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Playing with The Beards at the Governor Hindmarsh on Thu Aug 9 and Fri Aug 10.
The former Avail frontman returns in solo mode for a gig at the Grace Emily on Thu Aug 9 with Josh Small.
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Playing Jive on Sat Aug 11 with Sydney two-piece jazz pop act Toucan.
Catch the former member of Snowman when he plays North Adelaide’s Estonian Hall on Fri Aug 10 with Steering By Stars at which he’ll be playing songs from debut solo album, Burning Boy.
Speeding along this week... CHILDREN COLLIDE – undertaking the second of two shows at Fowler’s Live on Thu Aug 9 with Dune Rats and Bad Dreems.
RAISED BY EAGLES – catch the Melbourne-based country rockers at the Grace Emily on Sat Aug 11.
RAI THISTLETHWAYTE – see Thirsty Merc’s singer undertake a quirky solo show at Norwood Live on Sat Aug 11.
SHAKESPEARE IN ITALY – catch the world premiere of a new play by Bob Ellis at Holden Street Theatres from Thu Aug 9 until Sat Aug 25.
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Halfbaked? Tits on a bull? Gold medals in the swimming pool? Rising early on a Sunday? Some things just go weirdly together. Blondie playing at the traditionally all-Australian
MAYWEATHER (CD LAUNCH) THECITYSHAKEUP, RED LIGHT SOUND, THIS IS OUR CITY, TAKE US TO VEGAS festival Homebake is one of those things. Organisers say they have granted Deborah Harry and the crew temporary Homebake visas so they can play the Sydney Festival on Sat Dec 8 at the Domain. Acts not needing that temporary visa include Tim Minchin, Hilltop Hoods, Kimbra, Angus Stone, Julia Stone (together, but not together),
Birds Of Tokyo, Daniel Merriweather, Sam Sparro, The Saints, Something For Kate, Sonicanimation, Shapeshifter, Six60, Jinja Safari, The Bamboos, Tim Rogers, San Cisco, Emma Louise, Pond, Ball Park Music, Seekae, DZ Deathrays, Diafrix, Husky and Full Tote Odds. As Harry would sing, In The Flesh. Details: homebake.com.
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Póg mo thóin or, as The Pogues say, Pogue Mahone, means kiss my arse in Irish. And if you felt like slinging that at The Pogues when they missed Adelaide on their April tour this year you might take some comfort when Melbourne seven-piece STREAMS OF WHISKEY play some rollicking Pogues covers, Irish classics and some originals at the Whitmore Hotel on Fri Aug 17 and the Crown & Anchor on Sat Aug 18.
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To Your Door The very private Paul Kelly has given fans a rare glimpse of his world through the documentary Paul Kelly – Stories Of Me. For more than 40 years, in 350 songs, Kelly has been mapping out the Australian landscape and its people through melody and verse. For the first time in film, Stories Of Me shares his candid tales about the people who have
helped shape his life and music, as well as rare archival footage, newly-recorded live performances and interviews with family, former and current band members, music contemporaries and music media. This film sold out very quickly when it screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival – and with Kelly set to make an appearance at the Adelaide screening on Thu Oct 25 as part of the Adelaide Film Festival, you’d better get tickets fast from bass.net.au.
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that she’ll headline the 2012 Gorgeous Festival. She’ll be joined by special guest Gurrumul, with whom she sang at the 2011 ARIA awards, for a bit of The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle, fine wines and fresh local produce at the McLaren Vale Visitor Information Centre & Grounds on Sat Nov 24. Tickets: gorgeousfestival.com.au.
CHERRY POPPIN’ DADDIES. The name will never be right, but the music might work for you. The dancing shoeshod, zoot suit-clad swing, ska and rock‘n’roll band are returning to Australia for another round of their signature high energy shows. Ear popping horns, big guitars and pop-rivet drums come to the Governor Hindmarsh on Sun Nov 4. Tickets: thegov.com.au.
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Bragging Rights Described as a storyteller, historian, activist, father, enthusiast, pilgrim, entertainer, minstrel, humourist, rambler, sermoniser and scholar, Billy Bragg has seen it all since he was a tank driver in the British Army. That was 30 years, 14 albums and a whole bunch of songs about politics and girls ago. Bragg has just completed a labour of love with the end of the Mermaid Avenue series, in which he and Wilco worked together to set a trove of folk singer Woody Guthrie’s posthumously discovered lyrics to music. To celebrate that feat – and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Guthrie – he’s touring to play songs from the dust bowl troubadour’s back catalogue, as well as pieces from the Mermaid Avenue albums and his own back catalogue. To see something funny, warm, sad and true, get tickets for the Adelaide Town Hall show on Wed Oct 31 at bass.net.au.
Brick By Brick Who knew looking like Ronald Weasley could be hot? That’s what most of the 33 million viewers of Ed Sheeran’s song Lego House seem to be thinking. After selling out his first ever Australian shows this month Sheeran has announced a second round for next year, playing the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Tue Feb 26. Tickets: ticketek.com.au. Muggles.
Get Rhythm Johnny Cash + Tex Perkins = A Thing Called Love. The Man In Black is returning to Adelaide after sell-out seasons across an 18-month Australia-wide tour. Aussie rocker Tex Perkins takes to the stage in a two-hour concert featuring the legendary songs of Johnny Cash interwoven with the story of his rise to stardom, his fight for survival and his eventual redemption. Hear all the hits including I Walk The Line, Folsom Prison Blues and Ring Of Fire at Her Majesty’s Theatre from Tue Sep 11 to Sat Sep 15. Tickets: bass.net.au.
Backwater Bluesfest Returns Want to be among the first to hear new music from Mia Dyson, Dallas Frasca, The Backsliders and The Mojo Webb Band? You’re in luck – they all have new albums coming out before they perform at Backwater Blues & Roots Festival from Fri Oct 19 to Sun Oct 18. The festival’s Mississippi juke joint-themed hub is at the Queens Theatre, spreading through to gigs in Whyalla, Lobethal, Mt Gambier, Willunga and McLaren Vale. Check the full program at backwaterbluesfest.com.
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See Emily Play As part of Adelaide International Guitar Festival, a series of late night sessions in Space Theatre will follow headline acts Jon Scofield Trio, Punch Brothers and Jason McGuire’s The Spirit Of Flamenco in Festival Theatre. n Sat Aug 11, as part of Coopers Late Night Sessions, Melbourne’s Tinpan Orange will be highlighting material from their forthcoming album with special guests Harry James Angus of The Cat Empire and Roscoe James Irwin, who has also worked with The Cat Empire as well as The Bamboos. Tinpan Orange are based in Melbourne and their 2005 debut, Aroona Place, featured Angus on trumpet while their second release, Death Love And Buldings, had singer Renee Geyer as a guest. We speak to Tinpan Orange frontwoman Emily Lubitz, who begins by saying she’s wondering why the band have been selected to take part in Adelaide International Guitar Festival. “I don’t know what I’m doing playing at a guitar festival as I’m the worst guitar player in the world,” Tinpan’s raven-haired, six-foot singer admits. It’s a notion that’s confirmed only a few days later when speaking to Harry James Angus, Lubitz’s husband, about the festival. “Oh, she’s right,” Angus, who plays piano on Tinpan Orange’s forthcoming album, laughs. “Emily is absolutely terrible. But the
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great thing about Tinpan is that her brother, Jesse, is one of the best rhythm guitar players I’ve ever heard and Al Burkoy is kinda like a multi-instrumentalist genius because he plays mandolin, violin and guitar. Al can play anything as long as it has strings. And that’s what you need at a guitar festival.” Tinpan Orange recently returned from a tour of North America and Canada with The Cat Empire and immediately set about recording their fourth album. “And it’s finished now,” Lubitz proudly announces, “so we just have to come up with a title. We just can’t agree on a name. And we’ll be playing lots of the new songs at the festival. And we always have such a great time in Adelaide. “And we’ll probably tour again later in the year when the album is out,” she adds.
“I’d love to see Punch Brothers. It’s a real stroke of genius to book a band like that. I don’t think too many artistic directors would have thought of doing that.” Harry James Angus, who penned the club song for new AFL team Greater Western Sydney Giants and produced Tinpan Orange’s 2009 release The Bottom Of The Lake, suggests that having himself, Tinpan Orange and Roscoe James Irwin on the same bill will
Tinpan Fan be a lot of fun. “Playing a gig with Roscoe, who’s been a great friend for years, and my wife’s band – it’ll be a family affair – will be very special and a lot of fun. “And I also hope to see some of the other acts at the festival. I’d love to see Punch Brothers – although Emily and I have a little baby boy so we may not get out that night – because they will be absolutely phenomenal. It’s a real coup to have them at a guitar festival. It’s a real stroke of genius to book a band like that. I don’t think too many artistic directors would have thought of doing that.” The musician, who began his musical life playing trumpet at high school, picked up a guitar and wrote some songs and then released a well-received solo album, Little Stories, last year. “It was an album made up of songs I’d written over a period of three or four years,” Angus reveals. “And then I just happened to record them. So I was never under any illusions about it becoming hugely successful. It’s too quirky an album for that because it’s kind of quiet and simple. But that’s what I like about it.” He is yet to think about a follow-up. “I’m nowhere with that,” Angus sighs. “I’d love to do another one but, with having a young family, it’s hard to find a quiet afternoon to noodle away at some songs. But it’ll happen one day. But Little Stories took a long time to write so I think the next one will take just as long.” Is your hip hop outfit Jackson Jackson still a going concern?
Canadian singer songwriter Steve Poltz, who co-wrote Jewel’s huge hit You Were Meant For Me, became a fan of Tinpan Orange after playing with them at a house concert in Lorne, Victoria, on Australia Day in 2011 and a clip can be found on YouTube. “I met this really cool band who opened the show named Tinpan Orange and I love, love, love them,” Poltz wrote on his website. “We played a cover of I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry and nothing compares to a sweet Hank Williams song as the sun sets.”
“It is but it isn’t,” Angus wryly answers. “We very rarely get together these days and actually manage to play. Everyone loves doing Jackson Jackson and always wants to do a show but it’s hard to find the time because it’s a pretty big band and everyone involved has their own amazing projects they are working on. “But that’s kinda cool because it makes Jackson Jackson a kind of boutique thing. Our reputation is such that it’s very hard to get us together to do any shows. “Or it just means, like most musicians, that we are totally disorganised,” he concludes. WHO: Tinpan Orange, Harry James Angus and Roscoe James Irwin WHERE: Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre WHEN: Sat Aug 11 at 8pm
Interviews// Packin’ A Punch American quintet Punch Brothers play a lively brand of music that’s been called ‘new acoustic’ and they are on their way to Australia as one of the headline acts at Adelaide International Guitar Festival. e speak to Chris Thile, the group’s lead vocalist who is also regarded as one of the world’s best mandolin players, and he indicates that they are very excited about plying their wares in this country and highlighting songs from their fourth album, Who’s Feeling Young Now?, which includes an instrumental reading of Radiohead’s Kid A. “The guitar festival was the first thing that came in for this Australian run,” Thile says of the tour that will also take in Melbourne and
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Sydney prior to their performance in this city. “So I can’t thank [the festival’s artistic director] Slava Grigoryan enough for getting us down there. I’ve been a professional musician for 24 years now and have toured fairly extensively but never to Australia. So I’m overjoyed. I’m going to live it up, let me tell ya. “And none of the other guys [fiddle player Gabe Witcher, banjo player Noam Pikelny, guitarist Chris Eldridge and bass player Paul Kowert] have ever been down there. Not even for vacation. And I know we all want to go to a wine region. Aussie wines are real hot right now.” Punch Brothers, who took their name from a line in Mark Twain’s A Literary Nightmare which was later re-published as Punch, Brother, Punch, formed organically and have been quite successful with four albums and many tours under their belts. “It’s been a long, slow, uphill haul though,” Thile counters. “We don’t have drums and drums seem to really help show people what you mean most of the time. But we’ve stubbornly refused to add a drummer because we wanted to spread the rhythmic duties throughout the band and it also gives audiences a chance to think a little bit. Drums are an incredibly powerful
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American singer songwriter Josh Ritter, who recently toured Australia with Simone Felice, wrote lyrics for two songs (New York and Hundred Dollar) on Punch Brothers’ Who’s Feeling Young Now?. During the early ’90s, when only 17, Ritter spent a year at a high school in Adelaide while his parents lectured at Flinders University. “I did not know that!” Punch Brothers’ Chris Thile says. “I need to speak to Josh about where to go in Adelaide. I’m going to call him as soon as this interview is finished. That’s awesome!”
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instrument but power can corrupt things fairly easily. “But because we’ve resisted adding drums, it’s added to the band and its development. People may have to listen closely but it seems they’ve managed to get inside the music.” There’s a lot of space in Punch Brothers’ music. “Oh, absolutely,”Thile readily agrees. “In the six or so years of the band’s life, we’ve been learning what notes to take out rather than what to put in. The bluegrass tradition is usually very virtuosic but over the last couple of years we’ve been writing music, technically speaking, that’s a little more restrained. We put a little more body into it with a little less mind.” Mention is made of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s groundbreaking 1972 triple album, Will The Circle Be Unbroken?, which featured the long-haired, hippie band alongside bluegrass and country music veterans. “Oh man, I’m intimately familiar with that album because it was played a lot on our family camping trips when I was very young.” Thile says. “I know that record very well.” Aside from Punch Brothers, Thile also collaborates with a number of other musicians. “Punch Brothers is the main thing for me right now,” he says, “and we’re gearing up to record another album. But I have a wonderful project planned for next year with the great pianist Brad Mehldau – and that’ll be fun - and [bass player] Edgar Meyer, [cello player] Yo Yo Ma and [fiddle player] Stuart Duncan and I have another project called The Goat Rodeo Sessions and we’ll be touring that next year. And I’m planning on making a bop record early next year which I’ll tour. “And I know this may sound really trite, but I really love playing music,” Thile adds. “I’m at my happiest when I’m playing, it’s not just something to do.” Thile, a former member of bluegrass outfit Nickel Creek, suggests that new album, Who’s Feeling Young Now?, will form the basis of their live shows in Australia. “I figure we’ll be playing more material from the new record than anything else, but there will be a lot of other things,” he says. “We have four records to draw stuff from now, but what the new one has allowed us to do is to make a set-list that lets us take people on a journey. We really want to take people somewhere with our music. To do that, we need to touch on a few different things to transport people. “So there’ll be things we’ve recorded, a couple of fun covers and some traditional tunes,”Thile concludes. WHO: Punch Brothers WHAT: Who’s Feeling Young Now? (Nonesuch) WHERE: Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre WHEN: Fri Aug 9
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Down On The Upside If you haven’t heard of Serj Tankian by now then you must have been living under a rock. Since his band System Of A Down’s single Chop Suey first took over the world in 2001, there hasn’t been much time when Tankian has been out of the public eye. hese days the Armenian American’s bio notes that he is a singer, poet, songwriter, activist and composer, but this isn’t just fake bravado -in fact, Tankian’s résumé could probably be expanded to include some of his more recent work. Not content with recording hard rock albums, Tankian debuted his rock musical Prometheus Bound last year and is now getting into the app business. “I have had an iPad for a few years now and there have been a few apps that I use for fun to create these beats and arrangements,” Tankian tells Rip It Up. “Then I thought about what would happen if I put these on the computer and put some guitar on it or sing it and they turned out to be three of the songs on the new album, Harakiri. Since then I have created my own app called I Am Serj which we have released through the iTunes store, so it is based on Savage app and beat box apps that I was using to create these songs. They will feature some of my beats, samples and some loops from my songs that people can use to create their own songs.” Before people start moaning about Tankian selling out by working with Apple for all this to happen, he has this to say: “I wish Apple was sending me free iPads – they aren’t kicking in shit. I bought my iPad full retail,” he laughs. “I do have a video game coming out as well – which I haven’t done before. I’m really excited and really pumped up about that as well. It’s a sci-fi shoot ‘em up game and it’s going to be made by a company called Industrial Toys and it’s going to be an iPad app. There’s going to be some real orchestral themes as well as some heavy electronic beats.” Part of Tankian’s plan for world domination has always involved his records. The System Of A Down frontman’s latest CD, Harakiri, is a real throwback to what he has done in the past. It is much faster and rockier than Imperfect Harmonies and almost recalls his System Of A Down output. “Imperfect Harmonies was crafted to make the orchestral part the focus along with the vocals, whereas this one was more of a straightforward punk vibe, rock vibe-styled album. I mean there are some other influences in there - you can hear some real electronic elements in there - but it’s pretty much straightforward rock. That was just what came to me when I was writing. “I did write three other records last year,” Tankian confesses. “One was a complete jazz record, one was a symphony – completely orchestral - and the other was electronic. So I think I just added all the elements together for Harakiri. “Honestly my favourite part of what I do is composing. I like composing for visuals, I like composing for my own records, whatever they might be – jazz record, rock record, symphony… I even have a British gangster rock project. Playing live is cool, but it’s repetitious. If you only played once per record, that would be fucking awesome: you could make it an amazing show but no one else would get to see it other than those people who are in the studio. “In a perfect world I would only have to compose – I like the rest of it but my favourite part is composing,” he laments. “It was a busy year last year and I don’t know how I got time to get it all done. I have seen people work and I think I get more done in an hour than most people get done in a day.”
