbs IMPACT BAR Open Mic Night HARRYS BAR DJ Tiny Tim MOJO’S Georgia Mooney Leah Miche Andrew Winton MUSTANG Danza Loca Salsa SAIL & ANCHOR Adrian Wilson SPICE LOUNGE Courtney Murphy WANNEROO TAVERN Keith McDonald
WEDNESDAY 27.10 BALLY’S BAR Steve Hepple BLACK BETTY’S Audacity BIRD Louis & The Honkytonk DOUBLE LUCKY Jack In The Box FENIANS Cranky HALE ROAD HOTEL Fenton Wilde INDI BAR A French Butler Called Smith INGLEWOOD HOTEL Ella & Scott Bourne JB O’REILLY’S Open Mic Night
LEFT BANK Benjamin Glynn LUCKY SHAG Howie Morgan MANHATTANS Schvendes The Loved Ones Quartet MOJO’S Toby Mitch Becker MOUNT HELENA TAVERN Open Mic Night MUSTANG Huge OLD BAILEY TAVERN Norbert’s Karaoke PADDO Astro PaperTrail Trav & Jay Jess PADDY HANNANS Threeplay PADDY MAGUIRES Rattlin’ Bog PLAYERS BAR Thirsty Merc ROSIE O’GRADY’S (Northbridge) David Fyffe ROSEMOUNT Dave Michael Swann & The Fox Fantasy Lionel Shock Octopus SAIL & ANCHOR Songs In The Green Adrian Wilson SETTLERS TAVERN Open Mic Night SWAN LOUNGE Simone & Kat Jackson Bent Opion THE MOON CAFÉ Wolves At The Door Tracey Read Bill Darby UNIVERSAL Strutt Ses Sayer
MONDAY 25.10 BAR ORIENT James Wilson CHARLES HOTEL Tito Puente ELLINGTON JAZZ CLUB Chamber Jam IMPACT BAR Groove Karaoke MOJO’S Open Mic Night MUSTANG Marco & The Rhythm Kings PADDO Gang Of Three SPICE LOUNGE Courtney Murphy THE DEEN Plastic Max And The Token Gesture
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FRONT MAN WANTED Punchy Death Metal Band, OPEN MIC NIGHT Every Thursday at The Den (Civic seek front man to complete line-up. EP recorded, Hotel ) Call Nick - 0438 451 215 gigs waiting. Phone Mark - 0405468312 OPEN MIC NIGHT every Thursday night at Indi Bar. ACOUSTIC ACTS WANTED for open mic and Just call Bex on 0404 917 632 gigs every Thursday at Bar Orient in Fremantle. PRODUCTION SERVICES For bookings call Simon Dowling 0405 812 263. CD & DVD MANUFACTURE Check out our latest BANDS WANTED Original & underage band CD & DVD specials online at www.procopy.com. plus songwriters to compete in Avon Rock 2010. au 9375 3902 Great prizes $$$ & recording opportunities. MATRIX PRODUCTIONS AUSTRALIA Lighting, Entries close 4pm, Friday, October 22nd. staging, sound systems, smoke machines, night club Contact Avas for an entry form, Ph - 96222245 or FX, intelligent lighting, strobes & mirror balls, crowd email avas1@wn.com.au barriers, video projectors. 9371 1551 BASS & RHYTHM PLAYERS REQ To replace PA HIRE FX Lights club to concert size. Pro existing in working cover band. Gigs booked, Equipment www.perthconcertsound.com.au. waiting on new players. Please contact Mel Ph 9307 8594 / mob 0404 410 020 / 9309 6219 0406 633 405 SHORT FUSE SPEAKER REPAIRS Put new life BASSPLAYER WANTED Great opportunity to join into old speakers. General repairs on all makes. long established cover band with Rock influence, Ph 9417 4774 good gear, own transport a must, no time wasters, RECORDING STUDIOS backing vocals preferred. Call - 0412374135 or ALAN DAWSON’s WITZEND RECORDING STUDIO 0414189441 Professional quality albums or demos, large live BASSPLAYER WANTED Tattooed Bassplayer room, experienced engineer, analog to digital for the Rock n Roll Outlaws. A tribute to Rose transfers, mastering.Ph: 0407 989 128 Tattoo, must have good gear & dedication. ANDY’S STUDIO International multi award winning Call - 0409370900 songwriter / producer. No band required. Broadcast DRUMMER WANTED Stoner / Rock Style quality. A songwriter’s paradise. Ph 9364 3178 band. Under 30 years old, good gear a must. ARE YOU GOOD ENOUGH FOR LONDON? Free Call 0433 235 946 appraisals by producer, 20 yrs working in London. KEYBOARDIST WANTED Exp, backing vocals Great studio also available. Arrangement and / lead vocals an advantage for corporate show production help included if required. Call Jerry on band. Call - 0410 612 815 0405 653 338 /9362 2252 www.jerichomusic.com.au
