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Contents Issue No. 1015 Tuesday 29 June 2010 All entries must be sent to giveaways@drummedia.com.au and include your full name, address and a contact number. Please note – prizes that are to be collected from the office must be done within four weeks of notification of winning.
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Mailbag – your say on what floats your boat or makes the red mist descend.
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The News – just like it says, with opinions, tours, releases, Backlash, Frontlash and enough time has passed to make Refused’s Shape of Punk To Come worth talking about.
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Less riff soup, more organic sounds for the pummelling new Parkway Drive album.
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Toe To Toe are play hardcore the way it was meant to. Fringes optional. 36 Change is always difficult, but The Muslims have come out the other side as The Soft Pack pretty well.
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They’re a weird bunch, that Richard In Your Mind lot.
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You may think the Parades sound is sublime – they’ll tell you they had no choice in the matter. 40
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MORE BIRTHDAY SHENANIGANS One down, one to go, the Annandale’s tenth birthday celebrations and plenty more shows to go! And if it’s good enough for Jimmy Barnes, the Annandale stage is certainly good enough for the immortal Richard Clapton, Ralph to his friends, and one of Australia’s national living songwriter treasures. He’s been telling us about the Girls On The Avenue for 30 years and isn’t about to stop, as you’ll discover Thursday when he takes the Annandale stage supported by The Flood and Radio National. We have three double passes to the night to give away so email us with Richard Clapton giveaway in the subject line by midday Thursday. Meanwhile, representing the other end of the demographic, Gareth Liddiard has been carving quite an impressive little reputation in his solo acoustic extracurricular Drones activities and is sure to pack out the Annandale on American Independence Day Sunday afternoon, with special guests Jamie Hutchings, The Holy Soul and The Maladies. It all kicks off 4pm and, yup, we have three double passes for the show to give away, so email us with Gareth Liddiard giveaway in the subject line by 5pm Thursday.
RESIST NEW JUSTICE THOUGHTS Feisty local indie label New Justice Records is so proud of its roster of artists that it’s decided to take over two of our biggest indie club nights over the coming weekend in order to provide a showcase for them all. So Friday, the New Justice showcase is at Blink Night Club with Resist The Thought, As Silence Breaks and Recoil, then Saturday it’s at Trash Night Club with Sienna Skies, Town Hall Steps, Envy Parade and more. And just to sweeten the pie for one lucky reader, we’ve been given a New Justice record pack to give away. In it, you get a CD each from the aforementioned bands so that’s six albums. To be in the running, email us with New Justice Records Showcase giveaway in the subject line by 5pm Tuesday 6 July.
THE, THE, THAT’S ETTES FOLKS Nashville three-piece The Ettes spent a lot of last year touring the planet with Kings of Leon and The Black Keys, but they also caught the attention of one Drew Barrymore, who used one of their tracks in her debut as a film director, Whip It. This year so far, they’ve been travelling the US again as the main support for The Dead Weather, but more importantly for them, they’ve also just released their new album, Do You Want Power. Now, if you’ve ever wondered what these dudes sound like, we’ve got four copies of that new album right here in the office that we’re happy to give away, so email us with The Ettes CD giveaway in the subject line by 5pm Tuesday 6 July. By the by, the Australian version of the album features an exclusive bonus live track.
BEAUDY, IT’S THE, ER, MUSICAL Okay, so youse all know the old fairytale about Sleepin’ Beauty, right? Well, some clever clogs has dragged the classic tale kicking, f’in’ and blindin’ into the 21st century and translated into Aussie, so will you please welcome to the Parade Theatre NIDA stage, Beaudy The Musical. Written by Australian musician, Michael Orland, it’s a funny contemporary musical set in a small Australian town and features an exciting cast of 16 including Stephen Fisher-King, Lizzie Taylor and The Four Kinsmen’s Scott Radburn with a full live orchestra. Now, we know how youse love a bargain (think HG Nelson when you read that sentence – baahhhgin!), so we’ve been able to swing five double passes to the preview session Wednesday 7 July. Email us with Beaudy The Musical giveaway in the subject line by 5pm Tuesday 6 July.
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Based on the extraordinary novel written by Argentine author, Manuel Puig, Kiss Of The Spider Woman is described as a fierce tale of humanity pushed to its limits, and has been reimagined as a multiaward-winning musical and comes to Sydney courtesy a production being presented at Darlinghurst Theatre. Starring Alexis Fishman, Frank Hansen and James Lee, it’s set in a prison cell in Latin America where a gay window dresser and a straight no-nonsense Marxist escape the boredom by the window dresser recounts the movies of the ravishing screen beauty, Aurora played by Alexis Fishman. We have five double passes to a preview session Friday 9 July to give away, so email us with Kiss Of The Spider Woman giveaway in the subject line by 5pm Tuesday 6 July. • 22 • THE DRUM MEDIA 29 JUNE 2010
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Call we get a Hellyeah? A stampede of pure rock says yes. 42 Why put effort into songwriting when it comes easy for Blitzen Trapper? 44 A model turned musician who’s not shit? Enter Karen Elson by way of Jack White.
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Behind the lyrics and inspirations of Marshall & The Fro.
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On The Record reviews new release albums and singles from Ernest Ellis, Jack Johnson, Ozzy Osbourne, The Gin Club and more. 46 Here’s that all-women group who call themselves The Mountain Men. 48 Music’s not a new obsession for Emilie Simon.
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Andrew Haug fills us in on the metal world as he makes The Racket.
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Stu Harvey delivers a Short Fast Report on punk and hardcore.
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Scott Fitzsimons gets Young & Restless with all ages goings on.
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Viktor Krum asks you to Get It Together with the latest in hip hop.
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Go south as you enter Pedro Manoy’s Swamp Shack. 51
FRONT ROW This Week In Arts plans your upcoming social life; we preview the Arabian Film Festival and we attend the Wrong Prom: The Blues Brothers. 52 Wil Anderson proclaims his honesty; we find a link between The Muppets 53 and Glee in Smoking TV. Cultural Cringe looks at the latest arts news and whispers; catch up on A Little Night Music with conductor Andrew Greene; Get Him To The Greek, Toy Story 3 and Farewell get reviewed. 54 Front Row drops in on rehearsals for the latest version of West Side Story; our measure is given to Measure 55 For Measure.
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SHE’S A LITTLE RUNAWAY Dear Drum, With the imminent release for the new movie about The Runaways, I’m delving back into my Joan Jett back catalogue to get me in the mood. My God, this woman was (still is?) the epitome of what rock’n’roll is all about – she writes great songs, plays great guitar (including live), she’s also involved in several charities, has made movies, made TV appearances, she doesn’t rely on all the MTV hype, gossip and fashion issues to sell her trade; she just loves playing! I hope the movie will open up a whole new fanbase for Joan (and the other Runaways who may not have had the success of her). Please readers, go out and purchase some of her albums from way back in 1982 to current releases (her latest, Sinner, is a killer). Yes she does covers, but does them justice; it’s not just samples, more like tributes! If you can get your mitts on her 1984 album, Glorious Results Of A Misspent Youth, you’ll find almost rock’n’roll perfection. Finally, God bless Joan, she’s down to earth, gritty, lovely smile, no snarling at the camera, beautiful guitar sound and excellent song construction. Yes, she’s a lot more than just I Love Rock’n’Roll. There’s a lesson out there from Joan for many of the girls who make video clips – HAVE FUN, stop looking so cranky!
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JACK’S BACK Dear Drum,
Rock Nut
I thought it was all said and done. I thought nevermore would I have to hear about Michael Jackson in any capacity, but now with the one year of his death anniversary he is once again all over the media (though not to the crazy extent he was when he passed away – I think we have Julia Gillard to thank for ensuring something else dominated the front pages). But even Drum’s mailbag was invaded (mailbag #1014)! I saw something recently where Jackson’s mother has said that his kids will go to school now (they were only home schooled in the past). Who cares? There seems to be no newsworthy value to reporting on this. Can’t we just let him be and let his music do the talking? Though as mentioned in the letter last week, I don’t know why Say Say Say would be classed his top hit. You should probably look at something besides pure stats to determine this. There’s an X factor that is the resonance a song has with people that should be considered, not just purely sales or chart appearances.
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You forgot to mention how Joan Jett was also caught in a love triangle between a vampire and a werewolf. Who knew? – Ed
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Dear Drum, Wednesday and Thursday night I was watching The Vines and Dallas Crane at The Annandale Hotel, which over the years has become my favourite live venue. So much so that it’s spoilt me a bit, turning me into a venue snob. What is a venue snob? Well it means that concerts at barns are a no-go zone for me. Sometimes I make exceptions, notably last November for Pearl Jam, but it ends up biting me in the arse. Maybe it’s my aversion to people, but that can’t be it ‘cause it’s usually a tight squeeze at small venues. Maybe it’s the proximity of the band that attracts me to small venues? It doesn’t really matter what the reasoning the point is… well actually I’ve forgotten what my point was (I don’t always have one), other than to share my love of the Annandale and wish there were more venues like it. Oh and as much as I love the Annandale, my God! That floor! I find myself going through a sort of alternate DVT routine when I’m there. If you don’t keep moving you legs, you’ll die. Well, you’ll be rooted to the spot and if there’s a sudden surge in the crowd you will fall over. Anyways cheers Dan and Matt, you rule. Pun totally intended. P.S.: Both bands rocked. Cate
You do realise you’ve prolonged the MJ coverage by writing in? – Ed
Dear Drum, While I too think it’s okay for football fans (and indeed the population at large) to go a little crazy every four years for the World Cup (mailbag #1014), I’d like to congratulate the venues out there for not forgoing their core business of putting on gigs and ditching them to cover the World Cup. I guess the fact most of the games are on after midnight because of the time difference means it hasn’t really impacted on venues that much, but I’m glad that no venue has gone completely World Cup crazy and doesn’t have gigs for a month until after the final because you can see “all the games live on the big screen” or whatever people do to get you in. It’s good that even if venues are showing it, then it’s been slotted around existing entertainment. It would be a sad day if a venue decided to stop entertainment for a full month and not have any gigs because the World Cup was on. I fear for such a scenario if Australia ever hosts it, but that won’t happen until at least 2022 if at all, so we’ll have plenty of time to iron out any kinks by then. Yellow Card Fairfield Australia hosting the World Cup could be a good time for gigs: anyone remember all the free gigs that happened in the city surrounding the Olympics? That was pretty sweet. – Ed
Miller I sometimes forget my point too. Like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on ‘em. Give me five bees for a
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CYPRUSS HILL Tickets for Coaster 2010 at Gosford Showground Saturday 25 September and headlined by Cypress Hill go on sale Wednesday (and not Thursday as may have been previously mentioned). The line-up also features some sweet acts in Birds Of Tokyo, Art Vs Science, Bluejuice, Basement Birds, Silversun Pickups and many more. Tickets for Parklife 2010, which happens in Sydney Sunday 3 October, go on sale midday Thursday. Similarly, early bird tickets for the 2010 Bellingen Global Carnival, happening up the north coast at Bellingen over the Labour Day long weekend Friday 1 through Sunday 3 October, are now on sale at the festival website.
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Due to illness, the NZ band Cairo Knife Fight, who were due to open for Karnivool on their New Day tour of the nation, have had to pull out because of illness. MM9 of course are still very much on the bill that sees them play the Metro Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
RAP YOUR MESSAGE Well this seems to have come at a nice time. With a federal election looming, Oxfam had planned to host a night of hip hop and beats to provide those artists and like-minded individuals a forum to speak out for social change, and now with the government coup completed, there’s even more to rap about. With The Tongue, Thundamentals, True Vibenation, Sketch The Rhyme, DJ Triptix and special guest DJ Mailer Daemon performing, you can be sure there’ll be plenty said as well. If you so wish, your opinions can be recorded and turned into a short film or podcast for distribution post the event. It happens at the Oxford Art Factory, Wednesday 14 July, with entry free.
Emerging Americans Hot Chelle Rae and our own Heroes For Hire will be joining Boys Like Girls when they play the UNSW Roundhouse Sunday 11 July. American tour-hardened Sydneysiders The Art have scored the national tour support slot for Thirty Seconds To Mars, who play the Hordern Pavilion Sunday 24 July. Portland-based American singer songwriter Shelley Short will be joining our own Darren Hanlon, who releases his fourth studio album, I Will Love You At All, Friday 16 July, on his next tour around the nation, which will see him play Gallipoli Legions Club in Newcastle Thursday 12 August, The Factory Theatre Friday 13, Tilley’s in Canberra Saturday 14, Clarendon Guest House in Katoomba Sunday 15 and the Heritage in Bulli Wednesday 18. Grammy Award-winning guitarist and the man behind Windham Hill Records, Will Ackerman is coming to perform with his Australian connection, Musicoz Award-winning pianist and composer Fiona Joy Hawkins and her Blue Dream band at the Basement in Circular Quay Sunday 21 November.
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
Growing naturally and therefore solidly, Hungry Kids Of Hungary don’t seem to be taking anything for granted in the development of their career. It’s a good thing too, because their indie soul definitely has the potential to go places, and as we saw last time they were in town their live show is also going from strength to strength. Lately they’ve taken it to the rest of the world, playing famous rooms across America and the UK, but with a new single, Wristwatch, out and the debut album due later in the year it’s time to hit the Australian circuit once more. Joined by Sydney’s own The Holidays and New Zealand’s Artisan Guns, the Shady Haze Of Winter Tour is due to drop into the Oxford Art Factory Friday 13 August and The Cambridge Hotel Saturday 14.
THE JOY FORMIDABLE
The Eagles’ first Sydney Entertainment Centre show Thursday 2 December sold out in no time as has their Acer Arena show Monday 6, so a second Entertainment Centre show has been announced for Friday 3 while a second Acer show is now on sale for Tuesday 7. Fresh from a US tour, Perth-born singer songwriter Eva McGowan is heading across the continent to record a new album live at the Basement in Circular Quay Sunday 27 July, supported by Scottish singer songwriter Gilbert Whyte. The eighth annual Whole Lotta Love celebration of the music of Led Zeppelin takes over the Enmore Theatre once more Thursday 16 September with guest vocalists this time around including Dave Gleeson, Swanee, Steve Balbi, Simon Meli, Ngaiire and Zkye. Stepping off The Honey Palace bus for a bit of solo acoustic travel, Eli Wolfe heads into the Front Café Canberra Thursday, before heading north, returning Sunday 18 July to play Caves Beachside Hotel, and then joins the SurfAid International Surfing Suits charity fundraiser at Hugo’s in Kings Cross Wednesday 21. Brisbane instrumental five-piece Mr Maps have just released a double A-side single, Nice Fights, which they’ll be launching at the Excelsior in Surry Hills Thursday 8 July. They’ll also play Mum at World Bar Friday 9 and the Lass O’Gowrie in Newcastle Saturday 10. Lucy Thorne returns to Sydney Thursday 22 July to play Notes, sharing the bill with The Miller’s Tale, before joining an evening in tribute to the late Jesse Younan at the Bridge Hotel Friday 23. Having stunned the cognoscenti with their performance of Sarah Blasko’s All I Want at the 2010 APRA Awards, Basement Birds, who release their debut album Friday 16 July, launch themselves in person on the wider Sydney public Wednesday 18 August at Newcastle Uni, Thursday 19 at Wollongong Uni and Friday 20 at the Enmore Theatre, with special guest Old Man River. Melbourne’s Thee Wylde Oscars are hitting the Hume and heading north to introduce themselves and their debut album, Right, Yeah!, in person Friday 6 August at the Cabbage Tree Hotel Wollongong and Saturday 7 at the Town & Country Hotel St. Peters. • 26• THE DRUM MEDIA 29 JUNE 2010
REINTRODUCING WILLIAM
JOY TRAVELS FAR
Rising to prominence on the national scene during the ’90s, Sydney’s Glide stopped abruptly following the death of frontman William Arthur in 1999. Now, a good 11 years on, the band’s entire back catalogue will be re-issued through iTunes to acknowledge Arthur’s legacy – there are seven titles in total. What’s perhaps most exciting though is that for the first time since the late ‘90s, the band will be performing live at two shows, one in Melbourne and Sydney, with the original lineup bar (naturally) vocals, which will be completed by Youth Group’s Toby Martin. Playing tracks from the early EPs to the posthumously released Last (2000), they’ll be at the Annandale Hotel Saturday 14 August.
Don’t feel out of the loop if you’re not familiar with North Welsh art rock trio The Joy Formidable. Since forming in 2007, they’ve been largely confined to the UK, rising organically through the island’s venues, and plan to release their debut album at some point this year. But as is usually the case, the Brits can’t keep it all to themselves and the secret’s been let out, the group now finding itself playing sold-out support slots the world over. Their latest single, Popinjay, will be the first to be released in Australia, and will be just before their appearance in Splendour In The Grass. They’ve scored The Temper Trap’s and Passion Pit’s support slots and in between playing the Hordern and the festival will headline the Beach Road Hotel Wednesday 28 July with Temper Trap DJs.
TAKE ME BACK TO… The rock’n’roll appreciation night is back after a break, and you can catch Paradise City at QBar again this Wednesday for a grand old re-launch event. This time around they’ve opted to make the event a monthly occasion and as such have managed to bring in bands so you’re not just dancing to DJs. Kicking off at 9pm, the first night of artists can count on L.U.S.T. and Familia to bring the essence of rock’n’roll to life right before your eyes. The usual set-up will be back in place: stripper poles, $1 pool, cheap drinks and early hours.
3OH!3
WHO BRINGS YOUR PARTY? As the emo scene’s influx evaporated, there were plenty of splinter genres, the electro party pop led by 3OH!3 being one such avenue. However with a transparency and obvious tongue firmly planted in cheek stance, they’ve enjoyed a far better reception than some of the other horrendous acts they often get unfairly lumped with – Brokencyde anyone? No? Didn’t think so. With their second album, Streets Of Gold, released last week, the band has unleashed its first single, My First Kiss, (with Ke$ha joining in the fun) onto charts all around the world. Australia’s on their radar and Friday 13 August they’ll arrive at the UNSW Roundhouse, the show being all ages.
THE CORE ELEMENTS If there’s one label/indie store keeping the hardcore scene alive, it’s got to be Resist and the annual Hardcore event. And this year’s event, Hardcore 2010, split once again into separate all ages and over 18s dates, is shaping up to be one of their best. Mixing genuine veterans with the cream of the emerging crop, this Friday you can catch Mindsnare, Toe To Toe, Extorsion, Relentless and Ill Brigade at the Manning Bar (the over 18s show) and Saturday Mindsnare, Extorsion, 50 Lions, Blkout, Dropsaw, Hand Of Mercy, I Exist, Ghost Town, Persist and Phantoms at the Factory Theatre (the all ages show). Show ‘em that there’s life in this scene yet, eh?
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THE BEDROOM PHILOSOPHER
THE TRAM TO HIS ROOM Musical funny guy The Bedroom Philosopher is gearing up to bring the “lulz” to a venue in your near vicinity thanks to the release of his third album, Songs From The 86 Tram, on shelves now. Touring with the support of his band The Awkwardstra, it’s a treat following his extensive run of solo shows. Mixing quick-witted wordplay with catchy pop hooks, a media release assures us that the gags will play “second fiddle to breakbeat rockouts, folk-rock jamouts and jamfunk breakdowns.” Well the whole touring party comes to the Harp Hotel Wollongong Thursday 19 August, The Factory Theatre Friday 20 (all ages), The Northern Star Saturday 21 and The Brass Monkey Sunday 22.
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ONE YOU KNOW AND ONE YOU DON’T
You know Soulfly, and you’re about to know City Of Fire. They’re both coming to Australia in the not too distant future, proving that metal’s got a shelf life longer than youth. Led by Max Cavalera – formerly of Sepultura and possessing a massive fan base – he produced the band’s recently released seventh album, Omen, which continues to move away from the nu-metal they once hinted towards and sits excellently alongside their best moments. On the other hand there’s City Of Fire, which features founding members of Fear Factory and Strapping Young Lad; that is Burton C. Bell, Byron Stroud and Jed Simon, and offer a sound more diverse than previous respective exploits. Rounding out the triple international headline is Incite, who are fronted by Richie Cavalera. The tour is due to arrive at the UNSW Roundhouse Thursday 9 September, Newcastle Panthers Friday 10 and Saturday 11 at the ANU Bar.
There’s a certain level of hesitance in reporting the imminent tour of Christian Death when your office is a church, but here goes. After all, with 30 years of deathinfused post-punk and a plethora of rotating musicians, even the good Lord has to respect their efforts. Formed in 1979 by a 16 year old Rozz Williams, their most renowned recording was their 1982 debut, Only Theatre Of Pain, which is credited with spawning its own subculture in the States. Heading through Australian customs to bring their Necrosexual tour to stages on the East Coast, the band features Australian-born Valor Kand as frontman and guitarist, who’s been at the helm since the mid-‘80s. The story of the band and its incarnations is a book in itself – just get to the Gaelic Theatre Friday 13 August.
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HIP HOP SELL OUTS Horrorshow can now proudly join the elite club of artists who can say that they sell out venues well before the actual date. Such was the case earlier this year, where they sold-out two large Sydney shows, and following the ego-less hip hop duo’s appearance at the massive Splendour In The Grass festival they will be hitting the road once again. Join the hordes of growing fans at the Gaelic Theatre Friday 3 September and the ANU Bar Saturday 4. Joining them on the tour is rising triple j darling Seth Sentry – you’ve heard Waitress Song, no doubt – and this is the future of Australia’s scene. Let’s be honest, we’re in better shape here than we are for the 2014 World Cup.
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SOUTHERN SOUNDS Re-badged this year to the Great Southern Blues Festival – or the Narooma Blues festival if you prefer – it has revealed its first round of artists. Held from Friday 1 through to Sunday 3 October, at Mackay Park in Batemans Bay, the venue is also new for the event’s 15th year. Todd Rundgren’s Johnson is first off the rank, featuring a collection of Robert Johnson’s timeless tracks from the American artist/producer, with Canada’s Eastern-influenced Harry Manx, the blues duo Cedric Burnside & Lightnin’ Malcolm, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, the powerful Dallas Frasca, Dave Hole, 19 year-old Kim Churchill and country/roots outfit Blue Shaddy also announced. The first release of tickets are on sale now through the festival’s website.
THE STORY OF SUSAN Sydney’s Lazy Susan are preparing to release their fourth album, Places That Made Us, early July (you’ll already know this by way of simple maths if you’ve been following their 14 songs in 14 weeks MySpace competition leading up to the date) and the pop-smiths will be launching the disc Friday 30 July at Notes. Their first album since 2006’s Every Night, it was produced by Michael Carpenter and with 14 tracks, wastes no time in grabbing your attention – the whole thing clocks in under 40 minutes. As the name would suggest, the album is the tale of the band itself, where they’ve come from and their trials and tribulations along the way – with the songs themselves spanning a 15-year writing period. Chances are this will be their defining recording – make or break stuff. • 28 • THE DRUM MEDIA 29 JUNE 2010
Mixing reggae with alternative rock is a path fraught with failure, but if you’re planning to do it yourself take a few lessons from Bedouin Soundclash, who’ve managed to nail the convergence and seem to be getting better with every record. 2007’s Street Gospels is largely considered the Canadian trio’s finest moments, clearly making pop music out of their dub roots. Since then they’ve been pretty busy, even launching their own record label, Pirates Blend, earlier this year. Now with Australia in their sights, they’ll be playing the Annandale Hotel Saturday 16 October – and let’s be honest, can you think of anywhere more suited to house that gritty dancehall vibe?
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New Zealand drone metal duo Black Boned Angel are set to play a special, one-off and free event at the Biennial of Sydney, taking to the walk in bar SuperDeluxe@ Artspace Saturday 17 July. Black, buzzing, haunting and quite overbearing, the Black Boned’s new record, The Witch Must Be Killed, has a fitting title given the bleakness of their sound. Incorporating a waterfall of distortion, they’ll be supported by The Holy Soul’s Jon Hunter who’s known for his waterfall of reverberation. The SuperDeluxe venue is celebrating the Biennial until August, mixing local and international artists. Acts to come through it have been/will be The Dead C, Oren Ambarchi, Holy Balm, Rice Corpse and more.
THERE’S SMOKE AROUND EVA Returning to her Perth home after a successful jaunt to the United States, Eva McGowan continues to roll out the momentum that she’s built by heading to The Basement, Circular Quay, Sunday 27 July. Claiming influences as diverse as Mississippi John Hurt, Vince Jones, Taj Mahal and the like, there’s a dominating smoky jazz feel to her gentle roots ditties. She’s in good company for her Sydney sojourn as well, with Scottish born Gilbert Whyte providing his guitar/banjo finger-picked folk to the support slot. Whyte’s a real ramblin’ man, as you’ll soon find out.
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On the back of last year’s Knock Yourself Out, Dave Graney & The Lurid Yellow Mist will be dropping a remix album, Supermodified, so just like a car done up, it’s got bits of excess hanging off it and needless add-ons to make it sound great. Don’t expect too many slammin’ electro beats, though there’ll be more guitars, keys, drums and percussion. Playing a run of shows throughout NSW late July, Graney will be kicking things off solo at the Clarendon Guesthouse Wednesday 28 July, Lizotte’s Kincumber Thursday 29, Lizotte’s Newcastle Friday 30, Notes Saturday 31 and the Brass Monkey Sunday 1 August.
After a decent stint away from the musical wheel spent reinvigorating themselves and re-energizing their songwriting, Thirsty Merc are returning to the live scene with their single, Mousetrap Heart, and album of the same name [recorded in Los Angeles with Matt Wallace, who’s worked with Faith No More and Maroon 5] announcing that return. Their preview shows earlier in the year sold out, and now that fans have got new material to sink their teeth into, expect the album tour shows to go the same way. Wednesday they’re at the Southern Cross Club, Thursday Waves Wollongong, Friday the Cambridge Hotel and Saturday at The Metro Theatre.
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Featuring the voices of Renee Geyer and Kerrie Biddell, Paradise Volume One, by the late jazz musician and composer John Sangster, was a musical suite originally commissioned as a soundtrack for a tourist film designed to promote Surfer’s Paradise, now remastered and reissued by Aztec Music. The other reissue specialists, Chapter Music, have resurrected all extant recordings of the shortlived San Francisco-based beatnik art-punk three-piece Danny & The Parkins Sisters, including their only official release, the 1982 mini-album, along with various live cuts and demos, to make up the 18-song self-titled reissue CD. The very British Mystery Jets release their new album, Serotonin, Friday.
IMMERSED IN BASS
Hell yeah we still call them Australian. Especially after Pendulum offered that masterful drum’n’bass remix of the ABC news theme (if you haven’t heard it get out from under that rock and search it out)! Now that the Western Australian band have released their latest album, Immersion (a return to form following the patchy In Silico), they’ll be hitting the road and playing arenas all around the nation and New Zealand. Given that they’re so popular around the world – especially Europe – at the moment, it’s highly likely that these will be the last dates for a while. Friday 5 November at the Hordern Pavilion – be there.
Meanwhile, Melbourne metalheads Contrive release their new album, The Internal Dialogue, Friday, the first pressing also including a limited edition – 500 copies only – hand-numbered embossed digipack version. The new and third album, Expo 86, by Vancouver Canada’s Wolf Parade, is released locally Friday. Perth five-piece 6s & 7s release their debut album, 6s & 7s Choose The Sentimental Blooze, Saturday. The album on which Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse were collaborating before the latter’s passing, Dark Night Of The Soul, which features a sparkling roll call of guests that include The Flaming Lips, Black Francis, Iggy Pop and the also now late Vic Chesnutt, is released Friday 9 July. The same day sees the local release of Return Of The Son Of…, a two-CD set from Dweezil Zappa drawn for the most part from a three-night residency at the Morse Theatre in Chicago of his Zappa Plays Zappa band. Sydney three-piece The Shake Up release their Jim Diamond (The White Stripes, Dirtbombs)-produced debut album, …if you have no shame, Thursday 8 July.
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Fronted by South African singer Aluta Lichaba, who gained international attention through a duet recorded with REM’s Michael Stipe for the 1 Giant Leap project, Aluta & The Mystics release their debut album, The Struggle Continues, Friday 9 July.
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SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS Heading over for Splendour, New York’s School Of Seven Bells release their second album, Disconnect From Desire, Friday 9 July, just in time for you learn all the words. British band Scouting For Girls release their new album, Everybody Wants To Be On TV, Friday 9 July. Brooklyn, NYC-based psych-pop duo The Hundred In The Hands, release their debut EP, This Desert, Friday 9 July. Friday 9 July, I.R.S./Capitol/EMI are releasing a remastered and expanded 25th anniversary edition of R.E.M.’s Fables Of The Reconstruction, which includes 14 previously unreleased demo recordings cut before the album was originally recorded.
M.I.A M.I.A. releases her new album, enigmatically titled /\/\ /\ Y /\, Friday 9 July. Half A Cow Records finally gets into the Best Of compilation act with a long overdue career overview of Sydney faves, Smudge, This Smudge Is True, out Friday 16 July. North Carolina-born, Brooklyn-based songwriter Dustin Payseur turned his little home-recording project into a full-blown four-piece band named Beach Fossils last year and Saturday 17 July, that band releases its self-titled debut album here. Southern California’s Avenged Sevenfold release their fifth studio album, Nightmare, Friday 30 July.
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Sia to number two and The Amity Affliction to six – top efforts. Parkway Drive to number one next week?
ROLLER DERBY The newbies quickly picked up the rules for their first live bout over the weekend. The key is – watch the referees, it’s far easier to follow that way.
OFFICE VENDING MACHINE Although it struggles with $2 coins, breakfast has never been so easy as a can of Coke and packet of chips.
HARDCORE’S BIG BANG A STARTING POINT FOR SO MANY TASTES IN MUSIC, REFUSED’S SEMINAL ALBUM THE SHAPE OF PUNK TO COME IS NOW THREE DISCS STRONG. THANKFULLY, ENOUGH TIME HAS PASSED FOR DRUMMER DAVID SANDSTRÖM TO CHAT TO SCOTT FITZSIMONS ABOUT IT AND MAINTAIN HIS INTEREST.
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THE COUP We’re all for Gillard, but what a cutthroat age this is where you don’t get a chance to turn things around yourself. It’s almost as panicky as soccer managers – lose a couple of games and you’re gone sunshine.
THE COLD Waking up and the radio announces it’s five degrees Celsius in the city. Doesn’t seem so bad when they then say it’s “minus one” where you are. What country are we living in again?
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here’s a sticker on the front of the deluxe edition of Refused’s 1998 and final album, The Shape Of Punk To Come: A Chimerical Bombination In 12 Bursts, that brands it as, “Arguably the most influential hardcore album of all time.” For the most recent generation of punk and hardcore listeners, there’s really very little argument about it. Mixing a furious intensity with electronic beats and jazz breakdowns, they created one of the true classics of the genre. It was also an album that killed the band, who broke up shortly after and vowed never to “glorify” the past. However, The Shape Of Punk had a mind of its own and is rediscovered year after year by fans, remaining essential listening. In 2006 the quartet’s guitarist Kristofer Steen did glorify the band’s final moments however, with his documentary Refused Are Fucking Dead and now with Epitaph’s re-issue drummer David Sandström (iconic in their infamous New Noise video where he pops a snare skin, seemingly by coincidence) is willing to talk about it again, something he’s resisted for a long time. Indeed, by his own reckoning Drum’s chat is only the third time he’s done so. “It sort of never really died down,” he says, on the phone from his studio in Sweden, his English near perfect. “I talked with Kris the other day about how we loved it ‘cause in ‘99 we felt free. We’d done our best with that band and made that record which we wanted to make and then we could just go on with our lives, we sort of felt liberated.” But MTV picked up the New Noise video and it seemed that as they broke up, their popularity exploded. “Now
and then people contact you and want to talk about the record and usually I’ve just refused,” he laughs ever so slightly, “to talk about it.” The record’s brilliance has often been imitated, but very rarely executed as capably. Although Sandström can’t be sure, he thinks that the name probably came from Ornette Coleman’s Shape Of Jazz To Come, which he’s sure was “in the van” around the time of the record’s conception. However he doesn’t believe in titles so to speak, and picks up Gang Starr’s Moment Of Truth – sitting beside him during our chat – to illustrate the point. “It’s at the top of the pile and it just has the same sort of title actually, it’s meant to be this really stark and pompous sort of thing, that’s supposed to underline the importance of what they’re talking about. Basically it doesn’t really do that for me, for me it’s just a good record, I just like it. And I think it’s the shame with Shape Of Punk it’s just a good record, we just happened to make a good record.” That said, to reinvigorate the scene was their original plan. “We, pretty fast, grew tired of that hardcore scene that we were a part of. It’s weird to be part of a musical scene that’s not very interested in music. And the four guys in the band, we were all really, really interested in music and we listened to all types of music, already back then. In the Refused van touring Europe, you’d be listening to anything from, you know, Wu-Tang to English electronica, jungle music to Charles Mingus to Slayer to anything… And I think the record is an outlet for that, touring and touring and seeing crappy bands and want-
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ing to do something bigger and greater.” Now that record is bigger and greater than itself, with the documentary – which we’ve already seen – and a live disc (Live At Umeå Open Festival April 3, 1998) featuring on the three-disc re-issue. “There really only was one [live recording], that the Swedish radio did. And I thought it would suck, because I just remember us not being good live. But I heard it and I thought it was fucking great. I was very surprised – it’s just psychotic the whole thing. The record is intense enough, this is like these four neurotic freaks playing that record but faster.” Ever looking to discuss his favourite records, with more vigour than he does Refused, there’s a weird void between listeners who still view the recording as current, and Sandström for whom it’s ancient history. “It’s just one of those weird things that you were caught up in something a lot bigger than you when you were young. I guessed it’s a blessed thing in the end, a lot of people spend their teenage years drinking moonshine and having sex with all the wrong people and just, you know, wasting their time in school doing something that they don’t want to do. I was 16 when we started Refused and I was 21 or 22 when we made The Shape Of Punk, it’s a reasonable way to spend those years.” WHO Refused WHAT The Shape Of Punk To Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts (Epitaph/Shock)
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GOING IN DEEP INDISPUTABLY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL METAL AND/OR HARDCORE BAND AUSTRALIA HAS REARED, CAN THE PARKWAY DRIVE JUGGERNAUT – WHICH IS ALREADY SURPRISINGLY HUGE – CONTINUE TO PICK UP EVEN MORE STEAM WITH THEIR NEW ALBUM? BRENDAN CRABB POSES THE QUESTION TO FRONTMAN WINSTON MCCALL. COVER AND FEATURE PICS BY KANE HIBBARD.
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o idea,” responds Winston McCall with typical modesty. “To be honest, on the Killing With A Smile [2005 debut] tour, there were so many shows where we were like, ‘Enjoy this show guys, because this is as big as it could possibly get, this is as mental as shows are ever going to get for us.’ There’s been hundreds of times that we’ve said that before a set. If the rug suddenly got pulled out, [if] people suddenly realised that we’re just a bunch of kids screaming on stage and decided they’ve had enough of it, it really wouldn’t surprise me. But at the same time, it hasn’t happened yet and I don’t know why,” he admits, laughing. “I don’t understand why more people keep coming and where they’re coming from. It’s really nice that they are, but I don’t see the difference between us and the million other bands making this kind of music. It’s nice that they do, but it’s so strange to be involved in that band doing that stuff.” When Drum spoke with McCall on the tour supporting Killing… within the confines of the Byron Bay quintet’s less-than-luxurious van, the album had been released only days earlier, debuting in the Top 40 of the ARIA album charts – a feat unheard of. Subsequent albums and tours have dwarfed those initial achievements, but it is still surreal when they reach yet another level, such as stepping up to larger venues as they will on their upcoming tour. “Yeah, definitely,” McCall quickly agrees. “It’s just one of those things where these opportunities and strange things keep popping up. It’s all been bizarre. There hasn’t been a single point in time where we’ve expected something to happen, then it happened and we’ve gone, ‘Yep, see, told you so.’ It’s more like things just happen. We do what we’ve always done and it just keeps snowballing. We’re still in the same state of shock as we were when [I Killed The] Prom Queen said, ‘Hey, we want to do a split CD with you.’” This brings us to new disc Deep Blue – a more melodic and measured beast, yet no less heavy than their previous work. After two albums produced by Killswitch Engage guitarist and all-round joker Adam Dutkiewicz, the band ventured into new waters by enlisting Joe
Barresi, who despite a recorded history with the likes of Bad Religion and Pennywise isn’t renowned for coaching uncompromising metalcore acts, to man the decks. “We were actually trying to work with Adam for a long time and it came to a point where we realised we just weren’t going to have the time. At that point we went, ‘Shit, we don’t know anything about producers other than Adam, who are we going to go with?’ Then someone brought Joe to our attention and it dawned on us that we [could] create something completely different. So we chose to go with someone that wasn’t necessarily known for, [and] had no preconceived notions of how metalcore or metal or anything should sound and just knew what sound should sound like. “They’re both amazing guys and it was great that we were able to gel so well with Joe, because we worked so well with Adam in the past, it was so fun working with him. Joe’s been doing it for so long that he’s still very rooted and set in the ways that he’s been taught of how to make music, which is a very organic way. We tried to make the record as organic as possible and rely less on effects and samples. We tried to use actual gear wherever we could, as opposed to ProTools and stuff like that. It meant we had a lot more of a hand in the actual making of the sound of the record, whereas in the past we’d do our tracks, then Adam would screw around with them and mix them up and make them sound a specific way. With Joe, he basically said, ‘Here’s the gear - you guys want to create sounds, I’ll show you how to do it, but it’s up to you to do everything.’ We had our hand in every single part of it, which was pretty much the first time we actually felt like musicians,” he adds, with a chuckle. One aim was to indulge in less “riff soup”. “We did make a definite effort to write songs in a more conservative manner. I think the melody sticks out a lot more, because we tried to make as much effort as possible to make sure no riff was wasted. I think in the past we figured if we write as fast as we can then it’d be more intense, but we found we could make the songs more interesting without having them just be flat out the
whole way through. There’s songs we wrote in the past that had like 15 different parts and 15 different riffs and while it seemed like a good idea at the time, they’re not as fun to play live, because you’re rooted to the spot the whole time.” They also made a dream a reality by drafting in Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz (whose label Epitaph releases Parkway Drive’s albums Stateside) to appear on Home Is For The Heartless. “It was one of those things where we were writing the song [and] we had that idea of having him in there. He’s a good guy… He runs this amazing record label and he’s actually excited to do stuff. He was actually psyched to sing on the record, which is pretty insane, considering he does God knows how many bands and it’s a band that sounds completely different to his. From the first note he hit, it was exactly what we had in mind.” Their still swelling popularity in this country aside, the band has also embarked on numerous foreign tours, making significant headway across the globe. When Drum quizzes McCall about their upcoming itinerary, he sounds slightly exhausted at the mere prospect. “Oh, God,” he laughs. “We have Warped Tour [in the US], then we come home for a couple of weeks. Then we go to New Zealand, the Australian tour, home for a couple of weeks and back overseas to do the Never Say Die tour in Europe, a package tour we’re headlining… The venues are about two to three thousand capacity. Then back to Australia – I don’t know if we’re doing another Australian tour – then back over to America. It doesn’t really stop. Basically, since the release of [2007’s] Horizons we just haven’t really stopped. So with the new record, if kids still like it, it’s just the fuel to keep going,” he says, laughing again. “We’re stoked with the songs so we’re psyched to be able to play them live, but whether or not kids will like them, we’ll see how we go. If they do, then it’s just more fuel to keep playing.”
WHO Parkway Drive WHAT Deep Blue (Resist/Shock) WHEN & WHERE Friday 24 September, Hordern Pavilion; Saturday 25, Royal Theatre Canberra; Monday 27, Newcastle Panthers
BEFORE THE DRIVE Parkway Drive and Bad Religion aside, producer Joe Barresi’s body of work extends into wide-reaching musical territories. Here are five of the best. Kyuss Blues For The Red Sun (1992). Okay, Barresi only engineered/mixed this one, but how could one not acknowledge this fuzzed-out stoner rock masterpiece? Queens Of The Stone Age Queens Of The Stone Age (1998). The band’s oft-unheralded debut, it includes storming opener Regular John. The planned re-release and rumoured tour solely consisting of songs from this record can’t come soon enough. Tomahawk Mit Gas (2003). Getting Mike Patton, Duane Denison and John Stainer on the same musical page could have been a difficult process, and the results were delightfully off-beat but highly infectious. The Butterfly Effect Imago (2006). Fusing the youthful vitality of their debut with a more advanced sense of songcraft, the Brisbane hard rock quartet set a standard they didn’t come close to matching with their next. Coheed And Cambria Year of the Black Rainbow (2010). This is a career best from the comic book obsessed, Rush-worshipping progressive rockers. Barresi managed to strip away much of the pretentiousness and help deliver a barrage of great songs that work wonderfully as a whole while standing up individually.
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WHILE THE LIKES OF HATEBREED SHOUT HARDCORE’S ‘STAY TRUE’ ETHOS TO THE SKIES TOE TO TOE QUIETLY GO ABOUT LIVING IT. MARK HEBBLEWHITE TALKS TO MAIN MAN SCOTTY MAC ABOUT PERSISTENCE, INTEGRITY AND THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF BRAZILIAN BOXER ARTURO GATTI.
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ou know, everyone says, ‘Where has Toe to Toe been over the last few years? What happened to you guys?’” laughs Mac. “And I admit we have kept to ourselves somewhat. But the truth is Toe to Toe never really went away. We kept playing shows and we did some stuff with our friends in Def Wish Cast, we were here.
“All this time we actually kept writing but we didn’t want a make huge deal about it. People keep telling me that it’s been 11 years since we put out Consolidated – I didn’t even know it had been that long! The only thing I can say to explain the gap between albums is that sometimes life gets in the way. Happens to everyone – what can you do?” However, this extended recording gap is about to become nothing more than a memory with the band having released a ferocious new LP onto the unsuspecting eardrums of fans yearning for a little Toe To Toe-styled love. And you’ll be glad to know that the new material is nothing short of classic Toe To Toe. Unpretentious, uncompromising and downright infectious, Arturo Gatti delivers everything a Toe To Toe album should – and nothing more. In fact the only mystery is, well, who the hell is Arturo Gatti? And why is he slapped across the front cover of a hardcore album? “Arturo Gatti was a champion boxer who died in mysterious circumstances not long ago,” says Mac, who goes onto explain that the boxer’s wife was the chief suspect after blood was found on her handbag. “He was someone I admired greatly and when he died I was online and saw all these great tributes to the man and then I knew we’d have to name the new album after him.”
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Musically, Artruo Gatti seethes with raw punk energy, something the band was determined to achieve before they had recorded a single note. “Yeah we got an SG [Gibson guitar] and played it straight through a Marshall. There are some groove riffs on there but we were determined not to overdo things and more importantly not to do what everyone else is doing – the world doesn’t need another shit metal record. “There are two hardcore scenes in Australia. There’s the kids who want to be rock stars and do big business and then there is the real scene – the underground scene where the roots of the music still exist. That’s what we’re all about; the scene where bands slog it out and people are putting out fanzines. It’s the street side of things that Toe To Toe is attracted to, where people put their heart and soul into the music.” It’s clear that Mac views the state of the music industry with not only a no nonsense realism (he admits that Toe To Toe will never sell a million records) but also a decent sense of humour. In response to the observation that there aren’t many emo fringes at their shows he deadpans, “Yeah well, most of our fans are just trying to hang onto what’s left of their hair.” But despite this he remains ready to launch a blistering critique of those he sees as portraying themselves as something they are not. “To be honest the golden age of most core styles of music has been and gone. For example look at hip hop. All these guys now are running around saying they’re rappers. No you’re fucking not – you’re a lame R&B act with lame rhymes over the top. “It’s the same for all these kids playing extreme brutal metal and claiming to be a hardcore band. No you’re not a hardcore band! Do what you want to do, that’s cool – but we’re going to do what we want to do as well.” So what is their hardcore exactly? “Mate, as the old adage says: if it has to be explained you’re not going to get it. But broadly speaking even though it doesn’t have to be defined it’s definitely a street thing, it’s definitely roots music. It’s about wearing your heart on your sleeve: it’s not about fashion.”