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Soundwave Goodbye In February Serj Tankian got the old band back together for Soundwave. Anyone who saw System Of A Down perform would agree that they still put on a great show, despite their lengthy hiatus.
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“It was really fun playing with those guys again. We had heaps of shows in South America, America and obviously Australia and New Zealand. It’s been very fun and I think we have been playing better than we ever had. There’s no pressure, no record to promote and no press – we can just get out there and play. It’s been great fun.” There are still no plans for System Of A Down to release any new material, but at least the guys can stand each other long enough to tour together – for the time being there is some hope for SOAD fans...
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INCOMING WHO: FUNKAGENDA WHERE: WHITE RABBIT WHEN: SUN SEP 30
DUSK AND LEAH MENCEL NAMED TOP 10 FINALISTS IN 2012 SHE CAN DJ COMP Adelaide DJs Dusk and Leah Mence have been named among the top 10 finalists in the 2012 She Can DJ comp. This year’s local finalists are veteran D&B DJ Dusk [Jacqueline Christopoulos] – the winner of DJ Mag’s International Pick N Mix comp who also earned herself two South Australian Dance Music nominations as a Breaks DJ and for her D&B/breaks show on Fresh FM. Dusk has played sets in Europe, the UK, Asia and Egypt. More recently, Dusk was the first female DJ to take part in the Red Bull Thre3style DJ comp. Fellow Adelaidean Leah Mencel has been a festival favourite at last year’s Parklife, Stereosonic and Summadayze, as well as this year’s Big Day Out, Future Music Festival and Planet Cream, and was selected as a She Can DJ finalist in 2011. The final event will take place in Sydney on Wed Sep 5, the winner taking home an EMI recording contract, an international networking trip and a weekly radio mix on Party People. For the full list of top 10 finalists, head to onion.com.au.
WHO: NICKI MINAJ WHAT: PINK FRIDAY RELOADED WHERE: ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE WHEN: TUE NOV 27 Nicki Minaj has added an Adelaide date to her rescheduled Pink Friday Reloaded tour later this year, which will see her at the Entertainment Centre on Tue Nov 27. Previously announced for September and October, (and with no Adelaide show originally booked), last week promoter Live Nation announced Minaj’s tour would be delayed because of “international scheduling conflicts that also effect Nicki’s European dates”. However, this week the promoter announced Minaj will continue to hit all the cities previously scheduled, with the addition of Adelaide, throughout November and December. Tickets will now go on sale on Wed Aug 15 from Ticketek, while MyLive Nation members are now able to access pre-sale tickets.
SNOOP DOGG DITCHES HIP HOP TO MAKE MUSIC FOR KIDS AND GRANDPARENTS Snoop Dogg has revealed more details about his new project as ‘Snoop Lion’ and the reason behind his reincarnation. According to the rapper, it all came about quite accidentally after Snoop initially made the trip to Jamaica for the purpose of focusing on his music, but instead realised he “wanted to bury Snoop Dogg and become Snoop Lion” because he was so “deeply affected by the people of Jamaica”. He told a press conference last week, “I went to a temple where the High Priest asked me what my name was and I said Snoop Dogg. And he looked me in my eyes and said, ‘No more. You are the light;
WHO: ILLY + CHASM SOUNDSYSTEM, SKRYPTCHA, M-PHAZES, K21 WHAT: BRING IT BACK TOUR WHERE: FOWLER’S LIVE WHEN: THU AUG 30
you are the lion’.” Snoop’s transformation will be turned into a documentary which will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month, and will be followed by an album under the new moniker titled Reincarnated (produced by Diplo). Don’t expect any hip hop, though – Snoop added that he is ready to make music that his “kids and grandparents can listen to”. Snoop has also launched a non-profit initiative called Mind Garden (which allows community gardens to provide nourishment for Jamaican kids) and he is putting out a photo book.
CALENDAR 11/8: R&B Superclub (Red Square) 18/8: DJ Ember (Red Square) 23/8: Chris Lake (Apple Bar) 24/8: The Pharcyde (Fowler’s Live) 24/8: Denzal Park (Red Square) 24/8: Jochen Miller, Rank 1, Leon Bolier (HQ) 25/8: Pitbull, Havana Brown (Entertainment Centre) 25/8: Dubstep Invasion (Electric Circus) 30/8: Illy (Fowler’s) 31/8: Steffi (Cuckoo Bar) 2/9: J00F (White Rabbit)
Championed as ‘the producer’s producer’ and known as one of the key members behind the iconic Toolroom Records, Funkagenda is heading back to Australia for a five-date tour over September and October. DJ Mag has proclaimed him as a vanguard of the “tough but melodic big room house sound” and he’s a firmly fixed name across global music charts, having regularly achieved number one positions on Beatport over the years. With a critically acclaimed mix album behind him (released on Toolroom Records in October 2009), Funkagenda has also successfully remixed for the likes of Basement Jaxx, Nero, Moby, Mark Knight, Fatboy Slim and Dirty Vegas, with his production contributions to the Black Eyed Peas’ album The END helping the group win a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album.
WHO: NINA LAS VEGAS, BENI, FLUME, WHAT SO NOT, DEACON ROSE WHAT: TRIPLE J HOUSE PARTY WHERE: ROCKET BAR (ROOFTOP) WHEN: FRI AUG 31
6/9: Timmy Trumpet (Apple Bar) 8/9: I:Cube (Sugar) 18/9: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 20/9: Tommie Sunshine (Apple Bar) 21/9: Octave One (Electric Circus) 28/9: Paul Oakenfold (HQ) 29/9: Kyle Hall (Cuckoo Bar) 29/9: Das EFX, Black Sheep, Tony Touch (Higher Ground) 1/10: Ferrry Corsten (HQ) 13/10: Seth Sentry (Fowler’s)
With 24 dates having now been added to Illy’s Bring It Back album tour, local support artists have also been announced, with the Adelaide show now including K21. Illy will make his way around the nation throughout August, September and October, with Chasm Soundsystem and Skryptcha joining the MC for the entire tour which will feature the new tracks from Illy’s third studio album Bring It Back for the first time. Two years on since his last offering The Chase, the Melbourne MC has collaborated with the likes of M-Phazes, Pez, Trials (Funkoars), Mantra and Reason on the new album which is due out for release in late September through Obese.
Following on from the release of the Triple J House Party double album mixed by Nina Las Vegas this month, a national tour is about to kick off which will see her live at Rocket Bar (Rooftop) alongside a number of guests. With remixes including remastered works from Adelaide’s own Hilltop Hoods, MIA, Hot Chip, Django Django, The Presets, Beni, Urthboy and heaps more, the veteran Triple J House Party DJ is hitting the road on a huge five-city club tour which will also see her mixing listeners’ favourite Triple J tunes with new club joints and party jams. Nina Las Vegas will be joined by guests including Beni, Flume, What So Not and Triple J’s Deacon Rose.
REVIEWS ONELOVE DUBSTEP INVASION
RUFUS
JJ DOOM
SOLOMUN
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(LEX RECORDS)
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RUFUS
KEY TO THE KUFFS
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Invasion is a good word for it. Whatever your opinion i i on th the genre, d dubstep b t is taking over. This third compilation from OneLove Recording sees Australian mixers Glovecats and Phetsta offer up 45 tracks of pure filth on filth. What is surprising here is the lack of obnoxiousness. However, there are still plenty of laser noises and massive drops, particularly on Glovecats’ mix of a Datsik remix of Kaskade and Skrillex’s Lick It. Too many mixers might spoil the tune on Skream’s remix of Rusko’s Somebody To Love, as the original essence of the song is scrambled in an electric blender. Surprisingly, the cringe-worthy thought of Nero remixing Calvin Harris’ anthem Feel So Close somehow actually works if you imagine it as the soundtrack to a robot orgy. This compilation is best served in your own rave cave with a lot of hard liquor, but due to the seamless mixing, is also worth a listen in the harsh light of day.
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I love a good epiphany, and it was whilst listening to the softedged bounce of Rufus that one seeped into the ol’ brainbox the other night. I recalled how in the early ‘90s at the height of the pervasive grunge movement that shoegazer music seemed to blossom as an antithesis to all the howling feedback and screamed, raspy vocals of its opposite. And so it would seem that the abrasive electro and bro-step of the last couple of years has had a similar effect on electronic dance music; perpetuating a raft of more audio-friendly, pop-based sounds which draw on the core aesthetic of the opposition but with a lessened intensity. Sydney’s Rufus fits into this idiom, with a clean roster of songs uncluttered by over-production or try-hard of-the-momentism. And it must be noted that their euphoric and propulsive tune Talk To Me has found its way into Gildas & Jerry’s spiffy Kitsune Solaire Mix. Nice one.
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No shit, when I found out DOOM was English, I was all like, ‘No fuckin’ way! For real?’ Yeah – English! How did that slip the net? So I can safely assume that a fair few of his fans are likely in the same boat – I mean, it ain’t like he got dem ruff spits like Skinnyman, innit? So this latest record from the busiest, loco blazing mofo in hip hop comes as a bit of a love-note to the mother country (where he has resided for around two years now). Keys To The Kuffs is an album that is a testament to Daniel Dumile’s (DOOM) heritage, dripping with UK-ism and bringing the heat with track names like Guv’nor, Borin Convo and the ‘ilarious Retarded Friend. And how could something musical, adventurous and English not have Damon Albarn involved? Well, it can’t, and Albarn lends his style to the diss-track Bite The Thong, a tune that shits on the idea of club tracks for the sake of stacking bills. This record is one of DOOM’s best sounding and varied in a while; and most notably, he’s much more upfront in the mix which allows the cleverness of his flows to shine. Proper, squire.
Given Watergate’s taste for contemporary deep house on the serious tip, Solomun’s disco, R&B and party-fuelled house mix is a welcome relief for the Berlin series. The Hamburg-based DJ and producer mixes old with new and anthems with exclusive cuts as he includes tracks such as Lucy Pearl’s Don’t Mess With My Man and a couple of Superman Lovers gems (including the wonderful Family Business) for a mix that isn’t elitist, instead it welcomes house lovers of all shapes. Other choice selections include Superfunk’s disco funk workout Endless Street, Sascha Funke’s haunting Forms And Shapes and Serge Santiago’s Italo disco super anthem Atto D’Amore. This is the mix to power a Friday night drink session before heading out. This is the mix to bust shapes while driving your car. This is one hell of a joyous mix.
DEEJAY BALLSOUT
JEFF SPICOLI
with Nina Bertok
INTERVIEWS CHRIS LAKE SCOTLAND’S DANCE SUPERSTARS ARE ENIGMATIC. MYLO WITHDREW AFTER DROP THE PRESSURE, WHILE CALVIN HARRIS IS A RELUCTANT POP STAR, PREFERRING TO PRODUCE. BUT CHRIS LAKE HAS GOTTA BE THE MOST SECRETIVE.
Last December the genial DJ/producer moved from London to dance music’s new epicentre of Los Angeles. “Me and my wife decided, ‘Let’s give it a go’.” It’s late afternoon and, between conducting interviews and working on music, he’s updating himself on the Olympics – specifically the beach volleyball. “I know all the Canadian beach volleyball team members,” Lake explains. “One of the guys came out to one of my shows – I think it was a St Patrick’s Day event. St Patrick’s Day is very big in Canada and a lot of people get dressed-up. This guy who is 6’7” turned up at my show dressed as Wolverine and he looked very convincing!” Lake’s humour is quirky. Suitably, he’s launching an Australian tour in Darwin, hardly a regular stop for international DJs. “All I know is that it’s a very long way from LA. I think I’m gonna have an extremely numb bum by the time I get there.” He’d love to “explore” the country. “I actually really wanna travel from the east to the west coast, doing the dodgy red middle bit, you know? Go through the desert. I’d love to do that.” The Rising Music boss first attracted attention by circulating bootleg remixes (including one of Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams) under alias. However, Lake’s career really took off with 2006’s mega crossover hit Changes (featuring Laura V). His debut album, Crazy, showed in 2009. Along the way, he’s collaborated with the likes of Deadmau5. Despite his fame, Lake is seen as reclusive, rarely giving interviews. “I like that perception, actually! I wouldn’t say I’m conventional. I am quite private in many aspects, but then at the same time if I like someone I’ll tell them anything. I’m not intentionally reclusive, but I don’t
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feel the need to be talking for the sake of talking, like in interviews, and just doing anything that I can to spread the name of ‘Chris Lake’. I’m not into that. I’d rather let my music do as much of the talking as possible – if that is possible. My approach is just to concentrate on the music and try to deliver my message that way. I hope I didn’t sound corny, but that really is what I think!” Lake has now mixed a set for OneLove Presents: Mobile Disco 2012 (alongside John Course). Admirably, his CD is in sync with what he plays out – it’s epic electro with a deep’n’dark progressive pull. Lake hasn’t opted for “big records” to sell the package (though he’s thrown in his own songs). In the meantime, he’s finishing off an album for Ultra Records, Good Charlotte’s Benji Madden a guest. Lake admits to being a perfectionist, the label bugging him for the masters as he continues “tweaking”. “I try to approach things in as pure a way as possible, but I believe in the music and, with this album, I really wanna get it right. I want it to sound how I want it to sound.” Happily, he’s “extremely confident” the LP will surface in early 2013, as planned. Like other EDM types, Lake is forging a profile in wider popdom. “I’ve done a bit of work – I’m not sure how much of it I can talk about,” he says. He’s a “passionate producer” – and open to all genres. (Lake “zones out” to Air, Amon Tobin and Foster The People.) Lake remixed Lady Gaga’s Judas (an earlier mix of Celebration for Mother Monster’s rival Madonna didn’t come out, the DJ candidly declaring it “crap”). Yet he remains a subversive. “That was tough ‘cause it’s not a very good song,” Lake sighs of Gaga’s hit. “I didn’t really use much of it. I remember the remix got put on her YouTube channel and all of her fans hated my remix (laughs loudly). I would expect it – it was a very different remix, and then it was probably broadcast to 14-year-olds... So it was an accident waiting to happen.”
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VITAL STATISTICS.
HERMITUDE HERMITUDE WILL NEVER FULLY MASTER THEIR CRAFT – ACCORDING TO ONE-HALF OF THE AUSSIE DUO, ELGUSTO (AKA ANGUS STUART). IT’S IMPOSSIBLE WHEN YOU’RE ALWAYS LEARNING AND CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AS MUSICIANS.