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AVALON STUDIOS BIBRA LAKE One of Perths best equipped studio. Record to analog tape or digital, 24 track 2 - inch tape for that fat retro sound. Avalon pre amps, Meumann mics, the latest and best universal audio, plug in’s for digital recordings. All styles of music, $55 per hour call Tony 0411 118304 email - avalonstudios@bigpond.com CVP Digital, Protools, Recording and Mastering. Productive environment, songwriters welcome. Session musos available. Ph 9349 9365,Yokine area. www.clearviewproductions.com.au GOLDDUSTCONSTRUCTION.COM Production, mixing, recording and composition for your music. Unique award winning skills to take songs from ideas to finished mixes or to fulfill the potential in existing ones. Located in Subiaco. $60 p/h. Andrew 0408 097 407 QUANTUM RECORDING Avalon Pre - Amps, automated mixing mastering & more. 2 live rooms, NOR, reasonable rates.Call Stephen - 0406211686, quantumstudio@hotmail.com RECORDING MIXING MASTERING PRODUCING Fremantle location. Call Pete Kitchen Cooked Records. Ph 0407 363 764 / 9336 3764 RECORDING, MIXING OR MASTERING With WA’s largest collection tube, recording equipment. Classic analog tape recorders combined with the very latest Audiophile digital convertors. Record your band using the worlds finest analog & digital Rock n Roll equipment. At Poons Head Studios. “ Making classic recordings since 1985” www. poonshead.com or Ph - 93394791 REVOLVER SOUND STUDIO Ph 9272 7505. www.revolverstudio.com.au SHANGHAI TWANG New multi - room studios under construction & booking from November. The boutique Fremantle recording studio of producer / musician Pete Grandison is moving to Kardinya. Specialist mixing, mastering, recording & production in a world class facility. Ph - 93318051 / 0418943233 - shangaitwang@iinet.net.au STUDIO INNOVATIONS Tel: 08 9437 2151 One of Perth’s finest recording studios, south of the river. www.studioinnovations.com.au
FULLY EQUIPPED Band Rehearsal Studios for lease. (Wangara) Call - 9302 5423 PLATINUM SOUND ROOMS Professional rehearsal rooms, airconditioned, quality PAs mob 0418 944 722 STREAM STUDIOS The place to rehearse in Perth. Phone: 0403 152 009 www.streamrehearsal.com.au VHS Good facilities & vibe. Unit 5 /16 Peel Road, O’Connor. Phone 9418 5815 bus/hrs or 0413 732 885 After hours
TUITION A A A C L E AV E R A C A D E M Y O F V O I C E “be the best singer you can be” Le a r n o u r u n i q u e a n d n a t u ra l t ra i n i n g technique for new singers to advanced professionals. Individual tuition Ph 089272 4497 Mt Lawley/West Perth ***GUITAR LESSONS*** The Guitar Specialist. Latest techniques, all styles and songs. Guaranteed results. Beg-adv, all levels including bass. Gift vouchers avail. Cliff Lynton Guitar Institute. Mt Lawley 9342 3484 / www.clifflynton.com BASS LESSONS Rock, funk & jazz. Tony Gibbs 9470 6131 DJ LESSONS Two locations. No exp necessary. 10 hour course. One-on-one tution www. degraafentertainment.com. Phone 9402 12DJ (35). DRUM LESSONS The Drum Shop has Perth’s biggest drum academy with 12 teachers. Drum kit, African drumming and orchestral percussion tuition. See ad Below. Lessons from $18. DRUM TUITION: PRIVATE LESSONS with Warren Daley. Beginners welcome.Hire kits avail. Ph: 9349 8594 (Osb. Park) GUITAR LESSONS Learn guitar by ear from a prof with over 20 yrs exp in teaching & performing. All levels & ages. blues & rock specialist. Results guaranteed. Phone Ian Wilson “The Teacher That Students Recommend” on 9403 3212