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On top of the new album, Toe To Toe are offering up a slew of re-releases for fans to savour. “Resist offered to re-release the old LPs, which haven’t been available for a long time, along with the new album, and we thought it was a great opportunity. This will be a chance for some younger fans to check out our older albums but also to get an understanding of the history of Australian hardcore.” Those releases are 1997’s Tao, the sentimental favourite and a definitive statement that Australian hardcore could match the best the world had to offer; 1998’s The Best Defence Is Attack, which collected 50 typically raw tracks from various seven-inches and EPs the band released in the early years of their career and, perhaps their finest moment, 1999’s Consolidated, which showcased a band that had honed its sound to a frighteningly belligerent edge. “Hopefully they’ll want to go and check out some of the bands that were playing around the time we started. I was always influenced by all the old Melbourne bands like Vicious Circle, Permanent Damage and Death Sentence. All these bands were amazing and form the roots of Australian hardcore.” Toe To Toe will also be showcasing their wares to that whole new generation at Hardcore 2010. And it’s a gig that Mac is relishing the thought of. “Like the re-releases it’s a great chance for a whole new crew to check us out. And of course it’s also perfect for all the people who were with us before but perhaps lost of sight of us recently. “And to our older fans I’ll say this. I’m sure there’s been something missing in your life for the past ten years. And if Toe To Toe made you feel a certain way back then – well guess what? We’re still here playing those kinds of shows and making those kinds of records. So come home.” WHO Toe To Toe WHAT Arturo Gatti (Resist/Shock) WHEN & WHERE Friday, Manning Bar
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Tuesday 29th June....................... 10 GUITAR PROJECT - Album Launch The 10 Guitar Project play the compositions of project founder, David Reaston, in celebration of the launch of their debut album which was commissioned by ABC Classic FM and Mal Stanley’s Jazztrack program. David Reaston, Aaron Flower, Ben Hauptmann, Carl Dewhurst, Dave de Vries, Jeremy Sawkins, Jess Green, Julian Curwin, Sam Rollings, Tim Rollinson and Jamie Cameron make this a must see for any guitar enthusiast.
Wednesday 30th June.................. THE SUBTERRANEANS + The Alcoholtlicks James Ryan formed The Subterraneans (together with James Muller, Steve Hunter and James Hauptmann) in 2008. Over forty performances later, including residencies at the Empire and Town Hall Hotels, here is the launch of the much awaited studio recording. ‘This is what the fusion of Jazz and Rock always promised but rarely delivered: sophisticated improvising harnessed to raw power.’ John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald.
Thursday 1st July.......................... MICAHEL (Police Academy) WINSLOW (USA) Michael, a master of vocal gymnastics, can imitate over 1000 sound effects using his voice alone. Whether he is recreating the frenzy of Jimmy Hendrix playing the guitar, or the roar of a jet plane, his talent is truly remarkable and his versatility admirable and enjoyable for all ages!
Friday 2nd July............................. JAMES MORRISON & EMMA PASK James Morrison thinks she’s the real thing and the greatest gift to Australian jazz singing in a decade. Emma Pask is one of the hundreds of thousands who consider Morrison to be far and away Australia’s most virtuosic and unrelentingly entertaining performers. A show with the two together is a Basement favourite with patrons always assured of an evening of mesmerising music, captivating performances, and no doubt a few laughs along the way.
Saturday 3rd July........................ MALI DROUGHT APPEAL Feat. GERVAIS KOFFI & the African Diaspora, Moussa Diakite, Chris Gudu and more! *8:30PM START* A severe drought is devastating pastures and animal stocks in the Adagh region Mali, home to celebrated Touareg bands Tinariwen, Terakaft and Tamekrist. In this evening appeal for donations to help alleviate the Adagh people's suffering, join an all-star line-up where you get an evening of joy and grooves from this town’s finest Afro and Caribbean artists while aiding in improving the lives of the townships of North Eastern Mali.
Sunday 4th July............................ CLOSED
Monday 5th July........................... CLOSED
Tuesday 6th July........................... WWW.THEBASEMENT.COM.AU FOR DETAILS.
Wednesday 7th July...................... MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLERS MUSICIANS’ MASTERCLASS 5-6.30PM A rare opportunity to join the multi-award winning musicians, composers and producers of Mysterious Travellers for an informative master class covering sax, keys, bass, drums and percussion, including solo and band performances.
MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLERS A Tribute to Weather Report At last, a world class tribute to one of the greatest and most influential JazzRock fusion groups, Weather Report. In the early Seventies, Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter formed Weather Report with an evolving line-up of virtuoso musicians and now, some of our finest pay homage: Dale Barlow, Fabian Hevia, John Prior, Bill Risby, and Phil Scorgie.
Thursday 8th July........................ PETULANT FRENZY PLAY THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA Pat Sheil from SMH sums up the Petulant Frenzy experience nicely: ‘Describing Petulant Frenzy as a Frank Zappa covers band is akin to describing the Australian Chamber Orchestra as a group that rehashes old Mozart hits'. But the back-handed compliment of being a ‘hot covers band’’ was shrugged off by the Frenzy many moons ago, as a devoted audience of Jazz musicians and rabid nostalgics realised they were not simply a note-for-note re-enactment.
Friday 9th July........................... HOTEL CALIFORNIA - A Tribute to The Eagles *9PM START* The Access All Eras crew have honed their skills with this show to bring to life the ultimate in Californian Rock, where song writing and musicianship meet at the highest level. The brilliant song writing of Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Glenn Frey are brought to life by the Hotel California (Sydney) band. This is an amazing show featuring all the big hits by the Eagles, reproduced by some of Sydney’s best musicians.
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IT’S BEEN A TUMULTUOUS COUPLE OF YEARS FOR LA-BASED QUARTET THE SOFT PACK, BUT THEY SEEM TO HAVE TOUGHED IT OUT AND EMERGED VICTORIOUS CLASPING A FANTASTIC EPONYMOUS DEBUT ALBUM. DRUMMER BRIAN HILL TALKS TO STEVE BELL ABOUT THE CLEANSING POWER OF CHANGE.
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ometimes it doesn’t take much to derail a band – it seems that the slightest bump in the road can turn their momentum against them. Not so, however, for San Diego-bred rockers The Soft Pack, who first started causing a buzz a couple of years ago back when they were still called (gasp) The Muslims. Since then they’ve survived lineup changes, name changes, a shift up the highway to LA and even the obligatory backlash about their sound having evolved, but instead of letting this maelstrom of change disrupt their plans it seems to have galvanised them. Last year The Muslims EP – an album-length compendium of their early singles and releases, released locally under the title Extinction to save confusion for those unaware of the name games – showcased their garage-punk roots, but more recently their self-titled debut album has shown that The Soft Pack are far more than just a band who should be known for the chameleon-esque nature of their moniker. Their guitar-based sound touches on all of the usual rock subsets such as garage, surf, punk and even indie, but it’s the passion and verve with which they deliver their music that really sets them apart from their myriad peers. If you compared them to Jonathan Richman fronting The Replacements you’d probably be an idiot and affront about a million people in the process, but strangely it sort of sums up their vivacious take on the rock oeuvre. “The feedback for the album has been great, it’s been overwhelmingly positive,” enthuses drummer Brian Hill about The Soft Pack. “A few people don’t like it, they kinda wanted more of what we’ve done in the past, but that’s just bound to happen with every album. I’m sure the next one will have a whole crap of people who think it’s junk or whatever, but that just goes with the territory. If you just keep making the same album over and over, what’s the point? We’ve got to keep ourselves entertained too.” Backlash following even the most minor of victories seems to be par for the course in all fields of rock’n’roll, the early fans of any given band always seeming to resent the fact that other people have discovered their little secret. “Oh yeah, it just happens,” Hill chuckles. “I remember having that mindset too with certain bands when I was a kid, just thinking, ‘No, this is my band!’ and having this ‘ownership’ over the band. But you can’t stress too much about it – it’s something that I had to learn through seeing it happen to friends and seeing their band get bigger, and just going, ‘Oh wow, they’re big now! They’re no longer this little thing.’ But, you know, we’re still the same people we were when nobody cared. We’re the same guys, it’s just like this non-reality thing happening around us.” Of course the backlash was at its greatest when they dumped The Muslims as their gang name, an episode with shades of the local Shihad/Pacifier debacle from a few years back, only with the reasons for the move being based in reality rather than speculation. For the band had already endured the racism and redneck rhetoric that such a name conjured in the notoriously insular USA and were fed up with the distractions and connotations that their name carried with it – it had simply run its course. The fact that they chose to rename themselves The Soft Pack – a name which on the surface seemingly relates to cigarettes but which has variously been attributed to the band being “well mannered young gents” as well as referring to a “fake flaccid penis” that one might wear in God knows what situation – didn’t really seem to be a factor in the repercussions; it was the dreaded act of change itself which caused offence to many outsiders. “Yeah, the name change was a huge issue with a lot of people – pretty much everybody hated the new name,” Hill recalls ruefully. “But over time people have just come to accept it. We were hoping that would happen – we were hoping that eventually people would at least come around and just get used to it. I wasn’t really sure at the time how much people would hate it, but a lot of people were just absolutely offended that we changed it at all, I don’t think it would have mattered what we changed it to. But, you know, it wasn’t right for us any more to use that name – it just didn’t feel right. We’re a lot happier now. “Luckily it’s sort of blown over. Once in a while we get people going, ‘Oh, I wish you guys hadn’t changed the name!’ but that’s fine, I can appreciate that – I thought the name was really good too. It just wasn’t timely I guess, it just didn’t work.” Drum was fortunate enough to see The Soft Pack playing with The Hold Steady at SxSW last year, so can attest to what a great live band they are, and according to Hill this live energy is something that they’ve consciously tried to capture on tape whilst in the studio. “In the past we’ve always tried to get that live feel, but the way that we’ve recorded this current album was that for the basic tracks we were all in a room playing at the same time because we wanted to get that live energy in there somehow, and that seemed like the only way to really do it, just have all of us play together. “I think our sound is always going to be moving forward in some way, but I think it will still always have that core element that just sounds like us playing together. A lot of the stuff that’s on The Muslims album was recorded with a different bass player and a different drummer, and Dave [Lantzman – bass] and I only play on about three of those songs, so that’s kind of all over the place – it’s just kind of a selection of songs that they had from when they’d started the band. The first song that we worked on together was Parasites, which is on the new one, and ever since then everything has been sort of taking a different shape. But I think it will still always just sound like us and what we do.” WHO The Soft Pack WHAT The Soft Pack (Pod/Inertia) WHEN & WHERE Wednesday 7 July, Oxford Arts Factory
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COLOURING THEIR WORLD
TO SYDNEY PSYCH ROCKERS RICHARD IN YOUR MIND, LIFE IS ONE LENGTHY HAPPINESS MONTAGE. FRONTMAN AND NAMESAKE RICHARD CARTWRIGHT SHARES THE LOVE WITH BROOKE SALISBURY.
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ur story begins in an Annandale loungeroom where two flatmates dance unbridled to Run DMC. The year is 2005 but this tale actually begins years earlier at a charity store in the Eastern Suburbs, where a young attendant sparked an obsession with vinyl; an obsession that would see him hoard a veritable wonderland of golden rarities. That young attendant was Richard Cartwright; his partner in dance Conrad Richters. That their penchant for American hip hop should spawn one of Sydney’s most progressive psychedelic bands of the early 2000s is in fact a fitting reflection of Richard In Your Mind’s trajectory to date. Through its various incarnations, the band has maintained a few constants: great live shows, great lyrics and great titles. Of the band’s latest offering, My Volcano, frontman and writer Cartwright begins, “We were operating on the working title of Jamaica but we thought that maybe we shouldn’t have that. We just thought it might be confusing – it’s not really an album of reggae music, is it? My Volcano is a track that didn’t make this album, but the song has this story of living on a volcano and not wanting to come down when it’s erupting and we thought that fitted in with the vibe. We wanted the album to have this dangerous but beautiful island feel to it, kind of like a holiday, but a holiday where there are also cannibals lurking around. So we thought, that really fits.”
We wanted the album to have this dangerous but beautiful island feel to it, kind of like a holiday, but a holiday where there are also cannibals lurking around.
Such stories run rampant through the band’s colourful discography. Their Summertime EP was released on the first day of our last summer while their 2008 single PS I Love You did things to The Beatles previously considered illegal by man. The band’s debut album, The Future Prehistoric, ran the gauntlet of strange and wonderful, though for all its many, many faces only scratched the surface of the sounds that would follow. “[The new album]’s a pretty varied album; it kind of reflects a bit more who we are,” Cartwright agrees. “The first record we really love and it’s really great but it’s only really one side of us.” Where The Future Prehistoric documented the band’s more organic side, their latest effort lends more time and attention to the electronic realm, and it all comes down to one man’s appearance on the scene. “Brent Griffin, i.e. SPOD has mixed it for us and been an integral part of the album and that’s a new thing. I see Brent more as ‘Brent’ than ‘SPOD’ in regards to working with Richard In Your Mind, because he’s just got a huge wealth of technical, musical production knowledge and knowledge of music we love, and knowledge of great vintage synthesisers and old quirky equipment that we love playing with too. So in the working arrangement, it’s been perfect… But there’s also the fact we’ve become awesome friends and just want to hang out all the time too.” Griffin is not the only musician to climb on board Team Volcano in the last while: joining the band on guitar is Jordy Lane, one fellow who’s also earned a special place in Cartwright’s heart. “What a beautiful man. We were looking for a new guitarist and Jordy said, ‘Hey, I’d love to have a go,’ and then we went to see him play and heard his album and I got really scared because he’s so amazing. I was like, ‘How can he join our band? He should be leading our band!’ But luckily it was based around a friendship and we’re very lucky that he’s a wonderful, tasteful guitarist and singer.” The band has been busy touring wider Australia with friends and comrades Cloud Control in support of that band’s debut album, Bliss Release. “It’s been kick arse, it’s been so cool. We’ve just been really lucky that they’re really popular and all of the shows have been huge, if not sold-out, so we’ve been getting to play to a bunch of people we haven’t played for. And we’ve known those guys for a while now, and they’re just really good friends. It’s been a real sort of lovefest. There was this one day in particular in Perth that was just one huge happiness montage. You could’ve put the Friends theme song under it perfectly – cooking up a big breakfast together, then eating icecreams on the beach and having a spa…” With My Volcano’s stylish trimmings looked after – beautiful artwork courtesy of Greedy Hen, warped promotional video thanks to SPOD and a flock of dainty volcanoes multiplying across the city streets care of mystery sources – Cartwright has recently found a little spare time to collaborate on another project wherein he’s exercising a dream of his own. “This particularly other band is really cool because I get to focus on being an electric guitarist, because I’ve never considered myself a lead guitarist, but at the Richard In Your Mind show I’ve started to play more guitar too, so I’m thinking maybe I am a guitarist? I’m a bit of a dodgy guitarist but a guitarist none the less. It’s really nice anyway – the whole thing has been really relaxing and it’s great to remember that you don’t always have to be doing something on stage; you can keep it chill.” It won’t be long and Cartwright will return to the stage with his loyal counterparts, launching My Volcano at Sydney’s Spectrum joined by SPOD, who is now a regular feature of the lineup. When asked exactly what he’d like listeners to take away from the album, Cartwright finishes, “I’d love for them to take away a sense of wholeness and a sense of unity even though it is so crazy and seems to jump from one thing to the other. I really feel that each song is just as equally a reflection of us as the others. All up, it’s a bit of an adventure album.” WHO Richard In Your Mind WHAT My Volcano (Rice is Nice) WHEN & WHERE Saturday, Spectrum
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DODGING UP-TURNED TRUCKS AS THEY TOUR, PARADES ARE ON THE RIDE OF THEIR LIVES AT THE MOMENT. THEY’VE GOT THE RECEPTION TO THEIR ALBUM TO THANK FOR THAT, WHICH, AS DAN CUNNINGHAM TELLS BENJAMIN MCINERNEY, IS ESSENTIALLY A PRODUCT OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
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arades melodic and atmospheric debut record, Foreign Tapes, has been likened to greats Radiohead and Sigur Rós. You may find it surprising then that the five-piece recorded all 12 tracks on their own in a suburban garage in Sydney’s North West, the lot of them school friends from Castle Hill. From humble beginnings indeed, guitarist Dan Cunningham says this D.I.Y. attitude was always a part of the Parades ethos. “We have been playing together since high school and we have tried the proper studio thing and for us it was a nightmare. The sound guy wouldn’t turn up for sessions and at that point we said from here on in anything we record we are going to do ourselves. That was the catalyst for Jono to get into recording.” Fast forward a couple of years and Parades drummer Jono (you may know him as hyped solo artist Jonathon Boulet) has created an ethereal and intimate recording that has transformed the band from indie darlings into one of Australia’s most original and expansive bands. As Cunningham explains, it wasn’t exactly intended to sound that way. “The way the album sounds is completely a result of our resources at hand. Jono has the studio set up at his place and his gear is what it is and it creates a certain sound. It wasn’t a conscious decision to make it sound the way it does; truth be told if we did want it to sound a certain way we wouldn’t have a clue how to achieve that sound!” Such is the Parades sound; a concoction of synthesizers, electric guitars, rolling bass lines and a variety of percussion played by a ragged bunch of multi-instrumentalists. The complexities in their own songwriting process make it a ‘record first, play later’ situation. It is their songwriting that ultimately shines on Foreign Tapes as their earthy and raw recording process leaves no room to hide behind a wall of overproduction like many modern artists. No, Parades don’t have that luxury; instead their vibrant and atmospheric sound must come to life on its own. Their songs are simple in nature, but progressively complex in arrangement – a paradox that epitomises the Parades sound, which incorporates a barrage of different genres and leaves them fitting almost nowhere and everywhere at the same time. This is subtle electronica meets rock and infectious pop versus catchy indie, though all the while the lads seem to keep their sound laced with interesting and contagious percussion, which keeps everything rolling. Recorded off-and-on over a period of 12 months, the record also boasts an intricate and spacious album noticeably including (among others) a barrage of layered vocals – many of them sung by females. It adds a certain mood and emotion to the record that is both subtle and melancholic, but ultimately originality was the aim, something that the band has always had close to their hearts. “Our previous bands have all played heavy music so when we started Parades we wanted to do something that was representative of our collective tastes and mash them all together somehow. When we were recording our first batch of songs we felt there was something missing and we weren’t able to differentiate ourselves between other bands and it wasn’t enough. We wanted something different and we went a long way to make ourselves stand out a little more and I think that was the main reason for the female vocalists.” Although you may be forgiven for thinking the Parades songwriting process could be a shambles of intensely creative and forwardthinking multi-instrumentalists battling it out in the jam room, Cunningham assures Drum that it is relatively smooth sailing. “It’s very much a joint collaboration when it comes to songwriting. The ideas tend to start with guitars and then expand to the group, and we all individually write our own parts.” Parades are currently on the road, touring major cities and leaving audiences mesmerised and there’s nothing they’d rather be doing. “When you’re a kid you say you want to be in a band, and touring is always the dream. I can’t believe we’re doing it and it really is a dream come true. We couldn’t be happier!” Although it may be a dream for him, the response to the new material is something that is evidently real, with reviews reaching as far into the mainstream as the Sydney Morning Herald, all praising the efforts of the ambitious quartet. “The response has been amazing. We have listened to these songs a thousand times, we know the album back to front and what every little sound is and I admit you get over it. But then this critical reaction to the album is completely overwhelming and hearing all these things that we have never thought of about our own stuff is great. We just realised that no one else has heard the album, and although we have heard these songs for a year they are new to everybody else.” The future does indeed look bright for the band, and when you’re onto a good thing you’ve got to run with it. “The plan from here? Well, we will ride this for as long as we can!” says Cunningham jokingly, as he pauses and exclaims that a truck has just overturned on the roadside on the way to their next show in Melbourne. “We are really excited to be here and we just want to share the album with as many people as possible.” As spreadout as the Australian musical landscape is, Parades seem to defy single genres and instead cluster themselves within sections and sub-sections of many, proving to be one of the nation’s most innately original current bands. Part rock, part indie, part electronica and all coated with a dignified self-belief and a down-to-earth attitude, these four high school friends from Castle Hill are not out to simply submit to a specific style of music, but instead recreate the very foundations on which that style was built. It’s no easy feat, but given Foreign Tapes, they’re well on their way. WHO Parades WHAT Foreign Tapes (Dot Dash/Remote Control) WHEN & WHERE Friday 2 July, Grand Hotel Wollongong; Saturday, Red Rattler
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CHARGE FROM THE SOUTH
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE SUCCESSFUL MUSICIANS FROM SUCCESSFUL BANDS AND THROW THEM TOGETHER IN THE PROVERBIAL SACK? USUALLY IT’S A TRAINWRECK – BUT SOMETIMES YOU DO GET SOMETHING SPECIAL. MARK HEBBLEWHITE SAT DOWN WITH HELLYEAH’S VINNIE PAUL TO TALK METAL SUPERGROUPS.
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h I know what you mean man,” admits a laid-back Vinnie Paul when being asked about the ‘curse of the supergroup’. “You can take five of the greatest musicians in the world from five of the most successful bands in the world, throw ‘em in a room together and they can’t write one song. Egos clash and the creative spirit isn’t there because each member is thinking it’s only about them. “That’s why each of the members of Hellyeah put past success behind them when we started this thing. We’re treating the band like the garage bands we used to be in back in the day. It’s helped us keep our feet on the ground. We’ve also tried really hard to ensure that this is a new band, with a new sound and a new look. While we respect each other for what we’ve all done in the past we really thrive on that new energy of coming together and creating something really different.” It’s this no-nonsense and humble attitude that seems to have turned Hellyeah into such a cohesive metal onslaught. On paper the thought of Mudvayne’s Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett, Tom Maxwell from Nothingface and two members of Damageplan in the form of Bob Zilla and Paul (also of Pantera) forming a band is at the very least an odd one. But with sold-out tours and a successful LP under their collective belts the boys have beaten expectations. And to top it all off they’ve released another LP, with a none too subtle title. “The definition of Stampede is a pack of wild animals that can’t be stopped,” Paul explains. “That’s how we feel when we’re on stage so what better name for the new record? It fits perfectly because we do things our way – how we want to.” So we should expect Stampede to sound like a herd of buffalo just jumped out of the speakers? “I’d have to say that it’s the most diverse record we’ve done. It covers a lot of ground and is heavier than anything any of us have been associated with in the past. “But at the same time it is a little more bluesy and a little more Southern in its approach. There’s also some killer grooves on there… As opposed to the first record, I’d say that while it’s in the same vein there are some big differences. The first time around was something of an experiment because we were still getting to know each other. But now we’ve toured together and we know each other much better. It’s meant that we’ve been able to put together the album we wanted to make and we’re all extremely proud of it. “We were also careful not to overproduce the record. We want to get the best sound possible but we record everything we do as we write it. That means we can capture all those magic moments that can never be recaptured when you re-record songs because you lose that unpredictable edge.” The musical foundations of Hellyeah are predictably diverse but a number of building blocks have helped the band bond as a unit. “Classic metal is something that all of us love,” Paul confirms. “Backstage before we go on we’re always blasting Black Sabbath, Kiss, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest to get us pumped up for a gig.” But it’s not just the classic denim and leather-styled metal that get’s Hellyeah roaring, The spirit of the South lives in their veins. “We are all huge fans of Southern rock, especially Lynard Skynard and ZZ Top, and I think that musical influence and of course attitude comes through in everything we do as a band.” Southern rock has tended to be sneered at or looked down on of late by outsiders as redneck music, especially those who have never attempted to understand the cultural heritage and musical traditions of the South, although Paul doesn’t see it quite like that. “I don’t think it’s been looked down on as much as it has been ignored or overlooked of late. I think that’s primarily because not much of that kind of music has come out of late – you know the Lynard Skynards, the Molly Hatchets and bands of their ilk. I think that’s because many of these bands who are the standard bearers are getting on in years. And of course that means they’re not doing as much. That’s what’s great about Hellyeah. We do have that Southern flavour, or that Texas down-home feel if you will, and we’re proud about it. So I guess we are helping to keep the style in people’s mind and also bringing a fresh take to that classic sound.” Supporting the release of Stampede, Hellyeah will be visiting our shores for the second time. “Last time around we only had the first album so we played that from top to bottom. This time you’ll get a good serve of the new material with some stuff from the first record as well. We love coming down there and I can promise everyone a great show. Australia is my favourite place to come to and we won’t let you guys down.” Also topical unfortunately, Vinny Paul has lived in the shadow of death since the tragic and brutal shooting of his brother and Pantera bandmate Dimebag Darrell. Recently, yet another metal great was taken from us in the form of Ronnie James Dio. Paul was happy to pay tribute. “I was lucky enough to get to know Ronnie quite well. He was always a sincere and great person. As a performer he was incredibly strong and had one of the greatest voices metal has ever, or will ever see. He was just an amazing talent and an incredible human being – there’s nothing more to be said.” WHO Hellyeah WHAT Stampede (Riot!/Warner) WHEN & WHERE Thursday 29 July, Metro Theatre
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INSIDE THE VOID
ROCK’N’ROLL MODEL
BLITZEN TRAPPER BANDLEADER ERIC EARLEY SPEAKS TO ANDY HAZEL ABOUT MAGICAL REALISM, FLIPPING THE BIRD TO GENRE AND SOME OF THE FINER FISHING SPOTS IN OREGON.
MANCHESTER-RAISED KAREN ELSON HAS THE MUSICAL SMARTS TO TRANSCEND THOSE MODEL-TURNEDMUSO STEREOTYPES, AS PROVEN ON HER DEBUT ALBUM, THE GHOST WHO WALKS. SHE TELLS CYCLONE ABOUT HER NEW LIFE IN THE STATES AND WORKING WITH HUBBY JACK WHITE.
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estroyer Of The Void is Blitzen Trapper’s fifth album in seven years and has seen them receive some of the best reviews of their career. But such a workload doesn’t faze singer Eric Earley. “Does five albums sound like a lot? Yeah, sure, I guess so, but it’s spread out over a long period of time so it’s not that weighty to me.” Branded as part of the Americana stable by some critics and listeners, Earley leaps on the suggestion that they actually have a scant regard for genre. “That’s accurate. I play what I like; that’s my genre. I mean, I don’t think any sounds are off limits… Not really… I think in general I stick with what I know, what I’m comfortable with, which is American sounds. I don’t use sitars and things just because, you know, I’m not from there,” he admits with a lazy chuckle. “Americana doesn’t influence our music; I think it’s actually the opposite of that. Living in the US and growing up here makes our music what it is, I’m not influenced by it; I am a part of it. I grew up in Salem, an hour south of Portland. I lived in Eugene for a while, too. It’s me writing what I know. I didn’t grow up in the city so I can’t write about that.” Destroyer Of The Void is an intriguing mix of folk singer and psych rock band with a healthy dose of animism informing the lyrics and a bizarre sketch of a bull’s head encircled by dragons on the cover. “I think the cover has mythical elements going on with the animals and the style of the drawing,” Earley explains. “The record has a dreamlike quality and a lot of dreamlike imagery, which I think is partly because I’m so interested in magical realism. That kind of thing I picked up as I went along reading things like [Georges] Bataille and [Jorge Luis] Borges. I don’t know why I connected with them especially; a lot of different authors I’ve got into for various reasons and they’re all important to me and my writing. I think it has more to do with growing up with older sisters who forced me to read and listen to things at a young and impressionable age.
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usic aficionados are suspicious of models who embark on pop careers, yet Karen Elson has turned in one of 2010’s most beguiling – and beautiful – debuts, The Ghost Who Walks. It’s ironic, too. The title track, a murder ballad, flips Elson’s schoolday nickname, a sarcastic reference to her pale, willowy frame.
“When it comes to writing songs, generally I, uh, don’t put a lot of effort into it,” he says with a wry laugh. “I try to be effortless. Any effort is in trying to let the song come naturally and not get too much into obsessively creating or analysing, so yeah, I guess I feel more like a conduit for a song than an actual scribe.” Anyone with a passing interest in Blitzen Trapper will know the band’s love for the authentic and the organic so it comes as no surprise that the inspiration Earley speaks of often comes from time spent in the wilderness. “I go fishing a lot,” he says with another laugh. “There are a few places outside of Portland I like to spend time. I wouldn’t say all the inspiration comes from nature, though. A lot comes from my relationship with people and what happens between us and I think that I use a lot of natural imagery when I’m talking about that sort of thing. There are so many parallels when it comes to describing them. I think about what I know and because of that a lot of what I write takes place in places I grew up in or places I know and I kind of stand back and let the imagery and lyrics come. So I don’t have a choice as to what I write about.” WHO Blitzen Trapper WHAT Destroyer Of The Void (Sub Pop/Stomp)
Elson grew up in the grey environs of post-industrial Oldham on the outskirts of Manchester. Her workingclass parents split when she and her fraternal twin sister were seven. She was discovered by a modelling scout in 1995. Elson’s moment arrived after, at Steven Meisel’s behest, she shaved her eyebrows. She graced the cover of Italian Vogue as “Le Freak”. The Brit settled in New York’s East Village. Here, she shopped for obscure records and went clubbing, not with “famous people”, but with countercultural types – including wannabe vampires – at a goth night. Significantly, Elson also co-founded the performing arts clique, The Citizens Band. Five years back Elson cameo’d in The White Stripes’ spooky Blue Orchid video – and fell in love with Jack White. Today they reside in Nashville, the spiritual home of country, with their two children. Elson is enamoured of Americana, the Northern lass morphing into a “gothic Southern belle” – but she’s more PJ Harvey than Patsy Cline. And she does understand the culture – Mouths To Feed was inspired by reading John Steinbeck’s eerily relevant Dust Bowl saga The Grapes Of Wrath. “I think just living in America has been a very interesting time for me. I’m from Manchester in England – and that’s quite a musically rich town in itself – but, when I lived there, I didn’t really feel it. I felt the casualties of that time – all the burnt-out ravers. So, when I moved to America, I had such a romance for music from California, even – psychedelic music from the ‘70s, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, The Beach Boys, those people. They just moved me. Maybe it’s because I’m English as well – there’s just something more powerful about being a foreigner and listening to
foreign music... But then I also like British folk music – Jackson C. Frank, Fairport Convention and Sandy Denny. There’s much similarity between the psychedelic movement in California and British folk music – I feel like the two complement each other very well.” Elson began writing material for The Ghost… on guitar in her closet. White lured her out – and subsequently produced it (and played drums). Nevertheless, The Ghost... is not simply another side-project from the man who recently brought us The Dead Weather. He and Elson established a dialogue, White’s primary role instilling her with confidence. From the outside, Elson seems to have it all – beauty, love, family, security, music – yet the most disconcerting aspect of The Ghost… is its pervasive darkness: an ugly beauty. It’s as if Elson still sees herself as “Le Freak”. She has had her sorrows. She lost a boyfriend to heroin. In 2002 Elson revealed that she’d suffered from eating disorders since childhood. “You can never judge a book by its cover. Yes, of course, I live much more of a charmed life than most people. I’ve been incredibly fortunate to be plucked from obscurity in Oldham and become a model and to live the life I’ve lived. I’ve been incredibly lucky! But just because I have all these wonderful elements in my life doesn’t mean I’m immune to feeling sad or feeling dark or lonesome or whatever it is. It’s easy to gloss over everything. People expect me to walk around with a permanent smile on my face, but I’m human, so I feel. It’s as simple as that. How can you not feel? It’s part of everyday life. Writing this record was a way of getting those things out.” WHO Karen Elson WHAT The Ghost Who Walks (Remote Control)
SONGS AND FRIENDS
BORN UNDER A FULL MOON ON FRIDAY 13TH AND GROWING UP AMONG HIS DAD’S TOURING GUITAR CASES, THERE WAS NO WAY MARSHALL OKELL OF MARSHALL & THE FRO WAS EVER SERIOUSLY GOING TO TROUBLE THE TEACHING FRATERNITY, THOUGH, AS MICHAEL SMITH DISCOVERS, THAT’S SORT OF WHERE IT ALL REALLY STARTED.
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arshall & The Fro are onto their second album right now, Friends For Life, stretching things out a bit from the band’s self-titled debut, songs from which were picked up and featured on cult surf films like David Bradbury’s Going Vertical as well as the inevitable Billabong ad or two. “There were quite a few things I was aiming for this time around,” singer, songwriter and guitarist Marshall OKell explains. “First of all, definitely production and we wanted to use a different studio. We shopped around and wanted to use someone who we knew was good so we grabbed Anthony [Lycenko, who’s produced Xavier Rudd and The Beautiful Girls] to mix it and sort of co-produce it with us, which was so rad. He brought heaps of new ideas to the table and we had a bunch of songs that we’d been roadtesting for probably the last two and a half years.” Lyrically, the eco-aware surfer has become a little more conspicuous, at least on a song like Vaccine, with biting closing line, “There’s a dolphin doing back flips and there’s a dead man on the beach,” as well as White Collar Thieves and Tall Poppies. “Well we’ve all got our own opinions and I’m far from a political activist in that sense. I definitely don’t try to play that Michael Franti thing but we travel round the country a lot and we’re all pretty left-wing sort of people and I definitely wanted to give people an idea of what I’m actually thinking and feeling sometimes other than singing about love and heartbreak!” The lyrics of five of the 11 songs on Friends For Life are cowritten by OKell with one Matty Cummings, who has never been a part of any lineup of The Fro. “Matty’s a really good friend of mine. I did a Dip. Ed. in high school teaching about four or five years ago and he was sitting next to me in the first class and we got talking. He’s a pretty keen muso so we spent a lot of time • 44 • THE DRUM MEDIA 29 JUNE 2010
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jamming and hangin’ out and we helped each other out a bit in our studies and we ended up writing songs together. He’s quite a good little poet and we bounce ideas off each other and the songs that we write together, they certainly have their own sort of feel. But he’s got a young family and went down to teach in Dubbo, though he’s moved back closer to Tweed Heads, which is cool ‘cause I’m in the process of doing a bit more writing at the moment so I’m sure that we’ll be working on some more stuff again.” Drummer Jacob Mann has been a part of The Fro for about four years now but bass player Luke Ferguson joined the band almost a year ago, replacing Tracey Stephens, who features on one track, Squished & Squashed. “Tracey plays for quite a few bands around our area and she was recording with one of them when we were going into the studio, so I sourced Fergo. He’s just a phenomenal bass player and a really great singer and brought in heaps more new ideas, especially with, like, harmonies so it’s the first time I’ve had harmonies on one of my records. I’ve always loved Crowded House and they’ve always got dual vocals and I’ve seen that live so many times and it always makes my backbone go funny when I hear people sing together really well. Having him there has automatically changed my idea of what I can actually do with a song.” WHO Marshall & The Fro WHAT Friends For Life (Independent) WHEN & WHERE Friday, Spectrum, Saturday, Mona Vale Hotel
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WITH ROSS CLELLAND
BEARHUG To Anything Spunk/EMI There was almost one of those dangerous empty waves of hype beginning to ripple around Bearhug ‘bout a year back. Happily – not the least for the band – that seems to have passed a bit. This little more space to breathe allows the band to deliver a music with, er, a little more space to breathe. Ryan Phelan’s sometimes almost Pavementy groan may be a little less shy, and the fuzzy noise surrounding it also seems to know its place a bit better. Hang round to the final Breadstick, which lazes on its own buzz quite nicely.
THE MORNING NIGHT Someday/Ride With Violence Walking Horse/MGM From Perth, already sneaking some airplay over here thanks to FBi and the like, and mixing some of the usual strains Western coast music. The classic retro jangle pop guitars veer to the energetic, but get leavened with a depth from Eliza Rogers’ keyboard hum, though her violin is not as much in evidence as it may be. Violence rings and surges in a manner beyond their years and location. Production by regular visitor Brian Jonestown’s Rick Maymi suggest the upcoming album may take further tangents.
JONATHAN BOULET Ones Who Fly, Twos Who Die Modular/Universal With its Burundi tribal drumming having it come on like an Adam And The Ants for the 21st century, this is one of the most joyous and approachable angles of Boulet’s (mostly) unaffected take on what this pop music thing should be. He deserves notice in the wider world, and should that come from sound bites on SBS’s World Cup coverage, who are we to argue? It’s more saddening and maddening that that has to be the way people find it. Ethically better than appearing in a cola commercial. Probably.
JACK JOHNSON
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
OZZY OSBOURNE
Brushfire/Universal
Siberia Records/Inertia
Epic/Sony
To The Sea
The Crystal Axis
To The Sea is typical of Jack Johnson; cruisy, smooth and easygoing. But the fifth studio album from the Hawaiian surfer also offers a bit more. Dedicated to his father, Johnson has stated that the album is about a son – to which the obvious reaction is to take it as at least a little autobiographical. The depth this gives makes it one of his best albums, a standout amongst his recent middleof-the-road tendencies. What really creates this depth is Jack’s ability to merge music with poetry, forming a language that speaks universally, and again, one feels, his tracks will be received well throughout the world. Simple yet carefully written, lyrics such as, “The light from the moon is afraid of the ground/so it falls behind spaces and hides behind clouds” from When I Look Up can be found within each song on the 13-track compilation. What’s more, besides the lyrics, his style of soft acoustic rock is further enriched with the aid of drums, bass, melodica and piano. It’s obviously another carefully crafted piece by Johnson, with his band coming to the fore probably more than ever before. The vocals and rhythm have the ability to carry one’s mind away, while the reflective content goes beyond what can be found just on the surface on a first listen. In this way, in much the way waves roll in on a Sunday afternoon, the album really does deliver what the title, To The Sea, seems to promise.
Midnight Juggernauts have returned with a not-sodifferent second effort, complete with new-age song titles like Lifeblood Flow and Winds Of Fortune. The vital ingredients of MJs live on, in their addictive synths and drony melodia, but whether their sound has actually developed since Dystopia is up for debate. Induco blatantly reappropriates the prog-rock intro of b-grade horror film, Suspiria, but is quickly saved by Vital Signs’ hypnotic re-looped guitars and climactic chorus of “You’ve gotta open up your mind and feel the love in your life.” The upbeat lyricism is inescapable in the ‘80s organ synths of Lara Versus The Savage Pack with “Keep on building/chasing that feeling,” which ends in a crescendo of screaming and electronic twitches. There is a sense of concept in the titles and themes of the record, but it fails upon delivery. The Great Beyond is a downbeat drudge and Cannibal Freeway seems to be following the same pattern before its Tombstone-style chorus kicks in with “Every laugh, every whisper, every mountain, every blister, every pleasure, every fall, I remember them all.” Lyrics aren’t top priority with the Juggernauts style of indie dance rock, and it might be what’s creating the nagging sense of something missing. None of the songs become infectious on first listen; there’s no Road to Recovery or Into The Galaxy to be found. Not entirely negative, The Crystal Axis merely requires a keen ear and a little patience. Though it could do with a quick edit; at 12 tracks it feels excessively long with the everexpressive vocals melding all the songs together.
Scream
These days it’s hard to listen to Ozzy. Why you ask? Well it’s a matter of conflicting expectations. On the one hand this is the guy that not only fronted Black Sabbath during the band’s amazing purple patch but also released Blizzard Of Ozz, Diary Of A Madman and No Rest For the Wicked. On the other hand, this is the same guy that for years stumbled around a reality TV set looking like your aging alcoholic uncle. He’s also the bloke that hasn’t released a good solo LP since 1991’s stellar No More Tears. That’s 19 years – time for a whole new generation of fans to become disillusioned with him. So does Scream, his first album in three years, hammer the final nail into the coffin? Or does it resurrect Ozzy’s credibility in stunning style? Frustratingly, the answer is neither. Scream is a competent if slightly dull and overproduced romp that could loosely be titled ‘dad rock tinged metal’. New guitarist Gus G (Firewind) doesn’t provide the Randy Rhoads-like spark Ozzy was obviously hoping for, but instead offers up some respectable rapid-fire leads and solid riffing. Ozzy himself sounds, well… like Ozzy, although with all the vocal effects it’s sometimes hard to tell. Nonetheless, there are some bright spots here. Let Me Hear You Scream is an infectious anthem that should become a live staple. Likewise the sludgy Soul Sucker and I Want It More hit the spot. As for the rest: you’ll just be left nonplussed.
Tara Clifford
Sevana Ohandjanian
Mark Hebblewhite
RICHARD IN YOUR MIND
SCISSOR SISTERS
THE RED EYES
Rice Is Nice
Polydor/Universal
Echofoxtrot
FIRE! SANTA ROSA, FIRE! Dogma Don’t Dot Dash/Remote Control Also from the more accessible end of their range, Dogma Don’t has an insistent enthusiasm that carries it along, but while it’s all very neat and smiley, its orthodoxy denies a bit of the folky/ gypsy/just plain silly element that sets F!SRF! a bit apart from the indie herd. Indeed, the offbeat is a bit off. It should still work as the polite entrée to the somewhat broader Sea Priest album. Don’t be frightened, potential listeners, you may learn to like foreign flavours, as well as the comparative chops and mash of this.
THE DEAD WEATHER Blue Blood Blues Warner It only takes 20 years’ experience and true musical skill to make something sound this rough and this good. Yes, Jack can actually border on the real damn annoying in the purity of his primitive rock’n’roll vision, but when he gets a big machine like this one bashing in roughly the same direction, you find yourself stumbling round the room looking for the tennis racquet or umbrella to jump up and down with. Bluesy, messy and having more splinters than a millionaire would normally allow.
THE WILDES Sue-Ellen/Nothing Select The great ongoing folk-flavoured revival should quite naturally lead us to appreciate Weddings Parties Anything and their singalong/drinkalong storytelling skills all over again. The Wildes would go along with that, with this first tune of romantic prostration a nice character study of the WPA ilk, while the other one has the requisite tears in the beer and everyone else in the bar joining in, and singing close enough to in tune to make you want to do it again next verse. And repeat to until fade, or until you fall off your stool.
Those familiar with Richard In Your Mind will know two things – there’s no weirder band in Sydney, and there’s no band that does psychedelic nostalgia quite as well. The beauty of their second album is that no two songs fall into an even remotely similar category. An endearingly scattered collection, it pulls influence from every corner of the creative spectrum. Opening with the sparsely ethereal Tiny Colossus Face, featuring Richard Cartwright’s high-pitched speak/sing, the record segues into Candelabra, which showcases a very different aspect of the band, infused with hip hop beats and slacker-rapped vocals. The record’s most conventional moments are showcased on songs like I Will and The Sun Broke Into Your Heart, the former channelling the criminally underrated Ladybug Transistor with surf-rock guitar pops and harmonies, the latter relying on shyly enunciated vocals speaking of adventure, featuring a rather vanilla guitar-accompanied melody considering the band’s eclecticism, but one that works well nonetheless. The spirit of Richard In Your Mind is captured in tracks like Mongrowlia, a mostly instrumental cut that builds from a light harp to a soaring euphoria heavy with atmospheric noise; and Birds, on which a whole list of our fine feathered friends is rattled off in a vague and dreamy extended sigh. Bursting with whimsical melodies, lyrics that relish in absurdity and instruments from near and far including sitar, raagini and ocarina, what we have here is an album as varied as its creators’ minds. It won’t appeal to everyone, but for those who can appreciate the sweet sound of genuine musical madness, it’s a mind-boggling trip certainly worth taking. Giselle Nguyen
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Night Work
My Volcano
Now up to disc number three, dancing queens the Scissor Sisters have built themselves some big boogie shoes to fill. This album reaches those standards, but departs from the band’s established form in ways that will relieve some fans but might disappoint others. Either way, you have to respect ‘em for having a go at something different. Opener Night Work has something distinctly Funky Town about it, not just in attitude – let’s face it, pretty much all of the SS work has the white boy but still cool Funky Town vibe – but the track’s hook is very damn similar. There’s nothing wrong with that, and with this type of music there is a higher risk of similarity than in most genres. Either way the party falsetto of the divine Jake Shears still powers through, as does the upbeat production that has come to characterise the group. Also well worth the price of admission is Whole New Way, a slower track but with some awesome irony (or old-fashioned twisted filth; you be the judge). With a breakdown that still sounds Scissor Sister-y while also getting a little into Michael Jackson mode, it’s deviances like these that make all the difference: “I’ve found a whole new way to love you/ my sneak up from behind is going to blow your mind… I’ve got your tail between your legs”. Also keep an ear out for Skin This Cat featuring Miss Ana Matronic on lead vocals, a slower, sultry ballad with a Madonna circa Erotica vibe. Still has a very ‘80s synth style to it, but something different.