“And that’s the great thing – we’re always discovering new techniques, we’re always learning new things and we’re always trying to progress,” he explains. “I don’t think we will ever really be the ‘masters’ of what we do because of that, which is fine, because I’d rather be constantly learning and trying new things than being stuck in doing the same thing over and over again.” Hermitude’s fourth and most recent album HyperParadise probably best demonstrates this, Stuart offers. Ever since their 2003 debut Alleys To Valleys, the Blue Mountains duo (also featuring Luke Dubs, AKA Luke Dubber) have largely been known for their hip hop stylings and habit of using guest vocalists on the first three records. Almost a decade down the track, Stuart explains what’s changed. “We released HyperParadise in February and it’s been the most successful album so far. When we did our album tour, most of the shows were sold out. Then we toured the UK and Europe and, because the single Speak Of The Devil got heaps of buzz in the UK, when we played a headline show in London the gig got sold out! How fantastic is that? On this record we’ve steered away a little bit from hip hop – HyperParadise goes much more down the electronic path and in the club direction. We love hip hop and we’ll always be part of that scene but we really wanted to branch out and just write a wholly instrumental record. To do that, you really have to engage listeners, which can be next to impossible without the use of vocals!”
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IF YOU’RE NOT LIVING IN THE DIGITAL WORLD AND IMMERSED IN SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU JUST DON’T EXIST, ACCORDING TO MELBOURNE MC ONESIXTH [AARON STEPHANUS]. IT’S THE WAY OF THE WORLD THESE DAYS, SO WHY NOT WRITE AN ALBUM ABOUT IT, HE OFFERS... WELL, SORT OF.
VITAL STATISTICS. WHO: ONE-SIXTH WHAT: ELECTRONIC MAIL IS OUT THROUGH PANG PRODUCTIONS/OBESE ON FRI AUG 24
“When I started writing the album [Electronic Mail], it was in the midst of all of that – the internet, social networking, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, whatever,” Stephanus says. “Everything had shifted into the electronic medium, it’s like you don’t exist if you’re not a part of it. I figured I’d use that as the theme because it’s something that everyone is checking in for, it’s the thing that interests everyone. It’s an instant hook. But I figured I could really flip the script on people and turn it around. So you look at a track like LOL or SMS but when you listen to the track, it’s got nothing to do with what you thought it
was about. It’s because people have that goldfish syndrome, where if you don’t catch them in the first 10 to 20 seconds, they just won’t pay attention. It’s just a current trend in society in general.” Other than that, finding a topic and sticking to it throughout a full-length album was just a much easier way to go about writing the material, as opposed to making up a bunch of random raps and just sticking them onto a disc. “It was such a cool theme because it allowed me to go in so many different directions,” Stephanus claims. “And getting to work with so many different people took that to another level. You can have one subject matter but when you feature two different people on the one track, people with two different perspectives and two different understandings of an idea, it gives the album a bit more life.” The people in question include some of Australia’s most exciting producers and MCs – from Dyl Thomas (Polo Club), Must Volkoff (Mata & Must, Pang Productions), Tony Wolf and the late Charles Parker, to Mantra, Maundz, Lotus and The Tongue. But for Stephanus, it was getting the chance to work with the late Charles Parker for the last time that makes Round The Sun a particularly special collaboration on Electronic Mail. “I met him around 2005 or 2006, we used to work together,” the MC recalls. “He’d told me he was a rapper but we never really got to kick it until about four years later when he came to see another band I played with, Black Jesus Experience. He jumped on the mic and
WHO: HERMITUDE WHAT: PARKLIFE WHERE: BOTANIC PARK WHEN: SUN OCT 7
And although Speak Of The Devil features guest vocals from Sydney artist Chaos Emerald, it’s also the only track on the album to do so. As the most instrumental Hermitude record to date, Stuart claims it’s all the more amusing that it should also be the duo’s biggest yet. “To make sure the tunes get stuck in people’s heads, you’ve got to focus on some big, big melodies. That’s the reason we broadened our foundations a bit and didn’t go for straight hip hop. Touring and travelling in general has been a really big help in that regard, getting out of your comfort zone can be such inspiration sometimes. I’ll give you an example – when we were in Germany, we actually ended up at a techno club at 7am… And those kinds of experiences are so cool because you might hear something in that music that you take inspiration from and incorporate into your own sound. Little things like that, you’re not really able to do come across something like that when you’re constantly in your comfort zone. You get that kind of inspiration from travelling, seeing amazing places, meeting amazing people, seeing nature, seeing historic buildings… You just feel refreshed and so your output is refreshed.” On that topic, Stuart reveals that by the time the Parklife festival comes around this October, fans just might get to hear some brand new tunes from the pair. “Well, we just got back from Europe and the UK only a couple of weeks ago and we’re back in the studio already. We’re just at the stage where we’re harnessing that inspiration and freshness that we’ve scooped up in the UK and we’re just releasing that onto our sketch pad. We’re writing a few tracks here and there and we’ve been very keen to get back in the lab and start the process all over again. I’m pretty sure with our next record we’ll do something different all over again – how much so, I don’t know because it’s still early days.”
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a couple of months later we were just hanging out and he and Tony Wolf – who used to make beats with him and lived with him – showed me some beats. I was like, ‘I’m taking that beat!’, I loved it! It took me a while to write some lyrics but eventually it got done… Then Parker killed himself last year…” And while Stephanus admits he’ll never understand what causes a human being to commit suicide, he does know that every moment in life is precious and once you’ve found the momentum, you’ve got to hold onto it. “The main thing for me is to just keep the wheels spinning – just keep going. I want to do shows, write, record and just live, really. Just try to appreciate what I’ve got while I’ve got it. A couple of years ago I got a great opportunity through [winning] the Hilltop Hoods Initiative and it’s gotten me lots of recognition outside of Melbourne. It’s weird because it was a last minute thing for me – I only handed in the application the day the entries were closing and I was telling my friend I wasn’t sure whether to go for it. He was like, ‘Fuck that! Fill it in!’ – he literally forced me to do it on the spot. Then a little while later my phone rings and a dude goes, ‘Hey what’s going on, this is Matt [Lambert], Suffa’. I seriously thought it was someone fucking around with me because I wasn’t having a great day that day anyway. I was like, ‘This isn’t funny man’. Eventually I realised it wasn’t a joke. Lucky I didn’t hang up on him, ‘cause I was really going to.”
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Tour Guide/ THU AUG 9
THU SEP 6
KATE MILLER-HEIDKE (Syd) & THE BEARDS @ Governor Hindmarsh JINJA SAFARI (Vic), OPOSSOM (NZ) & WHITE ARROWS (US) @ Adelaide Uni Bar (all-ages) CHILDREN COLLIDE (Vic), DUNE RATS & BAD DREEMS @ Fowler’s Live TIM BARRY (US) @ Grace Emily
DAMIEN LEITH (Syd) @ Her Majesty’s Theatre HOWARD JONES (UK) @ Governor Hindmarsh BOY IN A BOX (Syd), KINGSWOOD (Vic) & SUN & THE SKY @ Ed Castle
FRI AUG 10 KATE MILLER-HEIDKE (Syd) & THE BEARDS @ Governor Hindmarsh LOON LAKE (Vic), CUB SCOUTS (Bris) & GLASS TOWERS (Syd) @ Jive ANTAGONIST AD (NZ), LIONHEART & SHINTO KATANA @ Fowler’s Live JOE MCKEE (WA) & STEERING BY STARS @ Estonian Hall (North Adelaide) SMITTY & B GOODE (Vic), THE AMCATS & THEM PLASMS @ Exeter Hotel
SAT AUG 11 THE JUNGLE GIANTS (Qld) & TOUCAN @ Jive RAI THISTLETHWAYTE (Syd) @ Enigma SMITTY & B GOODE (Vic), COCK & SHIT MAGNET @ Forresters & Squatters Arms RAISED BY EAGLES (Vic) @ Grace Emily
THU AUG 16 NASUM (Sweden) & PSYCROPTIC (Tas) @ Fowler’s Live
FRI AUG 17 TRANSIT (US), ANCHORS (Vic), MY CATALYST, SOME TIME SOON & NEBRASKA @ Fowler’s Live EVEN (Vic), THE FAUVES (Vic) & THE TRAFALGARS @ Governor Hindmarsh BEHIND CRIMSON EYES (Vic) @ Higher Ground DAVID DE VITO (Gold Coast) @ Adelaide Town Hall
SAT AUG 18 THE BELLIGERENTS (Bris) @ Ed Castle 1927 (Syd) @ Governor Hindmarsh FEE BROWN (Vic) & CAL WILLIAMS JNR @ Wheatsheaf SKA’D FOR LIFE: THE RESIGNATORS (Vic) and more @ Forresters & Squatters Arms
MON AUG 20 VIRGIL DONATI (Syd) @ Governor Hindmarsh JAMIE OEHLERS QUARTET (WA) @ Wheatsheaf
WED AUG 22 THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS (Bondi) @ Governor Hindmarsh
THU AUG 23 BURNING LOVE (Canada), HYDROMEDUSA & STARVATION @ Animal House PASSENGER (UK) @ Fowler’s Live THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS (Bondi) @ Governor Hindmarsh
FRI AUG 24 PSEUDO ECHO (Vic) & SQUEAKER @ Governor Hindmarsh JAMES REYNE (Vic) @ Norwood Live
SAT AUG 25 PITBULL (US), TAIO CRUZ (UK), TIMOMATIC & HAVANA BROWN @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre PIGEON (Bris) @ Ed Castle THE OBITS (NY) @ Jive
TUE AUG 28 SLASH (US) @ Thebarton Theatre PENNYWISE (US), THE MENZINGERS (US) & THE SHARKS (UK) @ HQ TONI CHILDS (US) @ Norwood Concert Hall MARIA MINERVA (Estonia) @ Format
WED AUG 29 THE ENGLISH BEAT @ Fowler’s Live KENNY ROGERS (US) & BECCY COLE @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
THU AUG 30 THE SMITH STREET BAND (Vic), BEN DAVID & THE BANNED, GOD GOD DAMMIT DAMMIT & FOXTROT @ Enigma KING CANNONS (Syd), ALL THE YOUNG (UK) & THE HELLO MORNING (Vic) @ Jive
FRI AUG 31 DAVE GRANEY & THE MISTLY (Vic) @ Semaphore Workers Club BREAKING ORBIT (Syd) @ Enigma
SAT SEP 1 CLINT BOGE (Bris) @ Jive BREAKING ORBIT (Syd) @ Glenelg Jetty Bar ZOOPHYTE (Syd) @ Governor Hindmarsh DAVE GRANEY & THE MISTLY (Vic) @ Wheatsheaf Hotel
SUN SEP 2 THE BEACH BOYS (US) @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre DAVE GRANEY & THE MISTLY (Vic) @ Wheatsheaf Hotel
FRI SEP 7 THE MEDICS (Cairns) @ Jive ALPINE (Syd), CLUBFEET & GEORGI KAY @ Governor Hindmarsh CHET FAKER (Vic) @ Rocket Bar SARAH MARY CHADWICK (NZ/ Syd) @ Format
SAT SEP 8 SHANNON NOLL (NSW) @ Governor Hindmarsh DREAM ON DREAMER (Vic), LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES (US), HAND OF MERCY & IN HEARTS WAKE @ Adelaide Uni Bar BLACKCHORDS (Vic) @ Jive SYDONIA (Syd) @ Enigma
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WED SEP 12 PATRICK WOLF (UK) @ Governor Hindmarsh RESTORATIONS (US), JAMIE HAY (Vic), GRENADIERS & WEIGHTLESS @ Enigma
FRI SEP 13 THE TOASTERS (New York) @ Enigma Bar
FRI SEP 14 BARRY ADAMSON (UK) @ The Promethean EARTH (US) @ Fowler’s Live CARTEL (US) & WE ROB BANKS (Vic) @ Higher Ground SIX60 (NZ)@ Fowler’s Live
SUN SEP 16 SUBHUMANS (UK), PERDITION, VAGINORS & SUBURBAN STANDOFF @ Forresters & Squatters Arms RIVAL SCHOOLS (US) & TOY BOATS @ Enigma
MON SEP 17 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT (Can) @ Her Majesty’s Theatre
THU SEP 20 TIM ROGERS (Vic) & CATHERINE BRITT (Syd) @ Governor Hindmarsh NEWTON FAULKNER (US) @ Fowler’s Live
FRI SEP 21 CLARE BOWDITCH (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh GREENTHIEF (Bris) @ Ed Castle
Three albums in, New Zealand hardcore tyrants Antagonist AD are more passionate than ever. Using their frenetic and powerful performances as a soapbox to vent about societal ills, the band have always espoused that to be hardcore, it had to mean something. The new album Nothing From No One proves to be the most aggressive musical endeavour they have put to tape, yet with its focus coming from a slightly different direction. “It took the majority of 2011 to write and record,” vocalist Sam Crocker admits. “We didn’t want to set a precedent by placing a time limit on what we were doing. Some of the songs had working titles for months, and we would change a riff here, a line there.
In many ways it let us be more direct and thought-out with the writing, by adding more layers and depth to the music. It’s more refined, it isn’t rough around the edges.” Lyrically Crocker has avoided previous fascinations with social and political topics to venture within, with surprising results. “When we started the band I had all these topics that I wanted to sing about, yet it got to the point that we had played these songs so often, and I had said what I wanted to say about these issues. Hardcore for us is about being real, so I had always been reluctant to write anything personal, to attach myself to the lyrics rather than it being a stance or viewpoint. I focused on more personal issues, feelings of paranoia and anxiety, the idea of being isolated in your own head, and it was so therapeutic. There is so much more connection and energy from me now, being able to relive these experiences and use its weight to push through.”
The title Nothing From No One is particularly pertinent to the band, with the album standing as a sign of intent of what is in store. “There was no rush to find a title for the album, I wanted it to jump out and choose itself,” Crocker explains. “We had gotten through half the album and that line stuck out and changed the tone of the album. Geographically, we are a small band from a small country jammed into a hardcore world that is large and significant, and we are starting to make ripples in the pond, so the album sounds like we have a point to prove. We are coming out swinging.”
good for us because it was the first time we’d worked with a producer. Just to have someone else’s input and someone to push us really progressed the sounds on the EP.” Thirty Three is full of pop gems, with what could easily be six stand-alone singles. Lowe says that wasn’t necessarily the intention. “It wasn’t a conscious decision to make them all sound like singles but I guess it just turned out that way.” Formed little more than three years ago, it’s no surprise their songs were instantly picked up by radio. Taking out Triple J’s Big Sound competition, an initiative from Unearthed, their prize included an industry showcase gig in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley. For a garage band, it was a huge step forward. “We’d been jamming for a couple of months and decided to do a few demos, so we put them up on the website. Then Triple J contacted us to say we had won the competition.” Though their style has often been referred to as ‘slacker-pop’, Lowe doesn’t seem fazed.
He views it as a compliment. “We’re pretty relaxed, laid-back guys,” he says, laconically. “We make music because we like it. We don’t have many goals or anything like that; we do it because we want to have fun.” Despite their hometown of Wangaratta in country Victoria being a long way from the beach, the band also incorporate surf pop. “The other three guys all surf, so they head down to the coast most weekends. We always love going to the beach in the summer, so I guess that comes out through the music.” The band will launch Thirty Three this month with a national tour, with many of the shows already sold out. Lowe doesn’t feel the pressure of playing capacity venues. “It’s more exciting. It’s relieving knowing people are going to show up.”
