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MEOW Well ladies and gentlemen, “The Girls Can’t Help It!” As such Miss Kitty Meow are proudly presenting an evening full of burlesque, cabaret and dance entertainment.

The event also coincides with the troupe’s one year anniversary as Hobart’s premiere burlesque and cabaret group. At the forefront of the burlesque revival in the state, Miss Kitty Meow’s show will also be featuring performances from The Southern Belles, The Vaudeville Vixen Express, Miasma and The Turkish Delights. So get on down to the Queen’s Head to see the best in the risqué business, for an evening of tantalising and titillating entertainment. www.myspace.com/meowburlesque 0 8 August @ The Queen’s Head, Hobart

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KICK IT! Kickstart Arts Inc and Stompin’ have recently teamed up to present a series of exciting dance workshops in Hobart: Sunday Shop. Shop is the chance for anyone, no matter how much or how little dance experience, to come and hang out with the team from Stompin’ and Kickstart and get grooving. It’s contemporary dance for performers, artists, dancers, musicians, and anyone who wants to move.Emma Porteus will be taking the once a month workshops (beginning in August and running til the end of the year), ad has been an independent dancer, choreographer and teacher for many years. Trained in Contemporary Dance at Deakin University, her last production was Lets Get it Strait, for Tasdance, as part of the Ten Days On The Island festival. For more information, including a full list of dates, e-mail pip@kickstart.org.au.

0 23 August @ Ogilvie High School Dance Studio, Hobart WOOHOO! Aussie gypsy phenomenon, The Woohoo Revue, is back for a bunch of high energy shows, ready to display their incredible musicianship and lively sound! With a gaggle of talented musos on instruments including the violin, trumpet, sax, and a full on rhythm section, The Woohoo Revue are here to give us a sneak preview of the 2010 Cygnet Folk Festival, where they’re headlining. Although the band only formed in 2008, they’ve already gained a huge following, with some big shows in Melbourne and a great reception for their debut album, Dear Animals, which has garnered airplay on radio stations all over the country. While the album is full of the lively and frantic takes on traditional gypsy tunes, it’s their live show that really shows this fun bands worth, no doubt honed from the hard work and endless touring of the band, in true gypsy style.

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“…There is that constant battle with our music where we want to have layers and dense textures but we also don’t want to be taking away from the essential fact that we’ve sat at home on an acoustic guitar writing lyrics and melodies...”

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INDIE - SYDNEY // DAPPLED CITIES

Forget the U2-esque derivations of multi-media overload, Sydney pop experimenteurs Dappled Cities’ ambitious new album Zounds was driven simply by their own resounding restlessness. Call it the artist’s need to better him or herself.

“That just inspires us to keep working on things,” says the band’s energetic guitarist and co-vocalist Tim Derricourt who recently helped curate an art show pre-release album launch in Melbourne at which various local artists created warehouse installations for each album track. Dappled Cities then invited a few hundred industry folk around for “drinks and to look at some art and listen to our album”.

“We’ve always thought that we’d like to be more than just our music,” adds Derricourt. “We’d love to be a visual band not restricted to just putting out video clips so we decided to get more visual content out there.

“These days everyone is making video clips because it’s a lot cheaper so you need to stand out because there’s so many different ways bands they can make themselves unique. I guess this extra stuff is maybe for the people who just want a little bit more - it’s for

the real fans.”

Formed in the late 90s, Dappled Cities made a calculated career decision to create a “sonically crazy album” in Zounds, recorded mostly in hometown Sydney and New York by Chris Coady (TV On The Radio) and mixed across three studios.

“We really wanted to make this our big step up album,” nods Derricourt. “We love our first two albums but we thought ‘let’s do everything we’ve wanted to do’. So in terms of having a grand production that was something we very much wanted to achieve. And although it’s probably not the grandest album we could have made but we’re very happy with the final result.”

Guided by the wise hand of American A&R guru and touring Nine Inch Nails bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen, the quintet was conscious of crowding too many progressive string parts and over-zealous synths into

the mix. Which isn’t to suggest Dappled Cities forgot to rinse the songs with their signature digital delay pedals, a sound they call the “sparkly effect”.

“Most people go out and buy a distortion pedal but my first pedal was a delay called the Denio,” says Derricourt. “And now we put them on everything, our keyboards and guitars, even our drums! That’s a huge part of the Dappled sound and it was all over our first two recordings. We take great pleasure I using cheap and simple tools to make great sounds, you know, cheap Casio keyboards from Op shops. They may be broken but they make an excellent sound.

“I think part of our ethic is not to go over the top and sound slick. There is that constant battle with our music where we want to have layers and dense textures but we also don’t want to be taking away from the essential fact that we’ve sat at home on an acoustic guitar writing lyrics and melodies.”

A songwriter since his mid-teens, English-born Derricourt, now 26, joined Dappled Cities (then Dappled Cities Fly) originally as a guitarist. Now, with added lyrical and vocal confidence, he’s developed an enthusiasm for songwriting workshops aimed at aspiring musicians.

“After a lot of work and lot of time anybody can end up becoming a unique songwriter,” he says. “I didn’t think I’d ever be one, I was too nervous and never sang very much but you just keep going at it and now I’m fronting a band.” sSTEVE TAUSCHKE

Zounds is out through Speak N Spell on August 15. Dappled Cities tour nationally in August/September.

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HARDCORE - HOBART // STAND DEFIANT

Ever Defiant

Hot off the heels of their mainland Winter Tour, Stand Defiant are back in Tassie and ready to unleash some new merchandise, a new demo and a whole bunch of new songs. Never one to hold back, singer/guitarist Mischa Calcagno opens up about the scene, his music, and the devil inside all of us.

What keeps you guys standing defiantly, still thrashing out those tunes?

Well we’ve been doing this band seriously for 5 years now and been together for closer to 8 so it’s not about any one thing. It’s more we just enjoy playing and writing music together, hanging out and making shitty jokes no one else finds funny while we’re on tour. It gives us a break from all the day to day bullshit of work, responsibility and all the real world stuff and for a few hours a week a chance to have some fun and write music we’d like to hear.

Did you ever find it hard playing more hardcore music in Tassie?

We did back in the day, it was really hard to get and or put shows together, but slowly more venues realised there were people who wanted to hear our style of music and it became easier as more and more punters became aware there were local bands playing fast punk and hardcore.

What’s your take on the Tassie scene at the moment?

We did have a vibrant and budding punk/hardcore

scene going. Of course with rapid expansion comes the need for the support structure to grow in turn, unfortunately that didn’t happen.

How did starting Disconnect Records changed things?

