Sauce - Issue 75, 20-8-08

Free

ON THE STREET EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY

Edition #75

20/08/08 - 02/09/08 Made in Tasmania

Hobart’s best live bands playing

your favourite party tunes every friday & saturday night on the waterfront 21 Salamanca Place Hobart | 6223 1119 | www.irishmurphys.com.au

DEBUT ALBUM ‘V’ OUT NOW

‘V’ THE ALBUM RELEASE PARTIES VAN SHE'S DEBUT ALBUM 'V' OUT NOW

SAT 13 SEP / REALITY / LAUNCESTON BUY TIX @ MOJO MUSIC + WILLS MUSIC

SUN 14 SEP / CURLYS / HOBART BUY TIX @ RUFFCUT RECORDS + CURLYS BAR

VAN SHE ( LIVE ), VAN SHE TECH ( DJ ) FEATURING ‘CAT & THE EYE’, ‘STRANGERS’ & ‘CHANGES’

SPECIAL GUESTS LOST VALENTINOS + KNIFE MACHINE*+ LOCAL SUPPORTS KNIFE MACHINE ONLY PLAYING AT LAUNCESTON SHOW

PROUDLY PRESENTED BY

WWW.VANSHE.COM

2

SAUCE #75

WWW.MYSPACE.COM/VANSHE

Got a scoop? Write to news@sauce.net.au!

NEWS #75 - August 20 - September 02

Contents 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16/17 18 19 20/21

News / Rock Challenge 08 / Fat Lip Birds of Tokyo Turry Beevor Hoon N Sling Joni’s Plastic Sunday / Charles Du Cane Mick Attard Dunn D / Covert Bass Kleph / fRew Simon Astley / Marcus Wynwood Gig Guide Cd Review / Gig Review Arts Sparks Hot Mods Zzapped!

Fashion Spread

Contact:

Phone: Advertising: Editorial: Editor: Email: Sub -Editor: Email: Graphic Design: Email: Accounts: Email:

03 6331 0701 advertising@sauce.net.au editorial@sauce.net.au David Williams david@sauce.net.au Chris Rattray chris@sauce.net.au Simon Hancock simon@sauce.net.au Lisa-Marie Rushton accounts@sauce.net.au

Opinions expressed in Sauce are not necessarily those of the Editor or staff. Sauce Publishing accepts no liability for the accuracy of advertisements.

Contributors David Walker, Christian Macdonald, Julien Lepoix, Lalani Hyatt, Skye Crosswell, Karen Revie, Clara Murray

Next Edition Sauce #76 (September 03 to September 17) Deadline: Friday August 26 - 4PM

1 FALLS FESTIVAL LINE-UP The Pied Piper of Australian Music Festivals has travelled the many corners of the globe to entice a stupendous ensemble of musicians to The Falls Music and Arts Festival this year in Lorne and Marion Bay. 2008 features a rich and diverse line-up that is already shaping up to be one of the best in the sixteen-year history of this iconic festival. Showcasing four first timers to our musically in-tune shores, The Falls stages will be graced by non-other than the: Super sharp guitar stabs and exhilarating live show from great Glaswegian’s FRANZ FERDINAND (UK); monochromatic, dapper suited gents that swept us off our feet at Falls back in 2001, the anticipated return of THE HIVES (Sweden); Shimmy-tastic, soul soup splendour of ELI ‘PAPERBOY’ REED & THE TRUE LOVES (USA); hip-shakin’, smokin’ sets of THE CAT EMPIRE; burgeoning Brighton brood, THE KOOKS (UK); dance-a-holic, shambolic interludes of THE GRATES; unchartered brilliance of GOMEZ (UK); eclectic, chaotic, reverberations of FAKER; power-pop maestro’s, TEGAN AND SARA (Canada); bewitching voice of SOKO (France); blessed-out, good vibes of DONAVON FRANKENREITER (USA); sonic scientist JAMIE LIDDEL (UK); conscious and festive sonic beats of TZU; odd ball pop machine the MYSTERY JETS (UK); million flavours of fun from ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI; prolific beat-smiths and innovative hip hop maestros ATMOSPHERE featuring BROTHER ALI (USA); fascinating folk-pop duo, THE DODO’S (USA); turntablism prodigy A-TRAK (Canada); psychedelic meanderings of WOLF & CUB; awe inspiring, live phenomenon that is LIAM FINN (NZ) AND the blunt edged rock’n’roll of THE DRONES. Phew! Plus, LOADS MORE ACTS still to be announced along with the exciting line-up for the 29th in both states still to come!

Stay tuned.

The Falls Music & Arts Festival: The three day picnic begins on December 29, 2008 along the beautiful coastlines of Lorne, Victoria and Marion Bay, Tasmania as it celebrates its sweet sixteenth birthday in Vic and its sixth year running in Tas. Featuring around sixty performers, comedians, The Falls Arts Village, films, spectacular natural amphitheatres and FREE CAMPING. Subscribe: online NOW at www.fallsfestival.com and before AUG 27th, for further artist announcements to

come, and for your best chance to get tickets.

Tickets: majority of the tickets will be allocated to subscribers who have the opportunity to subscribe before August 27 and all remaining tickets go on sale 9am September 9.

Submissions: from Tasmanian acts close September 17.

community, and to date has donated a total of $44,934 plus in-kind support of $107,694 in local and discounted tickets.

1 FIRE UP – MISS INDY MODEL SEARCH HEATS ON!

Con from APRA will be at The Lark Distillery on Thursday, August 21 5.30pm to 7.30pm to inform and answer questions about the music industry, followed by Little Miss Music Tasmania’s event, Thursday’s Child, featuring Amplified Award winner Adam Cosens, with Sam Page, Jonno Coleman and Dave McEldowney. Free entry 7.30pm to 10.30pm.

Dubbed “the world’s largest sports model search”, the 2008 Bartercard Miss Indy competition is back to Launceston at Lonnies Niteclub. Heats continue every Friday night through August culminating with the Final on Friday, August 29 at Lonnies Niteclub.

1 SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS OF THE FALLS COMMUNITY FUND ANNOUNCED On Thursday evening, The Falls Community Fund recipients were announced at a ceremony at The Copping Hall. Guests from local community groups, businesses, media, Sorell Council, and individuals enjoyed Moorilla wine and Moo Brew and listened to the sounds of local troubadour Linc Le Fevre play an acoustic set, which was very warmly received.

Applications for this year’s Community Fund were wide and varied, and the successful applicants will add great value to the community and its local residents.

Recipients of the Falls Community fund were: Bob Bird for International Artist/s at The Copping Community Hall ($5000) Dunalley Neighbourhood House for Two Dances at The Copping Community Hall ($1720) Dunalley Community Boat Club for “on the water training” with kayaks for children and adults ($5500) Guy Turnbull for Circus Skills Workshop Weekend ($2464) Paccy Stronach accepts the funding for The Dunalley Community Boat Club From Event Manager, Mella Morgan The Falls Festival congratulates the four successful applicants on adding such wonderful value to the life of the local community. Each and every year The Falls Festival sponsors the local community surrounding the Marion Bay event through a combination of both financial and in kind donations. The Falls Community Fund has a five year history of supporting the

http://www.fallsfestival.com

1 APRA INFO NIGHT

1 YOU MIX, WE MIX WEDNESDAYS DJ COMPETITION Rules of the Competition - Contestants must complete and submit an entry form in order to be considered for the competition.

- On the competition entry form contestants must supply their contact details, and state what genre/s of music they will be playing in their set. Management of the venue will decide on the order in which the contestants play, to ensure a smooth progression of music over the night.

- On the competition night (Wednesday night, competing DJs will be given up to an hour each to showcase their skills and track selection.

- Management of the venue will decide on a winner of the night, and they will be given time to play on a Saturday night, on the next roster.

- Winners of Saturday night spots will then be judged for a guest spot, when a touring DJ plays at the venue.

The most important criteria by which the contestants will be judged is the contestant’s suitability to play as a regular DJ at the venue, in terms of mixing skills, track selection and professionalism (personality/attitude/ ability to work within the venue’s team environment).

Prizes: Every DJ competing receives a $20 drink card on the night + The Winner of each round receives a $50 Food and Beverage voucher from Irish Murphy’s Launceston The Winner from the competition rounds wins a spot on the next DJ roster + $100 drink card. The Winner of the Friday or Saturday spot progresses on to a guest spot with a touring DJ at The James Hotel + $100 drink card.

Entry forms available from the Venue 03 6334 7231

IN THE BOATSHED FAT LIP STUDIOS

http://www.myspace.com/fatlipstudios

Friday August 22 Blues in the Boatshed with

ROCK CHALLENGE ’08 UPDATE Congratulations to Chaotic Dilemma (Prospect) and Brentish (Riverside High) on taking out the first heat of Tasmusic’s Rock Challenge 2008 at The Saloon Bar last Monday, August 11! They’ll go on to duke it out with the winners from the recent heats in Devonport and Hobart, before the finals to be held in Hobart at City Hall, August 22. Check out their profiles below…

Bob Malone (USA) from 9pm

Tuesday September 2 9pm - 11:30pm

SAT, AUGUST 9

Deligma - Guitars and bass We used an Epiphone Les Paul through a Marshall VS100 Head and 4X12 cab. For distortion, only the amp was used. The overall guitar sound has a gravelly texture to it. For bass we used a Musician Sting Ray 5 string played through a Gallien-Krueger bass head.

The bass tone is smooth and clean. It sounds very similar to the bass from Tool’s Lateralus album. With the clean bass and gravelly guitar it turns the songs into a massive wall of sound. Very epic...

WED, AUGUST 13th

Luke Vaessen - Acoustic solo recordings Luke approached me about recording an acoustic guitar side project. For the people who don’t know...

Luke is usually screaming out vocals for This Future Chaos... This project is in a totally different category to the usual chaos metal, more along the lines of Nick Cave and Jonny Cash. It’s different, alright. It’s a serving of bright, detailed acoustic guitars, with a dash of harmonica. Tasty...

FRI AUGUST 15th

Dirty Love - Guitar solos We recorded a Gibson SG through an Orange AD30 head and 4x12 cab. The band and I felt something was lacking... we needed a bit more bite in the guitar tone. Pretty soon we went on the hunt for a suitable distortion weapon. Our first stop was Music Powerhouse. We tried various different pedals, side by side. It took us about an hour to compare and decide (I’m pretty fussy). We just kept coming back to the turbo tube screamer... Jackpot!! We bought the pedal and used it on all the songs, perfect!!!

4

SAUCE #75

PROFILE: CHAOTIC DILEMMA Prospect High’s Chaotic Dilemma features Sophie Fisher (Vocals) Sean Zolnierczak (Guitar/ Vocals) Cameron Jones (Drums) Jordan Smith (Bass) and newcomer Ryan Whiteman (Guitar). They’ll be selling merchandise at the gig, such as T-shirts, stickers and badges. They’ll also be selling their Debut EP that has just been released after spending many hours in the studio.

PROFILE: BRENTISH This Grade Ten band only formed two months ago, but is already showing a lot of promising signs. With influences such as Thomas Lang, Jack Johnson and their very own Brent Jacobson they are sure to go a long way. The band consists of the talented Luke Young(Drums), Ryan Parkinson (Bass), Callum Tully (Guitar), Hamish Geale (Piano), Brent Jacobson (Guitar).

IN THE BAR

Thursday August 21 - 9pm

Samuel Bester

Josh Durno

Saturday August 23 - 9pm

Josh Mazey

Sunday August 24 - 5pm

(Joni's Plastic Sunday)

Open Folk Group

Brief Illusion All welcome!!

Ally Mok (Ally and the Mokingbirds)

Seth Henderson

Thursday August 28 - 9pm

Mick Attard + Mark & Stella Friday August 29- 9pm

(Hannah)

Turry Beevor

Ruth Berechree

Saturday August 30 - 9pm

FREE ENTRY @ THE GREENHOUSE

Irish Murphy’s 21 Salamanca Place, Hobart

Ph: 6223 1119

Jacob Boote Sunday August 31 - 5pm

Open Folk Group All welcome

GREAT FOOD

OPEN MIC NIGHT

THE LAST WEDNESDAY

OF EVERY MONTH

OPEN 7 DAYS

14 Brisbane Street, Launceston 6331 5346

ROCK - PERTH // BIRDS OF TOKYO

Prolific Production a Natural Flow

prolific can be a double-edged sword, in that each new release must somehow outdo utdo the last in the eyes of the public. Than Thankfully, Adam of Perth’s oBeing Birds of Tokyo, reveals that the band felt no pressure to perform with their latest release, Universes, because that’s just what they do, man…

I understand the writing of this new album happened quite quickly – what kind of magical, mystical mojo was happening at the time?

I guess it was a mixture of being in the country air where we were writing at the time; being away from the world. It’s hard to say. We never really stopped writing, I guess we sort of, strike when we feel like, when we have enough material to start jamming on and… we just keep channelling what’s coming out of us at the right time, I suppose.

Which tracks really surprised you in how they came about?