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Red Army
Here is a band that does not overstate their message. Their ethically-flavoured jams invite you to think about global injustices, but foremost in things The Red Eyes want you to groove. On their second full-length, Red Army, the Melbourne-based group has not strayed far. While remaining true to that traditional dub-reggae sound, The Red Eyes seem to be carving themselves out a place in this competitive genre by nailing a combo of electronic dub sounds and chilled-out guitar riffs polished with frontman El Witeri’s smooth, rhythmic vocals. The septet became known for their big live sound after the extensive touring that followed 2007’s debut, Rudeworld. Trying to capture this on CD is never an easy task, but The Red Eyes have given a first-rate effort on this energetic and reverb-loaded recording, using live studio takes and some meticulous programming to ensnare that funky reggae party atmosphere. Opening with the triumphant and soulful Get It Started, a meaty cover of the Talking Heads’ I Get Wild/Wild Gravity is delivered in a rather delicious dub-reggae flavour. Some old school dub influences like King Tubby are audible in the instrumental Inside Out Dub, while more unusual influences for a reggae group are heard on the soundscape tracks Martian Repairs and Friend Or Foe?. The progressive electronic spurts sound straight from an experimental art rock album, yet surprisingly they fit in well as bridging tracks. Red Army is quite long at 15 tracks and the beat grows a little repetitive towards the end. But holistically, The Red Eyes do a good job mixing it up with some interesting elements of rock and electronica to achieve something a little more diverse. Tom Phillips
THE GIN CLUB
WE ARE SCIENTISTS
ZEAHORSE
ERNEST ELLIS
+1 Records/Shock
Liberator/Universal
Independent
Dew Process/Universal
Deathwish
In full live flow, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard not to get carried along by The Gin Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s instrument-swapping, everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a frontman (or woman), progressive barn dance. Even the flatter spots tend to float by on the heat and light being generated. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a true collective rather than merely a band: there are apparently ten songwriting inputs through this record â&#x20AC;&#x201C; though the album keeps secrets, with just the barest of credits. To make it all flow without jarring at least occasionally, even if everybody is somewhere in a folk/country/rock/bluesy template, is a good trick. From Ola Karlssonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stomping opener, Pennies, it ebbs and flows, and moves you in a number of ways. From there, it goes straight into the sweet lament of Say You Will (underpinned by Bridget Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; textured cello that adds so much), then flips straight into the lighter singalong of Rain, complete with Mick Thomasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; input making it sound even more like one of the best songs Weddings Parties Anything never wrote. Things get darker elsewhere: Book Of Poison spits a bit, the almost towering frustration of Ben Salterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eternity, and particularly Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; thoughtful aching tale of a life washed away by flood in the quizzically titled Milli Vanilli (viz: Blame It On The Rain, perhaps?) show their grasp of real life, and some membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; different views of it.
Barbara
Zeahorse
We Are Scientists are the life of the party â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they get drunk then write songs reminiscing on the boozy night thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passed, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind making fun of themselves and take the whole â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;making a recordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; concept pretty lightly. What the generically titled Barbara offers is more of the music We Areâ&#x20AC;Ś fans have come to love; energetic indie rock songs delivered with gusto and speed. Keith Murray sings about the two things he knows best: booze and girls, often combining the two in a comic foray such as Break It Up, which sounds like the drunken pleas of a frat boy; â&#x20AC;&#x153;People donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fail me now/ if no one wants to be up all night, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the point of even going out?â&#x20AC;? Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve the tools for an excellent pop song, but here thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something lacking in the execution. Where their debut, With Love And Squalor, was catchy and heartwarming in equal measure, Barbara is missing the punch, with exceptions in Rules Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Stopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incessantly addictive refrain and Nice Guysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; singalong chorus of â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you want this, I want it moreâ&#x20AC;?. Murray seems stuck in a perpetual state of semiadolescence, which is often endearing when lamenting his luck with a lady on I Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Bite or wanting that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;one thingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in Pittsburgh.
They full stop the album with the shoulder-shrug and realisation you just have to carry on of Shake Hands. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly the right finish for a good night in with a glass or eight.
The addition of ex-Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows appears to have made little to no difference, as the melodic depths of Brain Thrust Mastery with echoing guitars and middling tempo ballads remain present. So despite a fiery start, Barbara never seems to hit its stride and finds itself floundering before the listener reaches the end.
Ross Clelland
Sevana Ohandjanian
A lot of young bands fall into the trap of trying to ride the cultural zeitgeist. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an easy mistake to make, trying to sound like what people are responding to at any particular moment â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Zeahorse arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t one of those bands. Instead theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve channelled the spirits of countless experimental art bands, early â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s indie bands and even a touch of Sunny Day Real Estate-era emo. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hardly fashionable, but they get it right. The vocals are abrasive, the guitars squeal, rush and clank and the bass has a thick, meaty tone. But if you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t particularly enamoured with abrasive vocals, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fret. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really a whole lot more instrumental music here than there are vocals. Another thing Zeahorse are doing differently to most new bands is giving their emphatic and confident musicianship plenty of space to breathe. Though songs like Rabbit Hole bear witness to the catchiness of a well-shouted chorus, these songs meander and explore through just as many moments without lyrics as they do with. The deliberate and changing Morphine Pie is another example of how theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing things right. The instrumental song dictates their direction and allows the band to flex their heavier muscles, while Big Tall Trees is much more discordant, though no less deliberate, carrying an aching air of melancholy. Locally based, Zeahorse are live scene regulars and on the strength of this debut, they deserve your support by checking this album out too.
Hunting
Following the same self-removal from mainstream society path as Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Ernest Ellis similarly buried himself deep within a Blue Mountains cabin to write his own debut, recording with three bandmates. But donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let the comparison deter you â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Hunting is far more than just a reflection of its influences. The chilling beauty of opener Loveless cuts straight to the heart of the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emotion, with a tilting post-rock guitar beam underscoring Ellisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Vernon-like echoing vocals as he murmurs â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the fear that keeps me here/it keeps me lost and still lovelessâ&#x20AC;?. Not the most cheerful way to start a record, but Ellis isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all doom and gloom â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the brisk but catchy pop melody of Heading For The Cold follows with a driving percussive beat, and the interestingly titled When I Feel Like Jesusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Son The World Will Feel Much Different adopts a totally different attitude, culminating in a loose musical freefall marrying dizzying instrumentals with soaring vocals. The writing on this album draws from a great number of styles â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I Am The Beast and Want For Anything continue on the breathy indie-folk trail, but tracks like Dark Matter and Valley Song are much more simplistic, with Ellis ditching his wispy enunciation for a strong, solid tone accompanied by guitar strums â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this variety that allows the album to maintain consistent intrigue. At 55 minutes, Hunting is long for an indie/ folk debut, but by ensuring that the songs each have a distinctive personality, Ellis has established himself as a captivating and brilliant local voice. Giselle Nguyen
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NATURAL WOMEN
MARCHING ORDER
MOUNTAIN MAN ARE, DESPITE THEIR NAME, A TRIO OF WOMEN FROM VERMONT WHO SPECIALISE IN HARMONYFILLED, UNADORNED FOLK. YET THEY DON’T PRETEND TO AN AUTHENTICITY THAT THEY DON’T OWN, AS AMELIA MEATH TELLS ANTHONY CAREW.
WITH THE HELP OF HER SKEWED POP AND SOME PENGUINS, EMILIE SIMON HAS BROKEN OUT OF HER NATIVE FRANCE, ANTHONY CAREW DISCOVERS.
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he phrase ‘Mountain Man’ may summon some image of a hirsute mountaineer, but Mountain Man, the band, is anything but. They’re, instead, a trio of women from Vermont – the Green Mountain State, no less – who build a shrine to the glories of communal singing, hitting harmonies that summon both rural landscapes and mythical idylls. Their in-triplicate singing is left almost entirely untouched, sometimes paired with a spare acoustic guitar, often left unaccompanied. Their songs are filled with natural imagery, in woods and by rivers, populated with birds and bees, dogs and bears. Their debut album, Made The Harbor, features not a single ironic reference to the ’80s, a productional bite from the ’60s or an attempt at ’00s-styled genre-splattering. It is, instead, timeless; new music that sounds positively ancient. “We didn’t make Made The Harbor thinking, ‘Let’s try and sound like this was recorded in 1905 in a cabin in Appalachia’,” says Amelia Randall Meath, “but [folk music] is definitely a strong influence. I think people usually draw that comparison because our music is pretty simple; that it’s three voices and a guitar as opposed to consisting of all these whiz-bang electrical accoutrements.” Mountain Man’s music is, Meath explains, nothing so simple as folkie recidivism; it’s the sum of its three members, as human beings. “What we want to talk about is our experience as being women. The things that we’ve learned – and have yet to learn – within our lives. I suppose that everything comes from our own life experiences: how we learnt to sing, how we sing together. Mixed in with all that is three whole lifetimes of listening to music and everything that we’ve heard. We have long relationships with music and they’re entwined with our relationships with our families and with each other.” Now, with their freshly-minted first LP out on bigger labels overseas than at home – Spunk in Australia, Bella Union in Europe, P-Vine in Japan – Mountain Man seem set to be spending as much time going around the world as they
do hanging out in their small college town. As well as having just undertaken their debut European tour, they’ve recently played support to acts like The Middle East and José González’s outfit Junip, as well as taking their fragile, largely-vocal music into the den of chaos that is SXSW. Given they perform without amplification, holding hands in a semi-circle – and, in performance videos for various blogs, they’re routinely seen in rural settings – how terrifying is it to take that into noisy, boisterous, oftdisinterested rock clubs? “It’s scary, but it’s not that scary,” Meath admits. “Because we’re on stage with two other people that we love and trust and know are there for us. Mainly, we go into those sort of situations hoping to create a safe environment; like a home-space, being able to be comfortable, to live in the moment in which we’re singing to people. Being able to give what we’re feeling. It’s a difficult thing, but I think it really lends to being able to truly communicate and give. There’s nothing wrong with big shows, but to be able to have an intimate interaction with someone who’s standing on a much taller platform than you is really rare. It’s wonderful if we’re able to give that to people.” Meath hopes the great gift of Made The Harbor will be having the LP insinuate itself in the lives of others. “Ideally, what I’d really like is for people to grab hold of that one special song that they really identify with and create an experience they can really identify with in their own way. It’s a personal dream of mine that someone will be in a car, listening to one of our songs and it’ll help define a moment in their life.” WHO Mountain Man WHAT Made The Harbor (Spunk/EMI)
milie Simon has released three albums, toured all over the world (including Australia) and made a name as French chanteuse outside of the Frenchspeaking world. And yet the most notable moment in her career – for now and, perhaps, forevermore – is her soundtrack work on world-conquering anthropomorphising-of-animals documentary March Of The Penguins. “It was my first movie and it was also the first movie for the directors and the producers,” she explains. “They came to me and asked me if I was interested in working on this project. I thought it was great, because there was so much space for the music. When I wrote the music, there was no voiceover at all. The voiceover came at the end, so for a few months when I worked on it, I was just alone with the Antarctic and the penguins. It was beautiful actually. It was a great feeling, to compose against nature. Especially because they wanted me to be me, to just do what I do, so I could just be completely ‘free’ with the beautiful pictures.” The success of the movie came, though, with an asterisk – Simon’s soundtrack took pride of place on the version that played in most of the world, but not the American (and, in turn, Australian) version. “It’s not like my music is only in France and all over the world there is different music, it just happened for the States. But, of course it hurts. It was so much of my hard work and it was something that was successful, so you don’t understand why they would change something that is having success. For a long time it really bothered me. But that’s just the way the film industry works; that stuff just happens.” Simon clearly didn’t take this American rejection to heart as these days she’s based in New York. The 31-yearold was born in Montpellier on the south coast of France and immediately found herself drawn to music. “Music has been a part of my life since I was very young,” she says. “Singing on stage is something that I’ve always loved since I was a child and music itself has been something that has always fascinated me since as long as I could remember.”
Simon started studying music at seven, by when she was already writing her own songs on the piano. As a child, she was inspired by The Beatles – “I loved their songs because they are, in many ways, very childlike: very colourful and creative, very different one from the other” – Joni Mitchell, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush. As a teenager she attended the French experimental music institute IRCAM and studied avant-garde music and modern composition. When Simon released her eponymous first LP in 2003, she was routinely compared to Björk and, on 2006’s Végétal, she delivered a Björk-esque concept: an album of songs written from the perspective of plants, with its sonic palette including sampled plant sounds. By her third LP, The Big Machine, Simon had relocated to New York and delivered a set of songs – steeped in ersatz evocations of Depression-era swing – entirely in English. Yet, it wasn’t, Simon attests, some sort of premeditated ‘internationalist’ album. “I feel like the language I use isn’t important; that it doesn’t define my music. It’s not only about the lyrics and the poetry, it’s more about the melodies and the type of sound and the type of atmosphere – the colours – that I create. “I think of it like this – it’s like an arrangement. Why sometimes do you use strings instead of brass? It’s the same; it’s just colour. Sometimes it’s French, sometimes it’s English. I know that if I could speak Japanese, I’d be singing in Japanese too. I just use the words and the language instinctively depending on the melody and what it means to me.” WHO Emilie Simon WHAT The Big Machine (Cartell Music)
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studio; keeping the whole thing live, like all the classic live metal albums. These recordings really capture the raw sonic energy of a Dragonforce show in fine detail. It is so real that you can hear the noise of the crowd and experience the show as it was that night – you can even hear the guitar pedals being stepped on!”
little more Metallica Australian tour goss: according to Metallica.com the opening acts are set to be Lamb Of God and Baroness.
Soulfly have just confirmed a return tour to Australia in September bringing with them City of Fire featuring Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell and bassist Byron Stroud as well as Jed Simon (ex-Strapping Young Lad). System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian will release a new studio album, Imperfect Harmonies, 7 September via Serjical Strike/Reprise Records. Tankian says in a media release, “Imperfect Harmonies could be classified as rock because it is punchy with many peaks throughout, but the instrumentation is somewhat different. Though there are live drums, bass and some guitars, the driving aspects are electronic and orchestral. It’s quite unique in its sound palette. This is, in essence, music that has sat in the vat and matured to a ripe sensation and is now ready to serve.” He continues, “So far, Imperfect Harmonies is shaping up to be as powerful and musically eclectic as its predecessor. I have been calling the music electro-orchestral-jazz-rock because it has all of those aspects in prominence within the songs. A few are more stripped down, but the majority of the songs have this huge wall of sound presented in a way I’ve never heard before. It’s not common to have a song that is both electronic and orchestral since one is synthetic and the other organic, but I found a way of meshing a lot of these colours together.” As reported, last week’s Korn’s boycott of BP has started a ground swell of like-minded musicians intent on making a statement against the devastation in the Gulf caused by BP’s record-setting oil spill. The following top touring artists have joined the cause and have committed to avoiding the use of fuel sold by BP or its affiliates on their upcoming tours for 2010: Disturbed, Rob Zombie, Megadeth, Black Label Society, Anthrax and Hellyeah. Korn’s Jonathan Davis said via a statement, “This is the worst thing that has ever happened to the environment in U.S. history. From everything we’re hearing about now, it’s become clear that BP cut corners to put profit ahead of safety. The message we are sending should tell all the oil companies to spend the money and take the necessary precautions to make sure this doesn’t happen again. I’m really proud that this many artists have already come on board, and I hope more will join soon.”
And finally, No Life Til Leather returns on Friday to crank the greatest ‘80s glam and hard rock tunes all night long. It kicks off from 9pm at Hermann’s Bar.
SERJ TANKIAN
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Alaskan metallers 36 Crazyfists will release their new album, Collisions And Castaways, on 27 July via Ferret Music. According to a press release, Collisions And Castaways is, “a fierce, dark, crushing collection of 11 tracks that rip from the speaker like a runaway train. Arguably their heaviest effort to date, there’s also a melodic aspect to the record and is the record frontman Brock Lindow, “wanted to write ten years ago. If this was the end of the band, this record is exactly what I wanted our band to do at one time, maybe a lot of people will think we’re just metalcore, but it’s so much more than that. It’s a heavy record with some big choruses and everything we’ve been about for a long time with a cool metal feel to it that I’ve been wanting.” According to Metal Insider, Maryland rockers Clutch will enter Magpie Cage Studios in Baltimore with J. Robbins early July to record approximately half a dozen songs for an acoustic EP to be released before the end of the year. British extreme epic power metallers Dragonforce have announced the release of their first live album. Titled Twilight Dementia it’s confirmed for a 13 September release. Featuring 13 tracks, including such numbers as Fury Of The Storm, Operation Ground And Pound, My Spirit Will Go On and Valley Of The Damned. Shredmeister Herman Li comments on the band’s MySpace, “For years, fans have been asking us to record a live album, but honestly, we never really had the time due to our worldwide touring commitments and studio album recording. However, due to the overwhelmingly positive feedback from fans on the Ultra Beatdown World Tour, we decided to finally put some real thought into it… The idea was to record every single show from the last leg of the tour, so we could pick the best take of each song without needing to do any overdubs in the
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The Veil, Lycanthia, Myraeth – Empire Hotel, King’s Cross Bermuda, Silent Screams, Buried In Verona, Azlock – Menai Youth Centre Resist The Thought, As Silence Breaks, Recoil – Club Blink, Agincourt
SATURDAY Bermuda, Silent Screams, Buried In Verona – Bridge 54
SUNDAY Bermuda, Silent Screams, Buried In Verona, Flatline Drama – The Wall
MONDAY Bermuda, Silent Screams, Buried In Verona – Chilli Lounge
TOURS TOURS TOURS Om – Saturday 17 July, The Factory Theatre Hellyeah – Thursday 29 July, The Metro Theatre Testament – Saturday 7 August, Manning Bar Slash – Monday 16 August, Enmore Theatre Napalm Death, Dying Fetus – Saturday 4 September, The Factory Soulfly, City Of Fire, Incite – Tuesday 9 September, UNSW Roundhouse Metallica – Saturday 18 September, Wednesday 10, Thursday 11, Saturday 13 November, Acer Arena Mayhem – Friday 24 September, The Factory Theatre Exodus – Saturday 2 October Andrew Haug hosts triple j’s The Racket every Tuesday from 10pm. triplej.abc.net.au/racket. theracket@drummedia.com.au
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BIG FOUR BRING THE MOSH With all the buzz surrounding the Big Four tour making its way around the world at the moment (Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer) people are rightly getting pretty excited – but not just at the shows. With screenings being shown in films around the world, the Tri-Cities Blotter has reported that Batavia Police, Illinois, were called to a disturbance at a local theatre. Police said that the concert was out of control and damage had been done to theatre property, and while everyone was ordered to leave refunds were given by the theatre. Even on film these guys bring the mosh. And maybe even to your lounge room. There is a planned DVD/ Blu-ray release in September which will have the entire sets of a recent concert in Bulgaria. That is one hour sets from each band except Metallica who played for two. A few behind the scenes and backstage interviews will be thrown in for good measure.
PAUL GRAY AUTOPSY It was revealed last week that Paul Gray, Slipknot bassist, who was discovered dead in a hotel room 24 May, passed away from a drug overdose. MSNBC. com reported that Gray’s autopsy revealed that an accidental overdose of fentanyl and morphine was the cause, while also discovering that Gray had exhibited indicators of severe heart disease. Gray had no prescription for either of the drugs, and police are investigating how they came into his possession.
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PUNK AND HARDCORE WITH STU HARVEY
BEHIND CRIMSON EYES
BACK TO STAY Virtually veterans of the scene by now, Behind Crimson Eyes have been ‘missing in action’ somewhat lately. Back in Sydney next week for their last shows here for the year, you can catch them Thursday 8 July at the Annandale Hotel and Friday 9 at the Hamilton Station Hotel. We caught up with drummer Dan Kerby to find out where they’ve been hiding. “We haven’t headlined a show in Sydney for a while. We played the Gaelic Theatre with 28 Days about a month ago. The show was great. Can’t wait to get back and rip it up! This short run of shows are the last for us before we hit the studio. We are trialing a couple of new songs and also celebrating our good mates Cola Wars’ first album release, Invader. So stoked to be touring with those guys, they are an amazing band and great dudes, a couple of the guys previously played in Bodyjar and For Amusement Only. We will be playing mainly old songs from A Revelation For Despair and the earlier EPs as the songs we are writing are more in line with these tracks. For the rest of the year we will be writing/recording three EPs; the first should hopefully be released before the year is out. We have a cool concept for the next lot of releases, we are in the process of creating a whole theme/story and connecting the songs both musically and lyrically to the theme/story. Once we record the EPs we will release them as an album. Pretty stoked on it. The first EP is pretty much written and sounding huge! BCE is back baby! [We are] going back to [our] roots and writing screamo songs. It’s what the band is good at. We are not holding back on anything. It’s my first proper release with the band so I’m extremely excited and stoked on the tracks we have written! BCE has turned over a page and the vibe within the band is amazing. Fans of BCE’s early EPs will be stoked on the new tracks. But of course it is still a little different; this band never seems to write the same album twice. This will be the band’s best.”
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It’s hardcore week! Now in its 11th year, the annual event put together by the good blokes at Resist and Trial and Error is one of the highlights of the Australian hardcore calendar. As with previous years, Hardcore 2010 showcases the best of Australian hardcore from new acts getting their first shot on the big stage to the big names who have been flying the flag for many years. Friday night at the Manning Bar (over 18) sees Mindsnare and Toe To Toe share a stage together for the first time since 1997! Also on the Friday night are Extortion, Blkout, Relentless and Ill Brigade. The Saturday all ages show at the Factory Theatre will again be headlined by Mindsnare with a huge bill that includes Extortion, 50 Lions, Blkout, Dropsaw, Hand Of Mercy, I Exist, Ghost Town, Persist and Phantoms. For details hit up myspace.com/ sydneyhardcorefestival and get tickets from moshtix. New York hardcore legends Madball are set to enter the studio this July to begin work on their first album in almost three years. Tentatively titled Empire, the veterans explained in a media release, “Madball has come a long way from being street kids to becoming very established in our genre, and even beyond the music. We’re finally at a point in our life where we’re taking control of our things, where as before we didn’t have control of some things or didn’t choose to have control. We have the feeling that we’ve built a little empire for ourselves with our band, brand and different endeavours. We get this reference that we’re kings of New York… There are plenty of awesome bands that have come out of the city. Agnostic Front are the godfathers of New York hardcore, Sick Of it All are one of the undisputed champs of the scene… We were always known as more of the bad guys, but now people are calling us the kings. It’s not a title we gave ourselves and it’s not that we call ourselves that, but it’s just a term of endearment and respect that people use and it plays into the name Empire.” The band has signed a deal with Good Fight Music, the new label set up by the team previously behind Ferret Records when it was at its peak. Just under 12 months ago Jim Lindberg left his post as singer and main songwriter for Pennywise. After 20 years fronting the band Jim offered little explanation as to the reason behind his departure, simply stating “my time in Pennywise has come to an end.” He then thanked everyone who had supported him and the band over the years and wished the band the best of luck. Soon after Zoli Téglás from Ignite replaced Lindberg and Pennywise are currently recording their first album
1. Hardcore 2010. See you there. 2. Against Me! Tour. The new album may be far from their best work, but rest assured Against Me! are still one of the best live acts in the world. Tickets are on sale now for Saturday 9 October at The Metro and Sunday 10 October at the Cambridge Newcastle.
MINDSNARE with the new frontman. As we wait to hear exactly what Pennywise 2.0 will sound like, Jim Lindberg has launched his new band, Black Pacific. The band are signed to SideOneDummy Records and speculation is an album will follow in the next couple of months. You can get your first taste of The Black Pacific via a song called The System on their MySpace page. As you would expect with such a distinctive voice, The Black Pacific does not sound too dissimilar to Lindberg’s previous work. Old mate Chuck Ragan isn’t good with keeping news to himself. When he was here a couple of months ago he was mentioning on stage that Hot Water Music would return to Australia later in the year. Now while on tour in the UK it seems Chuck is sharing news again, while on stage telling fans that a new Hot Water Music album is in the works! No further news at this stage, but I’m sure the story will develop as Chuck continues to tour! The Longest EP is a new release in the works for NOFX, a collection of 30 EP tracks from 1987 to 2009, plus rarities, out of print stuff and previously unreleased outtakes. Looks like this will serve as the follow-up to their collection from 2002, 45 Or 46 Songs That Weren’t Good Enough To Go On Our Other Records. Vinyl fans should keep an eye open for pre-order details as the vinyl will be a strictly limited pressing. Trevor Keith of Face To Face let his Twitter followers know last week that the long-running act the recording of the band’s eighth album, to be titled Laugh Now Laugh Later, is complete. “New Face To Face record is in the can. Heading back home for a few days, then it’s on to The Warped Tour”.
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Let’s talk about some good music then, shall we? Cool. Gadigal Music is putting on a serious looking night at the Oxford Arts Factory Thursday 8 July. It will feature… Indigenous artists! The ones you already know are great (The Last Kinection – exceptional new signings to Sydney’s Elefant Traks). The ones you don’t know are in support: StunnaSet and TrinDoe. Attention white people: only go to this show if you want to not because you should, listen with your ears and not your eyes, and savour The Last Kinection, who are pretty incredible. They came from nowhere, but they certainly won’t be going back in a hurry. Big Village are proving to be as hardworking as the best around. Saturday 10 July, they’re putting on a show at the Sandringham, the third in their Freshly Squeezed series. The lineup is a cracker too. Class A and Nikkita will be making the trip from • 50 • THE DRUM MEDIA 29 JUNE 2010
4. Blink 182. Rehearsing in June and July, then a couple of shows, then into the studio to work on a brand new album. They are not playing any more shows until the album is done. Hoppus confirmed on his blog, “new blink-182 music is on the way”. 5. The Amity Affliction. Congratulations to the boys from Gympie/Brisbane, their second album, Youngbloods, debuted at sixth this week! Make sure you get a ticket soon if you want to catch the Youngbloods tour, because all shows will sell out!
LOCAL GIG GUIDE
THURSDAY
Chris Duke & The Royals, Local Resident Failure, The Decline – Bull N Bush Hotel As Chaos Unfolds – Lewisham Hotel
FRIDAY Frenzal Rhomb, Front End Loader, Old Music For Old People – Annandale Hotel Further, Lunarcide, Dead Farmers, Cape Tribulation – Sandringham Hotel
SATURDAY Chris Duke At The Royals, The Rumjacks – SFX, Space Sienna Skies, Town Hall Steps, Envy Parade, The Bride – Trash, Agincourt Hotel Catch Stu presenting Short.Fast.Loud. every Wednesday night from 10pm on triple j. Contact Stu at shortfast@drummedia.com.au
ALL AGES WITH SCOTT FITZSIMONS You may have read last week’s cover story, The State Of The Scene, which had a piece on all age shows and the troubles they face – especially at the hands of councils, as we’ve seen in the Hills Shire and perhaps Blacktown as well. There are Facebook groups who’ve been emailing the Mayor, but, as the article pointed out, gigs haven’t re-emerged yet. If you love your scene and you want to see it thrive – and hell, if you want something to do on a Friday night – keep up the fight and let the Mayor and the entire council know that he can’t just sweep the music under the rug that easily.
Are you white? And Australian? And into hip hop? Yeah, me too. So are many people. Being a member of a race whose members have systematically engaged in genocide makes music made by the indigenous community difficult to engage with for Whitey. We tend to get a little hysterical. What if we don’t like the music? How can we – white people – say something bad about other people who have suffered unspeakable crimes, crimes that we failed to prevent; crimes that we’ve caused? The thinking is predictable, and counterproductive: if we don’t go to their rap show, aren’t we just stealing their children all over again? Jeez, this is a tough one (not really). It’s a problem that often leads to some clumsy music journalism, though. Often, our instinctive reaction to news about their music is to jump up and down and celebrate. Isn’t this great? Aren’t they doing so well? Good on them. Let’s all get down to the venue and show our support for The Indigenous, guys! Haven’t they come a long way! I know we were really bad to them in the past, but credit to them for dusting themselves off and giving music a go. (Maybe we weren’t that bad after all, eh?) Generosity – spawned by prejudice, guilt, paternalism and admittedly with a hint of genuine kindness – is the order of the day. Find me a bad review by a white person of an indigenous artist. Go on; try. C’est impossible. Let’s (me included) all try to be a little less Andrew Johns about our attitude guys: bad music is bad music. If you can’t call it that because of someone’s skin colour, don’t review it.
3. Norma Jean. New album, Meridional, is out in a couple of weeks, and the band are talking it up. “We honestly believe (Meridional) is not only our heaviest, but also our best album to date!,” they’ve been quoted as saying. And after listening to it a few times already I have to agree. It hits stores 16 July.
THE LAST KINECTION Melbourne and the Eastern Suburbs respectively to get us dancing. Gabi is in the place launching her mixtape. Daily Meds will be giving you an aural treat. Tuka is breaking his Thundamentals mould (for a moment) and playing solo. Luke Presto behind the decks. Cool show, hey. Are you falling in love with Big Village too? Lady Chann’s coming out, team! Is there anyone cooler or better? Probably not. You’ll be able to catch your favourite British dancehall superheroine at Fanny’s in Newcastle on 16 July, Baroque in Katoomba on 17 July, and at GoodGod on 24 July. So – aside from a stop off in Melbourne on the 23rd – this means that Ms Chann will be in Australia for more than a week, with a few suspicious-looking days off. I don’t want to flip you out too much, but I reckon you shouldn’t be too surprised if some incredible Chann-collaborations (or Channlaborations, right guys?) come to the surface in three to six months time. Remember how insane her track with Killaqueenz was? Your mates Koolism are back with a new single, Can’t Stand It. It’s a big, bumpy, bassy Danielsan heater with Hau getting all pop political. The single comes ahead of the duo’s new album, The ‘Umu which will be with us in “mid 2010” thanks to Invada Records. This record could be massive, y’all… getittogether@drummedia.com.au
As was thought might be the case, the recent winners of the triple j Unearthed High competition Iotah will be changing their name, due to the obvioius similarity with Iota’s moniker. Calling for submissions and suggestions on their Facebook page and forum, they’ll be the second – of only three – Unearthed High winners to change their name shortly after winning the competition. You may remember Tom Ugly were originally called [is], but as Ugly himself explained to Young & Restless at the time, it was a hard name to search and he wanted to be reflected as the driving force.
OUT AND ABOUT Originally the main focus but now more like the side project, Karnivool will be at the Metro Theatre in Sydney this Thursday – they’re actually playing three shows through the week which just shows how well supported they still are. It should be enough for vocalist Ian Kenny to keep coming back to the band even as his other project, Birds Of Tokyo are turning into one of the nation’s biggest bands. Keep an eye on the new album triple j certainly are. Sydney’s own MM9 are supporting. Hardcore 2010’s finally here and it’s got one huge lineup, far better, you’d have to say, than last year’s version at the Roundhouse. In fact, taking to the Factory Theatre this Saturday, the all age version of the show has a far superior lineup to that of the over 18s one. Extorsion, 50 Lions, Blkout, Dropsaw, Hand Of Mercy, I Exist, Ghost Town, Persist and more kick things off from 2pm. Pledge This, Villa Rise, Kings Of Stars, We Can Breathe In Space, Medicine For Robots, I, Escape, Wake The Giants, Sector Sixteen and Eastwood will be taking to the Lucky Oz Tavern this Sunday for a show
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KARNIVOOL that kicks off at 12.30pm.
LOOKING AHEAD Remember, The Amity Affliction are in town next week and I’d advise against hoping for tickets on the day – Melbourne’s selling the quickest but the NSW dates aren’t far behind. Joined by Misery Signals, Confession and Flood Of Red, you can catch the tour at Southern Cross Basketball Stadium on Thursday 8 July, the UNSW Roundhouse Friday 9. It’s in support of Amity’s new album, Youngbloods, which just happens to be their best release by far. The folks at Umina Beach PCYC have announced that Turn It Up will take place Saturday 10 July, with three emerging bands; No Pressure, True Love Chaos and Neon Heart, taking to the stage. Local radio stations Sea FM are weighing in as well, with presenter Shayne Sinclair hosting the night and making live-crosses to the station, whilst there’ll be giveaways on what is hoped will promote more events of the same vein in the future. Tickets are just $10. Local pop punkers Heroes For Hire have been announced as the support for the upcoming Boys Like Girls tour, a perfect fit if you ask us. Heroes are finally hitting their stride this year – with some proper management direction it seems – and released the album, Life Of The Party, straight into second spot on the independent charts. The tour hits the UNSW Roundhouse Sunday 11 July – Hot Chelle Rae are the main support. allages@drummedia.com.au
RICK PRICE BLUES AND ROOTS WITH DAN CONDON
BONNAROO PART TWO! Dave Rawlings and a couple of his mates, together as Dave Rawlings Machine, kept things pretty causal, but the fact his mates are his partner, the absolutely stunning Gillian Welch, and Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor, Willie Watson and Morgan Jahnig meant this was one bullshit good hoedown. Material from all over the place was covered – obviously tracks from Rawlings’ debut album, A Friend Of A Friend, but also Welch’s Look At Miss Ohio, Old Crow’s I Hear Them All, Neil Young’s Cortez The Killer, and Woody Guthrie’s This Land Is Your Land among many other goodtime tunes. Welch and Rawlings are an unstoppable force when they play and sing together and the addition of the Old Crow guys fleshes things out perfectly. The fellas even add a little bit of choreography to the show as well; it’s just an all round hoot. The enormous What Stage is not the right environment for reggae legend Jimmy Cliff. The poor guy mustn’t be able to see much but a whole lot of open space. It doesn’t seem to hinder his performance though, the 62 year old bounds across the stage while his massive band holds down his classic tunes with perfection. Many Rivers To Cross and I Can See Clearly Now get the biggest crowd response, but tunes like King Of Kings and Wild World are executed best. While Cliff is decked out in a fluoro yellow tracksuit, his entire band wear Jimmy Cliff t-shirts – hilarious. There was nothing all that special about the set, but it was more than competent
My Life and Higher Ground all sound incredible and make the 100,000-strong crowd seem like a bunch of friends. Wonder’s deep rendition of Parliament classic Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) into the classic Motown standard I Heard It Through The Grapevine could well mark as one of the finest moments in funk and soul to happen anywhere this year. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours, My Cherie Amour and Superstition all sizzle, certainly moreso than the cover of Give Peace A Chance, performed with the right intentions, but a little unnecessary.
THE AVETT BROTHERS and nice to see a true legend still kicking goals. The Avett Brothers captured Australian hearts on their first visit to our shores earlier this year, but it’s pretty obvious they’d won over America quite a while ago as an enormous crowd assembled to see their twilight set at this year’s festival. They kick off with punk-like ferocity on The Fall before shifting into a steadier gear for the majority of their set playing material predominantly from their latest effort, I And Love And You. The most wicked, dirty, funked-up, psyched-out, otherworldly riff emanates from the speaker stacks late on the third night before Stevie Wonder is revealed standing on the stage, keytar strapped on, grinning widely as he belts out this incredible slice of funk. What follows is nothing short of life-affirming, Wonder and his enormous band launching into Did I Hear You Say You Love Me and Master Blaster (Jammin’) before stopping for breath. Uptight (Everything’s Alright), For Once In
The final days began with an incredible set of droning Malian blues from the much-adored Tinariwen. It’s hard work watching these guys while standing in the midday Tennessee sun, but the handful of people who braved the set are rewarded with a deep, heavily groovy but often very raw set of Tuareg music. It doesn’t take long to fall into a deep trance-like state while watching, which in turn means I get incredibly sunburnt… When he was out here in 2008 it was so exciting to see John Fogerty still singing and playing with vitality and thankfully nothing has changed. He rips through a set of Credence classics (name a Credence hit – he played it), his own little way of inviting us onto his porch, looking over the bayou. The songs are timeless and we’re so lucky that this iconic songwriter is still performing them with such vitality. Believe it or not, there’s more! Hit streetpress.com.au/spa_touring for full reports and happy snaps. rootsdown@drummedia.com.au
Rick Price is homeward-bound once again and plays the Manly Boastshed Thursday, The Brass Monkey Wednesday 7 July, Coogee Diggers Thursday 8, Lizotte’s Kincumber and Newcastle Friday 9 and Saturday 10 respectively, the Heritage Hotel Sunday 11, Notes Wednesday 14 and Clarendon Guesthouse Thursday 15. We asked him about his new album Revisited and how keen he is to be back down under. “Whenever I was out playing my solo acoustic shows, almost without fail people would ask, ‘When are you going to make an acoustic album?’ So, inspired by these requests I recorded Revisited. Selecting the tracks for Revisited was not difficult. The final twelve are the most requested songs and the most popular that I have written or recorded over the last two decades. When I listen to some of the album’s original recordings, many of which are almost twenty years old, they are very different from how I perform them today and Revisited reflects that evolution. Listening back to the original recordings, the keys are so high and I wonder, ‘What was I thinking?’ But I’m still proud of the work and grateful to all the wonderful musicians that shared their talents. Revisited is about wanting to perform the songs in a very chilled-out, relaxed way and in keeping with how they were written. Essentially I played all the instruments myself with the exception of guest appearances by two amazing musicians. Clayton Doley on Hammond organ appears on Tenterfield Saddler and Daniel Conway on nylon string guitar and vocals appears on Church On Fire. On top of performing, which I still love, I’m so thrilled to be returning to Australia to visit with friends and family. Australia is still home and still my favorite part of the world. I also have a lot of new material that I’ve been working on, that I’m keen to share with my audience.”
CHICAGO’S FINEST JAZZ/WORLD WITH MICHAEL SMITH TUESDAY
Robinson Orchestra down at the Unity Hall Hotel from 4pm, though tonight of course, the hotel hosts its own Unity Hall Jazz Band.
Performing the compositions of the group’s founder, David Reaston, The 10 Guitar Project takes to The Basement, Circular Quay Circular Quay to launch their debut album.
Singer, trumpeter and composer Vince Jones is up from Melbourne but heads straight through to play Lizotte’s in Newcastle tonight and tomorrow night.
The piano-led John Harkin Trio opens the Jazzgroove night at 505 before leading the monthly Fugawe Jam. The James Valentine Quartet continues its Supper Club residency at the Golden Sheaf. Saturday, they head for the mountains to spread a little Christmas in July at the Clarendon Guesthouse. Singer Paul Sun takes the trio into Jazushi. Yakumo Honjin is a music installation for video, miniature percussion, violin and harp composed by David Young and performed by Aphids, presented by the New Music Network at Elizabeth Bay House.
SATURDAY Never a dull moment apparently in the land of The Melodies, who return to The Town & Country for another “slightly different” afternoon!
VINCE JONES THURSDAY Pianist and composer Barney Wakeford takes his trio into Colbourne Ave. It’s Latin night at 505 with Victor Valdez.
FRIDAY
The Alcohotlicks open for The Subterraneans, who are launching their eponymous debut album down at The Basement, Circular Quay.
Saxophonist and composer Matt Keegan in trio mode takes to the 505 stage to launch their latest album, Matt Keegan Trio Live, recorded at Jazzgroove as part of their 2008 national tour. They’ll be joined by special guest Cameron Deyell.
Guitarist Carl Dewhurst, bassist Brendan Clarke and drummer Colin Hoorweg are the Thunder Trio, playing 505 tonight.
Featuring brothers bass player Eden and saxophonist Mathew Ottignon, Sunchasers share the 505 bill tonight with Miss Little, fronted by Sarah McCallum.
WEDNESDAY
The John Redmond Trio plays the Manhattan Lounge. Singer, pianist and trumpeter John Hollowell delivers the musical side of tonight’s Jazushi menu.
Multi-instrumentalist James Morrison returns to The Basement, Circular Quay, with his favourite singer Emma Pask. Sunday, Ms Pask joins the Andrew
Singer Yuki Kumagai takes the quintet down to Wollongong Golf Club to ‘swing that thing’ from 3.30pm. The Basement, Circular Quay, hosts the Mali Drought Appeal featuring some of Sydney’s finest African musicians performing for the cause including the effervescent Gervais Koffi & The African Diaspora, guitarist Moussa Diakite, the Chris Gudu Band, Errol H. Renaud & Caribbean Soul and Afro Moses.
SUNDAY Guitarist Roman Pulati is one busy musician today, kicking things off as part of bass player and composer Tim McArtney’s trio playing a new Sunday residency at Café Sydney, 5th Floor of Customs House in Circular Quay from midday, and then heading off to the Hampshire Hotel in Camperdown to join the quintet Free Flow in their residency, from 3pm. blow@drummedia.com.au
ROCKABILLY/PSYCHOBILLY/ALT.COUNTRY WITH PEDRO MANOY TUESDAY
at the Mona Vale Hotel. The Flamin’ Beauties move to the Royal in Springwood from 9.30pm.
Chris Turner and Phil Simmons join forces at the Royal Hotel in Leichhardt from 8pm.
SUNDAY
WEDNESDAY The Mango Man hails from the wilds of Mullumbimby and brings his exotic mangobilly tunes to the Sandringham Hotel from 8pm. Ash Grunwald and Dean Carroll play the Carrington Hotel in Katoomba and the Muso’s Club Jam Night rocks the Bald Faced Stag. The remarkable and always entertaining Pugsley Buzzard lets loose at the Macquarie Hotel.
THURSDAY The Vanguard hosts Jim Conway’s Big Wheel featuring the mercurial Don Hopkins. The Muso’s Club Jam journeys to the Carousel Inn Hotel and the Bondi Blues Jam gets down at Bar Bondi. Ash Grunwald moves to the Transit Bar in Canberra and Ross Ward goes solo at GJ’s Coffee Lounge with a 6pm start. The Underground City Blues Jam hosted by Frank Marcias & Los Amigos has found a great home at the funky Manhattan Lounge. The Detonators hit the National Press Club.
FRIDAY It’s a flaming good Friday when the Flamin’ Beauties play the Crown Hotel in the CBD and the Flaming Stars ignite Souths Juniors with DJs Limpin’ Jimmy & The Swingin’ Kitten for their monthly rock’n’roll night. The Chris Harland Blues Band get all rootsy at Dodds Hotel, Cooma. Ray Beadle takes his combo to the
ASH GRUNWALD Berowra Village Tavern. The John Leigh Calder Trio have their regular spot at the Hotel Clarendon and the widely-travelled Detonators take their explosive blues and jump sounds to the Belmont 16 ft Sailing Club.
SATURDAY Dave Tice & Mark Evans continue their recordbreaking early evening residency at the Sandringham while Alison Penney has a 7pm start at The Vault 146. The Stormy Monday program on 2MBS-FM continues its run of great nights at the Marrickville Bowlo with Dom Turner & Supro plus some rare blues movies from 7.30pm. Phil Edgeley, Christian Marsh and Dan Granero combine at the Ettalong Uniting Church Hall from 7pm. Hot Rumble 2 features The Detonators, Jordan & The Original Six and DJ Brian with a huge night at Waves at Towradgi Beach Hotel. Jack Derwin does his solo thing at the Entrance Leagues. Marshall & The Fro have a great night scheduled for the The Attic
James Southwell goes solo at The Vault 146 from 1pm while the Chris Harland Blues Band play the Robbie Burns Hotel, both shows from 1pm. The Artichoke Gallery Café hosts the Blues Sunday Jam and Ross Ward does his solo thing at the Royal Yacht Club in Buraneer. Ash Grunwald warms up the Station Resort in Jindabyne and Blind Lemon Chiicken have a great afternoon of downhome blues at the Marrickville Bowlo. The always upbeat Fifty Million Beers deliver their unique brand of country at the Sandringham. Dave Tice & Mark Evans with Mick O’Shea hold court at the Tudor Hall Hotel from 4pm and the Little Blues Festival featuring the Rollercoaster Blues Band take over the Toukley Golf Club from 5pm. Muma Janes Blues Band play Jack’s Bar & Grill, at Erina and Melbourne’s fabulous The Detonators tear it up at the Matraville RSL Club from the early evening. Jim Conway’s Little Wheel travel to Club Sapphire from 7.30pm.
COMIN’ ROUND THE MOUNTAIN: It’s a night of bone-rattlin’ swamp, rockabilly, psychobilly & alt. country at the Town & Country Hotel with the Chickenstones, Mother Truckers, Jarran Zen & The Blinds Children’s Orchestra and The Beaut Utes Saturday 10 July. swampshack@drummedia.com
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Tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson, considered one of the Chicago jazz scene’s most important figures, died last week, aged 81. The news was delivered by his sons Eugene and Michael Anderson, but at the time of print the circumstances of his passing were unknown. Relatively unknown during his early years, it was only in the ‘90s when he became a prominent figure, launching the careers of many budding musicians in his Chicago club, the Velvet Lounge, where he could be seen doing anything and everything from jamming on stage to collecting the cover charge and taking out the rubbish. The Chicago Tribune offered a tribute to Anderson, with veteran Chicago alto saxophonist Jimmy Ellis saying, “He was the essence of music in Chicago, he was all music, all the time.” Tribune columnist Howard Reich offered this of this musician, “Even at his 81st birthday show, last March at his beloved Velvet Lounge, the man packed an avalanche of ideas into every soliloquy… At first hearing, the casual listener might have considered Anderson’s solos merely random sonic outbursts, but to those who paid close attention Anderson was carefully developing themes and counter-themes. The deep amber of his tone, the jagged quality of his phrases and the bluestinged nature of his harmonies distinguished him from everyone else playing the tenor horn.” Anderson was also a founding member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, an organization that primarily promoted jazz.