GUITAR TUITION (Beginners- Professional) One on One lessons. Burswood Ph 9361 1444 BIGBEAT SOUND STUDIO Perth newest Premier Rehearsal Studio now open for bookings. 6 big www.gvkschoolofmusic.com.au rooms, all new PA systems, air-con, and good SINGING LESSONS See Cleaver Academy of Voice parking- Willeton. Ph - 0425 698 117 at the top of this listing! Ph: 9272 4497
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Metallica return to Perth this weekend for two stadium shows at Burswood Dome, their first shows in Perth since the 2004 Big Day Out. They have been touring for their last album, Death Magnetic, since 2008 and tickets for the two shows sold out in mere minutes. This week in Volume, we take a look at the gear of Metallica’s two iconic guitarists, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett. This Friday, October 22, and Saturday, October 23, a new generation of headbangers will have the chance to be inspired by two of the greatest metal guitar players the world has even seen – Metallica’s James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett. Although they started off with rudimentary gear – Hetfield in particular used a Epiphone Flying V to record Kill ‘Em All – one of the most iconic metal albums of the 21st century, 1988’s … And Justice For All, started a relationship with ESP guitars that has endured the test of time, with the band still playing ESP guitars to this day, 22 years since Justice. There are not too many images in metal more iconic than Hetfield, with his wide playing stance and one-time flowing mullet in the wind, thrashing away on his white ESP Explorer with the EET FUCK sticker. James Hetfield’s The guitar, signed by ESP Truckster Hetfield, now resides signature model. at the House Of Guitars in Rochester, New York – the place where Kill ‘Em All was recorded. While Hammett may be more reserved, even Hetfield would attest to the fact
Gear Tolls his skill is almost unparalleled. However times have changed, and with both Hetfield and Hammett using newer models, it’s time to take a look at their gear. Hammett has retained his classic look with the KH-2 Model. These models are different from most modern guitars of this configuration, with Alder bodies and Maple necks. While most metal guitarists us all Mahogany, Alder and Maple give more cut while retaining huge power. Hetfield, on the other hand, has abandoned the Explorer in favour of his ESP signature series, the Truckster. Unlike Hammett, the Truckster utilises a Mahogany body and neck but in this case, EMG pickups give him the power without losing the top end. The Truckster is available from Guitar World for $2,029 – more than $700 cheaper than the recommended retail Kirk Hammett’s ESP KH-202 price, while the KH-202 signature model. is available for a quite frankly ridiculously cheap $999 – 30 per cent of the recommended retail. In addition to these great deals, to celebrate Metallica’s return to Perth, Guitar World are giving punters a chance to win one of eight Metallica tickets. Simply buy any Randall or ESP gear at the Cannington, Mandurah or Rockingham stores to go into the draw. For more details, call the Cannington store on 9358 6665, the Mandurah store on 9582 9099 or the Rockingham store on 9592 1225 or hit the web at musicianuniverse. com.au. Bang on! _LIAM DUCEY www.xpressmag.com.au
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