Of the new stuff, The Baker’s Son was interesting for us, I guess. It was something we were kicking around, it was sort of one of the last things we wrote…we weren’t actually going to put it on the record but it was feeling… good so we just did it.

It ended up being a lot more dense and strong[er] feeling than we thought. It originally was just a bunch of ideas that went for, like, seven minutes that we stuck together for fun and it just ended up coming out a stronger song than I thought it would, actually.

To what extent does that sort of experimentation

inform the work that you do – I mean, that’s what jamming is anyway, isn’t it- just trying things out and seeing what sticks and what doesn’t?

It’s a different way to approach the writing of songs… it may not be as solid as writing a regular poppy kind of track that we write, but it certainly provides a point of interest anyway…

How do you think you’ve managed to undercut people’s expectations of a follow-up album by releasing this one so soon after Day One? I know that idea’s always been there, that everyone says that the second album is so difficult… we’re very careful about how we word it, we don’t want to sound like jerks, but it was easy as water for us! Like I said, we write so much… maybe the trap some bands find is that, once they put a record out, they sit on their hands while they’re on tour and then all of a sudden the time comes to write another record and there’s pressure to do it, whereas if you don’t stop writing you’re not gonna find yourself huddled up at the end of this touring cycle going, “Shit, now you’ve gotta write!”… but if you keep letting it flow out all the time anyway, I mean, that’s just kind of who we are as people, it just doesn’t seem like much of a problem. I can’t see it being a problem again, either.

I read somewhere you feel like you’ve got enough for a third album already…

Not enough, but, like I said, we actually never stop. I mean, last night after rehearsal we ended up spending a couple of hours working on new stuff. It’s something we love to do to keep ourselves interested because the whole process of making a record is a very long time, and by the time people hear [the songs] they’re nearly a year old for us.

Tell me about working with Tim Palmer [in Los Angeles] – how was it working with someone who’s worked with bands like The Cure and U2?

Surprisingly, very easy-going. It was fairly humbling.

You don’t know what to expect with people like that.

The reality is that you don’t really know these people before you go in to work with them… we hadn’t really heard much about the guy as a person; we’re real “people” people, man – no matter how good someone is, if they’re a jerk then we’re just not interested in them so… but he was one of the coolest, nicest guys – very accommodating. In no way did they make you feel like you’re a small fry operation from Australia – which we are! – and they treat you with the utmost respect; make you feel important… really cool, really productive.

The video clip came about while you were hanging out over in Los Angeles – what’s the story with how that all happened?

Again, it was just a good timing thing. The director’s an Australian from Melbourne so he just happened to be in Texas at the time… we hooked up – our manager’s good friends with him – we decided that since we’re all over there we may as well shoot some videos back to back and do it in such a way that… we could present something visually that looks a little bit more interesting than something shot in Perth or anywhere else… not sure if we’d necessarily do it again but it was just something we thought that if we come out with some video stuff then we just do it in a way that’s sort of a little different to [what you’d normally do…]

0 CATCH THE BIRDS OF TOKYO AT THE BATMAN FAWKNER, SEPTEMBER 25 AND HOBART UNI, SEPTEMBER 26.

THEIR SECOND ALBUM, UNIVERSES, IS OUT NOW. CHECK OUT THE REST OF THIS INTERVIEW AT WWW.SAUCE.NET.AU. s CHRIS RATTRAY

New Website. Tix Available Online REPUBLIC BAR & CAFE www.republicbar.com 299 Elizabeth St North Hobart Ph. 6234 6954

FRIDAY AUGUST 29 & SATURDAY AUGUST 20 - 10pm + THE EVENING DOLLS $18/$20

BRITISH INDIA 1 Wednesday AUGUST 20 1Thursday AUGUST 21 1Friday AUGUST 22 1Saturday AUGUST 23 1Sunday AUGUST 24 1Monday AUGUST 25 1Tuesday AUGUST 26

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13 - 10PM

ANNE MCCUE

Red Rival + Nofoto $4 Global Battle of the Bands $10 Covert Dunn D + Laws + Multiple Choice $5 Sugartrain $4 Cake Walking Babies Quiz Night Simon ASTley

$10

9pm

1 Wednesday 27

8pm

1 Thursday 28

10pm

1 Friday

10pm

1 Saturday 30

8.30pm

1 Sunday 31

29

8.15pm 1 MONDAY 1 9pm

1 TUESDAY 2

LITTLE RED

$15

Shagpile 9pm Elvis and Jonny Cash Tribute Show

with Issy Dye + Mark Caligiuri

British India + The Evening Dolls British India + The Evening Dolls Hot August Jazz Festival no cover (Finishes At Midnight)

CARL RUSH Anne Mccue

$10/$12 9pm

$18/$20 10pm $18/$20 10pm 2pm 8.30pm $10 SAUCE #75

5

ROCK - TASMANIA // TURRY BEEVOR

Campfire Punk Abuses Instrument for Pleasure

Beevor is a lover of all things Tasmanian, especially his hand-crafted guitar, passed down through the generations of Beevor. It’s copped o Turry a lot of abuse, but it’s all been in the name of music, which makes it okay‌ doesn’t it? Turry explains how his particular brand of self-described “campfire punkâ€? has evolved, and just what it means for guitars and fish everywhere‌

Hey Turry – to what extent does your lack of seriousness about life find expression in the music you play?

I come from a cheerful family, and my mother, Deb, in particular has instilled positivity into me, through her humble and optimistic view on life. I guess I am of the opinion that sometimes people, and possibly life in general, can be taken too seriously, and as a consequence, we can be faced with unwanted angst or vented frustrations that could be avoided by taking a relaxed, logical perspective on situations, with a good dose of fine wine or mothers’ milk. I do sometimes sing about serious issues, but generally in a not-soserious manner. Works a treat for me - I’m not here for a haircut.

What’s the most subtly humorous experience you’ve had lately?

Two weeks ago was the opening of the trout season in Tassie – I hooked up with some mates and some mates of mates, at a massive hut in the coldest place in Tassie – Liawenee. We warmed up with some beers and well into the evening, the guitar came out. One guy was hammered, to a point where his body was almost uncontrollable. What was surprising is that his conversation was still quite decipherable! I changed some lyrics to a song, and preceded to hang shit on him without his knowledge as his attentions were elsewhere. The humour, it seemed, was quite subtle until it appeared on the wide world of YouTube.

You have a very energetic acoustic style – what’s the etiquette for trashing a stage with just one acoustic guitar?

The first rule of etiquette is that there is no etiquette!

My guitars do suffer some degree of abuse whilst performing, but I wouldn’t intentionally go trashing them or my stage unless I had an endless supply. I suppose it is every rocker’s dream to smash shit up though. I keep that in mind if I ever get the opporchancity.

When was the last time you trashed a musical instrument‌ or came close to doing so?

My old man, Dave, made a ripper acoustic/electric out of fine Tasmanian timbers, including Blackwood and King

Billy Pine. Over the years, that guitar has ventured all corners of this state around campfires and at back-yard parties, but unfortunately bears the scars of several “accidents�. The ultimate trashing however, albeit accidental, would be when I was thirteen years old and was carrying my heirloom Gibson (Barney Kessel) to school. The old case had rotted away, and we struggled to find one big enough to house it. It was raining, and I bolted outside to hop in Dad’s ute – slipped on the grass and belted the neck on the flat tray. Needless to say the neck snapped clean off, and I was a shattered little boy. Thankfully Dave is a very versatile handyman and sorted that baby out pretty quickly. The fracture mark on the back still gives me shivers though.

You say that Tasmania makes you feel at home – where have you been in the world that enables you to make that assertion?

I feel that for a small place, Tasmania has so much to offer and is so rich in diversity; the raw power of the wild ocean on the West Coast; the scenic winding coastline of the East with its perfect barrels‌ the North, with its increasingly infamous vineyards, and the historical pain and passion echoes to the South. In the Central Plateau lie ancient Pencil Pines and a pristine wilderness that one simply has to explore and nurture. I’m a passionate Tasmanian, and although I’ve never lived outside of our coastline, I do experience various regions in different states – and the concrete jungle is just not my cup of chai. It may be cold down here at times, but the warmth of its inhabitants is comforting.

You count fishing as one of your leisure pursuits – would you oblige me a yarn about “one that got away?�

On Boxing Day last year I went hiking and fly-fishing with two mates in the remote Chudleigh Lakes region.

We had spectacular ‌ weather, and trout were willingly sipping mayflies off the surface. I spotted the biggest trout I’d seen on the trip, and cast a Mayfly Dun imitation in his path and watched. It slowly cruised towards my fly and noticed it, began to rise to the surface and ogled at my fly for what seemed an eternity, then opened his jaws and accepted my offering! I lifted into the fish, and had a solid hook-up; line was peeling off my reel as he headed for deeper water in the middle of the lake. All of a sudden, my line went tight and SNAP! I felt resistance

backi for line to come off the reel due to a knot in my backing e, which I foolishly knew about! Ultimately, I lost the t line, gest fish I’ve ever hooked on fly and I’m still spewing spewi biggest about it!

What’s been the most important album or band in your life so far and why?

Smash Hits ’90 was killer. It was the first CD I’d ever received and was a big turning point in my passion for music, and investment in compact discs. The content was pretty shit, but it was a friggin’ CD man!! Those things were shit-hot back then, hotter than Tiffany!

Pin-pointing one band or album would be somewhat hard, as I have drawn inspiration from so many different bands during various stages in my life.

You describe your music as “campfire punk� – what is it about your music that makes it so?

Mainly because it sounds rad, but also because it’s probably not far off. Many of my originals were first heard by good friends while on surfing trips down the coast, reflecting on the days’ waves around the campfire. I listen to a fair amount of punk music, Bad Religion, Lagwagon, NOFX and Radio Birdman to name a few. The punk aspect is more the energy – given that I play solo and have no backing instruments, I have evolved to slapping my guitar like a dirty bitch. But my

guitar likes it like that‌ To what extent are you “that guyâ€? who is still playing guitar late at night after a party, while the fire dwindles and everyone else is falling asleep, and the hosts keep coming out every few minutes demanding you shut up or leave?

When it comes to having a good time, I have absolutely no self-discipline! I don’t think I’ve ever been asked to leave though; I try to avoid confrontation! I’ve never been one to crash early or “pikeâ€?. One of my good mates is always saying, “What time did you get to bed?â€? I’m like, “Dunno, about a quarter past‌â€?

When was the last time that happened to you? Be honest.

A couple of weeks ago at a shack up the highlands - I was still having a little fiddle with the guitar at about 3am‌.

And we had to be up to go fishing at 6am. Most had retreated to get their beauty sleep, with only a handful of audience. The only exception is that there was no outside fire as it was snowing. I’m a hard man, but not that hard! Plus snowfall punk doesn’t work for me.

0 THE LEGEND THAT IS TURRY BEEVOR SLAPS HIS GUITAR FOR YOUR PLEASURE AT THE ROYAL OAK, AUGUST 29. s CHRIS RATTRAY

3<B3@ G=C@ A=<5A /<2 6/D3 G=C@ ;CA71 63/@2 0G B63 ;CA71 7<2CAB@G¸A B=> >@=43AA7=</:A QObSU]`WSa O\R $ eW\\S`a

# 7< 1/A6 /<2 >@7H3A 7A1 8C253A 7<1:C23(

<SWZ 4W\\

1`]eRSR 6]caS

>@3D7=CA E7<<3@A 4@=; /CAB@/:7/ 7<1:C23( e: 3aYW[] 8]S 5]bgS 1ZOW`S 0]eRWbQV Ab]\S >O`ORS A\SOYg A]c\R AgabS[ 2OdWR :O\S <ObOZWS 6]eO`R /PPg 2]Pa]\ :W]` 5W\ EWU[]`S 8]aV >WYS BVS 0]Ob >S]^ZS E]\a >V`SSZg 1]]ZWbS ;WQVOSZ >Og\bS` 9WR 1]c`OUS]ca O\R [O\g []`S

SAUCE #75

9B Bc\abOZZ

@Og 2OdWSa BVS 9W\Ya

:]`SbbO :g\\

@]P BV][Oa ;ObQVP]f

/227B7=</: 8C253A 7<1:C23( 1VOYO 9VO\ Â&#x2019; @]PS`b A[WbV BVS 1c`S Â&#x2019; 0cQYQVS``g Â&#x2019; B >OW\ Â&#x2019; 8]V\ ;OgOZZ Â&#x2019; 8S``g :SS :SeWa Â&#x2019; 1`OWU ;]`UO\ Â&#x2019; 2O``gZ ;Q2O\WSZa @c\ 2;1 Â&#x2019; :]`SbbO :g\\ Â&#x2019; ;WQVOSZ E A[WbV Â&#x2019; 1V`Wa 6WZZ[O\ BVS 0g`Ra Â&#x2019; 8]V\ AQ]TWSZR Â&#x2019; ;O`W] Â&#x2019; 8]\ ASQORO Â&#x2019; /\USZW_cS 9WRX] Â&#x2019; 0ZOQY 4`O\QWa BVS >WfWSa Â&#x2019; @WQYg ;O`bW\ Â&#x2019; ;Q1]g Bg\S` Â&#x2019; G]caa]c < 2]c` Â&#x2019; 28 BW~ab] Â&#x2019; 0cQYQVS``g Â&#x2019; >OcZ DO\ 2gY Â&#x2019; ;WQVOSZ E A[WbV Â&#x2019; ;]\bS :W^[O\ >`SaWRS\b C\WdS`aOZ @SQ]`Ra Â&#x2019; 8]\ >WYca 2W`SQb]` ]T / @ ;gA^OQS @SQ]`Ra Â&#x2019; ;WbQVSZZ 1]VS\ D> ]T / @ DS`dS ;caWQ 5`]c^ Â&#x2019; /[g 2]gZS A` D> ]T ;caWQ O\R BOZS\b ;BD Â&#x2019; <WQY 0c`USaa / @ DW`UW\ @SQ]`Ra C9 Â&#x2019; O\R [O\g []`S

eee A]\Ue`WbW\U1][^SbWbW]\ Q][ 6

B][ EOWba

DANCE - SYDNEY // HOOK N SLING

A Weapon By Any Other Name

identities, strange sonic-based weapons, and mysterious locations full of people in advanced stages of consciousness; it could be an o Secret episode of The X-Files waiting to happen… Or it could be a set from Hook N Sling. The truth is in here…

Today, I brought your MySpace page up to check out what you’d been up to and there was an ad on there for The X-Files ringtones… to what extent is Hook N Sling related to Scully and Mulder?