PLANT DOES NASHVILLE Details are out and the anticipation for Robert Plant’s new album – Band Of Joy – is starting to build. The Led Zeppelin legend reinforced his brilliance on his previous release, Raising Sand, on which he collaborated with Alison Krauss and was acclaimed in a whole new genre, even picking up the Grammy Award for Album Of The Year. Due 10 September through Universal, Plant has steered this project in a similar direction as that previous record, but has turned up the Americana even further by heading to Nashville to create it. Co-produced by guitarist Buddy Miller, on a press release Plant stated, “Buddy’s integral to this album, you can hear his taste all over the instrumentation. Buddy’s zone is beautiful, with a lot of reflections going back into mid-‘50s rockabilly, the singing fishermen and all the great country stuff, along with the soul and R&B from Memphis.” Multi-instrumentalist Darell Scott also features in the album’s band playing mandolin, guitar, accordion, pedal, lap steel and banjo, while Patty Griffin provides the female vocal back-ups, Byron House is on bass and Marco Giovino takes care of the percussion. In terms of tracks, the record opens with a version of Los Lobos’ Angel Dance, then the drone-rock of Low’s Silver Rider and Monkey, The Kelly Brothers’ soul classic Falling In Love Again, an interpretation of Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down, folk ballad Cindy, I’ll Marry You Some Day, and a bluesy Central Two-0-Nine. THE DRUM MEDIA 29 JUNE 2010 • 51 •
MONSTROSITY DIRECTOR EXHIBITS
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One of Sydney’s newest art galleries, Monstrosity’s latest exhibition comes from the gallery director himself, Philip Soliman. Featuring photography, video and installation, Believe You/Me asks questions “about human beings and our fundamental beliefs about ourselves, each other and the world.” The exhibition is comprised of three projects: In My Bedroom – a life-size recreation of the artist’s bedroom in cardboard and paper; Facebook Photography Project – a collection of photographs the artist has taken of all his Facebook friends in a bid to test the website’s modus operandi, and You Are Always Falling, an exploration of “how religion, ritual and metaphysical phenomena intersect with our fervently capitalist, individualist society.” The exhibition runs until 16 July. Head to monstrosity.com.au for more info.
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WRONG PROM: THE BLUES BROTHERS Carriageworks, 23/06/2010
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THIS WEEK IN TUESDAY 29 Comedy At The Marble Bar - hosted by David Smeidt, tonight features Dave Jory plus guests. Marble Bar, 6:30pm.
WEDNESDAY 30 The Colour Blind Festival - festival showcasing Indigenous talent across the dramatic spectrum in an effort to break casting boundaries. Opening day. TAP Gallery until 10 July. See thecolourblindproject.org. Left Coast Festival – the closing event of the inaugural festival. Sedition, Darlinghurst, 6pm. Observatory Night Tour – the last sessions for this season include telescope viewing, a miniplanetarium and a 3D Space Theatre. Sydney Observatory. Paper Trail – solo showing of Elisabeth Cummings’ works on paper over the course of her 30-year career. King St Gallery, Darlinghurst until 24 July. Songs are for sad, paintings are for happy – exhibition by Craig Dermot of a series of works created as potential covers for the debut album from his band Scott & Charlene’s Wedding, exploring the ways he uses different art forms to express and process different emotional states. Somedays, Surry Hills until 8 August.
THURSDAY 1 ACP Slide Night – Ten photographers each give a ten-minute talk illustrated with examples of their work on a topic they “obsessively document”. Australian Centre For Photography, Paddington, 6pm. Keg Show – an exhibition bringing together art and things that hold beer (other than you). aMBUSH gallery, Waterloo 6pm. Under Milk Wood – Bambina Borracha Productions’ one-woman version of the Dylan Thomas ‘play for voices’ starring Zoe Norton Lodge, officially opens. Sidetrack Theatre, Marrickville and runs until 18 July.
FRIDAY 2 2001: A Space Odyssey – the Stanley Kubrick sci-fi masterpiece, one of the greatest films of all time, screens at the Chauvel Cinema, 8:30pm. West Side Story – the classic musical, combining the artistic forces of Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein • 52 • THE DRUM MEDIA 29 JUNE 2010
ARTS and Stephen Sondheim, opens at the Lyric Theatre. Until 2 August.
SATURDAY 3 Dead White Males – a David Williamson play that opens with an enactment of Barthes’ Death Of The Author, the show runs at the Genesian Theatre, Kent St until 7 August. NAIDOC Week at the Library – a display of NAIDOC posters from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s looking at the history of Aboriginal activism. Opening day. Customs House and Waterloo libraries until 22 July. Shakespeare’s R&J – four boys at a Catholic school where Romeo and Juliet has been banned explore the play in this take on seething adolescence and its theatrical depiction. Closing night, Seymour Centre.
SUNDAY 4 Black Angel: The Life of Arshile Gorky – Nouritza Matossian portrays the life of the Armenian-born American early Abstract Expressionist painter in a one-off show at the AGNSW, from 6:30pm. Endangered – the last day of Gary Heery’s portraits of strange and rare animals taken at Taronga and Western Plains zoos, on show in the Red Room at Customs House. LEGO Harry Potter Open Day – a movie viewing, a play area and the video game itself will be available to fans within the Gothic Main Quad at University of Sydney, from 12pm. Small Worlds – Keith Loutit’s video works mess around with scale and environment to make viewers question locations they take for granted. This is the final day you can see them on the Digital Media Wall at Customs House.
MONDAY 5 Underbelly Arts: Public Lab & Festival – running until 18 July, Underbelly Arts brings a bunch of artists to Chippendale’s arts precinct and gets them to make and do stuff that you can look at. Seeunderbellyarts.com.au for details and tickets to the final festival event. Winterland – Carriageworks’ festival of ice skating, music, mulled wine and markets opens today and runs until the end of July.
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THE DEATH OF ADONIS (ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 2009) KENT MONKMAN Displaying at the Museum Of Contemporary Art as part of the Biennale Of Sydney, until 1 August.
Carriageworks was sectioned off tonight to create a definite high school dance vibe - black curtain down one side for the wall flowers, stage up the front for the pretty people, and a humungous mirror ball. Thankfully this writer didn’t need a fake I.D. to get to the bar and after a little dutch courage the prospect of doing a mass dance lesson seemed a little easier. The point of Wrong Prom is centred around this themed lesson - tonight’s Blues Brothers theme saw lots of audience members in suits, hats and sunnies, as well as the odd nun just to flesh out the theme. We did a little warm up to a live version of Stand By Your Man (simple - only arms or legs, not both together, still able to be performed while holding your drink), then it was on to the more serious stuff. With dancers spread out across the room and three on stage teaching us the steps, the routine, complete with tail feather shaking, fake sax dancing and an ambitious but enjoyable turn was built up first without music, then with the first verse a few times and finally the whole song. It was best to apologise in advance to the people around you if you’re the type of person who tends to kick right when they should kick left, but even with these footwork faux pas the night was well worth it. Bring on a Grease themed prom next month. LIZ GIUFFRE
NIGHTS OF ARABIA BETHANY SMALL PREVIEWS THE ARAB FILM FESTIVAL, WHICH TAKES OVER RIVERSIDE THEATRES THIS WEEKEND.
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he Arab Film Festival is a platform for communicating the diversity and complexity of Arab societies and communities to a broad Australian audience, as well as the usual film festival opportunity for directors to have their works on show and for the film community to promote and support new work in different kinds of cinematic media. It features local and international films (from Lebanon, France and Egypt, among others) in animation, short and full feature formats, with the underlying ‘Arab’ quality of the works being based in the cultural identity of the filmmakers rather than particular locations or themes. The opening film, Ali Mostafa’s City Of Life, articulates these principles well. Set in Dubai, unofficially the capital of the new cosmopolitanism, it follows a multi-ethnic group of characters through intersecting journeys towards resolving their ideas of self. These - a taxi driver frequently mistaken as a Bollywood superstar, a Romanian ex-ballerina working as a flight attendant (sorry, don’t really believe that she’s having so much trouble looking for love) and a super-wealthy young Emirati man - are pretty interesting and, yep, diverse. In another of the featured films, 12 Angry Lebanese, director Zeina Daccache documents the art therapy project she instituted in the notorious Roumieh Prison, where over the course of 15 months 45 inmates worked to stage an adaptation of 12 Angry Men. The
Egyptian Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story appropriates the framework of the classic story cycle to represent the career of Hedda, a forceful and extremely successful talk-show host whose husband’s unfulfilled professional ambitions as editor of a government newspaper lead to compromises in her career, but whose turn to ‘soft’ news and ‘womens’ stories’ opens her eyes to and leads her to reveal even more damaging and controversial material. Elia Suleiman’s The Time That Remains is a semi-autobiographical depiction of the director’s experiences in Palestine from the late 1940s to the present day. Domestic and politically-charged, Suleiman’s film shows the impact of being labelled a minority in one’s home country in terms of family and community life. There’s also the very timely Kick Off by Shawqat Amin Korki, a film set in a halfdestroyed Iraqi stadium inhabited by refugee families that centres on a football match arranged to bring together the Kurdish, Arab, Turkmen and Assyrian boys of the camp (and to impress a girl). There’s also an Arabian Nights animation evening and a makhlouta program of shorts featuring a local kid who is awesome as Parkour (Mohammad) and a man who can’t grow the full set of facial hair that’s the norm in old Kuwait (Mustache), the endearingly-titled Ecce Hommos And The Butcher, which depicts the cranky proprietor of a halal butchery
ALI MOSTAFA, MOSTAFA, WHO WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE OPENING NIGHT. in a run-down part of Paris. A tenminute reel of recovered Arab home film sourced from the community has been put together and will be played on the closing day of the festival accompanied by music from Mohamed Youssef.
WHAT: Arab Film Festival WHERE & WHEN: Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Thursday 1 July to Sunday 4
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he conservative media had a field day last month over comments posted on Twitter by two prominent Melbourne personalities – one of them comedian Wil Anderson, whose live-tweeting of the Logies found him again at the receiving end of a loaded barrel of right-wing outrage. “I’d like to think that I have that much power, but actually, I think what I do is just put my name to the shit that everyone else is thinking and saying,” laughs Anderson in response to hysterical tabloid claims that his tweets during the Logies had threatened to end the annual event. “I was pretty aware that if I tweeted at the Logies people were going to write about it, because I did it last year, but I do find the faux outrage really hilarious. People that follow me on Twitter hear that stuff all the time and they tune in for it.” Although Anderson is quite modest about the one-line comedy gold that made that cringefest bearable, rather than simply mud-slinging with 140 characters Anderson picked his targets, and the flavour of criticism, beautifully. This writer’s favourite? “In front row for John Mayer. I may not take home Gold Logie but now have herpes.” (“I only did that because I couldn’t work out how to spell ‘gonorrhoea’ – it was just too hard to spell when I was drunk so I had to go with herpes.”) Since Drum’s post-Logies discussion with Anderson – we got him when the Murdoch gutter press couldn’t, dear reader – fellow tweeter Catherine Deveny was sacked by The Age for her offerings on Logies night. Although Anderson didn’t comment on her specifically, his ideas about the form in general certainly ring true. “I just consider myself a stand-up comedian – that’s the truth of it – and so I just try and think of funny things to say. I always think it doesn’t matter what the forum is, and when people say, ‘Oh, I don’t like Twitter’, I think that’s like saying, ‘Oh, I don’t like books’, or ‘I don’t like movies’. There are some shit people on Twitter, and there are some shit people writing books and some shit people making movies; it’s what you do with the medium that counts, not what the medium is. “I like that I have a job that I can say what I like when I like, and occasionally people will get offended by what you say. I think and I hope that the people who come to my shows – well, as my mate who’s filming the behind-the-scenes for the show said… what people speaking to him said they liked – was that I am honest. You won’t get shit from me; I’ll try to tell it like it is
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WIL ANDERSON IS NO STRANGER TO CONTROVERSY; HIS PENCHANT FOR ‘TELLING IT LIKE IT IS’ OFTEN LANDING HIM IN HOT WATER. NOT THAT HE GIVES A SHIT. LIZ GIUFFRE SPEAKS TO THE COMEDIAN.
and try and do interesting stuff, but at the end of the day you can take it or leave it, it’s not for everyone, and I’m sure people will find other things that they like. “I just hope that I’m loyal to and fulfil expectations; but also go on to challenge the expectations of the audience that I have.” Anderson’s new solo show Wilful Misconduct is his 15th (or so) and another in an ever-strengthening catalogue. Like all his shows, it’s built on a shameless reworking of his name – others in the list have included BeWildered, Wil Of God, and Wilosophy – and the pattern is perhaps an act of blatant narcissism, some cool branding or maybe just a loose gesture towards the show’s broad theme. Given the show has already won Anderson praise in several cities as well as a People’s Choice Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, whatever the formula is, it’s working. Having said that, Anderson wanted to make this show about breaking personal boundaries, and as such he’s also chronicled its development for audiences with a behind-the-scenes doco series being made and released for free as the shows run.
“I’ve been talking about it for years, having a way of following the behind the scenes of comedy,” he explains. “Even though a show normally tours, the people in Perth only see what version of the show makes it to Perth, so this kind of gives a sense of how it all comes together; I really wanted to do it. And we were kind of bumming around and trying to work [out] how to do it – it’s quite expensive and we weren’t really going to make any money out of it – and then yeah, Cool Ridge came along and said, ‘We might pay for it if you like,’ and I was like, ‘That sounds fucking sweet as!’” Like Anderson’s tweeting, for the Cool Ridge behind-the-scenes series Anderson wanted only to be transparent with his craft. “I’ve tried to kind of keep some real honesty in there – like shit where it didn’t go right. It’s not meant to be a PR piece, but instead it’s meant to hopefully give people a sense of the entire journey of what putting together a show from scratch is.” WHAT: Wilful Misconduct WHERE & WHEN: The Comedy Store Thursday 1 July to Sunday 25
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ACTORS WHO FAMOUSLY TURNED AGAINST THEIR OWN FILMS By Cam Grace 1. Sir Alec Guinness - Return Of The Jedi (1983) 2. Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights (1997) 3. Douglas Rain (HAL) - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 4. Sean Connery - The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2005) 5. Kim Basinger - Boxing Helena (1993) 6. Christopher Lee - Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King (2003) 7. John Cusack - Better Off Dead (1985)
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greatness, and now Glee uses jazz hands to get away with stuff like this:
Some people think television has been shit since the departure of The Muppet Show. And sure, it’s been hard to get even vaguely close to that show’s awesome prime time mixture of music, strange but beautiful looking characters, ‘blink and you’ll miss em’ one-liners and unlikely guest stars. Until you could get your hit by getting your Glee on. Don’t get me wrong, I know Glee divides people. And comparing it to The Muppets might be unforgivable sacrilege to some. But there’s lots to love in the show, and as a piece of modern American TV, Glee’s cast is so drenched in early onset botox, auto-tune and hardcore pilates work that they look about as natural as anything from Henson’s Creature Shop. But, like the mighty Muppets, with Glee, creator Ryan Murphy (Nip/ Tuck) is trying to change TV from within the commercial machine rather than sitting smugly on the cable sidelines preaching to the converted. Glee is made by the evil Fox network, which produces Fox News and its associated democratic corruption, but also funds and gives free rein to the makers of The Simpsons. Actually, The Simpsons is another in the ‘how can we trick them into thinking this isn’t really as loaded as it is’ type of prime time programming. The Muppets used felt and ping pong balls to make puppets get away with promoting Alice Cooper; The Simpsons use animation to get away with, well, two decades and counting worth of unmeasurable
Emma (impossibly prissy-looking, OCD-suffering, virginal school counsellor): Rachel, are you throwing up? You missed the toilet... Rachel (chronically daggy bullied teen with outstanding musical talent): No, the girl before me left that. I tried but it seems I don’t have a gag reflex. Emma: Well, when you’re older that will turn out to be a gift. That’s right, a blowjob joke. Funded by Rupert Murdoch. Broadcast internationally while families are still microwaving their dinners. Of course the show’s now almost done with its first season (finished in the States a couple of weeks ago, as smug torrenters will tell you), and the second part of its first season has been perhaps a little more naff that necessary. But what’s made the show fantastic is its continued, unapologetic contradictions. Making mainstream fodder without a brain would be easy, but you gotta respect Glee for sneaking in subversion with a major key and a catchy chorus. Take Beck’s Loser sung by a bunch of bored retail monkeys, or the show’s shameless devotion to reviving wigger pop (Vanilla Ice and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch have each been relived with irony overload). It’s not Dennis Potter or The West Wing. And maybe Glee’s reworking of Olivia Newton’s John’s Physical won’t, in years to come, have the same cult status as The Muppet’s Ma Na Ma Na. But for now it’s some of the best we’ve got.
RUN-RUN-RUN-RUN, RUNAWAYS Currently riding a wave of hype thanks to the sexed-up pairing of Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart, The Runaways hits Australian screens on Thursday 15 July, telling the story of the tumultuous beginnings of the careers of Cherie Currie and Joan Jett (played by Fanning and Stewart respectively) as teenagers in the band of the film’s name. You don’t have to wait those two weeks, however, as Popcorn Taxi are presenting a screening of The Runaways at Event Cinemas, Bondi Junction Wednesday 7 with an audience video-Q&A with Cherie Currie herself, live from Los Angeles. Head to popcorntaxi.com.au for tickets and further info.
produced, Adrien Brody-starring Predators, the third film in the series kicked off in 1987 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as play the new video game Crackdown 2, at Chauvel Cinema Tuesday 6 July, for your chance to secure tickets head to myspace.com/blackbetaau.
ST KILDA TRAVELS TO SYDNEY Festivals going on tour is nice, because it means the rest of us don’t have to leave home to visit them, but they can be confusing when they are named after the place they are primarily held – as is the case with the St Kilda Film Festival, which is coming to NSW. But who cares, right, when it means you get to watch films about an old man who lives in the woods (Helmut’s House) or an animated spraypainting girl? Or that have Leah Purcell (Tomorrow) or Emma Lung (Tomorrow (GPS)) in them? The St Kilda Film Festival hits Chauvel Cinema Wednesday 21 July, Moulamein Bowling Club Saturday 24, Peppin Bowling Club Sunday 25, Theatre Royal Monday 26, and Star Court Theatre Tuesday 3 August and Sunday 8. More info at stkildafilmfestival.com.au.
AGNSW JOINS ITUNES U PREDATORS
GRAB A SNEAK PEEK AT PREDATORS, CRACKDOWN 2 If you want to be one of the first people in Australia to see footage of the upcoming Robert Rodriguez-
The Art Gallery Of NSW is the latest organisation to join the iTunes U revolution. An extension of the podcasting idea, iTunes U collects together lectures and lessons, films and audiobooks – even tours – from various universities, higher education institutes, museums, galleries, etc. (For example, London’s Tate Modern offers their various audio tours as direct download via iTunes U, while various universities upload video lectures.) At launch, Art Gallery Of NSW offers various tours, including Director’s Choice, insights by curators of various exhibitions, a look at the Biennale, celebrity talks, and more. No more listening to kids screaming echoing down the halls. Head to the iTunes U section of iTunes and search for Art Gallery NSW. THE DRUM MEDIA 29 JUNE 2010 • 53 •
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TWO OF AUSTRALIA’S FINEST ACTORS COME TOGETHER IN ANDREW GREENE’S PRODUCTION OF THE STEPHEN SONDHEIM CLASSIC, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. DARRYN KING SPOKE TO THE DIRECTOR.
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n their attempts to appeal to a wider public, the world’s great opera companies regularly resort to putting on ‘lighter’ musical theatre since, as Opera Australia conductor Andrew Greene says, “Not everyone wants to see La Bohème.” This year even the Vienna State Opera, that great bastion of classical music, featured the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, however, just might please opera aficionados and musical theatre fans alike. It’s an ‘adult’ musical about adult relationships, a witty, accessible piece of musical theatre – far more accessible than Sondheim’s blood-curdling Sweeney Todd or nerve-shattering Assassins – with a rich and complex score that fits comfortably into the Opera Australia repertoire. Sondheim has called it his ‘Mozart musical’ – the title itself is the English translation of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. The analogy holds insofar as A Little Night Music evokes the subtle, chamber-like quality of Mozart’s work. “As far as musicals go it is certainly not a razzle-dazzle show,” Greene admits. “It’s not in anyone’s face. It has the intimacy of Mozart without necessarily having the harmonic palette of Mozart.” As a conductor, Greene dabbles in both musical theatre and opera, equally likely to conduct Così Fan Tutte and Die Zauberflöte as The Pirates Of Penzance and My Fair Lady (as he has, for Opera Australia). When it comes to musical theatre,
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Greene knows that Sondheim is as sophisticated as it gets. “So much so that many of his works have not achieved popular success at the box office. They’re considered specialist material.” It’s a minefield of a show for performers. As well as a dialogueheavy book, it features complex meters, key changes so abrupt they’re liable to cause whip-lash and tongue-twisting rapid-fire lyrics (“In view of her fancy for something Romantic / De Sade is too chancy and Dickens too frantic”). Perhaps the trickiest aspect of Sondheim’s score though is its dissonant harmonic palette, where singers must sustain notes that seem to be at odds with notes beneath. “The cast will often unconsciously try to correct the notes. You have to say, ‘No, just do what’s written there, just accept his sound world.’ Once you accept his harmonic language, there is a clear logic to it. A lot of the actors find it, musically, incredibly complicated. The musical requirements are really extraordinarily difficult.” A Little Night Music is so demanding of its players and performers that musical theatre companies are not always equipped to do it justice. Greene is particularly critical of the production of the show currently on Broadway, directed by famed director Trevor Nunn. As part of Nunn’s ‘Chekovian’ vision, the production features a reduced orchestra of only eight musicians, somewhat enfeebling Sondheim’s score and Jonathan Tunick’s orchestrations.
“After a while the score becomes a bit grey. An opera company can do the pieces as they were written, with the large orchestra they were written for, and not have to scale everything back, which is happening with most modern productions of Sondheim. It’s so necessary in A Little Night Music to have a lush, romantic orchestra – to match what is essentially a romantic comedy.” The Opera Australia production stars musical theatre stalwart Anthony Warlow in his Sondheim debut as Fredrick – a challenging role even for the Phantom of the Opera himself, Greene notes – and Sigrid Thornton as Desiree Armfeldt, performing the legendary musical theatre number Send In The Clowns.
“I think the difficulty of doing that song is that it’s so moving. It’s such an emotional high-point for Desiree. Finding the emotional way through it is the hardest thing about it in many ways.” Naturally, even Send In The Clowns is more musically complex than it may sound, with its 12/8 time signature. That’s A Little Night Music in a nutshell, really. A very complicated musical about love – that most complicated of things. WHAT: A Little Night Music WHERE & WHEN: Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House Monday 28 June to Thursday 15 July
Arthouse cinema the Academy Twin in Paddington has closed, leaving about 15 casual staff out of work. The executive director of Palace Cinemas, Benjamin Zeccola, reckons the company wasn’t able to negotiate a lease renewal with the Greek Orthodox Community, which owns the building. Palace also runs the nearby Chauvel and Verona cinemas. Bangarra Dance Theatre has won outstanding performance by a company at this year’s Australian Dance Awards for its production Fire: A Retrospective. Artistic Director Stephen Page was given a services to dance award after 19 years with the company. Meryl Tankard and Paul White won outstanding achievement in choreography for The Oracle, Maggi Phillips outstanding achievement in dance education, and Sue Peacock won achievement in independent dance for Questions Without Notice. The Australian Ballet’s Lana Jones was awarded outstanding performance by a female dancer for Firebird, while outstanding performance by a male dancer went to Paul White for The Oracle. Adelaide’s Restless Dance Theatre won outstanding achievement in youth or community dance for its performance installation Bedroom Dancing. Caroline O’Connor won outstanding performance in a stage musical for Chicago, and William Akers was awarded the lifetime achievement award. Former Home & Away actor Todd Lasance has been cast in the first spin-off movie from the makers of Underbelly. Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here is about the 1998 shooting murders of Victorian police officers Gary Silk and Rod Miller. Lasance plays a detective who helped investigate the killings. Meanwhile, Premier Kristina Keneally
maintains her Government had nothing to do with a recent DVD launch party for the series at a Kings Cross club. The Opposition last week accused the Government of glorifying crime by sponsoring the party at The Tunnel nightclub, which is associated with Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim. Keneally insists they helped fund the series - but not the party. Underbelly is also about to get an American makeover, with US cable channel Starz buying the rights to produce its own version of the show. Night owls have prompted Sydney Opera House to extend its monthly Late Night Lounge until the end of the year. The rock’n’roll, variety, chat show experience brings together famous and the infamous artists performing across the city. The venue created the series in February and the first five events sold out. There’s a different lineup each month - with the next one on 10 July including comedian Charlie Pickering, French chanteuse Caroline Nin and an encore performance by cabaret star iOTA. More than a year after its Sydney premiere, the curtain will come down on Wicked at the Capitol Theatre for the last time on 12 September. It moves to Brisbane in January. Currently in its seventh year on Broadway, Wicked’s four North American and four international companies have grossed $1.8 billion and it’s been seen by 23 million people worldwide. An exhibition of photographic work by emerging artists from Western Sydney has opened at Blacktown Arts Centre. Reside acknowledges contemporary Aboriginal arts practice through the work of Darren Bell, Rosalind Gibson and Shay Tobin. It’s curated by Nicole Foreshew.
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GET HIM TO THE GREEK
GET HIM TO THE GREEK In movies, there’s a plot device known as ‘the ticking clock’. It’s fairly self-explanatory, really – usually in a third act of the film, the characters will find themselves with only hours, minutes or even seconds to do anything from save the world to make it to the church on time. It’s a tried-and-true method of creating a layer of tension or excitement to the story, and while it can be a little clichéd it’s generally pretty effective. The ticking clock is a big part of the new comedy Get Him To The Greek, which reunites outrageous UK comedian Russell Brand and roly-poly US actor Jonah Hill after their subplot in 2008’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall proved so appealing to audiences. • 54 • THE DRUM MEDIA 29 JUNE 2010
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FAREWELL I mean, the title alone indicates some kind of urgency, right? Sadly one of the main problems with this movie is its lack of urgency. Even though the story hinges on the uptight Hill and the misbehaving Brand getting from London to Los Angeles in 72 hours, the characters and the film itself seem content to go ‘Eh, whatever’. It’s not the kind of thing that completely derails Get Him to The Greek – for the most part, the movie is jam-packed with rudely funny stuff – but it does indicate a slackness and lack of focus that keeps it from being as good as it could be. The story seems a little scattershot, like writer-director Nicholas Stoller threw everything at the wall and gathered up the sequences that vaguely resembled a story. As a result, Get Him To The Greek is fun, but it’s also decidedly flimsy.
WHERE & WHEN: Screening in cinemas now GUY DAVIS
FAREWELL Christian Carion’s film, Farewell, takes us back to the good old days of international espionage and nailbiting paranoia. It’s the tail end of the Cold War and apparently this story about an unlikely spy who managed to compromise the entire KGB operations is quite famous among French and Russian agents. At one stage the film was all set to roll in Hollywood with Jean Reno and Ben Kingsley to star but Carion decided to pull the plug and head back to Europe to work with a more authentic cast and backdrop. Farewell is about Sergei Grigoriev (Emir Kusturica), a Russian KGB
Colonel. The year is 1981 and Grigoriev is not happy with what he sees as the perversion of the Communist Manifesto under the leadership of Breznev. And so he decides to pass on state secrets to a man who would be unlikely to fall under the regime’s ever-watchful gaze. Pierre (Guillaume Canet) is a French engineer stationed in Moscow. The pair wind up sharing more than a very unlikely trade in secret intelligence; they start to become mates and commune late at night over their issues with wives and children becoming addicted to the western music of Queen. The title Farewell actually refers to Grigoriev’s codename during this operation. And this film works in part due to the complete yin and yang casting of Kusturica (the Yugoslavian director of films like Underground) and Canet (director of Tell No One).
They somehow make us believers in this fantastical tale, which is mostly based on fact. WHEN: Screening in cinemas 1 July PRISCELLA ENGALL
TOY STORY 3 Fifteen years have passed since we first met Woody, Buzz, Andy and the gang, and a further 11 years since super-sequel Toy Story 2 proved Pixar was a special studio capable of changing the way animated films were perceived. Even so, no one could have predicted the run of popular and critical hits the animators would then embark on. Pixar has now come full circle to finally deliver a well-deserved goodbye to those anamorphic toys Randy Newton promised would be our friends. Toy Story 3 depends a lot on the
strength of our relationship with the likes of Woody and Buzz. As Andy readies himself for college he is faced with the question of what to do with his old toys: take them with him, consign them to the attic, give them away or toss ’em to the kerb? Misunderstanding and the film’s narrative need for conflict sees him opt for the latter. Where the first two films centred on a rescue structure, TS3 is all about the jailbreak. The film is not without its flaws, particularly in the writing, which isn’t as sharp as we’d expect, veering toward Shrek gag territory. Nevertheless, the climax packs a punch, which means you should pack the Kleenex. WHERE & WHEN: Screening in cinemas now SCOTT HENDERSON
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WITH THE IMMORTAL BROADWAY MUSICAL WEST SIDE STORY OPENS IN SYDNEY THIS WEEK, DARRYN KING VISITED REHEARSALS TO SEE THE EARLY STAGES OF THE PRODUCTION.
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t seems scarcely adequate to call West Side Story the greatest musical of all time because it’s such a no-brainer. Premiering in 1957, it has become the defining work of musical theatre in the 20th Century, a modern day tale of star-cross’d lovers and gang warfare between the Anglo-Irish-Italian Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks in mid-’50s Manhattan. The talent behind it was exceptional: a book by Arthur Laurents, the groundbreaking choreography of Jerome Robbins, the exquisite music of Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Musical theatre hasn’t seen an alignment of the stars quite like it. “The Jets are gunna have their day tonight…” The performers have just launched into the Tonight number when the musical supervisor shouts, “That’s pussy!” They try again, with considerably more gusto. West Side Story is musical theatre with cajones. Many cast members have scabby knees from sliding across the rehearsal room floor, and they pant with asthmatic vigour after a rehearsal of the skirmish scene, as director Joey McKneely provides his notes. He talks of the importance of
effect on him. “The emotions I felt doing the choreography of West Side Story was something I had never experienced on the stage before,” McKneely has said. “The pure challenge of just getting through it pushed my limits.” In 2000, McKneely was asked to direct West Side Story at La Scala in Milan. In the ten years since, McKneely has devoted most of his life to directing productions of the musical all around the world. He tells me, as if it isn’t obvious already, that he loves the show.
stamina and momentum, and sums up: “Just gotta work a little harder.” I’m paying a visit to Rehearsal Room 1 at ABC’s studios in Sydney, where the cast of the Australian production of West Side Story are being put through their paces. Already this morning the cast has had a yoga session (it helps the performers deal with the psychological intensity of the story, I’m told), a ballet class (the free-standing ballet-barres are in danger of lifting off the floor) and a vocal warm-up (the cast sing “There’s a place for us”, beautifully, over and
over). Right now, they’re in the middle of a high-intensity rehearsal of some major scenes, with accompaniment provided on piano and drums: the frenetic opening brawl/ballet, the colourful America number and the neighbourhood dance. Later today there’ll be more vocal practice, dialect coaching and more choreography for the knife fight that closes Act 1. An established Broadway dancer in the ’80s, Joey McKneely performed in a Jerome Robbins retrospective in 1989 under the direction of the great man himself. It had a profound
It’s marvellous watching McKneely assist the cast in finding their performances. He closes up the action of the knife-fight scene – encouraging the cast to ‘feel the danger’ – and urges everyone to be more expressive in their dancing. He compliments a girl on her outfit and tells another to be ‘less Bugs Bunny’. Each new incarnation of the musical, he explains, is adjusted to suit the talents, the abilities and the look of its particular cast. This becomes apparent when he places a Jet boy and girl (Mitchell Woodcock and Emma Hawthorne) centre stage to illuminate their striking ‘blondeness’.
“He’s so passionate you can taste it,” says Turanga Merito, who plays Chino. “It never, ever feels like work with him. The material is so fresh. He creates this environment of truth and reality in the rehearsal room. “I come from a jukebox musical theatre background, so going to this real-life drama was a shock. I don’t think any of us thought that we’d be in for this much of an emotional journey. There’s three murders and a rape – eight times a week. That’s heavy stuff. It’s just overwhelming having to connect with that.” As hard as they work, and as heavy as the material gets, the sense of fun and excitement in the rehearsal room is infectious. The cast applaud each other’s scenes appreciatively and get along smashingly. “It’s such a segregated show,” says Nathan Pinnell, who plays Baby John. “On stage, the Jets have to hate the Sharks and the Sharks have to hate the Jets. But it’s funny: at lunch there’s so much love in the room between everyone. They’re young and they’re fresh. There are no jaded performers in the cast and everyone’s really committed to it. I guess we just try to find the love. We just talk about rubbish and crack jokes.” A prop jukebox sits at one end of the room, still under wraps, straight from the Japanese production, with other props laid out on a table: Maria’s shawl, Krupke’s whistle, Bernardo’s knife. Even Maria’s bed sits here, undisturbed. A fiery Anita and Bernardo (Alinta Chidzey and Nigell Turner-Carroll) are practising a fierce tango, and Tony and Maria (Josh Piterman and a dreamy-eyed Julie Goodwin) are playing and replaying the moment they meet (“Discover Maria!” McKneely tells his Tony). Seeing a production of West Side Story in this early stage of development, one begins to think of these young Australians as just the latest in a long line of performers to sing these songs, step into these moves, throw themselves into the world of the Jets and the Sharks. Just playing their part in perpetuating the awesome legacy of West Side Story. “It’s incredible,” says Pinnell. “Absolutely incredible. It’s one of the dream theatre roles to get. I’m sure it’s on top of the list for anyone in musical theatre.” “An honour,” Merito agrees. I depart as the cast breaks for a well-earned lunch, passing Jets and Sharks – getting along just fine. WHAT: West Side Story WHERE & WHEN: Lyric Theatre from Thursday 1 July
THEATRE REVIEW
MEASURE FOR MEASURE Belvoir St Theatre As a director, Benedict Andrews is a semi-religious figure in Sydney theatre, exalted by some and despised by others. Audience members tend to either love the work or want to get the hell out, and this will be true of the latest play to undergo surgery at his hands. In the Company B production of Measure For Measure, Shakespeare’s text is stripped, dissected, laid open and given stunning new life. The Duke (Robert Menzies) has up and left Vienna – re-imagined here as a generic hotel room by set designer Ralph Myers – leaving the uptight Lord Angelo (Damon Gameau) in charge. Angelo comes down hard on unlawful sexual activity and sentences Claudio (Chris Ryan) to death for impregnating his lover out of wedlock. But when Claudio’s sister, the chaste and virtuous Isabella (Robin McLeavy), comes to Angelo to plead for her brother’s life, Angelo feels some unlawful stirrings of his own. What instantly hits you in this production is the presence of video cameras, monitoring and interrogating the performers’ every movement, transmitting the images live to screens either side of the stage. One’s attention is divided between the action on stage and whatever, or whomever, is trapped in the not entirely benevolent gaze of the surveillance equipment. It adds a thrilling dimension to be reminded of one’s own act of voyeurism. It’s a device that also gives us a chance to appreciate the work of a good ensemble in extreme close-up. Robin McLeavy is particularly outstanding. As an inspired new ending suggests, this story belongs to Isabella, and McLeavy bears the emotional burden of the play wonderfully. Theatre like Andrews’s Measure For Measure has the potential to change your perception of theatre forever. It’s Shakespeare as it should be: exhilarating, dangerous and for the age we live in. Don’t miss it. Until 25 July DARRYN KING
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Synth fun-time popsters We Say Bamboulee, whose name can be noted on any number of posters in support slots from time to time, captured the attention of a sizeable interim audience and bopped their way into the hearts and minds of the initiated. Despite their sound of duelling keys and drums, and ear for a catchy tune, or the fact they don’t differ too much from any number of bands you might catch around the traps, they were having fun and so were the fans and friends up the front. Duo Kyu’s experimental sound had the feel of an arts project that suddenly found itself fronting a close to capacity crowd and yes, there were a few hiccups but it was a refreshing change to what Sydneysiders are usually subject to. Embracing pop loops, percussion and vocal harmonies, they paid tribute to influences such as Bjork and School Of Seven Bells, essentially making it their own sound. Unfortunately the crowd didn’t share the same view and towards the end of the set the chatter was drowning out the people on stage, but it’s encouraging to see people doing what they obviously love and there is some quiet potential here. As Cloud Control took to the stage, you could kind of feel that these four friends are on the cusp of greatness. With a live show schedule that will soon see them head to the UK, they’ve found a niche that continues to amass a bigger and more diverse bunch of people due to their ability to craft intelligent indie-pop tunes, their preference of tape over digital and the backbone of the band, their live show. Dead bang in the middle of touring the release of their critically lauded debut, Bliss Release, the set was enjoyable from start to end, with singles and potential singles being fired in all directions. A stirring take of Gold Canary completely filled the ‘Dale with layered four-person harmonies, while the other end of the spectrum, Old Man And The River and Meditation Song #2 got the distortion and the rock version of Cloudies out and about. The only downer was singer Alister Wright’s sweat jacket straight from the failed Adidas 1992 winter catalogue, but nonetheless, the faultless delivery of so many good songs put them up there as one of the best acts in Australia at the moment. Adam Wilding
ASH GRUNWALD: Jun 30 Baroque, Jul 1 Transit Bar, Jul 8 Harp Wollongong, Jul 9 The Metro, Jul 11 Mean Fiddler KARNIVOOL: Jun 30, Jul 1, Jul 2 The Metro, Jul 3 ANU Bar THIRSTY MERC: Jun 30 Southern Cross Club, Jul 1 Waves, Jul 2 Cambridge Hotel, Jul 3 The Metro REPTILES: Jun 30 Spectrum IAN MOSS: Jul 1 Southern Cross Club, Jul 2 Rooty Hill RSL, Jul 3 Bankstown Sports Showroom, Jul 9 Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre, Jul 10 Notes, Aug 6 Heritage Hotel, Aug 7 Coogee Diggers, Aug 13 & 14 Lizotte’s Newcastle, Aug 19 – 21 Lizotte’s Kincumber, Sep 16 & 17 Clarendon Katoomba, Sep 18 Canterbury Hurlstone RSL ERNEST ELLIS: Jul 1 Oxford Art Factory, Jul 3 Transit Bar, Jul 23 Grand Hotel Wollongong MISTA SAVONA: Jul 2 Beach Road Hotel PARADES: Jul 2 Grand Hotel Wollongong, Jul 3 Red Rattler 1927: Jul 2 Davistown RSL, Jul 3 Belmont 16 Footers Club, Aug 6 Southern Cross Club, Sep 3 Enmore Theatre THE BREAK: Jul 2 Waves, Jul 3 Old Manly Boatshed, Jul 4 The Brewery THE SNOWDROPPERS: Jul 2 Old Manly Boatshed, Jul 3 Hotel Gearin, Jul 9 Brass Monkey 50 LIONS, BLKOUT: Jul 3 Factory Theatre REGURGITATOR: Jul 3 Annandale Hotel RICHARD IN YOUR MIND: Jul 3 Spectrum GARETH LIDDIARD: Jul 4 Annandale Hotel THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT, CALLING ALL CARS: Jul 8 Hellenic Club, Jul 10 Panthers Newcastle, Jul 11 Mona Vale Hotel, Jul 14 Campbelltown RSL, Jul 15 Castle Hill RSL, Jul 16 Entrance Leagues Club THE AMITY AFFLICTION: Jul 8 Woden Basketball Stadium, Jul 9 UNSW Roundhouse THE WILDES: Jul 8 Notes, Jul 9 Brass Monkey, Jul 10 Heritage Hotel, Jul 11 The Clarendon, Jul 14 Lizotte’s Kincumber, Jul 15 Wickham Park Hotel MR MAPS: Jul 8 Excelsior Hotel Surry Hills, Jul 9 World Bar, Jul 10 The Lass O’Gowrie DAN PARSONS: Jul 9 World Bar DIAFRIX: Jul 9 Oxford Art Factory THE BEARDS: Jul 9 Sandringham Hotel, Jul 10 The Northern Star BRITISH INDIA: Jul 9 Gaelic Theatre, Jul 10
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WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY THE METRO THEATRE; SATURDAY, ANU BAR Last week, guitarist Drew Goddard told Drum, “It’s the live show where people are sold on Karnivool. It’s the direct communication that’s the factor.” The fact that they’re playing three shows at The Metro this week suggests that if those fans were coaxed through the live show, then they’re going to leave with quite a few more. Sharing a vocalist with Birds Of Tokyo, the ‘Vool’s appearances are increasingly rare, and with Sydney’s own MM9 and Gay Paris (a late inclusion following a cancellation) supporting, it’ll all be left up on stage.
Cambridge Hotel DRAWN FROM BEES: Jul 10 Gaelic Theatre CW STONEKING: Jul 10 Selina’s YOUNG HERETICS: Jul 10 Spectrum SUPER WILD HORSES: Jul 24 Excelsior Hotel Surry Hills LISA MILLER: Jul 16 Notes, Jul 17 Heritage Hotel, Jul 18 The Clarendon HARD-ONS: Jul 16 Annandale Hotel BLACK CAB: Jul 16 Oxford Art Factory THE BOAT PEOPLE: Jul 16 Spectrum THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS: Jul 16 Hellenic Club, Jul 17 Enmore Theatre THE SCARE: Jul 16 Grand Hotel Wollongong, July 17 Annandale Hotel LITTLE RED: Jul 17 Oxford Art Factory BENEDICT MOLETA: Jul 18 Sandringham Hotel SHIHAD: Jul 20 & 21 Annandale Hotel SPIT SYNDICATE: Jul 22 The Harp Wollongong, Jul 23 Cambridge Newcastle, Jul 24 Gaelic Theatre, Jul 25 The Wall GYAN: Jul 23 The Clarendon, Jul 24 Notes, Jul 25 Lizotte’s Kincumber BOYS BOYS BOYS!: Jul 23 World Bar COLLEGE FALL: Jul 23 Excelsior Hotel Surry Hills VIOLENT SOHO: Jul 23 Annandale Hotel GOSTELERADIO: Jul 23 Oxford Art Factory FABULOUS DIAMONDS: Jul 23 Spectrum HALFWAY: Jul 23 Excelsior Surry Hills SALLY SELTMANN: Jul 23 Oxford Art Factory, Jul 24 Heritage Hotel THE NATION BLUE, A DEATH IN THE FAMILY: Jul 23 Sandringham Hotel THE WILSON PICKERS: Jul 24 Raval, Jul 25 Hotel Gearin THE TEMPER TRAP: Jul 27 Hordern Pavilion DAVE GRANEY & THE LURID YELLOW MIST: Jul 28 The Clarendon, Jul 29 Lizotte’s Kincumber, Jul 30 Lizotte’s Newcastle, Jul 31 Notes, Aug 1 Brass Monkey TAYLOR: Jul 28 The Vanguard SHANE HOWARD: Jul 28
The Basement Circular Quay, Jul 30 Lizotte’s Kincumber, Jul 31 Lizotte’s Newcastle LUNGS: Jul 29 Hamilton Station Hotel, Jul 30 Oxford Tavern, Jul 31 Sandringham Hotel DARREN HANLON: Aug 12 Gallipoli Legions Club, Aug 13 The Factory Theatre, Aug 14 Tilley’s, Aug 15 The Clarendon, Aug 18 Heritage Hotel LOWRIDER: Aug 12 The Brewery, Aug 13 Annandale Hotel OZI BATLA: Aug 12 Harp Wollongong, Aug 13 Gearin Hotel HUNGARY KIDS OF HUNGARY*: Aug 13 Oxford Art Factory, Aug 14 Cambridge Hotel EXTORTION, I EXIST: Aug 13 ANU Bar, Aug 14 Sandringham Hotel, Aug 15 The Loft Newcastle GRINSPOON: Aug 13 Waves, Aug 15 The Entrance Leagues Club, Aug 18 Newcastle Leagues GLIDE feat. TOBY MARTIN*: Aug 14 Annandale Hotel BASEMENT BIRDS: Aug 18 Newcastle Uni, Aug 19 Wollongong Uni, Aug 20 Enmore Theatre BLISS N ESO: Aug 19 Enmore Theatre ART VS SCIENCE: Aug 19 Bar On The Hill, Aug 20 Uni of Wollongong, Aug 21 The Metro Theatre HOUSE VS HURRICANE, HEROES FOR HIRE: Aug 19 The Cambridge, Aug 20 The Loft Youth Venue, Aug 21 Weston Creek Community Centre, Aug 22 Campbelltown PCYC MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS: Aug 20 The Forum BREAKING ORBIT: Aug 20 Hamilton Station Hotel, Aug 21 ANU Bar, Sep 9 The Harp Wollongong, Sep 10 The Wall PVT: Aug 21 Manning Bar CORDRAZINE: Aug 21 The Vanguard THE CAT EMPIRE:
Aug 22 ANU Bar, Aug 29 Hordern Pavilion ANGUS & JULIA STONE: Aug 25 Newcastle Civic Theatre, Aug 26 & 27 Enmore Theatre, Sep 1 Llewellyn Hall, Sep 2 Wollongong Uni POWDERFINGER: Sep 1 Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Sep 9 WIN Entertainment Centre, Sep 18 & 19 Sydney Entertainment Centre, Oct 12 University Of Canberra, Nov 6 Acer Arena JOHN BUTLER TRIO: Sep 2 WIN Entertainment Centre, Sep 3 Hordern Pavilion, Sep 7 Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Sep 15 Royal Theatre HORRORSHOW*: Sep 3 Gaelic Theatre, Sep 4 ANU Bar PARKWAY DRIVE: Sep 24 Hordern Pavilion, Sep 25 Royal Theatre, Sep 27 Newcastle Panthers AIRBOURNE: Oct 22 The Metro Theatre SARAH BLASKO: Oct 28 Civic Theatre, Oct 29 Enmore Theatre, Oct 30 The Playhouse PENDULUM*: Nov 6 Hordern Pavilion
INTERNATIONAL GIGI BAROCCO: Jul 2 Candy’s Apartment, Jul 3 Lot 33 STEPHAN BODZIN, HUGO: Jul 3 Arthouse Hotel THE SOFT PACK: Jul 7 Oxford Art Factory MARK LANEGAN: Jul 8 The Metro BOYS LIKE GIRLS: Jul 11 UNSW Roundhouse SNFU: Jul 14 The Wall OM: Jul 17 The Factory STRIKE ANYWHERE: Jul 18 Woodport Inn, Jul 19 Caringbah Bizzo’s, Jul 20 The Wall, Jul 21 Cambridge Hotel SCUBA: Jul 23 Civic KASABIAN: Jul 24 Hordern Pavilion ALBERTA CROSS: Jul 24 Annandale Hotel, Jul 25 Cambridge Hotel GRIZZLY BEAR, HERE WE GO MAGIC: Jul 24 & Jul 25 Enmore Theatre LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, HOT CHIP: Jul 26 Hordern Pavilion SCISSOR SISTERS: Jul 27 Big Top Luna Park THE DRUM MEDIA 29 JUNE 2010 • 57 •
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YEASAYER: Jul 28 The Metro FOALS: Jul 28 Manning Bar WINTERBEATZ feat. NE-YO, T-PAIN: Jul 28 Acer Arena THE TING TINGS: Jul 28 Enmore Theatre THE JOY FORMIDABLE*: Jul 28 Beach Road Hotel THE STROKES: Jul 29 Hordern Pavilion GOLDFRAPP: Jul 29 Big Top Luna Park BAND OF HORSES: Jul 29 Enmore Theatre HELLYEAH: Jul 29 The Metro Theatre THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS: Jul 30 Hordern Pavilion THE MAGIC NUMBERS: Jul 30 The Metro RICHARD ASHCROFT & THE UNITED NATIONS OF SOUND: Jul 31 Enmore Theatre MIDLAKE: Jul 31 The Metro SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS: Jul 31 Gaelic Theatre BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB: Aug 1 The Metro THE DRUMS: Aug 1 Oxford Art Factory TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB: Aug 2 Manning Bar PASSION PIT: Aug 2 The Forum JONSI: Aug 2 Enmore Theatre LAURA MARLING: Aug 1 The Factory, Aug 2 The Metro FANFARLO: Aug 2 Gaelic Theatre ASH, WE ARE SCIENTISTS: Aug 3 The Metro SURFER BLOOD: Aug 3 Manning Bar BAND OF SKULLS: Aug 3 Oxford Art Factory DELPHIC: Aug 3 The Gaelic Theatre, Aug 4 The Grand Wollongong FRIGHTENED RABBIT: Aug 3 The Factory MUMFORD & SONS: Aug 3 Enmore Theatre K-OS: Aug 4 Oxford Art Factory BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE: Aug 4 The Metro MIIKE SNOW: Aug 4 The Forum KATE NASH: Aug 5 The Metro FLORENCE & THE MACHINE: Aug 5, 6 & 7 Enmore Theatre, Aug 8 Hordern Pavilion TESTAMENT: Aug 7 Manning Bar A TRIBE CALLED QUEST: Aug 11 Hordern Pavilion 3OH!3*: Aug 13 UNSW Roundhouse SENSES FAIL: Aug 14 The Factory Theatre HORACE PINKER: Aug 14 Spectrum EELS: Aug 14 Enmore Theatre CKY: Aug 14 Manning Bar LOS VAN VAN: Aug 15 Sydney Opera House SLASH: Aug 16 Hordern Pavilion CHRIS BOTTI: Aug 22 & • 58 • THE DRUM MEDIA 29 JUNE 2010
The Metro Theatre 26/06/10 Arising a couple of years ago as a sure-fire success in the Sydney indie scene, Chaingang have been treading water since. Recently re-emerging in support slots, such as tonight’s, with a new drummer and perceivably a development in their songwriting their energy indicates that they mean what they’re doing, but the audience is not quite sure what that is. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are the easy comparison, but they’re pushing a heavier edge that doesn’t always boast the clarity it needs. Frontwoman Hayley Foster’s got a soul disposition and it’d be nice to see that come through more.