WHO: Antagonist AD WHAT: Nothing From No One (Mediaskare) WHERE: Fowler’s Live (with Lionheart, Shinto Katana, Armed With Integrity and Machete) WHEN: Fri Aug 10
SAT SEP 22 XAVIER RUDD (Vic) @ Thebarton Theatre
COMING UP WED SEP 26 DEFEATER (US) @ Fowler’s Live THU SEP 27 EIFFEL 65 & N-TRANCE @ HQ EL GAN COMBO DE PUERTO RICO (Puerto Rico) @ Thebarton Theatre SHIHAD (NZ/Vic) & MONEY FOR ROPE (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh FRI SEP 28 FRENZAL RHOMB (Vic), STOLEN YOUTH & STUFF BOX @ Adelaide Uni Bar SAT SEP 29 RUSSIAN CIRCLES (US) & EAGLE TWIN (US) @ Fowler’s Live FEAR FACTORY (US) @ Adelaide Uni Bar JERRICO (Vic) & CIRCLES @ Enigma EMMY BRYCE (Vic) @ La Boheme SUN SEP 30 JULIA STONE (Syd) @ Bird In Hand Winery (Woodside) THU OCT 4 CANNIBAL CORPSE (US) DISENTOMB & ENTRAILS ERADICATED @ Fowler’s Live FRI OCT 5 MARTIKA (US) @ HQ SAT OCT 6 REGURGITATOR (QLD) & SENYAWA (Indonesia) @ Governor Hindmarsh THE AMITY AFFLICTION (Qld), THE GHOST INSIDE, ARCHITECTS & BURIED IN VERONA @ Thebarton Theatre SUN OCT 7 PARKLIFE: THE PRESETS, NERO LIVE, PASSION PIT, PLAN B and many more @ Botanic Pk TUE OCT 9 STEEL PANTHER (US) @ Thebarton Theatre JOE BONAMASSA (US) @ Her Majesty’s Theatre THU OCT 11 OH MERCY (Vic) @ Governor Hindmarsh FRI OCT 12 WARBRINGER (US) @ Enigma SAT OCT 13 SETH SENTRY (Vic) @ Fowler’s Live MON OCT 15 MUMFORD & SONS (UK), EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS & WILLY MASON @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre FRI OCT 19 MNEMIC (Denmark) @ Enigma Bar SAT OCT 20 BASTARDFEST 2012: FUCK… I’M DEAD (Vic), AVERSIONS CROWN (Qld), DISENTOMB (Qld) & A MURDER OF CROWS @ Fowler’s Live
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If Loon Lake’s music sounds familiar, it’s because it probably is. Nescafe and Holden have both picked up the band’s music and used it in recent advertising campaigns. It’s a perfect fit. The music is catchy without being irritating. It’s young and vibrant and contains a certain Australian-ness to the sound. “I know of a few people who have found out about us because of the commercials,” bass player Tim Lowe says. “It definitely helps. The wider the audience you get to the better.” Capitalising on their newfound fan-base, earlier this month the band released their second EP, slowly revealing it to the world one song at a time. “We did it over six weeks and gave away a track a week for free on our website,” Lowe says of its internet release. “We worked with a producer called Tony Buchen; that was really
WHO: Loon Lake WHAT: Thirty Three EP (Independent) WHERE: Jive WHEN: Fri Aug 10
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Thursday 9th ADELAIDE CASINO – Balcony Bar: Lucky Seven (8pm) ADELAIDE UNI BAR – Jinja Safari, Opossom and White Arrows ALMA TAVERN – Grind ARKABA HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Franky F (6pm) AUSTRAL – Bunka: F*** Me It’s Thursday with DJs BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) BOTANIC BAR – Big Bubba & Betty CAVAN HOTEL – karaoke with Shaggy & Margie (8.30pm) CAVERN CLUB – band night CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Complete Trivia CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Pumpometer and Costanza. Front Bar: DJ Paul Gurry CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – Steve Simon Potocnik DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Trivia Night (7.30pm) DUBLIN HOTEL – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) DUKE OF YORK – Beer Garden: DJ Mitchy Burnz. Front Room: Speakerboxx and DJ Skinny B ED CASTLE – Band Room: live bands (9pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – The Proj3cts (9pm) ELYSIUM LOUNGE – DJ Gumshoe EMPIRE POOL LOUNGE – poker night (9.30pm) EMU HOTEL – karaoke with MJay and Leeanne Storm (9pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Bianca Hendy, Just Us Here and Gypsy By Night
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – SPOKEN & SLURRED WORD WITH NADINE BROWN, INDIGO ELI AND ROYCE KUMELOUS GASLIGHT TAVERN – Front Bar: Groove Thursdays with Leo’s Lucky Dip Band GOLDEN GROVE TAVERN – Dino Jag Trio (8pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Kate Miller-Heidke and The Beards GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Tim Barry with Josh Small GRAND BAR – OMG HIGHWAY – The Attack (7pm) JETTY BAR – No Use For A DJ Name (8pm) LA BOHEME – French Connection with DJ Zooma (9pm) MARBLE BAR – Ladies Night with Dylan Sanders, VIP, Rupheo, Mike Wills, Ben Earle and Acid Please! MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker Poker (6.30pm) MARS BAR – VJBeeJay and guests (9pm) NORTHERN SOUND SYSTEM – Mega Sonic underage dance party (7pm) NORWOOD HOTEL – Open Mic Night ORIENTAL HOTEL – Blues & Roots Night PARADISE HOTEL – Complete Trivia PJ O’BRIENS – DJ Jak Morris PORTLAND HOTEL – DJs Cold One and Rabbit (9.30pm) PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Thirsty Thursday with DJ Tango
RAMSGATE HOTEL – THE WEATHER LADIES (9PM) RHINO ROOM – Comedy with host Elbow Skin (7.30pm) ROCKET BAR – 8 Bit Kidz featuring resident DJs Stubanger, Hank & Osk and the Powderoom Posse SUGAR – ITDE Deejays and interstate/international guests SUPERMILD – Revenge TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – Better Off Deaf Acoustics featuring She Said What, Holographic Charizard, Heath Anthony and Kyle Landman THE CUMBERLAND – Look At You with local DJs THE ELEPHANT – Complete Trivia
THE LION HOTEL – Clearway THE SOUL BOX – Jazz Jam Sessions featuring Soul & Pepper TONSLEY HOTEL – Katrina Caton (8.30pm) WEST ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB – KG’s Complete Trivia WHITMORE HOTEL – Rainbow Jam Sessions (7.30pm) WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music
Friday 10th ALMA TAVERN – Rock Out With Your C*ck Out AMBASSADORS HOTEL – Ambar Lounge: Souled Out Cocktail Sessions with DJ Jason Lee (5.30pm) ARCHER HOTEL – acoustic solos plus Jaki J (9pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Franky F (6pm) Johnny G (9pm) Sportys Bar & Arena: Rainbow Rothe (6pm) 2D (10pm) Top Room: The Nelson Twins Comedy Spectacular (8pm) AUSSIE INN HOTEL – karaoke (8pm) AUSTRAL – The Austral House Band perform Australian classics (7pm) BACCHUS BAR – Dino Jag (8.30pm) BARKER HOTEL – DJ Trix (9pm) BAR ON GOUGER – solo artists (5.30pm) DJ (9pm) BARTLEY TAVERN – DJ TKA BELAIR HOTEL – Lost & Found BELGIAN BEER CAFÉ – DJ Trent Slater BEERGARDEN: BRICKWORKS – Musos Jam with the Good Ol’ Boys Band (8.30pm) BLUE GUMS HOTEL – Fusion – The Perfect Blend karaoke and DJ (8pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Troy J Been, Prince Aaronak and Suckerpunch BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Bon ‘n’ All BRIDGEPORT HOTEL – Dance On BRIDGEWAY HOTEL – Envy North BRITISH HOTEL: PT ADELAIDE – Dusty Lee and Rachel Cearns Duo (6pm) BROADWAY HOTEL – DJ Sneaky Beats BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CALLINGTON HOTEL – Mick Kidd CAMEO BAR – After Hours with DJs DrDamage and guests CHURCH OF THE TRINITY – Sweet Baby James & Rob Eyers (7.30pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Front Bar: Carla Lippis (5pm) Ride Into The Sun DJs (1am) Upstairs: Juicy. Band Room: El Alamein, Nebraska, Stockades and The World At A Glance DOG & DUCK – DTF with D Foe, Krunk, Dom P, Ryley, Kid P and MC Jon-E DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING – Downtown with DJs Derek Lang, Eric Falcon and Lukky K DUBLIN HOTEL – Saba’s Friday (9pm) ED CASTLE – Full Tilt live bands and party DJs ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Trashbags with resident DJs Capt N Cook, Mangie and Terror Terror plus guests ELYSIUM LOUNGE – DJ Denorthwood and Hemilove EMPIRE POOL LOUNGE – DJ (8pm) EMU HOTEL – Cold Chisel tribute show East (8pm) ENIGMA – Ben David & The Banned, The Shadow League, Max Madman & The Heck Yeahs, Macicopa Wells and Til The Break ESPLANADE HOTEL – Acoustik EXETER HOTEL – Troy Harrison EXETER ON RUNDLE – Them Plasms, The Amcats and Smitty & B Goode FINDON HOTEL – karaoke FIRST COMMERCIAL HOTEL – Swap Sides (7pm)
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – EXPRESS THYSELF V FEATURING HANA BRENEKI, HELLBOUND & PROUD, JIM JENNINGS, PIERS DIPROSE AND PAUL GELDART
GARAGE BAR – Knock Offs (4pm) GASLIGHT TAVERN – Rockin’ Fridays with Heavyload d Jam Night GLYNDE HOTEL – karaoke GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Kate Miller-Heidke and The Beards (sold out) Front Bar: The Royal Gala GRACE EMILY HOTEL – The Timbers with Hills & Trains GRAND BAR – Flashback Fridays HAMPSTEAD HOTEL – Rockin’ Karaoke with Acca Dacca Mick (8pm) HEAVEN – Surreal Lounge: Funk’d Friday (10pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Hijinx with DJs Clarke & Krispy HIGHWAY – Friday arvo knock-offs HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – Boogie Nights with DJ Capital D and MC DV8 HOPE INN – Peter Jenkins Trio HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ DB HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Dimitra (7.30pm) HOTEL TIVOLI – Honey with DJs Pony Boy, Bunyip and Hands Solo (8pm) HQ – Newmarket: Es.Co (every second Friday) LA BOHEME – Smooth Groove with DJ Curtis (9pm) LAVISH – DJ Sok and DJ Spin Dokta LIGHTHOUSE HOTEL – Acoustic Jam LIMBO – resident DJs Japeye, Alley Oop and She Said LONDON TAVERN – Live Acoustic Weekly (5pm) Rewind Fridays with DJ Wolfman LORD MELBOURNE – karaoke with Laura Lee MARBLE BAR – Uni Night with DJs Junior, Hank and Osk (9pm) MARINA SUNSET BAR – live acoustic music MARION HOTEL – Mark Usher (6.30pm) MARS BAR – DJ VJBeeJay and guests (9pm) drag show (2am) MAYLANDS HOTEL – DJ Serreal (6pm) MICK O’SHEA’S – Acoustically Raw OAKS PLAZA PIER – Streaker ORIENTAL – Happy Leonards PJ O’BRIENS – Usual Suspects PORT DOCK BREWERY – Greg Wain PORTLAND HOTEL – karaoke (10.30pm)
RAMSGATE HOTEL – DJ SNAKE, DJ RUPHEO AND GUEST DJS (9PM) RED SQUARE – DJs Brendon, Gypkidd, Rubberteeth, Decker and Bollocks plus MC Dylan REX HOTEL – Theo (7pm) karaoke (8.30pm) RHINO ROOM – Comedy featuring Elbow Skin (7.30pm) Your Luck (9pm) ROB ROY HOTEL – Paul & Damien (6pm) DJ Smiley (9pm) ROCKET BAR – Abracadabra featuring resident DJs The Shiny Brights DJs SANDBAR – DJs Cold One, Rabbit, D’Amour and Skippy SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – DJ (8pm) SEAFORD HOTEL – Ed Law SEATON HOTEL – The Veine SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – The Flyers SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – DJ Clarke SOUTH ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB – Heath Solo STAG – Upstairs: DJ Huddy and T-Bone with urban and dance. Downstairs: DJ Joey C with retro SUGAR – TGI Funky with Ben Alibi and HMC SUPERMILD – live funk and DJs Zoran, G-Swift or Gumshoe SUZIE WONG’S ROOM – Pat Spins Out – A Vinyl Recollection (8pm) SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Nothing But ’90s with DJ V and MC Timmy Pine TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing requests TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – DJ Kieran TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – DJ Wolfman (9pm) TEA TREE GULLY GOLF CLUB – Linda McCarthy (7pm)
TEQUILA REA – Rude Not To! playing funky beats THE COVE TAVERN – E’nuf Said THE CUMBERLAND – A Little Bit Different featuring local acoustics and late night DJ THE DELI: THEBARTON – Pat The Rat (7pm) THE ELEPHANT – Frenzy and DJ Jak THE GOODY – DJ Gex (9pm) THE GRIFFINS – DJ Seamless (7.30pm) THE HAUS: HAHNDORF – DJ Marcus THE KINGS BAR – Friday On Your Mind with DJs plus Gentlemen’s Record Club first Friday of the month THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment THE SOUL BOX – Lazy Eye (8.30pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Chrysler Bar: UK Blitz (9.30pm) Tavern Bar: Andy Gray (4.45pm) Zkye & Damo (9pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Beej (9.30pm) UNION HOTEL – DJ Pauly ‘80s and ‘90s VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – Vic Fridays with DJs Marek and Michael Constant plus MC Kris WAKEFIELD HOTEL – DJ Electric T and guests WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Mairead Fagan and Coops & The Bird (9pm) WHITEHORSE INN – karaoke with Ally & Co WHITMORE HOTEL – The Blokes WOODCROFT TAVERN – Rock The Boss WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – DJs Deceed, J Rudd, Koops & Armac and AJ (8pm) ZHIVAGO – Skream DJs ZOOTZ – DJs Kym and guests
Saturday 11th ALMA TAVERN – MetroRetro ARCHER HOTEL – Upstairs: DJ Jaki J and The Bongo Man (10pm) Downstairs: Mark C (10pm) ARKABA HOTEL – Tavern Bar: Heidy De Ruyter (6pm) Sportys Bar & Arena: Dimitra (6pm) DJ Andy M (9.30pm) Top Room: New Romantics (8.30pm) AUSTRAL – Funktasm with DJs Anzac, Osyris and Batch (8pm)
The Wheaty John Riley meets The New Cabal ($10, doors 8.30pm)
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FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – SMITTY & B GOODE, COCK AND DIESEL WITCH GARAGE BAR – DJs Steve Daly, GTB, Bob Trott, J Tech, Jon E and Jason Lee (10pm) GASLIGHT TAVERN – karaoke with Mel & The Antman GEPPS CROSS HOTEL – karaoke disco with Craig Anthony GILBERT STREET HOTEL – DJ Mark (8pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Opa! Live #2 Greek Night. Front Bar: Spirit Of Alondray GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Raised By Eagles with James Kenyon GRAND BAR – Grand Bar Saturdays with DJ DMH and DJ Rupheo HACKNEY HOTEL – DJ HAMPSTEAD HOTEL – Gerry O HEAVEN – Clubland: 4 rooms of dance, electro, house, funk, R&B and pop (9pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Live & Loud presents HIGHWAY – Wasabi HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – Retro Saturdays with DJ V and MC Timmy Pine HOPE INN – karaoke (7pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ Sly HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Acoustic Reign (7.30pm) HOTEL TIVOLI – The Mash Up with DJ Paul Gurry (9pm) HQ – Inthemix Awards Tour 2012 featuring Andy Murphy and Chardy JIVE – The Jungle Giants and Toucan KINGSFORD HOTEL: GAWLER – karaoke LA BOHEME – DJ Tr!p and DJ Anthony alternate (9pm) LAKES RESORT HOTEL – Redline
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RED SQUARE – RNB Superclub RHINO ROOM – Fourwords (9pm) ROB ROY HOTEL – Stereo Saturdays with DJ Electric T (8pm) ROCKET BAR – Bananas: Track Team and Japeye SANDBAR – requests with DJs SANTIAGO – Hussyboy (8.30pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic sessions
ALMA TAVERN – Sunday School with The Idle Saints AUSTRAL – Basically Maate! with DJ Staplehead (8pm) BACCHUS BAR – Crunchtime (5pm) BEERGARDEN: BRICKWORKS – Musos Jam with the Good Ol’ Boys Band (2pm) every first and third Sunday of the month BENJAMIN ON FRANKLIN – Courtyard: DJ Mule (4pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt BOTANIC BAR – Eric The Falcon BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Whiskey Harbour (4pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – all ages show DOG & DUCK – Sneaky Sundays with Jak Morris DUBLIN HOTEL – No Use For A DJ Name (9pm) DUCK INN: COROMANDEL VALLEY – Shannon ED CASTLE – Beer Garden: Acoustic Sundays (2pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – Fractal EXETER ON RUNDLE – Magnetic Garden
They’ve played with Jack Ladder, Leader Cheetah and even won this year’s Laneway Festival band competition. Now Steering By Stars are taking things up a notch by embarking on their first national tour to celebrate the release of their latest single, Ties That Bind.