Let me see… my connection to Scully and Mulder is… I actually used to watch the show but I got kind of bored with it until Zoolander came around and, what’s his name… Mulder made a guest appearance…

David Duchovny will never die!

Moving on from conspiracy theories – according to “Angry” on inthemix.com, your tunes are like weapons right around the world… what does that mean to you?

Like weapons of mass destruction? You kind of like hear these things crop up every now and then of people trying to find new and interesting ways of describing music and, with dance music, destruction is often a good thing…

Well, is it?

With dance music it’s… the kind of genre where… obviously, when I’m playing, it’s not three o’ clock in the afternoon and people are sipping on cocktails.

We’re talking about having special events in amazing

venues with a lot of attention paid to sound and lighting – it’s quite an intense experience – and… the music has to be quite complementary, and the music, at times, is very complementary to that kind of experience where it can be quite energetic, and quite intense at times… it all seems to fit, y’know? Like everything kind of has its own place… not to say that dance music is non-musical, because [it’s] quite the opposite. It needs to still have enough musicality to it that it’s quite interesting, and it’s one of those genres that’s always looking forward, there’s always something new around the corner, which I really like about it.

Looking back a little bit – before you were Hook N Sling, describe to me how the young Anthony Maniscalco saw his life turning out?

I was a graphic designer before I switched to music about eighteen months ago. I’ve been DJ’ing since 2001 and writing music since about 2003… I kind of taught myself guitar when I was sixteen and always had a love for music… from kicking around at home, we had a guitar lying around the house [and] my Dad… was in a band. He used to pick up the guitar… kind of having a musical ear; just picking things up quite quickly, not having been properly trained or anything, and then that

Friday August 27

Illicit Eve

kind of led onto DJ’ing, developing an interest in mixing records and stuff like that… from DJ’ing it went into starting to produce and re-write and rearrange some tracks I was already playing… so I wasn’t deeply into production, you know, rearranging different pieces… as clichéd as it sounds it kind of just goes from there – you kind of want to get more into it and find out what else you can do.

How does your artistic, graphic [design] eye complement your musical ear?

It means that the marketing girl at Ministry hates me.

Every bit of artwork that comes out, because she knows I’ve got a graphics background, she knows I’m keeping a close eye on her…

Apart from being a weapon, what is the best thing about being Hook N Sling?

One thing’s for sure – I like not using my name. I like using an alias… you can kind of escape from things a little bit that way. Another thing is that I don’t have a nine-to-five job anymore. I can spend a lot of time basically just writing music… compare it to like, being a girl – you get into clubs for free and don’t have to pay for any drinks!

Thursday August 21

Saturday August 30

James Le Fevre Quartet

MIQ

Could you say it gives you freedom to live the life that you want to live?

Huh… as a DJ and producer, sure… my Mum doesn’t call me Hook N Sling though! I still can’t get away with too much!

0 HOOK N SLING PLAYS AT THE JAMES ON AUGUST 30. HIS LATEST SINGLE, THE BEST THING, IS AVAILABLE NOW ON BEATPORT. CATCH THE REST OF THIS INTERVIEW ONLINE AT SAUCE.NET.AU. s CHRIS RATTRAY

$5 9pm Sunday August 31

+ Innerspace $6 - 9pm

Friday August 22

Hot August Jazz

Illicit Eve ( SA ) Innerspace ( MELB )

Monday September 1

$6 9pm

Tasmanian International Storytelling Festival

Saturday August 23 DJ

Tuesday September 2 Tasmanian International

Thursday August 28

Storytelling Festival

Horizon Thursday September 4

Friday 12 September & Saturday 13 September

Was it always your intention to be like a girl in clubs [Laughs] You mentioned “escaping” through an alias – what are you escaping from?

It’s almost less personal – you know, the more well known my music becomes the more people know it is actually me behind it so the more successful the music the less and less… I become removed from my alias… a few years ago putting up stuff going “Nobody’s gonna know who this guy is…” It’s almost like you have a bit of creative freedom, not having a name to it…

Rumpunch

Friday August 29

Cabaret

Charles du Cane

Tasmanian International

Ivy St

Storytelling Festival

Alley Cat

The Alley Cat Bar 381 Elizabeth Street North Hobart 03 6231 2299 Wednesday Night Special 6pm - 9.30pm $10 Beaut Beer & Bonza Burger Night. Your choice of beef, chicken or vege Alley Cat Burger with a 10oz. of Cascade Draught or Pale Ale.

SAUCE #75

7

WHAT’S THE STORY? With Josh Mazey From Joni’s Plastic Sunday For the last twelve months Joni’s Plastic Sunday has been working solidly on song writing and refining their unique sound. Best described as melodic rock, their sound comes from a unique mix of strong melodic vocal hooks, crunchy overdriven acoustic guitar, keyboards in the role of rhythm guitar all supercharged with groove bass, and drums with a rock/techno edge. Their shows keep you entertained through the band’s charismatic performance, with strong colourful songs that will grab you. So with all that in mind, how did they come to be? We asked them…

What’s the story… behind your band name?

We all got together throwing names on a page, trying to come up with something, it took about five minutes plus three minutes on how to spell Sunday so I guess that actually came to eight minutes.

Thanks.

About how your band got together?

Well Locky and I had been talking about playing together for about eight minutes but Locky was always way too busy to practice. Then one night I finally got him around so I could show him my

masterpieces. After a few hours of showing I decided it was time to show him my songs (‘cos I’m actually a painter). I suppose that’s where our journey started.

By the way Journey was the first song we worked on and I’m not actually a painter. We went through a couple of people trying to find the right rhythm section until we finally found Stephen and Hamish. From there on it was like liquid nails, everything just stuck.

About how you ended up in your role in the band?

I’ve been a singer/songwriter for about six years now, but I only just realised this last year. So I decided to visualise a band I wanted to be in and out of nowhere I ended up front man in that exact band.

Of the last time you were in trouble with the law?

Three months ago I received seat belt fine for $110.

Of the last famous person you met?

Birds of Tokyo had just finished playing at The Republic Bar, and I walked up to the dude who was singing (don’t know his name, but know he’s famous), and I said, “Hey man, give us some tips on singing…” and he said, “Just remember to breathe man,” and I said, “Thanks man,” and that was it.

Behind your most prized non-music related possession?

My car, I’ve had it for about a year and it’s my beast, I love it, I’ve always wanted a Subaru Forester.

Behind your most prized music-related possession?

My Cole Clark guitar, it’s responsible for all my work. I worked my butt off at a chocolate factory to make the money for my guitar… it took two weeks…

We’ll be writing about your band in five years?

Joni’s Plastic Sunday on national tour to promote their third ARIA winning album, The Magical Word of Conclusion. Tickets selling fast.

CATCH JONI’S PLASTIC SUNDAY AT IRISH MURPHY’S, HOBART, AUGUST 27.

TURN THE DIAL TO 11

With Charles Du Cane

There’s Always Something ...

Our lives are measured in moments. Sometimes those moments are soft and low, and other times they’re off the scale. Charles DuCane dialled into some of the moments that have brought him to this point in time…

0 11 years ago… I was just starting high school. I joined the concert band on guitar. Used to sit up the back and strum bar chords which I couldn’t even hear myself, I think I only joined because I knew they had a trip to the West-coast mid-year - I’d never been and thought it might be fun... the bus trip took eleven hours, breaking down three times and getting stuck behind a truck full of beehives on the way. Got to Queenstown, played a few concerts to an utterly indifferent high school audience, went and checked out the oval then headed back the next day.

0 11 months ago… everything was just starting to fall apart and open up a little bit... I was just getting stuck into my first bit of contract work, composition for a huge digital puppet show... it ended up touring China last month and winning most outstanding production, which we’re pretty stoked about.

0 11 weeks ago… I was in Rishikesh finishing up a four-month trip to India. I’d just sold my guitar to some Brit, thrown out all my clothes, and the rain was coming down - thick early-season monsoonal stuff. It was pilgrimage time too, so there were these throngs of people crowding the town and the whole place was crackling with colour and sound and movement. Wrote the bulk of my next album over in India, mostly in the south and in Rishikesh. Managed to get a fair chunk of the recording done there too, which was great.

0 11 days ago… I was holed up in the studio, trying to finish off this sort of acoustic crooner thing that was giving me some trouble... I flipped the guitar around, added this Al Green drum thing and tried singing it down the octave a bit, and it all came together nicely. I guess my uber-rad tracks all go haywire, sounds unreal cos the kick’s solid.

0 11 hours ago… I was putting together some ridiculous mashups for a DJ set I’ve got in a few weeks. I don’t like to do too many sets - they can get a bit stale pretty quickly if you’re not careful but I really can’t wait for this one, Ivy St. are great, and I haven’t seen Peter play in ages.

0 11 minutes ago… I was thinking about my high school concert band...

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20 Samual Bester Jesse Higgs The Younger Dryas

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27 Mick Attard Nathan Wheldon & The TwoTimers

THURSDAY AUGUST 21 Tas & Caz

THURSDAY AUGUST 28 Breif Illusion

FRIDAY AUGUST 22 Captain O'Briens Craic

FRIDAY AUGUST 29 Victor Charlie Charlie

SATURDAY AUGUST 23 The Gary Garys

SATURDAY AUGUST 30 In Limbo

SUNDAY AUGUST 24 Ben Castles Mick Attard Paddy Duke

SUNDAY AUGUST 31 Kristy Tucker Victor Charlie Charlie

MONDAY AUGUST 25 Breif Illusion TUESDAY AUGUST 26 Ben Castles

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 1 Mark Vincent TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2 Nathan Wheldon

... Happening At Irish Murphy’s L I V E M U S I C 7 DAY S 3 BARS / FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE / RESTAURANT WOOD FIRED PIZZAS / LOG FIRES / ROOFTOP BAR OUTSIDE

211 BRISBANE ST LAUNCESTON 6331 4440 CHARLES DUCANE PLAYS A DJ SET AT THE ALLEY CAT BAR, AUGUST 29.

8

SAUCE #75

ROCK - LAUNCESTON // MICK ATTARD

Local Engages in Worldly Festivities abroad, Mick Attard’s passion for life, music, and art shines through o Atin allhomehisand pursuits. Recently returned from his third trip to Thailand, we found

“ …the cops t us didn’t shu il a bit down unt night… after mid

Mick in a festive mood…

I understand you’ve just returned from Thailand; what made you want to go there?

Yeah, just got back from Thailand on Monday (August 11). It’s my third trip there over the last ten years.

Each time I explore different islands and provinces.

I just love it in Thailand, the people, the culture, the jungle, the city, the beaches, the smells, the food, the seediness, the beauty, the sun, the religion, the music, the mystique, and the attitude all gets thrown in there to make for a stunning and different place to immerse one’s self in for a while.

What was the single most surprising thing you discovered about the country?

The most surprising thing I discovered in Thailand was the Thai people’s great tolerance and patience. Bangkok traffic is hideous. There are just so many cars, tuk-tuks, vans, motorbikes and scooters on the road all trying to get somewhere. Even in all this congestion and stifling heat no one that I saw or travelled with honked their horns in aggression or became mad in the slightest. If that were here in Australia people would be honking, swearing, ramming, fighting and generally experiencing road rage.

What did you learn that you might be able to apply to your music?

The Thais love reggae so I listened to a lot of different reggae and got some ideas for some nice rhythms. I didn’t take a guitar but I found a few along the way in the different bungalows and played music with some Thai guys. Usually I try to find some weird local instrument but none revealed themselves to me this time around.