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UNSW Roundhouse AGAINST ME!: Oct 9 The Metro Theatre, Oct 10 Cambridge Hotel RUFUS WAINWRIGHT: Oct 14 Concert Hall Sydney Opera House, Oct 21 State Theatre PARAMORE: Oct 15 Sydney Entertainment Centre BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH*: Oct 16 Annandale Hotel PAUL WELLER: Oct 22, 23 Enmore Theatre AMERICA, CHICAGO, PETER FRAMPTON: Oct 27 Sydney Entertainment Centre, Oct 29 WIN Entertainment Centre, Nov 6 Hope Estate, Nov 7 AIS Arena LEONARD COHEN: Nov 8 & 9 Acer Arena ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK: Nov 12 & 13 State Theatre THE EAGLES*: Dec 2 & 3 Sydney Entertainment Centre, Dec 6 & 7 Acer Arena BLONDIE, THE PRETENDERS: Dec 7 & 8 Enmore Theatre, Dec 11 Bimbadgen Estate, Dec 14 Royal Theatre MUSE: Dec 9 & 10 Acer
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any great fervour but more importantly without any false meaning. Driving force and vocalist Amandah Wilkinson was noticeably suffering from a sore throat, but admirably it didn’t detract from anything, really. With both new and old material appreciated from the crowd, the diversion of Destiny’s Child’s Lose My Breathe was well placed and executed. Still looking for their place within Australia’s music scene, they were predictably solid, unremarkable in either a positive or negative way. Unfortunately, sometimes that can be worse than both. Scott Fitzsimons
Received by a decent crowd – admittedly as interested in photos of themselves as in the onstage action – Perth’s Tim & Jean appear, for better or worse, to be the heirs to the early festival slot now left vacant by a headlining Art Vs. Science. The quartet, featuring three laptop/synth operators and a drummer, are all about the party and while they can bring it they’re yet to push it much farther. Those in the know have been tipping them for a little while now, but with a fairly standard live show and songwriting that’s not as intelligent as, to use an extreme example, The Presets, one has to feel that on the back of this performance they’re destined to travel the route of similarly ‘80s-minded outfit, The Galvatrons – not enough style to make up for the patchy substance. Someone’s going to have to add some dynamic, also. Maybe it was just their two supports appearing under-developed, but Operator Please have really turned into an accomplished act. The medium-sized crowd proved that while their fanbase was maturing alongside the band, there have been a few who’ve got off the wagon. What they delivered was a fun show, the balloons and whistles of their stage set up was little more than ‘because we can’, but tracks from both albums were delivered competently, with all five members moving around the stage without
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Sydney Entertainment Centre 21/06/10 There was very clearly only one reason why Noxshi had been invited to play this show, that being the fact that frontman Yoriyos was created with the genetics of Yusuf. Whilst technically proficient, Noxshi’s absurd hard funk (part Mars Volta, part Russell Brand’s Infant Sorrow), coupled with psychedelic swirls on three large panels, was not only bland, but also too abrasive for the mostly octogenarian audience. The loudest cheers of the set were reserved for Yoriyos’ constant assurance that “he’s coming soon”, speaking volumes about the reception of Noxshi’s music itself. Those cheers increased a thousandfold when Yusuf walked out on stage, strumming a guitar and singing Lilywhite in that distinctive voice. It’s been 35 years since the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens set foot on Australian soil, so tonight was not without expectation, but all standards were surpassed with a moving, yet light-hearted, set. Sitting before a backdrop that changed digitally to suit each individual song, Yusuf proved that songs four decades old still hold relevance today, such as Where Do The Children Play?, which he related to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Pedalling through old favourites (including a medley featuring a singalonginducing The First Cut Is The Deepest), Yusuf also played some newer material such as Boots And Sand, all accompanied by back-stories. Far and away the highlight of the night was the ingenious arrangement of classic songs into a musical theatre format – favourites like Matthew And Son and But I Might Die Tonight were abridged to become scenes in a love story, narrated by Yusuf between songs and accompanied by beautiful slides. Always the joker, Yusuf several times played the opening bars of a song to rapturous applause, only to pull back, laughing “I don’t feel like playing that one yet”. Accompaniment varied from minimalistic to a full seven-piece band (including original ’70s recording partner Alun Davies, sporting a Cat Stevens t-shirt), at one point Yusuf abandoned the stage for his bandmates to lead the crowd in a rousing rendition of Waltzing Matilda, returning to join in at the end. Saving the big classics like Morning Has Broken, Wild World, Father And Son and Peace Train for last, Yusuf had 10,000 people spellbound, like a grandfather telling stories to wide-eyed children. These two short hours were lifeaffirming, taking some punters back to their glory days and making others wish they were born a few decades earlier. Giselle Nguyen
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The beautifully-styled Raval was buzzing early tonight, with all seats taken by the time Eirwen Skye took the stage. Beginning with a stunning unaccompanied one lady looping experience, her set to follow was, unfortunately, patchy. Next the Ministry Of Truth (ex-Terry Serio Media Frenzy) brought a little Nashville country via Melbourne to the room, with a solid collection of songs that made the actor/musician sound like Johnny Cash in the early days. Particular ups to Serio’s great slide guitar and accordion players as well, and also a lovely Beth Orton-style backup singer. Elegant, with just a hint of the devil’s music. The night belonged to Skipping Girl Vinegar, however. Literally lighting up the stage with quirky decorations and self-described ‘hobo’ instruments (including a drum and keyboard found on the side of the road), SGV were enthusiastic and joyous without being preachy or cheesy, which is a very difficult line to walk indeed. The five-piece was tonight perfectly balanced and aimed, providing enough colour and movement for the tired and emotional youngsters down the front who were just excited to be out on a Saturday night, while also keeping their sound crisp. This writer got the feeling that there was a good proportion of the room who were new to the band despite the show being a sell-out, but this just meant there was a little buzz moving around as converts found the light. Being one of the said converts, just be aware, dear reader, that it’s hard to maintain one’s professional edge once one realises they’ve fallen desperately in love at first sight with an entire band. This revelation aside (and in an effort to demonstrate objectivity), particular kudos must be given to the performances of Fly Little Bird (which featured Sare Lang moving from bass to play an old school dial telephone as a percussion piece), as well as the self-described ‘indie camp fire singalong’ song River Road. Also great was a newbie that was a slightly-darkerthan-the-rest-of-the-set excursion into frontman Mark Lang’s experience with depression. In addition to being fine musicians oozing charm and prowess, it was also extremely difficult to fault (or even distinguish the greatness of) the band’s between-song banter, which was warm, generous and beautifully shabby. Keep an ear out for the new album in coming months. Liz Giuffre
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AND JUSTICE FOR ALL Locally based punk/metal label New Justice (run by Ryan Lambert and Barry Shackleton) will be showcasing their roster of acts across two nights – Club Blink Friday and Trash Saturday, both at the Agincourt Hotel – so Drum caught up with a few of the acts that call it home. Sam Rilatt, As Silence Breaks: “When you consider that the label has only been operating for such a short period, they have achieved so much already and have been a huge help to us. The label knows that they have to work hard to help the bands and the bands know that they have to work equally as hard so that everybody sees their dreams realised… It’s highly likely that some beers will be had, good times, laughter and best of all, a very metal night.”
GUINEAFOWL What is it about the venue that makes you want to do a run of shows there? At the moment, it is quite a hub for lots different kinds of bands, which I think means that, perhaps more than other venues, folks will go there with the expectation of just seeing live music rather than going for a specific band. Another reason is we have played in the Gallery Bar twice thus far so there is already a certain sense of comfort.
Same set every week or mixing it up? We will be introducing one different element towards the end of our set each week. Other than that we are sticking to our current song lineup, as really, we have not played them that many times.
Any special guests going to make an appearance during your tenure? We have some great local bands playing with us throughout the residency and so I am hoping that each week some of them will jump up on stage for some impromptu hand clapping.
Favourite position at the venue when you’re not on stage? Honestly, my favourite place in the entire venue is actually just outside it. The small alley off Riley, I think it is called Norman St, houses some of the most important moments of any OAF night for both the band and myself. We do our warm-ups (I know, lame) in that alley, usually sing a few songs together. I invite anyone to come and warm up with us.
When are you in residence? The Oxford Art Factory, the first three Friday nights in July, 2, 9 and 16.
THE NEW JUSTICE FAMILY
Ty Woolf, Envy Parade: “We’re still going through the motions of getting our album out, so we’re only just beginning to interact with the label more seriously but
we spent two years of our time and a lot of our own money, making sure that we recorded the album the right way. From all the talks we’ve had with Ryan and Barry leading up to us signing and even up until now, it’s pretty clear that while they have every intention of the label growing, they’re doing it supporting the bands they’re working with and they really do have a lot of awareness about up and coming artists and where they fit into the ever-evolving music industry. As for celebrating… Only good, clean, sensible and moderated fun. Ha ha not really, but seriously!”
RISE AGAIN INDIGO
GUTSY TWO-PIECE
Returning to the stage from a three-month hiatus with a new five-track demo to road-test, Sydney grunge rockers Indigo Rising will play the Gaelic Theatre this Thursday with support coming from The Licks, Future Prehistoric and The Colt 44s. But the goodness does not stop there - the show also boasts free entry.
Throwing the Oxford Art Factory’s Gallery Bar into disarray with some classy back-alley rock this Saturday will be Leroy MacQueen and the Gussets. Supporting on the night is Dark Bells, with music starting at 8pm.
DJ set from members. Tickets are $10 on the door or say Chicks Who Love Guns to get $5 discount entry.
GREEN THIEVES ARE COMING
It will be an electrified battle royal this Saturday night as the Oxford Art Factory’s live art space plays host to an uncontrollable nine-hour DJ showdown. Featuring two of Trashbags’ biggest crews going head to head, Posse DJ’s Vs Terror Squad with a huge support lineup including Redial Vs Singha, Smacktown Vs Revolver, Why Not Vs PMA, Ra Vs Felony Crew and Obey Vs German Shepherd. Doors open at 9pm.
Arthur Adam, Chemical Transport: “Being a part of a new label has been pretty exciting as everyone from all the bands to Ryan and Baz have been heaps hands-on in helping each other out.” Tim Aaron, Resist The Thought: “The label has such a great outlook on modern music. They aren’t genre specific, they accommodate for each band’s different needs and they are truly doing what they love, that is,
Brisbane’s Greenthief will bring their unique blend of psychedelic indie rock to the Excelsior Hotel Surry Hills this Saturday as part of a national tour launching the band’s new video clip, Plea For Sanctuary. You can also catch the experimental trio at the Cambridge Hotel on Wednesday as well as the Wollongong’s Oxford Tavern on Thursday, with supports from Meniscus, Valar and Paper Champion.
LOW LIFE BABY SHAKERS Should be a wild Thursday night in the Oxford Art Factory’s Gallery Bar, as Sydney’s own Psychonanny & the Babyshakers pair up with Low Life for a night of free and wholesome entertainment.
giving deserving bands an avenue to take when they want to step it up a level. We are focused on performing our guts out for the label showcase.” Recoil: “We have gained a lot of media coverage with the guys. NJR have made it a cool environment to work in and we are proud to be a part of it all … We will be celebrating with binge drinking.”
DJ SHOWDOWN
MELODIES THE REMEDY This Saturday The Melodies return to The Town and Country Hotel. Fans will be aware they play on the first Saturday of every month from 3-6pm and will do so until December so you have no excuse not to check out this band that dares to be refreshingly different.
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME Fresh from a tour of duty in the Solomon Islands where they played for Australian forces, Mojada are back to debut their new live set. They will be playing it this Thursday at the Beach Road Hotel. Entry is free and includes a four-track CD to preview the Bondi electro outfit’s new album.
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The Chicks Who Love Guns will be making their long-awaited MUM debut at the World Bar this Friday, and with lead singer Cass heading to London this will be their last show until the end of the year. After their 11.30pm set the CWLG crew will be holding a going away party upstairs to mark the occasion, which will include a
A grand variety of folk music will be on display at City Diggers Club this Friday. The concert organised by the Illawarra Folk Club presents five big name folk artists from across the country, all known for their own style of music and performance. This Friday’s five-pack performers include ARIA nominee Lou Bradley,
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LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS
5. Which band performed the track Answer To Yourself on Letterman four month ago and became blog favourites because of it? 7. Which record label is showcasing its bands at Club Blink and Trash this week? 8. Who are Okomoto supporting in Australia? 9. Alek K’s new release is titled Ultimate NRG ____? 10. An album by which band is currently on Hayley Williams’ iPod high rotation?
1. What is the name of Parkway Drive’s 2007 album? 2. Name Refused’s documentary: Refused Are ____ Dead. 3. What was The Soft Pack’s original name? 4. Who is Karen Elson married to? 6. What day of the week can you catch Guineafowl at the Oxford Art Factory?
1. Hordern 2. In Desolation 3. Sound Awake 4. Academy Twin 5. Elefant Traks 6. Richard Clapton 7. Thursday 8. Gloves 9. Banksy 10. Break Even
A SOON START Sooners will be the first support to join Guineafowl in the first of the three Fridays of July at Oxford Art Factory’s Gallery Bar, which will be the habitat of Sydney’s native wonder over those nights. Entry is free.
THE REPTILES
REPTILLIANS IN THE GALLERY The Reptiles will be ravaging the Oxford Art Factory’s Gallery Bar with Virgo Rising Wednesday night at 8pm. How could you resist a free night of top shelf indie rock splendour?
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James Ryan launches his album ‘The Subterraneans’ with special guest
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GILGAMESH What would people remember you for? Our stinky shuffling shaft-machine style…
What caused the split? Shuffling, shafting and stink-fingering squabbles…
What inspired the reformation? Desire for more shuffling, shafting and stinkfingering…
DEAD LETTER CHORUS
FURTHER
Is it a one-off, permanent, or see-how-itgoes?
LETTERS FROM WINTER
D, all of the above.
On their winter-flavoured Covered By Snow tour in support of the new single, Dead Letter Chorus will be headlining the Sandringham Hotel this Saturday. They’ve roped in Canadians Two Hours Traffic to support them on the night with Fergus Brown opening things up. Prior to this, Two Hours Traffic will be playing their own headline show at the Brass Monkey the night before, with The Retreat and Brendan Maclean supporting.
Who’s back in the fold? We have a new Hornblower that sucks just slightly less than the old bloke…
How does the live scene now compare to your heyday? Where’s the stink gone, huh?
DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR It will be a night for both old and new at the Sandringham Hotel this Friday as the criminally underrated Further return for their first headline show in two years. Expect some new material the band has recently recorded as well as some old favourites. Special guests include Lunarcide – breaking a 12-year hiatus for this show – as well as Cape Tribulation and Dead Farmers.
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Next available at: Saturday 10 July – Annandale Hotel for Blood, Sweat & Beers
WORLD JAM Sunday at The Beach Road Hotel is all about celebrating the diversity of Bondi culture with Tropical Jam. South American funk and reggae flavours will be in the mix when music kicks off at 6pm for this free performance.
FBI’S FAVOURITE NEW AUSSIE SONGS FOR THIS WEEK Why feat. Chi King ELOQUOR Damn Defensive THE BOAT PEOPLE Keep A Lid On ISLE ADORE Tsk Tsk NICK WALES AND BREE VAN REYK Sexy Polzei BLACK CAB Safe Sound ERASERS One Two AFRICA HI-TECH Heavy Harm PAPA VS PRETTY Can’t Stand It KOOLISM Kissing For Science 6S & 7S
ON THE DRUM STEREO Slippery When Wet Something For Everybody Hooray For Everything!!! Body Talk, Pt. 1
BON JOVI DEVO ITCH-E & SCRATCH-E ROBYN
Love Will Have Her Revenge THE MAIN STREET GOSPEL
Memoirs InnerSpeaker Further Round The World Funeral
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Illawarra duo Boogie And Crawford, Buck And Deanne, Fremantle’s Gilbert Whyte and Interplay. Performances will begin at 7.30pm; discounted tickets are available for Folk Club members.
RISING STARLET Finalist in last year’s ASA Songwriting Awards for her song Trigger Happy and quickly gaining a name for her very gutsy and soulful performances, Australian songstress Charmaine will perform at The Vanguard this Tuesday night. Doors open at 6.30pm.
INDIE ETHICS WOO CROWDS Sydney-based electro pop newcomers Video8 have wasted no time making a name for themselves with some creative dance-inducing tracks and their synched audiovisual shows. They will be releasing their debut EP ingeniously titled EP1 this Wednesday at The Annandale Hotel as part of the grand final of the Jager Uprising Band Comp. Entry is free and music starts from 7pm.
Claude Hay, Toys Of Counter Culture and Drow Smith. This is a free show and music starts at 8pm.
MIDWEEK SPECIAL What better way to get over the halfway hump than a free Sideshow from entertaining Australian pop rockers Amy Meredith? They will be supported by up and coming psych-rock outfit Demon Parade at The Beach Road Hotel this Wednesday at 8pm.
STUNNIN’ RYDIMMS One of Australia’s most exciting performances of authentic reggae, dancehall and dub music will be on show this Friday night at The Beach Road Hotel. Melbourne based producer/songwriter Mista Savona will bring together his 12-piece band for this free show, alongside special guests Christian Burns and Mike Who.
OKAMOTO Why are you coming to visit our fair country? That’s because Thirsty Merc’s manager saw us at SXSW last March and asked if we wanted to join their tour. And we thought that this will be a great opportunity to show the world about us.
Is this your first visit? Yes. And we’re really excited!
How long are you here for? About a week.
What do you know about Australia, in ten words or less? Kangaroo, Sydney Olympics, Ayers Rock, koala, big surf, Jet, The Easybeats.
Any extra-curricular activities you hope to participate in? We love vinyl records. So we’re hoping that we have time to dig [up] some records. And we want to eat local foods! Maybe you can recommend us!
What will you be taking home as a souvenir? We would love to get a kangaroo scrotum wallet.
Where can we come say hi, and buy you an Aussie beer? Sorry, we’re underage in Japan. So we don’t know anything about drinking. We’re 19, can we drink there? Anyway, hope to see you at our gigs next month. Thursday – Waves Friday – Cambridge Hotel Saturday – The Metro Theatre
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The horns will be out on Wednesday night for the ‘Jager Uprising Grand Final’ at The Annandale Hotel. Competing bands include Static Silhouettes, The Cadres, Spookyland, Video8, Bayonets for Legs and wildcard entries.
The soundtrack to your Saturday night at The Beach Road Hotel will be provided by DJ Micky Morphingaz from 9pm and onwards into the wee hours. Specialising in popular beats and grime this Australian talent will bring the good noise. Entry is free.
FRESH LOCAL TALENT
FOR THE RESTLESS
Tuesday Night Live at The Beach Road Hotel allows you to get yourself a solid fix of Australian songwriting talent as this week features A French Butler Called Smith,
The Oxford Art Factory’s Gallery Bar is hosting the new event Up Late With Jim Shirlaw this Thursday night. This week will feature a headline performer described as ‘the one-
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man wall-of-sound’ with inventive dance moves to match, Kirin J Callinan, who will be supported by Brazilian-born experimentalists Cabaret Callado. There will also be a themed installation by Cunningham St fashion label FTW. The event begins at 11pm and entry is free.
SNEAKERS-ON Big night at Purple Sneakers with Channel [V]’s Jane Gazzo headlining the pack. Also on the list are Nic York, Clarence Does Radio, Whisky & Ghost – who will be playing Splendour in July, Benlucid and Erectro. This Friday Purple Sneakers are also launching the new remix album from Health, Disco2. Doors open at 7pm Fridays at The Gladstone Hotel.
GET HIGH ON MANGO MAN Revel in some laid-back organic hip hop, funk and groove at the Sandringham Hotel this Wednesday night with The Mango Man & the Buds of Love. The performance will be in the street level bar from 8pm. Entry is free.
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JAM N’ LINK The night: Muso2muso presents Jam N’ Link. This is no open mic night, this is an open jam night. So if you want to find missing band members, form a band, have a jam and perform on stage then this is a must for you.
Why should punters visit you?
It’s an awesome networking opportunity to meet other musos, to find missing band members and best of all get onto the stage and have the experience of jamming with other people. A full band setup is provided, but you can also bring your own instrument. What’s the best thing about the night?
No night is ever the same! You never know who’s going to show and how things will develop; we have had local bands show up for impromptu performances, bands finding the drummer they were missing and much more. What are some of the highlights?
The last jam night was insane. Feature band Paintbox City, a three-piece, were performing an acoustic set, and on their last song invited other musos to join in. And so they did, two lead guitarists, a bass player, a harmonica player, a bongo player and a drummer! Now with nine people on stage all playing in time and in tune, it was epic!
ou may not have expected it, but the lads from Parkway Drive grew up in the notoriously hippy and surf culture of Byron Bay. The music festivals and drug habits it’s known for are anything but metal, but nonetheless Australia’s premier metalcore outfit was born between surf-runs. Early in their career they were asked to do a split EP with then scene-leaders, the now defunct I Killed The Prom Queen and in June 2003 their Split CD was released. Their guitarist of the time Jona Weinhofen now plays in British favourites Bring Me The Horizon, but spent a stint with Bleeding Through and fronting IKTPQ was a man called Michael Crafter, who is now best known for his new band Confession, but also spent time with Carpathian and Bury Your Dead. Crafter was elected onto the Big Brother reality TV show in 2008 via a public vote, but was voted out three days later. It was later revealed that the eviction was planned due to his upcoming touring commitments with IKTPQ. Having him on the show was a plan to boost the dwindling ratings, but thankfully it didn’t help and the show was canned after that season. Another
reason for Big Brother’s demise was the introduction of new hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O, who tend to be universally hated by the right-minded music scene – and weren’t received well by the show’s viewers, suddenly former host Gretel Killeen seemed the worse of two or three evils. In her guise as a radio presenter on 2Day FM, in 2004 Jackie O was due to MC at a festival in Darwin. Arriving late and forcing Frenzal Rhomb to cut short their set, guitarist Lindsay McDougall played AC/DC’s Thunderstruck over her voice, and frontman Jason Whalley berated personalities like herself for
CITY BEFORE COUNTRY
VELLA-DROME
Launching her upcoming regional tour – of both NSW and Victoria – 19 year old Molly Contogeorge can first be caught this Sunday at The Vanguard. Playing with her full band, special guests are The MoPhones and Pete Sot.
Armed with his highly narrative tracks, John Vella will be performing this Friday at Ravál. Guests to be announced.
FULL THROTTLE
Any advice for first timers who want to visit the night?
Talk to the muso2muso team, meet everyone, make the most of the stage and the kit and crank it! Also visit muso2muso.com for suggested cover songs for the night.
This Sunday the Sandringham Hotel will welcome a lineup of 400kw Monsters, Khan Of K, The Presence and Sense Of Betrayal. Doors open 7pm with entry a clean, Banjo Paterson-adorned blue note the only cost.
GAINING ENTRY They keep selling out their shows, so book early for Vault 146 if you’re keen to catch Alison Penny this Saturday from 7pm or James Southwell on Sunday from 1pm.
GIANT LINEUP
COMING UP:
Thursday –Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel Thursday 12 August – Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel Thursday 9 September – Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel
LIFE IN OZ MUSIC
BATTLE READY
The Botany View Hotel will welcome Roland K & The Sinners this Sunday, where those cats will be kicking it to the curb from 7pm through to 10pm. Entry’s free as per usual.
BACK AFTER 10 YEARS
IT’S COMING
This is not a flashback! Australian punk veterans Frenzal Rhomb will be boozing and cursing on the Annandale’s stage once again for a sold-out crowd this Friday. Supports will come from Front End Loader and Old Music For Old People.
THEY HAVE RETURNED They first played The Annandale Hotel in 1994 and now Regurgitator are back with a sold-out show this Saturday. Lucky fans will get to hear brand new material for the quirky three-piece’s seventh album, which is in the making. Show starts at 8pm although if you haven’t already got a ticket – good luck getting in.
LOVE THAT TOWN Upside Down Miss Jane will be proudly launching their new single, The Engadine Love Song, at Wollongong’s The Brewery. Playing with Razorback and Mindrift, get there early to get in on the happy hour, while the bands start at 8pm.
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MASTER OF VOICES The one-man mix-tape Mr Percival has Ravál in his sights Tuesday 6. If you haven’t managed to catch this quite remarkable show live, there’s no reason to keep depriving yourself.
The Hornsby Inn’s Battle of the Bands continues throughout the month, and this Saturday has JD Mo, Tempting Eve and Paintbox City fighting it out for the right to appear another day.
Locally-based hardcore – with a touch of metal, no doubt – As Chaos Unfolds will be headlining the Lewisham Hotel’s stage this Thursday. Guests are to be announced.
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Wake The Giants are playing the Lucky Oz Tavern this Sunday, with a huge lineup of local talent by their side. Ticking off at 12.30pm, the all age show will also witness Pledge This, Villa Rise, Kings Of Stars, We Can Breathe In Space, Medicine For Robots, I, Escape, Sector Sixteen and Eastwood. Plenty to get your ears into, no doubt.
The Annandale Hotel’s stage will be graced by Australian musical icon Richard Clapton this Thursday. The Flood and Radio National will support him when he plays as part of the Annandale’s tenth birthday week celebrations. Doors open at 8pm.
pushing Australian Idol and Popstars acts rather than original Australian music. With her presenting partner Sandilands, they later called Whalley on air vowing to never play their music across the Austereo network. He didn’t mind, “because it’s pretty much shit.” Frenzal play the Annandale Hotel as part of the venue’s tenth birthday celebrations, this Friday. However if you’re looking to get along and haven’t already got a ticket, don’t hold you’re breath as it’s sold out. The Annandale Hotel featured on Drum’s cover last week – and we’re back to where we started.
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GRUNGE LIVES This Friday grunge rockers Griever play the Gaelic Theatre, with The Darkist, Gun-Do, Lumiere, Nine Lives and Hibiki joining in the pre-weekend letting loose.
Is this track from a forthcoming release? I’m in London at the moment recording my new EP with Communion, which is a label run by Ben Lovett from Mumford & Sons.
How long did it take to write/record? I wrote the song in about ten minutes, well the main bulk of it anyway and then I had this minor descending guitar interlude piece that I was using for something else. And a couple of days later I finally cottoned on and joined the minor haunting piece to the rest of this cheery folk song melody.
LIVELY PERFORMANCE
Was anything in particular inspiring you during the making?
The Dead Rabbitz will hopefully be making their moniker seem ironic with their headline slot this Friday at the Lewisham Hotel. There they’ll be joined by Conspiracy, Claire and Seek The Silence.
Yes, definitely. I was listening to a lot of Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt (bluegrass/Grand Ole Opry legends) so my mind was really full of country folk music.
A LUNCH DATE
What’s your favourite part of the song? For me I just love playing that lead guitar line. But when listened to it I’m actually pleased (for once) about the darker part, which I guess could be called the middle eight.
Head along early to the Lewisham Hotel this Saturday – from 2pm if you can – and catch The Spitfire, The Villiers, Fluoxetine and Broken Riot all playing now, probably working off the effects of a big Friday.
Do you play it differently live?
MAC ON!
Yes, only slightly though. Because I loop everything on the spot I can’t find a way to gracefully transition into the final major chorus so I shout the last chorus over the minor build that’s all looped up.
The Mac is back in action this week after its recent facelift, and regular piano-man Pugsley Buzzard will be dropping in on Wednesday. Experimental jazz/ electronica group Entropic, have the room on Thursday, and Perth’s Howie Morgan brings his acoustic roots to the fore Friday.
DRUM SAYS… That haunting intro is strangely optimistic, and he’s right about the country influence. In saying that, it’s still infectious acoustic pop at heart (out now).
SINGING FREE As another of the old Idol rejects that has managed to shake the stigma and showcase more potential then he could have ever been afforded on the show itself, Thanh Bui will be bringing his soul interpretations to Ravál this Tuesday.
MATT’S FRIENDS Matt Corby – who’s spent the last nine months writing and recording in London (check out Live’s Single Focus) – will be joined by Lanie Lane and Thom Crawford this Thursday at Ravál. Kudos if you’ve got your tickets, sorry if you’re too late, this one’s sold out.
ERNEST ELLIS
ELLIS BEFORE SPLENDOUR Celebrating the release of Hunting, Ernest Ellis will be headlining the Oxford Art Factory’s main room this Thursday night. Supporting on the night are Sleepyhands and The Tourist, presale tickets are available and music will begin at 8pm.
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ESSENTIAL VIEWING Great Lake Swimmers River’s Edge A beautifully rustic clip that only serves to enhance the folk-tinged ode to the sea – and all its metaphors. Beautifully animated with a plethora of moving parts, it’s pastoral and lonely, but with the earth and wheat colours remarkably warm. Directed by Nir Ben Jacob vimeo.com/12630017
SWIM IN IT The Flood tide into the Brass Money this Saturday, with Katie Brianna & Gerard Young within ear’s reach.
SECRET’S OUT Picking up where the Vanquish night left off, the Vanguard’s new indie night Secret Society will kick off Tuesday 6. With $10 entry, Lions At Your Door, Cameras and Idea Idea will be playing live and you’ll be hard pressed to find a better lineup on a Tuesday night.
SEEK IT OUT Songs Alive at the Vanguard this Tuesday will be featuring Nicholas McKenzie, James Englund, Dave Barrie, Charmaine Bingwa and Matt Rossner. You never know what you might find.
SHOWCASE I Club Blink will host the metal part of the New Justice Records showcase night, with Resist The Thought, As Silence Breaks and Recoil playing live. With The Basement level set to be in full flight DJ-wise, they’ll be launching the new Hellyeah record as well. All happens Friday at the Agincourt.
SHOWCASE II For the second and punk-centric part of the New Justice Records showcase, Sienna Skies will be headlining the night at Trash this Saturday, joined by Town Hall Steps, Envy Parade and The Bride. The night will also be launching the new albums from Hawthorne Heights and Against Me!. It’s at the Agincourt Hotel.
PUNK AND/OR PARTY Your regular Friday morning hangover generator Hot Damn – Thursdays across the Exchange Hotel – will feature Against, Shinto Katana, Fistmouth, Silverback and Elegy on Spectrum’s stage this week. With playbacks of Parkway Drive’s new record spicing things up head upstairs to dance away your worries with punk and party classics.
THE RUM RUN This Saturday the Sydney punk scene is getting a workout at SFX at Space. The Rumjacks will be headlining the band room whilst Chris Duke And The
Royals, Here Goes Nothing and The Never Ever will be leaving nothing open to interpretation as to their intentions.
WALK THIS WAY Performing tracks from her debut album, Synthetic Shoes, Leather Boots, folk-pop purveyor Kate Martin will be headlining the Vanguard this Wednesday. Bridezilla solo venturer Daisy M. Tulley has the main support while A Casual End Mile will open proceedings.
WE ALL ROLL ON Taking their cues from ‘30s swing and jazz/blues from the ‘40s and ‘50s, Jim Conway’s Big Wheel collective play the Vanguard this Thursday. Tamlin has scored the support.
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TO KING STREET It’s topical at the moment, and The Rolling Stone’s classic album, Exile On Main St, will be getting the tribute treatment this Friday at the Vanguard. With a bunch of musicians to recreate tracks from it, the night is hosted by Damien Lovelock of The Celibate Rifles – it is his favourite album after all.
BLUE SOULS CONVERGE Riding high on the reaction to their second album, Rednecks & Gentlemen, and accompanying tour, Chase The Sun will be at the Vanguard this Saturday, giving audiences another dose at their blistering blues rock. Supporting them is the soul-ridden Cass Eager and her band the Mo’Debleys.
ROCK’N’READY With an ever-developing sound (above and beyond their original ‘70s rock love) The Protectors are giving
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THE WILDES Sue Ellen What’s the song about? It’s about a girl – a real girl – that’s a bit smarter and tougher than me. The wheelchair is a metaphor, but the rest is pretty accurate. Some girls’ names sing well, but hers doesn’t – so it got replaced with the name Sue-Ellen. A beautiful but hard-living young lady.
How many releases do you have now? Well, this is our second single off our first album. So the answer is either one or three, depending on how you look at it.
Is this track from a forthcoming release? Actually the album is out now – it’s called Ballad Of A Young Married Man.
Was anything in particular inspiring you during the making? Actually, although this is a bit of a country-tinged song, we were listening to the Van Morrison album, Astral Weeks, during the recording process. In fact it was that album that inspired us to put fiddle on the track, which ended up being a really good move.
Do you play it differently live? It always depends on what instruments we have on hand. It’s one of those songs where anyone can take a solo – which means it’s always evolving.
Will you be launching it? Yep. At Notes in Newtown on 8 July. It’s the first date of our national tour. DRUM SAYS… Long enough to really get into, it’s got a great jamming flavour to it without losing its structure.
the Sandringham Hotel a taste this Wednesday. The Delta Riggs continue their residency while Sideways Hitchiker will also make an appearance.
ONE NIGHT STAND KissKiss’N’Tell will be pulling their finest moves – and hoping you do tell about it afterwards – at the Sandringham Hotel this Thursday. There The Thylacines and The Mazolas will be in supporting roles – if those words mean anything to you.
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KING’S DOMAIN Fisherking continue to build their profile this Wednesday, arriving at the Gaelic Theatre on Wednesday with Sunday Waits, Huntings and Koo Koo. Then on Thursday they hit the Brass Monkey with Trevor Guthrie and Alyse Maree filling out the rest of the bill.
ARC UP Caringbah Bizzo’s continues to service their sector of the music scene this week with locals Arc Icarus headlining proceedings Friday. Order 66 and When The World Sleeps have got their back, you know.
CURIOUS CASES This Thursday The Wall will welcome Mr Ben to the stage whilst The Glass Ceiling and Vitto Mayan Diamond fill out the rest of the gig sheet.
HIGH ROTATION WITH HAYLEY WILLIAMS Just prior to their tour announcement, Drum was on the line to Paramore’s Hayley Williams while she waited for a flight at Chicago airport. “Yeah, I’ve been listening to Deftones, Diamond Eyes. It’s sooo good, I mean if you’re a Deftones fan I don’t really know how their hardcore fans feel about it, but I know I’ve been listening to them since I was like 13, and I love this album. I think it’s great, it’s actually produced by a guy that worked with us on a song for I Caught Myself, for the Twilight soundtrack and I can just, oh man. I can hear him in it, I think he did a great job working with Deftones. I dunno, the sound’s great on it, the vocals, of course, sound gorgeous and aggressive as ever, I’m really into it.”
ALL ABOUT SOUND Punters rocking up to the Fitzroy Hotel this Saturday will be joined by Dean Carroll, Marlow and Broken Silence, who will play songs and sing for them. Good deal if you ask us.
FROM THE OCEAN Sea Scroll and Justin Frew will be lending a helping hand to Corrina Steel as she presents the next part of her residency at the Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills, this Wednesday. Kicks off at 8pm.
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COMES AND GOES Ebb N Flo slides into The Wall this Friday, with his supporting DJ of choice being DJ Brown Sugar.
LOOKING AHEAD Once the heir to Sydney’s pre-teen pop punk throne, My Future Lies are still kicking around the traps – this week arriving at The Wall with support from Dinkibike, Finabah, Sendfire and Broadway Mile.
AA GETS HEAVY Local metal/hardcore outfit Bermuda are doing it for the kids this Sunday, headlining the all ages show at The Wall. Silent Screams, Buried In Verona, The Bride and Flatline Drama are making sure that they get their money’s worth as well.
GUITAR FOR HIRE Drive with Peter Northcote and Barry Leef continue their Bridge Hotel residency this Sunday, while guitarist Northcote is filling in for the Darryl Beaton Band for the next couple of months – that happens every Wednesday night at Civic Underground.
FIND SOMETHING NEW YourSpace at the Town Hall Hotel in Newtown is back on Wednesday, yet again amassing a huge local lineup of the underground and undiscovered. There are Driverside Airbag, Larange Bucket, DEBBIE, kids from spaaaace, Adjusted John’s Junk Band Association, Fanny Lumsden, Simon Li, All My Alien Sex Friends and Mark Passlow this time around. It’s from 7pm, with a jam at about midnight.
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Launching their new single, Be The Morning, The Marines will be headlining the Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills, this Thursday with back-up arriving in the form of Cottonwood and These Vagabond Hours.
This Thursday at the Lansdowne Hotel, punters can expect to catch Bad Feeling Woman with Patrick Madhavan, Harry Glassborrow and further guests to be announced supporting. From 8pm.
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Naked On The Vague – a band that’s slowly and healthily building a buzz around themselves – headline the Excelsior Hotel this Friday with supports Holy Balm and Bitch Perfect. It’s a very solid – if a little unfamiliar – lineup.
The My Tys have the headline slot at the Lansdowne Hotel this Friday, heading up a bill that boasts a range of local acts currently bubbling at the surface. Dementia 13, Cash No!, Running Bear With Eagle Eye and Nudist Colonies will all take to the stage at one point or another during the night. Kicks off at 9pm.
CHANGE IN BEHAVIOUR My Idle King will be anything but their middle name at the Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills, this Sunday. The Teddysexuals will be all about the sonic hugs, while The Sunset Retirement Club open up proceedings.
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SATURDAY ROLL OUT This Saturday at the Lansdowne Hotel, Chrissy & The Nifties will be joined by Velvet Spurs for the early slot, which kicks off at 5pm. Following them up at 9pm will
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LONE DRONE Gareth Liddard (the Drones) needs no introduction, having cultivated a reputation that approaches reverence among Australia’s independent music community. His song, Shark Fin Blues, was voted as The Greatest Australian Song Of All Time in jmag last year and Rolling Stone awarded The Drones 2009’s Best Live Act award. The Drum staff just plain love ‘im. This Sunday the Australian songwriter will be closing the tenth birthday celebrations at The Annandale Hotel with guests Jamie Hutchings, The Holy Soul and The Maladies. Music starts at 4pm.
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be The Volts and Stonehenge Radio who’ll be joined by Rolling Stones tribute show Rolling Stoned from 9pm.
MUSOS & THEIR BANDS The Cadence Commotions’ regular Sunday evening showcase event at the Lansdowne Hotel this week has Steph Miller & The Winter Station with Susan Hurley & The Hurricanes and Dan Hopkins & The Generous Few appearing.
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GU There’s a new night happening Fridays at the Kit & Kaboodle, across both levels one and two, which they’ve dubbed Falcono Fridays. Launching this week, joining the resident DJs who we’re sure you’ll come to know and love, the chaps from Art Vs Science DJs will be dropping in to spin some tunes.
SMACK HAVING A CRACK The guys at Big Smack continue to stretch their legs around the live scene this week, playing a run of shows early week. Tuesday you can catch them at Parramatta’s Albion Hotel before they drop into the Royal Oak not long after.
THE LONG RIDE Playing their biggest run of shows in Sydney to date, WA’s Karnivool have become ambitious enough to book three dates at The Metro Theatre this week. Wednesday’s sold out, but there are still tickets to Thursday’s all ages and Friday’s final Sydney show.
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WALK WITH WORDS Having written biographies of Gram Parsons and Billy Thorpe, Jason Walker obviously knows how to string a word or two together. Launching his new and third album, Ceiling Sun Letters, at Notes on Friday, he’ll be supported by Canadian Carmen Townsend. Come Sunday he joins the Brass Monkey’s lineup with Bianca Meier joining the two on that occasion.