Disconnect was a means to bring all the elements of the Tasmanian punk rock scene together, give all the bands something to work toward, a means to release records, do shows and show that bands from Tasmania were just as good as any other bands anywhere in Australia. For a while we achieved that, but it took a lot of very hard and thankless work from Mischa P, Liam and myself. Hopefully the positives of that will flow through into whatever happens next.

Do you get a different response when you play the mainland?

We’re pretty lucky in that we’ve played in every state at least once, some more like 6 times, and have had amazing responses everywhere but nothing beats a big home crowd singing along grabbing the mic out of my hand and sharing our songs with us, it’s a good feeling.

What are your hopes for the new album?

Well right now we’re just focused on ensuring we have the best 14 or so songs and that they play well together and it’s an album, not just 14 songs back to back. We’re right now looking at studios and engineers to track it so we can then send it to Bill Stevenson in the states, who’ll mix it for us. He’s worked with some of our favourite bands (Rise Against, A Wilhelm Scream, Descendants, Lagwagon etc) so it will be fucking amazing to be in that sort of esteemed company. Plus the guy played in Black Flag, Descendants, All and Only Crime...a resume I can’t fault.

Your music tends to be pretty full on and honest.

Do you live the way you play?

I think so, that’s probably one of the more interesting questions I’ve had in a long time.

Music is an extension of your personality, the good stuff the bad stuff, for me it always ends up in songs.

Writing music for me has always been cathartic and if you read a lot of our lyrics they come direct from times in my life where I need to say something, whether it be political or personal, but I had to say something.

In the end we play music we’d be happy listening to

because in the end after we’re old and too broken to play anymore we can look back and be 100% happy with what we did.

So who is the ‘Devil You Know’?

It’s yourself. It’s whatever you have to do to get by. It’s the drink in your hand, the cigarette in the ashtray, the line of anything on the mirror, the fucking message you wish you never sent, but did. People like me are our own worst enemies, we trust with everything we have, love with everything we have and when we get f*cked up, we drink and take drugs and party until everything is a complete mess. That song is about that moment when you know you have to start picking up the pieces or you’ll just keep repeating the cycle over and over. It’s easy to do. sMEEGAN MAY Let the devil you know come out for a night at Stand Defiant. For details about their shows in September and the latest news about their new CD, head to myspace.com/ standdefiantband 0 14 August @ The Venue, Hobart

ROCK - MELBOURNE // MAMMAL

Get Smashed!

It’s not every day that you meet a musician actively trying to insight a revolution. Obviously Ezekiel Ox isn’t your average rocker. The main man of Mammal is passionate about his politics, and is excited to share them through his songs and live shows. “I’m calling for a working class revolution, a socialist revolution, and I think when that happens the piñata will be broken.”

The piñata in question comes from the metaphor he uses in their new song, ‘Smash the Piñata’, in which it represents all the goodies that he perceives the ruling class as having – access to healthcare, longer lives, not having to work. “It’s saying that we need to smash things and then divvy up the goodies and share them around. It’s a poetically socialist line about saying that we should have control of what we produce, how it’s used and how we look after the planet, and we don’t have that at the moment…I’m calling for a working class revolution, a socialist revolution, and I think when that happens the piñata will be broken.”

“…I feel more human on stage than any other time, and that’s why I spend most of my life performing...”

For Ezekiel, he sees real and effective ways of achieving this metaphoric piñata smashing. Enjoying the good life and being happy with what you have is important (such as the last time he witnessed an actual piñata smashing, at a friends birthday), but so is implementing social change, which is why he’s heavily involved with several community organisatons aimed at just that.

“You mention that you would like to see revolution, you’d like to see the whole world change, people look at you like you’ve gone a bit potty…but there are real life working solutions to this problem of capitalism and war… the only way that’s going to happen is people marching in the streets and being together on it. Not writing e-mails or sending letters to politicians, but actively taking to the streets and claiming the streets back.”

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Ezekial to the streets next, as we spoke to him the day before he planned to attend a rally for the cause.

“I’ll be interrupting a Copwatch training session for that, which is a community organisation that patrols the streets around Indigenous and Sudanese areas in Melbourne to try and modify police behaviour through community support.”

He’s also a member of Musicians Against Police Violence, which was started earlier this year. Anyone who’s been to a Mammal show will no doubt be aware of the bands passionate political leanings, with topical and political discussions being a part of the live act. It’s also “very spontaneous and we jam a lot, invite guest musicians up on stage as well as audience members...

We try to keep it as loose around the edges for us and the audience, so they get something unique each time.”

“I’m also just excited to know that I’ve got a gig,” he says, “, I mean I’ve been playing music for over ten years professionally, and I don’t know why you would ever lose your passion for it…I love music, it’s my life.”

It was this love of performing that came long before Ezekiel ever discovered his politics. And now that he is able to combine the two, it means a great deal.

“I love being generous with my soul and my thoughts and my inner most fears, bravery, and all those things.

I get a great sense of personal catharsis from it. I feel more human on stage than any other time, and that’s why I spend most of my life performing. It’s a real rush and a real chance to commune.” sDAVID WILLIAMS & MEEGAN MAY

For your chance to commune with Mammal, they are touring the country this August.

To find out more about Mammal’s political leanings, head to their website www. mammaltheband.com or their official forum www.theauralunderground.com.

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DANCE - MELBOURNE // MIKE GURRIERI

Get Down! “…The underground, this is where trends are set, and quality and creativity are always of a higher standard...”

Never one to shy away from the underground scene, DJ and label owner Mike Gurrieri is getting ready to take us deep down and unleash some fresh House hits for Hobart audiences this August.

What’s down there lately that should be brought to the surface?

Well I guess in the underground this is where trends are set, and quality & creativity are always of a higher standard, so that’s where I generally find music that interests me.

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What’s down there lately that should be brought to the surface?

I think there’s a lot of really interesting music coming from all corners of the globe at the moment. This is a great time for innovative house music in many forms, that’s what I hope to showcase at Syrup.

Is there something special about playing a sound that’s fresh and unheard to a big crowd?

Absolutely! This is what keeps me doing what I’m doing. Playing something you know no one knows but you get a fantastic reaction means everyone is feeling the music in that moment and I think that’s a great thing.

Like a lot of DJs, you’ve started your own label Deepermotions Music. Why “Deepermotions,” and what makes your label special?

The label is an outlet for me to release music by artists who I think fit into the sound I push. In a time when most house music being released is more on the electronic tip, Deepermotions is more about pushing an organic sound filled with live elements. It has been running for just over 2 years, with 5 releases so far, I’m not in any rush with it – but I see 2010 the year when things are really going to take off with it.