Speaking of music, describe the best night out you had (that you can remember) during your trip?

Three years ago, we went to Ko Pha Ngan and attended a full moon party at Haad Rin - man what a night! At first we weren’t going to do it, you know why travel all that way to party on a beach with a heap of other westerners.

But I am so glad we did because you are partying and seriously partying with nationalities from all ‘round the world including Thai people. I guess it’s the biggest global party I have ever been to. The beach itself runs for about 2kms with heaps of open air nightclubs all

pumping out their own brand of dance music, there are fire twirlers everywhere and over 10,000 people pounding the sand with their bare feet. Finding your thongs later can prove a little difficult. We danced and drank all night met some lovely people and watched the sun greet us in the morning.

To what extent do you think Tassie musicians need to go interstate or abroad to experience success?

I think that it is vital for Tassie musicians play interstate to experience success. I used to think you didn’t need to but I was foolish and naive. We just don’t have the numbers here in Tassie to support the acts so your exposure is limited. I have talked with a lot of agents for festivals and venues and they all say the same thing that an act has to have a national touring profile and be creating a big numbers following at roots level.

This is very difficult to achieve in Tasmania with our small population. It is also very difficult for Tassie bands, especially larger bands, to travel to Melbourne or Sydney. Now take note that while it is harder for Tassie bands it is not impossible. There are many bands that are successful in Tasmanian terms. And it depends on how you measure success. If you measure it by playing original music to support yourself then there aren’t many bands in Australia that can lay a claim to that. Let’s not fool ourselves any longer - it’s all about numbers if you really, really, really, really want to succeed in the music industry.

Closer to home, what did you miss most about the Tassie “scene” while you were away, if anything?

I wasn’t away for all that long but I missed creating and playing music with my friends. Just a comment on the Tassie scene - in my opinion it has never been better.

There is so much original and varied talent here and we have many more venues supporting it these days.

I hear you’ve been host to a recent mini-festival at your house, The Benjamin Street Festival – who was involved?

I had this idea to have a festival at home for a while now.

I just wanted to have an environment away from the pubs, a more personal and intimate experience for the artists and the listeners. The event went extremely well.

”

PHOTO BY QUDDUS JAMES

Lucy Cameron converted my carport into a wonderfully designed stage. Simon Hancock put the digital imagery together and ran the laptop and projector all night.

Andrew Shepherdson had his amazing metal sculptures wired into the fire pots and dotted around the space and Stu van Riel and I ran the sound for the evening. We had sixteen original acts and the cops didn’t shut us down until a bit after midnight.

What was the highlight about the Benjamin Street Festival?

The highlight for me about the Benjamin St. Festival was that with a little help from your friends you can make a magical event, which does not need to be n Northey or Bemassive cost much at all. Many thanks to all that helped out and performed.

What are your ambitions for the Festival?

I want to hold the festival once a year, next time in summer on a property close to town. I really want to provide a relaxed art funky environment for new artists to comfortably play their music and showcase

the original talent that exists in Tasmania. I also want to keep it small with invites through friends that are performing.

What are some upcoming festivals or musical events you’re excited about and why?

Well, some Falls acts have just been announced so I am pretty excited about that, I haven’t missed one since they started. It’s just the best vibe down at Marion bay; I wish it could last forever. I’m looking forward to The Embers playing a new set and doing two-hour shows.

And I am also looking forward to Mella Fest at Smithton and The Rosebery Music festival early next year.

0 GET FESTIVE WITH MICK ATTARD AT IRISH MURPHY’S LAUNCESTON, AUGUST 24 & 27 AND THE ROYAL OAK, AUGUST 28. s CHRIS RATTRAY

124 DAVEY ST HOBART 03 6224 9494 WWW.HOTELSOHO.COM.AU

The Event: The Red Party Date: Saturday 30 August 2008, 8pm, $10.00 cover

MONDAY 4

INDUSTRIE NIGHT Get your Industrie card now and save!

Around the clock jugs from 5pm Cover Bands from 10pm

WEDNESDAYS 4

Around the clock Jugs and Parmigianas Thats $5.00 beer Jugs & Parmis with chips from 5pm $3.00 Basic Spirits from 9 till midnight

THURSDAYS 4

$4.00 fridge Nothing in the fridge over $4.00

Event Theme: 'Paint the town red' Event slogan: 'Red is Coming' Riot Act Playing from 8pm

FRIDAYS 4

Friday Knock offs Mystery happy hours and around the clock Jugs from 5pm Live Music all night from 6pm

SUNDAYS 4

Recovery @ Lunch with $15.00 roasts Open Mic from 9pm Show us your talent or lack of!

With Prizes from Hobart music & Bacardi.

Around the clock jugs & $20.00 Spirit Jugs (Including Vodka Redbull)

SAUCE #75

9

Spittin’ the flow

HIP-HOP - HOBART // DUNN D & COVERT

On August 22, The Republic Bar is host to a hip-hop extravaganza, featuring some of Hobart’s upcoming acts. We handed the mic over to Dunn D and Covert for some insight into their history, on stage and off…

o

Covert

Dunn D c Bar? gig at The Republi at your upcoming I’ll be gettin’ a feel so ge sta c bli What are you doing rmance on the Repu rfo pe t ic hip-hop tracks. firs ect my ecl be of ll This wi h out a flawless set nc pu ly ful pe vely talented ho d ma I rap will be my ssi for the venue, an ch needed oxygen as ll feature a mu wi in d k an suc cks to tra me w n’ ne Helpi performin’ old and be I’ll . tik ora Sp , back up MC special guest. you’re doing? whatever it is that p, watching others How’d you get into hop, Aussie hip-ho rsing myself in hip me hitecture a little im arc of d an hts s nig can Bored to appreciate spray ng rni lea d ays better my an alw ing to ttl perform, ba about eight years ago ere -th nd n-a visual. the or d more. I committe oose either lyrical ichever medium I ch wh in n sio res exp skills of n you perform? s might we have see ew, Copious Crew In what other group workin’ with my Cr I’m ts, jec pro o sol my on of us in Copious, ng ee rki thr If I’m not wo us Fault. There are pio Co as r be em o have an on and rem who some might roducers and we als ay. We’re all MCs/p Str d an tik ora Sp f, Mysel off guitarist, Masters. n? in a group situatio for ng you’ve ever done leadin’ an old demo ice vo g pin What’s the best thi rap g un yo s my wa be I J, uld ple wo Tri me on One stand out for , which got airplay le, named String Up sty lla pe Ca a us Copio that, pretty happy about get out of ed to that you can’t or song you listen um alb t las the s What wa own styles t it reminds me of my your head and why? ugh Love but I guess for the fac ho res alt gen re, of the lot up a be to uld I listen uter Love by Tzu wo mp ad also.

Co he say my uld in wo ck I and concepts nt so it’s kinda stu rm tone at the mome ala my is s Kis by n Gu crowd at your gig? u hope to see in the u’re a bit unsure Who is someone yo icle, definitely. If yo ir time to read this art the very pleasantly en be ll tak s wi ha u yo ver e Whoe all about I’m sur p’s -ho hip poster says. ian the an as t sm as to what Ta al underground talen loc rt po sup d an ng surprised. Come alo

What are you doing at your upcoming gig at Th e Republic Bar? Drinking some free bee r and spitting some rap s - trashy hip-hop at it’s best. Also trying to promote my forthcom ing Mixtape and album, but mostly just drinking free beer.

How’d you get into wh atever it is that you’re doing?

I’ve been into hip-hop since my brother starte d pushing N.W.A on me when I was abo ut nine. Over the years I played in a few bands but didn’t really take it seriously until gra de eleven when me and some mates sta rted Unleash The Nugge t. Soon after I started going to the loc al MC battle nights wit h some mates, where I met Mdusu. He started flipping me bea ts, and the rest, as they say, is history.

In what other groups might we have seen you perform?

Unleash the Nugget and Heads of State, also doi ng the odd track with mdusu&dameza .

What was the last alb um or song you listene d to that you can’t get out of your hea d and why?

Probably the YouTube video of Bobby Mcferrin doing By the Sea. The man is a genius. It’s just a beautiful song Who is someone you hope to see in the cro wd at your gig?

I hope to see everybody and their mum there, come get rowdy with the hip-hop lads!

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13 WREST POINT SHOWROOM*

0 DUNN D AND COVERT, ALONG WITH MULTIPLE CHOICE AND MC LAWS, APPEAR AT THE REPUBLIC BAR, AUGUST 22. s CHRIS RATTRAY

NOISEWORKS

JIMMY

FRIDAY OCTOBER 31

COUNTRY CLUB SHOWROOM*

BARNES

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1

WREST POINT ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE*

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20

FAKER

”

What’s the best thi ng you’ve ever do ne in a group situation?

Heads of state road-trip s to Launnie. Me and Duse have a rule that we buy a bottle of Vodka in Campbell Tow n and finish it by the time we get to Launnie. On those trip s I’ve managed to tag a bouncer, and also cut my leg open on gla ss after falling off stage, and then had to go to hospital pissed as a fart at two in the morning to get stitche s. We always have fun up there but I’m pretty sure the locals thi nk we’re idiots.

GYROSCOPE AND SHIHAD

WREST POINT SHOWROOM

“

…we buy a a in odk bottle of V own and lT Campbel the time y finish it b aunnie…

L we get to n D - Dun

*

SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER WREST POINT ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE *

TEX PERKINS

WENDY MATTHEWS

FRIDAY 17

THURSDAY

& THE LADYBOYZ

OCTOBER

WREST POINT SHOWROOM

& IAN MOSS

23 OCTOBER

WREST POINT ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE

Tickets for Wrest Point & Country Club shows contact 1300 795 257 www.wrestpoint.com.au or www.countryclubtasmania.com.au 10

SAUCE #75

*Over 18 show only

DANCE - SYDNEY // BASS KLEPH

Former Drummer Has Pie, Beats it Too

Bass Kleph is one of those fortunate guys for whom his path through life was simple – follow the drums, follow the bass, and create o Sydney’s the music you fell in love with. His passion has paid off, with his most recent track, Bump Uglies, poised to destroy dance-floors worldwide.

Without mincing words, I settled down for a slice of Kleph…

You’ve got your fingers in every musical pie in town – so what are the rest of your extremities up to?

When I’m not working with music? - It kind of takes up a lot of my life at the moment. We recently got away and got to go up to the snow for a little bit, which was fun… it’s a big passion of mine, snowboarding. We went down for a gig there, Jindabyne, and it was the first stop on the Wish You Were Here tour. It went down really well, nice and packed, which is good to see because it can be a bit hit and miss at the snow cos generally everyone goes down to ‘board and you’re too tired to go out, so… but it was good to see a packed club… generally [though] I’ve just been full up doing music, but you know man, that’s just what I love doing, it’s awesome, just being able to get up every day and write tunes, work on the label, tour around the world; all the places I get to go to and people I get to meet – I love it.

I get the impression that you’re immersed in what you’re doing – how did it come about that you’ve been able to live this sort of life?

I’ve always been involved in music. I started playing drums when I was about eight years old, went through all the… high school bands and school bands… started one with some friends as well that became my full-time gig when we left high school… got into dance music a

bit later after that and… I’ve been doing that ever since, which is the last eight, nine years now or something?

What was it about dance music that particularly appealed to you?

Awww… the drums and the sound of it when I first heard it… I was playing drums in my band and we did a few recordings and it became quite evident that the rock and punk music we were doing was all designed for the guitarists. It was just all about the guitars in the studio, all about the guitars in the mix, guitars real loud and everything, and I hear this music, this drum’n bass, and I hear breaks, I hear house, techno, and I think “wow!” listening to these heavy drums, the slamming bass lines – this is music for me, man, this is music for my instrument! – so that’s what sucked me in so I started trying to write it myself with anything I could get. I borrowed the high school’s old Atari ST, I had any kind of little cheap sequencer I could borrow and use until I could save up to get it and started buying all the records I was hearing and wanted to share them with my friends… just the usual DJ story. You start playing at house parties and playing a few of my own tracks at those parties too and eventually it became my full-time thing!

DANCE - SYDNEY // FREW

Deck Jackin’ gets Floor Crackin’

o

As a young baker’s assistant, fRew dreamed of something more, something greater, something involving less dough and more music.

A chance meeting with an ancient Egyptian pharaoh saw him have his wish granted, but at what terrible cost? Yes, from that moment forth, and to the annoyance of spell-checkers everywhere, fRew would henceforth have to spell his name with a capital “R”. Read on for a tale of man-love, pies, and why it’s okay to jack to things again.

I talked to Bass Kleph a little while ago, and he introduced me to the concept of a “jackin’ record”.

What have you been jackin’ to lately?

[Laughs] What have I been jackin’ to in terms of music, or jack-hammering? Dude… I could always do the shameless self-promotion thing, but in regards to other artists and what I’m jackin’ to in terms of musicality, definitely a lot of Tommy Trash and, of course, Bass Kleph stuff… that’s the music I’ve been jackin’ to, man.