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10 GUITAR PROJECT: The Basement A FRENCH BUTLER CALLED SMITH, CLAUDE HAY, TOYS OF COUNTER CULTURE, DROW SMITH: Beach Rd Htl Bondi BNO ROCK SHOW: Scruffy Murphys DAVE WHITE EXPERIENCE: Coogee Bay Htl DELILAH, THE BOB GEBERT TRIO: Goldfish, Kings Cross ENSPIER, LIFE RECYCLED, BIG SMACK, PAINTBOX CITY, KOLONEL BIZARRE: Albion Htl MCARTNEY: Opera Bar MITCHELL ANDERSON: Sandringham Htl downstairs ROB HENRY: Observer Htl SSA SONG CONTEST WINNERS: The Vanguard STEVE TONGE: O’Malleys Kings X THANH BUI: Raval THE JOHN HARKINS TRIO, JAZZGROOVE JAM: 505, 280 Cleveland St Surry Hills YAKUMO HONJIN: Elizabeth Bay House
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AMY MEREDITH, DEMON PARADE: Beach Rd Htl Bondi AT THE HOP: Exchange Hotel BOWMAN SISTAS: Ettamogah Htl CORRINA STEEL, SEA SCROLL, JUSTIN FREW: Excelsior Surry Hills DANIEL WEBB: Belmont 16’s DC: Brooklyn Htl, Sydney DELTA RIGGS: Sandringham Htl FISHER KING, SUNDAY WAITS: The Gaelic FUN PUPPET: Scruffy Murphys GREENTHIEF: The Cambridge, Newcastle JAGER UPRISING PRESENTS…, VIDEO 8, STATIC SILHOUETTES, BAYONETS FOR LEGS, SPOOKYLAND: Annandale Htl JAMES CHATBURN TRIO: The View Factory, Newcastle
JP DUO: O’Malleys Kings X KARNIVOOL, MM9: Metro KATE MARTIN, DAISY M TULLEY, A CASUAL END MILE: The Vanguard LOCAL RESIDENT FAILURE, THE DECLINE: Sirens Terrigal MARTY STEWART: Rocksia Hotel, Arncliffe MATT CORBY: Brass Monkey MIKE BENNETT: Observer Htl MUSOS CLUB JAM NIGHT: Bald Faced Stag NICKY KURTA: Woolloomooloo Bay Htl PETER INGLIS: Battuta Café/Restaurant REPTILES, VIRGO RISING: Oxford Art Factory, Gallery RICHIE BRANCO: Opera Bar THE FALLS, GEORGIA FAIR: Hotel Hollywood THE YEAH YEAHS: Orient Htl THEY CALL ME BRUCE: Coogee Bay Htl THUNDER TRIO: 505, 280 Cleveland St Surry Hills TRICKFINGER: Artichoke Café Manly UPSTARTS: Spectrum WILDCATZ: 3 Wise Monkeys YOURSPACE, DRIVERSIDE AIRBAG, LARANGE BUCKET, DEBBIE, KIDS FROM SPAAAACE, ADJUSTED JOHN’S JUNK BAND ASSOCIATION, FANNY LUMSDEN, SIMON LI: Town Hall Htl Newtown
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ATOMIC POETS: Coogee Bay Htl BIG WAY OUT: 3 Wise Monkeys CAMBO: Observer Htl DAN SPILLANE, MARK DA COSTA: Orient Htl DAVID SEASIDE: Artichoke Café Manly DC: Bligh Hotel, City DI SOLOMON: Club Five Dock DOC HALLIDAY: Northies Cronulla Htl ERNEST ELLIS, SLEEPYHANDS, THE TOURIST: Oxford Art Factory, Live Art Space FRANK MACIAS & LOS AMIGOS: Manhattan Lounge GET RICH: Woollahra Htl GREENTHIEF:
SIENNA SKIES: SATURDAY 3, AGINCOURT HOTEL Oxford Tavern, Wollongong GRIZZLY ADAMS: St Marys Band Club HOT DAMN!: Spectrum IAN MCCRAE BIG BAND, DONNIE SUTHERLAND: Smithfield RSL IAN MOSS: Canberra Southern IAN MOSS: Southern Cross Club ACT INDIGO RISING, THE LICKS, FUTURE PREHISTORIC, THE COLT 44’S: The Gaelic JAZZ FACTORY: The View Factory, Newcastle JEFFERSON GROOVE: Teagardens Htl JENNY MARIE LANG: Guildford Leagues JIM CONWAY’S BIG WHEEL: The Vanguard KARNIVOOL, MM9: Metro LATIN BEATS, VICTOR VALDES: 505, 280 Cleveland St Surry Hills LAURIE RIX & HIS SIDE KIX: Cat & Fiddle LOCAL RESIDENT FAILURE, THE DECLINE: Bull & Bush LUKE DIXON: PJ Gallaghers Parramatta LUKE KOTERAS: Campbelltown Catholic Club MAL & JONNO’S OPEN MIC NIGHT: The Harp MATT CORBY: Raval MATT PRICE: O’Malleys Kings X MICHAEL MCGLYNN: Greengate Htl MOJADA: Beach Rd Htl Bondi MUSOS CLUB JAM
NIGHT: Carousel Inn Rooty Hill PSYCHONANNY & THE BABYSHAKERS, LOW LIFE, KIRIN J CALIHAN, CABARET CALLADO: Oxford Art Factory, Gallery RECKLESS: Gymea Bay Hotel RICHARD CLAPTON, THE FLOOD, RADIO NATIONAL: Annandale Htl RICK PRICE: Manly Boatshed RICK PRICE: Old Manly Boatshed ROSE CARLEO: Rooty Hill RSL ROSS WARD: GJ’s Coffee Lounge RUSSELL NELSON: Jannali Inn SAM & JAMIE BAND: Maloney’s Hotel STEVE EDMONDS: Amber Ale Htl, Annandale TALK OF THE TOWN: Wallsend Sporties THE DELTA RIGGS: The Chilli Lounge THE MARINES, COTTONWOOD, THESE VAGABOND HOURS: Excelsior Surry Hills THE ROBERTSON BROTHERS: Nth Syd Leagues THE SUSPECTS: Marble Bar Hilton Htl THIRSTY MERC: Towradgi Beach Htl
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1927: Davistown RSL 2 OF HEARTS: Harbord Beach Htl ALISON WONDERLAND, CADILLAC, MURRAY LAKE, THE GAMEBOYS, ELAINE BENES, HOBOGESTAPO, FAUCE: Kit & kaboodle, Kings Cross A-LIVE: Chatswood RSL ALMOST FAMOUS, KIRK BURGESS: East Leagues
AMPLIFIRE, LUMIERE, THE DARKIST, GUNDO, NINE LIVES, HIBIKI: The Gaelic ANDY MAMMERS DUO, IGNITION: Crows Nest Htl ANNA SALLEH’S BOSSA BOOTS: Well Connected Cafe Glebe ARC ICARUS, ORDER 66, WHEN THE WORLD SLEEPS: Caringbah Bizzos ARMCHAIR TRAVELLERS: Customs House Sydney BACK TO FRONT: Taren Point Bowling Club BACK TO FRONT DUO: The Point Bowling Club BELL WEATHER DEPARTMENT, BLONDE SOVEREIGN, HEY MAVERICK, THE TOURIST, ALISON WONDERLAND, ROSE, COITUS INTERRUPTUS, MUSH: Sosueme BEN FINN: PJ Gallaghers Parramatta BENDER: Hawkesbury Htl BIG WAY OUT: Western Suburbs Leagues Club BLACK LABEL: CCS HOTEL CAMPBELLTOWN BROWN SUGAR: Marble Bar Hilton Htl CHICKS WHO LOVE GUNS, BRACKETS, DEATH VALLEY BAND, INDIGO RISING: The World Bar CHRIS JAMES: Crest Htl, Sylvania CLUB BLINK feat., RESIST THE THOUGHT, AS SILENCE BREAKS, RECOIL: Agincourt Htl CREEDENCE &
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BEYOND: St Marys Leagues DAMIEN LOVELOCK’S STONES SHOW: The Vanguard DAN SPILLANE: Quakers Inn DIRTY LOVE: Hotel CBD DOC HALLIDAY, RECKLESS: Orient Htl DOUBLE TROUBLE: Mortdale RSL EBONY & IVORY: Matraville Htl ENDLESS SUMMER BEACH PARTY: Cronulla Bowling Club ENORMOUS HORNS: Club Menai FLAMIN’ BEAUTIES: Crown Htl Sydney FRENZAL RHOMB, FRONT END LOADER, OLD MUSIC FOR OLD PEOPLE: Annandale Htl FROGS ON TOAST: Panthers Port Macquarie FURTHER, LUNARCIDE, DEAD FARMERS, CAPE TRIBULATION: Sandringham Htl GIRLS TALK: Penrith Gaels GRAND THEFT AUDIO: Warners at the Bay GREENTHIEF: Bar 32, Canberra GUINEAFOWL, SOONERS: Oxford Art Factory, Gallery HALF NELSON, MARTY ROTOLO BAND: The View Factory, Newcastle HEATH BURDELL: Greengate Htl HELLO CLEVELAND: Smithfield RSL HIP NOT HOP: Hillside Htl Castle Hill HOT GOSSIP: Exchange Hotel IAN MOSS, PEPPERMINT JAM: Rooty Hill RSL ILCONTENT: Lucky Oz Tavern, St Marys
ILL PREPARED: Dundas Sports Club ILLAWARRA FOLK CLUB CONCERT, LOU BRADLEY BOOGIE, CRAWFORD BUCK, DEANNE GILBERT WHYTE, INTERPLAY: City Diggers Wollongong IN PIECES: Five Dock RSL INFUNKTIOUS: MJ Finnegans Newcastle INTIMATE LOUNGE MUSIC: Fairfield RSL, Supper Club JACKS IN BLACK: Richmond Club JAMIE MARTEN: Caves Beach Htl JJ DUO: Maroubra Junction Htl JOHN VELLA: Raval KARNIVOOL, MM9: Metro KEEP THE FAITH BON JOVI SHOW: Scruffy Murphys KIRK BURGESS: Eastern Suburbs Leagues KIRSTY LARKIN: Docks Htl KP: Hills District Bowling Club LAWRENCE BAKER: Novotel - Brewery Bar, Olympic Park LUKE DICKENS: Albert Htl, Tamworth MANILOW MAGIC, MARK BOWDEN: Sth Syd Juniors MARK BROUGHTON: Oasis on Beamish MARSHALL & THE FRO, BENJALU: Spectrum MARTIN MULHOLLAND: Ettamogah Htl MARTY STEWART: Waverton Nth Sydney Club MATT CORBY: Heritage Htl MATT JONES DUO: Brewhouse Pub St Marys MATT KEEGAN TRIO: 505, 280 Cleveland St Surry Hills MATT PRICE: Parramatta RSL MICKEY PYE: PJ Gallaghers Drummoyne MINDSNARE, TOE TO TOE, EXTORTION, BLKOUT, RELENTLESS, ILL BRIGADE: Manning Bar Syd Uni MISSION JONES: CLUB RIVERS MISTA SAVONA, CHRISTIAN BURNS, MIKE WHO: Beach Rd Htl Bondi MISTAH CEE, JOHN
GLOVER, STEVE FRANK: Eastern Hotel, Bondi Junction NAKED ON THE VAGUE, HOLY BALM, BITCH PREFECT: Excelsior Surry Hills ORIGINAL SIN - INXS SHOW: Engadine Tavern PETE GELZINNIS, CARVERS’ WINE COUNTRY SOUNDS: Cessnock Supporters Club PHIL SIMMONS: Guildford Leagues PORCELAIN: Beaches Hotel PURPLE SNEAKERS, BEN LUCID, JANE GAZZO, NIC YORKE, CLARENCE DOES RADIO, ERECTRO, WHISKEY & GHOST: Gladstone Htl RADIO BANDITS: Seven Hills RSL RAPTURE: Blacktown RSL RAY BEADLE BAND: Berowra Village Tavern REASONS 2B CHEERFUL: Moorebank Sports Club REBECCA JOHNSON BAND: Narrabeen Sands REIN ROOM: Beach Hotel RICK PRICE: Sawtell RSL ROB HENRY: Town Hall Htl Balmain ROCK SOLID: Club Lemon Tree ROCKIN MUSTANGS: Matraville RSL RYAN DALEY: Windsor Castle Htl Newcastle SAM & JAMIE TRIO: Kirribilli Htl SEATTLE SOUND: Bull & Bush SIESTA FLAMENCA: Nando’s Crown Street SINGLED OUT: Maroubra RSL SKYSCRAPER: Mean Fiddler Htl SONS OF MERCURY: Campbelltown Catholic Club SOUL TATTOO: Penshurst RSL STAN WALKER: Aquashell Floating Stage STEVE EDMONDS BAND: Jolly Frog Htl Windsor SUPER DRIVER: Vineyard Htl SUPERJAM: Jewells Tavern Newcastle SWEETLICK: Artichoke Café Manly TALK IT UP: Marlborough Htl TALL POP SYNDROME: 3 Wise Monkeys TERRY BATU: Cooma Ex Servicemans Club THE BREAK: Towradgi Beach Htl
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29 JUNE - 5 JULY 2010 THE CRUISERS: Wallsend Sporties THE DELTA RIGGS: Oxford Tavern THE DETONATORS: Belmont 16’s THE DONOVANS: Sydney Rowing Club THE DUDES: Windang Bowling Club THE MIKE WHITNEY BAND: Richmond Inn THE NEW GUY STRAZZ TRIO BRAZINDIA: SIMA THE POD BROTHERS: Coogee Bay Htl THE RAT PACK FROM VEGAS: Dapto Leagues THE SCREAMING JETS: Doyalson RSL THE SNOWDROPPERS: Old Manly Boatshed THE WHITE BROS: Woolloomooloo Bay Htl THE ZILLERS: Belmore Htl Newcastle THIRSTY MERC: The Cambridge, Newcastle TOUR DE FORCE: Lizottes, Newcastle TROY: Muree Golf Club TWO GOOD REASONS: The Mark Hotel TWO MINDS: Albion Place Htl UNDER CONSTRUCTION: The Australia Hotel V TRIBE: Lucky Australian Tavern Sydney WILDCATZ: Mounties Club Mt Pritchard YUM DUO: Mosman RSL
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1927: Belmont 16ft Sailing Club 1927, LOVE THAT HAT: Belmont 16’s 2 DAYS HITS: East Leagues 2 OF HEARTS: Brighton RSL 2DAYS HITS: Eastern Suburbs Leagues 3RD TIME LUCKY: Sharkies A NIGHT OF BLUES: Marrickville Bowling Club AIRPORT: The Gaelic ALISON PENNEY: The Vault 146 ALL STAR DUO: Taren Point Htl AM TO PM:
Miranda RSL AMBERLOVE: Roxbury Htl Glebe ANNA SALLEH’S BOSSA BOOTS: Astral Bar Star City ARMCHAIR TRAVELLERS: Revesby Workers BELLES WILL RING: Red Rattler, Marrickville BEN FINN DUO: Ettamogah Htl BERNIE SEGEDIN: Sir Joseph Banks Hotel BIG WAY OUT: Marlborough Htl BLACK DIAMOND HEART CLUB: Crows Nest Htl BLACK LABEL: Sth Hurstville RSL BLISS BOMBS: Coogee Bay Htl CHART BUSTERS: Mean Fiddler Htl CHRIS ARNOTT: Artichoke Café Manly CLIVE HAY: Hills District Bowling Club CREEDENCE & BEYOND: Rockdale RSL DARREN JOHNSTONE: Crown Hotel Motel, Camden DES GIBSON: Lansvale Htl DI SOLOMON: Woolloomooloo Bay Htl DNA: Warners at the Bay DOUBLE TROUBLE: Manly Warringah Leagues Club DWAYNE ELIX & THE ENGINEERS, TONY WILLIAMS: Guildford Leagues DYNAMITE: Muree Golf Club ELISA KATE: Grand Htl Newcastle ENDLESS SUMMER BEACH PARTY: Colyton Htl ERNEST ELLIS: Transit Bar ACT EVERLEYS & IDOLS SHOW: Matraville RSL FLAMIN’ BEAUTIES: Royal Htl Macquarie St Springwood FROGS ON TOAST: Coffs Harbour Ex Services Club FUNKSTAR: Marble Bar Hilton Htl FUNKTION: Bull & Bush GJ DONOVAN, SINGLED OUT: Orient Htl GOT IT COVERED: Kellys on King Newtown HAIR GUITAR: Padstow RSL HAPPY HIPPIES: Jolly Colly Tavern HEATH BURDELL: Northies Cronulla Htl HEAVY ECSTASY, MACHINE DEATH, MANDALA TRAP, GAIL
REGURGITATOR: SATURDAY 3, THE ANNANDALE HOTEL PRIEST: Artspace Woolloomooloo HORNET: Exchange Hotel HOT ROD RUMBLE, THE DETONATORS, JORDAN & THE ORIGINAL SIX: Towradgi Beach Htl IAN MOSS: Bankstown Sports Club IGNITION: Wentworthville Leagues JAYWALKER, JESS CHALKER, DANIEL LEE KENDALL: Raval JELLYBEAN JAM: Bayview Tavern JELLYFISH: Jack’s Bar JIM CONWAY’S LITTLE WHEEL: Milton Theatre JJ DUO: Winmalee Tavern JOEL SARAKULA: Kirribilli Htl JOHN FIELD BAND, ERROL BUDDLE QUINTET: Penrith RSL JOHN WILSON: Cessnock Supporters Club KAFE KOOL: Fairfield RSL, Supper Club KARNIVOOL, MM9: ANU Bar ACT KATIE NOONAN & THE CAPTAINS: Aquashell Floating Stage KOLIDER: Belmore Htl Newcastle LATIN ADDICTION: Grand Htl Rockdale LAWRENCE BAKER: Harbord Beach Htl LEROY MACQUEEN AND THE GUSSETS, DARK BELLS: Oxford Art Factory, Gallery LUKE DICKENS: Manning River Htl MACE FRANCIS ORCHESTRA: SIMA
MANDI JARRY: Lilys Restaurant, Seven Hills MARK TRAVERS: PJ Gallaghers Parramatta MARSHALL & THE FRO, BENJALU: Mona Vale Hotel MARTY MULHOLLAND: PJ Gallaghers Drummoyne MARTY WORRALL DUO: Windsor Castle Htl Newcastle MATT CORBY: Northern Star Htl Newcastle MATT JONES DUO: Brewhouse Pub Marayong MATT PRICE: Woolwich Peir Hotel MICHAEL PETER: The Belvedere Htl MICK BUCKLEY: Pittwater RSL MILLENNIUM BUG: RG McGees MISSION JONES: Courthouse Htl NICKY KURTA: Greengate Htl NITE SHIFT: Paddy Maguires Haymarket NO BRAKES, GRIZZLY ADAMS: Ashfield RSL NOVA TONE: Regents Park Sporting & Community Club ONE HIT WONDERS: Mounties Club Mt Pritchard PAPER CHAMPION, GREENTHIEF, MENISCUS, VALAR, MORANIS: Excelsior Surry Hills PARADES, BELLES WILL RING, BON CHAT, BON RAT: The Red Rattler PARTY CENTRAL: Penrith Panthers PETE: Sir John Young Htl RADIO BANDITS: Gosford RSL REBECCA JOHNSON BAND: Oatley Hotel REGURGITATOR, OUCH MY FACE, STEP PAN-
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BAND AID Queens Of The Stone Age are unveiling a two-disc, expanded re-release of their Rated R set to celebrate ten years since the album dropped. The first disc will comprise Rated R’s original 11 tracks with disc two containing b-sides, covers (Romeo Void’s Never Say Never and Who’ll Be The Next In Line by The Kinks) plus a live recording of the band’s set at the 2000 Reading Festival, which includes nine unreleased songs. In more news from camp QOTSA, frontman Josh Homme’s label Rekords Rekords has partnered up with Dangerbird Records. The first album to be released on this imprint is by Alain Johannes, who graced our shores as part of Homme’s supergroup Them Crooked Vultures’ touring line-up early this year. Johannes’s debut offering is titled Spark and takes the form of a full-length tribute to his late wife and fellow Eleven bandmate, Natasha Shneider. It is scheduled to drop late August. Down the line, Rekords Rekords will release a box set from Homme’s Desert Sessions (all-star recordings that began in August 1997 at the Rancho De La Luna, Joshua Tree) and new output from Eagles Of Death Metal. Sadly for Eagles Of Death Metal, bassist Brian O’Connor has been diagnosed with cancer and requires surgery and chemotherapy to help him battle the disease. Dean Fertita (QOTSA/ The Dead Weather) has been recruited to fill in for O’Connor for all upcoming Eagles Of Death Metal tour dates. O’Connor has no health insurance and so his family of cross-pollinating band members have joined forces to raise money to cover his medical expenses. Them Crooked Vultures have scheduled a benefit show at London’s Brixton O2 Academy on Monday 5 July and another concert set to take place in LA is currently being finalised. Contributions to O’Connor’s medical care fund can be donated through pablove.org.
THEY’VE GOT RHYTHM Chase The Sun has been managed by their rhythm section – drummer Jon Howell and bass player Ryan Van Gennip – since they formed in 2007. Now Howell and Van Gennip are staring their own company, aptly called Rhythm Section Management, to provide management, tour management and musical services to a small stable of local artists including Claude Hay and Cass Eager. The launch party will take place this Saturday at The Vanguard featuring Chase The Sun, Cass Eager & The Company and Claude Hay.
Live Performance Australia has recently released an independent benchmarking study that identifies the live performance sector’s contribution to the Australian economy. The Study finds that the industry generated revenues of $1.88 billion in 2008 and contributed $1.1 billion to the Australian economy making it larger than film and video production, sports and physical recreation, book publishing and horse and dog racing. Yes, live performance is bigger than sports. And this doesn’t even include gigs at your local. Yeow! The 2010 APRA Awards were announced last week, celebrating Australian songwriters at the Australasian Performing Rights Association’s gala event. The Temper Trap’s Sweet Disposition took out the song of the year gong, while NSW artists Nick Littlemore, Jonathan Sloan and Luke Steele had success with Empire Of The Sun and Jimmy Little
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Voting for the first round support act on this year’s high profile opportunity for some of the country’s best emerging bands to play major venues alongside a major established act, The JD Set, has begun, the major act coming on board this year being Wolfmother. The six young acts vying for that supporting role are Sydney’s Kids At Risk and New Navy, Newcastle’s Here Come The Birds, Perth’s The Revolvers and Young Revelry and Melbourne’s The Smoke. Voting concludes this Sunday and of course the act with the most public votes wins the gig Thursday 29 July at the Esplanade in St. Kilda, so head to The JD Set website, listen to the bands and cast your vote.
DOUBLE DIPPING AT THE APRAS The annual APRA Music Awards were announced at the Sydney Convention Centre in a ceremony hosted by Julia Zemiro and Jonathan Biggins last Monday 21 June. This year there were three acts that walked away with a statuette in each hand: Empire Of The Sun picked up Dance Work Of The Year (Walking On A Dream) and also received the Breakthrough Songwriter Award; Eskimo Joe’s Foreign Land single was deemed Rock Work Of The Year and also Most Played Australian Work; while AC/DC scored Songwriters Of The Year plus Most Played Australian Work Overseas (Rock ‘N Roll Train). The Temper Trap took out the major Song Of The Year gong for Sweet Disposition and Jimmy Little was honoured with the 2010 Ted Albert Award For Outstanding Services to Australian Music.
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PASSING NOTES Parliament/Funkadelic’s Garry Shider died on Wednesday 16 June age 56 from complications relating to cancer. Known as “Diaper Man” and “Star Child” to fans, thanks to his penchant for wearing oversized diapers onstage, Shider earned guitar, vocal and songwriting credits on the majority of P-Funk’s records, including their most recent album, By Way Of The Drum. Original bass player with The Kinks, Pete Quaife died on Wednesday 23 June age 66 from kidney failure. Quaife played on early hits such as You Really Got Me, All Day And All Of The Night and Tired Of Waiting For You before he left The Kinks in 1969. The band’s frontman paid tribute to his former bandmate during his set at Glastonbury, dedicating The Kinks’ classic See My Friends to Quaife’s memory.
GLASTO GUESTS This year’s Glastonbury performances were big on guest spots, perhaps due to the guest-appearanceheavy addition of Gorillaz on the bill. Gorillaz were announced as the replacement act for U2, who were forced to cancel after Bono injured his back during rehearsal and required surgery. The main Gorillaz players comprise The Clash’s guitarist and bassist, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon respectively, plus Damon Albarn on piano and vocals as well as string and brass sections. Recent Gorillaz performances have also seen many of the featured artists from their latest Plastic Beach set join the band on stage. Attendees at the famous Somerset festival weren’t disappointed when Lou Reed, De La Soul, Shaun Ryder, Bobby Womack, Mark E Smith (The Fall), Bashy and Kano joined Gorillaz onstage for various songs throughout their set. Snoop Dogg took the stage for the band’s final cut, Clint Eastwood, performing his own Drop It Like It’s Hot lyrics in place of Del The Funky Homosapien’s original rap contribution. Muse ensured it wasn’t a U2-free Glastonbury when they welcomed the band’s guitarist The Edge to the stage for the encore of their Saturday night headline slot and performed a rendition of Where The Streets Have No Name. La Roux received a visit from Heaven 17’s Glenn Gregory for a version of his band’s 1983 smash, Temptation. Florence Welsh of Florence & The Machine fame was in high demand performing You Got The Dirty Love – the mash-up of You Got The Love and Dizzee Rascal’s Dirtee Cash – first with Rascal and then The XX (for their remixed version of the track). Pet Shop Boys relied on a virtual Dusty Springfield to supply her parts on What Have I Done To Deserve This?. Rumours circulated late last week
was recognised for Outstanding Services to Australian Music. Elsewhere in the industry a lot of people were scratching their heads when AC/DC received the award for Songwriters Of The Year and songs from 2008 were winners at the 2010 awards. Still with APRA, the collecting society has recently changed their licence-back facilities, meaning if you’re an artist it’s now easier to licence your music to not-for-profit organisations wanting to promote you. There is also an opt-out option which allows you to nominate areas of use where APRA won’t collect on your behalf, meaning you can grant a licence to anyone for that specific use, on your terms. Such uses could be broadcasting, live performance or radio broadcasting. The EMI group has released details of a restructure in its operations after it avoided a takeover by its main lender, Citigroup, in early June. EMI will combine EMI Recorded Music and EMI Music Publishing under one global head overseen by Roger Faxon as group chief executive. Faxon has been chairman and chief executive of EMI Music Publishing since 2007,
that Kylie Minogue would grace the Glastonbury stage during Scissor Sisters’ set and indeed the singing budgie joined Jake Shears and co onstage to sing Any Which Way from the band’s new Night Work album. This was our Kylie’s first appearance on the Glastonbury stage since she was forced to cancel a headline slot in 2005 after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
MOVES & SHAKES Warner Music Australia has appointed Billy MacLeod in the newly created position of Vice President, Promotions and Publicity. Dew Process welcomes Craig May to the Head of Marketing role. The Workers Club in Melbourne have announced Nicci Reid as their new band booker. Reid has been the band booker at the Empress Hotel for the past four years and will be joined by Evelyn Morris (Pikelet/ Baseball/True Radical Miracle) at the venue. After four years as Popfrenzy’s Label Manager, Julia Wilson is moving on but will continue with all things Rice Is Nice (julia@riceisinice.net).
CLASH OF THE IOTAS After recently winning 2010’s Triple J Unearthed High competition, Iotah have announced they’re changing their name to Stonefield, for legal reasons. A local cabaret performer who started his musical career in the ‘90s goes by the name iOTA so the four Findlay sisters from Gisborne High have implemented the change.
HELP THE OAF Oxford Art Factory has come under attack from local residents who are blaming the venue for all the tribulations of Oxford Street. The OAF recently submitted two applications to the City of Sydney Council: the first seeks to do away with the requirement for a trial period for late night trade and the second sees the venue applying for permission to provide entertainment during the day. Both applications have now been called to a full Council meeting, which could put the entire operation in jeopardy if increases to the security regime or a reduction in trading hours are suggested. The Oxford Art Factory hopes to gather voices of support and those willing to detail the positive benefits of Sydney’s live music scene. Contact Mark Gerber (GM/ Licensee/Bookings) at Oxford Art Factory on 9332 3711 or via email (mark@oxfordartfactory.com) to help save the venue. with his appointment signalling a remove from the traditional split between record labels and music publishers. Applications are now open for the Regional Arts Fund, an Australian Government initiative supporting the arts in regional and remote Australia. The grants support arts and cultural activities in regional NSW that are sustainable, have long term cultural, economic and social benefits, develop partnerships and cultural networks and provide skills development opportunities. More info at our website and applications close August 13. Our Music Open Day is on again this Monday with FBi. Join us at their studios where you can speak to their music programmers – and us! We’ll be answering your questions, demystifying the industry and helping you map out your musical future. 3pm – 6pm at 44 – 54 Botany Rd Alexandria. Music Open Day happens on the first Monday of every month at FBi.
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FABULOUS DIAMONDS Following last week’s vent/rant about the state of the ‘hype machine’, it’s comforting to get to the end-of-themonth music wrap-up and realise that, over the last four weeks, there have been releases that have naturally found themselves repeatedly on the Breakdown playlist. One in particular arrived in a clump of media quotes and was listened to and put aside, only to keep finding its way back in those moments when you just need an album that knows who you are – equally solaceproviding and strut-causing. Wild Nothing’s Gemini came out through Spunk at the tail end of May and is in some ways an ode to the masters of melancholy and in others a very personal and un-self-conscious manifesto by a romantic and a dreamer. There are definite shades of Ride and Smashing Pumpkins and The Cure and even Sonic Youth to Virginia one-man act Jack Tatum’s songs, all used in tasteful measures to give a sense of knowing and security. Lines can also be drawn to Ariel Pink’s ‘chillwave’ revolution (the one he hates to talk about, understandably), but the album is essentially made up of naïve, bedroom guitar lullabies; the kind of everlasting sadness and joy. And when Tatum warbles (in lo-fi harmony) “Boys don’t cry, they just want to die… Can I still be your pessimist?” in Pessimist, the moment of intelligent reference and re-imagining is lost to honest emotion. (And that’s enough ‘honest emotion’ on my part, thanks.) In Melbourne, the younger Reptiles (as opposed to Nick Barker’s re-formed band) finally produced a follow-up to their rough and raw 2008 EP Smell My Skin, which hinted at a band unafraid to step out of their local influences to attempt a melody of their own but also to go all-out with their onstage bravado in a way Australian bands are rarely forgiven for. (Which, in my book, is a very good thing: entertainment and art do not always have to come with a shrug and shy smile.) If that EP was a grimy rock’n’roll beastling, then their newie, Come Get Me!, is that beastling grown into a bucking mutant horse. There are gothic country rhythms added to the swampy and deep-voiced drawls and scowls and some sharp hooks at work – I and others I know have woken up repeatedly with one of the songs stuck in our heads. Also in Melbourne, Fabulous Diamonds made very good on their promise of a second album, II (out on Chapter Music), as hypnotic as it is deeply, strangely melodic and complexly and masterfully arranged. All that makes it sound like a difficult listen, or at least an overly cerebral one and they are perhaps the most musically neurotic band in the country, but there’s a wonderful naivety to Nisa Venerosa’s choir-girl voice and some intensely body-feeling synth drones and rhythms made by her bandmate Jarrod Zlatic that pull the album up to being an all-over therapeutic massage. That the album can be listened to intently or stuck on in the background, providing very distinct experiences, says a lot about the way they write, creating sonic ecosystems from laboured detail. From Perth, the 6s & 7s project from songwriter Josh Fontaine releases its debut album, Choose Sentinel Blooze, on 3 July (through Fuse) and it’s a pretty awesomely warped and schizophrenic (not in an obscene ‘crazy, man’ way; in the sense that disparate and often troubled voices interject the songs at times, the tunes changing tack and shifting melodies in condensed, paranoid movements) pop album. There is, as has been suggested, probably some Xiu Xiu in there, as well as The Magnetic Fields, but who cares about references when the result is a strong, uncompromising new Australian voice. Even though it’s getting plenty of attention elsewhere, it feels like it’d be remiss of me not to again mention Sleigh Bells, their Treats album now out in Australia (through Liberator) and providing some madcap dirgey beats and cooing cheerleader vocals to getting-readyfor-a-night-out time. On that pile, too, for some easy listening, is the OST to The Runaways (out through Warner), the film fantasy of the creation of the ‘70s glam rock band. It’s a soundtrack for those discovering proto-punk, with Suzi Quatro, MC5, Bowie, The Stooges and the Sex Pistols mixed in with The Runaways and Dakota Fanning singing not-too-terrible (if sweetened up) versions of Cherry Bomb and California Paradise. A pretty base but still excellent selection. breakdown@drummedia.com.au
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ENTERTAINMENT MAKE UP ARTIST COURSE Wanna be a Make Up Artist or just simply would like to learn about make up techniques? Unseen talent presents Make up courses at different levels. Learn how to apply your own make up professionally from our highly qualified make-up artists. Or become a professional and learn the make up techniques with a focus on bridal, fashion, glamour and photography. No prior knowledge or experience is required. All products & equipment provided while training. For more information check our website: www.unseentalent.tv Our courses are limited to groups of 4 so call Diana on 02 9310 2100 or 0468 871 864 or apply on our website www.unseentalent.tv
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WANT TO WORK IN THE MUSIC BIZ? Valleyarm are a global digital music supplier and are seeking sales contractors Australia wide to sign bands and artists. On target earnings of $37800 PA, flexible hours and awesome incentives! A passion and an ear for good music is essential, if you like checking out bands and have good people skills then this might be the job for you! A real chance to make huge dollars within the music industry! Training provided. Email interest and resumes to info@valleyarm. com or call 03 9525 5589 for more information.
Are you passionate about Hardstyle, hard trance or hardcore? Then we need YOU! Hsu Sydneys biggest monthly hard dance club night is looking for dedicated promoters. Great pay & kick backs. Email interests of expression to hsupromo@ gmail.com
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SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Would you like to be able to offer everyone you know and everyone they know and so on, the BEST PRICES GUARANTEED in the world for all their new brand name shopping? Well take a look at this. This is most certainly a lifetime opportunity to launch ongoing income well into the future. www.hotglobalbusiness.com/fortunate
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STOP HOWLIN AT THE MOON
iFlogID: 5539 AGENCY SUPPORT WANTED, The Shelley Turner Band require a booking agent. Please visit myspace.com/shelleyturnerband Have averaged 2 jobs per month over last year contact Shelley 043 279 0076
NEW SEAGULL ACOUST/ ELECT TWO NEW DW ECO X DESSERT SAND FINISH TOMS. ALL BRAND NEW IN THE BOX,NEVER BEEN USED. SIZES: 7x8 and 14x16-$1500(FOR BOTH). LOCATED IN BONDI JUNCTION. CONTACT APPLE:0406405667.
iFlogID: 4902 Awesome Yamaha 4 string bass, Ideal intermediate quality bass. Great neck and big sound. Available in 4 colours Black, Red, Natural or Silver. 5 year warranty RRP $499 SUPER SALE $333 Limited Stock LOGANS MUSIC BURWOOD 9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED YAMAHA DEALER Awesome solid state amp. 65 watts with a 12 inch speaker, 2 selectable channels(clean and overdrive) and Effects Loop CRAZY PRICE $351 Hurry, limited stock. Logans Music Burwood 9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au
NEW DRIVERACK PX WITH DBX MIC
MARTIN D28 BRAND NEW SEAGULL ENTOURAGE RUSTIC BURST ACOUSTIC IN BOX Top : Select Pressure Tested Solid Cedar Back & Sides : Wild Cherry Neck : Silver Leaf Maple with the Seagull Slim 1.72” nut width. Fingerboard & Bridge : Rosewood Tusq® nut and compensated saddle Finish : Rustic Burst Custom Polished Finish Electronics : Godin Quantum I PICKUP RRP $ 949.00 SELL $700.00 SHIPPING $30.00 Phone: 02 49597421
BUSINESSES MUSIC INDUSTRY BIBLE
iFlogID: 5518 A 100watt two channel head, with independent preamp and master volume controls for each channel. The Normal channel is similar to the SLO’s Crunch mode, with clean sounds available at lower gain settings. The Overdrive channel is identical to the SLO circuit. 2 Years old, a couple of minor markings that do not affect the sound. Great Amp! Must sell as I am moving overseas. www.soldano.com Contact Tyrone on 0430 921 575 or tyrone_bain@hotmail.com
W. Flight case. Offers welcome. All-tube circuitry, 4/8/16 ohm selector, 60 watts rms, 3-way rectifier switch (ClassA/cathode bias/tube rectifier, Class AB/grid bias/tube rectifier, Class AB/ grid bias/SS rectifier). 2 channels,independent cascading gain controls in drive channel for ultra intense distortion textures, EFX loop, ext speaker out, 2-button footswitch, birch/maple ply cabinet. 2x 10” Celestion speakers and alltube spring reverb.
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MARSHALL 1960A 100W QUAD I am selling a hardly used Marshall 1960A 4 x 12 100w cabinet.It is in AS NEW condition. It was purchased approx 1 year ago and has been used maybe 20 times. Great sounding cab with hardly a mark on it. Its on wheels so easy to transport. Am selling because i no longer have use for it.
BRAND NEW DRIVERACK PX WITH WHIRLWIND CABLE AND DBX MEASUREMENT MIC 110VOLTS,ALL BRAND NEW IN BOX,NEVER BEEN USED.LOCATED IN BONDI JUNCTION. TWO AVAILABLE FOR $550.00. CONTACT APPLE:0406405667.
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The Directory is a sourcebook for all the contacts in the Australian music market. There are over 5,000 listed companies & individuals in 70 sections covering all business sectors from Artists cross referenced by Booking Agents, Managers & Record Labels, Promoters, Music Media, Venues, Lawyers, Publishers & much more! We have 3 versions of the Directory available in Print $55 (GST & Postage included)--6 Month Online Subscription $40--iPhone App $19.95 (from Apple iTunes Store). To purchase your print or online version go to www.immedia.com.au/amid or call the IMMEDIA! Office (02) 9557 7766
PEARL EXR CYMBALS RACK STANDS
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CASES ACOUSTIC GUITAR HARD CASE
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LEGACY FIREBIRD 100W HEAD
Pearl EXR (2005 model) drum kit with the following: - 14” snare - 8” tom - 10” tom - 12” tom - 13” tom - 16” floor tom - 22” bass - double kick pedal - single kick pedal - Pearl drum rack - numerous clamps for additional drums and/or cymbals - brand new skins for all 5 toms - Drum City cymbal bag (leather) - clamp arm - 3x boom cymbal stands - 2x straight cymbal stands stool - additional tom arms Cymbals: - Zildjian A Custom - 14” hi-hats - 10” splash - 17” crash - 18” crash - 16” fast crash - Zildjian A - 21” sweet ride All in perfect condition, reluctant sale. Call Kieran on 0410691616. Pickup from Sydney.
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SABIAN CYMBALS READY TO TO START?
Sabian 20” AA Rock ride, Sabian 17” med thin crash, Sabian 14” AA Regular hihats all with Ragone case. As new, $700, ph 0419760940
Want the freedom of your own business working your hours? Village Guitar are leaders in contemporary music tuition. Our strong profile, proven methods and ongoing support will give you every chance of succeeding in your own business. We are looking for guitar players. You don’t have to be a rock legend, however you must be good with people. We can teach you to teach others and to effectively run your business. Very low start up costs. Take the first step today. Call Mark on 02 9580 9284 or 0409 701 249.
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GUITARS Whether your at home or on the road, protect your guitar with this great hard case RRP $119 DRUM MEDIA SPECIAL $57 Mention this ad to get this awesome deal. Logans Music Burwood 9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au You are looking at a hardly used Legacy Firebird 100H 100w head. It was purchased approx 1 year ago and has been used maybe 20 times. For the price, this is a great sounding solid state head. I used this through my Marshall 1960a quad which i am also selling Hardly a mark on the head, in as new condition No longer required.
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FOUR GUITAR AMPS NEW ONLINE BUSINESS OPP
Suit practise use, various wattage. Good sound and volume. Guaranteed money back. $85 each. David, Ryde 98883074
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The Rolls Royce of Acoustic guitars. Handmade in the USA. Solid Spruce top with Solid Rosewood Back and sides. Unbeatable tone. Includes Martin hardcase and factory warranty. RRP $4395 SALE PRICE $2988 Logans Music Burwood 9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au
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CD / DVD SECOND NATION DELINQUENT E.P
Fender USA Standard Stratocaster. Made in USA. New model Vintage Modified Strat Bridge. Includes SKB Hard case, Strap and lead. RRP $2299 SALE PRICE $1539 Logans Music Burwood 9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au
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EPIPHONE FLYING V GUITAR Super cool guitar with the feel to match. Set neck in the Natural Korina finish, this guitar is ready to rock. Package includes Hard Case. BRAND NEW $699 Logans Music 97442400 www.loganspianos.com.au
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GIBSON SG SPECIAL GUITAR Gibson SG. Made in USA. Brand new with Warranty. Polished Ebony including bag. Limited Stock RRP $1999 HOT PRICE $1192 Logans Music BURWOOD 9744 2400 www.loganspianos. com.au AUTHORISED GIBSON DEALER
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ACOUSTIC GUITAR MATON M225
MARTIN USA GUITARS
Maton M225 Solid Sitka Spruce soundboard Queensland Maple Back, sides & neck Rosewood with dot inlays fingerboard Australian Made Original Elixir strings Natural Finish $750 *pick up in Sydney area
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Better exchange rate means better Martin prices! Logans are making a move on Martin guitars. Prices have been slashed on the guitar many consider to be the finest acoustics ever made. For details check out: www.loganspianos.com. au or call (02)9744 2400 Logans Music Burwood Authorised Martin dealer
COLE CLARK FL1AC GUITAR
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MC/HOSTS/SINGERS WANTED
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TRADES & SERVICES
“They’ve really stripped back their sound to a garage/punk feel, raw without frills and great songwriting” David Harrison - Xpress Magazine The raw, no-nonsense sound of the band gives Second Nation’s Delinquent release a timeless quality: it could have been recorded in the heyday of Pub Rock, yet there is no mistaking its contemporary relevance. Don’t be fooled by the hooks of “You’re So Easy”, or the appeal of “Breathe Easy”, ‘cause you can sense something more just below the surface. Second Nation’s new EP, Delinquent, is available now on iTunes, Amazon, Napster, eMusic and Rhapsody. For those wanting the physical copy, go to Big Cartel or CD Baby. Also, watch out for the video of “You’re So Easy”, currently in post-production. The band are set to tour in support of the new release, with shows planned for mid-August. For further information contact: 2ndnation@gmail. com www.myspace.com/secondnation
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COMPUTERS
STREET POSTER STAFF WANTED!!!
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All solid Australian made guitar with dual pickup system. Different timber options available. Package includes FL1AC guitar, Hard case and leather strap Package price $1299. Logans Music Burwood 9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED COLE CLARK DEALER
iFlogID: 5318 12-24 MONTHS INTEREST FREE, NO INTEREST EVER, TAKE HOME YOUR GUITAR,AMP,P.A,KEYBOARD,ETC TODAY... CALL US FOR MORE DETAILS 07 54743033 MUSIC @ NOOSA
OVATION USA ELITE LX GUITAR
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IBANEZ RG SERIES AND HARDCASE
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MARSHALL JCM 900 COMBO We are seeking talented, bright and reliable MCs to host Trivia/karaoke shows in pubs, corporate or private functions. The work is fun, fast paced and pays very well. No experience needed but must have a willingness to learn and a personality that can move a crowd to their feet and keep them motivated all night. Some heavy lifting
Are you a reliable person who is available every weekday? If you are, Media Tree Australia is looking for a street poster distributor who will be responsible for placing posters on our designated Sydney sites. To apply, you will need a
100w valve, High Gain Dual Reverb with footswitch. Great tone, rarely used, excellent condition. Selling as moving o/s. One owner only, was bought brand new. $1500 ono. Call Michael 0402 859 129 (Northern Beaches)
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This is a MOTU 828 Mk3 that i purchased about a year or so ago brand new. It has lived in my little studio room all that time, and has only a very small mark on it. A great sounding unit, with so many features, i am selling this reluctantly, but it does have to go :( So, with all the software, drivers and original box, i am letting this go very cheaply considering its retail value. The unit, is in as new condition! Here is a link to the motu website http://www.motu.com/products/ motuaudio/828mk3/body.html
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Made In USA with LX super shallow bowl. Beautiful plug in acoustic sound. Includes hard case. 1 only. Super Special $1499 Logans Music BURWOOD 9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au
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DRUMS TWO NEW DW ECO X TOMS
Rare 7string Ibanez AX7221, 22 fret, equipped w/Seymour Duncan Invader pickup (w/volume & tone control) & DiMarzio clip-lock strap. Heavy tone & huge sustain. Features hand-painted (by owner) biomechanical landscape in the style of H.R.Giger. Price includes new black guitar hard case & postage if required. Call for more info, I can custom-paint any guitar.. Michael 0417184213.
FENDER PINK PAISLEY STRAT.
MOTU 828 MK3 English made reliability. 100watts in 2 fully seperate channels with reverb/chorus/lead boost. all footswitchable. very grunty. great fat sound! PERFECT CONDITION! $400.00 Ph Jimbo on 0428744963
FENDERS SECONDHAND 1979 STRAT- ASH BODY IN CASE $2695 1975 MUSIC MASTER IN CASE $1795 MEX STRAT W/DUNCAN H-BUCKER $649 NEW USA STANDARD TELE S/BURST $1799 USA STANDARD STRAT -BLK $1749 USA JAZZ BASS - SUN BURST $2199 MEX JAZZ BASS - BLK $849 ROAD WORN STRATS AND TELES $1499EACH CALL TIM 07 54743033 MUSIC@ NOOSA LTD STOCK
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MARSHALL VS100 VALVESTATE AMP.