How do you find artists/releases for the label?

It’s basically just making the right contacts and finding artists whose music I’m feeling at the time. If they’re into the label & have the right music to shop at the time, it works.

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Describe a Mike Gurrieri set.

Well, I like to think I’m known as a versatile DJ, I love slipping between genres and opening people’s minds to fresh sounds. Depending on the setting, it’s always going to be different, I don’t understand DJs who play the same set everywhere they go. Jazz is my thing, so whether its house, techno or hip hop, there’s usually an element of jazz in my music, and people tend to pick up on that which is cool.

What’s the best time you’ve had whilst wearing headphones?

This is a question I always struggle to answer as it’s too hard to pick one gig after playing for ten years, but what I will say is that some gigs that I haven’t expected to be too great have in the end been quite memorable, and I take this philosophy to every gig I play, not knowing what to expect, and to bring my best to the table each & every time.

How deep is the set in Tassie going to get?

We’ll see when I get there… sMEEGAN MAY

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INDIE - SYDNEY // BLUEJUICE

bluejuice, bluejuice, bluejuice!

Fresh from a packed and sweaty tent at Splendour in the Grass, bluejuice are hitting their road for their ‘Broken Leg’ tour, the catchy as hell single from their upcoming album. Bass player Jamie Cibej took time out of his busy skipping schedule to put his tongue firmly in cheek and answer a few choice questions.

So why did you decide on such a crap name for such a great band?

The name harkens back to a time long ago when the quality of the band matched the quality of the name.

Some would argue that these levels of quality are still matched.

In a sincere and heartfelt way, how would you describe bluejuice? bluejuice is like being licked by a friendly dog, right in the mouth. You appreciate the sentiment, but there’s still the uncomfortable feeling that you might contract something.

Have you really all been to jail like it says on your MySpace?

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in jail. It’d teach him not to do something legal again.

What’s the story behind the new single ‘Broken Leg’? Did you take someone telling you to “break a leg” a little too seriously?

In a literal sense it’s about the time Jake broke his leg whilst on tour in Brisbane. In a metaphorical sense it’s about being depressed and lonely. In a cartoon sense, it’s about the time Bart Simpson broke his leg and all his friends got to have fun in the pool. In an entomological sense, it’s like a young Phasmida shedding a leg in order to escape.

I of course have to congratulate you on your making it to the World Skipping Championships….

Thank you very much. Obviously having reached a level of such supreme fitness and athletic prowess we fully expected to reach the finals in Panama. Let’s

just hope the team is not distracted by all the fast cars, drugs and women that go hand-in-hand with World Championship skipping.

How did you come up with the idea for the clip?

Sam Bennetts, our director, came up with the idea. I think initially the plan was for us to be doing amazing tricks and jumps, with CGI and stuff, but we were slightly constrained by our total lack of jumping ability.

Can we expect some extreme skipping in your stage show?

We tend to utilise enough uncoordinated bouncing and flailing around on stage already – a rope would just complicate things.

When the Championship (…and the album) hits on September 18, what’s in store for us?

To be honest, I have no idea. Whatever happens, it will

hurt to walk the next day.

Will we be hearing any new songs while you’re here in Tassie?

Most of the songs you’ll hear will be new ones. I don’t think we’ve played in Tasmania for about a year, so we’ll hopefully get to surprise everyone with our switch to the Italian Lounge genre.

Any last words?

Goodnight. sMEEGAN MAY

The juice is loose.

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DANCE - HOBART // SNEAKER PARTY II

Get Your Sneak On

Attention all sneaker freaks! The second annual Sneaker Party is here, so get your kicks to the dance floor and check out some dead stock heat with number one sneaker head Matt Osborne! Confused? Read on…

Is there any specific sneaker-lingo we need to know before the Sneaker Party?

Here are a couple of important ones: Dead Stock = Sneakers still in their original box in mint condition.

Kick’s = Sneakers. Heat = Rare / Highly sort after sneakers. Sneaker Heads = Anyone who loves sneakers.

Well birthday celebrations have come to an end down at Irish Murphy’s, but what a week it was, with Black Japan taking to the stage, in honour of five years good times. While a week of partying took its toll it must be said, now that I’m sober, that Carl and I are honoured to be allowed to get away with Top Shelf every Wednesday!

On Wednesday July 22nd Black Japan played only their second show since launching their debut EP last month. Unlike previous shows the boys built their set gradually, using songs like ‘Find Someone’, ‘Coma’ and ‘Dependency’ to draw you in rather than sheer energy which they reserved for the closing half of the night.

With a dance floor burning, ‘Drop The Fool’, ‘Blood Sugar’ and ‘I’ve Changed My Mind’ ignited. A set to remember. Foreign Films very own Mark Edmunds opened the night and delivered another strong performance. He has been working with the new line up for Foreign Films and in the coming months we will bring you a complete kicking set from these guys.

What’s your preferred sneaker style?

A real mixture actually. In saying that I’m a bit addicted to the Nike ACG outdoor range at the moment. Apart from that I’m into retro runners of any sort.

What’s the signature sneaker sound? Sneaky Sound System?

It’s more the other way around; each sound really has followers that like a certain style. For example, in hip hop you tend to have a lot of people that rock old school Adidas like Run DMC were 20 years ago, while in the alternative music scene there is a lot of Chuck Taylor Converse and Vans.

What’s the Sneaky Hobart group like? Who’s your typical sneaker aficionado?

It’s really quite a mixture; some people might be at high school that have a pair or two, all the way through to a guy who is a uni professor who has over 100 pair of sneakers. As a general rule we are all quite poor

though, because we spend all our money on shoes!

How much bigger is this year’s Sneaker Party going to be?

It’s shaping up to be a pearler! Local sneaker heads Mez, St Nick and Texas will be spinning some beats, finger foods, sneaker displays, wild animals and other cool stuff.

I hear there are some pretty rad prizes up for grabs.

Yeah we’re lucky to have the support of Adidas this time who have provided a pair of Stan Smith sneakers signed by the American tennis great! As always the brothers Grip in Hobart who have been massive support and Sneaker Freaker magazine from Melbourne will have some great giveaways up for grabs. Syrup is also putting on some super sneaky drinks specials.

What will make Sneaker Party II kick ass?