“…I was taken back in time to the building of the pyramids…” fRew, why have you chosen to mike life hard for us lowly journos by incorporating a capital “R” in the middle of your name – do you know how much Word hates that stuff?

Mate, okay… that’s why you’ve gotta add it to the dictionary for one thing… and why have I done it like that? Dude, there’s no real mystery about it… I could tell you some story about the old times… let’s just say I was taken back in time to the building of the pyramids, and I stood before Tutankhamun and he said, “You can’t write music unless you put a capital “R” in your last name!” I didn’t argue with him. Before I knew it, I was back home in the studio and I thought it was all a dream, but you guys are telling me otherwise so I’m not quite sure what’s going on anymore…

Apparently Bass Kleph has his fingers in a lot of pies – what do you know about that?

He has a bakery, and that’s how we actually met. I got my first job with him and he always had all his fingers in all the pies and I was like, “You can’t serve that! It’s against health [regulations]!” So… obviously the guy is writing a lot of great music and juggling Vacation Records, touring the country / the world and showing punters how, sort of, futuristic music can be brought forward.

To what extent are you and Kleph heterosexual life-partners?

He’s in my Top Three [on] MySpace! [Laughs] It’s a personal joke between the two of us… Last Tuesday or Monday, we had dinner – me, Tommy Trash and Stu (Bass Kleph), were all back at Tommy’s studio just joking around writing ridiculous songs and they were singing about “You’re in my Top Three!” so that’s where that came from…

That’s really cute. What do you think it was about the two of you that really resonated with each other?

Just the pure vibes, man. Nothing else can be said.

The pure vibes.

oes removing the physicality of actually How does playing drums – do you miss that when you sit down rk out a break on a computer? How does that and work work for you?

Maybe I miss it these days just for the hobby of it or something to do for a laugh, but I care much more about the actual creating of the music. I don’t feel the need to be the guy actually sitting there playing it to enjoy it. If I’ve written the beat, or I’ve written the bass line, I’ve written the melodies… a lot of the time I’ll write vocals for tracks and I’ll have the singer come in and re-sing them because they can sing better than I can, which is terrible! You can’t play drums on a drum kit and make them sound like electronic drums. You have to program them so, that’s the sound I want and I do it that way. I’m happy with it; it’s cool.

Getting back to pie – what was the last, best pie that you ever got your fingers stuck into?

I don’t know if I can answer that one, I reckon! [Laughs] I’ve got all sorts of things running through my head right now! Let’s keep it in musical terms… recently we’ve just done a new mix album called Wish You Were Here from my label, Vacation Records… well, actually, it’s not really that new anymore, we’ve been doing it

for a year and a half… but the mix CD’s just come out and it’s availa available online on Beatport, DJ Download, it’s on our website, websit vacationrecords.com, and it should be on iTunes soon… it’s kind of a collection of the tracks we’ve done since we started the label and a few new ones… as well… it’s great that we can have something we can make for our friends and everyone can hear it, like a one CD snapshot of what we’ve been up to and what we’re about…

It sounds pretty sexy… what’s the sexiest thing you’ve done lately in the name of dance music – apart from that?

[Laughs] Probably something to do with pie…! We’re heading off on tour around Australia and New Zealand… me and fRew, one of the other artists on the label, are heading down to Canberra… check the dates on the MySpace for details…

0 BASS KLEPH AND FREW GET DOWN, DIRTY, AND SEXY AT SYRUP FOR THEIR WISH YOU WERE HERE TOUR, SEPTEMBER 6. CATCH THE REST OF THIS INTERVIEW AT WWW.SAUCE.NET.AU. s CHRIS RATTRAY

I get the impression that you’re relatively new to the dance scene, or you’re about to explode on the dance scene, or you’re creating music that’s destroying dancefloors worldwide – where are you in that continuum?

I am new, I guess, in a way… but then, how new do I need to be? It’s like, I’ve been doing it for seven years, it’s like an unpaid apprenticeship and things start to kind of work… In the scheme of things, definitely out of the Vacation bunch, to everyone I’m the twentyfive year old baby, just kind of learning and taking one step slowly at a time. I’m not really going to be complaining because I’ve just been catapulted into a great position due to the fact that I am writing great music for people to enjoy and destroying dancefloors at the same time… I’ve just been lucky in the position that I’m in and the crew that I’ve got around me that can push me forward as well and help me to learn new things and different ways of doing things, yeah.

Let’s travel back in time again, to the first time you ever DJ’ed in front of a group of people – where was it, how did it feel and how did it go, honestly?

I used to promote drum ‘n bass parties in Sydney, back in 2001, 2002, so… I was just promoting at the time. I didn’t have any… ambition to DJ at that point anyway so, as these parties were going on I… was just standing there in awe going, “This is amazing, I need to get involved,” so I actually began MC’ing to drum ‘n bass music, embarrassingly enough, and then, from there, I started producing and then I played my first DJ set, drum n’ bass-wise, at these parties which were at The Globe Nightclub… quite a famous breakbeat club at the time; unfortunately it’s closed its doors, but many good times were had… [as for] the set itself…

I guess it went good, man! I mean, I didn’t clear the dancefloor so… isn’t that the purpose of it all? Just to keep everyone happy and dancing?

0 JUDGE FOR YOURSELF WHEN FREW AND BASS KLEPH PLAY SYRUP FOR THEIR WISH YOU WERE HERE TOUR, SEPTEMBER 6.

CATCH THE REST OF THIS INTERVIEW AT WWW.SAUCE.NET.AU. s CHRIS RATTRAY SAUCE #75

11

ROCK - MELBOURNE // SIMON ASTLEY

Quick Witted Lad Hides in Plain Sight

on the up and up for ex-pat local Devo-boy, Simon Astley! His national touring schedule has been chock full of dates on the back of his new o Life’s album, Sofa So Good, he’s just shot his first music video (recently featured on Rage), and despite all this, still managed to find time to answer our questions. Be warned, this article is rated “R” for “frequent puns and tales of youthful mischievousness.” Parental discretion is encouraged.

It seems to me that you’re a great lover of puns.

Where does this love for puns come from?

Well… Once apun a time…

What are some of the best (or worst) you’ve heard… or are responsible for?

One of my favourites I like to use is - when a waitress approaches you at a restaurant and says, “Sorry about the wait” you reply with - “You’re not that fat!” (as though he or she was saying sorry about the weight).

Or there is this one - when you ask a person, “How was your day” and they reply with “quiet”, you say, “ How was your day” in a quiet voice (as though they were telling you to say “how was your day” quietly). They work if they are said to the right people and said at the right time to be effective, I think. Bad puns don’t exist!

What were some of your formative experiences growing up that led you down the path of singersongwriter?

I think it all started from learning the piano and saxophone as a young boy, having a Mum who is a music teacher, and listening to a broad range of music that led me to the path of being a singer-songwriter. I just started writing a song out of the blue one day when I was about eleven years old and have never stopped since.

THE BIGGEST IMPACT… With Marcus Wynwood North-west coast singersongwriter, Marcus Wynwood, has released his debut six-track EP ...and I say. It captures his unique song writing ability and his honest, Photo by Murphy Photography sloppy and engaging style. With several tracks making it onto Triple J’s Unearthed Roots chart, we wondered just what kinds of influences have contributed to Marcus’s career…

What album has had the biggest impact on you, both personally and as a musician, and why?

The one album that changed things for me is Radiohead’s OK Computer. That album is amazing.

It explores the human condition, living in a modern society and has some amazing music - all in a little plastic box! You should buy it. It’s good.

Which gig has had the biggest impact on you, as a punter and that you’ve played, and why?

Seeing G Love and Special Sauce perform a couple of years ago was great. I was in the front row of the mosh at Falls when he was there; amazing stuff to see that guy at work. They just have so much fun and it rubs off on the crowd. Another gig that had a big impact was The Cure when they were in Australia last year.

Some of the best gigs I’ve played are the ones where there are fewer than, say, twenty people, but they are really getting into it and interacting with the performance, rather than being passive listeners - although, I do love it when the dance floor is full and there are two hundred people in the pub! [Laughs] Which song from your new EP holds the most emotional impact for you and why?

All the six tracks have some sort of meaning to me. For example, Right Back Home to You is about my return to song writing after a long time of only playing gigs. Which Way is about not really knowing what’s going to happen in life, but feeling that it’s gonna work out okay. Not Having You Around is about being happy without your ex. Some people call it The Divorce Song because I was playing a gig at a pub when a reverse Hen’s night came in… a divorce party - and they all loved it! [Laughs] You want emotion? Well, track six The Credit Blues is about a guy who got a girl’s number and tried to ring her the next day, but ran out of credit on his phone!

Frustrating! But seriously, the most emotional song, I guess, would be Pulling Beers in England. It’s about my sister who moved away to live in London.

What impact do you hope your EP will have on your listeners?

I hope it makes people smile - and maybe nod their head a little too. I want people to just chuck it on when they are kicking back at home, or driving to work or whatever and maybe have a sing along. I really love it when I’m playing a gig and people know the words and sing along; it’s kinda weird, but it’s cool.

0 MARCUS WYNWOOD’S DEBUT EP …AND I SAY IS OUT NOW! FOR ORDER DETAILS CHECK OUT HIS WEBSITE: http://www.mwynwood.com 12

SAUCE #75

Speaking of formative years, what was the worst thing you did as a kid that got you into the most trouble and what was the punishment?

Ha ha! I don’t know if you remember them but they used to be called Pop Pops, I think. They were little white balls of gunpowder. Anyway, as a twelve-year-old, myself and a mate were throwing them onto the road, as you do, and apparently we hit an old lady with one.

It wasn’t the plan to hit her and it didn’t happen but anyway she complained to the police. My punishment was to go to the police station and get told off and then go around to the old lady’s home and apologise for the burns she had on her arm. You can tell I’m still quite upset about this as I’m rambling on about it [Laughs], but honestly how do you get a burn mark out of a freckle on your arm?

Congratulations on getting your music video out to the masses – how was the shoot, and what did you learn from it?

The shoot was really good fun. I had the opportunity to have my friends around me in the clip so it made it more chilled. I learnt how important music film clips are as they capture the song in a different light and give

you the storyline and emotion of what the song means through sight. Sometimes it can be hard to express what you mean as an artist by just recording a song to CD. What have been some of the most surprising things that have happened lately, things that you never expected might occur?

I was quite surprised that my film clip of the song Better Place To Hide was on Rage so early in the piece. When I sent the song in I thought it would have been quite a while before they would have played it and then again I wasn’t too confident they would play it as they get so many video clips sent in. I was lucky in the end as they played it not long after I sent it in.

0 SIMON ASTLEY (NOT APSLEY) PLAYS THE REPUBLIC BAR, AUGUST 26 AND BROOKFIELD VINEYARD, AUGUST 28. FOR MORE SIMON THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY HANDLE, CHECK OUT HIS WEBSITE AT WWW.SIMONASTLEY.COM, OR MYSPACE.COM/SIMONASTLEYMUSIC. s CHRIS RATTRAY

ORD

GU

EC

S

NR

GIG GUIDE - AUGUST 20 TO SEPTEMBER 02 WEDNESDAY 20 HOBART

Blues in the Boatshed with Bob Malone (USA) from 9pm

Irish Murphy’s Anthony Rochester + Moe Grizzly + EC4

BURNIE Bayviews Marcus Wynwood

LAUNCESTON

T

Irish Murphy’s Samual Bester, Jesse Higgs, The Younger Dryas

M OM Y

James Hotel Front Bar - DJ Joycie

CASH PAID For Quality CDs, Vinyl & Music DVDs We Have A HUGE Range Of Music Tees!

The Republic Bar 9pm Red Rival + Nofoto $4 The Brisbane Hotel Boarding Party + Sam Cole + Disbanded THURSDAY 21 HOBART

102 Elizabeth St Hobart 6234 2039 Irish Murphy’s Amy Kendall + Samuel Bester + The Overview The Alley Cat James Le Fevre Quartet $5 9pm Lark Distillery Thursday’s Child

Recording Mixing Mastering Production Bookings Essential

Call Dave Venter for a quote 0408 373 066 or email fatlipstudios@gmail.com Launceston Studio

The Republic Bar 8pm Global Battle of the Bands $10 Syrup Mesh - Hobart’s longest running club night DJs: Adam Turner, Mylestone, Soundwave, Kyle Old-skool & New-skool Breaks, D’n’B, Glitch, Dubstep, Fidget and tough Electro Doors open @ 10pm FREE Entry The Brisbane Hotel The Native Cats + Joe Richards

Irish Murphy’s Tas & Caz James Hotel Uni Night DJ Randall 10.00-11:30 Funken Unbelievable (2 Sets) The Royal Oak 9pm Samuel Bester

Receive 15% off any Guitar or Amplifier 103 Elizabeth St Hobart 03 6231 5578

Brookfield Vineyard. 1640 Channel Highway.