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SEBEL PLAYFORD – Black Caviar SHOTZ BAR – DJ Chris Pike SKYBAR – DJ Spin Dokta and DJ Demize SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – Triplescore STAG – Upstairs: DJs Huddy and Jase with urban and dance. Downstairs: DJ Kieran and David James SUGAR – Prince Aaronak, Driller, Derek Lang plus a host of international guests SUPERMILD – Treasure Island DJs SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Shuffle TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing retro and requests TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – DJ Kieran TEQUILA REA – Bongo Madness with guest DJs THE CUMBERLAND – Launch Pad featuring local DJs THE ELEPHANT – Triple X and DJ G-Rillz THE GOODY – DJ Dante and interactive games night (9pm) THE HAUS: HAHNDORF – DJ Marcus and friends THE GRIFFINS – DJ playing house tunes THE KINGS BAR – Clever Cuts with Andrew Barker, Alley Oop and Adriaan Van Der Ploeg (8pm) THE LION HOTEL – Hairy Lemon THE SOUL BOX – Variety Show (10pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Two Hard Basket (8.30pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Zkye & Damo (9.30pm) TOWER HOTEL – DJ Live Duo UNION HOTEL – DJ Cloak & Dagga VALLEY INN – karaoke (weekly prizes) WALKERS ARMS HOTEL – DJ Sessions (9pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – David Knight and Cal Williams Jr (9pm) WILLUNGA HOTEL – Three Star General WINDSOR HOTEL – Twenty Flight Rock WINSTON’S BAR – DJ Miss Red and MC Marcus WOODCROFT TAVERN – karaoke (8pm) WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – DJs Kontrol, C4, Deceed, J Rudd, Lush and Koops (8pm) ZHIVAGO – High Heels DJs ZOOTZ – DJs Kym and guests
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Steering By Stars.
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LIMBO – resident DJs Delux, The Swiss DJs and Paul Glen LONDON TAVERN – DJs Captiv8, Justice, Soundflex, AJ and MC Renard (10pm) LOUISIANA TAVERN – Platinum DJs MARBLE BAR – I <3 MB: Rupheo, VIP, Kindred, Acid Please and Ben Earle plus national and international guests MARINA SUNSET BAR – DJs playing the best in house and electro MARION HOTEL – Franky F (5.30pm) One Planet (8.30pm) MARS BAR – VJ Beejay and guest (9pm) drag show (2am) MICK O’SHEA’S – The Highlights NORWOOD HOTEL – Michael Venner Band (9pm) NORWOOD LIVE – Rai Thistlethwayte (7.30pm) OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: DJ Justice, DJ Skot Holder and MC Mischief ORIENTAL – DJ PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Australian Elvis Show PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – The Road Runners PJ O’BRIENS – Unknown To Man
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GASLIGHT TAVERN – The Gaslight Tavern Presents: Sebastian Scott, Paul Reading, Robert Ernst and Eric Stevenson (2pm every third Sunday of the month) GENERAL HAVELOCK – Eddie (Wasabi) (4pm) GLENELG SURF CLUB – La Mar Sundays GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Liz Tobias Farewell Concert GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Hawking with Brenton Manser & The Disciples Of Zen
The Guide // HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Sunday Sessions plus Poker 888 double header free register (2.30pm) $10 buy in (6.30pm) HIGHWAY – Wasabi and The Happy Lennards (alternate weeks) HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – Tom Williams HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – NPL Poker (6.30pm) HQ – Soho: Garden Grooves with Jazzy James, Professor X and Damage JAM THE BISTRO – DJ Tango LAKES RESORT HOTEL – I Mike & The Pods LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – Pembo’s Radio Show Band MARINA SUNSET BAR – Sunset Sessions featuring live acoustic music MARION HOTEL – Southern Sundays with Little Wing (3pm) MARS BAR – VJK classic video hits MICK O’SHEA’S – Fig Jam Duo OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Unknown To Man Duo ORIENTAL – 2 Up Duo PORT DOCK BREWERY – Lady Voo Doo & The Rituals PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Summer Sundays Sessions with DJ Chillax
RAMSGATE HOTEL – BRIAN RUIZ (4PM) BEN KILSBY (7.30PM) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Dino Jag Trio (7.30pm) SAILMASTER TAVERN – Heath Solo SANDBAR – Noise Baby! featuring DJs D’Amour, Skippy, Edgar Roex, Chris Charleson, Paul Marshman and Touche plus weekly guests (6pm) SANTIAGO – industry recovery cocktail party with DJs Toffee, Jimmy Contact, Elliot Ness and percussion (4pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic soloists SEMAPHORE PALAIS – The Incredibles SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – Shades Of Blue SUGAR – Mods, Driller and Nu Jeans TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – Acoustic Sessions TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – Wooly THE LION HOTEL – Acoustic Sessions and DJ Reelax THE MAID – acoustic Sunday sessions (4pm) THE SOUL BOX – Rhumboogie (4.30pm) WELLINGTON HOTEL: WELLINGTON – Sunday Sessions: live music on the banks of the Murray (3pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Vincent’s Chair Trio (4pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Smoke ‘n’ Mirrors ZHIVAGO – Black Cherry DJs ZOOTZ – Salsa night (every second week)
Monday 13th ALMA TAVERN – poker night (6.30pm) AUSSIE INN HOTEL – Complete Trivia AVOCA HOTEL – Schnitty & Trivia Night (7pm) BARTLEY TAVERN – Complete Trivia BOATHOUSE TAVERN: TAPEROO – Complete Trivia BRIDGEWAY HOTEL – Complete Trivia BULL & BEAR – Muso’s Jam (8pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Coop & The Bird (7pm) EMBASSY HOTEL – karaoke EXETER ON RUNDLE – Hi, My Name Is Reclusive Author Thomas Pynchon FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – Scott Kennedy Open Mic
GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Ultimate Quiz featuring Graham Lawrence (7pm) OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Jake The Snake (8pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Complete Trivia RHINO ROOM – One Mic Stand open mic comedy ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Jam Night (8pm) S-BAR – karaoke SUGAR – Big Bubba and Eric The Falcon THE LION HOTEL – Brian Ruiz, Troy Loakes and Paul Vallen TOWER HOTEL – Complete Trivia WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Coma Winter Sessions (8pm)
Tuesday 14th ARKABA HOTEL – Top Room: Adelaide Comedy featuring Eddie Ifft (8pm) AUSSIE INN HOTEL – Complete Trivia BOTANIC BAR – Ash Wilson BRITISH HOTEL: PT ADELAIDE – Fame Trivia (6.30pm) CAVAN HOTEL – Complete Trivia CROWN & ANCHOR – Industry Night with DJs Stevie & Duncan DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Irish Sessions (8pm) DRUIDS HALL – Bachata lessons (6.30pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Like Leaves DJs
FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – DJ NATES’S TECHNO TUNES GASLIGHT TAVERN – The Blues Lounge At The Gaslight GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Uke Night for beginners GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Pub Cinema HIGHWAY – movie night (8.30pm) LIVE ON LIGHT SQUARE – Tuesday Night Jazz featuring The Chris Soole Quartet MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker (6.30pm) PARADISE HOTEL – Memory Lane Trivia PJ O’BRIENS – Davy T’s Music Trivia (7.30pm) SEAFORD HOTEL – trivia SUGAR – CU Next Tuesday with Sonny Side-Up and Driller THE COVE TAVERN – Complete Trivia THE GOODY – Complete Trivia THE GRIFFINS – fresh, funky and progressive tunes THE KINGS BAR – Old Skool Funk with Nixon and Penfold. Back Bar: APL poker THE LION HOTEL – Acoustic Sessions THE PORT CLUB – Complete Trivia TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Trivia Tuesday (7pm) VINE INN: NURIOOTPA – Complete Trivia WHITMORE HOTEL – Acoustic Raw Jam WINDSOR HOTEL – Complete Trivia WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music
Wednesday 15th ALBION HOTEL – Albie Char Char Trivia (7pm) BAR ON GOUGER – Acoustic After Dark
BOTANIC BAR – Gemma BROADWAY HOTEL – It’s Like A House Party with DJ Sneaky Beats CALEDONIAN HOTEL – Salsa Underground (8pm) CAMBRIDGE BALCONY BAR – Triplescore Lite CENTRAL DISTRICTS FOOTBALL CLUB – Complete Trivia CHALLA GARDENS HOTEL – Complete Trivia CHRISTIES BEACH HOTEL – Complete Trivia COLONNADES TAVERN – Memory Lane Trivia (12.30pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – DJ Tr!p DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – Dan’s Open Mic Night (7.30pm) DOM POLSKI CENTRE – salsa lessons (6.30pm) DRAGONFLY BAR & DINING – Bento (What’s in Yo’ Box?!) EXCHANGE HOTEL: GAWLER – Live Music Exchange (7.30pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Curtis FINDON HOTEL – Complete Trivia FIRST COMMERCIAL HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm)
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FORRESTERS & SQUATTERS ARMS HOTEL – SUNNYBOY AL’S KRAZY KARAOKE GASLIGHT TAVERN – The Musicians Playground At The Gaslight GLENELG FOOTBALL CLUB – KG’s Complete Trivia GLYNDE HOTEL – NPL Poker (6.30pm and 10.30pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Front Bar: Open Mic Night GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Michaela Burger with Kirk Watt HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Sports Bar: 888 Poker (7.30pm) Dining: Complete Trivia (7.30pm) HIGHWAY – The Combi Room featuring Gabrielle Hyde HOLDFAST HOTEL – Nonstop Dance Party with DJs Mike Wills & VIP HQ – Flashdance Sunglasses At Night Party JETTY BAR – karaoke LA BOHEME – The New Cabal (9pm) LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – DJs (9pm) MANSIONS – live band karaoke MARION HOTEL – Adelaide Comedy featuring Eddie Ifft (8pm) MARS BAR – VJK Experience (9pm) MICK O’SHEA’S – Celtic Connection OAKS PLAZA PIER – Pier One Bar: Open mic (7.30pm) ORIENTAL – DJ
RAMSGATE HOTEL – DANNY CLEARWAY (9PM) SEAFORD HOTEL – karaoke SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – karaoke SUGAR – Mixed Tape with Lauren Rose, Ferris Mular and Mr Whiskas SUPERMILD – It’s Wednesday Now! with local bands THE GOODY – Kickstart DJs THE KINGS BAR – DJ Yusef Wilson THE LION HOTEL – Proton Pill and Snooks La Vie THE SOUL BOX – Pete Jenkins Band Jam (8.30pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – quiz night (7pm) TOWER HOTEL – Uni Night with DJ Dom P TOWER TAVERN: RENMARK – Complete Trivia UNION HOTEL – Eddie Trainor WOOLSHED: ON HINDLEY – Creating Styles Karaoke (9pm) WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music ZHIVAGO – Dripping In Gold DJs
Name: Josh Venue: The Wheaty, 39 George St, Thebarton Your drink: Green Flash West Coast IPA. Come here if: You like good beer and good whiskey. Have to try: Uncommon Bacon Brown Ale. Coming up: John Riley meets The New Cabal Thu Aug 16, $10 at the door, doors open at 8.30pm.
Rip It Up endeavours to provide an accurate guide, however, takes no responsibility for out-of-date listings. Gig Guide submissions and any changes can be sent to Kate Mickan katemickan@ripitup.com.au, faxed on 08 7129 1058 or care of the RIU address, Gig Guide deadline is Thursdays at 5pm. Please contact venues for any further information regarding the booked acts.
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Howling Like A Wolf Restless Dance Company, this country’s leading dance company for those with a disabilty, have teamed up with other disability organisations Tutti Incorporated, No Strings Attached Theatre Of Disability and Company@ to present Howling Like A Wolf at Queen’s Theatre. t’s a work about the chaos of human interaction and how we prepare for it, which has been put together by director and musician Zoe Barry. “Well it’s always the dancers that really make the work,” she counters. “They choreographed it all but I’m directing it. And it all came from a weekend workshop we did about two years ago. Restless had invited Rawcus Theatre, a great disability theatre company from Melbourne, to do a general, open workshop. And it was opened up to all the Restless dancers as well as Tutti. “And it was such a great weekend and everything worked so well and everyone came up with such interesting work that we immediately thought, with the four [local] companies working together, we should make some kind of show.
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“And the dancers have all loved creating their own work while taking some direction from me,” she continues. “It’s all come from setting them tasks and giving them concepts, sound and texts that they’ve responded to physically. They’ve also done a lot of creative writing as well and have responded to that process really well. The dancers really own the work now and have been really interested in coming up with their own material as well.” Howling Like A Wolf will also boast lighting and design by Geoff Cobham, music by Jed Palmer and costumes by Mariot Kerr. “It’s a real dream team,” Barry suggests. “Geoff has a real vision for the set design and lighting. And Jed’s been working in film a lot over the last few years doing sound design and composition. So his music for Howling Like A Wolf has a very filmic quality to it. It has some great layers and textures with influences from the BBC Radio Workshop which was responsible for the Doctor Who theme from the ’60s. “And Mariot Kerr is a great costume designer,” she continues. “Di Morris has worked as the costume designer with Restless for a number of years but is having a break. So we got Mariot in as costume designer for this show. She’s mainly a costume designer for film, but she’s put a really beautiful aesthetic to the show because she’s found a way of
transforming the dancers into creature-like people. “And a lot of the inspiration for the show came from the work of French neurologist Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne [who used electric probes to stimulate face muscles]. He was from the late 1800s and the costumes are inspired by that era, although it never looks like a period piece. It’s looks like urban streetwear. And there’s a beautiful sense of structure as well and a real sense of the performers transforming throughout the show.” There will be 18 dancers involved in the production. “Yeah, it’s a big cast,” Barry notes, “because there’s dancers from Restless’ youth ensemble and invited guests from the other companies. So it looks like quite a crowd when they’re all together on stage. It’s quite a mass of people, so at times it looks like a densely populated space but we also pull it back to just focus on one or two of the dancers or a small group. “And they are so fit and ready to go,” she then adds with a chuckle. While there is yet to be any discussion about touring the work, Barry is ever hopeful. “That would be great because sometimes it’s only after you’ve staged something that you can look back and reflect on it. By having a full season, you learn so much.
Queen’s Theatre Restless Dance Company is no stranger to Queen’s Theatre, the oldest known theatre on Australia’s mainland, as they have used the venue on a number of occasions. “It’s very evocative,” Zoe Barry says of the performance space. “And we’re using it in quite a different way than we have in the past. Restless have performed there a lot and Geoff Cobham also knows the space well, so we thought about ways we could stage Howling Like A Wolf differently and how best to tell the show’s story.”