If no one turns up in high heels or Blundstones! sMEEGAN MAY Sneaker Party II sneaks into Syrup soon…

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It was a Wednesday.... July 29 I recall.... there was a strange sound emanating from a corner bar drifting out across a sleepy cold town. And while the townsfolk slept unaware a dream was slipping into their subconscious. A pattern forming behind their eyes. A dance of colour parading to a sound that holds you in its trance. You need that sound. You need it now. And when the song has finished the instant withdrawal kicks in. You gotta have more.... This my friends is the sound of Kasper. This is the enchantment they seduce you with. Kasper have stolen my heart to be honest (like you couldn’t tell!). There is something about the sound they make together that seriously captivates you as a listener. Something about their ease on stage which draws you in as a viewer. Honest music. No bullshit. No wank. Just music. I could go on and on about them but I’m sure I have to write about other stuff so I’ll leave you with this thought.... do try them.

Wednesday August 5 sees the new project from percussionist Dan Callaghan, Rick Loves Anne. This four piece combine elements of pop/rock/folk and jazz fused together to create a sound of their own. Really looking forward to seeing these guys after hearing a lot about them. Summer Edmunds and her beautiful voice will be supporting, and based on her last performance, we will all be in for a real treat!

As the mercury rises, Top Shelf will be bringing back some great acts who along with the majority population have been hibernating. Super Massive, featuring Glenn Abbott of Machine Gun Fellatio fame, will make their return in October as well as acts like My Escapade and Shoe. sCARL FIDLER & GLENN MOOREHOUSE

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ROCK - MELBOURNE // TRIAL KENNEDY

Trials and Tribulations “…It’s still Trial Kennedy, it’s still our sound, but thankfully we’ve just matured...”

Before some of the members even knew each other, they were all taking guitar lessons from a man by the name of Mark Kennedy. A number of jam sessions later, the band was born. Pretty soon they decided on their current name, taken from the aforementioned guitar teacher, and Trial Kennedy as we know it, started make waves.

After adding a sampler to Stacey Gray’s inventive guitars, the rock solid rhythm of bassist Aaron Malcolmson and drummer Shaun Gionis, and the fresh and exciting vocals of Tim Morrison, their fortunes began to change, and suddenly the band were playing big gigs, producing hit EPs and a deal with Gotham Records was next.

Their long awaited debut LP New Manic Art was released in May last year, but there have been a few bumps on the road since then. Although these have mainly been physical ones for vocalist Tim, who seems to have a bit of bad luck when it comes to getting smacked in the face. He tells us of three separate occasions where he’s been left a little sore and sorry.

“There’s been quite a few embarrassing moments.

Where do I start? There was one snow incident where we had about six hours to burn, so we just decided to have a bit of fun. And I took a nasty fall trying to get air off a little jump that we’d created, and snapped my jaw and my nose – and we have footage of it, which is quite funny.”

Next he tells us of a memorable face plant when he slipped off a small wet speaker, in front of his brand new girlfriend. More recently, when it came to writing for the follow up to New Manic Art, the band took a trip to a place called Snake Valley in Victoria, and Time decided he’s be the man to chop the firewood. “I’d just hacked into the first massive log, putting all my weight behind it, and half of it just snapped back and flew at my face. I remember just seeing it for a split second before it just smashed into my nose…It felt

like bloody Mike Tyson just gave me a whopping. I was seeing stars.”

Luckily Tim’s voice survived his round with Tyson, and they went on to write a bunch of new tracks for the next album, some of which they’d just finished recording demos for. Recording them in a friend’s home studio, the new tracks are a little different to some of the band’s earlier work. “It’s still Trial Kennedy, it’s still our sound, but thankfully we’ve just matured… we’d basically now got this big rhythm section, bass and drums, and Stacey’s got these atmospheric wailing guitars going over the top of these melodies.”

Can they anticipate some of the same success with the new tracks? “ We didn’t mean to do it purposely, but they’ve got quite a radio friendly, commercial

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sound… It’s not your stock standard Kings of Leon type commercial though. It’s more of a Placebo type of vibe, a bit more atmospheric. It’s just different I guess, you’ll just have to wait and see.”

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ROCK - USA // MONSTER MAGNET

“…As nonsensical as my songs may seem to some people they’re always analogies and allegories for my emotions...”

On The Nod

Monster Magnet wildman Dave Wyndorf comes from hard rock’s old school, a land of leather and loose women. Which to no-one’s tea-spilling astonishment explains his stoner-rockers’ debauched live shows here a decade ago that featured go-go dancers and gasoline-soaked flaming guitars.

“You can’t beat naked women and fire!” laughs Wyndorf cheekily down the phone in preparation for the band’s long-awaited return to Australia next month.

The irony is that whilst much of Monster Magnet’s outward displays of acid-fuelled hedonism are tonguein-cheek takes on 70s cock-rock – Wyndorf is actually more book worm than rock pig – the excesses of life on the road almost claimed their leader a few years ago.

“I got into a horrible drug problem and almost died,” says Wyndorf of his 2006 overdose. “But it wasn’t a partying thing, I got addicted to these horrible sleeping pills.”

Unable to rest properly on tours that would often haul him across countless time zones, the singer-guitarist became hooked on powerful sedatives, the same prescription downers that claimed Heath Ledger in 2008.

“It’s dangerous stuff because it works so well but it’s extremely addictive,” he says. “And in order to sing I have to get at least four or five hours sleep and I was sleeping maybe only two hours a night and smokin’ and talkin’ and chasin’ girls around like a maniac.

psychedelic drugs in my life but I’ve never had a more horrible negative psychedelic experience than I have withdrawing from this. No sleep whatsoever, complete over-the-top audio and visual sensitivity and blinding sensitivity to light, it was f**kin’ horrible!”

emotions,” he says. “For me, I say to myself all the time, what do you want out of life? Do you want it to be complicated and be the guy in Radiohead who sits there and cries? No, only an idiot wants that, I wanna be the guy who doesn’t think about anything.

“So I went to a doctor and said ‘give me something that would knock out a gorilla’ - and he did! But what they do is divert any kind of worry that would go into your head to another part of your brain and it sits there and stores up. But as soon as you go off the drug all that worry just comes back in giant wave, a tsunami of dread.”

Having finally kicked his habit, Wyndorf was crippled creatively for three years only to rediscover his mojo after an extended period reading books. “It’s only in the last year or two that I’ve gone outside and said ‘let’s rock’.

“Let’s not be stupid here, there’s no awards for intellectual proclivity in the world. And that’s what Monster Magnet turned into for a good bunch of years.

We said ‘let’s try to be as absolutely as basic as possible but sneak in any kind of literary references through the back door - and on the outside we’ll just dress it up with tits and leather and lights and fire’.”

What followed was a massive anxiety attack.