Margate. 7054. Ph 6267 2880

Licensed cafe open 7 days & late for all events Friday August 22 - $20

Andy Rigby

(Harpist)

Saturday August 23

Bob Malone

(America) $20

Thursday August 28 - $5

Simon Astley Friday August 29 $10

K'Crasher Saturday August 30

Ben Brinkhoff & Steve Young All have meals available. www.brookfieldvineyard.com - info@brookfieldvineyard.com

Brookfield Vineyard Bob Malone (America) $20 Irish Murphy’s Bret Collidge + Damage Control The Republic Bar 10pm Sugartrain $4 Syrup Dirty F’king Dancing @ Syrup presents: Mark Dynamix Supports by: Gillie and Adam Turner Doors open at 11pm Presale: $15+bf (available at Ruffcut Records, and online via www.syrupclub.com) Door sales if available The Brisbane Hotel ALL AGES Taberah + Mephistopheles + Vulgar +Projection of Agression Illicit Eve(NSW) + The No No’s + Red Rival LAUNCESTON

The Alley Cat Horizon Brookfield Vineyard Simon Astley $5 The Republic Bar 9pm Elvis and Jonny Cash Tribute Show with Issy Dye + Mark Caligiuri $12 Syrup Mesh - Hobart’s longest running club night DJs: Adam Turner, Mylestone, Soundwave, Kyle Old-skool & New-skool Breaks, D’n’B, Glitch, Dubstep, Fidget and tough electro Doors open @ 10pm FREE Entry The Brisbane Hotel Powerchild + Guests

James Hotel DJ Buff Star Delux 10.00-12.00 DJ Joycie 12.00-2.00 DJ PD 2.00-Close

James Hotel Uni Night DJ PD 10.00-11.30 Garry Garrys (2 Sets)

The Royal Oak 9pm Brief Illusion SUNDAY 24 HOBART Hotel SOHO Open Mic with Christian & John 9pm Irish Murphy’s Tea for Tilly Quartet The Republic Bar 8.30pm Cake Walking Babies

Irish Murphy’s Ben Castles, Mick Attard, Paddy Duke

The Republic Bar 10pm Dunn D + Laws + Multiple Choice + Covert $5

Irish Murphy’s Samuel Cole + Invisible Boy + Ray Martians

Irish Murphy’s Breif Illusion

The Alley Cat Illicit Eve (SA) & Innerspace (MELB) $6 9pm

Irish Murphy’s Mickey & Pete + Dr Fink

THURSDAY 28 HOBART

Irish Murphy’s The Gary Garys

LAUNCESTON

Hotel SOHO Aviators 6pm Tom & Nick Wolfe (One for the Road) 9pm

James Hotel Front Bar DJ Joycie

LAUNCESTON

FRIDAY 22 HOBART

Brookfield Vineyard Andy Rigby (Harpist) $20

Irish Murphy’s Mick Attard, Nathan Wheldon & the 2 Timers

The Commercial Hotel Rob Richards

LAUNCESTON

www.myspace.com/fatlipstudios

Mention This Ad To

SATURDAY 23 HOBART

LAUNCESTON

The Royal Oak 5pm Open Folk Group All welcome!!

MONDAY 25 HOBART Hotel SOHO Dr Fink 10pm The Republic Bar 8.15pm Quiz Night

Irish Murphy’s Breif Illusion

The Brisbane Hotel 18+ Taberah + Mephistopheles + Vulgar + Space Raven

The Republic Bar 9pm Simon Astley

TUESDAY 26 HOBART Irish Murphy’s Joel Imber +Amy Kendall + Dali Srhoj & The Paper Band

Irish Murphy’s Captain O’Briens Craic James Hotel DJ PD 10.00-12.00 DJ Joycie 12.00-2.00 DJ Buff Star Delux 2.00-Close

LAUNCESTON

REDLINE Coach Services

DISCOUNTED STUDENT FARES University Student Semester Special $12.50 per sector * Hobart to Launceston $55.60 (Return) * Devonport to Launceston $39.10 (Return) *Conditions Apply

Reservations/Credit Card Payments 1300 360 000

Irish Murphy’s In Limbo Batman Fawkner The Scientists of Modern Music

160 Elphin Road L a u n c e s t o n TA S 7 2 5 0

The Commercial Hotel Rob Richards

Live music Woodfired pizzas Extensive bottleshop

The Hub Bar The Stoics EP Launch James Hotel Joycie 10.00-11.30 Buff Star Delux 11.30-1.00 Hook N Sling (M.O.S) 1.00-3.00 Phat N Ugly 3.00-Close The Royal Oak 9pm Jacob Boote SUNDAY 31 HOBART The Alley Cat Hot August Jazz

The Royal Oak 9pm Mick Attard + Mark & Stella

Hotel SOHO Open Mic with Christian & John 9pm

FRIDAY 29 HOBART

Irish Murphy’s Jazm

The Alley Cat Charles du Cane, Ivy St

LAUNCESTON

ph: 03 6331 1344 fax: 03 6331 2191 e: thenewsteadhotel@hotmail.com

Venue Guide DEVONPORT

The Alley Cat Bar

The Warehouse

381 Elizabeth St 6231 2299

Brookfield Vineyard K’Crasher $10

Irish Murphy’s Kristy Tucker, Victor Charlie Charlie

Hotel SOHO Manhattan 6pm New Retro Club 10pm

The Royal Oak 5pm Open Folk Group All welcome

HOBART

6225 0112

Brookfield Vineyard

www.wrestpoint.com.au

DEVONPORT

1640 Channel Highway

Irish Murphy’s Nick & Tom Wolfe + Dr Fink Syrup Pickle vs PitchBlack- Hobart’s premier Hard Dance night DJs: Corney, Shad, Liv, Will. co, Anfcore, GTEK Tech Trance, Hard Trance, & Hardstyle Doors open at 11pm $10 on the door

20 King Street Devonport 6424 7851

410 Sandy Bay Road Sandy Bay

Margate 6267 2880

The Central Marcus Wynwood

Wrest Point

LAUNCESTON Batman Fawkner Inn

Hotel SOHO

35 Cameron St 6331 7222

MONDAY 1 HOBART

124 Davey Street 03 6224 9494

Commercial Hotel

Hotel SOHO One for the Road 10pm

www.hotelsoho.com.au

27 George Street Launceston

The Republic Bar Carl Rush

03 63313868 Irish Murphy’s 21 Salamanca Place

Country Club

6223 1119

Country Club Ave Prospect

LAUNCESTON

www.irishmurphys.com.au

6335 5777

LAUNCESTON

Irish Murphy’s Mark Vincent

Metz On The Bay

The Commercial Hotel Darren Lloyd

TUESDAY 2 HOBART

The Brisbane Hotel Ballpoint + Stand Defiant + Your Demise

Irish Murphy’s Victor Charlie Charlie James Hotel DJ Cam 10.00-12.00 DJ Joycie 12.00-2.00 DJ Randall 2.00-Close

LAUNCESTON

The Royal Oak 9pm Turry Beevor

Irish Murphy’s Ben Castles

SATURDAY 30 HOBART

LAUNCESTON The Commercial Hotel DJ Skip

The Brisbane Hotel AA, Crave of Chaos, Special Guest, Separatist, Beneath Betrayal, Say Goodnight, Incarcerate Cody from Downball Records Big Rick’s B’day (M.S.I) w/ Dj Alex (Ruins), Dj Carlos + B’dash – Big Rick, Ingrid, Grace, Warren

Lonnies Niteclub British India

LAUNCESTON

Syrup Syrup presents: Some New DJs DJs: Project Weekend, DJ Bongo, Anfcore Chunky and funky Vocal Electro House, Fidget House Doors open at 11pm $10 on the door (Free for Uni Students)

"Tasmania's own" Syrup Syrup presents: Dirth F’king Dancing DJs: Gillie and Adam Turner + Special Guest SMITHMONGER (UK) Newest and Freshest in Big room House, Electro, and Fidget House Doors open at 11pm $15 on the door ($10 for Uni students)

WEDNESDAY 27 HOBART

Brookfield Vineyard Ben Brinkhoff & Steve Young

Irish Murphy’s Ejecter + Joni’s Plastic Sunday + Enola Fall

Hotel SOHO Jack Maddan 11pm Riot Act 8pm

The Republic Bar 9pm Shagpile

Irish Murphy’s Garod Matcham + Selecta

Irish Murphy’s Josh Durno Josh Mazey (Joni’s Plastic Sunday) Ally Mok (Ally and the Mokingbirds) Seth Henderson (Hannah) Ruth Berechree 9pm-11:30pm, free entry

www.countryclubtasmania.com.au

217 Sandy Bay Rd

Irish Murphy’s

6224 4444

211 Brisbane St 6331 4440

www.themetz.com.au

www.irishmurphys.com.au

Syrup

James Hotel

1st Floor 39 Salamanca Place

122 York Street

6224 8249

6334 7231

Raincheck Lounge

The Newstead Hotel

392 -394 Elizabeth St. North

160 Elphin Rd 6331 1344

Hobart

The Republic Bar Anne McCue

03 6234 5975

LAUNCESTON

Republic Bar

The Royal Oak 14 Brisbane St 6331 5346

Irish Murphy’s Nathan Wheldon

myspace.com/leapinlimpout

299 Elizabeth St 6234 6954 www.republicbar.com

The Brisbane Hotel 3 Brisbane St 6234 4920 thebrisbanehotelhobart@ gmail.com

The Royal Oak SAUCE #75

13

CD REVIEWS

HACKNEYED Death Prevails

MINISTRY OF SOUND Sessions Five (mixed by The Potbelleez and Goodwill)

I bless the ground record label Nuclear Blast walk on, they always manage to find great European metal and Hackneyed are a great new promising young band that have been added to the elite list on the label. The German five-piece formed early in 2007, showing a band already capable of taking on the big metal festivals, and with the average age of band members being sixteen, with guitarist Devin being fourteen, shows an already triumphant start for the band.

Best described as grind-core and death metal fused together, this bone-grinding debut unexpectedly shocks with the skill these musicians demonstrate. Vocalist, Phil, sounds like he’s been gargling gravel shakes for quite a while to get his voice box producing full-on low range growls, that low you cannot understand a word he is singing. Drummer, Tim, annihilates the drum kit giving it all he has with galloping blast beats and drum fills. As per usual, the bassist is buried in the mix but evidently it is a contributor to the beefy sound.

The guitarists do, to some extent, stick with the same set of riffs, rolling off and then coming back to the them - you hear all the guitar playing within the first thirty seconds of each song. After that, it’s predictable, besides that the chugging heavy tone gives a solid frame to each song. Lyrically it all delves into anything evilspirited. With more time and maturity, this band could prove to be something, unless their egos get in the way.

GIG REVIEWS

5/10 DAVID WALKER

Sessions Five was unknown to me before I did this review, I didn’t really know what exactly to expect. The CD contains two discs with mixed songs from artists such as Pnau, The Presets, Tv Rock, Utah Saints, The Potbelleez, Eric Prydz, Freemasons, Sam Sparro, The Aston Shuffle, SIA, Alex Gaudino and plenty more.

Each CD contains twenty to twenty-two songs full of energy and bass.

The standout track to me was This Boy’s in Love (Life Like Remix). It’s catchy and has great rhythm. I have to say this is easily one of the best house/trance CD`s I have listened to in a long time. I don’t believe people can say that what these people do as a form of music isn’t music because it definitely is; it’s music in its best form. Ministry of Sound releases a lot of records; they have done an absolutely great job with this one.

The songs are all so different but all represent the same form of style. The CD is a hit to anybody who is into fastmoving tracks, or songs that are remixed by great artists.

The disc two mixed by Goodwill was my favourite with mixed tracks like Baby Crash, This Boy’s in Love, Been a Long Time, Love Theme and plenty more. From The Potbelleez I liked mixed tracks such as Beeper, So Strong, Stomp Your Shoe, Wearing My Rolex. The rest of the songs on the CD are also great. I recommend this CD. 8/10 CHRISTIAN MACDONALD

SATURDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER IN HOBART SUNDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER IN LAUNCESTON

GIG REVIEWS

MINISTRY OF SOUND @ Syrup , July 19 ‘08

BALLPOINT @ Irish Murphy’s Hobart, July 30 ‘08

Syrup was packed like never before. Around 9.30 pm people from the queue were already lining up almost reaching the Salamanca Fruit Market. Around 10.30 pm some who had been waiting for almost an hour were unable to get in. Every single ticket was gone, sold out.

Ministry of Sound, as everyone knows, is a worldwide music dance brand that started in London in 1991.

It’s never easy knowing what to expect when going to see a band you know nothing about. It’s also not easy - or a good idea I might add- trying to guess a band’s musical style by their name. With a name like Ballpoint, you could pen them down (no pun intended) to techno or pop, of course you’d be wrong.

On this Saturday night, the posse was about three men - Goodwill and the Sydney-based duo The Potbelleez reunited under the Sessions ’08. In a chock-a-block club the atmosphere was electric, the crowd’s mood ecstatic and the music just fantastic. A full on high-speed rave music creaming off well-known electronic hits such as Smack my Bitch Up of Prodigy, Where’s Your Head At of Basement Jaxx or Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger from Daft Punk. This Daft’s remix out and away outmatched all the previous remixes I have heard with acid doped beats building up the adrenalin of the clubbers.