“And that’s happened to me with Patch Theatre Company,” she says of the local children’s theatre company that now tours overseas. “We’ve just come back from Washington doing Emily Loves To Bounce and we’ve toured that everywhere over the last five years and it’s had so many seasons that you can really hone it down to exactly how it should be. “So, hopefully, we can maybe stage Howling Like A Wolf interstate in the future,” she concludes. WHAT: Howling Like A Wolf WHERE: Old Queen’s Theatre WHEN: Sat Aug 17 - Sun Aug 23
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Film // Cosmopolis (MA) Director David Cronenberg’s second movie this year (after A Dangerous Method) is drawn by the cult Canadian auteur from the ‘unfilmable’ Don DeLillo novel, and proves a hard movie to take in, discuss and like. The icy, constipatedlooking Robert Pattinson (continuing his unusual choices outside that ghastly Twilight franchise) is the icy, constipated-looking Eric Packer, a Wall St billionaire who decides to head through NY for a haircut, his futuristic white limo serving as a barrier to the world outside as civil unrest looms, an ‘Occupy’-like movement (that utilises dead rats as their symbol) makes its presence felt and strange characters join him within for conversations about the joys of capitalism and his hopeless alienation. There’s: uneasy friend
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Shiner ( Jay Baruchel); a mysterious adviser (Samantha Morton) justifying the horrible way that Eric behaves in smiling speeches; an angry employee (Emily Hampshire), whom he quizzes as his doctor gives him a prostate exam; would-be wife Elise Shifrin (Sarah Gadon), one of the few people he leaves the limo for; and scarily sexy art dealer Didi Fancher ( Juliette Binoche in a mere cameo), appearing early for feral sex. As psycho as psychological dramas get, this has strong playing from the whole cast (almost all of whom are really awful people) and makes daring and even shocking statements about the ugliest aspects of contemporary life. However, and unfortunately, studies of heartlessness are usually damn heartless themselves, and this, in the style of some of Cronenberg’s earlier, gooier pics, is also as cold as a motherfucker. Mad Dog Bradley
Adelaide Cinémathèque 2012 Mercury Cinema
The retrospective Converging Histories: Films Of Claire Denis continues at the Merc on Thu Aug 9 at 7.30pm with Beau Travail (1999, M, and surely this director’s best-known pic), on Mon Aug 13 at 7.30pm with 35 Shots Of Rum (2008, R) and, finally, on Thu Aug 16 at 7.30pm with White Material (2009, MA). Cinémathèque details: mercurycinema.org.au.
Masters Of Hollywood: Casablanca Event Cinemas Marion
The next ‘Masters Of Hollywood’ offering happens at Event Cinemas Marion on Mon Aug 13, with drinks and canapés at 6pm and one of the most beloved movies ever, Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca (1942), screening at 7pm. Tickets are $28, and check out eventcinemas.com.au for more.
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The second Norwegian pic based upon a Jo Nesbø book released this year (after Headhunters), scripter/director Magnus Martens’ awfully black, even splattery comedy is actually rather stronger than that previous film, with a more worrisomely funny tone and a sweetly gormless protagonist. Oscar Svendsen (Kyrre Hellum) is located beneath the corpse of a jumbo-issue stripper after the pole dancing joint-cum-porno emporium ‘Pink Heaven’ is shot up before and during the opening credits, and he relates the story of how he got there to the unconvinced Inspector Solor (Henrik Mestad). It all began when Oscar, who manages a Christmas tree-manufacturing firm and frequently employs ex-cons, was unwisely talked into being the fourth in a Soccer Pools ticket and then, when the quartet won 1,739,361 kroner, the bodies started to pile up, with pal Tor (Mads Ousdal), dim Dan (Andreas Cappelen) and scary psycho Billy (the excellent Arthur Berning) at each other’s throats as some almost slapstick (splatstick?) gore spurts. Headhunters had a corporate bastard as its lead, but this sharper, simpler tale is made frightening fun by Svendsen’s performance as a hapless fool, and while, for obvious reasons, some might, at the moment, shrink from the idea of any film that makes a dicey joke out of murder, there is still nothing quite like sitting through a bloody comedy such as this to happily remind you that, yes indeed, you’re frail, vulnerable and oh-so-mortal. And that (sorry) violence can be funny - especially when it isn’t happening to you. Mad Dog Bradley
Director/bit-player Wayne Blair’s filming of co-scripter Tony Briggs’ play is occasionally clunky, contrived and cheap-looking, but even so, the casting is so strong that it’s a bona fide, unashamed audience-pleaser anyway. After a crucial sequence set in the Cummeragunja Mission in 1958, we flash forward to 1968, where sisters Gail (Deborah Mailman), Cynthia (Miranda Tapsell) and sneaking-in youngest Diana ( Jessica Mauboy) enter a pub talent show with their spirited renditions of country classics. They don’t win but boozy emcee-cum-talent scout Dave (Chris O’Dowd from The IT Crowd and Bridesmaids) is impressed, and in one of several credibility gaps and script conveniences (that probably stuck out less on the stage) they convince him to be their manager and after a name and costume change, a switch to soul music and the problematic addition of cousin Kay (Shari Sebbens), the gang have won themselves a spot entertaining the troops in Vietnam, and soon have bars and camps full of GIs on their feet as they belt out What A Man and other classics in the face of much danger. Awkwardly theatrical at times, this nevertheless has a great soundtrack, fine cinematography from Samson And Delilah director Warwick Thornton, a sweetly comic turn from O’Dowd, a tricky but welcome contrast between the American Civil Rights struggle of the ‘60s and the predicament of Australian Aboriginals, and fabulous, spirited playing from the four gals, with the most established player, Mailman, matched by her soul sisters. Mad Dog Bradley
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Step Up 4: Miami Heat (PG) With shows like So You Think You Can Dance and Everybody Dance Now becoming regular features on Australian television, simple headspins and flips are no longer enough to pull a crowd for yet another dance flick; we’ve seen it all before, and Lord knows the plots weren’t enough to fill seats, so it’s a relief to see that the team behind Step Up 4: Miami Heat have indeed ‘stepped up’ to the challenge and delivered something worth the price of admission. The story is as formulaic as ever: poor boy falls for his boss’s daughter and together they use an online video competition to dance out their protestations over Daddy’s new development, but this fourth spin is about dancing in a way that the other films weren’t. While the previous Step Ups have been all about the dancer and teeming with selfserving street attitude, this instalment finally focuses on dance as an art form. For the first time since the franchise shimmied onto the big screen the choreography takes centre stage and, thanks to choreographer Chuck Maldonado, it’s remarkable. Completely implausible, but remarkable all the same. The way past characters are reintroduced during the final routine brings a sense of finality to the series, which, although a relief, would almost be a shame now that they’ve gotten it right, but the shameless sell-out of a final scene lends assurance that the flicks will keep coming as long as the money does. Dance flick fans rejoice: here’s another one. Kat McCarthy
Opening But Unrated Co-writer/director Richard Linklater, in his first film since Me And Orson Welles, helms Bernie (M), a factually-based comedic drama starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey. And director Jay (Dinner For Schmucks) Roach handles The Campaign (M), a political-ish comedy featuring Will Ferrell (also a producer), Zach Galifianakis (also a producer too), Jason Sudeikis, Dylan McDermott, Brian Cox, John Lithgow and dear old Dan Aykroyd.
Seniors On Screen Mercury Cinema
This week’s SOS happening, on Fri Aug 9 at 11pm, is a screening of writer/ director Aki Kaurismaki’s underrated Finnish/French Le Havre (PG). Details: mercurycinema.org.au.
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Cooking With Dennis Leslie Executive Chef The Brasserie
Picking up from last week’s tart cases, here’s a recipe for a filling. I’m not a dessert fan and I hardly eat sweet things, but I force myself to learn pastry items and this was a great starting point for me as a young cook. Custards are probably one of the first things that are taught in trade schools, a good way to learn patience and temperature control!
Baked Orange & Cardamom Custard Tart / Makes 12 720ml cream 1tblspn Grand Marnier 5cm piece of ginger (finely sliced) 5 cardamom pods (crushed)
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Barossa Gourmet Weekend Jacob’s Creek Visitor Centre will be showcasing the best of the region next weekend at the 2012 NAB Barossa Gourmet Festival from Sat Aug 18 - Sun Aug 19 alongside 22 wineries offering food and world famous wines. Jacob’s Creek will be offering wine and food combinations over the weekend for as little as $15 such as Thai green chicken curry, honey glazed Keyneton free-range pork belly or seared Hervey Bay scallops with stir fry vegetables and buckwheat soba noodles. Sound good? Book yourself a LinkSA Shuttle Bus service ticket for just $25 per day to allow yourself multiple pick-up and drop-off points throughout the Barossa during the weekend. For more information head to barossa.com. WHAT: Barossa Gourmet Weekend WHERE: Jacob’s Creek Visitor Centre, Barossa Valley WHEN: Sat Aug 18 – Sun Aug 19 from 11.30am – 3.30pm
Booze Clues with Louis Schofield
NV Adria Vetriano o Prosecco Region: Veneto, Italy Variety: 100% prosecco Price: $25 Closure: Cork Drink: With hard cheesee and dried fruit.
Perryman’s Artisan Bakery North Adelaide’s famous bakery, Perryman’s Artisan Bakery, has now expanded its chain with a new store on Grote St conveniently situated right next to the Rip It Up offices. You know what this means. Daily streusels, ermagherd! The German-derived bakery, opened just two weeks ago, features a range of freshly delivered pastries made at its home base on Tynte St including pies, pasties, cakes, apple turnovers and of course
the streusels. There’s also an extensive cocktail food list that they bake to order including a range of sweet and savouries like Thai chicken sausage rolls and miniature vanilla slices. WHAT: Perryman’s Artisan Bakery WHERE: 42 Grote St, Adelaide WHEN: Mon – Fri 8am – 5pm, Sat 9am – 3pm CONTACT: 7226 2495
1 cinnamon stick 14 small egg yolks 80g caster sugar 1 orange zest ½ of the short crust pastry recipe (in last week’s food page)
As a classic Italian sparkling kling ing n style, prosecco is generally lly lly ly softer and has more fruit flavour than other sparkling wines. This dry wine shows lovely apple and floral notes and is a great value imported bubbles to have with lighter foods like cheese and dried fruit, or just a delicious drink when the budget doesn’t stretch as far as champagne. All beverages featured in Booze Clues are available from East End Cellars at 22-26 Vardon Ave, Adelaide.
Method 1. Place the cream, Grand Marnier, ginger, cardamom and cinnamon sticks in a saucepan and bring to boil. Once boiled, place it in jug and refrigerate. 2. The next day reheat the cream in the sauce pan to boil. Once boiled add the orange zest and set aside for five minutes. After five minutes strain the cream mixture. 3. Put the egg yolks in a large mix bowl and whisk together then add the sugar and whisk until combined thoroughly. 44. Pour the cream mix into the egg mix aand whisk through. 55. Put a pot of water on to simmer large eenough to hold ¾ of the bowl on top of tthe pot. Place the bowl on top of the pot aand using a temperature resistant rubber sspatula, mix the egg and cream mixture. 66. Cook on this double boiler for about 112-15 minutes or until the mixture is tthick, with no lumps. Use the spatula tto scrape the sides of the bowl. Do not aat any time allow the bowl to touch the water, it will overcook the egg. w 77. Remove from the heat once you have the ccorrect thickness and whisk for a couple of minutes to cool. Refrigerate overnight. m 8. Place the custard into a piping bag and pipe into the tart shells. 9. Sprinkle evenly with caster sugar then brule with a torch gun until golden.
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Stars // Aries 21.03/20.04 Though getting your foundations down feels quite tenuous, your spiritedness is being supported by the mood of the moment. Dance and roar and dance some more. Your ability to find beauty and balance is going to happen by full-blooded experiment, not by wondering.
Scorpio 24.10/21.11 There’s no escaping communication. It doesn’t matter how many times you want to go sideways, reverse, or run to the hills, what’s to be said needs to be said and what’s to be heard needs to be heard. The irony is always that both fears and hopes are wrong. Be real.
Sagittarius 22.11/21.12 Now is not the moment to get flaky. A roar is much more relevant and right than a whimper or a whisper. That which is disguising itself as sensitivity may well be avoidance. Astrologically it would be better for you to be more lion than fish. Be hearty, proud and loud.
Cancer 22.06/22.07 After having dipped into the shadows for a while, you are taking tentative steps towards joining your friends. Sidle up to your tribe, in whatever way feels comfortable and effective. If you are milling around with the appropriate folks, your essence will be nourished.
Capricorn 22.12/19.01 It’s a wise goat who digs deep to find out what his or her intuition, soul or deepest current of being is suggesting. You may have to enter a place or state of relative silence to hear the stirrings of your own spirit. Clear the clutter of other’s ideas. Grab hold of your own.
Leo 23.07/22.08 Mercury has just entered Leo to be with the sun. Mercury gives the capacity to be both brilliant of insight or tangle oneself in a fur ball of woolly arguments. The trick with Mercury, and he is tricky, is to keep your perception pure and fresh. See what is here now.
Visions For Now Three contemporary moving image artists, Thom Buchanan, Leith Matson and Bridgette Minuzzo, present new large-scale works responding to the vastly different landscapes we can find ourselves
in the group exhibition Visions For Now. The works range feature video installation art, sculpture, sound collaborations with local musicians and digital projections as part of SALA’s 2012 Moving Image Project.
WHAT: Visions For Now WHERE: Artspace Gallery, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide WHEN: Fri Aug 10 - Sun Sep 2
Aquarius 20.01/18.02 As relationship issues slowly start to come off the boil, so you can spend more time and energy on your craft. Some would call it labour but that implies drudgery. Since so much of our life goes into work, to turn it into craft and extract measureless joy is a good move.
Virgo 23.08/22.09 With your planet, Mercury, having entered Leo, there’s suddenly a fire in your derriere that gets you moving. There’s a certain urgency to your actions. There will be no prevaricating about priorities, they are suddenly obvious. Put on what you have been putting off.
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Saturn finds a friend in Venus. Discipline, in the true sense of the word, turns to love. You can feel the benefits and they make you happy. This comes about from putting what you want into place. If you haven’t yet, you soon will. Marry action with delight. Do it now.
Gemini 21.05/21.06 Life is giving you the steering wheel. Are you ready for it? You still have Jupiter and Venus in your midst, which opens you up for pretty much anything. There is power in your actions. They are likely to have an effect, so it is appropriate to apply plenty of awareness.
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Libra 23.09/23.10
Taurus 21.04/20.05 Having wielded some authority, now it’s time to get philosophical about the position you took and what you’ve done. There’s plenty of oxygen for these ruminations. In the right company they will be fun and fruitful. There’s not too much distance between head and heart.
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Pisces 19.02/20.03 The Moon charges you up. As she lights your heart, so she makes you aware of all those things and people in your life that are not in tune with your heart. Awareness is a doubleedged sword! Be discerning as well as sensitive. These are transformative times. Use them well.
Atul Bhalla, Submerged Again, 2005
Khai Liew & Bruce Nuske, Bruce, 2010
Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum Of Art
Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum Of Art
55 North Tce, Adelaide Irrational And Idiosyncratic: Khai Liew & Bruce Nuske Until Sun Sep 30
55 North Tce, Adelaide Beyond The Self: Contemporary Portraiture From Asia Until Sun Sep 30
One of Australia’s most respected furniture designers Khai Liew and internationally recognised ceramicist Bruce Nuske have collaborated to present Irrational And Idiosyncratic, a body of seven works inspired by the 19th century European response to all things oriental. Employing artistic mediums such as wood and clay, the resulting dialogue between the two mediums bodes for intricate and beautiful results.
The use and manipulation of the artist’s own image has become prevalent in contemporary art across the Asian region. Beyond The Self explores this, touching upon the ever-changing representation of the ‘self ’ in current South and Southeast Asian visual art practice. Bringing together painting, photography, sculpture, drawing, installation and media works, Beyond the Self looks at the transformative possibility of portraiture through art from the early 2000s to the present, created by artists from Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines.
Let your inner artist run wild at DEPARTURE: In the studio. Experience art after-hours and live entertainment. Enjoy fabulous food and open bar.
DEPARTURE
Art Gallery of South Australia Friday 24 August, 6–10 pm $60 / $45 members
BOOK NOW artgallery.sa.gov.au/departure Installation view Deep Space: New acquisitions from the Australian contemporary art collection Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, featuring Yhonnie Scarce
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Harris Scarfe New Spring/Summer Range A super-charged nautical themed spring/summer collection has opened entire new set of colours, prints, cuts and ideas to Harris Scarfe. Channelling timeless style icons like Brigitte Bardot and Sophia Loren, Harris Scarfe have attempted to encapsulate what everyone desires most – a Mediterranean summer escape. The four in-house designed labels - Luca & Marc, Khoko, Inspry Signature and Savannah - team well to achieve both the latest runway looks and
classic styles, offering a strong presence in clashing prints (polka dots and stripes together at last!), bold colours and contrasting textures. This daring new collection, and the promise of a sparkling new store in Rundle Mall in the not-too-distant future, may be the first of many surprises that see a new vibrancy and spark from Harris Scarfe. To see the full range of Harris Scarfe’s spring/summer collection, visit harrisscarfe.com.au.