“A big giant hairy anxiety attack the size of Godzilla!” shouts Wyndorf. “I didn’t even know what depression or anxiety was until I tried to get off this drug. It drove me literally f**king insane. I mean I’ve done lots of

With Monster Magnet now back on the road and delving into their space-rock classics The Spine of God and Dopes To Infinity, Wyndorf says a new album from the band plus a debut solo set are both slated for release next year.

“As nonsensical as my songs may seem to some people they’re always analogies and allegories for my

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The Alley Cat Bar 381 Elizabeth Street 6231 2299 www.myspace.com/ thealleycatbar LAUNCESTON The Commercial Hotel 27 George Street 6331 3868 Irish Murphy’s 211 Brisbane Street 6331 4440 www.irishmurphys. com.au Hotel New York 122 York Street 6334 7231 Lonnies 107 Brisbane Street 6334 7889 www.lonniesniteclub. com The Royal Oak 14 Brisbane Street 6331 5346 www.myspace.com/ leapinlimpout

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INDIE - MELBOURNE // SKIPPING GIRL VINEGAR

Mad About The Girl

Currently on their Music From Cold Places tour, old school indie pop band Skipping Girl Vinegar are heading back to Tassie, and hoping the place won’t be too cold for a bit of night swimming. Drummer Chris Helm let us know the cold hard facts about Skipping, the Skipping Girl, and Skipping Girl Vinegar.

I hear the famous Skipping Girl Vinegar sign was taken down for refurbishment. What was it that led to you picking that name for your band?

Audrey, the Skipping Girl Vinegar sign is a 1930’s oldworld, indie pop icon of Melbourne, and our music is influenced by the old-world pop of the 60’s. Having loved Audrey since we were children, it made sense to connect up with her.

As you’ve heard, she recently had some work done, nip & tuck, a bit of a neon transplant and she is skipping better than ever. We joined a bunch of Audrey devotees in “June for her re-launch. Barely a dry eye in the house.

Are you glad you went the independent route for the release of your album?

Yes we are. The indie route is long, slow, hard, but ultimately satisfying. When we were preparing to release our record, we got lots of good advice from some serious music vetrans in the industry. Some of them had gone via the major labels and others that chose the independent path, we were more aware of the pros and cons of both the indie and major label routes from these conversations which helped to inform and bring a clarity of experience to the

decision. In this current climate of releasing music it felt like the right path for us to take in Australia but who knows what we will do in the rest of the world, I guess wait and see…

How does it feel to have had Sift The Noise so warmly received?

Very humbling. We spent a long time in bedrooms and beach shacks writing and recording our album.

To emerge from the bedroom and have media and punters alike respond so warmly has been amazing.

How cold has the Music from Cold Places Tour been so far?

Not cold enough to keep us from night swimming although Tas is still to come I’m guessing swimming this time of year in Hobart could do some damage the possibility of future children. Taking a dip in Byron Bay before our show was however a very memorable moment– under the stars and the lighthouse. I think we should do a ‘Music to Hot Places Tour’, I’m voting for the Caribbean.

I believe the tour name comes from your album’s bi line?

We began writing the album in a Melbourne winter

and finished mixing it on a snowy winters day in Nashville. With themes of seeking hope in darker moments the cold of winter and it bleakness reflected the environments and journey the band had been on personally and as a collective. The concept of ‘Music From Cold Places’ captured it well you can feel the undercurrent of this on the album.

Do you have any other memorable experiences from your time in Tasmania?

Finding the presidential red telephone that’s part of our stage set in an antique shop in Ross, while savouring scallop pies. The banjo that features all over our album was also found in an old junk shop out of Launceston. We love Tasmania.

Will you still perform if it ends up being unseasonably warm?

We’ll have to ask the penguins, polar bears and arctic fox who have joined our touring party. Not sure if their contract allows them to perform on stages over 10 degrees C.

On a scale from 1-10, how good are Skipping Girl Vinegar at skipping?

I do a decent crossover, and you know that thing where you jump up really high and try to swing the skipping rope around twice, really fast before you hit the ground? Pretty good at that too. I rate myself 6.5/10, but not quite as quick to the Skip whip as a 4th grade school girl. sMEEGAN MAY

However two words - ‘air conditioning.’

According to your MySpace, last time you were in town you ended up in the Cataract Gorge at 3am?

Cataract Gorge, another memorable night swim – where we took Kate Miller-Heidke’s husband Keir into the pool at 3am and he lost his wedding ring due to finger shrinkage. Three sets of frozen testicles later and… Come down to the show and we may tell you the rest of the story…

Get out of the cold and get hip to the Skip.

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HIP-HOP - MELBOURNE // ILLY

Short and Sweet

“I was playing a game of basketball, and about six hours after the game I went from being fine, to being unable to walk or use my right arm. I was in hospital for about a month, and in rehab for a month and a half after that. It’s all gone now, but there was about four or five days at the very start where they weren’t sure what the problem was and I was seriously paralysed at that time. And they were saying there was a possibility that I wouldn’t walk again.

That was the hospital scare, and it was a pretty big scare. It definitely affected my writing as well. It affected everything in my life, it made me a lot more focused with uni, with music, and not taking things for granted. That was a big thing for me.”

This newfound focus and drive is reflected in his

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attempts to perfect Long Story Short. Aside from his dedication to writing the best songs he could, when it came to the album’s production, he teamed up with two people he considers “the best in the country,” M-Phaze and J-Skub, who worked on beats and production. “I wouldn’t have wanted it any different,” says Illy, “I wanted an album that was going to be recognised in terms of the effort going into it to make it sound professional.”

Although, he’s quick to admit that although Long Story Short is a step up to a more professional and wellcrafted level, “it is still an Aussie hip hop album, so there are a lot of party songs.” And his experiences seeing how the other half lives through both travelling (including visiting poverty stricken areas) and potentially facing a permanent disability, have definitely left this self confessed “middle class boy” with a reason to enjoy those party songs. “It helps to show you your place in the world, and it just gives you a better perspective I guess, in not taking things for granted and enjoying being young.” sDAVID WILLIAMS & MEEGAN MAY

To make a long story short, party with Illy this August.

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“I made a real point of trying to focus and come up with topics and stick to them. And just make generally better songs.” For Illy, making his debut album the best it could be has been a driving force in recent times. It was a record he wanted to stand out, not just amongst other debuts, but with any other professional hip-hop releases. “In every track I’ve put so much work in, so much. I think these are the best 14 songs that I’ve ever made” An evolution from his former work on the Mixtapes, where Illy admits a lot of the stuff was just rapping for the sake of rapping, Long Story Short is filled with tracks that come from a meaningful place for the artist. With the political influenced in ‘Generation Y’ and ‘Our Country’, there is also a noticeable impact on Illy’s writing from the experiences he had travelling and experiencing the world and more markedly, a recent hospital scare which left him unsure if he’d ever walk again. A lot of the more introspective songs are drwn from this experience.