The famous single Are You With Me had been played two times during the set. Each time it converted the chaotic crowd in a dedicated rapturous chorus. Going back further in the history of dance music, some might have recognized the unforgettable single, Show Me Love of Robin S. remixed with taste by the Ministry’s avatars.

Well, no doubt that this night the electronic electorate showed their love to the Ministry.

JULIEN LEPOIX

As the lads from Ballpoint graced the Irish Murphy’s stage all previous thoughts of them being techno or pop flew out of the window. These guys were dressed to rock. A few seconds into the gig and listening to the rawness of the guitar and the booming of the drums, it was clear that this band is straight rock punk.

Ballpoint kicked off their National Tour Launch with a bang. The audience was filled with a fan base of people singing along, head banging, dancing along in a crazed state and even a few were air-guitaring. Although this isn’t just the result of one two many beers, these guys are good. Their sound is raw with an electric energy, which immediately wakes you up and makes you pumped with adrenaline for the remainder of the night.

SKYE CROSSWELL

FRANKENBOK + DREADNAUGHT + M.S.I. + NOWYOUREFUCKED! @ The Brisbane Hotel, August 2 ‘08

KILL DEVIL HILLS + JIMMY STEWART + NATHAN HOLLYWOOD @ The Republic Bar, August 13 ‘08

First up was local band and relative newcomers to the gig scene, Nowyourefucked! It was great to have some fresh blood playing this show considering the other three bands have each been playing for at least ten years. Now You’re Fucked! gave us an energetic performance and a taste of their hardcore style. The singer spent most of his time off stage and on the floor interacting with the audience.

The evening started with Jimmy Stewart. First-rate guitar, with an earthy solid vocal, he was almost shy, and overly apologetic for his weary travel-worn state. His compositions were poignant, with some tambourine and gritty touches added to a very honest, pleasing voice. Nice sound.

With a few more heads banging around the room now, it was time for Hobart-based metal grindcore band, M.S.I (Mutilated Spastic Iguanas) to take the stage. Their usual bassist was absent so Stand Defiant guitarist, Reece Hickey, did an amazing job covering for him.

Hailing from Melbourne Australia, heavy rock legends, Dreadnaught, then unleashed themselves upon us, proving just why they are such a long-standing and iconic band in the Australian metal scene. Frankenbok were the headlining act, as it was their Other Side of Hell Australian tour. Based in Melbourne, Frankenbok have had great success with their music, having toured worldwide and playing with some big name bands it was a privilege to have them playing here. They didn’t play much from their latest release, Murder of Songs, but they played a variety of their other songs from various albums and releases. Everyone was rocking out as Frankenbok shredded it up! What a fantastic All Metals Eve it was at The Brisbane Hotel.

HANNAH KEEN

14

SAUCE #75

Nathan Hollywood, a three-piece act, followed. An exceptionally natural drummer girl and equally cool bass guy wove their sounds around the superlative vocals of a guy who looked like he just popped in from the set of a 1940’s matinee. This was supremely tight stuff.

I’m ashamed to admit I had never heard of Kill Devil Hills until I was notified of this gig. A full on electrical storm wouldn’t have seemed out of place with the hard driven fiddle, ripe mandolin, raw strings and the incredibly gritty, dirty, intense rock/blues meets country vocals. I wouldn’t have been overly surprised if a couple of headless horsemen had gone galloping by. I haven’t heard this many instruments and artists work so well together since my all time favourite band, The Cat Empire.

It should have all clashed and sounded like a f*cked up version of The Devil Went Down to Georgia - but it didn’t! The bizarre mix is so well integrated, the musicians so skilled, it was an earth shaking, soul taking delight - very loud, very real. I would do it again, and I will buy their music. I would never make any of these guys “walk like a gunslinger”.

LALANI HYATT Photo by Jacqui Beven Photography

TICKEATSLE ON S W! NO

ELEFANT TRAKS, NEW WORLD ARTISTS and

PRESENT

and MDUSU & DAMEZA

THURS SEPTEMBER 4

UNI BAR HOBART SUMMERLAND: THE ARIA TOP 10 ALBUM more info see www.elefanttraks.com www.inertia-music.com // www.newworldartists.net // www.myspace.com/runningwiththeherd

FEATURING ‘THE KING IS DEAD’ OUT NOW ON ELEFANT TRAKS THROUGH

Do not miss your chance to see one of Australia’s finest live rock acts on tour:

British India

5 # ia r A W O N T U O s e v ThiE Presented by Triple J and Channel [V] N ation al Tour August 2008

Thursday 28 August LONNIES NIGHTCLUB Launceston Friday 28th & Saturday 29th August REPUBLIC BAR Hobart SAUCE #75

15

Arts Sparks ARTS - HOBART // FLIP TOP HEART

NORTHERN ARTS WRAP

Flip Top Enables Artistic Exposure

BELOW THE SURFACE…YOU’LL SEE THE SCUNGE! An exhibition of recent works by Rowena Watson @ Arts Alive on the 21st-30th of august Opening Thursday 21st August @ 6pm Drinks and nibbles provided Exhibition will be opened by Penny Mason

RED Q ART EXHIBITION AND AUCTION WHEN: Friday 22nd. August. Viewing 12 - 4 pm. & 6pm. onwards. Auction starts 7.30pm.

WHERE: Queechy High School Library, Penquite Rd. Norwood.

This is the seventh year of the exhibition and auction. Funds raised go towards improving school learning areas. Event features current works of over thirty well-known Tasmanian artists such as Rynne Tanton, Des Murray, Kit Hiller, Rex Heathcote, Fred Fullerton and Peter Waddle. Also the work of twelve selected Q.H.S. students.

All work is auctioned on the evening by Michael Walsh of Woolcock Partners. A welcome drink and extensive supper are included in the entry price of $10 and drinks are available to purchase. It is a very enjoyable social evening and a great opportunity to view and maybe purchase fantastic Tasmanian artworks.

MATHEMATICS Visual art stimuli executed by local artists Vika Fifita, Courtney Foote, Matthew Cottrell and Themis Wood.

Opening will be held @ K&H 106 George St. Launceston on September 4th 6pm and runs from September 1st till the 11th of October.

a child growing up in England, Iain Lang was entranced by a performance of Peter Pan… on Ice! The o Asprofound impact this left on him led him to pursue a life in theatre, and now he’s heading up TasTheatre’s

annual Flip Top Heart festival. Iain spoke with me about what we can expect to see in a festival where the unexpected is to be expected…

What are the origins of Flip Top Heart?

Flip Top goes back seven years. It was started under the Is Theatre banner; I think it was originally a concept developed by Ryk Goddard but it’s evolved over the years a little bit, especially now it’s developed into more of a festival and it’s become a very strong partnership with Ian Pidd who runs the Village at the Fall’s Festival.

He’s got a few Villages around the place now; he’s got one that happens in Melbourne… and so it evolved into this opportunity for artists to develop work and take it on from this little festival. The essence of Flip Top hasn’t really changed [in that] it’s an opportunity for artists to create a performance piece of between ten seconds and three minutes. That was as simple as it got. Each year there’s a theme to the event and… it’s an opportunity for Tasmanian artists to develop in their arts practice.

So what’s this year’s theme?

I’m actually just tossing up a couple of options on that one… one idea is around the notion of taking the idea of “spam” into performance. The other idea I’m playing with is the notion of “the luck of the drawer” – as in, what comes out of the drawer, what’s hidden in drawers, what do we hide away in drawers… so it’s playing with the things that… you stash away in drawers.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a drawer next to my bed with all sorts of stuff in it… all sorts of crap! So it’s a chance to pull those things out, those ideas you’ve been storing away for years and always wanted to pull out.

Those are a couple of the things I’m playing around with at the moment. The idea is to give a little bit of flexibility so that people can come up with their own stuff within some kind of a framework…

Kind of like that film festival… the name escapes me…

Tropfest! In Tropfest – and this may be an extra layer that we add to it, where there’s always a secret ingredient – that’s what Tropfest works on. There has to be a piece of chalk or a toaster in the film. It may not relate in any way to the theme of the film but it’s just something for people to look out for; it just gives it something a bit extra, kind of fun, really.

It’s also nice for an artist to have something additional other than just a blank piece of paper or a blank stage…

Yes, and sometimes it can be a starting point to work from. In other cases they’ve already got a starting point of their own but it gives it a way of linking into the other works because, you know, inevitably in something like this the works are all going to be different so it gives us a link across the different works for the audience; an audience hook, if you like.

To what extent does Flip Top Heart broaden exposure to theatre for the audience?

It gives an audience a chance to see people do stuff that they’ve never been able to try before. So it’s a chance to

THE 2ND BIRTH OF THE SARSAPARILLA ART SHOW Don’t be fooled into thinking this is a soda pop! And I know by word of mouth it contains no added sugar or preservatives… it’s healthy and it’s all local art!

see work that is right at the gestation period… the first conceptual ideas. If one of those pieces gets picked up and developed, which is what Ian [Pidd] does – he’ll say, “Okay, I’d really like to work with this piece, this act, this group,” and develop their work into something a bit bigger, a bit longer, a bit broader, a bit wilder. It may be that you have a one-minute piece, but then it turns into a twenty-minute piece. Audiences can actually see that development work, so they’ll actually see the work in its earliest form in the Flip Top Festival and then, if they go to the Fall’s Festival or the Edinburgh Village in Melbourne or maybe even – and this is another stage we’re looking at, I’m looking at getting together with Terrapin, because they’re developing a cabaret season and we’re looking at linking these two things together, so some of this work my be performed again in a cabaret season the following year. So we’re really looking at trying to take these works… the audience sees them in their raw form, and then they see them later on in a more developed form.

@ The Hub bar and café, 1 Tamar st. Launceston Exhibition opening is held on the 23rd of August @ 7pm.

0 ENTRIES FOR FLIP TOP HEART ARE NOW OPEN! REGISTER YOUR PIECE (MINIMUM LENGTH – FIFTEEN SECONDS, MAXIMUM LENGTH THREE MINUTES) WITH IAIN LANG (iain@tastheatre.com / PH: 6234 8561) FOR A CHANCE TO TAKE PART IN THE FINAL AT THE BACKSPACE THEATRE, OCTOBER 4.

Tickets: $130

s CHRIS RATTRAY

Cheap drinks, nibbles and entertainment supplied.

The exhibition will run on into late September.

Curated by Justin Chapman and Karen Revie All welcome to attend

AFRICAN CULTURE, ARTS, FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT The Peter Hewitt care for Africa Foundation presents to you The Love Africa Spring Ball.

Raising money for “care for Africa” projects in Tanzania and Kenya.

The event includes entertainment, three course dinner and beverages

Venue: Albert hall, Launceston Time: 6:30-midnight Tickets available @ Brisbane St News and Lotto, Department of surgery at the LGH or online www.careforafrica.org.au

COLLECTOR’S CORNER CDs and DVDs

New + Second Hand 37 Wilson St Burnie ph: 03 6431 6616

For local information about: HIV/AIDS, Gay Men’s Health, Safe Injecting & Needle & Syringe Programs 1800 005 900 / 03 6234 1242 Hepatitis C 1300 HEP ABC (1300 437 222) 16

SAUCE #75

www.tascahrd.org.au 319 Liverpool Street, Hobart - Open 9am - 5pm Mon- Fri (Tues 12:30pm - 5pm)

Arts Sparks REVIEW – THE BRIDESMAID MUST DIE! CentrStage

SOUTHERN ARTS WRAP Raymond Arnold is currently exhibiting at the Dick Bett Gallery in North Hobart. The exhibition runs until the 9th of September. www.bettgallery.com.au Matt Ward’s exhibition After Party runs at the Raincheck Lounge, in collaboration with the Dick Bett Gallery, until the 7th of September.

Ross Meeker’s print exhibition is currently being held at the Red Wall Gallery and runs until the 13th of September.

On my night, Julia died. I was thrilled. Word in the audience was that Julia’s death was the best. And, though I didn’t see Phillipa cark it, or Bree bow out, it was a pleasure to behold the death throes of the lesbian, beatnik poet… beneath Phillipa’s inept-stalker boyfriend… just after the wrestle for the gun. Yep, The Bridesmaid Must Die! was a fulfilling night at the theatre.

And it gave audiences that insight into why the thumbsup and thumbs-down had the Romans flock to the arena every Saturday night.

CentrStage chose beautifully with this sharp Aussie play by Wayne Tunks. And the casting was seamless, every performer wore their cliché with a talent verging on the wicked, and kept the audience in a state of delight. Leigh Oswin as director, should be toasted with a glass of chardonnay and a stilettoed swagger - in keeping with mother of the Bride, Raelene (cheers to Amanda Phillips, who lost class by the glass to make us laugh). And to all from writer to actors to production crew… thank you for the ride, but beware that word might get out that theatre has dusted off its academic mantle. Or has it?