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SECOND NATION - delinquent E.P. AVAILABLE NOW for $4.99 at www.myspace.com/secondnation
SECONDHAND 1960 RI LES PAUL GOLDTOP IN EXCELLENT CONDITION W/CASE ONLY $3395 CALL US 07 54743033 - MUSIC@NOOSA
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GIBSONS SG CLASSIC 60’S CUSTOMSHOPWHITE $2995 SG DIABLO -ONLY 1000 MADE-RED $2995 SG ROBOT - MINT COND. - RED $2295 LES PAUL STUDIO - WALNUT $1495 LP 1960CLASSIC-GOLDTOP $2995 LP 1960-CLASSIC - SUNBURST $2995 LP ROBOT - DARK PURPLE $2195 LUCILLE BB KING $3295 ALL GUITARS ARE SECONDHAND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.. CALL TIM - 07 54743033 MUSIC@NOOSA
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100 watt head and matching 4/12 angled quadbox.2 fully seperate channels with reverb/ crunch/mean/filth.effects send/return.all footswithable.very versatile.Australian designed quality.MINT CONDITION.$850 ono.
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HUGE GUITAR CLEARANCE
GIBSON 1960 RI GOLDTOP
VIPER GUITAR AMP.ALL VALVE
Positions Available all over Australia in the most exciting Discount Travel Business ever seen! This is not some Get Rich Quick Scheme. This is a real business, and it will take some real work on your behalf. But the business systems that we have in place make everything simple: step by step!. Here are just some of the benefits this new business can provide: The Ability to Make a Great Part-Time Income or Extraordinary FullTime Income. A Flexible Work Schedule you can arrange. Being Able to Stay Home with your Family. Being Debt Free and Financially Independent. Spending More Time Doing Things You Really Love. Vacation Whenever You Want. And, for the First Time, Being in Complete Control of Your Life! Affordable Startup Costs - Less than $1000 Step-By-Step Blueprints To Follow. Professional Training, Support & Marketing Tools. Aussie Pyxism Melbourne: 03 9005 8160 www. aussiepyxism.com info@aussiepyxism.com
For sale is a mint condition, Maton Mastersound Deluxe electric guitar for $1000 off the recommended retail price!!!! I bought this guitar four years ago. It has a beautiful sound, is extremely versatile (especially with the coil taps on both the bridge and neck pick ups). The reason for selling is that I don’t play electric guitar anymore (have taken up the oud), and this beautiful instrument just sits at home unplayed. Sale price $1700 o.n.o. Contact me at brent.keogh@students. mq.edu.au Specs as below: Maton Mastersound Deluxe Tone Cap: Blackwood or Rock Maple Binding: White Neck: Set Rock Maple F/Board: Rosewood F/Board Radius: 12 inches Fret Markers: M.O.P. Blocks Scale: 25.5 Fret Wire: Jim Dunlop 6130 Bridge: Chrome Tailpeice & Bridge Finish: Gloss Machines: Chrome Grover Bridge Pick Up: MVB2 (Coil Tapped) Magnets - Alnico 8 1000G Coils - 2x8.5k Neck Pick Up: MHN2 (Coil Tapped) Magnets - Alnico 5 950G Coils - 2x8.5k Controls: 2 Volumes 2 Tones (2 Coil Tapped) 3 Way rotary selector switch Colours: Sunburst
HUGE FENDER NEW AND USED SALE
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LOOKING FOR A JOB BACKSTAGE ?
MATON MS 2000DLX CHEAP!!!
FENDER USA STANDARD STRAT
iFlogID: 5078 World renowned Rocking Horse Studio Byron Bay Hinterland Call Greg Price Elders Bangalow 0412 871 500
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SOLDANO HOT ROD 100+ $3500 ONO
FENDER PROSONIC 2 X 10 W CASE
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The Aria FA65 is just the ticket for everything rockabilly to Jazz. Awesome package includes Hard case and Ernie Ball 20’ Cable RRP $1167, now 50% off- $583. BARGAIN! Logans Music BURWOOD 97442400 www.loganspianos. com.au
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Backstagejobs.com.au Australia’s very own dedicated online employment website to backstage jobs. Subscribe to our free jobs & news bulletins and become a member for free and post a free classified.
Ajay’s Rehearsal Studio in Canterbury Super Cheap Rehearsal Studio Available to hire or to share in Big Warehouse in Canterbury. $ 10 per hour , min booking 3 hrs or $50 per day . Bands,
FENDER FRONTMAN 65R
FOH TECH - ENORMOUS HORNS
CHEAPEST REHEARSAL STUDIO IN SYDNEY, CANTERBURY
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Mix, drive van and assist setup, 3 crew, 65 -100 gigs per year, permanent. Rob 0412 909 025
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Ajay’s Rehearsal Studio in Canterbury Super Cheap Rehearsal Studio Available to hire or to share in Big Warehouse in Canterbury. $ 10 per hour , min booking 3 hrs or $50 per day . Bands, Trio’s, Duo’s or Soloist or Music Teachers all are welcome. vVery powerful P.A. System vBig and Huge Soundproof Room vPlenty of Car parking vVery Easy Access vOnly 2 Minutes Walk From Canterbury Station vNear the park and cooks River, beautiful and suitable place for Creating new ideas and lyrics and new music or what ever it is that you do. To find out more please Call Ajay Goldsmith On 0409 334 240 or you can email me with the questions on bluesyaj@ yahoo.com.au
GUITARS FENDER GIBSON MARTIN Vintage and USA guitars. Buy, Sell and Trade. mattsvintageguitars.com 02-9518-0150
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Boss, Peavey, Takamine & many more. Village Guitar. 35 Penshurst Street, Penshurst. 9580 9284. Monday to Saturday.
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YAMAHA RBX270 BASS GUITAR
AMPS
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LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY
iFlogID: 4839 Gibson Firebird Copy by Guitar Technology in good condition and setup by Sydney Guitar set ups $560.00 Ph: 0419 888 186
FOR SALE
HARDER STYLES PROMOTERS WANTED
GUITARIST
VOCALSIT / MC’S WANTED
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ARIA FA65 HOLLOWBODY GUITAR
BASS
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Thumping rhythm section seeks guitarist for choppy hard-groove and mainly instrumental rock band. Looking to do some recording and shows but low pressure and not a ‘make it’ band. Have songs but open to co-writing if able. Prefer someone closer to south sydney and inner west but not essential. 0415337720
Construction White Card, a “can-do” attitude and an eye for detail. Forward you resume to gareth@ mediatree.com.au or call 9698 7488
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Pro powerhouse Drummer for an established 5 piece band Newcastle area. Covers and originals,Hard Rock,blues,pop,rock & roll exp band gigged with the Angels 2 booking agents a lot of paid gigs booked, Album 2011. Contact Peter 4984 4731
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GIBSON FIREBIRD COPY
involved and an applicant with car/license is very desirable To apply, please send your resume with specified availability to Jason Dean, Operations Manager jason@ev-ent.com
This guitar is virtually new and unplayed comes with hardcase and strap. going for $400. contact me via email indie_hindley@hotmail.com or call me 0406296033.
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HALF YEARLY CLEARANCE We are a week into our month long Half Yearly Clearance. Up to 50% off. Big brands, big savings. Gibson, Epiphone, Musicman, Cole Clark,
Genuine 1980’s Pete Townshend jap model. all original. in case. amazing action. beatiful tone and sustain. plays great. nice patina. very rare.
suit collector. EXCELLENT CONDITION! $2500.00 Ph Jimbo on 0428744963.
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Yeahs and more! T-shirts, fleecy hoodies, caps, beanies, bags and loads of other cool stuff. Shop now at www.tsp.net.au.
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SELLING EPIPHONE LESPAUL Selling a Epiphone les paul 100 Starburst. Good Condition 400$. Hardly been Used. More Info Email Me. wtf_juice@hotmail.com
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KEYBOARDS
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ADULTS ONLY LESSONS!
mastering to release quality at affordable prices. www.statelymanor.com.au for details.
HIRE SERVICES
ROCK MEMORABILIA Authentic Signed Rock Memorabilia and reprints from around the globe. www.rockgodsandlegends.com
amazing. www.matthewgraymastering.com.
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FORENSIC AUDIO MASTERING
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Professional high end audio mastering in our dedicated analog and digital mastering studio. Professional results at highly competitive rates. Pay by the track. Integrated online service available. www.forensicaudio.com.au
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PA AND RYTHM SECTION HIRE Authentic Signed & Reprint Rock Memorabilia from across the globe www.rockgodsandlegends.com
Expirienced operators will make your next event a success with professional quality sound production. Krank Music 0414 PA HIRE 0414 72 44 73
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DOMC MASTERING - $95 PER TRACK
PA/OPERATOR FOR HIRE
From the people who brought you TheMusic. com.au comes two new free news resources, The Daily News Feed and Velvet Rope; the only source of music business and industry news you will ever need! Each morning the Daily News Feed posts crucial music business news, helping you stay current with Aussie and overseas breaking stories. Velvet Rope is brought to you via Door Bitch and is a weekly news column that keeps you up to date on the happenings of the music biz. From job opps, news, events & a bit of back room gossip, Door Bitch has it covered. It’s out every Friday at noon. Check out the new news at www.TheMusic.com.au
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MAL’S OPEN MIC NIGHTS
For as low as $100, you get a PA system with a sound mixer, complete with a human operator as well to set it up for you for the evening. You can play your own music through it, sing, talk, do a disco, small function, etc, etc, etc. Contact Chris 0419 272 196.
YAMAHA YAS62 ALTO SAXOPHONE
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YAMAHA NP30 DIGITIAL PIANO iFlogID: 4414
HUGE ACCORDION SALE
Professional model with hand engraved bell. Made in Japan Includes case and accessories. Brand New with 3 year warranty. RRP $3499 HOT PRICE $2499 Logans Music BURWOOD 9744 2400 www.loganspianos.com.au AUTHORISED YAMAHA DEALER
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just bought all brand new pa system and band instruments,looking for fixed installation for bars and pubs,will give a special price depending on the length of contract,these are all proffessional equipments,jbl speakers,dw drums,roland vdrums,hartke and marshall amps,dbx,soundcraft mixer and akg mics. just name your price and make your offer,and if its fair,i’ll accept it.with p.a. operator,located in bondi junction.my number is 0406405667. ACCEPTS ONLY FIXED INSTALLATION IN SYDNEY,OR PERMANENT GIGS IN BONDI JUNCTION.LOOK FOR APPLE.
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THE SPACED ARE HERE!
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PA SYSTEMS, LIGHTS , STAGES
DANE BEESLEY PHOTOGRAPHY
iFlogID: 4753 Domc Mastering is a dedicated mastering suite located just outside of Brisbane. We specialise in getting your next audio project ready for the public. DOMC work with you to get you the ‘sound’ that you are chasing.
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NTHN BEACHES SONG PRODUCTION Feros Group and in4mal entertainment are hosting open mic nights at Taren Point Hotel, Panania Hotel, Lone Pine Tavern Rooty Hill, Amber Ale Annandale and Harp Tempe. Go to blogs at www. myspace.com/in4mal_entertainment Phone Mal 0413 735773 openmic1@hotmail.com
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CUSTOM BASS DRUM HEADS
MARKETING AND PROMOTION
I can help bring your song ideas to life! Northern Beaches producer/writer with local production studio, great gear, and own indie label can help you write, arrange, record and release your songs! Whatever your project, song/spoken word, sound for image, ad or HSC music recording, I can help make it great! ABN, negotiable rates depending on project. Please call for a chat about your project! Steve Lindsay 0419 631 766, Oceanic Records.
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PA’S,LIGHTING & OPERATORS
Dane specialises in providing high-quality creative images to a diverse range of clients. Contributor to Rolling Stone Magazine and Street Press. www.photodane.com
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POSTERS ILLUSTRATOR AVAILABLE NOW!
PA’s,Lighting & Operators KV2 Audio ES Rig to suit up to 1000 people KV2 Audio EX Rig to suit up to 400 people KV2 12”+3” horn Wedges in Left & Right pairs 40 Can Light show available with Hazer. Including a Yamaha LS9-32 for total recall for return gigs with up to 8 sends to stage. This system has been supplied for Jenny Morris, Choirboys, Black Sorrows, Jon Stevens, Glen Shorock, James Blundell, Jon English and also many of the top cover bands in Sydney. Please call Paul from ISE Productions on 0408288443 for a quote. 20years+ experience in UK, USA & Australia.
Piano accordions now on sale at Logans! Come in select from our large range of piano accordions. All sizes available Mention this ad to Receive 20% off RRP. Logans Pianos 9744 2400 www. loganspianos.com.au
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PIA\NO WHITE ACOUSTIC UPRIGHT
DIGIDESIGN C|24 BARGAIN!
We have 5 days recording in late June. We need a great Rock producer/engineer to mix our 5 tracks. Must have plenty of experience in Rock/ Metal/Punk www.mypace.com/droptankband droptankband@gmail.com
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EV Mongoose FOH 4000 watts, EV foldback with 4 sends 2000 watts incl drumfill. Allen & Heath, Shure, DBX & Lexicon. Lights included. Rates start from $300. Glenn 0425263999 or glenn@ sevenyearitch.com.au
VIOLIN VIOLA CELLO BASS
MIXERS
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ROCK MIXER WANTED FOR EP
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PROFESSIONAL SOUND AND LIGHT
Session Bass Player Andrew Challoner is available for any recording projects from a full album in a professional studio to a single track in a home studio. Andrew is experienced in recording, has great time/feel, quality gear, and knows how to groove. He has knowledege in any style and has the ability to create basslines that make your songs come alive. Andrew can read chord charts or notation, and can play by ear. He is also experienced in arranging and can write printed chord charts or notated charts using Sibelius, to save time (and money) in the studio. Special offer - 1 track free for any new clients! Hear the difference a real bass player can make on your songs. www.andrewchalloner.com 0410-625-981
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STUDIO SPACE FOR LEASE, SYDNEY Studio space for lease in Kogarah. Aprox 20 square meters adjoining rehearsal room. Looking for proffesional engineer/producer to run a business out of our new rehearsal space. Please send expressions of interest to ben@krankstudios.com.au
SESSION BASS PLAYER AVAILABLE
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EP RELEASE
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THE WEDDING GUITARIST Bring a touch of class to your special day with the beauty of solo guitar. Highly experienced solo guitarist, able to play a selection of classical, jazz and pop tunes for you. Very professional presentation and performance guaranteed. Phone Scott 0400 391 400
PRODUCTION, PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE, PRODUCTION ADVICE. I have been working as a professional musician and making records since 1974. e-mail me at revjdlove@pacific.net.au
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Stately Manor Productions – Sydney’s newest Hip-Hop Production House are offering MC’s, Rappers and Hip Hop Artists recording, custom beats, songwriting, production, mixing and mastering to release quality at affordable prices. www.statelymanor.com.au for details.
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Want to become an agent for Valleyarm? Valleyarm are a global digital music supplier and are seeking studios and producers Australia wide to be official agents, you’d be responsible for signing new bands and artists to add to our catalogue and getting paid to do so. If you ever have bands asking how they can get their songs on iTunes then this is the perfect chance to bring in extra revenue with excellent monthly bonuses available! Training and point of sale is available to get you started straight away. Email info@valleyarm. com or Call 03 9525 5589
INTEGUITAR.COM
I’m a professional Music Producer and Sound Mixer who has worked with internationally renowned artist such as Seal and De La Soul, and I’m offering private tuition in Mixing and Production. Bring your own session (Logic or Protools) or use one of mine, and I will show the tricks that they do not teach you at school, I work from my home setup (Surry Hills) only, $65 per hour. http://www.steevebody.com
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Play songs on guitar instantly. $49.99 postage inc. kit of 4 x interfaces + tutorial CD. Special deals for the first 100 buyers. The guitar is an easy instrument to play but it is an extremely difficult instrument to learn. Getting past the initial stumbling clanging strumming period of learning guitar can take a number of years and its made all the more difficult by the blank fret board. InteGuitar solves this problem by giving the fret board a temporary movable visual interface of rudimentary OPEN and BAR Chords in the form of a silicon strap. If you can see how the chords are played these basic functions can be over come in much shorter time and be less frustrating. Because the interfaces can be repositioned along part of the neck Bar Chords be displayed. It takes a few attempts to get used to setting up an interface eventually taking 1 to 5 minutes to complete. Silicon Interfaces stretch to fit on all steel string acoustic and electric guitars. Fatter necks like classical guitars are a little harder to fit. Call us now on 0405 044 513
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BASS LESSONS Electric and double bass lessons available from experienced professional. All styles and levels. Harmony and theory, improvisation, composition, reading, HSC tutoring,,. Located Petersham. Call 0423 160 448
Bass Tuition with professional bass player Andrew Challoner. Fun creative and relevant. Any style, age or ability. 1st lesson free! Lesson topics include fingerstyle techniques, pick playing, slap and pop, how to groove with a drummer, song writing, scales and arpeggios, walking bass, improvising, soloing, reading chord charts and notation, aural skills, styles from rock to reggae and everything in between, and performance. Northern Beaches/North Shore For more info www.andrewchalloner.com or www.myspace. com/andrewchalloner. Ph Andrew on 0410-625981 for your free trial lesson
Petersham area. Real guitar for committed students. Beginners to Advanced. Jazz, Rock, Blues, Contempory and other popular styles. Progress from muso to musician with help from an experienced Professional. Theory, practical, rhythm, melody and improvisation.Learn songs,scales, modes, ear training, composition, sight reading and musicianship. All about chords, arpeggios, substitutions, inversions, harmony. etc. Learn at a pace and in a direction you want to go. 0430344334. www. myspace.com/craigcorcoranmusic. creative-guitar@hotmail.com
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Individually tailored music tuition from UNSW/ Sydney Conservatorium trained and accredited professional musician. Half lesson learning theory and technique, half playing the music of the student’s choice. Learn with direction with 3 stage core program enabling improvisation and composition. Dedicated, patient teacher who listens to student’s needs. Also available voice, keyboard, songwriting, arranging, and music technology. All styles offered to all ages from around 12 and over. Studio situated in Surry Hills. Contact Christian Laki on (02) 9280-3443, email christianlaki@musicteachers.com.au or visit www.christianlaki.com
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PLAY JAZZ
VOCAL TUITION
Voice science is out there to help improve your singing quickly. One on one lessons in hi tech multi award winning studio with fully qualified singing and performance expert. First assessment FREE. Beginners and professionals. I Look forward to helping you find your voice. www. avic.com.au studio - 9588 2184 mob - 0414 453 066 Stephen Baker
Piano Lessons Piano lessons available in the Hawkesbury area. 22 year old teacher with a fun approach to the basics of the piano. Bachelor of Music degree with experience teaching young children the fundamentals of music. First half hour lesson free to assess whether or not lessons will be suitable to you/your child. $20 per half hour lesson. Please phone or email Katie on 0451 307 599 or katie.goodman@live.com.au
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GUITAR LESSONS FOR ALL AGES
Ableton certified trainer and author of Ableton video training for Groove 3 (USA) Craig McCullough is available locally in SE Qld for private Ableton and music technology training. Video training is also availble from www.groove3.com. Mobile: 0431 556 746 email: abletontrainer@ optusnet.com.au
DRUM TUITION IN STANMORE Drum Tuition in Stanmore with a Billy Hyde Trained Teacher. (Dip Drums. Dip Ed). All ages and all styles. Beginners Welcome. Call Lee: 0403307796
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SINGING LESSONS THAT ROCK
NY TRAINED SONGWRITING TUITION
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AUSTRALIAN FOLK & PUNK SINGER Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist looking to join or form band playing Australian & Celtic music Influences: Redgum, Warumpi Band, Goanna, Dubliners, Pogues, Roaring Jack, Planxty, The Fureys, Paul Kelly, Dropkick Murphys Call or email Matthew - 0400467043 or irishtrad@ hotmail.com
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WANT TO GO TO THE TOP? We’re looking for a new bass player to come to the top with us. We’re a new hard rock band in the Inner West and we have already set up our own studio and we’re in the process of recording our demo. If you like rock or metal, rock with us! Contact: 0431 957 583 or max@razorheart.net
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PRO TROMBONIST AVAILABLE
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Expand your creativity, exercise your mind, learn a skill for life,entertain people and most importantly, have fun! Music is a fulfilling pastime for a great many people. If you enjoy music get in and be a part of it. Seize the day! Beginners to intermediate of all ages welcome. I have experience in both song writing and performance aspects of music. Whether you just want to strum or sing along in your room or you’d prefer to start your own band and take over the world. Together, we should be able to get you well on your way. Just add enthusiasm!$50 per 45min Individual and 1h small group sessions available. Call Zach on 0424 047 183 zachdevans@gmail.com
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SINGING LESSONS
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GUITAR TUITION IN DULWICH HILL From a working musician. Most electric & some acoustic styles. E-mail me at revjdlove@pacific.
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BASS PLAYER AVAILABLE Mature age, excellent gear, huge repertoire, specializing in 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Only working bands need apply 0403357019
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DOUBLE BASS PLAYER
LOOKING FOR LIFE TIME BAND genuine music man searching life time members.
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HAVE VOCALS WILL TRAVEL Vocalist looking for home. Happy to begin with new band or established. Influences blues rock punk folk metal everything. Have experience playing in bands and vocal training.
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SINGER AVAILABLE Good female singer mid 20’s looking for band or to start a duo. Want to start gigging asap. Interested in singing funk/soul/pop. no time wasters please. call 0406 673 818
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Two Sydney choirs are taking singers now. Have you wanted to join a choir. We have a couple of great community choirs in the inner west. Wednesdays in Glebe and Thursdays in Waterloo. Come along and check it out. Lots of styles including gospel, pop, jazz and world music. You don’t have be a trained musician to be in these choirs. We do several performances each year. Contact Gary on 0414 869 352.
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BASS PLAYER WANTED City based Hard rock/Alternative band with original songs seeks committed Bass Player to start recording and gigging with. Ph: 0414742900
BASS PLAYER WANTED Sydney based band seeks competent and reliable bass player. Think Built to spill, Parades, Isis. Call steve 0424380065. myspace,com/weknewwhenshelaned
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BASS PLAYER WANTED
i am looking to form a serious band, influences include Stone Roses, The Smiths, Beatles, Kinks, Suede. Preferably looking for vocalist to collaborate with, then add bass and drums later. songs ready, looking to be gigging asap. own transport preferable. email - thevilliers@hotmail.com
GUITARRIST WANTS TO PLAY GIGS
for 5 piece rock cover band with female vocalist, ready to gig. 30+ with vocal/harmony ability preferred. Will be working twice a month. Rehearsing in Botany. Call Christine 0400 200 258
iFlogID: 5232 Experienced saxophonist based in Sydney is looking for bands and studio sessions. Jazz, funky, afro, reggae,latin, rock, folk. If interested contact me at 0410041979. Cheers. Lorenzo
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A CHOIR
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The ultimate tribute to one of Australia’s most popular & successful bands, INXS! www.inxsshow.com For bookings contact Glenn - info@ inxsshow.com
GUITARIST TO FORM/JOIN BAND
I’m a 22 year old guitar player looking for gigs with cover bands or originals. I can play a lot of different styles and I wanna play on stage as soon as posible. I can also do recordings. Send an e-mail to nikki.rausch@hotmail.com or call me: Nikki- 0404963050
Experienced professional electric and double bassist available for gigs, recording, touring, lessons. All styles. Specializing in jazz and world music. Good reader. Good gear. Call 0423 160 448
SInging lessons in a positive environment with a highly experienced and professional singer/ songwriter. Lessons tailored to suit individual needs. Free introductory lesson. www.realvoice. net.au for more details. Inner West, Rosanna 0431 157 622.
Available. I specialize in playing all styles of blues. Swing, jump, shuffles, slow blues ect. Also experienced with heavy blues, funk & heavy blues/rock. Have toured nationally & played festivals ect. See www.myspace.com/samuelvernonbuckley ph 0407906389.
Professional Bass Player Andrew Challoner is available for gigs; covers or originals, casual or permanent. Great groove/feel, quality gear, experienced in any style, large repertoire, reasonable rates and a good attitude! Also available for recording and tuition. 0410-625-981 www. andrewchalloner.com, www.myspace.com/ andrewchalloner
BASS PLAYER AVAILABLE
GUITAR & BASS ANNANDALE Tuition in Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Electric Bass. Beginners welcome (children 10+yrs). Teaching since 1988. All aspects of the instrument. Can also come to you. www.guitar-bass.com.au Terry 9660 5059
Taught at AIM, GIT USA and London, Munich University, Sydney Conservatorium. Played with Joe Pass, Robin Ford, Mike Stern, John Schofield. All styles taught beginners to professionals. Lewisham. 0416 738 397. www.jazz-planet.com/ smckenna. steviegtrplaye1@optusnet.com.au
ELECTRIC BLUES GUITARIST
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JASON AYRES
Bassist wanted to join melodic metal band with death/black/thrash influence. Must be determined, skilled and have own gear and transport. Easygoing but professional environment. Ages 18-30 Wollongong/Sydney based. Influences: Dimmu, Old man’s child, arch enemy, children of bodom, immortal, megadeth, slayer, amon amarth etc. Interest gained nationally and internationally with distribution deals on offer for the band. Great opportunity. www.myspace. com/asmodaiaus or email asmodai_aus@ hotmail.com
I’m an 18yr old Alternative/hard rock/Punk guitarist looking for musicians (preferably 18+) to start a band with that plays originals and a few covers. I live in the northern beaches area and have been playing for approx 7 years. My influ-
BASS PLAYER WANTED
Drummer and Bass Player. Able to play and/or create in odd time signatures. Open to be musically different. Heavy but not metal, sounds like a mix of Rammstein, Manson, Incubus, Wolfmother and Tool. Rehearse in Western Sydney. Call Jarvik7 at 0405584387.
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AAA BASS PLAYER WANTED Are you a bass player and are tired of playing cover songs where you cannot truly express yourself? Are you being confined to root notes, and would like to play “lead bass”? Then get in touch with The Clue: we are a Sydney-based band, play mostly original stuff (classic rock, pop and folk), and rehearse every Monday in Ultimo. We are looking for YOU! Good gear a must, vocal harmonies a plus. See you soon!
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HUMAN FORGERY SEEKS BASSIST
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BASSIST NEEDED! we are a progressive/alternative rock band looking for a bassist to help complete the band and also have alot of fun aswell. we’ve been looking despratelyfor months so please give me, Hindley (Drums) a call or an email. and the ages between 16 - 23 are prefered. indie_hindley@hotmail. com or 0406296033
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HEAVY PROJECT SEEKS BASSIST
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BASS... OM NOM NOM
Human Forgery is a brutal technical death band based in Sydney. We seek a talented bassist. Songs played across Australia and about to be featured on a compilation to go round Europe. If your interests are the likes of Behemoth, Hate, Vader, Psycroptic, Emperor, Zyklon, and everything else metal then we want to hear from you. Must have good gear, own transport and motivation. www.myspace.com/humanforgery for further info
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BASSIST WANTED FOR ROCK BAND Original Rock/Blues band are looking for a Bass player. We have been playing together for only a few months and have written some original tracks that we plan to record very soon. We require a Bassist who is reliable and versatile and has their own Equipment and transport. If interested please send an email to chantellalexi@iinet.net.au
Acoustic Pop-Rock Specialist -www.jasonayres. com-
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BASSIST WANTED!!!
MUSICIANS WANTED BASS PLAYER
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ORIGINALS BAND SEEKS
Female fronted originals band seeks musically open minded bass player. Rehearsing in Sydney’s inner west. We like PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, The Bellrays, MC5, Nick Cave, The Donna’s, Thin Lizzy, Sahara Hotnights, Black Sabbath. Call 0410 865 035 or email newtons4@aapt.net.au
I’m a 22 year old guitar player looking for gigs with cover bands or originals. I can play a lot of different styles and I wanna play on stage as soon as posible. I can also do recordings. Send an e-mail to nikki.rausch@hotmail.com or call me: Nikki- 0404963050
GUITARIST LOOKING TO FORM BAND
Are you a Bass Player? Have your own transport? Are male or female? and are you somewhere between 20-35 yrs old? Well that is good! My band is a 3 piece rock/ indie group looking for a bass player to start gigging our originals with. It needs you! We rehearse at Whetherill Park in a studio which is cheap to Rent! We like anything from The Beatles, The Beautiful Girls to ACDC. Just email me(Jess) at jessibrat@hotmail.com or phone 0420909588 today!
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Unique heavy project seeks bassist ASAP to begin Live shows followed by recording. Must be commited and ready for a different band experience. Located in Belmore, Sydney. Call Phil 0424304618
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TOTALLY ADDICTED TO BASS!!!
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SINGER
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BASS PLAYER FOR 60S POP GROUP Guitarist/singer seeking bass guitarist to form a 60s pop/rnb group (2 guitars, bass,drums) encompassing authentic sounds of the 1960s Brit Invasion (Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Yardbirds, Searchers, Pacemakers etc) & material of similar ilk (eg The Monkees, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Easybeats etc). Also stuff by likes of Carl Perkins, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochrane & early 60s African/American rnb music that inspired 60s UK beat bands. Sharing quality lead vocals and contributing 60s beat band style 2 part backup and call/response harmonies (eg Paul & George on Twist And Shout) is absolutely essential. Good gear and transport also essential and age up to 50 fine. If interested, email me at 62gretschgent@gmail.com
We are a heavy alternative band looking for a bass player to fill some big shoes.Must have plenty of energy and a bit of something special as well. Think Billy Gould, The Dillinger ESC plan bassist, Alex Webster the list goes on. If you think your have what it takes you can contact us through our my space just google Monster Gale. It’s the only way
BASS PLAYER WANTED
GUITARIST PRO GUITARIST AVAILABLE
SERIOUS BASS PLAYER REQUIRED
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Professional Trombonist available for gigs, session and tours. Jazz, Funk, Latin, Pop, Rock and Classical. Can sight read, improvise and write parts. Contact Brendan 0409833827.
Available for your recording, fill-in gig or band. Highly versatile - jazz, blues, solo fingerstyle, slide, rock, country. Varied influences from Tommy Emmanuel to SRV to Satch, top quality gear and guitars, able to deliver a wide variety of sounds to suit your project. Call Scott 0400 391 400 www.reverbnation.com/scottyburford
MONSTER GALE REQUIRE BASSIST
SERIOUS BASS PLAYER (male or female) to perform a mix of original & cover material. Music is similar in style to: TOOL - SYSTEM OF A DOWN A PERFECT CIRCLE - DAVID BOWIE Ability to sing background vocals an advantage. Must be ready to begin rehearsals ASAP. NB* Genuine inquiries only as commitment is essential. Ph. 0410 80 94 74 or email - julianfrederick@gmail.com
Professional band with clubwork and agent, looking for charismatic male vocalist.Ideal influences would be 80’s 90’s pop/soul.Must be true showperson. Age: 35 - 50years of age. For details call Cora on 0418 122 370.
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TUITION WITH BROTHER JOHN. Fingerstyle guitar, open tunings, slide, flat picking, improvisation, country, blues, folk, celtic styles, music theory, ear training, singing and vocal harmonies. Banjo: up-picking and three finger picking. Mandolin, songwriting and arranging. All styles from Doc Watson and Mississippi John Hurt to Robert Johnson and Eric Clapton. www.acousticfingerpicking.com, www.rosestudios.com.au, tel. 0431953178
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VOCALIST WANTED
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SOLID DRUMMER
Proffesional guitar, bass, drum, keys and vocal teachers wanted for music studio in Kogarah. New studios with air-con, sound proofing etc. We can do all the back office work for you or lease you a space. Important: Must rock and have good attitude! email: ben@krankstudios. com.au 95870180
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DRUMER AVALIABLE Own transport Most styles Call Patrick 0415680575
Drummer is seeking recording experience as a session musician. This service will be free. Bachelor of Music completed. Been playing drums for over 10 years. Drumming style: rock/ funk. My influences are Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blink 182, Toto etc. No Jazz or Metal. My services would suit University students, audio engineering students and professional musicians. Have own professional gear and transport. Based in Cambridge Park N.S.W. Phone Will: 0413 772 911
Who wants to be in a all girls original pop rock band hav some fun and make some $$$?! Guitar/bass/drummer needed. Must be able to sing passable back up vox and luv performing!Practice 1-2 times per week. Gig asap. All ages welcome. www.myspace.com/ nicolesero 0435 426 012
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GUITARIST AVAILABLE! Guitarist wants to jam/form hard rock band with like-minded drummer, lead guitarist & bass player. No extreme metal stuff. Influences include: Motorhead, GnR, Slash’s Snakepit, early KISS, Thin Lizzy etc Ideally aged between 28 40. I’m based on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Call Jason 0431-836-604.
Grunge influenced, seeks to join an awesome rock band with serious musicians. Call Bill 0419164258
GUITAR TUITION. STEVE MCKENNA
iFlogID: 4454 Your voice has the ability to sing at the Audioslave/ Radiohead/ Aretha/ P.J.Harvey level because of Design. Extend your vocal range learn to sing the right technique the first time, career counseling how to start a band. For advanced students: • Microphone Techniques • Recording Techniques • Songwriting • Harmonising. Free performance nights for current and previous students. 10 + years teaching experience. Beginners to Advanced also guitar lessons 0405-044-513
SAXOPHONIS AVAILABLE
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SINGING TEACHER NYC TRAINED
PROFFESSIONAL ROYALTIES EARNING POP ROCK SONGWRITER AVAILABLE FOR TUITION AND GUIDANCE. TRAINED WITH LEADING NYC VOCAL TEACHER WHO HAS WORKED WITH ARTISTS IE. AVRIL LAVIGNE, KELLY CLARKESON AND BEYONCE. COMMERCIAL RADIO PLAY FOR ORIGINALS. LOCATED EASTERN SUBURBS. AVAILABLE TO TRAVEL. ORIGINALS WELCOME OR BEGINNING FROM AFRESH. K.I.S.S. = $$$$$. 0435 426 012
GUITAR, BANJO AND VOICE
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Teacher to the stars, Steve Ostrow. New York vocal coach who started the careers of Bette Midler, Barry Mannilow, Peter Allan and countless others. Now accepting limited amount of private students. All styles; pop, classical, beginners welcome. For my free e-book, ‘I’m Becoming A Singer: A guide to how’ Email me at sostrow@ bigpond.net.au. For more info on voice classes, call me on 0408 461 868. I look forward to hearing from you.
A1 very experienced guitar teacher available for home call tuition.we come to you! become a better musician soon!based in sydney’s inner west.I had the best teachers,now you can too. learn the fundamentals that make a great guitar player!many styles taught in a relaxed,fun manner that will get you happening fast.ph 0421727864.
CONTEMPORARY AND MUSIC THEATRE SINGING TUITION. TRAINED WITH LEADING NYC VOCAL TEACHER WORKED WITH ARTISTS IE. AVRIL LAVIGNE, KELLY CLARKESON AND BEYONCE. WORLD RENOWNED VOCAL EXCERSISES TO VASTLY IMPROVE VOCAL TECHIQUE BASED ON EXCSERCISES FROM MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC. LOCATED EASTERN SUBURBS. AVAILABLE TO TRAVEL. ORIGINALS WELCOME. AUDITION COACHING. 0435 426 012
Guitar tuition now available in Kogarah. We specialise in rock so if you want to learn to shread like slash or just learn some all time classics give us a call. 95870180 ben@krankstudios.com.au
VOICE TEACHER TO THE STARS
GUITAR/VOCAL LESSONS, GLEBE
MUSIC TEACHERS WANTED KOGARAH Stone Cry (band) with management and road crew seek competent bass player with gear and transport to tour country. Original rock band. Influences U2, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chilli Peppers etc. Song from album, Love or War can be listened to at http://www.stonecry.au.com Contact via email: manuellyledayes@gmail.com
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DRUMMER AVAILABLE! Learn guitar with someone who’s actually out there working in the industry performing, writing, recording etc. (north shore area) call/email Josh: 0415248313 kellermanjosh@gmail.com
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WANNA BE IN MNY BAND??!
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Learn to play from some of Australia’s best guitar teachers. G4 GUITAR is a network of over 100 teachers across Australia using the latest learning techniques to ensure students the absolute best tuition available. Backed by the G4 GUITAR METHOD our teachers have the reputation to take you from beginner to pro. Please visit our website to find your closest teacher and grab a free download. www.g4guitar.com.au or Phone 0405-274456
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for gigs,tours,sessions etc. Good equipment, professional attitude.Many years pro experience working with well known artists. Please check out my website, www.mikehague.com Ph 0419760940
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GUITAR TUITION 100+ LOCATIONS
Creative, experienced, strong player seeking to join/form an edgy rock band. Will do whatever it takes to create unique awesome music and make it big time. Looking for people who are the same. Call Bill 0419164258. Recordings available.
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TUITION
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GUITAR LESSONS
ABLETON CERTIFIED TRAINER
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Guitar lessons, one on one from Chris Turner, professional rock/blues, acoustic & or electric. studio location.Phone 02 9552 6663 email guitardoctor@bigpond.com.au
GREEN BEAVER NEED BASS. Bass player wanted for totally original Blues/ Rock band. Must have good gear and transport and a sick sense of humour.
iFlogID: 3608 Learn Blues Harmonica all styles from Ragtime, Country Blues , Chicago Blues styles. Private lessons in Sydney with Blue tongue & Workshops across Australia with Bluetongue, Ian Collard & Doc Span. web- http://www.bluetongueharmonica.com.au p-02 80037132 m-0412 668575
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Lead guitarist looking to jam/form a heavy metal band, preferably on the central coast but willing to travel. Influences: Mercyful Fate, Judas Priest, Metallica, Iron maiden - Blake 0403138542
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Join the band at WEST RYDE and get INSIGHTS through INSTRUCTION on what is required to play jazz. OPPORTUNITIES exist especially for WIND PLAYERS. Call DAVID MILLMAN 9807 8866
Vocal Tuition. Lesson spots available with trained female vocalist who is also a rising star in the national music scene and regularly plays festivals and sold out shows across the country. Emma can help you reach your goals as a musician and performer by improving your singing technique, performance techniques, on-stage presentation and confidence. Lessons are based in Lilyfield. Please call 0418879804 and speak to Ben to book your first appointmen
Man with a van available for gigging, setting up and break down of events, or just moving furniture. Experienced staging and A/V Rigger. Reliable and careful, I am available 24/7 just call ahead for bookings. $50 per hour No hidden cost Comes with a Ford transit! Call Andrew 0416 043 934
PROFESSIONAL GUITAR LESSONS
I’m an experienced bass player, just moved to sydney from Melb. Looking for a gigging band doing rock, pop, alt, indie et. Covers are fine if you have gigs going, PLENTY of originals and covers experience. Great gear/transport (1998 Tarago) and vocal ability. Good look, no ego :) Looking for a band that’s organised and plays live. email: fuzzlemix@me.com mob: 0438 387 939
encouraged to apply. The music is influenced by Folk and Viking Metal bands like Fintroll, Thyrfing, Enslaved etc, cheesy shit like Bal Sagoth and some death and grindcore as well as Frank Zappa, Bela Bartok and some jazz. Your influences can be completely different, we don’t really give a shit. Call or message 0405 911 748
LEAD GUITARIST AVAILABLE
LEAD GUITARIST
PIANO LESSONS
Fully equipped studio for weekly rent in Bankstown - Sydney. WAY CHEAPER than paying studio rates. Suits Bands, Musos and Teachers. For more info and inspections please contact 0431 957 583.
COMPETENT BASS PLAYER WANTED
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MAN WITH A VAN ALL CITY $50P/H
ences are very broad and varied ranging from Nine Inch Nails to the Sex Pistols to Fleetwood Mac to Johnny Cash so don’t hesitate to call. Looking for dedicated members to form a band with lots of energy in live situations and a very unique sound. Contact Ben: 0448221479 or want to know more: King-y_21@hotmail.com
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BASS & GUITAR TUITION
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SINGING LESSONS
BLUES HARP LESSONS
TRANSPORT
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EXPERIENCED N’ GIG READY
CREATIVE GUITAR TUITION
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Double Bass Player / Bass Guitarist available for working situation. Mature Age and very experienced in most types of music. 97590970
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Try Krank Studios in Kogarah. Our new rooms have air-con, flat load, good PAs and snacks! Its where all the cool cats rehearse. 9587 0180 ben@krankstudios.com.au
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PRODUCTION/MIXING TUITIONS
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We are a commercial recording studio in Sydney’s CBD, We also have full production capabilities and we promote artists too. We create awesome beats-check us out. 0416651247 support@vibedoctors.com www.vibedoctors.com http://www.myspace.com/vibedoctors
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Bass player wanted. Shitting stick figures
Sydney rock n roll band needs committed bassist with great gear to fill out the lower end. We’re really LOUD! Influences are Motorhead, The Beatles, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Early Split Enz (Phil Judd era) and a bunch of other stuff. The music
is pretty much unique. We be managed and just waiting to play live. Must be between 18-32. Cheers. 0431317613
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SYDNEY DOOM BAND SEEKS BASSIST Sydney doom band Rituals of the Oak are seeking a bass player. Influences include Candlemass, Pentagram, Solitude Aeturnus, and Warning. Must have own gear etc, rehearsing in Belmore area. Currently waiting to record second album, first album released on Eyes Like Snow label from Germany last year, signed for 2 more albums. Contact Matt on 0418435898. www. myspace.com/ritualsoftheoak
We’re looking for a new drummer to come to the top with us. We’re a new hard rock band in the Inner West and we have already set up our own studio and we’re in the process of recording our demo. If you like hard rock, come rock with us! Contact: 0431 957 583 or max@razorheart.net
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Tempered Red are an established inner-west based act that have just wrapped up a series of gigs in and around the Sydney circuit. If you’re a committed drummer that enjoys groove based rock and you’re serious about playing, then come meet and jam with us! See www.myspace.com/ temperedred for a sample of our music. Email temperedred@gmail.com
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THE WATT RIOT NEEDS DRUMMER
Sydney/Wollongong band The Watt Riot still require a drum demon to join the gang. Need to be a talented, solid playing, hard hitting individual that is into all things loud and epic!! check out www.myspace.com/thewattriot for tunes and info. Call Johnny on 0403529600 or email thewattriot@hotmail.com.
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DYNAMIC METAL DRUMMER NEEDED!
FUNKY RYTHYM SECTION WANTED!
WANNA BE IN MY BAND??!!!
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SONS OF GENGHIS NEED DRUMMER!
2+1 PIECE fungky guitar/bass duo looking for drummer to drive some odd stompy tunes. influences include: fishbone, faith no more, mr bungle, trout fishing in quebec, melvins, gojira, les claypool, the gurge, SC3, tom waits, neil young, phish... can jam most anywhere, most weekday arvos. if interested pls. contact mrmoolking@yahoo.com
DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST
DRUMMER
Who wants to be in a all girls original pop rock band hav some fun and make some $$$?! Guitar/bass/drummer needed. Must be able to sing passable back up vox and luv performing!Practice 1-2 times per week. Gig asap. All ages welcome. www.myspace.com/ nicolesero 0435 426 012
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Established Western Sydney based funk/rock band with a solid set, own rehearsal studio and pro level musicians require a replacement drummer asap! We have a unique yet commercial sound that comprises lead vox/sax, funk/rock guitar and 4-6 string finger/slap bass. If you are inspired by the likes of Reef, Finger Eleven, RHCP, The Killers & INXS and can lay down complex grooves with feel and passion we want you! Pro gear, transport and great attitude essential! For full details Ph Scotty 0408 289 384, Faz 0410 927 176, BJ 0410 454 301 or check out our online iFlog ad for more details.
Mature metal band based around Hills & Blacktown area. Influ: Heavy, grunge, hardcore, Death, Groove & various. Like-minded dynamic drummer own gear & car. Aiming to gig & record. cursedwithsanity@hotmail.com; myspace.com/ cursedwithsanity (mp3s r old); myspace.com/ mazvox (vocalist)
inner west based alt/count,indie/psych /folk/ experimental/prog band seek commited drummer with good feel,impro ability and ear for dynamics.Like but not The Dirty Three,The Necks,Stereolab,Smog,Arcade Fire, Fleet Foxes,Dirty Projectors etc. If you can sing and like to jam around and give other instruments a go that would be most splendid, but just drums is good. You must be able to practice/jam weekly. listen/contact at myspace.com/frontiersinphotography Scott. 0431 228 583
SERIOUS DRUMMER WANTED
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Are you a serious rock/metal drummer looking to join a committed band? Influences- SOAD, Tool, Alice in Chains, Smashing Pumpkins. Debut album recently released nationally. Expressed interest from record labels. AU/NZ tour scheduled later in the year. SERIOUS DRUMMERS ONLY- good gear and own transport essential. Must be good with unconventional time signatures. Contact band manager on 0424 372 751 for more details...