Burberry Brit Summer Editions Fashion Avenue Fashion Avenue is back for another year, this year adding local designers to the runway in conjunction with leading national designers. Pride Models will fly in their top models from New York, Paris and Sydney to participate in the event, where new season collections from national designers Alannah Hill, Gorman, Joveeba, Morrison and Alex Perry and local designers Camero, Finders Keepers, Keepsake, Jophiel and Angel Wings will be showcased. Pride Models director and Fashion Avenue founder Christabel Dundon commented on how Fashion Avenue has become a “prestigious night of style and glamour, transforming our fashion calendar and really showcasing our city’s style”. Held on the first day of spring, Fashion Avenue will give an insight into what is to come for the new season, but Dundon urges to book quickly as “tickets are selling fast, so we encourage people to book in advance to ensure they don’t miss out!”. Fashion Avenue is held on Sat Sep 1 at the Queen’s Theatre. For more information and tickets visit fashionavenue.com.au.
The last few weeks have seen brief but very welcome re-appearances of sunshine in Adelaide. If you’re clamouring for spring and summer’s imminent arrival, what better way to prepare than with Burberry Brit Summer edition perfumes? Inspired by the colour palette from the northern hemisphere’s spring/summer runway collection, Burberry Brit Summer is now available in perfumeries and department stores in Australia. As always, the ‘Brit’ line is characterised by elegant presentation, freshness and subtlety and day long performance, with signature scents for both men and women.
Burberry Brit Summer Edition for Men
Burberry Brit Summer Edition for Women
Eau de Toilette 100ml, $89 Created by Antoine Moisondleu and Sonio Constant, bringing a delightful kick of fresh lime, cardamom, green mandarin and ginger. Heart notes are composed of cedar wood, wild rose and patchouli, with a base of vetiver essence, white musk, oriental woods and tonka beans.
Eau de Toilette 100ml, $89 Created by perfumer Natalie Garcia-Cetto and features crisp top notes of green almond, pear, Japanese green tea and fresh Italian lime, heart notes of sweet almond and white peony and base notes of warming mahogany, amber and white musk.
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Playback Paramount Transmission / MA / 95mins
Evil videotapes or films are hardly a new idea (the so-called subgenre ‘J-Horror’ offers surely the last word on the whole notion with the variously remade Ringu films, and then there’s One Missed Call too - or even the ghastly Adelaide-shot Cut!), and yet this pretentiously trashy horror from writer/ director Michael A Nickles tediously goes in for the whole damn thing again. A malicious gaggle of indistinguishable high schoolers and tossy film students headed by douchebag ‘director’ Julian ( Johnny Pacar) are just asking for trouble as they set about to cinematically recreate a hushed-up local murder/suicide from the ‘80s, and they get it too, with an evil supernatural figure from the Silent Era who was actually some kind of Satanist (or something) released from the beyond by their camera-waving shenanigans (and endless whining and posing) and occasionally leaping out of the screen to possess anyone stupid enough to be watching. And, although he’s prominently listed in the credits, the ever-dire Christian Slater has a bizarrely stapled-in role as a kinky ex-cop who first turns up about 20 minutes in to do yet another Jack Nicholson impression and prattle on about porno and snuff films. Yawn! Eject! MDB
James Fearnley / Allen & Unwin / 406pp / $35
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Here Comes Everybody
“I wanted to rub his face in his own shit to teach him a lesson.” Pogues multi-instrumentalist Fearnley kicks off his memoir with a vivid recollection of the 1991 ousting of frontman Shane MacGowan, by then a degenerate, wheezing husk of a man. McGowan’s cackled response to his sacking is drolly apt: “What took you so long?”. Isolated from the frontman’s rich, poetic contributions to acclaimed albums Rum, Sodomy And The Lash (1985) and If I Should Fall From Grace With God (1988), Fearnley fails to elucidate precisely why the self-sabotaging MacGowan is routinely treated with such reverence by his pained band. While Fearnley’s prose is evocative, his quest for fantastical etymological flourishes sometimes suffocates the rollicking tales. Elvis Costello plays an intriguing background character, marrying Pogues bassist Cait O’Riordan, producing albums, playing drums for a European tour and seemingly in thrall to The Pogues’ blazing authenticity. Rarely has a story of accidentally ingenious, blathering alcoholics - whose music regularly comes second to drinking - been so descriptively reconstructed. Scott McLennan
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A Dangerous Method Paramount Transmission / MA / 99 Mins
Paramount / MA / 301 Mins
It’s hard to believe that Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s barbed brainchild has been going since way back in 1997, but even more amazing is the fact that, unlike the exhausted and awful The Simpsons and the ooh-aren’twe-being-soooo-edgy Family Guy, South Park remains uneasily funny, frequently very daring, and even (yes, it’s true) relevant (!). Not all of the 14 episodes here are bona fide classics, but worthy of note are: the infamous first, which somehow combines vicious attacks on Apple and the still-alivethen-in-2011 Steve Jobs with The Human Centipede; a decidedly discomfiting outing that throws together bathroom accidents, magic pedophile animals, WikiLeaks and child suicide; and a wonderfully biting and witty two-parter in which Stan’s parents get divorced, he falls out with the other boys and then makes contact with a Matrix-like secret organisation, as he starts to realise that he’s getting old (at 10?) and that the world is indeed often made of crap. This release also includes two Making-Of featurettes, some deleted scenes and sometimes wearysounding “mini-commentaries” by Parker and Stone on all episodes. MDB
An unusually dialogue-driven drama for David Cronenberg (more like his Eastern Promises and Spider than the earlier Shivers and Videodrome), this part-factual, part-theoretical study of a few years in the professional relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud occasionally looks stiff, but is beautifully played by stars desperate to work with the director. In 1904 a manic woman, Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley), is admitted to the Zurich clinic run by Jung (Michael Fassbender), and he succeeds, by simply talking, in freeing her mind, letting loose both the intelligence he believes lies within and his own passions, although he remains devoted to his longsuffering wife (Sarah Gadon). This is the beginning of the development of the ‘talking cure’, and Jung travels to Vienna to meet Freud (Viggo Mortensen, star of Cronenberg’s A History Of Violence and Eastern Promises) and discuss what became modern psychoanalysis (the basis of which - talking about problems - seems extraordinarily obvious now, but then was radical). Certainly stagey (the screenplay’s based, by Christopher Hampton, on his play The Talking Cure and John Kerr’s book A Most Dangerous Method), but the central performances are near perfection, and Knightley works hard in an unflattering role that ensures she gets spanked at least once. MDB
Biddies Biddies is a new work by Australian playwright Don Reid, author of the hugely successful Codgers, and is the laugh-out-loud tale of six older women who unwittingly become locked in a school classroom during a knitting session. Annie Byron, an AFI award winning actor who has appeared in more Australian television dramas and soaps than can possibly be named here, says the play has been attracting a broad cross-section but is also pleased to note that a great many younger people are attending the production. “Most of us in the play are well into our 60s but what’s wonderful is that young women and also men are coming along and maybe that’s because they all have grandmothers. But a lot of the issues are quite pertinent to everybody’s lives.” The work has enjoyed an extensive run that began in May after two long runs in Sydney. “We’ve been everywhere and are currently in Bathurst,” Byron says. “So it’s getting me around and there are not too many acting jobs that do that. To be able to make a good career out of something you also get a lot of pleasure from is a great blessing.” Don Reid wrote the play following the success of Codgers, a comedy about older men. “That was a huge success and did three big tours,” Byron reveals. “And then it was made into a film. So that would have inspired him to write Biddies. And while
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it must have been a challenge for a male to write a play about women, if women only got roles in plays written by other women, they wouldn’t get too much work.” Byron says that she plays the role of a quite ordinary woman in Biddies. “She is from another generation though. Her work and focus have always been around the home and family and she hasn’t had to contend with the workforce or having a career as is the case with many women of today. So she doesn’t have very much confidence and is very unassuming. “And one of the issues the play looks at without ever saying anything outright is that the education system in the past didn’t encourage women to be full of confidence and to be assertive,” she adds. “So the play brings up whether or not those type of things have
Bourne Is Back The Bourne Legacy finds the Bourne universe created by Robert Ludlum expanded with an original story that introduces us to a new hero (Jeremy Renner) whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of the first three films. For The Bourne Legacy, Renner joins fellow series newcomers Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton, while franchise veterans Albert Finney, Joan Allen, David Strathairn and Scott Glenn reprise their roles. To celebrate the release of The Bourne Legacy we have five Bourne packs to give away featuring a double in-season pass to The Bourne Legacy and The Bourne Trilogy Blu-ray set. Log onto ripitup.com.au and enter your details for your chance to win. Competition closes at midday on Thu Aug 18.
This Must Be The Place In This Must Be The Place, Sean Penn plays Cheyenne, a bored, retired, wealthy American Goth rock star living in Dublin (and looking a lot like The Cure’s Robert Smith). Living in an enormous mansion with his down-to-earth wife of 35 years, Jane (Frances McDormand), he learns of the death of his father - who he has been estranged from for over 30 years. He returns to America to unexpectedly embark on a road trip that will change him forever. Enter your details for your chance to win one of four copies of This Must Be The Place on DVD. Competition closes at midday on Thu Aug 18.
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changed over time.” Byron, who says she always seems to be playing someone’s mother these days, although she will be playing eight-year-old Poppy in a remounting of Phil Spencer’s Boxing Day immediately after Biddies has finished, concludes by stating that she’s always considered herself an actor rather than an actress. “I always called myself an actor from when I first started,” she says. “I’d always felt it was sexist language to use the term actress. I’m an actor, or performer, who doesn’t see the necessity of the term actress.”
WHAT: Biddies WHERE: Her Majesty’s Theatre WHEN: Tue Aug 14 until Sat Aug 18
Your guide to the student experience. With the Adelaide International Guitar Festival now upon us, it was time to see how the GreenRoom GuitarART entrants had fared. The thought of being given a guitar and having to create something ‘new’, seems a simple enough briefing, but the two examples of completed work that Fast Times was given an exclusive look at show some very different approaches. Obviously, creative projects like these mean that everyone will have different ideas, but the variety of these ideas can be almost as impressive as the product. GuitarART is just one example that shows that whatever your trade, skill or background, by bringing a different perspective to your passion you can make everything more meaningful. You don’t even think too hard to see the parallels between creative projects and studying. Presentations, exams or even the dreaded group assignments all work toward an academic goal, but all have a part of you in them that make them unique. Sometimes it’s just a shame only the marker gets to see everyone’s creativity at play in the academic arena most of the time… If it was all exhibited it would make ‘borrowing’ ideas from others much, much easier. And remember, if you have any student info, upcoming campus events or student deals I should know about, contact fasttimes@ripitup.com.au, Like facebook.com/fasttimesripitupmag or Follow @FastTimesRIU and I’ll spread the word. Peace, Lachie
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Joshua Timmins
Fast Times Soapbox: GuitarART
I am a: Product designer. I entered the GuitarArt competition because: I am a massive music and guitar lover and as of recently (two years ago) I started sculpting a range of pieces. I have already made four guitars from scratch with themes referencing my favorite bands and guitarists. This competition was perfect for me.
Fast Times spoke with Joshua and Amber, two of the finalists who will exhibit their work during the Adelaide Guitar Festival. The exhibition will open on Fri Aug 10 in the Space Theatre Gallery where the winners will also be announced.
I got my inspiration from: Basically breaking down what music meant to me. So my music note guitar represents music in its raw form, produced by a guitar and made from a guitar. I made my guitar by: Using whatever I could from the guitar I was given. I included bits of handcrafted wood and finished it with a teak stain and fading black spray paint. My guitar should win because: It’s extremely different from the original guitar and it has a creative meaning. I like the way it has turned out and hopefully people enjoy it as much as I have making it.
Amber Neild I am a: Visual artist majoring in printmaking.
I would now consider my guitar to be: Music in its raw form. Sheet music is sometimes forgotten in this technological age.
I entered the GuitarART competition because: I wanted to expand my knowledge of working with printmaking to a 3D level.
My favourite guitarist of all time is: Adam Jones from the band Tool. He is my idol. He is an amazing guitarist and even better artist/ sculptor. I aspire to be at least half as good as him in both fields.
I got my inspiration from: All the jumbled-up mess that I call my brain. I made my guitar by: Stripping it back, drawing on the surface, painting and using an electric engraver to carve the excess guitar away. My guitar should win because: I think printmaking is becoming a forgotten artistry and what people forget is that it was one of the first forms to be discovered. It’s an important visual art.
In the future you can expect me to: Complete many more sculptures and artworks. I have at least another six themed guitars to make, plus a line of home decor items. I just need to find more time in the day. To view any pictures of my previous work, see my Facebook at facebook. com/jtsculptures or my website jtsculptures.com.
I would now consider my guitar to be: A representation of the mess in my head and also a working piece of art. That is important to me. My favourite guitarist of all time is: My brother; he is mostly self-taught but is an amazing musician. I get goosebumps and a huge sense of pride when he is on stage. In the future you can expect me to: Get my name out as much as I can, even if I have to staple a flyer to my head or paint hundreds of people as living billboards.
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The Fame Algorithm Maths to me is not a joke. It’s a cruel and twisted game of torture delivered from a particularly evil corner of Hell. However, I guess it has its purpose, and Simon Pampena has a special way of communicating it. Pampena is a maths comedian (seriously) and Australian Numeracy Ambassador. To celebrate National Science Week, Pampena is bringing back his sell-out Fringe show, The Fame Algorithm. The Fame Algorithm sets out to explain the relationship between fame and maths, and is just another example of how maths is one of those crucial parts of life you shouldn’t ignore if you want to succeed (sigh). Whether you’re a fan of maths or a fan of fame, this could be more like an instructional lecture for future pursuits rather than a comedy act. Hopefully there are heaps of Justin Bieber LOLs.
Simon Pampena’s The Fame Algorithm is playing at The Science Exchange, 55 Exchange Place on Thu Aug 9 at 7pm. Tickets are $18 adults, concession $15, bookings at famealgorithm.eventbrite.com.
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If you’re in the business of embarking a new path to tertiary education, attending open days is always step number one. However, navigating among the throng of equally confused and bewildered people can be a little daunting. Flinders Uni have rescued everyone this year by releasing a free smartphone app that contains a digital version of programs, personal planners, maps and galleries. You can even share your info with friends via Facebook, Twitter and email, so everyone can share their advice on what course is for you. The best part about this app is that you won’t need to be ‘that person’ stumbling around the campus holding 14 different pamphlets straining your eyes at the map like a bamboozled tourist. How I love the digital age…
Flinders Open Days run on Fri Aug 17 and Sat Aug 18 from 10am-4pm. To download the App for free by searching ‘Flinders Uni – Open Days 2012’ on the iTunes Store or on Google Play for Android. For more information visit flinders.edu.au/app.
Get Nudie In Italy Wanna do Nudie Jeans Co’s marketing campaign for their 100 percent organic denim range for them? No? What about if you get a trip to Italy for simply taking a photo? ‘Shit yes!’ you say? Thought that might be the case… Nudie Jeans Co are looking for the perfect photo to help let everyone know that Nudie Jeans are now made with 100 percent organic materials. Your photo can involve anything, as long as the campaign graphic is utilised in one way. The graphic can be found at Nudie Jeans distributors or downloaded from the website. Chuck your photo on Instagram with the tag
#nudiejeans100 and @nudiejeans and geotag your location. You can upload as many different entries as you like, so the Instagram whores out there (you know who you are) have a nice little program to look forward to. If you’re an anti-hipster and don’t have Instagram email your photo to 100organic@nudiejeans.com. The winners will fly with Nudie to Italy, where Nudie Jeans are made, during the Italian springtime. For more information on the competition and to see some of the entries, visit nudiejeans.com.