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Stranger than Micktion Written by M!çK I’m fascinated by what people call their kids. It appears that only illiterate people are able to breed.

The ability to procreate seems to be inhibited by one’s ability to spell.

Oh yes, good morning. Hope you’re weekend was alright...yeah mine was ok. What you get up to?

Umm, just thought I’d bring up some deets for Irish Murphy’s The Greenhouse for August. We got some good shit, it’s gonna rock out and our hands are already cramped into permanent rock horns.

Wednesday the 5th We’ve got the return of HANNAH. With their unfailing feel good rock energy these boys have come off 4 months living in a crappy smashed up van eating 2 minute noodles and getting bashed in Byron to bring you some tails from the road. Also rocking out with them we’ve got our own blood sucker Sammy Cole and some new kids on the block: The Ritz.

Wednesday the 12th The Greenhouse grows a pair. With Lance Cooper’s fist-in-the-air indie space-rock band The Tokyo Room flailing around them like a spiked mace this one will be a foot stomping hip crossed with acid sway kinda thing. Then we grow a third nut with the boys from Wintercoat treading the boards with their cocktail of crunchy proggy rock with solid harmonies and additional testicles.

Bogans have been doing this for near on two decades now, bless them, but we’ve reached a new wave of nomination degradation. Take for example this name: Le-a. Sounds like the princess from Star Wars, yes? No. Apparently you pronounce the punctuation, so this person’s name is Ledasha. What a curse that child has.

Doomed to correcting people for the rest of her life.

I wonder how far this trend will go. Will we get kids called p@? That’s Pat, for the Non – illiterate – literate.

(Don’t pronounce the dashes, or the brackets). Will there be girls called . ? Spelled . , pronounced “Dot”.

I wonder if we’ll get Hollywood types changing their names to fit in. Martin _sese for example. I’ll let you figure that one out for yourselves, and if you can’t, just see if you can pick up the trail left by a # House Harrier. Surely after the weapons of mass distraction fiasco, we should now have a : Powell. But no, he chooses to spell his name like a normal human man, he just pronounces it weird. Colin is his name, isn’t it? Americans.

to read all his books when I was a kid. Back then of course, he was know by his full name of Asterix. Those guys had the best names ever in those books. Chief Vitalstatistix, brilliant. The Roman guys were great too. Poisonus Oystas, Crismus Bonus. All brilliant.

But here’s the weird thing, those books were French.

But it doesn’t end there. They were published in loads of different countries around the world and in every country they were published in, they changed the names of the characters so they’d still be funny in whatever language the book was published in. All of the English speaking countries had the characters have the same names, apart from in America. Sometimes, American’s can be stupider than a cupboard full of chickens. In their version of Asterix, there was no Vitalstatistix. Oh no, that was a bit hard, so they changed his character to Macroeconomix. Stupid. And there was that bard guy who ended every book tied to a tree, called Cacofonix. Well American’s couldn’t get that so they called him Franksinatrix. I mean, that isn’t even a pun!

But this isn’t as new a phase as I thought. The very first person to have a punctuation name was *. I used

sMICK LOWENSTEIN

Thursday the 13th We bring you a special treat with monsieur Paul Appelkamp from Sydney. Paul’s take on the soul folk traveller sound woos a crowd and shares an intimacy that can almost be too revealing at times. Plunging from slidey blues to playing guitar with his fists he sweetens the load with his phrasing and soft tones. An entrancing performer par excellence, check it www. myspace.com/paulappelkamp Wednesday the 19th Ooh heaven is a place on earth. Or at least it may seem like that, kicking off with Hobart’s leading lady Abbey Doggett and swooshing into the return of Beatlesesque Agent Fontaine – having recently been touring around South East Asia I’m wondering whether they pick up a bit more of the Norwegian Wood styling or perhaps some gamelan quarter tonal vibing? Who knows? I’m pumped. And NoFoTo finish off as an excellent dessert – all we’re gonna need is some creamed sherry and a hot toddy to round it out.

Thursday the 20th Yay another Hobart debut at the Greeny, we bring you Launceston’s own The Little Cubas. With a kind

GRETEL TEMPLETON of dancey tribal folk thing and a kick blues thing they bring up thoughts of Bertie Blackman and even a slice of Neil Young in the mix. These guys are really fun and we’re stoked to have em at Irish Murphy’s, cop a squiz: www.myspace.com/thelittlecubas Anyways, that’s enough from me. I’m hung over and have brewer’s droop so I’m going back to bed but will be renewing my commitment to liver punishment very shortly at the Greenhouse . . . See you there rock donkeys. sFERT Get seedy in The Greenhouse: 0 Every Sunday - Thursday night @ Irish Murphy’s, Hobart

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SOUNDCHECK - out and about in the hottest venues ME & THE GROWNUPS + BRITISH BATTLEGROUNDS @ The Earl Arts Centre, 19 July

Playing to an intimate audience at the Earl Arts Centre was Melbourne trio Me and the Grownups, supported by locals British Battlegrounds. I don’t normally do reviews on gigs I am doing sound for but this one was a somewhat unusual. British Battlegrounds were on stage first and presented a tidy set of indie folk rock.

The addition of Tom on drums gave them a bigger sound that made me hanker for a bass player with them as well. Matt’s soulful reverb-intense electric guitar balances well with Brad’s simple acoustic chord sequences that provide the backbone of the sound. I’d like to see Brad try some more melodic vocals on some songs maybe?

I had not heard (or heard of ) Me and the Grown Ups until 10 minutes before they started their set. We weren’t able to sound check them due to technical issues but these guys hit the stage running.

3 superb musicians; Anita on main vocals, Adrian on acoustic guitar and Jonathan on violin and viola. They absolutely captured the audience. Anita’s soaring vocals were enough to send a shiver up my spine.

Jonathan’s use of a wah pedal on violin was somewhat jaw-dropping but delivered with aplomb.

The last stop in the band’s ‘Perfect Storm Tour’, which has seen the group headline shows around the country, this was an unexpected and unconventional afternoon of music for those lucky enough to be there.

The Grownups take their influences from the likes of Brahms, Radiohead and Joni Mitchell; an unusual combination, but one that works so well. There is little to fault in the trio’s performance, whose range and technical prowess belie their relative youth and the quirkiness of a classical/indie/folk-oriented outfit.