DRUMMER WANTED
SERIOUS DRUMMER REQUIRED - NSW DRUMMER REQUIRED (male or female) to perform a mix of originals & cover material. Music similar in style to TOOL-SYSTEM OF A DOWN-A PERFECT CIRCLE-DAVID BOWIE. Must be ready to begin rehearsals ASAP. NB* Genuine inquiries only as commitment is essential. ph. 0410 80 94 74 or email - julianfrederick@gmail.com
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SHANGREN - ASIAN FOLK METAL
DRUMMER WANTED TO START BAND Guitarist (has own gear) looking for drummer to jam and start a band with. Open to all styles but some influences are Alice In Chains, Faith No More, Sepultura, Machine Head, Down, Hatebreed, The Haunted, RATM, White Zombie, Slayer etc. Call Jake on 0427064905
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GUITARIST
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DRUMMER WANTED - 60S POP GROUP Guitarist/singer seeking drummer to form a 60s pop/rnb group (2 guitars, bass,drums) encompassing authentic sounds of the 1960s Brit Invasion (Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Yardbirds, Searchers, Pacemakers etc) & material of similar ilk (eg The Monkees, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Easybeats etc). Also stuff by likes of Carl Perkins, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochrane & early 60s African/American rnb music that inspired 60s UK beat bands. Good vocal ability considered handy but not essential. Authentic quality drumming’s the focus. Good gear and transport also essential and age up to 50 fine. If interested, email me at 62gretschgent@ gmail.com
LEAD GUITARIST WANTED
Solid female drummer wanted for 3-4 piece “Dirty Country” outfit. Sounds like a cross between Damien Rice, Bon Iver and early Springsteen.
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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Newly established original band in the Hills district, Sydney are seeking a talented death metal drummer. Must be influenced by bands such as TBDM and JFAC. Professional gear and attitude a must. Own transport is desirable. Call or email Chris on 0414 901 411 or christopher_breedon@hotmail.com
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DRUMMER NEEDED! Guitarist and Bassist looking for Drummer to jam, write and form a band with, preferably from the Inner West. Influences are Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Faith No More, Rage Against the Machine, Living Colour, Alice in Chains, The Tea Party, Pantera, Sevendust and many more! Please contact Michael on 0420 371 624
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DRUMMER NEEDED - ROCK/ POP BAND
GUITARIST WANTED: PAID GIGS.
Experienced guitarist wanted for established Sydney-based band. Material consists of both originals and covers. Influences include Lucinda Williams, Fred Eaglesmith and other alternative artists. Ring 0408 116 174 or 0419 112 899.
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1 GUITARIST WANTED Must have experience & willing to gig soon. Must like metalcore and other related heavy music genres. Ph: 0407452145
RHYTHM GUITARIST NEEDED! we are a progressive/alternative rock band based in sydney looking for a Rhythm guitarist to help complete the band and also have alot of fun aswell. we’ve been looking desprately for months so please give me, Hindley (Drums) a call or an email. and the ages between 16 23 are prefered. indie_hindley@hotmail.com or 0406296033
INDIE POP BAND ‘The Blue Belladonnas’ are looking for a committed guitarist to rehearse weekly in Valley Heights, & to gig regularly. www.myspace.com.au/thebluebelladonnas Contact: milly_moo_7@hotmail.com (Amelia) 0413416210 (Claire)
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ANGUS YOUNG
EXPERIENCED GUITAR PLAYER
GUITARIST WANTED For melodic ‘not very heavy metal’ band. www. myspace.com/evyntide, material recorded, check us out and hit us back. call Buddy on 0431612415 or Adam on 0432762483
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RAD SYNTH PERSON WANTED
Valleyarm Digital are looking for bands to be included on compilation albums that will be featured on iTunes worldwide, you’ll still own 100% of your recordings & publishing plus make money from the sales!! All genres are welcome and we’ll also be offering a Worldwide Digital Deal to a band or artist that we think we can market on a global scale! This will include $5000 worth of online marketing and a worldwide release on all the major digital stores. Submit your tracks (1 per band/artist) along with bio and contact details to - info@valleyarm.com www. valleyarm.com
MAL’S OPEN MIC NIGHTS
KEYBOARD EXPERIENCED KEYBOARD PLAYER Looking for an experienced, professional keyboard player for a cover band for weddings and corporate events. A strong knowledge of computers is preferred but not essential. Located in the Eastern Suburbs area. Contact Eli on 0433938278
DIRTY DEEDS - Australia’s leading tribute to AC/ DC are in need of a professional Angus Young impersonator for immediate work. If you look like Angus Young and are an Angus nut, you live and breathe AC/DC, you can get down on the floor and spin on your shirtless back while shredding to Whole Lotta Rosie - then we want you! This is the busiest AC/DC tribute show there is with the best crew so be prepared to commit fully. Send your bio, recent photos and any other supporting evidence of your bad self to info@dirtydeeds. net.au for consideration or call 0412 706 061. www.dirtydeeds.net.au www.myspace.com/ dirty.deeds
GUITARIST WANTED for new heavy metal/hardcore band. Reherse twice a week in mascot, must have decent gear & experience. Gigs waiting. Ph:0407452145
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GUITARIST WANTED Experienced and committed guitarist required to join an established Sydney-based rock/pop/indie band Alter Ego Mania – must have recent gigging experience and good gear. We have booking
ROCK BANDS WANTED FOR ITUNES
SEEKING KEYBOARD PLAYER/ GUITARIST FOR LONG-TERM COLLABORATION. I CURRENTLY HAVE A SONGWRITER’S CONTRACT FROM NASHVILLE AND HAVE MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE. IF YOU ARE PROFICIENT WITH APPLE, GARAGEBAND IT’S A BONUS. CALL ME TO SET UP AN AUDITION ON 0407-781156 or Email me.
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MUSICIANS AND AUDIENCE WANTED
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KEYBOARDIST NEEDED! we are a progressive/alternative rock band based in sydney looking for a keyboardist to help complete the band and also have alot of fun aswell. we’ve been looking desprately for months so please give me, Hindley (Drums) a call or an email. and the ages between 16 - 23 are prefered. indie_hindley@hotmail.com or 0406296033
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KEYBOARD PLAYER WANTED INDIE POP BAND ‘The Blue Belladonnas’ are looking for a committed keyboard player to rehearse weekly in Valley Heights, & to gig regu-
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Attention all Techno, Dance, Electronica bands, DJs and producers! Valleyarm Digital are releasing an Aussie Electronic compilation album called “Technically Australian”. The album will be exclusive to iTunes and will released and promoted worldwide. Submit your track (1 per band) and bio to info@valleyarm.com now to secure a spot. We’ll also be offering a $5000 online marketing and global digital distribution deal to a “Stand Out” act that we think has what it takes... this could be you!!
EXPERIENCED SINGERS Looking for a experienced and professional male and female singer to join a cover band for weddings and corporate events. Located in the Eastern Suburbs area. Contact Eli on 0433938278
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SKA SINGER WANTED We are a new band called Low Gear. Have had about 16 practices together at home, and now about 10 in a studio. We’re not looking for anyone interested in making money as soon as they join a band as we are not gigging yet, but will be looking to just for fun to start, then who knows. Whilst we dont like to admit to being influenced directly by any particular bands, we all like a mix of, The Specials, Toots and the Maytals, Madniess, Reel Big Fish, Prince Buster, Sublime as far as ska goes, we also individually have many opposing influences such as, The Clash, The Ramones, Stiff Little Fingers and thats just me! We have had a great time in the rehearsal rooms in Marrickville, Sydney for the past couple of months, doing 2 hours every fortnight until we get storage then looking to make it more regular. We are now finding that we are hitting a wall without a singer and are looking for someone to come along and give us some input and help us over this hurdle. We are looking for a singer who is decent, but doesnt feel the need to bash it out at 100% all the time, someone who can relax into a voice and also belt out some cheeky stuff every now and then too. If you feel you would have a good time practising with us, give us an email and see how you go. If you enjoy our company then I am sure you would be a welcome friend.
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SINGER WANTED! METAL BANDS WANTED FOR ITUNES
MULTI-GENRE KEYBOARD PLAYER
A keys player needed to complete indie rock band ‘the tells’. EP finished and shows are booked. Applicant must be a creative and passionate musician with vocal experience a must. http://www.myspace.com/thetellsband Contact Sam on 0422 176 617
Attention all Rock bands! Valleyarm Digital are releasing an Aussie Rock compilation album called “ROCK ME DEAD!”. The album will be exclusive to iTunes and will released and promoted worldwide. We want to show the world that Australia has the best rockin’ bands on the planet so submit your track (1 per band) and bio to info@valleyarm.com now to secure a spot. We’ll also be offering a $5000 online marketing and global digital distribution deal to a “Stand Out” act that we think has what it takes...this could be you!!
TECHNO WANTED FOR ITUNES!
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SINGER DANCERS WANTED FOR THE FLAMBOYANT Saba ‘FEELING FEMININE’ SHOWS! STYLISH ELECTRO-POP CABARET! THE MORE FLAMBOYANT THE BETTER! CALL SABA: 0410-450-375. CALL BEN: 0410-344-107.
iFlogID: 4187 Feros Group and in4mal entertainment host open mic nights at Taren Point Hotel, Panania Hotel, Lone Pine Tavern Rooty Hill, Amber Ale Annandale and Harp Tempe. Go to blogs at www. myspace.com/in4mal_entertainment phone Mal to register your spot. 0413 735773 openmic1@ hotmail.com
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SKILLED KEYBOARDIST WANTED
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SINGER-DANCERS WANTED!
Sydney Grunge/Rock band Samsara looking for a talented singer and front man to join a complete band looking to gig and record. An albums worth of music is already written but need vocal melodies and lyrics. Influences include Silverchair, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Black Sabbath etc etc. Contact Daniel: 0403 885 433, for more information and demos.
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NEED KEYBOARD &/OR GUITAR
to complete lineup of new show. Ability to cover orchestrations and excellent sounds to match a must. High quality show with good pay. Contact: onemoreguitar@yahoo.com.au
Accomplished keyboard player required to MD a top contemporary Sydney Show. Phone Renee on 02 4647 2311
Five world-class passionate vocalists wanted for a Gospel music CD project. Must have beautiful, passionate, powerful and devotional delivery.
SINGER FOR GRUNGE/ROCK BAND
Hello hello! Want to play synth/keys/drumpads in up and coming sydney alternative pop band? Sounds like... Gorrilaz meets Neil Young. Project has MTV backing. Call Josh on 0402937011 or email creativefreelancer@mtvna.com.au. Gigs are awaiting.
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SEEKING KEYBOARD PLAYER WITH A LIKING AND SKILL IN VARIOUS GENRES OF MUSIC FROM THE 60’S ONWARDS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP WITH A PROFESSIONAL LYRICIST, SINGER WITH AMBITION TO FROM A SONG-WRITING DUO TO CREATE SONGS FOR ALBUMS, FILM AND OTHER MEDIA. PROFICIENCY IN APPLE, GARAGEBAND A DISTINCT ADVANTAGE. , PLEASE CONTACT ENRICO ON 0407 781156 FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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For melodic ‘not very heavy metal’ band. www. myspace.com/evyntide, material recorded, check us out and hit us back. call Buddy on 0431612415 or Adam on 0432762483
GOSPEL SINGERS WANTED
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KEYBOARD PLAYER
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WANNA BE IN MY BAND??!!!
We are in need of a keyboardist to complete a true Classic Rock Show. Ideal would be to have you back up on rhythm gtr as well. We are a bunch of ex-pro players who have been busy raising families, and are now looking to get back into it for the fun, not the career. Good money for a well played show. Prefer person 40-50yrs as hopefully you also grew up with the music. Rehearse fortnightly, but seriously. Could be for you? Ring me Daniel 0409 442 446 up to 8pm.
Guitarist wanted to form band.Infl.GNR,the irons,AC/DC,etc... must be keen and positive and willing to jam each week..0420463161 Doogs!
Session Guitarist Wanted! Drummer is forming a fast paced professional original alternative rock band to get signed to a major label. Must be ambitious, self-motivated, committed, reliable and have a lot of drive. No metal. Age: 18-30. Rehearsing at Wetherill Park N.S.W. Only contact me if you want to get signed to a major label! E-mail: cooleywill2@hotmail.com.
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GUITARIST WANTED
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Looking for an experienced, professional guitarist to play in a cover band for weddings and corporate events. Located in the Eastern Suburbs area. Contact Eli on 0433938278
Who wants to be in a all girls original pop rock band hav some fun and make some $$$?! Guitar/bass/drummer needed. Must be able to sing passable back up vox and luv performing!Practice 1-2 times per week. Gig asap. All ages welcome. www.myspace.com/ nicolesero 0435 426 012
BANDS WANTED FOR ITUNES ALBUMS
Solo composer looking for musicians to support for live acts/form a band. If you play bass, drums, piano/keyboard, guitar or sing then you can help me out playing original songs + help compose :) To hear them musical style visit and listen @ www.myspace.com/ stevewilliams91 or http:// www.reverbnation.com /stevewilliams91 Ages 17-25 contact via myspace (above) or stevewilliams91musicprofiles@ gmail.com
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We are seeking an experienced drummer for a Rock/Pop band in the Western Suburbs - male or female. You will need to give dedication, determination, motivation and have the want to stick to the band in the long haul. We have a few gigs coming up after August so we are looking
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COOL STUDIO#NEEDS NEW TEACHERS
READY TO GO TO THE TOP?
Guitarist /slide guitar player wanted by singer for covers and originals blues band based on the central coast, blending a mix of texas, louisianna swamp, west coast and funk. Covering artists like Johnny winter, Freddy king, ronnie earl, tab benoit, zztop, jjgrey and much more!! call: 0413576064
The Cramps. Must have the right look and feel, girl or guy.
GUITARIST WANTED
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LEAD/SLIDE GUITARIST WANTED
Hi I’m Brad, I’m 23 and i live on the northern beaches. I’m trying to start a Punk Rock band and I cant do it by myself. If you can play the guitar or drums or whatever and want to start a band, then please call me. I don’t care how good or bad you are at your instrument-your probably better than me! My influences are The Clash, The Ramones and The Pistols. My No. is 0404 909 416
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G4 Guitar is an Australia wide network of Guitar Teachers who teach from their own homes and studios. With over 100 teachers we are the No.1 name in guitar tuition. We welcome both inexperienced and experienced teachers and we provide online training and support. To apply to become a teacher please visit our website at www.g4guitar.com.au or phone 0430-426137
Sound Allowed, alternative rock band is looking for pro guitarist to finalise the line-up. We’re currently finishing our EP and want to start gigging by the of the year. We have agency back up. www.myspace.com/soundallowed. Please contact if interested in audition. email to: szczepanik_lukasz@soundallowed.com or call 0406547968
Blues keyboard/piano player wanted by singer for covers and originals blues band based on the central coast, blending a mix of texas, louisianna swamp, west coast and funk. Covering artists like Johnny winter, Freddy king, ronnie earl, tab benoit, zztop, jjgrey and much more!! call: 0413576064
Professional working acoustic duo gigging every weekend are wanting to expand into a 4 piece. We need an electric guitarist and drummer to do more corporate $$ gigs. Should earn $ straight away, agent booker. Will need to practice weekly to start, inner west area. Talented , committed people, nice people only please. Call Kat on 0420400950.
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GUITARISTS WANTED TO TEACH
BLUES KEYBOARD WANTED
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FEMALE DRUMMER WANTED
DRUMMER NEEDED
Guitarist/singer seeking rhythm/lead guitarist to form a 60s pop/rnb group (2 guitars, bass,drums) encompassing authentic sounds of the 1960s Brit Invasion (Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Yardbirds, Searchers, Pacemakers etc) & material of similar ilk (eg The Monkees, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Easybeats etc). Also stuff by likes of Carl Perkins, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochrane & early 60s African/American rnb music that inspired 60s UK beat bands. Sharing quality lead vocals and contributing 60s beat band style 2 part backup and call/response harmonies (eg Paul & George on Twist And Shout) is absolutely essential. Good gear and transport also essential and age up to 50 fine. If interested, email me at 62gretschgent@gmail.com
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Drummer needed for established band, infl: Sparta, Wilco, Bright Eyes, Johnny Cash, Crowded House. All the essentials: Good gear, own transport, willing to tour and record. Demo up at www.myspace.com/bayonetsforlegs Contact bayonetsforlegs@live.com
GUITARIST FOR 60S POP GROUP
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Lead guitarist wanted for Central Coast band “The No Such Things” infl: 60s power pop/ garage/psych e.g. Standells, early Who, Nuggets,Pebbles, Love, Kinks etc. Gigs waiting when ready. Phone Rob 0423 014819 or Paul 0408 429280
Drummer needed to join Sydney based vocal, bass and guitar. Songs written with another drummer, but a new perspective and ideas is welcome. Sound ranges from pulled back ambient sounds to heavy riffs and all in between. 4th member with equal input, own gear, imagination and an ear for what suits the song. Sound has elements of Radiohead, Tool, Split Enz ,Jeff Buckley, FNM. Check http://www.myspace.com/ nrm2010 for sound sample with drum loops. Matt 0405 756 733
Shangren - Asian folk metal is seeking a drummer, bass and er-hu player. Music can be heard at our myspace. If interested, Send a message to us at www.myspace.com/shangrenmetal
For developing indi outfit lambs become lions. Think kooks and the Beatles vs the beautiful girls with a bit of your influences mixed in for good measure If you’re keen for it give Patrick a call 0415680575. Please serious applicants only as studio time is expensive for half baked no shows. Thanks guys
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LIVE BAND MEMBERS 4 SOLOARTIST
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Western Sydney based band seeks replacement drummer aged 18-28. Original songs, gigs lined up, looking to record soon. Various influences include thrash metal, classical music and progressive rock. Must be committed and have own transport and equipment. No time wasters. Call 0424 430 055 or 0427 009 059 to hear our myspace and arrange an interview.
The Mool King Requires a drummer to fill out their trio of Banana Core! infl. Primus 2 Neil Young 2 Melvins and most in between. www.myspace. com/themoolkingdevice Call Eli - 0431225686 or Greg - 0415652 227
HEAVY PROJECT SEEKS SYNTHS
KEYBOARDIST AVAILABLE!!!
Rhythm/Lead Guitarist required to join an exciting new pop-rock Backing Band of an Artist with a current released Album and booked paid-performances. Mosman area. You’ve got to be RELIABLE and talented with a professional, positive attitude. Will suit age late 20’s upwards. Phone Geoff now at Extraordinary Entertainment on tel: 9969 1179.
INDIE POP BAND ‘The Blue Belladonnas’ are looking for a talented drummer to rehearse weekly in Valley Heights, & to gig regularly. www.myspace.com/thebluebelladonnas Contact: milly_moo_7@hotmail.com (Amelia) 0413416210 (Claire)
WANTED Saxophone player wanted by singer for covers and originals blues band based on the central coast, blending a mix of texas, louisianna swamp, west coast and funk. Covering artists like Johnny winter, Freddy king, ronnie earl, tab benoit, zztop, jjgrey and much more!! call: 0413576064
Unique heavy project seeks Synth player ASAP to begin Live shows followed by recording. Must be commited and ready for a different band experience. Located in Belmore, Sydney. Call Phil 0424304618
I am looking for a job that is musically related, preferably performing or something along those lines. Studying a B. Music (Performance) at AICM. mobile number: 0435544916 email: brat.dog@ hotmail.com Thankyou
DRUMMER WANTED
TMKD DRUMMER NEEDED
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Solid Drummer wanted for “Dirty Country” 3-4 piece. Sounds like a cross between early Springsteen, Damien Rice and Bon Iver...Call Nick 0415535982
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Sydney Based “Sons Of Genghis” need versatile drummer, if you play like primus meets Chilli Peppers, Faith no more meets Pantera,this is the band for you and we want your chops!! Check the sounds at www.myspace.com/sonsofgenghis. Call Jono 0410 330 702 or Andy 0420 771 357.
GUITARIST WANTED We are seeking an experienced guitarist to join our band. Must have transport, reherse twice weekly, gig & add creative input. metal, hardcore, punk, screamo genre. wayzted@live.com
HELP
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DRUMMER WANTED
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larly. www.myspace.com/thebluebelladonnas Contact: milly_moo_7@hotmail.com (Amelia) 0413416210 (Claire)
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A1 DRUMMER WANTED!
BASS PLAYER WANTED
funky rythym section wanted for dynamic sexy funk/rock/blues hip hop band.influences-the meters,early rhcp,sly stone,james brown,jimi hendrix,parliament/funkadelic.phone 0421727864.
CENTRAL COAST INDI KIDZ
agent, management and about to release an EP. Festival dates and gigs already lined up. www. myspace.com/alteregomania. Please contact alteregomaniamusic@hotmail.com
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DRUMMER WANTED
Keyboard Player required for international touring band, playing 5 star hotel circuit. 3 Month contracts with 7 piece band from Australia. Must be a team player, and be flexible with a range of material. Must have current passport. Call Brad for an audition. 0404 065 976
Session Bass Player Wanted! Drummer is forming a fast paced professional original alternative rock band to get signed to a major label. Must be ambitious, self-motivated, committed, reliable and have a lot of drive. No metal! Age: 18-30. Rehearsing at Wetherill Park. Only contact me if you want to get signed to a major label! E-mail: cooleywill2@hotmail.com.
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DRUMMER REQUIRED
KEYBOARD PLAYER TOURING BAND
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COOL MUSIC STUDIO-NEEDS MORE TEACHERS!!!! looking for rock guitar and or drum teachers: must have band experience- Studio in Kings Cross area ::::::: please send resume or myspace page to= rocknroll@hotkey.net.au
Drummer required for a top contemporary Sydney based show. Phone Renee on 02 4647 2311
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Bass Player Wanted 25-40yrs for new Sydney based Heavy Rock band, ex Drive to Grace, The Kindergarten Experiment, Overview. Rehearse St George area. Must have own gear and transport. Currently writing and recording and looking to gig Asap. Contact Paul - 0405626821 or Matt - 0400448626.
for someone as soon as possible. Check us out at www.myspace.com/thewrittencrusade. If you feel this is the band for you and would like to partake in this moving forward band, please contact Dinora on 0419 198 696.
Details: http://hotelwilliam.yayabings.com.au This is the underground melting pot of music jam sessions, organised by the Yayabings Music Club with the JazzKatts romping the Fusion Bar. Musicians/singers, comedians and artists at all levels perform by coming in on that evening. Totally impromptu and musicians may improvise with other musicians/singers or perform their own set. Local/Backpackers/Internationals all welcome.
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ELECTRONIC MUSIC GURU WANTED! ELECTRONIC MUSIC GURU WANTED FOR THE FLAMBOYANT Saba ‘FEELING FEMININE’ SHOWS! GOOD AT SEQUENCING AND PLAYING LIVE! INFLUENCES: LA ROUX, THE PRESETS, DELPHIC, HOT CHIP, MGMT. CALL SABA: 0410450-375. CALL BEN: 0410-344-107.
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MUSOS WANTED FOR BAND guitarist ,singer song writer seeks lower mountains muso’s to form band. Drummer, Bassist, Guitarist and Vocalist welcome. Influences include The Cure, the Church, Bowie, Dylan etc Please call Dave on 0405059558
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GUITARIST AND SINGER NEEDED! We are a dedicated drummer and bassist looking for a guitarist and singer to help form original alternative rock band based in sydney within the ages of 16 - 20, some influences are: Amy Meredith, Jet & Cobra starship.We would like to begin recording and gigging by the end of the year, we want to be a four - five piece band by the time everything is all set, and have fun making the music without wasting time. you can contact Hindley by phone: 0406296033 or Jonny via email: jono_1_2@hotmail.com
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Attention all metal bands! Valleyarm Digital are releasing an Aussie Metal compilation album called “METAL AS F#@K!”. The album will be exclusive to iTunes and will released and promoted worldwide. We want to show the world just how heavy Australia is so submit your track (1 per band) and bio to info@valleyarm.com now to secure a spot. We’ll also be offering a $5000 online marketing and global digital distribution deal to a “Stand Out” act that we think has what it takes...this could be you!!
Sydney Modern/Alternative rock band with heaps of ORIGINALS! Seeking a male singer, 18-22yo, with good range and powerful voice. Contact Jae for more details on 0432 438 433
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ROCK N ROLL SINGER WANTED
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ELECTRONIC MUSICIANS WANTED Electronic musicians wanted to form a live act. Preferably using Ableton & with some hardware. Influence :- Groove Armada, Bent, Justice, Faithless, Röyksopp, Nightmares on Wax, Thievery Corporation, Air, Bonobo, Cassius. Tell me a bit about yourself & preferably send some links to your soundcloud : whooyeah@gmail.com. Also Want to hear from other musicians that would like to colaborate on this type of project.
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MUSICIANS WANTED If you want to join a band, form a band, find a new band member, get exposure, or just jam, then Ozjam is for you! Whatever instrument or genre of music you play, Ozjam can connect you with other talented, like minded musicians who are looking to jam, gig, and even tour the World! Ozjam is loaded with features, it’s free to join and with over 4000 members its fast becoming the largest online music community in Australia today!
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MUSOS WANTED Singer/songwriter looking for musicians to record Ep with and/or play regular or casual gigs. Indie/ folk/pop style. Contact Bianca, biancameier@ hotmail.com for more info.
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Black wings need a rock n roll drummer and singer.. We are a sydney hard rock / heavy metal band influenced by Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Judas Priest etc etc...... We have dozens of songs ready to go and we are all serious, dedicated musos. Check out our myspace page and have a listen to our demos, we are serious and need someone serious who loves rock n roll... www. myspace.com/blackwingsaustralia 0415561740 OR 0435554559
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SINGER NEEDED
Singer needed for hard rock band. We’re looking for a singer, male or female, for our all original hard rock band. The guitarist and I (bass) have been playing together for over 8 years now and over 3 years with our drummer. We have been writing new songs the last 2 years and continue to work on fresh original material. We have also been playing gigs all over Melbourne for the last year getting some stage experience up but we are really dying to get a frontperson with a voice that works with our music. We’re willing to give anyone a listen, we’re all easy going and in it for the fun above all else, but also been keen to take the next step and make it a serious commitment. Have a listen at our myspace link upon application. http://www.myspace.com/psyecho Please note the myspace recordings are over 2 years old now and we have progressed in style and skill greatly since then.
iFlogID: 5131 Creating a band is Western Sydney Penrith Region It will be a Pop rock with a nice bounce to it, for example boys like girls, motion city soundtrack, Rufio and others like that style if interested call me on 0433 028 200 or e-mail me on shane_greig1@hotmail.com and please no calls after 10 would be Appreciated
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WANTED IRISH MALE VOCALISTS Wanted Irish Male Vocalists For Professional Touring Group You must be: Permanent Resident Aged 25-40 Ready to tour Influences: Dubliners, Christy Moore, The Fureys Call 0423 909368
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HED P.E, NECRO, RAEKWON, METHOD MAN AND REDMAN, DJ CASH MONEY AND SCRATCH and WOLFMOTHER and play local nights such as BLINK, TRASH and SFX. Their forthcoming EP ‘MUSIC - LIFE - PAIN’ is currently being completed and features drums by Rob Hirst from Midnight Oil and ILL BILL from LA COKA NOSTRA. The next 12 months will include the EP release, national gigs/support tours and putting in the hard work back at Alberts Studios, completing The Havknotz first album for release. Send your demo to: thehavknotz@live.com
Seeking Justine Timberlake and Usher vocal impersonators for Sydney based live show. Professional applicants only. Phone Renee on 02 4647 2311.
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HARMONY SINGER Require harmony singer for a Sydney based show. Applicants must be experienced harmony singers. Phone Renee on 02 4647 2311
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FEMALE LEAD SINGER WANTED for Sydney retro party covers band. Must have own transport. Work waiting. Ph 0416 226 103
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GREEN, GLAM & GORGEOUS
Looking for an Experienced Latin/Spanish Singer, who also can sing in English, for a wedding/corporate events band in the eastern suburbs area. Call Eli 0433938278
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We are VIRGINIA KILLSTYXX and we need a frontman with a voice that could kill, charisma, attitude and a will to do what it takes... think from Guns N Roses to Motley Crue to AC/DC to Motorhead etc... check us out on www.myspace. com/virginiakillstyxx 0418639860
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Professional Sydney based band with club work and agent requires a frontman for Simply Red tribute show.For further information call Dianne on 0418 122 370.
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PINK TRIBUTE NEEDS SINGER
SINGER REQUIRED TOURING BAND Singer required for international 5 star hotel touring band. Must have great vocals, professional look and great stage presence. Contracts are for 3 months, in 5 star hotels performing with a 7 piece band, accomidation and all expenses paid. Must be over 18 and must have current passport. Call Brad for an Audition. 0404 065 976.
Aley Greenblo who was crowned as a finalist in January for the MISS EARTH AUSTRALIA PAGEANT TEACHES THE WORLD HOW TO ADOPT A GREENER WAY OF LIFE. Aley is studying COMMERCE LAW at UNSW and has been speaking out to encourage others to get active. In a speech Aley delivered to her fellow peers on Friday she mentioned that “MANY PEOPLE ARE INTIMIDATED BY THE IDEA OF ‘GOING GREEN’. IN REALITY HOWEVER, “GOING GREEN IS VERY SIMPLE AND MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW EASY IT IS TO FOLLOW AN ECO-FRIENDLY LIFESTYLE”. ALEY GREENBLO’S ACTS INSPIRE US TO INCULCATE GREEN LIVING IN OUR LIVES AND SPREAD ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN OUR OWN LITTLE WAY. TO FIND OUT MORE GO TO: http://aleygreenblo.blogspot.com/ or facebook: aley greenblo
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GET SIGNED TO A MAJOR LABEL! The Australian Pink Show, Sydney’s well established and leading Pink Tribute needs a Fill In singer. We require someone with experience and the stage presence to be Pink. We are agent backed and have loads of gigs ready to go. You need to be available on weekends to perform. So... Ya reckon you can do it? then email Rob at info@ozpinkshow.com.au or go through the link on our website www.ozpinkshow.com.au
Male singer-songwriter wanted(experienced)! Drummer is forming a fast paced professional original alternative rock band to get signed to a major label. Must be ambitious, self-motivated, committed, reliable and have a lot of drive. No metal! Age: 18-30. Rehearsing at Wetherill Park N.S.W. Only contact me if you want to get signed to a major label! E-mail: cooleywill2@ hotmail.com.
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FEMALE SINGER / DANCER / ACTOR FEMALE SINGER / DANCER / ACTOR Record Company seeks a female singer / dancer/ actor for a theatrical Rock Group on its roster for recording and touring. Applicants must have: • Strong Vocals with ability to harmonize • Strong Dance skills and be able to quickly learn chorography • Energetic Stage Presence • Age 20-28 years • Size 6-10 • Desire to be in the music industry with a prospect of a solo career in the future • Own transport Auditions will be held in July 2010. Applicants should firstly send a Headshot, Bio, Contact details and preferably an MP3 to either 1) music@crosson.com.au or 2) GALAXY RECORDS PO Box 7102 BONDI BEACH NSW 2026 by Wednesday 30th June 2010 For further information contact Jason @ Galaxy Records on 0411 536 519
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SINGER WANTED! SINGER WANTED The Havknotz are looking for a singer to guest/add to their rock/rap band (think RATM, meets Cypress Hill meets Faith No more). This is a golden opportunity for a talented and committed singer. The voice they are looking for would ideally be a strong Faith No more/Papa Roach style voice. Being able to rap wouldn’t hurt but is not necessary. This group is in a fantastic position for the right singer to come on board. The Havknotz have already supported
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4 WEEK COURSE GETS YOU PLAYING GUITAR OR KEYBOARDS FAST. CHORDS,SONGS,THEORY,INDIVIDUAL TUTION. CALL DAVID ON 0412360275 ANNANDALE AREA ,SYD
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GUITAR LESSONS Lessons for Beginners starting from scratch, to intermediate & advanced.I like to work mostly on guitarist’s technique so that they can improve their playing in their own time lowering the need for lessons & spending $.Lessons available after 5pm weeknights. Phil 0425 219 109
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P&O have teamed up with DJ Bootcamp to bring u Australias first 8 day/3 island professional DJ Course Cruise.Learn DJing and enjoy, food,entertainmet,accommidation and 3 islands!Early booking discounts.Go www.djbootcamp.com.au to book 95472578 info. Sails August 29, 2010
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AUS SCHOOL OF STAND UP COMEDY
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Hi, looking for a cool open-minded female to share my unit with. Smoking ok..outside. Older style unit in good conidtion, huge room, close to shops,beaches, buses and trains. Washing machine, dryer, microwave, digital tv, dvd, and video player available for you to use. Room is unfurnished..prefer someone working or studying who would like to stay for at least a year. Very friendly, cosy home. Call if interested...$210pw, 2 weeks bond required Pandora 0421 635 737
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EARPLUGS FOR MUSICIANS Protect your hearing with custom moulded earplugs designed to reduce the level of sound without adversely affecting the frequency response of the music. Choose between 10,15 and 25dB attenuation. Fitted by professional audiologist, by appointment only. Ph 9387 3599
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MUSIC VIDEOS
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100 COLOUR POSTERS ONLY $80
This 5-week stand up comedy course gets u on the fast track of stand up comedy. Covering writing and stage techniques to prepare U for the spot light! How to develop a solid 3-5 minute comedy routine based upon any and all topics! Plus as an added bonus, All graduating students will perform live and be videotaped at Sydney’s Comedy Court stand up show and competitions. www.comedyintheraw.com.au or 95472578
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LEARN GUITAR TODAY ! Have you been wondering if you have the talent to play an instrument? I am classically trained with years of teaching experience and proven methods! Learn about scales, modes, arpeggios,improvisation ,sweep picking,finger style,music theory and much more in a positive environment. Learn rock, blues, metal or classical.call Shane 0404365289 or email shanelew@ bigpond.net.au
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VOCAL TRAINING PROGRAM Hourly Lessons Fortnightly By Professional, Working, Vocal Coach. Backing Tracks For Rehearsals and Live Performances Technique & Scale Work Take Home C.D’s Recording Of Vocal For Purpose Of Self Improvement. First Half Hour Lesson Free to discuss your needs. And to decide if you really want to work hard at getting the Vocal Freedom, Strength and Accuracy of Pitch you need to be a Truly Great Singer. Hour Lessons Fortnightly $ 50.00 Please Phone Suszanne 0412 030 874
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! Ever found yourself putting on a tour and don’t know how to get a sound engineer or someone to sell merchandise on the other side of the country? Well, that is how CoverYourArtz.com came about... The website enables anyone offering a service that can be used by touring artists to browse for work, and for touring artists to find the people they need to make their tour work anywhere in Australia. By visiting CoverYourArtz.com, anyone who is putting on an event is able to source all types of crew from tour managers, sound engineers, and lighting technicians to merchandisers, photographers and poster distributors in areas where they wouldn’t normally know where to start looking. Anyone working in the industry can look for work, and also list their details so that they don’t miss out on that next ‘big job’! Registering and browsing for jobs on CoverYourArtz.com is absolutely free, you only pay when you want to apply. For further info please contact the team at info@coveryourartz.com or visit our website at www.coveryourartz.com.
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BEG - INT. GTR LESSONS
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100 Full Colour A4 Gloss Posters = only $40 100 Full Colour A3 Matt Posters = only $50 100 Full Colour A3 Gloss Posters = only $80 and many more options to choose from Posters • Flyers • Handouts • Business Cards We can print a sample for you while you wait and complete the job within the hour. bsd@zip.com.au www. blackstar.com.au
Global Sanctuary Photography are currently running their yearly May, June and July specials. To name a few people we have shot: John Mayer, Jimmy Barnes, Iva Davies, Cruel Sea, Panic at the Disco, Human Nature, Killing Heidi and Delta Goodrem. We come to you on location or at your gig or come to our awesome warehouse studio at Botany. Studio style or grungy warehouse, the choice is yours. We are creative and easy going producing quality work using canon pro gear. Call us on 0416 144 277 or email us at globalsanctuary@mac.com. Visit www.globalsanctuary.biz
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1100 FULL COLOUR POSTERS = $80
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Bands who have recently made videos with us include El Duende, Line Drawings and Grace Before Meals. Get your band on Rage and Youtube, or make a video for your myspace page. Fantastic concepts and slick production that wont break your budget. See examples of our videos on facebook.com/dynamic.screen. content Call Darrin on 0413555857 (we’re based in Sydney)
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ACTING CLASSES FOR BEGINNERS
Beginner to Intermediate Guitar Lessons in the Northern Beaches area. $25 for half hour. Most styles (excluding classical, flamenco etc.). About me: 1st year uni student, 3 years experience teaching at a music academy, 7 years playing the guitar. Most lessons on wednesdays but can fit in on other days. Contact: Ben 0448221479
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DRUMS DRUM KITS WANTED or any cymbals and snare drums etc, Ph 0419760940
MISS WORLD AUSTRALIA FINALIST ALEY GREENBLO has been selected to represent SYDNEY and attend the NATIONAL FINAL OF MISS BIKINI WORLD AUSTRALIA IN DARWIN. Aley will be competing against 34 other girls and the winner will represent Australia at the international final. Aley is currently MISS GLOBAL AUSTRALIA, MISS SUPRANATIONAL AUSTRALIA and a MISS EARTH finalist and is in search for a sponsor. Diesel Promotions will be filming the 11 day Miss Bikini World competition for a reality TV show which will provide great exposure. Aley will also be photographed during the competition and these photo’s will be circulated through the press and gain major publicity. In return, Aley has allowed her pictures for advertisement purposes for your own business. Additionally your logo and website link will be put on the official MISS BIKINI WORLD AUSTRALIA website as well as on Aley’s blog and other social networking pages. Aley is currently also engaging in Social Media, utilising Facebook as a way to engage with the public, increase my fan base, and raise awareness for local charities to protect the environment. The page will be custom designed, and is offering a sponsor to completely brand her Facebook page. You will also have the opportunity to run competitions on my page, as well as offer discounts, and engage with my audience. Working with a top global marketing company based in Australia, the Facebook fan page will have 10,000 fans by the end of August 2010. These fans are highly targeted towards your demographic, and will be a great way to engage with them. Please see Aley’s blog for more info about her and we look so forward to hearing back from you http://aleygreenblo.blogspot.com/ Facbook: Aley Greenblo Email: aley_greenblo@hotmail.com
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SPONSOR NEEDED: HUGE EXPOSURE Hi, My name is Aley Greenblo and I am currently a Miss Earth Finalist, Miss Global Australia, Miss SupraNational Australia and a Miss Bikini World Australia finalist for the competition in Darwin in July. I am absolutely passionate and dedicated to the environment. I have high hopes to win the Miss Earth world title and apart from bush regeneration schemes, recycling, tree planting and water management projects, I have also been to schools and universities lecturing the students about environmental management. My reason for emailing you is simple and direct. I am looking for a handful of sponsors to assist me with my quests through money sponsorship. In return your name/brand/website will be included on the official Website as well as inclusions in other media promotions and my social media pages and blogs. Please do not hesitate to contact me for more information and/or to discuss what form of sponsorship you would be willing to engage in with me. If you sponsor me then you are supporting an environmental cause that entertains, moves and engages a mainstream audience. Benefits include an exceptional and powerful outside brand presence whereby your business can be identified as a good corporate citizen, playing an active role in saving the environment. Miss Earth Australia has loyal and enthusiastic followers and their number has grown enormously since 2004. This annual event attracts media attention. Members of the media believe in the cause and often help out. As a Miss Earth Australia finalist I have duties to fulfill through the year and I hope to encourage everyone to reduce their environmental footprint. If you become a sponsor you will help to encourage every Australian and business to plant at least one tree. This requires worthy ambition because trees extract CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it to trunks, branches, leaves and flowers. Everybody has to take their first step to clean our atmosphere and environment and this is why I think that trees are worthwhile because they clean up the atmosphere, stabilize river banks, provide shade and prevent soil erosion. I believe that encouraging individuals to be aware of and responsible for the environment in which we live is one of the single most important tasks this society faces. I look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Aley Greenblo. Email: aley_greenblo@hotmail.com Blog:http://aleygreenblo.blogspot.com/ Facebook: Aley Greenblo
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WANTED: VINYL DJ 4 WEDDING
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GUITARS LOOKING FOR ESP Looking for an Esp Horizon black. New or used. Email For more info. wtf_juice@hotmail.com
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GUITAR LESSONS
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With experienced and fully qualified tutor. Who has 20 years of studio and live performance. Most styles including Rock, Pop and Jazz. Learn to play your favourite songs, practical theory, improvisation, proper technique, etc. etc. Beginners to advanced are welcome. Lessons conducted in the convenience of your own home. Good results guaranteed. Phone Oles on 0407413143 or email oa@olesart.com
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BEAUTY SERVICES
Inspire Design Studios provides meaningful, smart and economic design solutions that communicates clearly with a given market. From website design, to branding, we can take you through the entire process of creating an identity for your organization. Maybe you just need some business cards, or maybe you need a completely new look. From logo design, to website creation, to company apparel, and anything in between. To provide you with the most competitive pricing contact us to discuss your requirements without any obligation. Special prices Static website (within 5 pages) $495 CMS website (within 7 pages) $695 Online shopping site $795 No hidden charges or on-going monthly fees To find out more please visit www.lydiay.com
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ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS FOR GUITAR
OTHER
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**LEAD VOCALIST WANTED**
theory, improvisation, proper technique, etc. etc. Beginners to advanced are welcome. Lessons conducted in the convenience of your own home. Good results guaranteed. Phone Oles on 0407413143 or email oa@olesart.com
lessons in vocals, guitar, piano, drums, violin, bass, saxophone in comfortable commercial premises. Group or individual one-on-one. Best rates! Kogarah & Beverly Hills ph:1300 787 697 www.jumbonote.com.au
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Hey there. We’re looking for a lead vocalist. Songs are written, some recorded. The person we want is someone who has versatility, range and power. We like Split Enz, Nirvana, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Ramones, although we dont wear our influences. The music is very varied. And a hell of alot of fun to play. email: playitstrange@live.com
ADULTS ONLY LESSONS!
STAND UP COMEDY COMPETITIONS
SONG WRITER
Male singer-songwriter wanted (experienced)! Drummer is forming a fast paced professional original alternative rock band to get signed to a major label. Must be ambitious, self-motivated, committed, reliable and have a lot of drive. No metal! Age: 18-30. Rehearsing at Wetherill Park N.S.W. Only contact me if you want to get signed to a major label! E-mail: cooleywill2@ hotmail.com.
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GRAPHIC DESIGN
SINGER REQUIRED LEAD VOCALIST For soul, funk, blues project rehearsing in the inner West of Sydney.We are a group of experienced musicians with industry contacts.We aim to be gigging as soon as the repertoire is sorted.Contact Tony: 0409429078 or Glen: 0407276303
SINGER/S WANTED
TUITION
REHEARSAL STUDIOS MARRICKVILLE
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I’m looking for a singer, or singers, to meet with 6 songs I have written for an EP in preparation for distribution to Publishers and other. I have had a Publishing deal once before, which I am still under, so essentially do know what Im doing. Esentially!!! Music style is Electronic meets Rock and sometimes Funk. Please email a demo of your singing style to machinesinc@ yahoo.com.au.
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Create your Myspace page with us. Prices starting from 200$. Send an email for more information: bezzouro@hotmail.com
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SIMPLY RED VOCALIST REQUIRED
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GUITAR LESSONS FOR ALL AGES
CAN YOU FUCKING SING???
Established and agent backed OZ Red Hot Chili Peppers Show are looking for a experienced singer, to front the band. Must be based in Sydney, with own transport, and ready to gig on weekends.Gigs waiting. Please email details to info@ozredhotchilipeppersshow.com.au
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12 July. To book call 9331 3107 or visit www. darlinghursttheatre.com
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EXPERIENCED LATIN SINGER
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS SINGER
Seeking male vocalist to perform in Sydney based showband, dance band, and duo. Will be required to sing songs from The 60’s through to today’s music. Must be good at entertaining a crowd. Phone Renee 02 4647 2311
short courses in Digidesign Pro Tools 8 designed to improve your music and audio postproduction skills. PT 101 12-13 July PT 110 14-16 July PT 201 19-20 July PT 210M 21-23 July Logic Pro 101 7- 9 July Ring 9514 9931 or go to http://www.utsproschool.uts.edu.au to book your place
BRIAN JOHNSON DIRTY DEEDS - Australia’s leading tribute to AC/ DC are in need of a professional Brian Johnson impersonator for immediate dep work. If you look like Brian and can scream your lungs out in the style of Johnson to all the AC/DC classics - then we want you! This is the busiest AC/DC tribute show there is with the best crew so be prepared to work. Send your bio, recent photos, mp3’s or any other supporting evidence of your bad self to info@dirtydeeds.net.au for consideration or call 0412 706 061. www.dirtydeeds.net.au www. myspace.com/dirty.deeds
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MALE VOCALIST
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SINGERS WANTED
BEAUTY FOR A CAUSE CAMPAIGN
DRIVER/S WANTED
Looking for a Vinyl DJ (with decks preferably) for a wedding in November. Location: Sydney CBD. Style of Music: Must have a good selection of 70’s, 80’s and 90’s vinyl(from Disco, Funk to Indie and Rock n Roll). I also have some vinyl to add to your collection for the night. Please contact me if you are interested.
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Darlo Drama - Sydney’s best acting classes for Beginners. No experience required! Fun, social & inspiring. Great to build your confidence in performing and public speaking. Join our next BEGINNERS COURSES in Kings Cross, starting
With experienced and fully qualified tutor. Who has 20 years of studio and live performance. Most styles including Rock, Pop and Jazz. Learn to play your favourite songs, practical
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