Rock up to the next CentrStage event, Anatomy of Disclosure, and behold the madness you always knew existed in that strange beast… the professor. Anatomy of Disclosure - The Annexe. September 10 –13. Tickets on the night or book ahead with Princess Theatre – 6323 3666.

CLARA MURRAY PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICOLE JOBSON

Patrick Toohey and Janelle Mendham’s somewhat scientific Alice in Wonderland sculpture/film installation The Telling of X is currently on display at the Inflight Gallery. The exhibition runs until the 23rd of August. www.inflightart.com.au Colin Langridge and Ellie Ray’s exhibition Fold is currently on display at the CAST Gallery. The exhibition runs until the 7th of September. www. castgallery.org Jamin’s exhibition of large-scale stencil/paint works inertia/force/change/inertia is currently being held at the Criterion Gallery. The exhibition runs until the 6th of September. www.criteriongallery.com.au The Long Gallery’s major exhibition for this year, Parallel, featuring work from Pat Brassington, Ruth Frost, Julie Gough, Lorraine Jenyns, Sally Rees, Alyssa Simone and Matt Warren runs until the 31st of August. www.salarts.org.au An exhibition of new paint works by Stephen Mallick, City Sites, is currently being shown at the Despard Gallery. The exhibition runs until the 10th of September. www.despard-gallery.com.au The Stuff of History, An exhibition curated by Jonathan Holmes and featuring work by Anne Brennan, Anne Ferran, Julie Gough, Colin Langridge, Brigita Ozolins, Geoff Parr and Michael Schlitz is currently being exhibited at the Plimsoll Gallery.

COMMERCIAL HOTEL LIVE MUSIC

Friday August 22 DJ Skip Saturday August 23 Rob Richards Friday August 29 Darren Lloyd Saturday August 30 Rob Richards

Biggest & Best Pub Meals Dining & Function Room Real Beer Garden Alfresco Dining DINING HOURS 7 DAYS A WEEK

Lunch 12 noon - 2.30pm | Dinner 5.30pm - 8.30pm (9pm Fri & Sat) 27 George St Launceston, 03 6331 3868

SAUCE #75

17

SPONSORED BY

TA S S I E ’ S

H O T T E S T

C A R S

Rebecca Frank’s 1996 Mitsubishi FTO GPX

Vehicle Graphics

ENGINE 6a12g Mivec 2.0l V6 Turbo Garrett 450hp Hybrid Ballbearing Turbocharger (T28/T04 Hybrid) Custom 2.5” Mandrel Bent Dump Pipe Custom Stainless Intercooler Piping Custom 2.5” Mandrel Bent Exhaust Manifold Custom 2.5” Mandrel Bent Mild Steel Exhaust (Cat-Back) Custom Genesis Tuned Microtech Ltx-8s Ecu Bosch 480cc Injectors Walbro 500hp In-Tank Fuel Pump Apexi Air-Pod Filter Custom Front Mounted Air-To-Air Tube

E ROFIL P R E V DRI

Frank a c c e - Reb

ort E: 20 vonp 0 A G AT I O N : D e n io s C r car? t o r ia 0 LO C L U B : I ll u y y o u b a n k , V ic u R b A u C h o t y 0 u o id mS re d 07 f r o d whe e n a n c a r la t e 2 0 h W 0 e ght th ne?

I bou sh. t h is o a c e fo r e b e w it h v ha id y o u car d t a h .

3 h is ?

0W a 32 fter t M a zd ave a h o 1984 t ke y o u li w o u ld t a h 0 W y li n e . k ?

R34 S m car r drea u o y a t ’s ar? io n 0 Wh 350z. the c ttent n o w it h f p o li c e a r d a o c t N is s a lo t o tory r the n n y s s t o g e t a n o t ic e s f o e s b u t I u f a t im g. a t ’s eem ect many e t h in 0 W h r a lw a y s s h def a u p w it it c le a r e d o r t h e s a m d n e f d T h is c s a e a lw a y a v e h f e c t n o t ic a n d I o o lo w. I h de !!! a s h t y o it g b b e in up w the d fo r s end o F TO a lw a y is a ls o g o o a t u r b lo v e r n a e c ? e r s My e ca not I a ls o ve th have in g s ; e y o u lo r e n t a n d I t h e c a r b r r mor o o d f t y e r it ’s a t io n s t h a 0 W h e it ’s d if f e a t t e n t io n h t e h s ic w y e u if r h m a a d t c c y o m Be jo y wa my s m a ll e. I en e the s fo r . b e f o r n e w t h in g r lo o k s o r . I a ls o lo v u is e s r c it e k g t o h t t in e lo y o b l u o t a b s u m d iv id r o r ju how s p o w e y c a r a n in r o a d a n d e m h s g iv e s on t s t s it c a r ju

And Fin Intercooler Drift Blow-Off Valve Braided Oil Lines Cusomer Radiator And Air Filter Heat Shield (Carbon Fibre)

DRIVELINE Factory 5-Speed Manual (Modified With Stronger Internals) Exedy Hyper Single Plate Heavy Duty Clutch With Lightened And Balanced Flywheel Factory Lsd

WHEELS/BRAKES/ SUSPENSION Sheepdog Prof-Sport Springs Cusco Upper Strut Tower Brace

BODYSTYLING Custom Aero Front Bumper (Gpvr/Dcuatro Hybrid) Genuine C-West Carbon Fibre Front Canards Custom Modified Kansai Wing (Porsche Gt2-Style)

I.C.E Panasonic Mp3 Head Unit X1 Cadence Q4000 4ch Amplifier X1 12” Phoenix Gold Tantrum 12d Subwoofer Kenwood Front Coaxial Speakers

INTERIOR: El Gauges Pivot Turbo Timer Razo Gear Knob And Pedals Factory Genuine Momo Airbag Steering Wheel WANT YOUR CAR FEATURED IN HOT MODS? CONTACT US AT HOTMODS@SAUCE.NET.AU

18

SAUCE #75

Zzapped!

games, gadgets, and other digital distractions

NEWS NEW MODELS ANNOUNCED!

BEAT ‘EM UP – PS3

Soul Calibur IV eternal tale of swords and souls returns, and this time it’s o The brought some friends from a galaxy far, far away…

The latest iteration in Namco’s outstanding arcade fighting series has finally made its debut on PS3 and Xbox 360. The game looks absolutely sumptuous, retaining the control system from prior instalments.

Novices will find it simple to pick up and play while more experienced players will feel right at home, which is just fine with me. It ain’t broke, never was, so what is there more to improve other than the presentation, graphics and sound?

How about adding brand new characters with which to lay the smack down? Soul Calibur has a long history of platform specific guest characters and this time around we get to play with some of George Lucas’s toys – Darth Vader (available on PS3) and Yoda (Xbox 360) join a mysterious Sith Apprentice (on both platforms).

They all come with Force powers too, and while it may seem gimmicky, there’s an undeniable thrill to be had in pitting these characters against the traditional Soul Calibur roster. Besides, it’s always cool to hear the beautifully reproduced KISH and TASH of a light sabre in full-on battle, sparing you the inconvenience of having to make the sounds yourself.

Aside from the Lucasfilm interlopers, most, if not all, characters featured in the prior iterations return in this one. Boob fans can rejoice at Ivy’s new underboobrevealing costume, while those whose tastes run to the male side of things will find plenty of muscular meaty males ready to jab you with their big sticks. For the DIYminded amongst you, you can indulge in your dress-up (or down) fantasies no end with the character creation tool. This time around, each article of clothing and armour has some kind of property attached to it so you can fine tune your fighter fine-tune fighter’s style and abilities.

When you’re done, done you can take your fighters online and fight with opponents all over the world, or simply scare your friends at how bad your fashion ttaste really is – an invaluable psychological tool. The pervs out there will be delighted to find that you can smash clothes and ar armour off your opponent with repeated blows blow to the same area of the body.

It’s a truly fun concept, and something that actually makes sense in a game where you’re essentially fighting fightin with weapons that have, so far in the history of the franchise, done no actual physical damage. Even better, you can apparently perform critical “one hit kkills” under certain conditions, though I haven’t managed it yet.

Joining Microsoft’s announcement last month of their new Xbox 360 PRO 60GB model, Sony have announced they’ll be selling the PLAYSTATION 3 from August 28 with an 80GB hard drive as standard, to replace the current 40GB model. Not only will it have increased storage space, but it will now ship with a DUALSHOCK 3 controller (complete with motion sensing controls AND rumble-feature) in place of the rumble-free SIXAXIS.

The Xbox 360 PRO 60GB model retails for $499 and the PLAYSTATION 3 80GB model retails for $699.

LARA CROFT’S UNDERWORLD EXPOSED! Eidos have announced a new model also – a new Lara Croft model to promote the upcoming game, Tomb Raider: Underworld! Meet former gymnast, Alison Carroll. Apparently she features “the essential characteristics at the core of Lara Croft’s personality -- brawn, brains and beauty,” and, “particularly compliments this iteration of Ms. Croft.”

There’s a story buried in their somewhere, for those who care; some bollocks about two swords, one good, one evil, that offer those who wield them power beyond imagining and… blah blah blah… Look, nobody plays fighting games for the story, and we only play the story mode(s) to unlock new characters and/or items. We use and master the new characters for bragging rights, and we buy/collect the new items to make the kinkiest looking fighter we can. Well, I do anyway, because I figure that if I’m going to spend a good hour or two looking at a character on-screen, it may as well be something that gives me a thrill in my pants.

Soul Calibur IV is a very worthy addition to your games library, and a worthy follow-up to the games that have come before it in the series. It’s dropped some of the flab it acquired around SoulCalibur III, upped the (already considerable) sex appeal, widened the fighting arena and broadened the fighting formula with the addition of some interesting new fighting mechanics and modes, while retaining its basic “pick up and play” user-friendliness. The game is classic, classy, and simply fun – especially with a few friends to play against.

GAMEPLAY: 96% Balanced and fair, challenging at higher levels.

GRAPHICS: 93% Sumptuous backdrops to fight on and fantastically rendered characters to fight with.

“I find your lack of clothes... arousing.”

SOUND: 95% Perfectly orchestrated, with a choice of English and Japanese dubs.

PLAYABILITY: 90% Easy to learn, difficult to master; fun either way.

OVERALL: 95% Oozes class from every angle.

SOUL CALIBUR IV IS AVAILABLE NOW FOR PLAYSTATION 3 AND XBOX 360 AT A RRP OF $109.95.

CHRIS RATTRAY PSN ID: black7spades

Next issue:

We review Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots! Have you played it?

Email your thoughts to zzapped@sauce.net.au!

Alison joins such notable company as former Tomb Raider models Rhona Mitra (to be seen in the upcoming film, Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans) and Nell McAndrew (last seen in Playboy, 1999) and replaces previous model, Karima Adebibe.

Tomb Raider: Underworld is due out November, 2008.

BEGIN THE EPIC JOURNEY AND CREATE YOUR OWN FABLE Fans eager for a head start with the highly anticipated action role-playing game Fable II can now download the special Fable II: Pub Games on Xbox LIVE. Test your luck in this Xbox LIVE Arcade title developed exclusively for Fable II - Any of the gold you make while playing the pub games can later be used in Fable II to buy weapons, clothing, houses, dog tricks, and more.

Fable II: Pub Games are available through a complementary download over Xbox LIVE to anyone who pre-orders a copy of Fable II at participating retailers. The games are also available for download without the pre-order for 800 Microsoft points. Fable II will reach Australia shores on October 23.

SAUCE #75

19

Clothing by Photography by Zakk Modelled by Sarah Blazely and Melissa Limb 20

SAUCE #75

Clothing by Photography by Zakk Modelled by Sarah Blazely and Melissa Limb SAUCE #75

21

STREET FASHION

22

Melissa 24

Elle 19

Sayeh 17

Nikara 18

Fave band: The Presets

Fave band: Lior

Fave band: Flow Rider

Fave band: Nickleback

Fave TV show: Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Next Top Model

Fave TV show: Spics and Specks

Fave TV show: -

Fave TV show: Home and Away

Fave item of clothing: This scarf

Fave item of clothing: Arm warmers

Fave item of clothing: Necklaces

Fave item of clothing: Jeans

How often do you, personally, buy the newspaper? Monthly

How often do you, personally, buy the newspaper? Weekly

How often do you, personally, buy the newspaper? Weekly

How often do you, personally, buy the newspaper? Daily

Which radio station do you listen to most?

Triple J

Which radio station do you listen to most?

Triple J

Which radio station do you listen to most?

7LA

Which radio station do you listen to most?

Triple J

What do you look at more, a TV or a computer? TV

What do you look at more, a TV or a computer? Computer

What do you look at more, a TV or a computer? Computer

What do you look at more, a TV or a computer? TV

Where do you spend most time on the internet? Shopping

Where do you spend most time on the internet? Facebook

Where do you spend most time on the internet? Limewire

Where do you spend most time on the internet? MySpace

SAUCE #75

SAUCE #75

23