The group’s verbal interplay between songs was enough to dispel any impression of self-indulgence and endeared the audience even more. Me and the Grownups are a surprising and rewarding find, be sure to catch them when they return. sKEVIN GLEESON

Ministry of Sound Sessions 6 - Goodwill & Tommy Trash @ Syrup

At my arrival the The Republic Bar, North Hobart after 10:30pm Saturday night, supprt act HURCULES In NY were well and truly warming up the crowd with their fun beats and enthusiasm . Standing still was simply not an option, the urge to grab a drink from the bar and start bopping around was too great to resist. In all, there could not have been a more appropriate act to introduce Art vs. Science.

Before HURCULES In NY could finish their set, the crowd was thickening in hope of a prime position for the main act. Between the two sets, the crowd took it upon themselves to stimulate Art vs. Science into bursting onto the stage at any anticipated second by chanting the bands name in sync. Just before crowd members were about to keel over with a mix of excitement and anticipation, three striking young lads took their positions on stage to the sound of screaming youths.

Delving into their electro- funk tracks set off a domino like effect of pushing and shoving mixed with awkward attempts at ‘dancing’ without personal space. Minus a few unescapable up tight fans, the crowd was a very considerate bunch, striking a balance between fun and orderly. There was not a dull moment, every single track arousing excitement in the entire bar. Combining less known tracks with their outstanding hits: ‘Flippers’, ‘Parlez Vous Francais’, and ‘Hollywood’, the band kept the crowd rowdy and begging for more the entire set.

Personally speaking, I have never before experienced such a breathtaking, energetic, crowd pleasing gig as Art vs. Science. The night left me feeling inspired and truly desiring more from the three piece outfit. sKATE NICHOLS

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ABBE MAY AND THE ROCKIN’ PNEUMONIA Hawaiian Disease

The recently released EP Hawaiian Disease can’t help but ooze sex appeal and grooviness. Abbe May’s raw, husky, vocal style is strong, and is perfectly complemented by bluesy alt-rock guitar stylings. Abbe herself plays slide guitar, and the group also features an octave guitar and electric bass. They also include violin and of course percussion. Upon hearing the opening notes, riffs of Jimi Hendrix instantly come to mind as an influence. Similar bands are The Black Keys or Ash Grunwald. The group describe themselves as blues / tropical / bossa nova however.

‘Hawaiian Disease’ is the standout track. It’s a rockin’ song which has received airplay on Triple J and deservedly so. I really don’t see that it could be about anything other than oral sex, but it’s written in a very creative and metaphorical way, and could likely be played around unsuspecting ‘olds’.

Also pretty cool is the track ‘Do You Wanna Go Dancin’?’ which is a slow, smooth, hip-swaying number. The EP features two versions of this song.

One is aptly described as the 70’s porn radio mix, Abbe is a talented songwriter, and all songs are written by her, with the exception of one; ‘Jesus Gonna Be Here’

by Tom Waits. It’s a track which has been covered by many artists, such as The Blind Boys of Alabama. It’s a fairly ‘old school’-type tune. My only criticism of this EP is that, well… I hope there’s a bit more variation on their album.

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DANIEL MERRIWEATHER Love & War

Daniel Merriweather has infiltrated the international music scene at intervals over the past few years, He has featured on songs by artists such as Wiley (on ‘Cash In My Pocket’) and Mark Ronson (on ‘Stop Me’). He’s even supported Kanye west and Justin Timberlake.

He has honed his craft for many years before that, and it shows. His musical style is a fusion of R&B, Soul, Jazz and Motown, with a modern Pop edge. I wouldn’t say his style is groundbreaking, but his undeniable vocal talents and song writing prowess are what has earned him such exposure. Now he is featuring others of international critical acclaim such as US hip-hop artist Wale and UK soul powerhouse Adele on this, his newly released first album. The first single ‘Change’ (featuring Wale), is a song of social comment and plea for change by the individual. It’s been an instant hit which most would have heard playing at some stage.

Other top tracks are ‘Water And A Flame’ (featuring Adele) is an emotive and stirring song of regretting a break-up, ‘Chainsaw’, a clever reflection on the effects of a negative person is his life and ‘Cigarettes’, another well-crafted song about regretting mistakes in a relationship. Although this album isn’t really my thing, I really can’t fault it except for the predominant musings on relationships gone wrong. Love & War has cross-generational appeal and it’s easy listening.

He is comparable to artists such as James Morrison and Jamie Lidell, but his album can be set apart from many such similar artists by his vocals, heartfelt lyrics, creative melodies, collaborations and the excellent production of Mark Ronson. Give it a go.

7/10 sTABITHA FLETCHER

games, gadgets, and other digital distractions: zzappped@sauce.net.au THIRD PERSON SHOOTER // PSP

Resistance: Retribution Making a good effort, developer Bend Studio has brought this Sony golden boy to the mini screen as a conveniently portable third person shooter. It is a blatant sized down version of it’s other counterparts on the PS3 it packs a mini punch on the PSP. It reinvents the hero character as a dishonoured, incacerated soldier who is given another chance to redeem himself and fight with his countrymen against an dastardly force which has reigned terror upon human race.

That force are the Chimera who have turned the human race into a source of new minions, leaving countries fallen into ruin and pockets of fighters desperately fending off conversion. No doubt we’ve heard this plotline before and it is the staple of the first person and third person vs. alien genre however this is a game that tends to revamp by going retro.

We kick off in the good old 1950s where life has taken an alternate path and we are given a very different look at the world crumbling under the opression of this alien force. Through a pretty long narrative, with voice acting and over-accented characters rivalling the cheese of the old british comedy Allo Allo, we meet Grayson and some of his comrades and get a snippet of the current drastic situation into which we are plunged. The cinematic retelling of James Grayson’s past gives some insight and reference to his possible motivations; we finally get to the mission start described by the game itself as “piss=poor”.

The action and combat is somewhat sluggish whereby the PSP controls get a little overstretched. Without

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having the use of two analog thumbsticks we are left to resort to default directional pad allocation aiming which is difficult to maintain when manoeuvrings.

Luckily the mission areas are compact and so easing the oddity of the button presets. It’s the kind of game that fails when an itchy trigger finger lacks dexterity to operate as intended. Still, there is an abundance of artillery at hand which is more than just souped up futuristic lasers. It’s retro-technical! Not quite an oxymoron, but the weapons are a decent feature of the game with automatic weapons, sniper gun and the good ol’ grenades. Couldn’t really go anywhere without them grenades. Auto-aim is a feature that helps or hinders depending on your mood. At times the clarity of the graphics means you are strangely sniping different coloured pixels.