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Hollywood (MGM)
Django Django WOR (Warner)
Sorry Django Django, but I have to admit that you’re here under false pretences. I like WOR’s one-finger piano solo, your Ennio Morriconeat-double-speed spaghetti melodrama, your fire safety lyrics and the Link Wray-gets-chased-bythe-cops combo of bad-dude basslines and siren howls, but you’re not actually the Single Of The Week at all. You’re here at the top because I just couldn’t help wonder if this single artwork is your rendering of Meg Griffin’s muff? Forget NME’s opinion – I’m wondering what Rorschach and Freud would say.
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Animal Collective Today’s Supernatural (Domino)
Somewhere post-Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal Collective grew themselves some big furry cojones that resemble two angry Mogwai. Now more game park than petting zoo, there’s an agitated post-punk snarl to Today’s Supernatural that sounds like it’s been up for 48 hours and is hungry for bedevilment. Imagine a 1981 Dr Who set being crashed by MGMT playing a chewedup tape of The Modern Age on a boom box and… Oh dear God! Someone’s just given Tom Baker a black eye, K-9’s short-circuiting after being pissed on and Romana’s crying in the corner after a rapscallion defecated in her hat. Brilliant.
British India I Can Make You Love Me
The Hives Lex Hives (Dew Process)
Five years since their last album, Sweden’s premier rock‘n’roll band The Hives are well and truly back on track with this half hour of purely arrogant garage punk. Gone are the days of fourth record The Black And White Album’s regrettable R&B/hip hop influences thanks to producers Pharrell Williams
and Timbaland - Lex Hives is a punk rock odyssey of epic proportions, produced by Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme. The Hives are now almost as good as frontman Howlin’ Pelle Amlqvist would have had you believe when they started out as not-so-humble schoolkids in the mid ‘90s. Lex Hives has a pick-and-mix of influences from the glory days of punk rock, from Iggy Pop to The Ramones and even from the 1960s American garage scene. It’s a natural progression from The Hives’ third studio album Tyrannosaurus Hives. Album highlights include the anthemic Patrolling Days and the grand proclamation of My Time Is Coming. The entire album holds together exceptionally well and shows the growth of the band and their years of experience. As ever, the sharp lyrics are often incomprehensible behind brutishly strong riffs. If The Black And White Album taught The Hives anything it’s that not every second of an album has to be filled with raucous guitar, but in some ways it is sorely missed. Even so, it’s still the screeching of Howlin’ Pelle that truly makes this band. Tom Dawson
They met. They fell in love. They wrote songs. They fought. They broke up. They wrote songs. Now, anyone can write a break-up song. But can anyone write a break-up song with whom it’s about? I think not. The Falls are not just anyone; they are someone a little bit special. The debut EP, Hollywood, is a cracker of a folk collection, a six-track taste of what these kids are capable of – it will certainly leave you wanting more. The Sydney duo are ‘60s folk with better quality sound recording, with the pair fingerpicking their way through their relationship worries. Each track is emotionally fuelled, with underlying chemistry and an incredibly mature approach to all things wrong with their relationship. It is music in its rawest form, exposing the intricate emotions of their hearts; a stunning contrast of strength and fragility. This is the type of music that needs to be on vinyl. Everything about The Falls oozes old school; the cover, the sound, the harmonies – it’s like you’re grooving in a time machine, back to the good old days of Woodstock. The Falls keep it simple, real and honest; how all good music should be. Sharni Honor
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When British India wandered past me in a Swanston St restaurant last week, I swear frontman Declan Melia was wearing the same raggedy-arsed parka first seen in band promo shots around four years ago. Initial plays of the nervy autodidact’s latest single indicated it wasn’t just his wardrobe showing its age, but secondary spins prove there’s more to I Can Make You Love Me’s fabric than whiffy hand-me-downs. Opening with Hail To The Thief tension, funereal lyrics haunted by mortality are drowned out by British India’s best clash of howling guitars and vocal spume we’ve heard since 2007’s debut Guillotine. Top Dec.
Dan Deacon True Thrush (EMI)
Take one weird, myopic baldy beardy man with a grin as grotesque as his sweaty woollen jumper, then dress him as an iced donut. Instead of being slapped with a restraining order preventing him going within 100 metres of school playgrounds, this chap Deacon has won over thousands of hipsters in ironic animal windcheaters with his plinky plonky fey-tronica. I’m obviously not down with Deacon’s po-mo Bacchanalia (is that a brand of chocolate? It should be), since it all just sounds like Plastic Bertrand going dogging with Aphex Twin to me.
The Veronicas Lolita (Warner)
Five years for a minor liaison? Criminal.
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Ed Sheeran & Georgi Kay Thebarton Theatre, Sat Aug 4 Review by Karina Carroll Pics by Andreas Heuer
Saturday night, with Thebarton Theatre’s outside lights dazzlingly bright, shining down on the seemingly never-ending line of Sheeranites, waiting eagerly to be built a Lego house. I can’t say I’m a fellow Sheeranite, but the English performer’s charismatic stage presence and stunning musical talents were exemplary. It was obvious why this was a sold out tour. Starting the night off was acoustic support act Georgi Kay. While for most opening artists it is generally quite hard to keep the audience’s attention, the Perth singer did her best to woo the masses of tweens with original folksy indie pop tunes and gained an overwhelming reaction to her song In My Mind (recently covered by Flo Rida, sigh). While she started out slow, I warmed up to Miss Kay and her original tunes. She was a fitting starter course to the sold-out main meal. The seats assigned to us were quickly abandoned when the lights dimmed and shrill girlish screams erupted from the crowd. Showcasing his latest platinum album +, Sheeran acknowledged the fact that Adelaide gets overlooked when artists tour Australia, but made sure this gig was only the start of
Reviews // Quick Ones
Magic Trick
Joey Ramone
Linkin Park
Rocco Deluca
Ruler Of The Night
...Ya Know?
Living Things
Drugs ’N’ Hymns
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It seems that with consistent improvements in technology, musicians are becoming increasingly divergent with their output. Tim Cohen, lead singer and founder of Magic Trick, worked on this project in his spare time away from fronting The Fresh & Onlys, along with the many other bands he has been involved with. It makes for an intriguing collection of work on Ruler Of The Night, an album that deviates a fair way from Cohen’s roots. On Ruler Of The Night, the contrast between Cohen’s more notable work and his solo efforts could not be more vast. Lyrically, this album poses more thoughtprovoking propositions as opposed to the collective thoughts expressed through his Fresh & Onlys material. Cohen swaps the electric guitar for the acoustic, working on repetitious lyrics and lush instrumentation on songs like Sunny and Torture to ingrain his melodies upon the listener. The songs occasionally feel melancholic, but no less spirited. As stated in previous interviews, Cohen’s musical upbringing was largely spawned from listening to hip hop almost exclusively as a child. Bizarre, considering Cohen has now become a major figure in the San Franciscan garage movement. And with a new edge to his sword, this folk-laden set of tracks is set to become the next adolescent hymnbook. Sam Reynolds
Too tough to die! Eleven years after lymphoma claimed the life of Ramones frontman Joey Ramone, his second solo LP finally hits the shelves. Given the delay in its release, I’m curious as to how much of the album was overdubbed following Joey’s death, but sadly my review CD-R came sans liner notes. Like 2002’s Don’t Worry About Me, ...Ya Know? stretches beyond the three-chord, two-minute punk anthems that his former band remains famous for. Lead track Rock ‘N’ Roll Is The Answer is (appropriately) fully fledged rock’n’roll, complete with guitar solo, while Waiting For That Railroad is a pretty pop ballad built around a jangly six-string. Ramone affects a rockabilly sneer on I Couldn’t Sleep, which also draws on ‘50s surf music, with the hippie leanings of the half-baked Make Me Tremble the only misstep. Of course, purist fans will still enjoy cuts such as Going Nowhere Fast and 21st Century Girl. But strangely, it’s two tracks previously recorded by The Ramones that push the boundaries the most. Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight) is dramatically reworked as a slow, maudlin number, while an acoustic revision of Life’s A Gas closes the album. Gabba gabba say what? Owen Heitmann
It’s time I came to accept something - the Linkin Park of my youth are dead and gone. That band no longer exists. The Californians behind Meteora and Hybrid Theory pulled a God-damned Blink 182 on us all and grew up, matured and changed their style completely. When Linkin Park released A Thousand Suns in 2010 it alienated a lot of fans with its radical change in direction. Living Things is a step back from A Thousand Suns in terms of how electronic it is, but is still a diversion from ‘classic Linkin Park’. If Living Things had come out before A Thousand Suns it would have at least prepared fans for what was to come and eased the transition a little. It shouldn’t come as any shock the band evolved - each album and each single they’ve released has been another step away from One Step Closer. Singer Chester Bennington has even said in interviews that he hates One Step Closer – he’s sick of playing it. Now they are playing the music they want to and you have to respect that, no matter how polarising they are. Listen to current single Burn It Down - how you feel about that will pretty much sum up if you’ll enjoy this album. Michael Wickham
After hearing Drugs ’N’ Hymns, I’m keen to find out more about Californian bluesy singer songwriter Rocco Deluca. The music is simple in essence, for the most part comprising only acoustic guitar and Rocco’s voice, with a style that straddles old school blues and folk, all the while being quite enjoyable. The production value of the album is fairly low, with a DIY feel about proceedings, but given the musical style and emotive sounds that Deluca seems to be striving for, it’s not at all disappointing. The rawness enhances the effect. In many ways, this feels like a folkier version of early Ben Harper, or even a less dynamic (but still quite good!) take on Led Zeppelin’s album III. It definitely warrants a listen, and you too may be inclined to find out more. Luke Balzan
many to come. Starting things off with Give Me Love, the crowd sure gave him all the love they could physically muster. Current radio release Drunk was also infectiously delightful to the ears, with Sheeran’s signature mix of acoustic pop proving to be superb live. If there was ever an award for audience participation at a gig, Ed Sheeran would win, hands down. Almost every song started off with Sheeran instructing the audience on what to sing during the song. I have to admit, being told when and when not to sing during a concert became a little tedious, however Ed’s charm and Game Of Thrones references outweighed the singalong shenanigans. Slow ballads like Kiss Me and This called for a little chair time as we were asked to just “chill”. A lovely little cover of Nina Simone’s Be My Husband was also stellar. Let’s be honest, everybody loves Lego right? And the crowd at Thebby sure loved it when Ed Sheeran serenaded them with his most well-known song to date, Lego House. Who wouldn’t want to live in a house made entirely of Lego? The encore included an epic rendition of You Need Me, I Don’t Need You, with an epic proportion of audience participation, and concluded with the ever-so-angelic and anticipated The A Team. If you couldn’t get your hands on a ticket to this tour, don’t fret: this generous ginger will be back in February for a second helping and a significant venue upgrade to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Ed Sheeran is a live act not to be missed.
Half Moon Run Dark Eyes (Indica)
Sounding like a blend of Radiohead and Band Of Horses, Dark Eyes, the debut album from Montreal trio Half Moon Run, is an interesting, albeit frustrating listen. Slow-burning ballads, sparse percussion and intricate guitar noodling make it easy to mistake Dark Eyes for generic indie folk. Repeated listens will prove otherwise, with roughly half of the album’s tracks showcasing a deeper, richer palate of sound. The songs that boast more complex arrangements are where Half Moon Run really shine. The band seems to be feeding off one another’s energy, from the spacey guitars and woozy strings to the spine-tingling croons. Dark Eyes requires multiple spins in order to appreciate the depth and range of the musicianship on display. It is one of those records that demands your attention; it’s just a shame that it only does so half of the time. Ryan Lynch
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Matt Banham And Summer Flake
Steerings By Star
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Since the release of their debut album Cables the gents behind Steering By Stars have been pigeonholed as the stalwarts of the Adelaide post-rock scene, not to mention followed by some robust usage of adjectives like “atmospheric” and “symphonic”. But that was back then – while once a badge of honour, age and time has chipped away at the foundations that once comprised this local four-piece, the band now ready to unveil a sound, and genre, bolder than ever before. Rip It Up spoke to lead vocalist Lachlan Wilson about the band’s evolution and the new paths they have taken to accomplish their forthcoming sophomore record. “I don’t think we’re a post-rock band anymore, we still have that orchestration in our music though,” Wilson ruminates. “But we definitely had something to express on this album and didn’t want to do the same thing we did on the first album, and I think we’ve moved away from post-rock.”
Recently the band put forward two new singles, Ties That Bind and Shallow Breath, which they’ll launch at the Estonian Hall in North Adelaide as part of a national tour this weekend. Perhaps one the biggest surprises in the new material is the lack of telltale reverb – no longer does Wilson shy underneath a sanctuary of pedal distortion, opting to sing louder and clearer this time around. “I had something to say with this record and had a bit more confidence with my voice, so I started to sing more clearly. It was a bit scary at the start,” he admits. “Rory [O’Connor] said that if he couldn’t understand what I was saying we’d have to turn the reverb down, and it ended up going down and down and down until we were like ‘Yep, that’s it’, which is a big difference from the last album.” The stronger vocal reins mark a big leap for Steering By Stars, considering microphone reverb levels in the past have been so high that Wilson could break into a bout of incessant cursing mid-show to an unaware audience... “(Laughs) Yeah, there was this time we played this terrible gig outside and the sound was cutting in and out for pretty much every instrument and it was cold and horrible. I pretty much had a dummy spit
and went berserk. I just started swearing while playing and no one could even tell, even while I was screaming expletives everywhere. It was a bit scary.” With that in mind, the new singles also promise a more linear songwriting approach that emerged while piecing together their sophomore album. According to Wilson, it was a difficult process to evolve from what was otherwise a plug-in, play and record scenario, surmising the new sound as “not as spontaneous”. “The first album [Cables] was quite spontaneous, we recorded it live and it was very post-rock, with one instrument really leading the way and the others following. With this new album it’s more of the band playing as a whole, the whole band carrying the track and having that momentum and power behind it. “The album is largely pretty full-on and heavy, musically it’s kind of smothering.” WHO: Steering By Stars, Joe McKee and Sparkspitter WHAT: Ties That Bind single launch WHERE: Estonian Hall, North Adelaide WHEN: Fri Aug 10
Fourwords will celebrate its second birthday this Sat Aug 11 and you know what that means – another big fuck-off party at Rhino Room to celebrate. This weekend will be headlined by Archers, who recently visited the Fourwords Warehouse to take part in their running episode series Fourwords Sessions. Filmed by Mixed Mediums, you can check out the full episode at fourwordshome.com. Archers will be joined on the night by local DJs and artists with cheap drink specials. Door entry is $5.
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With baked goods that is! This Sun Aug 12 Format is having a Sunday afternoon bake sale. There will be cakes, mulled wine, cocktails, handy crafts, coffee, handball and more. If you want to get involved and be a vendor it’s 25 bucks a table, which you can apply for at contact@format.net.au. The eating, sitting and drinking will commence from noon until they run out of mulled wine (we’ve been assured they won’t, though).
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WHO: Archers and local DJs WHAT: Fourwords’ Second Birthday Party WHERE: Rhino Room WHEN: Sat Aug 11 from 9pm
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ScorcherFest has announced its 2012 circuit dates and wants original acts from all genres, ages and backgrounds to apply to perform alongside acts like Crash Plan, Hollow Eyes (pictured) and Filthy Lucre. Every year the festival hosts 80 percent local bands, allowing up-and-coming musical groups and solo acts to showcase themselves to fans and network with industry identities. So, if you want to give your band a shot on the live stage, head to scorcherfest.com.au.
Fourwords Turns Two!
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This Fri Aug 10 Hotel Metro will host the Adelaide leg of the co-headliner Summer Flake and Matt Banham Cruisin’ Together tour. A quick debrief on these two musicians: Summer Flake is the solo moniker of Adelaide musician Stephanie Crase, who you might recognise from established acts like Birth Glow and Batrider, while most punters who’ve stumbled into a music venue late at night will fondly remember former No Through Road frontman Matt Banham. The festivities will kick off from 9pm with support acts Straight To Video and Ardath Bev. The Cruisin’ Together CD will be available for sale only at the show, so head along!
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