The mission cinematics being little grainy masterpieces and the scraps of intel that you pick up during the gameplay, are decent enough to get you by and there is always that replay value factor that is the “it” theme in most games of this genre that offer 2 hours of game play. Skill points and weapons are

earned through obtaining intel scattered on a level and the missions are short and simple with auto save meaning it is the kind of portable game that you can put down at any time.

The menagerie of enemies are the familiar ones but the cause for concern is you are not working with the capabilities of a dedicated controller and with an LCD screen that isn’t in a fixed position ‘tween your jarring hands as you mash buttons in order to attain mission goals. The urgency of the battle is somewhat lost and you feel you are a gopher character in the big scheme of things however it does amp up to some decent assaults and strategy is required in order to survive. The peaceful cut scenes and sepia montage with english wench narrative does feel like an abrupt change of tone however it is a refreshing contrast to the countrymen babbling incessantly at you during the missions before they are (thankfully) taken out by a monster. Good show old chap. sTIARNE DOUBLE

AVAILABLE NOW FOR PSP. 0 GAMEPLAY: 70% Fairly decent missions and replay value for dedicated completionists.

0 GRAPHICS: 70% Decent effort on maps and character design.

0 SOUND: 60% Good effort made for the PSP unit capability although somewhat lacking in aural ambience.

0 PLAYABILITY: 70% Leave the third person shooters to big brother consoles.

0 OVERALL: 67.5% Good effort for a pretty staple genre on larger consoles and bigger screens.

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DANCE - HOBART // DUBSTEP

Why I like Dubstep…

Well, before I launch into why I like dubstep, it’s probably important to give a brief description on why dub itself is good (in my opinion, and to save time, whenever I give a qualitative statement in this article, please assume that it has ‘in my opinion’ after it alright?).

Dub is good because of its feel. The best bass-lines in the world belong to dub and reggae with ‘Stir It Up’ coming in as the #1 bass-line of all time. But what is it about the dub feel that is so compelling? [pause game] ok I just thought I’d take a sec to say that I may be going into wank territory here in this piece because it can be hard to describe music without talking about it in music language. Whilst I do need to use this language – I will also say it in English, kinda like when a sign-language interpreter speaks along. [game on] There are three elements that make it stand out in particular. If you compare it to straight up rock music, rock music has accents on the 2 and 4. This is great for jumping up and down and being rowdy. Dub music has the accent on the 3 and that’s weird. It gives a tune a ‘stall point’ every bar, it kind of stops prematurely but in stopping it gives the music a lean and this lean actually makes dub music feel like it goes forever and it hits dancers in the hips. Where did booty shaking come from? Reggae, dub, and dancehall - that’s where.

Ok so we’ve got element number 1 of why dub is awesome – “accent on the 3”.

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Element number two: Dub music has two speeds (half time and double time) and two feels (swing and triplets) and often all of them exist in a single song [what!] OK, well often with any dub song you can dance like you’re on moon gravity, like it’s a fun funky house tune, like it’s got a cool lean in it or sharp and fast.

Element number three: There’s something in the lyrics, the sound and the feel of the music that communicates an image of happiness, yearning, common struggle and the simple life. It’s an easy music to identify with as a person from the world and it speaks a common language that is acceptable to relate to on the dance floor.

But this article is about dubstep! – I know, I know, I just gotta join up the other side of it, hold your horses.

OK now to dance music. Electronic dance music. What makes that good? #1 – it’s great to dance to #2 – the quality of the production is constantly evolving in fascinating ways #3 – it never ends Now for the biggy: mix the two together and you get dubstep.

Excellent cutting edge production and sounds, presented to a dance floor the way a dance crowd likes it and bringing in the elements that make dub great.

And the biggest bit for me – bringing music that can be danced to in multiple ways. You can flat out jump around high-energy style to dubstep, you can dance on the moon, you can do it sharp and fast or with a booty lean and most importantly you can do all of the above whenever you like. Dubstep gives you permission to dance like a retard.

Now, this may seem like a lot of academic wank but the point I’m trying to make is that dubstep is the first ‘dance music’ to fully bridge the gap between music for the brain and music for the body. It doesn’t have to be thought about at all – anyone can have an awesome time getting down to it but for those seeking a deeper level to their music, dubstep brings a new level of intelligence to dance music and rather than that confusing the issue it perfectly compliments the great fun that it is in the best possible way.

Enough gush? Don’t believe me? Get your arse to Directions in Dub.

sDANE HUNNERUP

Kashishi (that’s me doing tribal dubstep), Acumen (dubstep DJ/VJ Combo) and RESO (UK dubstep), Grotesque (future dub) Ham (electro dub) Prince Pazzy (dancehall) Wax Dr. West (Soul).

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• Paella $25/hd • $15 Sangria Jugs •10pm – 12pm $10 Cocktails • Schooners @ 10oz prices To Tee or not to Tee: that is the question.

I emptied my closet on the weekend, in a vain attempt to cull the oodles of clothes I no longer wear. In doing so I uncovered a legacy of t-shirts, starting with my ‘Berlin ‘90’ one, a souvenir from my trip to the Berlin Wall. Then there were my branded tees, the Esprit, the Guess and the Country Road. A few tie-died oldies and a pile of iron-ons later, I realized I had collected a generation of t-shirts.

Who would have guessed the humble tee would transition through years of fads and trends, and remain a modest necessity?

Current designers have dressed them up with sequins and diamantes, turned them in to works of art with beautiful screen prints, and used them as a platform to voice social commentary. How about a ‘Save the Whales’ Sunday or a ‘Free Tibet’ Friday?

The great thing about tees is simply how versatile they are. You can start the day off with one worn to the gym, change in to one with a cool print (like the Sex Pistols one in the photo), then finish off the day by sliding in to bed in a soft, often ultra geeky one. When it comes to tees there really is no question. Do it! Wear them! Love them!

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Name: Christopher Age: 21 Fave band/artist: The Kinks What gives you the creeps? Not being able to pay board What did you want to be when you were little? Astronaut

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Name: Emma Age: 22 Fave band/artist: Alanis Morrisette What gives you the creeps? Spiders What did you want to be when you were little? Dancer/Singer

Name? Melanie Age? 18 Favouritea band/artist? Red Hot Chilli Peppers What creeps you out? Snails What did you want to be when you were little? Ballet dancer

Name? Rupert Age? 18 Favourite band/artist? Leonard Cohen What creeps you out? Hannibal Lector What did you want to be when you were little? Famous

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